Music Listening
On my good days, it was punk. On my bad ones, it was goth. At my worst, it was Penelope Scott.
Dear Ex-Girlfriend
When I met you in the fall, you were just what I needed.
I Was The Token Man And I Had to Leave
The Group crystallized me, froze me, before their ocean dissolved and diluted me into…nothing. Or something, but something expendable.
Free Listening
A strange loneliness crept over me when I noticed the man with a "Free Listening" sign sitting on the steps of Lobby 7.
A librarian of human stories
Meet Ms. Emilie Songolo, Head of Distinctive Collections
Friendship reaches far and wide: An interview with Margaret Zheng and Wide Tim
Don’t let Wide Tim catch you wide awake! He’d want you to get a good sleep!
a portrait painted in nonexistent colors
“do you know who you are? looking back at you now, you spend too much time thinking about this question; there is no reason, at least in my mind, that you need to prove that the answer to this question is “a good person.” all you really want, in the end, is to be heard and seen, and for someone to tell you that you deserve to be happy.”
Dear Mom
I will share the epistolary thoughts I had in my mind this past month, thoughts that feel like an imaginary conversation with you, except you are silent.
You see right past me — or through me
“You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back.” (Taylor Swift)
Bursting the MIT Bubble
It’s one thing to get to places without relying on Google Maps, but it’s another thing to know the people and stories that make up a place.
lost and found
“if some random person could find my self-respect, motivation, self-esteem, or my desire to get over the one ‘25 i’ve somehow had a crush on three separate times this school year, i would be thrilled.”
Inside the Mind of a Musicologist
Meet Dr. Teresa Neff, a Senior Lecturer in Music
Pi Day 2024 had some pi-culiar activities in Lobby 13
Community members were also afforded an opportunity to have their picture taken with Tim the Beaver, with the line being fairly long.
GTL Italy Taught Me about Finding a Shared Humanity
The truth is that GTL Italy was one of the loneliest times in my life, but also one of the most meaningful experiences I had.
Ode to Pod Semester
Increasingly often, I’ve caught myself referencing the pod semester to the younger classes and then meeting blank stares. Only half the seniors today have first-hand experience, and I realize that the pod semester is no longer a thing that people have collectively internalized. As time passes, I am nervous that I, too, will slowly erase the pod semester from my own brain as well. The lives of those during the pod semester were never described in detail in The Tech, as we were busy living it, so I’d like to take this time to throw myself down memory lane and recollect bits and pieces of my experience with the pod semester just around three years ago today.
A re-re-reflection on HackMIT
It’s a small world: a heartfelt letter in response to an article from the previous issue.
Putting the pieces together
How does one fit in at MIT? Justin Yu ’25 seems just like the person to ask that.