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Volume 126, Number 28 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 16, 2006 Speakers Urge Grads to Help Community Parents By Shreyes Seshasai STAFF REPORTER Despite the ominous weather Reflect On forecast, barely a drizzle came down on the 2,109 students who received their degrees last Friday during the 140th commencement exercises at Students’ MIT. A crowd of an estimated 13,000 gathered in Killian Court as mem- MIT Years bers of the Class of 2006 reached a By Satwik Seshasai milestone in their academic careers. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER The graduates were joined in Killian Last Friday’s commencement by the Class of 1956, celebrating ceremony was not just the culmina- their 50th reunion. tion of students’ experiences at MIT, Chairman of the Federal Reserve it was also a time for many proud Ben S. Bernanke PhD ’79 delivered parents to recount their four or more the keynote address to the gradu- years of association with the Insti- ates. Bernanke, who earned his PhD tute. Parents’ perspectives on MIT in Economics, was appointed to his were overwhelmingly positive, with position by President Bush earlier some offering advice for the parents this year. Also addressing the gradu- of incoming MIT students. ates were Graduate Student Council Regardless of the number of years President Sylvain Bruni G, Class of spent at MIT or whether they were 2006 President Kimberly W. Wu ’06, enrolled in graduate or undergradu- and President Susan Hockfield. All ate programs, graduates celebrated four speakers stressed using their with very positive reactions from skills to provide service to others parents and family. William Cooley, and society as a common theme. father of Jamie E. Cooley PhD ’06, Bernanke began his remarks by said that MIT “broadened his [son’s] reminding students of the “tradition skills significantly.” Donna Bevan, of collaboration at MIT between mother of M.B.A. Graduate Eric A. economics and the engineering Bevan ’99, said that her son first saw and scientific disciplines.” He fol- MIT at age 10 and knew then that lowed with a short history of how he wanted to attend. Eric Bevan has the teaching of economics has de- since received both undergraduate veloped at MIT over the years, cit- and graduate degrees from MIT. ing how its unique mathematical Paula Arfin was one of many par- approach to the field contributed to ents overwhelmed by MIT’s academ- “the foundation for economics as a ic excellence. Her son Scott Kenneth discipline in the second half of the Arfin S.M. ’06 worked with “people twentieth century.” who were number one in their coun- Bernanke focused much of his try,” she said. Ann D’Auria, mother speech on the impact technology BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH of Michael W. D’Auria ’06, was im- can have on economic growth, how The MIT Campus Police Honor Guard proceeds down the center aisle to present the flags on the stage. pressed and appreciative that her son “the material benefits of innovation For more photos of the ceremony and transcripts of Hockfield’s and Bernanke’s speeches, see page 8. had the opportunity to compete in spring from complementarities be- international sports while at MIT, in- tween technology and economics.” the United States has been able to growth in the United States, he said, fits of recent technological changes cluding a basketball trip to Taiwan. He discussed how productivity in take advantage through its econom- citing Intel’s co-founder, the late have not yet been completely real- Bharti Venkatraman, mother of the United States has grown in the ic policies. Robert N. Noyce PhD ’53, as an ized.” Dheera Venkatraman ’06, noticed past decade through advances in The role of major research uni- example. However, Bernanke did information technologies, of which versities has benefited economic admit that “the full economic bene- Commencement, Page 11 Parents, Page 11 Proposal Calls for Change, Addition to Space in W20 By Angeline Wang learning center in the basement of an NEWS EDITOR expanded Student Center. This would As the design team for the pro- serve as a central location for the posed extension of the Student Cen- various construction-related student ter and addition of a “Do-It-Zone” groups on campus, such as the Hobby finished up their architectural plans Shop and Edgerton Center shops. during final exam week, a public The design extends the present meeting was held to spread the word building out into the grassy area on about the most recent version of the Massachusetts Ave. proposal and to address the concerns At this point, the project is only of various student groups. in its planning stages and is not yet Originally developed by a group funded by the Institute. “The only way of students two years ago under the this is going to get built is if money guidance of Professor Alex H. Slo- can be raised,” Slocum said. He is cum ’82 as part of an Independent looking toward possible donations Activities Period class, the Do-It- Zone is conceptualized as a hands-on Do-It-Zone, Page 11

MIT Issues Statement on Charges Filed by CPA MIT issued a statement earlier this week regarding the charges of OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH unfair labor practice filed against them by the Campus Police Asso- Graduating senior Kaleb Killion of the Eureka Springs High School Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam dem- ciation. MIT CPA Vice President Joseph S. West said last week that onstrates a prototype of a portable, low-cost blood pressure monitor to Edgerton Center Assistant MIT has refused to renegotiate wages for the Director James W. Bales PhD ’91. campus police. The National Labor Relations News Board will investigate whether MIT has “en- gaged in trickery and threats at the bargaining table in violation of federal law,” according to NEWS World & Nation...... 2 Briefs a flyer being handed out last week at 77 Mas- Faculty Women Still Lag at Harvard, Opinion ...... 4 sachusetts Avenue. Report Finds ...... 10 Comics...... 5 According to the MIT statement, “MIT has bargained in good faith and will continue to do so in the hopes of resolving the outstanding Police Log ...... 11 issues in the current contract.” MIT Corporation Elects 10 New Sports ...... 12 West said last week that the base pay for campus police is $22.68 Members ...... 12 The Tech will next publish on Friday, July 7. News Briefs, Page 10 Page 2 THE TECH June 16, 2006 WORLD & NATION Microsoft’s Gates To Relinquish Congress Erupts in Partisan Day-To-Day Role By John Markoff and Steve Lohr THE NEW YORK TIMES Debate Over the War in Iraq REDMOND, WASH. Three decades after he started Microsoft with the dream of plac- By Robin Toner this year, although Democrats vowed cause is right and that we are proud ing a personal computer in every home and business, Bill Gates said and Kate Zernike to revisit the debate next week. of it.” Thursday that he would leave his day-to-day role there in two years. THE NEW YORK TIMES Both actions were carefully engi- Democrats, divided over the wis- He will shift his energies to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WASHINGTON neered by the Republicans in charge, dom of the war but more or less united which his Microsoft fortune has made the world’s largest philanthropic The House and the Senate en- and for the moment, at least, put in condemning Bush’s management organization, dedicated to health and education issues especially in gaged in angry, intensely partisan both chambers on a path to rejecting of it, countered that the Republican poor nations. debate on Thursday over the war in congressional timetables for with- resolution was a mere political ploy. At a news conference after the close of the stock market, Gates, Iraq as Republicans sought to rally drawal. They said it was an attempt to avoid 50, emphasized he was not leaving Microsoft altogether. He said he support for the Bush administration’s House Republicans asserted that a true debate on administration poli- planned to remain as chairman and maintain his large holding in the policies and exploit Democratic di- their resolution was essential to as- cies, “a press release for staying the company. visions in an election year shadowed sure U.S. troops and the world at course in Iraq,” as Rep. Jane Har- “I always see myself as being the largest shareholder in Microsoft,” by unease over the war. large that the United States was be- man, D-Calif., put it. “It does not Gates said. It was one of the sharpest legisla- hind the war in Iraq and the broader signal a change in policy, and thus I But the move, analysts said, points to the changes sweeping the tive clashes yet over the three-year- struggle against terrorism, conflicts cannot support it.” software industry. Probably more than any other person, Gates has old conflict, and it came after three they said were inextricably inter- For all the anger, there was sad- been identified with personal computer software, while computing is days in which President Bush and twined. Speaker Dennis Hastert of ness, too. At the start of the debate, increasingly shifting to the Internet. his aides sought to portray Iraq as Illinois, who rarely speaks from the Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., asked for moving gradually toward a stable, floor of the House, opened the for- a moment of silence to mark the functioning democracy, and to paint mal 10-hour debate. Pentagon’s announcement on Thurs- Conjoined Twins Separated Democrats as lacking the will to see “It is a battle we must endure and day that the number of U.S. military the conflict through to victory. one in which we can and will be vic- deaths in Iraq had hit 2,500. Many By Surgeons In the House, lawmakers stepped torious,” he said of the fight against lawmakers talked about visiting the By Maria Newman toward a vote on a Republican reso- terrorists, in Iraq and beyond. “The troops, in Iraq and in hospitals, and THE NEW YORK TIMES lution promising to “complete the alternative would be to cut and run about the toll in death and suffer- At 6:20 p.m. Pacific time on Wednesday, Regina and Renata Salinas mission” in Iraq, prevail in the glob- and wait for them to regroup and ing. Fierros, born as one, became two for the first time when doctors made al fight against terrorism and oppose bring the terror back to our shores.” Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., the the final incision in a long and complicated operation to separate the any “arbitrary date for withdrawal” He added that the U.S. troops in Vietnam War veteran whose call for 10-month-old conjoined twins. of U.S. combat troops from Iraq. Iraq knew that their cause was noble, a speedy withdrawal of troops trans- After that, the girls underwent surgical procedures that lasted until In the Senate, lawmakers voted that they were liberators and not oc- formed the debate last year, rose early Thursday morning. A team of 80 doctors and medical assistants overwhelmingly to shelve an amend- cupiers. “It is time for this House of again and again to tell Republicans, divided their shared intestines, liver and other organs, and turned one ment calling on the United States to Representatives to tell the world that “Rhetoric does not solve the prob- girl’s pelvis around so her legs would face the right way. withdraw most troops by the end of we know it, too, that we know our lem.” On Thursday afternoon, the babies, who were placed in separate beds for the first time in their short lives, were in serious condition in the intensive care unit of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, with stable vital signs. Major Airlines Announce Rate “We are all obviously extremely excited at how things went,” Dr. James E. Stein, the pediatric surgeon who led the operation, said at a news briefing with other doctors who took part in the surgery. “There Hikes for Last-Minute Tickets were no particular surprises.” By Jeremy W. Peters Airlines generally raise fares in will likely jump another $38. THE NEW YORK TIMES smaller increments. So even if some Investors reacted to the news by Annan Downplays Fear Add this to the growing list of airlines break from the pack and pull bidding airline stocks higher. Shares headaches for travelers: Fares keep back somewhat from the increase, of AMR, parent company of Ameri- Of Looming U.N. Budget Crunch rising. fares on many routes could end up can Airlines, rose $1.43, or 6.5 per- By Warren Hoge Most of the nation’s largest air- higher, extending a run of rising cent, to $23.31. Shares of United THE NEW YORK TIMES lines said Thursday they would raise ticket prices. rose $2.61, or 9.4 percent to $30.42 UNITED NATIONS prices for many last-minute tickets. “Because of demand they don’t a share. US Airways stock climbed Secretary-General Kofi Annan SM ’72 said Thursday that he thought If the fare hike holds, it will be have to offer seats for $50 when they $2.99, or 7 percent, to $45.48 a the United Nations would avoid a threatened budget showdown at the further evidence that the airlines can sell them for $150,” said Mike share. end of this month over management changes, but he warned against are taking advantage of a situation Boyd, president of the Boyd Group, Business travel accounts for threats to “pull the plug” on the organization if it did not meet some that is good for them and bad for an aviation consulting firm. “Since roughly a quarter of the seats sold by countries’ expectations. consumers — demand for travel is we have a strong economy and in- the nation’s airlines but nearly half “The cap on the budget will be lifted, there will be no crisis, as far growing with the economy, yet the creased pressure on airlines in terms their revenue. The $50 price increase as I can see, this month,” Annan said at a news conference. number of seats remains limited, of the seats they have, they can start should add to the industry’s bottom Led by the United States, the major contributors to the United Na- giving the airlines power to push up to raise fares.” line this summer, which is expected tions in December obtained agreement on a six-month cap on the cur- fares. This latest increase will affect to be most profitable for the industry rent budget that links disbursement of money after June 30 for the two- On Thursday, American Airlines, some of the most expensive flights, since 2000. year, $3.8-billion budget to progress in management improvements. United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, which have already jumped 21 per- A record 207 million people will In addition, John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador, has periodically Continental Airlines and US Air- cent in the last year, according to fly this summer on flights that will hinted that if sufficient changes were not made, the U.S. Congress ways followed Delta Air Lines’ move Harrell Associates, an airline data- be fuller than anytime in the last 60 would move to withhold its U.N. dues. to increase one-way walk-up fares, tracking firm. With the $50 increase, years. which are typically bought by busi- the average last-minute one-way So far, travelers generally have ness travelers, by $50. ticket, which last week cost $478, not balked at the rising fares. WEATHER Record Heat This Weekend Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, June 16, 2006 By Angela Zalucha

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Sunday: Partly cloudy and hot. High 93º F (34º C) � � � � Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 67º F (19º C) ����� Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Monday: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hurricane � � Meteorology Staff � � Stationary Front Heavy High 90º F (32º C) and The Tech June 16, 2006 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Fossils From China Suggest All Europeans Reach Ever Higher and Risk Outrage Of Investors By Geraldine Fabrikant Birds Had a Common Ancestor THE NEW YORK TIMES By Kenneth Chang gion and found about 40 more fossils foot were fused together — that are Along with hip-hop and Hollywood movies, Europeans are eagerly THE NEW YORK TIMES of Gansus in an area that was once seen in modern birds. importing another American phenomenon: soaring pay packages for Filling a gap in the evolution of a lake. The best preserved fossils “All other birds from the early chief executives. birds, scientists have dug up fossils are nearly complete and even show Cretaceous period are not as closely For decades, Europeans were far more restrained than Americans of a bird that lived 110 million years parts of the feathers, although none related to modern birds as this one when it came to rewarding the boss. Now, executives overseas are less ago and looked remarkably like a include the bird’s skull. is,” Lamanna said. inhibited about asking for American-style compensation. And often small modern-day waterfowl. The bones of the upper body sug- At the time Gansus lived, the they are getting their wish. One of the new fossils, from gest that Gansus was able to take prevalent birds in most parts of the But while huge paydays have become a staple of American corpo- northwest China, even preserves flight from the water, much like to- sky were of a type known as “op- rate life, in Europe this appears to be less acceptable to investors, and the webbing between the toes. The day’s ducks. Webbed feet and bony posite birds” because some bones in some countries, resistance is building. finding, reported Friday in the jour- knees, which probably anchored in their shoulders and feet were re- Signs are abundant that the trans-Atlantic pay gap is shrinking. Last nal Science, supports the notion strong muscles, show that Gansus versed compared with present-day year, Jan Bennink, the chief executive of Royal Numico, a Dutch baby- that all living birds, from ostriches could swim. birds. But at the Chinese lake, Gan- food producer, was granted $13.4 million. Lord Browne of BP was to ducks to hummingbirds, de- “We have thought of it as more sus appears to have been the most awarded $18.5 million, and Antoine Zacharias, former chairman of the scended from an ancestor that lived like a diving duck or a loon,” said common bird. About 80 percent of French construction company Vinci, was given $22 million in compen- by the shore. Matthew C. Lamanna, an author of the bird fossils found so far have sation and a one-time severance payment. The first fossil of the bird, Gansus the Science paper who is assistant been of Gansus. That might