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Volume 128, Number 65 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 24 Broad Institute DNA Scientists Were Laid Off on Tuesday By Michael McGraw-Herdeg cember 2008 announced that it had Executive Editor fired 29 staff whose work had been Twenty-four MIT employees were supplanted by machines. The press re- fired yesterday morning from the lease was subtitled “New, More Effi- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. cient Technologies Require Less Ma- Their jobs have been made redundant chines, Less Space and Fewer People by new technology, the institute said to Run.” in a press release. “We, like most other sequencing These may be the first mass firings centers, have been slowly replacing since MIT announced its “hiring slow- older generation, Sanger sequencing down” in November 2008, although technologies with newer machines,” the Broad Institute (pronounced wrote founder J. Craig Venter in the BRODE) took care to say that the press release. “In some cases one new layoffs were the result of a technol- DNA sequencing machine can now do ogy shift and not related to the global the work of 100 older generation ma- recession. A spokesman from the MIT chines,” Venter wrote. Michael Y. McCanna—The Tech News Office could not confirm wheth- The MIT layoffs were “not a deci- Contestants and organizers look on as two autonomous robots strive for the most points in the er any other mass layoffs had occurred sion that is made lightly or happily,” mock competition for 6.270 Autonomous Lego Robot Design. The final competition will be on at MIT since November. said Broad Communications Direc- Thursday, January 29 in 26-100 at 6 p.m. The fired scientists and technicians tor Fintan R. Steele. The workers’ operated machinery that read the ge- obsolescence arose as a problem only netic sequence of strands of DNA, a weeks ago, he said. It was not clear research technology used by such en- for how long Broad had been using deavors as the Human Genome Proj- the machines which made the workers Anonymous Benefactor’s Money ect. A “next-generation” approach of obsolete. sequencing DNA can work a hundred “We’re kind of at the mercy of the times more efficiently than the current technology changes,” he said. Will Keep Empty W1 Looking Good technology, but mastering that ap- On Tuesday morning, Broad com- proach requires learning entirely new munity members read an e-mail from By Shreyes Seshasai dents fund, but is instead “entirely ress on the dormitory to continue, techniques. director Eric S. Lander announcing Staff Reporter new,” Kolenbrander said. The en- and renovating the outside was the The layoffs mirror a similar ac- the decision to fire the 24 workers. Partial renovations to the W1 tire pledged donation has actually best choice, given the uncertainty tion by the J. Craig Venter Institute, residence hall, the former Ash- been committed to MIT, with the in when the rest of the renovations in Rockville, MD, which in early De- Broad Firings, Page 12 down, will begin this spring after money to go toward the rehabilita- will continue. all, thanks to a gift from an anony- tion of the building. “The gift is just the starting mous donor. Work will be limited Dean for Student Life Chris point,” said Colombo. “For now, Four Thousand Flock to to the exterior of the building, and Colombo met with students in we will do all the work that we can will not impact the Institute’s plan the Phoenix Group on Monday do externally to the building.” to delay the opening of W1 until to share news of the gift. “The Colombo and Kolenbrander MIT to Seek Jobs Overseas after 2010. The size of the gift was students for the most part were both did not know the amount of not disclosed. pleased,” said Colombo. “We all the gift, nor the identity of the do- Boston Provides a Hub for Recruiters and Aspirants The renovations this spring will want the building to be ready as nor. focus on preserving the exterior of quickly as possible.” “Anonymous donations are a By Omar Abudayyeh Columbia University. These compa- the building, including the win- Members of the Phoenix Group wonderful part of our history,” Staff Reporter nies recruit infrequently in the United dows, lintels and sills, parapets, — a group of undergraduates cur- Kolenbrander said, citing the ex- The 13th European Career Fair States, only coming to central loca- and general masonry. The build- rently living in Ashdown House ample of George Eastman, who as was held at MIT this past Saturday, tions like Boston, said Tracy, a me- ing’s two cupolas will also be re- (NW35) who will form the first “Mr. Smith” provided the money attracting candidates and employers chanical engineering student. clad with new copper roofs. community of W1 — were not to build MIT’s Cambridge campus from all over the world amidst a bleak Although the fair still attracted a These outdoor renovations were consulted on how to best use the in what is now the main group. economy. Over 4,000 candidates from strong crowd, the number of compa- given higher priority as the outside money of the gift. “The donor feels strongly that more than 16 countries seeking in- nies attending the fair dropped from of the building has a higher chance Kolenbrander speculated that ternships and jobs sent their resumes 140 last year to 114, said Arne Hes- of deteriorating over time than the the donor probably wanted prog- W1’s Donation, Page 13 in and attended the fair this year. senbruch, a visiting lecturer in charge inside, said Kirk Kolenbrander, Students from all over the region of marketing and public relations for Vice President for Institute Affairs were drawn to the fair. While stand- the fair. and Secretary of the Corporation. Lost a Bike? It Might Be in NW62 ing in line to talk to the automobile Hessenbruch explained that the A timeline for resumption of company Audi, Ian Tracy ’11 discov- companies had to commit to attending the rest of the renovations is still If you left your bicycle chained to the “NO BICYCLE PARKING” ered that the person behind him was a the fair in October, when the financial unclear. signs outside the Student Center on Tuesday morning, and you can’t student from Boston University, and The money did not come from find it, your bike might now be in NW62. the person in front of him was from EuroCareer Fair, Page 14 the existing Campaign for Stu- More than a dozen bikes were taken away in an MIT Facilities truck yesterday morning as workers prepared to install new racks. Signs were posted on the old racks on Sunday telling students to relocate their bikes. The three Facilities workers who loaded bikes into their truck MIT Dining Committee Releases Documents said that the bikes could be retrieved from Grounds Services in NW62, just a little past Random Hall on Massachusetts Ave. To retrieve your By Robert McQueen available, including a full list of the committee, both undergraduates and bike, contact the Campus Police at 617-253-2996. Associate Editor committee’s 20-some members, a de- graduate students indicated an interest —Robert McQueen Will next year’s incoming fresh- scription of surveys conducted by the in healthy eating habits. But less than men pay a mandatory fee for food? committee (but not their results), and 20 percent of undergraduates and 30 The “Blue Ribbon Committee” of stu- a set of answers from committee rep- percent of graduate students charac- dents and administrators charged with resentatives to student questions. The terized their diets as “well-balanced” In Short determining the future of MIT dining documents can be found at http://tech. in the survey, the committee said in ¶¶The Lecture Series Committee’s so parking is prohibited on Snow has reported no new progress toward mit.edu/V128/N65/blueribbonupdate/. the questions and answers document. Reg Day Challenge is in effect Emergency streets. A winter storm articulating a food policy since early A dominant idea in the commit- Securing nutritious options for stu- for Quantum of Solace, the James warning is in effect through 3 p.m. December, when The Tech reported tee’s discussion was reported to be a dents is a goal of the committee. Bond movie showing on Reg Day today, with 3–6 inches of snow ex- that a mandatory fee was among the “minimum nutritional fee,” intended Based on its surveys, the commit- in 26-100. If 10 percent of the resi- pected. committee’s proposals. to improve student nutrition by mak- tee made a list of recommendations for dents of a dorm or living group pay The committee has, however, re- ing students buy more meals at dormi- changes to dining at MIT. In Decem- for admission, that dorm gets free ¶¶Registration Day is Monday, Feb. leased documents that reveal infor- tories and local restaurants. admission to an LSC movie of their 2, and Tuesday is the first day of class- mation not previously made publicly In a survey commissioned by the Slow Dining Progress, Page 14 choice. es. The Tech resumes regular twice- Page 14 The Tech Page 14 The Tech weeklyJanuary publication 28, 2009 on Tuesday. January 28, 2009 ¶¶William Arning, curator of the Op i n i o n Ne w s World & Nation ������������2 List Visual Arts Center, will be ¶¶Dean Chris Colombo and wife leaving List to become Director of Bette Colombo were named House- ProportionalityTop and Salaries, Top 2006–2007 MIT salaries Page 14 TopOpinion Salaries, ������������ �2006–2007������jkdshf�������4 the Contemporary sjdg Arts Museum mastersjkdshf at Next House on sjdg Dec. 16, Name the GazaTitle War Name FY07Title changeArts from ������� FY06�������������������������6 FY07in Houston. changeArning startsfrom FY06the pres- filling the vacancy left by Muriel compensation compensationtigious new job on April 6; he has Medard and John Simmons. “We Susan Hockfield President Page 4 Susan Hockfield$808,698* President Campus $55,574 Life 7% ������������������8 $808,698*been at List since $55,5742000. 7% feel honored,” they said last night. 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Steve Marsh Managing Director, Real Estate Steve Marsh$493,803†§ Managing Director, Real** Estate ughsldjfgslgdflsjdg$493,803†§ ** ughsldjfgslgdflsjdg Philip Rotner Managing Director, Private EquityPhilip Rotner$485,704†§ Managing Director, Private** Equity $485,704†§ ** Daniel Steele Managing Director, Private EquityDaniel Steele$477,651†§ Managing Director, Private** Equity @@@ Tag @@@,$477,651†§ from Page 1 ** Anna Shcherbina,@@@ anTag MIT @@@, sopho- from Page 1 Anna Shcherbina, an MIT sopho- Charles Vest President Emeritus Charles Vest$446,920 President Emeritus ** $446,920 **more, also expressed a similar sen- more, also expressed a similar sen- ing the fair in October, when the timent that she’sing not the considering fair in October, fi- when the timent that she’s not considering fi- Allan Bufferd Former Treasurer Allan Bufferd$431,170 Former Treasurer ($1,124,502) -261% $431,170 ($1,124,502) -261% financial crisis was beginning , and nancial concerns,financial especially crisis because was beginning , and nancial concerns, especially because Martin Kelly Managing Director, Marketable AlternativesMartin Kelly $425,975†§ Managing Director, Marketable** Alternativesso companies $425,975†§ were unsure of to what **of Europe’s weakso companies economy. were Rather unsure of to what of Europe’s weak economy. Rather Joel Moses Former Provost Joel Moses$408,685 Former Provost ** extent they would$408,685 be hiring. **she’s looking forwardextent they to experienc-would be hiring. she’s looking forward to experienc- Sherwin Greenblatt Exec. VP and former Treasurer Sherwin Greenblatt$366,008 Exec. VP and former ($50,007) Treasurer -14% The fair $366,008 offers students the ($50,007) po- ing -14% another cultureThe and fair practicing offers students the po- ing another culture and practicing John Deutch Former Provost John Deutch$358,236 