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Volume 128, Number 60 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, December 5, 2008 OLPC Patent Infringement Suit Dismissed by Middlesex Judge By Pearle Lipinski 2007, naming OLPC, OLPC founder case remains open in Nigerian court. Staff Reporter and MIT professor Nicholas Negro- The XO laptop was brought to A Middlesex Superior Court ponte ’66, and Quanta Computer, Lancor’s attention in January 2007 Judge has dismissed the case against the manufacturer of the XO laptop. when a friend of Lancor founder Ade the One Laptop Per Child Foundation Nigerian courts stopped OLPC from Oyegbola noticed a similarity between by Nigerian company Lagos Analy- distributing and marketing the laptop the Konyin keyboard and the XO key- sis Corporation (Lancor). Lancor in Nigeria in December 2007 and re- board. The Konyin keyboard was re- claimed that the OLPC Foundation’s jected the OLPC’s February 2008 re- leased in 2005 and has four shift keys XO laptop copied the design of Lan- quest for a dismissal. that allow users to type accented let- cor’s patented Konyin multi-lingual Following its failure to have the ters. The XO laptop has one alternate keyboards. The suit asked for $20 cased dismisse in Nigeria, OLPC filed shift key, which lets users add diacrit- million in damages. a preliminary action with the Massa- ics to letters as they type. In its suit, A similar case is still pending in chusetts Middlesex Superior Court Lancor accused OLPC of copying the Nigeria, where a temporary injunc- seeking declaratory relief, which layout of the Konyin keyboard and tion prohibits OLPC from distribut- would prevent the case from being stealing its software drivers. ing its laptops in Nigeria. brought to Massachusetts courts. A non-profit foundation started In August 2007, Lancor sent Lancor claimed that OLPC had vio- in 2005, OLPC aims provide quality OLPC a letter claiming that OLPC lated copyrighted information of the low-cost laptops to children in de- had reverse engineered its multi- Konyin keyboards, a federal offense, veloping and countries. OLPC’s first lingual keyboard for the XO laptop and attempted to file suit in US fed- laptop, the XO-1, has a 1200 x 900 — formerly the “Hundred Dollar eral court. 7.5” LCD screen, wireless connectiv- Laptop” — and asked for $20 million OLPC argued that Lancor’s origi- ity, and is resistant to heat and humid- for the “huge economic and financial nal case, that its trade secrets had been ity. An updated version, the XO-2, loss” suffered by Lancor. OLPC re- violated, was under the jurisdiction is slated for release in 2010 and will fused to pay the sum, requesting proof of state courts and the copyright in- feature dual touchscreens and will that it had violated Lancor’s Nigerian fringement claim was unfounded. The operate on only 1 watt, less than the patent. case was remanded back to Middlesex XO-1’s power consumption of 2-4 Lancor filed suit for patent in- in May, and the case was dismissed in watts. A standard laptop runs uses 20- fringement in Nigeria in November October by Judge Thomas Feeley. The 45 watts. As Nanoparticle Use Rises, So Does Concern Over Safety, Regulations

Perry Hung—The Tech By Natasha Singer designed to work more effectively. And now comes nanophobia, the Institute Chaplain Robert M. Randolph leads a prayer and a The New York Times But those minuscule building blocks fear that tiny components engineered moment of silence for victims of the terror attacks in Mumbai, It sounds like a plot straight out have an unexpected drawback: the on the nanoscale — that is, 100 nano- India during a candlelight vigil held in Killian Court on Tuesday of a science fiction novel by Michael ability to penetrate the skin, swarm meters or less — could run amok evening. Crichton. Toiletry companies formu- through the body and overwhelm or- inside the body. A human hair, for late new cutting-edge creams and gans like the liver. example, is 50,000 to 100,000 nano- lotions that contain tiny components Humans have long lived in dread meters in diameter. A nanoparticle of of such nightmare scenarios in which titanium dioxide in a sunscreen could swarms of creatures attack. Alfred be as small as 15 nanometers. (One College MIT Responds to Students; Hitchcock envisioned menacing nanometer equals a billionth of a me- flocks in “The Birds.” In the 1990 ter.) Expenses film “Arachnophobia” a killer spider “The smaller a particle, the fur- MBTA Drops Federal Case arrives in the United States, where it attacks and multiplies. Nanoparticles, Page 8 By Michael McGraw-Herdeg The case was dismissed by the Outpacing Executive Editor MBTA on Oct. 7, with prejudice and This occasional feature will fol- without costs. Incomes low up on news stories long past their Oliver G. Selfridge ’45 prime. In this edition: how MIT fired, Women’s support administrator’s By Tamar Lewin and un-fired, job secure By John Markoff The New York Times a women’s After deciding to fire an MIT ad- The New York Times The rising cost of college — After support ad- ministrator in charge of supporting Oliver G. Selfridge ’45, an innovator in early computer science and even