CPW at Random Hall!
I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT campus for a 3-day Campus Preview Weekend. Suffice it to say that those three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My...
View ArticleEvents, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW
When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I moved before the memory making parts of my brain could...
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Not in Kansas Anymore
We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by Aviator and Family Guy) while assembling our airplane to drown out the raucous men out in the parking lot blasting loud country...
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No Touching
Remember, kids, consent is sexy--so ask for permission before touching somebody else's airplane. This is important when you have 80 teams and their airplanes stuffed into a single Cessna hangar....
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CPW Update - Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus
I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever seen wearing shorts and a tank top. The temperature is well into the sixties, and the music is blasting from the EC speakers...
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We Are All Slaves to the Wind
Today was the major flight day for most of the teams at the Design/Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear that Wichita was dead-set on making sure...
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Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14
Ciao! Mi chiamo Elizabeth, e sono una amica di Anna. (Hello! I’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There...
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Blown Back to Oz
On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a...
View ArticleDudamel
Late in February, my friend Ashley '12 forwarded me a notice titled "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending with her. Scrolling through the original message, I saw a...
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AMA
Wonderful Internet Friends! There are literally (literally!) a dozen blog posts I wish I could write for you right now but I can’t, at least not for at least another week. I want to talk to you,...
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What if You Didn’t Like CPW?
How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to address some concerns about CPW by sharing my own experiences....
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Adventure Time at MIT
I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures. We traditionally have a camping trip each fall, but this...
View ArticleAn Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains
I’m fast asleep, probably snoring lightly and elegantly. My body’s shut down. Why, you ask? Why, you really ask? Why not? I’ve just had all my rights violated by the Massassassachisetts Institvte of...
View ArticleAdvocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1
My name is Anna Ho, and I am a student at – No, no. That’s not the point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a...
View ArticleHave you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file?
If you're a regular on /r/technology, you might have seen Project Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount...
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Class of 2016 Ring Delivery!
Last night, MIT sophomores dressed in black-tie attire flocked to the beautiful State Room in Boston to receive their glorious Brass Rats! Michael C. '16 explained in his post about Ring Premiere what...
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SpringFest 2014!
It's that time of year again - SpringFest! This past weekend was filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy saving activities. But my personal favorite event was...
View ArticleBooks write our life stories
“Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves. How could...
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There’s No “I” in Team
In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a close. Boxes will be packed, old psets that I will probably never look at again will be thrown away, and students will be scattering...
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A Time to Enroll
It's May 1st. Most of your friends have decided where they are going to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed...
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