Former Provost ** tential for escaping$358,236 the worrysome **French. tential for escaping the worrysome French. Philip Clay Chancellor Philip Clay$355,376 Chancellor $37,409 11% job landscape$355,376 where on just Monday $37,409 While 11% the fairjob waslandscape successful where in on just Monday While the fair was successful in Theresa Stone Exec. VP and Treasurer Theresa Stone$296,704 Exec. VP and Treasurer** there were 71,400$296,704 layoffs and an- **drawing in studentsthere were from 71,400 all over, layoffs and an- drawing in students from all over, Dana Mead Chairman of the Corporation Dana Mead$291,398 Chairman of the Corporation $10,841 4% other 11,500$291,398 on Tuesday according $10,841 there 4% were stillother some 11,500 issues, on Tuesday par- according there were still some issues, par- Kathryn Willmore Former Vice President & SecretaryKathryn Willmore$285,757 Former Vice President **& Secretary to CNN. $285,757 **ticularly when toonly CNN. 16% of the par- ticularly when only 16% of the par- Gregory Morgan Vice Pres. and General Counsel Gregory Morgan$242,357 Vice Pres. and General** Counsel Allen Yin$242,357 ’11 said, “The number **ticipants were fromAllen MIT, Yin according ’11 said, “The number ticipants were from MIT, according of domestic tech jobs is decreasing. to the fair’s website.of domestic She said tech “The jobs is decreasing. to the fair’s website. She said “The Kirk Kolenbrander VP and Secretary Kirk Kolenbrander$219,778 VP and Secretary ** $219,778 ** In Europe, there are many and not recruiters wereIn really Europe, nice, there but are the many and not recruiters were really nice, but the Paul Gray Former President Paul Gray$156,761 Former President ** too much of a$156,761 language requirement.” **lines were bad.too There much were of a 20language min- requirement.” lines were bad. There were 20 min- Jeffrey Newton VP – Resource Development Jeffrey Newton$125,199 VP – Resource Development** For him, there$125,199 is also the excitement **ute waits so theFor logistics him, there could is also use the excitement ute waits so the logistics could use Howard Johnson Former President Howard Johnson$39,530 Former President ** of exploring new$39,530 countries. **some work.” of exploring new countries. some work.” Tracy, the Mech-E student, just Overall, HessenbruchTracy, the explained, Mech-E student, just Overall, Hessenbruch explained, “Compensation” column includes regular compensation“Compensation” as well as contributions column includes to employee regular benefit compensation plans. as wellwants as a contributions chance to further to employee explore his benefit the plans. fair went smoothlywants a chance without to anyfurther explore his the fair went smoothly without any This data is from fiscal year 2007’s IRS form 990 (JulyThis 1, 2006data isthrough from fiscal June 30,year 2007), 2007’s dated IRS formMay 15,990 2008. (July 1, 2006German through heritage June and30, utilize2007), hisdated Ger- May glitched15, 2008. due to Germanmuch improved heritage orga- and utilize his Ger- glitched due to much improved orga- Parenthesized numbers are negative. Form 990 includesParenthesized compensation numbers to current are andnegative. former Form “officers, 990 includes direc- compensationman language to current skills and that former he’s been“officers, nization direc- than previousman language years. skills that he’s been nization than previous years. tors, and trustees” as well as the “five highest paid employees”tors, and trustees” (†). Therefore, as well theas thelist “fivebeneath highest Kelly paidis not employees” training (†). inTherefore, classes atthe MIT. list beneath In fact, Kelly Startingis not in training 1997, the in classesEuropean at MIT. In fact, Starting in 1997, the European comprehensive. “Change” column calculated from FY2006comprehensive. form. “Change” column calculated from FY2006 form.the financial crisis has no bearing on Career Fair wasthe organized financial by crisis Euro- has no bearing on Career Fair was organized by Euro- his decision. Tracy said, “Germany pean Club membershis decision. who desired Tracy to said, “Germany pean Club members who desired to * Includes $100,000 of deferred compensation (Hockfield).* Includes $100,000 of deferred compensation (Hockfield).is facing a similar crisis that’s just work back in is their facing home a similarcountries crisis that’s just work back in their home countries ** Data for this person did not appear in the FY2006 form,** Data so no for change this person is calculated. did not appear in the FY2006 form, soas no hard change as in is America. calculated. 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Since then the Fair † Appears in list of top five [non-officer] salaries. † Appears in list of top five [non-officer] salaries. pay less tuition because European has drasticallypay expanded, less tuition growing because European has drastically expanded, growing § Does not include incentive compensation: approx. $237,000§ Does (Marsh,not include Rotner, incentive Steele) compensation: or $210,000 (Kelly).approx. $237,000universities (Marsh, Rotner, are state Steele) sponsored or $210,000 and (Kelly).more than 40%universities across recent are years, state sponsored and more than 40% across recent years, Amount may have increased depending on endowment Amountperformance. may haveManaging increased Directors depending are MITIMCO on endowment performance.so internships Managing pay Directorsa fraction are of whatMITIMCO with a continuedso influenceinternships from pay athe fraction of what with a continued influence from the (MIT Investment Management Company) employees. 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cisions. The bill required the commit- cisions. The bill required the commit- tee to publish its meeting summaries, tee to publish its meeting summaries, its new proposals, and all the data it its new proposals, and all the data it considered when making its recom- considered when making its recom- mendations. mendations. The committee has not yet taken The committee has not yet taken a complete stance on MIT dining, ac- a complete stance on MIT dining, ac- cording to committee member and UA cording to committee member and UA Vice President Michael A. Bennie ’10. Vice President Michael A. Bennie ’10. The committee is still awaiting a report The committee is still awaiting a report from Envision Strategies, an opera- from Envision Strategies, an opera- tions consulting company specializing tions consulting company specializing in restaurant management, food ser- in restaurant management, food ser- vice, and college dining programs. vice, and college dining programs. MIT hired Envision Strategies to MIT hired Envision Strategies to evaluate a set of proposals made by the evaluate a set of proposals made by the Eric D. SchmiEDl—ThE TEch Blue Ribbon committee thatEric would D. SchmiEDl—ThE al- TEch Blue Ribbon committee that would al- A snowman is seen in Kresge Oval on Tuesday evening.A snowman is seen in Kresge Oval on Tuesday evening. ter MIT’s dining plan. The committee ter MIT’s dining plan. The committee expects to receive the Envision Strate- expects to receive the Envision Strate- gies report in the near future; in early gies report in the near future; in early December, they expected the evalua- December, they expected the evalua- tions by early January. tions by early January. While the committee has not yet While the committee has not yet 20.020: Learn how20.020 to de:sig Lean rnand how bui ldto ldeivingsig n andscheduled bui its ldnext meeting, liv theying plan scheduled its next meeting, they plan to meet once the new report arrives. to meet once the new report arrives. organisms that soorlvgane realism ws orlthadt p sroolvblemse real worldSolution pro toblems Crossword Solution to Crossword from page 9 from page 9

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Page 2 The Tech January 28, 2009 Wo r l d & Na t i o n John Updike, Chronicler of Outcry Over a Plan to Sell Small-Town America, Dies at 76 By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times Brandeis Museum’s Holdings John Updike, the kaleidoscopically gifted writer whose quartet of Rab- bit novels highlighted a body of fiction, verse, essays and criticism so vast, By Randy Kennedy necessary as Brandeis faces a deep- was on view in a large exhibition of his protean and lyrical as to place him in the first rank of American authors, and Carol Vogel ening financial crisis, with its endow- work last year at the Metropolitan Mu- died on Tuesday in Danvers, Mass. He was 76 and lived in Beverly Farms, The New York Times ment, once $700 million, significantly seum of Art, said when notified on Tues- Mass. The Massachusetts attorney gen- diminished. “Choosing between and day of the closing: “I find it astonishing. The cause was cancer, according to a statement by Knopf, his publisher. eral’s office said on Tuesday that it among important and valued univer- I’ve never heard anything like it.” A spokesman said Updike had died at the Hospice of the North Shore in planned to conduct a detailed review sity assets is terrible, but our priority Emily LaGrassa, director of com- Danvers. of Brandeis University’s surprise deci- in the face of hard choices will always munications for the state attorney gen- Of Updike’s dozens of books, perhaps none captured the imagination sion to sell off the entire holdings of be the university’s core teaching and eral, Martha Coakley, said that Brandeis of the book-reading public more than those about ordinary citizens in its Rose Art Museum, one of the most research mission,” he wrote. had informed the office on Monday of small-town and urban settings. His best-known protagonist, Harry “Rab- important collections of postwar art in The museum’s collection includes its decision, but had not consulted with bit” Angstrom, first appears as a former high-school basketball star trapped New England. some 6,000 works — among them the attorney general in advance. The in a loveless marriage and a sales job he hates. Through the four novels The decision to close the 48-year- seminal paintings by artists like Rob- attorney general has approval powers whose titles bear his nickname — “Rabbit, Run,” “Rabbit Redux,” “Rabbit old museum in Waltham, Mass., and ert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy over certain actions of nonprofit institu- Is Rich” and “Rabbit at Rest” — the author traces the funny, restless and disperse the collection as a way to Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein — that tions in the state. questing life of this middle-American against the background of the last shore up the university’s struggling are believed to be worth $350 million LaGrassa said that in the case of half-century’s major events. finances was denounced by the mu- to $400 million, although they could Brandeis, the attorney general would Philip Roth said Tuesday: “John Updike is our time’s greatest man of seum’s board, its director and a wide bring less in the current ailing art mar- review wills and agreements made be- letters, as brilliant a literary critic and essayist as he was a novelist and short range of art experts, who warned that ket. tween the museum and the estates of story writer. He is and always will be no less a national treasure than his the university was cannibalizing its “It couldn’t be a worse time to sell donors to determine if selling artworks 19th-century precursor, Nathaniel Hawthorne. His death constitutes a loss cultural heritage to pay its bills. expensive art,” said Robert Storr, the violated the terms of donations. “We to our literature that is immeasurable.” “This is one of the artistic and prominent curator and art historian. have not yet offered any opinion on John Hoyer Updike was born on March 18, 1932, in Reading, Pa., and cultural