Embarking on spring break allows us some slight breathing room to assess how the semester is going, as well as allowing us to continue planning for our up-coming programs.  We have had some excellent, thought-provoking events thus far, including the on-going initiative encouraging the MIT community to consider MIT's relationship to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

All semester, we've been having substantive and challenging conversations in our Tuesday evening ethics seminar.  Usually, a guest talks about his or her area of expertise and then we launch into questions and answers and lively discussion.  Last week, we invited 4 MIT students to talk about their active participation in social, environmental, or political issues.  The presentations were fascinating and inspiring.  What we learned was that the presenters had chosen a specific arena in which to be active.