Snow Crash at M.I.T.?

"M.I.T. is the closest you can get to living in the Internet."

So said a hallmate of M.I.T. senior Cristen Chenea (above), who related it to New York Times reporter Tamar Lewin in a story which appeared on this past Friday's front page about the rapid rise of uncensored, unedited student blogs on college websites as a source of information for prospective students.

Jess Lord, dean of admissions at Haverford College, told Lewin, "We're learning, slowly, that this is how the world works, especially for high school students."

Just wait till vlogs take off....