before the recession — threat- ministrator; women on campus, MIT reversed its artificial intelligence, died Wednesday in Boston. He was 82. ens to put higher education out of Deadline and whatever decision within weeks. She was un- The cause was injuries suffered in a fall on Sunday at his home in reach for most Americans, accord- happened to that MBTA lawsuit? fired and reassigned to another depart- nearby Belmont, Mass., said his companion, Edwina L. Rissland. ing to the biennial report from the ment within the Institute. Credited with coining the term “intelligent agents,” for software National Center for Public Policy MBTA surrenders in In mid-April, MIT told Lynn A. programs capable of observing and responding to changes in their en- and Higher Education. Subway vs. Students? Roberson, formerly Coordinator of vironment, Selfridge theorized about far more, including devices that Over all, the report found, pub- A lawsuit against MIT students Programs and Support for Women would not only automate certain tasks but also learn through practice lished college tuition and fees in- filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Students in Student Support Servic- how to perform them better, faster and more cheaply. creased 439 percent from 1982 to Authority was dropped in October. es, that it could no longer afford her Eventually, he said, machines would be able to analyze operator 2007 while median family income The Massachusetts Bay Transit services and would be firing her, ac- instructions to discern not just what users requested but what they ac- rose 147 percent. Student bor- Authority sued three MIT students in cording to an e-mail she sent to fresh- tually wanted to occur, not always the same thing. rowing has more than doubled in August and sought to quash research man women. Following student com- His 1958 paper “Pandemonium: A Paradigm for Learning,” which the last decade, and students from apparently showing how anyone could plaints, the decision was reversed by proposed a collection of small components dubbed “demons” that to- lower-income families, on average, get free T fare by copying an exist- the end of April, with Roberson taking gether would allow machines to recognize patterns, was a landmark get smaller grants from the colleges ing CharlieTicket or by making their on a new job as associate director for contribution to the emerging science of machine learning. they attend than students from more own. student activities in the Student Ac- An early enthusiast about the potential of interactive computing, Sel- affluent families. A gag order granted in early Au- tivities Office. fridge saw his ideas summarized in a famous 1968 paper, “The Com- “If we go on this way for another gust kept the students from presenting According to Roberson’s April 18 puter as a Communications Device,” written by J.C.R. Licklider and 25 years, we won’t have an afford- their research at the summer’s DEF e-mail, “MIT will be terminating my Robert W. Taylor and published in the journal Science and Technology. able system of higher education,” CON hacker convention in Las Ve- position of Coordinator of Programs Honoring Selfridge, the authors proposed a device they referred to said Patrick M. Callan, president of gas. But the gag order was dissolved and Support for Women Students as as OLIVER, an acronym for On-Line Interactive Vicarious Expediter the center, a nonpartisan organiza- on Aug. 19, with the judge saying that of the end of June 2008, and I will be and Responder. OLIVER was one of the clearest early descriptions of tion that promotes access to higher the MBTA was unlikely to succeed on laid off.” a computerized personal assistant. a claim that the research violated the With four other colleagues, Selfridge helped organize a 1956 con- College Costs, Page 11 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. After Deadline, Page 8 ference at Dartmouth College that led directly to creation of the field of artificial intelligence. “Oliver was one of the founding fathers of the discipline of artificial intelligence,” said Eric Horvitz, a Microsoft researcher who is presi- Op i n i o n World & Nation ��������������������������������������2 dent of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. India’s 9/11: Opinion ����������������������������������������������������4 “He has been well known in the field for his early and prescient writ- How Mumbai stood up to ings on the challenge of endowing machines with the ability to learn Arts ����������������������������������������������������������5 to recognize patterns.” the terrorist attacks Comics / Fun Pages ��������������������������������6 Oliver Gordon Selfridge, a grandson of H. Gordon Selfridge, the Page 4 American who founded Selfridges department store in London, was Sports ����������������������������������������������������12 Selfridge, Page 9 Page 2 The Tech December 5, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n Struggling to Retain Power, New Economic Bailout Plans Canadian Leader Shuts Parliament By Ian Austen The New York Times OTTAWA May Focus on Homeowners Canada’s parliamentary opposition reacted with outrage on Thurs- day after Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down the legislature un- By Edmund L. Andrews Both actions highlighted how late Thursday, a new low. til Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote that he was sure to The New York Times economic policymakers have come But the cheap mortgages would lose and, possibly, provoking a constitutional crisis. WASHINGTON almost full circle. Since the financial be available only for people buying Harper acted after getting the approval of Governor General Mi- After pouring vast amounts of crisis began last summer, both the houses, not the roughly 50 million chaelle Jean, who represents Queen Elizabeth as the nation’s head of money into financial institutions of Fed and the Treasury had focused families that already have mortgag- state. If his request had been rejected, he would have had to choose almost every type, and having little almost exclusively on patching up es and would want to refinance at a between stepping down or facing the no-confidence vote on Monday. to show for it, the Bush administra- the financial system — propping lower rate. The opposition fiercely criticized the decision to suspend Parlia- tion and the Federal Reserve are sud- up banks, Wall Street firms, money As a result, the plan offers no di- ment, accusing Harper of undermining the nation’s democracy. “We denly taking a new look at ordinary market funds and issuers of commer- rect relief to the millions of people have to say to Canadians, is this the kind of government you want?” homeowners. cial debt. who face foreclosure because they said Bob Rae, a member of the opposition Liberal Party. “Do we want Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of But the new focus on helping in- took out exotic mortgages that they a party in place that is so undemocratic that it will not meet the House the Federal Reserve, warned Thurs- dividuals could create a bitter split could not afford. Nor would the plan of Commons?” day that the soaring number of fore- between those who want to buy offer any benefit to people who have closures threatened the economy. He homes and those who already own stayed current on their mortgages then proposed some ideas — govern- them. It has already opened up a and would simply be interested in Mexican Doctors, Saving Lives, ment-engineered loan modifications, rift between the real estate industry, taking advantage of a lower rate. and more taxpayer money to help which wants to increase sales, and As envisioned by Treasury officials, Fear for Their Own people refinance — to keep people the banking industry, which wants homeowners who now pay 6 percent By Marc Lacey in their homes. to get out from under staggering vol- would be watching new neighbors The New York Times TIJUANA, Mexico “The public policy case for re- umes of troubled mortgages. arrive whose monthly payments were The sedated patient, his bullet wounds still fresh from a shootout ducing preventable foreclosures Under a plan that top Treasury of- almost one-third lower. the night before, was lying in a gurney in the intensive care unit of a does not rely solely on the desire ficials are considering, the Treasury “At this point, our view is that prestigious private hospital here late last month, with intravenous flu- to help people who are in trouble,” Department would underwrite tens such a program may do more harm ids dripping into his arm. Suddenly, steel-faced gunmen barged in and Bernanke said. “More needs to be of billions of dollars worth of 30- than good,” said Camden R. Fine, filled him with even more bullets. This time, he was dead for sure. done.” year, fixed-rate mortgages at rates president of the Independent Com- Hit men pursuing rivals into intensive care units and emergency At the Treasury Department, far lower than most Americans have munity Bankers of America, which rooms. Shootouts in lobbies and corridors. Doctors kidnapped and meanwhile, top officials continued to ever seen. represents about 8,000 small banks. held for ransom, or threatened with death if a wounded gunman dies work on a plan to boost the housing According to Bankrate.com, the “You have thousands of banks that under their care. With alarming speed, Mexico’s violent drug war is market by subsidizing 30-year home 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages fell made loans and have them sitting finding its way into the seeming sanctuary of the nation’s hospitals, mortgages with rates as low as 4.5 Thursday to 5.58 percent, down from on their books, and whose borrow- roiling the health-care system and leaving workers fearing for their percent — a level that homebuyers 5.76 percent last week. The 10-year ers have worked their rear ends off to lives while trying to save the lives of others. have not seen since the early 1960s. Treasury note fell to 2.55 percent make the payments. “Remember that hospital scene from ‘The Godfather?’” asked Dr. Hector Rico, an otolaryngologist here. In that scene, Michael Corleone saves his hospitalized father from a hit squad. “That’s how we live.” Obama Moves Fast to Fill Top Art Museum in Los Angeles At Pivot Point Administration Posts By Edward Wyatt By Peter