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Small offices for profs Posters responding to BC murals controversy appear during renovations Courses 14, 18 move to cramped spaces

By Omar Ibarra full professors had big offices; every- Staff Reporter bodyEstablished is taking a pretty big cut 1881 in terms of real estate,” said Staffilani, who now After being relocated into smaller of- shares an office with a colleague. fices due to renovations of their build- “Professors that are not retired usu- ings, the Mathematics and Economics ally do not share offices, but these are Departments are optimistic, though very special circumstances,” continued frustrated with their situation. Staffilani. “It is a consequence of the Currently the departments are situ- fact that we really don’t have any spare ated in buildings E17, E18, and E19, hav- room here.” ing moved from the Math and Econom- One other consequence of the move, ics headquarters in Buildings 2 and particularly for professors who were in E52, respectively. According to math employment before the computer age, instructor Joe Lauer, “It’s a bit smaller is the droves of paper that they lost in and more cramped than the old space, the move. “Over the years some pro- but that’s fine; in general I don’t think fessors accumulated piles and piles of we need much space to work.” old papers and old calculations,” said The renovation was undertaken as Staffilani. “It took a lot of time for them part of the MIT 2030 initiative to im- to goEstablished through all that amount 1881 of stuff prove the framework of the Institute. and find what to keep; these people re- The projects are expected to be com- ally had to work hard, and the depart- pleted by summer 2015 for Building 2, ment was really supportive, providing and 2016 for Building E52. staff to help them clean out.” Rachel E. Aviles—The Tech Full professors were probably the Professors were not the only ones Posters have appeared around campus in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding hardest hit by the move according to Burton-Conner murals. math professor Gigliola Staffilani. “All Offices, Page 14

Rush 2013 sees more students rushing, over 50 MIT hosts community meeting about Title percent of freshman men pledging IX, professors win MacArthur Grants

The first week of the academic year marked According to Anil, the increase in rush Title IX concerns MacArthur Grants another successful Rush period, according Establishedto yields are due to the IFC1881 being better prepared Earlier this week, posters related to MIT professors Dina Katabi and IFC Rush Chair Haldun Anil ’15. Of the 451 for the Kresge Kickoff, the first event of Rush the removal of Burton-Conner murals Sara Seager, were two of the 24 recipi- bids MIT fraternity chapters issued to 381 stu- every fraternity has a table on Kresge Oval. were displayed around the MIT cam- ents of the MacArthur “Genius Grants.” dents, 330 have accepted their bids, account- “There was a concerted effort to make sure pus. Barbara Baker, the Title IX Co- Katabi is a professor in the Department ing for more than half of the male freshmen that it was widely publicized,” said Anil. The Coordinator for MIT, wrote an email of Electrical Engineering and Com- population. (Not all students issued bids were IFC made use of both physical and digital to the Burton-Conner community puter Science, and much of her work freshmen.) These numbers are an increase media when advertising and did their best to in response to concerns about these focuses on wireless data transmission. over 2012 when 440 bids were issued to 375 spread the word in person as well, which Anil posters, encouraging residents to at- She and her colleagues recently de- students, yielding 324 pledges, and 2011 when said contributed to a “critical mass” atten- tend a community meeting to “discuss veloped a method of tracking human 455 bids were offered to 369 students, yield- dance at the Kresge Kickoff. MIT’s policy against sexual harass- movement through walls, which they ing 321 pledges. Historical records show that Rush isn’t over however, Anil says. “Rush ment and misconduct in compliance call Wi-Vi. the number of bids issued has remained fairly is a year-long experience … most houses are with Title IX,” among other topics. Seager, a professor of Planetary constant over the years but that the number of willing to recruit new members even as the se- MIT recently selected Sarah Science and Physics, was recognized students receiving bids has increased steadily mester progresses.” Rankin to fill the newly-created posi- for her contributions to the study of since around 2009. —William Navarre tion of Title IX Investigator. The posi- exoplanets, which are planets outside tion is a two-year appointment and of our solar system. One project she is falls under the Dean for Student Life, leading is ExoplanetSat, which aims to and responsibilities include report- build nanosatellites that are responsi- ing case findings to various Deans at ble for monitoring individual stars. MIT. Rankin served for seven years as The Fellows each receive a five-year director of the Office of Sexual Assault grant of $625,000 from the MacArthur Prevention and Response at Harvard Foundation. University. —Stephanie Holden

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worl According to Kenyan police officials, there were two attacks, The New York Times the Pechora Sea on Sept. 18 to pro- tain, Peter Willcox, was formerly the first Wednesday night on a group of police officers on a foot test oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. master of the Rainbow Warrior, an-

n patrol in Wajir in which a bystander was killed. Militants struck MOSCOW — A Russian court or- Russian border guards responded other Greenpeace ship, which ex- again early Thursday, raiding a police camp in Mandera, killing dered Thursday that 10 Greenpeace by helicopter and seized their ship. ploded and sank during a protest two police officers and setting fire to a dozen vehicles. activists, including a U.S. ship cap- A spokesman for the Russian Inves- against French nuclear testing in the The Kenyan authorities immediately blamed al-Shabab, the tain and a photographer who was tigative Committee, which opened a Pacific in 1985. Somali militant group that has claimed responsibility for killing accompanying the group, be held criminal investigation of the Green- In remarks Wednesday, Presi- more than 60 shoppers in the mall. in custody for two months while the peace activists Tuesday, said the dent Vladimir V. Putin seemed in- Rono Bunei, the Mandera police commander, said the at- authorities investigate whether a protest constituted an “encroach- tent on defusing a potential diplo- atio tack in Mandera was under investigation, “but obviously it demonstration at an offshore oil rig ment on the sovereignty” of Russia. matic incident over the arrest of the leads to suggest that either the al-Shabab or their sympathizers in the Arctic was an act of piracy. A judge said the photographer, activists. are responsible.” The court in the port city of Mur- Denis Sinyakov, a freelancer based “It’s completely obvious that of —Jeffrey Gettleman and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times mansk worked into the evening, in Moscow, should be held because course they are not pirates,” Putin conducting individual hearings for he has no place of residence in Mur- said at an Arctic conference in the European Union starts graft the crew of Greenpeace activists - 30 mansk and regularly travels outside northern city of Salekhard. Howev- in all - who were detained at the oil of Russia, according to video from er, Putin defended the actions of the inquiry into tobacco regulator rig last week. They arrived in Mur- the courtroom uploaded to the In- coast guard.

