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Volume 129, Number 55 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, November 20, 2009

Professors Discussed Classes Dropped Over the Term, by Week Drop Date 25% Add Date Fall 2009 Diversity at Faculty 20% Spring 2009 15% Meeting Wednesday Fall 2008 10% By Meghan Nelson student’s GPA and instead will be Staff Reporter listed on the transcript with an expla- 5% Faculty members unanimously nation of the disruption. passed two motions at Wednesday’s

Percent of Total Classes Dropped Total of Percent 0% faculty meeting: one establishing Recruiting Minority Faculty Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 academic guidelines for prolonged Professor of Chemical Engineer- SOURCE: Ri Romano, Registrar’s Office emergencies on campus and the sec- ing Paula T. Hammond ’84 presented This term, drop date occurred during week 11 of the term, while in the previous two terms, drop date hap- ond scheduling the September stu- the findings of the Initiative on Fac- pened during week 12. Students drop the most classes during the week of drop date, closely followed by dent holiday on the same day as the ulty Race and Diversity, created in the first week of term and the fifth week, around the time when many first midterms take place. fall career fair. 2007 to study how race affects the Later, a team of faculty working way faculty experience MIT. within the Initiative on Faculty Race Through demographic analysis, and Diversity presented recommen- surveys, and interviews, the team ex- dations for increasing and sustain- amined how race affected the lives of ing the levels of minority faculty faculty members. After identifying More H1N1 Clinics Expected to members at MIT. They are expected key problems in the way MIT han- to produce a full report by mid-De- dles diversity, they developed recom- cember. mendations for implementation. Occur as More Vaccines Arrive The faculty voted swiftly to ap- In terms of recruiting, they found prove the emergency procedures and that 36 percent of MIT underrepre- By Ana Lyons Another 100 to 150 students were by the Center for Disease Con- guidelines under which the Institute sented minority (URM) faculty have Associate News Editor vaccinated on November 11 when a trol between April and October 17, will operate during times of “sig- MIT degrees, and 60 percent of MIT MIT Medical vaccinated nearly Medical clinic was opened up to all 2009. nificant disruption.” Such events are URM faculty were drawn from other 1,050 students against the H1N1 students under 24, due to low turn- Medical has documented over defined in the new amendment as in- positions at MIT, Stanford, and Har- flu-virus last Tuesday as part of a out from the original target group 480 cases of “influenza like illness- cluding “natural disaster, civil unrest, vard. “We are not gaining from cer- quickly arranged clinic. of children under 17. Extra vaccines es” over the past ten weeks, although or pandemic illness,” which causes tain pools of talent,” said Hammond, Medical will hold an appoint- that went unused would have expired Associate Medical Director of MIT “substantial absenteeism among stu- saying that to increase diversity MIT ment-only clinic for an additional after 24 hours. Medical David V. Diamond notes dents or instructors,” and “prevents must expand where it searches for 200 students between 9:00 a.m. and Between the three clinics, MIT that not all of these cases are H1N1 academic work from progressing.” potential faculty. 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24 will have vaccinated about 1,350 and that not all H1N1 cases are re- The Institute has shut down three To increase retention of URM in E23. students, or over ten percent of its ported. times in its history — due to an in- faculty members, the group’s report Undergraduate and graduate combined 10,000-member student Although Medical hopes to even- fluenza pandemic in 1918, student will suggest that MIT assign mentors students interested in receiving this body. tually make the vaccine available for strikes in 1970, and a blizzard in to act as both advisors to and advo- vaccine must be under age 24 and Medical anticipates supplying free to the whole MIT community, 1978 — but before Wednesday, no may arrange appointments by call- more vaccines to students, staff, and Diamond said that the main problem formal emergency academic proce- Faculty Meeting, Page 14 ing 617-253-4865. MIT community members in future with increasing outreach is that the dures had ever existed. clinics as more of the vaccine be- vaccine is “slow in coming.” Now, if the faculty chair declares comes available. More information Regarding next Tuesday’s clinic, a significant disruption, that chair on Tuesday’s clinic can be found on Diamond said “we likely will not will have the power to change the Medical’s website. have enough vaccine next week for school calendar, class registration, all who may be interested.” assignments, exams, grades, or any Medical Fights H1N1 with More It is likely, however, that another other academic systems, depending Clinics clinic will be offered after Thanks- on the “uniqueness of any emergen- The recent clinics on campus giving, Diamond said. “Depending cy situation.” were part of federally-funded and on additional vaccine deliveries, we The procedures also established state-implemented efforts to help will designate eligibility and logis- an alternate grading scale that may limit the ongoing spread of H1N1, tics for the clinic.” be used during a significant disrup- which infected roughly 22 million tion, which includes a specific tran- Americans, based on data collected H1N1 Clinics, Page 14 script mark for incomplete work that may be replaced by a final mark if work for the course is completed by a specified date. Regents Raise Tuition If alternate grades are implemented, they will not factor into a In Calif. by 32 Percent By Tamar Lewin as much as it did a decade ago, and In Short The New York Times what was once an educational bar- ¶¶The MIT Post Office will re- BERKELEY, Calif. gain will be one of the nation’s high- main open, the U.S. Postal Service As the University of California er-priced public universities. announced on Wednesday. The of- struggles to absorb its sharpest drop Among students and faculty fice had spent months under review in state financing since the Great alike, there is a pervasive sense that for possible closure. Depression, every professor, admin- the increases and the deep budget istrator and clerical worker has been cuts are pushing the university into ¶¶Sick of squeezing through the put on furlough amounting to an av- decline. construction zone on the Infinite? erage pay cut of 8 percent. The budget cuts in California, Relief will come soon, as the proj- In chemistry laboratories that topping $30 billion over the last two ect is on schedule to finish in De- have produced Nobel Prize-winning years, have touched all aspects of cember. research, wastebaskets are stuffed to state government, including health the brim on the new reduced clean- care, welfare, corrections and rec- ¶¶Registration for Mystery Hunt Feng Wu—The Tech ing schedule. Many students are fro- reation. They have led to a retrench- is now open. The registration dead- Steven P. Bartel ’10 poses with a traffic cone as part of the zen out of required classes as course ment in state services not seen in line for teams requesting classroom MIT couture runway show during Kappa Alpha Theta’s KATwalk sections are trimmed. modern times, and for many institu- space is December 16. Register on- on November 11. KATwalk is a benefit fashion show featuring And on Thursday, to top it all tions, including the state university line at http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/ boutiques around the Boston area. Proceeds of the event go off, the Board of Regents voted to system, have created a watershed www/mailto.html to KAT’s national philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advo- increase undergraduate fees – the moment. cates, dedicated to helping abused and neglected children. equivalent of tuition – by 32 percent The state’s higher education bud- Send news information and tips to Check out more photos of the event on page 13. next fall, to more than $10,000. The [email protected]. university will cost about three times California, Page 14

Comics Medeski, Op i n i o n World & Nation ��2 Martin & Wood The Tech’s editorial on the Division Opinion ��4 at the House of of Student Life under Colombo Arts ��6 Blues Page 4 Comics / Fun Pages ��10 Capitalism and Democracy Sports ��16 Page 10 Page 9 Page 5 Page 2 The Tech November 20, 2009 Wo r l d & Na t i o n ‘Twilight’ Time: Girls Just Wanna Guidelines Push Back Age Swoon Over Vampires By Tom Keyser The Albany Times Union Albany, N.Y. For Cervical Cancer Tests Emily Keller, a Watervliet, N.Y., high school senior, has read the four “Twilight” books 28 times. By Denise Grady before the Obama health plan came Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who Olivia Jaquith, a Niskayuna, N.Y., ninth-grader, flew with her mom The New York Times into existence.” is a physician, said in an interview across country last year to attend the “Twilight” premiere and has since New guidelines for cervical cancer She called the timing crazy, un- that he would continue to offer Pap watched the film about 50 times. screening say women should delay canny and “an unfortunate perfect smears to sexually active young wom- Pamela Townsend, a senior, is joining other “Twilight” fanatics to see their first Pap test until age 21, and be storm,” adding, “There’s no political en. Democratic proposals to involve the first showing of the second movie in the series, “The Twilight Saga: screened less often than recommend- agenda with regard to these recom- the government more deeply in the New Moon.” ed in the past. mendations.” nation’s health care system, he said, The film started at 12:01 a.m. Friday in this region of upstate New The advice, from the American Iglesia said the argument for would lead the new mammography, York. One multiplex is showing it on 12 screens. College of Obstetricians and Gyne- changing Pap screening was more Pap smear and other guidelines to Welcome to the “Twilight” phenomenon — and not, presumably, for cologists, is meant to decrease unnec- compelling than that for cutting back be adopted without regard to patient the first time. As Liz Gialanella, a school psychologist, says, “You’d have essary testing and potentially harmful on mammography – which the obste- differences, hurting many people. to be on another planet not to know about ‘Twilight.”’ treatment, particularly in teenagers tricians’ group has — opposed — be- “These are going to be set in stone,” It’s a four-book series by Stephenie Meyer being made into a four- and young women. The group’s pre- cause there is more potential for harm Coburn said. movie series about a girl who falls in love with a vampire while being vious guidelines had recommended from the overuse of Pap tests. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., a long- courted by a werewolf. Young, beautiful actors portray the characters — yearly testing for young women, start- The reason is that young women time advocate for cancer screening, the vampires and werewolves are particularly gorgeous — and the hype ing within three years of their first are especially prone to develop abnor- said in an interview: “And this Pap is intense. “Twilight” merchandise is everywhere, and teenage girls, es- sexual intercourse, but no later than malities in the cervix that appear to be smear guideline is yet another cut pecially, swoon over it all. age 21. precancerous, but that will go away if back in screening? That is curious.” Arriving on the heels of hotly dis- left alone. But when Pap tests find the He said Congress was committed to puted guidelines calling for less use growths, doctors often remove them, increasing cancer screenings, not lim- Oprah Winfrey Plans to Leave ABC of mammography, the new recom- with procedures that can injure the iting them. mendations might seem like part of a cervix and lead to problems later when Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Show in Cable Gamble larger plan to slash cancer screening a woman becomes pregnant, including said the new guidelines would have no By Brian Stelter for women. But the timing was coinci- premature birth and an increased risk effect on federal policy and that “Re- and Bill Carter dental, said Dr. Cheryl B. Iglesia, the of needing a Caesarean. publicans are using these new recom- The New York Times chairwoman of a panel in the obstetri- Still, the new recommendations mendations as a distraction.” Oprah Winfrey is giving network television one of her trademark aha cians’ group that developed the Pap for Pap tests are likely to feed a politi- “Making such arguments, espe- moments. smear guidelines. The group updates cal debate in Washington over health cially at this critical point in the de- Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to its advice regularly based on new care overhaul proposals. The mam- bate, merely clouds the very simple announce Friday that she will step down from her daily pulpit, “The medical information, and Iglesia said mogram advice led some Republicans issue that our health reform bill would Oprah Winfrey Show,” in two years in order to concentrate on the forth- the latest recommendations had been to predict that such recommendations increase access to care for millions of coming cable channel that will bear her name. in the works for several years, “long would lead to rationing. women across the country,” she said. “The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on Sept. 9, 2011,” Tim Bennett, the president of Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, said in a letter to her 214 local TV stations Thursday evening. She will appear on her cable channel, called OWN: A Medical Culture Clash of the Oprah Winfrey Network, in some form. But “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will no longer be. The list of repercussions of her decision is long. For CBS, owner Science and Practice of the syndication rights to her show, it means the loss of its signature program and millions of dollars every year in revenue. For ABC, where By Kevin Sack “People are being asked to think mended that most women delay the her show was largely shown, it means the loss of daytime’s most popular The New York Times differently about risk,” said Sheila start of routine mammograms until show, a generator of a massive audience leading into its evening news This week, the science of medi- M. Rothman, a professor of pub- they are 50, rather than 40, as the programs. cine bumped up against the founda- lic health at Columbia University. group suggested in 2002. It also tions of American medical consumer- “The public state of mind right now recommended that women receive ism: that more is better, that saving a is that they’re frightened that evi- the test every two years rather than European Union Names Two to life is worth any sacrifice, that health dence-based medicine is going to be annually, and that physicians not care is a birthright. equated with rationing. They don’t train women to perform breast self- Positions as Leaders Two new recommendations, call- see it in a scientific perspective.” examination. By Stephen Castle ing for delaying the start and reducing For decades, the medical es- The task force, whose recom- and Steven Erlanger the frequency of screening for breast tablishment, the government and mendations are not binding on in- The New York Times BRUSSELS and cervical cancer, have been met the news media have preached the surers or physicians, concluded after Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union on Thursday night with anger and confusion from some mantra of early detection, spend- surveying the latest research that the chose Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister, as the Euro- corners, not to mention a measure of ing untold millions of dollars to risks caused by over-diagnosis, anx- pean Union’s first president, and Catherine Ashton of Britain, currently political posturing. spread the word. Now, the hypoth- iety, false-positive test results and the EU trade commissioner, as its high representative for foreign policy. The backers of science-driven esis that screening is vital to health excess biopsies outweighed the ben- The vote was unanimous. medicine, with its dual focus on risks and longevity is being turned on efits of screening for women in their Both officials are highly respected but little known outside their own and benefits, have cheered the eleva- its head, with researchers asserting 40s. It found that one cancer death countries. After the European Union’s eight-year battle to rewrite its in- tion of data in the setting of standards. that mammograms and Pap smears is prevented for every 1,904 women ternal rules and to pass the Lisbon Treaty that created these two new But many patients – and organizations can cause more harm than good for ages 40 to 49 who are screened for jobs, the choice of such low-profile figures seemed to highlight Europe’s of doctors and disease specialists – women of certain ages. 10 years, compared with one death problems instead of its readiness to take a more united and forceful place find themselves unready to accept the On Monday, the U.S. Preven- for every 1,339 women from 50 to in world affairs. counterintuitive notion that more test- tive Services Task Force, a federally 74, and one death for every 377 ing can be bad for your health. appointed advisory panel, recom- women from 60 to 69. We a t h e r Rise to the Occlusion Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, November 20, 2009

