David M. Templeton—The Tech
The inbound gates of the Kendall/MIT subway stop are seen on Sunday evening.
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
August 25, 2008
Incoming first-year undergraduate and graduate students descended upon the MIT campus as orientation activities officially started on Sunday.
STAFF REPORTERS
August 25, 2008
An MIT student project showing how anyone with a magnetic card writer can ride the Boston subway for free was not presented at this summer’s DEF CON hacker convention because of an emergency court order. But details sufficient to repeat the attack were published in open court documents by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in its request for a restraining order.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
August 25, 2008
Documents made public by an MBTA lawsuit against MIT undergraduates show how anyone can get free T fare by copying an existing CharlieTicket or by making their own.
August 25, 2008
This is the first interview in a five-part series introducing incoming students to some of MIT’s faculty, staff, and student leaders. Today, The Tech interviews Steven R. Lerman ’72, Dean for Graduate Education, who offers advice for incoming students, discusses his work with graduate students, and shares his memories of being an undergraduate at MIT.
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