Volume 127, Issue 49

Sox Lead World Series 2-0, Game 3 Saturday The Weather MIT’s Today: Morning sunshine, 58°F (14°C) Tonight: Light rain likely, 53°F (12°C) Oldest and Largest Tomorrow: Warm and windy, Newspaper 72°F (22°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 127, Number 49 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, October 26, 2007 Sophomore Allegedly Abnormal Radiation Level Reported Stabbed by Wellesley MIT's Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Reports High Readings for One Worker Student Seven Times Nick Semenkovich setts General Hospital and is in seri- NEWS EDITOR ous condition, according to the As- A sophomore was stabbed seven sociated Press. In a statement issued times in his Next House residence on by Pamela Dumas Serfes of the MIT Tuesday, Oct. 23, prompting a review News Office, MIT is “heartened by of housing security policies. the progress he has shown in his re- Anna L. Tang, a Wellesley College covery” and is “cooperating fully with junior who was taking classes at MIT, the Cambridge Police Department and allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend, the Middlesex District Attorney’s of- Wolfe B. Styke ’10, as he slept. On fice on their investigation.” Tuesday, Tang was charged in the “Our hearts and minds go out to Cambridge District Court with home the people at MIT affected by this," invasion and armed assault with intent said Arlie Corday, a spokesperson to murder. from the Wellesley Office for Public At 6:28 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Affairs. Wellesley is "trying to help Cambridge Police received a 911 call our students to cope with this news." from Styke indicating that he had been Disciplinary action is premature at stabbed and identifying Tang as his at- this point, Corday said. TECH FILE PHOTo—RICARDO RAMIREZ tacker. Arriving at the second floor of Tang is currently being held at the The control room of the MIT nuclear reactor is shown in this Tech file photo. the east wing of Next House under- MCI-Framingham correctional fa- graduate dormitory, Cambridge Police cility, pending a 58A dangerousness By Joyce Kwan ing to an MIT press release. health and safety or to the environ- found Styke standing at the door to his hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Meredith NEWS EDITOR "Although this atypical reading ment," according to the MIT press room and “bleeding profusely from Lerner from the Middlesex District The MIT Nuclear Reactor Labo- was below the federal safety lim- release. multiple stab wounds,” according to Attorney's Office said that a danger- ratory is currently being inspected by its, the Institute voluntarily notified The worker’s exposure to radia- a police report. Styke suffered severe ousness hearing is a bail review and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission its own safety officials and the U.S. tion will not surpass the allowed dose but non-life threatening stab wounds gives the Commonwealth more time after a worker was exposed to unusu- Nuclear Regulatory Commission," for the year, Pamela D. Serfes, execu- to his neck, chest, right upper arm, left to gather evidence. ally high levels of radiation. the MIT press release states. tive director of the MIT News Office, rear shoulder, and left leg. Tang's defense attorney, John Vale- After a regulatory check that oc- MIT reported the readings on told the Boston Globe. The worker, Styke told a Cambridge Police rio of Andover, did not return a call for curs every three months, a worker’s Oct. 17, according to the NRC press described by Serfes as an operator, officer that he did not know where comment yesterday. dosimeter, a pen-like device used to release. has suffered no ill consequences. Tang was. At that point, Tang, who Residents of Next House held an measure radiation exposure, had an Claude R. Canizares, associate According to the NRC press re- was standing approximately 20 feet impromptu prayer session the mid- accumulated reading of about 4 rem provost and vice president for release, the NRC will review how the down the hallway, said, “Here I am.” night after the assault, said Samuel H. of radiation. The NRC annual occu- search, said that it is not known if the laboratory implements its radiation Tang was then placed under arrest and Poon '09 who lives next door to Styke. pational limit for radiation exposure anomalous reading is accurate, but protection program in addition to her jacket and backpack, which were "We prayed a word of blessing for him is 5 rem per year, according to an authorities are acting on the assump- looking for factors that may have both covered in blood, were taken as and his family," Poon said. NRC press release. Typically, read- tion that it is. caused the anomalous reading. The evidence. Her backpack contained a Then narrative from the police re- ings of 0.5 rem or less are expected. The situation is not considered NRC expects the inspection to take small folding buck knife, according to port and full text of the MIT statement Readings for all other workers very