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Volume 133, Number 63 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 CPW events restricted to before 1 a.m. Established 1881 No CPW events can take place 1 to 6 a.m. By Rosa Ruiz Staff Reporter

Prefrosh at this year’s Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) will be the first to experience a new policy restricting late night events: CPW events must now end by 1 a.m. and can begin again at 6 a.m. Spontaneous events, such as an impromptu movie showing, can still take place, but will not be listed in the booklet. For the past couple of years, the rule has been that all events with an end time past 3 a.m. must have a safety plan to get prefrosh home, but there had been no set end time. Established 1881 According to the Student Activities Of- fice (SAO) Student Organization Handbook, Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech “All events must end no later than 1 a.m.” The Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, there was an accident on Memorial Drive and Mass. Ave. allegedly involving a taxi and a Institute-wide policy was implemented in the SafeRide Boston All shuttle. 1990s around the same time as a rash of vio- lent events at large parties, which included two shootings and a stabbing. The Campus Police and Campus Activities Complex (CAC) ini- tially banned all large late-night parties, and Mystery Hunt coin found in Courtyard presumably eventually reached the 1 a.m. rule, according to Assistant Director of Admissions Random Hall team wins Alice in Wonderland-themed hunt in 38 hours and CPW Coordinator Katie A. Kelley. In past years, a lack of communication be- By William Navarre Average team hourly puzzle submission rate tween the SAO and the CPW advisory commit- Staff Reporter tee, which consists of various representatives 5 6PM Fri 6AM Sat 6PM Sat 6AM Sun 6PM Sun from groups involved in CPW, including the This year’s MIT Mystery Hunt — themed CAC, SAO, and FSILG (Fraternity, Sorority, and “Alice in Wonderland” — began Friday Established 1881 Independent Living Groups) offices, led to the with a Kresge Kickoff at noon and officially CPW committee approving events at all hours. ended Monday afternoon after a wrap-up 4 Although the 1 a.m. policy was mentioned ceremony in 26-100. The team “One Fish, last year during a meeting of the committee, Two Fish, Random Fish, Blue Fish” of Ran- it was too close to the date of the weekend, dom Hall won at 2:30 a.m. Sunday after so CPW went on as planned. However, when about 38 hours of searching. the policy was brought up again at one of this The winning team’s name “One Fish, 3 year’s meetings, the committee agreed to put Two Fish, Random Fish, Blue Fish” was it into practice in order to be consistent with purposefully based on a work of literature Institute policy. Students were not consulted to parody last year’s winning team, whose before the decision was made. name was the full text of the book Atlas “The process surrounding the decision Shrugged, according to team leader Adam 2 demonstrates an unacceptable lack of collabo- P. Rosenfield ’08. Rosenfield said that Ran- ration with student leaders and the student dom last won in 2005 and that, while the body as a whole,” wrote DormCon president Eli team is happy to have won and looks for- H. Ross ’14 in an email to The Tech. “The policy ward to planning next year’s hunt, the team choice was made and then simply relayed to values having fun over winning. 1 relevant groups—many of which would have “The Internet has always been a huge had valuable input into the earlier discussion part of our problem solving strategy,” process.” Rosenfield said. They have a custom server According to Kelley, the policy is “not due to

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Limited IAP Q.E.D. save our salon being 100 years old contemporary SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 Net neutrality decision is a setback to series: Techemon makes you cranky street artist Opinion ��4 democratic discourse. opinion, p. 4 Massachu’s only Uppercut: “Get off my D*Face’s new Arts ��7 moves: “Growl” and Why go to charm school... damn lawn!” Happy 100 monograph sheds light Fun Pages ��5 “Procrastinate.” years, Tim Beaver. on the life of an urban Sports ��12 fun, p. 6 ...when you can make everything seem Fun, p. 5 artist. arts, p. 7 easier by taking Orgo 2? fun, p. 6 2 The Tech Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Former Virginia governor and D his wife are indicted States cutting weeks of aid Former Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Mau- reen, were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of accepting some $140,000 in loans and gifts in exchange for pro- to the jobless moting the business of a political patron. The 14-count indictment filed by the U.S. attorney for the East- By Annie Lowrey last payment Dec. 28. Starting Jan. 1, ting back on support for the jobless.

worl ern District of Virginia included charges of bribery and fraud re- The New York Times the maximum period of unemploy- The state’s unemployment rate has lating to the McDonnells’ relationship with Jonnie Williams Sr., ment payments dropped to 26 weeks plummeted to 7.4 percent from 8.8

