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Heng ‘Nikita’ Guo, an MBA student, was found dead in her apartment last Friday.
EDITORS
November 2, 2012
Heng “Nikita” Guo, an MBA student in MIT’s Sloan School, passed away last Friday in her apartment in Cambridge. Her death has been ruled a suicide by the Medical Examiner’s office. She was 28.
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STAFF REPORTER
November 2, 2012
Feeling stressed but don’t know what to do? Starting next spring, students will be able to take advantage of a new student-run program called Peer Ears, designed to allow students, or “peer ears,” to refer their peers in need to the proper MIT support resources. The program was founded by Divya Srinivasan ’13 and Emad Taliep ’14, who felt that many students were not always sure where to go if they encountered a problem. Unlike MedLinks, however, peer ears will not be trained to handle mental health issues themselves.
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STAFF REPORTER
November 2, 2012
The Underclassmen Giving Campaign (UGC) wrapped up last Friday, with students donating a total of $3966 to fund their classmates’ public service projects. As in past years, an anonymous MIT alumnus will match all student donations, doubling the amount raised to $7932.
November 2, 2012
Aaron Swartz has a new legal team. The Internet activist accused of mass downloading files from JSTOR through the MIT network has hired top San Francisco law firm Keker and Van Nest to represent him, according to court filings on Wednesday. Keker is a medium-sized law firm specializing in intellectual property law.
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Opinion
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (11/2/12; 1 comment)
- Giving the president his night in New York (11/2/12)
- CORRECTIONS (11/2/12)
Sports
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (11/2/12)
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Campus Life
- Campus Life was not published this issue.