legacies of American Jewry,” “It is not only unprincipled, but bad any aspect of the proposed sales,” she grew up in the nearby town of Shillington. He was the only child of Wesley said Jonathan Lee, the chairman of economics.” said, adding, “We do expect this to be a Russell Updike, a junior-high-school math teacher of German descent, and the museum’s board of overseers, who He added: “This sets a terrible lengthy process.” Linda Grace (Hoyer) Updike, who later also published fiction in The New said that “nobody at the museum — precedent. The Rose Art Museum Dennis Nealon, a spokesman for Yorker and elsewhere. neither the director nor myself nor has been known for four decades as a the university, said it would have no anyone else — was informed of this hospitable place to show serious and comment on any legal questions re- or had any idea what was going on.” challenging art in an academic context. lated to the proposed closing and the Geithner Sets Limits on Lobbying Jehuda Reinharz, the university’s They are throwing away one of their sale of the art. The university said in president, said in a statement that the prime assets.” a statement that the Rose would shut For Bailout Funds decision, made on Monday by the uni- Johns, represented in the collection down by late summer and be turned By Charlie Savage versity’s trustees, was agonizing but by the 1957 painting “Drawer,” which into a teaching center with a gallery. The New York Times WASHINGTON The new Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, announced Tuesday that he would crack down on lobbying to influence the $700 billion financial bailout program by companies that are receiving billions in taxpayer funds. ‘Mini-Madoffs’ Ran Their Own Among other steps, the Treasury Department said it would make public a log of all contacts by public officials and bank officials regarding specific financial institutions. The log will be posted on the department’s Web site $100 Million Ponzi Schemes and updated weekly, it said. Eugene Volokh, a constitutional law professor at the University of Cali- By Leslie Wayne money back, which brings the cha- or knew — that Cosmo had already fornia, Los Angeles, said there was no legal impediment to barring Treasury The New York Times rade tumbling down. been imprisoned for securities fraud. officials from talking about specific matters with lobbyists, although the Their names lack the Dickensian “There is no way for a Ponzi to In the end, 1,500 people gave him First Amendment would not permit the government to forbid people from flair of Bernie Madoff, and the mon- survive given the large number of their money, often through brokers trying to lobby it. ey they apparently stole from inves- redemptions and a lack of new inves- who worked on his behalf. tors was a small fraction of the $50 tors,” said Stephen J. Obie, the head And in Florida, not far from the billion that Madoff allegedly lost of of enforcement at the Commodity Palm Beach clubs where Madoff Dissidents at FDA Complain of Inquiry his clients’ savings. Futures Trading Commission. The wooed some of his investors, George By Gardiner Harris But the number of other people agency has experienced a doubling L. Theodule, a Haitian immigrant The New York Times who have been caught running Ponzi of reported leads to possible Ponzi and professed “man of God,” prom- Nine dissident scientists at the Food and Drug Administration sent schemes in recent weeks is adding schemes in the last year, and its en- ised churchgoers in a Haitian-Amer- a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday stating that agency of- up quickly, so much so that they forcement caseload has risen this ican community that he could double ficials may have started a criminal investigation into their complaints that have earned themselves a nickname: year. their money within 90 days. agency officials forced them to approve medical devices inappropriately. mini-Madoffs. On Monday, at a suburban New He accepted only cash, and de- “It has been brought to our attention that FDA management may have Some of these schemes have been York train station, Nicholas Cosmo spite the too-good-to-be-true sales just recently ordered the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) to operating for years, and others are surrendered to federal authorities in pitch, he found plenty of investors investigate us rather than the managers who have engaged in wrongdo- of more recent vintage. But what is connection with a suspected $380 willing to turn over tens of thousands ing!” states the letter, which was provided to The New York Times. “It causing them to surface now appears million Ponzi scheme, in which in- of dollars. is an outrage that our own agency would step up the retaliation to such to be a combination of a deteriorat- vestors paid a minimum of $20,000 “The offices were beautiful, and a level because we have reported their wrongdoing to the United States ing economy and heightened skep- for high-yield “private bridge” loans I was told it was a limited liability Congress.” ticism about outsize returns after that he had arranged. corporation,” said Reggie Roseme, a Heidi Rebello, an FDA spokeswoman, said she could neither confirm the revelations about Madoff. That Cosmo promised returns of 48 deliveryman in Wellington, Fla., who nor deny the existence of a criminal investigation. can scare off new clients and cause percent to 80 percent a year, and none lost his entire savings of $35,000 and longtime investors to demand their of his investors apparently minded — now faces foreclosure on his home. We a t h e r Snow! Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, January 28, 2009

By Elizabeth Maroon 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 A storm that just left the South and Midwest hits us today, bringing the 40°N Boston area snow, freezing rain and sleet within the next 12–24 hours. This storm affected many communities from Texas to Ohio yesterday. Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma were especially hard hit by ice from the storm; pow- er lines and tree branches were downed, and many lost electricity. Snow fell to 1004 the north of the ice belt, with white accumulations from Illinois to Ohio. The 35°N storm moved our way into the northeast early in the am. The commute this 1004 morning should be hit by the hardest of the snow and sleet from this storm. This afternoon, Boston should see the snow changing into sleet and freezing rain as warmer air will be move in. How much snow and how much frozen stuff will we see? Expect from 3–6 inches of snow, with more emphasis on 30°N the lower side of this estimate. After 3 p.m., rain and sleet could total as much as a half of an inch or more. 1030 Tonight, this fast-moving storm will keep moving, leaving rain and snow for us, although the majority of the precipitation is already behind us. By the early morning hours, around 3–5 a.m., any remaining snow and rain should 25°N end. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy to sunny and breezy with wind from the west. It’ll be partly cloudy and chilly tomorrow night. Friday sees more clouds and a very slight chance for snow, although weekend skiers headed for New Hampshire and Vermont should not expect any new powder other than what was laid by today’s storm.

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Murder-Suicide Leaves Israeli Soldier and Palestinian Are Killed at Gaza Border 7 Dead in California By Ethan Bronner The New York Times GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip By Rebecca Cathcart his family and himself. The station the Lupoe family,” the statement An explosive device killed an Israeli soldier just outside Gaza on and Randal C. Archibold quickly called 911 to report the let- said. Tuesday, and Israel retaliated with incursions that killed one Palestinian The New York Times ter and then posted it on the station Although the police are treating and wounded another, in the first serious confrontations between Hamas LOS ANGELES Web site after the bodies were dis- the case as a murder-suicide, Dep- and Israel since each declared a tentative cease-fire 10 days ago. With A man shot and killed his wife covered. uty Chief Kenneth Garner said the the new American envoy to the region, George J. Mitchell, set to arrive and five young children before tak- The letter said Lupoe and his police were still sorting through a in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the fighting here underlined the urgency ing his own life Tuesday, apparently wife had worked as medical techni- discrepancy. of his mission. out of despair after the couple lost cians at a Kaiser Permanente hos- Contrary to his fax and reported Hamas seemed eager to play down what had happened, saying it was their jobs at a hospital, the police pital in West Los Angeles, but re- call to the television station, the not clear who was responsible for the explosive device, which had been and city officials said. cently lost their jobs after a dispute man told a 911 operator he had ar- planted inside Israel, apparently under cover of fog in the early morn- Officers responding to 911 calls with an administrator. rived home and found his family ing, and set off by remote control when an Israeli military vehicle was placed by the man, Ervin A. Lupoe, The administrator, it said, had dead, Garner said. But investiga- nearby. But Israeli officials interpreted the attack, which also wounded and by a television station to which asked them on an unspecified day tors found a revolver next to Ervin three other soldiers, as an ominous sign that Hamas was testing them Lupoe had sent a fax around 8:30 why they had come to work, and Lupoe’s body, the only weapon in after the recent three-week war. a.m., found seven bodies in a house then added, “You should have blown the home, he said. “This is a harsh attack and we cannot accept it,” Defense Minister in Wilmington, a working-class your brains out.” The police said they found the Ehud Barak said as he called a meeting of top defense officials. “And neighborhood near the Port of Los Two days after the confronta- bodies of the three daughters next we will respond.” Angeles. tion, the letter said, the Lupoes to their father in a front bedroom Later, a Hamas militant on a motorcycle in the town of Khan Younis, A police spokesman said the lost their jobs and began planning upstairs. The boys were with their in southern Gaza, was hit by a missile from an Israeli drone but was bodies were identified as Lupoe; his their deaths and those of their mother in a back bedroom on the not killed, witnesses said. Palestinian witnesses said that Israeli military wife, Ana; their 8-year-old daugh- children. same floor. vehicles had entered Khan Younis, but that they had left within hours. ter and two sets of twins (5-year-old “Why leave the children to a “A man who recently lost his The Palestinian who was killed on Tuesday was identified by fam- girls and 2-year-old boys). stranger?” Lupoe said his wife had job allowed the despair to put him ily members as Anwar Zaid Sammor, a farmer. He was killed during a Lupoe had telephoned and sent asked. “So, here we are,” he wrote. over the edge,” said Mayor Anto- limited Israeli incursion into the town of Dier al-Balah, near the site of a fax to KABC-TV that indicated Kaiser Permanente officials is- nio Villaraigosa, who held a news the explosion directed at the Israeli military. The Israeli military did not “he was despondent over a job situ- sued a statement confirming the conference outside the house. immediately comment on the Palestinian’s death, which witnesses said ation and he saw no reasonable way couple had worked at their hospital “Unfortunately, this has been an occurred during heavy gunfire. out,” said Lt. John Romero, a police in West Los Angeles but would not all-too-common story in