eventu- While those figures may seem low when compared with awards yumenensis, was discovered 25 years curator of vertebrate paleontology ally offer some clues of how modern in recent years to some American executives, European bosses are ago, and it was named after where it at the Carnegie Museum of Natural birds later rose to dominance while increasingly winning pay packages that were unimaginable just five was found, near the city of Yumen in History in Pittsburgh. “We see it as a the opposite birds became extinct years ago. the Chinese province of Gansu. But swimmer or a diver.” along with the dinosaurs 65 million that fossil was just the left foot and Birds first evolved about 40 years ago. part of the ankle, enough to show million years before Gansus lived, In building the family tree of Miami-Dade School Board that the Gansus was small — about but early birds like Archaeopteryx birds, the scientists also noticed that the size of a robin — but leaving looked more like the dinosaurs that most of the close relatives of modern Bans Cuba Book much unknown. most paleontologists believe birds birds lived in or around water. By Terry Aguayo In 2004, researchers led by Hai-lu descended from. Gansus instead pos- “We noticed that a sequence of THE NEW YORK TIMES You of the Chinese Academy of Geo- sessed skeletal features — for exam- aquatic birds led up to the modern MIAMI logical Sciences returned to the re- ple, the bones in the ankle and upper birds,” Lamanna said. A children’s book about Cuba will be removed from Miami-Dade County school libraries because a parent objected to its contents, say- ing it contains deceptive information and paints an idealistic picture Land Mine Explosion in Sri Lanka of life in Cuba. The Miami-Dade School Board voted 6-3 Wednesday to ban the book, “Vamos a Cuba,” and its English version, “A Visit to Cuba,” from its libraries, against the recommendation of two review com- Rips Apart Bus, Killing 64 People mittees and the school system’s superintendent. The book is part of a 24-book series for children in kindergarten through second grade By Shimali Senanayake side has been willing to explicitly the LTTE, the abbreviation of the that teaches about travel around the world and different cultures. The and Somini Sengupta renounce the crippled February 2002 group’s full name — were accused other 23 books will also be removed, though the board received no THE NEW YORK TIMES cease-fire accord. of the attempted assassination of Sri complaints about them. COLOMBO, SRI LANKA “The substance of the peace pro- Lanka’s army chief inside the heav- The cover of the book shows smiling Cuban children in the uniform A land-mine explosion ripped cess has been completely eroded,” said ily fortified military headquarters of the Pioneers, the Communist youth group to which every Cuban through a passenger bus early Thurs- Jehan Perera of the Colombo-based here in the capital. That attack, car- student must belong. The 32-page book describes July 26, a Cuban day in northern Sri Lanka, killing at National Peace Council, an indepen- ried out by a suicide bomber, was national holiday that celebrates a historic day in Fidel Castro’s revolu- least 64 people and wounding 86, in dent research and advocacy group. followed by a series of airstrikes tion, as a carnival where people dance and sing. Critics also found the most serious attack on civilians “Only the outer trappings remain.” on rebel posts near Sampur, on the misleading a page reading, “People in Cuba eat, work and go to school since the government and its ethnic Thursday’s violence come af- northeastern coast. like you do.” rebel foes signed a cease-fire agree- ter the collapse of scheduled talks Since April, 500 people have ment four years ago. between the warring parties. The been killed in the conflict, mostly Hours later, Sri Lankan military government and rebel delegations civilians, according to the Sri Lanka A Changing Mass For U.S. Catholics forces pounded rebel posts in the is- spent a week in Oslo, Norway, in Monitoring Mission. Thursday’s By Laurie Goodstein and Cindy Chang land’s north and east by sea, land and what was supposed to be a Norwe- killings represented by far the larg- THE NEW YORK TIMES air, according to independent moni- gian-brokered discussion on the role est civilian death toll since the 2002 Roman Catholic bishops in the United States voted Thursday to tors and guerrilla officials. The mili- of European-led truce monitors. The truce. change the wording of many of the prayers and blessings that Catholics tary said simply that its forces had Tamil Tigers pulled out even before The Tamil Tigers on Thursday have recited at daily Mass for more than 35 years, yielding to Vatican taken “deterrent” measures. The gov- talks began. They complained about accused the government of having pressure for an English translation that is closer to the original Latin. ernment was swift to blame the rebel the composition of the government bombed rebel-held Kilinochchi, The bishops, meeting in Los Angeles, voted 173-29 to accept many Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for delegation. the northern town that serves as the of the changes to the Mass, ending a 10-year struggle that many Eng- the attack on the civilian bus, which The latest violence also follows guerrilla headquarters, as well as lish-speaking Catholics had dubbed “the liturgy wars.” the rebels in turn promptly denied, several months of carnage between Sampur and Mullaitivu, both strate- Passage required a two-thirds vote. pointing at the government instead. Sri Lankan soldiers, Tamil Tiger gic eastern coastal installations for Some changes are minor, but in other cases Catholics will have to The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mis- guerrillas and a breakaway faction the Tamil Tiger naval fleet. The Sri learn longer and more awkward versions of familiar prayers. For ex- sion, which documents truce viola- in the east, called the Karuna group. Lanka Monitoring Mission said it ample, instead of saying, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,” in the tions, said it had not yet determined Over the last several months, fighting also witnessed artillery fire from the prayer before Communion, they will say, “Lord, I am not worthy that who was responsible for the bus at- has emptied villages in the northeast. Sri Lankan army and navy. you should enter under my roof.” tack. A bomb went off in a busy market in “Known LTTE targets are being The reason for the change is a Vatican directive issued in 2001 un- The greater uncertainty now is the eastern port town of Trincomalee taken as a deterrent measure,” a Sri der Pope John Paul II that demanded closer adherence to the Latin whether Thursday’s deadly events last April. Lankan military spokesman, Brig. text. But some bishops in the English-speaking world were indignant mark the beginning of full-scale war. The same month, the Tamil Ti- Prasad Samarasinghe, said Thursday at what they saw as a Vatican move to curtail the autonomy of each Despite growing violence, neither ger rebels — better known here as afternoon without elaborating. nation’s bishops to translate liturgical texts according to local tastes and needs. The new translation is likely to please those traditionalists who longed for an English version more faithful to the Latin in use before Supreme Court Vote to Allow Evidence the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. But it may upset Catholics who have committed the current prayer book to heart and to memory Found Using Improper Police Entry and who took comfort in its more conversational cadences. By Linda Greenhouse ment less than a month ago, with the bars unreasonable searches. ‘Mona Lisa’ Look-Alike THE NEW YORK TIMES newest justice, Samuel A. Alito Jr., In that case, Wilson v. Arkansas, WASHINGTON evidently casting the decisive vote. the court declined to say what the Evidence found by police officers Breyer’s dissenting opinion was remedy should be for a violation of Intrigues Art Sleuths who enter a home to execute a search clearly drafted to speak for a major- the knock-and-announce rule. Ordi- By Katie Zezima warrant without first following ity that was lost when Justice Sandra narily, evidence that is seized ille- THE NEW YORK TIMES the requirement to “knock and an- Day O’Connor left the court shortly gally — in the absence of a warrant, PORTLAND, MAINE nounce” can be used at trial despite after the first argument in January. for example — may not be used at Forget Paris. The curious are now flocking here for a Mona Lisa that constitutional violation, the Su- The justices’ lineup in this case, trial, under what is known as the ex- mystery. preme Court ruled Thursday. which upheld a Detroit man’s convic- clusionary rule. A painting that bears a striking resemblance to the “Mona Lisa” is The 5-4 decision left uncertain the tion for drug possession, may become By a strong majority, most state on display at the Portland Museum of Art, attracting residents, amateur value of the “knock-and-announce” a familiar one as the court proceeds and federal courts that have consid- art sleuths and curious tourists. rule, which dates to 13th-century Eng- through its criminal-law docket. In ered the issue have applied the ex- May