& N mansk on Tuesday along with their ternet. Sinyakov appeared in hand- “Our border guards did not know BRUSSELS — European Union investigators said Thursday ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which was cuffs in court Thursday. who was trying to seize our platform they had started a new investigation into the former senior offi- towed into port by the Russian coast In another courtroom, Roman under the disguise of Greenpeace,” cial responsible for tobacco regulation, the latest turn in a high- guard. Dolgov, a Russian citizen, said that Putin said. Referring to the recent profile case of alleged corruption. The detentions ordered by the he had joined the Greenpeace crew terrorist attack at a mall in Kenya, The case focuses on John Dalli, a politician from Malta, who court signaled that Russian pros- as a scientific expert and had not he added, “Anything might have resigned last October from the European Commission as the ecutors intended to go ahead with taken part in the demonstration. “I happened.” official in charge of health and consumer protection after a pre- criminal cases against the activists, hope that common sense prevails,” Ben Ayliffe, the head of Green- orld liminary inquiry into a Maltese businessman’s solicitation of a and that many of those still await- Dolgov told a judge before he was peace’s Arctic campaign, said after nearly $80 million kickback from the tobacco industry. Dalli ing hearings would probably be de- ordered held for two months. the ruling that it had been “excep- has denied wrongdoing. tained as well. The 30 Greenpeace activists in- tionally difficult” to predict what the When allegations against Dalli last autumn reached José Two members of the Green- W clude people from 18 countries, Russian authorities would eventu- Manuel Barroso, the commission’s president, he forced Dalli peace group attempted to board including Britain, the Netherlands ally do.” to resign. Yet the commission did not find evidence to support action against Dalli. Maltese authorities started their own in- vestigation, but said in June that they had found no evidence of wrongdoing. Dalli has said he knew the alleged bribe-seeker, Silvio Zam- EA sports settles lawsuit with mit, from his earlier career in Maltese politics but he has de- nied that they were close or ever business partners. —James Kanter, The New York Times college athletes Court upholds 50-year jail term By Steve Eder calls for college athletes to share in Big Ten and the Pacific-12 Confer- in Sierra Leone war crimes case The New York Times the proceeds of big-time university ences — also moved away from the athletics had grown louder. game. The lack of support - coupled PARIS — An international panel of appeals judges unani- EA Sports and the Collegiate “We have been stuck in the mid- with the pending lawsuit, by for- mously upheld a 50-year jail sentence on Thursday against Licensing Co., two defendants in dle of a dispute between the NCAA mer UCLA basketball player Ed Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia, for war a lawsuit filed by student-athletes and student-athletes who seek O’Bannon - left EA Sports “in a dif- crimes and crimes against humanity in a case that had been seeking to be paid, have settled compensation for playing college ficult position,” Weber said. cast as a watershed for modern human rights law. their roles in the case, according to football,” Cam Weber, EA Sports’ The settlement, which was first In a lengthy summary, read out in a courtroom near The a federal court filing Thursday. general manager for American reported online by The Birming- Hague, the judges ruled that Taylor’s sentencing had been “fair The filing came just after EA football, wrote on the company’s ham News, signals a turning point and reasonable,” rejecting the defense appeal for his immedi- Sports announced on its website website Thursday. “Just like compa- in the case, which began more than ate release and the prosecution’s request for his jail term to be that it would not publish its popular nies that broadcast college games four years ago. extended to 80 years. Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and pale college football video game in 2014 and those that provide equipment The NCAA has defended itself, gold tie, Taylor sat impassively through the 90-minute hearing. and that it was working to settle the and apparel, we follow rules that saying that it “has never licensed Taylor was found guilty in April 2012 on all counts of an lawsuit with the athletes. are set by the NCAA — but those the use of current student-athlete 11-count indictment alleging war crimes and crimes against hu- The terms of the settlement were rules are being challenged by some names, images or likenesses to EA.” manity relating to his role in aiding murderous rebels who com- not disclosed in the filing, but if ap- student-athletes.” Michael Hausfeld, a lawyer for mitted atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war in the 1990s. proved, the settlement would ap- EA Sports’ decision to move the athletes, said he could not dis- He was accused of fomenting widespread brutality that in- pear to leave the NCAA as the lone away from the game signifies a de- cuss the terms of the settlement. cluded murder, rape, the use of child soldiers, the mutilation of remaining defendant in the high- parture from its earlier position: But he said it would not be an “un- thousands of civilians and the mining of diamonds to pay for profile litigation. The company had publicly said that reasonable inference” to conclude guns and ammunition. EA Sports’ decision not to make it would move forward with a game that the student-athletes might now In May 2012 he was sentenced to 50 years in prison — the the college football video game next year, even after the NCAA said have the support of EA Sports and first former head of state convicted by an international tribunal came after the NCAA and three in mid-July that it was backing out. the Collegiate Licensing Co., which since the Nuremberg trials in Germany after World War II. major conferences cut ties with the In August, three major confer- handles rights licensing for many —Marlise Simons and Alan Cowell, The New York Times game over the summer and after ences — the Southeastern, the universities.

