The Tech - Volume 123, Issue 27

Volume 123 >> Issue 27 : Monday, June 9, 2003

News
	Carpenters Sue MIT The parents of Julia M. Carpenter 03, who committed suicide in April 2001, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against MIT, several Institute officials, and Charvak P. Karpe -04.
	Health Premiums Up 60 Percent After a surprise announcement that MIT Medical would likely have a massive deficit next year unless premiums were drastically increased, MIT raised the price of MIT s Extended Hospital Insurance by 60 percent, three and a half times last year s increase.
	2004 President Resigns In Plagiarism Scandal Lin s apology letter to the class of 2004, drafted to announce his resignation, itself contained a sentence fromPresident Clinton s 1998 speech to the nation admitting an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
	Sen. Mitchell To Speak At '03 Commencement More than 2,200 students will receive nearly 2,500 degrees today at MIT s 137th Commencement. Former Senator George J. Mitchell, who brokered the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland, will speak to 11,000 students and guests.
	Hermann A. Haus In 1995, President Clinton awarded Haus the National Medal of Science, the United States s highest scientific honor. In 1982, he was awarded the James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award, the highest honor given by the MIT faculty to a professor.
	Cambridge Likely To Ban Smoking After a year of debate, the Cambridge city council is likely to enact a ban on smoking in all bars and restaurants at tonight s meeting.
	2003 Institute Awards Recipients Rebecca Y. Deng 03
	Network Security Log We selected a number of Network Security cases with activity from the week of May 4 to June 3 that illustrate the type of destructive security events that occur on MIT s campus. Identifying information has been removed for privacy.
	Factual Allegations Made in Carpenter Family Suit Julia Miles Carpenter [Julie] enrolled at MIT as a freshman in August of 1999 and was a member of MIT s class of 2003.