was the busiest month the museum has recorded. Staff mem- land as protection against illegal entry addition to Alito, those who joined clusionary rule to violations of the bers are not sure whether to credit the painting, which went on display by the police into private homes. the majority opinion by Scalia were knock-and-announce requirement. a day before “The Da Vinci Code” opened in movie theaters, or the Justice Antonin Scalia, in the ma- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and In its decision on Thursday, Hudson record rainfall. jority opinion, said that people sub- Justices Clarence Thomas and An- v. Michigan, No. 04-1360, the Su- Pigment analyses of the painting, “La Gioconda,” show that it was ject to an improper police entry re- thony M. Kennedy. Breyer’s dissent- preme Court upheld a ruling by the created before 1510 and that its brush strokes were most likely by a mained free to go to court and bring ing opinion was joined by Justices Michigan Court of Appeals, one of left-handed painter like Leonardo. “Mona Lisa,” which Leonardo is a civil rights suit against the police. John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter the few courts to have rejected the said to have worked on from 1503 to 1507, is also known as “La Gio- But Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. exclusionary rule in this context. conda.” writing for the dissenters, said the The decision answered a question In the case, the Detroit police had The work here shows a woman who looks like the “Mona Lisa” ruling “weakens, perhaps destroys, that the court had left open in 1995, a warrant to search for drugs in the subject without her smile, cloaked in brown and standing on a balcony much of the practical value of the when it held in a unanimous opin- home of Booker T. Hudson Jr. At his with a body of water behind her. Constitution’s knock-and-announce ion by Thomas that the traditional unlocked door, they announced their It is impossible to know whether Leonardo or someone else painted protection.” He said the majority’s expectation that the police should presence, but did not knock and wait- it, but its age and resemblance to the masterwork have fueled intrigue reasoning boiled down to: “The re- knock and announce their presence ed only three to five seconds before and sent the museum searching for clues to whether it is a knockoff or quirement is fine, indeed, a serious was part of what made a search “rea- entering, not the 15 to 20 seconds a rough “Mona Lisa” draft. Many “Mona Lisa” copies exist, but they matter, just don’t enforce it.” sonable” within the meaning of the suggested by the Supreme Court’s do not date from Leonardo’s time. The decision followed a reargu- Fourth Amendment. The amendment precedents. Page 4 THE TECH June 16, 2006 OPINION Corrections Chairman Zachary Ozer ’07 An April 24 article, “IS&T Staff Fix- Engineering; Pauline R. Maier, William R. Director, Center for International Studies; Editor in Chief ing Recent Problem with Primary Web and Kenan Jr Professor of History; Roger G. Bish Sanyal, Professor of Urban Planning, Marie Y. Thibault ’08 Mailing Servers,” provided incorrect infor- Mark, Professor of HST and EECS; Anne Director, SPURS/HHH; Merritt Roe Smith, Business Manager mation about the maximum file size of files M. McCants, Associate Professor of History; Leverett Howell and William King Cutten Jeffrey Chang ’08 transferred through web.mit.edu. According David A. Mindell, Frances and David Dib- Professor of the History of Technology; Bob to Jeffrey I. Schiller ’79, off-campus users ner Professor of the History of Engineering Stalnaker, Laurance S. 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Dilbert® by Scott Adams June 16, 2006 THE TECH Page 7 InvenTeams Converge on MIT Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams, teams of students from various high schools around the country receiving grants of up to $10,000, col- lectively showcased their projects yesterday morning in the Kresge Auditorium lobby. Individual team presentations will continue today from 9:00 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium.

Clockwise from right: Freshman Alyssa McKelvey from Simms High School (right, obscured) demonstrates the zooming and focusing capabilities of Simms Inven- Team’s vision augmentation device. Sophomores Melissa Cell (left) and Dan Troy (right, seated) of Upper Darby High School explain how the functionings of their InvenTeam’s omni-directional wheelchair. Dr. Paul Cammer, a teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School for Sci- ence and Technology, demonstrates the InvenTeam’s neurally-con- trolled wheelchair as students stand watch. Teacher Christopher Land of Sussex County Technical School explains the engineering behind part of the InvenTeam’s device to dispense treats for service dogs.

Photography by Omari Stephens Page 8 THE TECH June 16, 2006 President Susan Hockfield’s Address to Graduates Below is the text of MIT Presi- lenges. And at times in the years leave campus your lives will be good, old-fashioned hard work. you will embrace this challenge as dent Susan Hockfield’s charge to ahead when a choice of direction enriched by an ongoing connection Finally, and perhaps most cru- your own. the graduates, delivered at MIT’s presents itself, I hope you will ask with the Institute. cially: I ask you to inspire your own I would not set you this charge if 140th Commencement held June 9, yourselves, “Where can I do the It is my fervent hope that you generation and the generations to I did not think you could meet it. I 2006. most good? How can I make the will transmit the values that define come with a renewed sense of pos- have tremendous faith in you. Your greatest difference in the world?” this community to the other commu- sibility and optimism for the future. intelligence, dedication and creativ- You, our graduates, are truly ex- During your years here, your nities you will now join. I hope that Here at MIT, we see up close the ity have inspired us during your ceptional individuals. Even before passion and ideas have already you will see leadership as an oppor- myriad ways in which science and time here. And I know that in the you arrived here at MIT, you had al- changed the world. You have tu- tunity to serve the common good. I technology promise to benefit hu- years ahead you will do even more ready demonstrated your great tal- tored students in Cambridge Public hope that you will make integrity mankind. If we are to realize that - you will surprise and delight us ents and your willingness to work Schools. You have brought your de- the touchstone of your judgments. promise, we need to kindle in oth- with your further achievements. hard. But at MIT we raise the bar sign and planning expertise to the That you will exemplify the pursuit ers the same love and passion for For your accomplishments on for ourselves and for one another. Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. of truth and an unwavering drive for truth and discovery, for creativity this campus, I offer my congratula- We challenge every member of our You have launched promising start- excellence. And that you will con- and problem-solving, that brought tions, graduates of MIT! community to reach farther and up ventures. And you have par- tinue to demonstrate the value of all of us here. I hope that each of SOURCE: MIT NEWS OFFICE to dream larger than ever before. ticipated in path-breaking research Fortunately, along with MIT’s chal- with faculty all across the Institute. lenge come its inspiring teachers In the years ahead, you will help and guides: a brilliant faculty and, the world meet its need for sustain- just as important, brilliant students. able energy. You will use the con- Every part of the Institute -- from verging tools of the life sciences lecture hall to residence hall, from and engineering to cure, and even problem sets to athletics, from the to prevent, disease. You will de- Public Service Center to the music velop ways to accommodate urban practice rooms -- has provided op- growth without urban sprawl. You portunities for your education: an will bring the benefits of economic education that embraces not just the growth to developing economies. subjects you have studied, but the And you will answer fundamental lessons of how to work together for questions about nature and society. the common good and --probably And even as you take up the the most important of all -- how to world’s challenges, you will remain live a life of learning. part of this community. At the close You will draw on all these les- of this morning’s ceremony, Scott sons after you leave here, because Marks, the president of the Alumni the world looks to you -- the gradu- Association, will formally welcome ates of MIT -- to take the lead in you into the association’s member- answering its most pressing chal- ship. We hope that even after you Photos from MIT’s 140th commencement exercises. (Clockwise from right) Class of 2006 President Kimberly Wu ’06 and Graduate Student Council President Sylvain Bruni G join the graduates in the turning of the Brass Rat.

Graduating seniors stream into Killian Court at the beginning of the commencement ceremony. Graduate students applaud Ben Bernanke’s PhD ’79 address.

