Established 1881 weLcoME PreFrosh! WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and Fri: 40°F | 37°F Largest Newspaper Rain sat: 55°F | 36°F Mostly cloudy tech.mit.edu SUN: 54°F | 37°F Mostly sunny Established 1881 Volume 133, Number 18 Friday, April 12, 2013 Mixed views on Introducing materials science at the spring Wulff Lecture Kendall petition Following City Council vote, constituents voice opinions Established 1881 By Austin Hess pany, MITIMCo, has worked NEWS EDITOR for three years to modify the development plan to be com- On Monday, the Cambridge patible with the goals of the City City Council voted in favor of a Council. President L. Rafael Reif rezoning petition proposed by and Thomas A. Kochan, head of MIT to allow development of the 2030 task force, also spoke in Kendall Square with tall build- support of the plan at Monday’s ings for residential and com- meeting. mercial use. There were seven A variety of reactions to this votes in favor of the proposal, plan have arisen from both with Councillor Minka van- Cambridge residents and rel- Beuzekom voting against and evant officials. According to the Vice Mayor Denise Simmons Cambridge Day, there was an abstaining. even split of support for and op- Several amendments and position to the proposal during changes to the plan were passed the public comment section, but during Monday’s meeting. The the vast majorityEstablished of those in fa- 1881 proposal also saw many chang- vor were representatives of MIT. es during the past month. MIT HO YIN Au—THE TECH Investment Management Com- Kendall, Page 7 Professor Jennifer A. Lewis ’91, an MIT alumna currently doing research at Harvard, presented this spring’s Wulff Lecture, “Printing Functional Materials�” Her presentation covered advances in 3D printing technology and their applications� The Wulff Lecture is designed to introduce the general public and MIT undergraduates to the field of materials science� Changes to MIT’s cybersecurity policy on the horizon On April 2, Executive Vice Presi- agement Office. The Office of the MIT News Office, the policy chang- dent and Treasurer Israel Ruiz Dean for Student Life will also be es include strengthening network emailed the Academic Council to working with residence hall house- traffic policies by blocking traffic Establishedannounce 1881 a few changes to emer- masters to enhance preparedness from non-MIT IP addresses, limit- gency protocol and network secu- for living groups. For emergency ing access to MIT administrative rity at MIT. The changes are in re- communication protocol, revisions applications to MIT IP addresses sponse to recent attacks on MIT’s have been made to expedite the no- and implementing stronger pass- information network and are part tification process and to expand the word quality and expiration poli- of an effort to better protect the MIT alert system to include all members cies. Individuals who need to ac- community. and all devices. cess legally protected information According to the transcript of To improve MIT’s cybersecu- are advised to take additional secu- Ruiz’s email published by the MIT rity, IS&T is taking measures rec- rity precautions. News Office, the following mea- ommended by CSAIL professor M. Ruiz concluded his email by ex- sures have been taken to strengthen Frans Kaashoek to make our net- pressing his commitment to “safe- the emergency protocol: updates work more resilient. Those engaged guarding our community, protect- have been made to MIT’s emergen- in research, teaching, and learning ing our campus and securing our cy-preparedness training program, activities will be able to voluntarily systems.” IS&T staff is “working and will be passed on to emergency opt out of the new security policy, with information technology lead- JOHN A. HAWKINSON—THE TECH coordinators in each department, but community members are en- ership and partners across campus” Commonwealth Secretary of Housing and Economic Devel- laboratory, and center by the staff of couraged to use MIT VPN rather to implement these changes. opment Greg Bialecki speaks to the Cambridge City Council on the Security and Emergency Man- than opting out. As reported by the —Isabella Wei Monday evening, in favor of MIT’s petition to rezone its part of Kendall Square� Reif to appoint new Institute Community and Equity Officer IN Short The Summer RA appli- Balfour will be on campus Yesterday, in an email addressed to organizing MIT’s activities related to thanked MIT’s Associate Provosts for cation is open at https:// next Wednesday and Thurs- the MIT community, President L. Ra- those subjects. The ICEO will also be Faculty Equity, Wesley L. Harris and fs11.formsite.com/ResLife/ day (April 17 and 18) in Lob- fael Reif announced the creation of a a “hands-on practicioner” of policies Barbara H. Liskov, for “their sustained form18/form_login.html. by 