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WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and TUE: 88°F | 71°F Largest Newspaper Evening showers WED: 85°F | 66°F Mostly sunny tech.mit.edu THU: 81°F | 67°F Sunny Established 1881 Volume 134, Number 34 Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Drug, alcohol, hazing policies Student injured in fall undergo major modifications from window at MIT Revised policies relevant to many aspects of student life Lambda Chi Alpha By Austin Hess Alcohol Policy The updated policy also states, Student is not affiliated with MIT EdiTOR in chiEF The updated alcohol policy newly similarly to the previous version, that forbids Established“engaging in drinking games 1881 serving or selling alcohol is prohibited On Aug. 26, Dean for Student or other activities involving rapid and/ in all circumstances except those ex- Life Chris Colombo emailed all MIT or excessive consumption of alcohol plicitly allowed by MIT’s official policy students to announce changes to on campus or in Institute-approved on the use of alcohol (i.e. registered the Mind and Hand Book, a set of housing.” events in the case of student sponsor- guidelines and rules that apply to On the rationale for the new rule, ship). The new version does make an undergraduates and graduates. The Associate Dean and working group exception, however, for “small social alcohol and drugs and hazing poli- member Judy Robinson told The Tech gatherings (usually considered to be cies were updated significantly, while that during drinking games “people 15 guests or fewer) at which alcohol minor changes were made to other tend to drink faster and more volume, is served to individuals over the age policies, including those on sexual so it’s a health and safety concern,” of 21.” misconduct. adding that the policy “is a fairly stan- Robinson said that the updates Some of the most significant dard practice at most institutions.” to the policies regarding registered changes include a ban drinking Also newly prohibited is alcohol events were not made to correspond games, modifications to what was distributed from a “quantity dispens- with a separate social gathering policy previously called the “Good Samari- ing source” like kegs or punch bowls, introduced last week to FSILGs, which ANGUS LAI tan Policy,” prohibitions on certain except at registered events. includes new requirements for regis- Emergency personnel arrive Sunday night in response to re- drugs not prohibited by state law, a According to Robinson, frater- tering events. ports of a student’s fall from a window at Lambda Chi Alpha� The stricter policy against social sharing of nity, sorority,Established and independent living 1881 student was not affiliated with MIT� drugs, and a broadening of the Insti- group governing bodies and parts of Practices for Seeking Help tute’s definition of hazing. The edited the MIT administration would handle While the term “Good Samaritan” By Austin Hess tained injuries of unspecified policies were produced by a work- enforcement of the ban on drinking is no longer used to describe the poli- EDITOR IN CHIEF severity according to Kimberly ing group of administrators over the games and other relevant regulations. cies for seeking medical attention for Allen of the MIT News Office. course of more than a year after con- She emphasized that the working those experiencing dangerous effects A student not affiliated with The Boston Globe, which sultation with many student groups group itself was only responsible for of alcohol, the section outlining prac- MIT fell from a window at the first reported the incident, said and other bodies on campus to collect writing, not implementing, the up- MIT chapter of the Lambda the female student was taken feedback on drafts of the policies. dated policies. Mind and Hand, Page 12 Chi Alpha fraternity at about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday and sus- LCA, Page 11 submit the HASS Concen- The MIT Public Service New FSILG policy allows use IN Short tration Proposal form by Center is hosting a Service The first day of fall classes Friday, September 5. Those Fair on Wednesday, Sep- is tomorrow! who do not do so by this tember 3 from 1 p.m. to date must pay a $50 late 3 p.m. outside of Kresge. of some roof decks this term Today is Registration Day. fee. EstablishedThis fair 1881is for students, Students must meet with faculty, and staff to learn Groups submit application to committee for approval their advisors to confirm Students should update about local nonprofits and their class selections for By Alexandra Delmore Spaces Rule Provision” that prohibited the use their CI-H/HW waitlist volunteer opportunities. the fall term and submit STAFF REPORTER of all roofs, roof decks, balconies, and ledges at choices on WebSIS before There will be about 20 or- their registration by Friday, fraternities in both Boston and Cambridge, even classes begin