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Extended Forecast Today: Partly sunny. High 67°F (19°C). Northeast winds at 8–12 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 51°F (11°C). East winds at 0–5 Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Friday, September 27, 2013 mph. Tomorrow: Sunny. High 72°F (22°C). Low 53°F (12°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Northwest winds at 5–8 mph, shifting to east. Fog High Pressure Trough Showers Sunday: Sunny. High 72°F (22°C). Low 50°F (10°C). South Thunderstorm Warm Front winds at 5–8 mph, shifting to east. Light Low Pressure Haze Monday: Mostly sunny. High 69°F (21°C). Low 53°F (12°C). Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff West winds at 0–5 mph, shifting to east. Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, September 27, 2013 The Tech 3 After the floods, a deluge of WORLD & Nati Detroit manager seeks to worry about oil freeze pension plan WELD COUNTY, Colo. — When floodwaters surged into Colora- do’s drilling epicenter, they swamped wells, broke pipes and swept huge oil tanks off their foundations. The state has counted a dozen By Mary Williams Walsh planned to look at other types of in- plans, which would comply with the “notable” spills stemming from the catastrophic floods this month. The New York Times vestments later. requirements of the Internal Rev- There are about 20,000 oil and gas wells across Weld County, and Details of the pension freeze enue Code, according to the memo. about 1,900 of them had to be closed off - “shut in” in industry par- On Thursday, the emergency were outlined separately in a memo The city’s current approach, in lance — as the floodwaters coursed down from the mountains and manager, Kevyn Orr, issued the pre- provided by Tina Bassett, a spokes- which money is diverted from a spread out across the plains, inundating entire communities. liminary results of a three-month in- woman for the trustees of Detroit’s pooled pension trust fund to a sys- Images of toppled oil tanks and dark sheens on the water created vestigation that identified diversions General Retirement System. The tem of individual accounts, appears impressions of an environmental calamity, but state officials say the of shared money into individual ac- memo said that the city’s current not to comply, risking the pension damage appears to be limited. About 37,380 gallons have spilled so counts, real estate investments that defined-benefit pension plan would system’s tax-qualified status. Pen- far — an amount, energy officials point out, that would fill up about on lost millions of dollars and “discon- be closed to new members as of Dec. sion funds are rarely stripped of their five percent of an Olympic-size swimming pool. certing administrative protocols” 31. Further benefit accruals would be qualified status by the Internal Rev- Energy officials say that no wells failed during the floods, and for handling health care and other halted on that date for city workers enue Service because the result is that they responded quickly to minimize any spills or contamina- benefits. already vested in the pension plan, so harsh for the participants. All the tion from broken pipes or damaged storage tanks. They say they WORLD & Nati Unfunded pensions and health but they would keep the pensions contributions and investment earn- laid out floating booms to absorb and contain oil slicks, and have care are by far the biggest claims in that they had earned up until then. ings of the plan in such a case would vacuumed up spilled oil products and removed contaminated soil Detroit’s big municipal bankruptcy. That type of pension freeze is le- immediately become taxable. for testing. Orr said that the purpose of the in- gal and fairly common in the private Bassett said the trustees did not —Jack Healy, The New York Times vestigation, still in progress, was “to sector. But public employees’ unions support the proposed pension freeze help identify how the city can ad- in many states say it would be illegal and saw it as a sign of bad faith on the McDonald’s moves toward a dress its present financial crisis and, for their members because of stat- part of the city and the law firm that going forward, help determine the utes and constitutional provisions is advising it in its municipal bank- healthier menu basis for and what, if any, actions that that apply to governmental workers. ruptcy case, Jones Day. must be taken.” The Detroit pension freeze would “We believe it is unseemly and Under pressure to provide healthier meals, McDonald’s an- In a letter sent with their report, also halt payments of other nonpen- disingenuous to present a proposal nounced Thursday that it would no longer market some of its the auditor general and inspector sion benefits that have been made for involving a new benefit structure that less nutritional options to children and said it also planned to in- general, Mark Lockridge and James many years, including distributions will affect the pensions of our mem- clude offerings of fruits and vegetables in many of its adult menu Heath, said they had focused on to active workers. Retirees would no bers, beneficiaries and city employ- combinations. real estate investments first because longer receive yearly cost-of-living ees not yet vested, without seeking It plans to make the changes to its menu in 20 of the company’s federal law enforcement agents had adjustments. Current city workers our input, suggestions, knowledge largest markets, which account for more than 85 percent of its over- already been looking at allegations would be shifted into new defined- and expertise,” she said in a written all sales, including overseas. But it will take three years or more to on of fraud in that area. They said they contribution plans, similar to 401(k) statement. put them into place in about half the restaurants in those markets, and the remainder may not have the changes until 2020. The offerings, which were announced in conjunction with the Clinton Foundation’s campaigns to reduce childhood obesity, are WORLD & Nati part of McDonald’s efforts to compete for health-conscious cus- tomers by featuring food choices that are lower in fat, salt or sugar Security council agrees on content than its more traditional burger-and-fries options. Although it has added salads, fruits and cut raw vegetables to its menu in recent years, the chain has experienced flat sales across resolution to rid Syria of chemicals much of its business in the United States and Europe, and forecast this summer that little would alter the company’s financial picture By Rick Gladstone a consensus on resolving the Syrian Council would then reconvene to anytime soon. The millennial generation, a key demographic that is and Michael R. Gordon conflict. impose unspecified measures under being wooed by fast-casual restaurants like Panera Bread and Chi- The New York Times The final draft also does not -as Chapter VII. potle, in particular has not become a loyal patron of McDonald’s. cribe specific blame