| Home| News | Money | Sports | Entertainment | Food | Lifestyle | Travel | Health | Politics | Technology | Science | Opinion | Garden | Youth | Community | Video | |
| UA Election Records High Turnout So Far, Continues in Lobby 10 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Nick Semenkovich EDITOR IN CHIEF Turnout in the Undergraduate Association elections rose this year, with at least 1,930 votes tallied as of last evening, according to Ainsley K. Braun ’10, the UA Election Commissioner. Paper ballots are available today in Lobby 10 for those who haven’t voted online. |
| Faculty Hear Discipline Report, Vote on Degree, Curriculum Changes Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Michael McGraw-Herdeg EXECUTIVE EDITOR Seventy people were accused of misconduct and had cases brought before the Committee on Discipline in 2006–07, according to a presentation at Wednesday’s faculty meeting. |
| Duke University Student Threatened After Protest Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Shaila Dewan THE NEW YORK TIMES On the day the Olympic torch was carried through San Francisco last week, Grace Wang, a Chinese freshman at Duke University, came out of her dining hall to find a handful of students gathered for a pro-Tibet vigil facing off with a much larger pro-China counterdemonstration. |
| In Short Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 |
| Edward N. Lorenz ScD ’48 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Edward N. Lorenz ScD ’48, an MIT meteorologist whose meticulous attempt to predict the weather through an early computer unraveled into what became known as the chaos theory, died of cancer at his home in Cambridge Wednesday. He was 90. |
| Shrinkage of Work Hours Contributes to Market Slump Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Peter S. Goodman THE NEW YORK TIMES Not long ago, overtime was a regular feature at the Ludowici Roof Tile factory in eastern Ohio. Not anymore. With orders scarce and crates of unsold tiles piling up across the yard, the company has slowed production and cut working hours, sowing worry and thrift among its workers. |
| Across Globe, Food Shortages Prompt Rising Social Unrest Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Marc Lacey THE NEW YORK TIMES Hunger bashed in the front gate of Haiti’s presidential palace. Hunger poured onto the streets, burning tires and taking on soldiers and the police. Hunger sent the country’s prime minister packing. |
| Clinton’s Latest Attacks On Obama Sway Few Voters Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Patrick Healy THE NEW YORK TIMES Throughout their contentious debate on Wednesday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tried again and again to put Sen. Barack Obama on the defensive in a pointed attempt, her advisers say, to raise doubts about his electability among a small but powerful audience: the uncommitted superdelegates who will likely determine the nomination. |
| Probe of Outgoing H.U.D. Chief Reveals Ties to Contractors Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Rachel L. Swarns THE NEW YORK TIMES Most of the time, the prominent men hovered in different orbits and different cities. Yet for years now, their lives have converged here on this resort island of white beaches and rippling sea. |
| Dramatic Increase in Deaths, Doctor Visits Characterizes This Flu Season Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Denise Grady THE NEW YORK TIMES The current flu season has been more severe than the last three, with more doctor visits and more deaths from flu and pneumonia, federal health officials are reporting. |
| Shorts (left) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Helene CooperSheryl Gay StolbergLeslie Kaufman The Bush administration appears to be preparing to back away from a demand that North Korea fully disclose all of its past nuclear weapons activities, in an attempt to preserve a nuclear agreement requiring it to disclose and dismantle the bulk of its nuclear weapons program. |
| Shorts (right) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Michael R. GordonEric SchmittErica GoodeAmelia Gentleman and Hari Kumar Trying to stem the infiltration of militia fighters, U.S. forces have begun to build a massive concrete wall that will partition Sadr City, the densely populated Shiite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital. |
| Warm Friday, Cooler Weekend Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Roberto Rondanelli STAFF METEOROLOGIST Spring is finally showing in all its splendor as temperatures today will approach, or even surpass the psychological barrier of 70°F (21°C). Of course, those who think in Celsius face a slightly different psychological barrier at 20°C (68°F). |
