Volume 132, Number 3 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Reporter’S Notebook 2014’S Brass Rat Design Revealed Clutching Candle and Compass, Beaver Sits on Harvard Bridge

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By Anne Cai see our unique brass rat design. news editor I was amused by the number of people trying to find their By 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, friends by running out of the the promise of a surprise gift line onto Kresge Oval and wav- for the first 50 people in line ing — when everyone did the for Ring Premiere had lured a same, it became hilariously crowd of sophomores to the counterproductive. doors of Kresge. Later that eve- When we were finally let ning, we discovered that the in, we shoved our way through first ones there got their purple the doors to claim our favorite tickets and went on their merry seats in the auditorium. For my way, instead of having to jostle friends and I, that meant back each other outside the door for aisle seats near the doors, an- four hours. ticipating a stampede for gift Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech Half an hour before the bags afterwards. From our van- Despite the cold, sophomores wait outside Kresge Auditorium for the Class of 2014 Ring Premiere last Friday eve- doors opened, I was in line in tage point in the back, we saw at ning. Some stood in line for hours in the hopes of getting a free gift. the windy cold with several hundred other 2014s waiting to Brass Rat, Page 4 Technology exposition or career fair? Techfair 2012 attracted companies and student projects last week By Isabella Wei tual goal, according to Managing Di- terest in the technology. Staff Reporter rector Susie R. Fu ’12, is to grow into A quick survey of company repre- the Consumer Electronics Show of the sentatives indicated positive responses Photography startup Lytro came to east coast. “[As MIT] we are the center to Techfair — everyone asked said that Techfair this year to show off its new of technology on the east coast and we they would love to come back. Compa- 3D camera, whose pictures can be re- should have events where we show off nies seemed to like the idea of combin- focused after the shot. They invited cool things,” she said. ing a tech expo with a career fair, ex- students for a hands-on demo of the On Monday, Feb. 6 in Rockwell Cage, plaining that it gave them a good sense unreleased product — what they didn’t 60 companies and 31 different student of MIT. Pete Hopkins, the representa- expect was the deluge of resumes. projects were on display. Bose had a tive for Twitter, said, “When I’m talk- “It was great to have students take wand that could project a pinpoint ing to students while seeing a guy go cameras out and have them excited beam of sound. Nest had its learning by with a Tesla coil on his head, I know about the technology,” Lytro’s Director thermostat, which programs itself to exactly where I am — MIT.” of Photography Eric Cheng said. But, he adjust the temperature based on the Student reactions to Techfair varied. added, “it ended up being half-recruit- user habits. Among the student projects Maksim Kolysh ’14 was dazzled by the ing because there were so many people were DDR Tetris, the Hat Coil, the Ride- technology. “Techfair is the future of in- handing [us] resumes.” able Hexapod, electric instruments, novation,” he gushed. “Come to Techfair Techfair began seven years ago as and the beginnings of an Iron Man suit. and the products will blow your mind.” a student-run trade show, but it is in Jose Cong, a Nest representative, Others, sold on the job fair aspect of the some ways a job fair too. Its website said the fair was great place to meet stu- event, were frustrated that there were has place to submit resumes and many dents they may want to keep in touch not more employment opportunities. students treat the event as a chance to with, but for them it was not a recruiting “If you’re not Course 6 or Course 2 mingle with potential employers. event. Though they did receive several don’t bother coming,” Jeffrey H. Lin ’13 This year, organizers say they tried resumes, they mostly had conversa- to focus on the technology. The even- tions with students who expressed in- Techfair, Page 5

In Short MITx starts with 6.002x The deadline to register in the Super Tuesday Mass. Primary is Wednesday, Anybody can enroll, course offered for free Feb. 14. Don’t forget to vote! By Ethan A. Solomon mit.edu. The course will offer a cer- Wednesday is the last day to waive indi- executive editor tificate of completion for those who vidual health coverage for the Spring se- pass it, and though MITx will charge mester, in room E23-308. 