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Volume 128, Number 16 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 4. 2008 GSC Officers Elected New Grad Incoming President Oaz Nir Says He Will Voice Student Concerns, Pursue Dental Plan Dorm Will By Arkajit Dey MIT graduate students, decided to Associate News Editor stop enrolling MIT students. Not Have The Graduate Student Council Both Nir and outgoing GSC pres- elected Oaz Nir, a third-year PhD ident Leeland B. Ekstrom said that student and the current editor of the an equally important issue facing the Graduate Student News, as its new GSC is increasing student input in Analog president for the 2007–2008 school Institute decisions. year on Wednesday. The rest of the council’s officers Nir prioritizes a dental plan Telephones include Nan Gu as vice president, By building on the work of last Lorenna D. Lee-Houghton as secre- year’s GSC, Nir said, he will be able By Austin Chu tary, and David C. Opolon as trea- to create a dental plan for graduate Staff Reporter surer. students this year, along with a “cat- NW35, the new graduate resi- Nir hopes to secure a dental astrophic dental care fund” to help dence that will be named Ashdown health plan for graduate students, he students in extreme need. House when it opens this fall, will said in an interview yesterday. Den- The lack of an MIT dental insur- not have analog phone lines in the tal care emerged as a key problem in ance plan has long challenged stu- rooms. Residents who want room fall 2007 when the Boston University phones will need to purchase a voice Student Dental Plan, used by many GSC Elections, Page 12 over IP phone and Internet phone service. But NW35 will have four network ports per pillow — at least twice as Amid a Peruvian City’s many as in the current Ashdown

Perry Hung—The Tech House. Debris, Visions of Rebirth Former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw delivers a lecture titled The change reflects changing “Life Is Not Virtual” for the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series telephone usage patterns. Director CityScope Participants Plan Future of Tambo de Mora on Wednesday. Speaking in 32-123, Brokaw explored the role of Housing Dennis J. Collins said of information, technology, and the modern media in informing that he believes most students today By Natasha Plotkin Our mission was to learn about citizens around the world. have cell phones for communicating Associate News Editor the people in the area, their prob- with friends and family. To that end, In August 2007, earthquakes lems, and their ideas for recovery, NW35 will be “cell-phone friendly.” devastated the small coastal town of and to find a semester project that Housing is “putting in cell phone Tambo de Mora, located just south of will serve their community’s needs. repeaters to ensure cell phones will Lima, Peru. During our first day in the town, Undergrad Rooms in NW35 work everywhere,” Collins said. This spring a reality more complex than what I The MIT campus is increasingly Reporter’s break, about or my classmates could have imag- moving towards voice over IP, said Notebook three dozen ined emerged. The local government Dorm Will Not Have Stoves Steven R. Winig, manager of the Re- students, my- was caught in a quagmire of orga- By Austin Chu W1 in fall 2010, when its renovation lationship Management Program at self included, traveled to the town as nizations with different scopes and Staff Reporter from a graduate dormitory to an un- Information Services and Technol- part of CityScope (4.001/11.004) to The undergraduates living in dergraduate dormitory is completed. ogy. VoIP is a technology that trans- learn how we could help its residents. CityScope, Page 14 NW35 this fall will not have access Housing has canceled the order ports telephone calls digitally over a to the stoves that were to be installed for the stoves in the undergradu- computer network. Traditional phone in their rooms. ate portion of NW35, said Director service operates on a separate analog The current plan “under consid- of Housing Dennis J. Collins. The network. MIT to Offer Latin eration” for the undergraduate por- stoves may still be reordered if plans Collins said that the decision to The Romans are coming. tion of NW35 is for there to be no change, he said. provide extra network ports instead This fall, the Literature Department will offer what may be MIT’s stoves in the rooms, said Donna M. The decision not to install these of an analog phone port “really was first ever subjects in the Latin language, Latin 1 (21L.300) and Latin Denoncourt, associate dean of resi- stoves was made to be “consistent not about the money.” Rather, he 2 (21L.335). dential life. Instead, the undergradu- across campus” as “no undergradu- said, Housing wanted to “build for The language will be taught by Yumna ates will share a single “modified ates have stoves in their rooms,” said the future.” News Briefs Z.N. Khan, a classical scholar who has re- country kitchen,” she said. Denoncourt. Collins said that the four net- cently served as a visiting lecturer at Brandeis. Fifty-seven undergraduates will Unlike the shared kitchens in work ports would provide access Teaching Latin is a step towards “creating a community of students be living in the graduate dormitory most undergraduate dormitories, the for two computers, a VoIP phone, interested in Ancient and Medieval culture,” Shaknar Raman ’86, as- NW35, the new Ashdown House, kitchens in NW35 are more private, and a possible future IP television when it opens in fall 2008. These located within individual apartment service. Residents will be free to Briefs, Page 12 undergraduates will form the core of the community that will move into Stoves, Page 14 Phones, Page 13 William L. Kraushaar

MIT News Office Professor William L. Kraushaar, a former MIT physics professor and a pioneer in the field of high-energy astronomy, died March 21 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 87. Kraushaar received his bachelor degree from Lafayette College in 1942. During World War II he worked at the National Bureau of Standards on projects that included development of the proximity fuse for artillery shells. After the war he earned his doctorate at Cornell University. In 1949 he was appointed research associate at MIT where he made the first measurements of the mean life of the pi meson at the MIT electron synchrotron. Over the next 15 years he rose through

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In Short Eric Schmiedl—The Tech MIT’s Concert Choir (directed and conducted by Bill Cutter) holds its second MIT Community Sing ¶¶Steven R. Lerman ’72, dean Shao ’09, finished in the top six. in Lobby 10 yesterday afternoon, inviting passersby to join in singing. for graduate students, is now the dean for graduate education, as of ¶¶The UA elections debate for pres- March 31. The Graduate Students idential and vice presidential candi- Office was also renamed the Office dates will be held Sunday evening in of the Dean for Graduate Educa- the Student Center. Ne w s Ne w s World & Nation ��2 tion. Star Simpson’s trial set District court judge Opinion ��4 ¶¶The Big Screw charity fundrais- ¶¶MIT placed third in the Put- er, which will be held next week, for May 23 ��12 halts RIAA subpoena It’s Friday ��5 nam math competition held in is now taking nominations. E-mail seeking identities Arts ��6 December, earning $15,000 for [email protected] or see http:// the math department. Harvard and web.mit.edu/apo/www/. Undergraduate admission of BU students. Comics / Fun Pages ��8 Princeton placed first and second, rates plunge ��12 Page 11 Sports ��16 respectively. Two MIT students, Send news information and tips to Qingchun Ren ’10 and Xuancheng [email protected]. Page 2 The Tech April 4. 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n New Signs of Mugabe Testimony Offers Details of Crackdown in Zimbabwe By Michael Wines The New York Times Bear Stearns Takeover Zimbabwe’s government staged separate police raids on Thursday against the main opposition party, foreign journalists and at least one By Stephen Labaton Bank of New York, would have led to next morning. democracy advocate, raising the specter of a broad crackdown aimed The New York Times “a greater probability of widespread Pummeled by market rumors of at keeping the country’s imperiled leaders in power. WASHINGTON insolvencies, severe and protracted insolvency, the investment house lost With the government facing election results that threaten its 28-year Three weeks after the market damage to the financial system and, more than $10 billion — or more reign, security officers raided the Miekles Hotel in central Harare on crisis that forced the rescue of Bear ultimately, to the economy as a than 80 percent — of its available Thursday afternoon, searching rooms that the main opposition party, Stearns, federal officials and senior whole.” cash in a single day. Only a few days the Movement for Democratic Change, had rented for election opera- Wall Street executives offered their The testimony disclosed that earlier, the chairman of the Securities tions, said Tendai Biti, the party’s general secretary. first public account on Thursday of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paul- and Exchange Commission, Christo- A second group of riot officers sealed off the York Lodge, a small the harrowing four days of negotia- son Jr. had insisted that Bear be paid pher Cox, had sought to calm inves- hotel in suburban Harare frequented by foreign journalists, at about the tions that led to a deal to sell the in- a very low price for its stock by JP- tors, telling reporters that “we have a same time. A lodge worker who refused to be identified said six people vestment bank to JPMorgan Chase. Morgan Chase. The testimony also good deal of comfort about the capi- were detained, including Barry Bearak, a correspondent for The New In testimony before the Senate offered more details about the pres- tal cushions” at Bear and other large York Times. The identities of the other journalists could not be identi- banking committee, top officials sures on Bear. The firm’s chief ex- investment houses. fied, but Bearak was later located in a Harare jail. from the Federal Reserve, the Trea- ecutive, Alan D. Schwartz, said that By Sunday, March 16, Federal sury Department and the Securities he thought on Friday morning that he Reserve and administration officials and Exchange Commission also had engineered a loan, backed by the had orchestrated a $30 billion rescue FAA Ignored Southwest strongly defended their actions, an- Federal Reserve Bank of New York, of the firm, and the firm announced swering critics who have said that that bought him 28 days to find a so- that its stock, which last year had Violations, Inspectors Testify the government should have taken lution. been trading at $171 a share, would By Matthew L. Wald more aggressive steps months, or But he said he realized that he had be sold to Morgan Chase for $2 a The New York Times WASHINGTON years, earlier to prevent the problems misunderstood the terms of the loan share. (The offer was later revised to The Federal Aviation Administration may know considerably less plaguing the financial markets. when the Fed decided later that day $10.) about the state of airline safety than it claims, a parade of witnesses Critics have also questioned bail- that the loan would only last through Under questioning by Sen. Chris- and lawmakers said at a congressional hearing on Thursday. ing out the creditors of one Wall the weekend and that he had only un- topher Dodd, the committee’s chair- Three long-time Federal Aviation Administration inspectors testi- Street investment firm possibly at til Sunday afternoon to find a buyer man, both Ben S. Bernanke, the fied that their agency allowed Southwest Airlines to fly uninspected taxpayers’ expense. for the 85-year-old firm. chairman of the Fed, and Geithner planes, and that the airline continued to fly the planes even after it The officials responded that The testimony also disclosed that said they played no role in setting later found cracks in some of them. they had no choice but to act for regulators were unaware of Bear’s the price, which was one of the most The inspectors said that when they complained, their bosses the broader good of the markets and precarious health and did not know controversial elements of the deal. threatened their jobs and discouraged them from pursuing safety the economy. A failure to save Bear until the afternoon of Thursday, “We had no interest or no con- problems. Stearns, said Timothy F. Geithner, March 13, that the firm was planning cern about the stock price that was One was removed from his job as an office manager and another the president of the Federal Reserve to file for bankruptcy protection the evaluated,” Bernanke testified. was encouraged to apply for a transfer. A third, Charalambe Boutris, was temporarily removed from his role overseeing Southwest after complaints from the airline. Beyond the problems at Southwest, the hearing focused more NATO Endorses Missile System, broadly on the quality of the government’s oversight. Southwest and other airlines have suspended hundreds of flights in recent weeks, seriously disrupting travel, while undertaking inspections that critics More Troops for Afghanistan say were long overdue. By Steven Erlanger Russian objections, and on Thursday NATO’s final statement invited and Steven Lee Myers signed an agreement with the Czech Russia to cooperate with the United Pope Adds Meetings With Jewish The New York Times Republic to build radar for the sys- States and Europe on developing de- BUCHAREST, Romania tem. fenses jointly. Leaders to U.S. Itinerary NATO leaders agreed Thursday to “There has been, over 10 years, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman By Laurie Goodstein endorse a U.S. missile defense sys- a real debate as to whether there is a of the international affairs committee The New York Times tem based in Europe and to provide ballistic missile threat,” said Bush’s of the Russian parliament, said that At 80, Pope Benedict XVI has limited his coming trip to the United more troops for Afghanistan, but they national security adviser, Stephen J. missile defense would be high on the States to 13 public events, but the church made a surprise announce- refused to back President Bush’s pro- Hadley. “And I think that debate end- agenda for the meeting between Bush ment on Thursday that he had added two brief meetings both with Jew- posal to bring Ukraine and Georgia ed today.” Bush also succeeded in get- and Putin in Sochi, a Russian resort, ish leaders. closer to NATO membership. ting NATO to agree to increase troop scheduled after the NATO conference, One is a quick stopover at the Park East Synagogue in New York on Washington’s failure to win over numbers in Afghanistan, a Washing- which Putin is to attend Friday. April 18. It will be the first time a pope has ever visited a synagogue in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and ton priority. Kosachev said Russia doubted the United States, and only the third visit by a pope to any synagogue. other crucial European countries Putin has objected strongly to Washington’s motives. “We still do The other is scheduled for the previous day, immediately after to its view on Ukraine and Georgia building parts of the missile defense not have a proper explanation of this Benedict holds a major meeting in the rotunda of the John Paul II was considered by some countries of system in former Soviet bloc states, project,” he said. “It is not about the Cultural Center in Washington with about 150 leaders representing a Central and Eastern Europe to have despite Washington’s assurances that number of interceptors. It’s about variety of faiths. sent a message of alliance weakness the system is a response to threats undermining mutual confidence and About 50 Jewish attendees from that event will then be ushered into to Moscow, a day before the Russian from Iran, not from Russia. Putin, trust.” the nearby Polish Heritage Room, where the pope will offer greetings president, Vladimir V. Putin, makes saying the system would fuel a new The main contributor to more for the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins two days later, said his first visit to a NATO summit. arms race, has even threatened to aim troops in Afghanistan was France. Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the U.S. Con- But Bush could claim success Russian missiles at the system, while President Nicolas Sarkozy said Paris ference of Catholic Bishops. in persuading NATO to endorse his also offering the use of a substitute would send another battalion — some missile-defense plan in the face of system in Azerbaijan. 700 troops — to eastern Afghanistan. We a t h e r WxChallenge Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, April 4. 2008