the last Israel also closed the crossings into Gaza where some 185 trucks spokesman. say when they had lost their jobs or few months. But that does not and with humanitarian goods were to enter, to help Palestinians here resume The two-page, typewritten let- provide other details. “We are deep- should not lead people to resort to their lives after the war, which Israeli leaders said was aimed at stopping ter made clear he was going to kill ly saddened to hear of the deaths of desperate measures.” rocket fire into Israel and at weakening Hamas. Coffee Linked Clinton Sees Possible Progress To Lower Dementia Risk By Nicholas Bakalar On Iran and North Korea The New York Times Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new By Mark Landler to engage directly with Iran, even as tion’s strategy. study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later in life, The New York Times he said Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear The administration is expected as well. WASHINGTON weapon and support for terrorist to name Dennis B. Ross, a longtime A team of Swedish and Danish researchers tracked coffee con- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham groups was destabilizing. Middle East peace negotiator, to a se- sumption in a group of 1,409 middle-age men and women for an aver- Clinton said on Tuesday that Iran had Less than a week into her job, Clin- nior post handling Iran, according to age of 21 years. During that time, 61 participants developed dementia, a “clear opportunity” to engage with ton seemed energized. She traveled to State Department officials. That Ross 48 with Alzheimer’s disease. the international community, amplify- the White House on Monday to help was not at the same meeting as Mitch- After controlling for numerous socioeconomic and health fac- ing the conciliatory tone struck a day send off the administration’s special ell surprised some people who follow tors, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure, the scientists earlier by President Barack Obama envoy to the Middle East, George J. Iranian issues, given how long his found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of toward Iran and the rest of the Mus- Mitchell, and she has racked up a list appointment had been rumored. But coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, lim world. of calls to nearly 40 foreign leaders or officials said Ross was at the State compared with those who drank two cups or less. People who drank Sketching out an ambitious diplo- foreign ministers. Department on Monday. more than five cups a day also were at reduced risk of dementia, the re- matic agenda, Clinton also suggested The world, Clinton asserted, was Analysts said the timing for an searchers said, but there were not enough people in this group to draw that there could be some form of direct yearning for a new American foreign American overture to Iran was better statistically significant conclusions. communication between the United policy. now than it had been for a long time. Dr. Miia Kivipelto, an associate professor of neurology at the Karo- States and North Korea. And she said “There is a great exhalation of “The Iranian regime is in a truly linska Institute in Stockholm and lead author of the study, does not as relations with China had been exces- breath going on around the world,” desperate situation,” said Abbas yet advocate drinking coffee as a preventive health measure. “This is sively influenced by economic issues she said. “We’ve got a lot of damage Milani, the director of Iranian stud- an observational study,” she said. “We have no evidence that for people during the Bush administration. to repair.” ies at Stanford University. “The re- who are not drinking coffee, taking up drinking will have a protective Clinton, in her first remarks to re- Clinton did not disclose the op- gime is in a much more amenable effect.” porters since becoming the nation’s tions under consideration for reaching mood, because the economy is in a Kivipelto and her colleagues suggest several possibilities for why chief diplomat, said, “There is a clear out to Iran, beyond mentioning the shambles. They’re also dealing with coffee might reduce the risk of dementia later in life. First, earlier opportunity for the Iranians, as the existing multilateral talks involving someone whose name is Barack Hus- studies have linked coffee consumption with a decreased risk of type president expressed in his interview, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and sein Obama.” 2 diabetes, which in turn has been associated with a greater risk of to demonstrate some willingness to China. But she indicated that she and As for North Korea, Clinton said dementia. In animal studies, caffeine has been shown to reduce the engage meaningfully with the inter- Obama were thinking broadly. the administration was committed formation of amyloid plaques in the brain, one of the hallmarks of Al- national community.” The multilateral group is sched- to existing multilateral talks over its zheimer’s disease. Finally, coffee may have an antioxidant effect in the Speaking Monday to an Arabic- uled to meet next week in Germany, nuclear program. But she noted that bloodstream, reducing vascular risk factors for dementia. language news channel, Al Arabiya, and European diplomats said they in the past, there have been bilateral Obama reiterated his determination hoped that the meeting would provide talks within the current six-party ar- that the United States explore ways the first clues about the administra- rangement. Tensions Flare as Russian Soldier Seeks Asylum in Georgia By Olesya Vartanyan Obama Tells Muslims, and Ellen Barry The New York Times TBILISI, Georgia A 21-year-old Russian soldier, sitting down with a Big Mac at a ‘Americans Are Not Your Enemy’ McDonald’s here in the Georgian capital, said on Tuesday that he had By Alan Cowell States to get engaged right away” and tant to achieve peace. They will be changed into civilian clothes and walked across the South Ossetian The New York Times that he had told his envoy to “start by willing to make sacrifices if the time border into Georgia because he was fed up with his military service PARIS listening, because all too often the is appropriate and if there is serious there. In one of his first interviews United States starts by dictating.” partnership on the other side.” The soldier, Junior Sgt. Alexander Glukhov, a computer buff from since taking office, President Barack “Ultimately, we cannot tell either He also said he believed it was Udmurtia, a central Russian republic, seemed unaware of the clamor Obama struck a conciliatory tone the Israelis or the Palestinians what’s “possible for us to see a Palestinian he had prompted at home. As information about his action filtered out toward the Islamic world, saying he best for them. They’re going to have state — I’m not going to put a time from Tbilisi, Russia’s Defense Ministry contended that he had been ab- wanted to persuade Muslims that to make some decisions,” Obama frame on it — that is contiguous, that ducted by Georgian forces and was being forced to discredit the army “the Americans are not your enemy” said. “But I do believe that the mo- allows freedom of movement for its as “information provocation.” and adding that “the moment is ripe ment is ripe for both sides to real- people, that allows for trade with “Glukhov could say anything when subjected to psychological pres- for both sides” to negotiate in the ize that the path that they are on is other countries, that allows the cre- sure or threats,” said Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky, a Defense Minis- Middle East. not going to result in prosperity and ation of businesses and commerce so try spokesman, who demanded his immediate return to Russia. His remarks, recorded in Wash- security for their people. And that, that people have a better life.” Glukhov, a gangly man, told reporters that he had left because he ington on Monday night, signaled a instead, it’s time to return to the ne- But he also said the Israel- had been verbally abused by his commander, who he said drank ex- shift — in style and manner at least gotiating table.” Palestine conflict should not be cessively and “nagged at me all the time.” Glukhov said he departed — from the Bush administration, of- Shortly after the interview was seen in isolation. “I do think it is without telling anyone. fering a dialogue with Iran and what broadcast, an explosion on the impossible for us to think only in On Monday, he crossed into Georgian-held territory, flagged down he depicted as a new readiness to lis- Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday killed terms of the Palestinian-Israeli a police car and asked for a ride to Tbilisi, he said. He was handed over ten rather than dictate. an Israeli soldier. A Palestinian conflict and not think in terms of to officials from the Georgian Interior Ministry, who recorded on vid- Obama spoke as his special Mid- farmer was shot dead, according to what’s happening with Syria or eo his appeal for political asylum to the Georgian president, Mikheil dle East envoy, George J. Mitchell, Palestinian witnesses, in retaliatory Iran or Lebanon or Afghanistan and Saakashvili. Asked about his plans in Tbilisi, Glukhov looked blank. arrived in Egypt to begin an eight- gunfire. The incidents were the first Pakistan,” Obama said. “At first I didn’t think about being punished,” he said. “Maybe I will day tour that will include Israel, known fatal incidents since the Gaza He spoke at length about Amer- start thinking about it now.” Jordan, Saudi Arabia, France and fighting ended 10 days ago. ica’s future relationship with the Russian and Georgian television reported Glukhov’s story very dif- Britain. Mitchell planned to meet Obama said Israel “will not stop Muslim world, saying his “job is to ferently. A prime-time news report on Rustavi 2, the Georgian news President Hosni Mubarak. being a strong ally of the United communicate to the American peo- channel, described him as starving and said he had confirmed the long- In a transcript published on Al- States and I will continue to believe ple that the Muslim world is filled standing Georgian conviction that Russia spent the summer preparing Arabiya’s English language Web site, that Israel’s security is paramount. with extraordinary people who sim- to invade. In his televised statement, he said he could no longer tolerate Obama said he believed “the most But I also believe that there are Is- ply want to live their lives and see the sight of tanks, armor and rockets “aimed at the Georgian villages.” important thing is for the United raelis who recognize that it is impor- their children live better lives.” Page 4 The Tech January 28, 2009 Op i n i o n Letters To The Editor lecture-based, and absolutely wonderful alternative to TEAL) was one of Chairman Times’ Article Fails Readers the best decisions I ever made: if I had taken TEAL, I don’t think I would Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 I was deeply disappointed by the article “At M.I.T., Large Lectures be a Physics major today. Editor in Chief Are Going the Way of the Blackboard.” The reporter lauded the new Caroline Figgatt ’11 Nick Semenkovich ’09 teaching method, TEAL, as fun and effective, while implying the old, “traditional” lectures are oppressive and ineffective. (They aren’t, by the Business Manager way.) The article barely mentions that TEAL is actually very controver- Physics Reform a Boon Austin Chu G sial on campus. This is one of the most exceptional changes that MIT has made. As Managing Editor As an MIT sophomore, I can assure you there is good reason for this a freshman leaving my physics lectures in 8.01 and not understanding Jessica Witchley ’10 “resistance” from students. Though not a TEAL survivor myself (yes, stu- most of the lecture, I would have benefited greatly from an environment Executive Editor dents here “survive” TEAL), I would call it “widespread student loathing.” in which I was actually taught something. Although there may be some genuine well-meant pedagogical thought be- The idea that we could go home and just figure it out is “bogus.” Michael McGraw-Herdeg G hind the method of TEAL, its implementation has failed miserably. Additionally, many times there was a language barrier that had to be News Staff There’s a lot of hype about TEAL because it’s the latest teaching fad overcome between us students and most of our professors, who barely News and Features Director: Angeline Wang supposed to teach everybody perfectly, but the fact is that there is no spoke English. ’09; Editors: Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo ’11, magic teaching bullet. Everybody learns differently. What matters is We pay a huge price to attend MIT and it is not a far stretch for the Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Ryan whether the teacher can effectively implement whatever method he or Institute to “teach” students instead of beating them to death with the Ko ’11, Emily Prentice ’11; Staff: Curt Fischer she chooses to use — and most TEAL professors are terrible at teaching big stick of knowledge. Physics is the foundation for my mechanical G, Ray C. He G, Ramya Sankar G, John A. TEAL. Put simply, most students here find that TEAL is not effective for engineering degree. I may have turned out to be a genius if I had learned Hawkinson ’98, Daniela Cako ’09, Diana Jue ’09, a variety of reasons, and leaves them hating physics. something in 8.01. Ji Qi ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Nick Bushak ’10, Yuri Hanada ’10, JiHye Kim ’10, Talking to them, I realize that taking 8.012 (the insanely difficult, Katherine Alston ’84 Joyce Kwan ’10, Jenny Liu ’10, Joanne Y. Shih ’10, Yan Huang ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Lulu Wang ’11, Omar Abudayyeh ’12, Jessica Lin ’12, Pearle Lipinski ’12, Robert McQueen ’12, Proportionality and the Just War Aditi Verma ’12; Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan punishment fits the crime” — that “crime” to foreseeable and disproportionate with respect G, Garrett P. Marino G, Jon Moskaitis G, Roberto By Omar Bashir be explored below — or that equal numbers of to its just cause. One does not have to ignore Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian H. Tang G, Hamas’s violations to recognize that Israel may John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha G. soldiers or civilians are harmed on both sides. The objective of Joseph Maurer’s piece en- Rather, the destructiveness of war, or of a be culpable: responsibility for civilian suffering Production Staff titled “Justifying Self-Defense” was to criti- single action in war, must not be out of propor- is not zero-sum. Editor: Steve Howland ’11; Staff: K. Nichole cally engage with Professor Chomsky’s recent tion to the relevant good it will do. The relevant For a defender of the resort to war in Gaza, Treadway ’10, Alexander W. Dehnert ’12. talk on the Gaza conflict. Maurer’s targets also good to be done in the Gaza war was ending a possible escape from this discussion is to Opinion Staff include those who have expressed concern re- the threat posed by Hamas’s rockets. Efforts to question the innocence of Gazan civilians, and Editor: Andrew T. Lukmann G; Staff: Florence garding Israel’s alleged violation of the prin- add “the elimination of Hamas” or the like to this represents the third problem with Maurer’s Gallez G, Gary Shu G, Keith A. Yost G, Josh ciple of proportionality, a concern that “has this end of the scale must contend with moral piece. “War broke out when [Hitler and Hirohi- Levinger ’07, Krishna Gupta ’09, Aditya Kohli been screamed ad nauseam by many of Israel’s justifications for regime change and preemptive to] broke out of their borders,” he writes. “Resi- ’09, Jennifer Nelson ’09, Daniel Yelin ’10, staunchest foes.” force. dents of Gaza can vote any way they want, but Ethan Solomon ’12. Most of us in the MIT community share his With that in mind, it seems that critics of the when their rulers start lobbing rockets outside Sports Staff annoyance with partisan critics who trumpet war have a legitimate claim given the level of of their borders, they must anticipate a deserved Editor: Aaron Sampson ’10; Staff: Nydia slogans when it suits their interests; more to the death and destruction in Gaza compared to the reaction from the infringed-upon party.” Ruleman ’12, David Zhu ’12. point, though, we also tend to react negatively 13 Israelis killed since 2001 by homemade pro- I pause here to point out that, in a histori- Arts Staff to public discourse that tramples over our aca- jectiles. Most would argue that this holds true cal sense, it might not be prudent for a defender Editor: Praveen Rathinavelu ’10; Staff: Bogdan demic fields. Maurer should not be faulted for even if we include the psychological harm that of Israel to argue that encroachment beyond Fedeles G, Andrew Lee ’07, Tyson C. McNulty questioning Chomsky or for participating in an many Israelis have endured — note that Mau- borders somehow makes residents deserving ’08, S. Balaji Mani ’10, Tina Ro ’10, Kevin important debate. But his article makes three rer’s own argument that Israelis have become of violent reaction. But I want to focus more Wang ’10, Maggie Liu ’12. implications that would be troubling to most in- accustomed to evacuation, if valid, would serve attention on the implication that civilians are li-

Photography Staff ternational normative theorists, those concerned only to strengthen the criticisms. able to be killed due to who they elect. Maurer’s second problematic claim is that, The principle of non-combatant immunity, Editors: David M. Templeton ’08, Andrea with morals and ethics in world politics. Robles ’10, William Yee ’10; Associate Before treating each of these three points because Hamas intentionally blends in with the integral to the discrimination requirement that Editors: Allison M. Alwan ’12, Rachel Fong in turn, let me say a few words about the basis deals with the identification of legitimate -tar ’12; Staff: Vincent Auyeung G, Alex H. Chan on which we can judge military action. Interna- gets, is not in place simply to shield the “in- G, Alice Fan G, David Da He G, Perry Hung G, tional law represents one source of guidelines. That proportionality must be nocent.” Instead, it forces belligerents to ask, Maksim Imakaev G, Dmitry Kashlev G, Arthur “Just war” principles, though they may not be “who needs to be harmed now in order to stop Petron G, David Reshef G, Martin Segado G, codified in legal documents, provide a clearer considered both in the resort to the harm that is already underway?” Noah Spies G, Scott Johnston ’03, Christina way in to studying the rights and wrongs of Some theorists also leave room for preemp- Kang ’08, Martha Angela Wilcox ’08, Chelsea war and in the conduct of war Grimm ’09, Ana Malagon ’09, Peter H. Rigano warfare as opposed to its legality or illegality. tion under certain conditions. ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Jerzy Szablowski Standard just war theory separates between brings us to the first problem The point is that civilians retain their immu- ’09, Seth A. Villarreal ’09, Diana Ye ’09, Daniel the just resort to war — satisfied by just cause, nity even though they may be more guilty than P. Beauboeuf ’10, Biyeun Buczyk ’10, Arka competent authority, right intention, reasonable with Maurer’s article. combatants in bringing about an unjust threat. P. Dhar ’10, Mindy Eng ’10, Helen Hou ’10, hope of success, last resort, and proportionality To draw again on Shue, “execution-by-B-52 is Monica Kahn ’10, Diane Rak ’10, Jongu Shin — on the one hand, and the just conduct of war not the appropriate penalty for bad politics.” ’10, Dhaval Adjodah ’11, Monica Gallegos ’11, — satisfied by discrimination, necessity, and civilian population, “civilian casualties result By this same argument, we reject outright bin Michael Y. McCanna ’11, Michael Meyer ’11, Kari Williams ’11, Sherry Yan ’11, Andrew (again) proportionality — on the other. Just war entirely from Hamas’s own barbaric actions.” Laden’s assertion that killing American civil- Shum ’12, Meng Heng Touch ’12. principles are wed to practice and familiar to The implication here is that Israel is absolved ians is permissible because “they pay taxes to soldiers and planners. Arguing on the basis they of civilian deaths. Hamas indeed violates prin- their government and they voted for their presi- Campus Life Staff provide helps to separate those factors that are ciples of just conduct by endangering civilians dent.” Maurer’s view of war as punishment for Editor: Charles Lin G; Staff: J. Graham Ruby morally relevant from contentious claims about in this manner. How, then, can Israel be guilty a given polity is a relic of medieval Western G, David Shirokoff G, Danbee Kim ’09, Sarah history or allegations about the intrinsic flaws of any wrongdoing when civilians die? philosophy. C. Proehl ’09, Michael T. Lin ’11, Christine Yu ’11; Cartoonists: Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer of one side or the other. The language of causation does not really Further, though Hamas’s statements and ac- G, Roberto Perez-Franco G, Jason Chan ’09, That proportionality must be considered help to answer this question. One must look tions are truly appalling in many respects, we Michael Ciuffo ’11, Ben Peters ’11. both in the resort to war and in the conduct of again to the proportionality requirement for just must be careful in heaping scorn on Gazans for war brings us to the first problem with Maurer’s resort — that which must be satisfied before a electing them. NATO officials in Afghanistan Business Staff article. His statement that proportionality is “the war is launched. It places the onus on bellig- will attest to the fact that popular support for the Advertising Manager: Mark Thompson ’11; Operations Manager: Michael Kuo ’10; Staff: coward’s way of hamstringing a country when erents to perform a moral cost-benefit analysis Taliban owes more to the reprehensible group’s Neeharika Bhartiya ’10, Jennifer Chu ’10, applied to war” runs counter to the entire just before taking action, to realistically weigh the ability to provide basic security than it owes Heymian Wong ’10, Connie Chan ’12, Sandra war paradigm, the same one we rely on when likely damage against the achievement of the to ideological sympathy. Similarly, Hamas’s Chen ’12, Mengjie Ding ’12, Joseph Maurer arguing that civilians should not be harmed or just cause. It was clear beforehand that Hamas administration of critical infrastructure and so- ’12, Greg Steinbrecher ’12, Eric Trac ’12. that opposing forces have certain obligations to would take advantage of civilians to exploit cial services in the midst of awful living condi- Technology Staff each other. In Henry Shue’s words, the principle their physical defense as well as their public- tions in Gaza may be the biggest reason for the Director: Ricardo Ramirez ’09; Staff: Quentin of proportionality lies “at the heart of the mo- relations case against Israel — not solely due group’s electoral success. Smith ’10. rality of war.” to Hamas’s nature, but because of the empirical I hope that the above has drawn attention to Instead of excoriating the author on this record of groups fighting this type of war. just war thinking and demonstrated why even Editors at Large point, it’s more helpful to show that his state- Critics, then, have reason to argue that Isra- those claims voiced carelessly by partisan crit- Contributing Editors: Rosa Cao G, Brian ment is the result of a common misunderstand- el’s commencement of the campaign all but en- ics may hold water. I can’t help but think that Hemond G, Valery K. Brobbey ’08, Caroline Huang ’10; Senior Editors: Satwiksai Seshasai ing of proportionality. It is not simply that “the sured damage to non-combatants that was both Professor Chomsky’s polarizing style makes G, Shreyes Seshasai G, Jillian A. Berry ’08, it difficult for supporters of Israel to engage Omari Stephens ’08, Sarah Dupuis ’10. by Kartik M. Varadarajan G with criticism without being clouded by defen- siveness. At the same time, Maurer and others Advisory Board should consider that I did not touch on other Paul E. Schindler, Jr. ’74, V. Michael Bove ’83, issues with the Gaza war based on arguably low Barry S. Surman ’84, Robert E. Malchman ’85, Deborah A. Levinson ’91, Jonathan E. D. chances of success, dubious satisfaction of the Richmond PhD ’91, Karen Kaplan ’93, Saul `last resort’ condition, and alleged violations in Blumenthal ’98, Frank Dabek ’00, Daniel Ryan just conduct. Nor did I mention the compelling Bersak ’02, Eric J. Cholankeril ’02, Jordan case to be made that the campaign was not in Rubin ’02, Nathan Collins SM ’03, Keith J. Israel’s best interests given the nature of the Winstein ’03, Akshay R. Patil ’04, Tiffany threats it faces. Dohzen ’06, Beckett W. Sterner ’06, Marissa The controversy is not centered on the valid- Vogt ’06, Zachary Ozer ’07, B. D. Colen. ity of Israel’s appeals to self-defense. Instead, Production Staff for This Issue the affair seems to fit into a class of tragic situ- Editors: Austin Chu G, Jessica Witchley ’10. ations identified by Jeff McMahan in which the

