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Volume 131, Number 14 tech.mit.edu Friday, March 18, 2011 Japan in crisis, MIT reacts Students rally behind Japanese community By Maggie Lloyd shaking.” The driver became some were on cell phones.” Contributing editor somewhat concerned, but after Their dinner with MISTI the initial quake, Gercik decid- alumni and other program con- It was supposed to be a rou- ed they should stay in the cab. tacts that night was cancelled tine visit to Japan for MISTI staff As it turns out, this was a since the lack of public trans- to meet with host companies good call. The subways closed, portation made it difficult for and university contacts about emptying waves of people onto both attendees and restaurant upcoming summer internship the streets and creating massive staff to travel. programs. Michelle L. Kern, gridlock traffic. Aftershocks “There were 50 aftershocks program coordinator for MISTI continued during the rest of that night and I didn’t sleep Japan, and Patricia E. Gercik, their ride, but the two made it for the next two nights,” Gercik managing director of MISTI Ja- back to their hotel just as traffic said. pan, arrived in Tokyo on March came to a halt. The scene was much worse 10, and started with the usual The scene was relatively in northeast Japan. The ini- Courtesy of DigitalGlobe meetings the next day — the calm, recalled Gercik. “People tial earthquake off the coast of The nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan, were damaged by last Friday’s tsu- day of a 9.0 magnitude earth- streamed out of buildings and Honshu — Japan’s main island nami and earthquake. The outer containment buildings of Units 1 and 3 exploded quake that destroyed the north- subways. They stood at corners — created 30-foot waves in a due to a buildup of hydrogen gas after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsu- east coast. and in parks, looking at the sky disastrous tsunami. As many nami hit. Suppression tanks at Unit 2 were damaged in an additional hydrogen explo- That afternoon, the two got as if they expected the relief as 200,000 residents as far as 20 sion. The Japanese Association of MIT, the MIT Figure Skating Club, and other student in a cab bound for a subway sta- would come from above. The kilometers away from the Tokyo groups are raising money for victims of the disaster. Aftershocks from the earthquake tion, and at 2:46 p.m. JST, Kern mood was quiet; not too many continue to be felt in Japan. says the vehicle “just started people talked to each other, but Japan, Page 13 Class of 2015 admission Gamers invade Boston rate sinks to 9.6 percent Fact or fiction? CDSA campaign tries to By Jessica J. Pourian the Child’s Play charity and were On Monday, MIT celebrated pi day by granting ad- Staff columnist generally warm to one another. mission to 1,715 high school seniors. Despite an increase PAX East 2011 is the biggest in class size to 1,120 — up by about 60 from the current highlight women’s issues The Penny Arcade Expo East expo Penny Arcade creators Mike freshman class size — the class of 2015’s admission rate By Deborah Chen came to Boston last weekend to a Krahulik and Jerry Holkins have was a staggeringly low 9.6 percent. With 17,909 applica- Staff Reporter warm welcome from over 69,000 ever produced. Developers from tions overall, the admissions office saw an 8 percent in- people. Fans of the Penny Arcade across the gaming industry at- crease in applications from last year, driving the admit Have you been wondering what “Fact or Fic- webcomic, tabletop games, and tended the expo, showcasing rate down from last year’s 9.7 percent. tion” means, or what Gossip Girl, Glee, and BU have digital games made it to the con- new games and demos for fans In an e-mail, Dean of Admissions Stuart Schmill ’86 to do with women at MIT? Jessica L. Trudeau, Fact vention to celebrate three days of to enjoy. As for past PAXs, people said the applicant pool this year was “quite robust.” Ad- or Fiction committee head and program adminis- gaming goodness. A number of traveled from across the nation to missions saw a larger increase in applications from wom- trator at the MIT Community Development and exciting panels, concerts, game attend the show. I spent Friday, en and underrepresented minority students. Nearly half Substance Abuse Center (CDSA) describes Fact tournaments, and a stunning ex- Saturday, and Sunday at PAX East of admitted applicants — 49 percent — were women, or Fiction as a media campaign — created by the hibit hall all contributed to the observing and partaking in the while 8 percent were international citizens. The class of CDSA — to “challenge MIT undergraduate women fun of the show. An atmosphere biggest gaming conference this 2014, by comparison, is 45 percent women and 8.7 per- to think about female identity at the Institute.” of gaming community was prev- side of the Mississippi. cent international. “We wanted people to question the influences alent throughout the weekend; An exceptionally diverse class, the class of 2015 is 10 of female identity — stereotypes that exist on cam- gamers showed their support for PAX, Page 10 percent African American, 30 percent Asian American, pus and stereotypes from the media — and we 34 percent Caucasian, 15 percent Hispanic, 1 percent wanted to give women an opportunity to advocate Native American, plus 8 percent international. Including for and engage with other women,” Trudeau said. U.S. citizens who are living abroad, 13 percent of 2015 stu- As part of the campaign, Fact or Fiction mem- dents don’t live in the U.S.. The class of 2014 is 39 percent bers created posters asking viewers, “Fact or Fic- Caucasian, 26 percent Asian American, 13 percent His- tion?” — and suggesting they think about stereo- panic, 9 percent African American, and 1 percent Native types like East Campus versus West Campus girls, American. and MIT versus BU and Wellesley girls. The group The admitted students also represent 65 countries also set up a photo booth in the Student Center last and all 50 states. The biggest percentage of students — 21 week (March 7–10), where women could be photo- percent — hail from the West coast, while the Mid-Atlan- graphed holding cards that read “I [heart symbol] a tic region boasts a close second with 19 percent. Nine- ____ girl,” with the blank representing a descriptor teen percent of 2015’s class is from the Mid-Atlantic area, of a woman different from them. Postcards with re- 15 percent from the South, 13 percent from the Midwest sults selected from an alcohol-related violence sur- and Plain states, and 10 percent from the Southwest and vey from April 2010 were also distributed to female Mountain regions. Surprisingly, only 10 percent of admit- students through dorm mailboxes (see sidebar). ted students come from MIT’s own New England region. —Aparna Sud Fact or Fiction, Page 17 Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Tabletop gamers filled an exhibition hall during last weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo. Games ranged from Katamari Damacy to Jenga. Percent of MIT Applicants Accepted, 2000–2011 = 1%

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worl After days of often acrimonious debate, played out against a and William J. Broad of radioactive particles in an at- military to get water into the four desperate clock, as Gadhafi’s troops advanced to within 100 miles The New York Times mospheric plume now projected reactors there showed few signs of

n of the rebel capital of Benghazi, Libya, the Security Council au- to cover a much broader area. working. thorized member nations to take “all necessary measures” to pro- WASHINGTON — The first While the findings were reas- “What you are seeing are des- tect civilians, diplomatic code words calling for military action. readings from U.S. data-collec- suring in the short term, the Unit- perate efforts — just throwing ev- Diplomats said the resolution — which passed with 10 votes, tion flights over the stricken Fu- ed States declined to back away erything at it in hopes something including the United States, and abstentions from Russia, China, kushima Daiichi nuclear plant in from its warning to Americans will work,” said one U.S. official Germany, Brazil and India — was written to allow for a wide Japan show that the worst of the to stay at least 50 miles from the with significant experience in range of actions, including strikes on air-defense systems and contamination has not spewed be- plant, a far larger perimeter than nuclear matters, who would not atio missile attacks from ships. Military activity could get under way yond the 18-mile range of highest the Japanese government has speak for attribution. “Right now within a matter of hours, they said. concern established by Japanese established. this is more prayer than plan.” After the vote, President Barack Obama met with the National authorities, but there is also no in- President Barack Obama af- After a day in which U.S. and Security Council to discuss the possible options. dication that another day of frantic firmed the warning, saying in the Japanese officials had radically dif- —Dan Bilefsky and Mark Landler, The New York Times efforts to cool nuclear fuel in the Rose Garden on Thursday after- ferent assessments of the danger reactors and spent fuel pools has noon that the decision was based of what is spewing from the plants, yielded any progress, according on “a careful scientific evaluation” the two governments attempted U.S. government officials. of the “substantial risk” to those Thursday to join forces. Experts

