
Video by Quentin Smith
Undergraduate Association Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates Allan E. Miramonti ’13 and Alec C. Lai ’13 are seen in this screen capture from the UA Presidential Debate, held Sunday evening on the first floor of the Stratton Student Center. Miramonti and Lai are the only ticket running in the election.
NEWS EDITOR
March 15, 2011
This year, the Undergraduate Association debate was anything but a debate. With only one ticket in the running for the UA President and Vice President, candidates Allan E. Miramonti ’13 and Alec C. Lai ’13 took the time this past Sunday to answer questions regarding their campaign platform.
EDITOR IN CHIEF
March 15, 2011
Replete with graying beard and Canadian accent, Saskatchewan native and newly appointed Chancellor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80 met with the UA Senate for the first time Monday evening. Echoing concerns raised two weeks ago when the Senate met with MIT Corporation Chairman John S. Reed ’61, students grilled the new chancellor on student engagement, culture, and communication.
March 15, 2011
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano presented the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture yesterday before a modest turnout in Kresge Auditorium. Napolitano is the first woman in the Compton Lecture Series, which has included Niels Bohr, two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, and Senator Ted Kennedy.
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March 15, 2011
State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley resigned on Sunday amid controversy over remarks he made last week at MIT about the treatment of Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning. At a talk on Thursday, he called the U.S. military’s treatment of Manning, who is suspected of providing classified information to WikiLeaks, “ridiculous, counter-productive, and stupid.”
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- IN SHORT (3/15/11)
World and Nation
- Third explosion threatens Japanese nuclear core (3/15/11)
- Clinton meets with Libyan opposition leader Mahmoud Jibril (3/15/11)
- Saudis, fearful of Iran, send troops to Bahrain protests (3/15/11)
- Shorts (left) (3/15/11)
- Shorts (right) (3/15/11)
- A gradual warm-up is coming next week (3/15/11)
Opinion
- Why America is going to make a big mistake in Libya (3/15/11; 1 comment)
- Lunch with Dan (3/15/11)
- What happened at the Fukushima reactor? (3/15/11; 105 comments)
- EDITORIAL UA in a tough spot (3/15/11)
Sports
- Track goes to Nationals (3/15/11)
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (3/15/11)
- No. 1 seeds prepare for Indianapolis Final Four (3/15/11)
- Sports Shorts (3/15/11)
Campus Life
- Afterhours with Carol Livermore (3/15/11)
- CLUB CONNECTION Breaking into dance (3/15/11)
- Institute Double Take (3/15/11)
- Events: Mar. 15 - Mar. 21 (3/15/11)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.