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January 28, 2009 Op i n i o n The Tech Page 5 Expecting More from an MIT Professor anced and democratic society. We came to MIT Yaniv Junno Ophir How Prof. Chomsky’s Talk Failed the Community to learn and as any international student would real-time as validating his argument, proof that his talk was quite the opposite. tell you it involves much more than purely aca- and Gila Fakterman his is the right way. The Center for International Studies spon- demic material. This reckless behavior is dangerous when a sored Professor Chomsky’s talk to discuss, There’s a cultural difference, conflicting We write today to voice our concern about speaker is no longer held accountable for the amongst other things, the issues of human opinions and way of life and many more issues Professor Noam Chomsky’s reckless behavior truthfulness (or even objectivity) of his own rights and justice in light of the Gaza War. that challenge our ability to learn on a daily at a talk held last week (January 13th) as part of words. Professor Chomsky hints at the impor- Professor Chomsky, a great humanitarian and basis and ultimately help us grow as human be- the MIT CIS Starr Forum. We wish to address tance of unbiased journalism and congratulates intellectual, missed this opportunity to expose ings. We see Professor Chomsky as a vehicle to some points in Professor Chomsky’s talk to ex- those reporters who are brave enough to bring his audience to the inner workings of a great learn about the other side, to think about things plain our position, which we hope will encour- the true story of Gaza. However, Professor mind and instead retorted with his usual Israe- we weren’t asked to think about before. Unfor- age members of the MIT community to refrain Chomsky chooses not to adhere to those stan- li-American political bashing. tunately, the way in which he presents his argu- from making cynical use of their position and dards by presenting his interpretation of histori- For example, Professor Chomsky did not ment (as described above) does him (and MIT) support by the institution. cal events as facts rather than personal opinion. make the distinction between the citizens of a great disservice. Professor Chomsky is quoted in The Tech Unless Professor Chomsky has been physi- Gaza and Hamas, a distinction which makes all Professor Chomsky is not interested in ed- as saying that “It’s not that Israel doesn’t want cally present at Gaza, Southern Israel and Leba- the difference between Israel’s military action ucating us as Israelis (or anyone else for that peace. Of course, it wants peace. Everyone non at the time of the events he recalls, his only as an act of self defense and that of “Terrorism.” matter) about his view of the world, he is much wants peace. Even Hitler wanted peace.” It is source of information about what actually trans- Professor Chomsky did not pose the question of more interested in pointing a blaming finger, alarming, the ease with which people make pired there, are the same newspapers and TV where Hamas was getting its weapons from and force feeding us his ideas with no respect to the use of Hitler’s name these days, but even more stations you and I are exposed to. In his talk Pro- whether is it humanitarian to put guns in “help- ideas we already hold. We consider ourselves disturbing is the fact that a distinguished MIT fessor Chomsky made less” Palestinian hands intelligent and open-minded people who are professor considers this behavior part of a le- no attempt to seriously and send them to fight? not afraid to discuss the difficult questions. We gitimate argumentation strategy. address reports and Professor Chomsky does a great Professor Chom- spent most of our lives in Israel and have come Gila and I are both descendents of Holo- news that contradicted sky did not address the to realize that the Israeli-Palestinian situation caust survivors. Gila’s grandfather lost all his his argument, instead injustice to all sides by advocating humanitarian question is a complex one which requires sensitivity, pa- family in Auschwitz and Yaniv’s grandparents he brushed them off by of hiding weapons in tience and balance. were enslaved in a Nazi work camp. The name saying they are false. his one sided view of things. mosques, booby trap- We find it absurd that no matter what treaties Hitler is not just another buzz-word for “Evil,” We would expect a ping schools or firing get signed, negotiations take place, and resolu- it shouldn’t be tossed around carelessly and scholar in Professor Chomsky’s position to dis- from within a dense civilian population. Profes- tions are agreed upon, Professor Chomsky’s it shouldn’t be used as a tool for provocation play as much diligence in disproving contradict- sor Chomsky did not ask justice for the children approach is always the same. It feels like we al- whenever we feel like it. Professor Chomsky ing arguments as he does in reinforcing those that of Gaza who die (and continue dying) from mines most know by heart what his next talk is going has been extra careful not to directly compare support his argument. For example, when asked and bombs that Hamas set all around downtown to be about. As Israeli citizens we’ve witness the Israel to Nazi Germany, instead he laced his talk what he thought about Hamas hiding weapons in Gaza for Israeli soldiers. Professor Chomsky internal discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian with innuendos, tiptoeing around the idea, only schools, mosques and private homes, Professor does a great injustice to all sides of this conflict situation change so many times, as we are sure it letting the name Hitler slip out that one time. Chomsky confidently replied that those weapons by advocating his one sided view of things. has on the Palestinian side. Surely every conflict, This should not be an acceptable form of were planted there by the Israeli Army. Profes- Professor Chomsky’s talk was not an intel- including the Israeli-Palestinian one, is dynamic rhetoric in an academic institution. It exposes sor Chomsky did not offer any proof to support ligent contribution to understanding the Israeli- in one way or another. How come Professor the cynical use Professor Chomsky makes of his claim but what is even more disturbing is the Palestinian situation as would be expected in Chomsky’s tune remains absolutely the same!? his position as Institute Professor at MIT, cam- fact that he was not willing to seriously address a an academic institution such as MIT. Instead We question the effectiveness of Professor ouflaging his radicalism with a smoke bomb of question that conflicted with his own beliefs. Professor Chomsky perpetuated the conflict by Chomsky’s talk in helping people understand the academic legitimacy. Perhaps more than anything, it is Professor tagging the U.S. and Israel as oppressors and Israeli-Palestinian situation. We feel that Profes- Professor Chomsky employs the lowest Chomsky’s one-sided approach which shows Palestinians as helpless (Chomsky quoted in The sor Chomsky, the Starr Forum and the MIT com- form of demagogy in his talk. He shrouds his contempt for the Israeli-Palestinian situation. Tech: December 27, 2008 was the first day of the munity should take responsibility for the role arguments in historical “facts,” reinforcing From our personal experience, professors at “U.S.-Israel attack on helpless Palestinians …”). they choose to play in this discussion so as to be- each argument with the words “It’s a fact” in MIT make a tremendous effort in classrooms It is important to make it absolutely clear come part of the solution and not the problem. his calm and confident voice. Professor Chom- all over campus to nurture an open discussion, that we do not wish to silence Professor Chom- Yaniv Junno Ophir is a graduate student in sky intentionally blurs the boundaries between emphasize the importance of listening and sky’s voice. Quite the opposite, we welcome the Department of Architecture. Gila Fakter- his opinions and historical “facts,” relying on welcome the challenge of proving their ideas his views and criticism of Israeli-American man is a Computer Specialist at the McGovern his audience’s inability to refute those facts in wrong. Professor Chomsky’s approach during policy as we believe it contributes to a well bal- Institute. The View from the Mall I Was There A New Sun Rises Over Washington The Inauguration in My Own Words “we will extend a hand if you are willing to We bowed our heads in prayer when the in- Joshua Levinger unclench your fist.” But he ended with a call Gary Shu vocation was read. Any time Obama appeared, to service and hard work, imploring all Ameri- flags would wave so fiercely they were about to Last Wednesday, I was one of the huddled cans to “brave once more the icy currents, and I was at the Inauguration, and man was it fly off their sticks. And people booed whenever masses who braved the cold for hours on the Na- endure what storms may come.” Having al- cold. a Republican showed up on the Jumbotrons, tional Mall to catch a glimpse of the inaugura- ready inspired us during the campaign, now is Unlike my Washington area friends, who something that I heard afterwards was not evi- tion. While I saw less visually than I might have his time to lead us back toward greatness. chose to stay warm at home and watch the dent to the millions watching on TV. from 10-250, I stood amid the beating heart of Reflecting on the experience during the long festivities in 72-inch high definition, or my Silence descended on the nearly two million America and watched it change firsthand. drive back to Boston, I realized that it was the fellow out-of-towners, who had various levels people on the Mall as Obama gave his speech. As the political luminaries filled the pavilion first time in my life that I have really, truly, felt of official tickets, I trudged my way through There were scattered shouts of approval and at the foot of the Capitol, the crowd jeered its proud of my country. Not because our President the pre-dawn chill on to the National Mall and “Amen” at points, like when he remarked of favorite villains. Joe Lieberman and John Mc- is black, but because he is smart. Not because prepared to