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Volume 133, Number 13 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Plans for releasing Swartz evidence MIT plans to make documents public, but with names redacted
By Joanna Kao that MIT willEstablished release requested 1881 Contributing editor documents to the public, but with some redactions. It’s not clear that Aaron Swartz’s lawyers filed a MIT’s opinion will be final — the motion on Friday requesting that decision still rests with Judge Na- evidence used in Swartz’s trial thaniel M. Gorton of the Massa- be made publicly accessible, in- chusetts District Court, who was cluding many MIT documents. assigned to Swartz’s case. The motion requested in particu- Reif said that some of the docu- lar that the court not redact the ments contain information about names and official titles of all law vulnerabilities in MIT’s network enforcement personnel and em- and that he has the responsibility ployees of MIT and JSTOR who to “protect the privacy and safety appear in the evidence. of those members of our commu- nity who have become involved in INSIDE THE ISSUE this matter in the course of doing their jobs for MIT, and to ensure a See President L. Rafael Reif’s safe environmentEstablished for all of us who 1881 letter to the MIT community on call MIT home.” Melissa Renée Schumacher—The Tech page 9. “Therefore — in the spirit Mark Antony (Zachary D. Tribbett ’13, left) leads a Roman citizen (Salvador Esparza ‘14, right) out of of openness, balanced with re- a crowd to see Julius Caesar’s (Christopher D. Smith ‘13) body up close in the MIT Shakespeare En- In a letter to the community sponsibility — we will release the semble’s performance of “Julius Caesar.” The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, composed of MIT students and this morning (http://tech.mit.edu/ requested MIT documents, re- community members who work together long-term to produce Shakespeare shows, are performing the play V133/N13/reifletter.html, see page until March 23. 9), President L. Rafael Reif said Swartz, Page 9
UA VP candidate withdraws Body in Charles identified as Joe Gage Ticket removed & voting reset; other races unaffected A body found in the Charles River the Massachusetts State Police Twit- last Thursday was identified Friday as ter feed, a body was recovered around By Anne Cai ward,” wrote Kongoletos. “The undergraduate that of a 32-year-old South End man noon. Editor in chief population deserves the best effort from all elect- who went over the rail of the bridge on According to Suffolk County Press Establisheded officials. I believe 1881that I will be unable to de- Jan. 1. Although investigators did not Secretary Jake Wark, there is an ongo- This year’s Undergraduate Association Presi- vote the time that the MIT community deserves officially release the name, the man ing joint investigation by Suffolk and dential/Vice Presidential election took a surprise of the UA VP.” He continued to assure voters that had been previously identified as Joe Middlesex counties into the cause and turn late Sunday night, when UA VP candidate Hernandez was still running for UA president, Gage by a memorial on the bridge. manner of death, and there has thus far Johnathan Kongoletos ’14 emailed out to several and if he were to be elected, Kongoletos would Last Thursday morning, March 14, been no indication of foul play. dorm lists announcing his withdrawal from the “aid in the search” for a suitable vice president. state police officers and the state police Previous reporting on Gage can be UA VP candidacy at 11:21 p.m., under 10 hours However, as of 9:30 p.m. last night, the Her- marine unit responded to the report of found at http://tech.mit.edu/V132/ before online voting opened at 9 a.m. yesterday nandez/Kongoletos ticket was removed from the a dead body under the Harvard Bridge N61/gage.html. morning. At that time and throughout the day, ballot. The elections were reset for the UA P/VP near Memorial Drive. According to —Bruno B. F. Faviero both of the tickets — Sidhanth P. Rao ’14/Devin race, and “no votes from the first P/VP race will be T. Cornish ’14 and Cory D. Hernandez ’14/Johna- counted, so everyone must vote in this new race, than Kongoletos ’14, for UA P/VP — still appeared regardless of previous voting,” according to an on the ballot at vote.mit.edu. email sent to all undergraduates by UA Election “For those who know me well, they know that Commission Chair Laura D. Royden ’13. IAP Subcommittee report I am a person who always puts his best foot for- UA elections, Page 10 proposes minor changes Recommends leaving IAP mostly unchanged By Stan Gill an additional recommendation regard- News Editor ing campus community during IAP. The committee does not recommend “One overarching message emerged that the length of IAP be changed in any from student and faculty feedback: ‘If way, citing that 91 percent of under- it’s not broken, don’t fix it,’” the report graduates reported being satisfied with reads. The IAP Subcommittee of the IAP according in a survey conducted Faculty Policy Committee has released by the subcommittee at the start of this its final report following a “thorough academic year. Aaron R. Weinberger, review of IAP and its evolution in the special assistant to the chancellor and last 40 years,” as stated in its charge. The member of the committee, also noted report contains 10 recommendations in that the survey revealed that 85 percent response to seven questions the com- mittee was asked to consider, as well as IAP, Page 11