n the chief executive of Star Scientific, a maker of dietary supple- RIEGELWOOD, N.C. — Last July, in most states, down from as long as percent, the sharpest drop in the ments, who hoped to use the governor to promote his products. North Carolina sharply cut its un- 73 weeks. country. The indictment accuses the McDonnells of lying on loan employment program, reducing the With that move, the country’s Nationally, economists expect the applications by failing to disclose money advanced to them by maximum number of weeks of ben- safety net for jobless workers has un- economy to respond much as North Williams. Once a rising Republican star, mentioned as a pos- efits to 20 from 73 and reducing the dergone a sudden transformation, Carolina’s has. But statistics don’t tell sible running mate for Mitt Romney in 2012 and an aspirant for maximum weekly benefit as well. from one aimed at providing modest the full story. North Carolina still has his party’s 2016 presidential nomination, McDonnell has taken a The rest of the country is now fol- but sustained protection to workers nearly 350,000 listed as officially un- atio spectacular fall since details of his connection with Williams sur- lowing North Carolina’s lead. A fed- weathering a tough labor market to employed, and many more, includ- faced last spring. eral program supplying extra weeks one intended to give relatively short- ing those living in depressed rural McDonnell, who last summer announced that he was return- of benefits to the long-term unem- term aid before spurring workers to areas, have given up even looking ing the gifts and loans, has long maintained that he never did any- ployed expired at the end of 2013, accept a job, any job. for a job. For them, the safety net is thing for Williams or his company that he would not have done and congressional Democrats failed It is still early, but the results in gone, and countless families, large- for any other Virginia business. in an effort to revive it. About 1.3 mil- North Carolina suggest there are ly out of sight, have slipped deeper He apologized in his last address to the General Assembly on lion jobless workers received their both gains and losses from cut- into poverty. Jan. 8 for the scandal. The controversy also cast a shadow over

& N the campaign of the Republican candidate who sought to suc- ceed him, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, who lost in November to Terry McAuliffe. —Trip Gabriel, The New York Times Same-sex newlyweds sue Utah $28,000 a night: hotels race to

orld cater to the superrich after series of rulings In most hotels, luxury is measured by the thread count of the linens (minimum 400, please) or the brand of the bathroom toi- By Jack Healy ity to obtain health care coverage as viding name changes, new driver’s letries. But for those at the highest end of the market, where the The New York Times spouses, to adopt children together

W licenses and other marital benefits only restraint on consumption is how conspicuous they want to legally or to make medical decisions to same-sex couples. That ended be, a race to the top has broken out, with hotels outdoing one an- DENVER — The legal saga in if a spouse or family member were to Jan. 6, when the U.S. Supreme Court other to serve this tiny, if highly visible, niche. Utah over same-sex marriage grew fall ill. agreed with Utah’s request to block Take the Jewel Suite by Martin Katz at the New York Palace, even more complicated Tuesday, More than 1,300 same-sex cou- the judge’s ruling temporarily, halt- one of two recently opened specialty suites. The three-story, as four couples who had married ples rushed to exchange vows after a ing any further same-sex marriages 5,000-square-foot space — a sort of penthouse Versailles — re- during the brief window that Utah federal judge in Salt Lake City over- while Utah officials appeal the case sembles a jewel box, albeit one with its own private elevator and permitted such weddings sued the turned the state’s ban on same-sex to a higher court. views of the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings. state over its recent decision not to marriage last month. The judge ruled Shortly after the Supreme Court It’s hard to imagine Louis XIV being left wanting. The floor recognize their marriages or provide that Utah’s laws limiting marriages to issued the stay, Utah officials said the in the entryway, on the 53rd floor, is glittering, black marble, ar- any new state benefits to same-sex one man and one woman deprived ban on same-sex marriages was now ranged in a sunburst pattern while a 20-foot crystal chandelier newlyweds. gay couples of their fundamental back in effect and that those mar- hangs from the ceiling. And then there are the jewels themselves: The American Civil Liberties right to marry. riages that had already taken place More than a million dollars of the jewelry designer’s work is dis- Union of Utah, which filed the law- For about 2 1/2 weeks, same-sex were, effectively, “on hold.” The offi- played in five museum-like cases in the entryway. Such grandeur suit on their behalf, said that Utah’s marriage was the law across Utah, cials said they would not revoke any — or excess, depending on your point of view — is all there for the decision had thrown hundreds of a socially conservative state, with benefits they had already granted, taking, starting at $25,000 a night. new marriages into uncertainty, county clerks performing same-sex but said they would also stop provid- —Martha C. White, The New York Times depriving gay couples of the abil- weddings and state officials pro- ing new benefits.

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www.mckinsey.com/careers nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Wednesday, January 22, 2014 The Tech 3 Woman is chosen to lead Central WORLD & Nati Thai leaders declare emergency African Republic out of mayhem rule in response to protests BANGUI, Central African Republic — Cheers broke out in the National Assembly building here Monday as representatives chose the mayor of this beleaguered capital to serve as the interim presi- By Thomas Fuller ing government offices and banks “We will keep fighting until we dent of the Central African Republic, a country in the grip of a sec- The New York Times in recent days and threatening and win,” Suthep said, describing his tarian civil war. harassing government officials. The protest movement as nonviolent Catherine Samba-Panza, 58, will be the first woman to lead BANGKOK — The embattled imposition of the decree will “allow and distinct from the “terrorists” the nation, and she will probably serve for a little over a year, with government of Prime Minister the democratic process and Thai- who protested against him in 2010. the goal of leading it to national elections. Her appointment came Yingluck Shinawatra declared the land to move forward,” he said. Suthep, who faces murder from an unusual assortment of unelected rebel sympathizers, poli- imposition of emergency rule in Protesters have been attacked charges related to the 2010 crack- ticians, artists and others who have filled in as a substitute parlia- Bangkok and surrounding areas on by unknown assailants in recent down, late Tuesday renewed a ment for a nation so fractured that it has suffered a total breakdown

