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Stephanie Lin wins Rhodes Committee gathers community Senior will study medical anthropology at Oxford feedback on Orientation, again This past Monday, the Review Committee on Orientation, which was By Derek Chang formed in March to examine and re-evaluate MIT’s orientation, held its ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR second forum this semester to “put its ears to the ground” and gather community feedback on the pros and cons of various components of Stephanie Lin ’12 was recognized orientation. All the efforts of this committee would go into modifying this week as MIT’s newest Rhode Schol- the orientation two years from now, which would likely be “tweaked” ar. She will be studying at Oxford next rather than “overhauled,” said committee chair Merritt R. Smith, with year along with 32 other American re- next year’s orientation remaining unchanged. The meeting included a cipients who received the honor. Lin is the 45th MIT undergraduate to receive Orientation, Page 10 the Rhodes Scholarship. “I was extremely surprised when I got the news,” said Lin, a biology ma- jor and applied international studies minor. “The other applicants are all so MIT, Pfizer break highly accomplished — I feel very lucky to have received the scholarship.” Lin will be spending her year at Ox- ford to pursue an MPhil in medical an- ground on 610 Main thropology. “I’m interested in studying viruses and infectious diseases, espe- Speakers laud center’s significance cially when they are applied to issues in international medicine,” she said. By Adisa Kruayatidee that researchers can walk between According to Lin, one of her inspira- Staff Reporter both “without wearing a jacket in tions to purse medicine was the work winter,” said Rod McKenzie, head that she did at Health Leads Boston, a Monday morning, MIT and of Pfizer PharmaTherapeutics R&D. patient advocacy program that works pharmaceutical giant Pfizer cel- “It wasn’t enough to have a Cam- to improve the health of individual ebrated the official groundbreaking bridge zip code; we wanted to be children and families. There, she vol- of a new research center right next right here.” unteered in hospital waiting rooms and to campus. MIT President Susan J. In September, Pfizer announced referred patients to resources like food Hockfield opened the ceremony, it had signed a 10-year lease with stamps. “My work in Health Leads has whose speakers included Massa- MIT for 180,000 square feet of space introduced me to the social, human chusetts Governor Deval Patrick in a building to be constructed at side of medicine, and I especially enjoy and Pfizer President of Worldwide 610 Main St. The project is managed the blend of scientific and social issues Research and Development Mikael by the MIT Investment Manage- involved in medicine,” Lin said. Dolsten. With a mighty heave — lit- ment Company. Lin has been involved in the MIT erally — they and other participants One of the recurring themes community ever since she arrived on shoveled dirt and took the first step at the ceremony was the idea of campus. She was first interested in toward what Hockfield described as research collaboration. The com- pursuing chemistry, but after taking in- “the best way to support innovation pany deliberately chose to move to troductory biology, she was convinced in Cambridge.” Cambridge to foster relationships that biology was the right major for her. Located at 610 Main St. — an and discussion between MIT’s sci- The activities that Lin has partici- Joseph Maurer—The Tech MIT-owned property — Pfizer will entists and their own drug delivery Stephanie Lin ’12 won a Rhodes scholarship to study medical an- be close enough to MIT’s Brain Rhodes, Page 11 thropology at Oxford University next year. She is majoring in biology. and Cognitive Sciences complex Groundbreaking, Page 10

Occupy UC digs heels in I fold! Students protest tuition & police action By Jennifer Medina But this year, propelled in part by the The New York Times fervor of the Occupy Wall Street move- ment and in part by the state of the LOS ANGELES — It has become economy and California’s mountainous something of an annual tradition on budget woes, the battle is sharpening. California college campuses, in what is Indeed, the Occupy movement — on perhaps the most prestigious state uni- campuses, at least — is transforming versity system in the country: the state itself into a student-led crusade against makes large cuts in public universities, increases in tuition. they in turn raise tuition, and students respond with angry protests. Protests, Page 11

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A tale of two at The end of the world overhear tradition and SECTIONS World & Nation �����2 Melancholia is weird … pretty weird. turkeys something funny? modernity Opinion �����������������4 ARTS, p. 7 Meet turkey A and Sometimes Engineers say Old and new, West and Fun Pages �������������5 turkey B. They’ve got 21W @ MIT the darndest things. East meet in Arts �����������������������7 interesting stories to tell. CAMPUS LIFE, p. 9 photography exhibit. Campus Life ���������9 CAMPUS LIFE, p. 9 Life as a writing major at MIT. ARTS, p. 7 Sports �����������������12 CAMPUS LIFE, p. 9 2 The Tech Tuesday, November 22, 2011 China bends to solar complaint D by US but plans retaliation Obama sidestepped the HONG KONG — Solar panel makers in China plan to shift some of their production to South Korea, Taiwan and the United States in hopes of defusing a trade case pend- deficit committee debacle ing against them in Washington, according to industry executives. By Jackie Calmes ous threat to the country’s future, The White House rejects such

worl But at the same time, the Chinese industry is considering The New York Times the mounting federal debt. And if criticism, even as the president retaliating by filing a trade case of its own with China’s Com- Washington’s dysfunction extends and his advisers have long expect-

