STAFF REPORTER
March 12, 2013
Yesterday afternoon, the Undergraduate Economics Association hosted a lecture by Google’s Chief Economist, Hal R. Varian ’69, on “Predicting the Present with Search Engine Data.”
March 12, 2013
Undergraduate Association election week begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 18, and students can vote online at vote.mit.edu until 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 23.
March 12, 2013
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder was questioned by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) last week over the prosecution of Aaron Swartz. At a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Cornyn asserted that the penalties Swartz faced for mass downloading JSTOR articles via MIT’s network were disproportionate to the magnitude of the crime.
More News
- IN SHORT (3/12/13)
- Women underrepresented at energy conference (3/12/13)
- Harvard comments on search of email accounts (3/12/13)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (3/12/13)
- Family believes India rape suspect was killed (3/12/13)
- Shorts (right) (3/12/13)
- Hungary tests the European Union’s norms (3/12/13)
- North Korea says it has nullified 1953 armistice (3/12/13)
- Drone strike reported in Pakistan tribal region (3/12/13)
- Iran blocks way to bypass Internet filtering system (3/12/13)
- Weather: Rain today and chilly end of week (3/12/13)
Opinion
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (3/12/13; 7 comments)
- Encouraging students to pursue STEM (3/12/13; 2 comments)
Sports
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (3/12/13)
- Track gets 13th at NCAAs (3/12/13)
- Engineers win again (3/12/13)
Campus Life
- THE SECRET LIFE OF RESEARCHERS: The emotional rollercoaster of literature review (3/12/13)
- ASK A-THEIST: Why are humans so special? (3/12/13; 2 comments)
- Events Mar 12- Mar 18 (3/12/13)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.