Tuesday, suggesting a more aggres- days. Three grenade attacks left one threat to shut down Thailand’s air of the state in recent months. on sive posture toward anti-govern- person dead and dozens injured. traffic control office, but he also Now, hopes are high here that she can halt this impoverished ment protesters who have occupied The government and the protesters said he would rest on Wednesday nation’s precipitous “free fall,” as the U.N. secretary-general, Ban parts of the city during the past two have blamed each other for those for medical reasons. Ki-moon, put it in a statement Monday. months and are seeking to over- attacks. In recent weeks the government There was singing and dancing in the streets of the dilapidated WORLD & Nati throw the government. The emergency decree, which is has been lauded by foreign govern- capital on Monday afternoon, and inside the cavernous chamber But officials said they had no valid for 60 days, was passed under ments, including the United States of the assembly, female spectators broke into joyful shouts, cheers plans to crack down on protesters, the same law that another govern- and European countries, for its re- and trilling. The consensus, in the chamber and on the street, was who have escalated their campaign ment used in 2010 to launch a mili- straint in handling the protests. The that men had inexorably led the country into a spiral of vicious vio- over the past week by blocking gov- tary crackdown that left dozens of police have not tried to arrest Su- lence, and that the only hope was for a woman to lead it out. ernment offices, taking over ma- people dead. Underlining the see- thep despite a court-issued warrant Samba-Panza defeated seven other candidates, including the jor intersections and staging daily saw power struggle that has gripped for rebellion against the state. sons of two former presidents and a man whose claim to hold de- marches across Bangkok. Thailand for the better part of the In addition to the emergency grees that no other Central Africans possess drew hoots of derision The emergency decree enacted past eight years, the man respon- decree, the government on Tues- in the assembly chamber Monday. Tuesday gives the government the sible for the crackdown four years day put a combative government —Adam Nossiter, The New York Times power to invoke curfews, censor the ago, Suthep Thaugsuban, a former minister and former police officer, news media, disperse gatherings deputy prime minister, is now lead- Chalerm Yubamrung, in charge of In files, a history of sexual abuse and use military force to “secure ing the anti-government protests. security. Suthep is trying to disrupt order.” “I know about this well,” Suthep elections scheduled for Feb. 2 that by priests in Chicago archdiocese Surapong Tovichakchaikul, said to his supporters, discussing Yingluck and her allies seem cer- Thailand’s foreign minister, said the the decree. He stepped down from tain to win. The opposition Demo- CHICAGO — Thousands of documents gleaned from the per- move was necessary because pro- power after his party lost a general crat Party, which is allied with Su- sonnel files of the Archdiocese of Chicago were released to the on testers had broken the law by block- election in 2011. thep, is boycotting the election. public Tuesday, unspooling a lurid history of abuse by priests and halting responses from bishops in the country’s third-largest archdiocese. In each case, the priests ultimately died or were ousted from WORLD & Nati ministry, and in most cases, the allegations were never proved in a criminal court. But the documents suggest that church officials Human Rights Watch criticizes were at times quite solicitous toward priests accused of abuse. On Tuesday, shortly after the documents were posted online, the Archdiocese of Chicago published on its website a statement inaction on Syria again apologizing for abuse by priests and declaring, “The Archdio- cese acknowledges that its leaders made some decisions decades By Melissa Eddy showing scarred, emaciated corpses effort,” Roth said. ago that are now difficult to justify.” and Chris Cottrell offered “direct evidence” of mass tor- Human Rights Watch said the rest A few hours later, abuse victims and their lawyers gathered in The New York Times ture by Syrian government forces. of the world had done too little to in- the 23rd-floor ballroom of a downtown hotel, lined up in front of Kenneth Roth, the executive tervene in Syria to protect civilians, posters and a video screen displaying photographs of priests ac- BERLIN — The advocacy group director of Human Rights Watch, in contrast with the efforts mounted cused of abusing minors. At the side of a lectern sat three card- Human Rights Watch sharply criti- which has its headquarters in New by France, the United States and the board boxes filled with copies of the files. cized international powers Tuesday York, said the images were consistent United Nations in African countries Jeff Anderson, a lawyer who has represented numerous victims for the way they are dealing with the with what his organization had seen like the Central African Republic and of clergy sexual abuse around the nation, said the documents de- civil war in Syria, saying that the de- when it visited detention centers in South Sudan. picted a “systematic, ongoing, decades-long, continuous pattern of sire to bring President Bashar Assad’s Syria. The photographs, provided to President Barack Obama’s record conscious choices by top officials of the archdiocese,” and argued on government to the negotiating table the Syrian opposition by a man who on national security issues was criti- that church officials were complicit in the abuse when they failed should not become a pretext for fail- described himself as a defector from cized in the report, from the contin- to remove abusers from ministry. Most of the abuse described in ing to protect civilians caught in the Assad’s security forces, highlight the ued existence of the detention center the documents was alleged to have taken place years ago; about conflict, which has claimed more importance of opening up Syrian in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to what half of the accused priests are dead, and many of the victims have WORLD & Nati than 100,000 lives. detention facilities to international the group called the unlawful killing already been given financial settlements from the archdiocese. The group included the criticism inspection, he said. of civilians through drone attacks in But the victims have pressed for public release of the files, argu- in an annual accounting of human Speaking at a news conference in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. ing that the comprehensive set of documents will provide an im- rights records around the world Berlin, Roth said that Western gov- Egypt, Myanmar and Thailand, portant form of reckoning, chronicling what church officials did, Tuesday, the day before an inter- ernments, and especially the United as well as Ukraine were singled and did not do, when they learned of accusations that priests had national peace conference on the States, had not spoken out strongly out as examples where govern- molested minors. Syrian conflict was set to begin in enough about the violence for fear ments pledged to make democratic “For some of us it will be answers, for some of us it will be peace Montreux, Switzerland. that it could endanger the peace changes that never came to frui- of mind, for some of us it’s wanting to know, but for all of us it’s a Separately, a team of legal and talks. tion. Human Rights Watch praised start,” said Angel Santiago, 47, who won a $700,000 settlement from forensic experts commissioned by “It is essential that the mass the resulting widespread protests as the archdiocese in 2011 after accusing the Rev. Joseph L. Fitzharris the government of Qatar said Mon- atrocities being committed in Syria an indication that the public is not of abusing him in the early 1980s. day that thousands of photographs be a parallel focus of any diplomatic willing to be denied basic freedoms. —Steven Yaccino and Michael Paulson, The New York Times

