Apples to apples to better apples
They stared at it in stunned silence for a while. I fidgeted with my fingers. Did I mess up?
Queerness and quick queries
There is much mythology surrounding the female orgasm.
On sororities and the force of friendships
As I looked around McCormickâs east penthouse, at all the faces I didnât know, I felt as though we were all crawling toward the ocean together, and I hoped we would make it.
Not in love with this
To quote Rilke, âIf your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.â
Alternative Valentineâs Day origin stories
The history of Valentineâs Day is pretty vague. So why not try and theorize how it started?
Slippery and confused
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âI will not forget what my mother dreamedâ
Since that time, I have longed to see snow and to encounter exotic experiences that I could not find in Thailand.
âI hope to share this wild ingenuity with the worldâ
When the sand became too much of an obstacle to plow through, we took to digging into the earth as pirates, eager to find the precious hidden booty of Dr. Phillips island.
Get Clued In 2018
On the final Friday before the start of Spring Semester, instead of pulling a gaming all-nighter, going wild with a last-day-of-IAP party or mourning the death of our beloved Star Market, 15 freshmen ventured out from the safety of their dorms to embark upon a journey of friendship and self-discovery.
âI consider my work to be funâ
Like most teenagers, I spend a lot of time on the internet.
âLegolas is my favorite characterâ
My optimism has drawn others to me, even if they occasionally grumble "How can you be so darn happy all the time?"
The STEM of the problem
We are surrounded by so many people who are so clever at math and who value math skills highly that it's completely understandable to feel insecure.
9 lies MIT students tell themselves at the beginning of the semester
Whether you'll get used to it or not, you're probably waking up earlier than usual and hyping yourself up with some Positive Thoughts About The Semester. But some of them aren't true...
âMy first and most important research project to date almost ended with failure.â
My first and most important research project to date almost ended with failure. Ăron Ricardo Perez-Lopez describes his first experience with research in an MIT application essay that worked!
âMy finished sculpture is born of nothing but a handful of pipe cleaners and my imaginationâ
Pipe cleaners may seem childish to use in art â but to me, they are colorful and comforting, flexible and versatile, and there are no boundaries to what I can create with a few fuzzy sticks.
Sleeping around
The Tech's Auntie Matter provides sage advice on matters related to all things sleeping.
Doâs and donâts of Reg Day
Here are some do's and don'ts I've compiled over the years that might help you on your way to schedule mastery.
âExcuse me sir ... I mean maâam ... uh ... I mean ... sir?â
I'm at peace with who I am and how I express my gender, but it wasn't easy to get to this point.
16 things that happened while I was trying to cook for myself
I tried to stay on the meal plan. I really did.
17 incidents I shared with my roommate
We had a very eventful first semester and great bonding experiences. Shout-out to Ivana, my wonderful roommate! (She made me say that...)