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Last Published: April 18, 2014
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The outside of Kresge was filled with upbeat music and cheers of encouragement as rowers from ​student and independent living group teams worked to raise money for Amphibious Achievement’s third annual Erg-A-Thon on Thursday. Amphibious Achievement raises money for programs that combine aquatic instruction and college preparatory training for urban youth. This year, $10,299 in donations were raised and over half a million meters were rowed by all teams.

MIT Delta Upsilon suspended until 2016
By Austin Hess and Leon Lin
EDITORS
April 18, 2014
The Delta Upsilon International Fraternity has suspended its MIT chapter until spring 2016, MIT announced Wednesday. MIT has also withdrawn recognition of the fraternity’s chapter as an independent living group.
‘MIT Strong’ team to race in marathon
By Tushar Kamath
NEWS EDITOR
April 18, 2014
MIT has backed its own team, MIT Strong, to run the 2014 Boston Marathon in memory of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, who died in violence following bombings at the 2013 marathon.The MIT Strong team is made up of 40 individuals, both affiliated and unaffiliated with MIT. A diverse group composed of students, faculty members, alumni, and facilities workers will be running the marathon on the team.
Student groups to beta test new controlled value card program
By William Navarre
STAFF REPORTER
April 18, 2014
The Undergraduate Association’s Controlled Value Card committee is beginning beta testing for its controlled value cards program this semester.
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Thursday elections bring in a new MIT Dormitory Council
By Patricia Dominguez and Bruno B.F. Faviero
STAFF REPORTERS
April 18, 2014
At last night’s MIT Dormitory Council (DormCon) election meeting, McCormick Hall President Chloe A. Orphanides ’15 was elected DormCon president, and MacGregor House president Walter Menendez ’15 was elected DormCon vice president. They will be replacing outgoing president Eli H. Ross ’14 and vice president Katherine J. Silvestre ’14.
A year after the Boston bombings, a day of tribute
By Katharine Q. Seelye
THE NEW YORK TIMES
April 18, 2014
BOSTON - It may be one of the biggest cities in the country, but Boston was a small town on Tuesday as it mourned the losses it suffered in mayhem a year ago and as it honored the sense of community that emerged from the ashes.
IN SHORT
April 18, 2014
CORRECTIONS
April 18, 2014
In a review of The Unknown Known in the April 15 issue of The Tech, Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld were incorrectly listed as having served as Secretary of State. Both served as Secretary of Defense.
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