By Vince Agard 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W Staff Meteorologist 992 40°N Today’s weather will be influenced by the passage of an occluded front, 1006 as the center of a low pressure system passes to our north. An occluded front is formed in a mature cyclone (low pressure system) when the cold front as- sociated with the system overtakes the warm front, causing the two fronts to merge. Unlike a cold or warm front, an occluded front usually does not result 35°N in a large temperature difference at the surface upon its passage, since there is relatively cold air on either side of it. However, there is often a pocket of warm air pushed aloft in association with the occluded front, which can lead

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We will see this precipitation move through our area today, as rain show- 1022 30°N ers take place ahead of the passing occluded front. After the front has passed, however, the skies will clear just in time for a pleasant weekend. Expect highs 1024 in the 50s°F, with lows in the low 40s°F through Sunday. A chance of rain will present itself once again on Monday, as a coastal storm is expected to approach New England. 25°N

Extended Forecast Today: Cloudy with rain showers. High 59°F (15°C). Winds south at 13–18 mph. Tonight: Breezy and clearing early. Low 44°F (7°C). Winds west at 12–15 mph. Tomorrow: A few clouds early. High 57°F (14°C). Winds west-northwest at Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols 10–12 mph. Snow Rain Fog High Pressure Trough Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs near 50°F (10°C). - - - Showers Thunderstorm