Weather on 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 Snow, wind, brutal cold 40°N By Allison A. Wing was expected across Eastern STAFF METEorologist Massachusetts and Rhode Is- WORLD & Nati land, making for our first major With the arrival of another snowfall since the 15.1 inches winter storm, another com- we received in the January 2-3 1020 35°N mon meteorological term has storm. While the snow may stop 984 entered the popular lexicon: around midday today, it will still bombogenesis. Bombogenesis be brutally cold, thanks to tem- 1027 refers to the rapid intensifica- peratures in the teens and blus- 1013 1024 tion of a mid-latitude cyclone tery north winds - combining to 30°N (specifically, a surface pressure create wind chill values near or decrease of 24 hPa or more in below 0°F. Quite a contrast from 24 hour period). The system the mild temperatures of last that brought snowfall to the week! Tomorrow and Friday the Northeast beginning yesterday skies will clear, but it will remain afternoon developed rapidly off chilly with daytime highs in the 25°N the Virginia coast, prompting teens and lows in the single dig- the use of the term bombogen- its. The weekend should bring

esis in several media reports. A a return to temperatures in the on total of 8 to 14 inches of snow 30°Fs.

Extended Forecast W Today: Snow. High 17°F (-8°C). North winds at 15–20 mph, Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Wednesday, January 22, 2014 gusting to 35 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 2°F (-17°C). Northwest winds Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols o Snow Rain at 10–15 mph. Fog Trough High Pressure R Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 17°F (-8°C). Low 3°C (-16°C). Showers Thunderstorm West winds at 10–15 mph. Warm Front

Light l Low Pressure Haze Friday: Sunny. High 17°F (-8°C). Low 12°F (-11°C). West Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT D winds at 8–13 mph. Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech 4

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- The Tech n. 28 Laurence King Laurence a . n. 22 – J a J After experiencing D*Face’s thought thought experiencingAfter D*Face’s The Art of D*Face: One Art of D*Face: The Man and his Dog By D*Face Laurence King 2013 November your hands; it’s just going to cause pain and and pain cause to going just hands;your it’s frustration.” start you and journey as an artist, process is based success on his His the guy. like to and something creative drive create to and his de- of danger, wonderful, his love is short, D*Face In a statement. make to sire artist street a became who guy regular a just - re worked and passionate he was because to definitely something and that’s hard, ally by. be inspired day [email protected] s ts end your campus events to - - day S s rday day day nes day r u d day i e ven — 3-133 Attenborough Sir David with Life sion for Dining Baker Gatsby — New House-House 1 — New Gatsby — 37-252 lecture Worlds Music Librarythe Lewis — 14E-109 — 14N-188 in the 1950s at MIT Snapshot of Life tion: The Role of Music in the “Arab Spring” — — Spring” “Arab of Music in the Role The tion: 3-133 Marathon — 26-100 Auditorium 8th — Kresge Dvorak Chapel W15-Main — 66-144 signatures un r E CSC presents Dessert Night — Night — p.m.) CSC presents Dessert – 10 (9:00 p.m. Thu Great The – 4:00 p.m.) Mobile Marathon: a.m. (10:00 Alien on of Sunset – 2:30 p.m) In Search (2:00 p.m. F – 1:00(12:00 p.m.) Library p.m. Music! Open Mic in A to the Beavers: it Leave – 3:30 p.m.) (2:00 p.m. W – 7:30 p.m.) Documentary(5:30 p.m. Pas Screening: Tues - and Revolu Rock, – 5:00(3:00 Rai, p.m.) Rap, p.m. Sat Annual Science Fiction 36th shows (7:00 p.m.) LSC S performs IAP Orchestra – 2:30 p.m.) (1:00 p.m. — – 9:00(7:00 p.m.) Middle Eastern Drumming p.m. Mon in odd time Music Jam, World – 9:30 p.m.) (8:00 p.m. shows a woman resting her head on a packing crate that on a packing resting her head a woman shows Larry Horricks Larry falls short falls Jack Ryan: Shadow Shadow Ryan: Jack Urban art is compelling because it is is it artbecause is compelling Urban and exhibitions, telling us why and how and how us why telling and exhibitions, the artist, As an urban them. he created as of the piece as exciting is often creation captured and both are the finished work, min- spend 20 could You within the plates. make alone and the pictures at looking utes that but work, on D*Face’s judgment a snap tryingwould be like the im- understand to art without knowing of a piecepact of street This won’t get it. just — you put it was where provides booktext the is effective because his work, appreciate to context enough just if someeven of it seems derivative. us gives temporary.and D*Face dangerous art be to a street like it’s a glimpse of what beautiful. are and some of his insights ist, describing his experienceIn of ice carv the fleeting he compares in the Arctic, ing temporary, art. “It’s urban of ice to nature no lon- and positioned it’s and once made Trying of the ownership retain to ger yours. trying piece is like ice in keep to physical tarring Chris Pine, Costner, Kevin ated PG-13 Keira Knightley, and Kenneth Branagh R playing Now HHH✩✩ Jack Shadow Ryan: Recruit Directed Kenneth by Branagh S Cathy Muller (Keira Knightley) in Knightley) (Keira Muller Cathy installment in the action thriller series. , the fifth Recruit - - - After the initial chunk of text, the book of text, chunk the initial After After experiencing thought D*Face’s process and journey as an artist, you start to like the guy. becomes a series of short sections of text surveys of his comprehensive followed by specific projects about talks D*Face work. of consumer and military culture. Some Some militaryand consumer of culture. documentary of purely are photographs massive wild,his the as in such works his - Other photo murals. Lichtenstein-inspired in themselves — beautiful works are graphs or his workspace of collages photographed act of him in the illegal capturing pictures installation. at Broadway and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, Avenue and Bedford at Broadway works, One of D*Face’s “Handle with care.” cautions - - Laurence King Laurence riter Staff W arah Weir Sarah Staff writer By Edwina Portocarrero By The Art of D*Face: One Man and of D*Face: Art The

