HDAG releases new dining plan fact sheets
The House Dining Advisory Group (HDAG) has released new fact sheets this past week explaining the pricing, hours, and choices of the new dining plan, which is planned to begin next academic year 2010-2011. HDAG also released a fact sheet on “student engagement and transparency” and the logistics of the Request for Proposal process.
After 10 years, Clay bows out
Chancellor Philip L. Clay Ph.D. ’75 will be stepping down from his role as Chancellor, President Susan Hockfield announced on Wednesday in an e-mail to the MIT community. Clay, a professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, has been the Chancellor since 2001. He plans to go on a one-year sabbatical, and then resume his professorship.
Corrections
Tuesday’s article about Leah Flynn, the new assistant dean and director for Student Leadership and Engagement Programs, incorrectly stated that Flynn is looking to hire someone to serve as assistant director of the FSILG office. Flynn is actually hiring to fill the position of the assistant director of Student Activities, which was previously held by Paul Spangle.
Undergrads raise thousands for PSC
Last week you might have noticed an exceptionally high level of noise and number of people milling about Lobby 10. You might have also noticed the red pins popping up on friends’ bags and shirts. These were the telltale signs of the Underclassmen Giving Campaign (UGC), a fundraising campaign spearheaded by the Public Service Center. The campaign was held as a competition between the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes to raise the most funds to support the PSC.
GOP gains House control as voters reject Dems’ agenda
Republicans captured control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and expanded their voice in the Senate, riding a powerful wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Barack Obama two years after his triumphal victory.
For hopefuls, being Victoria’s Secret model is a dream
This is how an angel earns her wings. First, she is born, in someplace like Belarus or Florianopolis, the spot in southern Brazil where an awful lot of folks with German names fetched up over the centuries, or, well, Saskatchewan.
Restoring sanity, with a chuckle
They were the nicest 200,000 people I had ever met. If you weren’t in Washington at the Rally to Restore Sanity and or Fear on Saturday, you probably saw pictures of the funny signs and the interviews with the random people.
The Politics Survey
College students, especially those in Cambridge, have a reputation for being left of center. Our results bore that out. Overall, 48 percent of MIT students thought the Democratic Party best reflected their views, whereas only 9 percent said the same of the Republicans. The Libertarian party put up a good fight, matching Republicans at 9 percent. A meager 2 percent identified with the Tea Party movement.
Flynn welcomes student opinions New UA and ASA adviser sees year of ‘listening and learning’ ahead
Leah Flynn, the new Assistant Dean and Director for Student Leadership and Engagement Programs, began work last week, planning for a year of “listening and learning.”
Where are all the political student groups on campus?
Where are MIT’s Campus Republicans and Campus Democrats? Two well-known groups are missing from MIT’s tremendous array of campus organizations, political or otherwise — College Democrats and College Republicans. Both organizations founded chapters in the late 1990s, but in only a little over a decade later, both are defunct. The website for MIT College Democrats carries a copyright of 2004, and the listed co-presidents of the club graduated in 2007. MIT College Republicans’ website has suffered a similar fate, last updated in February 2003.
A guide to campus groups engaged in political advocacy
If you’re interested in getting involved in politics, there are a number of groups on campus that focus on specific issues. <i>The Tech </i>highlights six of them.
SURVEY SAYS... The results are in
The economy. Health care reform. Iran’s nuclear program. Issues like these will determine the outcome of today’s midterm elections, when Americans across the country will vote for 37 Senators, 36 governors, and all 435 members of the House of Representatives. At stake are the Democrats’ control over both houses of Congress, and consequently, the direction of Barack Obama’s presidency for at least the next two years. With the increasing importance of science-related policy in America, and its relevance to MIT, <i>The Tech</i> wanted to know where MIT students stand on the important political issues of the day.
Guillen, suspect in W20 stabbing charged with assault to murder, among other charges
Gonzalo Guillen, the Anna’s Taqueria employee arrested late Friday, was charged on Monday with “assault to murder” as well as “assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.” Guillen allegedly stabbed another Anna’s Tacqueria worker last week Wednesday.
Corrections
Tuesday’s article about Deans holding “Cookies with Conversation” and “Dinner with the Dialogue” events with students misstated when the programs first began. The Deans starting holding these events in 2009, not 2010.
Trepman’s statement on HDAG
I am very frustrated with the way HDAG has handled student feedback and the lack of general student input incorporated into the plan. I feel like the decision has been made, and that the administration is just going through the motions to appear as if they care about student opinion. At the recent HDAG meeting, I brought up many suggestions on how to improve the proposed plan to align better with student desires and to make it more cost-efficient. Yet these valid arguments were not even considered, and once the RFP is sent out, the plan will be essentially unalterable. A survey is being planned by HDAG, but its purpose is to alleviate student concerns rather than to get student feedback, so honestly it’s just a waste of time.