n merce Ministry. WASHINGTON — In remain- to next November, voters show ev- ed it. But the risk to his leadership The most likely target would be U.S. exports to China of ing aloof from the special deficit ery sign of taking out their wrath image was one they decided to polysilicon — a prime ingredient in solar panels — Chinese committee in Congress even as it on everyone involved — not least take back in August, after Obama’s industry executives and officials said Monday. U.S. manufac- collapsed on Monday, President the occupant of the White House. prolonged summer fight with con- turers last year exported about $873 million of polysilicon to Barack Obama showed his calcu- Republicans wasted no time gressional Republicans over rais- China last year, nearly as much in dollar terms as the value lation more clearly than ever be- trying to fan the idea of a leader- ing the nation’s debt limit had de- of the solar panels that China shipped to the United States. fore: Republicans will never agree ship deficit in the White House, pressed his approval ratings to the atio The Chinese moves come after the United States Com- to raise taxes on the wealthy to even before the deficit commit- lowest point of his presidency. The merce Department opened a trade case against China’s solar balance any spending cuts, so let tee made its failure official on bigger risk, the advisers believed, panel makers earlier this month, at the request of seven U.S. the voters decide. Monday. would be to once again get in the solar companies. Congress still could reach a bi- “He’s done nothing,” said Mitt budget weeds with lawmakers and —Keith Bradsher, The New York Times partisan compromise in the next Romney, the former Massachu- again come up empty-handed. month, or next year, to avoid the setts governor who is seen by the “A president’s job is to lay out France, Sarkozy look vulnerable threat of automatic spending cuts, Obama circle as the candidate a plan and then rally the country especially in military programs, in most likely to be the Republican to that plan,” said Dan Pfeiffer, the

& N as euro crisis persists 2013. But the president is figuring presidential nominee. “It’s anoth- White House communications di- that Congress will not, and he will er example of failed leadership.” rector. “This president has done PARIS — With the humiliating defeat on Sunday of the So- campaign by contrasting what he But Republicans were not exactly that. cialists in Spain, the two-year euro crisis has already toppled calls his “balanced” approach to alone in attacking. In New York, He put forward a detailed bal- eight governments, sending shivers of anxiety through the putting the nation on a solid fis- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, anced $3 trillion deficit reduction Elysee Palace and even the White House. cal footing again to Republicans’ a Republican-turned-indepen- plan, and overwhelming majori- The main theme of recent elections has been voters’ un- anti-tax reliance on spending cuts, dent, said the buck rests with the ties of Americans support his ap- happiness with austerity, uncertainty and whatever party or especially for Medicare and Social president. proach. But, if at the end of the orld coalition happens to be in power. But under the pressure of Security. “It’s the chief executive’s job to day, the other party decides that the markets and the demands of Germany, Europe’s de facto Yet the president’s strategy of bring people together and to pro- adhering to rigid ideological dog- financial leader, new governments have largely had to prom- not deeply engaging with Con- vide leadership. I don’t see that mas is more important than what ise more of the same. gress carries a big risk: that he will W happening,” Bloomberg said at a the American people want, that’s As the markets have swung from one vulnerable target be seen as failing to lead on a seri- news conference. their choice to make.” to another, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Finland, Den- mark and Slovakia have all altered their governments, either through elections or parliamentary maneuverings. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France fears being next, with French bond costs rising to record highs, growth flat and a Egypt’s civilian government presidential election in April. The danger of a downgrade of French bonds has weakened Sarkozy. —Steven Erlanger and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times submits offer to resign

Separating you and me? 4.74 By David D. Kirkpatrick so-called “national rescue” govern- edged growing doubts that the elec- and Liam Stack ment would replace or continue to tions would take place next Monday. degrees. The New York Times report to the ruling military council. But without the announcement of After a meeting Monday of about a new government any postpone- Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the CAIRO — Egypt’s interim prime two dozen political groups, a top ment of the elections could set off a phrase “six degrees of separation” into the language, scientists minister and cabinet offered to re- leader of the Muslim Brotherhood firestorm, and all parties have called at Facebook and the University of Milan reported on Monday sign Monday in the face of a bloody who attended the event delivered for the elections to proceed as sched- that the average number of acquaintances separating any two third day of protests in Tahrir Square a collective apology for their delay uled next week. people in the world was not six but 4.74. and elsewhere, adding to the crisis in joining the protesters’ calls for Meanwhile, the army and secu- The original “six degrees” finding, published in 1967 by the of legitimacy for the nation’s ruling the military council to relinquish its rity forces resorted to increasingly psychologist Stanley Milgram, was drawn from 296 volunteers military council. power. lethal violence against protesters in who were asked to send a message by postcard, through friends It was unclear whether the ruling But the Muslim Brotherhood, Tahrir Square to hold back a con- and then friends of friends, to a specific person in a Boston military would accept the resigna- Egypt’s best organized political force, tinuing siege of the interior ministry suburb. tion, news of which was greeted with and its newly founded political party, headquarters a few blocks away. The new research used a slightly bigger cohort: 721 million cheers by tens of thousands of pro- later announced that they would not The Egyptian health minister Facebook users, more than one-tenth of the world’s population. testers crammed into Tahrir Square. attend the march. It was the latest said that 23 people had died and The findings were posted on Facebook’s website Monday night. A report on state television said the sign of the group’s equivocation over that more than 1,500 been wounded The experiment took one month. The researchers used a set generals were seeking a potential the protests, which threaten to delay since Sunday morning. Doctors in a of algorithms developed at the University of Milan to calculate successor as prime minister. the timing of the first parliamentary field clinic near Tahrir Square and the average distance between any two people by computing If accepted, the resignation would elections since the ouster of Presi- a major hospital reported seeing as a vast number of sample paths among Facebook users. They bow to the protesters’ demands as dent Hosni Mubarak nine months many as ten patients killed by live found that the average number of links from one arbitrarily se- leaders across the spectrum — liber- ago and which are now scheduled ammunition. Speaking on condition lected person to another was 4.74. In the United States, where als and Islamists — endorsed a call a week from Monday — a vote in of anonymity, three doctors at the more than half of people over 13 are on Facebook, it was just for a “million man march” Tuesday to which the Brotherhood is poised to hospital each said that administra- 4 . 37. demand a new civilian government reap big gains. A growing number of tors had told them not to disclose the —John Markoff and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times of national unity. It was unclear if the political leaders privately acknowl- use of live ammunition.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — King Abdullah II of Jordan visited the Palestinian West Bank for the first time in a decade Monday and conferred with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority as both men begin risky reconciliation efforts with the Syrian opposition meets Islamists of Hamas. Abbas is to hold power-sharing talks with Khaled Meshal of Hamas this week in Cairo to try to put an end to a four-year-old with British officials bitter division within the Palestinian movement. Meshal, who is based in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and has been barred from official visits to Jordan since 1999, has been invited there next week.