I also wouldn’t classify this book as bookthis as alsoI wouldn’t classify As an action thriller it will do its job at making you you As an action thriller it will making do its job at When people I told writing a book I was But Ryan is too good a boy to be entertaining any any be to entertaining is too good a boy Ryan But A former student of economics at the London of economics at A former School student Jack Ryan, a dashing blue-eyed young man eager to to eager man blue-eyed young a dashing Ryan, Jack

and graphic design and is often a critique and is often design and graphic ration. His work is inspired by pop art by is inspired work His ration. - and inspi of his work with photographs language is matter-of-fact and scattered and scattered is matter-of-fact language has allowed him to create large-scale ex large-scale create allowed him to has in LA. statues” Oscar “Zombie size The it helped him focus, and how his success his success and how it helped him focus, of two life- the installation like hibitions, D*Face tells us how he got into art, how how art, got he into how us tells D*Face collection of his work. In the beginning, the beginning, In collection of his work. much about D*Face as a person as it is a D*Face about much strictly an artist’s monograph, as it’s as as as it’s monograph, strictly an artist’s that’s what makes it unique. makes what that’s about D*Face — his life and work — and — and — his life and work D*Face about would not pay to go to see. would not pay this book but is entirely tioned a few times, by the “most unlikely person” … An entertaining film I person” film … An entertaining unlikely the “most by is men- word “B” and the Fairey Shepard by the completion of the mission and a riddle that’s solved solved riddle and a mission of the that’s completion the is The foreword artist. urban lesser-known godlike light emitting from the presidential office upon office upon the presidential from emitting light godlike this apparently to credibility give to ping meetings in the forest, gratuitous beatings of employees, of employees, beatings gratuitous in the forest, meetings - name-drop and Banksy, Fairey Shepard the blanks and some others that were just plain cheesy: cheesy: plain just were and somethe blanks that others for the book about talks material motional were a few scenes that told you all you needed to fill in needed all you fill in to you told a few scenes that were pro- The different.” but Banksy, who is like as the story goes, it is just so predictable! Gosh, there Gosh, there soas the story predictable! it is just goes, this artist D*Face called about “it’s replied, wish you had a tablet of Pepto-Bismol on you. But as far as far But on you. of Pepto-Bismol a tablet had wish you I “No,” Bansky?” it everyone ly “Is me asked protects the whole operation. the whole protects Viktor, Jack hacks their system and William monitors and and monitors and William their system hacks Jack Viktor, near monograph, artist’s on a street review volved, and she has to play along. While she flirts along. with play to and she has volved, on a quest to save the US. At that point everyone point is in- that At the US. save to on a quest relieved to learn his beau is not a cheater but a CIA agent a CIA agent but is not a cheater his beau learn to relieved cious girl’s surprise visit. The truth comes out and she is surprise The truth is out and she comes visit. girl’s cious coming murder attempt, he has to deal with deal to - his suspi he has attempt, murder coming rorist attack. He is flown to Moscow where, after a after wel- where, Moscow to is flown He attack. rorist are plotting to sink the U.S. economy and execute a ter and execute economy the U.S. sink to plotting are Led by Viktor Cheverin (Kenneth Branagh) the Russians the Russians Branagh) Cheverin (Kenneth Led Viktor by transactions that look like a threat. And he finds them. them. finds he And threat. a look like that transactions fantasies of infidelity. His mind is busy looking for fishy for fishy looking busy His mind is of infidelity. fantasies and fear he has an affair. he has and fear lead a secret double life, making his fiancée suspicious suspicious his fiancée making life, double a secret lead undercover at Wall Street. His profession obliges him to to him obliges profession His Street. Wall at undercover father-figure, William Harper (Kevin Costner), to work to Costner), work Harper (Kevin William father-figure, of Economics, Ryan is recruited by a CIA-agent-turned- a by recruited is Ryan Economics, of is not based on a Clancy novel. is not based on a Clancy novel. Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck, though this time the story the time this though Benand Affleck, Ford Harrison love with his nurse, future fiancée Cathy (Keira Knight (Keira Cathy fiancée future with his nurse, love Alec Baldwin, by played Clancy, previously Tom by ated ed — helicopter accident. While recovering, he falls in he falls in While recovering, ed accident. — helicopter - cre is a character Ryan Jack that. weley). all know But serve depict his countryterriblea suffers — and grossly his Dog. book, book, he cover of street artist D*Face’s D*Face’s artist of street The cover

