
David Da He—The Tech
Fred F. Chen G, PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, receives his doctoral hood from Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD ’80 and department head Anantha Chandrakasan in Rockwell Cage Thursday.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
June 8, 2012
MIT’s 146th Commencement exercises will take place this morning on Killian Court, where more than 2,400 graduating students will receive about 3,200 degrees.
EDITORS
June 8, 2012
Provost L. Rafael Reif was elected MIT’s 17th president last month at a special meeting of the MIT Corporation. He will officially replace President Susan J. Hockfield, who has served for seven years, on July 2, 2012.
EDITORS
June 8, 2012
This fall, many dorms will see new faces in their house teams in the form of Residential Life Area Directors (RLAD). RLADs will live in the dorm and assist housemasters and Graduate Resident Tutors (GRT) with administrative and operational tasks. These changes were revealed last week, when an anonymous source leaked a letter, written by Chancellor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80 to MIT housemasters, that spoke of imminent changes in residential life. The information caught many students and GRTs off-guard, sparking campus-wide controversy and debate.
EDITOR IN CHIEF
June 8, 2012
The Review Committee on Orientation’s (RCO) final report, which was released in April, and an accompanying MIT News Office press release, misleadingly suggested that individual FSILGs would be able to participate in the Orientation Activities Midway. Individual fraternities, sororities, and living groups (FSILGs) will not have booths at the Midway, but the broad FSILG presence during Orientation will be expanded for informational purposes, according to MIT officials.
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Opinion
- EDITORIAL: Welcome, President Reif! (6/8/12; 3 comments)
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (6/8/12)
- GUEST COLUMN: RLADs will support — not replace — current house teams (6/8/12; 3 comments)
- GUEST COLUMN: RLAD process and proposal have serious flaws (6/8/12; 1 comment)
- CORRECTIONS (6/8/12)
Arts
- MOVIE REVIEW: Old Alien DNA, new story (6/8/12)
- BOOK REVIEW: A titanic failure of management and policy (6/8/12; 1 comment)
- BOOK REVIEW: Religious writings, as poetry (6/8/12)