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Senate Bill Covers Fewer Than Food Fight: A New York Joint On Boston Common? House Version, Costs Less By Abby Goodnough The New York Times BOSTON By Robert Pear The Senate bill would spend $821 a proposed new government insur- First the reviled Yankees won the World Series; now Shake Shack, The New York Times billion over 10 years on Medicaid ance plan would cover abortion. If an the New York burger joint, might stake a claim in one of Boston’s most WASHINGTON and subsidies. The House bill would insurer covers abortion, it could not sacred spaces. The Senate version of health re- spend 25 percent more: $1.03 trillion use federal money to pay for the pro- Danny Meyer, the restaurant operator who owns Shake Shack and form legislation would cover 5 mil- over 10 years. cedure. It could use only premiums other Manhattan hotspots, wants to open a branch on Boston Com- lion fewer people than a compan- A gulf separates the House and paid by subscribers and would have mon, a bold foray into a city that famously loathes New York and its ion bill passed by the House, but it the Senate on the emotional issue of to keep the money separate from icons. But Meyer will be bidding against at least one other proposal, would cost less, in part because Sen- abortion. subsidies received from the federal for a New England-style seafood stand called The Common House. ate Democratic leaders said they be- Over the objection of Speaker government. “I love Shake Shack,” said Jeffrey Mills, a Boston College gradu- lieved they had to win support from Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the House Opponents of abortion describe ate who is pitching the seafood restaurant. “I was in New York last fiscally conservative members of adopted much stricter limits. Under this bookkeeping arrangement as a weekend and went there. But the Common needs something that mar- their party. the House bill, federal money could sham. kets Boston and Boston cuisine.” The Senate is expected to vote not be used “to pay for any abortion “It’s a shell game,” said Sen. Mike Mills, who co-owned the now-closed Biltmore Room restaurant Saturday on whether to take up the or to cover any part of the costs of any Johanns, R-Neb. in New York, said he also planned to sell a Common House line of legislation. The majority leader, health plan that includes coverage But Johanns said he doubted that products named for Boston landmarks — “Freedom Trail ketchup, Harry Reid, D-Nev., refused to say of abortion,” except in case of rape the Senate would accept the stringent something like that” — in grocery stores. Thursday whether he had the 60 or incest or if the life of a pregnant restriction adopted by the House. Meyer was not available for comment, but David Swinghamer, votes needed to clear that procedural woman was in danger. Thus, a plan “I don’t see it in the final bill,” president of the growth division at his Union Square Hospitality hurdle. that received federal subsidies for Johanns said. “I don’t believe there Group, confirmed his interest in opening a Shake Shack here. The While the guts of the Senate and low- and moderate-income people are enough pro-life senators to break Common is one of the nation’s “most beautiful” parks, he said in a House bills are similar, Reid devised could not offer abortion coverage. a filibuster to make this a part of the statement. a new method of financing coverage, Under the Senate bill, insurers final bill.” not found in any other major health would not be required or forbidden Supporters of abortion rights bill. His proposal would significantly to cover abortion. But, the measure were pleased with the treatment of Afghan President Tries to Placate increase the Medicare payroll tax for says, in every part of the country, the abortion in Reid’s bill. “It main- high-income people. government would have to ensure tains the decades-long compromise Critics as He Begins New Term The Senate and House bills would that there is at least one plan that of no federal funds for abortion, By Alissa J. Rubin provide coverage to millions of the covers abortion and at least one that while allowing a woman to use her and Mark Landler uninsured by expanding Medicaid does not. own private funds for her reproduc- The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan and subsidizing private insurance for The secretary of health and hu- tive health care,” said Sen. Barbara Tainted by a flawed election and allegations of festering corruption people with moderate incomes. man services would decide whether Boxer, D-Calif. in his government, President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, promising to remedy the country’s problems and to have the Afghan army assume full control of security within five years. U.S. Takes A New Look At Speaking in Dari and Pashto, Karzai reached out to the country’s two largest ethnic groups as well as to his defeated political rivals in a speech at a midday ceremony at the presidential palace. Terrorism Air Defenses Above all, his address seemed aimed at the United States and other Western allies, whose representatives, including U.S. Secretary By Thom Shanker focused on fighting other militaries have been asked to address whether of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, were among an audience of about and Eric Schmitt and led to the Bush administration’s the security measures put in place 800 that also included government officials, military officers and tribal The New York Times “global war on terror.” since 2001 have diminished the threat leaders. COLORADO SPRINGS The assessment is partly a reflec- of terrorist attack by aircraft to such Seeking to placate his international backers, Karzai touched on al- The commander of military forces tion of how a military straining to an extent that a smaller commitment most every major point that the Americans and other Western countries protecting North America has ordered fight two wars is questioning whether of combat jets and personnel is now have pressed him to address in recent months. a review of the costly air defenses it makes sense to keep in place the warranted. He received applause three times: when he pledged to create a intended to prevent another Sept. costly system of protections es- Officers conducting the review transparent and accountable government; when he promised to fight 11-style terrorism attack, an assess- tablished after those attacks on the said that a number of security steps corruption; and when he thanked the United States and other allies for ment aimed at determining whether World Trade Center and the Penta- adopted in the last eight years should their help. the commitment of jet fighters, other gon. Though combat patrols above be factored into whether to sustain the But those who heard the speech said it was hard to tell if he was aircraft and crews remains justified. American cities were discontinued air defense mission at current levels. truly comfortable with the many promises he made. Senior officers involved in the ef- in 2007, the military keeps dozens of Among those steps are screening “The role of the international troops will be gradually reduced,” fort say the assessment is to gauge warplanes and hundreds of air crew measures at airports; the addition of Karzai said. “We are determined that in the next five years, the Afghan the likelihood that terrorists may suc- members on alert to respond to poten- armored, locked cockpit doors on forces are capable of taking the lead in ensuring security and stability ceed in hijacking an airliner or flying tial threats. commercial planes; much tighter re- across the country.” their own smaller craft into the Unit- “The fighter force is extremely strictions on airspace around Wash- ed States or Canada. The study is fo- expensive, so you always have to ask ington; and a host of law enforcement cused on circumstances in which the yourself the question ‘How much and intelligence operations to identify U. of Nebraska Weighs Tighter Lim- attack would be aimed not at a pub- is enough?’” said Maj. Gen. Pierre and track potential terrorists and pre- lic building or landmark but instead J. Forgues of Canada, director of vent them from boarding airliners. its On Embryonic Stem Cell Research at a power plant or a critical link in operations for the North American “The ability of terrorists to do what By Monica Davey the nation’s financial network, like a Aerospace Defense Command, or they did on 9/11 has been greatly cur- The New York Times LINCOLN, Neb. major electrical grid or a computer NORAD, which carries out the air tailed,” Forgues said in an interview In an unusual pushback against President Barack Obama’s expan- network hub. defense mission within the United at his headquarters here. “But, as has sion of federal financing of human embryonic stem cell research, the The review, to be completed next States military’s Northern Command. been said, we would be concerned by University of Nebraska is considering restricting its stem cell experi- spring, is expected to be the military’s Northern Command, based here the lack of imagination. And so we do ments to cell lines approved by President George W. Bush. most thorough reassessment of the in Colorado Springs, will try to de- not want to view the defense posture The university’s board of regents is scheduled to take up the matter threat of a terrorism attack by air since termine in its review whether the strictly in terms of threat. We want to on Friday, and if it approves the restrictions – some opponents of the al-Qaida’s strikes on Sept. 11, 2001, United States is safer today. Military view the defense posture in terms of research say they have the votes, though others remain doubtful – the transformed a Defense Department strategists and operations officers vulnerability as well.” University of Nebraska would become the first such state institution in the country to impose limits on stem cell research that go beyond what state and federal laws allow, university officials say. Air Traffic System Fails, Causing For weeks, the Nebraska board of regents has been the focus of a fierce campaign by opponents of embryonic stem cell research, most recently by a flood of e-mail and telephone calls, a petition drive and radio advertisements. Delays in Flight in Eastern U.S. The effort, which is being met with an equally heated push by sup- By Matthew L. Wald delayed for over an hour. lems like runway closings, and deliv- porters, is a new front in the battle over the politically contentious re- The New York Times But there was no risk to planes in ers them to pilots. search: It is being fought before a public university’s governing board, WASHINGTON flight, the FAA said. By early afternoon, the FAA’s not a state legislature or on a ballot measure. Flights over much of the eastern By midmorning the system was online status board was showing the “This could be another possible tool,” said David Prentice, senior United States were delayed Thursday working again, but the backlog caused problem limited to the Northeast. fellow for life sciences at the Family Research Council. by a predawn failure in a fairly new many flights to be held on the ground The computer that handles the communications system, which led to at airports around the country. flight plans was repaired by around 9 the shutdown of a computer that ac- The West was mostly spared, a.m., but by then a huge backlog had Panel Sees No Need to Upgrade cepts flight plans from the airlines and though, because the problem was developed. feeds them to air traffic controllers. fixed before much of the flight day The National Air Traffic Con- Aging U.S. A-Bombs It was the fourth major disrup- there got started there. trollers Association, the controllers’ By William J. Broad tion attributed to the communications The crucial computer that was union, said in a statement that “air- The New York Times system, which the Federal Aviation knocked out, the National Airspace port efficiency is being cut by at least In a new report, a secretive federal panel has concluded that pro- Administration began putting into Data Interchange Network, situated half in places like New York-JFK.” grams to extend the life of the nation’s aging nuclear arms are suffi- service earlier in this decade as a way in Atlanta and with a backup in Salt Airlines reported problems in oth- cient to guarantee their destructiveness for decades to come, obviating to cut costs and assure reliability. But Lake City, also failed in August 2008, er areas as well. Around the country, a need for a costly new generation of more reliable warheads. the FAA said late Thursday that it had with a similar result, but for a differ- planeloads of passengers heard pilots The finding, by the Jason panel, an independent group of scientists not yet determined the cause of the ent reason. blame the air traffic system as they sat that advises the federal government on issues of science and technolo- failure, that the failure might not be Flight plans typically consist of on the tarmac. AirTran Airways, based gy, bears on the growing debate over whether the United States should related to the relative newness of the hundreds of alpha-numeric charac- in Orlando, Fla., quickly announced ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty or, instead, prepare for the system, and that it did not see a pat- ters giving the flight number, type that passengers with tickets for Thurs- design of new nuclear arms. tern. of equipment, takeoff location and day could rebook without charge, as Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona and other Republicans have argued that But when it failed, at about 5 a.m. various intermediate points, with al- is commonly done in storms. concerns are growing over the reliability of the United States’ aging Eastern time, the airlines had to send titudes. The aviation agency’s data pro- nuclear stockpile and that the possible need for new designs means flight plans – which describe a plane’s When the first failure happened cessing system has a variety of prob- that the nation should retain the right to conduct underground tests of route, including intermediate points — of a router, the FAA said — it lems. While it was hailed as a marvel new nuclear weapons. and altitudes – by fax, and the control- knocked out not only the computer when it was introduced decades ago, The testing issue is expected to flare in the months ahead when the lers typed them into their computers, that handles flight plans, but one that much of it is written in obsolete com- Obama administration submits the test ban treaty for ratification by the not quite hunt-and-peck but cumber- sorts through “notices to airmen,” or puter language and the agency has Senate, where it faces a tough fight. some enough that many planes were FAA alerts about short-lived prob- been slow to provide updates. Page 4 The Tech November 20, 2009 Op i n i o n Are You There Chris? It’s Us, Students. In August 2008 the newly-appointed Dean for Student Life survey is not always correct. Chairman Chris Colombo told The Tech that “there is a process where the In this spirit, The Tech calls on Dean Colombo to engage in ac- Austin Chu G conversation goes both ways” in regards to student life policy. tive discussion regarding current DSL activity. Why have the delib- Editor in Chief However, this vital communica- erations on dining reforms stalled? Two committees, one tasked by Nick Bushak ’10 tion pipeline has been ineffectual the administration and the other by the Undergraduate Association, Business Manager Editorial or broken down in a number of have submitted dining recommendations to Dean Colombo. And Mark Thompson ’11 areas since Dean Colombo took office last year. why have we seen a number of controversial changes within Stu- Managing Editor The Division of Student Life’s job is made especially difficult dent Support Services, including the dismissal of women’s advocate Steve Howland ’11 given the Institute’s budget crunch. But there are ways Dean Co- Lynn Roberson and S^3 Co-Director Jacqueline Simonis? S^3 is Executive Editor lombo can ensure that students remain an active part of policymak- a “first line of defense” for students who are struggling or ill, and Michael McGraw-Herdeg G ing. Reports from Institute committees, visiting Corporation com- significant changes to its structure warrant public explanation. The mittees and task forces, such as the Student Support Services task Tech would like to know why the DSL has shown a lack of initiative News Staff force and the Division of Student Life Visiting Committee, should in some key areas and publicly unjustified reforms in others. Editors: John A. Hawkinson ’98, Jeff Guo ’11, Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Pearle be made publicly available. MIT students are a fantastic source of By making data collected by Institute Committees and Task Lipinski ’12, Maggie Lloyd ’12, Ana Lyons ’12, ideas and it pays off to give them the data they need to contribute Forces open to the public, soliciting input from students and out- Robert McQueen ’12; Staff: Vinayak Ranade to a meaningful discussion on policy. We have proven this — the lining a clear direction for the Division of Student Life, Dean Co- G, Daniela Cako ’09, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Jingyun Fan ’12, Ziwei Hao ’12, Camille Z. budget task force solicited student input and incorporated that in- lombo can make more informed and effective policy. Active stu- McAvoy ’12, Natasha Nath ’12, Sandhya Rawal put into their report. And especially when student life decisions dent engagement is a crucial part of two-way communication and ’12, Zeina Siam ’12, Joy E. Lee ’13, Meghan hang in the balance, an administrator’s interpretation of report or should be a core characteristic of Dean Colombo’s administration. Nelson ’13, Jessica J. Pourian ’13, Yuliya Preger ’13, Divya Srinivasan ’13; Meteorologists: Brian H. Tang G, Allison A. Wing G, Angela Zalucha G, Elizabeth Maroon ’10, Vince Agard Letters To The Editor ’11. Production Staff decade’s taste. of its distinctiveness. Associate Editors: Divya Chhabra ’13, Connor Empty Plinths Make I admit that MIT has been fortunate in most Instead of filling the empty plinths, perhaps Kirschbaum ’13, Aislyn Schalck ’13; Staff: of its sculptural choices for the last century, an effort should be made to conserve one of Alexander W. Dehnert ’12, Joanna Kao ’13. MIT Distinctive acquiring works of permanent value like the the finest and least-known artworks on display Opinion Staff Lobby 7 is already a beautiful architec- Calder stabile and navigating well the transi- in Greater Boston: the mural diptych in the Editors: Joseph Maurer ’12, Ethan Solomon tural space, to which the apparently empty tion from Edwardian classicism to midcentury hallway leading to Building 14. This (so far as ’12; Staff: Florence Gallez G, Alejandro Rogers plinths (waiting for the viewer’s imagination, abstraction and beyond. Unfortunately, over I know) anonymous work draws a remarkable B. G, Gary Shu G, David Weinberg G, Keith A. or the viewer’s person, to fill them in) contrib- the last twenty years an increasing ostentation and unexpected parallel between two well- Yost G, Josh Levinger ’07, Daniel Yelin ’10, Ryan Normandin ’13. ute greatly. 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The second (see The American Political Tradition and the next four years (“Democracy Now!” November and more important point is that people who The fundamental debate is whether the Men Who Made It by Richard Hofstadter or An 12, 2009). Guess who will have to pay that extra may be affected by a corporation have no say right to increases in capital and property super- Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of $137 billion? A pretty good deal for Big Phar- in what the corporation does. If a corporation sedes the right to equality, i.e. the right to equal the United States by Charles Beard). ma, but this bill was not cheap for the insurance wants to shut down a plant because it is not access to labor and life. If the two rights are These principles have been taken and per- and drug companies. They paid Senator Max profitable to operate, or wants to shift produc- considered absolute they cannot coexist; one verted to an extent that even the “Founding Baucus (D-Mont.), the guy in charge of draft- tion abroad because it is cheaper, the people in destroys the other (per “What is Property” by Fathers” would find repulsive. The Fourteenth ing the legislation, at least $3.5 million. In the the community and the workers have no control French anarchist Joseph-Pierre Proudhon). Amendment should protect the equal rights of first quarter of 2009, Pfizer alone spent $6 mil- over these decisions although their livelihoods If the right to collect capital at the expense freed slaves, but of the cases citing this amend- lion on “lobbying,” although bribing is a better may depend on it. Very democratic, isn’t it? of the wellbeing of ment that were brought word for it (Z Magazine, October 2008). The That efficient production is only possible others is deemed fun- to the Supreme Court in Washington Post reports that the drug industry under the conditions of profit-making, compe- damental, then some the years 1890–1910, was spending $1.4 million per day on lobbying tition, and market discipline is a myth. Let us form of capitalism is Due to present and profound 19 had to do with the for the current legislation (Z Magazine, October look at a historic example. During the Spanish the answer. However, inequality, the ability of most rights of African-Amer- 2008). Insurance companies also hit the mother Civil War, areas of the country (mostly near if the right to equality, icans and 288 had to do lode: individuals and families will be forced to Barcelona) became under workers’ control meaning the right to people to influence the country’s with corporate rights buy private insurance, or pay penalties. and industry and agriculture were socialized/ labor and life, is funda- (People’s History of the There is nothing efficient in this process. It collectivized. Production was shifted towards mental, then we have to politics is virtually nonexistent, United States by How- is wasteful and inefficient in terms of providing what was needed, not what was profitable. come up with alterna- pressing a button every four years ard Zinn). That hints at healthcare, but it does what it is there to do: What were the results? Workers put in extra ef- tives, and these alterna- what group is more ca- secure profits for corporations. What capital fort and production in certain areas of industry tives need to strengthen notwithstanding. pable of protecting its wants, capital gets; forget about what millions increased by 10-fold (Objectivity and Liberal the ability of people to rights, the “haves” or of Americans actually want or need. “Privatize Scholarship by Noam Chomsky), new indus- govern their own af- the “have not’s.” profit, socialize cost and risk” has always been tries, such as optical and chemical, were de- fairs collectively and individually. Due to present and profound inequality, the the corporate motto. The examples are limit- veloped (The Anarchist Collectives: Workers’ The ability to govern one’s affairs also im- ability of most people to influence the coun- less. Just to point to one more, as of November Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution, plies that control over resources and the means try’s politics is virtually nonexistent, pressing 2009, 58 percent of people are against the war 1936–1939 by Sam Dolgoff), and agricultural of productions needs to be shared among a button every four years notwithstanding. On in Afghanistan, yet the government is consider- production increased by 50 percent to 75 per- people. The attack on property rights that is the other hand, corporations, with their limit- ing an escalation. cent (Anarchism by Daniel Guerin). implicit in this argument is not an attack on less cash and influence, can buy and bully the Under the current system, particularly No one has the right to dictate to people the people’s rights to own a house, or a car, or government into passing legislation that is op- when talking about corporations, people are how to live their lives. That is as true for to- enough land to provide for themselves. It is an posed by the majority of people. not in control of what they produce; the corpo- talitarian regimes as it is true for private, cor- attack on the rights of a private entity to ex- To illustrate the point, the current health rate board of directors porate tyrannies! Only clusively own natural resources (mines, water, care fiasco makes a nice case study. Accord- is. Let us take another people can collectively land) and means of production (factories and ing to a 2005 study by BusinessWeek, 67 per- recent example that il- No one has the right to dictate decide on how to orga- shops) at the expense of all other people who cent of the population favors a “single-payer,” lustrates who runs the nize their existence and depend on those resources for existence. aka Medicare-for-All, not-for-profit healthcare show. In 2005, residents to people how to live their lives. economy. This is the For the democratic process to be meaning- system that covers everyone (BusinessWeek, of a neighborhood of meaning of democracy, ful, those who are affected by a decision should May 15, 2005). That is two-thirds of the popu- New London, CT were That is as true for totalitarian and if we are to have participate in the decision-making. Democracy lation. Yet, in our “democratic” system, “sin- forcefully evicted from democracy not just in and inequality are mutually exclusive. This has gle-payer” is not even discussed in Congress. their homes after years regimes as it is true for private, form but in substance, been argued by Aristotle, who surmised that The reason is obvious: It cuts deeply into the of legal battles over corporate tyrannies! people across all class- in a functioning democracy the dispossessed profits of insurance and drug companies, and the concept of “Emi- es need to become masses will use the democratic process to re- since profits, in the true spirit of capitalism, are nent Domain” (“De- much more involved in distribute wealth and resources more equally, more important than people, the “single-payer” mocracy Now!” Nov. 13, 2009). The homes how the country is run. The abolition of child something that recently happened in Bolivia. legislation (HR.676) is ignored and dismissed. were condemned to make space for a private labor, the institution of an 8-hour working day, So in a situation with rampant inequality the Instead, after a lot of fighting to beat back any development project, with part of the idea be- Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, etc. were choices are to decrease inequality, or to restrict chance of a reasonable and meaningful reform, ing to make the area more likable to the phar- not gifts from the government. These achieve- democracy (see Noam Chomsky’s Understand- we get a bill with a very weak “public option,” maceutical giant Pfizer. The development was ments were won by disadvantaged people re- ing Power). That was well understood by our which is likely to be stripped down further in supposed to bring thousands of jobs. Recently fusing to be passive bystanders, and by work- “Founding Fathers,” who chose the latter. They the Senate, a shameful anti-choice amendment. Pfizer announced that it will shut down its re- ing and bleeding together to win the rights that instituted different tools into the system to keep This will likely be coupled with many gifts to search facility in New London and move to they deemed fair. So there are examples before the “less desirable element” (landless peasants, the drug industry, such as ensuring certain another town. Now the lots where people lived us. The question is: Will we follow them? workers, women, slaves, Native Americans, drugs will never be generic. and children played are vacant and overgrown. Alexi Goranov is a postdoc at the David H. etc.) out of most of the decision making, while A study by IMS Health estimated that the The first point is that the lives and well- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Electronic Communication UA Update

