MIT Museum

by Sean Simmons

The MIT Museum's Robotics Exhibit is really fun, you get to interact with several robots through foot switches that activate them and they run for a good amount of time. Some of the interactive robots are: a wishbone that walks along a conveyor belt, a robot that uses a small pail on a robotic arm to scoop oil out of a pot and pour it all over itself, and then goes and does it again, there is a pan filled with rice and there are gears all along the sides and a hand crank at the end, crank it and it looks like there are maggots in the tray. The last one is technically not a robot, it is a cart that has gears and rods attached to all of it's wheels and when you push it and turn it, it it makes these things that look like big Chinese finger traps move like worms. In all the MIT Museum was very fun, but definitely the most fun museum I have ever been to. Some of the other things the museum had were real holograms, not the Star Wars kind that are always rippling and getting static like an old TV, it also had an action shot maker, where you put ping pong balls into a chamber and a camera and strobe light go off making a really cool effect. Out of all of the exhibits the robotics exhibit was my favorite.

Boston’s Chinatown

By Kanbe M.

Boston’s Chinatown..Not the biggest but is unique in it’s own distinct way.From the flashing lights of the restaurants and stores to the murals and the paifang gate,Boston’s chinatown is one of the most unique and historic places in New England.It’s definitely not the largest but has it’s own character.Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese area in New England Since the demolish of Chinatown’s in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asian Americans living in this particular area of Boston, there is an abundance amount of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants located in Boston’s Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston, and is the center of its Asian American life.There are many distinct characteristics about Boston’s chinatown from the moment you walk in.First is the “Paifang gate”.The Paifang gate is green and has chinese characters engraved on it and to the side there are 2 foo lions on each side.The characters means Tian Xia Wei Gong, a saying attributed to Sun Yat-sen that translates as "everything under the sky is for the people", and Li Yi Lian Chi, an ancient Chinese proverb meaning a good person is one who understands "Manner", "Loyalty", "Honesty", and "Shame".Continuing on there is a huge Mural that is being displayed.It is displayed in “scroll form” as Ms.Donoghue says and is beautifully presented.We contiued walking and decided to eat a traditional vietnamese dish called “Pho”.As “Pho Experts” Ms.Donoghue and I showed my fellow writers how to eat,what to put it and so on.It was interesting to see the reactions on there faces after first trying and suprisingly David finished everything from the noodles to the soup.We then went to a local gift-shop and they sold many fasinating things.From plates,tea pots and cups to bamboo,it was an interesting place and is definitely worth going to.We ended the trip going to get Boba tea for Robert, who didn’t even finish the whole thing.Overal,l the trip was a great expirience and i’m glad I got to eat good food with great people.If you are in Boston and want to look for an area with great restaraunts, historic places and a great atmosphere,Boston’s Chinatown is that place!!

Chinatown

By Robert A. and Brendan M.

For our latest city exploration, we went to Chinatown. In Chinatown our group tried this food place called Pho Hoa. The food was rather interesting in a good way. To be honest it was very good. Pho is kind of like a soup with many different flavored broths and delicious rice noodles.  It was a different type of food that we had and it expanded our culinary pallets. After eating, we walked around and went into a little corner store. When we went in the store we were greeted by a dog full of energy. When we went in the corner store we saw tiny trinkets such as chopsticks, silk clothing, pottery and bamboo.  

Kanbe was the expert on this trip he knew exactly where to go. If anyone that reads this is interested on vietnamese food go down to Chinatown. If you ever want to go to Chinatown hop on the red line on the MBTA and get off at the Chinatown train stop. Man was this trip interesting at least this time everybody got on the train at the same time lol no one forgot Robert (ME) and David this time. It was an amazing trip because at night the bright lights in Chinatown and the old authentic atmosphere makes this city so beautiful, from many different food places to stores on the corner of streets that sell old china silverware and Japanese movies to a bubble tea place :) This trip was a amazing, and we would recommend you go when you have free time.

Big Papi
by Robert Anglin

Big Papi (David Ortiz) Is a famous baseball player...#34. He started his baseball career in 1997 he started playing on the Minnesota Twins. As he was playing for the twins he suffered knee injuries, this put David Ortiz out of playing baseball till 2002. When he went back to the Twins they traded him to the Red Sox in 2003. After Ortiz got traded to the Red Sox when he was young they won the world series. Boston Red Sox won the world series in 2004 2007 and 2013. David Ortiz was a part of all of this. After the World Series he had more honorable mentions with the Boston Red Sox. Big Papi just recently retired his whole baseball career. Prior to his retirement there's a monument of him at Fenway in the display cage outside. Big Papi also has a famous movie about his career because it was a special time in Red Sox history. Ortiz won the World Series MVP in 2013 with a .688 batting average in the World Series against the Saint Louis Cardinals.  

The History Of Fenway Park

By: Robert Anglin and Brendan McDonough

Brendan: Monday 10/25...we took a trip to the legendary Fenway Park in Boston. This park was built April 20th, 1912. This park is the home field of the Boston Red Sox. On our trip, we saw the retired baseball players numbers out on display. All these players are great but there is one spot dedicated to one special player, his name is Ted Williams. Ted Williams has one special seat located in right field section 42 seat 21. This seat is painted red and dedicated to Ted Williams because of the home run he had hit. Ted Williams hit the longest home run in baseball history.

Fenway gift shop is a huge part of Fenway because it has everything from every game. This part of the field trip was the best for Robert because he spent 45 minutes in the store...he is very passionate about baseball.

Robert: This trip meant a lot to me because growing up I was a huge fan of baseball. I will always remember the 2004 world series the year the Red Sox broke their 86 year "curse of the Bambino" that year the “ Bunch of idiots” including David Ortiz, Kevin Millar, Johnny Damon and Bill Muller helped the Boston Red Sox comeback from being down 3-0 behind the New York Yankees to come back and win 4 in a row for the greatest comeback in sports history. Going to Fenway unleashed my inner child because it gave me enjoyment to see all the history in this park from the retired numbers from Ted Williams famous #9 to Jackie Robinson’s league wide retired #42