for the Aug. 21 Diplomats said incomplete com- —Stephanie Strom, The New York Times The five permanent members attack that asphyxiated hundreds ponents of the resolution included of the U.N. Security Council have of Syrians near Damascus, Syria, precisely how Syria’s weapons stock- Nine auto parts makers plead agreed on a resolution that will re- another compromise with the Rus- pile would be destroyed, partly be- quire Syria to give up its chemical sians, who have repeatedly said they cause the Security Council was still guilty to fixing prices weapons, but the text will not threat- believe that Syrian insurgents car- awaiting a document from the Orga- en the use of force for a failure to ried it out. nization for the Prohibition of Chem- Nine Japanese automotive suppliers pleaded guilty Thursday on comply, officials said. Still, diplomats said, the final draft ical Weapons, the group based in The to charges of conspiracy and agreed to pay $740 million in crimi- The office of the U.S. ambassa- does express the Security Council’s Hague that monitors the Chemical nal fines for fixing the price of auto parts sold in the United States dor to the United Nations, Samantha “strong conviction” that those found Weapons Convention. But the Rus- and abroad. Power, announced the deal. But the responsible for chemical weapons sians have said they would insist that Thursday’s pleas were the latest in what the Justice Depart- WORLD & Nati final version, which was to be dis- use in the Syrian conflict should be the banned munitions must be de- ment said is its largest criminal antitrust investigation, involving cussed by the full 15-member Secu- held accountable. Before the Secu- stroyed inside Syria. more than a dozen separate conspiracies, 30 kinds of parts and rity Council on Thursday night, was rity Council votes on the measure, an Russia Today, a government- sales to General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, as well as the U.S. not written under Chapter VII of the organization in The Hague will have run news website, quoted Deputy subsidiaries of Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and U.N. Charter, the strongest form of a to determine procedures for ridding Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov Toyota. council resolution because it can be Syria of its chemical weapons. on Thursday as saying that Russian “These international price-fixing conspiracies affected more enforced with military action. The draft resolution’s compli- forces could be used in guarding than $5 billion in automobile parts sold to U.S. car manufactur- That is a compromise with Rus- ance provision is modeled along the chemical weapons facilities where ers,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement. “In sia, the Syrian government’s most agreement reached nearly two weeks dismantling and destruction work total, more than 25 million cars purchased by American con- powerful defender, which had said ago by Russia and the United States was carried out. He also suggested sumers were affected by the illegal conduct.” from the outset it would oppose a that commits Syria to surrender its that other members of the Chemical The parts included seatbelts, radiators, windshield wipers Chapter VII resolution, as it has re- chemical weapons by the middle of Weapons Convention should “seri- and air-conditioning systems, Holder said. peatedly done throughout the divid- 2014. In the event Syria fails to com- ously consider the possibility of tak- Two former executives — an American and a Japanese na- ed Security Council’s efforts to forge ply, the draft asserts, the Security ing part in this process.” tional — also pleaded guilty Thursday for their involvement in the scheme, in which executives met in-person and colluded on the phone to rig bids, fix prices and allocate the supply of parts,

the Justice Department said. on So far in the investigation, 20 companies and 21 executives have been charged. Each company has pleaded guilty or agreed Davis is expected to run for Texas to do so, the Justice Department said. Together, they have agreed to pay more than $1.6 billion in criminal fines. WORLD & Nati governor —Jaclyn Trop, The New York Times Mayor deems entire city By Manny Fernandez W. Bush - since the party began its only that she had made a decision, The New York Times winning streak in governor’s races and that the decision would be re- government ‘essential’ to avoid in 1994. That year Bush defeated vealed next week. Matt Angle, a HOUSTON — Wendy Davis, the the incumbent, Ann W. Richards. longtime adviser to Davis and the shutdown Texas state senator whose filibus- For weeks, Davis’ travels to director of the Lone Star Project, a ter in June against an abortion bill Washington, her speeches, meet- Democratic policy group, said he WASHINGTON — A shutdown of the federal government, backed by the state’s powerful Re- ings with potential supporters and was looking forward to her deci- which could come next week if Congress does not pass a stopgap publicans catapulted her to nation- public statements have suggested sion, adding, “All of us believe that budget measure, would also require the government of the District al political prominence, has told her intentions. Wendy deserves the right to make of Columbia to discontinue its nonessential spending and send supporters and potential donors On her Twitter feed on Thurs- that announcement herself.” Un- some employees home. that she plans to announce next day she wrote: “A week from to- til she makes that announcement But Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Wednesday declared all of the week that she will run for governor, day, I’m announcing something there is no guarantee what her final district’s government operations “essential” and told the White according to Democrats in Texas big. Can you chip in now to show decision will be. House that all employees would continue to work even if Congress and Washington. the strength of our grassroots But, absent an official an- could not reach an agreement on the spending bill by Monday, the on Davis’ decision has the poten- network?” nouncement, people involved end of the fiscal year. tial to turn the race to determine Last week, she emailed support- in Republican and Democratic “It is ridiculous,” Gray said in a statement, that the district “can- Gov. Rick Perry’s successor into a ers, telling them that she would politics said word had spread in not spend its residents’ own local tax dollars to provide them the rare competitive showdown be- answer the question about her po- Austin of her intention to run and services they’ve paid for without congressional approval.” W tween long-suffering Texas Demo- litical future next Thursday and that that some of the organizational It is unclear, however, whether residents could expect the con- crats and the Republican conserva- she was “excited about what we planning and machinery for her tinuation of trash collection or the operation of libraries and the tives who have ruled state politics can do together in the future.” The campaign was already being put Department of Motor Vehicles. o for decades. She would enter the Democratic Governors Associa- into place. Her campaign would be The district’s attorney general, Irvin B. Nathan, told the lo- race as a substantial underdog, but tion, meanwhile, has been running based in Fort Worth, which she has cal radio station WAMU on Tuesday that such a plan to keep the R