By Garrett P. Marino 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 The letters “wx” stand for the weather, hence the name WxChallenge, a national collegiate weather forecasting competition. MIT has competed in both this competition since its inception in 2006 and also its predecessor, the NCWFC (National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Competition). In fact, 1009 we have taken the national title five of the past six years. In the contest, we 1011 35°N forecast for a different city every two weeks, estimating the high and low temperatures on any given day, the highest wind speed, and also the precipitation 1008 amount. The contest ends today, and what happens today at the Minneapolis- St. Paul airport will determine if MIT takes the title again, or if our rival, Mis- sissippi State University, comes out with a narrow victory. The final results 30°N will be posted on the “cumulative results” page of the WxChallenge Web site 1020 tomorrow afternoon, so check it out: www.wxchallenge.com. In the Boston area today, expect cool temperatures and rain for the majority of the day. Lingering showers and clouds from this system will unfortunately linger for the majority of the weekend, but temperatures will slowly recover 25°N by early next week. Remember that April showers bring May flowers!

Extended Forecast Today: Rainy and cool. Highs in the mid 40s°F (7°C). Tonight: Cloudy with showers. Lows in the upper 30s°F (4°C). Saturday: Cloudy with showers possible. Highs in the mid 40s°F (7°C). Lows in the mid 30s°F (2°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Sunday and Monday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs Snow Rain Fog High Pressure Trough in the upper 40s°F (9°C). Lows near 35°F (2°C). - - - Showers Thunderstorm

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Former Kosovo Leader North Korea’s Growing Rancor May Increase Hunger Acquitted in Hague Trial By Choe Sang-Hun The New York Times SEOUL, South Korea By Marlise Simons verdict, the judges said that the trial to link him to the crimes. North Korea’s rising tensions with South Korea and the United The New York Times had been subject to many shortcom- Prosecutors complained repeat- States, coupled with soaring international grain prices and flood dam- PARIS ings, including vague evidence and edly about pressure on the witnesses, age from last year, will probably take a heavy toll among famine- The U.N. war crimes tribunal in widespread fear among witnesses, saying that it had been greater than in threatened people in the isolated country, relief experts said Thursday. The Hague on Thursday acquitted a suggesting that the full version of any other trial at the tribunal. The warnings followed a report on Thursday that North Korea’s to- former commander of the rebel Ko- events had not been told. Those most afraid, prosecutors talitarian government has suspended distribution of food rations for six sovo Liberation Army of all charges The full judgment is not yet avail- said, were former fellow rebel fight- months in Pyongyang, home to the country’s most well-off and loyal of war crimes in a decision that could able, but in their summary, the judges ers who had been expected to testify citizens, in what seems to be a move to save food as the hard-line re- inflame anti-Kosovo sentiment in gave much weight to the fear and the as insiders. At least three designated gime braced for a prolonged standoff with Washington and Seoul over Serbia just weeks after Kosovo uni- evident intimidation of witnesses. They witnesses were killed before the trial, the North’s nuclear program. laterally declared independence. stressed that the court, though it heard prosecutors said. Although the state ration system has not functioned well in recent The commander, Ramush Haradi- almost 100 witnesses, had serious dif- Last November, the trial ground to years, the suspension of distributions will force residents of Pyongyang naj, who also briefly served as prime ficulties in getting many of them to a halt when the defense lawyers for all to buy food with their own money and to use any private stockpiles. minister of Kosovo three years ago, testify freely. They said that they had to three accused unexpectedly announced The World Food Program, which runs an office in Pyongyang and was found not guilty of murder, per- grant 34 witnesses permission to hide they would not call any witnesses of has been warning of worsening food shortages in the North, could not secution, rape and torture of Kosovo their identities from the public, that 18 their own because they considered the immediately confirm the report, which was released by Good Friends, a Serb civilians and some ethnic Alba- were subpoenaed because they refused prosecution case so weak. relief group in Seoul that collects data from informants in the North. nians. The crimes were said to have to testify and that others said they dared For Serbs, the acquittal of two of “But certainly we are as concerned as others are over the present been carried out by men under his not talk once they were in court. the former rebel commanders, whose situation in North Korea,” said Paul Risley, a spokesman for the U.N. command in 1998, when the rebels The case against Haradinaj was forces were backed and supported by agency. He said that the situation is “probably worse” than last year. fought to free their largely ethnic Al- fraught with difficulties from the start. the West, is likely to be viewed as one A combination of factors makes this year especially harsh for North banian region from Serbian rule. Western diplomats tried to dissuade more insult. Koreans, whose isolationist government asked for outside aid in the Another rebel commander, Idriz Carla Del Ponte, who was chief prose- Kosovo has long been portrayed 1990s only after a famine killed more than 1 million people of an esti- Balaj, was also acquitted, while a third cutor, from an indictment of Haradinaj, as a victim of Serbia. Only one other mated population of 23 million. defendant, Lahi Brahimaj, was sen- arguing that he was a respected politi- case at the tribunal has focused on the tenced to six years in prison for torture cal leader who played a necessary and abuses and killings by fighters of the and cruel treatment of prisoners. important role in stabilizing Kosovo. Kosovo Liberation Army, although MySpace, Record Companies The two men who were acquitted, Within the prosecutor’s office, human rights groups have document- who may return home as early as Fri- some lawyers also warned from the ed numerous killings and instances of To Create Music Site day, are expected to be given heroes’ start that the case against Haradinaj mistreatment of those not siding with By Brad Stone welcome. But in summarizing their was weak because it would be difficult the rebels. and Jeff Leeds The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO In the latest effort by the ailing music industry to bolster its declin- ing prospects, three of the four major music companies have struck a Appeals Court Panel Throws Out deal with MySpace to start an music Web site. As part of the deal, MySpace will spin out its popular MySpace Music service as an independent joint venture in partnership with Uni- Class Action Over ‘Light’ Cigarettes versal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group. EMI, the fourth major label, is not a part of the deal, but people involved in the nego- By Stephanie Saul by the decision, analysts still viewed cigarettes. tiations said it would probably join soon. The music companies will The New York Times it as positive for the industry. Yet, as a number of such lawsuits own minority stakes in the venture and will make their entire music In a victory for the tobacco indus- Several experts said the ruling, have been filed in state courts around catalogs available. try, a federal appeals court threw out the latest in a string of industry vic- the country, plaintiffs so far have had Chris DeWolfe, chief executive of MySpace, a division of News on Thursday an $800 billion class- tories in cases involving light ciga- little success. One Illinois case, in Corp., described the new service, which will be introduced later this action lawsuit on behalf of smokers rettes, relieved the tobacco industry which plaintiffs initially won a $10 year, as a one-stop source for all music, in all its digital incarnations. who said they had been misled that of potentially billions of dollars in billion judgment, was overturned by Visitors to the site will be able to listen to free streaming music, light cigarettes were safer than regu- damages and could also deter other the Illinois Supreme Court. paid for with advertising, and share customized playlists with their lar ones. similar class-action lawsuits around More than a half-dozen such friends. They will also be able to download tracks to play on their mo- Plaintiffs’ lawyers wanted to rep- the country. state cases are currently in legal lim- bile devices, putting the new site in competition with similar services resent millions of people across the “It may be persuasive to judges bo, awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court like Apple, Amazon and eMusic. country who had smoked light ciga- around the country who might well decision in a Maine case involving A subscription-based music component, where users pay a monthly rettes. But the court, saying it was be watching it,” said Carl W. Tobias, light cigarettes. The issue in those amount for unlimited access to downloadable tracks, is also being con- impossible to generalize about why a law professor at the University of cases involves federal pre-emption, sidered, DeWolfe said. smokers chose light cigarettes, ruled Richmond. whether the fact that the Federal that the group could not be treated as The decision by a three-judge Trade Commission allowed market- a class. Instead, smokers wanting to panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court ing of cigarettes as light would bar European Plan to Treat Bank sue over the issue would have to do of Appeals overturned a ruling in legal action against tobacco compa- so individually. September 2006 by a federal district nies on that count. Failures Advances There might be various rea- judge, Jack B. Weinstein in Brook- Clifford E. Douglas, the ex- By Stephen Castle sons for a smoker to choose a light lyn, that certified the suit as a class ecutive director of the antismoking The New York Times BRUSSELS, Belgium brand other than “the belief that action. University of Michigan Tobacco Europe’s finance ministers are expected to agree on Friday to guide- lights were a healthier alternative,” Weinstein’s ruling represented Research Network, said there was lines for handling cross-border banking failures, their first steps to ad- the ruling said. “For example, if a the first time that a so-called lights generally a high “win rate” in cases dress potential threats brought on by the tight credit markets. lights smoker was unaware of that case received class-action certifica- against the tobacco industry, but not In a sign of the growing concern over the international banking sys- representation, preferred the taste of tion in federal court. At the time, when it came to class actions. tem, European ministers will sign an agreement promising deeper Eu- lights, or chose lights as an expres- the ruling was viewed as potentially “Some courts have been very ropean cooperation, and establishing principles to be applied when a sion of personal style.” opening the door to a major legal sympathetic, but many have had financial institution operating in different countries faces difficulties. Even though the ruling had been threat against the industry, expos- problems with the individualized However, the document will not propose creation of a European generally expected, and tobacco ing cigarette companies to large nature of smoking and smoking-re- regulator or lay down strict rules. Instead, it will bind the national au- company stocks were little affected damages for their marketing of light lated injuries,” Douglas said. thorities to favor private-sector rescues where possible, and urge them to decide in advance who would pay the bill for banks that operate in more than one country if a state bailout is required. Americans Voice Serious The memorandum of understanding, to be signed at a meeting in Slo- venia, highlights the mounting concern about the health of the banking system in the aftermath of the American subprime mortgage collapse. Financial integration increases “the likelihood of a systemic crisis Concern Over U.S. Future affecting more than one member state,” said a draft of the document By David Leonhardt spondents said the country was worse since last year, also face the risk that obtained by the International Herald Tribune. and Marjorie Connelly off than five years ago; just 4 percent unhappy voters will punish congres- Banks have had to write down an estimated $200 billion or more in The New York Times said it was better off. sional incumbents. debt after mortgage defaults in the United States led to a tighter credit Americans are more dissatisfied The dissatisfaction is especially Bush and leaders of both parties market and caused a liquidity crisis. with the country’s direction than at striking because public opinion usual- on Capitol Hill have moved in recent any time since the New York Times/ ly hits its low point only in the months weeks to react to the economic slow- CBS News poll began asking about and years after an economic down- down, first by passing a stimulus bill Cargo Ship From Europe the subject in the 1990s, according to turn, not at the beginning of one. To- that will send checks of up to $1,200 the latest poll. day, however, Americans report being to many couples this spring. They are Joins Station in Space In the poll, 81 percent of respon- deeply worried about the country even now negotiating over proposals to By Warren E. Leary dents said they believed “things have though many say their own personal overhaul financial regulations, blunt The New York Times pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong finances are still in fairly good shape. the effects of a likely wave of home Europe’s new Jules Verne cargo ship made a nearly flawless first track,” up from 69 percent a year ago Only 21 percent of respondents foreclosures and otherwise respond to docking at the International Space Station on Thursday, carrying tons and 35 percent in early 2002. said the overall economy was in good the real estate slump and related crisis of needed supplies and expanding Europe’s role in space. Although the public mood has condition, the lowest such number on Wall Street. The robotic spacecraft, gingerly approaching the station at one- been darkening since the early days of since late 1992, when the recession The poll found that Americans tenth of a foot per second, docked with the space station at 10:45 a.m. the war in Iraq, it has taken a new turn that began in the summer of 1990 blame government officials for the cri- Eastern time while the two vehicles flew more than 200 miles above for the worse in the last few months, had already been over for more than sis more than banks or homebuyers and the Atlantic Ocean. Seven minutes later, a series of clamps firmly se- as the economy has seemed to slip a year. In the latest poll, two in three other borrowers. Forty percent of re- cured the vehicles. into recession. There is now nearly a people said they believed the econo- spondents said regulators were mostly “We have contact,” the Russian astronaut Col. Yuri I. Malenchenko national consensus that the country my was in recession today. to blame, while 28 percent named lend- said from inside the space station, where he and the American com- faces significant problems. The unhappiness presents clear ers and 14 percent named borrowers. mander of the station, Peggy A. Whitson, were monitoring the opera- A majority of nearly every demo- risks for Republicans in this year’s In assessing possible responses to tion. The comment brought applause and cheers from the cargo craft’s graphic and political group — Demo- elections, given the continued un- the mortgage crisis, Americans dis- European control center in Toulouse, France. crats and Republicans, men and wom- popularity of President Bush. Twenty- played a populist streak, favoring help The Jules Verne, named after the visionary French science-fiction en, residents of cities and rural areas, eight percent of respondents said they for individuals but not for financial in- author, is the first of a new class of station supply ships called Au- college graduates and those who approved of the job he was doing, a stitutions. A clear majority said they did tomatic Transfer Vehicles. The craft was built by the nations of the finished only high school — say the number that has barely changed since not want the government to lend a hand European Space Agency as one of Europe’s major contributions to the United States is headed in the wrong last summer. But Democrats, who to banks, even if the measures would international station. direction. Seventy-eight percent of re- have controlled the House and Senate help limit the depth of a recession. Page 4 The Tech April 4. 2008 Op i n i o n