Baker entire top echelon of his White House be decisive as well as methodical and and Jori Finkel and Michael Cooper staff and nearly half of his Cabinet. secretive in filling out his administra- The New York Times LOS ANGELES The New York Times Just a month after his election, Obama tion, perhaps foreshadowing how he When this city’s Museum of Contemporary Art appointed a classi- CHICAGO has announced his selections for 13 of intends to run the government. cally trained curator from the Art Institute of Chicago as its director in The call summoning him was the 24 most important positions in a “You don’t have time to waste,” 1999, many viewed it as a welcome sign that art rather than business somewhat cryptic. Only after Gen. new administration. said Rahm Emanuel, the incoming would be kept at the forefront of one of the most dynamic museums James L. Jones showed up in a hotel By comparison, Bill Clinton had White House chief of staff, who was in the country. suite for a one-on-one meeting with filled only one job in the top echelon named to his post two days after the They did not know how right they were. Nearly 10 years later, the Barack Obama did it become clear a month into his transition, and Jim- election. “This is the worst economic museum remains internationally renowned for its collection of postwar what was going on. my Carter and Ronald Reagan only situation since the Great Depression art and for organizing some of the most serious and ambitious contem- Would General Jones be interest- two. Even the elder George Bush, and the largest commitment of troops porary art exhibitions anywhere. ed in a senior national security job? who had the advantage of succeed- overseas since Richard Nixon. That’s Yet by putting art ahead of the bottom line, the Museum of Con- Obama asked. General Jones said he ing a fellow Republican, had picked the world we’re inheriting, and the temporary Art has nearly killed itself. The museum has operated at a would be. just eight a month after his election. president-elect said we don’t have a deficit in six of the last eight years, and its endowment has shrunk to That was Oct. 22, a full 13 days George W. Bush, stalled by the Flori- moment to waste putting things to- about $6 million from nearly $50 million in 1999, according to people before the election. This week, the da recount, had named a chief of staff gether.” who have been briefed on the finances. two appeared together here as the at this point in 2000 but was waiting By comparison, Bill Clinton had Now the California attorney general has begun an audit to deter- president-elect announced that he to find out if he would even become filled only one job in the top echelon a mine if the museum broke laws governing the use of restricted funds was appointing Jones as his national president. month into his transition, and Jimmy by nonprofit organizations. And a growing chorus of local artists, cura- security adviser. Obama’s advisers are acutely aware Carter and Ronald Reagan only two. tors and collectors, including current and former board members, are Obama is moving more quickly to that moving too quickly can cause Even the elder George Bush, who had lobbying to remove the museum’s director, Jeremy Strick, its board, fill his administration’s top ranks than mistakes. But accounts of the process the advantage of succeeding a fellow or both. any newly elected president in mod- emerging from participants suggest Republican, had picked just eight a ern times. He has named virtually the that the president-elect is trying to month after his election. We a t h e r Ordering Up a Sunny Day Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, December 5, 2008

By Brian H. Tang 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W Staff Meteorologist 40°N Every now and then a story about a novel invention that modifies the

weather becomes an attention grabbing flash in the pan with the popular me- 1004 dia. Wouldn’t it be great if you could order up sunny days every weekend and have it rain only at night? Florida homeowners would love nothing more than to set up a huge fan along the coast to blow hurricanes out to sea. Most atten- 35°N tion in the arena of weather modification has been to prevent severe weather events, make it rain by seeding clouds, and reverse the effects of global cli- mate change. Unfortunately, despite the rosy promises any method holds, there are often problems with feasibility, cost, scaling, reproducibility, and just plain lack of thought. For now, we mere mortals just have to deal with the 1032 30°N weather or move to San Diego. With that said, I wish I could conjure up a better weekend forecast. Sat- urday will be the better half despite the chilly weather, whereas Sunday will feature our first real risk of snow. Up till now, all the storms have passed to our west resulting in rainy, but relatively warm, conditions. As the storm track 1035 25°N shifts closer to us, the threat of snow increases in the coming week or two. The first storm on Sunday will be relatively small in the form of snow showers and gusty winds. If you’re a snow lover, rejoice. If not, there’s always the hope of weather modification.