her candidacy would represent the on the home page of its website a represented in the state Senate. Da- city’s government open could violate the Antideficiency Act, which l most serious challenge to the Re- banner headline reading “Wendy’s vis’ Republican rival seems likely to prohibits spending money that has not been appropriated by publican lock on the office - most Big News.” be Greg Abbott, the Texas attorney Congress. D recently held by Perry and George A spokesman said Thursday general. —Andrew Siddons, The New York Times 4

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Receive free health and genetic screenings are just too important to become a Other banks, including Citigroup LONDON — U.S. and British playground for some big-talking bad and Deutsche Bank, remain under APPLY ONLINE: authorities moved a step further guys.” investigation, and future penalties Wednesday in their investigation During more than four years could be announced before the end SPERMBANK.com into the manipulation of the bench- through early 2011, ICAP employ- of the year. - convenient Cambridge location mark interest rate known as Libor, ees spread misleading information While several large banks have fining the British financial firm ICAP about the Yen-Libor-linked inter- paid multimillion-dollar fines, no a combined $87 million for its role. est rates in an effort to manipulate people have yet been convicted in them, according to the regulatory fil- the scandal. ings released Wednesday. The ICAP “By allegedly participating in a ICAP’s employees brokers, including Goodman, who scheme to manipulate benchmark had altered the was called Lord Libor, received more interest rates for financial gain, these than 400 requests from a senior trad- defendants undermined the integ- reported figures er at UBS to alter the rates for finan- rity of the global markets,” Attor- from which Libor cial gain, the filings said. ney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said The sometimes-colorful email Wednesday. “They were supposed is compiled in messages, quoted in documents to be honest brokers, but instead, exchange for … released Wednesday, outlined the they put their own financial interests financial and other incentives that ahead of that larger responsibility.” financial payments. were offered to ICAP employees British prosecutors have also by unnamed traders at some of the started to file charges against indi- The regulators said Wednesday world’s largest banks. In one series viduals in the Libor case. In June, a that ICAP’s employees had altered of messages, a senior trader at UBS former UBS and Citigroup trader, the reported figures from which said he would buy an ICAP broker a Tom A.W. Hayes, was charged with Libor is compiled, in exchange for Ferrari if he altered some of the Li- eight counts of fraud. Britain’s Seri- promises of curry meals, steaks, a bor rates, while traders also offered ous Fraud Office also charged Terry Ferrari and financial payments. Champagne, dinners and eventually J. Farr and James A. Gilmour, two The agreement represents the around $72,000 in kickbacks to alter former brokers at RP Martin Hold- fourth settlement with a large finan- the rates. ings, a rival of ICAP. cial institution in the investigation, “Life is tough enough over here and while the penalty was smaller for without having to double-guess The $87 million fine ICAP, reportedly because of its small- the Libors every morning and get er size, British regulators said the zipper-de-do-da,” an ICAP broker is much lower than misconduct there was more serious. wrote in April 2007, according to the those imposed on The Justice Department also filings. “How about some form of brought criminal charges against performance bonus per quarter from the banks to take three former ICAP employees over your bonus pool to me for the Libor into consideration their roles in the scandal. The men - service.” Darrell Read, Daniel Wilkinson and The former ICAP employees ICAP’s size. Colin Goodman, according to U.S. used two tactics to manipulate the prosecutors - could face up to 30 rates on behalf of the UBS trader, ICAP’s $87 million fine is much years in prison for each of the three according to U.S. and British regula- lower than those imposed on the counts: one count of conspiracy to tors. One included daily rate sugges- banks to take into consideration commit wire fraud and two counts tions for participating Libor banks, ICAP’s smaller size, according to a of wire fraud. They are not yet in with the figures skewed in favor of person with knowledge of the mat- custody. the UBS trader’s financial positions. ter who was not authorized to speak The scandal over Libor, which The brokers also provided false Li- publicly. is set daily and used to determine bor information to individual rate British regulators, however, the cost of short-term loans around submitters in an effort to make them said that even though the fine was Trouble in the MIDDLE EAST... the world, erupted in the summer change their daily rates. smaller, the misconduct at ICAP was of 2012, as investigators unveiled widespread, the risk management evidence that many big investment systems and controls were inade- banks had manipulated the bench- While several banks quate and managers “failed to report mark for their own profit. Libor is have paid fines, misconduct or were complicit in it.” short for the London interbank of- ICAP said that a total of 10 em- fered rate. no people have yet ployees had been caught up in the In total, ICAP, a company based been convicted in rate-rigging scandal. The three bro- in London that acts as a broker for kers facing criminal charges already firms that trade financial products, the scandal. have left the firm, while the major- has agreed to a $65 million settle- ity of the other seven also no lon- ment with the Commodity Futures “The misconduct in relation to ger work at the interdealer broker, Trading Commission in the United Libor has cast a shadow over the according to ICAP’s chief executive, States and a 14 million pound ($22 financial services industry,” said Michael A. Spencer. million) settlement with Britain’s Fi- Tracey McDermott, director of en- “This is not a cultural problem. nancial Conduct Authority. forcement and financial crime at the It’s sadly a rotten apple situation,” CRISIS in JAPAN... “This was insolent conduct im- Financial Conduct Authority. Spencer said. “No one saw Libor as a pacting a benchmark rate that influ- The British lenders Barclays potential problem. We failed to pick ences almost anything consumers and the Royal Bank of Scotland, as it up.”

