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Michael Meyer
Simmons Dining Hall, pictured above, will return to a la carte service in the fall, while a new committee will decide future changes.
Web Update
STAFF REPORTERS
Three MIT students will not be presenting their security research at the annual DEF CON hacker convention this weekend because of a temporary restraining order filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Friday afternoon. The students — legally represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group — are appealing the order.
NEWS EDITOR
August 8, 2008
Simmons residents were officially informed on Thursday that their dorm would return to an a la carte dining system in the fall, reversing a July 24 announcement that a new trial of the “all you care to eat” buffet system would be tested instead.
STAFF REPORTER
August 8, 2008
Aafia Siddiqui ’95, missing since 2003, was arrested in Afghanistan and was arraigned Tuesday morning in Federal District Court in New York City. She is accused of picking up an assault rifle and shooting at U.S. personnel when she was in Afghan police custody.
NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR
August 8, 2008
Costantino “Chris” Colombo, dean for student affairs at Columbia University’s undergraduate schools, was chosen as MIT’s new dean for student life. Colombo, whose appointment is effective beginning Aug. 18, will move into Next House with his family.
STAFF REPORTER
August 8, 2008
Felony charges against Michael P. Short G related to his arrest in the basement of NW16 have been dropped. According to the motion filed by the prosecution on July 18, dropping the charges is “in the interests of justice as discipline proceedings will be conducted by the MIT internal discipline board.”
More News
- MIT Files Patent Suit Against Biotech Company Affymetrix (8/8/08)
- Anna Tang’s Motion For More Freedoms Denied Wednesday (8/8/08)
- News Briefs (8/8/08)
- Colleges Grow More Earth-Conscious to Lure New Students (8/8/08)
- Congress Acts to Overhaul College Loan Regulations (8/8/08)
- Alexander Vladimir d’Arbeloff ’49 (8/8/08)
- Charles Yardley Chittick ’22 (8/8/08)
- In Short (8/8/08)
- Police Log (8/8/08)
World and Nation
- Ex-Bin Laden Aid Sentenced To Five and a Half Years (8/8/08)
- Unlikely Partners Produce Olympic Spectacle (8/8/08)
- From Helper to Top Suspect In Anthrax Case (8/8/08)
- Coalition Moves to Impeach Musharraf, Raising Fears of Crisis (8/8/08)
- Separatist Fighting Worsens in Georgia Border Region (8/8/08)
- Shorts (left) (8/8/08)
- Shorts (right) (8/8/08)
- Weather: Cool Pattern Continues (8/8/08)
Opinion
- Sustainable Transportation Should Be a Priority (8/8/08)
- Corrections (7/9/08)
- Editorial: Exploration Doesn’t Merit Incarceration (7/9/08)
- Corrections (6/6/08)
- Letters to the Editor (6/6/08)
Campus Life
- Talk Nerdy to Me (8/8/08)
- Life’s Lemmas (8/8/08)
- Squid vs. Whale (7/9/08)
- Ramblings From Hell (7/9/08)
- Talk Nerdy to Me (7/9/08)