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Below: The new cafe is located in the Science Center focus. The offices that formerly filled
this space have been moved to the building’s atrium.
NEWS IN BRIEF was witnessed, the fatality appears to be
self-inflicted.
LINA TORRES ’13, Photography Editor
The deadline to hand in cross-registration
forms for MIT classes is this Friday, A student at Masssachusetts Bay
Feb. 11. Forms must be signed by MIT Community College in Wellesley Hills
instructors and handed into the MIT was arrested last Thursday, Feb. 3, for
registrar’s office at room 11-120. carrying a concealed semi-automatic
weapon into his school’s registrar office.
An error within the AVI computer system The student, 18-year-old Darryl Max
occurred at the beginning of the semester, Dookhran, violently resisted arrest.
causing each student’s remaining flex Dookhran’s attorney has since stated that
points from the fall semester not to roll his client did not know the weapon was
over into her balance for this semester. in his backpack.
The error has since been corrected, and
AVI Fresh Director Cheryl Walker has Feb. 6 marks the beginning of the
confirmed that flex points always roll RecycleMania competition, in which
over from the fall to the spring, albeit not colleges compete to see who can recycle
from the spring to the fall. to most in eight weeks. The competition
runs through Apr. 2.
A man was hit and instantly killed by a
commuter rail train near the Wellesley ~Charlotte Kiang, News Editor
Farms stop last Sunday, Feb. 6. The
train was traveling outbound from South Asha Albuquerque ’14 contributed
Station to Framingham. As no foul play reporting.
SECTIONS Barbara Bush, former New beer class stresses Portrait of an Oscar Basketball team thrives,
first-daughter, backs “quality, not quantity.” nominee: Colin despite small numbers
Features . . . . . 5 gay marriage A look into Jim Olson’s Firth’s rise to glory The basketball team
extracurricular class, “The Beer Mr. Darcy is about to win his first overcomes challenges as
Opinions . . . . . 7 To what extent do a parent’s Necessities.” (Features, page 6) they continue on their road to
political views influence Oscar. (Arts, page 10)
Arts . . . . . . . . . 9 NEWMACS. (Sports, page
their children’s? (Opinions, 11)
Sports . . . . . . 11 page 8)
2 The Wellesley News NEWS February 9, 2011
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing proposed a new initiative to give police officers and Google Inc. executive and political activist Wael Ghonim was released on Monday
firefighters deals on foreclosed homes for prices as low as $1,000. The initiative, from government detention. Ghonim was allegedly detained for encouraging
called Project 14, designated 200 city-owned, foreclosed homes for the effort. An Egyptian protesters to use technology in order to promote their cause. He
influx of officers in Detroit’s neighborhoods could discourage crime, according to disappeared during the protests and was missing for more than a week. Based in
Mayor Bing. 50 officers are already willing to participate in the project. Dubai, Ghonim is a marketing executive for Google in the Middle East and North
Africa.
A three-day-old infant is being treated for hypothermia in a South Carolina
hospital after having been left in an arena toilet after a circus show. The infant, a boy, At least seven people were wounded after fighting erupted along the Thai
was allegedly born in the bathroom. Although security cameras were monitoring -Cambodian border. The two sides disputed over an ancient temple. The chairman
the restroom, authorities can’t identify his mother. A custodian heard the child of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged talks between the two sides.
crying after a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey performance. A police chief The two sides agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday, but fighting soon followed.
noted that there were approximately 10,000 people in the arena.
Flooding in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern provinces has left seven people dead
and almost a million displaced. Nearly 1,000 houses have been destroyed.
February 9, 2011 NEWS The Wellesley News 3
Left: An elevator in Stone-Davis Hall often malfunctions. Above: The same elevator’s inspection certificate lists
a date indicating that it has been expired for six months.