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Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Painted entirely gold for his performance, Avetik Karapetyan performs Florence Clerc’s Golden Idol variation of Marius Pepita’s La Bayadère. Boston Ballet school students filled the supporting roles. Ballet Review Dancing under the stars A free outdoor performance by the Boston Ballet Company By Attila Forruchi La Bayadère whisked us into the exotica of Regal India, where the drama of the unre- The Boston Ballet opened its 50th season quited love of the High Brahmin for Nikiya, before an estimated audience of over 45,000 the lead temple dancer (in French, la bay- ballet aficionados, performing the dazzling adère), and her devotion to Solor the gallant Night of Stars in Boston Common last Satur- warrior, unfolds in glittery costumes and day. The free one-night performance featured motifs worthy of a Raj. The excerpt chosen, excerpts from Boston Ballet’s entire repertory “Golden Idol Variation,” is a dream piece for of classical, neo-classical and contemporary any male dancer to perform. It is a tour-de- Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech ballets. Multiple giant screens, a velvety state- force of male dancing with anti-gravity jumps Lorna Feijóo and Yury Yanowsky perform the world premiere of Viktor Plotnikov’s of-the-art sound system and the gigantic and powerful, speedy, skillful movements. “Swan.” stage, which at times dwarved soloist and pas Avetik Karapetyan, the Armenian soloist, de deux performances, made for an enchant- rose to the occasion. His stunning physique to American ballet what Grease is to Broad- ing evening of highbrow artistry. shimmered in gold, and was so well defined way musicals — an all-American display of Night of Stars The show opener was the classical Don that the contours of his chiseled muscularity cheery exuberance with enough topologi- Quixote pas de deux, featuring the roman- often revealed the physicality of his perfor- cally twisted formations and routines to im- Boston Ballet tic qualities of the principal dancers Misa mance. Needless to say, however, I and most press any geometer. The finale is a 3D matrix Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio. While the cum- ballet aficionados would have preferred to formation, seemingly emerging from the ran- Company bersome distances from the outdoor stage see the legendary white act, “Kingdom of the domness of dancers frolicking around. This is made it difficult for most in the audience to Shades,” instead of the opium induced dream a feast for the eyes, but at the same time not Boston Common appreciate all the nuances and delicacies of state of Solor’s mind. brain candy. There is too much of everything, Kuranaga’s exquisite movements, her perfor- The highlight of the night was the world and yet one feels unresolved at the end! Saturday Sept. 21, mance remained stunning from all distances premiere of Swan, choreographed by Vik- Plan To B, by the resident choreographer and angle. tor Plotnikov with the accompanying score Jorma Elo, would perhaps more aptly be 2013, 7 p.m. Rooster, from Boston Ballet’s stunning of Camille Saint-Saens and performed by called “Plan B.” I doubt it was anyone’s favor- contemporary repertoire, is set to the music principal dancers Lorna Feijoo and Yury Ya- ite, but nonetheless it has high energy and is Mass performances are never easy to or- of the Rolling Stones and the choreography nowsky. Their pas de deux — performed in full of accelerations and decelerations that ganize, nor are they cheap; they oftentimes of Christopher Bruce, but it’s not just your the cool, dark sparsity of a film noir-esque take your breath away, if not out of excite- have a circus-like air about them, but that parents’ ballet. In it, the dancers swayed ambiance and minimalist set decor — was ment, then out of sympathy for the dancers, did not hold last Saturday night. Mikko Nis- in vibrantly colored street clothes against haunting, tragic, and foreboding. There was whose stamina seems to be tested. Ironical- sinen, Boston Ballet’s Artistic Director, must the stark, larger-than-life set. As the Stones nothing to distract from their lush, posh and ly, the glitterati seated in the VIP caged area be proud since the starry night performance crooned “Paint It Black,” four dancers don- melancholic romanticism — neither Ya- seemed most impressed with Plan To B. It went silkily smoothly. In fact, the whole night ning stunning black and blood red outfits, nowsky’s superlative topless prancing, nor must be highbrow. was a success, and should have bolstered drenched in hellish soft red lighting, dis- Feijoo’s seemingly endless beautiful leggy Another one of Balanchine’s master- Bostonians’ sense of ownership and pride in played how fluidly ballet dancers can move pointe. The ultimate goal of dancers should pieces, Serenade, capped the evening. Six- their hometown ballet company. and contort their bodies while remaining be to conceal their technique, not to display teen maids-in-waiting, dressed in lightly Boston Ballet’s 2013–2014 season will fea- loose. Next, the Stones’ “Play With Fire” set it prominently. After all, ballet is a performing translucent draping skirts which highlighted ture La Bayadère, Balanchine’s Jewels, and the mood for a duet more reminiscent of an art, not a science; the whole must not only be their long-legged silhouettes, danced to the the ever popular The Nutcracker, Cinderella, edgy flamenco than a classical ballet, the bigger than it is parts, but, more crucially, it upbeat tempo of Tchaikovsky’s refreshingly and Pricked. crowds’ favorite of the three pieces. The last must not be reducible to its parts. modern Viennese-waltz-like score. The solo excerpt, set to “Sympathy for The Devil,” fea- No medley of an American ballet com- performance and the ensuing pas de deux, tured vibrant, buttery, samba-esque figures, pany’s performance is ever complete without headed by Prince Charming prancing onto coloring the movements in time that reflect- Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements. the stage, was dazzling and exciting. Next, the ed the deep rhythms of the Rolling Stone’s Not everyone’s favorite piece, and often dis- full ensemble was back on stage and draped ode to the Satan. Stylistically it was carnival missed as too showy and toothy by the purist, in a steely blue shade of lighting, rendering crashing into post modernism. it nevertheless has a charm all of its own. It is them elegant and polished.

