Drop date, Thanksgiving break, PE registration
The deadline to drop a full-term subject is tomorrow. Changes from credit to listener must also be made by this date.
Frigid Thanksgiving
This upcoming Thanksgiving break looks to be a frigid one. Temperatures will drop to near record cold values in the teens and twenties °F Wednesday and Thursday before warming back up on Friday into the 30s.
MIT’s budgetary process
MIT’s budgetary process involves allocating over $3.6 billion in revenue and requires carefully balancing priorities; influencing factors range from new equipment to student financial aid.
‘It’s okay to be white’ white nationalist fliers posted near campus
MIT’s Bias Response Team received four reports Nov. 1 of fliers with the slogan “It’s okay to be white,” which has been linked to white supremacist activism, posted near campus.
First taste of winter in Boston
Wildfires continue to rage through California where over 100 people have gone missing and nearly 50 have been reported dead.
Employees sue Happy Lamb Hot Pot in Central Square
“Students could play a huge role in making sure that the workers' rights are enforced,” attorney Ting Chiu wrote.
Spring housing forms, shuttle service, drop date
Spring housing forms are due Nov. 25 and are available at http://myhousing.mit.edu.
Halloween on campus
The MIT student community, as well as some faculty, joined in the celebrations by showing up to their daily activities wearing costumes Oct. 31.
Next Haunt spooks students for fifth year
This haunted house/escape the room game based in Next House draws hundreds of students each year.
Another week, another rainy nor’easter
The unsettled weather pattern of late is poised to advance Boston’s unusually wet autumn as yet another nor'easter races up the coast Friday night.
MITHenge, spring housing, Veterans Day
MITHenge will take place Nov. 10, 11, and 12 at around 4:20 p.m. along the Infinite Corridor. Remember to take proper safety precautions when observing this astronomical event!
Reflecting on MIT’s third annual Title IX report
Taking a look at MIT's latest released Title IX Annual Report in relation to past reports and those of peer institutions.
Folk Dance Club de-recognized by ASA
As of Nov. 1, the MIT Folk Dance Club, which sponsored Israeli, contra, and international dancing groups, is no longer recognized as a student group by the ASA, marking the end of a six-decades-long tradition at MIT.
E38 and E39 exterior restorations in progress
Buildings E38 and E39 in Kendall Square are being renovated as part of the Kendall Square Initiative. They will contain retail space, graduate housing, and the MIT Admissions office, among other things.
Vassar Street undergrad residence hall foundation almost complete
Work on the foundation for a new undergraduate residence hall on Vassar Street is nearing completion, and work on its superstructure — the construction above ground — is scheduled to start this week.
Visa issues prevent several international students from attending iGEM Giant Jamboree
Several international students found themselves unable to attend this year’s iGEM Giant Jamboree, the culminating event of the iGEM synthetic biology competition, due to visa issues relating to their nationality.
Harvard admissions trial in progress
Harvard is defending its admissions practices in a trial that alleges it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. The trial started Oct. 15 and is set to end by mid-November, according to The Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper.
Voting, Burchard Scholars, spring housing forms
Voting day is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Check your polling place at vote.org/polling-place-locator. For many who live on campus, your polling place is at Kresge Auditorium.
Kate Trimble appointed Office of Experiential Learning director
One challenge Trimble expects to face is how decentralized experiential learning is at MIT, as it is spread over multiple programs, departments, and clubs; she hopes that the OEL will help students navigate these different offerings.
Barnhart and Nelson plan changes to housing selection process
In an email sent to house presidents, VPSL Suzy Nelson pointed to “negative aspects” of current housing lotteries such as “rejection for some due to house ‘rush’” and asked the presidents to consider how the housing selection process can be used to “affirm MIT’s values on diversity.”