A page 11 table in the April 1, 2008 issue of The Tech omitted one of the candidates for 2010 Class Council. Barry D. Bannon ’10 is running for Class of 2010 Vice President. The March 4, 2008 obituary for J. Mark Schuster PhD ’79 said that Professor Samuel J. Chairman Corrections Keyser performed in the First Day Parade. It is actually the First Night Parade. Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 Editor in Chief Nick Semenkovich ’09 Letters To The Editor Business Manager Austin Chu ’08 what they are selling, I am stealing. I think that where our rights are upheld. The RIAA is doing RIAA Tactics was from lesson one from kindergarten. So I its part to bring back the Dark Ages. Managing Editor don’t want to debate that. I do believe that those who steal music on- Jessica Witchley ’10 Reprehensible But the tactics of the RIAA are totally rep- line are in the wrong. But first we must protect Executive Editor The Recording Industry Association of rehensible. The RIAA makes a conscious effort our legal system from abuse, especially from Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08 America continues to send “pre-litigation set- to bypass our most basic legal idea: trial by ar- wealthy and powerful corporations like the tlement letters” to college students throughout gument. They target those who cannot defend RIAA. News Staff our country. themselves — students who cannot pay attorney In the end, the RIAA turns out be little more Editor: Nick Bushak ’10; Associate Editors: Now, I don’t want to defend downloading fees — and demand money from them, at the than a high-tech thug. The street thug puts a JiHye Kim ’10, Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo ’11, copyrighted materials. Ultimately, doing that mere threat of real litigation. They systematical- gun in your back and takes your wallet, but the Ryan Ko ’11, Natasha Plotkin ’11, Emily Prentice is stealing. Other people put their professional ly avoid the courtroom, that place which genera- RIAA puts a “pre-settlement litigation letter” ’11; Staff: Waseem S. Daher G, Curt Fischer time and energy into the creation of those ma- tions of our ancestors have fought and died for, in your face and then takes your wallet. G, Ray C. He G, John A. Hawkinson ’98, Jiao terials to make money. If I take without paying where guilt and innocence is determined, and Benjamin T. Switala ’09 Wang ’08, Daniela Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin Cheng ’09, Diana Jue ’09, Ji Qi ’09, Kirtana Raja ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Yuri Hanada ’10, Joyce Kwan ’10, Manisha Padi ’10, Joanne Y. Today I Wish I Were A Harvard Man Shih ’10, Yan Huang ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Lulu Wang ’11; Meteorologists: Cegeon fessors, and administration have all said in one benefit of the doubt or hear her side of the sto- Chan G, Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, Joshua C. Velson voice that the RIAA is not welcome on their ry first? At the first whiff of bad publicity, the Roberto Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian campus and have pledged to give their stu- MIT administration did not just dump its stu- H. Tang G, John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha Last night Dean for Student Life Larry dents the most protection their university can dent into the jaws of an anti-intellectual press, G, Garrett P. Marino ’08, Mike Yee ’08. G. Benedict sent the MIT community a let- offer. Whether or not the RIAA’s seeming fear it fanned the flames. “Reckless” indeed. Production Staff ter warning about the dangers of copyright of Harvard is due to its resistance or Harvard Contrast this with a similar incident con- infringement. As I read through this and past Law is irrelevant. The point is that Harvard is cerning Harvard students. Four protesters were Editor: Steve Howland ’11; Staff: K. Nichole Treadway ’10, Yue Li ’11, Mark Thompson ’11, letters to campus, I came to realize something standing up for its students and MIT could eas- arrested last April after a coordinated effort to Mark Yen ’11. extraordinary. You’ll have to take my word on ily do the same. While copyright infringement interrupt FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and how insane it feels to write these words, but to- were charged with disturbing a public assembly. Opinion Staff day I wish I were a Harvard man. Why? Simply Compared to MIT’s statement, Harvard’s reac- Editor: Aditya Kohli ’09; Staff: Josh Levinger put, because unlike our own Institute, Harvard Whether or not the RIAA’s tion was exemplary. According to The Harvard ’07, Ali S. Wyne ’08, Krishna Gupta ’09. treats its students with respect. Crimson, as the case was pending, Harvard fol- In recent years, the MIT administration seeming fear of Harvard is due lowed a strict policy of not commenting while it Sports Staff has made a habit of treating students as little did not have the facts. When evidence became Editor: Shreyes Seshasai ’08; Staff: James more than liabilities to be managed. Take Dean to its resistance or Harvard Law available, university spokespeople made a deci- Zorich ’08, Albert Ni ’09. Benedict’s message: MIT forwards pre-litiga- is irrelevant. The point is that sion and called for the charges to be dropped. Arts Staff tion settlement letters to its students. Yet what But perhaps the most damning evidence of Editors: Sarah Dupuis ’10, Praveen Rathinavelu most people fail to note is that MIT is under no Harvard is standing up for its the MIT administration’s lack of respect for stu- ’10; Staff: Bogdan Fedeles G, Andrew Lee ’07, legal obligation to do so. There is no penalty dents is their policy on student input in campus Alice Macdonald ’08, Tyson C. McNulty ’08, S. for giving a student the benefit of the doubt be- students and MIT could easily life. From Ashdown to Green Hall, past opin- Balaji Mani ’10, Tina Ro ’10, Kevin Wang ’10. sides the enmity of the Recording Industry As- do the same. ion columns in The Tech have already painted sociation of America, which I personally count in excruciating detail the lack of consideration Photography Staff as a plus. student input has been given in decisions di- Editors: Perry Hung ’08, David M. Templeton And where there is no legal imperative, I may be illegal, the very least MIT can do is not rectly affecting students. Protests by students ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09, Andrea Robles ’10; Staff: Vincent Auyeung G, Alex H. Chan G, argue that there is a moral imperative that our speed us into the maw of the music industry. on these issues have been met with stonewalled David Da He G, Dmitry Kashlev G, Andrew T. educational institution, which should be shel- Another prominent recent case was the ar- administrators, stating that decisions have al- Lukmann G, Ramya Sankar G, Martin Segado G, tering us as we prepare for adult life, should not rest and charging of Star A. Simpson ’10 at ready been made. Scott Johnston ’03, Christina Kang ’08, Arthur instead cut us loose at the first sign of trouble. Logan International Airport. MIT’s statement, Again, Harvard’s policy is the antithesis of Petron ’08, David Reshef ’08, Martha Angela MIT should not lower itself to a practice that released barely hours after the incident oc- our own. In March, the Harvard administration Wilcox ’08, Ana Malagon ’09, Peter H. Rigano reputable legal scholars call “outsourcing” the curred, was ambiguous and showed no trust in listened to Muslim students and instituted lim- ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Jerzy Szablowski costs of the RIAA to our college. The reputable its student. Where was MIT’s vaunted skeptical ited women-only hours in a major athletic cen- ’09, Diana Ye ’09, Daniel P. Beauboeuf ’10, scholars I speak of are our compatriots on the spirit and desire for facts? Why did the admin- ter. Also in contrast to the MIT administration, Mindy Eng ’10, Helen Hou ’10, Monica Kahn ’10, Samuel E. Kronick ’10, Diane Rak ’10, other side of Cambridge. Harvard’s deans, pro- istration not even bother to give its student the Harvard student protest was met with public Aaron Sampson ’10, Jongu Shin ’10, William statements about the controversy and transpar- Yee ’10, Kari Williams ’11, Sherry Yan ’11. ent explanations of the decisions. Yes, Harvard has many practices that do not give its students Campus Life Staff as much freedom as our own — but that is no Editor: Charles Lin G; Staff: David Shirokoff excuse for MIT to disregard student input. G, Bruce Wu G, Kailas Narendran ’01, Elizabeth I don’t blame Dean Benedict for being a Zakszewski ’06, James Scott Berdahl ’08, Jason messenger of MIT policy. I blame an admin- Chan ’09, Sarah C. Proehl ’09, Michael T. Lin ’11; Cartoonists: Scott Burdick G, Daniel istrative culture as opaque as the election of a Klein-Marcuschamer G, Roberto Perez-Franco pope. Events past and present continue to prove G, Emezie Okorafor ’03, Nancy Hua ’07, to me that I and others like me have very little Jia Lou ’07, Ash Turza ’08, Danbee Kim ’09, in the way of a voice. And still worse from the Roxana G. Safipour ’09. student’s point of view, our protests have a habit of being forgotten every four years. And so I Business Staff must now humbly appeal to those who might Operations Manager: Michael Kuo ’10; Staff: make a difference: Jeffrey Chang ’08, Cokie Hu ’08, Tai Ho Kang Please. To the deans, the professors, the ’08, Neeharika Bhartiya ’10, Jennifer Chu ’10, Ritu Tandon ’10, Heymian Wong ’10. staff, the housemasters, to those who know and care, who see our faces and hear our voices, Technology Staff be our advocates. To the alumni, especially to Staff: Quentin Smith ’10. those of you whose memories are clear, vote with your pocketbooks and contribute nothing Editors at Large to an administration that did nothing to gain Contributing Editors: Rosa Cao G, Brian your loyalty. Perhaps then those cloistered at Hemond G, Valery K. Brobbey ’08, Angeline the top might take a few pointers from Harvard. Wang ’09, Caroline Huang ’10; Senior Editors: The day they do, every student will walk tall. Satwiksai Seshasai G, Jillian A. Berry ’08, Omari Stephens ’08. Velson is a member of the Class of 2010.