6.002 (Circuits and Electronics) for certification in the future, 6.002x’s will be the first course offered via will be free since the course is still a Active Minds and LSC are hosting a MITx, an online educational initia- prototype. screening of America the Beautiful 2: tive announced late last year that has 6.002x will consist of 5–10 min- The Thin Commandments on Friday, Feb. seen widespread praise but also faces ute video lectures, demonstrations, 24 in 10-250. There will be free food and a questions from some faculty mem- homework assignments, simulated panel discussion with the filmmaker. bers. MIT has billed MITx as a way to laboratories, and exams — all graded Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech enhance the on-campus education automatically — according to a press A date with Camille L. M. Everhart ’13 is auc- Seeing red? Donate blood in La Sala from for MIT students and simultaneously release from the MIT News Office. It is tioned off during the SAE Charity Date Auction, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. today and 1 – 6 p.m. the rest offer MIT courses, largely free, to the being taught by CSAIL Director Anant held last Saturday night in Walker Memorial. The of the week. rest of the world. Agarwal, Christopher J. Terman PhD event raised $6,600 for Camp Kesem, a summer Registration for 6.002x — which is ’83, Gerald J. Sussman ’68, and Piotr camp for children whose parents have cancer. The Send news information and tips to essentially the same course material Mitros ’04. dates included venues such as the Union Oyster [email protected]. as MIT’s 6.002 but delivered online House and activities like F1 racing. — opened yesterday at http://mitx. 6.002x, Page 8 what should Do you like frosh? being healthy: SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 It’s OK. Neither do you do this starting fresh Fun Pages ��9 recruiters. valentine’s? How to fit fitness into Campus Life �� 11 fun, p. 5 Sports ��12 Chacha weighs in on your life. the holiday. campus life, p. 11 Campus life, p. 11 2 The Tech Tuesday, February 14, 2012 New Jersey senate votes to D legalize same-sex marriage House Republicans yield TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey state Senate voted Mon- day to legalize same-sex marriage, a significant shift in support from two years ago, when a similar measure failed. on a payroll tax cut The legislation faces a vote Thursday in the state Assembly, but even if that chamber passes the measure, Gov. Chris Chris- By Jennifer Steinhauer But the move underscored the tinue regarding offsets, unemploy-

worl tie, who favors holding a referendum on the issue, has said he The New York Times desire of many Republicans — ea- ment insurance, and the “doc fix.” will veto it. ger to blunt Democratic accusa- If Democrats continue to refuse

n But advocates hailed the Senate vote as a huge advance, WASHINGTON — Congres- tions that they do not support tax to negotiate in good faith, Repub- noting that they won 10 more votes than two years ago. And sional Republicans on Monday cuts for middle-class Americans — licans may schedule this measure both supporters and opponents said they were surprised by the backed down from a demand that to put the tax cut fight behind them for House consideration later this margin: The bill needed 21 votes to succeed and passed 24-16. a payroll tax holiday be paid for in an election year. week pending a conversation with “The margin brought the notion of an override out of fan- with reductions in other programs, As the House-Senate commit- our members.” tasyland,” said Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State clearing the way for an extension of tee charged with coming up with By separating the payroll tax is- Equality, a gay rights group. “Before today, I would have said the tax cut for 160 million Ameri- a plan to extend the benefits con- sue from unemployment benefits, atio the chances of an override were one in a million. Now I’d say cans through 2012. tinued to negotiate, Republican Republicans have somewhat boxed it’s about 1 in 2.” After months of partisan con- leaders said they would introduce in Democrats, forcing them to de- Overriding the anticipated veto would require the approval frontation that left the tax break legislation this week to extend the cide whether to accept a stand- of two-thirds of both houses, which in the Senate translates to hanging in the balance, Republi- payroll tax cut by itself, allowing alone tax cut that touches nearly 27 votes. But Democrats, who have made the bill their top pri- cans suddenly offered to extend the the conference members to nego- every working American — and is ority this year, argue that they have nearly two years — until the 2-percentage-point cut while con- tiate the unemployment proposal generally more popular than the session ends on Jan. 14, 2014 — to muster just three more votes tinuing to haggle over added un- and the Medicare measure, known additional unemployment insur- than they won Monday. employment benefits and a mea- as the “doc fix.” ance — or hold out for a package