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BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH June 16, 2006 THE TECH Page 9 Bernanke Addresses MIT’s Class of 2006 Below is the text of the Com- elson arrived. Right from the start, the mencement address delivered by Ben department attracted strong graduate S. Bernanke PhD ’79 at MIT’s 140th students: The very first of these, Law- Commencement held June 9, 2006. rence Klein, received the Nobel Prize An MIT alum, Bernanke is the chair in economics in 1980 for his work of the Federal Reserve. in econometric modeling. With sup- port from MIT’s administration, the President Hockfield, members department expanded rapidly after of the faculty, alumni, families and World War II, and MIT led the devel- friends of graduates, and, especially, opment of a more mathematically rig- members of the 2006 graduating orous approach to economics. Given class: I am honored to speak at the the emphasis on quantitative reason- DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH 140th Commencement exercises of ing at MIT, it makes perfect sense that this distinguished institution. the economics department here was It is wonderful to be back at MIT. in the vanguard of those using mathe- I graduated from the Institute with matics as a framework for organizing a Ph.D. in economics in 1979. That economic thought. year, President [Jerome] Weisner These developments laid the foun- gave the Commencement address. dation for economics as a discipline He spoke about, among other things, in the second half of the 20th century, the nation’s transition from an era of and the department quickly rose to cheap energy to one of energy scar- the top of national rankings. Besides city and about the need for new tech- Samuelson, many economists con- nologies to aid in this transition. Ob- tributed to the department’s outstand- viously, these issues still confront us. ing reputation — Franco Modigliani, One cannot help but wonder whether Robert Solow, Charles Kindleberger, that theme will feel as current 27 Rudiger Dornbusch and Stanley years from now as it does today. Fischer, to name just a few. Modigli- As for today, you may have been ani, Samuelson and Solow won Nobel surprised at some point to learn that Prizes for their research. In addition, an economist rather than an engineer nine other economists with MIT con- or scientist would be serving as your nections have won Nobels. Commencement speaker. But in my Yet the MIT economics depart- remarks, I hope to illustrate that this ment has trained many economists address continues a long and produc- who have played leading roles in gov- tive tradition of collaboration at MIT ernment and in the private sector, in- BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH between economics and the engineer- cluding the current heads of four cen- ing and scientific disciplines. Build- tral banks: those of Chile, Israel, Italy ing on that theme, I will discuss the and, I might add, the United States. essential complementarity of tech- One of my teachers at MIT, Stan nology and economics in modern Fischer, is a sterling example of what economies. Finally, I will have a few MIT training can produce. Stan fol- words to say about what you, as MIT lowed a brilliant career as a research- graduates, can do to strengthen our er and teacher at MIT with important economy and our society even as you work as a public servant, including pursue your personal and professional top positions at the World Bank, the goals. International Monetary Fund and, currently, the Bank of Israel. Economics at MIT Why did economics at MIT be- If you will bear with me, I would come so successful? Perhaps Paul like to begin with a short history of Samuelson and the people he helped economics at MIT. The MIT econom- to attract here could have been equal- ics department is, of course, the part ly successful anywhere. But I suspect of the Institute that I know best, and that the placement of economics in a I hope to persuade you that it has milieu where quantitative reasoning played a special and unique role in and the scientific method were the this institution. coin of the realm was an important MIT’s connection to economics contributing factor. The Sloan School, dates at least back to 1881, when Fran- with its close links both to the eco- cis A. Walker became the institution’s nomics department and to other parts third president. To say that Walker of the Institute, has benefited from the had already had a distinguished ca- same milieu and has been the source reer would be an understatement. He of many important fundamental ad- was named a brevet brigadier general vances as well. Notably, in recent at the end of the Civil War, at the age years the global financial industry of 24. He served as the superintendent has been transformed by quantitative of the 1870 and 1880 annual censuses approaches to pricing complex finan- of the United States and was one of cial instruments such as derivatives the leading economists of his era. The and to measuring and management year he arrived at MIT, he taught the of risk. This transformation stemmed first economics course ever offered at from the application of formal tools the Institute. The course covered polit- of mathematical economics that were ical economy and was so popular that developed to a substantial extent by it was soon accorded its own course the faculty at the Sloan School, in- classification as “Course IX, General cluding Fischer Black, Robert Mer- Studies.” Walker helped found the ton and Myron Scholes — the latter American Economic Association, still two of whom won Nobel Prizes for the leading professional association their work. for economists. During his tenure at As MIT economics has benefited MIT, he moonlighted both as the first from its proximity to the scientific president of that association and as and engineering expertise of MIT, so president of the American Statistical the Institute has benefited from the Association. presence of a world-class economics In the early 20th century, the eco- department, over and above the ad- nomics program at MIT aimed to dition of still more luster to the MIT prepare undergraduates for leadership name. The exposure of students and roles in business. During those years, faculty from other disciplines to eco- economics as a discipline gained nomics has stimulated creative think- greater prominence both here and ing about how technology can be used abroad. But the modern era of eco- to improve the economic welfare nomics at MIT began in 1940 — the of the average person. That thought year that Paul Samuelson, not yet brings me to my second topic, which having even received his doctorate, is the link between technology and was persuaded to emigrate here from economic growth. a somewhat less technically proficient institution located on another stretch Technological advances and growth of the Charles River. In part, Samuel- As has always been the case, tech- son was willing to leave Harvard be- nological change and innovation are cause his “Foundations of Economic today in large part driving economic Analysis” -- a book now universally growth and the improvement of liv- BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH recognized by economists as inaugu- ing standards. But it is important to The commencement exercises took place on June 9 in Killian Court. rating the modern mathematical ap- understand that even the very best proach to economics--was not well ideas in science or engineering do not (from top to bottom) received by the old guard at the Har- automatically translate into broader A graduate decorates his mortarboard with a smiling, stuffed flower. vard Economics Department. economic prosperity. In large mea- Pirate logos adorn the mortarboards of two graduating seniors. MIT’s Ph.D. program in econom- Mika A. Tomczak ’06 descends from the commencement stage with her diploma and trademark carrot ics was established a year after Samu- Bernanke, Page 12 decorating her mortarboard. Page 10 THE TECH June 16, 2006 Fewer Women Have Tenure At Harvard, Report Says By Alan Finder trinsic aptitude” could help explain the report found, compared with 22 sciences 16 percent, as are 11 per- important undergraduate science THE NEW YORK TIMES why fewer women than men reached percent a year ago. But among the cent of tenured or tenure-track law courses; a residential summer pro- A year after Harvard’s president, the highest ranks of science and math tenured professors in natural scienc- school professors and 10 percent of gram for 100 undergraduates doing Lawrence H. Summers ’75, prom- in universities. es, only 8 percent were women. such humanities faculty. research with science and engineer- ised a major effort to make the fac- Much of the data in the report The proportion of tenured faculty The report pointed to new pro- ing professors; and a lecture series ulty more diverse amid a controversy was assembled to highlight where in natural sciences was lower than at grams including study centers in five on issues for women in science. about his remarks about women in women and minority members had some comparable universities, like science, a university report released been making progress and where Princeton, Stanford and the Massa- Tuesday indicated that most of the efforts and resources needed to be chusetts Institute of Technology, the News Briefs, Continued from Page 1 work remained to be done. concentrated, said Evelynn M. Ham- report said, while the proportion of Women represent considerably monds, senior vice provost for fac- tenure-track professors was similar. per hour, while the average base pay for campus police in Massachu- less than half of the faculty in all but ulty development and diversity, in a Women represent a substantially setts is $25 to $26 per hour. Also, other union employees have received one of Harvard’s schools, and while preface to the 49-page document. larger proportion of the Harvard raises recently while the campus police have not received a raise in two the number of women in tenure-track Hammonds’ post was also cre- faculty in other departments and years, West said. But the MIT statement said that “the wages offered positions grew slightly from the last ated last year by Summers, who an- schools. At the Graduate School of by MIT for all years of the contract are comparable to those offered to academic year to the current one, nounced in February after a renewed Education, 80 percent of the faculty other staff at MIT and are, in our view, reasonable given the market women still make up a small fraction clash with the faculty that he would on a tenure track are women, as are place and the Institute’s overall budget.” of the university’s tenured profes- leave office at the end of this month. 