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worl posted Monday on the Internet by the Human Rights Cam- Nicholas Kulish, Whyte at the Center for European A wild card in this instance paign, a gay rights advocacy group. Her announcement comes and Andrew Higgins Reform called a “completely ir- were the Russians, who have de-
n as the Supreme Court is about to hear two landmark gay rights The New York Times rational decision” to put bank de- posited billions in Cypriot banks, cases that advocates hope will make same-sex marriage legal positors on the hook for part of the extended a $3.25 billion line of in all 50 states. BRUSSELS — The plan to res- bailout. credit to Cyprus in 2011 and were in Clinton’s announcement represents a switch in position; cue the tiny European country of The deal flopped so badly that negotiations to help Cyprus again. as a presidential candidate in 2008, she explicitly opposed Cyprus, assembled in overnight finance ministers who came up Cypriot leaders apparently were same-sex marriage, saying that she favored civil unions but talks in Brussels, was itself the with it early Saturday were on the so concerned with keeping their that decisions about the legality of marriage should be left to product of European dysfunction phone Monday night talking about wealthy Russian customers happy atio the states. (Until last year, President Barack Obama took that and has left financial regulators, ways to revise it. Whatever the out- that they pushed their own citizens position as well; the president now favors a right to marriage German politicians, panicked Cy- come, the dispute provides a vivid to pay more than some of the lend- for gay couples.) priot leaders and a disgruntled demonstration of why Europe, ers were demanding. But Clinton did take steps to protect gay couples when she Kremlin thrashing out a bailout which until recently was congratu- The Russians reacted angrily to was secretary of state, work that she said “inspired me to think package that left virtually all the lating itself on having weathered a so-called stability tax on depos- anew” about the values she holds. parties outraged. the worst of the financial storm, its in Cyprus and at being left out “LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our sol- In the end, a bailout deal that has such trouble making decisions of the negotiations. On Sunday, diers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal was supposed to calm a financial with so many different interests one Russian official was reported
& N citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship,” she said in the crisis in an economically insig- represented at the table. by the Interfax news agency as ad- six-minute video, using the abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bi- nificant nation spread it wider, Politics get in way of econom- vising Russians to withdraw funds sexual and transgender. “That includes marriage.” unnerving markets across Europe, ics and make it difficult for wealthy from Cyprus, saying the banking Clinton spoke in the video of the recent wedding of her own raising fears of bank instability in countries to line up behind a plan system is untrustworthy. daughter, Chelsea, saying, “I wish every parent that same joy.” Spain and Italy and sending pen- to help the smallest ones. The The all-night discussions began Clinton and her family have longstanding ties to the Human sioners into the streets of the is- Northern European nations have Friday and ran for 10 hours, end- Rights Campaign. The group’s president, Chad Griffin, was land’s capital in protest. grown so weary of bailouts for ing shortly before dawn. Cyprus born in Hope, Ark. — Bill Clinton’s hometown — and got his As markets tumbled and the their southern neighbors that they needed to come up with billions to orld start in politics volunteering for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presiden- Cypriot Parliament fell into tur- were intent on exacting a hefty help cover the costs of the bailout tial campaign. The former president and Chelsea Clinton ex- moil, salvos of blame hurled back contribution from their latest of the country’s financial sector or pressed their support for same-sex marriage when it was under and forth across the Continent supplicant. Germany in particu- its European allies said they would consideration in the New York state legislature. as officials scrambled to explain W lar, with parliamentary elections leave it to face the prospect of col- And just last week, Bill Clinton expressed his explicit sup- what went wrong and how best to looming in September, was set on lapse alone. port for overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law — which he signed — that requires the federal gov- ernment to view marriage as between a man and a woman for legal purposes. —Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times In Vatican, infallibility is no China arrests man after wife’s self-immolation protest guarantee of clout