| Letters to the Editor Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 How MIT responds to Artem Krasnoslobodtsev’s incendiary e-mail to the Sloan LGBT group will impact how the Institute is viewed by the public. Indeed, as an alumnus, I learned about the incident by reading the Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web column. The Tech editorial written on April 15 compares the harsh three-semester suspension of Burns Schilling ’02 to the comparatively light punishment meted out to Krasnoslobodtsev, and asks “How does Kraus’s case differ from Schilling’s?” One difference is that Krasnoslobodtsev did not grow up in the U.S., as is pointed out in a published letter from the Sloan LGBT student group, while Schilling did grow up here, presumably. The Committee on Discipline may not have expected from Krasnoslobodtsev the same respect for the freedom of homosexuals that we would expect from Schilling. |
| Undue Criticism of Beijing Olympics Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 An editorial cartoon serves as a visual metaphor to express satire towards political issues. Last week’s cartoons (Page 4 of The Tech, April 8, 2008 and April 11, 2008) imply that China does not deserve to host the Olympics because of human rights issues. While we do not deny that China still has many problems, many Chinese and Chinese Americans are concerned about China’s image in the West. We are concerned that many Americans and other citizens of other Western countries have an outdated and distorted view towards China. |
| Approaching China With Culturally-Sensitive Activism Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Justin Cannon Tuesday’s edition of The Tech brought the Chinese human rights debate to MIT. Opposite of Perez-Franco’s searing cartoon criticism of China’s policies towards Tibet and Sudan were the impassioned defenses of Liang and Guo, two graduate students from the PRC. |
| Corrections Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 An April 15 sports caption incorrectly reported the score of the women’s ultimate team’s scrimmage against Northeastern University. sMITe won 15-5, not 5-3. |
| Saturday Marks First Ever Athletics Weekend at MIT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Shreyes Seshasai SPORTS EDITOR Think MIT students don’t care about athletics? Think again. The inaugural Athletics Weekend will begin this Saturday at MIT, as ten varsity sports spring into action in conjunction with a series of campus wide events. |
| Sport Taekwondo Dominates Both Forms, Sparring to Finish Second Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Omar Fernández TEAM MEMBER The MIT Sport Taekwondo Club finished second out of eighteen teams at the fourth Ivy Northeast Collegiate Taekwondo League tournament of the season, held at the University of Pennsylvania on April 5. The MIT team, led by Coach Dan Chuang, finished with 423 points, only 60 points behind first place Cornell University. |
| MIT Rowing Club Brings Home Golds After Winning Men’s and Mixed Eight Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Emily Craparo, Caroline Saouma, and Ryan Tam TEAM MEMBERS The MIT Rowing Club traveled to Philadelphia last weekend to compete in the Wharton Sprints, a regatta hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Sailing Qualifies for National Semifinals at USC Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The MIT sailing team qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championship Western Semifinals with a sixth-place finish at the New England Dinghy Championships, hosted by Salve Regina University this past weekend. The semifinals will be hosted by the University of Southern California on April 26-27. |
| Upcoming Home Events Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
| Scoreboard Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 |
| THEATER REVIEW A Rewriting of Shakespeare Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Daniela Cako STAFF WRITER Within 24 hours of beginning development, a group of less than twenty MIT Shakespeare Ensemble members had written a script, formed a cast, rehearsed it, made costumes, built a set, and completed everything else that a play needs. It all went down in 34-101, a lecture hall usually used for classes rather than plays. A very odd place to stage a play. |
| Happy Feet Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Manisha Padi and Ying Yang There is one piece of attire that is so indispensable to our lives that we felt it was necessary to dedicate an entire week’s column to it: our shoes. Certainly, we aren’t encouraging everyone to buy the 400 pairs of shoes that would rival Carrie Bradshaw’s collection. However, after extensive investigation (meaning delirious hours spent in all sorts of shoe stores), we are sure that shoes contribute the most to style, posture, and unique self expression. |