& N —Kate Zernike, The New York Times sure to prevent a drop in fees paid Accusing Senate Democrats that covers all three programs, at a to doctors by Medicare. The payroll and President Barack Obama cost of about $160 billion. Demo- In Toronto, celebrating the tax holiday and jobless benefits ex- of stalling negotiations, House crats, also eager to extend unem- pire at month’s end, when doctors Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio ployment pay, were reluctant to Knicks’ newest star would face a 27 percent reduction said in a statement with Rep. Eric embrace the idea of resolving the in Medicare reimbursements. Cantor of Virginia, the majority payroll tax fight separately. OTTAWA, Ontario — The Toronto Raptors’ Asian Heritage The decision, announced by leader, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Mary- Nights are usually scheduled to coincide with Chinese New House Republican leaders, was a of California, the House whip, that land, one of the Democratic nego- orld Year. This year’s event, which takes place Tuesday, will feature surprise after weeks of Republi- “House Republicans will introduce tiators, said Monday that the pay- the New York Knicks. And the Taiwanese ancestry of the team’s cans’ insistence that they would a backup plan that would simply roll tax extension should “travel unexpected success story, Jeremy Lin, has not escaped Chinese not accept extensions to any of the extend the payroll tax holiday for together” with an extension of residents, who make up a little more than 11 percent of Toron- three benefits without offsetting W the remainder of the year while unemployment benefits and Medi- to’s population. the costs. the conference negotiations con- care payment legislation. Although the game is on Valentine’s Day, Beth Robertson, the senior vice president for ticket sales and services at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, expects that all 18,000 seats at Air Canada Centre will be sold. The team has only had two other sellouts in its 13 home games. Robertson gives Lin some Apple, in shift, pushes an audit of of the credit for 3,000 tickets the Raptors have sold since Friday. Clement Chu, the president of the Chinese Canadian Youth Athletics Association, which sold 300 discounted group tickets, said that Lin’s success had created “a buzz” in his organiza- sites in China tion’s basketball programs for children. —Ian Austen, The New York Times By Charles Duhigg changes throughout the electron- auditor Apple chose, the Fair La- and Nick Wingfield ics industry, since a lot of compa- bor Association, which is based in Sierra Club secretly accepted The New York Times nies use the same suppliers. They Washington, was not sufficiently also said it seemed calculated to independent. And some critics millions, angering some allies Responding to a growing out- forestall the kind of public rela- questioned whether the inspec- cry over conditions at its overseas tions problems over labor issues tions — Apple said the manu- The recent disclosure of the Sierra Club’s secret accep- factories, Apple said Monday that that have afflicted companies like facturers had agreed to do them tance of $26 million in donations from people associated with an outside organization had begun Nike, Gap and Disney. voluntarily — would curtail prob- a natural gas company has revived an uncomfortable debate to audit working conditions at the “This is a really big deal,” said lems or merely help Apple deflect among environmental groups about corporate donations and plants where the bulk of iPhones, Sasha Lezhnev at the Enough Proj- criticism. transparency. iPads and other Apple products ect, a group focused on corporate Apple, in a statement, said that The gifts from the company, Chesapeake Energy, have are built, and that the group would accountability. “The whole indus- the Fair Labor Association was an drawn criticism from some environmentalists. “Sleeping with make its finding public. try has to follow whatever Apple independent organization that had the enemy” was a comment much forwarded on Twitter posts For years, Apple has resisted does.” been given “unrestricted access” about the undisclosed arrangement. calls for independent scrutiny of But it is unclear if the efforts by to the company’s suppliers. The “Runners shouldn’t smoke, priests shouldn’t touch the kids, the suppliers that make its elec- Apple, whose $469 billion market first inspections, Apple said, were and environmentalists should never take money from pollut- tronics. But for the first time it has value is the largest of any compa- conducted Monday at a factory in ers,” John Passacantando, a former director of Greenpeace who begun divulging information that ny in the world, will be enough to Shenzhen, China, known as Fox- is now an environmental consultant, said in an interview. Yet it once considered secret, follow- quiet its critics, some of whom had conn City, one of the largest plants the donations to the Sierra Club, reported by Time Magazine’s ing criticism that included coordi- urged Apple to work with Chinese within China. Ecocentric blog and a blog called Corporate Crime Reporter, nated protests last week at Apple monitoring organizations with di- Human rights advocates have have plenty of precedents. Between 2004 and 2006, the Na- stores and investigative reports rect knowledge of its suppliers in long said that Foxconn City’s tional Audubon Society accepted $2.1 million from the chemi- about punishing conditions inside China. 230,000 employees are subjected cal giant Monsanto to find a strategy for ensuring the safety of some factories. Although some labor groups to long hours, coerced overtime waterfowl near industrial farms using pesticides, for example. Corporate analysts say Apple’s applauded Monday’s announce- and harsh working conditions, all —Felicity Barringer, The New York Times shifts could incite widespread ment, others said that the outside of which Foxconn disputes.

