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| Yunus to Give 2008 Commencement Address Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Angeline Wang CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ten thousand people are expected to attend this morning’s Commencement exercises, at which a Nobel laureate will speak and about 2,300 students will receive almost 2,600 degrees. |
| Star Simpson Receives Pretrial Probation Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Joyce Kwan STAFF REPORTER Star A. Simpson ’10 was sentenced Monday to one year of supervised pretrial probation on a charge of disorderly conduct. The charge stems from a Sept. 2007 incident when she was arrested at gunpoint at Logan International after airport personnel mistook a circuit board on her sweatshirt for a bomb. The incident — and MIT’s public relations — incited national and local controversy. |
| New OLPC Laptop Will Open Like a Book, Have Two Screens Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Nick Bushak NEWS EDITOR One Laptop Per Child unveiled the next generation of its XO laptop last month. The new machine is smaller, cheaper, and will open like a book to reveal two touch-sensitive displays. |
| Biodiesel Team Considers NW14 Location Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Valery K. Brobbey CONTRIBUTING EDITOR The mission may not be over after all for the Biodiesel@MIT team, which three weeks ago was prepared to abandon its two-year project in the face of insurmountably high costs. |
| In Between Class, Students Blow Glass Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Jessica Witchley STAFF REPORTER On a Sunday afternoon in April, Brendon Edwards plunges a blow pipe into a furnace hot enough to burn flesh from bone. Edwards, an advanced glassblower and instructor, is trying to make a glass bulb at the end of his pipe by rolling the pipe through the pool of clear molten glass. |
| Counterpoint Will Become Wellesley-Only Publication Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Michael McGraw-Herdeg EXECUTIVE EDITOR Counterpoint, the monthly magazine which aimed to chronicle campus life at MIT and Wellesley College, will resume publication in September as a Wellesley-only publication, the publication’s co-editor announced in May’s issue. |
| Next House’s Housemaster Search Will Continue in September Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The search for a new Next House housemaster will continue into the fall because this spring’s search yielded only one candidate, Professor Robert C. Berwick PhD ’82. Berwick will continue to be a candidate in the fall. |
| Despite a Weak Economy, Job Situation Is OK for Graduates Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Kate Murphy THE NEW YORK TIMES Given that the economy is flagging, this would seem an inauspicious time to be graduating from college and looking for full-time employment. |
| In Short Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 |
| Police Log Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The following incidents were reported to the MIT Police between April 4, 2008 and June 3, 2008. This summary does not include incidents such as false alarms, general service calls, or medical shuttles. |
| Clinton Ready to End Bid and Endorse Obama, Aides Say Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny THE NEW YORK TIMES Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Obama. |
| Scientists Say China Disregarded Warnings on Earthquake Risk Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Howard W. French THE NEW YORK TIMES Chinese scientists say that even before a final accounting can be made in last month’s earthquake in Sichuan Province, one thing is painfully evident: The huge death toll stems partly from a failure to heed clear warnings of a devastating earthquake in the area. |
| Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Detained by Police Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Celia W. Dugger and Graham Bowley THE NEW YORK TIMES The Zimbabwean opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and other party officials were detained by police while campaigning on Wednesday and were taken into custody, his party said. |
| Palestinian Leader Urges Talk With Hamas Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Isabel Kershner THE NEW YORK TIMES The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, called unexpectedly on Wednesday for a resumption of dialogue with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move that could herald a breakdown of his peace talks with Israel. |
| Shorts (left) Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Jane PerlezKeith BradsherCarlotta Gall In its first substantial move since taking power, the main political party in Pakistan has proposed sweeping constitutional changes designed to limit the authority of President Pervez Musharraf. |
| The Days After Tomorrow Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Mike Yee STAFF METEOROLOGIST My fellow members of the MIT Class of 2008, I know that this Commencement ceremony fills you with a variety of emotions, including happiness, excitement, nostalgia, and uncertainty. The same thoughts and questions are running through all of our heads: Is it June already? What am I going to do with my life? Can I really make the world a better place? Will anyone actually read my thesis? I spent a lot of time writing it. |
| Shorts (right) Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Catrin Einhorn and Susan SaulnyThomas Fuller and Heather Timmons Antoin Rezko, a once-powerful fundraiser who helped propel the career of Sen. Barack Obama, was found guilty on Wednesday by a federal jury of 16 criminal counts, including fraud, money-laundering and bribery in an influence-peddling scheme that touched the highest levels of the administration of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois. |