HONG KONG — The Chinese police arrested the husband of By Rachel Donadio scandal of leaked documents. ture transforms you.” a Tibetan woman who last week died after setting herself alight and Jim Yardley This is the Vatican inherited by As the head of the Catholic in protest, an overseas group said Monday, following a separate The New York Times Pope Francis. In his first week on the Church, Francis is more than its fatal self-immolation at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery over the job he has shown an uncommon hu- spiritual leader. He is also the top box weekend. VATICAN CITY — An Italian mility, signaling a new direction for of one of the most opaque govern- The two acts bring the number of self-immolations by Ti- industrialist tried to curry favor by the church. Yet, changing the style of ment flow charts in the world, run- betans within China to 109 since February 2009, based on a donating $100,000 worth of truffles. the papacy is far easier than chang- ning the last truly global empire from count compiled by the Tibetan government in exile, based in A Mercedes-Benz executive hoped ing the Vatican — an ancient monar- the world’s smallest sovereign state, Dharamsala in northern India. for an audience to suggest improve- chy in which the pope is treated like which sits on 108 acres in the heart of The woman, Kunchoek Wangmo, set herself ablaze Wednes- ments to the Popemobile. But in the a king, branches of the hierarchy are Rome behind high walls. day in Aba prefecture, a heavily Tibetan area of Sichuan province final years of the papacy of Benedict run like medieval fiefs and suppli- While the power of the pope is in southwest China, and her husband, Dolma Kyab, was detained XVI, others sent very different mes- cants vie for access and influence. absolute, the vast bureaucracy of the by the police after he refused to blame domestic problems for her sages, desperate for the pope’s ear. For decades popes have tried, Vatican is powerful, too. The waning protest, said Free Tibet, a group based in London that campaigns A cardinal warned that the pope’s and often failed, to change the Vati- days of Benedict’s troubled papacy for Tibetan self-determination. Aba is called Ngaba by Tibetans. top administrator was undermining can. How Francis fares could define were marked by complaints from Alistair Currie, a media officer for Free Tibet, said that the his papacy. And two church bene- his papacy — and determine wheth- ordinary Catholics as well as from group was not sure precisely when the man was arrested and that factors worried that the Vatican’s er the church can better serve its powerful cardinals that the Curia it had not received any more word about his case. governing hierarchy — known as the more than 1 billion faithful. had become too concerned with ac- The predominantly Tibetan parts of Sichuan province have Roman Curia — was riddled with “There have been a number of cumulating power and unresponsive been among the restive areas that have experienced self-immola- intrigue. popes in succession with different to the needs of its followers. tion protests against the Chinese presence and policies. “Where is the strength in the personalities, but the structure re- For Francis to change that, he On Saturday, Lobsang Thogmey, a monk at the Kirti Buddhist Curia to resist the temptations of mains the same,” said a former su- must contend with power cen- Monastery — also in Aba prefecture — set himself on fire outside power?” they asked in January 2011, perior general of a Roman Catholic ters within the Vatican that revolve the monastery and died, according to the Tibetan government in in one of hundreds of letters to Bene- religious order, who spent more than around money, real estate and the exile. dict that were published last year in a a decade in Rome. “Instead of you distribution of resources to foreign —Chris Buckley, The New York Times book that touched off the “Vatileaks” transforming the structure, the struc- policy, ideology and church doctrine.
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In June, after disappointing losses in the 2012 ed, out of touch and, quote, stuffy old when police arrived at Nastase’s villa to arrest him, the former WASHINGTON — In a sweeping presidential and Senate elections. men.” prime minister apparently pulled out a revolver and tried to kill self-critique of the party’s 2012 elec- Just days earlier, at the Conservative Priebus announced that the na- himself. Millions of Romanians watched on television in shock as tion efforts, Republican leaders on Political Action Conference, activ- tional committee would invest $10 he was carried off on a stretcher, a Burberry scarf wrapped around Monday unveiled a set of proposals ists debated whether the Republican million to bring on new staff mem- his neck. He survived and was soon behind bars. aimed at convincing younger vot- Party should moderate on issues like bers to help appeal to young, female Nastase, 62, the most senior Romanian politician to be jailed ers, ethnic minorities and women immigration or stand firm. and minority voters. They will be since the end of communism in 1989, was convicted of siphoning on that they have a home in the party, “There’s no one reason we lost” in charged with delivering an “aggres- $2 million in state funds for his presidential campaign. His arrest even if they do not agree with all of its 2012, Priebus said. “Our message was sive marketing campaign” among was lauded by anti-corruption advocates as a seminal moment in positions. weak. Our ground game was insuf- those voters about “what it means to Romania’s law enforcement history. But Nastase called the charges “The report minces no words in ficient. We weren’t inclusive. We’re be a Republican.” against him a preposterous “political game.” WORLD & Nati telling us that we have to be more in- — we were behind in both data and Drafted by national committee On Monday, even Nastase’s critics said his release was under- clusive,” Reince Priebus, chairman of digital. And our primary and debate members and party strategists, in- standable given his age and exemplary behavior, including writing the Republican National Committee, process needed improvement.” cluding Ari Fleischer, a White House three books while in prison. said Monday. “I agree. And as Presi- The prescription from the nation- press secretary for President George “The fact that such a high-level politician served jail