And Life Histories Senate met on Monday, November Do we really need people anymore? people are in social forums compared with 16. Additions to Summer/Fall 2009 Fi- Melissa Troyer When I posed this question to my friends, their willingness to open up to friends or ro- nance Board Appeals were passed, and one of them responded that he completely mantic partners. 41 U.A.S. 6.3: Fresh Fund Allocations Do you think that social networking tools understood — we have an innate desire to be What is interesting is that the tendency to allocated money from the Fresh Fund to like Facebook and MySpace are eliminating recorded, so it’s quite consistent with human be open in online forums can, at times, cross many newly-recognized student groups. the need for real social interaction? I was do- nature that we would endeavor to record our a fine line between fostering communication The 2013, 2012, and 2011 Class Council ing an Internet survey the other day that was own lives in a public forum. and over-sharing. Take Julia Allison’s Nonso- budgets were also approved by Senate. about interactions with close friends — some- When I mentioned this article to my boy- ciety blog, where nearly every minute of her 41 U.A.S. 6.4: Re-Charging the Enroll- thing along the lines of, “list your top five friend and suggested that online social com- life is recorded via some medium, whether it ment Committee, a bill to re-charge the friends, and then list the last way you communities may be able to document our lives be text, photograph, or video. Such pseudo- UA Committee on Enrollment in light municated with them.” For me, few of my and eliminate the need for documentation by celebrities have received negative criticism of the likely increase in enrollment, was closest friends live in the same city as me, so for being outlandish and egocentric. But passed. Two bills regarding the proce- my answers largely involved some form of why is she a celebrity? Because she has a big dure to nominate a student to a position electronic communication — e-mail, instant You can’t hug your old friend mouth and a nice wardrobe, and she pushed on an Institute Committee, 41 U.A.S. messaging, text messaging and others. her way to the top. 6.1: Applicability of Nominations Com- To be sure, there’s a difference between through the Internet, and you One of my colleagues recently told me his mittee Process and 41 U.A.S. 6.2: Nomi- posting your status on Facebook as a way of opinions on such blogs — “Why do people nation Process for Ex Officio Members communicating with your friends and fam- can’t use social cues like gaze to feel the need to record everything they put of Institute Committees, were presented, ily and actually sending personalized mes- into their mouths? Half of those damn things but both will be voted on at later meet- sages back and forth via some other form of interpret what the person means are obsessed with mundane day-to-day details, ings. Finally, summaries of the past three electronic communication. But is this kind when he or she says it. like what you ate for dinner last night.” Ap- years of Senate prepared by the UA His- of communication anything like speaking to parently someone cares, because those blogs tory Committee were approved. them in person? It is certainly convenient, still have plenty of followers. And likely, they The UA Committee on Dining and and even leads to more live interaction in another human being, his response was, “You are the people that are there to help document the Office of Campus Dining are work- some cases, though some of the key differ- think Facebook eliminates our desire to get that blogger’s life. ing together to introduce breakfast ences are obvious. You can’t hug your old married?” No, the issue is a little more com- Why are we so interested in the minutiae service in dining halls next fall. The friend through the Internet, and you can’t plex. First of all, I would like to hope that get- of others’ lives? Westerners certainly get a big Committee surveyed residents in Baker, use social cues like gaze to interpret what the ting married is about a bit more than docu- kick out of following celebrities’ antics and McCormick, Next, and Simmons over person means when he or she says it. Com- mentation! But second of all, when another also from the voyeurism inherent in watch- the weekend to determine their break- munication is generally stripped of all other human being can attest to one’s thoughts, ing films and reading literature. It might be fast preferences. More than 700 resi- nonverbal cues as well, including things like actions, and feelings, there are surely differ- because we want to relate to the human con- dents responded, and the survey results prosody and speech disfluencies in the case ent consequences from those that come from dition (why else do we get so excited when will help shape the breakfast program. of text conversations. posting what you ate for lunch on Twitter, Woody Allen breaks through the fourth wall The data is available on the Committee’s It’s been said that one reason humans or posting a Facebook update asking friends and relates his dilemmas to us directly?). So- website: ua.mit.edu/dining. tend to find mates for life (or at least try our which party to go to on Saturday night. cial networking sites definitely make it easier The September Student Holiday will darnedest to achieve this) is because we want For one thing, when someone else is your to understand more about the current thoughts fall on the same day as the Career Fair in another person to attest to our life history — witness, the persistence of your thoughts and feelings — the synchronic “human con- 2011 and 2012 after being passed by a to witness the unfolding of our years. Honest- and feelings comes from a second perspec- dition” — of our friends and acquaintances. vote of the Faculty. In Fall 2011, the Ca- ly, my life is pretty well documented through tive; from someone who has had to adapt And the possible consequences of such free- reer Fair and Student Holiday will fall electronic media. Facebook has years worth their theory of mind to understand what you flowing personal information? Probably both on a Wednesday, and in 2012, they will of pictures and comments and messages, were experiencing. And that second perspec- positive and negative, as with many techno- fall on a Friday. Data will be collected my e-mails go way back, I have accounts on tive can last through time. Although you can logical innovations. As information flows so that a further recommendations can Tumblr and Flickr and Livejournal and Twit- certainly look up something that was posted faster and freer, time will tell whether or not be made in Spring 2013 regarding the ter and even OKCupid. I have poetry online on a blog a few weeks ago, being able to ac- this online social networking fad is as tran- future of the Student Holiday. that I wrote in high school and my middle cess a lifetime of status updates is probably sient as the ’zines of the early ’90s. —Elizabeth A. Denys, school website is still around somewhere on something that will not be as possible. And Melissa Troyer is a graduate student in UA Secretary General Angelfire. then, there is also the issue as to how honest Course IX. Page 6 The Tech November 20, 2009 Ar t s Concert Review Grab Your Studded Belts, Kids… …Mom and Dad Are Takin’ You to a Show By Kevin Wang STAFF WRITER Taking Back Sunday & All-Amercan Rejects Showcase Live, Foxboro, Mass. November 10, 2009

