http://www-tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-us Copyright The Tech 1881-2008 http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/corrections.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/corrections.htmlFri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/letters.htmlThe 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.]]>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/holmes.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/holmes.htmlBy Martin F. HolmesMIT needs to reinvent the way it solicits and uses student input.]]>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/nir.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N27/nir.htmlBy Oaz NirIt 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.]]>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/letters.htmlTue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/clearinghouse.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/clearinghouse.htmlBy Ana-Maria Piso and Tom KennedyThe Inter-Fraternity Council recruitment rules this year include mandatory use of the Clearinghouse system. ]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/awyne.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N26/awyne.htmlBy Martin F. Holmes and Ali S. WyneDear Noah and Mike:]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N25/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N25/letters.htmlbasic human rights means, especially to people living in China.]]>Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N25/awyne.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N25/awyne.htmlBy Ali WyneRestoring America’s standing in the world must surely rank as the next administration’s foremost priority. Unfortunately, the three remaining presidential candidates have yet to articulate a clear strategy for achieving this (admittedly daunting) objective. Whoever prevails in November should ground their strategy in seven principles and policies. I do not regard the first three as particularly controversial — the experiences of the past decade or so yield them quite naturally — and, as such, I present them without comment:]]>Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N24/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N24/letters.htmlThe Tech, Miguel Valença Pires describes the reaction of some Chinese students to the cartoons critical of their country as a personal “attack,” and advises “brushing aside the criticism” or “taking it at face value.”]]>Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N23/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N23/letters.htmlFri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N23/corrections.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N23/corrections.htmlFri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N22/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N22/letters.htmlTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N22/multiculturalism.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N22/multiculturalism.htmlBy Justin WongAmal Dorai G mischaracterizes my letter from last week. Far from saying that we should accommodate the intolerance of other cultures, I was posing a question — how do we reconcile our liberal society (here I use “liberal” in its classical sense) with respect for multicultural diversity, when some of our own values, such as respect for the rights of homosexuals, conflict with those of other cultures? Do we dare to assert the superiority of civilized Western liberalism over the medieval puritanism which still persists in some parts of the world today? Dorai seems to think so, and his letter suggests that it is ridiculous to think otherwise — he believes it is “ludicrous” to accommodate another culture’s bigotry.]]>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N21/letters.htmlhttp://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N21/letters.htmlThe Tech is acting as an important public servant by ensuring that Kras is roundly ridiculed for his actions, and is doing the COD’s job by ensuring that this kind of action does not go unpunished in our community.]]>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400Opinion