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Volume 126, Number 17 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Inside Caltech Strikes Back, Retrieving Cannon By Marissa Vogt MIT’s D.C. NEWS EDITOR The end of Campus Preview Weekend brought the passing of two temporary presences at MIT — by Office, the the time classes began on Monday, both the prospective members of the Class of 2010 and Caltech’s Fleming Priority House cannon were noticeably absent from campus. Twenty-three Fleming House Is Policy residents and seven alumni arrived at McDermott Court dressed in red sweatshirts and jerseys shortly after By Benjamin P. Gleitzman 7 a.m. yesterday morning to reclaim ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR the Fleming Cannon, a Caltech land- Beyond the sleepless nights, leg- mark that had appeared in front of the endary hacks, and uniquely geeky Green Building on Thursday. reputation, MIT is a thriving institu- Approximately 45 minutes later, tion whose success is tied directly to the cannon was on its way back to funding for research allocated at the Pasadena, though the Flems had left national level. a miniature cannon and a letter to the Just ask Joseph Roy-Mayhew MIT community in its place, and cov- ’08, whose bioengineering lab at ered the commemorative plaque with MIT lost funding from the National another sporting a large “F”. The text Institutes of Health midway through of the letter can be found on page 11. his freshman year. “The graduate MIT students, who easily out- students were running around trying numbered the Flems, stood ready to to find funding instead of pursuing greet their visitors, whose arrival had ROB A. RADEZ their research,” said Roy-Mayhew. previously been announced to the Students from Caltech’s Fleming House traveled to MIT on Monday to collect their stolen cannon. MIT Jessica H. Liao, a graduate stu- dormitory mailing lists by Tim Howe students threw a spontaneous farewell party as Caltech rolled the cannon to an awaiting flatbed truck. dent in Materials Science and En- of the “Howe & Ser” moving com- gineering, received a three-year Na- pany, which had taken responsibility non were to roll away without proper pared the cannon for transportation, everyone had a good time,” wrote tional Science Foundation and NASA for the hack. celebration,” Howe wrote. then rolled it to Ames Street, where a Fleming House President Scott D. co-grant whose two-year portion was Countering the moving company’s Sure enough, MIT students sent flatbed truck was waiting. Afterward, Jordan in an e-mail. “Although I had not renewed because of funding cuts Web site, http://mitcannon.com, the the cannon back to California with students from both schools joined to- my doubts coming into the prank, I at NASA’s Department of Biology. Flems created the rival http://flem- fanfare and a warm welcome for gether on the Dot for a barbecue and found that the ‘good natured rivalry’ Both Roy-Mayhew and Liao ingcannon.com, which was released their guests from the West. MIT stu- friendly conversation. was everything it was expected to came to Washington this spring break yesterday. dents played Wagner’s “Ride of the “Fleming very much appreciated be.” “We would be remiss in our duties Valkyries” on a stereo as the Flems the music, food, and socializing dur- Washington D.C., Page 11 as Tech men and women if the can- emerged from Building 66 and pre- ing and after the stunt, and I feel that Cannon, Page 9 Khoury Named as Associate Provost By Kelley Rivoire teaching. Currently planned to oc- the visibility and stature of MIT’s NEWS EDITOR cupy 36,000 gross square feet on the humanities, arts and social sciences MIT’s Dean for Humanities, corner of Albany Street and Massa- programs increased considerably,” Arts, and Social Sciences, Philip S. chusetts Avenue, the project awaits Reif said. Khoury, has been named to serve as additional funds. Khoury first came to MIT in associate provost, the Institute an- Khoury will also be charged with 1981. He was named associate dean nounced yesterday. enhancing interdepartmental initia- of the School of Humanities, Arts, Khoury, who will take the posi- tives, helping to lead MIT’s inter- and Social Sciences in 1987, and tion on July 1, will succeed current national programs, and supporting acting dean as 1990 before becom- Associate Provost for the Arts Alan discussion about the relationship ing dean in 1991. Brody. As announced in January, between science, technology, soci- Khoury’s research interests focus Brody, MIT’s second associate pro- ety, and policy, according to a letter on political and social studies of the vost for the arts, will return to full- to the community from Provost L. Middle East. He has written a num- time teaching and writing plays after Rafael Reif. ber of books, and is a fellow of the having served 10 years in the posi- In his letter, Reif praised Khoury’s American Academy of Arts and Sci- tion and 18 years on MIT’s faculty. accomplishments over his 15 years as ences. Khoury’s primary duties will be dean of the humanities, arts and so- Reif will be leading the search to lead MIT’s arts initiatives, includ- cial sciences, including the creation to find a replacement for Khoury as ing fundraising efforts. Among the of graduate programs in Comparative dean of the School of Humanities, projects Khoury is likely to preside Media Studies and Science Writing, Arts, and Social Sciences. Confiden- over is a proposed Music and Theater as well as the expansion of MIT’s in- tial comments about the search can Arts Teaching Laboratory intended ternational education efforts. be sent to Reif in Room 3-208 or by to provide space for rehearsals and “Under his leadership as dean, e-mail to [email protected]. Simmons Still Under Review for 2004 Party By Gabriel Fouasnon cial host training program as a con- ding the albatross around its neck. and Kelley Rivoire sequence of the Oct. 2004 party, in Andrew T. Lukmann ’07, Sim- STAFF REPORTERS which there was a stampede down mons president and Undergraduate A year and a half after a birthday 10 flights of stairs as students fled Association president-elect, said that party involving underage drinking police. he and others at MIT were “caught off at Simmons Hall got out of hand, Since then, Simmons has twice guard” by the License Commission’s the dormitory is still feeling its im- returned to the commission to as- most recent decision to once again pact, with the Cambridge License sess its progress in completing the extend its watch over Simmons. He

DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH Commission voting last month to program. said that at the meeting Commission A Polski Fiat guitarist performs a solo during Battle of the continue to review the dormitory’s Though representatives from Chair Richard V. Scali had said they Bands, which was organized by Zeta Beta Tau and took place efforts to curb underage drinking for both sides say the commission has would put the matter on file, normal- Saturday, April 9. An upcoming review of Battle of the Bands another six months. responded positively to Simmons’ ly meaning it was concluded, but that will run in Friday’s issue of The Tech. Over a year ago, the commission progress, each time, the commission the commission then decided to hold issued a warning to the dormitory has demanded that it return again, requiring residents to create a so- preventing the dormitory from shed- Simmons, Page 12