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Dressing Your Body Figuring Out Fashion By Manisha Padi and Ying Yang your waist with cinched tops and bright, high- well fitted T-shirt in dark colors. Ladies, use the matic outfits without a visible belt to create an Some of you have asked how come after waisted belts. Wear pleated and A-line skirts to option of high waisted babydoll-type shirts and unbroken line from shoulders to feet. Tall guys following our column and using our hints, you create volume at the hips. Light colors at the dresses. Remember that shiny fabrics accentu- should think about elongating the torso in com- haven’t come out of the deal looking any better. hips, like khaki or white, accentuate the hips for ate flaws. Go for heavy weight fabrics so that parison to the legs by choosing longer lengths We were originally quite perplexed by this di- an hourglass shape. every roll doesn’t show. Also consider wearing a in shirts and coats. Longer hairstyles also make lemma, but we finally realized the problem in our tight undershirt to suck in any unwanted flab. your body look shorter in comparison. work so far: none of it really matters if you aren’t Mesomorph (Muscular) Pear Shapes (large hips): Guys usually don’t Girls have even more options to play with their finding clothes that fit your body. We all have Guys: Dark tops make wide figures look deal with this issue, so for the ladies, go for dark height. Petite girls can wear short tops and long flaws and areas that we are self conscious about. leaner, while lighter colors on the legs balance colored pants and longer tops to minimize hips. pants and skirts that hit above the knee to increase Stylish clothes that accentuate those parts and out a wider top with wider lower portion. If your Wrap dresses and shirts work well to balance leg height. Tall girls can embrace tunic style tops make you feel uncomfortable will be no improve- shoulders are disproportionately broad, look for out the top while a structured shoulder adds pro- and tighter bottoms to decrease the look of lanki- ment on your current wardrobe. To figure out how unstructured shoulders and fits that hang straight portion to the torso. ness. Also go for skirts that hit below the knee and to dress different body types, we took to the mall rather than cutting in at the waist. People also often struggle with the issue of boots in the winter to shorten the legs. with a diverse crew to find some remedies … Girls: If you have a large bust and hips, their height. Whether you consider yourself too Finally, a couple last tips about accessories. go for dark colors on the areas that you want short or too tall, your clothes can help balance Ladies, purses draw attention to the body part Ectomorph (Slender) to minimize. Straight legged pants and modest you out. Ladies, the most obvious step is to use they fall next to, so large chested or big hipped Guys: If you have skinny shoulders, go for blouses tame down curves. Experiment with the heel of your shoes to try and balance out your girls should choose medium length purses to structured seams like those on a jacket. Leave different silhouettes. Try long, billowy tops and height. Also, if you wear a tight top, make sure draw attention to the waist. Also, both genders jackets unzipped or unbuttoned on top to in- lean, tapered jeans or leggings. Also consider you don’t wear skinny jeans. Only one part of should think about wearing scarves to bring crease shoulder volume as well. Light colors on leaving your hair down to add volume and bal- your outfit should be skin tight. Guys don’t have color to the neck and face and to increase or de- top make torsos look larger. As a contrast, try ance out a larger body. that option, but a general rule of thumb is to use crease shoulder width. choosing slender fitting pants to create the clas- tighter fitting clothes to increase your height to We hope these tips will help with the daunt- sic “triangular” shape. Endomorph (Rounded) width ratio. Also try a shorter haircut to elongate ing task of picking a better fitting outfit and we Ladies: Create some curves! Accentuate Apple Shapes (large stomach): Guys, go for the neck and shoulders and try more monochro- wish you a well fitting future.

“Why does the postcard say Tour Eiffel? Ask A TA Holds Recitation Why would I want to send a postcard to Hi kids. I see that you have questions policy had students completing an extra 90 If you’re not sure, a good place to check someone telling them to tour the Eiffel about today’s The Tech, but I’ve prepared units of coursework, or 270 units beyond the would be your March 21 copy of The Tech. Tower?” answers for your questions about March 21’s General Institvte Requirements, and students Like, for instance, maybe on page 15. And —An American Tourist in Paris The Tech, so let’s go over that instead. who did so would get two pieces of paper at maybe in the first full paragraph of that page Seeing that you have no questions about graduation. So how would the new policy … “Only in Paris do people kiss like that and March 21’s The Tech, you should be prepared differ? OK, you know what? You’re all under- not immediately do it afterwards!” to answer my questions for you about that is- There are at least two ways that it would grads at MIT. There’s even a movie out right —Wistful American Expatriate sue. So first, let’s talk about double majors ver- differ, and the first is that the additional 90 now about how you’re super geniuses when sus double degrees. Could one of you readers units would not be required. Does anyone it comes to anything involving numbers. And “Hooray! Superstar! Scooby Doo!” summarize the relevant article for me? have any ideas of what a second difference as your TA, I’m standing up here as a gradu- OK, maybe a summary is too broad. Can might be? ate of a less-prestigious undergraduate insti-

Spring Break! —Fat old drunk woman at Stephen Malkmus concert in Philly before going up anyone tell me how the newly proposed In- Maybe something about the two diplomas tution, and even I would have had the answer Overheard During During Overheard to the stage and giving him her necklace stitvte policy would differ from the old pol- at graduation … ? at “if two degrees gets two pieces of paper, icy? So, the dual-degree policy resulted in two how many pieces of paper does one degree Let me help you out a little bit. The old diplomas being handed out to the recipient at get?” In second grade! So that means that graduation. How might a single- you’re all just sitting there quietly mocking degree policy be different? me. And that’s not cool. Have a heart! This Try thinking about the num- is my job! And I barely get paid for it! And ber of pieces of paper handed come on, it’s not my fault if you don’t find WMBR Top 5 Beards in Indie Rock out at graduation … The Tech intellectually stimulating! I don’t OK, two degrees means write The Tech! I just have to come explain it 5. Sam Beam, Iron and Wine two pieces of paper. How many to you, and that’s hard when today’s The Tech Sure, the music is overrated, but the beard is undeniably awesome. pieces of paper do you think didn’t even go over the news items that the would be handed out to some- syllabus had indicated, and when I stayed up 4. Devendra Banhart one getting one degree with a all night last night studying so that I could be Crazy recluse quality beard. Apparently it is for Siobhan. I hear he’s playing a double major? ready to answer your questions today! Give gig in a dumpster soon. I’ll give you a hint, it’s the me a break, kids! This is hard! same number of pieces of pa- Please, someone just raise your hand and 3. Efrim Menuck, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band/God- per as for someone getting one say “A DOUBLE MAJOR WOULD GET speed You! Black Emperor degree … ONE PIECE OF FRACKING PAPER!!!!” And I can add that it is pos- —TA Graham Ruby I love his beard as much as he loved his dog. And he wrote what, like three songs sible to print two courses on one mentioning her? diploma … This is what happens when no one writes 2. Doug Martsch, Built to Spill And also, at other Universities in questions and everyone shows up to reci- and Institvtes that don’t offer the tation unprepared. Seriously, do your read- Mere words cannot describe the glory. dual-degree option, double ma- ing and come prepared to ask silly questions 1. Stephen Malkmus, The Jicks/Pavement jors get ONE piece of paper … to [email protected]. But SM doesn’t have a beard, you say? No matter. Whatever Malkmus does will always be the best in indie rock.