38 percent at the School of Public According to the same statement, this year is the third and final year sors. Hammonds said in a telephone Health and 48 percent in the social of a collective bargaining agreement between MIT and the CPA. This These were among the findings interview, “I think what’s important sciences. But women make up a agreement established the wages for the first two years, but left the in the first report from the Office for about what happened this year is that considerably smaller portion of the third year open to negotiation. Faculty Development and Diversity, the university made a serious effort tenured faculty in these schools and West said that MIT is offering a three percent raise. MIT considers which Summers established at Har- to address these issues.” disciplines. In the education school, this “a reasonable wage increase,” according to the statement. The CPA vard in May 2005. He also pledged In the report she wrote: “By some 39 percent of the tenured professors is asking for a five percent raise, said West. to spend at least $50 million over the measures, we are not out of line with are women. In the social sciences, 21 “MIT is responding to the union’s requests for copies of hundreds next decade to improve the univer- our peers. However, other data show percent are women. of pages of documents and will provide the material to the union as sity’s efforts to recruit and promote that some schools and departments The proportion of tenured and soon as possible,” according to the statement. women and minorities. still have a lot of work to do.” tenure-track minority members also —Marie Y. Thibault Summers announced the initia- In the natural sciences, 25 per- varies widely. In the School of Busi- tives after months of controversy cent of the faculty on a tenure track ness, 22 percent of such faculty are over his remarks suggesting that “in- were women in this academic year, members of minorities, in natural Canizares and Gibson Named to New Posts Associate Provost Claude R. Canizares has been named vice presi- dent for research and associated provost, and Professor Lorna J. Gibson has been named associate provost. The appointments, made by Provost L. Rafael Reif, will go into effect on August 1. 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The next step is Lin said. as the CAC advisory board earlier technologies,” encouraged Ber- Hockfield and the Institute, most for the Office of the Dean for Student “There is still a tremendous this year. nanke, voicing a message of being of which will go towards the Class Life to spread the word among the amount of work to be done,” Walsh The current plans for the expand- open to new and varied opportuni- of 2006 Student Life Scholarship administration and lobby for continu- said. The DIZ project is not officially ed Student Center includes the DIZ ties. “New opportunities will always Fund. The fund will help provide ation of the project, he said. a project of the Institute yet, he said. in the basement for student shops, arise for those who seek them. If you financial aid to future seniors who According to Phillip J. Walsh, “We want a con- as well as a remain nimble in searching out new hold leadership positions in student director of Campus Activities Com- cept and idea welcome center and unexpected opportunities, it will groups around campus. plex, approximately 50 people, most that is compre- “It would be great if the and auditorium, not only benefit you, but it will also The class set a record with a of them students, showed up for the hensive in ap- which spiked the benefit the economy and the soci- participation rate of 50 percent for May 22 meeting. Walsh said that the proval with a space was open and social, administration’s ety.” the class gift, besting the previous meeting was a good opportunity for solid consensus interest. Bernanke’s speech had little ef- record of 39 percent set by the Class the design team to test some of their of support be- like a kind of art-nerd Walsh said fect on the markets last week, as he of 2001. The class gift included a working assumptions, as well as to hind it.” that there has shied away from comments on the donation of $20,000 by President have an exchange with concerned One thing clubhouse.” been a great deal current state of the US economy. of the Alumni Association Scott P. student groups. both Hernandez — Clay Ward ’97 of positive feed- However, he has delivered three Marks Jr. ’69, given because the “The biggest issue was that a lot and the DIZ de- back and excite- separate talks over the past week class had reached the 50 percent of people hadn’t heard about it,” said sign team agreed ment about the on a variety of topics, ranging from giving mark. Slocum, referring to the project pro- on was the usefulness of the meeting. proposal. bank supervision to household debt. Wu and Bruni also led the gradu- posal. There were misundestandings about “We feel the strongest component All of this came as the markets ap- ates in the turning of the Brass Rat, the project on the part of the students of the idea is the ability to bring all proached 6 month lows earlier in the the MIT class ring, a symbolic event Concerns voiced on fate of LCC that were resolved during the meet- sorts of MIT people together to do week, which analysts have suggested signifying the completion of MIT. The students representing the La- ing, Hernandez said. “Professor Slo- what they love in the same building,” is a repercussion of Bernanke’s com- Upon graduating, students turn the tino Cultural Center were especially cum did a good job presenting the Formula SAE Team Captain Brad W. ments several weeks ago that infla- brass rat so that the beaver on the vocal in expressing their concerns at project, how to get involved, how to Schiller ’06 said. The Formula SAE tion was still a concern in the United bezel is facing outward, with the the information meeting. Construct- keep everyone abreast of the situa- Team currently has its shop in a run- States. Cambridge skyline facing the grad- ed in the fall of 2002 as a community tion.” down building close to Sidney and Bruni’s address focused on the uates. center for Latino students and Latino “Student participation will add Pacific, Schiller said. They share the journey that each student has taken Hockfield gave encouraging groups at MIT, the LCC is currently value in helping to develop the vision building with the solar car team. through MIT. “You are now part of words to the Class of 2006 in the tra- located in the basement of the Stu- through this phase of its concept de- Schiller also said that a central- this institution’s ditional Charge dent Center. velopment,” Walsh wrote in an e-mail ized shop would help decrease the history of excel- to the Gradu- “The LCC itself doesn’t have any advertising the meeting. overall costs of machinery and ex- lence,” he said. “It falls upon you to shape ates. Address- issue with the project. A lot of mem- pensive equipment. The location of He also com- ing the students, bers like this idea and welcome this Proposal draws variety of groups the proposed DIZ would also give mented on the the skies of tomorrow ... the she stated how endeavor,” said Hector H. Hernandez The overall theme of the DIZ, as visiting prospective students a better new responsibil- future is now yours.” “your passion G, a member of the LCC and attend- printed on the front of a brochure idea of what MIT life is like. ities that come and ideas have ee of the May meeting. “The issue the created last week, is a place where The first, second, and third floors with being a — Sylvain Bruni G already changed LCC has is specifically how the ad- “students meet, tinker, create and ex- of the Student Center add-on would graduate of MIT, the world,” ministration is choosing to handle the perience” what is unique to MIT. The house a 200- to 300-seat auditorium connecting grad- and went on to situation. There are long-standing in- brochure was created by a volunteer and welcome center where campus uation with a “contract that binds you praise the class for its contributions stances in the past of the administra- team of students and graduates from tours could start, as the brochure il- to make use of your thinking and top to the Institute and the global com- tion ignoring the concern of Latino the Boston Architectural Center led lustrates. notch abilities.” Bruni also proudly munity. students on campus.” Hernandez cit- by Lin. The extra space on the fourth described how members of the class Hockfield’s words focused on ed a long struggle for the creation of The IAP class that originally floor would increase office space for have taken a leadership role outside the potential impact that the gradu- the LCC, “a place for Latino students came up with the idea of the DIZ student activities, and the fifth floor of the classroom at MIT, developing ates will have on the world, showing to meet, a nice community center.” envisioned bringing together all the would be inhabited by the SAA. The skills that will help shape the world confidence in their education. “You According to Hernandez, the LCC various student shops, which are art groups would have larger and in the future. will help the world meet its need for also has no problem with the idea of currently scattered around campus, more modernized studio space with “The power to change the world sustainable energy,” she said. “You restructuring “so that inter- skylights. is right here today, in your hands and will use the converging tools of the the basement, as action can hap- “A larger art program really ben- your minds,” Bruni described. He life sciences and engineering to long as the plan pen among the efits everyone in the studio, since concluded by stating “It falls upon cure, and even to prevent, disease... provides an al- “We feel the strongest groups, the fos- most of us learn and are