serious, but its cause needs to two to three weeks. A public report the police report. Tang told the arrest- can be found on page 12. Court docu- were normal for the same time peri- be determined, Canizares said. The ing officer that she had multiple knives ments regarding Tang’s arrest, book- od, July to September 2007, accord- situation "poses no danger to public Reactor, Page 10 and lost control of the first one during ing, and criminal docket are available the attack, according to the report. Wolfe is recovering at Massachu- Stabbing, Page 12 In Short ¶ Facilities will split into two pieces beginning Nov. 5. MIT Police Chief Twenty Percent Donate John DiFava will head up the Oper- ations and Security division, which In Underclassmen Giving will include Repair and Mainte- Approximately 20 percent of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors nance, the Campus Police, Parking, donated to this year’s Underclassmen Giving Campaign last week, top- Custodial, and Grounds. Capital ping the participation rate of last fall. A total of $3,521 was raised to Projects and Strategic Planning will fund Public Service Center expedition grants for the January Indepen- form the other division, which will dent Activities Period. be run by Dick Amster, formerly of The giving campaign, which lasts two weeks — one week during Turner Construction. MIT's posi- the fall semester and one week during the spring — was first piloted tion of Chief Facilities Officer had last year. The pilot was considered successful as the goal of 20 percent been vacant since the departure of participation over the course of those two weeks was met. William J. Anderson, who left the During the first week of last year’s campaign, approximately 15 Institute earlier this year. percent of underclassmen donated about $2,500. The two-week total last year was $3,880. This money funded about nine PSC grants, said ¶ Free taxicab rides will be pro- Rosheen B. Kavanagh of the MIT Alumni Association. Kavanagh is in vided from 6 p.m. tomorrow until charge of the UGC and the Senior Gift. 3 a.m. the following day by the This year, students gave a total of 630 gifts, with 31 percent of Cambridge Taxi SafeRide Home freshmen donating $1,770, 17 percent of sophomores donating $1,035, Program on account of the Red and 12 percent of juniors donating $715. Sox and the World Series. Any An addition to this year’s campaign was the ability for students to MIT student or affiliate needing a donate online; approximately 50 students donated online. All other stu- ride should call 617-876-2000 and mention the name of the program. dents donated in Lobby 10 last week. ALEX H. CHAN—THE TECH Maximum $35 value on cab fares. The UGC was started to develop a sense of philanthropy among un- Yale Professor Charles Perrow (right) gave the Arthur Miller derclassmen at MIT, as seniors contribute to the Senior Gift. The class Lecture on Science and Ethics on “The Next Catastrophe: Re- ¶ Rock Band Video Game Tour is project and goals for the Class of 2008’s Senior Gift will be announced ducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist stopping at MIT on its 24-city nation- on Nov. 8, Kavanagh said. Disasters” in the Media Lab’s Bartos Theater on Monday, Oct. wide tour. The top two student bands —Angeline Wang 22. He is the author of a book with the same title. that perform from the entire tour will be selected to be on MTV. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the Zesiger Fitness Center. The Green NEWS Building lights One Laptop Per Child foundation World & Nation �� 2 ¶ MIT received a B+ on this year's college sustainability report card, up in support seeks buyers for low-cost laptops. Opinion �� 4 produced by the Sustainable En- for the Red Sox. Arts �� 5 dowments Institute. MIT failed the category "endowment transpar- Comics / Fun Pages �� 6 ency." The report care is available at Page 11 Page 9 http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/ sustainability/profiles2008.html. Page THE TECH October 6, 007 WORLD & NATION New Signs in Europe of Bush Makes California Visit; U.S. Mortgage Fallout By Mark Landler THE NEW YORK TIMES FRANKFURT, GERMANY Wildfire Fatality Count Rises Europe, which once hoped to avoid major fallout from the summer’s credit crisis, is now feeling an autumn chill of slackening economies By Jennifer Steinhauer The president pointedly praised nine houses. On Wednesday, FBI and warnings of further market upheaval. THE NEW YORK TIMES Schwarzenegger’s handling of the agents descended on Santiago Can- The ill tidings came in several European capitals Thursday, includ- LOS ANGELES country’s biggest natural disaster yon Road near Irvine to gather evi- ing a reduced growth forecast in Germany and a Bank of England re- President Bush toured Southern since Hurricane Katrina two years dence, which was sent to a lab to be port that said financial markets were still vulnerable to shocks from the California on Thursday as investiga- ago, making veiled comparisons analyzed.

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