Show: Late Risers Club DJ: Ben Shanks Time Slot: Friday Afternoon, 10–12 Late Risers Club, on every weekday, is recognized as one of the first punk rock radio shows in the United States. 2008 marks its 31st year of fucking the man, which when you think about when punk broke, is pretty hip. No, we won’t play Fall Out Boy. Not even their old stuff.

This week’s Top 5 is Malkmus-centric in honor of his tour coming through Mas- sachusetts this week. I think he maybe grew a mustache once. We have plenty of great indie rock shows on WMBR. If you like the sound of this top five, you could listen to Breakfast of Champions from 8–10 a.m., Freshman 15 from 12–1 a.m. Monday, and DJ Awesome & the Wonder Friends from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday. You can listen to these archived at wmbr.org, and while you’re there, check our schedule for other great shows. If you think you’re hip enough to join the station (and you are!) e-mail us at gm@ wmbr.org. Page 6 The Tech April 4. 2008 Ar t s Movie Review hhh Don’t Pass on ‘21’ MIT Students’ Blackjack Story Makes for Fun New Film By Jillian A. Berry Jim Sturgess and based on Jeffrey Ma ’94) is the book were changed to give the story a more gas to contrast Ben’s worlds. Boston, with its Senior Editor an MIT student whose math skills, unassum- traditional plot and Hollywood style. Most no- warm and natural sunlight, feels like a home, 21 ing nature, and rationality make him perfect tably, Sturgess is not Asian, and since Ma is not whereas fake fluorescence pervades Vegas, Directed by Robert Luketic for card counting. After being recruited by his upset about this fact alteration, it really should and even when the characters venture further Written by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb professor (Kevin Spacey), Ben joins the MIT not be used to discount the film. Actually, Stur- into Nevada, all we see is the harsh light of the Based on a book by Ben Mezrich blackjack team (which is one member short gess’ inability to pass as a real MIT student has desert. In addition, the card counting scenes Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, since “Jimmy got a job at Google”) in hopes less to do with his race and more to do with were well done with close up shots of chips Laurence Fishburne, and Kate Bosworth of making enough to pay for medical school. his style. For someone who is supposed to be a and voice-overs telling the audience the count. Rated PG-13 What starts out as a plan to make $300,000 shy and rather awkward MIT student, he is far This is even more impressive given how bor- Now Playing and quit soon transforms into an addiction to too expertly layered and well-coiffed without ing watching someone count cards in reality the game and lifestyle as Ben begins to ignore the look of exhaustion typical of the institution must be. n 2002, Ben Mezrich released his best- all of his rational thoughts, the skill that made he represents. I had a hard time believing he’d Despite Sturgess’s somewhat controversial selling non-fiction story, Bringing Down him an asset in the first place. In the midst of spent his academic career coding in his room casting, he does a good job as Ben Campbell. the House, about a group of MIT students backstabbing and back room brawls with the or tooling in a lab. But then again, it’s a movie, Odd Boston accent aside (he’s actually Brit- Iwho counted cards to win millions playing very scary Laurence Fishburne, the audience and of course they’ll cast attractive actors — ish), he makes his character sympathetic even blackjack and beat the house in Vegas. Now, wonders whether Ben will be able to return the I mean, Kate Bosworth plays one of the other at the height of his self-engrossment; despite the story has taken a new form in the recently clear-headed guy he was or if Vegas will de- team members. his loss of compassion, you still like him and released movie 21. stroy him (hmm, let me guess). Once you get beyond the fact that the ac- want him to succeed. You know that Ben’s great This film is the traditional underdog story First off, this movie is meant to be fun; it’s tors do not look like typical MIT students, and personality is always just beneath the surface with a slight twist. Ben Campbell (played by not a documentary and many elements from none of the classrooms were actually shot at — under the designer suit — and so you under- MIT (they were not allowed to stand his actions. shoot on campus, instead film- Overall, 21 is a fun movie that does what it ing at Boston University), the aims to do — entertain. The film is not a histor- movie is actually a lot of fun. ical representation of the events that occurred, The director of photography, nor is it a lesson on how to count cards. Instead, Russell Carpenter, did an im- it’s about the little guy beating the system, a pressive job lighting the two boy growing up and finding his story, and how cities of Boston and Las Ve- MIT kids actually can be pretty cool.

Peter Iovino—Columbia Pictures Jill Taylor (played by Kate Bosworth) and Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) are members of the MIT Black- jack Team in 21.

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THE TECH (MIT) FRI. 4/4 2 X 5.25” April 4. 2008 Ar t s The Tech Page 7 CONCERT LISTINGS The Best Concerts of April 2008 Solo Lead Singers Offer Respite From Monthly Showers By Sarah Dupuis Friday, April 11 Arts editor Lez Zeppelin t seems former frontmen and recently-gone-solo The Middle East (Downstairs), 18+, $20 band members are presently dominating this month’s This all-female Led Zeppelin cover band gained noto- Boston music scene. Rather than worry that the du- riety after a profile by pop culture writer Chuck Kloster- I plicate prevalence of lead singers might bar new acts man. See them pay tribute to the Zep catalog in Boston from booking shows at local venues, I recommend you before they head to Bonnaroo. revel in the prolific songwriting of these musicians and try to catch them outside of their comfort zones. Special Tuesday, April 15 recommendations are denoted with stars. Colin Meloy Somerville Theatre, All Ages, $25 Friday, April 4 Oregonian Decemberists lead singer and songwriter Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks * has also released three solo albums on which he sang MASS MoCA, All Ages, $25 songs by Morrissey, Shirley Collins, and Sam Cooke, Malk has moved on to play tighter, jammier music chronologically. His latest release, a live compilation, since dissolving Pavement; his current quartet, The Jicks, features originals as well as covers by The Smiths, Fleet- features the “world’s best female rhythm section,” com- wood Mac, Pink Floyd, and REM. Expect to hear these prised of new drummer Janet Weiss and bassist Joanna numbers on this tour. Bolme (both involved with Quasi and the late Elliott Smith), as well as energetic keyboardist/guitarist Mike Thursday, April 17 Clark. They’re touring in support of fantastic new album Tapes ’n Tapes Real Emotional Trash, and the live show is every bit as Paradise Rock Club, 18+, $16 awesome as the album. These blog darlings’ latest album, due out on April 8, was produced by Dave Fridmann, famous for his work Sunday, April 6 with Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips. Perhaps the move Minus the Bear from lo-fi home recordings to high quality Fridmann ses- Paradise Rock Club, 18+, $20 sions will prompt a change in the group’s indie sound. Newly somber Seattle band with sexual in-joke name See for yourself at this show. (referring to ’80s television show “B.J. and the Bear”) combines electronics with extended technique guitar to Sunday, April 20 create spacey, serious sounds. Dead Meadow The Middle East (Downstairs), 18+, $12 Ray Davies This Matador psychedelic rock band drones and Orpheum Theatre, All Ages, $35 drones on disc, but live — and particularly on this date Accomplished ex-Kinks frontman tours the U.S. in — concertgoers may find more to excite them. Expect support of his newest solo album Working Man’s Café. pungent air.

Tuesday, April 8 Tuesday, April 22 Saul Williams (with Dragons of Zynth) * Peter Morén * Paradise Rock Club, 18+, $15 The Middle East (Upstairs), 18+, $12 Fresh off 2007 Trent Reznor collab The Inevitable Rise The Swedish superstar of Peter Bjorn and John fame and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, musical poet Williams releases a solo acoustic disc in early April and then em- tours with fantastic punk/soul/indie band Dragons of Zynth. barks on a world tour. Without his band mates, he’s ob- The latter group, whose debut disc Coronation Thieves was viously still got the ESL-accent vocals, but these new produced by TvotR’s David Sitek, are wilder live than their tracks are less decorative. All the same, he delivers a sur- album suggests. Expect dance, rock and riot. prisingly raw and honest sound. EVENT PREVIEW Best Way to Get Your Flick Fix Boston Film Festival Offers Creative Shorts, Docs By Alice Macdonald tures, twenty-six documentaries, and thirty-six shorts Staff Writer to see. You won’t be able to see them all, so how will Independent Film Festival of Boston you decide? Just pick whatever sounds cool to you. If Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, Coolidge Corner you are feeling adventurous, try attending something April 23–29, 2008 you wouldn’t normally see … you might be pleasantly surprised. can’t be the only one sick of the terrible movies If you want to know what sounds cool to me, howev- in theatres lately; the filth that comes out in this er, here are the screenings I think should not be missed. springtime post-awards season lull is pathetic. First and foremost, see some shorts! The short films I Thankfully, some relief is coming to Boston later are usually screened in thematically-organized groups. this month is the form of the sixth annual Independent Short films are extremely undervalued; they allow tech- Film Festival of Boston. It may not be as well known niques, ideas, themes and stories to be developed in a a festival as Sundance, or SXSW, but this relative ano- way that wouldn’t work in a full-length film. For its nymity might be a good thing. The festival is small narratives, you won’t go wrong with the opening film, enough for anyone to enjoy but large enough to attract Transsiberian, an overseas murder mystery starring some fantastic entries. Woody Harrelson. You don’t have to be a hipster or film buff to enjoy I also recommend The Tracey Fragments (starring these films; in fact, it doesn’t matter if you haven’t seen a Juno’s Ellen Page), Ballast (a big winner at Sundance movie since the last Star Wars came out. This year’s fes- this year), and Bloodcar (a dark comedy about really tival is simply the best place in Boston to watch unique alternative fuels). For the documentaries, the closing and great films that you won’t get to see otherwise. Also, night film is Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End I can guarantee you that almost anything you see at the of the World. “Project Runway” fans should check festival will be better, or at least more interesting, than out Eleven Minutes, which chronicles the adventures what you can see any given weekend at the Boston Com- of season one’s winner after the show ended. Also of mon Loews. interest is We Are Wizards about the Harry Potter phe- What else do I love about the Independent Film Fes- nomenon. tival of Boston? The variety, for one thing. You can see Now for the practical info: Buying a pass to the festi- documentaries, narratives, and lots of excellent short val at $180 a piece probably isn’t affordable for students, films. Better yet, many screenings are followed by but buying individual tickets is no problem. Better yet, Q&As with the filmmakers. There are also free panel sign up online to volunteer and get to see films for free. discussions on topics such as distribution and the film- The festival’s main base is the Somerville Theatre, locat- making industry. You also might meet someone famous. ed at the Davis stop of the Red Line, but screenings also Last year, I nearly fainted when I sat next to Will Arnett take place at the Brattle and Coolidge Corner cinemas. and one of the guys from New Kids on the Block. For a full listing of all the festivals events, check out This year, there will be thirty-two narrative fea- the festival’s Web site at www.iffboston.org.

