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Volume 132, Number 7 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Anderson’s cause of death still unknown Medical examiner says tests are pending; no clear time frame given

By Jessica J. Pourian for burialEstablished last week, and his funeral 1881 Editor in chief took place this past Saturday in his home state of Minnesota at the No conclusion has been reached Grace Lutheran Church in Belview, as to the cause of death of Brian G. MN . Anderson ’13, the MIT junior who Cambridge and MIT police have was found dead in his Next House deemed that there was no foul play dormitory room last Monday. involved in Anderson’s death. The A death certificate was issued for Boston Globe reported on Saturday Anderson on Feb. 22 in Cambridge that the death did not appear sus- with the cause of death listed as picious, according to Cara O’Brien, “pending.” Terrel Harris, a spokes- a spokeswoman for the Middlesex person for the Mass. Chief Medical District Attorney’s office. In his let- Examiner’s office, said that a num- ter to students on Feb. 20, Chancel- ber of tests need to be run before the lor Eric Grimson PhD ’80 urged stu- cause of death can be determined. dents to “refrain from speculation” Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech Harris provided no concrete time and said that “there is no strong in- The Chorallaries performed their nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste last Saturday evening. Bawdy frame, but suggested The Tech check dication Establishedthat Brian’s death was the 1881 jokes abounded and toilet paper was thrown around in massive quantities by both the performers and back in two weeks. the audience in a packed 26-100 until late into the night. Anderson’s body was approved Anderson, Page 11

In Short are today in Kresge Auditorium. MITx targeted in Newsletter The ceremony will take place 3–5 Presidential search update: James p.m. A. Champy ’63 has been asked to Latest Faculty Newsletter theme is online initiative chair the search committee to select The April housing lottery opens a new MIT president. Corporation March 1. Forms are available at By Anne Cai and cation at MIT will change as MITx Instead, wrote Flowers, MIT Chairman John S. Reed ’61 said the http://housing.mit.edu. Ethan A. Solomon grows. should be putting its resources to- committee hopes to start meeting on editors However, Emeritus Professor wards developing better “training March 5. Champy chaired the com- The NIH filed its brief yesterday of Mechanical Engineering Wood- tools” — the type of chalk-and-talk mittee that chose Hockfield. in opposition to James Sherley’s at- The January/Februaryπ Faculty ie C. Flowers PhD ’73 took a criti- knowledge traditionally conveyed tempt to once again stop government Newsletter (FNL) marks the sec- cal stance,Established saying the direction through1881 hour-long lectures and The All-American Rejects are com- funding of human embryonic stem ond issue in a row in which MIT’s and motivation of MITx should textbook readings. He cited E.O. ing! The band will be playing April 27 cell research; arguments are much faculty launched a coordinated be different. Provost L. Rafael Reif, Wilson’s digital biology textbook in Johnson Athletic Center for MIT’s the same. The court date is April 23 response to a major Institute de- who is leading the MITx initia- Life on Earth as a good example of Spring Weekend. Tickets are $15 for before the U.S. Court of Appeals for velopment. Last issue, it was MIT tive, stood by his program and was next-generation training tools. MIT students and will go on pre-sale the District of Columbia. 2030. Now, the faculty have turned careful to underscore the distinc- MITx, he added, should not March 26. their collective eye towards MITx tion that “MITx is not MIT.” make a mistake like the Open- Send news information and tips to — the online learning initiative set “MIT is in a powerful posi- CourseWare (OCW) initiative — The 2012 MIT Excellence Awards [email protected]. to open to the public next week. tion to influence industry, gov- which Flowers described as “a Faculty reactions to MITx, as ernments, and other academic large database developing digital expressed in the FNL, are mixed. institutions to work together to rot and becoming increasingly The Newsletter’s editorial board develop systems that enhance irrelevant,” long-since eclipsed and Faculty Chair Samuel M. Al- education,” wrote Flowers, who in page-views by the free Khan len PhD ’75 took a largely mid- suggested that an unspoken goal Academy. dle-of-the road approach in their of MITx may be to beat for-profit Allen, while noting that MITx columns. They expressed opti- online schools at their own game. has big potential to change an MIT mism over the promise of MITx “Our hubris is getting in the way. education, said that not enough but called for increased attention How many of us would be enthusi- time has been spent considering to the platform’s implementation astic about joining a project titled and asked how on-campus edu- Stanfordx?” FNL, Page 12

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Many a day has passed Building itself (which contains ergy. The delay in the closing when pedestrians walking up Lobby 7), parts can often take of the automatic doors often the steps to Lobby 7 have en- time to find. In the first instance means that warm air leaks countered an “Out of Order” of long-term repair, Connolly outside and Lobby 7 is quickly sign at one of the three en- said it took two weeks to get cooled by the incoming cold air. trance doors. The doors, some a new motor, while the other The manual doors, on the other of the most-used on campus, time, it took three weeks to get hand, close right after a person have been under repair six a new step pad. “Parts are not passes through, so “for reasons times this academic year, ac- readily available,” said Con- of comfort and energy saving cording to Manager of Repair nolly in an email, adding that we will shut down the automat- and Maintenance Kevin Con- additional step pads were also ic doors,” said Connolly. As part nolly. In two of the instances, purchased to avoid future de- of the energy-saving measures, the doors were under repair lays in repairs. over the past few years, the In- for two and three weeks, while Repairs were not the only stitute has also encouraged stu- the other four instances were reason for the closure of the dents to use the many revolving same-day repairs. doors, however. During the doors across campus, which let Bruno b. F. faviero—The Tech As the doors are about as wintertime, the doors are out less air than manual doors. Yin-Jen “Angela” Wang ’13 dances in Motown, a show put on by old as the 73-year-old Rogers sometimes closed to save en- —Bruno B. F. Faviero MIT Mocha Moves Dance Squad and featuring MIT Fixation. ua needs long student support services we are improving the importance SECTIONS World & Nation �����2 How much does it actually help? term vision our twitter feed! of a solid core Opinion �����������������4 opinion, p. 6 Or they are doomed to Follow us for highlights How building core Campus Life ���������7 fail once again. mit student in jeopardy! from each issue! strength improves your Fun Pages �����������14 opinion, p. 6 @thetech health. Sports �����������������16 An interview with Marie C. McGraw ’12. campus life, p. 7 campus life, p. 8 2 The Tech Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Iran’s prime minister increases D power after political crisis As fighting rages, Syria votes BAGHDAD — When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki round- ed up hundreds of former Baathists, accused the vice president of running a hit squad and threatened to use the apparatus of on a new Constitution state to target other top Sunni leaders, some rivals and critics said that al-Maliki’s authoritarian streak had finally antago- By Neil MacFarquhar of freedom and democracy. Some of ic countries,” she said.