& N US universities worry about The data was collected in the near the plant. He also repeated met in Tokyo to compare notes. first use of the Aerial Measurement that there was no expectation that The United States, with Japanese students studying abroad System, among the most sophisti- the radioactive plume emitted by permission, began to put the intel- U.S. colleges have long trumpeted the benefits of studying cated devices rushed to Japan by the plant would bring harmful lev- ligence-collection aircraft over the abroad, as they have expanded programs on all seven continents the Obama administration in an els of radiation to any part of the site in hopes of gaining a view for and opened new campuses overseas. But as the world has erupt- effort to help contain a nuclear United States, including its territo- Washington as well as its allies in ed politically and physically in recent weeks, administrators and crisis that the top U.S. nuclear of- ries in the Pacific. Tokyo that did not rely on the an- students have been fast discovering the downside. ficial said Thursday could go on for But he also called for a “com- nouncements of officials from the orld College officials have had to stage evacuations on short no- “possibly weeks.” prehensive review” of the coun- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Officials tice while fielding calls from frantic parents. They have reassessed The data show ground-level try’s nuclear plants. say they suspect that company exchange programs in areas vulnerable to revolution and drug fallout of harmful radioactive pol- In interviews, U.S. officials has consistently underestimated violence, from the Middle East to Mexico. Much is at stake for col- lution in the immediate vicinity W said their biggest worry about the the risk and moved too slowing to leges with footprints in other countries: not just students’ safety, of the stricken plant — a different Japanese plant was that a frenetic contain the damage. but also the schools’ properties, liabilities and reputations. Many administrators agree that monitoring quickly shifting circum- stances around the globe is crucial to making swift, smart deci- sions and avoiding knee-jerk reactions. Attention has now turned to Japan. After the earthquake and House votes to end money for tsunami, Princeton University quickly reached out to nine stu- dents and staff members in various programs, mostly in Kyoto, about 300 miles south of the crippled nuclear reactors. On Wednesday, Princeton officials said that some had decided to NPR, Senate passes spending bill leave the country, and the university was encouraging students living closer to Tokyo to relocate. By Jennifer Steinhauer Senate’s more conservative mem- get from the federal government. —Lisa W. Foderaro, The New York Times The New York Times bers voted against the spending The bill, should the Senate even measure, known as a continuing bring it to the floor, is almost certain WASHINGTON — The House resolution, arguing that its cuts to fail in that chamber. Democrats voted Thursday to cut off financ- were insufficient. Sen. Rand Paul, control the Senate, where mem- CIA links to brutal Arab leaders ing for National Public Radio, with R-Ky., offered his own plan, which bers of both parties have expressed Democrats and Republican fiercely he said would balance the federal skepticism about cutting off NPR may harm ties to new ones divided over both the content of the budget in five years by eliminating because it remains popular among WASHINGTON — There once was no American institution bill and how it was brought to the the departments of education and many of their constituents. more hostile to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s pariah gov- floor. energy, among other measures. The organization, in the cross- ernment than the Central Intelligence Agency, which had lost its Across the Rotunda, the Senate Senate Republican leaders hairs of Republican lawmakers for deputy Beirut station chief when Libyan intelligence operatives approved a short-term spending backed the stop-gap measure, years, came under intense fire re- blew up Pan Am Flight 103 above Scotland in 1988. measure passed earlier in the week praising the $6 billion in cuts that cently with the release of a video But with the Sep. 11 attacks came a new group of enemies. In by the House that would keep the came on top of $4 billion in reduc- that showed one of its fundraising recent years, the CIA has been closely tethered to Gadhafi’s in- government financed through April tions contained in the current bud- executives criticizing members of telligence service as it hunts for information about operatives of 8. Members of both parties and get bill, which expires Friday. Jon the Tea Party, and the hasty firing al-Qaida in North Africa. chambers said the move, which Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican of the commentator Juan Williams Now, the uprising against the Libyan leader, along with the once again averted a government in the Senate, said that over 10 years, for remarks he made on Fox News revolts that drove out the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt and shutdown, should be the last of the $10 billion in cuts will amount about Muslims. threaten other rulers, have cast a harsh light on the cozy relation- its kind. The measure, which cut to $140 billion in savings. “All in all, NPR expressed grave concern in ships between America’s intelligence agencies and autocratic, spending by $6 billion for this fiscal a good day’s work,” he said. a statement today about the impact often brutal Arab governments. The CIA faces questions about year, passed the Senate 87-13, with The NPR bill, sponsored by Rep. of the bill on the entire public radio whether such ties blinded it to undercurrents of dissent and nine Republicans, three Demo- Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., would system, saying it was a direct effort may now damage America’s standing with emerging democratic crats and an independent voting in mean that stations could not buy to weaken it that would ultimately governments. dissent. programming from NPR or any oth- choke local stations’ ability to serve —Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, The New York Times As in the House, some of the er source using the $22 million they their audiences.

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had gathered with Taliban mediators of peaceful citizens, including elders the Taliban — as the reigning author- day in federal court in Seattle. on to settle a dispute over a chromite of the area, was carelessly and cal- ities — often settle disputes between David Schneider, Washington Mutual’s president of home lend- mine. The attack, a Pakistani intel- lously targeted with complete dis- tribes with competing claims and ing, and Stephen Rotella, its chief operations officer, were also -ac ligence official said, killed 26 of 32 regard to human life,” the statement levy taxes on exports and the mine cused of negligence for their roles in developing and leading the people present, some of them Tali- said. operators. bank’s aggressive growth strategy. WORLD & Nati ban fighters, but the majority elders About four missiles fired from After a pause in drone attacks “They focused on short-term gains to increase their own com- and local people not attached to the one or more drones hit the meeting, from Jan. 23 to Feb. 20, the pace of at- pensation, with reckless disregard for WaMu’s long-term safety and militants. known as a jirga, of two local tribes tacks has picked up again this month. soundness,” the agency said in the 63-page complaint. “The FDIC The civilian death toll appeared to and Taliban mediators who had Some analysts attributed the lull to brings this complaint to hold these highly paid senior executives, be among the worst in strikes carried gathered at a market in Datta Khel, in the CIA’s not wanting to upset negoti- who were chiefly responsible for WaMu’s higher-risk home lending out recently in Pakistan’s tribal areas North Waziristan, according to two ations to free Raymond A. Davis, the program, accountable for the resulting losses.” by the CIA, which runs the drones. residents who live nearby in Miram CIA security officer who was released —Eric Dash, The New York Times Residents and media reports said as Shah, the largest city in the region. on Wednesday. Tibetan monk dies protesting Chinese rule by self-immolation Global economic agency sees need BEIJING — A young Tibetan monk who set himself on fire to pro- test Chinese rule in the vast Tibetan regions of western China died early on Thursday. It was the first time that a monk protesting against