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Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The Tech 3 UConn’s new athletic director WORLD & Nati Athens shaken by riots after faces immediate challenges vote for austerity Warde J. Manuel, who raised expectations on the playing field and in the classroom in six years as the athletic director at Buf- falo, was introduced Monday as Connecticut’s new AD at a time By Niki Kitsantonis ernment spokesman, Pantelis Kap- said Monday that 74 people had been when the Huskies’ Men’s Basketball team is dealing with the fall- and Rachel Donadio sis, said the elections would be held arrested and another 92 briefly de- out from academic issues and the health concerns of its Hall of The New York Times in April. tained, after scores of violent protest- Fame coach, Jim Calhoun. About 150 stores were vandalized ers scuffled with police and hurled “There are some tough issues to deal with, things you have ATHENS, Greece — The acrid and looted, and about 45 buildings Molotov cocktails into buildings. to think about and work through,” Manuel, 43, said in telephone stench of tear gas permeated central — including neoclassical structures, The spokesman said that 104 po- interview. “But it’s a challenge and a great place, and I’m really Athens on Monday and the husks of two historic movie theaters, banks lice officers had been injured in the glad I was selected.” burnt-out buildings still smoldered and cafes — were seriously burnt, riots, but gave no injury figures for The Huskies are prohibited from competing in the 2013 NCAA after a night of rioting following the many beyond repair, according to the demonstrators, though the ambu- tournament because of below-standard academic results. Col- on Greek Parliament’s vote to approve Athens Chamber of Commerce and lance service said there had been leges must have a two-year average score of 930 or a four-year austerity measures in exchange for Industry. The chamber estimated the dozens. average of 900 on the Academic Progress Rate, which measures more rescue financing. losses in the “tens of millions” of dol- As he stood in a smoldering shop- athletes’ academic performance. The Huskies, who scored 826 In the aftermath, municipal work- lars. The public order minister, Chris- ping arcade, Dimitris Arvinatis, 56, a for the 2009-10 academic year, may not make the cut for those WORLD & Nati ers were sweeping up broken glass tos Papoutsis, called the damage part doorman, described how rioters tore two- and four-year averages and could face more penalties. while Greek political leaders were of “an organized plan of arson and open the steel shutters of shops and —Mark Viera, The New York Times surveying the political damage fol- looting.” threw in a series of Molotov cocktails. lowing the expulsion of dozens of More than 80,000 people came “It felt like war,” he said. “I could not Britain releases militant lawmakers from their parties, after out to protest peacefully on Sunday, believe I was in Athens. I have never the legislators had broken ranks on before scores of violent hooded pro- seen this in my almost 60 years of life, preacher the austerity vote ahead of early na- testers hijacked the demonstration. and I have been working here all my tional elections. On Monday the gov- A spokesman for the Athens police life.” LONDON — Abu Qatada, a militant Islamic preacher held without charge for more than six years as a threat to Britain’s na- tional security, was released from prison Monday night after an immigration judge signed off on strict bail conditions earlier in the day. The conditions, the tightest permitted under British law, in- American active on Internet clude a 22-hour-a-day curfew for the Jordanian-born preacher, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman. They bar him from traveling beyond his home neighborhood and us- recounts beating in China ing cellphones, the Internet and public transportation. on They also prohibit him from attending mosques or accompa- By Andrew Jacobs said he was abducted from a street in na along with Facebook, YouTube, nying any of his five children from his London home to school, The New York Times Beijing this month and was roughly and other websites that the govern- and they allow him to meet visitors only if they have been vetted questioned by public security of- ment deems a threat to its hold on by the police. WORLD & Nati The Chinese Communist Party ficers at a secret location. During 21 power. In the end, Ge and his captors Television channels across Britain showed Othman hiding has long felt threatened by overseas hours of interrogation, Ge said, the came up with a compromise: He did his face in the back of a van that was leaving the Long Lartin websites and social media outlets, agents peppered him with ques- not reveal his password but logged maximum-security prison in Worcestershire around 9:15 p.m. but the recent detention of a Califor- tions about his