Stunning insight into the life and work of a contemporary and work street artist insight into the life Stunning D*Face’s newD*Face’s monograph

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MovieReview Wednesday, January Wednesday, 22, 2014 8 The Tech Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Film exhibition review Inspirational, humorous, and touching ICA screening presents the best of an animation festival By Edwina Portocarrero Staff writer

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest of its kind in North America, bringing the talent, incredible dedication and patience of many crazy creative minds since the mid 70s. The ICA screening, presenting the best of the festival was nothing short of a great time. Inspirational, soul satisfying, humorous, touching: the emotional range was wide, and so were the techniques; from computer generated to dripping ink, the selection had the audience on a delightful trip, jump- Arts Arts Art S ing from one brilliant brain to another. One of the great things about animation is the freedom it grants the creator to say, do, imagine and ultimately represent in any way whatsoever that he or she wants: from long narratives with funky turns to just simply fun; the selection included the winners for experimental, narrative, best short,

A RTS best Canadian and the Walt Disney award for best graduation animation. From computer generated to dripping ink, the selection had us on a delightful trip, jumping from one brilliant brain to another.

Among the favorites were Oh Willy... by Emma de Swaef and Marc James. Over 15 minutes long and created with nothing but textiles, wooly Willy returns to visit his dying Thomas Stellmach and Maja Oschmann mother to the nudist colony she lives in, whereupon going for A frame from the filmVirtuoso Virtual, one of the films shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art’s screening of a a stroll in the forest, his fate changes completely upon finding selection from the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival. motherly love in the strangest of creatures. Among its many accolades it took the prize for Best Narrative Short Animation. is a 2D, 3D and live action ménage, taking us to a dream-like The Best Experimental/Abstract Animation award went to experience, where time and space converge, trapping a one- Best of the Ottawa Thomas Stellmach and Maya Oschmann’s Virtuoso Virtual. eyed man in a lonely and hellish never-ending trip. It won the International Animation The Alchemist by German composer Louis Spohr is animated Nelvana Grand Prize for Best Short Animation. through the use of dripping, jetting, splashing and splattering This was one of the best uses of an hour of your time, Festival 2013 ink, making a beautiful abstract choreography. guaranteed! Unfortunately, the exhibition is over, but the ICA Ohayo Carotene by Saky Iyori perked us all up with its offers a number of other short film screenings that may be simplicity of drawings, repetitive actions, and colorful, play- worth checking out. Psychedelic Cinema, featuring footage The Institute of Contemporary ful dancing characters. “Wake up, it is morning! This is the that was projected during historic performances by Jimi Hen- Art beginning of a new day!” is the description, and I cannot do drix, Santana, The Who, and others, will be screened on Feb. it better justice! 9 at 7–8 p.m., and there will be multiple screenings of Oscar- Surreal, dark, ominous Lonely Bones by Dutch artist Rosto, nominated short films on Feb. 13, 16, and 17. Jan. 9 and 18–19, 2014