ave you ever seen an eight-year-old child headbanging? Ever had a beard- ed, screaming stranger claim that he H could be your own personal thera- pist? Ever seen an eleven-year-old wearing a shirt declaring that “The All-American Rejects Are Really Good Looking”? If so, you probably need professional help, but you might also have attended Taking Back Sunday and the All-American Rejects’ concert at the intimate Showcase Live last week. After missing the first opening act, An- berlin, due to a GPS-related disaster, my in- trepid photographer and I found ourselves at the Showcase Live in Foxboro. We arrived just as the second opener, Taking Back Sunday, stormed the stage amidst an ear-crunching cacophony of adolescent screaming. The band jumped right into a brief but excellent set, featuring a number of solid rock songs, and their music was really excellent. The “emo” style of screaming which is so obnoxious when heard on a recording is considerably more manage- able in a live setting, and their sound was much heavier and fuller than I had expected. Virtually all aspects of Taking Back Sunday’s too-brief set were great, and I was extremely impressed. Demographically, the concert was essentially identical to the premier of one of the “Twilight” movies, proving once again that electric guitars and cheesily sensitive lyrics have powerful effects on the youth of America. Unsurprisingly, a large contingent of the audience were almost certainly parents, although it was amusing to imagine that a large group of 50-somethings with beer-bellies were ex- Dave Fernholz tremely moved by the lyrics “The notes are old All-American Rejects guitarist, Nick Wheeler, sports an undoubtedly outdated haircut. Regardless, the band played a rocking head- / They bend they fold / And so do I to a new lining set in Foxboro, Mass. on November 10. love.” It was also great to see a small number of After a brief break, the All-American Re- (namely, hip thrusting at a bunch of clearly castration that only MTV can provide. Ritter real, living, emo kids in attendance, as going jects took the stage. The arrival of their lead adoring high-schoolers while calling them did occasionally go off on bizarre yodeling to a Taking Back Sunday concert and not see- singer, the rail thin Tyson Ritter, created many “naughty girls”) managed to simultaneously solos, but he balanced these vocal histrionics ing an emo kid is like going to a hockey game more questions than it answered: “Is that guy channel both Michael Jackson and a heroin with some solid performances, most notably and not seeing a fistfight: you may still have a covered in sweat, or so much glitter that it’s addict. the acoustic ballad “Mona Lisa,” which was good time, but you’re really missing some of reflecting the stage lights? Did he steal his That said, I must admit that the Rejects’ mu- actually quite a lovely song. the key experiences. Having the opportunity to pants from a third grader? Is he auditioning sic sounds far more substantial live than I had Overall, I would say that I enjoyed this eve- see some live emo kids in Massachusetts was for a UNICEF commercial, a B-list porno, or anticipated. I began the night expecting a Miley ning at Showcase Live. While the amount of excellent, as I was able to witness some bond- both?” Weighing in at a shirtless 85 lbs. and Cyruszian bonanza of horrifically auto-tuned high school shrieking at the start and end of age pants, studded belts, and eyeliner junkies covered in a seizure-inducing heap of glitter, abominations, and was pleasantly surprised each song still reverberates in my ears like a without having to deal with the chemical re- Ritter effortlessly slipped along the fine line by the quality of their music. While nowhere demonic version of High School Musical, both fineries, traffic conditions, and violent crimes between a 1984 Van Halen video and a PSA near as heavy as Taking Back Sunday, the All- bands certainly exceeded my expectations with which make trips to New Jersey (the emo kid’s on the dangers of anorexia. Additionally, his American Rejects’ live guitar sounds seem to regard to their music and delivered solid, en- natural habitat) such a pleasure. strange appearance and bizarre mannerisms have at least partially escaped the commercial joyable performances.

INTERVIEW Matthew Fazzi Tells All A Closer Look at Joining Taking Back Sunday By Kevin Wang joined, or was it more of a smooth transition? I couldn’t complain or ask for a better dream you go search on Youtube you’ll find it some- STAFF WRITER MF: (Laughs) Not at all, actually. We were job. where. It all happened in slow motion to me. aking Back Sunday guitarist and back- actually just talking about that because one of TT: What’s the most insane thing that I don’t know if you ever watched wrestling up vocalist Matthew Fazzi took a min- my best friends, Isaac, was in a similar situa- you’ve ever seen on tour, either with your own when you were younger, but that move that ute to talk to The Tech about joining the tion and there’s been little to no hazing of us band or with Taking Back Sunday? that Austin bald guy would do, where he runs T band and the current tour. whatsoever, I think because we’re such laid- MF: Man, I don’t know, that’s like one of all the way across from the other side and just The Tech: How did you end up playing with back California kids they don’t have the heart those questions where when you get the ques- nails you, that’s what this guy did. Imagine a TBS? You joined the band fairly recently, how to come down on us hard at all. tion your mind goes totally blank and you guy who’s like 6’5”, 250, just pummeling the did that work out? TT: Is it interesting to make the transition can’t think of anything cool. I’m sure the sec- smallest kid in the world. Matthew Fazzi: Eddie (Reyes, guitarist) was from being in a small- ond I get off the phone TT: Well you know that guy lives for that actually a fan of my previous band, I met him er band supporting I’ll think of something. moment. on the 2004 Warped Tour with my band Facing other bands to being The craziest thing for MF: Yeah, and you could see it in his eyes, New York. I just met Eddie, showed him our in Taking Back Sun- “To go from that extreme me is the size of some he was just ready for that. He was just wait- band, he really liked it and we just kind of be- day and having other of playing in front of of the shows that we’ve ing to tackle the first person that he saw. But came friends like that. Eventually they took us bands support your played, playing in front that’s the only thing that I can really think out in 2006, and when (Fred Mascherino) quit own tour? two people that don’t care of 50,000 or 60,000 of (laughs). We don’t really get gnarly crazy the band I just got a text from Eddie asking if MF: It’s a trip out, people. That to me, is things like people jumping and trying to steal I wanted to audition, so it was very cosmic, dude. I’ve been doing to playing in front of 20,000 crazy. But I guess one our shoes or anything. weird, and awesome. I owe a lot to Eddie for a lot of band touring is just such a trip out, crazy story is that we TT: What are your plans after this tour, giving me the opportunity. and playing for no one were playing Hartford what can we expect to hear from Taking Back TT: Were you a fan of Taking Back Sunday for 6 or 7 years, and to it’s the coolest thing in the world.” for our May-June tour. Sunday coming up? before you joined? go from that extreme It was the day that Mi- MF: We put out a live record last week, MF: For sure. That’s how I was kind of able of playing in front of chael Jackson died, so it’s the first legitimate live thing that we’ve to recognize Eddie, I knew a whole lot about two people that don’t care to playing in front it was just a weird day, a weird vibe all around, done that really encompasses all four records. them: They had just put out “Where You Want of 20,000 is just such a trip out, it’s the cool- and when we were headlining that night a kid So that’s kind of new and I really encourage to Be” and they were one of the biggest bands est thing in the world, and it’s something that got up on stage, and he must have been stand- people to check that out. Otherwise we have of the moment, and at Warped Tour they were I hope I don’t take for granted for even one ing there for only about 2 seconds. I’m also another month to go on this tour and we have one of the largest bands that year. So I was def- second. I know that I’m super fortunate to be going to preface this by saying that this kid a few secret things that we have planned, and initely a fan of their band, I had both of their in the position that I’m in and the position that was maybe 5’7”, 150 lbs., so a really aver- after that we’re going to Australia. We’d also records at the time, so it was definitely an easy we’re in, especially in these times with the age, to smaller than average kid. So he gets on talked about trying to do some sort of acoustic transition for me. When I joined I knew all of economy and people just not buying music stage for all of two seconds, and the biggest, thing, so that’s sort of in the mix somewhere. the songs already so everything became like, anymore, but luckily Taking Back Sunday is burliest, football playing security guy just runs But for the immediate feature it’s just getting cake, you know. doing well. I mean dude, everything is a privi- across the stage and destroys this kid. Tackles through this tour and taking a break for a sec- TT: Were you hazed mercilessly when you lege and it’s the raddest job in the world and him like he’s playing in the NFL. For sure if ond. November 20, 2009 Ar t s The Tech Page 7 INTERVIEW Synthetics to Shalimar Chandler Burr Speaks About the World of Scent By Nina Sinatra “Scent Notes” column of The New York Times, paintings. And then simply describe the olfac- thing different, and money, money, money. Let rt is a sensual experience in each of its has written several books about perfume, the tory work of art and what it makes you feel, the perfumer put the raw materials he needs forms. theory of scent, and the industry that brings how well or poorly it’s executed and why. Do it into the juice. Launch: There are many, many, Paying a visit to a contemporary them together. He is known for the unique well, and anyone can get it. many perfectly good stock bottles. For God’s A museum, to the opera, or to a particu- means through which he conveys the nature of TT: One of your books, The Emperor of sake, choose the right one and modify it as larly exquisite bistro never fails to herald the perfume, through descriptions as exotic, inter- Scent, discusses Luca Turin’s vibration theory needed and be done with it. This does not per- breathtaking beauty that our senses can create active, tactile, and en- of olfaction. What in- tain to Britney Spears, where you need those and detect. Who hasn’t stood in awe before a grossing as the scents spired you to write cartoon-like Disney-deep-purple globes with Monet, shed a tear during Madame Butterfly, themselves. “I am lucky enough about this subject? the fake diamonds, and even their “Midnight or furrowed a brow before an exotic dish? The The Tech: What is CB: The absolutely Fantasy” is a good juice. The packaging is, senses are the ultimate medium through which your favorite part of to be in a position to propose fascinating story, ex- I’m sorry to say, important, but less is more. we experience the joy of life. your work? actly the same thing any Then comes the most important part, and the Often a bystander to the mental percep- Chandler Burr: to the world this startling idea reporter is looking for. industry doesn’t have a clue how to do this: tion of art, scent is (quite ironically) the most Writing the reviews — Luca is a genius, and cut all the coy, cutesy secretive crap — it’s deeply corporeal and imaginative of all the which is a very strange that there’s an art form it’s interesting to spend as insanely tiresome as it is pettily irritating senses. This most precise ability permits us to answer. I’m pretty sure they never knew about.” time with a genius, and and makes you want to roll your eyes and hurl detect the sharp hint of citrus, the questionably it was Dorothy Parker he’s got a huge, won- the bottle into the nearest trash can — and let musty signature of a city street, or the musk who said, “I hate to derful, difficult, open, reporters know how the creation worked with romanticism of an Oriental spice. What better write, I love having written,” but this is the generous, vindictive, explosive, startling, com- the real people who created it. Not following medium to express the natural beauty of scent only case in which I love the actual act of sit- pelling personality. The story of what he’s done some moronic marketing script. But that’s not than through perfume? ing, thinking, and the fingers hitting they keys. and, equally, what he’s been through mesmer- going to happen any time soon. The synthetic, The art of creating a perfume begins in a I’m completely absorbed in it. This is because, ized me. The book is, as all good books are, in faked marketing “story” which is in fact noth- cosmetic chemist’s laboratory, mixing togeth- I think, art criticism is a completely different the end about a human life and its vicissitudes ing more than the same superficial “There’s a er an enticing blend of molecules. Synthetics kind of writing than any other. and challenges and triumphs and dark places. sexy powerful woman” or “There’s a sexy man (molecules created in a lab) and absolutes (aro- TT: How would you describe the appeal of TT: Your work as the New York Times’ per- who’s being watched hungrily by women” or matic, oily mixtures extracted from plants) to- perfume to an individual unfamiliar with its fume critic is very much a balance between the reverse. Ech. gether can yield an infinite spectrum of scents. intricacies? creativity, precision, and originality. Which do TT: What do you feel is the most exciting Perfumers work to create a scent that expresses CB: Several ways. One, I’ve discovered, you feel is most important when creating and implication that your work may have? the vision of their clients, whether that inspira- is simply communicating to the reader the oh marketing a perfume? CB: I am lucky enough to be in a position tion be a city, a painting, an experience, or an so astonishing idea that perfume is an artistic CB: You’re asking me a question the sec- to propose to the world this startling idea that instance in time. medium. (“Huh! Hm! Uh … yeah, I’ve never ond part of which is officially outside my there’s an art form they never knew about. In order to better understand the world of thought of it like that.”) Then the fact that, just purview — I’m not a perfume industry exec TT: What topics or ideas are you currently perfume, I had the opportunity to speak with as a painter uses paints to compose a paint- — but creating is artistic vision, creativity, researching? one of the world’s premiere experts on the ing, perfumers use raw materials, absolutes, the willingness to do something different, the CB: I’m trying to find a subject for my subject: Chandler Burr. Burr, who writes the synthetic molecules, to create their olfactory wisdom to know where to stop doing some- spring 2010 T:Style Women piece. Not easy.