Extended Forecast Today: Partly cloudy. High 39°F (4°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 27°F (-3°C). Snow Rain Fog High Pressure Trough Tomorrow: Sunny but cold. High 37°F (3°C). - - - Showers Thunderstorm

Tomorrow night: Increasing clouds with snow showers. Low 30°F (-1°C). Q Q Q Q Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze Sunday: Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Becoming windy in the eve- LLLLL Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT ning. High 38°F (3°C). Hurricane Q Q Meteorology Staff L L Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech December 5, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n The Tech Page 3

In Mumbai, More Evidence For Alaskans, Begich Is A Different Kind of Senator Links Terrorists to Pakistan By William Yardley The New York Times ANCHORAGE, Alaska By Jane Perlez Maria, a deputy police commissioner ficial who interviewed survivors and To get elected in Alaska to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat some- and Robert F. Worth in India. a report by security consultants with times requires not acting like one. Talk up drilling for oil in wildlife The New York Times While Muzammil appears to have contacts among the investigators. refuges. Talk up gun rights. Insist that those liberals who control Con- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan served as a control officer in Lahore, The new links emerged as Secre- gress will never push you around. Fresh evidence unearthed Thurs- Pakistan, Lakvhi, his boss and the tary of State Condoleezza Rice met And when your Republican rival is convicted in federal court short- day by investigators in India indi- operational commander of Lashkar, in Islamabad with Pakistani leaders, a ly before Election Day, do not gloat. He is, after all, Sen. Ted Stevens, cated that the Mumbai attacks were worked from Karachi, according to day after meeting with Indian leaders, once decreed by the State Legislature as Alaskan of the Century. stage-managed from at least two investigators in Mumbai. to urge that the two countries work Of course, that was last century. Pakistani cities by top leaders of the It appears that both men were in together to find the attackers’ com- Mayor Mark Begich of Anchorage is the Democrat who last month militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. contact with their charges as they manders and bring them to justice. pulled off what once seemed unimaginable, becoming only the second Indian and U.S. intelligence of- sailed to Mumbai from Karachi, “What I heard was a commitment Democrat from Alaska to win a seat in Washington since his father was ficials have already identified a top Pakistan, and then continued guiding that this is the course that will be tak- a member of the House of Representatives nearly four decades ago. Lashkar operative, Yusuf Muzammil, the attacks even as they unfolded, di- en,” Rice told reporters at Chaklala His seat in the Senate has been occupied by Stevens since Begich as a mastermind of the attacks. On recting the assaults and possibly pro- Air Base in Pakistan after meeting was 6 years old and Alaska was just 9. But Begich, 46, suggests there Thursday, Indian investigators named viding real-time information about with President Asif Ali Zardari and is something larger at work in his victory than just good timing in tak- a second commander, Zaki-ur-Reh- the police and military response in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. ing on a suddenly vulnerable Stevens, who was convicted in October man Lakhvi. India. But while Pakistan’s leaders of- of failing to disclose gifts and home renovations he received from a The names of both men came Some of the calls appeared to be fered polite assurances, they made wealthy oil services industry executive. from the interrogations of the one conversations about who would live no public announcement of concrete surviving attacker, Muhammad Aj- and who would die among the gun- measures that would be taken against mal Kasab, 21, according to Rakesh men’s hostages, according to an of- Lashkar. Strangers May Cheer You Up By Pam Belluck The New York Times How happy you are may depend on how happy your friends’ friends’ Putin Questioned as Russian friends are, even if you don’t know them at all. And a cheery next-door neighbor has more effect on your happiness than your spouse’s mood. Economy Falters So says a new study that followed a large group of people for 20 years — happiness is more contagious than previously thought. By Michael Schwirtz When Putin started the annual the economies of practically all ma- “Your happiness depends not just on your choices and actions, but The New York Times broadcast as president seven years jor countries of the world,” he said. also on the choices and actions of people you don’t even know who are MOSCOW ago, the mood was different. Russia In a sign, however, that Russia one, two and three degrees removed from you,” said Dr. Nicholas A. Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin was at the start of a decade-long eco- might be ready to put past antipathy Christakis, a physician and social scientist at Harvard Medical School spent much of his annual question- nomic boom. The standard of living aside to cooperate with the incom- and an author of the study, to be published Friday in BMJ, a British and-answer televised exchange on reached historic heights and Putin ing Obama administration, he pulled journal. “There’s kind of an emotional quiet riot that occurs and takes on Thursday seeking to reassure Rus- enjoyed huge popularity. With the back from the harsh criticism of the a life of its own, that people themselves may be unaware of. Emotions sians that the effects of the global onset of more difficult times, how- United States that has peppered his have a collective existence — they are not just an individual phenom- economic crisis on the country would ever, it is unclear how long either can similar performances. enon.” be minimal. He also denied increased be maintained. “We are really counting on this In fact, said his co-author, James H. Fowler, an associate professor speculation that he might seek an At the beginning of the broadcast, being a positive change,” he said, of political science at University of California, San Diego, their research early return to the presidency. Putin deflected responsibility for adding that “positive signals” had found that “if your friend’s friend’s friend becomes happy, that has a In a three-hour broadcast, Putin his country’s economic woes, plac- been coming from President-elect bigger impact on you being happy than putting an extra $5,000 in your faced a barrage of questions from ing blame, as he has done before, Barack Obama and his team. “If pocket.” people across the country concerned squarely on what he called American these are not simply words, if they are The researchers analyzed information on the happiness of 4,739 peo- about the decline in the value of the recklessness. transformed into practical policies, ple and their connections with several thousand others — spouses, rela- ruble, increased fuel costs, unpaid “The crisis began in the United then, of course, our reaction will be tives, close friends, neighbors and co-workers — from 1983 to 2003. pensions and rising unemployment, States, whose financial and economic adequate, and our American partners among other issues. policies led to the crisis that infected will immediately notice this.”