worl nized enough of Iraq’s political class to jeopardize his hold on The New York Times them suggested that voters should Opposition organizations broad- power. take part in the election to show cast videos that seemed to show

n Instead, al-Maliki appears to have emerged from a poten- BEIRUT — As fighting churned their “steadfastness” in the face of demonstrations throughout the tially destabilizing political crisis with even more power over on in major cities on Sunday, Syria the nearly year-old insurrection, country against the vote. Videos the Iraqi state and more popularity among his Shiite constitu- held a referendum on a new consti- which the government of President posted on YouTube showed tire ents, many people here said. tution, an offer of reform that critics Bashar Assad calls a foreign plot to burnings, a poster saying “We step “People trust him more and more after this,” said Rahman have dismissed as too little too late destabilize the country. on the new constitution,” and peo- Tal Jukon, a retired businessman in Hilla, a town in the Shiite- and Western leaders called a farce. In the southern Damascus dis- ple chanting “Down with Bashar dominated south where expressions of support for al-Maliki, The continued attacks by govern- trict of Ma’adamiah, where there al-Assad.” atio once tepid, are now more common and enthusiastic. “He is a ment forces, which killed dozens on was a heavy security presence on the One spoof ballot was marked by brave man. He has guts.” Sunday, and the lack of outside ob- streets and shops were shuttered, no a sheep hoofprint on the “yes” side, Al-Maliki’s political calculus, pushing to the edge of a full- servers also raised questions about voters appeared until about 1 p.m., while a video from Aleppo showed blown crisis, appears to have paid off, though worries remain the legitimacy of the vote. and most were municipal workers. a giant trash container labeled REF- that Iraq is sliding toward one-man, one-party rule under “We have an election in a state Others scoffed. ERENDUM and people pointedly al-Maliki. living through a war?” said Arif Dali- “The Assad regime is arresting dumping their garbage into it. —Tim Arango, The New York Times la, a prominent dissident who has hundreds of our sons and brothers, The Local Coordination Commit- served prison terms for criticizing has killed and injured hundreds, so tees, an antigovernment group, said

& N Murdoch hacking inquiry the lack of democracy in Syria. “Who we don’t care about this constitu- that attacks by government soldiers will participate in this referendum? tion,” said Ziad, 25, who gave only his killed 55 people on Sunday, most of expands to UK officials Who will monitor the results? Who first name out of fear of retribution. them in the besieged city of Homs. will trust the numbers emerging “Syrians will write their real consti- The violence prevented voting there, LONDON — The officer leading a police investigation into from this referendum?” tution after we finish this regime.” and in several Damascus suburbs Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers said Monday that re- Some polling places appeared In downtown Damascus, where government thugs were unleashed porters and editors at The Sun tabloid had over the years paid utterly deserted, while at others there were marginally more voters, to stamp out anti-referendum pro- hundreds of thousands of dollars for information not only to opinion was divided. Hala, a 36-year-old woman from the tests, the group said. orld police officers but also to a “network of corrupted officials” in But state television broadcast same Alawite clan as the president The new constitution is the cor- the military and the government. a relentless barrage of public sup- and the wife of a soldier, said she was nerstone of Assad’s plan to address The officer, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, said port for the new constitution with voting for a “new Syria.” the anti-government protests that emails obtained by the police showed that there was a “culture an endless number of voters hailing W “This new constitution will shift have convulsed the country since at The Sun of illegal payments” that were authorized “at a very the document for ushering in an era Syria into the ranks of the democrat- last March. senior level within the newspaper” and involved “frequent and sometimes significant sums of money” paid to public officials in the Health Ministry and the prison service, among other agencies. The testimony was a sharp new turn in a months-long ju- Germany backs $175 billion aid dicial investigation of the behavior of Murdoch-owned and other newspapers, known as the Leveson inquiry. It detailed financial transactions that showed both the scale and the scope of reported bribes, the covert nature of their payment and the plan for Greece seniority of newspaper executives accused of involvement. —Sarah Lyall, The New York Times By Nicholas Kulish the ruling coalition parties. holdings of Greek debt has yet to be The New York Times The defections from her ranks completed. Plot to kill Putin is uncovered, were the clearest sign of how much While Merkel won this round, BERLIN — Chancellor Angela doubts grow here that Greece’s fi- the German public is increasingly Russian TV reports Merkel of Germany managed to nances can be stabilized in the long fed up with bailouts and rescue keep her strategy for attacking run. funds, for Greece in particular, and MOSCOW — Russian television reported Monday that the Greece’s debt problems on track Over the weekend a Cabinet there are questions about how well Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services had worked to- with a victory in Parliament Mon- member for the first time broke that support will hold up. gether over many weeks to thwart an assassination attempt on day, but was able to win the vote ranks with Merkel and said Greece Many conservative politicians the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin. only with the help of opposition should leave the euro. and financial experts oppose the The announcement came less than a week before the Rus- parties. European finance ministers Greek bailout as a matter of prin- sian presidential election Sunday, raising questions about the Without votes from the Social reached a deal last week after lead- ciple. But a growing number of poli- timing of its release, in part because two suspects were arrest- Democrats and the Green Party, ers in Athens agreed to deeper cuts ticians, economists and the public ed weeks ago. Putin, the dominant figure in Russian politics, is Merkel would not have received the in public spending. have begun to express doubts about widely expected to return to the presidency, which he held for backing she needed from the Bund- “No one can give a 100-percent the practical feasibility of the rescue two terms before becoming prime minister in 2008. estag to sign off on the $175 billion guarantee of success,” Merkel said, plan. The Greek economy keeps The report by the government-controlled broadcaster, Greek rescue package when she acknowledging the growing doubts. shrinking faster than anticipated, Channel One, said the two suspects were arrested in the Ukrai- travels to Brussels for the summit But there would be “incalculable shrinking tax revenue and making nian city of Odessa, after surviving an explosion inside an of European leaders Thursday and risks,” if help for Greece was cut off. the deficits all that much harder to apartment there on Jan. 4. Friday. German approval was an im- close, and there are few signs of re- A third man died in the blast, which occurred while the The vote passed with 496 in portant step toward finalizing the covery in sight. suspects were mixing chemicals for an explosive device, ac- favor, 90 against and five absten- bailout, but only one of many. The The news that some Greek law- cording to the report. Authorities said the three men had been tions. Although she won by a large Dutch and Finnish parliaments makers have been shifting personal dispatched to the city by the Chechen terrorist leader Doku margin, Merkel failed to reach the are also expected to vote this week assets out of the troubled country Umarov, Channel One reported. so-called chancellor’s majority — a on the aid package, and the agree- only added to the sense of pessi- —Michael Schwirtz and Ellen Barry, The New York Times simple majority from the ranks of ment to write down of private sector mism and overall gloom.