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If you wish to make an appointment at the MIT which will involve asking some questions about This is one of a series of mental health FAQs Medical mental health service, call 3-2916. The your family, childhood, and substance use. Usu- developed by SHAC (Student Health Advisory receptionist will schedule you for an intake phone ally the session will end with some feedback and Committee) with input from MIT Medical’s call. This is a 15-minute phone call during which suggestions about the best treatment. Sometimes a Mental Health Service. More questions and an intake clinician will establish the general prob- recommendation is made for treatment outside of answers on mental health issues are available lem and its urgency, as well as gather information the medical center; sometimes a recommendation online. that will help match you with the clinician who will is made to consider medication. be the most helpful to you. 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Boston University students have Only one of the cases has gone to The students’ lawyers had raised won what one lawyer hailed as a trial, perhaps because defendants are concerns that multiple students could “David and Goliath” victory after cognizant that they could be ordered have been using the same electronic challenging one of the recording in- to pay up to $150,000 per illegally address, if, for example, they shared dustry’s most aggressive tactics: law- downloaded song. Most of the cases the same Internet connection. suits targeting people who illegally have ended in settlements of $3,000 BU spokesman Colin Riley said download music. to $4,000. Federal law forbids down- the university was not formally U.S. District Judge Nancy Gert- loading copyrighted music without named in the lawsuit and has not tak- ner ruled this week that the univer- the permission of the copyright own- en a position on the students’ claims. sity cannot turn over the names of er, although there are some limited He said BU will turn over any infor- students to several major record exceptions for some educational and mation the court requests. companies that sued for the infor- research uses. Legal observers said Gertner’s mation until she can do a more in- “We try and settle these cases in ruling, which was longer and more depth review. The ruling, for the an amount that communicates a real detailed than most on the subject, moment, quashes the companies’ ef- concern for breaking the law, and at will help people fight recording in- forts to hold the students liable for the same time we try to be fair and dustry lawsuits. copyright infringement, which could reasonable,” Lamy said. “She’s acknowledging that there have resulted in thousands of dol- Sayeg said he fields calls daily are important First Amendment is- lars in fines. Lawyers who supported from parents whose college-age chil- sues at stake, and there are privacy the students said the decision would dren have been sued by record com- interests at stake, and the recording make it harder for record companies panies. industry is far from proving there is to win some 20,000 similar cases “Typically what I get is a frantic copyright infringement,” said Wendy they have brought nationwide. call from a parent saying, ‘Oh, my Seltzer, a fellow at the Berkman Cen- “This is definitely a step in the God, we can barely afford tuition, ter for Internet & Society at Harvard right direction,” said Raymond and now we’re told we’ve got to pay Law School. Sayeg, a Boston lawyer who repre- three, four grand,”’ Sayeg said. sented one of the four BU students But students are not concerned who challenged the record compa- about lawsuits when they are in nies. “The court has recognized the search of the latest song by Jay-Z. right of privacy of the students.” “I think students, not just at BU, Sayeg compared the victory to all over the place, download music that of David over the giant Goliath through file-sharing Web sites,” said in the Bible. Adil Alexander Yunis, 22, the presi- “You have on the one hand maybe dent of the BU Student Union. Stu- ETHICS FOCUS 30 to 40 of the largest record com- dents know it is illegal, he said, but GROUP (w/ free lunch!) panies in the country, and they’re they’re looking to get quick access singling out students at institutions to music. of higher education. So it’s a real “And that’s a way to do it,” Yunis mismatch.” said. “And the fact that they’re not The decision adds a layer of pro- paying for it is why they’re doing it.” tection for the thousands of people, The barrage of recording indus- Who: Interested MIT Students many of them students, sued by the try lawsuits has succeeded in scaring What: One-time gathering to hear your ideas and concerns Recording Industry Association of only a few students into download- When: April 10, 12-1 pm America, according to Fred von ing music legally or watching music Where: Student Center, PDR #1 Lohmann, staff attorney at the San videos on YouTube, Yunis said. Francisco-based Electronic Frontier “I don’t think it’s put a large dent Why: Technology and Culture Forum at MIT wants to hear about ethical Foundation, which filed a brief in in illegal file sharing,” he said, “but I issues you encounter in your daily life, as a student and a citizen. support of the BU students. think it’s made students more wary.” We want to hear your ideas about how discussions and learning “It does not mean the end of the In the case of the BU students, issue,” von Lohmann said. “It is not who are not named in the suit, the about ethics should happen in our community. going to slow down the RIAA litiga- Recording Industry Association of How: Want to join us? Email Sarah at [email protected]. tion machine, and they’ll continue America hired a company called Me- Final RSVP Date: 4/4/08. Spots are limited so sign up early! to sue hundreds a month all over diaSentry, Inc., to scan for anyone the country. But the judge said they downloading files through LimeWire have more work to do if they want to and Ares. The company came up prove these cases.” with a list of electronic addresses, Undaunted, the record company which it said had been used to down- organization said it would press load tunes from Ludacris, Usher, ahead with the lawsuit. Eminem, and other recording artists. “It’s important to note that the The company linked the addresses to decision is not final,” said Jonathan BU’s server, and the record industry Lamy, the organization’s senior vice organization went to court to try to president of communications. “The force BU to release the names of the court has put forth a specific process people who used the addresses. BU to address its concerns before the responded by sending letters to stu- relevant information is transferred dents informing them of the request. to us. We’re confident that the court The students then hired lawyers to will ultimately allow us to obtain the quash the request, alleging it vio- [names], as have courts across the lated their right to privacy. country in similar cases.” Both sides filed a raft of argu- File-sharing exploded in popular- ments, delving into the technical mi- ity in the late 1990s with the advent nutiae of online file sharing. of Napster, which allowed people On Monday Gertner issued a 90 85 75 65 50 45 35 25 5 2 to swap songs from one computer 54-page ruling forbidding BU from 98 to another. A series of lawsuits by turning over the names until it shows

record companies killed the service her its Internet service agreement 100 in 2001 but spawned a host of imita- with students so that she can review tors, such as Kazaa and Limewire. In what privacy protections, if any, it 2003 the recording industry began to affords. She also ordered the uni- attack those services - by going after versity to show her the names of any their users. The industry filed 35,000 students who might have been using lawsuits to stop illegal music down- the electronic addresses, so that she loading through the programs, which can make sure only the ones who

