The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://www-tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-us Copyright The Tech 1881-2008 Sororities Get Forty Fewer Members, Pi Beta Phi Still To Bidhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/sororities.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/sororities.htmlBy Pearle LipinskiSorority recruitment wrapped up Wednesday night, bringing in approximately forty fewer members than last year. Recruitment this year was marked by the presence of the new sorority, Pi Beta Phi, and keeping the move from fall to spring recruitment that began last year.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Student Loan Art Program Opens At the MIT List Visual Arts Centerhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/loanart.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/loanart.htmlBy Aditi VermaWant art? For free? If your bare, ugly walls are driving you up the wall, you can come by the List Visual Arts Center between now and Sept. 14 to enter a lottery for a piece of art for your dorm room this year.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Old Ashdown Closed For Renovations and Repairshttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/w1.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/w1.htmlBy Jessica LinBuilding W1, formerly Ashdown House, closed on August 15 as workers prepared to renovate it into an undergraduate dormitory. Actual construction will not begin until the building is inspected and cleaned up, according to Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75. ]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Refusing Strip Searches, Siddiqui Denied Visitors and Calls, Misses Her Indictmenthttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/siddiqui.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/siddiqui.htmlBy John A. Hawkinson
STAFF REPORTER
The MIT alumna arrested mid-July in Afghanistan failed to appear for her indictment in federal court in Manhattan yesterday. Aafia Siddiqui ’95, refuses to be strip-searched, so she cannot make court appearances, receive visitors, or use the telephone. She has had minimal contact with her lawyers since mid-August.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News News Briefshttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/briefs.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/briefs.htmlFri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News The Tech’s Summer News Recaphttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/summernews.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/summernews.htmlCompiled by Arkajit Dey, Natasha Plotkin, and Marissa Vogt.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Broad Receives $400 Million Endowment Donationhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/broad.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/broad.htmlBy Stephanie Strom
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Eli and Edythe Broad, who are giving away a multibillion-dollar fortune made in real estate and insurance, announced on Thursday their biggest gift so far, a $400 million donation to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Google Maps Now Has Georgiahttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/googlemaps.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/googlemaps.htmlThe Tech reported that in Google Maps, the country of Georgia was a blank slate. As of Wednesday, Sept. 3, Google has added cities for the countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Eric Solleehttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/sollee.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/sollee.htmlBy Bryan Marquard
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Fencing came so easily to Eric Sollee that he was elected captain of Harvard’s freshman squad not long after picking up the sport, and went on to become an All-American, placing fifth in the NCAA championships in 1952.]]>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News In Shorthttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/inshort.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N36/inshort.htmlFri, 5 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Lower Percentage of Freshmen Request Adjustment in Lotteryhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/housing.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/housing.htmlBy JiHye Kim
STAFF REPORTER
About the same percentage of eligible freshmen entered the Housing Adjustment Lottery this year as compared to last year, representing more students entering the lottery overall. More freshmen were eligible to enter the lottery this year because of the new policy allowing freshmen assigned to Next House to switch to a different dorm.]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Fraternities, Sororities Kick-Off Recruitment Greek Griller Saturdayhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/recruitment.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/recruitment.htmlBy Keone Hon
STAFF REPORTER
MIT’s week-long period of Greek recruitment commences tomorrow as potential new members begin exploring MIT’s twenty-seven fraternities and six sororities to try for a fit.]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400News ATO Members Housed in MacGregor as Fraternity Bldg. Undergoes Repairshttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/ato.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/ato.htmlBy Jenny Liu
STAFF REPORTER
Most members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity are temporarily being housed in MacGregor House suite lounges while their house undergoes repairs to reverse water damage caused by a burst pipe at the end of July.]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Textbook Information Available On New Coop Web Site, But No ISBNs or Covershttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/textbooks.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/textbooks.htmlBy Ryan Ko
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Coop has introduced a Web site which allows students to view textbook information online without physically going to its Kendall Square location.]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400News MIT Students Discuss Major Issues in This Year’s Electionhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/election.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N35/election.htmlBy David M. Templeton
STAFF REPORTER
MIT may be a science and engineering school, but its students still care about presidential politics, if members of its political student groups are any indication.]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400News