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Volume 131 >> Issue 55 : Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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Andrea Fabre—The Tech
(Left to right) Karen Mills, Guy Broadbent, Jill Becker, Michael Casper, Joanna Dowling, and William Emhiser speak on the Advanced Manufacturing Success Stories Panel. On Monday, Nov. 28, MIT hosted the White House’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Regional Meeting to discuss ways to boost advanced manufacturing in the U.S.
Senate approves UA restructuring
By Ethan A. Solomon
EDITOR IN CHIEF
November 29, 2011
The Senate of the Undergraduate Association voted unanimously to dissolve itself yesterday evening, a milestone in the months-long effort of the organization to substantially restructure itself.
MIT holds ethics discourses
By Amita Gupta
November 29, 2011
“MIT requires a swim test to graduate but no formal course in ethics,” notes Manish Bhardwaj, a Fellow at The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT.
6,102 apply early to MIT, slight drop from last year
November 29, 2011
6,102 people applied early-action to MIT this year, a 4.72 percent drop from last year’s 6,405. Early applications were due Nov. 1, though some residents affected by the late October blizzard were granted an extension. Early applicants can expect to hear back from MIT around mid-December.
Frank will not run for reelection in redrawn district
By Frank Phillips and Noah Bierman
GLOBE STAFF
November 29, 2011
Facing a new electoral hurdle in a dramatically redrawn district, U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a stalwart of Massachusetts politics for more than 40 years and one of the nation’s leading liberal voices, announced Monday that he will leave Congress when his term expires.
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