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re SeptemberFriday, 2013 27, 10 The Tech Friday, September 27, 2013 movie review Even the dancing seems cliché Rent Planet B-Boy instead By Kristen Sunter able than a teenager who learns karate by was invented by young black and Latino Staff Writer waxing a car and becomes a champion in people in New York in the 1970s, Dante HH✩✩✩ two months, but don’t expect much more wants Blake to bring the glory back to the Jason Blake (Josh Holloway), a once than the typical sports movie tropes. The nation where it all started. But b-boying Battle of the Year successful basketball coach who turned to crew strives to transcend their individual- has since become an international dance alcohol after the death of his wife and son, ism and achieve the ever-elusive quality form, with top crews from Europe and Asia is recruited by his hip-hop big shot friend of synchronicity, which is one of the show pushing the form to new limits, and the in- Directed by Benson Dante Graham (Laz Alonso) to form a criteria for judging b-boy competitions ternational reach of hip hop culture is em- Lee “Dream Team” of the best b-boys from cit- and the only reasonably developed theme phasized by the split-screen, multilingual ies all over the U.S. to compete in the larg- of this movie. media coverage of the competition. Here, the dancers are put in a tough Starring Josh Because b-boying was invented by young black spot that the film never resolves: The b- Arts Arts Art S Holloway, Laz Alonso, boys in the Dream Team are goaded into and Latino people in New York in the 1970s, Dante fighting for the top spot as though it’s their and Josh Peck (Alonso) wants Blake (Holloway) to bring the glory birthright as Americans, but they are also told not to be “ugly Americans” who act Rated PG-13 back to the nation where it all started. like they are entitled to win. The movie is crammed with subplots Now Playing

A RTS est international breaking competition, the Similar to real life, in which crews rep- — a rivalry over a girlfriend, a dancer over- eponymous Battle of the Year. resenting the U.S. did not appear in the fi- coming his homophobia towards an open- A basketball coach training dancers to nal battles from 2002 to 2010, in this film, ly gay b-boy, a cash-strapped father who very unfocused. The lone b-girl responds work together as a crew because “coach- a crew from the U.S. hasn’t won the com- sneaks out of the training camp to visit his to the catcalls of the crew by saying she ing is coaching” is perhaps more believ- petition in fifteen years. Because b-boying family — and the character development is likes men, not boys, and then we hear no more about her. It looked like the adorable assistant coach Franklyn (Josh Peck) was going to steal the show with his soft-spo- ken one-liners and shy likability, but the second half of the film doesn’t showcase him enough for this to become his break- out role. Director Benson Lee is best known for his 2007 documentary Planet B-Boy, which was shamelessly plugged in Battle of the Year, though it is not actually available on Netflix Instant Watch in real life — you have to put it in your DVD queue. Planet B-Boy focuses on the stories of four indi- viduals from different teams and not only shows more dancing but tells much more poignant stories about how the b-boys re- late to their often unsupportive families. The 3D experience doesn’t immerse the audience in the dance because the camera is still a tame distance away from the action. The dancing itself is not as interesting as that in Planet B-Boy, though in some scenes it does its work in telling the story, as when the Russian crew shows their superior cohe- sion with an impressive repertoire of partner acrobatics and the Dream Team responds with comparatively weak individual perfor- mances. The Korean crew has some whimsi- cal moves that give an idea of what b-boying has become, but if you want to experience a Matt Kennedy range of styles and impressive power moves, Rooster (Chris Brown) showing his skills in Battle of the Year. you’re better off watching Planet B-Boy. Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts A RTS 11 Fun fun fun fun fun Fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun FUN FUN FUN FUN fun Of course,theassertdoesn’t work. The Tech 4 60× 6× 60× 6× 56 Mardi Gras follower agcy. Wanted 57 Most deg. pro’s Tooth 60 36× 1 4 20+ 1− 6× 53 Sushi ingredient 54 “Uh-uh” mothers 55 Farm each of the numbers 1–6. Follow the mathematical operations for each box. each the mathematical operations for of the numbers 1–6. Follow each 15+ 6× 6× 1− Instructions: Fill in the grid so that each column and row contains one of column and row exactly Fill in the grid so that each Instructions: Techdoku I Techdoku Solution, page 14 9 2 5 1 11 More than More 11 Security breach 12 stuff Explosive 13 lack 21 Vacuum’s to?” like ya “Would 22 of a risk 25 Less Samuel 26 Justice acceptable 27 Less 28 “Sure!” 29 Foremost 30 Zoo beast 31 Fine wood 32 Gelato holders 34 Quirky habits 35 Knot-tying phrase a fly ball after Advance 38 opinion . . .” “In my 39 40 Tie accessory 46 __ culpa resort 47 Mexican 48 Birdie + 2 of land 49 Lots 50 GWTW guy 51 Think ahead standing 52 Relative 1 7 6 2 6 3 9 [379] Forgetting 4 9 7 8 4 , 46 Legendary feuders vehicle 48 Public 49 Field of expertise 51 Bureaucratic procedure 57 National symbol stamps on Irish Word 58 59 Intimidated 61 Source of ruin actor and Order: SVU 62 Law 63 Flip over 64 Jet-black 65 Lab procedure twigs66 Homes made of N DOW the bait Took 1 2 Burden of Stoicism 3 Founder 4 Oil cartel 5 Big step 6 Heavy rope 7 Do not exist land 8 Swampy business wear Woman’s 9 in headlines AL team, 10 E LANGUAGE

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By Claire Cain Miller to say the general public seemed ily members, as well as links to offices, grad students in cubicles The New York Times not to have noticed that Google people like Hillary Clinton and ripped out its engine while driv- Joe Biden. Offices, from Page 1 you pick an office, and that stays Google on Thursday an- ing down the road and replaced it The new algorithm also builds with you basically until you re- nounced one of the biggest with something else.” on work Google has done to un- affected. Graduate students have tire or want to do something else. changes ever to its search engine, Google announced the new derstand conversational lan- been situated into cubicles due So for like 30 years you have the a rewriting of its algorithm to han- algorithm, called Hummingbird, guage, like interpreting what pro- to the lack of rooms, but all post- same spot, meaning you don’t re- dle more complex queries that af- at a press event to celebrate the nouns in a search query refer to. docs still have offices. “I have a ally get to know other people,” said fects 90 percent of all searches. search engine’s 15th birthday. Hummingbird is a way to ex- smaller office with no windows, Staffilani. “With this move, and the The event was held in the garage tend that to all Web search, not but it’s comfortable enough,” said fact that we didn’t keep the same The world’s most that Google’s founders rented just to results related to the enti- Lauer. “It’s definitely less space, order of offices, we got to meet a popular search when they started the company. ties included in the Knowledge but probably better on the whole lot more people than we knew be- Yet Google revealed few details Graph. It tries to connect phrases — the old building was creaky and fore. This has been really good in engine will focus about how the new search algo- and understand concepts in a falling apart while this one is more getting people to bringing the staff more on trying rithm works or what it changed. long query. modern.” together.” And it said it made the change a The outcome is not a change With renovations promising to understand month ago, though consumers in the way Google searches the ‘The old building more modern amenities, while may not have noticed a signifi- Web, but to the results that it still preserving the infrastructure the meanings of cant difference in search results shows. Unlike with some of its was creaky and of the original construction. Re- things and the during that time. other algorithm changes, includ- falling apart. This cent plans released to the depart- Google originally matched ing one that pushed down so- ments show a promising outlook relationships keywords in a search query to called content farms in search one’s more modern.’ for the renovation. among them. the same words on Web pages. results, Hummingbird is unlikely Joe Lauer “We are very grateful to the Hummingbird is the culmination to affect certain categories of Web Math Instructor head of our department for finding The change represents a of a shift to understanding the businesses noticeably, Sullivan a place for us for the next two and new approach to search using meaning of phrases in a query said. Instead, Google believes us- Despite the tight living space, a half years … We are actually pret- Google and required the biggest and showing people Web pages ers will see more precise results. the departments seem happy, and ty happy about it,” said Staffilani. changes to the company’s search that more accurately match that Google announced a few the move has had some positive “[Moving back] will be great since algorithm since 2000. Now, the meaning. other, more minor changes to effects. we’ll get bigger offices and will be world’s most popular search “Once you become a professor, more centralized.” engine will focus more on try- Google originally matched keywords in a ing to understand the meanings of things and the relationships search query to the same words on Web Solution to Crossword Solution to Sudoku among them, as opposed to the pages. 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SPorts Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Tech The season, 2-1 league in play improves to 10-5 on the Women’sMIT Volleyball College in straight sets: 25-23, 25-13, 25-22 victoriousEngineers over Mount Holyoke finalset and later built a 20-11 lead. Following out to close theframe. a7-2run ed astheEngineers nocloser would get record- following the Lyons’ final timeout, but they it up, 17-9. Anexchange ofpoints ensued as strikesby Tatiana Berger’14 andHunt put (11-7). gradually MIT increased itscushion timeout, thevisitors narrowed thegap to four stanza but afterthe second aMount Holyoke bymiscue theLyons. HuntRachel A. ’14 ona theset andclinched error. The hosts with a kill from responded ace from Stephany Yang hitting andanMIT sparked the late rally that featured also an even thescore at 23. 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Ar Pittsburgh looked completely S unday, S rediction: 16-6Prediction: Cardinals State University. andlocal FraminghamSmith College rival on Saturday, featuring Sept. 28 NEWMAC foe assists. sists, acesasYang andtwo out dished seven aces.two Lyon produced digs, seven six as while Athena Donta recorded 13 digs and hitting attempts and tacked blocks on two Sweeting onfour ofherseven connected becca Bland contributed five kills. Emma with five killsand finished 21 digs as Re- eightwith kills andamassed 21 digs. Iwema five digs. ’14 aceswhileHao two earned both tacked on aces. Sharon S. Hao ’14 andEmma S. Gargus Fesslersica L. ’14 picked up six digs and three Tori Wuthrich ’17 L. 13 collected digs asJes 25nier tallied assists, 11 digs, andthree aces. bolstered thefront row six kills asGag with - AstrachanJennifer ’15 L. 10 posted kills. Hunt 10 alongto go with digs andthree aceswhile the win. thwarted thelate rally attempt andsecured alive. However, astrikeby Lara G. Markey ‘17 errorstwo andakill from Iwema kept them the deficit, the Lyons continued to attack as the Engineers match point at 24-19. Despite by sides inadditionto both aBergerkill gave a timeout andonceplay resumed, miscues Natalie Lyon. prompted The spurt to use MIT oferrorsacesby two on atrio along to go with outscored the Engineers, 5-2, by capitalizing its final timeout ofthe match, Mount Holyoke Next a be home tri-match will up for MIT with a match-highBerger finished 11 kills Martina Kneifel Mount paced Holyoke 20-11 lead. later and built a set advantage final inthe out to a7-1 jumped MIT ept. 29, 1:00 p.m.ept. 29, 1:00 take better care of to berger needs Roethlisand Ben have a chance, takes to onoffense too many mis - - - everyone that can they everyone compete are they quietly provingNFL, to the only undefeated teams inthe to only offense points.16 One of the high-powered Philadelphia plenty of turnovers and holding againstwin Philadelphia, forcing er hand, comeoffa surprising New York. The Chiefs, ontheoth- for now, good notlook itdoes time to make arecovery, but asof team, still have they so enough East have doesn’t adominant game. They’re lucky that theNFC for the majority of the terrible CityChiefs Kansas New York @ Giants turnovers andmiscues. sloppymay game avery fullof be shown that hecan doso. This hisarm, andhehasn’twith yet are stillhimto beat daring them Ponder played better, but teams yards2,500 Christian thisseason. claiming that for he would rush after tinues to underwhelm andAdrian Petersonweek con- were shocked by theBrowns last due to turnovers. The Vikings thers and they thersare and they quickly spiral- again against last week the Pan- S The Giantswere embarrassed unday, S rediction: 24-16Prediction: S ept. 29, 1:00 p.m.ept. 29, 1:00 ning looked lina Man andEli - thing to stop Caro- couldn’t doany - Their defense ing downhill. - - Holyoke Collegeon Tuesday. MIT won threesetstozero. Jessica L. Fessler ’14serves inMIT’s women’s volleyball matchagainst Mount Men’s waterpolovs.ConnecticutCollege Men’s soccervs.BabsonCollege Women’s volleyballvs.FraminghamStateUniversity Men’s waterpolovs.BrownUniversity Women’s soccervs.SpringfieldCollege Women’s volleyballvs.SmithCollege Saturday, September 28 Upcoming Home E teelers Jacksonville Jaguars Colts@ Indianapolis theGiantsand send home0-4. them to keep theirstreak alive Their tough should defense allow under head coach Andy Reid. for a playoff inspot their first year even that close. held Colin They anditwasn’t last week, 49ers Houston Texans Seattle Seahawks @ to aneasy win. should cruise about this game, and the Colts games. 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Matt Schaub isnearly perfect, Seahawks and,unless thisweek anynot struggle less against the ball into theendzone.will They having ahard timepunching the Foster,Arian butare they still backsone ofthebestrunning in in theNFLAndre Johnson and still have oneofthebestreceivers they’ve to score. struggled They and like thisseason, themselves The injury. Texans haven’t looked games therest oftheway, barring favorites inthemajority oftheir their roster should andthey be don’t They have any holeson and arguably thetop in the NFC. of thetop teams intheleague, sonville. 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