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News briefs, from Page 1 The courses included in the enrollees, outnumbering all the CPW events not report included an introduction women together. The best-repre- MIT and Harvard. to electricity and magnetism, sented countries among students It costs nothing to register, a course on the economics of on edX are the U.S., India, the so completion rates cannot be poverty around the world, and U.K., Brazil, and Canada. permitted 1-6 a.m. compared to those in traditional another about heroes in ancient Many involved in MOOCs classes, they contend. And certi- Greek literature. say that they not only provide an fication is not always the goal for In addition to certification enormous public good but also Follows 1 a.m. Institute policy these students — or the instruc- rates, the researchers also exam- represent an opportunity for re- tors, many of whom encouraged ined the demographics of edX search in education, given the CPW, from Page 1 ed out some risks that it might students to participate only to the students. Men who had bach- unprecedented amounts of data create. “I think that there are extent that they found the experi- elor’s degrees and were 26 or that can be collected. safety concerns surrounding late more safety concerns involved ence useful. older comprised 31 percent of the —Leon Lin night events.” Furthermore, there with not having late-night Besides, even with an average will be exceptions. Currently, events; it’s easy to imagine many certification rate of 6 percent, the HackMIT and Mystery Hunt ex- pre-frosh wandering around in sheer number of people partici- tend past 1 a.m., but CPW will the middle of the night with no pating meant that the impact of not be granted a reprieve. An- events to attend,” he said. these courses was still massive, other committee is reviewing Some of CPW’s signature they said. & the policy to determine exactly events, namely Firehose, are Indeed, only one certificate which kinds of events will re- known for the late hours at was awarded per 126 registrants Top 5 Countries by Certi cation Rate ceive exceptions, but a decision which they take place. With the in Harvard’s CS50x class (Intro- will not be reached until June. new policy, these events would Rank Country Number registered Certi ed / Registered duction to Computer Science), However, the 1 a.m. rule will re- have to take place around mid- but that still meant 1439 received main formal Institute policy. night instead. The Educational certificates. 1 Spain 16,926 13.7% Studies Program (ESP) is con- Most who dropped out did so Student reactions sidering conducting Firehose early: typically, half of the regis- lectures over multiple nights for trants in a class stopped visiting to the rule have this CPW. the course website after the first 2 Greece 12.1% Some students voiced con- week, and a third of those who re- 10,385 not all been cerns that the policy would take mained would leave after the sec- positive — some away what made CPW different ond week. On average, a tenth of question the from other colleges’ preview the registrants in a course stuck 3 Czech Rep. 1,994 11.9% weekends. around long enough to view half necessity of the “CPW is a time to show off of the chapters. MIT and ‘MIT-ness.’ This is a The report only covers the first rule. place known for middle-of- 17 Harvard and MIT courses on 4 Hungary 11.1% the-night antics, all-nighters edX. The online education plat- 2,462 Student reactions to the rule for problem sets, and awesome form was started by those two have not all been positive — discussions at 3 a.m. To give pre- universities in 2012, the year edX some question the necessity of frosh the idea that campus shuts and other websites, including 5 Poland 8,396 10.9% the rule. down at 1 a.m. would be, quite Coursera, drew significant media “I don’t think that rule will bluntly, a lie,” said Ross. attention to massive open online be abided by, because CPW is a Despite this, Kelley thinks courses and spurred discussion The United States ranks 55th, with over 200,000 free-for-all … I just don’t see it that the new ending time would about the future of education. registered. However, cross-country differences, like background happening,” said Wesley T. Cox not necessarily destroy the spirit The work leading to Tuesday’s ’ 17. of CPW. Referring to the post- report was led by Isaac Chuang, a and interest level, bias the results. Carolyn E. Schaefer ’17 add- CPW survey sent out to the pre- professor of electrical engineer- SOURCE: HARVARDX AND MITX: THE FIRST YEAR OF OPEN ONLINE COURSES, WORKING PAPER #1 ed, “Exposing prefrosh to ac- frosh, Kelley said, “What I heard ing and computer science at MIT, tivities after 1 a.m. is more rep- was important [to the prefrosh] and Andrew Ho, an associate resentative of what college will was the random conversations professor at Harvard’s Graduate be like.” they had” with MIT students, School of Education. Infographic by Anthony Yu Although the policy is not re- conversations that can still take lated to safety issues, Ross point- place.

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By Danny Hakim remains: These countries are still For the eurozone at large, through the Middle East. bond offerings have been warmly The New York Times mired in stagnation. though, a step back often follows “We’ve exited the bailout, we received to institutional investors If investors, in their renewed each step forward. France and Italy, chose to do so without a precau- rotating out of emerging markets LONDON — When Ireland re- appetite for euro bonds, are betting the bloc’s second- and third-largest tionary credit line, and I think the like India and Brazil. Money man- cently made its first offering of on Europe’s recovery, it is hardly a economies, are increasingly seen recent bond sale is an endorsement agers worry about the potential new debt since leaving its bail- no-risk gamble. as the latest sick men of the Con- of that action,” he added. “Sixteen global ripple effects as the Federal out program, Irish Prime Minister “Things are going better, but tinent. Even Germany, the bloc’s hundred jobs a week were being Reserve begins to taper its eco- Enda Kenny was already focused they are by no means good,” said powerhouse, grew only feebly last lost before we took office; we’re nomic stimulus program. on where the money would come Jacob Kirkegaard, who tracks Eu- year, by 0.4 percent. now in a position where 1,200 jobs Such investors now view some from next. rope at the Peterson Institute for While unemployment, at a a week are being created, and our of the European countries that He was in Doha, Qatar, where International Economics. lofty 12.1 percent, appears to have consumer confidence numbers were bailed out as a safer bet. In he and the country’s prime min- stopped increasing, it is not show- have been steadily growing.” Ireland, more than 80 percent of ister, Abdullah bin Nasser bin If investors are ing signs of marked improvement, At the same time, he acknowl- the investment came from abroad, Khalifa Al Thani, smiled broadly betting on Europe’s with countries like Spain and edged, “we still have work to do on with banks and pension funds as they posed together. The trip, Greece still mired in Great Depres- the unemployment front and con- making up 37 percent of the offer- earlier this month, also included a recovery, it is sion-era joblessness. Compared versations in Europe with respect ing and fund managers about half. visit to Dubai, United Arab Emir- hardly a no-risk with Europe, the United States, to debt sustainability.” Kirkegaard cited “the hunt for ates, where Kenny and the head despite a lingering unemployment Portugal plans its own exit from yield.” In this era of low interest of state there, Sheik Mohammed gamble. rate of 6.7 percent, seems to be on a its bailout program by the middle rates — the benchmark 10-year bin Rashid Al Maktoum, sat side by roll, growing at an annual rate of 4.1 of the year. And in Spain, where U.S. Treasury bond now trades at side on velvet and gold thronelike The ratio of Ireland’s debt to its percent in the third quarter. banks required a 41 billion euro around 2.85 percent — the higher chairs. economic output has nearly dou- Economic demand in Europe international bailout in 2012, Prime premiums that countries like Ire- Kenny next went to Riyadh, bled — to an estimated 124 percent remains so tepid that inflation rates Minister Mariano Rajoy told U.S. land must pay to borrow are a lure where he said he was “very much last year, up from 64.4 percent in have fallen to a level that is imped- business leaders this month that to global investors. interested in finding out if the Sau- 2009. And although it technically ing recovery and threatening to “recovery is taking hold, and the “I think it was much more tra- di Arabian Monetary Agency could emerged from its international res- lapse into outright deflation — a country’s appeal as an investment ditional asset managers, pension resume purchasing Irish bonds as cue program in December, Ireland chilling prospect that makes debts target is being rekindled.” funds, insurance companies, etc., before.” will still be paying off the 67.5 bil- more expensive, puts pressure on More restrained have been non- sitting there, and they probably Once again, foreign investors lion euros, or about $91 billion, in wages and further discourages politicians like Mario Draghi, the own a lot of safe-haven assets,’’ are piling into the government bailout money for years to come. consumer spending. head of the European Central Bank. Kirkegaard said. ”They are getting bonds of Ireland, Spain and Portu- Claus Vistesen, the head of re- “Europe is hardly roaring back Asked at a recent news conference less than 2 percent for that, and gal — countries that got into such search at Variant Perception, a to life,” said Nicholas Spiro, the whether it would be premature to they are probably thinking these debt trouble that they required London-based economic research managing director of Spiro Sover- declare victory, he said, “I would countries are not a real credit risk bailouts. Now these countries are group, sees the ratio of debt to eign Strategy in London. be very cautious about saying that, anymore, so why not take 4 percent able to sell their bonds at lower in- economic output as a continuing “Talk about a recovery — the Eu- very cautious indeed.” instead?“ terest rates than they have seen in threat to a eurozone recovery. ropean Central Bank is still mulling “Unemployment stands at over This week, demand has been years, renewing hope that Europe “People think growth is coming measures to ward off the threat of 12 percent,” Draghi continued. such that yields on 10-year Irish has turned a corner. back,” Vistesen said, “but at the end deflation,” he added. “That speaks “The only positive news is that this bonds fell closer to 3 percent. And yet, there are still few signs of the day, debt is still going up.” volumes of the weakness of the eu- unacceptably high unemployment Max Golts, a London-based of relief from the deeper-rooted A spokesman for the Irish Fi- rozone economy, and yet investors rate is stabilizing,” he said. senior investment strategist for Fi- economic woes that have trapped nance Ministry said the country’s are piling into eurozone debt.” “The recovery is there, but it is delity Investments, said “you could much of the eurozone in a slump debt levels were expected to begin Feargal Purcell, the press sec- weak; it is modest,” he added. “As reasonably speculate that Europe for more than five years — and edging down this year. The ratings retary for the Irish prime minister, I have said many times, it is also is looking safer than emerging that continue to be a drag on the agency Moody’s agreed, citing Ire- said that since Kenny took office in fragile, meaning that there are sev- markets.” global economy. Despite the sud- land’s improving finances and fall- 2011 he had focused on “rebuilding eral risks — from financial and eco- “It’s also a matter of fashion denly easier terms under which ing interest rates when it upgraded our reputation,” which has includ- nomic risks, through geopolitical and flavor of the month,” he added, Ireland and other recovering euro- Irish debt from junk to investment ed trips to the United States, China, risks, to political risks.” “and Europe just doesn’t look scary zone countries can borrow, the fact grade last week. Japan and, most recently, the swing Some attribute the fact that the at this moment.” Random wins Hunt Bases name off of Dr. Seuss book