| Corrections Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Because of an editing error, the article “Head of Mechanical Engineering Dept. Will Leave His Post in July” (Friday, May 9) implied that outgoing department chair Rohan Abeyaratne said he wanted to hire more energy researchers working on “micro and nanotechnology.” While he said the lab should continue to increase its energy research, he has actually already hired “micro and nanotechnology” faculty experts during his tenure as department chair; he did not say that the department should hire more. |
| Letters to the Editor Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As one of the steering committee members of the Israel@60 week at MIT, I was perplexed and bothered by the placement of a blatantly anti-Israel ad in the Tuesday, May 13 edition of The Tech. The events we coordinated were designed to celebrate Israeli culture and the contributions of Israeli society with a general good will toward sections of the student demographic that may share divergent attitudes toward Israel. The week was explicitly non-political, non-propagandistic, and strictly NOT anti-Palestinian/Arab. |
| Reinventing Student Input Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Martin F. Holmes MIT needs to reinvent the way it solicits and uses student input. |
| The Graduate Student Council: A Year Ahead Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Oaz Nir It is well-known that MIT is unique in its path-shaping commitment to the pursuit of knowledge and in the translation of cutting-edge research into the practical realm. Less well-known is that MIT is unique, compared to other major universities, in having graduate students make up a significant majority of our 10,000-strong student body. |
| Team Time Trials Set Pace as Cycling Wins Div. II National Title Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Zachary A. LaBry and Martha W. Buckley TEAM MEMBERS The MIT Cycling Team won the 2008 Division II National Championship at the USA Cycling Collegiate Championships help in Fort Collins, Colo. on May 11. The MIT team seized an early lead in the opening event, the team time trial, and built their advantage throughout the weekend to take a surprise victory. |
| All-Americans Thomas, Stephens Lead MIT at NCAA Championship Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By James Kramer DAPER STAFF Donning the Cardinal and Gray for the last time, Aline Thomas ’08 and Omari Stephens ’08 (also a Tech senior editor) accounted for all of MIT’s scoring at the pinnacle event in Division III track and field, the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh from May 22–24, the pair earned All-American accolades. |
| Cheering Against Boston
Sports Is Fun, Believe Me Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Shreyes Seshasai SPORTS EDITOR What's
the easiest way to have more fun than you ever thought possible while
watching sports in Boston? Start cheering against the Boston
teams. Seriously. |
| Henin’s, Sorenstam’s Recent Retirements Begs the Question: When Is It Time to Leave? Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Caroline Huang CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Retirement. |
| MIT Sailing Team Finishes Sixth in Competitive ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Shreyes Seshasai SPORTS EDITOR The MIT sailing team finished sixth this week in the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship. Senior co-captains John M. “Jack” Field ’08 and Julie C. Arsenault ’08 sailed in the B division boat, while Brooks L. Reed ’09 was the skipper for the A division boat with Elizabeth A. Hass ’10 on crew. Gabriel B. Cira ’08 also crewed with |
| Men’s Lightweight Crew Finish Strong at EARC SprintsWomen’s Novice Lightweights Take Bronze at Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 For the first time in over 10 years, both the varsity and freshman eights of the men’s lightweight crew team finished in the top 10 in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Rowing Championships. The team sent three boats to the competition, which took place on Lake Quinsigamond on May 18. |
| EXHIBIT REVIEW A Dark Trip Between TV Sets Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Praveen Rathinavelu ARTS EDITOR The first installation in Chantal Akerman’s new exhibition in the List Visual Arts Center presents an imposing blockade of television screens: placed in triptychs throughout the room, one has to weave and sidestep between the televisions to get through. |
| INTERVIEW In the Sandbox: An Interview With Junot Díaz Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Rosa Cao CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Junot Díaz is a writing professor at MIT. His new novel, published last year, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the story of a fat Dominican “ghetto-nerd,” who loves science fiction and fantasy genre more than life, and loves women even more than genre. He’s born and raised in New Jersey, but only finds true fulfillment when he returns home to the Dominican Republic to face the demons of his family’s history. |
| THEATER REVIEW Still Relevant and Consistently ‘Earnest’ Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Sarah Slotznick Has Victorian humor survived the past century? |
| MAIL REVIEW The Best of the Bin Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 By Sarah Dupuis ARTS EDITOR You have no idea how much mail we get daily at The Tech. Seriously. If you try to guess, you’ll come up short. |
| Arson suspected in Texas governor's mansion fire Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:40:00 EDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arson is suspected in a fire that swept through the historic Texas governor's mansion early yesterday, leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged, the state fire marshal said. |
| Food banks ask gardeners to grow extra to donate Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:40:00 EDT LANGDON (AP) — Sharon Crossman hadn't tasted fresh fruits or vegetables in a week. Since her husband had two heart attacks and stopped working, she has relied on disability checks and the free food provided by a food pantry. |