| A Good Move Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By David Shirokoff STAFF WRITER Looking for a mate? Want to construct a mating net? Larry Christiansen can teach you how. No, he is not an online relationship expert, but rather a chess grandmaster and three-time national champion. In honor of CPW, the MIT chess club hosted Larry last Friday to lecture, regale and battle a field of prefrosh and undergrads in the game of chess. |
| Overheard at MIT Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 |
| High court upholds online stings in Ipswich man's case Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT IPSWICH — The state's highest court has upheld the use of online stings to catch potential child predators, in a case involving a man who now lives in Ipswich. Richard Disler was convicted of child enticement in 2005, two years after he was arrested for trying to set up several meetings with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl named Sara. |
| Susan Flynn: Father runs marathon to help autistic son Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT Doctors confirmed in November what Mike and Melissa Freni had suspected for a while. Joey, their 2-year-old son, was more than slow to talk. His behaviors had a name — Pervasive Developmental Delay, more commonly known as autism. |
| Parents, advocates push for better mental health care for kids Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT SALEM — Sally Padden, chief justice for the Essex County Juvenile Court, had a somber message for parents and advocates gathered in Salem yesterday morning to push for better mental health care for children. |
| Rape defendant in Salem case delays start of trial Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:46:00 EDT SALEM — For nearly two decades, a woman who was brutally tied up and raped in her apartment while attending Salem State College has waited for justice. Yesterday, her alleged assailant, Thomas Crouse, decided to make her wait a little longer. |
| Peabody theft suspects caught in N.H. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT Two Beverly residents are being held on $10,000 cash bail at Rockingham County House of Correction in New Hampshire on charges of the attempted burglary of Richdale Convenience Store yesterday, as well as involvement in an earlier theft at a Peabody liquor store. |
| State investigating 1950s 'burn dump' under Manchester homes Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT MANCHESTER — State officials are investigating claims that the town burned waste and debris on land off Pine Street more than 50 years ago, causing recently discovered heavy metal contamination of the soil that has displaced one local family and raised questions about the safety of several lots in the area. |
| WHAT'S OPEN, CLOSED ON PATRIOTS DAY Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:44:00 EDT City and town offices: Closed Schools: Closed Banks: Open Bars: Open Post offices: Closed Grocery stores: Open Liquor stores: Open Convenience stores: Open |
| Weekend calendar Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:40:00 EDT Art Sunday, April 20 "Fight or Buy Bonds: Ipswich and World War I," 2 to 4 p.m., 54 S. Main St., Ipswich. Special Sundays at Heard House Museum, posters from World War I by well-known illustrators, including M. Leone Bracker of Ipswich. World War I memorabilia, uniforms, more on exhibit. $5, members free. |
| Police Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:01:00 EDT Peabody Thursday r A Larrabee Terrace resident reported that someone had broken into her house, taking nothing. Police reported that "there was a note left inside showing that someone was in the residence." |
| Car strikes front of Beverly home Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:27:00 EDT BEVERLY — A favorite author may have kept Judy Powers from getting run over in her yard by a SUV that crashed into the front of her home last night. "Because I'm old, I came in to take a break from raking and sat down with a book," she said. Minutes later, "I heard the brakes squealing for what seemed like forever." |
| Bettencourt fined $10,500 for test snooping Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:24:00 EDT BOSTON — A judge yesterday fined police Lt. Edward Bettencourt $10,500 for peeking at the civil service exam scores of fellow officers, but the ultimate price could be much higher. Bettencourt could lose his job, forfeit his pension and lose his license to operate his driving school, Tanner City Auto. |
| Pictures of the Week, April 11 — April 17 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:05:00 EDT Salem: Gov. Deval Patrick and new Salem State College President Patricia Maguire Meservey exchange glances during her inauguration ceremony at the O'Keefe Center. Photo by Deborah Parker/Salem News, Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| Mayor, council battle on closing clerk office
Councilors say understaffed operation needs time to c Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT SALEM — The mayor and City Council last night tangled over the city clerk's office, which one employee said is so understaffed and overworked that personnel are "almost at the point of tears." |