Comics CAMPUS LIFE NEWS The “Run Over by the RIAA” Saga Big Screw results as of Monday World & Nation...... 2 Continues. Page 9 Opinion ...... 4 As College Costs Rise, Students Campus Life ...... 5 Are Increasingly Footing the Bill Sports ...... 15 Page 6 Page 5 Page 14 Page 2 THE TECH April 11, 2006 WORLD & NATION Hearings Continue Multitudes Rally Across U.S. in Kickback Scandal By Raymond Bonner THE NEW YORK TIMES SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA For Illegal Immigrant Rights The high-profile hearings into accusations that an Australian wheat company, AWB Ltd., paid $200 million in kickbacks to Saddam Husse- By Rachel L. Swarns most of them Hispanic, may be emerg- civil rights movement. in’s government under the United Nations’ oil-for-food program became THE NEW YORK TIMES ing as a potent political force. Some Republicans in Congress even more dramatic on Monday with the appearance of the deputy prime WASHINGTON Over and over, construction work- say the demonstrations have also re- minister, Mark Vaile. Waving American flags and blue ers, cooks, gardeners, sales associates calibrated the bitter debate on immi- Vaile, who is also minister of trade, was asked whether he knew about banners that read “We Are America,” and students who said they had never gration legislation, forcing lawmakers the kickbacks and about his harsh rejection three years ago of public sug- throngs of cheering, chanting immi- demonstrated before said they were to take into account the group’s politi- gestions by American wheat growers that AWB was paying kickbacks. grants and their supporters converged rallying to send a message to lawmak- cal muscle. He responded repeatedly to questions with the answer, “I don’t recol- on the nation’s capital and in scores of ers. Ruben Arita, a 30-year-old illegal “Immigrants are coming together lect.” other cities on Monday calling on Con- immigrant from Honduras who joined in a way that we have never seen be- Adding to the tension, Prime Minister John Howard announced that gress to offer legal status and citizen- the demonstration in Washington, said fore, and it’s going to keep going,” he had been asked to give a written statement to the commission, the first ship to millions of illegal immigrants. he was marching for the first time be- said Jaime Contreras, the president Australian leader since 1984 to have been asked to give testimony to a The demonstrators marched un- cause he wanted to push Congress to of the National Capital Immigration judicial inquiry. der mostly clear blue skies in largely grant citizenship to people living here Coalition, a group of business, labor “I do not believe, on the information known to me, that any of my festive rallies with Spanish-language illegally and to recognize their strug- and immigrant advocacy groups that ministers have been guilty of dereliction of duty and I am very, very music blaring, street vendors sell- gles and their humanity. organized the rally in Washington happy to provide a statement and, if asked, to appear,” Howard said on ing ice cream and parents clinging “We want to be legal,” said Arita, and helped coordinate the other na- Monday morning. to mischievous toddlers. The rallies a construction worker who has lived tional protests. The lawyers involved in the case will review Howard’s statement to were the latest in recent weeks in re- here for five years. “We want to live “This is a movement,” said Con- decide whether to request that he be called as a witness. The decision sponse to a bill passed in the House without hiding, without fear. We have treras, who came to the United States will rest with Terence Cole, chief of the investigating commission. that would speed up deportations, to speak so that our voices are listened from El Salvador as an illegal immi- tighten border security and criminal- to and we are taken into account.” grant. “We’re sending a strong mes- ize those here illegally. Academics and political analysts sage that we are people of dignity. All At Least 45 Killed in Consumer A proposal that would have grant- say the demonstrations represent the that we want is to have a shot at the ed citizenship to the vast majority of largest effort by immigrants to influ- American dream.” Fair Fire illegal immigrants collapsed in the ence public policy in recent memory. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., By Hari Kumar Senate last week. And the scope and size of the marches who favors granting citizenship to ille- THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI Monday’s gathering of thousands have stunned politicians on Capitol gal immigrants, said Monday: “I think At least 45 people burned to death and more than 100 were injured on of demonstrators in New York, Atlanta, Hill as well as the church and immi- everybody sees the immigrant com- Monday when fire engulfed three tents during an electronics consumer Houston, Madison, Wis., and other cit- grant advocacy groups organizing the munity as an emerging force. I think fair in Meerut, in northern India. Officials said the death toll could rise. ies suggested that the millions of im- demonstrations, leading some immi- everybody is quite sensitive that they The fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in a cluster of tents migrants who have quietly poured into grant advocates to hail what they de- don’t want to be on the wrong side, po- displaying television sets, air-conditioners, washing machines, and other this country over the past 16 years, scribe as the beginnings of a Hispanic litically, of this group.” appliances popular with newly-affluent Indians. The five-day exhibit, about 50 miles northeast of New Delhi, had been billed the Brand India Consumer Show. “Unfortunately, the dead include a large number of women and chil- Chirac to Withdraw Labor Law dren,” R.M. Srivastav, the Uttar Pradesh home secretary, told a Hindi- language news channel. Television showed a heap of badly charred bodies and thick black That Caused Wide France Riots smoke over the tents. Weeping relatives combed the tents for missing family members. By Elaine Sciolino even then. there are still many issues outstand- Consumer fairs have become increasingly popular in small Indian THE NEW YORK TIMES “Dead and buried,” is how Jean- ing,” said Bruno Julliard, who heads towns, as economic growth and rising disposable income increase de- PARIS Claude Mailly, leader of the leftist UNEF, the main student union. mand for consumer electronics. President Jacques Chirac crum- union Force Ouvriere, described the The new law was intended to bled under pressure from students, fate of the labor law. “The goal has give employers a simpler way of unions, business executives and been achieved.” hiring workers under 26 on a trial U.N. Finds 25 Percent of Syrian even some of his own party lead- The cancellation of the law, basis without immediately exposing ers on Monday, announcing that which Chirac had signed on April 2, companies to the cumbersome and Wives Have Been Abused he would rescind a disputed youth is aimed in large part at bringing an costly benefits that make hiring and By Katherine Zoepf labor law intended to make hiring end to two months of major protests firing such a daunting enterprise. THE NEW YORK TIMES DAMASCUS, SYRIA more flexible. and strikes throughout France that Opposition to the law reflects the Syria’s first comprehensive study of violence against women has con- The retreat was a humiliating have shut down universities, threat- deep-rooted fear among the French cluded that nearly one married woman in four surveyed had been beaten. political defeat for both Chirac and ened to hurt tourism and the econo- of losing their labor and social pro- The study was released last week as part of a report on Syria by the U.N. his political protege, Prime Minister my, and brought violent clashes be- tection in a globalized world. Development Fund for Women. Dominique de Villepin, underscor- tween young people and the police. In a television interview on Mon- The findings have been published in local news media, helping to ing the paralysis of their center- Still, a student protest march day evening on the private channel draw attention to topics, like domestic abuse and honor killings, that right government 13 months before scheduled for Tuesday will proceed TF1, Villepin, who had been widely have long been considered taboo in this conservative society. presidential elections. as planned, and students at several touted as a possible center-right The study was carried out under the supervision of the quasi-govern- It also laid bare the deep popular French universities voted Monday to candidate in the May 2007 presi- mental General Union of Women, which oversees the welfare of Syria’s resistance to liberalizing France’s continue blocking access to classes, dential elections, said he hoped to women. The study included nearly 1,900 families, selected as a random rigid labor market, and makes any demanding more concessions from learn lessons from what he called sample, including a broad range of income levels and all regions. The new economic reform politically the government in work practices “an extremely difficult time,” con- men and women in each family were questioned separately. impossible before a new govern- and job security. tending that he had never harbored ment is in place, and perhaps not “Today is a defining victory but presidential aspirations. WEATHER Take a Breather Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, April 11, 2006

