Blood drive, President’s Day, Monday schedule on Tuesday
Monday, Feb. 19 is an Institute holiday for President’s Day. Tuesday, Feb. 20 will follow a Monday schedule.
Uncertain chance of snow over the weekend
Unusual warmth will envelop the Northeast in advance of an approaching cold front and rain tonight. Highs today will soar into the 50s °F today and remain warm through mid-day tomorrow.
New House floods again, due to sprinkler
The floodwater affected six dorm rooms housing seven students.
Former MIT chancellor Bacow named next Harvard president
“At times Bacow didn’t seem to realize that other people had different visions of MIT than he did," The Tech wrote in a 2001 editorial.
Smoking to be banned in all campus living spaces fall 2019
A survey conducted by East Campus leadership found that seven percent of residents in the dorm smoked.
Graduate students open The February School, a creative event space
The events span the interests of the organizers: creating meaning through reading, filming still objects, practicing JavaScript injection, watching Nollywood films, and gardening.
Institute centralizes bias reporting for students
During its first semester, T9BR received around ten reports of non-gender-based bias.
MIT releases findings on relation to slavery, founder William Barton Rogers was a slaveholder
Green found that 11 of the 18 racialized images within the first 30 years of The Tech and the first 15 years of Technique depicted black people as waiters, even though research has shown that black people during that time period in Boston had a variety of occupations.
Remembering Amelia Perry
Amelia Perry G died Jan. 30 at hir home in Somerville. A fifth year PhD student in mathematics, Perry is well remembered by many for hir charm, wit, and passion to fight against injustice.
#pick8: Fighting for Massachusetts’s prisoners
Not only will your interactions with these inmates help bring “a sense of normalcy” to their lives and help their development, but they will also challenge your own ideas of what is normal and help you develop various aspects of your life.
How an art exhibit fills in the blank space that is post-war Germany
From the works scrawled onto cardboard of the early 40s to the rise of contemporary art in the 50s, this exhibition showcases the pluralism that Germany possessed during its restoration as a world power.
What does it mean to be a king?
T’challa (Chadwick Boseman), the Black Panther and king of Wakanda, doesn’t get through the movie unscarred, but the complexity of questions he asks and the breadth of help he needs from his team and his people cement his place as one of the major heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Lonely Planet review
Through both acts, Jody and Carl's friendship serves as a beautiful testament for how people are able to change one another.
A Higgs Boson powered particle accelerator sent to space to solve our energy crisis but instead, rips the space-time continuum?
When a massive energy crisis plunges the world population into a hellish existence, the Cloverfield Station is the last hope for our humble planet. Now, if only solving the energy crisis was so simple.
Engineers refuse to let February keep them quiet
Men’s Squash (15–5, No. 22) manhandled No. 2 Tufts at home by an 8-1 margin in the singles competitions.
Alternative Valentine’s Day origin stories
The history of Valentine’s Day is pretty vague. So why not try and theorize how it started?
Slippery and confused
If you have questions for Auntie Matter, please submit them at tinyurl.com/AskAuntieMatter.
“I will not forget what my mother dreamed”
Since that time, I have longed to see snow and to encounter exotic experiences that I could not find in Thailand.
“I hope to share this wild ingenuity with the world”
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.
Password managers
Password managers offer a secure way of managing your passwords and credentials for different accounts, by encrypting your data with a master password. They also provide a solution to password reuse, and facilitate the process of generating strong passwords.
