The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag.gifThe Techhttp://tech.mit.edu/ http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-us Copyright The Tech 1881-2009 Three MIT Students Win Rhodes, Setting An Institute Recordhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/2009Rhodes.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/2009Rhodes.htmlBy Ana Lyons
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Three MIT students were named Rhodes Scholars last Sunday, setting a record for the number of MIT students awarded the prestigious Oxford fellowship in any one year.]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Undergraduate Enrollment Set To Increase by 300, Though Not Soonhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/moreundergrads.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/moreundergrads.html
By Margaret Cunniff
For years, MIT has dreamed of increasing the number of undergraduates back to 4,500. That dream is still distant. Adding about 300 students means adding support staff, adding more sections of the General Institute Requirements and finding a place for all the students to stay. Adding students means finishing the renovation of the undergraduate dormitory W1, and untold other costs.]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Second Time’s the Charm For Students Looking to Fulfill Their MIT Dreamhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/transfers.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/transfers.html
By Clare Bayley
You don’t always get into the college you want, but some students get a second chance.]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News S^3 Dean Simonis Laid Off in Late June, Faculty Express Concern About Process http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/scubed.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/scubed.htmlBy Natasha Plotkin
NEWS EDITOR
This occasional feature follows up on news stories long past their prime. In this edition: the dismissal of long-time Student Support Services Dean Jacqueline Simonis and what caused the faculty uproar over her departure.]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News News Briefshttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/zwane.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/zwane.htmlTue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News In Shorthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/inshort.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N56/inshort.htmlTue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Professors Discussed Diversity at Faculty Meeting Wednesdayhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/facultymeeting.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/facultymeeting.htmlBy Meghan Nelson
STAFF REPORTER
Faculty members unanimously passed two motions at Wednesday’s faculty meeting: one establishing academic guidelines for prolonged emergencies on campus and the second scheduling the September student holiday on the same day as the fall career fair.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News More H1N1 Clinics Expected to Occur as More Vaccines Arrivehttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/H1N1clinics.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/H1N1clinics.htmlBy Ana Lyons
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
MIT Medical vaccinated nearly 1,050 students against the H1N1 flu-virus last Tuesday as part of a quickly arranged clinic.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Regents Raise Tuition In Calif. by 32 Percenthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/ucsystem.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/ucsystem.htmlBy Tamar Lewin
THE NEW YORK TIMES
As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression, every professor, administrator and clerical worker has been put on furlough amounting to an average pay cut of 8 percent.]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News In Shorthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/inshort.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N55/inshort.htmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News GSC Takes Graduate Student Welfare Bill To Washington D.C.http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/GSCwashington.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/GSCwashington.htmlBy Ana Lyons
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
MIT’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) recently added national policy to its otherwise campus-based advocacy agenda, pushing for tax exemption of graduate student stipends, open access to federally funded published research, and higher caps on H1-B visas for advanced-degree holders to members of Congress earlier this fall.]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News 2007–2008 Top Salaries at MIT, With a Bit of Historyhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/salaries.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/salaries.html]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Let the Ugliness Beginhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/umocbrief.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/umocbrief.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News In Shorthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/inshort.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/inshort.htmlTue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Police Loghttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/polog.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N54/polog.htmlThe following incidents were reported to the Campus Police between October 14 and October 29. The dates below reflect the dates incidents occurred. This information is compiled from the Campus Police’s crime log. The report does not include alarms, general service calls, or incidents not reported to the dispatcher.]]>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News