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passage), high 45°F (7°C) � � � � Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze Thursday: Small water droplets in suspension and larger ones falling from ����� Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT the sky (how many times can you type “cloudy”) with the high temperature Hurricane � � Meteorology Staff � � Stationary Front Heavy about 60°F (16°C) and The Tech April 11, 2006 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Hamas Rejects Israel’s Policy, Several Political Leaders Killed In Kenya Air Crash By Marc Lacey Calls It a ‘Declaration of War’ THE NEW YORK TIMES NAIROBI, KENYA By Dina Kraft Bank town of Jericho. It was among the European Union announced that A military cargo plane carrying a high-level Kenyan delegation on THE NEW YORK TIMES the last offices run together by Israeli they would suspend aid to the Pales- a peace mission crashed on Monday as it tried to land in bad weather TEL AVIV, ISRAEL soldiers and Palestinian security of- tinian Authority because they regard in the north of the country, killing 14 people, including five members Israel’s decision to boycott the ficials. Hamas as a terrorist organization. of parliament. new Hamas-led Palestinian govern- The Israeli government has re- The move was a severe blow to the A provincial official and two crewmen aboard the Chinese-made Y- ment was sharply condemned on peatedly said that it would not deal authority, which is limping through a 12 aircraft were rescued from the crash site, on a hillside near the town Monday by Hamas, which called the with Hamas until the group recog- financial crisis. of Marsabit. One additional passenger was recovered from the fiery decision a “declaration of war.” nizes Israel’s right to exist, renounc- In Gaza City, hundreds of school- wreckage but died en route to Nairobi for treatment. “It is a failed attempt to make es terrorism, and abides by previous children and teenagers marched on “This is the worst tragedy to hit the National Assembly,” said Speak- divisions among Palestinians,” a agreements between the sides. Monday, waving the green flags of er Francis ole Kaparo, announcing the adjournment of parliament until Hamas statement said. “It is part of “If you are outside the interna- Hamas, to protest the EU decision to the deceased were buried. “We have lost a lot of good people.” a continuous siege on the Palestinian tional community and you act like cut off aid. Among them were Bonaya Godana, a veteran politician and consti- people.” a pariah, you cannot complain that Israel, meanwhile, continued its tutional scholar who was deputy leader of the opposition Kenyan Afri- The Palestinian president, Mah- people treat you like a pariah,” said military assault on Palestinian mili- can National Union. Godana served as foreign minister and agriculture moud Abbas, with whom Israel is not Mark Regev, the Israeli Foreign Min- tants launching homemade rockets minister, among other posts, in the government of Daniel arap Moi. explicitly ending ties, also rejected istry spokesman, responding to the from the Gaza Strip into neighboring Other lawmakers the government reported killed in the crash were the new policy, saying it violated in- Hamas statement. Israeli towns and villages. Mirugi Kariuki, the assistant minister for internal security; Titus Ngoy- ternational law and existing Israeli- Israel has been walking a politi- A 9-year-old Palestinian girl, oni, the assistant minister for regional development authorities; and Palestinian agreements. cal tightrope since Hamas’ victory, Ghader Ghabin, was killed when Is- some of the area’s representatives in Parliament, Abdi Sasura and Gu- The statement from the militant trying to delegitimize the militant Is- raeli tank shells crashed through the racha Galgalo Boru. group Hamas suggested that the Is- lamic party but not to destabilize the ceiling of her home in the northern “These were the powerbrokers of this part of Kenya,” said Marc raeli government was trying to pun- government it now runs to the point Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiyah, Cassady, who runs an American-financed program advising parlia- ish the Palestinian people for voting of causing a crisis for the general Palestinian security officials said. ment. “Essentially, this wiped out a regional political class.” the group into office in parliamenta- population. The shelling also injured eleven ry elections in January, when Abbas’ Regev said that Israel was work- other family members in the same Fatah organization was ousted as the ing to find ways to bypass the Pal- house, witnesses said. Union Negotiates Contract Covering ruling party. Abbas retains his post, estinian government so that inter- The Israeli army spokesman’s of- however. national humanitarian assistance fice confirmed that there had been fire Guest Farm Workers In the first act of its new policy, could directly reach the Palestinian in the direction of the town, a dense By Steven Greenhouse Israel closed down a joint security people. urban area from which it said rockets THE NEW YORK TIMES coordination office near the West Last week, the United States and had been launched repeatedly. With Congress debating a major expansion in the program for guest workers, the nation’s largest union of farmworkers planned to announce on Tuesday that it had signed the first nationwide contract covering agricultural guest workers. Proposed Enron Settlement Would The union, the United Farm Workers, and Global Horizons, a la- bor contractor based in Los Angeles, have signed an agreement that provides employer-paid medical care, a seniority system and a griev- ance procedure to help ensure that farms comply with state and federal Seal Some Documents From Public laws. By David Cay Johnston denounced the proposed settlement minority of the audiotapes and “This is huge, because we’re setting a whole new standard of rights THE NEW YORK TIMES on Monday, saying that it would documents were in the public re- and benefits for guest workers,” said Erik Nicholson, the union’s Pacif- The government is moving to benefit Enron and its creditors at cord and the rest would be removed ic Northwest director. “Guest workers have been the most exploitable bar public access permanently to the expense of electricity custom- from any possible access by parties and vulnerable workers short of slaves in the United States.” most of the audiotapes, e-mail mes- ers in the Pacific Northwest who who thought that Enron cheated Global Horizons, one of the nation’s largest suppliers of agricul- sages, and other documents that saw their electric bills soar by more them. tural guest workers, has nearly 1,000 in the country now, but plans to show how Enron earned billions of than half in 2000 and 2001. “They are suppressing the have 3,000 to 5,000 by peak harvest season this summer. dollars by manipulating electric- “We expect federal regula- facts,” she said, adding that wheth- The company, which has workers in more than a dozen states, signed power markets, according to one tors to stand up and do their job er the verb was suppress, seal, or the union contract in part to help improve its image after Washington senator and others opposed to a of protecting the public with just withdraw, “it all amounts to the state revoked its license to do business there because of violations al- proposed settlement with Enron. and reasonable rates,” she said same thing.” leged by state investigators. The state accused it of failing to pay Thai Enron traders boasted of cheat- in an interview. Instead, she