
Tiffany Ira Huang—The Tech
Kresge Auditorium’s facade shines with various colored banners corresponding to the different teams presenting in the 2.009 Product Engineering Processes final project milestone Monday night.
STAFF REPORTER
December 11, 2012
As many of edX’s first courses come to a close, the online learning initiative continues to grow. EdX spokesman Dan O’Connell told The Tech last week that edX had reached half a million unique registrants. Yesterday edX announced its newest partner, Georgetown University, which joins just on the heels of Wellesley College, whose own addition to the list of “X Universities” was announced last week. Wellesley is the first liberal arts college to join edX.
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
December 11, 2012
On Monday, students in 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, presented their final projects related to the theme “outdoors.” The students, all seniors in Mechanical Engineering, worked for three months in eight color-coded teams of 15-19 students each to research markets, choose a focus, design a product, and produce a working prototype with a $6500 budget.
December 11, 2012
On December 5, MIT police released a police bulletin stating that they had received three anonymous reports of sexual assaults that occurred on November 2012 at 99 Bay State Road, the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house. The bulletin stated that there is no ongoing criminal investigation as a result of the reports. When contacted, MIT Chief of Police John DiFava confirmed that there was no ongoing investigation and declined to comment further.
STAFF REPORTER
December 11, 2012
Several parcels of land spanning a wide area of Central Square, including several prominent locations along Massachusetts Avenue, were recently listed for sale. Speculation surrounds MIT’s potential interest in purchasing the properties, which include several parking lots and the Quest Diagnostics building.
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- New exec board takes IFC reins (12/11/12)
- Why have printed annual reports not been issued since 2005? (12/11/12; 2 comments)
- MIT revises bylaws: Corp. chair to lead Executive Committee (12/11/12)
- Barker renovation is the beginning (12/11/12)
- IN SHORT (12/11/12)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (12/11/12)
- Health insurance marketplace approved in six states (12/11/12)
- Shorts (right) (12/11/12)
- Chinese police detain Tibetans in self-immolation protests (12/11/12)
- US forecast as No. 2 economy, but energy independent (12/11/12)
- Technical glitch delays rocket launching, North Korea says (12/11/12)
- Weather: Seasonable temperatures and clear skies will be returning this week (12/11/12)
Opinion
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (12/11/12)
- IN DEFENSE OF DOMA : (12/11/12; 35 comments)
- The purpose of the theater is to present themes, not to teach lessons to the audience (12/11/12)
- A shrew tamed is no comedy (12/11/12; 1 comment)
- MIT’s growing relevance in a shrinking world (12/11/12; 1 comment)
- Problem-based education; changing the model (12/11/12; 4 comments)
- Before looking at ‘gay marriage’, let’s examine marriage itself (12/11/12; 3 comments)
- CORRECTIONS (12/11/12)
- Bring DOMA down (12/11/12; 2 comments)
Campus Life
- THE SECRET LIVES OF RESEARCHERS: Fig. 3 versus the editor (12/11/12)
- Events Dec. 11 - Dec. 17 (12/11/12)
- Institute Double Take (12/11/12)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.