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Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy Friday: Mostly cloudy, highs in the high 30s (3°C). and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, February 28, 2012 The Tech 3 As gay marriage gains, New WORLD & Nati Thousands join anti-Kremlin Hampshire may revoke its law protest in Moscow As same-sex marriage supporters celebrate victories in Wash- ington and Maryland this month, they are keeping a wary eye on New Hampshire, where lawmakers may soon vote to repeal the By Michael Schwirtz the movement’s color, and demon- Most demonstrators on Sunday state’s 2-year-old law allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. The New York Times strators arrived decked out in full could offer only vague specula- A repeal bill appears to have a good chance of passing in the length white furs and huge white tion about the future of the protest state House and Senate, which are both controlled by Republicans. MOSCOW — Thousands of anti- hats. Long lines of people waved movement after that. Few said they The bigger question is whether they can muster enough votes to Kremlin protesters donned white unfurled rolls of paper towels, while believed recent promises by Putin overcome a promised veto from Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat. ribbons and held hands along Mos- cars drove along the road, the Gar- and his government to push for Based on party lines, House and Senate Republicans both have cow’s 10-mile ring highway on Sun- den Ring, honking furiously and more democratic reform. veto-proof majorities. But this is an issue where party allegiance day, demonstrating the resilience displaying their own white flags and “A chef who has cooked meat his gets muddy. of the protest movement and con- banners. whole life will not suddenly become In a state whose “Live Free or Die” motto figures into many a on tinued dissatisfaction with Prime Yet despite the upbeat mood, a vegetarian,” said Aleksei Yalyshev, policy decision, even many opponents of same-sex marriage wish Minister Vladimir V. Putin a week few had any illusions about the re- 28, an economist. the issue would just disappear. before he is to run in a crucial presi- sults of the election next Sunday. Despite a few sparse patches, Republican lawmakers with libertarian leanings, a sizable dential election. “I’m afraid that the results of protesters filled most of the length group, seem especially unhappy to be facing a repeal vote, as well WORLD & Nati The Kremlin has been shaken by the election have already been de- of the 10-mile highway, suggesting as those who maintain that cutting spending should be the Legisla- the recent emergence of the protest termined and Putin will win,” said that enthusiasm for the movement ture’s sole concern. Both groups appear worried about a backlash movement among middle-class Olga Abashkina, 54, a teacher. “This was not on the wane as Kremlin of- from their constituents. Muscovites, who only a few months will be the official result, though it ficials and Putin’s supporters have Rep. Andrew Manuse, a Republican, said in an email that he ago were considered to be largely is not clear if it will actually be the insisted. would support a repeal because he objected to government “using politically inert. Tens of thousands c a s e .” The police said that 11,000 peo- its power to redefine a religious, social and societal institution.” But have braved sub-zero tempera- That eventuality has hung over ple attended the event, though that he added, “I really am not focusing on this issue.” tures, occasional arrests, and the the protest movement almost since number was impossible to inde- Should the repeal pass, New Hampshire would be the first state loss of weekend shopping time to it began in December over alle- pendently confirm. Protest organiz- in which a legislature has reversed itself on the issue of same-sex attend several boisterous protests gations of fraud in parliamentary ers said they needed over 30,000 marriage. against Putin’s rule. elections. Though dissatisfaction people to create a human chain —Abby Goodnough, The New York Times On Sunday, amid slush-clogged with Putin in Moscow and several the complete distance around the streets and a steady snow, a car- other large cities is high, he still highway. Yahoo warns Facebook over nival atmosphere prevailed, with enjoys broad support among rural The police said that they de- vendors handing out free hot tea and blue-collar voters. Even with- tained several protesters for trying potential patent infringement and pancakes to mark the last day out blatant fraud, most polls sug- to hold another rally near the Krem- before Orthodox Lent. The protest gest that Putin could win over 50 lin, though no other disturbances Yahoo is seeking to force Facebook into licensing 10 to 20 pat- on was called the Big White Circle after percent of the vote. were reported. ents over technologies that include advertising, the personaliza- tion of websites, social networking and messaging, people briefed on the matter said. The two companies met Monday to discuss the issue, with Ya- WORLD & Nati hoo contending that Facebook was infringing on the patents, ac- cording to these people, who were not authorized to speak public- President of Ecuador to pardon ly. Yahoo has told Facebook to pay licensing fees or risk a possible lawsuit. “Yahoo has a responsibility to its shareholders, employees and four in libel case other stakeholders to protect its intellectual property,” a Yahoo spokesman said in a statement. “We must insist that Facebook ei- By William Neuman “The abusive press has been “We never sought to bankrupt ther enter into a licensing agreement or we will be compelled to The New York Times defeated,” he said, speaking in an anyone or take anyone’s money,” he move forward unilaterally to protect our rights.” ornate room of the presidential said. “The only thing we were seek- Barry Schnitt, a spokesman for Facebook, said in a statement: CARACAS, Venezuela — Declar- palace, with Ecuador’s flag behind ing was the truth.” “We haven’t had the opportunity to fully evaluate their claims.” ing victory over what he called a him, flanked by soldiers standing Palacio said in an interview from Patent fights are nothing new in Silicon Valley, with smart- “media dictatorship,” President Ra- at attention in dress uniforms and Miami that pressure from other phones technology becoming the most visible battleground. fael Correa of Ecuador said Monday decorative helmets. governments and human-rights Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility last year largely to that he would pardon three news- Correa sued El Universo over an and press-freedom groups in Ecua- get access to intellectual property. And a consortium of companies paper executives and a columnist opinion article by Emilio Palacio, dor and other countries had forced led by Apple and Microsoft paid $4.5 billion for more than 6,000 who were sentenced to three years a columnist and the editorial page Correa to grant the pardon. patents held by Nortel, the defunct communications equipment on in prison in a libel case. editor, which called him a dictator “It is a triumph for the freedom maker. Speaking in Quito, Ecuador, and accused him of giving troops of expression and democracy,” he —Michael J. De La Merced, The New York Times Correa also said he would forgive permission to fire on a hospital full said. Palacio fled to Miami this year $42 million in fines levied against of people during a police uprising and is seeking political asylum from Fannie and Freddie pressed to WORLD & Nati the men and the newspaper, El Uni- in September. the U.S. government. verso, the country’s leading opposi- Correa denied giving the order The other defendants included reduce principal on some loans tion daily. and said the article was an example three brothers who run the news- Correa has been engaged in of the way the press has trampled paper. Two of the brothers have left California’s attorney general, Kamala D. Harris, on Monday a running battle with the media on the truth to attack him and his the country and a third took refuge ratcheted up the pressure on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to allow since he took office in 2007. Press- government. this month in the Panamanian Em- debt reduction on their home loans by asking the mortgage finance freedom and human-rights groups The courts ruled in favor of the bassy in Quito after the Supreme giants to halt foreclosures in the state. say he has created a climate of in- president and this month the na- Court upheld the prison sentence. In a letter to Edward J. DeMarco, the regulator who controls timidation to quash criticism of his tion’s Supreme Court upheld the The case has been full of charges Fannie and Freddie, Harris asked that foreclosures be suspended government, but Correa says he is sentence of three-year prison terms of improprieties. Lawyers for the until his agency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, completes fighting an entrenched media es- for the defendants and the hefty defendants said Correa had influ- a promised review of its policy forbidding debt reduction for delin- tablishment biased in favor of the fine. enced the judges and they accused quent homeowners who owe more than their home is worth. wealthy interests that own and con- Correa had previously hinted he his lawyers of writing a lower court’s Her letter, which was sent on Friday and disclosed on Monday, trol media companies. would pardon the men. decision that favored the president. requests “a thorough, transparent analysis of whether principal re- duction is in the best interest of struggling homeowners as well as taxpayers.”