said, Eric Christensen, deputy general guest workers their promised wages, putting them in inadequate hous- ing unsuspecting customers, some the regulators are helping Enron counsel for the Snohomish County ing, not paying enough unemployment insurance taxes and improperly of whom they mocked as “poor keep “unjust profits” earned “from Public Utility District, which is withholding state income taxes. grandmothers” who would not un- fraudulent contracts.” trying to recover its share of more Gov. Christine Gregoire of Washington revoked Global’s license in derstand that their pockets were be- She said that the proposed than $1 billion in profits that Enron December, even though the company had agreed three months earlier ing picked by Enron, according to settlement would only encourage made during the peak of the market to a $230,000 settlement, which was used largely for workers’ unreim- transcripts of a small portion of the more fraud in energy markets be- manipulations, also criticized the bursed airfare and for improperly deducted taxes. tapes that have been released. cause “if they don’t stop this, then commission. The staff of the Federal Energy people continue to do it.” The energy commission “is Regulatory Commission wants to Bryan Lee, a commission acting at Enron’s behest and com- Detroit Police Agree to Videotape withdraw materials that are not spokesman, said that he was mys- pletely abdicating its responsibility formally in the public record, as tified by the criticism by Cantwell to the public,” he said. Certain Interrogations part of a settlement with Enron on and others. “Nothing is being In response, Lee, the commis- By Jeremy W. Peters charges of market manipulation. sealed,” he said. sion spokesman, said that the abil- THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT But critics say that that would Commission staff documents ity of the public utility district and The Detroit Police Department has agreed to videotape interroga- make the records unavailable to said “thousands of e-mails, docu- others to get access to the tapes and tions of all suspects in crimes that carry a penalty of life in prison those who are suing Enron. The ments, etc.” that are in the public documents would not be dimin- without the possibility of parole. plan was first reported on Saturday record “will forever remain in the ished by the proposed settlement. The new policy is expected to be in place within six months and is in The Seattle Times. public record.” He noted that the materials were part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the family of a psychiatric Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., But Cantwell said that only a held by the Justice Department. patient who spent 17 years in prison after confessing to a rape and murder that he did not commit. For years, the force’s reputation has been marred by complaints of wrongful detentions, the excessive use of force to obtain confessions and other civil rights abuses, Employers Request That White House Detroit’s police chief, Ella Bully-Cummings, was enthusiastic about the action. “No. 1, it keeps cops honest,” she said. Disclose Quality of Health Care Data “It’s a protection for the citizen that’s being interrogated,” she went By Robert Pear and retirees and their dependents available to all Americans.” on. “But from a chief’s point of view, I think the greatest benefit is to THE NEW YORK TIMES — to doctors who achieved the best That sentiment gets passionate police because what it does is provide documentation that they didn’t WASHINGTON results and offered the best value. support from the Business Round- coerce.” The White House is clashing “The Medicare data would be table, which represents chief execu- She said the department has already installed equipment so it with the nation’s largest employers a gold mine of information,” said tives from 160 of the nation’s larg- can begin taping interrogations once the final settlement language is over their request for huge amounts Maria M. Ghazal, director of public est companies, including Citigroup, worked out and approved by the City Council and Judge Gerald E. of government data on the cost and policy at the Business Roundtable. Exxon Mobil and General Electric. Rosen of the U.S. District Court here. quality of health care provided by Medicare handles more than a bil- Health benefits are a major expense doctors around the country. lion claims a year. for these companies. President Bush has repeatedly Administration officials said “The Centers for Medicare Why Industrious Rats Put Up urged private insurers to disclose they shared the employers’ goals, and Medicaid Services should re- such data, saying it will help con- but were constrained by court rul- lease 100 percent of the Medicare With Lazy Ones sumers choose doctors and hos- ings that limited the disclosure of claims database,” said Robert W. By Henry Fountain pitals. But Medicare, the nation’s data showing Medicare payments Lane, chairman of Deere & Co., the THE NEW YORK TIMES largest insurer, has turned down a re- to individual doctors, identified by world’s largest maker of farm equip- Lounge around. Gorge yourself on munchies. Road-trip occasion- quest for its data from the Business name. Employers disagree, saying ment and a member of the Business ally, looking for mates. Roundtable, whose member compa- those court rulings are no longer Roundtable. “This is essential to That description might fit your average male college student. But nies provide coverage to more than relevant. measuring cost efficiency and com- this life of Reilly is being lived by other mammals, Damaraland mole 25 million people. Touring the country in recent pliance with clinical guidelines.” rats, furry burrowing rodents that live in colonies in southern Africa. Employers want to use the data to weeks, Bush has said the best way At a recent White House meet- Along with their cousins, the naked mole rats, Damaraland mole compare and rate doctors and to rein to control health costs is to “empow- ing, Bush asked business executives rats are the only mammals considered to be eusocial, meaning that, as in soaring health costs — the very er consumers” with information. to support his campaign for the dis- with ants and some other insects, mole rat reproduction is a coopera- purpose advocated by the president. “You can’t make good health care closure of data on health costs and tive affair, with a division of labor. Not everyone gets to do it. The data would show, for example, decisions unless there’s transpar- quality. In response, they asked why Eusocial organisms often divide up other kinds of labor as well, which doctors performed the most ency in the marketplace,” he said on Medicare had not released its data. with castes of workers. But not all of the mole rats are pulling their knee operations with the fewest Wednesday in Connecticut. Last year, before Bush started weight. South African researchers say there is a caste of lazybones, complications. Employers said they The White House has said that talking about “transparency in the referred to, charitably, as “infrequent workers.” These slothful mole could then compare the average cost doctors, hospitals and insurance marketplace,” the Business Round- rats can make up as much as 40 percent of a colony yet do only about per case for different doctors. And companies should “make informa- table asked for access to the full 5 percent of the work. they could steer patients — workers, tion about prices and quality readily Medicare claims database. Page 4 THE TECH April 11, 2006 OPINION

