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...region to speak about the many impressive investment opportunities available in the region.” Rocha also cited a desire to stop a brain drain that led the best minds of Latin America to come to the United States and other developed nations. “Harvard, MIT, and other schools across the United States have Latin American students who are working on their bachelor and professional degrees,” Rocha said, “and since so many of them are unaware of what is available to them in Latin America, we want to help these...
...James M. Poterba ’80, chairman of the MIT Economics Department and head of the National Bureau for Economic Research, said that Bernanke has thus far done a good job handling the difficulties posed by current circumstances...
...totally awesome...It’s ROFLCon. ROFLCon is the brainchild of Tim R. Hwang ’08, a senior in Eliot House who is turning his potentially embarrassing obsession with LOLCats, The Tron Guy, and Chuck Norris Facts into what promises to be a historic conference at MIT later this month. It all started when Hwang asked himself, “what would happen if we got all these people in one room?” Lucky for us, he decided to find out, enlisting a group of Internet celebrities to come to Cambridge for panels and discussions...
...opinions about a J-term, the optional winter term in January that will be implemented along with the new calendar in 2009-2010. Debate focused on the purpose of a J-term, its logistics, and possible classes. Harris, a Jewish studies professor, emphasized that unlike existing winter terms at MIT, Dartmouth, and Oberlin, the “J-term will be completely and totally optional—if students want to stay home for five weeks and do nothing, that’s a great thing.” Potential offerings Harris suggested included the practical—classes...
...serving” justice, yet the accused is never allowed to hear this testimony or see a transcript. In fact, transcripts aren’t even kept. This might be acceptable practice at Guantanamo Bay, but you won’t find it at Yale, Stanford, or MIT...