wait for some six hours among the critics of big government plans: “Their memo- Cain, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, the of his party, but because of his pragmatism. gathering crowd. ries are short.” Even the various military mem- wheelchair-bound Dick Cheney and the still- In order to solve the myriad crises we face, Armed with a half-dozen Powerbars and a bers keeping the peace were endlessly taking President George W. Bush, all were resounding- concessions will have to be made on both sides peanut and apple butter sandwich (thanks Cin- pictures as they kept an eye on the crowd. ly booed. Some seemed to think it mean spirited, of the political divide. But we will redeploy our di!), I was ready to celebrate. From the ground, the day’s events dripped and perhaps it was, but it hardly begins to repay forces in Iraq to the more pressing battles in Af- In spite of my four layers of shirts and pants, with a Hollywood-level of slickness and pro- their years of irresponsible mismanagement. ghanistan and at home. We will face down the it was still a frigid day. Standing still in sub-20 duction. From the chipper greeters leading Then the moment of truth came, and even financial crisis and reregulate our economy to degree weather will certainly have an effect on cheers and shouting “Good Morning!” to the this hardened cynic’s eyes glistened as Barack better withstand future turmoil. We will finally you — even with a few Boston winters under perfect creases in Obama’s red tie, the event Obama put his hand on Lincoln’s bible and swore do something about global warming and lessen your belt. I had read that standing on plastic or proceeded quite smoothly. to preserve, protect and defend the constitution our dependence on foreign oil. We will protect cardboard would prevent the cold ground from There were cracks in the veneer, as we all of the United States. I’m not normally one for women’s right to make their own medical deci- turning your feet into popsicles. I had three later learned. The musical performance we historical sentimentality, so perhaps it was just sions. Our government will be once again by socks on, I scoffed. A plastic bag, I would later were serenaded to was, in fact, not live and the wind. Despite Chief Justice Roberts’ bun- ruled by competence, not ideology. learn, is actually a sufficiently good insulator. was a pre-recorded segment. Some ticket hold- gling, the deed was done and the crowd cheered Watching the decisions come from the Excitement, however, floated through the ers got stuck in the “Purple Tunnel of Doom” their approval. President Obama’s speech was White House for the past week has been like air. Everyone was friendly, having traveled and never made it to their seats. The bungled not the soaring hopestorm that many of the living in an alternate universe. But this ‘Biz- far and wide just to get to this point. To stay oath of office administered by Chief Justice spectators seemed to want. It was instead a brief zaro-world’ is not a Yes Men hoax, it is now warm, people danced to the music of the re- Roberts may not have been legally binding recounting of the huge hole we have driven into reality. From ending military courts at Guan- played inauguration concert, even if it meant and thus not the exact moment Obama was over the past eight years, and a pragmatic and tanamo Bay, to reversing the global gag rule on hip-bumping everyone around. When views sent into office. reasoned pointing toward the way out. family planning, from refreshing the Freedom were blocked, polite words were exchanged Is this an omen of the Obama Presidency? Missing were some of the rhetorical flour- of Information Act to increasing automotive and people moved. Fights at concerts have bro- Hopefully not. As a true cynic, I already have ishes of Lincoln’s second inaugural (“fondly do fuel standards to match the rest of the world, ken out for less. visions of the day when the honeymoon wears we hope, fervently do we pray”), or Kennedy’s President Obama has done more in his first I met a pair of kindly Filipino ladies from off. You know, the part of the movie where the first and only (“ask not what your country can week than I had dreamt of for a year. California with whom I chatted about their screen says “One Year Later …” and a har- do for you”), but Obama managed to hit a few As his term continues, I know that the gloss native Manila. Jammed in front of me were a ried White House spokesperson is defending high notes. This engineer cheered himself will inevitably fade. The political mudslinging surprising number of New Jerseyans who, like the administration against corruption charges/ hoarse at “we will restore science to its right- will hit our golden boy too. But on that clear me, drove in the middle of the night to be there botched political moves/war/you-name-it. ful place” and “we reject as false the choice cold day on the National Mall, surrounded by for the occasion. And all around were Obama For one grand day, though, we were able to between our safety and our ideals.” two million fellow Americans, things suddenly T-shirts, posters and hats with “Barack” as col- shrug off our mundane concerns and all of us Taking a new tack in the Global War on Ter- didn’t seem so bad. And for the first time, I orfully and lovingly embroidered as a Redskins celebrated a most historical moment. ror, Obama pledged to the world’s despots that waved my own country’s flag with pride. cap. And I will never forget the day I was there.

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Moffat, fol- itself is brilliant — she capture’s The Corn is Green lowing an assignment to write about Moffat’s fire, her independence, but Huntington Theatre Company one’s “perfect holiday”, reads in equally her motherliness and the Directed by Nicholas Martin Morgan’s composition book: conflict between the two. Burton’s January 9 — February 8, 2009 So the mine is dark … But when charisma on stage captivates the au- Huntington Theatre I walk through the Tan — something dience as much as Glansarno and her — shaft, in the dark, I can touch with performance is the linchpin for the ights come up. Welsh hymns my hands the leaves on the trees, success of the play. slowly fill the air. Actor scur- and underneath … where the corn is The performance is rounded out ry about stage. The modern green … There is a wind in the shaft, by evocative performances by Bur- L day is left at the doorstep and not carbon monoxide they talk about, ton’s son, Morgan Ritchie (Morgan nineteenth-century Wales comes to it smell like the sea, only like as if the Evans), Roderick McLachlan (John the fore. sea had fresh flowers lying about … Goronwy Jones), Kathy McCafferty Emlyn Williams’ The Corn is and that is my holiday. (Miss Ronberry), Mary Faber (Bes- Green is, if nothing else, a beautiful Morgan, Miss Moffat and the in- sie Watty), and Kristine Nielsen portrait of a bygone age, an idyllic habitants of Glansarno are all lines in (Mrs. Watty), as well as brilliant lifestyle. The photograph is bitter- a greater ode to the land, the people technical aspects, all overseen by di- sweet, though: Williams is quick of Wales and, above all, a reaffirma- rector Nicholas Martin. to balance the Romanticism of the tion in the common man: the beauty The Corn is Green will run at simple life with the harsh reality of individuals are capable of imagining Huntington Theatre through Febru- turn-of-the-century impoverished and, with a little push, creating. For ary 8. Tickets available online at mining village life. The mixture is Morgan Evans, Miss Moffat is that www.huntingtontheatre.org and in heart-rending. push — her struggle and his come to- person at the B.U. Theatre Box Of- The play opens with Miss Mof- gether, giving the once illiterate Ev- fice, 264 Huntington Avenue, or at fat’s arrival in the small town of Glan- ans a chance to pull himself up over the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA sarno. Miss Moffat comes to set up a social barriers and perhaps pave the Box Office, 527 Tremont Street in school for the children of Glansarno, way for others to come. Boston’s South End. but her primary student — and the Moffat, as played by the seasoned $5 senior and military discounts. object of the performance ­— is Mor- actress Kate Burton, is a headstrong, $20 back row of the balcony (limited gan Evans. Boy, both an orphan and wealthy old spinster, with both vision availability) and $15 student rush and fire. While her behavior does not seats (available two hours before appear shocking today, her indepen- curtain time for each performance). T. Charles Erickson dence (given that she is a woman) $25 “35 Below” tickets for patrons Kate Burton in The Corn is Green at the Huntington Theatre Com- butts up against the expectations of 35 years and younger (valid I.D. re- pany. Playing now through February 8 at the B.U. Theatre, the Hun- the much more conservative inhab- quired). tington’s mainstage. Concert Review Joshua Redman at Berklee Performance Center Double Trio Brings a Fresh Sound to Experimental Jazz By Sam Markson emotive quality of his playing and What Redman has is an ensem- a picture of the two on stage). Staff Writer that of his ensemble. It’s easy to hear ble. Redman’s music doesn’t try to be Staff Reporter that he knows how to make “jazz.” Double trios have been used be- a manifesto. It’s a conversation, and Joshua Redman Trio What, then, makes him original? fore in jazz, perhaps even with the one of the more coherent (and still Berklee Performance Center There aren’t any high notes that setup Redman uses (saxophone, two exciting) ones I’ve heard live. And January 22, 2009 haven’t been hit yet. Every scale has drummers, two bassists). I’d contend that’s the way that they are meant to been used, every style been tweaked. that none of them capture the cohe- be seen. I listened to the group’s re- oshua Redman has high notes. Joshua Redman has all that and sion, beauty and intercommunication cent album Compass — as flawless He has low notes. He has trills. I they’re all reasons to listen. But I of Redman’s. Generally, that much as their on-stage performance — but could go further, and talk about don’t think that’s what makes Red- overlap in the rhythm lends itself to it didn’t have half the power over me Jbrilliant expressionism, the man special. clumsiness, excess. that the group had when I could see However, Redman doesn’t try to their faces. It’s not their fault. It’s just repeat Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz that the group is one, perhaps more (Coleman used a double quartet) than any other I’ve seen, whose mu- which, while remarkable in its vi- sic cannot simply translate itself to sion, is frequently aimless, uncon- digital. strained, immoderate. Instead, with There’s so much other communi- the help of the other band members, cation — a wince from Brian Blade, Redman fosters an intense syn- a smirk from Redman, a guffaw from chronicity within the group, as pal- Gregory Hutchinson — that goes on pable by sight as by sound (in last and colors the music profoundly. Thursday’s performance, drummer These guys are human. They’re Gregory Hutchinson was so taken by telling their story and it’s eloquent the interplay between bassists Larry enough that it needs no adornment, Grenadie rand Reuben Rogers that no additions, no more high notes, no he was compelled, mid-show, to take more trills than what’s already there.

Staff Picks Sam Markson: “I’m eyeing the program at Ryles this week. Also check out some of the shows at Berklee (big stage and small — a lot of them free). For you theatrical types, check out The Corn is Green at the Huntington (see article), Chekhov’s The Seagull at the Zero Arrow Theatre, and Howard Zinn’s Daughter of Venus at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (great for families, I hear).”