By Sebnem Arsu tinue to step up the international that Assad was not serious about As popular upheavals across the Middle East grant Islamist par- on The New York Times pressure on the Assad regime, a meeting the legitimate demands of ties more influence, both Abbas and the king are being pressed to regime that has long since lost its his political opponents, “so there- soften their policies toward Hamas. ISTANBUL — Syria’s political legitimacy in the eyes of the wider fore we don’t have any more trust.” —Ethan Bronner, The New York Times opposition widened its outreach world.” The developments came as anti- WORLD & Nati Monday, sending representatives The Arab League has suspended Assad activist groups reported 12 As Wall Street downsizes, a dry to Britain as the Syrian government Syria, and a growing number of new deaths Monday in the Syria withstood signs of further isolation countries, led by the United States uprising, which has claimed more spell for young workers over an uprising that is increasing- and members of the European than 3,500 lives by the United Na- ly resembling a prolonged armed Union, have penalized Assad with tions’ count since it began in March. NEW YORK — Steve Ferdman celebrated getting a job offer this struggle to oust President Bashar economic sanctions. Turkey, which Reuters said the latest civilian fall from Credit Suisse in the usual Wall Street fashion. Over oysters Assad. Assad had once counted as a friend, deaths included two youths killed and dark rum cocktails at a trendy Manhattan restaurant with his William Hague, Britain’s foreign has also castigated him, given sanc- by Syrian security forces in the cen- parents. secretary, met with the opposition tuary to an insurgent group and tral city of Homs, an epicenter of A week later, Ferdman, 28, sat alone at the same place with a representatives, the Foreign Office threatened further action. the movement, as the forces were gin and tonic, lamenting getting laid off by the bank, for the second said on its website. Hague did not Turkey’s president, Abdul- looking for a Syrian soccer celeb- time since 2008. specify what type of assistance, if lah Gul, who was about to begin a rity, Abdelbasset Saroud, who has “I did everything right. I came into work every day, I put in long any, was discussed, but he said in three-day visit to Britain, said in an been leading protest rallies against hours, and I still got punched in the face,” Ferdman said. “People a statement that “we want to con- interview with the BBC on Monday Assad. shouldn’t want to work in this industry anymore.” Being young on Wall Street once meant having it all: style, smarts and too much money. Now, 20-somethings in the finance

industry are losing cash and cachet. on Three years after the global financial crisis nearly brought Wall Street firms to the brink, the nation’s largest banks are again strug- A Hit in nYC & CHiCAgo! gling. As profits wane, layoffs have claimed thousands of jobs and those still employed have seen their compensation shrink. WORLD & Nati —Kevin Roose, The New York Times C. S. Lewis Failure absorbed with disgust and fear, but little surprise

Does the U.S. political system even work anymore? Variations on that question kept coming up Monday as Ameri- cans — at least those paying attention — absorbed the news that the congressional committee charged with reducing the deficit had failed to even meet very often, let alone come up with a plan to get the country back in the black. From shoppers in Los Angeles to tourists in Atlanta to traders taking cigarette breaks outside the Chicago Board of Trade, the eye-rolling that often accompanies doings in Washing- ton gave way to something bordering on dismay. “My reaction when I heard they failed was more emotional than

anything,” Elizabeth Weinraub, a 25-year-old retail manager, said as on she got her morning fix at a Los Angeles Starbucks. “I’m not even sure what that means in the grand scheme. But it was a bum-out.” People were not just annoyed: they were worried. Khalfani Law- “one Hell of A gooD SHow!” son, a 23-year-old student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, WORLD & Nati said the lack of progress was breeding apathy among the young. the wall Street Journal A record 84 percent of Americans said they disapproved of the way Congress was handling its job in the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll last month, the most since The Times first be- “Clever & SAtiriCAl…tHe Devil HAS rArelY gan asking the question in 1977. Congress’ approval rating has sunk to 9 percent, the poll found, a record low. Been given HiS DUe More PerCePtivelY!” —Michael Cooper, The New York Times the new York times Gilead will buy Pharmasset for $11 billion