Because of an editing error, the phrasing in part of the April 4 article “MIT Settles Shin Case, Parents Agree Death Likely an Accident” could have been interpreted as saying that MIT and several of its employees sought damages of $27.65. The $27.65 million lawsuit was Chairman filed against MIT and those employees. Zachary Ozer ’07 Because of an editing error, the April 7 article “Weese Elected GSC President” was inac- curate in reporting that no candidates were nominated to run for Secretary and Treasurer. Editor in Chief Corrections Candidates were nominated, but they then declined, and therefore nobody was elected to Jenny Zhang ’06 those positions. The April 7 article “Hackers Have Blast With Caltech Cannon” reported that the Fleming Business Manager House Cannon appeared on the MIT campus Wednesday morning when in fact it appeared Jeffrey Chang ’08 on Thursday morning. Managing Editor Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08

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By the Numbers By Bruce Wu By Cassi Hunt for the number of users on i2hub is 560 — the STAFF COLUMNIST I called Bowie the RIAA representative again. number of people screwed by the RIAA. This is Nutty B is currently a graduate student at MIT who tries to give his two cents’ worth When we last spoke, she had informed me that a reasonable number for total users considering, on anything and everything. You know the drill! Please e-mail him with any questions, the RIAA settlement negotiation hotline didn’t as far as I know, i2hub would kick off users who and give him an excuse to procrastinate at 3 a.m. Send all questions to askNuttyB@yahoo. actually negotiate settlements: either I could pay weren’t sharing multiple gigs of data. com. $3750, or I could take the case to court. Napster allows unlimited access to their mu- Fortunately, lawyers descended on the music sic collection for a monthly fee. If all of those Dear Nutty B, industry extortion racket and now many special- i2hub users had been on Napster instead, it would I’ve never tried to send questions for advice like this before, but since you seem to ize in music copyright infringement, so it was a have taken over three years to rack up the money know what you’re talking about, I’ll give it a try. My husband of one year is driving simple task to contact one. Unfortunately, as a I’ve supposedly cost them. And if we guess that me insane, to the point that I am considering getting a divorce. We were together for Boston-area lawyer informed me, legal advice is the number of music files I’ve been accused of five years before getting married, and after the honeymoon things started to go south. only useful in deciding whether or not to go to sharing is typical — and I think most would He wants me to move to Utah with him (he is from there, but I am from New York City) trial, and representation only helps in the court- agree that it is very, very low compared to the and have kids, but I am still in the middle of grad school and there is no way I am just room. When it comes to settlements, the RIAA is average pirate — then it would take 1708 years going to leave all this to be a housewife there. What do I do? Is getting a divorce the no more responsive to attorneys than the hotline of every user using Napster to spend what we’ve right choice? was to me. supposedly cost them! Apparently, not only does —Determined to Finish The problem is I can’t win if I go to court: the RIAA expect us to subscribe to internet mu- even if the judge (or jury) decides in my favor, sic services, but the next 20 generations of our Dear Determined to Finish, I’ll be left with legal fees exceeding $3750. And children, too! After reading your question I wish I could smack you, even though you appear to be in order to get that back, the court would have How about iTunes? It would take 758 people a lady. Number one: Me? Know what I am talking about? Who do you think I am, Dear to find the case frivolous. But with the RIAA buying all of my music to make up the amount Abby? Number two: did you consider walking down that aisle with a pretty white dress screwing pirates with such single-minded feroc- — already more than the number of i2hub us- and saying all those vows merely an “exercise”? ity, no way they’d let that happen. It’d throw a ers. But everyone has different music tastes and No, I don’t think you should just go to Utah and be a housewife because your hus- wrench in their whole suing machine. I’d like to think they don’t all match mine. Us- band says so, though a change of scenery from the Big Apple might not be so bad. On top of that, the burden of proof doesn’t ing the RIAA’s 2004 consumer profile and an However, during the five years you two were together what exactly did you talk about? have to be “beyond a shadow of a doubt” for a approximate breakdown of my own preferences, Did the fact that you were still in grad school and want to finish ever come up? Did his guilty verdict in civil cases. In legalese, the RIAA it would take 5861 people — over 10 times the wish to go to Utah a year after getting married never get mentioned? needs only a “preponderance of the evidence,” number of users — to make up the $204,000. (If Granted, I am not married, but this much I know: marriage is not a fairy tale, it’s which means it’s more than 50 percent likely I’m you’d like to see the math behind these figures, something you actually have to work at to make it work! You can’t start thinking about guilty. And if the judge did find me guilty, and check out my Web site, http://www.screwpirates. a divorce at the first sign of conflict! (Unless, I suppose, you want to live your life Hol- the amount of money I have to pay is the same com.) lywood-style.) Have you talked to your husband about your desire to stay? Have you or smaller than the settlement amount the RIAA Of course, the RIAA wouldn’t agree with tried talking to a counselor? If you haven’t tried both, considering divorce makes no offered, then I have to pay the RIAA’s legal fees that figure: they think iTunes should sell music sense to me. as well. So this whole mess likely would actually for more than $0.99 per song. Still, it’s a rather However, although I am old-fashioned and believe that a working marriage requires have been cheaper for me if the RIAA had never desperate attempt to lend legitimacy to a shady significant effort, I don’t support your continuing to try at the expense of happiness and offered a settlement. And no doubt they know it. copyright law if you ask me, especially consider- well-being. I just think it is reasonable to try communicating with each other to see if a So I bent over a table and called Bowie back ing the RIAA already makes more on an iTunes compromise can be reached, rather than going straight for a breakup. If you do the latter, to settle. She said that according to our settle- sale than a CD sale (http://www.technewsworld. when and if you have a kid and he doesn’t like the summer camp you chose for him, are ment, I agreed to produce the $3750 within six com/story/49727.html). you going to try to stuff him back into your womb and ask for a refund? weeks. I acknowledge that the RIAA has a right to “I didn’t agree to anything. I didn’t have a protect their music, but the current copyright law Dear Nutty B, choice,” I responded. isn’t about that. It’s about making it as easy as I hate this time of the year, when MIT does CPW. Every time I look at those kids with “Well … yes …” she sputtered. She said the possible for the RIAA to threaten people with an parents wandering around looking all eager-eyed, I get annoyed because I feel old. Do paperwork would be sent through the mail, and exorbitant fine if they go to court, and nail them you have an aging or (aging-feeling) antidote? after receiving it I would have fifteen days to re- for at least the amount of money it would take to —Olay Does Not Work turn it. She had the audacity to end with: “Have seek a fair trial. a nice day.” Extort: To obtain from another by coercion Dear Olay Does Not Work, No, Bowie, I won’t be having one of those or intimidation (according to dictionary.com). I take it you are an undergrad? It took me a full ten minutes to figure out what you for a while. Let’s break it down: $3750 amounts Some people say the number of RIAA victims were talking about regarding CPW, or Campus Preview Weekend. If you feel old, my to 1071 iced chai tea lattés. 790 delicious Anna’s — around 20,000 — makes the situation old child, what does that make me? Ancient? Also, if I knew any aging antidote, why would burritos. news. But until they are stopped, either by the I still be a poor grad student here instead of relaxing in my Malibu mansion? The only 40 textbooks. courts or by enough indignant consumers, the is- thing I can think of (or that I keep telling myself) that works is red wine. The antioxi- So before I agree to forgo so much money I sue should never leave the headlines. Extortion dants have been proven to slow down aging, and, well, the ethanol definitely slows down don’t even have, let’s break it down MIT-style and is worth being angry over. And while Bowie and any feeling of being old. Heck, it’s been slowing down my depressed thoughts. see what the RIAA says I’ve cost them. Thanks her big boss would have me shut up, drop out At any rate, quit whining and go up to those innocent naïve prefrosh and either do to RIAA lobbyists, US copyright law says each of college, and “have a nice day” in the face of them a favor by telling them to run for their lives before it’s too late, or show them your- song someone shares is worth $750. For my 272 an unjust system, I refuse to be complacent. Can self as example of what they will become in a few years. songs, that’s $204,000. The best figure I have you?

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Instructions: Fill in the grid so that each column, row, and 3 by 3 grid contains exactly one of each of the digits 1 through 9. Solution, tips, and computer program at http://www.sudoku. com; see also solution on page 9. Page 8 THE TECH April 11, 2006 April 11, 2006 THE TECH Page 9 Caltech Pranks, MIT Big Screw Results As of Monday Hacking Rules Differ Name Affiliation Designed Charity Amount Cannon, from Page 1 pranks should be accompanied by John G. Brisson II 2.005, 2.006 J.G. Brisson Sr. Scholarship $198.76 a note, which often identifies those Fund “The thing that impressed me responsible for the prank, and ad- most were the MIT students,” said ministrators and campus security are Stephen C. Graves MIT Committee for MIT Community Fund $166.46 Thomas N. Mannion, Caltech’s as- sometimes given advance warning, Community sistant vice president for campus life. whereas MIT hacks are much more Mannion joined the Flems at MIT for clandestine. Haynes R. Miller 18.03 professor Union of Palestinian Relief $67.45 the cannon’s retrieval to ensure the Such differences between Caltech Committee Caltech students did not encounter and MIT’s policies have recently any big problems or hassles. raised controversy among Caltech Anne M. Hunter Course VI Administrator Center for New Words $56.80 students, who felt that MIT students’ Scout team left Saturday stealing the cannon violated Caltech’s Kimberly L. Berkowski 5.12 professor Hospice of Cambridge $23.68 Jordan said that the Fleming house pranking ethics because the hackers officers began planning a retaliation at did not leave a note. David S. Jerison 18.02 professor Americares Pakistan Earth- $1.00 noon on Friday, and that by Saturday “We feel that both sides would quake Relief a scout team was in the Boston area. benefit from a discussion about the An idea to airlift the cannon with the pranking process,” Jordan wrote in Total $514.15 help of alumni connections was con- an e-mail. He also wrote that Fleming Totals as of Monday evening for the annual “Big Screw” contest, in which MIT community members sidered but rejected after they found will be investigating possible damage cast one-cent votes for the faculty staff member they feel has screwed them over the most. The con- out that it would have posed a large to the cannon. Tim Howe did not re- test ends today; votes can be cast on the first floor of the Student Center. inconvenience to MIT. Such a plan spond to an e-mail request for com- SOURCE: JAMES J. WNOROWSKI ’06, ALPHA PHI OMEGA would have required closing nearby ment. streets and evacuating people from Jordan declined to comment on the top floors of neighboring build- the cost of the prank, writing in an e- ings, said Mannion. mail that the Flems paid for the plane The rest of the Fleming crew left tickets with credit cards, though they by Saturday night to arrive Sunday intend to solicit alumni for donations. morning, Jordan said. He said that “When I walked into where they were both MIT students guarding the can- doing their planning … I saw all their non and campus security forced the personal credit card limits,” said Man- Flems to abandon previous retrieval nion. He said that Caltech has a fund plans. with more than $8,000 from the sale Campus police departments at of T-shirts that pranksters handed out the two schools deal differently last year at CPW, and that this fund with hacks and pranks, Jordan said. could be used to help the Flems cover Caltech’s pranking ethics state that the cost of retrieving the cannon.