for retirement age to keep rising China had killed himself through self-immolation, according to his- on torians of modern Tibet. By Matthew Saltmarsh erty in the future.” 2011,” said life expectancy was rising The act appeared to reflect the sense of desperation and futility The New York Times In a report, the organization said faster than the increase in pension that simmers among Tibetans who chafe at rule by China, which in- that by 2050, the average age in in- ages by an average of two years for vaded central Tibet in 1951. The monk, Phuntsog, 20, belonged to the WORLD & Nati PARIS — Retirement ages in ad- dustrialized countries for drawing men and 1.5 years for women. Kirti Monastery in Sichuan Province. The monastery has been a cen- vanced economies will have to rise pensions would reach 65 for both The size of the working-age popu- ter of protest against Chinese policies and was especially active in the more than currently planned if coun- sexes. This represents an increase lation in the 34 countries belonging 2008 Tibetan uprising. tries hope to cover the increase in from current levels of about 1.5 years to the organization will peak around “China’s violent rule in Tibet has escalated since 2008 to a point costs caused by aging populations, for men and 2.5 years for women. 2015 and fall more than 10 percent by where Tibetans feel compelled to take desperate action,” Tenzin a global economic organization But the trend toward later retire- 2050, meaning that a smaller group Dorjee, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, based in New warned Thursday. ment and other recent changes, like of workers will be supporting a larger York, said in a statement. “Phuntsog Jarutsang’s self-immolation is a Angel Gurria, secretary general promoting private pensions, will still number of retirees. window into the deep suffering and frustrations that Tibetans every- of the Organization for Economic not cover the assumed increase in Thus, financial sustainability where are feeling, and is an urgent cry for help that the global com- Cooperation and Development, said liabilities as the working population for retirement systems “is not guar- munity cannot ignore.” more “fiscally and socially respon- shrinks and the number of retirees anteed unless pension ages are in- Phuntsog set himself on fire at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to a sible” measures would be needed to climbs. 10.0 in. creased beyond current plans in report Thursday by Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. avoid “a resurgence of old-age pov- The report, “Pensions at a Glance most of the OECD,” the report said. —Edward Wong, The New York Times G. Malloy Laser Mock-up J. Ragg on D. McFadden D. J. McElroy 7688 Ext. R. Celestini WORLD & Nati Contract Quick Print Executive CD: Director:Creative Art Director: Writer: Account Executive: Supervisor:Production Coordinator: ’ LUCKILY THE GM COLLEGE DISCOUNT DOESN T. MC In fact, it’s the best college discount

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Interv MarchFriday, 2011 18, 8 The Tech Friday, March 18, 2011 Community star tells us what drives him Donald Glover, from Page 7 see them as “OK, time to put on my rapper and quirky. From the perspective of both more willing to look at themselves. hat.” I really do just feel that they’re all the a writer and an actor, what do you think And do you think that it’s also important as a actor, writer, comic, and rapper. How same. They’re not just me putting on cos- makes these quirky or nerdy characters so to bring that quirkiness and vulnerability to do you see those roles relating to each other? tumes, they’re me just stepping out. A lot popular in television and movies right now? your stand-up? DG: The more I am myself in all of the of jokes and stand-up end up on records DG: I don’t think any of us really see our- DG: Yeah, I feel like when people do things I do the more, I think, people re- that I do. selves as cool and popular. Very few of us fake quirky … you notice it. With every- spond because it’s not bullshit. I think the Having been both a writer for 30 Rock see ourselves as cool and popular. I think if thing that I do, I try to be really truthful. fact that I’m rapping about stuff I know, the and an actor on Community, how do you you have a scale of one to ten — like how I’m sure that my publicists who are writing more people are like, “This isn’t bullshit.” I think one role has informed the other? Do were you in high school — if really cool or my Twitter account probably would not al- think Tina Fey does the same thing. Like all you find it easier to understand the writing popular is a ten, everyone you talk to would low me to say or do some of the stuff I say. of her movies and stuff that she’s done with process or acting process as a result? put down a five. No one thinks they’re re- But I feel like that’s what people enjoy the SNL, that’s her. There are through lines DG: Yeah, absolutely. In the writers’ ally cool or really nerdy, everybody’s in the most because I’m not lying. That persona is for people to follow. So I try to do that. It’s room at 30 Rock we would write a joke and middle. But it’s definitely in high school you out there. Like when that whole Spiderman been a lot of checking in with myself about it was really perfectly worded and you ex- kind of feel nerdy or alone, at least I did. I thing came out [an online fan movement what I’m trying to do. pected it to be said that way and then some- think now it’s just that people don’t want to have Glover play Spiderman in the new Do you lean towards any one role more body would trip up on it, not their fault, but to watch what [they] wanna be, as much as movie]. One thing that I thought was kind Arts Arts Art S than another, or do like to be working on ev- they would trip up on it and then we’d just [they] wanna watch what [they are.] And I of ridiculous is that they were like, “Well, erything all at once? have to rewrite the joke because it didn’t tried really hard at the beginning [of Com- there’s no quirky black dudes.” Well, that’s DG: I kind of see them all as the same work at the table read. So at the table read munity] to study football characters, but not true. My dad’s a quirky black dude. He thing. People are always asking how do I’m always very cautious, because I know if then it kind of just turned into me. I think totally made me watch Star Wars in movie you separate them and how do you priori- I mess up in the show [Community], that’s you can see that as I start crying more in the theaters. Everybody’s like that, that’s not tize? And I sort of see them all as the same like three hours of work [rewriting.] So I episodes. People call it nerdy, but I really just a thing. So I feel like in everything and

A RTS thing, which is kind of why I like stand-up try and do it the right way for everybody to think it’s just the way people are. Everybody in the stand-up I try to do truthfulness. the most because you can do all of that. On make it as easy as possible. does weird things, they just don’t show Be sure to head over to the blogs at stand-up you can tell a joke and you can Your character on Community is not the them to everybody. So I think it’s just some- techblogs.mit.edu for some bonus questions rap and you can do music. I never really typical jock football star. He’s kind of dorky thing that’s happening because people are with Donald that didn’t make it to print!

interview American culture and six-headed babies Nick Frost and Simon Pegg talk about their roles in Paul

By Jeff Z. Chen traordinary landscape, it’s vast and terrify- NF: If someone had taken a picture of otherwise people will see through it as not Staff Writer ing, and you get a sense of what’s behind me and Simon and Greg [Mottola] and very realistic. The closest thing to me was the American psyche, the pioneer attitude Kristin staring in front of the television, probably when I did a BBC adaptation of a Last Tuesday, I had the chance to sit at and forward momentum that this country you’d say “Oh, these are filmmakers,” when Martin Amis novel called Money, and I’m a round table interview with Nick Frost and has; it’s in the very rocks. And everyone we in fact we were talking about what was fun- probably nearest to that man. Simon Pegg, the comedy duo starring in met were incredibly welcoming and warm, nier, titmilk or dickburgers. SP: He’s basically an insane, womaniz- and directing the upcoming alien comedy apart from the mother of the six headed Nick, your character Clive in Paul, in ing drunk. film Paul. The duo is perhaps best known baby who drove us off with a pitchfork. The comparison to the bumbling sidekick in NF: Doing a lot of comedy and being for their two previous works, Hot Fuzz and idea of writing the film without this trip was Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, is a much seen as a bumbling sidekick, it was great for Shaun of the Dead, part of their Blood and an absurdity. more serious, emotionally affected charac- me to be able to play what was essentially Ice Cream trilogy. We spoke to Nick and Si- Who selected Seth Rogen to be the voice ter. Whom do you personally identify with a lunatic, a man falling ill before your eyes. mon about a range of topics, from what it of Paul, and did it change the writing at all? more, or are both really far off from your Non-comedy is a struggle, you’ve gotta look was like to work with the actors in Paul, to NF: We originally wanted a deep gruff true self? inside yourself and really pull from that. American culture, to 6 headed babies. voice, like Rip Torn, but you realize you’ve NF: I think I’m going to sound like an Last question … Star Wars or Star Trek? gotta get this film made, and you go to Uni- idiot when I say this, but you need to bring SP: You know I can’t answer that. Does it ever get to the point where the versal with Rip Torn, and they say no. So we a bit of yourself into everything you do, or Paul comes out in theaters today. American accent drives you up the wall? had to compromise; they wanted someone Simon Pegg: I love it, actually. If you look who was comedically relevant, we wanted at all our references of stuff we allude to, someone with a deep gravelly voice. Seth it’s all exclusively American stuff. As Eng- was the only person who fit both ends. lishmen we grow up on a diet of American Was it difficult to get Steven Spielberg to culture. You’ve got this amazing resource; a do a cameo? country that’s 100 times as big as ours and SP: It was his idea! We were gonna do speaks our language, so I’m used to it. this concept that Paul was going to be a Nick Frost: It does get a bit tiring if you cultural influence on a lot of science fic- watch Food Network. Especially when tion, especially giving Spielberg a lot of his the commercials come on, and the cyni- movie ideas, and when we told him this, cal marketing people pop up and use 1000 Spielberg’s eyes lit up, and he said, “Maybe words to describe a red pepper. I should be in it’” and we were like, really? You went on a road trip of the western Do you ever have a concern about meet- United States to prepare for Paul; what was ing a personal idol of yours, and finding out the most surprising thing you found? that they aren’t what you hoped they would SP: We found a 6 headed baby, that was be? really… SP: Someone had a very interesting NF: Yeah, that was weird. point, which was that perhaps Paul is a SP: I think we were most shocked by the metaphor for meeting our idols, because sheer size and scope of the nation physi- it’s like something fabulous steps out from cally. We live in nation that you can literally the dark and turns out to be quite ordi- travel across in a day. In this country, you nary. And in a delightful way, every time can travel a whole day and not see a single we’ve met our heroes, they’ve been down human being, and that was awe inspiring. to earth. Spielberg, Tarantino ... everyone When you see what’s in between this ex- who we’ve really wanted to meet has not Christian J. Ternus—the tech disappointed us in the fact that they have Allison M. Schneider ’13 (Mercutio) and Katherine A. Roe ‘14 (Tybalt) share not been a dick. an intimate moment in the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’s production of Romeo NF: I think you have to take into account Paul and Juliet. that everyone is in some way, flawed, and Directed by Greg Mottola if you go in with that in mind you’re never really going to be disappointed. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Were all of the Kristin Wiig parts scripted Frost, Seth Rogen or ad libbed? SP: Very much ad libbed. We had many Rated R, now playing conversations of whether “titburgers” was funnier than “dickmilk.”