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Chairman How My City Stood Up in the Face of Terror Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 Editor in Chief A lot of people would like to hope that deal, we heard stories of the hotel staff helping Nick Semenkovich ’09 Ankit J. Gordhandas what transpired in the next 60 hours was only a the hostages, of firemen not caring about their bad dream. Unfortunately, every Mumbaikar’s lives, doing their job while the attackers were Business Manager Wednesday, November 26, 2008. The date worst nightmare has come true. The terrorists still at large. Austin Chu G is now touted as India’s 9/11. lived up to their name; they instilled terror not The photograph of a man carrying an in- Managing Editor All it took to lead me to panic was a one- just in everyone in Mumbai, but also in every- jured person on his shoulders because there Jessica Witchley ’10 line headline announcing the cold-blooded one even remotely associated with the city. was no vehicle around will remain fresh in Executive Editor shooting of 50-odd people at a railway station As the hours on the clock increased, so did my mind for a long time. What gave me great Michael McGraw-Herdeg G in Mumbai. A railway station painfully close the number of dead. At the end of the 60-hour hope was the unity of all people in Mumbai; to where my parents work. A railway station drama, the official toll was close to 200 lives, even as the battle with the attackers was on, News Staff some of my friends use every single day. though many believe that the actual number even as the city was volatile, close to 15,000 News and Features Director: Angeline Wang All I could do after my mind went numb may be significantly higher than that. — yes, fifteen thousand — people attended the ’09; Editors: Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo ’11, was to frantically call my parents. Luckily they My heart cannot help but reach out to funeral of Mr. Karkare. Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Ryan had reached home already before the events of those who were affected. Right from Hemant They were not just paying a tribute to a Ko ’11, Emily Prentice ’11; Staff: Curt Fischer the day began to unfurl. “The madness is just Karkare, the chief of the Anti Terrorist Squad fallen soldier; they were also showing the ter- G, Ray C. He G, Ramya Sankar G, John A. beginning,” I said to myself, as I started scan- (ATS), who died valiantly, to the unsung civil- rorists their resolve and their unity. Today, that Hawkinson ’98, Daniela Cako ’09, Diana Jue ’09, Ji Qi ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Nick ning the news online. ians who went down — but probably not with- gives me great hope in this time of despair. Bushak ’10, Yuri Hanada ’10, JiHye Kim ’10, The stories announced mindless shootings out a fight. While the terrorists may have been somewhat Joyce Kwan ’10, Jenny Liu ’10, Joanne Y. Shih all around Mumbai; a police car was hijacked, From the old parents who lost their only successful in terrorizing my city, its people re- ’10, Yan Huang ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, a gas station blown up, and guests at two major child, to Rabbi Holtzberg’s two-year old son, fused to fall down. They decided to stand up Lulu Wang ’11, Omar Abudayyeh ’12, Jessica hotels were held hostage. baby Moche, who probably does not even together. Lin ’12, Pearle Lipinski ’12, Robert McQueen My beloved city was under siege. As I know what death means. The number of peo- As long as that spirit resides in our hearts, ’12, Aditi Verma ’12; Meteorologists: Cegeon watched it all unfold on the television, all I ple affected is significantly higher than the no power can break us. Chan G, Garrett P. Marino G, Jon Moskaitis G, Roberto Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian could think of was my eighteen years living number of people who died. A friend of mine asked me this week, if I H. Tang G, John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha in Mumbai. Having hot chocolate once a year In no way can anyone say that this was just would be scared the next time I went home. G. in the coffee shop at the Taj Mahal Hotel, my an attack on India. The dead include Indians, My answer was no. In fact, I will go home parents driving me to the Oberoi Trident to see Americans, English, and Israelis, among oth- and visit all the places that were attacked, and Production Staff the holiday decorations, watching movies at ers. But most importantly, the dead were hu- like good old days will catch a movie in Metro, Editor: Steve Howland ’11; Staff: K. Nichole Treadway ’10, Alexander W. Dehnert ’12. the Metro Theater, just wandering around on man. Yes, the attacks were an attack on human- get hot chocolate at the Taj, absorb the holiday the seafront. ity. decorations at Oberoi Trident, and then wan- Opinion Staff Now, all these places were covered under a And while tribute must be paid to those der around on the seafront. That will be my Editor: Andrew T. Lukmann G; Staff: Florence blanket of fear. Even though I was physically who lost their lives, we cannot forget those pilgrimage. That will complete my tribute. Gallez G, Gary Shu G, Keith A. Yost G, Josh half a world away, I felt like I was there — as who put up a fight, and those who helped the Ankit Gordhandas is a member of the Class Levinger ’07, Krishna Gupta ’09, Aditya Kohli ’09, Jennifer Nelson ’09, Daniel Yelin ’10, it happened. people affected. Throughout the four-day or- of 2010. Ethan Solomon ’12.