DeMarco has come under increasing pressure to allow debt for- on giveness, also called principal reduction, since the announcement of a multibillion-dollar foreclosure abuse settlement that requires Multibillion dollar trial for BP’s Gulf banks to write down mortgage debt for some eligible homeown- ers. Loans backed by Fannie and Freddie — more than half of all WORLD & Nati outstanding mortgage loans — are not eligible for relief under the oil spill delayed until next week settlement. —Shaila Dewan, The New York Times By John Schwartz of a settlement. in environmental fines, could also The New York Times David M. Uhlmann, who led benefit from the assured recovery Era of low-cost borrowing the Justice Department’s environ- of a settlement. NEW ORLEANS — The civil trial mental crimes section from 2000 to If the settlement talks fail and benefits US government over the United States’ biggest oil 2007, agreed, saying “Judge Barbier the trial does begin on March 5, spill has been delayed for a week would not have agreed to a delay Sheryl Revette plans to be sitting in WASHINGTON — These are the best of times for the world’s as efforts to settle the multibillion- of the trial unless a settlement was the courtroom. Revette’s husband, most ravenous borrower, the United States of America. dollar litigation intensify. within reach.” Dewey, was one of the 11 rig work- A combination of unusual and unsustainable forces has pushed Proceedings were scheduled to The order came after a confer- ers killed in the Deepwater Horizon the cost of borrowing as low as it has ever been, so low that many begin Monday, but Sunday after- ence call by the judge and the par- disaster, which spilled millions of investors effectively are paying to lend money to the government. noon, Judge Carl J. Barbier of Fed- ties in the case. BP and the steering barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Investors buying five-year federal debt are accepting such low eral District Court, who is oversee- committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers is- Mexico in 2010. interest rates that inflation is on pace to reduce the value of their ing the sprawling litigation, issued sued a joint statement saying that Hundreds of thousands of po- investments by more than 1 percent each year. a brief order pushing the opening they had been given “more time to tential plaintiffs have already set- Yet demand for U.S. Treasuries remains much greater than the on day back to March 5 “for reasons of continue settlement discussions tled with BP through a $20 billion supply. judicial efficiency and to allow the and attempt to reach an agree- fund the company created at the re- The glut of cheap money has allowed the government to keep its parties to make further progress in ment” but that “there can be no as- quest of the Obama administration. annual deficits much smaller than it had expected, holding down their settlement discussions.” In an surance that these discussions will One of those who settled, Sandy the growth of the federal debt. W unusual move, the judge said the lead to a settlement agreement.” DeFelice, co-owner of Pacal’s Ma- The Treasury Department, seeking to milk the moment, may court was issuing the order “on its BP and its business partners nale restaurant in New Orleans, start issuing debt with negative interest rates, making investors pay own motion,” as opposed to a re- have many reasons to want to ex- said he was happy that he did not for the privilege of lending money to the government. o quest from any party in the case. tricate themselves from the uncer- have to wait for years for a court to But a wide range of experts agrees that the bubble will eventu- Edward F. Sherman, a law pro- tainty and embarrassment of a trial. deliver an uncertain sum. “We’re ally pop. The question, they say, is not if but when. R

