
Chaarushena Deb—The Tech
Buzz Aldrin responds to a question as a part of a panel of Apollo astronauts during the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautic’s Centennial Symposium. The panel was held at Kresge Auditorium on Oct. 22.
Web Update
NEWS EDITOR; 2:00 P.M. MONDAY, OCT. 27
MIT released the results today of the sexual assault survey sent to all undergraduate and graduate students in April. Seventeen percent of female undergraduate respondents said that they had experienced behavior defined as sexual assault while at MIT.
NEWS EDITOR
October 24, 2014
Sidney-Pacific, MIT’s largest singles graduate dormitory, will undergo renovations starting this coming summer to replace the main heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. As a result, sections of the building will be temporarily closed for renewal, displacing 370 residents from their rooms to other ends of the dormitory, off-campus, or elsewhere in the graduate dormitory system.
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October 24, 2014
On Sept. 2, Judi Segall was welcomed in as MIT’s newest ombudsperson. In her new role, she will serve as a confidential resource to the MIT community by helping visitors attempt to constructively and peacefully resolve conflicts.
October 24, 2014
Hashim Sarkis, practicing architect and current Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), was named the tenth dean of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P). His appointment begins in January, formally succeeding Professor Adele Naude Santos.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
October 24, 2014
New York City’s first confirmed case of Ebola has raised complicated logistical issues of how to trace the possible contacts of an infected patient in a city of more than 8 million people with a sprawling mass transit system and a large population of workers who commute every day from surrounding suburbs and states.
More News
- IN SHORT (10/24/14)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (10/24/14)
- UN urges China to allow free elections in Hong Kong (10/24/14)
- Shorts (right) (10/24/14)
- Germany is sending a military training mission to northern Iraq (10/24/14)
- Taliban gain strength in Afghanistan’s north (10/24/14)
- Canada worries as extremism lures more abroad (10/24/14)
- South Korea tears down Christmas tower on border (10/24/14)
- Weather: Clearing skies just in time for the weekend (10/24/14)
Opinion
- Opinion was not published this issue.
Sports
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (10/24/14)
- Field hockey falls to Wellesley College, 4-0 (10/24/14)
- Men’s soccer defeats Framingham State 2-1 (10/24/14)
Campus Life
- IN YOUR COMMUNITY: Young, ambitious, and undocumented at MIT (10/24/14; 1 comment)
- Institute Double Take (10/24/14; 1 comment)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.