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 Breaking News:http://www-tech.mit.edu/http://www-tech.mit.eduprior coverage of the hacking arrest for more information.]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:57:59 -0400Breaking News A Close Call: Student Groups Escape $27K Network, Phone Billhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/phones.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/phones.htmlBy John A. Hawkinson
STAFF REPORTER
Student groups were billed $27,000 in unexpected charges for phones and network in June, covering the fiscal year from July 2007 to June 2008. The MIT administration has agreed to cover the charges this year, but plans for who would pay similar charges next year remain uncertain.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Barbara Liskov Named Institute Professorhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/liskov.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/liskov.htmlBy Natasha Plotkin
NEWS EDITOR
Associate Provost for Faculty Equity Barbara H. Liskov became an Institute Professor, achieving the highest faculty rank at MIT, on July 1.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Lawyer: Student in NW16 Basement Was ‘Hacking’http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/hacking.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/hacking.htmlBy Austin Chu
STAFF REPORTER
More than four weeks after Michael P. Short G was arrested after being found in an off-limits location in NW16, felony charges are still pending against him. Despite silence from officials at MIT, Short’s lawyer seems optimistic that the charges will eventually be dropped as in previous hacking-related cases.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News 10-250 Upgrades to Be Completed by Fall With New Seating, Audiovisual Equipmenthttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/lecturehall.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/lecturehall.htmlBy Arkajit Dey
NEWS EDITOR
Lecture hall 10-250, closed for renovations in the spring, will be bigger and brighter when it reopens for the first day of classes in the fall.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News News Briefshttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/briefs.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/briefs.htmlWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Newly Elected Members of the MIT Corporationhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/corporation.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/corporation.htmlWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News MIT Grad Jobless, Selling Himself the Old-Fashioned Wayhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/wallstreet.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/wallstreet.htmlBy Cyrus Sanati
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Joshua S. Persky ’81, an out-of-work investment banker, has been hunting for a job on Wall Street for more than six months. Recently he got so frustrated he decided to get a little creative.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Surge in Overseas Applicants Driven by Weak Dollarhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/foreign.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/foreign.htmlBy Peter Schworm
THE BOSTON GLOBE
The faltering U.S. dollar, which has steadily lost value against major currencies around the world, has produced a silver lining for foreign students and the American universities that recruit them.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Big Paycheck or Service? Students Are Put to the Testhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/careers.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/careers.htmlBy Sara Rimer
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A prominent education professor at Harvard has begun leading “reflection” seminars at three highly selective colleges, which he hopes will push undergraduates to think more deeply about the connection between their educations and aspirations.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Jane McNabbhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/mcnabb.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/mcnabb.htmlMIT NEWS OFFICEJane McNabb, a 47-year employee at MIT’s Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography — a precursor to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences — died on Saturday, May 24. She was 84.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Joseph F. Kuchtahttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/kuchta.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/kuchta.htmlMIT NEWS OFFICEJoseph F. Kuchta, who spent almost 40 years with MIT as a safety officer and later golf coach, and who was renowned for his work with Alpha Phi Omega and other charitable organizations, died on Monday, June 23. He was 88.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Robert C. Seamans Jr. ScD ’51http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/seamans.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/seamans.htmlMIT NEWS OFFICERobert C. Seamans Jr. ScD ’51, an MIT alumnus who was a leading NASA administrator during the Apollo program, the ninth secretary of the U.S. Air Force and the dean of MIT’s School of Engineering from 1978–81, died on June 28. He was 89.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Laura Caponehttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/capone.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/capone.htmlMIT NEWS OFFICELaura Capone, senior associate dean for the Division of Student Life, passed away on Friday, July 4, at Addison Gilbert Hospital after a battle with cancer. She was 47.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News Jack B. Howardhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/howard.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/howard.htmlMIT NEWS OFFICEJack B. Howard, a professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering, died on July 7 after a battle with brain cancer. He was 70.]]>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News In Shorthttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/inshort.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N29/inshort.htmlWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400News