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Alex V. Konradi ‘16, Tiffany B. Wong ‘16, and Matt P. DeCross ‘16 participate in the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Competition held on Wednesday, Jan. 30 in 26-100.
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CONTRIBUTING EDITOR; LAST UPDATED 8:28 P.M. 2/7/13
A major snowstorm is expected to hit MIT tomorrow, as winter storm Nemo makes its way across the coast. MIT has announced that they will be closed on Friday ; Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency that will be effective on Friday starting at noon. Community members should check emergency.mit.edu for the most up to date information. The Tech will update this page throughout the night as we learn more.
STAFF REPORTER
February 5, 2013
“Please leave your resumes at home,” read Techfair’s preface to the event, reassuring students not to expect a stressful recruiting atmosphere.
February 5, 2013
President L. Rafael Reif moved into Gray House on Saturday with his wife, Christine, continuing an MIT tradition and joining the more than 5000 students living on campus. Cradled in the L of Senior House, the president’s residence was part of architect William Welles Bosworth’s original design for MIT’s Cambridge campus and is nearly a century old.
STAFF REPORTER
February 5, 2013
Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a time for many students to travel or intern off-campus, while others come back to campus early to take classes, participate in coding and design challenges, or attend some of the numerous student-run activities offered during January. Although one might expect IAP to be a quiet time on-campus since not all students have returned, January was a busy month at the Institute.
February 5, 2013
Tonight marks the opening of the Lobby 10 installation from the Martin Luther King Jr. Design Seminar (17.920), an IAP course where students learned about the Civil Rights Movement and discussed topics like race and identity. The installation will be up until the night of Jan. 14.
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- Online Media: Year-in-Review (2/5/13)
- Gaggle cops 133rd Managing Board elections (2/5/13)
- US accuses S&P of fraud in suit on loan bundles (2/5/13)
- IN SHORT (2/5/13)
- Power failure delivers surge to Super Bowl ratings (2/5/13)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (2/5/13)
- French jets bomb Islamist militants in Mali’s north (2/5/13)
- Shorts (right) (2/5/13)
- New Archbishop of Canterbury takes office (2/5/13)
- States have varied responses to issue of gun violence (2/5/13)
- Peace talks start between Myanmar and rebels (2/5/13)
- US stepped in to halt Mexican general’s rise (2/5/13)
- Weather: Snow comes and goes this week (2/5/13)
Opinion
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (2/5/13)
- CORRECTIONS (2/5/13)
Sports
Campus Life
- MISS BOSTON: Beauty, brains, and talent (2/5/13)
- SORORITY ALUMNI: Bonding beyond college (2/5/13; 1 comment)
- Events Feb. 5 – Feb. 11 (2/5/13)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.
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