This letter was left at MIT along with a miniature cannon in place of the Fleming House Cannon, which was removed from McDermott Court by Fleming House residents and alumni early Monday morning.

April 10th, 2006 To the MIT community,

Last week, Fleming Hovse became personally entangled in the friendly rivalry between the California and other Institutes of Technology. Flem- ing Hovse has many proud traditions and memorabilia spanning 73 years. The Fleming Cannon is one of these traditions and today we demonstrate

the dedication we possess to protect them. Over the span of the last five RICARDO RAMIREZ—THE TECH days, Fleming undergrads and alums have executed with inspiring haste For Campus Preview Weekend, the Office of Minority Education along with American Indian Sci- the recovery of our beloved cannon. While we will be pleased to see ence and Engineering Society and the MIT Caribbean Club hosted the Pantonic Steel Orchestra the cannon’s return, Fleming Hovse now has renewed investment in the Friday afternoon on Kresge Oval. Caltech response. Another of Fleming Hovse’s traditions is the motto, Let the Deed Shaw. Today our deeds have done just that, and we vow that our further actions will speak louder than these words.

Sincerely,

Scott Jordan Fleming President 2006 The Tech SOURCE SCOTT D. JORDAN This space donated by

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March 28 and 29. Other universities ence and technology talent through other universities, and scientific so- 10%Discount on $15 (or more) order with MIT ID. including Johns Hopkins, Virginia grants, and developing an innovation cieties worked closely with the Bush http://www.royalbengalrestaurant.com Tech, and Iowa State University infrastructure. Administration to reduce the delays The Visits Days, which began According to the report, the U.S. in issuing visas from months of wait- in 1994, gather over 300 scientists, faces a “potential inflection point in ing to weeks,” said Jason Van Wey, engineers, and students from com- facing new realities that pose signifi- associate director of the office. As a panies, colleges, and various advo- cant challenges to our global innova- result of these efforts, “the process cacy organi- tion leadership.” In has greatly improved.” zations. The other words, accord- “We are a small office so we goal is to ing to an official at work where MIT has the most added convince rep- “Science and technology Bell Labs attending value,” added Van Wey. In constant resentatives knowledge is becoming like Visits Day, “The connection with Institute officials in Washing- nation has lost its and receiving President Hockfield on ton of the im- basic literacy.” edge.” a monthly basis, the MIT D.C. Office portance of “The U.S. has is the Institute’s Swiss army knife research and —MIT Washington switched to an in- in Washington. “We help arrange development novation economy,” meetings for student and advocacy funding for Office Director William B. said Bonvillian dur- groups. There are always new is- science and Bonvillian ing a speech to the sues and no two days have been the technology. Visits Day audience. same,” said Van Wey. The MIT With numerous bills While optimism remains high Washington being proposed in with Massachusetts representatives Office, which has offered its support Washington, MIT has a vested inter- in regard to R&D funding bills, at the Visits Day for several years, est in making sure R&D funding re- Bonvillian said that the public must hosted a group of graduate students mains a priority. “Science and tech- be educated and a business-univer- in materials science and underclass- nology knowledge is becoming like sity alliance cemented for these pro- men from the MIT Washington basic literacy,” said Bonvillian. posed bills to have any meaningful Summer Internship Program who The process has already begun, effect. pitched their case to elected officials according to presentations in Wash- During Bush’s State of the Union on Capitol Hill for increased R&D ington. The National Academies address, a speech usually choked funding. of Science report entitled “Rising with rounds of applause, there was It is headed by recently appointed Above the Gathering Storm,” which almost no response to the President’s Director William B. Bonvillian, who contained recommendations to help announcement of the American sponsors events such as the Visits the U.S. maintain its competitive Competitive Initiative. Even so, the Day to rally support for issues of im- edge in science and technology, was acknowledged link between research portance to the MIT community. As implemented as the Protecting Amer- and economic growth is important, a liaison between the MIT campus ica’s Competitive Edge Act with over says Bonvillian. and the Capitol, the Washington Of- 70 bipartisan Senate co-sponsors as “We’ve been trying to make the fice provides a voice in Washington well as backing by Lockheed Martin, R&D tax credit permanent for years and a link for advocates. Intel, IBM, SIA, and the Council on and now it looks like we’ll be able to “MIT has five big science agen- Competitiveness. do it,” said one Congressional staffer cies that we depend on,” said Bon- to a member of the Massachusetts villian: the National Institutes of The Future of Research delegation in a meeting with the MIT Health, the Department of Defense, Japan, China, and India are now students. Department of Energy Office of Sci- able to compete, and in some cases “We can find success as long as ence, NSF, and NASA. overwhelm, the we continue to in- Congressional Visits Day is an U.S. in math and novate and grow opportunity for the science commu- science knowl- “There is almost no one — not just the nity to push innovation legislation,” edge, according to IBMs but also on said Bonvillian, who pointed to or- David Goldston, who doesn’t think science the grass roots ganization, as seen in the areas of Chief of Staff of level,” said anoth- IT and the life sciences, as a power- the House Sci- is a good investment. er staffer to a Mas- ful factor contributing to economic ence Commit- There just needs to be a sachusetts Con- growth and a model for further sci- tee. “There is gressman. “We ence funding. almost no one unified effort …” need to focus on “The life sciences are an advo- who doesn’t think innovation, com- cacy success story,” said Bonvillian, science is a good —David Goldston petitiveness, and who has seen funding for life sci- investment. There basic research,” ences jump dramatically since 1996 just needs to be a he added. while funding for engineering and unified effort in the community [to Other issues of concern to the the physical sciences has remained push innovation legislation],” added MIT community that are being tack- stagnant or decreased. Goldston. led in Washington are higher educa- According to competitiveness in- tion accountability and student loan Changes In Washington dicators cited by the National Acad- reform, both in various stages of dis- A major focus of this year’s Vis- emies of Sciences report, the future cussion and voting. its Day is innovation and competi- of math and science education on With hundreds of award-winning tiveness, buzzwords in Washington the K-12 level already looks grim. scientists and engineers roaming the thanks to the work of many. “This is As many as one-third of fourth grad- infinite corridors of MIT it is easy to a big change,” said Bonvillian, “it’s ers and one-fifth of eighth graders overlook policy changes being devel- the first time Congress has consid- lacked the competence to perform oped in the nation’s capital. The MIT ered major competitiveness legisla- even basic mathematical computa- Washington Office is a branch of the tion since 1987.” tions, and fewer than one-third of Institute that students rarely see but In his State of the Union speech US fourth grade and eighth grade one whose influence is felt by profes- this year, President Bush made a students performed above a level sors and students alike. This space donated by The Tech key pledge to double funding for called “proficient” in mathemat- the DOE, NSF, and the Department ics. In 2000, 93 percent of students of Commerce’s National Institute of in grades 5–9 were taught physical Standards and Technology over the science by a teacher lacking a major next 10 years, as outlined in his pro- or certification in the physical sci- posed “American Competitiveness ences. Will you SAVE the Earth? Initiative.” Higher education numbers are But Bush’s proposed budget even less reassuring. The amount would also cut funding for DOD Ba- invested annually by the US federal Introducing sic Research by 3.3 percent, cut DOD government in research in the physi- Applied Research by 13.4 percent, cal sciences, mathematics, and engi- freeze the NIH budget, and boost neering combined is outpaced by the NASA funding by only 1 percent in annual increase in health care costs DO IT IN THE DARK the midst of manned space and sci- incurred every 20 days. ence capital programs that will likely “We’ve got a window of legisla- force a cut in spending. tive opportunity that I haven’t seen in The Council on Competitiveness, 10 years for science and technology,” Encouraging MIT to turn off the lights and conserve energy! a Washington based group including said Bonvillian. “The problem is it industry and academic leaders such takes three to tango — the House [of as MIT President Susan Hockfield Representatives], the Senate, and the Look for free glow-in-the-dark condoms in Lobby 10 all week. on its Executive Committee issued White House. The big problem we a large report in December 2004 en- have now is with the House,” which Brought to you by Share A Vital Earth and MIT Medical Center for Health titled the “National Innovation Ini- is expected to be in session less than tiative Report” which later became 60 more days this year, the short- Promotion & Wellness the basis for the Senate’s proposed est Congressional calendar in many National Innovation Act. years. The report made recommenda- Email [email protected] and visit E23-205 tions to counter the possibility of the A Tangible Impact United States being outperformed With so many issues flying around Page 12 THE TECH April 11, 2006