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African Students Association — — — — $1,536 $1,436 $90 $90 $1,626 $1,526 94% AIRMUN — — — — $250 $250 — — $250 $250 100% Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. — — $50 — — — $50 $50 $100 — 0% Alternative Spring Break — — $120 — $360 $360 $70 $70 $550 $430 78% Amnesty International $510 $510 — — $300 $300 $160 $160 $970 $970 100% Anime $70 $70 $2,920 $20 $655 $655 $60 $60 $3,705 $805 22% Asian American Association $68 $68 — — $630 $630 $100 $100 $798 $798 100% Asian Baptist Student Koinonia $210 $210 — — $230 $230 $400 $400 $840 $840 100% Asian Christian Fellowship $25 $25 $90 $90 $725 $725 $125 $125 $965 $965 100% Asian Dance Team $100 — — — $2,940 — $80 $80 $3,120 — 0% Assassins’ Guild — — $80 $80 $375 $375 — — $455 $455 100% Association of Taiwanese Students — — $100 $100 $1,520 $1,520 $180 $180 $1,800 $1,800 100% Atheists, Agnostics, and Humanists — — — — $211 $211 $5 $5 $216 $216 100% Baptist Student Fellowship — — — — $400 — $40 $40 $440 — 0% Best Buddies — — — — $170 $170 — — $170 $170 100% Bhakti Yoga $1,540 $500 — — — — $120 $120 $1,660 $560 34% Bhangra $1,700 — — — — — — — $1,700 — 0% Brain Trust $55 $55 — — $868 $868 $107 $107 $1,030 $1,030 100% Campus Crusade for Christ — — $200 — $1,275 $1,275 $75 $75 $1,550 $1,350 87% Caribbean Club $10 — — — $730 $230 — — $740 $230 31% Casino Rueda Group $150 $150 $260 — — — $50 $50 $460 $200 43% Caving Club $317 $317 $370 $370 $150 $150 — — $837 $837 100% China Care $192 $192 $80 $80 $439 $339 $50 $50 $761 $661 87% China Development Initiative — — — — $1,420 $1,420 $200 $200 $1,620 $1,620 100% Chinese Ensemble — — — — $180 — $40 $40 $220 — 0% Cross Products $435 $435 $22 $22 $30 $30 $437 $437 $924 $924 100% Dance Troupe — — $1,000 — $2,370 — $505 $505 $3,875 — 0% Debate Team $1,200 $1,200 — — — — — — $1,200 $1,200 100% EASE $10 $10 $250 $250 $429 — $560 $560 $1,249 $372 30% Flying Club $100 $100 $600 — $1,000 $1,000 $100 $100 $1,800 $1,200 67% GaMIT — — — — $301 $301 $620 $620 $921 $921 100% Gilbert and Sullivan — — — — $240 $240 — — $240 $240 100% Global Poverty Initiative — — — — $2,194 $1,184 $176 $176 $2,370 $1,360 57% Go Club — — $400 $400 — — $115 $115 $515 $515 100% Gospel Choir $600 $350 $195 — $3,790 — $360 $360 $4,945 $360 7% Hawaii Club — — — — $2,050 $300 $100 $100 $2,150 $300 14% Hillel $200 $200 $300 $300 $2,704 $1,000 $213 $213 $3,417 $1,713 50% Hindu Students Council $320 $20 $130 — $1,380 $1,380 $100 $100 $1,930 $1,500 78% Imobilare — — — — $1,000 $1,000 — — $1,000 $1,000 100% Intervarsity $35 $35 — — $385 $385 — — $420 $420 100% Joint Theatre Groups — — $8,450 — — — — — $8,450 — 0% Komaza — — — — $40 — $2,200 $2,200 $2,240 — 0% Korean Students Association $80 $80 $370 $120 $950 $850 $150 $150 $1,550 $1,200 77% La Union Chicana por Aztlan — — — — $2,186 $1,686 $130 $130 $2,316 $1,816 78% Lab for Chocolate Science — — $80 $80 $200 $200 — — $280 $280 100% Latter Day Saint Student Association $405 $330 — — — — $50 $50 $455 $380 84% Live Music Connection — — $719 — — — — — $719 — 0% Logarhythms $900 — $1,684 $1,684 $1,000 $1,000 $500 $500 $4,084 $2,734 67% Mentor Connection $53 $53 — — $1,671 $1,021 $103 $103 $1,827 $1,177 64% mitBEEF $50 $50 — — $1,000 $500 $150 $110 $1,200 $660 55% Mocha Moves — — $280 $280 $100 $100 — — $380 $380 100% Muses $100 $100 — — $200 $200 $150 $150 $450 $450 100% Nigerian Students Association — — — — $450 $450 $30 $30 $480 $480 100% NOBCChE-MIT — — — — $1,000 — $50 — $1,050 — 0% OrigaMIT $100 $100 $140 $140 $50 $50 — — $290 $290 100% Palestine $28 $28 — — $310 $310 $125 $125 $463 $463 100% Pro-Life — — — — $150 $150 $60 $60 $210 $210 100% Protestant Student Community — — — — $60 $60 $53 $53 $113 $113 100% Quidditch $200 — $300 — $400 — $100 — $1,000 — 0% Quizbowl $1,593 — — — — — — — $1,593 — 0% Ridonkulous $200 — $250 — $1,050 — $350 — $1,850 — 0% Science Fiction Society, MIT — — $1,700 — — — — — $1,700 — 0% Shakespeare Ensemble — — $100 $100 — — — — $100 $100 100% Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers — — — — $280 $280 $50 $50 $330 $330 100% South Asian American Students — — — — $1,780 $480 $30 $30 $1,810 $510 28% SEALNet@MIT $363 $90 — — $2,308 $1,200 $50 $50 $2,721 $1,340 49% Starleague $135 — — — — — $80 — $215 — 0% Strategic Games Society — — $220 $200 $100 $100 $45 $45 $365 $345 95% Students for Israel $16 $16 — $2,040 $900 $225 $100 $2,281 $1,016 45% SEDS $500 $500 — — $620 $620 $500 $500 $1,620 $1,620 100% Syncopasian $2,000 $500 — — $250 $250 $150 $150 $2,400 $900 38% Techiya — — $80 $80 $350 $350 $50 $50 $480 $480 100% Traditional Medicine Society — — — — $775 $775 $210 $130 $985 $905 92% Undergraduate Biochemistry Association — — — — $150 $150 $15 $15 $165 $165 100% Universities Allied for Essential Medicine $260 $80 — — $2,180 $770 $184 $184 $2,624 $1,034 39% TOTAL $14,830 $6,374 $21,540 $4,396 $54,887 $30,416 $11,078 $5,930 $102,335 $47,116 46% 10