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moviereview Tuesday, November Tuesday, 22, 2011 8 The Tech Tuesday, November 22, 2011 interview The art of the documentary The Tech talks with director Anne Makepeace about We Still Live Here By Angelique Nehmzow a documentary, about the language coming shoot and shoot, and so I ended up with 100 We Still Live Here Staff Writer back because I thought it was an incredible hours of footage, which I had to cut down story which needed to be told. Whereas I to the exact 56 minutes and 40 seconds that Part of the PBS series Anne Makepeace, from Lakeville, Con- had been working on the sad tale of the ex- PBS needs for an hour-long documentary Independent Lens necticut, has been making films for almost ploitation and decline of the Wampanoags, feature. 30 years. Her most recent film, We Still Live I thought this could be an opportunity to TT: Why did you decide to use animation Directed and produced by Here, had its broadcast premiere on the focus on the positive and talk about their ex- in the film? Anne Makepeace Independent Lens series of PBS and also citing and hopeful future. AM: It is often a challenge to make a film screened at MIT on Nov. 17. The film is about TT: What was Jessie’s initial reaction to about pre-photography eras, since there are a movement to revive the Native American your idea of making a documentary? not many visual records for us to use. Typi- be so for others too. I hope this film inspires language of Wampanoag. It centers on Jes- cal methods of getting around this are in- other Native American peoples to continue sie Little Doe Baird, who spearheaded the corporating footage of, for example, a hand working to revive their languages. For that Arts Arts Art S movement and whose daughter is the first ‘One of the most writing script or feet walking through snow. reason, Makepeace Productions is partner- native speaker in over a century. Fortunately, I saw some animation by Ruth ing with a Cambridge organization called The Tech: What motivates you to make obvious difficulties Lingford and I thought it would be perfect Cultural Survival and we just launched documentaries? was: how do you for our purposes. It took me a year before she http://OurMotherTongues.org earlier this Anne Makepeace: I am primarily a story- was available to work with us, but we were week. The project aims to create awareness teller, and a film is a way to tell stories that visualize a story about finally able to hire her to create the anima- about the need to revitalize Native Ameri-

A RTS matter. I make documentaries because, al- tions that you can see in the documentary. can languages, and is currently focused on though the research is intense, I love discov- a language?’ I find Ruth’s stark and expressionistic style twelve languages, including Euchee, which ering and learning about whole new worlds. hauntingly beautiful, and think the anima- has only five remaining octogenarian fluent My documentaries usually have a cross- AM: Jessie was enthusiastic, but cau- tions complement the narrative perfectly. speakers. cultural component; for example, Rain in a tiously so. The first thing she said was, “It TT: What do you hope to achieve with TT: Did you learn any Wampanoag in the Dry Land is about two Somali Bantu refugee can’t be about me.” She wanted it to be made this film? process of making the documentary? families that came to America. Ultimately, perfectly clear that this story is not about any AM: We Still Live Here has always been a AM: Not really, I only picked up a few my aim is to make something visual that will particular individual, but that it is about the story about the language. Many screenings words here and there. Those in the Wampa- affect people in the heart and motivate them Wampanoag community as a whole. I was of it were scheduled for November, and its noag community do not want others to learn to help. only able to start work on the project once I premiere on PBS was timed to be broad- their language until they themselves know TT: How did you first meet Jessie Little had given a presentation to the Wampanoag cast exactly one week before Thanksgiving, it and have built up a strong base of fluent Doe Baird? Language Reclamation Project Committee as a reminder that we should acknowledge speakers. Additionally, it is a very complex AM: I first met Jessie in the spring of 2006, and been granted their approval. the Wampanoags for helping the earliest language and I would find it very difficult to when I was commissioned to work on part of TT: What were some of the greatest dif- American settlers survive here. However, the learn. For example, a single word can con- a TV series about Native American history. ficulties you encountered in the process of Wampanoag history mentioned in this film tain the meaning of an entire sentence! My work was focused on the Wampanoags, making this documentary? is supplementary to the main story, and was To find out more about We Still Live Here, and that’s how I began spending time