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Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and THU: 65°F | 40°F Largest Newspaper Partly cloudy FRI: 52°F | 25°F Chance of rain tech.mit.edu SAT: 45°F | 25°F Clear Established 1881 Volume 136, Number 8 Thursday, March 17, 2016 Liu, Gomez discuss campaign themes Keeping the UA transparent and making it more welcoming are key Established 1881 By Emma Bingham ing if I was running, and there was STAFF WRITER an assumption that people did not want to run if I was running. It’s a With elections for Undergradu- mix of that and a mix of, probably, ate Association (UA) president and apathy. Also, I think when you do a vice president ongoing, The Tech sat really good job, not as many people down with candidates Sophia Liu will want to run to change some- ’17 and Daysi N. Gomez ’18 to talk thing. So I think a combination of about their experience in student those — apathy, trust in whoever is government, the challenges they’ve running, and just not wanting to put faced, the issues they think are up a campaign. most important, and their plans for The Tech: What have you the future of the UA. Liu currently learned as UA vice president and TRISTAN HONSCHEID—THE TECH serves as vice president of the UA. as class council vice president A quadcopter-themed hack appeared around campus on March 14 in celebration of the release of Regu- The pair is running unopposed. that you will bring with you to [the lar Action admission decisions. This drone carries one of MIT Admissions’s famous “tubes” during the early The Tech: Why do you think presidency and vice presidency]? morning hours of Pi Day. you are the only ones running? MIT admits 1,485Established to class 1881 of 2020 Sophia Liu: People were ask- Elections, Page 13 Faculty votes to consider new for an admit rate of 7.8 percent mathematical economics major Admission rate resumes trend of decrease after a small MIT faculty voted to con- in math, requiring students to sider a new Mathematical Eco- take several course 18 electives increase last year, a class size of 1,120 is admissions goal nomics major, designated as 14- including Real Analysis. 2, Wednesday. They will vote to In his presentation to the By Divya Gopinath is consistent with recent class sizes, time this year. approve the major in April. faculty, Professor David Au- STAFF WRITER Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill ’86 A total of 437 students were The Department of Eco- tor, associate department head wrote in an email to The Tech. waitlisted for the 2015-2016 admis- nomics will administer the new of the economics department, MIT offered admission to 1,485 The number of applications rose sions season. “It is hard to predict major, which will complement stated, “Our rationales for pos- out of 19,020 applicants for the class this year, fully recovering from a de- how many students will be admit- its existing course 14 offering. ing this major are: one, offer of 2020 for an admissions rate of 7.8 crease duringEstablished the 2019 application 1881 ted from the waitlist,” Schmill wrote Unlike the current economics a streamlined path for stu- percent. The rate decreased from season. in an email to The Tech. “In the last major, 14-2 trades off several last year’s 8.0 percent, and has been Of the 1,485 students admitted five years, we have admitted as few economics subjects for some Economics, Page 12 steadily declining since 2003 with to the class of 2020, 656 were early as zero and as many as 65.” Last year, the exception of last year when it action admits, The Tech reported 55 of the 575 students on the waitlist went up by 0.3 percentage points. last fall. The early-admission rate were admitted, which was a record The decisions were released on dropped to around 8.4 percent, from high, according to MIT Admissions. Pi Day (March 14) at Tau time (6:28 9.6 percent last year, which may have The demographics of the ad- p.m.), as is MIT tradition. been caused by an administrative mitted class are largely consistent Legal clinics have served over 75 The admissions office hopes that policy change: international stu- with last year. Women make up 49 1,120 of the accepted students will dents were allowed to apply during students since opening choose to attend MIT. This target size the early action round for the first Admissions, Page 14 The Entrepreneurship and In- Plans for the clinics were tellectual Property law clinic, one formed after the founders of of two legal clinics announced Tidbit, an MIT undergradu- Undergraduate Admission Rates, 2008-2016 last September, has served “over ate’s startup, were subpoenaed 12% 75 MIT students,” Chancellor by New Jersey’s attorney general Cynthia Barnhart PhD ’88 said. in 2014. This highlighted a need Class of 829 admitted through 11.9% The other clinic, which will for legal resources for students. 2020: REGULAR ACTION focus on technology and cyber- The Technology and Cyber- law, was appointed a director law Clinic will focus on cyberlaw 656 admitted through Tuesday: Andy Sellars, an attor- issues like Tidbit’s. The Entrepre- 10% 10.7% 19,020* students applied EARLY ACTION ney at Harvard University’s Berk- man Center, will fill that role. Clinics, Page 12 9.7% 9.6% 8.9% 8% 8.2% *Starting in 2014, MIT changed the 8.0% way it counts the number of applicants, 7.7% 7.8% resulting in lower numbers than they would have been with the older method. 6% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Class Year Source: MIT Admissions INFOGRAPHIC BY ANTHONY YU Elections for UA president and Random Acts of Kindness Week IN SHORT vice president, as well as class starts the week of March 28. Choose to Reuse is today, March council elections, will be open un- 17. Stop by the first floor of the Stata til Sunday. Cast your ballot at vote. Send news and tips to news@tech. NINA LUTZ—THE TECH Center. Drop-off starts at 8 a.m. and mit.edu. mit.edu. choosing commences at 11 a.m. Members of Roadkill Buffet, MIT’s student improv group, at their ‘Gritty Reboot’ show. MUCH ADO ABOUT THE MAN BEHIND NOBBY EXCESS FREE TIME? 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