10 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. new position — the “Institute Commu- and best practices regarding equity leadership on questions of equity and The deadline to apply is to help with Brass Rats. nity and Equity Officer,” or ICEO. The and diversity, and will be responsible inclusion.” In that role, Harris helped 11:59 p.m. on April 15. position will be filled by a member of for “[leading] MIT to make practical produce a comprehensive report on Nominate your favorite the MIT faculty, and that the officer will progress toward our vision on a daily faculty equity in January 2010, and Lis- The Summer 2013 UROP SHASS teacher for by send- serve as “a senior member of the ad- basis,” continued Reif. kov assisted with a 2011 study on fac- Direct Funding application ing an email to shass-teach- ministration,” wrote Reif in his email. Reif stated in the email that cre- ulty gender equity. deadline is Thursday, April [email protected] by April In the message, Reif outlined his vi- ation of the position was driven by his Any member of the MIT communi- 18. 21! sion for the role of the ICEO. The offi- desire to “cultivate a caring commu- ty can recommend faculty candidates, cer, he wrote, will be a “thought leader nity focused on MIT’s shared values or voice thoughts about the position, to Drop date is coming up! Get Send news information on the subjects of community, equity, of excellence, meritocracy, openness, Provost Christopher A. Kaiser ’87. your drop forms signed and and tips to [email protected]. inclusion, and diversity,” leading and integrity and mutual respect.” He also —Jake H. Gunter turned in by 5 p.m., April 25. edu. reVisitinG to the HIGhest BIDDer? The TIM: JaY ScheiB’S SECTIONS JUrassic ParK A Cambridge resident, concerned about “COME, PLAY, win.” ALL-MIT ELEKTRA World & Nation � � �2 Opinion � � � � � � � � �4 the results of the April 8 City Council In 3D! The plot is A collection of CPW A shocking new play by Fun Pages � � � � � � �5 vote on Kendall Square� LETTERS, p. 4 maintained, but the sightings from different MIT Professor of Music Arts � � � � � � � � � � � �9 dinosaurs now leap off The taLE OF JACKie roBinson corners of campus� and Theater Arts� Sports � � � � � � � � �22 the screen� ARTS, p. 10 FUN, p. 5 ARTS, p. 14 42 is one of a kind� ARTS, p. 9 2 The Tech Friday, April 12, 2013 Report on avian flu victims D points to severity of strain US blacklists Iranian business A report on three of the first patients in China to contract a new strain of avian flu paints a grim portrait of severe pneu- monia, septic shock and other complications that damaged the over sanction breach brain, kidney and other organs. All three died. So far, the disease has killed 10 people in China and has By Rick Gladstone listed a Greek shipping tycoon, Dim- the blacklist run the risk of U.S. pen- WORL sickened more than 20 others in the past two months, and new THE NEW YORK TIMES itris Cambis, over what it called his alties as well. cases are reported daily. The illness is caused by a virus called scheme to acquire a fleet of oil tank- A senior Treasury official, speak- N H7N9 that patients contract from birds but that does not seem The United States blacklisted an ers on Iran’s behalf and disguise their ing on the condition that he not be to spread from person to person. affluent Iranian business executive ownership to ship Iranian oil. identified by name, said it was a sign The new report, by a team of researchers from China, was and what it described as his mul- “As international sanctions have of Iran’s desperation that it had been published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine tibillion-dollar money laundering become increasingly stifling, Iran forced into a money-laundering rela- along with a commentary from U.S. health officials, who said network Thursday, accusing them has resorted to criminal money- tionship with Zanjani that had been the disease “raises many urgent questions and global public of selling oil for Iran in violation of laundering techniques, moving its relatively easy to trace. health concerns.” the Western economic sanctions im- oil and money under false names “These are Rube Goldberg-type ATIO During a telephone news briefing Thursday, Nancy J. Cox, posed over Iran’s disputed nuclear and pretenses,” said David S. Cohen, networks, in efforts to try to get ac- of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and program. the Treasury’s undersecretary who cess to revenues, and not being able Prevention, said that several features of H7N9 were particularly The Treasury Department, which oversees the sanctions effort. to do so in a way that escapes our at- troubling: It causes severe disease, it has genetic traits that help administers the government’s Iran In a statement, Cohen said the tention,” the official said.