Frank M. Yaul
The remodeled 10-250 lecture hall boasts a new color scheme of olive green and beige, blue “runway” lights lining the steps, higher ceilings, and modern walls.
September 9, 2008
The Class of 2012’s performance on the advanced standing exams (ASEs) was markedly different from last year’s as freshman performed better on the biology exams but poorer on the physics exams. And for the second year, results on the newly rewritten Math Diagnostic for Physics Placement exam was used to limit enrollment to the popular 8.012 alternative to 8.01.
NEWS EDITOR
September 9, 2008
On April 6, 2008, a clip of an Oklahoma police officer assaulting a man appeared on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. Tagged with “police,” “brutality” and “beat up,” it received over 20,000 views in the ten brief days that it was available.
September 9, 2008
From Northwestern University, to Stanford, to MIT, Professor Marc Meredith of the Political Science Department is truly a traveling scholar. Earning masters degrees in both economics and political science, Marc examines today’s political scene with the eye of an economist. He currently teaches Quantitative Research Methods I (17.800), a graduate class where students apply statistical techniques to politics in order to better understand and predict social trends. When it comes time to predict the next president, Marc will be one step ahead, applying game theory to the society in which we live. While his field is rigorous, Marc also finds time to enjoy his many hobbies including running, football, poker, and ping-pong.
September 9, 2008
After last year’s fall to seventh in the U.S. News and World Report rankings due to changes in reporting test scores, MIT climbed back to the number four spot among national universities. The increase was due in part to improvements at MIT, but may also be chalked up to other institutions’ scores decreasing.
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- Obituary: Lucian W. Pye (9/9/08)
- Obituary: Michael Hammer ’68 (9/9/08)
- $12 Laptop Featured at Int’l Dev. Design Summit (9/9/08)
World and Nation
- Large Hadron Collider Will Power On Tomorrow (9/9/08)
- McCain and Palin: Etiquette and the Coed Ticket (9/9/08)
- New Fundraising Pressures For Obama Campaign (9/9/08)
- Some 9/11 Rumors Solidify as Conventional Wisdom (9/9/08)
- Shorts (left) (9/9/08)
- Shorts (right) (9/9/08)
- Weather: Get Your Sweaters (9/9/08)
Opinion
- Conventions 2008 (9/9/08)
- Corrections (9/9/08)
- Eastern Promises (9/9/08)
- Microcredit Changes Lives (9/9/08)
- Trouble in Zimbabwe (9/9/08)
Sports
- Winning Streak for MIT Volleyball Team Ends With Brandeis (9/9/08)
- Women’s Tennis Defeats Suffolk 8-1 to Start Season on Saturday (9/9/08)
- Football Defeats Maine Maritime In Season Opener, 42-39Men’s Soccer Overwhelms Caltech, 4-0Field Hockey Falls To UMass-Dartmouth (9/9/08)
- Scoreboard (9/9/08)
- Upcoming Home Events (9/9/08)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.
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