blogging activity, on to Twitter and allowed them to Monday. nia physicist who says he was beaten his membership in an organization peek inside his account. “The truth is The developments were the latest in a long-running case by Chinese security agents seeking that promotes dialogue between Ti- I have nothing to hide,” he said. that has inflamed politicians and public opinion in Britain and the password for his Twitter account betans and Chinese and his role in Although Ge was released and turned Othman, 51, into a symbol of Britain’s difficulties in deal- suggests how far the government will maintaining a website that supports promptly deported on Feb. 2, the ing with a pervasive network of Islamic militants with cells in go in its battle against a freewheeling a blind lawyer living under house ar- incident highlights the risks that many of the country’s largest cities. Internet. rest in China’s rural northeast. foreign passport holders of Chinese Officials have said that the cost to British taxpayers in the case, The man, Ge Xun, 53, a natural- But Ge’s greatest sin, it appears, origin face when ensnared by China’s including legal aid for Othman’s lawsuits and welfare support for ized U.S. citizen who moved to the was his zealous embrace of Twitter, nebulous and omnipotent public se- his family, have exceeded 500,000 pounds, or about $790,000. United States from China in 1986, which has long been blocked in Chi- curity apparatus. —John F. Burns, The New York Times on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on W o R l D 4 The Tech Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Brass Rat revealed at Ring Premiere Established 1881 Ring design introduced at premiere to excited crowd of sophomores Chairman Aislyn Schalck ’13 ing aspects of our Brass Rats were coy bezel. However, I suspended benevolently, with IHTFP dis- Brass Rat, from Page 1 lotteries for free rings, a replica of disbelief, as I really wanted to be creetly marked into its tail. Editor in Chief a brick in Fenway, a special 2014 pleased with RingComm’s design Afterward, our plan to grab gift Jessica J. Pourian ’13 least three groups of sorority girls compass, and a dinner with Presi- — just in case it was not a decoy. bags and then escape the mob Business Manager dressed in matching T-shirts and dent Susan J. Hockfield. The Bos- By the time a brain and a drip- worked well — mostly. Upon suc- Joseph Maurer ’12 jackets, holding posters, ready to ton skyline, Cambridge skyline, ping dagger appeared in Fake cessfully grabbing our bags early, Managing Editor scream in support of their Ring seal shank, and class shank were Beaver’s paws, most people start- we turned around to find our- Connor Kirschbaum ’13 Committee members. This later all shown and unique features ed suspecting deception, if they selves trapped by a huge shuffling became a good-natured, albeit explained. had not already known of the de- blob of our fellow 2014s, all eager Executive Editor lengthy, competition of yelling coy tradition. to get our Ring Premiere shot Ethan A. Solomon ’12 stamina when two RingComm When RingComm finished glasses and T-shirts. Those with News Staff members from different sororities My first thought presenting the fake bezel and purple tickets were given a free en- News Editors: Anne Cai ’14, Derek Chang ’14, approached the podium at the moved onto the real one, some- graved cherry ring box as their gift. Deborah Chen ’14, Stan Gill ’14; Associate News same time. was ‘Wow, that’s one yelled, “Aww, I liked that one!” Despite multiple attempts at Editors: Margaret Cunniff ’13, Rebecca Han ’14, The 11 members of the Class of to much laughter. I don’t know if it squashing my distracting excite- Leo Zhou ’14, Adisa Kruayatidee ’15, Janelle an awfully vicious- Mansfield ’15; Staff: John A. Hawkinson ’98, Liz 2014 RingComm walked onto the was in part due to my gratefulness ment about our ring over the Tsai ’11, Jiyeon Baek ’13, Joy E. Lee ’13, Divya stage in their black, red-accented looking beaver.’ that the hilarious bezel was fake, weekend, early yesterday morn- Srinivasan ’13, Aparna Sud ’13, Evan Moore ’14, attire. RingComm Chair Ishaan but I found myself growing fonder ing found me in line in Lobby 13. I Clara Park ’14, Isabella Wei ’14, Austin Hess ’15, Jaya Narain ’15; Meteorologists: Allison A. Wing Kumar ’14 and Vice Chair Daniela of the real bezel design with each anxiously waited to see the bright, G, Vince Agard ’11, Roman Kowch ’12, Shaena M. Yuschenkoff ’14 welcomed us Finally, they presented us with detail that was revealed. The real shiny Brass Rat on my finger, if Berlin ’13. to Ring Premiere, and then the the most anticipated part: the beaver’s hands held a 2014 com- only for a few seconds — for now. Production Staff other members presented various bezel design. When the beaver pass pointing towards MIT and Sophomores can size and or- Editors: Stephanie L. Ku ’14, Sarah Ritter ’14, aspects of the ring in pairs. There