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W20-483, x3-1541 [email protected] [email protected] Page 14 THE TECH April 11, 2006 With Rising Tuition, More Students Begin Footing College Bills By Jonathan D. Glater unlikely that parents could account THE NEW YORK TIMES for all of the increased private bor- Alexandra Baldari and her par- rowing because they could get more ents have talked a good deal over the favorable rates under the government past year about how to pay for her program. And they fear that after college education, and the upshot is graduation students may be left with this: If she enrolls at the University onerous debt burdens. of Miami in the fall, she will bear Still, some students say they are much of the cost, which could total unwilling to let financial constraints $40,000 or more a year, on her own. dictate where they go to college. “The problem here,” said Baldari, Thomas W. Dillon, 20, of Warwick, who lives in Parkland, Fla. “is I’m 18 R.I., decided to go to the University and looking to go to college, and my of Connecticut over the University parents are looking to retire.” of Rhode Island, where his parents Baldari’s parents earn about would have covered tuition, and $100,000, but her mother, Anne An- faces tens of thousands of dollars in gelopoulos, said there was not much debt. left after paying for housing, three “The way I see it is, I only get to cars, gas, food and utilities, and try- go to college once,” Dillon said. “If I ing to save for their 11-year-old son’s have to pay an extra $20,000 a year, education. Baldari’s parents prepaid that’s what I have to do.” for her to attend a public university Some parents may ask their in Florida, but she does not want to children to borrow for their higher go to a public institution. The Florida education but then assist them in Prepaid College Program locks in the repayment, but that is difficult to the cost of college in the future by discern. And the pattern is not evi- prepaying at today’s prices. dent at elite institutions like Harvard “We did in fact plan for this and and MIT. Officials at these colleges anticipate this and have it covered, suggest that parents may view the in our opinion, but she has made a cost of tuition there as worth any choice,” Angelopoulos said, adding sacrifice. that the prepaid money could be ap- “It’s such a new phenomenon that plied to tuition at a private school but there’s not a lot to compare it to,” would not cover all of it. She said said Christine W. McGuire, direc- that while the family was trying to tor of financial assistance at Boston come up with ways to reduce how University. much their daughter would have to She said changing attitudes about borrow, they did not see how they debt were behind the trend. “We’re could take on more debt themselves. so comfortable with debt burden “This is where we draw the line.” now as a society, and the parents al- More middle- and upper-middle- ready have a significant debt burden class parents are drawing similar of their own, they may not see it as a lines. While financing higher educa- big deal if students are also taking on tion has long been a strain, parents large amounts of debt.” seem willing to pass more of the bur- Angelopoulos said she had con- den on to their children, financial aid sulted with a financial adviser. officers say. Many are worried about “I want to do whatever I can to retirement and say their fixed costs send her to the college she wants to eat up their income. Others have not go to,” she said. The advice? “She saved enough or are helping pay for told me the best thing you can do is care for their aging parents. have money to retire,” Angelopoulos He is not here; he has risen. “What I’ve really seen in the last said, to avoid being a burden on her 10 years is a generational shifting of daughter. the responsibility” to pay for college, Dillon’s father, Thomas J. Dil- said Ellen Frishberg, director of stu- lon, who makes more than $100,000 dent financial services at Johns Hop- a year as a vice president at a soft- kins University in Baltimore. “Our ware company, spoke with his four parents helped us pay for school. children about their college options. These parents are not as willing to There was no choice really, he said, help their children pay for school.” because paying for all four to go to There are no data directly mea- private institutions could cost more suring who bears the cost of college. than $600,000, and Dillon still has But financial aid officers at institu- tens of thousands of dollars in stu- tions from Johns Hopkins to the dent debt from his own law school University of California, Los Ange- education. les, say they have observed a shift in “We basically did two things,” he recent years. said. “One is we said to them, if you Tuition and fees at many colleges go to the University of Rhode Island, have long exceeded the amount stu- which is a state school, here’s what dents are permitted to borrow for we would pay.” But if any chose to college costs under the federal loan go to another college, as his eldest programs. Parents, however, can son did when he picked the Univer- borrow up to the cost of attendance sity of Connecticut, their parents under federal programs, known as would contribute only as much as PLUS loans. they would have paid for in-state Although the aggregate volume public university tuition, he said. of federal loans to parents has risen Concern about higher interest over time, it is far outstripped by the rates and other burdens of private HOLY WEEK total of private loans for education loans on borrowers has led Carleton from banks, the number of which has College in Northfield, Minn., through Wednesday, April 12 increased steeply. Private lending is the Associated Colleges of the Mid- the fastest-growing piece of higher west consortium, to try to negotiate Agape Meal with footwashing education finance and, responding to with lenders for better terms for their Main Dining Room W11, 5:15pm demand, more banks are expanding students, said Rod Oto, director of their offerings. student financial services and associ- Friday, April 14 In 2004–05, there were $13.8 bil- ate dean of admissions at Carleton. lion in private loans for graduate and “Our thinking was, joining together Solemn Good Friday Service undergraduate education, up from we might have a little bit more lever- MIT Chapel, 12 noon $10.4 billion the previous school age.” year. Meanwhile, the amount of pa- To take advantage of growing de- rental PLUS loans, which 10 years mand, big banks are expanding stu- Sunday, April 16 ago was nearly double that of private dent loan operations. Chase recently Easter Vigil Celebration and Breakfast loans, totaled $8.4 billion in 2004- bought Collegiate Funding Services, MIT Chapel, 5am 05. This is true even though private an education finance company based loans typically have less generous in Fredericksburg, Va., to be able to Dress warmly (part of the service will be outside) terms than federal government loans service student loans directly, send- do: higher interest rates, and interest ing out collection notices, processing that accrues even while the student is payments and the like. Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT still in college, for example. “We’re viewing it as a very im- Although there are no statistics portant segment for us,” said Brad http://web.mit.edu/lem on whether those taking out pri- Conner, an executive vice president. You are welcome here vate loans are students or parents, “It certainly is one of the fastest- financial aid officers said it seemed growing.” April 11, 2006 THE TECH Page 15 SPORTS Softball Loses, Wins Men’s Rugby Goes 1-2 in France, In Its Doubleheader Injury Sends Player to Hospital By Peter Lamb lowing a nationwide demonstration Tired from travel and playing TEAM MEMBER that shut down much of the city ear- without a few key players who stayed Against Coast Guard The MIT Men’s Rugby Team spent lier that day. This match was a hard- behind in Lyon to look after the in- spring break on a tour of France, go- fought battle against a very techni- jured player, MIT began to lose its By Mindy Brauer and then scored on Balthrop’s hit to ing 1-2 with one match cancelled cally trained and fit ENS-Lyon (Ecole tight control of the game. ENSAM ASST. DIR. OF SPORTS INFORMATION centerfield. Julie Miller loaded the because of a serious Normale Superieure de Lyon). capitalized on this, and won 15-10 on MIT Women’s Softball (3-12) bases with a single to leftfield, but injury. MIT was down 5-25 entering the a late game rally that just slipped past split a rescheduled NEWMAC dou- MIT got out of the jam when third The team arrived second half, but shortly after play re- MIT’s defense. bleheader on Sunday, falling 4-0 to baseman Stephanie V. Brenman ’09 in Paris on Friday and commenced, one player, who wished The fourth and final game on Satur- Coast Guard (13-12) caught a low line-drive and stepped played its first game to remain anonymous, broke his neck day afternoon in the picturesque Paris in the opening game, on the bag for an unassisted double- the following day and needed hospitalization. He re- suburb of Guyancourt was against then rallying for a play. In the second inning, Cullen hit against INA–PG (Institute National mains in a Lyon hospital and is up the large and skillful Bouygues team. 9-3 victory in the re- a one-out single to leftfield. She ad- d’Agronomie de Paris Grignon). Al- and walking with a neckbrace. The This was the most intense match of match. vanced Cullen to second on a throw- though jetlagged, MIT had a strong game was called because of the seri- the tour, and both teams showed some Coast Guard’s ing error, and scored on a throwing start, quickly showing offensive and ous injury. of their best rugby of the season. Stephanie Kimmel led off the first error. defensive superiority. Tech Rugby Wednesday morning, the team Bouygues won 25-17. game with a double to center field, MIT ended its runless streak maintained control of the match, boarded another train to travel to The team had a week to rest and then moved to third on Jeannie in the bottom of the third, starting eventually winning 27-7. Montpellier, near the southern coast of recover from the tour before its first Crump’s sacrifice hit. A single by with a one-out single up the middle Team members left Paris on Mon- France, for Thursday’s match against game of the spring season on Satur- Meagan Schoenhardt to right field by Brenman. Following a fly-out, day morning, traveling southward ENSAM (Ecole National Superieure day against the South Shore Anchors. plated Kimmel for Coast Guard’s Amanda M. Jason ’08 tripled to through the beautiful French coun- d’Agronomie de Montpellier). MIT The first home game will be Sunday, first run. The Bears extended their right center, scoring Brenman. Adri- tryside to Lyon via train. They played quickly took the lead and maintained April 15 against the Ironsides Rugby lead in the second inning when An- anne H. Hee ’08 tied the match with their second game Tuesday night fol- it for the majority of the game. Football Club at Briggs Field. nette Boston singled to center field, a single to left center, driving in Ja- stole second, advanced to third on a son. throwing error, and came home on a After shutting down the Bears in Erin Cullen signal. the fourth and fifth innings, MIT’s The Bears scored their final two offense exploded with four runs runs in the fifth inning. Karen Love in the fifth. Melissa M. Tanner ’09 led off with an infield single, which led off with a double to right center Kimmel followed with a walk. After and moved to third on Jason’s sac- Crump’s second sacrifice hit of the rifice hit. Hee doubled to left and day advanced both base runners, a then came home on Texin’s triple misplayed fly to right field allowed to right center. Bogsted reached on Love to score and put runners on the an error that scored Texin, advanced corners. Keely Balthrop’s single sent to second on the throw home, and Kimmel home, setting up the final then moved to third on a passed ball. score of 4-0. Corinne E. Vannatta ’08 blasted a Coast Guard pitcher Colleen Per- double to center field that scored ry picked up her sixth shutout of the Bogsted and gave MIT a 6-2 lead. season, finishing with nine strike- The Engineers added three more outs, one walk, and three hits. runs their next at-bat, with Tanner Cheryl A. Texin ’06 led MIT singling up the middle to start the with a 2-for-3 hitting performance, rally. Jason’s perfectly placed bunt including a double in the bottom of allowed her to reach first safely. Hee the seventh. In five innings, Engi- hit a RBI single down the left field neers pitcher Leah A. Bogsted ’08 line, which was followed by a Texin struck out three, walked two, and al- single to right field that scored Ja- lowed six hits and four runs. Backup son. Bogsted brought her home with pitcher Katherine C. Bankert ’09, an RBI hit up the middle. who pitched the last two innings, Coast Guard posted the final run gave up three hits and no runs. of the day in the seventh inning when As in the opening game, Coast Love reached on an error and was Guard built a 2-0 advantage after awarded second base. Kimmel drove two innings. Crump was the first her in with a triple to right center. baserunner of the game, after getting Bogsted moved her record up to hit by a pitch. She moved to second 3-11, and Perry’s record dropped to on Schoenhardt’s single to left field 12-9.

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Babson College 6 p.m., Jack Barry Field

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Softball Doubleheader vs. Babson College 3:30 p.m., Briggs Field Men’s Lacrosse vs. Babson College 4 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium

Thursday, April 13, 2006 Baseball vs. Eastern Nazarene College 3:30 p.m., Briggs Field

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