fessor at Tulane University who has The federal government, which done,” said DeFelice, whose res- There are signs that the era of low borrowing costs may be ap- l followed the pretrial maneuvers, stands to collect the largest portion taurant’s signature dish, barbecue proaching its end, as the domestic economy shows signs of strength said a delay so close to the starting of the billions in potential liabil- shrimp, had to be taken off the and Europe pulls back from economic immolation. D date suggested a strong possibility ity from the defendant companies menu during the worst of the spill. —Binyamin Appelbaum, The New York Times 4

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After 16 continuous MS, (SB, terms fun, orconsider itexercise miser andbe around going onthemonkey bars andhave up at night. your desire forknowledge that keep you will matter. At theendofday, there isonly isnotaplace whereMIT parental desires why didyou inthefirst cometoplace? MIT to love theplace, inorder happy. to be Ifnot, to such ustogether brings aplace. You have doabout that andengineering we science individuals that thesame nerdy feel way forknowledge,drive surrounded to be by successful coming without to MIT. It isthe Thatbeing said, I regret that thisview I joke around “renewing with my con- For me, isaplayground. MIT Ican play isjustMIT anotherplace. You can be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 28, Tuesday, February F olkers E . R ojas G - - - - 5 OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn OPinion opinion OPINIOn OpiNION ------The Tech for Page 6 vision, Page UA 3 We recognize that one type- one of sup that recognize We some makes author also guest The MIT is also for not a perfect match - the au importantly, most Perhaps Support Services Student remains the Senior is Associate B. Norman Julie How, then, can we break the cycle? the cycle? we break then, can How, Council the UA is that proposal My the we adopt, modelthe that is this If students, providing advice and guidance guidance and advice providing students, concerns, and academic on personal - provid and students, for advocating other offices or to services. referrals ing 4500 almost with meetings have We of each half and over annually students accessed S� prior has class to graduating val- to the speaks That their graduation. ue and need of the servicesupport to our Certainly, we ad- accomplish students. of students on behalf work ministrative withdrawals, notes, excuse petitions, — Those functions are and readmissions. The focus is partwork of the work. just one on one withing who individuals needs. unique and personal have the needs of every not satisfy port may individual. A priority connect is to each and ef appropriate the most to student of the guest the case In fective resource. not successful we it is clear were author, do believe we have We her. in assisting but not, stories than success more many in working vigilant ever remain we must supportto and meetthe needs of our students. with and we agree that points important is a com- There worth highlighting. are to mon struggle MIT students among in comparison their to feel inadequate The problem peers and their professors. people most feel this way, while many is, open and do not discuss it openly. More we believe, this, discussion about honest they recognize to would help students and self-perception this in alone not are they view how hopefully change help to themselves. a be may realization That all students. reach, to acknowledgement challenging the accomplishments particularly given necessary- be the Insti to to admitted each that the end, it is important In tute. dis and individual find the university him or her allows that cipline of study his or her flourishto and accomplish dreams. for peoplethor asks more be to a little that openthe idea to and more giving, This is a worthy we all fail sometimes. message. and commit students our to dedicated the ever-evolving to ted be to responsive needs of the MIT undergraduates. Dean and Education for Undergraduate of the OfficeUndergraduate director of Programming Academic Advising and should not have regular meetings; rather, meetings; regular rather, not have should meet when some only should the Council hold a meet to of its body wants fraction aris “crisis” likely, will be when a This, ing. needs respond to the government es that and of the dormeach Then, presidents to. - Repre LGC,IFC, and off-campus Panhel, focus their time and effort can sentatives This will groups. living on their respective nothing where meetings end the repetitive of and individuals meet out only happens, they be doing should that a felt obligation of as the approval such Issues something. be easily can and budgets nominations them together into grouping withdealt by done (as is typically a few meetings just - be no other prob would There anyway). government lems with an undergraduate meets when it feels only is necessary. it that within of “vision” remains still problem lacked UA address of the State The the UA. every as has State for the future, vision any - - - - By Julie B. Norman By Julie B. is a critical, 3 S� is not for everyone, and it is cer and it everyone, S� is not for As with all of MIT, we are deeply- sad we are As with all of MIT, in made the comments balance To In responding to concerns we heard concerns we to heard responding In Support ServicesStudent (http:// low-barrier, easy easy low-barrier, access point for undergraduates. S dened by the loss of another member member of another loss the dened by Over this academic community. of our Support Ser in Student the deans year, individu- met with many vices (S�) have - the stu beenby impacted als who have and circumstances The loss deaths. dent many to incomprehensible almost are friends and and peers of these students the community. to MIT is we acknowledge letter, the guest to place and demanding a challenging resourc vast affords Institute The study. and supportes to success the academic Student students. of our growth personal Support Services- one of those re is just critical,a low-barrier, is it but sources, for undergraduates. point access easy provide