Zoning board lukewarm about MIT’s plan for Kendall
On Dec. 21, MIT representatives presented MIT’s vision for the future of Kendall Square to the City of Cambridge Planning Board. The response they got was mixed, with some of the five members present comfortable with the proposal, and others cautious. All had criticisms to offer.
Phillip L. Clay considered for president of UMass system
Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75, who will be stepping down as Chancellor this spring, is a candidate for president of the University of Massachusetts system (UMass), according to the Boston Globe. A UMass presidential search committee will conduct a round of interviews with fewer than six candidates on Jan. 13, the Globe reported last Tuesday. Clay remains under consideration after a set of first-round interviews.
A look at Wall St. trading
Deep inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the $600 billion man is fast at work.
Early action applications up 13%
MIT received a record 6,405 early-action applications this year, up 13 percent from last year. According to Dean of Admissions Stuart Schmill ’86, 772 applicants (12.1 percent) were admitted, 3,887 (60.7 percent) were deferred, and 1746 (27.3 percent) were rejected. Decisions were released on December 15.
Corrections
An article published on Jan. 5 about the MIT Libraries’ Twitter account incorrectly paraphrased Remlee Green, stating that posts are rarely made every day to avoid overwhelming their followers. According to Green, tweets are often made once a day, but rarely more to avoid overwhelming followers.
Museum starts MIT 150 celebration
What can MIT accomplish in the next 150 years? A cure for cancer? Further explorations underwater and in space? Artificial intelligence?
Museum kicks off MIT 150 celebration
A pulverized piano. The MIT CityCar. The original Bose prototype speaker. These items, and 147 others, will be presented to the world in the MIT 150 Exhibition at the MIT Museum. The exhibit, which aims to chronicle 150 years of Institute history through 150 objects, opens this Saturday to kick off a semester-long celebration of MIT’s 150th birthday.
Mental health needs growing Colleges see more crises
STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Rushing a student to a psychiatric emergency room is never routine, but when Stony Brook University logged three trips in three days, it did not surprise Jenny Hwang, the director of counseling.
Many weigh in on Stanford v. Roche, siding with Stanford
Things are looking up for Stanford in Stanford v. Roche, the university intellectual property case headed for the Supreme Court.
Corrections
An article on Friday, Dec. 10 about changes in the legal landscape for gene patents referred imprecisely to Universities Allied for Essential Medicines as a “national student organization.” UAEM is a worldwide organization.
UA Finance Board allocations for IAP/Spring 2011
Group Requested Operations Allocated Operations Requested Capital Allocated Capital Requested Events Allocated Events Requested P&P Allocated P&P Total Requested Total Allocated % Allocated Active Minds at MIT $1,720 $1,720 $650 $550 $2,370 $2,270 96% African Students Association $1,570 $1,570 $125 $125 $1,695 $1,695 100% AIRMUN $200 $60 $260 0% American Red Cross Team and Network $1,418 $1,418 $980 $980 $135 $135 $2,533 $2,533 100% Amnesty International $2,035 $1,985 $200 $2,035 $2,185 107% Asian American Association $168 $168 $140 $140 $790 $790 $60 $135 $1,158 $1,233 106% Asian Baptist Student Koinonia $206 $206 $100 $100 $130 $130 $180 $180 $616 $616 100% Asian Christian Fellowship $125 $125 $90 $90 $420 $420 $125 $125 $760 $760 100% Association of Puerto Rican Students $40 $4,142 $3,125 $102 $91 $4,284 $3,216 75% Association of Taiwanese Students $70 $70 $2,290 $2,290 $100 $100 $2,460 $2,460 100% Asymptones $200 $200 $55 $55 $255 $255 100% Baptist Student Fellowship $450 $450 $25 $25 $475 $475 100% Best Buddies $170 $170 $65 $65 $235 $235 100% Biological Engineering & Biomedical Engineering Society $1,450 $1,450 $120 $120 $1,570 $1,570 100% Black Women’s Alliance $150 $1,020 $940 $90 $90 $1,260 $1,030 82% Brain and Cognitive Sciences Society $602 $572 $6 $6 $608 $578 95% Braintrust $55 $55 $220 $220 $41 $41 $316 $316 100% Campus Crusade for Christ $400 $800 $500 $75 $75 $1,275 $575 45% Camp Kesem MIT $1,804 $1,804 $380 $380 $2,184 $2,184 100% Caribbean Club $20 $20 $2,400 $1,900 $50 $2,420 $1,970 81% Caving Club $515 $515 $1,424 $1,424 $500 $500 $40 $40 $2,479 $2,479 100% Chamak $200 $200 $200 $200 100% Concert Band $200 $200 $1,075 $1,075 $750 $750 $185 $185 $2,210 $2,210 100% Cross Products $105 $105 $70 $70 $104 $104 $279 $279 100% Curling Club $350 $350 $310 $310 $660 $660 100% EASE $30 $170 $120 $60 $260 $120 46% Engineers Without Borders - MIT $14 $14 $436 $436 $500 $500 $950 $950 100% Equestrian Club $1,550 $1,250 $1,550 $1,250 81% GaMIT $1,505 $1,505 $25 $25 $1,530 $1,530 100% Gilbert and Sullivan Players $240 $240 $240 $240 100% Global Poverty Initiative $956 $956 $120 $120 $1,076 $1,076 100% Habitat for Humanity $1,200 $1,200 $1,976 $1,976 $200 $200 $3,376 $3,376 100% Hillel $175 $175 $400 $200 $2,060 $2,060 $285 $285 $2,920 $2,720 93% Hindu Students Council $325 $25 $30 $30 $770 $770 $90 $90 $1,215 $915 75% Hong Kong Student Society $100 $100 $1,900 $1,350 $2,000 $1,450 73% Imobilare $100 $100 $100 $100 100% International Development Consultants $50 $180 $350 $350 $710 $200 $1,110 $730 66% Komaza $500 $1,600 $2,100 0% Korean Students Association $70 $70 $300 $400 $200 $100 $100 $870 $370 43% La Union Chicana por Aztlan $1,600 $750 $2,906 $915 $215 $115 $4,721 $1,780 38% Lab for Chocolate Science $50 $50 $600 $600 $50 $50 $700 $700 100% Live Music Connection $780 $780 $375 $375 $1,155 $1,155 100% MentorConnection $600 $650 $100 $1,350 0% Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) $200 $200 $150 $150 $371 $371 $450 $450 $1,171 $1,171 100% MIT American Medical Student’s Association $1,400 $1,400 $70 $70 $1,470 $1,470 100% MIT Anime $31 $31 $3,070 $1,070 $470 $470 $11 $11 $3,582 $1,582 44% MIT Assassin’s Guild $220 $220 $120 $120 $580 $580 $100 $100 $1,020 $1,020 100% MIT Bhakti Yoga $1,500 $120 $1,620 0% MIT Bhangra $3,200 $825 $4,025 0% MIT Black Student’s Union $8,900 $1,200 $8,900 $1,200 13% MIT Casino Rueda $800 $250 $250 $810 $820 $40 $40 $1,900 $1,110 58% MIT Chess Club $553 $513 $180 $180 $445 $360 $20 $20 $1,198 $1,073 90% MIT Chinese Ensemble $40 $40 $160 $160 $50 $50 $250 $250 100% MIT Chinese Students’s Club $270 $120 $560 $340 $5,240 $2,490 $200 $250 $6,270 $3,200 51% MIT Chinese Yo-Yo Club $300 $300 $300 $300 $100 $100 $700 $700 100% MIT Dance Troupe $120 $120 $120 $120 100% MIT Debate Team $2,280 $2,280 $2,280 $2,280 100% MIT Filipino Students Association $650 $650 $650 $650 100% MIT Go Club $500 $500 $230 $180 $30 $30 $760 $710 93% MIT Gospel Choir $350 $350 $200 $300 $300 $100 $100 $950 $750 79% MIT HAPA $800 $800 $800 $800 100% MIT Hawaii Club $130 $130 $900 $900 $100 $100 $1,130 $1,130 100% MIT Intervarsity $100 $100 $310 $310 $75 $75 $485 $485 100% MIT LDSSA $220 $495 $100 $815 0% MIT Lion Dance Club $10 $10 $90 $90 $225 $200 $10 $10 $335 $310 93% MIT Logarhythms $1,500 $1,500 $50 $50 $150 $627 $180 $2,327 $1,730 74% MIT Marching Band $75 $75 $125 $125 $75 $75 $275 $275 100% MIT Mocha Moves $100 $100 $1,324 $1,324 $100 $100 $1,524 $1,524 100% MIT Muses $50 $50 $50 $50 $100 $100 100% MIT Pro-Life $480 $480 $480 $480 100% MIT Quidditch $250 $250 $370 $370 $300 $300 $75 $75 $995 $995 100% MIT Rocket Team $400 $400 $400 $400 100% MIT Satellite Team $500 $250 $100 $850 0% MIT Starleague $200 $40 $240 0% MIT Students for Israel $760 $760 $25 $25 $785 $785 100% MIT Syncopasian $20 $1,070 $1,090 0% MIT Traditional Medicine Society $1,450 $700 $315 $255 $1,765 $955 54% MIT Undergraduate Biochemistry Association $590 $590 $45 $45 $635 $635 100% MIT-EMS $455 $455 $400 $450 $450 $380 $380 $1,685 $1,285 76% mitBEEF $50 $50 $1,750 $1,150 $150 $50 $1,950 $1,250 64% Movements in Time Dance Company $400 $400 $400 $400 $540 $540 $95 $95 $1,435 $1,435 100% Mujeres Latinas $2,280 $1,370 $250 $123 $2,530 $1,493 59% Musical Theatre Guild $822 $822 $1,000 $1,000 $1,822 $1,822 100% National Society of Black Engineers $1,700 $1,700 $540 $540 $130 $130 $2,370 $2,370 100% National Society of Collegiate Scholars $944 $944 $50 $50 $994 $994 100% Network of Sloan Undergraduate Women $1,300 $1,300 $365 $365 $1,665 $1,665 100% Nigerian Students Association $100 $100 $650 $600 $60 $60 $810 $760 94% NOBCChE-MIT $1,025 $50 $1,075 0% Oori $300 $300 $300 $300 100% Order of Omega $300 $300 $25 $25 $325 $325 100% OrigaMIT $165 $165 $210 $210 $350 $250 $65 $65 $790 $690 87% Pershing Rifles C-12 (ABN) $400 $400 $650 $450 $1,050 $850 81% Protestant Student Community $620 $620 $94 $94 $714 $714 100% Resonance $520 $520 $2,350 $1,450 $280 $280 $3,150 $2,250 71% Ridonkulous $320 $320 $260 $260 $580 $580 100% RUNE $2,050 $2,050 $2,050 $2,050 100% Science Fiction Society, MIT $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 100% Shakespeare Ensemble $740 $240 $400 $400 $100 $100 $50 $50 $1,290 $790 61% Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers $100 $200 $500 $100 $900 0% Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers $851 $851 $100 $100 $951 $951 100% South Asian American Students $1,420 $470 $500 $100 $1,920 $570 30% Strategic Games Society $200 $150 $45 $395 0% Student Juggling Club $68 $68 $1,427 $1,427 $75 $75 $1,570 $1,570 100% Students for the Exploration and Development of Space $200 $200 $350 $350 $25 $25 $575 $575 100% Techiya $276 $276 $276 $276 100% Toons $500 $500 $600 $400 $578 $368 $1,678 $1,268 76% Undergraduate Economics Association $1,000 $400 $1,400 0% Universities Allied for Essential Medicines $530 $80 $4,903 $1,360 $194 $30 $5,627 $1,470 26% Vietnamese Students Association $40 $40 $100 $60 $1,105 $780 $30 $15 $1,275 $895 70% Voo Doo $200 $200 $1,750 $1,750 $1,950 $1,950 100% Western Hemisphere Project $500 $500 $50 $50 $550 $550 100% Totals $32,133 $21,813 $17,733 $12,328 $101,910 $71,999 $19,967 $14,113 $171,743 $120,253 70%
Why a budget is like a diet — often ineffective
What would you do if your wallet became harder to open as your spending approached or exceeded your budget? Would you think twice about where your money was going?
Tweeting at the ’Tute
It’s no surprise that Facebook accounts make up 78 percent of total social networking usage online, according to marketing firm Social Twist — but what about Twitter? An update of 140 characters or less may seem like an unlikely news source, but more and more companies and organizations, including media outlets, are jumping to add Twitter to their methods of reaching the masses.
Anna Tang returns home to Brighton, Mass.
The saga of Anna L. Tang continues: will she be committed to a mental institution, or can she attempt to lead a normal life? Tang is the mentally ill former Wellesley student who stabbed MIT student Wolfe B. Styke ’10 in October of 2007. She was found not guilty of attempted murder and home invasion at her trial on Wednesday, Dec. 8, because she lacked the capacity to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law.
Police Log, June–December 2010
Editor’s Note: The Tech has fallen rather far behind on printing these Campus Police log entries, which are reported by the Police on their web site (http://web.mit.edu/cp/). We have devoted some effort to automating our production of this data, and expect to report it in a more timely fashion in the future. We are “caught up” as of today’s paper.
Wolfe Styke sues MIT for $50,000
Wolfe B. Styke ’10 is suing MIT and Russell J. Novello, a former Next House security guard, for $50,000 in a personal injury lawsuit filed in October in Middlesex Superior Court.
MIT plans expansion of University Park
MIT will work with Forest City Boston to build a new building at 298–334 Massachusetts Avenue, in the area just north of Random Hall, expanding research and retail opportunities along the block. Construction could start as soon as a year from now.
CAC, Walker groups to talk
This morning, several design and construction firms will be taking a tour of Walker Memorial to evaluate the building’s potential to support MIT’s Music and Theater Arts programs. Although Campus Activities Complex Director Phillip J. Walsh has said “no decisions have been made and cannot be adequately addressed until the feasibility and assessment reviews are conducted” in regards to the project, the action of the Facilities department in hiring these architects and contractors comes as an alarm to several student groups housed in Walker.