with AM: One of the most obvious difficul- included primarily to explain why the lan- visit http://www.makepeaceproductions. the Wampanoag community and how I ties was: how do you visualize a story about guage disappeared. Learning about the re- com/wampfilm.html. PBS is also stream- found out about Jessie’s endeavors to revive a language? On the other hand, another vival of the Wampanoag language, and that ing We Still Live Here for free through their language. When my work on the other great difficulty was that, with modern digi- something like this is even possible, was a Thanksgiving day at http://video.pbs.org/ film ended, I talked to Jessie about making tal recording methods, you just shoot and real eye-opener for me, and I hope that it will video/2168433568. The nonsensical becomes Global influences Globalization, from Page 7 adoption of the English lan- guage has globalized the au- the norm in Melancholia dience for Asian literature. Melancholia, from Page 7 The end of the movie left the audience either the ability to regulate work And a picture of a Brazilian laughing or crying hysterically, the general reaction practices adequately; and were flag, one of many to be found too large to make a turn on a tiny road on the way to to humanity when we actually take a good look at corruption and its inevitable in Dhaka during the 2010 Claire’s mansion on a beautiful hill. Justine giggles it. Personally, I would do both simultaneously but I ties to greed and disregard football World Cup, shows and smiles as the couple waste a few hours and had couldn’t so I ended up feeling nauseated. for one’s fellow humans to be the ability to track, support, to walk to their million-dollar wedding, making the absent. and celebrate far-flung teams stressful situation less of a serious problem and more Would rivers and their eco- through the instant medium of a delightful moment. The audience, too, giggle and systems face death if the lead- of TV, to be found in even the smile. The reaction already reveals the human tenden- ers of industry were unable to poorest of Dhaka’s slums, at cy to fall for the naturally expected, the conveniently pay boksheesh to deflect at- least outside the hours of load assumed, just to avoid thinking about how dysfunc- tention away from their dump- shedding. tional we have become. ing of toxic effluent? Would the The photography is terrif- The nonsensical has become the norm. But while traffic be so bad if the govern- ic; the show thought-provok- the atmosphere heads toward a downward spiral, ment had a proper program to ing. And the concept — dis- the wedding, like life, still has to keep going. Justine control its flows? Could today’s playing the same material in drags herself through the event that one particular eyesore blights instead be both Bangladesh and the USA night. Obviously, it is the depression that is weighing blessings in the presence of ef- — is itself a mark of globaliza- her down. However, what is truly pulling her down is fective management systems? tion. Ketan includes a picture entanglement with other people. Everyone in the film Other pictures tell a hap- of Hilsha fish served at a Ban- keeps on dragging along as well, through the tension pier story of global influences: gladeshi student party at MIT. and the unpleasantness; instead of moving on with out of these, I liked best Ket- He also allows himself the sensibility, they are driven by mere idiocy, selfishness, an’s own portrait of a “Global indulgence of a self-portrait: fear, and ignorance. Family.” It shows an American a desolate nighttime scene Melancholia is a movie filled with symbols. If you Caucasian MIT graduate stu- shot with a self-timer showing try to extract out objective qualities of the movie, or dent, his Bangladeshi wife, Ketan alone contemplating if you are not a fan of a big depressing mess, then the and their child in a picture of the Charles River and Boston movie could be quite slow, strange, and, what just harmony and happiness. In skyline. We are left wonder- happened? “Law of Similars” by Md. Huz- ing about the thoughts in his The end of the world allows categorization of peo- zatul Mursalin, a Bangladeshi mind as he looks out at the ple based on how they deal with the inevitable, which village doctor is seen using coolly illuminated New World. extends to a greater meaning. There are the innocent Western diagnostic software While he is now part of this, who follow and believe, the enlightened who ac- to help treat a patient. A pile the love of his country that cept and detach, and lastly, as with Claire in the last of books by Asian authors comes through from his pho- scene, the desperate, frightened, pathetic. The first written in English (“Human tography and the exhibition two surely are in peace. The last one is characteristi- Stories” by Samia Mohamed) he has organized show that he Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures; photo by Christian Geisnaes. cally human, painful to watch. demonstrates how the global is always a Bangladeshi.

