Pi Day, half-term finals, CPW events submission
Regular action decisions are released March 14. Happy Pi Day!
MIT Graduate Student Union NLRB election to be held April 4–5
The GSU wrote that the “MIT administration hoped to delay” the vote by initiating a “lengthy legal process aimed at denying Fellows the right to vote.”
Cynthia Barnhart reflects on her time as chancellor, looks ahead to new role as provost
Cynthia Barnhart PhD ’88 assumed the role of MIT Provost March 7, 2022, as announced by President L. Rafael Reif in an email to the MIT community Feb. 10.
MIT relaxes COVID-19 face covering and testing policies effective March 14
In a campus updates meeting March 7, administrators stated that the plan to relax COVID-19 policies was finally being revisited after being derailed due to the onset of the omicron variant.
Overcast days cloud over Cambridge
Persistent clouds have been casting a gloom over campus this week, culminating in a rainstorm for Cambridge and a possible bomb cyclone for the South and Northeast this weekend.
We are unionizing for quality and affordable housing
Several unlucky individuals have gotten stuck in elevators, some have dealt with peeling paint and murky water, and others still with broken heating. Complaints were filed but not addressed promptly. The front desk was short-staffed. And almost everyone agreed that the rent was too high.
Director of International Students Office responds to international students op-ed
If the UE becomes the sole representative of graduate students in the bargaining unit, we do not know how these matters will be handled in contract negotiations and what an article on international students might look like.
An open letter regarding faculty and the graduate student union
We pledge to not attempt to persuade graduate students how to vote on unionization and to avoid presenting one-sided views for or against unionization.
“Other People’s Clothes”: A peek at Berlin’s party scene
Ultimately, the novel is a recreation of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for the modern age — a champagne-bubble of a story