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MIT rallies funding Coop Student Board of Directors Japanese Association raises $17K Japan, Page 1 crises in Gaza and Egypt earlier this Election Update year. Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) “We each do what we can do ac- The following student Coop members have been nominated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power cording to our abilities,” Samuels by the Stockholders as candidates for the Board of Directors plant were evacuated as tsunami said. At MIT, he remarked, there is for the 2011-2012 academic year. waters killed the generators and “so much talent and willingness to the reactor cooling systems began fix what is broken.” to fail. MIT Undergraduate Students: As of Wednesday night, CBS re- Students respond with aid Elizabeth Burton ported the death toll neared 4,000 Miho Kitagawa ’14, a member Christopher Yoon in Japan while more than 8,000 of the Japanese Association of MIT people were unaccounted for. (JAM), made one of the first moves MIT Graduate Students: Communication was crippled, cit- towards a campus-wide charity Lorenna Buck, PhD, 2012 ies were destroyed, and food, drink- event by announcing JAM’s dona- Paul Romano, PhD, 2012 ing water, medicine, and fuel short- tion drive in Lobby 10 and the Stata ages became the norm. Nearly half Center in an e-mail to dorm lists. Harvard Undergraduate Students: a million people were left homeless Along with collecting funds for Cody Dean 2014 in the aftermath of the quake and disaster relief in Japan, JAM also Melissa Oppenheim 2012 tsunami. Damage is estimated to be encouraged passersby to leave a Caroline Quazzo 2012 $200 billion. message for the afflicted in Japan. Jillian Smith 2014 Kern and Gercik remained in the The messages were written on a Aixin Wang 2012 Tokyo area over the weekend, but white board, and the JAM members even when train service started up took pictures of the message and its Harvard Graduate Students: again, fewer trains than usual were author (see sidebar). These mes- Eugene Anthony, M Div., 2012 running. As more and more of their sages, Kitagawa said, are a “really David Carvel, MBA, 2012 Monday meetings were cancelled, huge thing.” Money can certainly Christofer Garner, MBA, 2012 they decided it was time to head help victims, but letting the Japa- Sonia McNeil, JD, 2012 home, arriving in the U.S. on Mon- nese people know that someone day afternoon. else in the world is thinking of them Because phone service was will make those afflicted feel much Any student Coop member may petition down, Kern relied on e-mail to stronger in light of their tragedy, to be a candidate on the election ballot. communicate with her contacts in Kitagawa hopes. A Petition application is available online at Japan. The response has been over- www.thecoop.com. Fortunately, there are no cur- whelming. Kitagawa faced a deluge rent MISTI students in Japan. On of e-mails, especially from student The Petition period is March 14 to March Sunday, the U.S. Department of groups looking to help. The Ameri- 28, 2011. For complete Petition rules State recommended that “all non- can Red Cross Team and Network consult the information posted in the emergency official U.S. government of MIT (ARCTAN) offered to reward election section on the Coop website at: personnel defer travel to Japan” www.thecoop.com. and urged “U.S. citizens to avoid Kern is optimistic, tourism and non-essential travel to Japan at this time.” noting that MISTI Kern is optimistic about the still has a couple summer, noting that the program still has a couple months to prepare months to prepare for interns traveling to Japan. Ac- for interns traveling cording to Kern, host companies in the Osaka area — about 400 miles to Japan. away from the epicenter — expe- www.thecoop.com rienced “no real effects” from the donations with bread from Au Bon disaster, and the hosts she talked Pain, while Victoria W. Lee ’10, a to in Tokyo say “they think they’ll member of the Figure Skating Club, be fine” for internship placements said the club wanted to hold an ad- over the summer. Kern said MISTI ditional fundraiser to supplement students are still looking forward to JAM’s efforts. The Office of Minority Education their travel to Japan, too. Although it’s a lot to work with, “We’re doing everything to make Kitagawa said, “It’s really nice. I sure host companies are okay” with really appreciate it because every- continuing the internship plans one’s helping us.” and are “keeping students well-in- Looking at pictures of the dev- formed” of any updates, said Kern. astation in Japan, Kitagawa said her Looking for an exciting summer job? Kern says she didn’t feel a sense first thought was, “I can’t believe it’s of panic during last weekend’s stay Japan.” in Tokyo. “It was a totally different With 50 members, JAM is a experience depending on where group of mostly Japanese inter- you were.” Areas close to the Hon- national students, the major- shu coast in the To¯hoku region ex- ity of whom are graduate students. perienced evacuations, flooding, Kitagawa has been in touch with high death tolls, and destroyed her family, who lives far from the buildings. However, Tokyo was epicenter in Japan, and friends in mainly concerned with problems in Ibaraki, who experienced the loss of transportation and supply as food food, water, and electricity plaguing shelves at grocery stores were emp- the afflicted areas. tied by concerned residents. On Monday night, JAM had al- We are looking for: “The press did not really give out ready collected about $4,000, and too much information, and one felt Kitagawa said her hope was to col- that there was every effort by the lect $2,000 each day for the rest of government to avoid panic. By the the week. On Thursday night, they Instructors end of the weekend, the shelves of had already surpassed this goal, re- all convenience stores were empty,” porting more than $17,000 in funds Gercik said. “There was no sense of raised and more than 500 messages Residential Facilitators panic, but one of disbelief.” collected, according to their web- Still, Tokyo was not without seri- site, http://web.mit.edu/jam/. ous problems. Five people in Tokyo Camilla M. Brinkman, commu- died as a result of a building col- nications coordinator of the Public Office Assistants lapse, according to Kern. Service Center (PSC), stressed that Professor Richard J. Samuels, “We want to be as supportive as we director of MIT’s Center of Inter- can.” While the office does not hold national Studies (CIS), noted that its own events, Brinkman said its MIT tends to take two types of re- goal is to be a “set of extra hands to Website: web.mit.edu/ome sponses to international disasters help with disaster relief.” The PSC such as Japan’s: humanitarian aid posted news about events relating and analytic discussion. The CIS, he to the crisis on its website, http:// Office: 4-107 said, offers opportunities for the lat- web.mit.edu/mitpsc, and supported ter: “When there’s a crisis, we try to the JAM with their donation drive. organize an event to share what we In the past, the PSC has helped Call: 617-253-5010 know. It’s our mission.” students organizing disaster relief By bringing in experts on the events with grants, advertising, set- topic — such as faculty from MIT’s up, and donation coordination. Nuclear Science and Engineer- JAM received further help from ing (NSE) department — and or- the MIT Figure Skating Club (FSC), ganizing public Starr Forums, it which held a benefit skate yester- Deadline: is the CIS’s hope to educate the day at Johnson Ice Rink and raised MIT community on the technical $1,345. An exhibition by FSC mem- background of the nuclear reactor bers was followed by a period of th problems. open skate lessons for attendees. March 30 , 2011 at 12 Noon The CIS took a similar approach Lee, a member of the FSC com- in response to the 9/11 attacks and petition committee and four-year 14