Interview Expanding on Minimalism ‘The Tech’ Interviews Conductor Miguel Felipe About Thomas Jennefelt’s Villarosa Sequences By Sudeep Agarwala as part of my own musical evolution — and ficulty is, by no means, a reason to pass over a anything you’ve ever heard. I was immediately Staff Writer therefore that of the group’s — was to move piece. But there has to be some sense that the compelled. That night, they did at least one or Boston Choral Ensemble towards a group that’s dedicated to exploring singer will be gratified and be able to enjoy two other movements, I do know that they did Thomas Jennefelt’s Villarosa Sequences musics of all genres and time periods and in performing the piece. Occasionally, texts are Claviante brilioso, which is, perhaps, one of November 20 — First Church, Cambridge ways that draw the connections and, not so what draw me into a piece, but by no means is the most enjoyable movements of the whole November 22 — Old South Church, Boston overtly, demonstrate the relevancies, and the that a defining characteristic. For instance, this thing. And after hearing the two, I spoke with connection to daily life. Now we’re a group of upcoming concert there are no texts, and that’s the conductor, and I since made contact with he Boston Choral Ensemble prepares around 32 who are interested in innovative per- not an issue. the composer and a number of commissioner for its 2009–2010 season featuring formance style and bringing music to people TT: I guess this is a good segue into the of the movements and things went from there. Thomas Jennefelt’s Villarosa Sequences in a way that they aren’t going to traditionally Villarosa Sequences. When you first heard the TT: Let’s go ahead and talk about the piece; T on Friday, November 20 at First Church hear it. work, what was something that grabbed you? one word that really comes to mind when you in Cambridge and Sunday, November 22 at Old TT: What do you look for when you’re lis- MF: I remember the very moment I first think about the Villarosa Sequences is an ex- South Church in Boston. The Tech interviewed tening to a piece of music? heard it — I was in a city in Northern Indone- treme sense of “minimalism” — am I wrong conductor Miguel Felipe about the upcoming MF: First things first (and if it doesn’t meet sia for a conference, called Manado: we were in saying that? program. More information about this perfor- this characteristic, it’s enough to altogether in a rehearsal room, a conference room, that MF: Certainly, one hears much of that in mance and the Boston Choral Ensemble can be skip the piece), it needs to be written with a there was a choir trying out some of their rep- Villarosa, that there is a sense of minimalism. found at http://www.bostonchoral.org/ strong sense of the voice and it needs to be ertoire. And I wanted to go see how they were. Indeed, there is much repetition, a steady pulse, The Tech: The Boston Choral Ensemble well-crafted. We’re not talking about genius And as I walked in, the women were working largely diatonic pitches and relatively ‘mini- (BCE) has a very specific mission statement. right now, we’re talking about competence. on their movement, the Virita criosa. I was just mal’ means. So it is of the minimalist strain, Could you tell me more about that? If the composer’s music doesn’t lie well for a casual observer, I had no idea what was go- but perhaps one could call it post-minimalist. Miguel Felipe: BCE is was founded about the voice, I’m not interested. That’s not to say ing on, listening to them perform it, I thought, Perhaps unlike other minimalist examples, nine years ago; I’ve been here for six years and that I’m not interested in difficult pieces; dif- “Oh my God! What is this?” It’s not quite like there is this great amount of expressiveness that you don’t hear in the minimalism of the ’70s or the ’80s. There are moments when the sopranos are singing their hearts out on beautiful, lyrical melodies, or the baritones have a sweeping gesture that’s almost a Romantic feeling. TT: What would you listen for, as an audience member, when you’re first coming to this work? MF: Well, it sounds a bit like trance music — something that came out of the 1980s New York club scene, the popular brother of minimalist music, which is the concert-hall brother of trance. So people who are more well-versed with popular music (let alone with trance) can come to this and feel more at home than with the traditional Germanic 19th century Roman- tic situation. When I listen to minimalist music, the first thing I do is to try and get into the “groove” — that constant, steady, rhythmic “groove” — and to me, that’s actually quite beautiful, and I connect quite well with that steady “groove.” TT: How does BCE’s mission statement fit in with this concert in particular? MF: BCE is constantly focused on bringing what we think is good music to people and trying to illustrate why it’s important, beautiful and relevant. In my estimation, we have a wonderful ensemble that could pull off the motets of Bach so well, could do Brahms, could do so much that, and quite honestly, audiences would come out for in droves. I think that, in Boston, there are already quite a number of groups that are fantastic at doing those. But there’s also a need for people pushing the envelope forward; Feng Wu—The Tech we hope to be part of that necessary dialog just Ryan Green (left) and Cameron Hood of Ryanhood put on a concert at Cafe 939 at Berklee on Saturday night. Cameron en- as other groups focus on some of the more ca- courages the crowd to sing along as Ryan strums his guitar. The pair, who began performing on the streets of Boston, have nonical repertoire. They’re establishing what’s now released 5 CDs. culturally central; we’re trying to suggest where that culture is going. Page 8 The Tech Ar t s November 20, 2009 MOVIE RevieW Daring Director Explores the Perception of God 23 Countries Later, A Documentary Is Born By Yü Linlin Huang Oh My God! Interview Written and Directed by Peter Rodger Now Playing ‘Oh My God!’ Director Talks hat is God? The question begs an answer for which generations of human beings have waged war against one another to prove themselves correct. And yet, the answer is still out there, waiting for the Wreconciliation between beliefs before making a universal debut. with ‘The Tech’ Meanwhile, the world is in chaos. Does it make any sense that those who claim to love God would get on an airplane and ﬂy themselves into a building while taking thousands of innocents’ lives? Does it make any sense for the leader Peter Rodger Discusses Inspiration, Lessons Learned of a free nation to embark upon war because God told him to? Does it make sense that God would cause the world so much suffering and turmoil on his behalf? Filming the Documentary One man, impatient in waiting for religious reconciliation and tired of the child- By Yü Linlin Huang was in the film, organized people from the mosque ish bickering between religions has taken it upon himself to find the answer. to attend the film premiere on Saturday night. They The documentary and political commentary Oh My God! is the video jour- eter Rodger is an award-winning British di- bought tickets and invited me to meet with a group nal of director Peter Rodger which details his discoveries through the entire rector whose unique photo-imagery crafts- of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim community to voyage of finding the answer to his question, “What is God?” His quest has manship makes him one of the most sought- discuss the film. We all talked about our similarities; taken him on a 3 year journey through 23 countries from the Plains of America P after artists in the British and American it was the most wonderful evening that I’ve experi- to the temples of Little Tibet, from the small communities of the Aboriginals to advertisement industry. Oh My God! is the three year, enced. Their concept of faith is so simple. They re- the South American jungles, from the disaster-devastated New Orleans to the life-changing non-fiction film that explored peoples’ alized that their Prophets are all preaching the same high ridges of the Himalayans. While watching the documentary, the audience perspectives about God which debuted on November things. The film bringing together these people to dis- is given the chance to meet Rabbis, Priests, Buddhist Llamas, Muslim radicals, 13. cuss the topic of God peacefully is a great reward for Christian fundamentalists, famous people, and ordinary men and women from The Tech: On the Oh My God! website you wrote me personally. around the world, and hear their answer to Rodger’s simple question. in the director’s statement that you wanted to travel TT: Can you tell me a little about the people that The results of Rodger’s journey is at the same time predictable and surpris- around the world to 23 countries and ask what people you interviewed and something that surprised you ing. Between stunningly scenic backgrounds of the wilderness and close-ups thought about God because you were fed up with peo- about them? of people embodying diverse cultures and religions, Rogers’s passion for find- ple fighting in the name of God. But what is the one PR: What I did was I went to different countries ing an answer proves that even though each religion has different rules, their definitive thing that made you finally decide to go on and I found anchor points, like people I knew I would concept of God is one and the same: God is love. One of the most memorable your quest? get at a certain time. Like if I was going to India I comments about God and faith came from Hugh Jackman: “If you put Bud- Peter Roger: I was going up a ski lift in Utah in would go see person X or person Y. I would let the dha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna and Krishna at a dinner table 2006. Something happens to you when you’re in a conversation of that person take me to the next per- together, I can’t see them having any argument.” The film also displays atheism beautiful space. I was on a ski son. At end of film when, I and reasons for being an atheist. Sir Bob Geldof thinks that the entire concept of lift and I was thinking about was in a children’s cancer a supreme being is “rubbish.” “Why are you looking for an answer?” Some be- wanting to reconnect with the “The motivation of it was ward. The most surprising lieve that the concept of God was created so that people could feel better about world, and I thought what is and most rewarding event for themselves. After all, when something bad happens, who do we blame it on? one thing that I can do to help to educate so that we can me was when I asked a young Oh My God!, released on November 13, is a worthwhile investment, even if me to do that? I didn’t want child about facing death. His you have no opinion about religion. This is more than a commentary on faith; it to go back to advertising. I understand others’ points of view answer was so selfess and is more of a description of how the world has survived the human race and the thought that if I ask people on strong and emotional. happy realization that there is still hope for reconciliation. a base level about what they and realize the similarities that TT: Compare how you thought about God and not humans have with each other.” viewed God before and after just political leaders, then I the film; did your perception can get something concrete. change? How? Some people may call this an epiphany but I don’t PR: Before, I really didn’t think about it much, but think this is the right word to describe it. The idea after I thought about it a lot. I was brought up as a to shoot this documentary was born out of frustration follower of the Anglican Church of England. But I di- and born out of desire to travel. verged from religion. After filming the documentary, TT: How did your idea transform into a documen- I found the topic of God to be less complicated to the SPERM DONORS Up to tary? Which came first, the desire to shoot a docu- nth degree. Basically, you are born, you live, and you NEEDED $1100 a month! mentary or the desire to find out what people thought die. What is important is what we do as individuals about God? during the time. There’s a wonderful bond within hu- PR: The desire of filming a documentary first; I manity. Some people say that God is the energy that Healthy MEN in college or with a college degree wanted for our wanted to make stories with my camera and capture binds us together. We, as individuals, have much more sperm donor program. the world with a photographic image. I was the son power to change the world to be a better place than Minimal time commitment of a famous photojournalist George Rodger who was just being sheep. If each of us does one kind act to Help people fulfill their dreams of starting a family. a founder of Magnum Photos. I was motivated by a another each day, the world would be a better place. I visual desire to use what I was taught through my learned that responsibility lies with the individual and Receive free health and genetic screenings. heritage. I was taught at a very young age to use light not with a group. cameras to capture the world; what I was taught was TT: In the film, you brought up that maybe man APPLY ONLINE: “how to learn how to see.” You have to organically created God instead of the other way around. What do experience something to really see it. This ideology you think about that question? Have any comments? www.SPERMBANK.com of anthropological study through camera lens came PR: We both created each other. God is a word that from that. describes something that describes we can’t actually TT: What was your goal in going around the world comprehend. God is self perpetuating. People try to to ask that question? What do you hope to accomplish compartmentalize God and try to divide this word by producing this documentary? up to small regions. God makes us stick together and Tomorrow! PR: My thought was to educate. My frustration push away from each other. God is the very essence comes from the result of what I believe is people us- of life, the reason that we’re here. But it’s also a word Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT ing the name of God to manipulate the ignorant. What that people use to describe their version of reality. I want to do is to explore the entity that is God from Man created God and God created man at the same an objective point of view. The motivation of it was time because we’re all Gods in a sense. to educate so that we can understand others’ points TT: After watching the film, I thought that the Fall Open House of view and realize the similarities that humans have overall notion of what God is is almost a consensus: with each other. Most of the time, the issue of religion love, goodness, hope, etc. If that’s the case, how can Saturday, November 21, 2-5 and 7-10 pm is easily bigoted. The ideas that argue “my God is bet- there be so much suffering? Room N52-118 (First floor of the MIT Museum Building) ter than your God” are politicized statements. Some PR: On my journey, I met Zen Master Kanju Tana- people may not have had the opportunity to make up ka from Kyoto, Japan; he denies existence because Free Admission their own minds. Out of learning what people think he believes we’re already in paradise. What we have God is, perhaps we can learn to have an actual argu- around us is paradisiacal and it’s our responsibility ment or discussion about it. For the most part, we are to understand it. Those who are struggling have to all the same — we all have two arms, two legs, and a change their perception; what they must not do is get kidney, you know — but we like to push others away really angry. They must shift their minds and look at even though we’re similar. We can learn something life in a different perceptive. You control how happy about our neighbors and find that we are much more you are. united than we are divided. Hopefully this documen- TT: That’s a mind boggling concept to grasp. tary will lead to some sort of tolerance. PR: If you can turn around the very thing that TT: When you were filming, were you afraid that makes you depressed, you will be happy. Isn’t that the documentary will be sort of hit or miss? Were you what the balance of life is? You can not be happy with- worried that some people are just too intolerant to ap- out being sad; you can’t be happy all the time. preciate the film? TT: On your journey have you met any who would PR: The answer is very simple. There’s a subplot refuse to answer your questions? Or have you met any that’s going on here. The film is ultimately about faith. who is unable to answer your questions? Faith is the one thing that can kill fear. Yet it’s so di- PR: Neither. They all had their own perception vided. So I was constantly fearful I was doing some- of God. Once you get your camera on, they all have thing that people are too self-righteous to approach. something to say. My hope and faith tells me I shouldn’t worry and that TT: Okay, final question; in no more than two sen- I should let go. I should just focus on my journey. The tences, what is God? reality is, though, I don’t know where the journey PR: [Laughter] God is my inner self and God is ends. However, faith tells me that if I’m doing some- everyone else’s inner self at the same time, and God thing good and something that’s strong, I shouldn’t is the very truth and the battery that makes everything have to worry about people not accepting it. Here is exist. God is also the reservoir that holds every single something that describes the embodiment of what I thought that’s ever thought by anybody ever — anima Meetings: Room N52-118,Wed. 7-10, Sat. 5-11 wanted to achieve: Jihad Turk, director of religious af- mundi — and maybe also a reservoir for a thought tmrc http://tmrc.mit.edu - [email protected] fairs at the Islamic Center of Southern California who that hasn’t yet occurred. November 20, 2009 Ar t s The Tech Page 9 Concert Review Hi-fi, Lo-fi, Faux-fi Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors a Hipster Magnet By Matt Fisher beautiful — four-part vocal harmony set over easy feat — after watching them live and com- Angel Deradoorian, one of the band’s several STAFF WRITER ragged, spastic guitar bites, the Dirty Projec- prehending that much of the scat-singing and talented back-up singers. The band reunited Dirty Projectors tors have made a name for themselves recently electric-sounding background music on their for the next several songs, including one with Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA as a band unafraid to try out new techniques or albums is actually the three back-up singers an upright bass (“Spray Paint”) and another November 17, 2009 repossess older ideas and make them their own. creating well-pitched noises in perfect time (“Thirsty and Miserable”) that ended in an al- This adventurous attitude can be seen in the with each other. This complex and impres- most Sonic Youth-esque guitar meltdown. he sold out Paradise Rock Club filled up breadth of their catalogue that spans the early sive vocal-work was most apparent in their At most rock shows, one feels the music early in preparation for Tuesday night’s release The Getty Address, an orchestral con- song “Remade Horizon.” Somehow, between through the lower registers; the overly-ampli- Concert. The youngish crowd, a verita- cept album about aging musician Don Henley, the gunky, hollow-sounding guitar riffs and fied bass line has enough power to shake your Tble hipster-bingo board of plaid, alt-girl to the newer Rise Above, an album supposedly layered, scattered vocal accompaniment, the body. This was not the case on Tuesday. The raw headbands, and greasy faux-hawks, could prob- composed of Black Flag covers made entirely band more closely resembled an electrified guitar, soaring vocal arrangements, and Long- ably have contributed enough optical strength from the memory of Dirty Projectors frontman and reverberated music box: each note plucked streth’s own strong voice forced almost all of with their combined square-rimmed glasses to Dave Longstreth. (To wit: Longstreth holds his mechanically and separately on the little cop- the band’s power into the upper registers, creat- focus the death star. Similarly hip, the Brook- guitar backwards, plucking and picking with per petals, but inexorably linked in time to the ing the odd consequence of actually feeling the lyn-based Dirty Projectors took the stage to his left hand instead of his right. While one notes before it and after by the rotating wheel. tenor noise. That I experienced something mu- crowd calls of “let’s get dirty!” and vigorously wouldn’t assume this to be immediately notice- Throughout the first five songs, the band sically new at a Dirty Projector’s concert should belted out their unique, soaring rock music. able, it was surprisingly disconcerting.) hemorrhaged members at an alarming rate, not be a surprise. Fearless, wide-ranging, and Presenting an unusual mix of hi-fi and lo- Playing songs almost entirely off their two ceasing when only two band members re- talented, if you want to know what’s next in fi production sounds on their studio work, I most recent albums Rise Above and Bitte Orca, mained. Changing gears slightly, Longstreth rock music, listen to the Dirty Projector’s last had no idea what to expect from this eclectic, the Dirty Projectors played a set that closely exchanged his electric guitar for an acoustic, album — if you want a vision of what rock mu- experimental six-piece. With frequent — and resembled their studio sound. This is not an and played “Two Doves” as a simple duet with sic should be, listen to their most recent. House of Blues Hosts Medeski, Martin & Wood Medeski, Martin & Wood perform on November 13 at the House of Blues.