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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks the Estate of Jack Kerouac and the William S. now, after Carr’s recent death in 2005, has the While the two offered different solutions to Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs Burroughs Trust teamed up to release a manu- original text surfaced to mainstream attention. Carr, both were now inadvertently involved Grove Press script that had gained almost legendary status The early publishers who first turned the in the crime. Lucien Carr was a murderer but Nov. 1, 2008 amongst literary circles. And the Hippos Were work away are not to be criticized, however. in Hippos, that is just as banal a fact as Mike $24.00 Boiled in Their Tanks is a joint work by the two The work is not breathtaking in its use of liter- Ryko (Kerouac’s alter-ego) being an enthusias- Beat heroes penned in alternating chapters one ary devices nor is the plot innovative enough to tic drinker. f you laughed along with Sal Paradise in summer during the 1940s. warrant distinction. The reader’s prize, on the The murder itself might be sensational: a On The Road, feared the conniving Dr. One may wonder why such an essential other hand, is an honest Kerouac and a careful hatchet to the head, preceding a two story fall for Benway in Naked Lunch, and saluted the work was kept unpublished for so long. Ini- Burroughs, both honing their literary style and David Kammerer, a wealthy, older man with a I iconoclastic verses of America, then you’re tially, the two novelists unsuccessfully pushed taking risks in the Hippos manuscript. Written dangerous sexual appetite for Carr’s virility and undeniably a Beatnik. While Jack Kerouac, the manuscript to publisher after publisher, re- before either author was famous, Hippos is an youth. But it is not merely the murder that this William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg are ceiving little interest in return. The novel itself, unbiased and upfront sample of what preceded novel rests upon. It is the everyday movement arguably the three most important authors of the product of its creators’ shared obsession groundbreaking works such as On the Road. and interaction between a close circle of friends the Beat Generation, they are also our default and documentation of an actual murder, was What’s more important is that the characters, and acquaintances; it is the episodes in which historians of a transitional time period in the deemed too sensational by editors. Any hope events, and places in Hippos are all real. As in Carr can’t decide if Kammerer is really a friend United States. Their uninhibited, jazz-inspired of the book being published was extinguished most works put out by the Beats, pseudonyms or a sexual predator; it is the life and heartbeat prose revealed a candid portrait of a class of once the murderer himself — Lucien Carr, a are used to ‘hide’ the evident identities of key of 1940s New York. Above all, Hippos paints a people who embraced life in growing cities and real-life friend of the Beats — recognized his players like Allen Ginsberg, David Kammerer, picture of what life was like for Americans de- welcomed experimentation. character in the novel, despite the use of the and the narrators themselves. cades ago. It’s certainly a clearer portrait of an Yet, the Beat Generation was always seen pseudonym ‘Philip Tourian.’ Carr prevented Part of what drove Kerouac and Burroughs unsuspecting Kerouac and Burroughs before through the lens of its aforementioned semi- the book from reaching past the floorboards of to document their account of the events is that they became, well, Kerouac and Burroughs.

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Dawson also camp, Coach Fraser says prepara- Bartolotta ’09, who played his third consecutive signing of Dan Dawson, a multi- constantly improves his own game tions for the season opener against Sports game with at least 30 points on Tuesday night. talented, dynamic offensive player by learning from other players, said the New York Titans are going well. Bartolotta closed with 34 points on 13-of-23 who consistently ranks among the Fraser, and that he is truly a student Practices are intense and competi- Shorts shooting to pace an MIT attack that held a 50- top scorers in the National Lacrosse of the game. tive, with over 25 players vying for 42 lead with 11 minutes left in regulation. Forc- League. One of the challenges to start- 18 spots on the dress list against the ing the Engineers to commit a season-high 31 turnovers, the Vikings Dawson, measuring a full six feet, ing an expansion team, according Titans. Fraser praises his team’s per- scored 22 points in the second half on the takeaways en route to the five inches, and weighing in at 225 to Coach Fraser, is that there is no formance in practice, noting the high dominating finish. pounds, comes to Boston with seven core group to build a team around. level of play and team chemistry the For the seventh straight game, MIT fell behind early and trailed years of experience in the league, The Blazers coaches hope Dawson Blazers display. 