Congratulations to new the Student Editor-in-Chiefs Robyn Bahr and Haley Castro.  The first issue is fantastic; I’ll be commenting on a bunch of goodies from the issue.  Kudos as well to the new Indicator EICs Karl Teo Molin and David Vaimberg.  Looking forward, boys!

President Marx:

We have something like one-third less endowment and so we [...]

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…and not the condiment, either.

Yesterday, I took an excursion over to the newly renovated Mayo-Smith. It’s a beautiful dorm – a clean, well-lighted place, elegant yet comfortable. Mayo-Smith has a long and storied history. Built in 1923 as the Chi Psi fraternity lodge, the place has seen a lot throughout the years and was clearly due for a tune-up.

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Interesting article in today’s Times, describing how a newer breed of more politically moderate professors are replacing more liberal professors hired in the ’60’s.
Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education that continued into the ’70s, are being replaced by younger professors who many of the nearly 50 academics interviewed [...]

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