
Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech
A statue of John Harvard overlooks the Occupy Harvard movement on a wet Wednesday afternoon. The protest group has raised concerns over a wide set of issues at Harvard, from alleged questionable investment practices to unfair contracts for employees of the university.
NEWS EDITOR
November 18, 2011
Dormitory desk workers around campus have been urged to be vigilant about security in wake of a theft at Baker House late last month. With desks as the first defense against intruders, many dorms have recently rolled out new policies and been more strict about basic desk policies. Sign-in sheets and guest lists have been emphasized, and two desk workers have been posted during dining hours in dining dorms. Spare room keys have been pulled from behind the desks of several dorms and that policy will likely be applied to all dormitories soon, according to MIT’s office for residential life.
November 18, 2011
The Campus Activities Complex (CAC) plans to replace the nearly 25-year-old front doors of the Student Center with new doors equipped with locks and card readers.
November 18, 2011
We, the undergraduate students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in order to improve the quality of our education, to provide ourselves with services which would otherwise not be provided, to express our views and represent ourselves in collaboration with other groups whose decisions affect us, and to fairly and accountably allocate resources which have been granted to us as a whole, do create a central body unto which legislative, executive, judicial, and representative powers are conferred.
November 18, 2011
Aaron H. Swartz, the former Harvard ethics fellow who allegedly orchestrated a mass download of JSTOR documents from an MIT network closet, was indicted a second time yesterday, this time in Middlesex Superior Court.
More News
- IN SHORT (11/18/11)
- UA Council Bylaws (11/18/11)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (11/18/11)
- Armed attacks on Syrian sites appear to rise (11/18/11)
- Shorts (right) (11/18/11)
- Occupy protesters clash with police in New York City (11/18/11)
- New premier offers economic rescue plan for Italy (11/18/11)
- African Union considers sending Ethiopian troops to Somalia (11/18/11)
- Man charged with trying to assassinate President Obama (11/18/11)
- Weather: Pleasant November weekend in Cambridge (11/18/11)
Opinion
- GUEST COLUMN Two sides to every campus (11/18/11; 7 comments)
- GUEST COLUMN Response from the Chancellor (11/18/11; 1 comment)
- Does OWS have an image problem? (11/18/11; 1 comment)
- Occupy yourself (11/18/11; 1 comment)
Sports
- MIT wins season opener (11/18/11)
- Taekwondo dominates at opening tournament (11/18/11)
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (11/18/11)
- Sports Shorts (11/18/11)
Campus Life
- Campus Life was not published this issue.
Arts
- MOVIE REVIEW Going the distance — or not? (11/18/11)
- CONCERT REVIEW New talent, stale rhymes (11/18/11)