appeared on the screen, my first a candle-screw with a C-shaped der rings in Lobby 13 over the Ian M. Gorodisher ’15; Staff: Fareeha Safir ’13, was a video of a trip to Balfour, thought was, “Wow, that’s an aw- flame, signifying the 100th birth- coming two weeks. Rings will be Ben S. Frank ’14, Felicia Hsu ’15, Victoria Li ’15, which showed us the process of fully vicious-looking beaver …” day of our mascot in 2014. And in distributed at the May 11 Ring Syler Wagner ’15; Illustrators: Monica Gallegos ’11, Robin L. Dahan ’12, Rachel Fong ’12, Alison making a Brass Rat without re- Due to my avid reading of old Ring contrast to the fake, unnervingly Delivery at the John Joseph Moak- Malouf ’12. vealing any of the designs. Premiere stories, I immediately aggressive beaver, our beaver ley United States Court House in Opinion Staff Interspersed between reveal- suspected that this was our de- seemed to cheesily smile on us Boston. Editor: Andy Liang ’14; Staff: Florence Gallez G, Ronan Killian McGovern G, Alejandro Rogers The flames from the lamp B. G, Keith A. Yost G, Vinayak Ranade ’09, Kavya Joshi ’12, Rachel C. Bandler ’13, Ryan on the seal form a “14”. A Normandin ’13, Nils Molina ’14, Mike Veldman space shuttle orbits the ’14, Haldun Anil ’15, Jacob London ’15. globe, symbolizing the retirement of the revered Sports Staff NASA space shuttle pro- Editors: Shelley Ackerman ’13, Sarah Weir gram and the 100th anniver- ’14; Associate Editor: Katie Bodner ’15; Staff: sary of Course 16 at MIT that Michael Gerhardt ’12, Zach Hynes ’12, Nicholas will occur in 2014. All of this Myers ’12, Carlos Greaves ’13, Russell Spivak ’13, Nidharshan Anandasivam ’14, Shri Ganeshram rests upon a pillar engraved ’15. with the number 150 in honor of the yearlong celebration of Arts Staff the Institute`s anniversary dur- Editor: Kathryn Dere ’13; Associate Editor: ing our freshmen year. A fierce Samuel Markson ’12; Staff: Bogdan Fedeles G, owl, the symbol of our Athena Philipp Diesinger ’11, Jeff Z. Chen ’12, Maggie Liu system, rests at the bottom of the ’12, Jaimie Chung ’13, Yü Linlin Huang ’13, Emily shank. An open book, embodying Nardoni ’13, Jenny Xie ’13, Angelique Nehmzow the freedom of knowledge at MIT, ’14, Natthida Wiwatwicha ’14, Carolyn Zhang ’14. forms the owl’s brow. Looking closely, Photography Staff one can see the Roman numerals X, I and V Editors: Elijah Mena ’13, Jessica L. Wass ’14, in the owl’s brow and beak, making another “14”. Christopher A. Maynor ’15; Associate Editor: Jaswanth Madhavan ’13; Staff: Kailiang Chen G, David Da He G, Melissa Renée Schumacher G, Manohar Srikanth G, Scott Johnston ’03, Biyeun M. Buczyk ’10, William Yee ’10, Yuanyu Chen ’12, Fourteen crown molding Nicholas Chornay ’12, Meng Heng Touch ’12, marks wrap around the Feng Wu ’12, Arfa Aijazi ’13, Elizabeth D’Arienzo ’13, Samira Daswani ’13, Tiffany Huang ’13, Vivek Dome, while the numer- Hidden within its tail is our unofficial motto, “IHTFP,” and hidden within these letters als MCMXVI have been Dasari ’14, Jennifer Wang ’14, Jared L. Wong ’15, is a “14”, one of fourteen “14’s” represented on our Brass Rat. Our Beaver holds two Andrew Swayze. replaced by E≈mc2 to com- items in his hands — the first is a compass. The compass guides us Northward toward memorate the claim that Campus Life Staff MIT, reminding us that no matter how far we go, we must remember our starting point the neutrino had broken the Editor: Deena Wang ’14; Associate Editor: at the Institute. Inscribed on the lid of the compass is a symbol that reads out as “2014”. speed of light. Snow covers Amanda Aparicio ’14; Staff: Fangfei Shen G, In our Beaver’s right hand is a candle with a screw protruding from the bottom. The the building, symbolic of the Christine Yu ’11, Maeve Cullinane ’12, Paul flame represents knowledge and intelligence; it also forms a “C” to commemorate the snow day during our fresh- Woods ’13, Sam Trabucco ’15; Cartoonists: 100th birthday of our Beaver mascot that will occur in 2014 and to honor the recent Joshua Meisel G, Irving E. Wang G, Michael man IAP. Spiraling around the passing of Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C programming. The screw embodies both outside columns are a strand Benitez ’12, Elise Stave ’13, Ramya Swamy ’14, our commitment to a hands-on learning style and the way many students feel on a Paelle Powell ’15, Timothy Yang ’15. of DNA and a string of binary to weekly basis. Together, the screw and the bright flame represent our official motto, represent the recent merger of Copy Staff Mens et manus. Courses 6 and 7 to form the new Copy Chief: Bruno B. F. Faviero ’15; Assoc Computer Science and Molecular iate Copy Chief: Laura E. Forte ’15; Staff: Adam Sitting on eight Ivy leaves to confirm MIT’s academic dominance, our Beaver builds Biology major. The DNA strand on R. Suhl ’15, Kali Xu ’15. the Mass Ave Bridge using the sticks from his dam. He builds outward from MIT, using the left forms a 6 and a 