Mystery Hunt, from Page 1 that winning would be the “worst case scenario.” He said that the for Mystery Hunt Collaboration, team has a rule against picking up he explained, noting that about coins to prevent such a scenario. 20 percent of his two-hundred- Teammate Jess Gleason noted that person team participates remotely “there are coins on this floor that from as far away as California. The we have not picked up.” winning team found the coin (ac- Alice Shrugged, last year’s tually a large clock, ostensibly the winning team and the organizer rabbit’s pocket watch) in the Presi- of this year’s hunt (with a name- dent’s Courtyard. (The President’s change to incorporate this year’s Courtyard is situated immediately Alice in Wonderland theme), said West of the Great Dome and is en- that they tried hard to “make the closed by the outside walls of the hunt fun for small teams” and that, Infinite Corridor, Building 10, and while the overall theme was Alice Building 13.) in Wonderland, they tried to “in- Like Random’s team, most corporate MIT” as an underlying teams prefer to use the Internet for theme. collaboration as well as research. This year’s hunt included a Steve D. Pomeroy PhD ’89, a mem- “backwards” portion of the hunt ber of “Control Group,” likened the in which they were told to produce role that the Internet plays in their (rather than receive) a red her- problem-solving strategy to the ring. One team produced a dish of role that oxygen plays in aerobic cooked herring, and another pro- respiration. duced a red hair-ring. Many of the smaller teams Alice Shrugged also invented did not hope to win the hunt and an MIT and Mystery Hunt-themed participated only for fun. Karthik version of Cards Against Humanity Arumugham of “Grand Unified for one of the events. The game fea- Theory of Love” believes that his tured white cards such as “Donald small team would not be well- Sadoway,” “DeVry University,” and equipped to run a hunt and said “There are two people having sex in 26-100,” the last of which “re- ferred to an incident which hap- Solution to Crossword pened at a previous hunt,” accord- from page 5 ing to Rosenfield. Several of the top teams received copies of the game during the wrap-up. The game will not be on sold to the public, but it is unclear if the game will be made available to the public as an online document. The team logged three injuries planning the hunt, all of which took place preparing a puzzle called “Safety First” that was to be included in the first-aid kits dis- tributed at the beginning of the hunt. Wednesday, January 22, 2014 The Tech 11

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