UA and Class Council Candidates
CORRECTION TO THIS ARTICLE: Because of inaccurate information provided by the Undergraduate Association Election Commission, Tuesday’s table that listed UA and Class Council candidates gave the incorrect class years for some Class Council candidates. Rishi Dixit ’12 is running for class of 2012 — not 2011 — president. David S. Zhu ’12 is running for class of 2012 — not 2011 — treasurer. Zhu is also a Tech sports editor, which the table did not disclose because of an editing error.
MLK Diversity Exhibit Vandalized Twice
President Susan J. Hockfield and Prof. J. Phillip Thompson, Chair of the Committee on Race and Diversity, have issued a statement in response to vandalism of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial exhibit last month (see right). The annual exhibit consisted of several student-created displays to promote diversity, human rights, and similar principles, and ran from Feb. 2 through Feb. 9 in Lobby 10.
His Name is ‘Zoz.’ Former GRT Stars on Discovery Channel
A team of four engineers prototyping a creation — sounds like a group project at MIT, right? The only difference? These engineers are on TV, in a new show “Prototype This” which aired on the Discovery Channel last October. One of the engineers is a former Senior House Graduate Resident Tutor, Andrew Brooks PhD ’07.
Technology Review and News Office Join Forces To Cut Costs, Redundancy
MIT is in the process of combining the assets, functions, and personnel of the MIT News Office and <i>Technology Review</i> magazine in order to cut spending and run communications more effectively.
New Building Process Worries Local Board; Traffic is Major Issue
MIT is meeting resistance from neighborhood residents as it hopes to construct a new building at 650 Main Street, a parking lot diagonally across from Tech Square. The 400,000-square-foot project will come before the Cambridge Planning Board on Tuesday, Mar. 3, amidst concerns from the Area 4 Neighborhood Coalition (A4NC) that it will bring additional vehicular traffic to the area and integrate poorly with the neighborhood.
News Briefs
Show your MIT student ID and skip the 5 percent meals tax at Anna’s Taqueria, Dunkin Donuts, and many other on-campus vendors — see a full list at<i> http://web.mit.edu/dining/locations/retailoptions.html</i>.
News Briefs
Bike racks on the south and east sides of the Student Center are being replaced today.
In Short
Institute Professor John M. Deutch ’61 was appointed to a federal intelligence panel on spy satellites, though the appointment was questioned by members of Congress. Deutch had served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1995–1996, and afterwards was found to have wrongly stored classified informaton on his unclassified computer systems, a serious security breach for which he ultimately received a presidential pardon.
Dining Reform Group Releases More Notes, Increases Student Say
The committee tasked with redesigning MIT’s dining system agreed to make more information public and increase student say at its first meeting since a consultants’ report to the committee was leaked two Saturdays ago.
NIH Pleads for Discretion, Hopes Grantees Hire Fast
The acting director of the National Institutes of Health begged university administrators on Wednesday to avoid even applying for stimulus money unless the universities planned to hire people almost immediately.
What Recession? Universities Can Pay Non-Presidents $1M+
While generous compensation packages for college presidents have come under increasing public scrutiny, other university employees often earn far more.
Deep Budget Cuts Are On the Way, Says Undergrad. Education Dean
MIT must focus on cost savings, Dean for Undergraduate Education Daniel E. Hastings ’78 said at last night’s Undergraduate Association Senate meeting.
No Suspects In Brazen Daylight Robberies On Campus
Two people were robbed in broad daylight on Sunday on the MIT campus, the MIT police reported yesterday.
Tuition and Inflation Over Time
Tuition & Fees During Year Beginning in Fall Percent Increase Tuition and Fees Consumer Price Index in December of Previous Year Inflation Rate(% Increase in the CPI) 2005 $32,300 4.87% 190.3 3.26% 2006 $33,600 4.02% 196.8 3.42% 2007 $34,986 4.13% 201.8 2.54% 2008 $36,390 4.01% 210.0 4.08% 2009 $37,782 3.83% 210.2 0.09%
Students Expect A’s As Default Grade, Even If They Just Attend Class
Prof. Marshall Grossman has come to expect complaints whenever he returns graded papers in his English classes at the University of Maryland.
In Wake of GIR Defeat, Back to Drawing Board
President Susan J. Hockfield announced at the faculty meeting on Wednesday that the motion to revise the General Institute Requirements had been defeated, eliminating any lingering uncertainties among faculty about whether the motion had passed by the required margin. Now, faculty and administrators have gone back to the drawing board to craft an improved plan for amending the GIRs.
MacGregor Dining Program Closed Due To High Costs
Because of inconsistent food quality, low attendance, and high costs, the MacGregor Dining Pilot Program ceased operations as of Tuesday. The program, which served dinner in MacGregor weekly, was instated to test the potential for a full-service dining hall in the dormitory. The program suffered from a $7500 deficit last semester in food and labor costs.
New Invention Gives People ‘Sixth Sense’
Ever wanted to be able to manipulate images on a computer the way Tom Cruise did in <i>Minority Report</i>? A new Media Lab invention, sixthsense, lets you do just that as it allows users to manipulate digital information with hand gestures.