
Jessica L. Wass—The Tech
A large portion of the sidewalk in front of the Student Center was blocked off on Monday as a construction crew began renovations to the area.
STAFF REPORTER
May 13, 2014
Faced with the possibility that assembly limits imposed on MIT’s Boston fraternities in October 2013 may continue through Rush week this September, the Interfraternity Council doubled down last week on a prohibition of the use of roof decks at all MIT fraternities in an attempt to ease tensions with the city of Boston.
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NEWS EDITOR
May 13, 2014
Confusion over how votes should be counted has left a Graduate Student Council resolution, which urges MIT to divest its endowment from big fossil fuel companies, in limbo.
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May 13, 2014
An “inclusive, secular invocation” will replace the traditional commencement prayer this year, according to an email from the Commencement Committee that was forwarded to MIT undergraduates by the UA president on Friday, May 9.
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