
Sam Range—The Tech
Picketers from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers stand outside Lobby 7 on Wednesday afternoon. Members of the electricians’ union have been protesting MIT’s contracting practices for over five weeks.
NEWS EDITOR
October 9, 2009
The Undergraduate Association has reversed its stance and is providing detailed vote counts on the Senate and Class of 2013 elections, UA Election Commissioner Sun K. Kim ’11 said on Wednesday.
STAFF REPORTER
October 9, 2009
At 6:56 a.m., long before most undergrads stumble out of bed, an electrician from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) stepped off the bus at 77 Mass Ave. He joined the group of workmen waiting on the stairs of Lobby 7, all of whom shared his same shift. At 7 a.m. sharp, his workday began — not that you’d be able to tell.
October 9, 2009
On Wednesday the New England Association of Schools and Colleges completed its review of MIT, as part of MIT’s bid for reaccreditation. Before the NEASC’s arrival, President Susan Hockfield noted in her State of the Institute address that she hadn’t “broken a sweat” over the outcome.
October 9, 2009
MIT’s endowment investments lost 17 percent of their value in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 28 percent of its value over the same period. This was the first fiscal year since 2003 that net investment return to the endowment was negative. In the 2000s, MIT’s endowment has always outperformed the S&P 500. MIT released the Report of the Treasurer on Friday last week.
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- Shorts (left) (10/9/09)
- Shorts (right) (10/9/09)
- Weather: The True Windy City (10/9/09)
Opinion
- Letters to the Editor (10/9/09)
- UA Update (10/9/09)
- Corrections (10/9/09)
Sports
- MIT Outing Club Wins 19-Mile Relay Race, Ignores Relay Aspect (10/9/09)
- Sports Shorts (10/9/09)
- Scoreboard (10/9/09)
- Upcoming Home Events (10/9/09)
Campus Life
- Campus Life was not published this issue.
Arts
- CD REVIEW Pearl Jam Heads Back to Familiar Space (10/9/09)
- MOVIE REVIEW ★★★ A Tale of the Haves and the Have-Nots (10/9/09)
- CONCERT REVIEW Philharmonia’s First Concert of Season Is a Hit (10/9/09)
- CONCERT REVIEW Too Too Too Long Since the Last Album (10/9/09)
- MOVIE REVIEW When Science Attacks! (10/9/09)
- BALLET REVIEW All Eyes on Giselle (10/9/09)