The Elections Planning Advisory Committee has issued a tier-one warning to Student Body presidential candidate Elena Falloon '11 and Student Body vice presidential candidate Will Hix '12 after a supporter of both candidates sent a recipient-repressed e-mail encouraging recipients to vote for Falloon and Hix, which is a violation of campaign rules. The sanction itself does not impose any punishments on Falloon or Hix. "This is a simple warning, there will be no restrictions or regulations on your campaign as a result of this sanction," EPAC chair David Imamura '10 wrote in an e-mail to the candidates on Sunday. "Please ensure that your supporters are aware that they cannot blitz to repressed recipient lists." Hix said he was appealing the sanction because the student who sent the e-mail is not part of his campaign. EPAC issued a tier-one warning to Student Body presidential candidate Eric Tanner '11 last week over a similar issue. Voting for both Student Body president and vice president occurs today and lasts until 11:59 p.m.
The Tuck School of Business was ranked seventh in the U.S. News & World Report 2011 graduate business school rankings, released Friday. The rankings were calculated from results collected in surveys of business school deans and recruiters, as well as statistical data that aim to assess the quality of students and where they are employed after graduation, according to the U.S. News & World Report website. Tuck ranked fifth in the management category, which is based on peer ratings from educators at fellow institutions, and ranked third in the average combined starting salary and bonus received by graduates.
President Barack Obama's recent requests that Congress shift NASA's budget toward funding more business ventures and scientific research would likely benefit universities if the changes are accepted, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported April 15. In the requests, Obama also suggested increasing NASA's budget by $6 billion over the next five years, according to The Chronicle. Obama also created the new position of chief technologist at NASA, which he announced in February will be filled by Robert Braun, director of the Space Systems Design Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Braun, who will decide how to allocate the additional money NASA would receive from the plan, has said he will work to create new technologies instead updating old ones, The Chronicle reported.