advice in the office The deans and tryand advocacy for students to for help. ask to place S� an easy make students We offer student resources and support to andsupport offer student resources We goals andtheir flourish them help accomplish guest column of S The importance tainly not the place all problems are are all problems not the place tainly - chal student’s each solved. Indeed, One and unique. personal are lenges model doescannot meet not fit all. If we the to is made need, a referral a student’s office or service, for appropriate more Counseling and Health Mental example Services. Disabilities or Student of deans the availability about in the past meet better to the needs of and wanting we ago two opened years a students, - extend daily); a.m. service (9–10 walk-in a week one evening (Tuesday); ed hours schedules ways in other and adjusted we All told, students. accommodate to 50 additional than opened up more have week. each If a student for students slots is no wait need, an immediate there has seeto meet to If someone a dean. wants with a specific every person,make we ef withinfort schedule to an appointment is pri a dean to access - 48 Prompt hours. for help. not wait should ority; students web.mit.edu/uaap/s3/index.html) does or treatment; is therapy that not provide in MIT Mental colleagues of our the role the deans What and Counseling. Health to for is listening responsible in S� are has been born out in casual conversations conversations been in casual bornhas out with students; know students the things and the committees done by do are the UA right that, anything name cannot students The do. see to like the Senate they’d now, is during changes time this drastically only the When,example, for times of “crisis.” shorten to Ori- attempted administration still was plan and when the dining entation up in were students issue, the hot-button - their represen that arms and demanding during “ordinary But do something. tatives representatives the undergraduate times,” from of directive kind any do not receive the the fact that Thus, their constituents. will the Council, and presumably Senate, weekly or biweekly meetings regular have of during any substantial and do nothing the perception them will servereinforce to (the UA branch “legislative” the UA’s that be- not legislative is technically Council it forms decisionscause based on consen- is an legislation) passing than rather sus now, from years 10 Then, failure. inefficient will that another restructuring have we’ll only differs that in another product result now. we have what from marginally - - - - - What I am saying is that, don’t build S� don’t build is that, I am saying What support sought if students I feel that it seems all so too busy, a little are We Maybe these are experiences- complete these are Maybe a member was of the Wong Nee Shin If we wish to make the newly formed UA formed the newly If we wish UA make to The reasonThe for this, which some might be uncomfortable the is that admit, to MIT at undergraduates the Senate did not want do anything. to and what they do is mostly administrative, they administrative, do is mostly and what for your documents as preparing such - inform to Finan (I had and such transfer Servicescial - as a stu termination of my they — after billed with me myself the dent fees left MIT), weeks I had after semester’s on the S� links various to you or referring out I got thing concrete The most website. me handing the dean sessions was of my is not That for readmission. an application an have They no power. they have say to recom- Their of power. immense amount virtually decides whether the mendation stay to you for votes Committee Academic beenin MIT performing if you par below academically. solved. are all problems beto where a place - solve prob to way the only is, As it always Of course, solvelems is to them yourself. usesome support and always wecould S� is. is not what that but encouragement, go when you to can you S� is not the place trying start to on the 3 a.m. up at staying are problem second10-problem a of question to have You day. same that set 9 a.m. due advanced three-week approximately make S�, and at see to anyone appointments - fig to sort you of have there, are when you do for you. them to want you what out ure - MIT Medi contact them to want Do you - pro write your to a letter Or perhaps cal? not S� is administrative, fessors? I said, Like therapeutic. what found not have S�, they might from and sometimes, for, looking they were station gas think is the last you when what up completely. give might you no gas, has be could a support group think that to rosy dif personal facing formed for students ficulties (even if people had time, think of had time, if (even people ficulties we start could I guess with just the stigma). — forgiving for everyone more be to a little if — but wrong it’s if something is wrong, it doesn’t they mean someone fails a test, they be- or that one, the next pass can’t in a come worthless tests if they fail many row. is experienc anyone what from different ly for reading you thank case, — in that ing the quality about discussion a But anyway. the S� about talking life makes of student to important and I think it’s inescapable, get the perspective of someone who has is verdict my And that.” done “beenthere, ineffec been completely the S� has that up for students be setting and might tual, failure. of 2012 class dergraduate life through. And this makes makes And this life through. dergraduate char clear sense; all have committees the trivial, besides pass thing inconsequential - and presi budgets and approve legislation reason for this, The appointees? dential be uncomfortable ad- to somewhich might MIT did at the undergraduates is that mit, This do anything. to the Senate not want ters and projects that are led by chairs who who chairs led by are that and projects ters for the committee. a vision have under wetruly must successful, Council behindwhy reasons fundamental the stand itself) by viewed was (even Senate the UA - didn’t it do any So why a failure. as such - - - - - t s i n m u l o ff c Sta By Shin Nee Wong By Shin Nee By Ryan Normandin By Ryan