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presentation and a public forum, where students and staff spoke about Bose is pleased FPOPs, REX, greek rush, and CityDays. Smith presented some of the guiding principles and findings of the committee thus far. Smith said the most important question for the com- to offerspecial savings mittee is: “Will [changing orientation] make the experience of first-year students better?” for all students, employees During the presentation, Smith said that the committee wants to en- sure that first-year students feel welcome at MIT and its residential com- and retirees of munities, settle into their selection of classes, become aware of issues they M.I.T. might encounter during the year, and learn how to get help when the “in- evitable pressures of MIT” begin to mount. The committee will be giving a report to Dean Chris Colombo and Dean Daniel E. Hastings ’78 sometime in December or January. At this point, the committee “is in no position to make any recommen- dations” and is still gathering information, Smith said. An additional fo- Receive savings on most Bose® products, rum may be held in January to get additional feedback. Smith said that the committee focused on four areas: REX, Orientation, ® including the acclaimed Wave music system, Rush, and FPOPs, and said that the entire orientation period amounted to a $656,675 loss to MIT (not including Rush) from housing for early returns, home entertainment systems, headphones food, and space usage — though they said cost would not be a big factor and solutions for today’s most popular in their decision. The committee’s said that freshmen are more overall sat- isfied with their orientation experience and feel more connected to MIT portable music devices. when compared to the orientation surveys conducted in 1997 and other those of other universities today. Smith identified the main successes of orientation as helping first-years meet, introducing them to off-campus activities, and getting them settled into classes. The findings also reflected that students were more satisfied this year with summer dorm assignments and had “overwhelmingly positive” ex- periences with their FPOPs. With Rush, the committee reported that many students felt as if they did not have much time to make a decision, though participation in Rush did not correlate with satisfaction with orientation. When it comes to advising, which could “benefit from increased faculty Bose Wave® music system participation,” meetings with advisors and associate advisors are reported- ly slightly more helpful than in 1997. The committee also wants to explore Enjoy lifelike CD and radio music in how to continue discussions of topics like alcohol awareness and sexual your home, offi ce or dorm room. harassment into the year via living groups. Awake to award-winning sound. A Public Forum The latter half of the event constituted an open forum where members of the MIT community could provide feedback. Kristi G. Kebinger, Com- munity Volunteer Administrator from the Public Service Center, spoke about how participants of the Freshman Urban Program (FUP) ben- efit from community involvement and individual introspection, and also spoke about how the community benefited from both FUP and CityDays, Bose SoundLink® an Institute-sponsored day of volunteering. The committee inquired about Wireless Mobile speaker the merging of the two, which may be explored in the future. Some students also spoke up about the benefits of FUP and other “de- Bose IE2 Music. Whenever. Wherever. velopmental” (as opposed to academic) FPOPs — namely the Freshman audio headphones From your mobile phone or any Arts Program (FAP, Freshman Outdoors Program (FOP), and Freshman Bluetooth® device. Leadership Program (FLP) — and also about how CityDays was a substi- Enjoy music and calls tute for students who could not participate in an FPOP. The committee with high-quality said that its members “recognize the value of all FPOPs” and do not plan audio. StayHear® tips on doing away with them. for greater stability Another student asked if the committee had considered doing away during exercise and with REX altogether since she didn’t think it was doing its job and was other activities. losing money. The committee replied that the data showed that REX was helping people meet each other and “find their way around social MIT.” The committee members said that they want REX to focus more on com- munity building and not be limited to occurring before the housing read- justment lottery deadline. Many students were also there for issues regarding FSILG rush. Affili- ates from Epsilon Theta, Phi Kappa Theta, and other FSILGs spoke in de- fense of the current timing of Rush and Recruitment, saying that, though the only con seems to be “Rush being too rushed,” there are many ben- efits to an early Rush. One recent alumnus recalled that Recruitment was moved to Orientation from IAP for many good reasons — particularly the fact that some sororities have national regulations that they must follow Please direct all inquiries to the “M.I.T. Purchase Program.” that necessitate an early Recruitment — and said that the Institute seems to be forgetting its own decisions. Students also emphasized the “unique- ness” of MIT living groups in that they have their own methods of men- torship and community. Students said that Rush is also at a good time in the beginning of the year because freshmen benefit from pass/no record 1-800-298-BOSE and FSILG members have more free time to recruit. A later Rush could see (2673) stressed freshmen, busy upperclassmen, and inclement weather. —Bruno B. F. Faviero ©2011 Bose Corporation. Delivery is subject to product availability. Tuesday, November 22, 2011 The Tech 11 Stephanie Lin discovered biology interest at MIT Senior says experiences in UROPs, GPI inspired a medical interest with a global twist Rhodes, from Page 1 of Biology Jeroen Saeij, studying the agricultural education and building Scholarship was the abundance of “Be flexible and don’t be afraid to parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which greenhouses to improve nutrition diverse programs at Oxford. She pursue what are you genuinely excit- pated in at MIT contributed to her primarily targets cats and rats. and teach people how to use agricul- feels that Oxford is a good place to ed about. Make sure to take advan- interest in biology and medicine. Lin has also been very active in tural technologies. “My experiences explore the social side of education. tage of the great opportunities MIT “I did a couple UROPs related to the campus community. She cur- abroad really drew me into global “I like the self-directed learning ap- offers outside of your coursework.” medical science, and those research rently acts as vice president for edu- health, particularly because there is proach at Oxford and the strong hu- Lin acknowledged that it is easy experiences made me increasingly cation in her sorority, Kappa Alpha such a huge disparity in health care manities program,” Lin said. “It’s a to feel overburdened with studies, interested in studying medicine,” Theta, and is the editor-in-chief of quality between developed and de- terrific place to think and grow.” but she emphasized the impor- she said. She hopes to attend medi- MIT’s literary magazine Rune. She is veloping nations,” she noted. “My “The application process was tance of exploring MIT’s opportuni- cal school after finishing her year at also a fluent speaker of Spanish and interest in infectious diseases ties definitely challenging,” she added. ties and forming close relationships Oxford. Mandarin (in fact, Lin’s concentra- well with international health issues, “But I definitely got a lot of support with students. “It’s very special that At the Whitehead Lab, she did re- tion is in Spanish). because of the presence of malaria throughout the application process, here you can form bonds with other search on the Karposi’s sarcoma vi- Lin has worked abroad in Mexico and tuberculosis in some develop- from my family, friends, sisters at students who are passionate about rus, a cancer-causing virus that com- during IAP and the summer as part ing nations.” Theta, professors, and staff.” math and science, and who will monly infects AIDS patients. She has of MIT’s Global Poverty Initiaive. According to Lin, one of her mo- When asked about what advice have amazing accomplishments in also worked with Assistant Professor There, she worked on developing tivations for applying to the Rhodes she would give to students, she said, the future,” Lin said.