| 1 in 4 Salem students classified as special ed Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDT SALEM — One in four students in Salem is in special education, in part because of a system that mislabeled students for years, according to the director. That number is 9 percent higher than the state average, according to Karen Malio, director of pupil personnel services. She told School Committee members this week that the special education department used to operate by placing struggling children in special education services, when they really could have used other help, such as reading and math programs or remedial support. |
| Club News: Steve O'Grady scholarship dance is April 26 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT The ninth annual spring dance to benefit the Stephen M. O'Grady Scholarship Foundation will be held Saturday, April 26, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Knights of Columbus, Washington Square, Salem. The dance will feature music by DJ Dan, three door prize drawings at 9, 10 and 11 p.m., a 50/50 raffle with $1,000 guaranteed minimum, and a large variety of raffle items, including Red Sox tickets. |
| Heard Around Town: A milestone for a new school business manager Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT SALEM — School business manager John Danizio has accomplished something in his first five months on the job that his somewhat-notorious predecessor, Bruce Guy, didn't manage in three years — and which finally led the School Committee to dismiss him. |
| Volunteers welcome at Beverly's 'Clean Sweep' Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT BEVERLY — About 100 people are expected to take part tomorrow in the annual spring "Clean Sweep" sponsored by Beverly Main Streets. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. on the Beverly Common to grab a free doughnut and get their sweeping assignments. At noon, everyone will return to the common for music and a free lunch courtesy of Super Sub. |
| Beverly police, hospital team up against car theft Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT BEVERLY — Two police departments and hospital security recently teamed up to catch an alleged car thief — with a little help from modern technology. In a ceremony at the Beverly police station yesterday, Chief Mark Ray commended Beverly police officer William Barror, Danvers police officer Keith Chalmers and Beverly Hospital security manager Hank McLaughlin for their roles in solving the crime. |
| State reaches $587,000 pollution settlement with Aggregate Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT PEABODY — Aggregate Industries must pay a $587,000 fine for alleged violations of the state's Clean Air Act at 10 of its operations throughout Massachusetts, including its Peabody quarry. Aggregate-Northeast must submit applications to the state Department of Environmental Protection for approval of modifications the company made to several facilities without the state's permission, according to the terms of a settlement reached with the state attorney general. |
| Police probe stick-up at Danvers strip mall bank Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT DANVERS — Police are hunting for a man who robbed the Salem Five bank at Endicott Plaza yesterday afternoon. Capt. Ed Plamowski said a man passed a note to a bank teller at 3:30 p.m. demanding cash in specific denominations. |
| Danvers, state police talk woman off ledge Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT DANVERS — Negotiators from the Danvers and state police persuaded a 51-year-old woman hanging from the ledge of her third-story apartment to climb back on her balcony yesterday. For almost two hours, Danvers police Sgt. Tim Zuch and state police Sgt. Peter Sennott spoke to the woman from the outside of her Endicott Green apartment before she finally climbed to safety, police Capt. Ed Plamowski said. |
| Fundraiser April 27 for Greg Martinez Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT SALEM — Next week is an important one for Greg Martinez, the Salem High basketball player who was seriously injured last summer in a bicycle accident. On Wednesday, the 16-year-old will enroll in the Massachusetts Hospital School, a rehabilitation and educational facility in Canton. |
| Marblehead condo up for grabs in affordable-housing lottery Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:45:00 EDT MARBLEHEAD — A chance to purchase a four-bedroom condominium on West Shore Drive for $207,900 is the prize in a local "affordable-housing lottery" on April 30. Jim Haskell, spokesman for the Marblehead Community Housing Corporation, said the contest is a first for the nonprofit group. |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next |
Copyright © Andanh.com 2008
Chinese Dir