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The New York Times this year or next, which might reduce On Dental Although Latin was once the lingua franca of science and math- The already crazed competition the competition a little. ematics, a review of prior course catalogues suggests that this may be for admission to the nation’s most Other factors were the ease of on- the first time MIT has offered a subject in Latin. Decades ago, “Modern prestigious universities and colleges line applications, expanded financial Plan Languages” subjects included German, Russian, Spanish, and French. became even more intense this year, aid packages, aggressive recruiting of (Sanskrit was once offered as an upper-level elective.) Today’s Foreign with many logging record low accep- a broader range of young people, and GSC Elections, from Page 1 Languages and Literatures Department no longer teaches Russian but tance rates. ambitious students’ applying to ever does offer subjects in Chinese, Italian, and Japanese. Harvard College, for example, of- more colleges. dent leaders. In 2001, newly-elected —Michael McGraw-Herdeg fered admission to only 7.1 percent The eight Ivy League colleges GSC president Dilan A. Seneviratne of the 27,462 high school seniors mailed acceptance and rejection let- PhD ’07 said that dental coverage who applied — or, put another way, ters on Monday to tens of thousands was a top priority. Jennifer M. Farver Simpson Trial Set for May it rejected 93 of every 100 applicants, of applicants. Students could learn the PhD ’05 complained in a guest Tech Star A. Simpson ’10 will go to trial in the East Boston District many with extraordinary achieve- fate of their applications online begin- column in 2002 that while many Court on Friday, May 23. She faces charges of possessing a hoax de- ments, like a perfect score on one of ning at 5 p.m. on Monday, so three of peer institutions offered dental plans, vice for appearing at Logan Airport wearing a circuit board mistaken the SAT exams. Yale College accepted the colleges said they were not ready “MIT does not even provide an op- for a bomb in September 2007. 8.3 percent of its 22,813 applicants. to make public their admissions data. tion to purchase dental coverage.” Simpson’s attorney, Thomas Dwyer Jr., asked the court to dismiss Both rates were records. But the expectation was that they the case earlier this year, on the grounds that wearing the circuit board Columbia College admitted 8.7 would also turn out to have been more Increasing student input was free expression protected under the First Amendment. percent of its applicants, Brown Uni- competitive than ever. Ekstrom and Undergraduate As- But on March 21, the court decided not to rule on that motion to versity and Dartmouth College 13 “For the schools that are perceived sociation President Martin F. Hol- dismiss. Instead, the court will consider the motion to dismiss along percent, and Bowdoin College and to have the most competitive admis- mes ’08 collaborated this year on a with the trial itself. Georgetown University 18 percent — sions processes, there has been this student-administrator committee to Dwyer said that the judge’s decision is common in district court. also records. persistent rise in applications,” said increase students’ influence in MIT Judges frequently conduct the trial at the same time that they hear a “We love the people we admitted, Jeffrey Brenzel, dean of undergradu- decisions, Ekstrom said. “We want motion to dismiss unconstitutionally obtained evidence, he said. but we also love a very large number ate admissions at Yale. to see what’s going well, what’s Simpson will receive a bench trial heard by a single judge rather of the people who we were not able to Ten years ago, slightly fewer than going wrong, and why,” Ekstrom than by a jury. admit,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, 12,000 students applied to Yale, com- said. Dwyer said that at the trial, he would introduce as witnesses people dean of admissions and financial aid at pared with the 22,813 who applied Nir said he hopes to continue who saw Simpson walking around MIT wearing the circuit board with Harvard College. this year, Mr. Brenzel said. Yale’s this trend. Student involvement the LED star — a “name tag” useful for enticing employers during the Some colleges said they placed admittance rate — the proportion of means “making sure that we have Career Fair held in the days before her arrest. more students on their waiting lists applicants offered admission — was a say in even the early stages of The defense is ready for the trial, Dwyer said. “It’ll be over that than in recent years, in part because of nearly 18 percent in 1998, more than decision making,” said Nir. He de- day,” he said. uncertainty over how many admitted double the rate this year. cried an approach where “the major —Michael McGraw-Herdeg students would decide to enroll. Har- “We’re really happy with the class,” structure of the decision is already vard and Princeton stopped accepting Mr. Brenzel said of the students of- framed, and students just get to fill students through early admission this fered admission. “On a day like today in the details,” as he said happened academic year; that meant that more it’s also easy to be aware of the incred- with Green Hall and Ashdown than 1,500 students who would have ible number of fantastic students who House. been admitted in December were you have to turn away, because you Green Hall residents were told likely to have applied to many elite know they would be successful here.” in January that they would have to schools in the regular round. At Harvard, as at Yale, the appli- move out by June in order for their Many factors contributed to the cant pool included an extraordinary dormitory to house undergraduates. tightening of the competition at the number of academically gifted stu- Students first learned that Ashdown order direct - NO middlemen! most selective colleges, admissions dents. More than 2,500 of Harvard’s House, W1, would be converted into deans and high school counselors said, 27,462 applicants scored a perfect 800 an undergraduate dormitory when among them demographics. The num- on the SAT critical reading test, and MIT told the city of Cambridge ber of high school graduates in the na- 3,300 had 800 scores on the SAT math about its plans at an annual town- tion has grown each year over the last exam. More than 3,300 were ranked gown meeting. decade and a half, though demogra- first in their high school class. Instead, Nir suggested “stake- holders need to be involved in the entire decision making process.” He Kraushaar Remembered called Ekstrom and Holmes’s work WINNER on this front “a good step forward.” OFFICIAL SELECTION OFFICIAL SELECTION SPECIAL JURY PRIZE OFFICIAL SELECTION DEAUVILLE IDFA Film Festival EDINBURGH Film Festival FLOORLORDS TRIBECA Int’l Film Festival Outgoing president’s advice WILL PERFORM Film Festival For Gamma Ray Sky Map, FRIDAY AFTER THE “We had a pretty good year,” 7:00PM SHOW FLOORLORDS.COM “THRILLING…PACKED WITH ILLUMINATING Ekstrom said. Some of the accom- DETAILS AND STRIKING PERSONALITIES!” plishments of his term included - Matt Zoller Seitz, THE NEW YORK TIMES X-ray Stellar Astronomy a “3.5 percent stipend increase to “EXHILARATING! DAZZLING PERFORMANCES!” Kraushaar, from Page 1 the existence of extra-galactic gam- RAs and TAs,” new activities like - Dennis Harvey, VARIETY ma ray sources that have since been $2 dinners which may help shape the faculty ranks, becoming a full identified as giant black holes at the a future graduate dining program, professor before leaving MIT for the centers of distant galaxies. The OSO and incremental progress toward a University of Wisconsin at Madison 3 experiment opened the field of dental plan. in 1965. high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, Ekstrom offered the following In 1957 Kraushaar began a de- which has become one of the most advice to his successor: “Pick out cade-long effort to map the sky in active areas of space research. what you really want to do” because the “light” of cosmic gamma rays. Upon his move to Wisconsin, “a lot of things creep up” and “the Their detection promised to open Kraushaar established a research things you come in wanting to do, it’s new ways to investigate high-energy group in the new area of X-ray as- easy to lose sight of them.” processes in the universe. Initial bal- tronomy. Using instruments flown on Asked about other challenges his loon-borne experiments failed due to “sounding” rockets, he and his col- successor will face, Ekstrom men- background gamma rays generated leagues produced the first all-sky map tioned the opening of NW35, the in the residual atmosphere above the of low-energy X rays that revealed the new Ashdown House. highest attainable altitudes. spatial distribution of million-degree “The opening of NW35 is excit- In 1958, Kraushaar seized the new interstellar gas. They extended these ing for the graduate community,” opportunity for experiments above results in several satellite experiments. said Ekstrom, because it will dra- the atmosphere. Working with Pro- Kraushaar was appointed the Max matically expand the size of the fessor George W. Clark PhD ’52, he Mason Professor of Physics in 1980. “Northwest corridor” graduate stu- directed the development in the MIT Kraushaar was a fellow of the dent community. Laboratory for Nuclear Science of a American Physical Society, and a When NW35 opens, the GSC’s gamma-ray detector for a satellite ex- member of the American Astronomi- organizing and event-planning ser- periment that was launched in April cal Society, the International Astro- vices will help establish a commu- 1961 as Explorer 11. It registered 31 nomical Union, the National Acad- nity there, Nir said. events with the electronic signatures emy of Sciences, and the American But, Nir said, some of the most of cosmic gamma rays with energies Academy of Arts and Sciences. He important work he anticipates is the greater than 50 MeV. Kraushaar then received Fulbright and Guggenheim least novel. The GSC provides fun- initiated a second and more refined fellowships and the Senior Scientist damental services for graduate stu- experiment to be carried on OSO 3. Award of the Humboldt Foundation. dents, like orientation, stipend rec- In this project Kraushaar and Clark He served on numerous advisory ommendations, career development were joined by Gordon Garmire PhD committees of the National Acad- services, and advising relationships, ’62, a former student of Kraushaar. emy of Sciences and NASA. He co- Nir said. The OSO 3 experiment, launched in authored with Professor Uno Ingard Keeping these services active is March of 1967, registered 621 cosmic a college text, “Introduction to Me- “the less glamorous but most impor-

PRESENT PLANET B-BOY gamma ray events. It yielded the first chanics, Matter, and Waves.” tant goal,” he said. MENTAL PICTURES IN ASSOCIATION WITH JOHNNY LEE, CHRISTOPHERWOODY PAK C. MOWG KIM, DANNY PETER HUANG MISER all-sky map of high-energy cosmic After his retirement, Kraushaar Like his predecessor, Nir was un- AND MONDO PARADISO PRODUCTIONSAMY LO EXECUTIVE NYC PRODUCERS ORIGINAL MUSIC THOMAS HERGENROTHER ELEPHANT EYE FILMS PRODUCED BY VASCO NUNES CO-PRODUCER BENSON LEE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JIM BLACK DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY MUSIC SUPERVISOR gamma rays showing a concentration moved to Maine where he resided contested for the position. Ekstrom AND BENSON LEE EDITORS JEFF MARCELLO MONDO PARADISO of gamma rays from directions in the in Scarborough with summers at his suggested “leadership development” FILMS NYC www.planetbboy.com Milky Way where gamma-ray pro- cabin in Denmark, Maine. He is sur- as another goal for Nir’s term. ducing interactions of charged cos- vived by his wife, the former Eliza- Michael McGraw-Herdeg con- LANDMARK KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA STARTS TODAY ONE KENDALL SQUARE CAMBRIDGE 617-499-1996 WWW.LANDMARKTHEATRES.COM mic rays with interstellar matter are beth Rodgers, and by three children tributed to the reporting of this ar- Q&A WITH PRODUCERS FOLLOWING THE FIRST EVENING SHOW TONIGHT & SAT most abundant. It also demonstrated from his first marriage. ticle.

April 4. 2008 The Tech Page 13 NW35 Will Have No Coop Student Board of Directors Phones, But Four Net Election Update Drops Per Resident The following student Coop members are candidates for theBoard of Directors for the 2008-2009 academic year. Phones, from Page 1 house government at Ashdown, is currently compiling a list of recom- use the ports however they want, he mended VoIP options for NW35 MIT Undergraduate Students: said. residents. According to Collins, the Karlen Ruleman 2009 Rooms at NW35 will still have current plan is to provide the list to Christopher Whitfield 2009 coaxial cable connections for stan- students when they move in. dard MIT cable television service. Those options will likely come The rooms in the existing MIT from outside providers, such as MIT Graduate Students: dormitories, including the current Vonage or AT&T, instead of from Loreena Lee-Houghton 2011 Ashdown House, provide either one IS&T itself. “I think that there are or two network ports per pillow. better, more cost effective options Tanguy Chau 2010 They also have analog phone out there” than IS&T, said Winig. Alex Hamilton Chan 2011 lines that can receive all incoming Full analog phone service for dorm Paul K. Romano 2011 calls and can place outgoing calls to rooms is also provided by an outside on campus phones as a standard ser- company, PAETEC. vice. Residents in these dormitories Residents interested in having a Harvard Undergraduate Students: may order full phone service — in- room phone will need to purchase Patrick Brennan 2011 cluding unlimited local calls, access both VoIP service and VoIP equip- Tami Kim 2011 to long distance services, and voice ment. Traditional phones do not mail — for $17 per month. work on their own for VoIP. George Thampy 2010 Currently, about 8 percent of NW35 will not be completely de- Matthew Zehnder 2011 the graduate students in Ashdown void of analog phone lines. Collins House subscribe to the full phone said that lounges and corridors will service. contain a limited number of analog Harvard Graduate Students: Housing, in conjunction with phones that can place on-campus Aaron Chadbourne 2011 IS&T, the housemasters, and the calls. Ari Bloom 2009 Luke Fuszard 2009

