Some found out when they checked the morning news, only to be greeted with horror; others learned about it when concerned parents began calling. The rest discovered the gruesome news when fellow students began discussing it.

By lunchtime Monday, every student at Caltech was well aware of the two shootings which left 33 dead that occurred earlier that day at Virginia Tech.

"I first found out about this when my friend began talking about it at lunch," junior Henna Kermani said. "At first I couldn't believe it."

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Last Friday, students at MIT received a "special edition" of their institute newspaper, courtesy of Caltech newspaper staff. The unique issue was a prank orchestrated by Caltech students for MIT's campus preview weekend, when admitted students visit the school.

Seniors with one more term of study will be walking with their classmates at Commencement ceremonies this year, following a 13-1 vote at the Faculty Board Meeting last Monday.

Two years ago, student waiting at the Athenaeum fell by the wayside. However, this year, students once again have the opportunity to earn money and gourmet dinners by waiting the tables of such luminaries as Sally Ride and Stephen Hawking.

I applaud Daniel Poon for submitting his opinion piece about Student-Faculty Conference (SFC) last week. Furthermore, I applaud the Tech for running Poon's piece as well as Marissa Cevallos' From the Editor column, both of which were critical of SFC.