SafeRide CPW hours, Day of Action, blood drive
The SafeRide Shuttle program service will be extended until 3:30 a.m. for Campus Preview Weekend for two fixed-route SafeRide shuttles — the Boston East and Cambridge West/Brookline routes.
Former MIT student who assaulted woman in her dorm room pleads guilty, avoids prison
Former MIT student Samson Donick will not serve prison time for a sexual assault case that he was implicated in, although Judge Janet Sanders said that the case "cries out for jail time," according to CBS Boston.
NEET will offer two new threads this fall
NEET is a project-centered program that allows students to take departmentally offered subjects and synthesize the information in interdepartmental projects. It is offering two new threads in Low Carbon Energy Systems and Advanced Materials Machines next year.
Court battle against MIT for excessive Supplemental 401(k) Plan fees continues
Two years ago, suits were filed against MIT and other universities about excessive retirement plan fees.
Pritchett Café sees increase in business after changing hours
Rebecca's Cafe on the second floor of Walker Memorial has seen an increase in traffic from about ten people per day at the beginning to forty now, according to Jeff Nelson, a Cafe employee.
UA Innovation Committee redesigns 26-110 to be a new study space
The Compton Room (26-110) is a new study space for the rest of the semester designed by the UA Innovation Committee after a successful one week trial experiment.
President Reif responds to editorial on MIT’s moralizing
“Your editorial of April 5th points to serious, difficult questions we must ask when developing relationships with outside parties, including what qualifies or disqualifies a potential collaborator, and how we can gauge whether our choices serve the long-term best interests of MIT.”
Where is the humor in hunger?
The 2018 Class Council should not have joked about food insecurity.
Panda pandemonium
Due to their adorable appearance, pandas have embedded themselves in human society as cute icons found in advertising and media. Embracing the cuteness of these animals, ‘PANDAS’ depicts the challenges of panda conservation as Chinese and US biologists collaborate to train panda cubs for success in their natural habitat.
The greatest pizza is the simplest
To feel at home in Boston as a New Jersey transplant, I found unexpected cheap slice near Chinatown.
A curse hangs over the youngest of the Kennedys
While on Chappaquiddick island, Ted, with Ms. Kopechne seated beside him, drives his car over the bridge and into the water one night, setting off the infamous scandal of the 1970s.
Watch this wild, heartfelt goose chase to cockblock teenagers
What could otherwise be a raunchy teen comedy becomes a feel-good film about parenting and the process of watching your children become adults. Yes, parents: young adults can have sex, try drugs, or move to college, or all three.
Audience ‘Members Don’t Get Weary’
Chances are, if you’re picturing modern dance, you’re imagining something that drew its inspiration from choreography by Alvin Ailey, who is credited with popularizing the art form while simultaneously blazing his own trail.
An eternal smile
What happens in a room full of tired college students, a few comedians, and a whole lot of jokes? SNL members come to MIT for a night rife with laughter.
Welcome to CPW, Class of 2022!
The Tech interviews prospective students at CPW about what's awesome about MIT and themselves.
The special Simmons sport
March Madness is over. The Super Bowl is a distant memory. Make way for the next big sporting event of the year: the Scootah Hockey World Championships!
Devoted to Disney
Meet Therese Mills, a freshman who loves Disney, fencing, and math.
Prefrosh? Read this!
In the midst of all the liquid nitrogen ice cream, puzzle hunts, and lock-picking, you should make sure to take time for self-reflection.
Tell us a story
Ultimately, a Mock Trial round comes down to being able to tell the best story.
The Heavenly Palace falls
A non-operational Chinese space station long expected to fall out of orbit crashed harmlessly into the Pacific last week, but raised concerns about space debris causing damage to orbiting spacecraft.
TESS exoplanet search to start next week
The NASA satellite will search for possible exoplanets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