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When we arrived, Stoves, from Page 1 new W1, also emphasized the impor- disagreed with many of these organi- After spending a day luxuriating the girls jumped into a full routine. tance of the community for under- zations’ management of their town’s in a metropolis, where, in the tourist Elizabeth gave me a tour of her units and available to one or two graduates at NW35. “We’re trying reconstruction. areas, stores sell Armani and Prada community and then followed me people. Studio doubles at Bexley to put together a community and a A tour of the town revealed an and restaurants serve continental on my way back to our group’s bus Hall also include kitchens available healthy living and learning environ- astonishing physical reality: in the pre-Incan fusion cuisine, the drive that took us to and from the town only to two people. ment,” he said. disaster zone, tinged by a strange took us south for four hours on the each day. “It’s not a shared kitchen,” said Discussions are currently under- emptiness and marked by an absence Pan-American Highway, through We talked to a group of gruff Denoncourt about the NW35 ar- way about the prepared food options of life, you couldn’t tell from the sandy mountains that roll into the community leaders, also from the rangements. “It’s an individual kitch- that will be available to undergradu- amount of rubble that the earthquake distance further than my eyes could tents, who told us they had tempo- en. A shared kitchen would allow for ates at NW35. A committee, which hadn’t happened yesterday. follow them, past the occasional hill rary houses from the Red Cross, more of a group connection.” includes members from the W1 The initial shock caused me and dotted with a collection of aban- that they were ready and waiting to Sarah C. Hopp ’08, president of founders group of undergraduates, many of my classmates to question doned shacks that formed a ghost put up, but that they could not move the Dormitory Council, agreed with is working on developing the dining our purpose in Tambo de Mora. town, and by flashy billboards ad- without the permission of the mayor, Denoncourt’s evaluation of the indi- options for all of NW35. Who were we, and how were we, vertising cell phones and “Cristal: who would not sign the go-ahead vidual kitchens. “It’s better for them The possibility of a catered-in din- to make an impact without running The Beer of the Peruvians” to tour- documents. to cook together rather than cooking ing hall at NW35 was presented at a into a wall of bureaucracy? What ists on their way to resorts. (It’s not The evolution of the ideas and alone. That’s how dining works in March meeting of the Housing Strat- power did we have to make our very good.) connections of our whole group dorms that have kitchens,” she said. egy Group, a collection of administra- work worth the price of our plane But I didn’t really understand interested me even more than the “As long as they have an option to tors and student leaders, Hopp said. tickets? the city until we began to talk to the evolution of my own perspective on cook if they like, I think that’s going Because of concerns over the capacity We found confidence in our goals people. the trip. Rarely at MIT does any one to be fine,” Hopp said. of the food service kitchen at NW35, as day by day, concrete, realizable We talked to the doctor in the group connect people from such a Plans for W1 also played a factor the proposal included having food project ideas came out of our experi- public health clinic who took a few variety of backgrounds, including in the decision, Denoncourt said. The brought in from other dining halls, ences on the ground and our interac- minutes out of his day, away from professors of urban studies, masters plans for food options for the under- such as the one at Simmons Hall. tions with individual people. the never ending stream of asthma students in city planning, premeds, graduates at NW35 were “staying in However, it seems that the fi- We helped a group of women attacks and upset stomachs, to tell and freshmen. Added to the mix line with the document that the chan- nal shape of the dining program at start a local materials construction to us about the town’s problems with were a few students from the Uni- cellor wrote about having dining in NW35 has yet to be determined. business. We helped find alternatives high humidity and the need for an versidad de Pacifico whose class at the new W1 program,” she said. The “There is the intent to have an un- to sewage-system waste removal. emergency room in the area. their school is collaborating with decision is part of an effort to “try to dergraduate program for the students Some of my most memorable ex- We talked to Elizabeth, one of ours. create a community … dining being at NW35, but the specifics have not periences during the trip came out the many children in the 300 fami- One night, in the middle of our a piece of creating that community.” been worked out,” Director of Campus of simple activities in a new place: lies who have lived in tents since the trip, we drove inland, into the hills, Jack Carroll, housemaster for the Dining Richard D. Berlin III said. looking out the window, speaking to earthquake destroyed their homes. where the green of a lush valley re- places the desert and a botanical garden surrounds an oasis of a restau- rant where we ate that night. I forget the name, but I’ve been telling my friends it’s called paradise. After our tour of the biodiversity of Peru contained in the garden, and before our candlelit Andean cuisine dinner, we sat in a circle around a fire and made toasts to each other, our group, and the people of Tambo de Mora. I think the night made me and many others more conscious of how, despite our disparate backgrounds, in Tambo de Mora our common goals tied us together and motivated us to work. I hope to maintain this sense of social commitment to the people of Tambo de Mora here in Cambridge. A whole week of swimming in the same waves of cultural encounter as the rest of my class finished off with a stop at the beach, where the waves were wet and tall and salty. I never could have imagined seeing an MIT professor barefoot before, or even a TA or grad student. But of course, at the beach, what Henisi. 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Jennifer A. Rees ’11, Katherine M. Smyth ’10, and Sonya Makhni ’11 • 25 billion animals cruelly raised & brutally lost their matches 8-1, 8-0, and 8-5 slaughtered for unhealthy diets that are respectively. Upon returning to Cambridge, destroying our planet. MIT competed in their first home match of the spring season last Friday, • Over 100 million lab animals battling against Bowdoin College. Ranked 22th in the nation, Bowdoin imprisoned & tortured. defeated 20th ranked MIT, 7-2. The match started off with the doubles matches as usual. Hoover • 100’s of millions of wildlife and Hansen won their match, 8-3, killed & wounded for sport. but both the two and three ranked doubles teams, McCree/Wang and Pikhart/Diskin, were defeated in • Millions of fur animals hard fought matches 8-3, 8-3. killed just for vanity. With Bowdoin up 2-1 heading into the singles matches, the pressure was on the Engineers. Hansen gave her all in her match, running every ball down, and her hard work paid off. She won the grueling three set match 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Hoover lost a tough match 6-3, 6-1 at two singles, even after adjust- ing her strategy mid-match by taking Animals’ lives are a living nightmare. They are routinely branded and balls out of the air at net. Although she lost the match, the team now mutilated without anesthetic, starved, overcrowded, & killed when still has a drill named after her to work infants. Stress disorders like self-mutilation are common. Most farm & lab on taking volleys out of the air, due to how effective it was during the animals never see the light of day. Millions of animals are so sick that they match. are dragged to their deaths. Over 95% are crushed, suffocated, chopped Diskin lost her match 6-3, 6-4 but fought all the way, going into near- open, or scalded alive while fully conscious. If people treated pets splits at times to run down shots. Wang lost her singles match as well the way these baby animals are treated, they would be arrested. in a tough three setter 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. In a close straight set match, McCree barely lost 7-5, 6-1. Pikhart lost her match 6-1, 6-3. In the end, head coach Carol Mat- You can make a difference. zusaki wanted to name a Most Valu- able Player, but “there were just too Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition is making a difference. many to name just one.” The team’s next match will be Saturday at home, when it faces Trin- To join MARC or for more info: www.MassAnimalRights.org ity College. Page 16 The Tech April 4. 2008 Sp o r t s Sophia Harrison Wins National Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s Saturday, April 5, 2008 Championship on Uneven Bars Softball vs. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 12, 2 p.m., Briggs Field Men’s and Women’s Track and Field, Engineers Cup By Eduardo Ovalle Ellefson ’01. The Engineers are now honors. 12 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium Assistant Coach the standard-bearer for the Outstand- A late addition to the all-around Men’s Lacrosse vs. Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1 p.m., Jack Behind a school-tying mark of ing Senior Award as they eclipsed field, Sarah N. Trowbridge ’08 Barry Field 9.75, Sophia L. Harrison ’08 cap- Gustavus Adolphus College for total capped off her career with her best Men’s Tennis vs. Babson College 1 p.m., duPont Tennis Courts tured the uneven bar title at the honorees. score, a 37.25, good enough for a Women’s Tennis vs. Trinity College (CT) 1 p.m., duPont Tennis Courts National Collegiate The first day of competition fea- 14th-place finish in a very strong Sailing, Marchiando/Friis Trophy All Day, Charles River Gymnastics Associa- tured the team and all-around events. field of 18 competitors. She also tion National Cham- Julia C. Zimmerman ’09 scored a represented MIT on the NCGA Di- pionship held this past 9.70 on three events (vault, floor, and vision III Senior “All-Americans in weekend at State Uni- beam) but faltered during her perfor- Academics” list. versity of New York at mance on the uneven bars. Her total Joining the Engineers’ three all- Cortland. In addition to a trio of All- of 37.90 resulted in an eighth-place around qualifiers were specialists Sc o r e b o a r d America honors, Harrison was the finish and First-Team All-America Katie M. Mingo ’10 and Alison M. recipient of the NCGA Outstanding accolades. Harrison started on the Barnard ’09. Mingo scored an 8.75 Senior Award, the highest recogni- vault with a 9.425, hit the bars for on the beam while Barnard was Baseball tion within the organization. a 9.70, and struggled on the beam just one spot shy of qualifying for Tuesday, April 1, 2008 She became the sixth MIT gym- which netted a total of 9.125. She the vault finals as she posted a 9.55 Brandeis University (8-4) 2 nast to receive the prestigious award, bounced back on the floor exercise which resulted in 15th place. MIT (7-4) 0 joining Lisa K. Arel ’92, Julie K. with a new Institute standard of 9.80 On Saturday, Harrison and Zim- Wilson ’93, Sheila C. Rocchio ’97, that propelled her to fifth overall Allison J. Barmann ’98, and Sonja J. (38.05) and First-Team All-America Gymnastics, Page 15 Men’s Golf Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Lou Flumere Invitational Women’s Tennis Dominates Caltech MIT 14 of 23

Softball On Spring Break Trip to California Tuesday, April 1, 2008 By Jennifer Rees ’11 won by default. MIT victory at one singles with a Wheaton College (15-4, 2-1) 10 and Karina Pikhart In singles, Diskin played the num- score of 6-3, 6-4. MIT (3-11, 0-3 NEWMAC1) 9 Team Members ber one slot and won 6-0, 6-1, while In doubles, the Engineers lost in Wheaton College (16-4, 3-1) 4 The women’s tennis team traveled Yi Wang ’09 won her match 6-1, 6-0. a few close matches. Both Hoover/ MIT (3-12, 0-4) 0 to Pasadena, CA over spring break Pikhart pulled out an exciting three Hansen and McCree/Wang lost their last week for the opportunity to train, set match 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. Jenny C. matches 8-6. Pikhart/Diskin lost their bond, and compete. On Dohlman ’11 and Sheena Bhalla ’11 math 8-2, while Dohlman/Weinberg Men’s Volleyball Monday, they faced breezed through their matches with lost 8-0. Tuesday, Aptil 1, 2008 rival Caltech, whom wins of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-1 respec- In singles, Hoover lost another Wentworth Institute of Technology (3-15) 0 they dominated, 9-0. tively. Kerry R. Weinberg ’10 won close match of 6-4, 6-3, Diskin was In doubles, Ma- her match by default. beaten 6-1, 6-3, and Wang lost a hard MIT (24-10) 3 riah N. Hoover ’08 Later that week, the team played fought match 6-0, 6-2. McCree fell 1 and Leslie A. Hansen ’10 won 8-2, the Middlebury College Panthers of in her match 6-1, 6-1, and Pikhart New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Elizabeth A. Denys ’11 and Anisa K. Vermont, who were also training in lost 6-1, 6-0. In exhibition matches, For more results, see http://www.mitathletics.com. McCree ’10 won 8-1, and Karina N. California. MIT suffered a tough 8-1 Pikhart ’09 and Melissa A. Diskin loss, with Hansen earning the only Tennis, Page 15

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