Provost Reif Talks Budget, Asks For Input at UA Senate Meeting
At last night’s Undergraduate Association meeting, Provost L. Rafael Reif talked about MIT’s relative financial stability and said that he will not “micromanage” budget cuts.
Plummeting Home Prices Mean New Headache for Parents Paying Tuition
Parents of college-age children used to be able to count on home-equity loans to help pay tuition, but this is no longer the case with housing values sliding and the mortgage market imposing much tighter restrictions on loans.
ASA Event Funding Results
The Association of Student Activities has released the Spring 2009 allocations for the Large Event Fund (LEF) and ARCADE (Assisting Recurring Cultural And Diversity Events).
15% Discount Offered To MIT Departments By Supplier Digi-Key
Electronics supplier Digi-Key has recently agreed to provide a 15 percent discount and free second-day shipping to MIT departments, though students might get the discount for personal use as well.
Bennie, Delano Elected as Next UA President, Vice President
Michael A. Bennie ’10 and Margaret K. Delano ’10 were elected Undergraduate Association president and vice-president, respectively, in a landslide victory last week. Bennie and Delano garnered just under half of all first-place votes, nearly tripling the vote count of runner-up Ryan W. Jackson ’10 and Thomas W. Hay ’10.
D’Amelio Out on $75,000 Bail
<span class=update-ear>Updated: 12:23 A.M.</span><br>Joseph D’Amelio, the MIT Police Officer arrested for drug trafficking on Sat., March 14, has been released on $75,000 bail. He is under house arrest with electronic monitoring, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s spokesman Jake Wark.
Some MIT Stem Cell Scientists Helped by End of Federal Ban
President Obama’s change to federal stem cell policy, providing researchers with access to additional lines of stem cells under federal money, eliminates barriers faced to research by some MIT scientists.
GSC Selects New Officers
On Wednesday, the Graduate Student Council elected officers for the 2009–2010 academic year. For the first time in three years, the elections were contested.
MIT Press Will Focus More on E-Books;Press Saw Ten Percent Drop in Book Sales
As the transition from print publication to digital publication of scholarly work becomes more prevalent, university presses are being forced to adapt their business plans to appeal to the new electronic demand: MIT Press is no exception.
Campus Police Officer Fired
MIT has fired one of the two officers responsible for “recycling” copies of <i>The Tech</i> on March 17, and the other officer remains suspended without pay, Vice President for Institute Affairs Kirk D. Kolenbrander announced yesterday.
Alumna Gets Laughs In Ashdown Stand-Up
<b>March 15, 1:00 p.m.</b> This may have been a lazy Sunday afternoon for many of us, but for Dhaya Lakshminarayanan ’96 a tough time lay ahead: she was about to face and entertain a crowd of comedy connoisseurs and hardcore fans of the tricky art of stand-up in the soberly-styled Ashdown House Crafts Lounge — not everyone is up for a post-lunch laugh during digestion time on a Sunday.
D’Amelio Released on $75K Bail
Joseph D’Amelio, the MIT Police Officer arrested for drug trafficking on Sat., March 14, has been released on $75,000 bail. He is under house arrest with electronic monitoring, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s spokesman Jake Wark.
Prosecutor: Siddiqui Faked Mental Illness
A federal prosecutor in Manhattan said on Thursday that two government psychiatrists had concluded that a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with trying to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan had been faking her symptoms of mental illness.
Bennie and Delano Want to Improve UA Communication and Transparency
Many of the items on the agenda of Undergraduate Association president-elect Michael A. Bennie ‘10 and vice president-elect Margaret K. Delano focus on improving UA transparency and fostering communication between students and the administration. <i>The Tech</i> sat down with Bennie and Delano to discuss their plans for office.