The database is an electronic searchable version of the Dead Sea Scrolls that can be adapted to any language. But the CPART only produced the non-biblical part of the Dead Sea Scrolls because the collection of scrolls is so large.
Terry Ball, a BYU professor of ancient texts, said the non-biblical writings of the scrolls are original and that no one has seen them before.
Dean of the Faculty Joseph Taylor, Prof. Philip Anderson and Prof. Emeritus Val Fitch expressed their support for the treaty, which the president hopes the Senate will ratify this term.
Fitch said the treaty would prevent the proliferation of weapons around the world. Anderson agreed that a test ban is a preventative measure against nuclear warfare.
Fitch and Anderson each won a Nobel Prize for physics - Anderson in 1977 and Fitch in 1980.
In return for the contribution, MIT will offer Microsoft access to its faculty and research facilities.
Chancellor Lawrence Bacow said the money will be used to develop the institute's educational technology.
During a reception called Futurefest, where Microsoft officially announced the alliance, students chanted "Microsoft Sucks," to show that the company is not welcome at MIT.
Bacow contests that the chanting was "all in good fun."
She chose UW because the university promised Wong the chance to try out for the men's wrestling team. But just before the wrestling season began, Wong said she received a letter from the university explaining that she was not allowed to try out for the team.
Since Wong received that letter, she and her parents have filed a claim to sue UW. The state attorney general's office has sent Wong a letter supporting her right to try out. Since the attorney general's office sent the letter to Wong, UW has agreed to allow Wong to try out.
After results have been tallied, students can organize their ideal schedule by compiling results on opinions of professors' teaching styles.
But some professors said the concept of the Websites in their current form is presumptuous.
"By and large, students are in no position to assess whether faculty 'know their subject,' 'give too much work,' or 'grade fairly,'" said history Prof. Paul Halsall from the University of North Florida at Jacksonville.
- Compiled by Jewel Gopwani from U-WIRE reports.
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