time for il- dent Reagan said, our 80 percent al party largely avoids policy, instead W. Bush, the report incorporated legal financing is a lesson that no one in this country is above the friend is not our 20 percent enemy.” focusing on messaging. feedback from focus groups, online law,” said Laura Stefan, an anti-corruption expert at Expert Forum, The national party’s report, called “The way we communicate our surveys and interviews with activists a research group. “The point has been made.” the Growth and Opportunity Proj- principles isn’t resonating widely and consultants. Nastase, who was prime minister from 2000 to 2004, was ex- pected to be released late Monday. Romania, among the poorest countries in the European Union, has struggled to shed a culture of lawlessness and corruption, one legacy of decades of communism under the brutal dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Use of generics produces a drop in —Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times Hurdles before Dell buys Dell drug spending on More than a month has passed since Dell announced its planned By Katie Thomas earlier this month, the pharmacy for prescription drugs: the rising $24.4 billion sale to its founder, Michael S. Dell. Since then, a number The New York Times benefit manager Express Scripts re- cost of complex specialty medicines of shareholders have loudly complained that the price Michael Dell ported that spending on commonly that treat cancer, rheumatoid arthri- has offered for the computer company is far too low. WORLD & Nati Spending on prescription drugs used pills — like those that treat tis and other diseases. With the stock trading well above the $13.65 a share that Michael nationwide has been slowing for high blood pressure and cholesterol “This is a charmed era that won’t Dell has offered — $14.31 at Friday’s close — the billionaire may very years because of the increasingly — dropped by 1.5 percent, the first last forever,” said Paul B. Ginsburg, well have to raise his offer. widespread use of low-cost gener- time that had happened since Ex- the president of the Center for But that’s going to cost real money. ics. But in 2012, something unheard- press Scripts began following drug Studying Health System Change, Here’s one way of looking at it: Raising the bid by a dollar a share of happened: Money spent on pre- trends 20 years ago. a nonpartisan research group that would cost about $1.8 billion, so getting to the $15-a-share bid that scription drugs actually dropped. But even as the U.S. is in the midst studies health care trends. “When some analysts see as necessary would add about $2.3 billion to the The dip was small — 1 percent, of what has been called a “golden” you talk to benefits managers at deal’s price. to $325.7 billion — but it was the period in spending on drugs, some large employers or insurers, the It’s unclear who might bear the cost of providing the additional first time the research firm IMS are warning that the ever-expanding trend of specialty pharma is very, capital. Michael Dell is rolling over the roughly 16 percent of shares Health recorded a decrease in U.S. use of generics has masked a grow- very prominent. You might even that he controls, as well as providing around $750 million. His part- drug sales since the company began ing problem for the government, say they regard it as their biggest ner, Silver Lake, is paying about $1.4 billion. tracking such numbers in 1957. 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For me, Professor inapublicHe forum. graciously story obliged Professorproached about Belcher sharing his sions about mental health oncampus, Iap- discus continuingof to have open efforts tion Student Committee Support and aspart with researcherswith from theUniversity of Ota - watching community, andincollaboration whale. thesperm predator: a resident population oftheworld’s largest and diversemarinecommunity featuring nutrient, upwelling waters arich support tinental shelf. The Kaikoura canyon’s high- trenchan undersea that juts into thecon- IslandSouth sits theKaikoura peninsula, test, many unpredictable sleeplessnights. work off Zealand’sNew east coast can at instead involves, asmy last three of weeks whale taggingschedule, notfita does but cruises. Unfortunately, thebusiness of shift, which istypical of many research woken upforwhat watch was ascheduled p.” u the tags, can andwe hear theother. You’re bunk-side. “Julie,” hesays, oneof got “we point ofview.Why? Because there isastig- onthesame topic froman article a faculty it.dealt with Her inspired article meto write N17/depression.html. greatly admired: http://tech.mit.edu/V132/ by anarticle Graceried Taylor ’12 that I Diving deepintotheworld ofKaikoura spermwhales Whale watching in N Se The (as Iam). on anti-depressants depressed andbeing been clinically attached tohaving There isastigma We are always to additions looking for As chair theUndergraduate of - Associa With from support thelocal whale theeast coast ofNewOn Zealand’s Icould sayI wish that Ihad just been It’s 12:30 a.m. My PhD isat advisor my It was about herdepression andhow she The April 10, 2012 issue ofThe car Tech UA Student Committee, Support Chair By Julievan derHoop By John W. Belcher c re t L i fe of R of fe — Betsy Riley ’14 Riley — Betsy e c sear - - - - - [email protected] the tag releases from theanimal andfloats everbreak they the water’s surface. When emitting beacon, when- frequency) beeps The tags be trackedcan high by VHF (very mals around 6 hours hit afterthe water.they were programmed to release from theani- and pole attached via suction cup, the tags whales that day. Deployedahand-held with sounds