(clockwise from right)

John Medeski stands up to solo one of his many keyboards. In concert, he’s typically surrounded by a collection of old organs, electronic keyboards, and even a grand piano.

Drummer Billy Martin announced the upcoming release of “Evolutionary Box Set,” which includes three of the group’s latest releases, a DVD, a live album, and a remix album among other treats.

Bassist, Chris Wood, plays at the concert. Wood will return to Boston to perform with his brother on December 8 at the Paradise Rock Club.

Photography by S. Balaji Mani November 20, 2009

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Sponsors: Students4Bhopal, MIT Swara, MIT Amnesty Inter., AID, NetSAP All Proceeds go to the Internaitonal Coalition for Justice In Bhopal November 20, 2009 The Tech Page 13 MIT Students Strut Down the KATwalk

Kappa Alpha Theta hosted their annual benefit fashion show, KATwalk, on November 11 in Walker Memorial. The show fea- tured MIT students modeling brand name clothing.

(clockwise from top)

Models storm down the runway one last time as they end the sequence of clothing from Ameri- can Apparel.

Breanna D. Berry ’12, Timothy R. Lee ’11, and Chrystelle Kiang ’13 pucker their lips in a pose for the Shubrah fashion segment. Shubrah is an eco-friendly brand that blends fashion styles from the east and the west.

(left to right) Emavieve R. Coles ’12, Sonia L. Jin ’10, Jessica L. Hammond ’12, and Veronica L. Barrera ’13 strut out onto the catwalk as they open the show with outfits from Club Monaco.

Joanne Y. Shih ’10 and Charles M. Gauthier ’12 pose as part of the MIT Couture segment.