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Call: Saudi and Iranian interests create Middle East diplomacy dilemma James Dennis Leary, Esq. 321-544-0012 By Helene Cooper representation for Shiites under Shiite opposition has not become Saudi and Bahraini governments Solution to Crossword and Mark Landler Sunni rule. radicalized and might still be ame- can head off trouble by making the new york times During his telephone conver- nable to political dialogue. “It sug- political reforms, the Saudis be- from page 15 sation with the Saudi king, Obama gests to me that the radicalization lieve that political reforms would WASHINGTON — The brutal called for an end to the violence on the part of the moderate Shia only open the door to greater crackdown in Bahrain poses the that has accelerated in Bahrain has not yet occurred,” the official instability. greatest Middle East democracy over the past few days. said. dilemma yet to the Obama admin- He asked for a “political pro- But, he added, “Without ques- Even if the United istration, deepening a rift with its cess as the only way to peacefully tion, there are people on the ex- most important Arab ally, Saudi address the legitimate grievances treme end of the opposition who States could Arabia, while potentially strength- of Bahrainis and to lead to a Bah- have been in touch with Iran.” He wean itself from ening the influence of its biggest rain that is stable, just, more uni- said that the Obama administra- nemesis, Iran. fied and responsive to its people,” tion had tried to convey to its allies dependency on Relations between the Unit- according to Jay Carney, the White in the Persian Gulf that the gov- Saudi oil, the ed States and Saudi Arabia have House press secretary. ernments were most at risk if they chilled to their coldest since the approached the unrest only from kingdom can still American invasion of Iraq in 2003. American officials a standpoint of their own govern- rock global markets Saudi officials, still angry that ment security. President Barack Obama aban- want Saudi Arabia For the administration, the and slow economic doned President Hosni Mubarak and Bahrain to stakes are higher in Bahrain and recovery in the U.S. of Egypt in the face of demonstra- Saudi Arabia than in any other tions, ignored American requests allow political Arab country facing unrest now. “Our message to Saudi Arabia not to send troops into Bahrain reforms that could “In terms of concrete American is that if you want to avoid the fate to help crush Shiite-led protests national security interests, Bah- of Mubarak, you need to move to- there. A tense telephone call be- lead to more rain-Saudi Arabia is the place,” ward genuine and gradual reform,” tween Obama and King Abdullah representation said Robert Malley, the Middle said Malley of the Crisis Group. on Wednesday, Arab officials said, East and North Africa program “But what the Saudis are hearing failed to ease the tensions. for Shiites under director with the International instead is that reform is actually “King Abdullah has been clear Sunni rule. Crisis Group. Saudi Arabia is the the path to Mubarak’s fate.” that Saudi Arabia will never allow second largest foreign supplier of In many ways, Malley and Shia rule in Bahrain — never,” an But “there’s not too much oil to the United States, and Bah- other Middle East experts say, the Arab official who was briefed on listening going on,” a senior ad- rain is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th crisis in Bahrain and Saudi Ara- the talks said. He said King Abdul- ministration official said, noting Fleet. bia makes dealing with Egypt and lah’s willingness to listen to the that Defense Secretary Robert M. Even if the United States could Tunisia look easy. While Egypt is Obama administration had “evap- Gates and Secretary of State Hill- wean itself from dependency on another crucial U.S. ally, Obama orated” since Mubarak was forced ary Rodham Clinton were forced Saudi oil, the kingdom, home to could publicly side with the pro- from office. to cancel visits to Saudi Arabia in the world’s largest petroleum re- testers in Tahrir Square without The Saudi position is rooted recent days because the king was serves, still can rock global mar- roiling global oil markets or invit- in the royal family’s belief that a not willing to host them. (The of- kets and slow economic recovery ing in Iran. Shiite uprising next door in Bah- ficial reason given was that he was in the United States and around The Obama administration has Are you dying to tell someone rain could spread and embolden ill.) “There appears to be a great the world. vested a lot of its hopes of resolv- Saudi Arabia’s own minority Shiite deal of annoyance still,” added the Beyond that, the United States ing the conflict in Bahrain with the your latest ephiphany? population and increase Iranian official, speaking only on the con- has long viewed Saudi Arabia as crown prince, Sheik Salman bin influence in the kingdom, a fear dition of anonymity. a last bulwark against an ascen- Hamad Al Khalifa, who is leading Write about it! that U.S. officials share. 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CDSA campaign meets confusion Fact or Fiction presents the following infor- mation on their website, http://factorfiction. Posters stir discussion about existence of female stereotypes mit.edu: Fact or Fiction, from Page 1 trum” poster, which depicts a corseted ery woman at MIT is an island or a back- A survey on alcohol-related violence Barbie holding a guitar on the extreme stabber, but that we could have a stron- disseminated to 2,400 MIT students Student Reactions of the East Campus side, while a Barbie ger and better community of women at during April 2010 revealed that: Although Trudeau called the response wearing a pencil skirt and holding a fold- M I T.” • 12.7 percent had shoved or pushed another to the campaign “overwhelmingly posi- er was shown on the West Campus side. According to Trudeau, “There are so person. tive,” citing positive feedback from the “I live on West Campus, and no one many women at MIT, and of course, this • 9.1 percent had hit or slapped someone. people who visited the Fact or Fiction looks like that all the time — people campaign can’t address issues for all of • 14.8 percent had teased someone to make photo booth and e-mails she received, just wear jeans and sweatpants,” said de them, but we felt that these issues were them angry. many students expressed confusion Bruijn. “I also know what the stereotypes strong enough that we wanted to talk • 19.9 percent had picked on someone. about the goals of the campaign and the are supposed to be, but I know EC girls, about them.” • 28.9 percent agreed with the statement, “If message of the posters. and I don’t have that stereotype. These “I feel like this is a good first step to- a woman is raped while she is drunk, she One poster contained descriptions of are all interesting post- ward looking more closely at women’s is- is at least somewhat responsible for letting the manipulative tactics of Rachel Berry FLIP BACK, p. 4 ers, but I don’t think sues on campus,” Trudeau added. things get out of control.” from Glee, with half labeled “fiction” — For opinion there’s a problem with The campaign is part of the CDSA’s • 27.9 percent agreed with the statement, even though all the described acts did commentary women at MIT.” larger MIT Alcohol-Related Violence “Rape accusations are often used as a way happen on the show. In response to the on the Fact Marie K. Herring ’11, Initiative (MARVIN), which deals with of getting back at men.” “Glee: Fact or Fiction” poster, Casey L. a member of the group social factors that contribute to violence • 16.6 percent agreed with the statement, Weber ’11 said, “I’m confused, are they or Fiction that designed the me- as a result of alcohol consumption. In “When women are raped, it’s often because saying that girls backstab each other? campaign. dia campaign, said that 2009, the CDSA was awarded a grant by the way they said ‘no’ was ambiguous.” That doesn’t seem positive. And also, even if people don’t the Department of Education to fund • 32.9 percent agreed with the statement, why is fact on one side and fiction on think they hold a stereotype, this cam- MARVIN, which required them to create “Men don’t usually intend to force sex on a another?” paign can at least make them question a media campaign to “disseminate accu- woman, but sometimes they get too sexu- Another poster depicted a spectrum, their beliefs. rate student perceptions of alcohol-re- ally carried away.” starting from a Barbie doll labelled “BU” “During our focus group, a lot of peo- lated violence.” To determine the subject wearing a sundress, ending on an equal- ple said that though they didn’t believe and content of the campaign, the CDSA Targeted focus groups with ly stylish Barbie labelled “MIT” holding they held these stereotypes, upon more sent out a mass e-mail to all female un- undergraduate women revealed the a laptop. Between the two Barbie dolls reflection, they’ve realized that based on dergraduates during late spring 2010, following perceptions of MIT women: were three similar, casually dressed what they’ve said and how they’ve acted inviting them to join a focus group. Over • They have poor social, communication & women labelled “Wellesley,” “MIT,” and in the past suggest that they still do. And the course of a few months, the focus conflict resolution skills. “BU,” in that order. In regards to “The if people really don’t have a stereotype, group — comprised of 17 undergradu- • They don’t have anyone to really confide in. College Girl Spectrum” poster, Daniel then at least the posters made them ate women — met to discuss potential • They are competitive in both their academic M. Manesh ’14 said, “I don’t understand think about it.” underlying reasons to explain the results & social lives. what stereotypes this poster is trying to But Jennifer T. Melot ’12 agreed that of the earlier April 2010 alcohol-related • They are often told that “MIT women are fight against. I guess I’m just not caught the significance of the problems might violence survey, according to Herring, smart, not pretty.” up on my stereotypes.” have been overstated. “I don’t see the a focus group member. “We found the • They lack strong female friendships. “But I guess it could mean that there’s claims made on the website as being a statistics about physical and relational • They are territorial over MIT men. essentially no difference between BU, problem. My interaction with females at aggression were higher than what we • They stereotype women based on where MIT, and Wellesley girls,” he added after MIT has been pretty warm and friendly, would have liked, and we came to the they live & who they are affiliated with. a moment of thought. “That’s probably so I was surprised this was even an is- conclusion that it was because of stereo- • They stereotype women from other schools. what it’s trying to say, at least.” sue,” she said. types that MIT women had about other • The media influences how they interact Other students wondered if the mes- However, Herring said, “We’re trying women and stereotypes from the media.” with other women. sages promoted by the posters were ac- to address the underlying cause of the From there, a smaller group, along • The media influences their perception of tually necessary. statistics, which is that women aren’t with two MIT student graphic design in- sexual assault & intimate relationships. Jennifer C. de Bruijn ’12 took issue seeing other women as allies. The goal of terns, met to generate the actual content with Fact or Fiction’s “The MIT Girl Spec- the campaign is clearly not to say that ev- that appears on the posters.