I sought help — I was referred to S�, S�, to referred help — I was I sought In case the conversation, if there is any, is any, if there conversation, the case In All I want to say is, there is life outside of is life outside there is, say to All I want I did not graduate from MIT. In fact, fact, In MIT. from I did not graduate During my time as an MIT student in time as an MIT student my During I am no longer an undergraduate at at an undergraduate I am no longer

which stands for Student Support Ser for Student stands which I will relate my story. my I will relate af more) (or a full semester-long was It turns to how to help students while at MIT, MIT, while at help students to how to turns I did go S�. to go see should S�.” “You say be as disappointed as you might think. might as you be as disappointed would acquaintances and even professors, overworked, are there helpful. The deans to — your family and old friends may not and old friends family may — your to I turned, administrators, Wherever vices. Long story short;Ifair. to did not find S� be you don’t want to do it, you can choose can not you do it, to don’t want you can tell you that it does get better. And if it does getbetter. that you tell can who can be a living example of this. But I But of this. example be a living who can I’m not a wildly successful entrepreneur entrepreneur wildly a not successful I’m cient condition for success. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, success. condition for cient MIT. MIT is neither a necessary- nor suffi MIT. situation. ships, and you have a rather unhappy unhappy a rather have you and ships, - relation substantial “real,” forming any with-my-life crisis, and maybe problems problems and maybe crisis, with-my-life good dose of your regular what-will-I-do- good regular dose of your that I needed help. Throw into the mix a into Throw I needed help. that from being far away, did not understand did not understand far away, being from help me, and my family/friends, who apart family/friends, and my help me, mates who could not understand how to to how not understand who could mates way, I was stuck between stuck the genius class I was way, out of graduating from a top university. In a In university. top a from of graduating out pinned so much hope on what could come could hopewhat on pinnedso much who were so excited for me, and who had and who had so for me, excited who were abilities; home and friends family at back so far from human in their astronomical in their astronomical human so from far a foreign environment;a foreign peers who seem now at MIT. Never-ending problem sets; problem Never-ending MIT. at now probably not unlike what many of you face of you many what not unlike probably in my hometown. I faced many problems, problems, I faced hometown. many in my because I transferred to a university back back university a to I transferred because the reason why I am no longer at MIT is at I am no longer why the reason campus. bers you use, increase in student deaths on on deaths in student increase use, bers you - num what on depending or stark, subtle, part of the MIT community to reflect on the reflect part to the MITof community and everyone themselves a who considers death of yet another student behooves me behooves another student of yet death ruling of this ongoing investigation, the investigation, ruling of this ongoing been ruled as suicide. Regardless of the Regardless been ruled as suicide. about two other student deaths. Both have Both have deaths. two other student about the last two years, my mother has learned mother has my twothe last years, death has not been officially released yet. not been officially has death dead in his dormitory room. The cause of cause in his dormitorydead The room. parents community that a junior was found found was junior a that community parents from Christina Aprea informing the MIT Aprea Christina from again. Last week, she received an email an email week, Last she received again. from the parents’ association now and and now association the parents’ from MIT, but my mother still receives notices receives still mother my but MIT,

problems — I had to deal with them myself — I had them deal to problems with Student Services Support my solve to failed the Institute

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Anderson, from Page 1 Anderson, 21, was from Red- wood Falls, Minnesota and a Course 15 (Management) ma- result of suicide.” jor. He was on the MIT Wres- Can you beat this drawing? The passing of Anderson is tling team and a member of the the third undergraduate death recently disbanded Beta Theta this academic year. Nicolas E. Pi fraternity. Join Illustrators at The Tech! Del Castillo ’14 was found dead Students who feel affected in his dorm room in August, by Anderson’s death should and Satto Tonegawa ’15 in Oc- seek out Student Support Ser- tober. Both deaths were ruled vices in room 5-104 or call MIT E-mail [email protected] suicides. Medical at 617-253-2916. 12 The Tech Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Faculty want focus on MITx initiative Insist that the on campus student experience is still very important

FNL, from Page 1 where during the next 10 years MIT will change more than it has in the what students who come to the In- past 100.” stitute will actually do on-campus. Putting forth a vision for a high- “There has certainly been focus quality, globally-accessible educa- on what technology-enhanced de- tion — “[Imagine it’s 2030] … you livery of courses might look like, learn physics and computer science but not so much on the long-term from MIT; philosophy and Sanskrit impact on our residential students. from Harvard. Art history from Yale But the long-range projection that …” — the board called on faculty to distance learning may ultimately help steer the MITx initiative: jeopardize the viability of our cur- “The Provost has lit a match. rent residential education experi- It is up to all of us to catch fire, to ence has received insufficient -at participate, to innovate, to pro- tention, in my view,” he wrote. mote, to argue, and to help MIT manage its way through a time Bruno b. F. faviero—The Tech The editorial board that will be partly exciting, partly (Left to right): Mitali Kini ’15, Long V. Le ’12, and Jin Stedge ’13 dance in Motown, a show put on scary, but certainly defining.” by MIT Mocha Moves Dance Squad, with a guest performance by MIT Fixation. said that more On the heels of the Institute Diversity Summit in late January attention should be — and perhaps presaging the on- paid to MITx and going campus debate over affirma- tive action — the newsletter also its possible impact. published statistics on MIT’s hir- get on the front page ing and enrollment of underrep- Allen drew on his personal ex- resented minorities and women. perience doing freshman advis- Over 25 percent of undergradu- ing through a weekly blacksmith- ates now are underrepresented ing seminar, saying that close minorities, but numbers for fac- faculty-student interactions like ulty (about seven percent) and those should be enhanced and graduate students (about 12 per- more common if MITx puts other cent) lagged behind. As recently types of learning online. as 2006, only 20 percent of under- In a more general way than Al- graduates were underrepresented len’s column, the newsletter’s edi- minorities. torial board said that more atten- Undergraduate enrollment of tion should be paid to MITx and women has held steady at about 45 its possible impact. “The Provost’s percent over the past several years, MITx announcement stimulated a but faculty and graduate student little buzz in the halls, but not nearly rates have continued to climb, enough,” they said. “We could well reaching about 22 percent and 32 be at an educational tipping point, percent in 2012, respectively. [email protected] Solution to Crossword from page 14 laser tattoo removal starting at $99 www.tataway.net 218 Newbury St. | 617-391-7922