Photography by Feng Wu Page 14 The Tech November 20, 2009 Profs Voted to Move Sept. Holiday to Fall On Career Fair Day Faculty Meeting, from Page 1 MIT were already “the best of the best,” explaining their higher accep- cates for junior faculty. tance rates. Hammond also asked that indi- When asked by Professor Albert vidual departments implement an- R. Meyer how MIT compares with nual reviews of all faculty, institute a other universities in efforts to in- “comprehensive feedback and evalu- crease diversity, Reif said that during ation process,” and to build relation- the MIT’s recent Institute-wide re- ships with other institutions to attract accreditation, other institutions that and retain star URM students. reviewed MIT, including Yale and One obstacle the team identified Emory, were impressed with MIT’s was apathy for the issue on cam- level of diversity. pus. “There is a tension created by the outward presumption that true Holiday to Coincide with Career meritocracy is already essentially Fair achieved at MIT,” said Hammond. The faculty passed a motion to She cited a group finding that “MIT experiment with scheduling the Sep- non-URM faculty viewed diversity tember student holiday to correspond Meng Heng Touch—The Tech as less critical to the MIT core values with the career fair in fall 2010 and The Night Market; organized by the MIT Asian American Association, the Association of Taiwanese of excellence.” fall 2012 . In fall 2010, there will be Students at MIT, and the MIT Chinese Students Club; took place in Lobdell on November 14. The Not all faculty were impressed no student holiday in September, as venue was decorated with Chinese lanterns, and each Asian student group was in charge of deco- with the Initiative’s suggestions. is the case every year Labor Day falls rating a booth with their own style. One professor said he felt offended late in the month. by the Initiative’s report because it The Undergraduate Association seemed to suggest that academic de- and Graduate Student Council which partments would not understand the created the motion, will collect feed- benefits of diversity and therefore back on the change from students, MIT Medical Uses Own Syringes, would not make appropriate efforts companies, and other members of to encourage diversity. the community each year. In spring The Initiative’s full report is ex- 2013 the groups plan to present a pected to be published by mid-De- final report on whether the holiday Needles Instead of Govt’s at Clinics cember. should be permanently moved or re- H1N1 Clinics, from Page 1 were first offered to Medical staff, mond said that the clinics have cost Before Hammond’s report, Provost main on a Monday, when it has been pregnant women, and children be- Medical an amount “in [the] thou- Rafael L. Reif spoke at the meeting scheduled historically. John M. Auerbach, State Com- fore students. sands of dollars” and that MIT has about efforts to increase the number Undergraduate Association Pres- missioner of the Department of As more vaccines arrive, Medical not yet designated specific funds to of underrepresented minority faculty. ident Michael A. Bennie ’10 spoke Public Health, recently reported on will continue to follow CDC policy, the clinics. He presented data showing up- before the vote and said that, by his public health blog that Massa- giving high-risk patients and young- For future clinics, Diamond said ward trends in the diversity of both holding the career fair on a holiday, chusetts has received about 1 mil- er students first priority before staff Medical would try to administer the students and faculty: students would not have to miss class lion doses of the H1N1 vaccine and and other community members. vaccines on different days of the Ever since a resolution in 2004 to to attend, and companies would be suggested that future clinics — like Diamond said that, for Tuesday’s week to accommodate more stu- increase the number of URM faculty able to hold presentations and inter- next Tuesday’s and the one hoped for clinic, Medical first considered of- dents’ schedules. Running clinics on by a factor of two and URM graduate views for more students. after Thanksgiving — will become fering the vaccine to freshmen, but nights and weekends, when students students by a factor of three within a Some faculty members expressed more frequent. decided to increase the scope of the would be less likely to have class or decade, MIT has gradually increased concerns about how would affect clinic to include all undergraduates other activities, would substantially its URM population, said Reif. students uninvolved with the career Clinic Logistics because of the large number of vac- raise the cost of delivering vaccines, Since 1991, the undergraduate fair. June L. Matthews, professor of Tuesday’s vaccines were offered cines available. he said. URM percentage rose from 10 to 23 physics and associate chair of the free of charge to undergraduate and The undergraduates were notified In response to potential concerns percent, while the URM graduate faculty, noted one concern brought then graduate students from 11:30 via e-mail from dorm housemasters. from community members about the student percentage rose from 3 to 7 up in discussion: “Many students a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in MacGregor Medical decided to open the long-term safety of the H1N1 vac- percent. value their three day weekend early House on a walk-in basis after Med- clinic to graduate students mid-day cine, Diamond said the new vaccine Of 236 faculty hires from the last in the semester … We are taking ical received the vaccine from the when less than half of the vaccines presents the “same risk as the usual year, 27 were URMs and 70 were something away from this part of Massachusetts Department of Public had been used. flu shot” and “is made by the same women. the community, and not really giving Health a few days earlier. companies and processes as season- During questioning, Reif said that them anything in return.” Diamond said that Medical re- Addressing Student Concerns al influenza shots that are given to MIT does not have lower admission Despite these concerns, the mo- ceived Tuesday’s vaccines late last Medical uses its own syringes 100 million people each year.” standards for women and URMs, tion passed unanimously and ap- week and that, in accordance with and needles, which might make the He said the vaccineHenisi. is “veryPat, safe”cor sumbut nos that thosedoloreet groups elesseq of applicants uatuera plause esectem followed. doloboreet, con heniscidunt at, quat dolobore diam, veliquisl el ut adip eraesto duis dolor sum ex exeros ea faci ea amcommo lorper adit nullaor at, commy nosto odolenim nostrud et laore feu facidunt alit lutetue modolor accum ea am, quamcon sequat wisl ullam, consequat. 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LEGAL COUNSEL Huge Budget Cuts Are Pushing Univ. Looking for MIT students, family, employers and start-ups seeking U.S. legal counsel, a challenge campus or oﬃce consultation. Call: James Dennis Leary, Esq. Of Calif. Schools into Steep Decline BEYOND 321-544-0012 California, from Page 1 fect. In fact, some colleges around said. “But in California, it’s really the nation have begun identifying part of a significant retrenchment of the books? Solution to Crossword get has been slashed by $2.8 billion funds to use to recruit U.C. profes- the whole public sector. If the per- from page 10 this year, including $813 million sors. ception is that it’s going to be chron- from the university system – about Since California adopted a mas- ic, and people give up on California, the equivalent of New Mexico’s en- ter plan for higher education in 1960, the pre-eminence of Berkeley and tire higher education budget. the state has been, in the words of UCLA would be in danger.” “Dismantling this institution, the historian Kevin Starr, “utopia for No wonder, then, that people like which is a huge economic driver for higher education.” Eight of the 10 Bruce Fuller, a Berkeley professor of the state, is a stupendously stupid University of California campuses education and public policy, are ask- thing to do, but that’s the path the – all but Merced and San Francisco ing themselves whether it is time to Legislature has embarked on,” said – are in the top 100 in this year’s U.S. move on. Richard A. Mathies, dean of the Col- News & World Report’s rankings. As co-director of the Institute for lege of Chemistry here at Berkeley, But maintaining that edge, without Human Development, an interdisci- long the system’s premier campus. resources, is difficult. plinary research group that suffered “When you pull resources from an In 2004, international rankings big cuts, Fuller worries that the unit institution like this, faculty leave, the by the London-based Times Higher is losing its intellectual excitement best grad students don’t come, and Education named Berkeley the No. and its ability to support his grant the discoveries go down.” 2 research university in the world, proposals. Then, too, he lost his two Solve some of the As the litany of cuts continues, behind only Harvard. This year, best graduate students last year to Solution to Sudoku there is a growing worry that senior Berkeley plummeted to No. 39, Stanford. world’s toughest problems from page 10 faculty members may begin to de- mostly because of its high faculty- “To stay on top, you need to be for cash awards ranging to-student ratio. The other interna- bringing in new people,” Fuller said. from $5,000 - $1,000,000. tional rankings, by Shanghai Jiao “And I’m not sure how many of my 8 6 2 3 7 1 5 9 4 START-UPS Tong University, rated Berkeley No. most stimulating colleagues will still 3 1 5 9 4 6 2 7 8 3 this month. be here in three years.” Accountalent Patrick M. Callan, president of So although he was not swayed 4 9 7 2 8 5 6 3 1 Management Corp. the National Center for Public Policy last year when the University of 6 3 9 4 2 8 7 1 5 and Higher Education, a nonpartisan North Carolina came calling, Fuller Consultants and CPAs group that promotes access to higher said, he may be more receptive this 2 5 4 6 1 7 3 8 9 to over 350 start-ups education, said that while public uni- year. www.INNOcENtIvE.cOm 1 7 8 5 3 9 4 6 2 • Business Formation versities in many states were facing Formerly taboo ideas, like allow- and Plans financial problems, California was in ing UCLA and Berkeley to charge Solve Problems. 9 2 3 1 6 4 8 5 7 • CFO services a class by itself. substantially more than other cam- Earn Cash. 5 8 6 7 9 2 1 4 3 • Taxes “In most states, it’s the economy, puses, or even eliminating the re- Change Lives. and you can say that in a couple of search mission at some of the newer 7 4 1 8 5 3 9 2 6 www.accountalent.com 978-621-0759 years, it will bounce back,” Callan campuses, are being put forward. November 20, 2009 The Tech Page 15 Page 16 The Tech November 20, 2009 Sp o r t s Women’s Rugby Wins Men’s Basketball Opens MIT Football Players New Englands With Win over Emmanuel Playing through monsoon-like rain and ankle-deep Men’s Basketball defeated Emmanuel College in Win NEFC Awards for mud, MIT Women’s Rugby inched up the field against their season opener on Tuesday, 68-54. MIT took a tough opposition from Middlebury at the New Eng- 31-28 lead at halftime, and would hold for the rest land Championship game in Newport, of the game. The Engineers were led RI on Saturday. MIT controlled the ball by Willard J. “Billy” Johnson ’10, Strong Performance for most of the game. With a try in the Noel Hollingsworth ’12, and Mitchell first half and another plus a penalty in H. Kates ’13, who had 18, 15, and 14 By Russell Spivak across the field, returning punts and the second, MIT won with a score of 13- points, respectively. Team Member kicks for the Engineers after starting 0. Next up for the team is the National MIT will play in the RPI Invitational Seven Engineers were honored by his career as a quarterback. Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ this weekend. Tournament this weekend. the New England Football Confer- “I am excited and honored to re- —Kat Kononov, Team Member —David Zhu, Sports Editor ence for their achievements both on ceive the accolades, to be in the class and off the field. with Pete, DeRon, and Alex. It gives Offensively, All- me something to build off of next American captain year. The awards system is also based DeRon M. Brown ’10 off of team performance, so hopefully, was the only player to with a few more W’s, more accolades be named to either the will accumulate for us, and it makes first or second team. Brown, the first- me and everyone else over the offsea- team representative for the second son to push it in the weight room.” consecutive year, ended the year with Rubino finished his final cam- 1363 total yards on 269 rushing at- paign with 43 tackles, 19 solo, and tempts and 151.4 average yards per lead the team with 12.0 tackles for game — which significantly dropped a loss, 1 sack and one interception. when Brown left the final game of Rubino was also awarded the Hal the year with a concussion in the Chalmers Award, given to the senior first quarter. Brown was also named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. the offensive player of the year in the “I was a little disappointed in my- Boyd Division of the NEFC for the self because my goal at the beginning second consecutive year. of the season was 1st team, but I’m On defense, linebacker Peter W. still proud and thrilled to be named Gilliland ’12 and defensive back to the 2nd team. As well, I am very Brian P. Doyle ’11 were named to the appreciative and ecstatic for the Hal first team, while captain Alexander F. Chalmers award. These awards, how- Rubino ’10 was named to the second ever, don’t make up for a disappoint- team for the second straight year. ing season, but I am definitely opti- Gilliland led the NEFC with 13.0 mistic about the team’s future.” tackles per game, totaling 117 tack- Along with these awards based les, 52 solo. He was second in total on football performances, Doyle, tackles, but the leading tackler for Rubino, Brian H. Mickle ’10, captain Worcester State had played an extra William J. Gibson ’10, and Zachary

Courtesy of the MIT Women’s Rugby Team game. Gilliland was “decently happy W. Rose ’10 were named to the Aca- The MIT women’s rugby forwards drive a scrum while scrum-half Alyssa M. Baccarella ’11 prepares with [his] performance during the demic All-District team. Of the 5, to collect the ball during the Engineers game against Middlebury last Saturday. MIT won the game, season.” The sophomore linebacker, Rose was the only player who did not making them the New England Rugby Football Union Division III champions and securing them a however, understands it’s a team start all 5 games, as a broken ankle place in the national collegiate rugby championships this upcoming weekend. game; “a big motivator for me dur- left him sidelined for the majority of ing the offseason is the team’s perfor- the year. Gibson finished the season mance. The team didn’t do well, re- as the Cardinal and Grey’s third lead- gardless of my personal awards, and ing tackler, accounting for 57 tackles, that will only push me to continue to 4.5 tackles for a loss, 2 forced fum- work hard and push myself and my bles, and 2 fumble recoveries, while teammates.” Mickle ended his year with 25 total Doyle anchored the defensive sec- tackles, 3 tackles for loss, one sack, ondary, providing the MIT defense and one forced fumble. with 44 tackles, 27 solo, 1.5 tackles All 5 nominations will be eligible for a loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions. for the CoSIDA Academic All-Amer- Doyle, now a junior, has played all ican award.

Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s Friday, November 20, 2009 Men’s Water Polo vs. Princeton University 4 p.m., Z-Center Pool Squash vs. Northwestern University 7 p.m., Z-Center Courts

Saturday, November 21, 2009 Men’s Crew — Foot of the Charles 9 a.m., Charles River Squash vs. Colby College 2:30 p.m., Z-Center Courts

Sunday, November 22, 2009 Squash vs. Wesleyan University 11:30 a.m., Z-Center Courts

Sc o r e b o a r d

Men’s Basketball Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Emmanuel College 54 MIT (1-0) 68

Women’s Basketball Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Wentworth College 50 MIT (0-1) 38