7, while the Business Staff the materials provided to him to expand to the rest of the world. The Roman numerals strand on the right reads “14” in bi- “XIV” appear amongst these sticks, and the 214th Smoot can be seen on the bridge, nary. The goddess Athena stands in Killian Advertising Manager: Moya Chin ’13; with a small zero added to make a “2014” as it appears on the actual bridge. Operations Manager: Jennifer Fong ’13; Staff: Court, the feathers on the spear that she grasps make a Wendy Cheng ’13, Allison M. Lee ’13, Emmanuel “14”, and the goddess displays the right hand rule. “Punt” Carrodeguas ’14, Sarine Shahmirian ’14. The backdrop of our bezel features fourteen buildings in a perspective of Boston and and “Tool” can be seen in the veins of the laurel wreath Cambridge that has not appeared in any previous Brass Rat. On display in the Charles Technology Staff that surrounds Athena. Behind the dome is a patchwork River is the MIT float from the FAST light show. Appearing at the top of the Green of symbols, much like those found on the statue outside Staff: Maja R. Rudolph ’13, Alex Chernyakhovsky Building is an apple to commemorate the passing of Steve Jobs. Above the Longfel- the student center. A 59 can be seen on the left side cele- ’14, Emad William ’15. low Bridge is the moon, depicted in the same phase that it will be on the night of our brating the number of countries represented in our class; Online Media Staff graduation in June 2014. In the Boston skyline, one of the building’s spires has been the pi symbol to the right recalls the day many learned of Editor: Joanna Kao ’13; Staff: Andrea Fabre ’12, transformed into a champagne saucer, as our class was the last to have Professor our admission to MIT. Finally, an awareness ribbon to the Lourdes D. Bobbio ’15. Sadoway teach 3.091. Finally, a cue stick can be seen in the Hancock Tower, a tribute right recognizes the first Relay for Life at MIT. to the first hack many of us saw at MIT, the upside-down lounge that occurred during Editors at Large our CPW. Contributing Editors: Jingyun Fan ’12, Judy Hsiang ’12, Pearle Lipinski ’12, Maggie Lloyd ’12, Robert McQueen ’12, Sam Range ’13, Michelle E. Szucs ’14; Senior Editors: Brian Hemond G, Jeff Several well-recognized MIT build- Keeping with tradition, the side of Guo ’11, Michael T. Lin ’11, Ana Lyons ’12, Nina ings are embossed on the Cam- Sinatra ’12, Greg Steinbrecher ’12, David Zhu ’12, the 2014 Brass Rat depicts the sky- Jessica Liu ’13. bridge skyline, which appears dur- line of Boston as observed from ing the day, when students spend MIT, with the Hancock Tower and Advisory Board the most of their time on campus. the Prudential Center as two of the Paul E. Schindler, Jr. ’74, V. Michael Bove ’83, Barry Lights can finally be seen in the most distinctive buildings. Fenway S. Surman ’84, Robert E. Malchman ’85, Deborah newly opened Maseeh Hall, and Park also figures prominently on A. Levinson ’91, Jonathan E. D. Richmond PhD their pattern forms a “14”. The the skyline to honor the 100th an- ’91, Karen Kaplan ’93, Saul Blumenthal ’98, Frank Green Building windows feature niversary of the stadium during our Dabek ’00, Satwiksai Seshasai ’01, Daniel Ryan the number “147” in binary, as Bersak ’02, Eric J. Cholankeril ’02, Jordan Rubin Sophomore year and to recognize ’02, Nathan Collins SM ’03, Keith J. Winstein ’03, we are the 147th graduating class. the brick that will be placed there Akshay R. Patil ’04, Tiffany Dohzen ’06, Beckett To the right is Walker Memorial, the to commemorate our Brass Rat. W. Sterner ’06, Marissa Vogt ’06, Andrew T. infamous building that has become The city appears as it would at night Lukmann ’07, Zachary Ozer ’07, Austin Chu ’08, synonymous with test taking during our since this is the sight many students see Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08, Omari Stephens undergraduate careers. Opened during our while pset-ing at late hours; the night also ’08, Marie Y. Thibault ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09, freshmen year, the Koch Institute completes the reminds us of how Boston can serve as an escape Nick Semenkovich ’09, Angeline Wang ’09, buildings on the skyline.A sailboat, with a sail that makes a “14”, ap- from MIT on the weekends. A firework appears in the skyline to cel- Quentin Smith ’10, B. D. Colen. pears in the Charles River on the left. Engraved on the right side are two ebrate the Stanley Cup victory of our hometown Bruins. Production Staff for This Issue crew shells, with one rower and four rowers to make a “14”. The single rower wears a Charlie Hat as a tribute to the inclusion of the Charlie Text and graphics courtesy of the 2014 Ring Committee, Editors: John A. Hawkinson ’98, Sarah Ritter ’14 http://classof2014.mit.edu/ring/design.html. Ian M. Gorodisher ’15; Copy Editors: Bruno B. F. Card on the 2014 student IDs, the first time this was done at MIT. Faviero ’15, Michelle E. Szucs ’14, Laura E. Forte ’15.