Flooding at East Campus

Source: MIT Fact Or Fiction, http://factorfiction.mit.edu Jeremy E. deGuzman The Fact or Fiction awareness campaign uses posters to challenge MIT under- The west parallel of East Campus flooded early Tuesday afternoon due to the instal- graduate women to question the influences on their female identity. However, many lation of a fire hydrant. Workers took most of the day to stop the flood. students found some of these posters confusing. 18 The Tech Friday, March 18, 2011

Courtesy of Google and GeoEye Kesennuma, home to more than 70,000, after the tsunami.

Steve Howland—The Tech Members of the MIT Figure Skating Club perform a themed routine based on The Charlie Daniel’s Band’s song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” during an event on March 17 to raise money for victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Individuals and groups from MIT and the Boston area performed a number of routines before the rink was opened for free skate. Donations and messages were collected, and proceeds Courtesy of DigitalGlobe from skate rentals also went toward disaster relief. Sendai port, 60 miles from Fukushima, was devastated by the disaster.

Meng Heng Touch—The Tech Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems Design, comments on the chain of events occurring in Japan and his view of the reaction of the Japanese people and government. He credited the strict Japanese building code with helping Patricia E. Gercik Tokyo survive the earthquake. Oye also praised the calmness of the Japanese people during the The earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused a major food shortage in Japan. disaster and their sense of duty to help others in need, but said their response contrasted with the Japanese government’s disorder in handling the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power plant. Professor Oye was in Japan last week when the disasters occurred. MIT’s messages to Japan Collected by the Japanese Association of MIT

