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DPS issues guidelines on Facebook

DPS issues guidelines on Facebook

As students call for "poke" attacks and scramble to block Public Safety officers from viewing their facebook.com profiles, Public Safety director Steven Healy has issued guidelines establishing how officers may use the site.Officers can continue to use Facebook as a supplementary source for investigations, but cannot scour the site for parties or other activities.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Construction irks grad students

Students in graduate housing have been coping with an unwanted wakeup call most mornings for more than five months now ? heavy construction outside their rooms, often beginning at six or seven in the morning."It used to be that we had a nice quiet area.

NEWS | 03/14/2006

Researcher blurs line between gay, straight

"I have a friend who's been gay since day one, 51 years old, who one day comes to me and says, 'Fritz, I'm starting to think about vaginas and women.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Researcher blurs line between gay, straight

"I have a friend who's been gay since day one, 51 years old, who one day comes to me and says, 'Fritz, I'm starting to think about vaginas and women.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Moss '71 chosen to lead MIT media lab

Could a computer ever have common sense? Emotion? To technological innovator Frank Moss '71, these are not just possibilities, but goals.Last month, Moss was named director of the prestigious MIT Media Lab, an information technology laboratory founded in 1980 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte and then-MIT president Jerome Weisner.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

University claims it underbilled Foundation

In the latest development in the back-and-forth legal battle between the University and the Robertson family, the University submitted two briefs to the New Jersey Superior Court yesterday, asserting that the Wilson School has effectively upheld the Robertson Foundation's mission and appropriately allocated its funds.The University said that it has, in fact, "undercharged" the Foundation by $235 million since 1965, when the University decided to only charge the Foundation for expansion of the school's graduate program instead of the program's base cost.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Burst pipe causes Forbes flooding

Around midnight Sunday, students studying in Forbes library were deluged with a shower of water coming from the tiles in the ceiling, caused by a ruptured sink pipe above.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Six professors win Sloan fellowships

Six junior University faculty members were awarded 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships, which provide them with $45,000 in unrestricted funding to be used over the next two years.The fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Six professors win Sloan fellowships

Six junior University faculty members were awarded 2006 Sloan Research Fellowships, which provide them with $45,000 in unrestricted funding to be used over the next two years.The fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Moss '71 chosen to lead MIT media lab

Could a computer ever have common sense? Emotion? To technological innovator Frank Moss '71, these are not just possibilities, but goals.Last month, Moss was named director of the prestigious MIT Media Lab, an information technology laboratory founded in 1980 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte and then-MIT president Jerome Weisner.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

University claims it underbilled Foundation

In the latest development in the back-and-forth legal battle between the University and the Robertson family, the University submitted two briefs to the New Jersey Superior Court yesterday, asserting that the Wilson School has effectively upheld the Robertson Foundation's mission and appropriately allocated its funds.The University said that it has, in fact, "undercharged" the Foundation by $235 million since 1965, when the University decided to only charge the Foundation for expansion of the school's graduate program instead of the program's base cost.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Burst pipe causes Forbes flooding

Around midnight Sunday, students studying in Forbes library were deluged with a shower of water coming from the tiles in the ceiling, caused by a ruptured sink pipe above.

NEWS | 03/13/2006

Beat it

Samir Succar (r.) demonstrates the art of African drumming in Wu Cafe on Friday. The event also offered Ethiopian food.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Beat it

Samir Succar (r.) demonstrates the art of African drumming in Wu Cafe on Friday. The event also offered Ethiopian food.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Lenahan faults Public Safety on Facebook

USG president Alex Lenahan '07 responded last night to reports that Public Safety officers have used facebook.com in their investigations, saying that the practice will only hurt relations between students and the department."My opinion is that it's only something that will create animosity between students and Public Safety," Lenahan told the USG Senate last night, adding that he might send a personal letter to Public Safety director Steven Healy explaining his position.Meanwhile, students across the University have taken steps to prevent Public Safety officers from accessing their online profiles.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

USG tables club aid resolution

The USG failed to reach a vote last night on a resolution calling for a financial aid system to support the cost of eating club membership.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Dan Barry GS '80 voted off 'Survivor'

Dan Barry GS '80's tribe has spoken.Barry, a former astronaut and current robotics designer, was voted off "Survivor: Panama ? Exile Island" on Thursday night's episode after an unusual series of events thwarted his strategic alliance.Though his other three male allies were responsible for his departure, they said they had grown to admire Barry and were sad to see him go."I never thought I'd even meet an astronaut, never mind live with one," Nick Stanbury, member of the La Mina tribe, said during Thursday's episode.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Frist '74 wins poll over GOP 2008 rivals

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist '74 (R-Tenn.) received the most support among 2008 Republican presidential hopefuls in a straw poll conducted by the Southern Republican Leadership Conference over the weekend.Frist received 37 percent of the votes, while Massachusetts Gov.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Firms lure students with extravagance

Correction appendedAfter months of dressing up in suits and ties, making their way to New York or the Nassau Inn and trying to impress panels of interviewers with their technical and social skills, juniors applying for summer internships in finance and consulting can now reap the benefits of their work: elaborate "sell days" to convince them to accept the job."They paid for two nights at a fancy hotel in New York," Neel Gehani '07 said of the most lavish pitch aimed at him."They rented out a museum and had a cocktail party, and then rented out the VIP room in a nightclub in SoHo." The company later sent him chocolates in the mail."It was extravagant and completely unnecessary," Gehani said.And, for him, ineffective.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

USG tables club aid resolution

The USG failed to reach a vote last night on a resolution calling for a financial aid system to support the cost of eating club membership.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

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