Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech
Last Friday, students gathered their books and sleeping bags to stage a “tool-in” in Lobby 7. Calling themselves the “Campaign for Students,” they protested an administration that they claim has excluded students from the decision-making process.
STAFF REPORTER
October 21, 2008
About 70 students protested for more student representation in Institute decisions during a “tool-in” on Friday, October 17, the first day of Family Weekend, in Lobby 7.
October 21, 2008
Divya B. Kumar, MIT Medical’s former sexual health educator, will now work exclusively on sexual violence issues in the newly-created position of violence prevention and response advocate.
STAFF REPORTER
October 21, 2008
The renovation of W1 into a new undergraduate dormitory has become a casualty of the recent economic downturn, as administrators have postponed construction by at least a year. Meanwhile, the future is uncertain for the group of undergraduates currently in Ashdown House who were slated to move into W1 in 2010.
STAFF REPORTER
October 21, 2008
A graduate student is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 4, 2008, facing four charges stemming from an incident that occurred at the List Visual Arts Center last October.
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World and Nation
- Federal Reserve Chairman Endorses New Stimulus (10/21/08)
- Hate Groups Stay Mostly Quiet During Election (10/21/08)
- Frozen Credit Markets Begin To Thaw Around World (10/21/08)
- Mugabe Blocks Zimbabwe Opposition Leader From Talks (10/21/08)
- Bush Decides to Keep Guantanamo Bay Facility Open (10/21/08)
- Shorts (left) (10/21/08)
- Shorts (right) (10/21/08)
- Weather: Autumn Weather to Continue (10/21/08)
Opinion
- The Challenge of International Development (10/21/08)
- Injustice, Poverty, and a Sustainability Ethos (10/21/08)
- Pharma in Africa (10/21/08)
- Oprah’s Educational Adventure (10/21/08)
Sports
- National Lacrosse League to Expand In Boston (10/21/08)
- Phillies, Rays Win, Advance To World Series (10/21/08)
- Men’s Cross Country Captures Plansky InvitationalWomen’s Volleyball Claims First Place in Quad TournamentMen’s Soccer Holds Off Coast Guard, 2-1 (10/21/08)
- Upcoming Home Events (10/21/08)
- Scoreboard (10/21/08)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.
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