inspired by you to shape the skies of tomorrow... and you will answer the fundamen- ternate location component of the idea is the tering of innova- other artists working around us,” said the future is now yours.” tal questions about nature and soci- for the LCC. tion, the sharing Kristen Mattern G, who is part of the Wu gave a spirited address to her ety.” The fate of ability to bring all sorts of of ideas,” said SAA and Hobby Shop, and also in- classmates as well, poking fun at the Hockfield concluded by chal- the mural locat- Leonard Tower volved in the DIZ project. saying that an MIT student can only lenging each member of the class ed on the LCC’s MIT people together to do Jr. ’71, who is “It would be great if the space was choose two of the three fundamental to “inspire your own generation and walls, painted what they love in the same involved in the open and social, like a kind of art- aspects of his life: work, friends, and the generations to come with a re- as a donation by DIZ project. nerd clubhouse,” SAA Coordinator sleep. She reflected on many of the newed sense of possibility and opti- prominent art- building.” The class Clay Ward ’97 said. common experiences that the gradu- mism for the future.” ists, was also created a pre- Ward also said that the project ates have shared during their time at Following Hockfield’s address, discussed during — Brad W. Schiller ’06 liminary “space may create new spaces for students to MIT, including 8.01 showering, stay- members of the Class of 2006 were the meeting. budget” of pursue hands-on arts and crafts that ing up late in Athena clusters with presented their diplomas by Hock- Chin Lin ’86, 30,000 to 40,000 currently do not exist on campus, in- friends, and “drinking from the pro- field and Provost L. Rafael Reif. who teaches at the Student Art Asso- square feet, the amount of useful new cluding oil painting, clothing design, verbial firehose.” At the conclusion of the ceremony, ciation and works at an architectural space that the Student Center would puppetry, and stained glass among Like Bruni, Wu emphasized the Marks officially welcomed the grad- firm, is a member of the design team need for the creation of this central others. responsibility that the class had to uates into the Alumni Association. and was quick to say in an interview shop, Tower said. T The brochure, along with addi- use their education for the goodness Following commencement there that the project is still in its planning The project continued with a tional information about the DIZ is of others. “Let us not forget our re- was a reception on Kresge Oval for stages, with “many technical issues group of volunteers, mostly consist- located at http://pergatory.mit.edu/ sponsibility to the world. Let us use the graduates and their families. to be worked out.” The LCC, he said, ing of MIT students, faculty, and diz/. Parents: Students Need Listening Ear Parents, from Page 1 former The Tech staffer, said that the for the first five minutes every time, Police Log impression MIT left on her was that then speak,” Bharti Venkatraman the social change that MIT had on “everybody has the same equal op- said. “Send them food,” Rosa King The following incidents were reported to the MIT Police between her son. “On the first day, he was portunity to do whatever you think said. Echoing the general advice May 25 and June 14, 2006. This summary does not include some holding onto us and wouldn’t let us possible.” of experienced MIT parents, Ann incidents such as suspicious activity, false alarms, or medical shut- out of his sight,” Bharti Venkatra- Offering advice to parents of in- D’Auria said, “There are some hard tles. man said. “Since then he has trav- coming freshmen, the parents cited moments. They need encouraging May 25: 540 Memorial Drive, 1:18 p.m., fraud by check. elled the world alone.” Rosa King, the need for compassion, patience, words, a hot meal, phone calls, and May 26: NW86 (70 Pacific St.), 6:47 p.m., Student in a moving mother of Yao-Chung King ’06, a and food. “Listen to your children help with laundry.” van damaged the ceiling of the garage. May 30: 4th floor of M46, 12:30 p.m., Mr. Kelly Fujiyoshi, home- Solution to Solution to less, arrested for trespassing after notice. Solution to Sudoku May 30: Killian Court, 9:30 a.m., Mr. Joseph Fisher, 530 South Crossword from page 6 Bonus Crossword from page 5 from page 5 Bridge St., Kingston, MA, warrant arrest. June 2: Occurred on May 18, E51 (70 Memorial Dr.), 1:24 p.m., 2 8 9 6 5 3 7 4 1 Malicious damage to vehicle. 1 7 6 4 8 9 2 5 3 June 5: M13, 9:42 p.m., CPD dispatcher called MIT to report a past assault between parties known to each other. 3 5 4 1 7 2 6 8 9 June 6: M50 (142 Memorial Dr.), 12:00 p.m., Reporting person 5 4 3 7 1 6 9 2 8 states there is some homophobic graffiti in the men’s room in Walker Memorial basement. 9 2 8 3 4 5 1 6 7 June 7: Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity (99 Bay State Rd.), 2:30 7 6 1 9 2 8 5 3 4 a.m., Damage to fraternity house. June 14: M50 (142 Memorial Dr.), Reporting person called from 8 3 7 5 6 1 4 9 2 the Rainbow Lounge (Walker Memorial basement) to complain 6 1 2 8 9 4 3 7 5 about offensive graffiti on the men’s room black board. Compiled by Marie Y. Thibault ’08 4 9 5 2 3 7 8 1 6 Page 12 THE TECH June 16, 2006 SPORTS UVA’s Tony Kilbridge to Be MIT Director of Rowing By James Kramer leadership across all of MIT’s intercollegiate top 20 heavyweight crews in the country. In Kilbridge was a two-time Eastern Sprints DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION rowing programs and will be head coach of addition to coaching, Kilbridge was respon- champion; more recently, he has earned Gold, DAPER Department Head/Director of the men’s heavyweight team. His additional sible for all facets of the program’s finances, Silver and Bronze medals at Masters U.S. Na- Athletics Candace Royer has announced the duties will include overseeing the operations including budgeting and fund development. tional Championships. hiring of Tony Kilbridge to serve as MIT’s first of Pierce boathouse and supervising the year- As director of rowing, he oversaw all aspects Said Kilbridge, who will join the MIT Director of Rowing/Principal round operations and use of the facility by of boathouse operations and coordinated the staff in August, “I’m excited to be joining a Coach. Kilbridge secures the MIT students, staff and members of the Cam- use of the facility by Virginia’s men’s and world class university and competing in the appointment after serving the bridge community. women’s crews as well as a community row- Eastern Sprints league. I’m grateful to MIT past five years as head coach of Kilbridge brings a wealth of experience ing club. for placing its trust in me, and I’m confident the University of Virginia men’s into his new role at the Institute. Although Kilbridge graduated cum laude from that MIT’s crews can become substantially crew and director of rowing of men’s rowing is a club sport at Virginia, the Harvard University in 1982, before graduat- more competitive over the coming years. This the Virginia Rowing Association. team routinely enjoyed success against varsity ing cum laude from Georgetown University is a wonderful opportunity and I can’t wait to In his post at MIT, Kilbridge will provide boats and was perennially ranked among the Law School in 1987. As an undergraduate, get started.” Bernanke Discusses Productivity, Technical Advances Bernanke, from Page 9 increased rapidly in the decades after United States also benefits from its development in the warmer regions of I hope you find some measure of fi- World War II, but then decelerated in high-quality research universities, the United States and the rest of the nancial reward. But the world has a sure, the material benefits of innova- mid-1990s, at about the same time which have shown both the willing- world. However, in all cases, devel- great deal more to offer than money, tion spring from complementarities that U.S. productivity growth picked ness and the ability to collaborate with opments evolved over a long period and a key question each of you will between technology and economics, up. Thus the gap between productivity the private sector and, in some cases, and required firms to make collateral face repeatedly in your lives is how to where I include in “economics” not levels in the United States and Europe, with the government as well, in the investments in research and develop- use the talent and education that you only economic ideas but also eco- which had nearly closed by 1995, has development and commercialization ment, organizational structure and have been given and the knowledge nomic policies and the entire eco- been widening. What accounts for the of new ideas. For example, Intel was employee training. These investments that you have attained. With respect nomic system. When the economics apparently disparate effects of tech- co-founded by an MIT graduate, and in learning how to make the best use to your professional lives, I hope that is right, scientific and technological nology on growth here and abroad? MIT graduates have played key roles of new technologies have been dubbed when you make career choices, you advances promote economic develop- Differences in economic policies in designing and developing the Inter- intangible capital, to distinguish them will look first for opportunities that ment, which in turn, in a virtuous cir- and systems likely account for some net. from investments in physical goods excite you intellectually, that allow cle, may provide resources and incen- of the differences in performance — One interesting feature of the U.S. like new equipment and machines. you to use your creative powers to the tives to help foster more innovation. A another example of the complemen- and global experience with major in- In the case of information and fullest extent, and that let you contin- negative example is the former Soviet tarity of technology and economics. novations is that often a significant communication technologies, new ue to learn and grow. I hope you will Union, which certainly did not lack One leading explanation for strong amount of time passes between the economic research suggests that the not be afraid to be unconventional, to for scientific and engineering talent U.S. productivity