Dreamers face uncertain futures despite temporary protection
Dreamers Ian Bouche ’21, Jose Gomez ’17, Johan Villanueva ’20, and Avital Vainberg ’21 discuss their experiences as DACA students.
Second annual Day of Action encourages public service, engagement with local community
Free and open to the public, the event included lectures, town-hall type sessions, film screenings, workshops, and booths where student groups and community organizations conducted outreach.
Student center exhibit to display murals from Senior House
“Since 1996, over 451 murals have been painted in Senior House...there are ones in rooms, in suites, in stairwells and in bathrooms. They’re really using the internal architecture of the building in this phenomenal way that I don’t see in other places.”
Warm weather is coming — later
The phrase “April showers bring May flowers” has at least halfway come to fruition this year. The Northeast has experienced several large rainstorms this spring with another big storm happening today.
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 an 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
On Aug. 9, 2016, six current and former MIT employees, represented by lawyers of Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP, proposed a class action against MIT, the MIT Supplemental 401(k) Oversight Committee, the Administrative Committee, and their respective members, in the district court of Massachusetts. Simultaneously, 11 other suits were filed against other major universities, including Vanderbilt, Yale, Northwestern, and NYU. The trial in the NYU case begins April 16.
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.
Food insecurity working group proposes low-cost grocery store
Collaboration with MIT’s dining vendor will let the grocery store purchase bulk foods at a low cost and sell them to students at the lowest possible prices.
SpringFEST, CPW, summer housing applications
Ty Dolla $ign will perform at SpringFEST April 27, the UA Events Committee revealed Tuesday night. Tickets are now available at tickets.mit.edu.
Winter still holding on
We’ll have to wait and see if spring arrives next week and cranks up the CPW weather machine.
MIT launches task force on work of the future
The initiative is projected to last two and a half years, according to MIT News.
Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman visits MIT
Aside from limited official publicity, secrecy and rigid security have surrounded Mohammed’s visit, which took place at the Media Lab.
Back in Bach
Ma is going to play Bach’s Preludes around the world, especially in places of conflict. He hopes to use this aspect of culture as a way to unify people and teach them how to think of culture as a solution.
Summer housing, UA elections, spring break
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Winter refuses to budge as spring begins
By the calendar, we are now several days into astronomical spring. By the frigid weather, however, you’d never know it. The 4th nor'easter in the past 3 weeks is currently pulling away from the Eastern US coast, has brought heavy snow to much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. In its wake, atypically cold temperatures will persist, with high temperatures in the lower 40s °F and low temperatures in the 20s. The cold, winter-like weather that has dominated this month shows no signs of leaving anytime soon either. March is on pace to be colder (and snowier) than February, with a mean temperature so far of 35.6 °F (2.0 °C) compared to February’s warmest ever 38.1 °F (3.4°C). March was also warmer than February last year, but this feat had only occurred twice before in the 144-year meteorological record at Boston and is extremely rare for the Eastern US. Nevertheless, it is almost April. Spring is here - the days are getting longer, the sunshine stronger, and there’s only so long Old Man Winter can maintain an icy grip on the region.
Martin, Jiang on accessibility, student autonomy, and mental health
Current UA Vice President Alexa Martin '19 and UA Secretary Kathryn Jiang '20 are running as a pair for UA President and Vice President, respectively.