Kailiang Chen—The Tech Qimin Quan wins first place in the “Pitch to China” business plan competition for his biosensor technology for medical diagnostics, “Nano Health,” on Sunday. The competi- tion was part of the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, a two-day event designed to encourage collaboration between China and the United States in technology and entrepreneurship. Student ‘Occupiers’ protest tuition hikes in UC system University of California tuition has nearly doubled over past several years, amidst education cuts

Protests, from Page 1 students are watching their parents Arnone said he expected dozens of ful, lawful protests,” said Daniel M. state’s budget cuts and in many ways fall out of the middle class and watch- students to camp at UCLA overnight Dooley, a senior vice president for are sympathetic to the protesters’ A video that showed two Univer- ing their own ability to move into it be Monday. At the same time, other stu- the system who participated in the demands. sity of California, Davis, police officers sabotaged.” dents are planning to camp out and call. The president also plans to cre- “The rapidly rising fees give us all using pepper spray on seated protest- Tuition at the University of Cali- guard a Bruin statue, the campus ate protocols to detail how the cam- heartburn,” said Gibor Bafri, the vice ers has gone viral, with hundreds of fornia has nearly doubled over the mascot. The statue is often vandalized puses should respond to the ongoing chancellor for equity and inclusion at thousands watching what might have past several years, and next year the this time of year, ahead of the foot- protest. Berkeley, who has met with the pro- been a relatively small encampment system will collect more money from ball game against the school’s cross- Dooley said that he did not expect testers several times. “We don’t be- when compared to the larger protests student tuition then from state rev- town rival, the University of Southern Katehi to resign and that Yudof had lieve that higher education is a private across the country. The video has led enues. And with the state budget situ- California. confidence that she could move the right but a public good.” to demands that Chancellor Linda P. ation worsening by the month, the “We’re going to make them deal campus beyond the incident. Bafri added: “The problem is that B. Katehi resign. On Monday, Katehi Legislature seems likely to impose with whether they’ll selectively en- Thousands of people gathered the protesters aren’t one group. We’ve said she was putting the campus po- another $200 million in higher edu- force their laws.” on the Davis campus for a noon rally got protesters who want to take the lice chief on administrative leave as a cation cuts next year. Last week, the The University of California presi- Monday where Katehi spoke. Orga- place down, and we have very respon- way to rebuild trust on campus. California State University Board of dent, Mark G. Yudof, convened a con- nizers of the protest there told her sible student leaders and everybody in The attack has galvanized protest- Trustees approved a 9 percent tuition ference call with the chancellors of she should wait in line with other between. When it gets tangled up with ers on other campuses. Students at the increase, even as it cuts courses and all 10 campuses, urging them not to speakers. how the university responds, it makes Los Angeles, Berkeley, Riverside, and student services. use police force to respond to “peace- “I am here to apologize. I feel hor- things more complicated.” Davis campuses said Monday that “For the last several years, the de- they intended to restart their encamp- bate has been what are we going to Solution to Sudoku SMBC, from Page 6 Solution to Techdoku ments Monday night, in part to test cut, but we need to change the conver- from page 6 from page 6 whether they will be rousted or arrest- sation to who is going to pay for public ed in the wake of the pepper-spraying. education,” said Kyle Arnone, one of 7 3 9 8 4 6 5 2 1 After years of watching the state’s the protest organizers at the Univer- 4 2 8 1 5 7 9 3 6 5 2 4 1 6 3 budget for higher education erode, sity of California, Los Angeles, and a 6 5 1 3 9 2 8 4 7 rible for what happened on Friday,” they are demanding that the state and graduate student in sociology. “We are she told the crowd. “I don’t want to 4 1 3 6 5 2 university administrators find a way to forcing people to consider the financ- 8 7 5 2 1 4 3 6 9 be the chancellor of the university lower tuition that they say is squeezing ing of education in a larger context.” 9 4 2 7 6 3 1 5 8 we had on Friday.” 3 6 2 5 4 1 out the middle class. Like many of the organizers in- She added: “I know you may not “These are institutions that we call volved in the protest, Arnone is a 3 1 6 5 8 9 4 7 2 believe anything I am telling you to- 2 5 1 4 3 6 the people’s university, but all of us member of the union that represents 2 9 7 4 3 1 6 8 5 day, and you don’t have to. It is my who are in it have just watched this graduate students. The union is part 5 6 4 9 2 8 7 1 3 responsibility to earn your trust.” 6 3 5 2 1 4 thing collapse on itself being starved of a coalition of labor groups and Administrators in the UC system for resources year after year,” said Lil- other organizations that are pressing 1 8 3 6 7 5 2 9 4 have long complained about the 1 4 6 3 2 5 lian Taiz, the president of the Califor- to close a loophole in the state’s prop- nia Faculty Association, the union erty taxes and to increase taxes on the that represents professors in the Cali- state’s wealthiest residents. Arnone fornia State University system. “What said the organization hoped to pres- keeps happening is that we are turn- sure the regents who oversee the sys- ing the university into a place where tem’s budget to sign a pledge backing really only the wealthy can go. The the changes in the state’s tax system. 12