performance is initial development and diffusion of investments in the associated intangi- do something that nobody else has but which had an economic system that labor and product markets in the new technologies and the realization ble capital — that means figuring out thought of before. Remember that the that was poorly suited for translat- United States tend to be more flexible of the associated productivity benefits. what to do with the computer once it’s path to success and fulfillment may ing scientific advances into economic and competitive, and that these market Computers were first commercialized out of the box — are quite important. not be well marked, the scaling of progress. characteristics have allowed the Unit- in the 1950s, for example, and personal In my view, important investments in some predetermined ladder; it may in- The experience of the United ed States to realize greater economic computers came into widespread use intangible capital remain to be made, stead be a road without signs or maps. States over the past decade illustrates benefits from new technologies. For in the early 1980s. But until the mid- as much still remains to be learned And remember that it is OK to fail -- the essential complementarity of tech- example, taking full advantage of 1990s these developments had little about how to harness these technolo- really: New opportunities will always nology and economics. Before the new information and communication evident effect on measures of produc- gies most effectively. Thus, it should arise for those who seek them. If you mid-1990s, the growth of productiv- technologies may require extensive tivity. Indeed, MIT’s Robert Solow fa- not be surprising that the benefits of remain nimble in searching out new ity — the amount of output produced reorganization of work practices, re- mously said in 1987 that “computers these technologies have taken awhile and unexpected opportunities, it will per worker or per hour of work — had assignment and retraining of workers, are everywhere except in the produc- to show up in the productivity statis- not only benefit you, but it will also been relatively sluggish for more than and ultimately some reallocation of la- tivity statistics.” Moreover, despite the tics. But this research also suggests benefit the economy and the society, two decades in this country. As pro- bor among firms and industries. Reg- sharp decline in information-technol- that the current productivity revival because long experience has shown ductivity is perhaps the single most ulations that raise the costs of hiring ogy investment after the meltdown of still has some legs, as the full eco- that dynamism and creativity are the important determinant of average liv- and firing workers and that reduce the tech-sector stocks earlier this decade, nomic benefits of recent technological seeds of innovation and of progress. ing standards — a country in which ability of firms to change work assign- the growth rate of productivity actu- changes have not yet been completely In the personal sphere, as you an average worker can produce a lot ments — like those in a number of Eu- ally increased further in recent years, realized. make your way in the world, I hope is typically also a place in which the ropean countries, for example — may as I mentioned. These long lags raise you will not forget the importance average person can consume a lot make such changes more difficult to additional questions about the nature Looking to the future of your family and how much it has — the so-called productivity slow- achieve. Likewise, in product markets, of the links between new technologies As graduates of MIT, you will be already contributed to your journey down of that earlier period was the a high degree of competition and low and the resulting productivity gains. at the heart of this critical process of through life. Remember, too, family source of much concern on the part barriers to the entry of new firms in Perhaps the answer lies in taking developing new technologies and in members are the ones who are go- of economists and policymakers. The most industries in the United States the longer view. Some research by some cases taking them to the mar- ing to still love you even when things growth rate of productivity increased provide strong incentives for firms to economists has drawn an analogy be- ketplace. We are in an age in which aren’t going so well. And even as you and picked up in the United States still find ways to cut costs and to improve tween modern information and com- technology and its fruits will be a focus intensively on your professional further around the turn of the century their products. Competition is one of munication technologies and earlier dominant force not only in our eco- interests, I hope you will remain intel- and remains strong today. This pro- the key benefits of free and open trade; so-called general-purpose technolo- nomic lives but in the cultural, social, lectually broad — well-read, well-in- ductivity revival augurs very well for companies that are exposed to global gies such as the steam engine, the elec- political and personal aspects of our formed and open to new experiences. the future of the U.S. economy. But competition tend to be much more ef- tric motor and the internal combustion lives as well. Your training at MIT And finally, I hope you will remain why did it happen? ficient and produce goods of higher engine. General-purpose technologies equips each of you exceptionally well engaged with the broader society. You graduates, of all people, will quality than companies that are shel- have broad application and thus have to take the fullest advantage of the That may involve entering public not be surprised to hear that the re- tered from international competition. the potential both to revolutionize professional and personal opportuni- service at some point, as many MIT search suggests that the pickup in U.S. Other economic factors have prob- methods of production and to make a ties that technological innovation and graduates have chosen to do. But it productivity growth in the mid-1990s ably been important in translating host of new goods and services avail- change will create. need not. There are always opportuni- was importantly related to advances in technological change into material able to businesses and consumers. For Each of you, because of your ties to make a difference in the world, information and communication tech- progress. Some observers point to the example, when smaller electric motors youth, your talent, your demonstrated through volunteering, civic participa- nologies. But these technical advances depth, liquidity and sophistication of replaced single-power sources, such commitment to learning and your per- tion, charitable activities, or just the in and of themselves can’t be the whole American financial markets as con- as steam or water power, in manufac- sonal and intellectual achievements nature of the work you choose to do. story. For example, even though the tributing to recent productivity gains. turing facilities, it became feasible to during your time at MIT, will soon I congratulate all the graduates new technologies are widely available Sizable markets for venture capital reorganize the layouts of plants to op- find — to paraphrase Shakespeare and your families for what you have around the world, many other coun- and ready access to equity financing timize the flow of materials rather than — that the world is your oyster. I hope accomplished and let me end by wish- tries appear not to have derived the facilitate start-up enterprises, which the distribution of power. And the ad- that you will contribute in some mea- ing you the very best for the future. same benefit as the United States. No- are often the best means of bring- vent of air conditioning significantly sure to economic progress, whether in tably, productivity in Europe, which ing new technologies to market. The expanded opportunities for economic the United States or elsewhere; and SOURCE: MIT NEWS OFFICE

Newly Elected Members of the MIT Corporation Name Term Previous Membership MIT Degrees Job Notable MIT Activities David A. Berry 5 years — SB ’00, Ph.D. ’05 Principal, Flagship Ventures BioMatrix Mentorship Program Thomas P. Gerrity 5 years 2001–present SB ’63, SM ’64, Ph.D. ’70 Professor of Management, Wharton School Visiting committees for athletics, physical education and recreation and student life; Sloan Alumni Activity Building Mark P. Gorenberg 5 years 2001–present SB ’76 Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Visiting committees for linguistics and philosophy and aeronautics and astronautics James A. Lash 5 years — SB ’66 First selectman, Greenwich, Conn. Visiting committee for mathematics Paul F. Levy 5 years — SB ’74 President, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Visiting committee for urban studies and planning Scott P. Marks 5 years 2001–present — Private investor Corporation Development Committee; Audit Committee; visiting committees for chemical engineering and mechanical engineering Megan J. Smith 5 years — SB ’86, SM ’88 Director for new business development, Google Visiting committees for athletics, physical education and recreation, and media arts and sciences Henri A. Termeer 5 years — — Chair, President, CEO, Genzyme Board member, Whitehead Institute Chiquita V. White 4 years — SB ’85 Section head of product development, Procter & Gamble Visiting committee for student life; vice president, Alumni Association board of directors; class agent, Class of 1985; member, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Marjorie M.T. Yang 5 years 2001–present SB ’74 Chair, Esquel Group of Companies Visiting committees for architecture, mathematics, MIT Sloan School; member, dean’s advisory council, MIT Sloan School; member, advisory board, MIT-China International Management Education Project SOURCE: MIT NEWS OFFICE The MIT Corporation elected the following members at its quarterly meeting on Friday, June 9. All memberships are effective beginning on July 1. At that point, the Corporation will consist of 74 mem- bers, 22 of which are life members and eight of which are ex officio. An additional 29 individuals are life members emeritus, who can participate in meetings but do not having voting privileges.