that itcan hear. produced by animal the tagged andother hydrophone, capturing thesounds both ing. Thetag also recordssound through a mensions andthedepthto which itisdiv records ananimal’s movement inthree di- Hole Oceanographic Institution —which acoustic recording tag at developed Woods from anhour’s nap, istheDTAG —adigital senal, andtheonethat had just woken me population.inour ofthetools ar wild One to measureods acute andchronic stress ina of that, tonewmeth- test some hoped we how animals theirhabitat. these use top On whales since 1990, itwas our to goal study who go have studied the Kaikoura sperm ing intheday” meant.best TheIcould do no longer dothat. realized Isoon what “liv my head. For thefirst timein my lifeIcould cesses—juggling amillionthings at oncein have always had hyper-active thought pro- what it is like unless you have there. been I I would say to myself. You cannot imagine like clinicallyit feels to become depressed” was sinking into depression. “So thisiswhat tion. Iretained detachment acertain asI op- like agood Sleeping allthetimeseemed hard timegetting inthemorning.out ofbed legiance. I becamelethargic, andhad a example, simply reciting thePledge ofAl- became disordered. Ihad ahard time, for coordination went. My thought processes noma, still panicked about my mortality. counter inAugust, andbecause ofthemela- to prepare fortheupcoming Neptune en- arrangement formy children wouldbe, how out how divorced, to get what thecustody the summer of1989, to figure Iwas trying Atour collapsed. marriage thebeginningof and my ownpreoccupation my with health, Because ofthestresswell. ofthat situation, tion project onour home, which didnotgo mya major and I started then-wife renova- hyper-vigilant about my health. Abitlater, melanoma was adeath sentence. Ibecame were about 1 in4. At that time, metastasized such that thechances itwouldmetastasize malignant melanoma. Its thickness was coming up.a with ThenI was diagnosed and Neptune, aNeptune with encounter mission to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, instrument ontheVoyager Outer Planets Professor, Investigator andPrincipal onan children, 8and11. Iwas atenured Physics I had wonderful astable andtwo marriage treatmentstance ofthose there be. will depression,dealing with themore accep- Grace andIare about in our experiences instead avoid it. Themore like people open whoshould embracepeople such treatment am). That and many stigma is undeserved, pressed andbeing onanti-depressants (asI ma attached to having clinically been de- We had large male two tagged sperm It storm. My was theperfect physical Near theendof80s, Iwas doing well. her s ew Zealand - - - their logged datatheir logged downloaded. to be archivalthese tags must retrievedbe for and recover it—which isimportant, as to thesurface, can we navigate towards it municate ifit thetag to determine with me one of the most frightening, is to com- corrosive salt water. Thenext step, and to it’s bath time, to remove allremnants of dietcomposition, orpaternity. Next,DNA, of sloughed skin that could analyzed be for First, check thesuction we cups forany sign years offofProzac. gone both after In cases differenton two occasions inthe last 20 able to whipdepression allby myself, Ihave I amaTexan andby definitionshouldbe nently onProzac, asaprophylactic. Since children are now and37. 34 - Iamperma years ago. Iamnow happily remarried. My thesituation dealingstart with Iwas in. tolerable. That possiblemade it to slowly becametolerable.turned. Life Not great, but Allegiance. My physical coordination re- logically again. Icould recite thePledge of turns the volume way down. I could think walks intoand thensomeone theroom and noise, that makes itimpossible to think, full ofahuge amount ofstatic background itaslike being inaroomwould describe daystwo taking Prozac. after Istarted I thedifferencesee in my mental processes than forme. thetruth Icould immediately people,some but nothing could further be ways being effective. Maybe that for istrue daysthese about anti-depressants notal- ing Prozac. and I was far from that state. tak I started So on my being areasonably functioning adult, ofmywell-being children inpart depended I had nochoice. Ihad to dosomething. The less andless functional, andIrealized that intoI sank further depression andbecame attitude. Real Texans don’ttake Prozac. But tant. Iwas raised inTexas andhad amacho ananti-depressant.ommended Iwas reluc mediately depression diagnosed andrec was just overwhelming. thefulllistConsidering foreven asecond thing except the one on the top of thelist. situation- Iwas in,andthenjust forget every list of the things I had to do to outget of the each morning was make ofranked asort y thought processes became disordered. went. Mythoughtprocessesbecamedisordered. It wastheperfectstorm.Myphysicalcoordination sleepless nights. many unpredictable but insteadinvolves not fitaschedule, whale taggingdoes The businessof After recovery, my long night began. These events These place moretook than 20 I know that there isalotofpopular press apsychiatrist, seeing I started whoim- - - - Department. Fellowulty and aprofessor inthePhysics “It’s notyou, it’s adisease.” avoid them. In thewords ofGrace Taylor, and treatments are available. We should not this day andage, medications whenthese that there isnoshame inthat. clinically depressed and am on Prozac, and ble, share Ialso themthat with Ihave been In case depression isthecause ofthetrou- [email protected] [email protected]. aboutarticle awesome research? Contact mine. ing, and grab a couple hours of beforesleep coffee, I program the tags for their next out folks heading to thegalley forbreakfast and search ofnewcandidates to tag. AsIhear upjust be gin. Others will before in sunrise 1440m! oneofthewhalesfor thetrip: had divedto and downloads, buthad also anewrecord havedid we successful two deployments gly linesand.wav files. Success! 