tomorrow. ganizations in attendance The Interfraternity Council, the Association for those who had attained the proper licenses. Sept. 5. Today is also the This fall is the first time ranging from STEM educa- deadline to change a spring of Independent Living Groups Board, and the These changes came after an MIT freshman that a waitlist system is be- tion to a homeless shelter. AILG Facilities Committee have instated a new fell four stories through a skylight at Phi Sigma term exploratory subject to ing used. Instructors can listener status. policy regarding approval for roof deck usage at Kappa last September. Residents could access begin making offers from Send news information fraternities, sororities, and independent living the skylight through an uninspected roof deck, waitlists on Wednesday at and tips to [email protected]. groups (FSILGs), overriding the existing prohi- prompting the city of Boston to express serious Second-term juniors and 6 a.m. edu. final-term seniors must bition of roof deck use. concerns about the use of such roof decks. The limits, effective since September 2013, Now, each FSILG can gain permission to uti- prohibited the use of roof decks at all FSILGs lize their roof deck by submitting an application until proper permits were acquired. This was ac- companied by the IFC’s “Temporary Open Air Roof Decks, Page 13 Institute hosts a five-day camp for select edX students on campus MIT brings top entrepreneurship students together in person By Chi-Chi Zhang al Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. The bootcamp MIT NEWS OFFicE was an experiment by MIT to help edX students further their online education, to learn not only MIT has just concluded an experiment in from MIT professors but also from like-minded blended learning that could reshape existing people from around the world. educational paradigms. A unique program “You take a course. You learn the material. held on campus Aug. 18-22 brought together Then, you come here and you participate in the students from around the world who had taken magical experience, and you get value out of it,” an online course in entrepreneurship and then says Sanjay Sarma, director of the Office of Dig- immersed themselves at MIT — to learn how to ital Learning at MIT. “I’m over the moon to see create a startup. that we can actually share this experience [with LAndON Y. CARTER—ThE TECH The Institute brought 47 out of 54,856 stu- people] who might not have that opportunity.” On Aug. 29, MIT Clubs put on their annual midway/club fair to introduce fresh- dents enrolled in the MITx on edX course The 47 people who reported for bootcamp men to the multitude of clubs on campus� 15.390x Entrepreneurship 101: Who is Your Cus- tomer? to campus for the inaugural MITx Glob- Bootcamp, Page 14 StiLL Can’T Get J DILLA’S LeGACY LIVes on HAVE YOU FELT the waitinG For SECTIONS World & Nation � � �2 The Tech remembers celebrated PUBLished? caLLinG? YOUR adVisor? Opinion � � � � � � � � �4 producer J Dilla� ARTS p. 8 Somewhere on the Check out our behind the Kill some time with our Fun Pages � � � � � � �5 Search for Meaning has Modern Art is conFUsinG scenes scoop on Boston crossword and number Arts � � � � � � � � � � � �8 some hope� Fun, p. 6 Calling� ARTS, p. 9 puzzles� FUN, p. 5-7 Contemporary Comics clears things up� FUN, p. 6 2 The Tech Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Germany to arm Kurds D battling Islamic State Fast-food workers plan strike BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers Monday that her government had decided to break with a taboo on delivering weapons to conflict zones because Ger- for higher wages many and all of Europe faced a security threat from the ex- tremists of the Islamic State. By Steven Greenhouse the Service Employees Internation- workers and janitors, is encour- WORL Merkel and top ministers decided Sunday to deliver thou- THE NEW YORK TIMES al Union, which has spent millions aging home-care aides to march sands of machine guns, as well as antitank missiles and ar- of dollars helping to underwrite the alongside the fast-food strikers. N mored vehicles to Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State in The next round of strikes by fast- campaign. “They’re invoking civil The union hopes that if thou- northern Iraq. food workers demanding higher rights history to make the case that sands of the nation’s approximately The deliveries — from existing German army stocks, and wages is scheduled for Thursday, these jobs ought to be paid $15 and 2 million home-care aides join in it worth an estimated 70 million euros, or almost $92 million and this time, labor organizers plan the companies ought to recognize a would put more pressure on cities — will take place in stages in the coming weeks, the Defense to increase the pressure by staging union.” and states to raise their minimum Ministry said.
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