Plans of repopulation abandoned: Senior House to become graduate housing
Students accuse administration of collective punishment — but numbers don't matter, Barnhart says, if “the end result is that students living in Senior House wouldn't have a good experience.”
Union hosts rally for MIT janitor under threat of deportation
Approximately 40 people checked in at the rally in support of Francisco Rodriguez, who has worked at MIT for the past five years.
Senior House ranks high for underrepresented minorities, similar to New House in family income, new data show
The Provost’s office recently released data detailing student demographics by residence hall including race, ethnicity, gender (data from the registrar); family income (data from student financial services), and sexual orientation (data from a question in the enrolled students survey which had a 58 percent response rate).
Senior House no more: community reacts with disappointment, fear, and anger
The decision to turn Senior House into a graduate dormitory, announced last Friday by Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart PhD ’88 to the Senior House community, has been met with condemnation from vocal MIT community members.
SIPB: IS&T’s rollout of NAT creates more problems than it solves
SIPB believes that access to a virtually unlimited pool of public IPv4 addresses is a privilege that tremendously enhances the value of an MIT education, both for students learning to build new internet services and for students who use those services. As such, we advocate for a full rollback of NAT deployment on campus networks.
SH residents discuss concerns about admins’ review process
Senior House residents were informed April 20 of an impending “review process” which included voluntary interviews to investigate what the chancellor called “dangerous behavior.”
Relocated New House students debate opportunity to reside in Senior House next year
Several New House houses were offered the chance to move into Senior House last week – including iHouse, Desmond, and La Casa.
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July 4th fireworks: a star-spangled night
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SH residents discuss concerns about admins’ review process
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Relocated New House students debate opportunity to reside in Senior House next year
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Anantha Chandrakasan, EECS professor, appointed Dean of Engineering School
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Students protest Senior House ‘depopulation,’ new freshman program
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Editor’s Note
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Students, alums respond to Senior House depopulation and Pilot 2021
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Senior House residents respond to Chancellor Barnhart
We agree that it is appropriate to remove from Senior House anyone who has violated an MIT rule or actively, repeatedly, and affirmatively encouraged rule-breaking behavior. However, it would be entirely inappropriate to prevent any of the rest of us — the overwhelming majority of Senior House residents — from...
Pilot 2021 threatens the LGBTQ community at MIT
As the presidents of MIT’s three undergraduate LGBTQ organizations, we feel compelled to advocate against the dispersion of one of MIT’s largest LGBTQ communities and the destruction of one of its vibrant queer-affirming spaces that has existed for decades in Senior House.
Give the chancellor a break
Since her appointment as Chancellor in February 2014, Cynthia Barnhart, PhD ’88 has overseen a variety of changes for student life on campus. Recent actions regarding Senior Haus have proven unpopular with some of the student body. However, Chancellor Barnhart has taken, at her own risk, unprecedented steps towards including...
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Senior House residents respond to Chancellor Barnhart
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Pilot 2021 threatens the LGBTQ community at MIT
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Give the chancellor a break
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Keep it weird, keep it awesome
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The Senior House decision: Chancellor Barnhart responds
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Senior House is a vital refuge for its residents
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Pilot 2021 will be a fatal experiment
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Food, Feuds, and Fame in Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Tenaglia and Bourdain manage to create a cohesive character piece that takes a personal and honest look into the life story of a culinary icon.
DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
The inconsistencies in the songwriting along with weaker concepts prevent DAMN. from being the great album it was expected to be.
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Making the world a better place, one startup at a time
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Food, Feuds, and Fame in Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
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DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
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An American icon: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater revisits Boston
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I know why the blue bird sings.
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Falling in love with ballroom dancing
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Sweet dreams are made of this: wonder
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IM Executive Board introduces Beaver Cup
The Beaver Cup is a points system through which FSILGs, graduate departments, and clubs can score points for participating and winning in different leagues.
Special Spring-round Sports Blitz
Men's Baseball (21-14-1) made their fourth appearance in five years at the NEWMAC Championship but fell in back-to-back games to Babson College. Three were named to the 2017 Academic All-America Division III Baseball Team, including Austin Filiere '18, who extended his on-base streak to 64 games, a NEWMAC record.
Engineers perform well as season nears its end
Men’s Baseball (20-11-1) won three out of four games last week. They advanced to the NEWMAC Championship series that will be held this weekend.
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IM Executive Board introduces Beaver Cup
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Special Spring-round Sports Blitz
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Engineers perform well as season nears its end
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MIT wins spring 2017 International Karate Shotokan Cup
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Engineers keep fighting as spring season continues on
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Ups and downs highlight April for the Engineers
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Women’s club water polo heading to nationals for the first time in nine years
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Corporate polish
The other day, a friend of mine put in a good word for me for an amazing internship opportunity. He wrote, “Laura is not corporate polished, but she built a cosmetics manufacturing enterprise with no science background at all. She hustles and makes it happen. If she doesn’t know how...