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Ijust So or less normalto clinical depression, all with could change inafewdaysistry from more fast, like stepping off a cliff. body My chem- cause down.Anditcould meto go really be even theslightest additional thing could waves to being right at level, andthen sea Iwentadded, from flying high above the but ifoneadditional, big, notso stressor was level of stress,with acertain would dofine timeswas really two those enlightening. I Watching my descent into depression again you are more to susceptible arecurrence. issuchpressed, that your chemistry body depression. I think once having de- been about six months back Ilapsed into clinical John is aMacvicar W.Belcher Fac We should thankful allbe that live in we Want your to see name on top of an At 5a.m., thenext day isabout- to be Many hours later, thetags are finished This term I am teachingThis term in and co-ad- Tuesday, March 19, 2013Tuesday, March 3 orMental Health. - - - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 The Tech 9 Government, MIT consider publicizing documents MIT to release Swartz documents, with names redacted; on transparency & privacy Swartz, from Page 1 Stinebrickner-Kauffman, said that tee on Oversight and Government in an intelligible form outweighs the protective order, while at the MIT’s investigation would not be in Reform began an investigation in the limited privacy interest in the same time taking into account the dacting employee names and iden- “good faith” if it opposed the lifting January after Swartz’s death and names and official titles of the in- interests of individuals who may tifying information as appropriate of the order. requested access to these docu- dividuals named therein.” be affected by modification of the to protect their privacy, as well as JSTOR’s response was similar ments on Feb. 4. Swartz’s lawyers also point out order,” he said to the Globe. information about network vulner- to MIT’s. “We believe the infor- that “most of the titles that the abilities,” Reif’s letter said. mation we provided to the United In talks before the Government seeks to redact are Congress has States Attorney’s Office in this case already publicly known” and that It is possible that should be made open and avail- motion, both sides both MIT and JSTOR produced requested the able to the public. In a letter dated agreed on some documents for the case when there documents for its the court will Feb. 25, we agreed to the lifting of was no protective order, meaning change the terms of the protective order so long as the terms of lifting the that they could have been publi- own investigation. articles downloaded from JSTOR protective order. cized before the protective order the protective order were not released and the identi- was placed on November 2011. “Although the United States for the documents. ties of our staff are protected,” said In discussions prior to the mo- Also on Friday, Jack W. Pirozzo- and representatives of Mr. Swartz Heidi McGregor, a JSTOR spokes- tion, the government and Swartz’s lo, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for agreed on many proposed modi- Reif also said that the requested woman, in an email to The Tech. lawyers reached agreement on Massachusetts, became involved fications to theorder, the United MIT documents will be released “We do not agree that individuals’ some terms of lifting the protec- in the Swartz case. According to an States and Mr. Swartz’s representa- at the same time as Hal Abelson’s names need to be included with tive order, such as redacting social article in the Boston Globe, Piroz- tives did not reach agreement on report. After Swartz’s death, Abel- these materials to serve the public security numbers and birthdates, zolo took a role because he has the scope of the redactions,” Piroz- son was tasked to analyze MIT’s interest.” but not on the extent of redactions. been involved in the discussions zolo said. involvement in the case. No time- The court placed a blanket pro- The government sought to redact on the modifications of the protec- “The United States expects line has been given for the report, tective order over the evidence in all names and identifying informa- tive order. to respond to the motion within and it is possible that the court will November 2011, preventing the evi- tion of law enforcement, MIT and “As you can see from the motion the time provided by the district change the terms of the protective dence from becoming public. JSTOR personnel since “revealing itself, the United States and Mr. court rules,” he said. “It will also order to make documents public Various media outlets and Con- the names of any of these individu- Swartz’s attorneys have been dis- request that individuals poten- before the Abelson report is ready. gress have requested these mate- als, even to Congress, might lead to cussing over the past few weeks a tially affected by the modification During the memorial service for rials for their own investigations some form of retaliation.” Swartz’s way to ensure that Congress and of the order be given an opportu- Swartz at the MIT Media Lab last into Swartz’s prosecution. The U.S. lawyers said that “the public in- the public receive access to ap- nity to be heard on the proposed Tuesday, Swartz’s partner, Taren House of Representatives Commit- terest in access to these materials propriate information subject to modifications.”