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At the same time, Mi- once to arbitrate disputes in the sell their phones. the other sick man of the industry, BARCELONA, Spain — One crosoft said it planned to open new mixed teams of Nokia and Micro- Myerson said Microsoft was with a declining 9 percent share, year ago, Jo Harlow, the head of Windows online marketplaces in soft employees working on Lumia. aware that Windows was not a according to Strategy Analytics, a smart devices at Nokia, stood be- 28 countries by March, including “We have regular reviews where dominant force in mobile devic- research firm.) fore a packed convention hall at China. we sit down and go through all the es. “We recognize that Windows The combined share held by the Mobile World Congress, the Nokia delivered two Windows details and have debates about the phone is the challenger in the Windows, which includes phones cellphone industry’s most impor- devices in 2011: the Lumia 800, a best way forward, but the teams market against established alter- made by Nokia, HTC and Sam- tant trade show, to explain the premium phone, and the Lumia are quickly able to move through natives,” he said. “We have tried to sung, is just 1.7 percent. Finnish company’s new software 710, a lower-price version. these issues and get to a common get a very clear point of view about A wild card will be Google’s alliance with Microsoft. In January, the company said it point,” Elop said. “A year later, it is why users should choose Windows plans for Motorola Mobility, which It was only a few days after the would sell a version of the Lumia all focused just on going forward phone.” Google is set to acquire for $12.5 agreement had been announced in 900 in the United States that would and not examining, ‘What did we One of the major reasons, billion. Microsoft hopes that if London. But the need for the deal run on AT&T’s new network using say in the contract?’ We’re getting he said, is that Lumia Windows Google converts Motorola into a had been so urgent that Nokia and superfast Long Term Evolution, or stuff done.” phones are “faster at the everyday high-volume global maker of An- Microsoft, grasping for a foothold LTE, technology, something even But the United States is still the tasks that busy people have to do droid phones, Samsung, the big- in a mobile computing industry Apple does not yet offer for the most vexing market for Nokia. every day.” gest user of Android, would be that was quickly slipping away iPhone. “The big question will be how Harlow said Nokia and Micro- driven to another operating system from them, had gone public with- Harlow, 49, the captain of Duke they tackle the U.S. market, where soft were far along on their plans — perhaps Windows. out a definitive legal agreement, University’s women’s basketball they have virtually no presence for the United States and the rest of Lee Younghee, senior vice just a handshake and a promise to team her senior year, had faced anymore,” said Mark Newman, an the world. The companies’ work on president for global marketing of work together, somehow. pressure before. analyst with Informa Media and Lumia devices is split among five Samsung Electronics mobile prod- “I remember standing on that She explained to the crowd of Telecoms in London. locations: San Diego, Beijing and ucts, described Samsung’s work stage and saying that I would de- analysts and journalists gathered By the end of 2011, Nokia said, it Taiwan and Salo and Tampere in with Google at the Mobile World liver one device by the end of the at the annual industry convention had sold more than a million Lumia Finland. Congress as a “strong partnership” year,” Harlow said during an inter- here last year that Nokia and Mi- phones, which Newman character- “We are focused on generating but noted that Samsung had con- view last week. And she said she crosoft would produce their first ized as good but “underwhelming.” demand with consumers and do- sciously followed a mixed strategy thought to herself: “Now I really phone using the Windows operat- The wider price range intro- ing the appropriate things across of Android, Windows and Bada, have to do it.” ing system by the end of the year — duced on Monday with the new all media,” said Harlow, who has Samsung’s proprietary operating One year later, Nokia and Mi- a pace two to three times quicker phones and the expanded geo- spent time in all Lumia locations system. crosoft have exceeded their own than Nokia’s previous rhythm. graphic footprint provided by the over the last year, working with “We believe that Android is a predictions, and by most estima- But deep down, even Harlow new online marketplaces will in- people from Microsoft and Qual- growing market,” Lee said. “We be- tions, the expectations of many in was a bit awed by the task before crease the potential market for comm, which is making the chips lieve there are other sectors where an industry now dominated by Ap- her, which would require an accel- Windows phones by 60 percent for the phones. “We have what we we will need a strong partnership ple, the smartphone market leader, erated, effective collaboration with globally, said Terry Myerson, a vice believe is a comprehensive plan with Google, not just in research and Samsung, the No. 2, whose a completely different corporate president of Microsoft’s Windows put together with AT&T to ensure and development, but marketing. lineup relies on smartphones run- culture in a creative endeavor so phone unit. That market has so that sales associates are knowl- But we can say that as long as we ning Google’s Android operating intimate that both would have to far been limited primarily to the edgeable and excited and ready to can maintain this business model system, the most ubiquitous phone discard mutual mistrust to make it United States, Japan and Western sell the story.” with Google, our relationship can software. work. Europe. Nokia is a distant No. 3 in be well managed. I think so far we On Monday, Nokia introduced Stephen A. Elop, Nokia’s chief Officials from both Microsoft smartphone operating systems. are OK.” an enhanced, third-generation executive, said during an interview and Nokia declined to disclose Its aging Symbian, the proprietary Referring to Google’s purchase cellphone network version of the at this year’s Barcelona trade show details on the companies’ strat- smartphone operating system that of Motorola, Lee confirmed that Lumia 900 that will sell globally that the relationship with Micro- egy, the promotional budget or the Nokia is phasing out for Windows, the companies’ relations were still outside the United States and an soft had gone so well that neither method chosen for trying to per- had only 12 percent global mar- good. “Even after their announce- LTE version for Canada. It intro- he nor Steven A. Ballmer, Micro- suade the other three big operators ket share in December and it was ment,” she said.

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