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MIT Settles With Dorm Abutter The Institute has resolved its dispute with the business abutting the site of the proposed Vassar St. undergraduate dormitory, allowing construction to begin immediately. New Burton-Conner Policy Could Restrict Showering of Freshmen Burton-Conner’s house government may ban the long standing tradition of “showering” freshmen, a ritual involving the throwing of fully clothed freshmen into the shower on the night before their first 8.01 exam. Freshman Elections Begin Despite last year’s elections fiasco, in which a candidate for UA President was disqualified for postering violations and then reinstated, the UA Election Commission has not issued a concrete policy dealing with postering violations and punishment. Nobel Laureate Series Begins With Focus On Economics Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, this five-year program aims to bring Nobel Laureates of all fields from all over the world to speak at MIT. Freedom Rally Supporters Protest Marijuana Laws 40,000 people gathered on the Boston Commons this Saturday for the eleventh annual Freedom Rally, an event created to protest laws against the sale and use of marijuana.
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Freshmen today follow many Institute rules, along with the rest of the student body. Earlier this century freshmen were strictly guided in their dress and conduct to encourage freshmen to meet one another. The new policy was announced in The Tech on Registration Day, in late September 1929.
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