Reif’s letter to the MIT community March 19, 2013 to the public information related mind that I asked Professor Hal ensure a safe environment for all and Professor Abelson’s analysis, To the members of the MIT Com- to the case, including many MIT Abelson to undertake his analysis of us who call MIT home. which he is now forming through munity: documents. Some of these docu- following Aaron Swartz’s tragic Therefore — in the spirit of a careful process that includes I am writing to explain an im- ments contain information about suicide. But I believe that open- openness, balanced with re- a review of this written mate- portant step that MIT has decid- vulnerabilities in MIT’s network. ness must be balanced with rea- sponsibility — we will release rial as well as extensive in-person ed to take relating to the Aaron Some contain the names of indi- sonable concern for privacy and the requested MIT documents, interviews. Swartz situation. Since this ac- vidual MIT employees involved. safety. That is especially true in redacting employee names and I am eager to receive his re- tion affects members of our com- In fact, the lawyers’ request ar- this situation. In the time since identifying information as ap- port; I am sure that many of you munity, directly or indirectly, I gues that those names cannot be Aaron Swartz’s suicide, we have propriate to protect their privacy, are, as well. But I trust Professor want you to hear about it from excluded (”redacted”) from the seen a pattern of harassment and as well as redacting information Abelson to take the time he needs me. documents and urges that they personal threats. In this volatile about network vulnerabilities. to complete a thorough analysis. On Friday, the lawyers for be released in the public domain atmosphere, I have the respon- We will release these documents In the meantime — because this Aaron Swartz’s estate filed a le- and delivered to Congress. sibility to protect the privacy and at the same time that we release is being played out in public — I gal request with the Boston fed- At MIT, we believe in open- safety of those members of our Professor Abelson’s report. In wanted you to know what I am eral court where the Swartz case ness, and we are not afraid to community who have become in- this way, our own community thinking and doing, and why. would have gone to trial. They reexamine our own actions; in- volved in this matter in the course and those outside can examine Sincerely, demanded that the court release deed, it was with those values in of doing their jobs for MIT, and to both these primary documents Rafael Reif
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IAP, from Page 1 used to fulfill a GIR or some com- subject offerings differently. The UAAP survey the sponsors of non- is packed with 120 people who ponent of a major or minor pro- report also recommends that de- academic activities after each IAP come from different backgrounds, of surveyed students preferred gram be offered for a letter grade, partments that offer for-credit to gather participation data on “the majors, schools, dorms, and years, having IAP as opposed to extend- recommending all other elective subjects also offer not-for-credit very type of activities that IAP was you have an opportunity for com- ed reading periods and longer subjects be offered P/D/F unless a activities. designed to encourage.” munity building.” summer vacations. compelling case can be made as to During their research for the Graduate students had, on aver- Other recommendations by the Additionally, the committee why they should be graded. report, the members of the sub- age, mixed feelings about IAP; only committee are administrative sug- does not support lifting the cur- “IAP has become increasingly committee stumbled upon what 60 percent of graduate students gestions to bring IAP more on par rent 12-unit cap for IAP credits. academic, very much contrary to the report describes as a “number reported being satisfied with IAP. with the fall and spring semesters. of students who expressed feelings Since only five percent of graduate The subcommittee is proposing a The report recommended that only IAP of emptiness and loneliness during students reported being dissatis- change to the Faculty Rules and IAP.” fied with IAP, the subcommittee Regulations that will prevent on- subjects that can be used to fulfill GIRs or “New England winters are concluded that IAP is “simply not a campus IAP classes from being of- major requirements should be graded. harsh, it’s dark, there are fewer factor for graduate students.” In the fered between 5 and 7 p.m. week- people on campus, and there’s less hopes of getting more graduate stu- days and between 5 p.m. Fridays “The subcommittee rejects this its intent,” said Ravi M. Charan ’14, structure to the day. These qualities dents involved with IAP, the report and 8 a.m. Mondays, a stipulation notion not only because it con- one of the undergraduates on the can lead to a feeling of isolation,” also calls for evaluating and adjust- that is already in place during the flicts with the original intention subcommittee. “The hope is that Weinberger said. “While there’s not ing the methods for communicat- regular semesters. Additional ad- of IAP, but because it is counter to this recommendation can slow the much we can do about the cold, ing the merits of IAP to the gradu- ministrative recommendations in- the balanced, healthy experience progression of IAP towards being a our hope is that by identifying the ate student population. clude developing a complete class that the Institute should be en- third, more compressed term (for issue, we might be able to take Naren P. Tallapragada ’13, mem- listing and schedule for classes couraging,” the report reads. some students at least), without some steps to help build a greater ber of the subcommittee and chair that is comparable to what is avail- The report goes on to recom- preventing too much of the flex- sense of community during IAP.” of the Undergraduate Association’s able for the regular