On Tuesday March 7th, WikiLeaks released the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, code-named “Vault 7”.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 28th, President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of congress. Trump’s speech covered topics including condemning hatred and racism, a military build-up, immigration reform, tax reform, and rebuilding infrastructure.
This Tuesday, an Amazon storage center in northern Virginia effectively shut down for about four hours. This affected access to many websites across the east coast and, to a lesser extent, the world, including IFTTT, Imgur, SoundCloud, DownDetector, and, perhaps most notably for Stevens students, Canvas.
International Women’s Day celebrates the progress women have achieved in social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. In celebration of Women’s Day, Stevens is organizing a symposium with Women’s Programs and Amnesty International.
A water main break in the intersection of Willow Avenue and Fifth Street flooded several streets Tuesday morning. The sinkhole created swallowed a red Honda CRV, and shut down the Our Lady of Grace Elementary School for the day.
Stevens for Solidarity will be held on Walker Lawn on Wednesday, March 22nd from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The goal is to “unify the members of our campus by imploring all to look beyond party lines, see beyond the red and blue, in order to strengthen Stevens’ resolve to stand against discriminatory federal and municipal policies.”
Poetry Club and Theta Phi Alpha co-hosted a charity event, Planned Poethood, a stand-up poetry event. Poetry Club president Jessica Martin opened up the event with a poem.
The end of February was not only marked by unusually warm weather, but also by the Founder’s Day Ball, an annual event established to mark Stevens Institute of Technology’s founding on Feb.
On Wednesday, March 1 at 9:00 PM, the Women’s Program held a DIY planters workshop in Jacobus lounge. During the event, guests were able to pick up little clay flower pots and decorate them with a variety of paints and ribbons, as well as fill them with dirt so they can plant their own seeds within them later.
The Office of Residence Life has modified the selection process for the upcoming academic year. These changes include shifting priority in the lottery housing system, meal plan requirements, and the proposal for gender neutral housing.