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By James Kanter the Justice Department said in a to better protect Android. It also tors over ownership of intellectual merger clearance blesses all actions and David Streitfeld statement. will give Google access to the liv- property governing computers and by Motorola in the past or all future The New York Times Barclays Capital, in a report on ing room through Motorola’s set- mobile communications. action by Google,” the statement Google released on Monday, said top box business. Google is already Joaquin Almunia, the European said. He added that any action on U.S. and European antitrust that Motorola’s mobile devices working on a home entertainment Union competition commissioner, “the question whether Motorola’s regulators on Monday approved business was probably losing mar- device. indicated in a statement that he or Google’s conduct is compliant Google’s acquisition of the cell- ket share, but that its extensive pat- The deal comes at a time of would be watching the sector. The with EU antitrust law” would be phone maker Motorola Mobility ent portfolio would allow Google heightened scrutiny by regula- decision “does not mean that the taken separately. without formal conditions, paving the way for the search giant to com- pete directly with its new archrival, Apple. The deal, worth $12.5 billion, mit.edu/misti/mit-mexico still needs a few more regional ap- provals but has cleared the biggest hurdles. It would bring Google 19,000 new employees, the lower margins of a manufacturing enter- Discover beautiful MEXICO and its prise, and the challenge of extend- ing its very successful cellphone amazing culture this summer. software business. Google’s Android operating system is in more than four out of 10 All-expenses-paid internships and new smartphones, but the domi- nant single company in the indus- research opportunities for undergrads try remains Apple and its iPhone. Google is likely to use Motorola to and grad students are still available at show other Android makers how it thinks phones should be built — by, top notch companies/institutes: for instance, more tightly integrat- ing such Google-centric features as Google Wallet. Approval of the deal had been • Intel Mexico widely expected. The only discor- dant note: Europe warned that Google should play fair in markets • Ooyala for smartphones and tablet computers. Google shares rose $6.29 • Continental Automotive Monday to close at $612.20. The Justice Department sepa- • Grupo Interacciones rately announced that it was clos- ing three investigations at the same time: Google’s purchase of Mo- And many, many more! torola; the purchase by Apple, Mi- crosoft, and Research in Motion of certain patents from the bankrupt “Living and working in Mexico was the Nortel Networks; and Apple’s pur- experience of a lifetime. The work I did and the chase of certain Novell patents. The purchases are “unlikely to For more information, please contact connections I made will have a profound impact substantially lessen competition,” Griselda Gomez: [email protected] on my life for years to come.” - MIT intern STUDENTS!

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Clark caught upto the 6:35 mark put Tech ahead by 11 ble figures. push theadvantage back to dou- Cue knocked downa3-ball to Mc points Daniel andsenior K. but Kates scored four straight MIT will return will MIT to Worcester Tech helda41-31 advantage Noel Hollingsworth ’12 Another Kates layup at the [email protected] - - For more information: fifth on the NCAA performance list.performance Kiggins fifth on the NCAA reached ter, of1:52.86, aseason-best running which ranks him inDivision IIIthisyear. andthefourth Institute history mile, finishing in4:09.79,second-fastest time in the season. time season-best Their ranks third this inthecountry relay,ley placing fifth overallwith atime of9:55.71. ock ’14, andChadd T. Kiggins ’15- inthedistance med in Division IIIontheseason. 3:18.75, andthethird-fastest theirbestontheseason and freshman Diamantoni Nicholas in finished A. sophomores Tyler S. Singer-Clark M.Gager, andBrian on Saturday. relay of The 4x400 junior K. 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Schreck ’15 seconds. came backrecording inthe400, bestat aseason 50.08 onds and23.04 seconds, respectively. Singer-Clark ran inthe200-meter, well timesof22.60 sec with recorded personal bestsinthe1000-meter. 2:28.20, Stephen and senior Serene, R. 2:30.09, also comingnot farbehind, through in1:06.21. Bullock, ters. Gager was 15th overall at whileWay 1:05.99 was for17th good which wouldbe inthecountry. a newpersonal bestintheevent, finishing in1:54.57, —Sarah Weir, Editor Sports www.mkse.upenn.edu . The Engineers will look to win theirthird to will look The Engineers straight Back at home, ofthehighlights some included NathanSenior inthe Peterson E. second placed Joshua D. Duncavage ’13 andSinger-Clark each Gager andWay me- had personal besttimesat 500 Tuesday, February 14,Tuesday, February 2012 ). His - - -