13-5 six minutes into the action. Consecutive three’s by Erik S. Zuk and having earned a selection to the can provide a starting point from On days off, Dawson and several ’11, Willard J. “Billy” Johnson ’09, and Bartolotta pushed the Engi- All-Pro First Team in two of those which a successful team can be other representatives from the Blaz- neers in front by one. After trading baskets with Salem over the next years. Last season, he played forward built by adding players who work ers have been promoting leadership five minutes, MIT gradually pulled ahead. A Johnson free throw with for the Portland LumberJax, scoring well together and have great team and the game of lacrosse in several 1:30 left in the first half provided MIT with its biggest lead of the game 38 goals and 43 assists en route to a chemistry. For example, the Blazers Boston area middle schools. Coach at 35-23. The Vikings scored the final five points of the half to close the Western Division title. drafted leftie forward Daryl Veltman Fraser welcomes fans of the Blaz- deficit to seven at the break. When asked about the Daw- in the first round, looking for an of- ers to keep an eye out for commu- Salem State opened the second half with an 11-5 run that reduced son signing, assistant coach Randy fensive threat to start opposite the nity appearances and to stop by and MIT’s advantage to two. The Vikings turned up the pressure in the last Fraser seemed very excited about right-handed Dawson. Players like say hello. More information can be 11 minutes of the game, outscoring MIT, 33-15, while ending the battle Dawson and the upcoming season Mitch Belisle, a former New York found online at the Blazers’ website, with 18 steals. The full-court press also hampered the Tech offense for the Blazers. “Having Dan is like Titan from Cornell, and Paul Daw- http://www.blazerslacrosse.com, in- down the stretch as MIT shot 1-of-7 from beyond the arc despite shoot- having an extra coach on the floor,” son, Dan’s younger brother, bolster cluding a schedule of community ap- ing 45 percent in the first half. Fraser said. He added that Dawson the defense for Boston, and the pearances under the Fan Zone link, —James Kramer, DAPER Staff helps to improve the younger play- two goalies Mike Poulin and Mike and online ticket purchasing for the ers around him, including forwards Muron are both looking strong in 2008 season. Franklin and Rubino Named ESPN The Magazine Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 Academic All-Americans Rifle vs. Virginia Military Institute, Massachusetts Maritime Acad- MIT Football players Thomas J. Franklin ’09 and Alexander F. Ru- emy, and Wentworth Institute of Technology bino ’10 passed through a difficult and highly competitive selection 6 p.m., duPont Athletic Center process en route to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America hon- Men’s Swimming MIT Invitational 6:30 p.m., Zesiger Center ors as recently announced by the College Sports Information Directors Women’s Swimming MIT Invitational 6:30 p.m., Zesiger Center of America (CoSIDA). The selections boosted the football program’s contingent to an Institute-best 27 accolades; MIT maintains its posi- Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 tion as the all-time NCAA Division III leader with 151 honors since Rifle vs. Virginia Military Institute, Massachusetts Maritime Acad- 1980. emy, and Wentworth Institute of Technology As a four-year starter at tight end, Franklin developed into an out- 9 a.m., duPont Athletic Center standing blocker during his career and helped guide the Engineers to Men’s Swimming MIT Invitational 10 a.m., Zesiger Center the ninth-best rushing attack in the nation this season. Franklin is a Women’s Swimming MIT Invitational 10 a.m., Zesiger Center member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars as well as Tau Squash vs. Tufts University 11 a.m., Zesiger Center Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Set to graduate with a 5.0 grade Women’s Basketball vs. Bay Path College 1 p.m., Rockwell Cage point average in Aerospace Engineering, Franklin is a recipient of the Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Manhattanville College Society of Flight Test Engineers Scholarship. 3 p.m., Johnson Athletic Center Rubino earned Academic All-America Second Team honors after Men’s Basketball vs. Tufts University 3 p.m., Rockwell Cage a season in which he served as MIT’s most disruptive defender. Ru- Men’s Swimming MIT Invitational 5:30 p.m., Zesiger Center bino paced the Engineers’ defensive corps with 47 solo tackles while Women’s Swimming MIT Invitational 5:30 p.m., Zesiger Center ranking fifth among lineman in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) with 63 total stops. A Chemical Engineering major with a 5.0 grade point average, Rubino’s academic achievements include Nation- al Dean’s List, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Tau Beta Pi Eating Disorder Treatment Engineering Honor Society, and NEFC All-Academic. Treatment of Adults Suffering from —James Kramer, DAPER Staff Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa Informed clinicians refer their clients to Laurel Hill Inn. LHI provides the most effective treatment and deploys the highest Sc o r e b o a r d staff-to-client ratio in New England. We provide extensive programming in a highly Men’s Basketball structured and supervised non-institutional therapeutic setting. Evening, day, and residential treatment as well as Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 weekly support groups in West Medford and West Somerville. Call MIT (4-3) 65 Linda at 781 396-1116 or visit www.laurelhillinn.com. Salem State College (4-1) 75

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