June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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2. What is the “Scientific Method?”
The Scientific Method is:
• a systematic process for experimentation that is used to
explore observations and answer questions.
• a process or way of arriving at a solution to a problem or
understanding an event in nature that involves testing
possible solutions
3. There are 5 basic steps in Scientific Method:
• Asking an observation-based question
(Conceptualization/Purpose/Finding the Problem)
• Gathering preliminary data
• Formulation of hypothesis
• Conducting an experiment (Testing the
hypothesis)
• Drawing conclusions
4. Step 1: Asking a question
• The scientific method starts when you
ask a question about something that
you observe: How, What, When, Who,
Which, Why, or Where?
• This step is done to define the problem
or issue you wish to resolve.
• The question should be specific for you
to be able to find specific answers.
5. Step 4: Conducting an experiment
• Test the hypothesis and
predictions in an experiment
that can be reproduced.
• Your experiment tests whether
your prediction is accurate and
thus your hypothesis is
supported or not.
• It is important for your
experiment to be a fair test.
You conduct a fair test by
making sure that you change
only one factor at a time while
keeping all other conditions
the same.
6. Step 2: Gathering preliminary data
• Do background research to
learn what others have
discovered about your topic.
• Rather than starting from
scratch in putting together a
plan for answering your
question, you want to be a
savvy scientist using library
and Internet research to help
you find the best way to do
things and insure that you
don't repeat mistakes from
the past.
7. Step 3: Formulation of hypothesis
• A hypothesis is an informed/educated
guess as to the possible answer of the
question.
• Construct a hypothesis to determine
how you think your questions should be
answered.
• The hypothesis may be formed as soon
as the question is posed, or it may
require a great deal of background
research and inquiry.
8. Step 5: Drawing conclusion
• Analyze the data you have
collected during the
experiment and formulate a
conclusion based on your
research and the data you’ve
gathered from your
experiment.
• If the data proves the
hypothesis correct, the original
question is answered.
• On the other hand, if the data
disproves the hypothesis, the
scientific inquiry continues by
doing research to form a new
hypothesis and then conductig
an experiment to test it.
17. Scientific method in everyday life
Scientific method are also often used in encountering everyday life
situations. For example:
• Observation: Light bulb did not light.
• Question: Is the light bulb blown?
• Hypothesis: The light bulb is blown.
• Prediction: If I replace the bulb and it lights, then my hypothesis is
validated. If the bulb does not light, then my hypothesis is invalidated.
• Experiment: Replace the bulb.
• Result: New bulb lights up.
• Conclusion: My hypothesis is validated. The bulb was blown.
18.
19. The scientific method is actually a cycle of systematic
procedures that may be performed over again to get more
concrete answers to questions, and guess what…
There’s still an uncountable number of questions
out there, waiting to be answered!