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Japanese people. crying for the Our heart is Your friends in the U.S. We here at MIT Stay strong! The spirit of the Japanese continues to inspire us. & America are My thoughts and prayers are with praying for you Japan and the wonderful and strong with love!!! Even The Tech needs tech support Japanese people. The world is with you. and we’re looking for some. [email protected] Friday, March 18, 2011 The Tech 19 MIT discusses technical aspects of nuclear crisis Public forum describes Fukushima reactor explosions, NSE blogs about technical data Japan, Page 13 As the panel described, the Fukushima As Oye described to The Boston Globe in Monri estimated that there were about four plant consists of six boiling water reactors, their March 11 article, Oye first felt tremors new earthquakes at about magnitude 6.0 in FSC member, organized the event after con- but three of those (No. 4–6) were undergoing from the earthquake while sitting in a bus the days after the initial 9.0 magnitude quake. ceiving the idea Monday morning. Within 24 routine maintenance at the time of the disas- outside his hotel. Although far from the epicenter, Monri’s hours, the rink was reserved, the event was ter and were not active. The “movement was far more severe than friends in Tokyo have been feeling the effects: registered, and Lee had a full program of per- While the plant seemed to survive the anything I’ve ever felt in an earthquake be- “Every time they feel the tremor, they say how formances for the exhibition. earthquake “pretty well,” it was the tsuna- fore,” said Oye, who had lived in California scary it is, especially when they find out that “I’m extremely proud of the FSC’s phe- mi that did most of the damage that is now and traveled to Japan during previous earth- it’s not an aftershock. It is said that there has nomenal response in helping out, from vol- causing headaches for Japan. According to quakes, as the Globe reported. been over 190 aftershocks in the first three or unteering to skate in the show to volunteering Hutchinson, the first hydrogen explosion at The aftershocks came while Oye was in a four days.” to teach,” Lee said. reactor No. 3 on Saturday injured four people meeting. The onset seems to come straight Proceeds from this event will go directly and was followed by a second explosion on from a movie script. As Oye described, he first Inconsistent to JAM. The Zesiger Center also agreed to do- Monday morning. On this day, nuclear fuel noticed the “coffee in the cup started wiggling nate all proceeds from the skating rentals. rods were exposed after cooling water evapo- back and forth. The chandelier started mov- information relating to Last January, after the magnitude 7.0 earth- rated, so seawater was used to cool the rods; ing, and then you realize you’re moving, too.” the nuclear reactors is quake that devastated Haiti, the FSC organized a third explosion, this time in the No. 2 reac- Since Tokyo is more than 200 miles away a similar charity event called “Skate for Haiti.” tor, resulted in a containment breach, which from the epicenter, Oye remarked that the what concerns Monri Faculty Chair Professor Thomas A. Kochan increased the opportunity for the escape of scene in Tokyo was less severe than the dev- the most. was a leader in MIT’s response to the Haiti di- radioactivity. Within the next two days, fire astation witnessed in the northeast of Honshu saster, and he says he’s noticed similarities broke out at reactor 4. island. “One of my friends, who is in the middle of between the two situations. In response to At one point, radiation levels in Tokyo “No one was really aware of how serious job interviews, found out the night before that Haiti, he said, “we knew various faculty and were as high as 20 times background levels, the earthquake was. … In fact, it looked pretty during or before her interview there may be a according to Yanch, who then reasoned that normal [outside my hotel],” he said. The worst blackout, and had to look for alternative ways The Zesiger Center one would need to be exposed to these levels he noticed was the number of people out in the to get there. Another friend, whose family also agreed to donate for days to reach the same dosage as a single streets. lives in New Jersey, had to leave several hours chest X-ray. A third discussion of the nuclear reactor earlier than usual to get on a plane to the U.S., all proceeds from the Starting on March 13, students in the NSE situation was held by the MIT Energy Club on in order to arrive at the airport on time.” skating rentals. department maintained a blog of entries re- Thursday evening, which also covered the haz- Inconsistent information relating to the lated to the Japan crisis. As the site, http:// ards and implications of the disaster at the Fu- nuclear reactors is what concerns Monri the student groups had initiated a number of sep- mitnse.com, states, “The purpose of this blog is kushima plant. most. “The U.S. Embassy has ordered U.S. arate aid and recovery efforts but felt perhaps not to provide up-to-date information about On March 13, President military personnel helping with the relief ef- a more coordinated effort would be helpful the ongoing situation at the nuclear facilities Susan J. Hockfield wrote a forts to not go within [an] 80 km radius of the given the limited resources within Haiti.” in Fukushima, Japan, nor is it to promote to FLIP BACK, p. 6 letter in response to the cri- Daiichi plant, which is 60 km wider than what Commenting on the “impressive” number a pro-nuclear political agenda. Rather, we are For opinion sis, noting MIT’s wider com- the Japanese government has issued. That, of campus-wide efforts, he added, “In this trying to provide non-sensationalized, factual commen- munity in Japan “from our because I do not know what the underlying case, the decentralized efforts, along with the data from engineers in a manner that the gen- tary on the MISTI students, through the facts to that decision are, is really scaring me.” letter to the MIT community from President eral public can understand.” MIT Japan program, to fac- Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State Hockfield and the Chancellor’s good work in The first entry comes with a brief explana- crisis at the ulty members who work in updated its travel warning and recommend- reaching out to our Japanese students, may tion of the blog’s starting point: “The original Fukushima the region or collaborate with ed the evacuation of all U.S. citizens within 80 be the most appropriate responses.” post of Josef Oehmen appeared on Morgsat- reactor. Japanese colleagues, to our km of the plant. large. Due to the large and unexpected popu- alumni who come from or Monri took things into his own hands by Discussion of the nuclear reactor larity of the original post, Dr. Oehmen handed have settled in Japan.” developing a donation drive separate from crisis the blog to the [NSE] Department in an effort At the time, Hockfield wrote that more in- JAM’s, starting within his fraternity, Phi Delta On Tuesday, 10-250 was jam-packed with to correct the presented information and pro- formation from those who were “directly af- Theta. “I was only able to collect over $5,000 attendees for the MIT Department of Nuclear vide a starting point.” Since then, posts have fected” by the disaster was being collected, but within three days because my brothers were Science and Engineering (NSE) “Briefing on covered topics from radiation health effects confirmed that “we have accounted for many here with me at the booth [in the student cen- the Japan Nuclear Crisis,” featuring a panel of of volatile fission products such as Iodine-131 students, staff and faculty currently in Japan ter] allowing it to be manned almost all seven Professor Richard K. Lester PhD ’80, head of and Cesium-137, nuclear reactor decay heat and have determined that they are safe.” hours.” As of last night, that total had jumped the Department of Nuclear Science and En- (the NSE blog describes this as the energy de- Along with reaching out to those in Japan, to $6,000. gineering (NSE); Professor Mujid S. Kazimi posited into the fuel from the decay of radioac- Hockfield reassured the Japanese community “I cannot begin to explain how grateful I PhD ’73, director of the Center for Advanced tive isotopes), and spent fuel pools (“fuel after on MIT’s own campus, saying, “Current stu- am to the community for their support,” he Nuclear Energy Systems; NSE Professor Ian it has fueled a reactor,” according to the blog). dents from Japan enrolled at MIT have been added. According to his donation site, http:// H. Hutchinson; Dr. William B. McCarthy, On Wednesday, the MIT Center for In- contacted in the wake of the disaster, and we phidelts.mit.edu/japan-relief.html, “Phi Delta deputy director of the MIT Environmental ternational Studies, MIT-Japan Program, are offering support and guidance.” Theta will cover all transaction fees that may Health and Safety Office; NSE Professor Mi- and Department of Nuclear Science and Akira W. Monri ’12 is personally con- arise from sending this fund to Japan, in order chael W. Golay; and Dr. Jacquelyn C. Yanch, Engineering hosted its Starr Forum: Japan’s nected to the crisis. He’s been using e-mail to make sure that every cent donated gets to research affiliate of NSE. Nuclear Crisis. Among the three speakers, and social media to keep in touch with family the Japanese Red Cross.” According to Monri, The purpose of this public forum was to including Samuels and Golay, Political Sci- and friends in his hometown of Tokyo. “From “Phi Delts will be around on campus even af- educate the MIT community with a technical ence Professor Kenneth A. Oye, offered his what I hear from my friends in Tokyo, there are ter spring break, with Japanese treats for sale description of the nuclear reactors in Japan perspective after returning from Tokyo for a countless aftershocks, some of which are not to further raise the relief fund to send to the and to answer questions from the audience. business meeting. even aftershocks and are new earthquakes.” Japanese Red Cross.” Nuclear plant safety questioned by scientist group Cambridge watchdog group accuses NRC of ignoring and delaying needed repairs By Tom Zeller Jr. and whether safety and oversight procedures ders a special inspection. closely and that they will harvest any lessons The new york times needed to be revisited. The 14 special inspections involved plants as they become clear. David McIntyre, a spokesman for the com- in 12 states and nine corporate owners, includ- But in a conference call in which he dis- With Japan’s nuclear industry fac- mission, said the fact that the organization ing large players like Exelon, Duke Energy, and cussed Thursday’s report, Edwin Lyman, a ing intense scrutiny after the devastating had reports of problems to scrutinize suggest- Pacific Gas & Electric. Progress Energy, a utility senior scientist with the Union of Concerned earthquake and tsunami, critics of nuclear ed that the regulatory system was working. operating five nuclear facilities in the Carolinas Scientists, argued that one such lesson was al- power in the United States are increasingly “We have resident inspectors stationed full and Florida, was singled out as being particu- ready at hand: the need for a wider evacuation shining a spotlight on U.S. regulators and time at each plant,” McIntyre said, “and if they larly problematic, with four of its plants being zone around U.S. nuclear plants. power companies. say our inspectors are catching these things among the 14 that required special inspections. Lyman criticized a recommendation In a report released Thursday, the Union of then that says they’re doing their job.” In one instance described in the report, a Wednesday by the NRC that Americans in Concerned Scientists, an environmental and The report by the Union of Concerned high-voltage power cable at Progress Energy’s Japan remain at least 50 miles from the Fuku- nuclear watchdog group based in Cambridge, Scientists examined 14 instances in 2010 in Robinson Nuclear Power Plant, near Harts- shima Daiichi plant, which Jaczko, the com- Mass., accused the federal Nuclear Regula- which significant problems at nuclear power ville, S.C., failed, causing a fire. “Hours after the mission chairman, said was leaking radiation tory Commission of allowing companies that facilities set off special inspections by federal fire had been put out, workers re-energized the at rates far higher than Japanese government operate plants to ignore, or delay repairs to, regulators — incidents characterized by the cable that had started it all,” Lochbaum said. officials had suggested. leaky pipes, electrical malfunctions and other regulators as “near misses.” Reports on such “It was still failed, and ignited a second fire.” Lyman suggested the commission was be- problems that could escalate into something incidents are made available publicly by the Responding to the report, Mike Hughes, ing hypocritical: The official evacuation zone more serious. regulatory commission. a spokesman for Progress Energy, said: “We surrounding nuclear power plants in the Unit- “It’s like the spinning wheels on a slot Twelve of the events involved lingering have the highest safety standards for our nu- ed States is only 10 miles, although critics have machine,” David Lochbaum, the author of safety problems, among them leaky roofs and clear plants and our employees, and we work long urged that it be increased. the report and the director of the organiza- floods near safety equipment, faulty pumps, continuously to improve safety. We remain The agency “should not be using different tion’s nuclear safety program, said in a pre- rusty pipes, fires, and inadvertent shutdowns. focused on addressing each of the events last standards for Americans abroad than it does pared statement. “One ingredient showing up Two others involved compromises in plant se- year that led to special inspections.” at home,” Lyman said. causes a puddle on the floor. Two ingredients curity, though details on those were not made Questions of risk and emergency prepared- Citing plants like the Indian Point nuclear yield a near miss. All three ingredients show- public. ness at nuclear power plants have gained new plant, about 35 miles north of New York City, ing up can cause nuclear disaster.” Special inspections are typically done prominence globally as people watch the op- Lyman, a physicist and member of the Insti- The report echoes more general concerns when a problem increases the possibil- erators at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nu- tute of Nuclear Materials Management, called raised Wednesday in congressional hear- ity of nuclear core damage by a factor of at clear Power Plant in Japan fight to stave off a it “utterly unrealistic” to expect that a parallel ings, when the chairman of the NRC, Gregory least 10. But the report’s authors said opera- full-scale nuclear meltdown. Nuclear regula- evacuation could be undertaken should a di- Jaczko, fielded questions from lawmakers tors should be catching and repairing those tors and Obama administration officials have saster like the earthquake or tsunami in Japan about the age of the nation’s nuclear plants problems long before the commission or- said they are watching the situation in Japan occur in the United States.

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