terms and cre- mend that required classes (in- ibility associated with the ability To this end, the subcommittee (UA) committee on education, said ating a better system for tracking cluding GIRs) offered during IAP to take classes during IAP.” additionally recommended that that the UA has already been spon- subject enrollments during IAP — be periodically evaluated by the The subcommittee does not the dean for student life, in con- soring several activities over IAP, including a system to notify advi- Committee on Curricula (CoC) recommended changing this poli- junction with the Office of Under- such as a series of well-attended sors when students sign up for IAP every three to five years to ensure cy in relation to graduate classes, graduate Advising and Academic informal lectures from MIT profes- subjects (currently, students do that the classes are appropriate for however, stating that the gradu- Programming (UAAP), “undertake sors that ran this past IAP and will not need advisor approval to add the “unique pedagogical oppor- ate offerings are best coordinated a review of campus activities dur- continue for future IAPs. or drop subjects during IAP). tunities offered during IAP.” Fur- at the local level by the Commit- ing IAP to help foster a greater “We cut across different de- A full text of the report can be thermore, the report suggests that tee on Graduate Programs since sense of community.” The com- partments and different schools,” found here: http://web.mit.edu/ only required subjects that can be departments approach graduate mittee also recommended that the Tallapragada said. “When a room faculty/reports/pdf/iap.pdf. New clues in 1990 Gardner art heist Coop Student Board of Directors By Katharine Q. Seelye ers, the special agent in charge of and Tom Mashberg the FBI’s Boston field office, said Election Update
The New York Times at a news conference. He empha- The following student Coop members have been nominated sized that the office does not know The FBI said Monday that it be- where the paintings are now. by the Stockholders as candidates for the Board of Directors lieves it knows the identity of the The theft occurred at 1:20 a.m. for the 2012-2013 academic year. thieves who stole 13 paintings 23 on March 18, 1990. A young night years ago from the Isabella Stewart watchman let two men disguised Gardner Museum in Boston, one as police officers into the museum MIT Undergraduate Students: of the most infamous art heists in after they rang the intercom at the Paige Finkelstein, 2015 history. service entrance and claimed they Emma Kane, 2015 Officials from the FBI said they were responding to a disturbance. Josh Dunaway, 2014 believed that the paintings were The thieves subdued the guard Eric Ruleman, 2016 moved through Connecticut and and his lone overnight colleague the Philadelphia area perhaps a and locked them in the basement MIT Graduate Students: decade ago by a criminal orga- bound in handcuffs and duct tape. Samuel Shaner, PhD, 2015 nization. They declined to reveal The two men removed a total any more about the identity of the of 13 items in 81 minutes. Includ- Harvard Undergraduate Students: thieves, saying the investigation is ed were two large Rembrandt oil Joshua Zhang, 2014 continuing. paintings that were cut from their Cody Dean, 2014 The FBI is establishing a web- frames; single works by Vermeer, Madeleine Smith, 2016 site, www.FBI.gov/gardner, as part Manet and Govaert Flinck; five Daniel Kramer, 2015 of a publicity campaign to alert the Degas sketches, and three other public. That campaign includes items, among them a small etch- Harvard Graduate Students: billboards to be placed in Con- ing by Rembrandt. Oliver Hauser, PhD, 2015 necticut and Philadelphia, with The robbery ranks as the single Patrick Rich, PhD, 2015 reproductions of the paintings in biggest museum theft in history in Sneh Patel, MBA, 2014 hopes of prompting anyone with terms of the potential sales value information to step forward. of the missing works. The FBI puts The museum is still offering a the figure at $300 million, though $5 million reward for information others put it at $500 million. Any student Coop member with membership dues paid that leads to the recovery of the Over the last 23 years investiga- for the current year may petition to be a candidate on artwork in good condition. It is tors have questioned the relatives the election ballot. A Petition application is available valued at up to $500 million. and associates of about a dozen online at www.thecoop.com. The bureau undertook a simi- Boston-area criminals. Those in- lar publicity effort a few years dividuals were part of a loose con- The Petition period is March 18 to March 31, 2013. ago in seeking information about federation of New England under- For complete Petition rules consult the information James (Whitey) Bulger, the Boston world figures, some with Mafia ties posted in the election section on the Coop website. mobster who had been living on and a few of whom have died. the lam for more than a decade. According to federal court re- The campaign led to his arrest in cords, FBI affidavits and inter- California. views with lawyers familiar with The announcement on Monday grand jury proceedings, a linchpin was intended to alert potential in- is Robert Guarente, a Mafia figure formants beyond the Boston area, who died in 2004 at age 65. Of- which has been obsessed with the ficials have searched his former crime since it occurred. residences, looked into his past “We are expanding the aperture movements and studied the activi- of awareness,” Richard DesLauri- ties of many of his associates. www.thecoop.com Royal Bengal Boston’s only authentic BengaliCuisine restaurant 313Mass.Ave., Cambridge Open Daily Except Monday (617) 491-1988 11:30 am–11:30 pm T: Red Line, Bus#1–CentralSquare Even The Tech needs tech support Lunch Buffet $7.95 10% Discount on $15 Reasonably Priced Dinners (or more) order with MIT ID. and we’re looking for some. [email protected]
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