| Lawmakers question program to cut medical equipment costs Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:37:00 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers and sellers of wheelchairs, oxygen machines and other medical equipment are on the verge of getting Congress to delay, if not scrap, a new program the Bush administration says would save Medicare about $1 billion a year. |
| Ohio plane crash kills 6, including ex-legislator Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:36:00 EDT FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — A small plane crashed yesterday afternoon in a residential area and killed all six people aboard, including the pilot, a former state lawmaker who had offered joyrides to airport visitors after a charity breakfast. |
| N.H. gay bishop, partner joined in civil union Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:55:00 EDT CONCORD (AP) — The first openly gay Episcopal bishop and his partner have been united in a private civil union in New Hampshire. The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson was legally joined to Mark Andrew, his partner of 20 years, in a civil ceremony Saturday. |
| Cable puts out welcome mat for abandoned sitcom genre Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:46:00 EDT It's no secret that the TV world has gone topsy-turvy in recent years. Cable shows routinely draw more viewers than some programs on broadcast channels. The introduction of the DVR has changed the way people watch TV, and viewers continue to flee the broadcast networks, watching cable channels instead. |
| Mars lander poised to bake soil, then test it Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:46:00 EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Phoenix lander is getting ready to sniff the Martian soil for signs of life-friendly elements after scooping up a handful of dirt near the north pole, researchers said yesterday. |
| Former child soldier raps message of peace Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:45:00 EDT NEW YORK — After spending his youth mired in harrowing brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan's ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country. |
| Lawsuit latest twist in dispute over suspected tribal site Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:02:00 EDT NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. — As a boy, John Brown remembers traveling with his family to the wooded hills in northwest Rhode Island where his fellow Narragansett Indians gathered near stone piles they believe were left by their ancient ancestors. |
| Rain inundates central Indiana, forces evacuations Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:57:00 EDT FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — Storms dumped as much as 10 inches of rain on soggy central Indiana on Saturday, threatening dams, inundating highways and sending the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes. |
| Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Obama Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:56:00 EDT WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency yesterday and summoned supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our strength" to put Barack Obama in the White House. |
| Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:55:00 EDT ROCHESTER, Minn. — Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the U.S. Senate yesterday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a tough challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. |
| N.H. political candidates continue filing for primary Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:55:00 EDT CONCORD (AP) — Political candidates, including a Londonderry woman, continue to sign up for the state's Democratic and Republican primaries on Sept. 9. Yesterday, 62 Republicans and 52 Democrats filed their candidacy paperwork for a variety of state and county offices. On the Republican side, Bernie Sparks of Loudon and Richard Wasson of Rollinsford signed up to run for Executive Council. State Sen. Bob Odell of Lempster is running for re-election, and Sharon Carson of Londonderry is running for the state Senate in District 14. |
| UNH to open new college of business with $25 m gift Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:13:00 EDT DURHAM (AP) — The University of New Hampshire said yesterday it plans to open a new college of business with the largest single donation in its history, $25 million. The new Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics would replace UNH's existing Whittemore School of Business and Economics, which has outgrown its existing campus home and turns away well-qualified applicants for lack of space. |
| Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:42:00 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately last night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party. "Senator Clinton and Senator Obama met tonight and had a productive discussion about the important work that needs to be done to succeed in November," their campaigns said in joint statement. |
| Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:42:00 EDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away. |
| NY skyscraper hosts 2 daredevil stunts in 1 day Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:41:00 EDT NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts yesterday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours. |
| Three Chimneys gears up for Big Brown's arrival Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:40:00 EDT MIDWAY, Ky. (AP) — Lazy afternoons spent in a paddock with plenty of room to roam and all the Kentucky bluegrass you can eat. A morning hot walk or a casual jog around a quarter-mile track. Daily baths and the kind of personal attention that would make even the most pampered celebrity blush. |
| WWII vet who earned Medal of Honor at 17 dies Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:39:00 EDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, died yesterday in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital. He was 80. |
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