The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag.gif The Tech http://tech.mit.edu/ http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-usCopyright The Tech 1881-2013 LETTERS TO THE EDITORhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/letters.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/letters.html Editor’s Note: The Tech received numerous letters from Bexley residents after last week’s announcement that Bexley would be closing for up to three years due to structural problems. Printed here is a representative subset of those letters.]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion GUEST COLUMN: A new community, a new experience http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/mccants.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/mccants.htmlBy Anne EC McCants There has understandably been a great deal of anxiety on campus about how best to relocate the hundred or so displaced Bexley residents who will need to be housed in a different place come fall than everyone had been expecting. We would like to find a solution that is ‘fair,’ but of course there is no obvious fix that is fair to everyone. Relocating a number of students from a place they had settled themselves, into the midst of other people who had also already settled themselves, poses very real challenges.]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion CORRECTIONShttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/corrections.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion GUEST COLUMN: A silver bullet for dorm overcrowding http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/wilson.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/wilson.htmlBy Saul Wilson This coming fall, due to the closure of Bexley Hall, on-campus housing will be particularly tight. Dormitories have already been told that they will likely be subject to overcrowding, with doubles turned into triples and quads.]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion LETTERS TO THE EDITORhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N25/letters.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N25/letters.htmlFri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion GUEST COLUMN: Dear Non-Bexlians and Non-Bexlietes http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N25/power.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N25/power.htmlBy Nicole Power You are lucky to have been spared from the time living in Bexley.]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion CORRECTIONShttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N24/corrections.htmlTue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion GUEST COLUMN: DormCon is critical to dorm culture http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N23/dorminy.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N23/dorminy.htmlBy Tea Dorminy Disclaimer: Although I am a former member of DormCon, I do not speak for the organization and I have not consulted it before writing this piece.]]>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion CORRECTIONShttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N23/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N23/corrections.htmlFri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion Homophobia at home and abroadhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/liang.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/liang.htmlBy Andy Liang
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On April 23, France legalized gay marriage. The measure passed 331-224 in the Socialist Party majority Assembly. However, the bill came at the price of the signers’ safety. The day before the vote, Claude Bartolone, the head of France’s National Assembly, received an envelope sealed with gunpowder and a death-threat letter, signed by the right-wing group of France, Interaction des forces de l’ordre.]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion Utilizing online learning on campushttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/shames.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N22/shames.htmlBy Sam Shames
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MITx is touted as a revolutionary opportunity for thousands of students across the globe. But MIT is also committed to using MITx to transform the nature of education on its own campus. In order to do so, MIT — and all other institutions embracing digital learning — must answer the question of how best to structure their online learning platform. If online resources are to have the effect that advocates promise, it is essential that the online learning platform that is tailored to the needs and learning styles of the student body.]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion LETTERS TO THE EDITORhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/letters.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/letters.htmlFri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion EDITORIAL: Better communication needed http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/editorial.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/editorial.htmlFri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion CORRECTIONShttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N21/corrections.htmlFri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion EDITORIAL: Recovering as a community http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/bostoneditorial.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N20/bostoneditorial.htmlTue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400Opinion