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Friday night Iusually stay inbecause tend long,nights to be those so tend to be gan? “Practice onMondays andTuesdays Idevotedallofmyso timeto running.” eventually realized I was better at running, asIcould.as much I andsoccer running toIparticipatedin highwhen Igot school lovedpassion. also “I playing soccer, so But was running notalways Logan’s only but still somehow tight-knit, track teams.” cross-country team andtherather large, enjoy doing. love I also thesmall, tight-knit nity to reallybe competitive at something I - teams] give because meanopportu they to dovarsity sports, said,like “I Logan [the asacademics. aswell lence invarsity sports Conference Award, demonstrating excel- theNEWMAC won Trimble Academic All- All-Americanearned status. Later that year, III Championship, inwhich hisrelay team Division atcompeted forMIT theNCAA As anactive sophomore last year, Trimble Indoor,Country, andOutdoor Track teams. Course 10B Cross andamember oftheMIT The Engineer’s defense was phenom- second The halfofthe game was rough after The managing Engineers cruised The off slowlygame started both for Last Thursday, MIT’s Men’s Basket What- lifelike running forLo istheMIT askedWhen about what motivates him M. ’13Trimble Logan is a junior in By Nidharshan Anandasivam By By Shri Ganeshram S ports staffports sports staffsports - - - - town and51 percent from thefield. impress making percent 50 from down- of thecourt, theEngineers managed to 10 with well assists. theoffensive end On 35as usual, with rebounds andsnatched gineers, asateam, dominated theboards 2 rebounds to top thegame off. The En- 10and scoring points, 3assists and with really nimble fingers, snagging 4 steals 3 steals, 5 assists, and a block. Kates had and ninerebounds, andanimpressive adouble-double,missed ninepoints with liam Tashman ’13 and Kates. Tashman just came from thethieves ofthegame, Wil- team to buckle. Notable performances Gordon College’s offense, causing the communication put alotofpressure on team and quickness good combined with MIT vs. RPI MIT vs. ries ofbreak-and-driveries layups. The team MIT’s strong press break, leading- to a se and skill than MIT, was notable to hold press less physique —RPI, ateam with fense, taking advantage ofRPI’s full-court to playteam started amore aggressive of to finditsoffensive needed firepower. The groove; playing a strong defense, MIT responded. Cardinal andGray found its minutes ofthehalf left. MIT, ofcourse, only down53-57 alittle less than with 15 RPI found right themselves MIT, behind three-point shotandgoing ona13-3 run, to fallforRPI, focusing onthe ets started lead. Then,the buck takelet MIT a54-40 missing theirshotattempts at first, RPI gressively half; at ofthesecond thestart 46-37.the first half inthelead, onRPI.edge TheMIT Engineers ended overs, giving Cardinal andGray a37-28 from downtown andmade three turn- 11-2 five which RPI missed during run, Engineer’sMIT game. went onan MIT whoweresquad, the notyet tunedwith playsthe poor ofRPI’s fresh bench offthe on to RPI’s style, were able to capitalize on turned thegame around. MIT, catching RPI made afour-player substitution which in thefirst scorehalf anda of 26-26, when left RPIwere and MIT 9:44 with tied half; from taking avictory. quicker style ofplay inorder to holdRPI found playingMIT themselves amuch down theiropponents, theEngineers of style ofplay. Generallyateam that slows Cardinal andGray had to adjust to RPI’s point freshplay every andfullofenergy. team, allowedthemto which, intheory, couple ofminutes, theentire RPI subbed ditional substitutions oneortwo every hockey style ofplay —instead ofthetra- theirice team aformidable to with be ofRensselaergineers (RPI). RPI proved proved to morebe thanskilled the En- Rensselaer played extremely ag- The game stayedeven much ofthefirst Saturday,On theEngineers ofMIT mass transfer. 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Karraker ’12 and game, stealing both theball more times losing theball three timesintheentire held onto theball incredibly —only well ball handlers oftheteam, of theprimary 3times.opposition Kates andBender, two sists and snatching the ball away from the guard, taking homeanimpressive 9as ell H.Kates ’13 had agreat game as point stars at. to look the team 3scoring Mitch- 23 andNoel Hollingsworth’s ’12 giving 28, 24 points, joining William Tashman’s ’13 ’12 Bender E. to MIT’s added fire, scoring minutes theentire during game, William thusbeen far. fortwo onthebench Only a fullteam effort,like theirdefense has MIT’sotherwise. inthe offense game was game against strong opponent RPI said MIT’s in past offense games, but this last afinalwith result of 104-75. bywent onto win aresounding 29 points, - - Men’s Basketballvs.SuffolkUniversity Saturday, Nov. 26 Upco

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- Albany, 65-49 Albany, dominate Engineers tal College thenexttal College day. visit Caltech travelwill andthenwill - to Occiden of games inCalifornia. Friday, Nov. On 25, MIT formance aton theday. thecharitystripe ter entering thebonus andhad a23-of-32 per meanwhile, was 11-of-17 thefinal during 7:31 af line and finished at 12-of-27 for the game. Tech, maining, thePanthers were 3-of-12 from the rally andsparked a17-7 to secure run thevictory. thwarted Albany’s attempt at generating alate 4:25 leftto play.with Athree-pointer by Burton throw attempts to narrow the gap to six (48-42) ever, thePanthers oftheirnext hittwo four free at the10:52 mark. nine straight one(38-37) points to comewithin thenextduring minute, but Albany registered Hunt by andtwo sophomore Sharon S. Hao ’14 doubled their margin on three free throws from 33-28 after five minutes The elapsed. Engineers occasions,two their deficit to five on at the last trimmed stanza asthey stages ofthesecond 19 advantage at halftime. andignitedan11-2ahead forgood fora27- run 16 edge. A pair of free throws from Hunt put MIT the next nineminutes that saw Albany take a17- three lead changes ties occurred and two during Engineers infront at 13:54. nine whileIsaac tacked onafree throw to put the Kordell atrey buried that thescore evened at atimeout.use After abasket by thePanthers, drainedboth athree-pointer causing Albany to by MIT. Following thebreak, Burton andPena unanswered points which resulted inatimeout a41-34with advantage on theglass. high ninerebounds, helpingfinishthe day MIT boards. Batie Margo ’14 A. hauled inacareer- Isaac R. ’15Alexxis ninepoints posted andeight eight points, four assists, andthree steals while ing out five assists. TamaraR. Pena ’14 tallied tempts at thefree-throw lineinadditionto dish- points assheconverted ofhereight seven at blocks. Freshman Mari Kordell R. ’15 14 posted 11 along to go with stripe ity rebounds andtwo points ona9-of-10 forthechar performance for theEngineers. assists enroute to All-Tournament Team honors points andtacked rebounds onseven andthree nior Lauren S. Burton ’13 allscorers led 16 with Tip College son Off Tournament on Sunday. Ju- in the consolation gameSciences of the Emer over Albany and of Health Pharmacy College victory Basketball a65-49 team emergedwith well-being. fields thatwill directly impactpeople’s interests are in pharmaceuticals and other people’s lives by His working inindustry. sic-related endeavors. gamesvideo (Guitar Hero), andothermu- hobbies include playing theguitar, playing enjoy an evening in, watching a movie.” His Next a pair be upfortheEngineers (2-1)will reachingDespite 8:25 thebonus re with - respondedMIT a10-3 with how- spurt; The Panthers stayed the early during close The became game a back-and-forthas affair The seven Panthers thewith opened game HuntSophomore Rachel A. ’14 registered 11 In ahard-fought battle, Women’s theMIT Career-wise, aspires Logan to improve Tuesday, November 22, 2011 22, Tuesday, November By MindyBrauer daper staff P atrick Barragan - - - - -