Sudeep Agarwala: “Sure, it’s early, but never early enough to start preparing for Benjamin Britten’s re-telling of Noah and his Arc in the childrens’ opera Noyes Fludde, playing Saturday, February 7, 2009. More information can be found at http://www.cantatasingers.org/ season/08-09/feb7.htm “Also, Haydn (how I love you ­—)! New England Conservatory piano students have and are continuing to perform all of Papa Haydn’s keyboard sonatas at the New England Conservatory. The first recitals were on January 22 and 27. Lecture on January 30 with future perfor- mances on February 3, 5, 9, 12 and March 4. Admission is free. More information at http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/haydn/ “And while we’re on the topic of the NEC, the Celebrity Series of Boston presents Leif Ove Andsnes and Christian Tetzlaff on piano and violin, respectively playing Mozart, Brahms, Janáček and Schubert on Saturday, January 31 at 8 p.m. Tickets and more information can be found at http://celebrityseries.org/CS_performers/andsnes_tetzlaff. htm” January 28, 2009 Ar t s The Tech Page 7 001101>>drw<<<00002009<><<0000100010<<>>0010011>>drw>><<2009<><<000010 Upcoming Events 0<<<<<>>0010001101>>drw<<<00002009<>drw<<<00002009<><<0000100010<<>>0010011>><<2009>>>0010011drw>><<2009<><<0000100<<<<<>>0010001101>>drw<<<00002DRW TRADING GROUP 009<>drw<<<00002009<><<0000100010<<>>0010011>>drw>><<2009<><<<<2009>>>00100110000100<<<<<>>0010001101>>drw<<<00002009<>drw<<<00002009<><<0000100010<<>>0010011>>drw>><<2009<><<0000100<<<<<>>0010001 >2009 AlgoChallenge< - 101>>drw<<<00002009<>drw<<<00002009<><<0000100010<<>>0010011>>drw>><<2009<><<0000100<<<<<>>0010001101>>drw<<<00002009<Think you’re the best? 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At The Coffee House OPEN HOUSE Page 8 The Tech January 28, 2009 Ca m p u s Li f e Talk Nerdy to Me Squid vs. Whale Rock, Paper, Slobber? Getting a Job: How Frakked am I? By Christine Yu Staff Columnist The 2009 Edition According to my mother, I started “dating” in pre- By Charles Lin school. His name was Timothy, and when we’d say and Nick Semenkovich “goodbye,” I’d lick him across his face in front of both of Staff Columnists our mothers. Now, I know this story sounds far fetched, 1 — Civil and Environmental: Congratulations, Barack says you are but all my relatives remind me that I greeted them with not frakked. Now start making windmills. slobber, instead of a kiss, until I hit the age of 5. Also, 2 — Mech-E: Frakked. Big Time. Unless you can manufacture a there’s a photograph of a birthday party in preschool, and machine that evicts people (see: IDF, tank, Gaza Strip). I’m sitting awfully close to a boy, with my tongue hang- 3 — Material Sciences: Unless the materials you’re sciencing happen ing out. On the back of the photo, it says, “Christine and to be the endless supply of US Dollars we’re printing like confetti, Timothy.” you’re frakked too. She brings him up, though, to remind me that I’ve 4 — Architecture: Bad news. New home construction numbers are way always been a little too “boy crazy.” According to her, the down. Good news. Barack wants to renovate all those schools — first time I met Timothy, I just flat out told him, “you’re that and we have to build some place to put those former Gitmo my boyfriend.” Back then, she scolded me for making detainees. the first move. Fifteen years later, she still scolds me if I Jan Yu 5 — Chem: Thankfully your thankless job synthesizing compounds still Christine Yu, at age 4, about to slobber on her pre- admit to making the “first move.” awaits you. school boyfriend Timothy. Given the fact that I date a fairly decent amount, I can 6 — CS: Your days of free dental plans, happy hours, wine tastings, only remember making the first move twice — and once First.” As she summed it up, “if you love a man and want stocked fridges, celebrity chefs, 24 hour concierge service, Swedish I wasn’t entirely sober. Most girls, myself included, find to have a long relationship with him, give him time to massages, levitating Aeron chairs, hot air balloon travel, replica light it difficult to make the first move. A girl friend claimed, get there. If you think you’ve given him enough time and sabers, dinosaur parks, and trophy wives are now over … but you’re “If he isn’t going to make the first move — how do you you’re ready to move on if he doesn’t feel the same way still less frakked than the rest of us (until India takes your jobs). know he isn’t just with you because he likes the atten- for you, then go ahead and tell him you love him. But 7 — Bio: Nothing changes. How frakked you are is still inversely tion?” only say those words if you’re prepared to let him go.” proportional to your MCAT score. Except, then again, her point could be argued the I ended up blogging this article to get other inputs, 8 — Phys: “There’s a recession going on?” you say, lifting your head other way. How does a guy know a girl isn’t just with adding that I didn’t really believe it. from that quantum p-set. him for the attention? Harvard student, Lena Chen, who maintains the 9 — Brain Cog: Better get cracking inventing new ways to interrogate Apparently men find it just as difficult to make the blogs Sex and the Ivy and The Chicktionary, reblogged people now that all the fun methods are banned. first move. As a friend once told me, “can you please the post, adding that there are cultural associations with 10 — Chem E: See 5, unless you want to sell your soul and work for write an article about how girls should make the first saying, “I love you.” petrochemical. If so, enjoy frakking up the Earth some more. move, it would make my life a hell of a lot easier!” As she put it, “the first phrase people learn in Chi- 11 — Urban Studies: You’re still mayor … of your Sim City 3000 game. Gender expectations have not completely reversed nese is wo ai ni, which translates to “I love you.” But 12 — EAPS: Birkenstocks are recession proof. And thankfully you’ll be — men are still expected to be leaders and providers. the funny thing is that there’s never actually a situation saving us from those Course 10 people. They’re “expected” to “man up” and make the first where those words would be uttered. Ask any Chinese 13 — Ocean Engineering: We still have oceans? I thought global move. However, it does make life easier when someone speaker. There are phrases like “I care about you” and warming took care of that … just makes the move, and honestly, I don’t agree with my “I miss you,” but in conversation (soap opera dialogue, 14 — Economics: This is all your fault. Payback’s a bitch ain’t it? mom. I think it doesn’t matter who makes the move. included), no one would ever say “wo ai ni.” Lena even 15 — Management: Ditto I started asking my friends that were in a relationship, mentioned that her mother says, “I love you,” but only 16 — Aero Astro: You never actually had a chance of being an “who made the first move?” because there’s no other way to translate her maternal astronaut. Out of the twenty people I asked, shockingly, none of affection with her limited English. 17 — Polisci: Try Alaska where the standards for political positions are them remembered. Some of them even responded, “I’m Now that I think about it, I think I had it right as a much lower. In other news, JESUS HAS RETURNED; Who cares in a relationship?” kid the first time. Children are often very perceptive about a job? When I asked my friend, Tom ’11, and his girlfriend, with relationships. As a coworker’s daughter once asked 18 — Math: What do you mean I can’t parlay this into a six figure hedge he proposed playing, “rock, paper, scissors” with his me, “why do you date guys who are mean to you — you fund job anymore? How else can I sell my soul? girlfriend to determine an answer — because we all shouldn’t have to settle for a guy who acts like you have 20 — BE: For the love of God, hurry up and design a pink pill that will know, “rock, paper, scissors,” has the ability to change cooties!” She’s exactly right. Younger kids often haven’t make our troubles go away. the past. been influenced by society enough to develop the com- 21 — Humanities: You’ve got some stiff competition waiting tables now There are other people, though, who feel the same plicated layers, which make dating so difficult. that everyone else is just as unemployed. way as my mom on making the first move. Granted, I wouldn’t recommend approaching a guy 22 — Nuclear Science: Congratulations! There’s a guy named Mahmoud Wendy Atterberry from www.thefrisky.com (an in- with the line, “you’re my boyfriend.” However, if I liked waiting outside who would love to offer you a position for make ternet women’s blog) published an article on December someone, there’s nothing wrong with making the first benefit the glorious nation of Iran. 1st entitled “Why A Woman Shouldn’t Say I Love You move. 24 — Linguistics and Philosophy: Being employed is so frakking passe. 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DESCO_MIT_Fullpage_Jan282009.indd 1 12/23/08 9:44:04 AM Page 12 The Tech January 28, 2009 New Technology Made The Two Dozen Fired Scientists Obsolete Broad Firings, from Page 1 Venter also sought to distance its layoffs from the recession: “The re- Lander was away on personal travel duction in staff announced today is a and could not be reached for comment direct result of a technology shift and yesterday. is not a reflection of the tough eco- A Broad spokeswoman provided a nomic times that we are all facing in statement late Tuesday afternoon ex- the United States today,” the Decem- plaining the firings as part of a move ber press release said. toward “actively developing and op- Until last year, most modern DNA timizing the use of next-generation sequencing machines read at most high-throughput sequencing technolo- about a hundred different sequences of gies,” which “require substantially DNA base pairs at a time. But “next- different capabilities and resources on generation” machines which became a different scale than the traditional prominent last year can read millions technologies they are replacing.” The of sequences at once. While the old fired employees were proficient in machines read much more slowly, technologies that the Broad Institute they read larger sequences — perhaps no longer needed, according to the hundreds of base pairs at a time. The press release. next-generation machines read only According to the Broad press re- dozens of base-pairs at a time, in lease, the firings are “unrelated to the clumps of millions, raising difficult George J. Hansel recent widespread economic prob- questions of sequence alignment and (left to right) David Sanchez ’09, Rachel Batzer ’11, Jessica Lin ’12, Kelly Ran ’12, Alejandro Aram- lems” and are instead “a reflection of error correction. bula ’12, Ethan Huwe ’10, and Michael Roberts ’11 put the finishing touches on the Solar Electric the changes in DNA sequencing tech- Elaine Mardis of Washington Uni- Vehicle Team’s car Tuesday morning before a wind tunnel run at Jacobs Sverdrup in Dearborn, nologies, which require us to invest versity in St. Louis said in a March Michigan. our sequencing resources in different 2008 paper that the new machines cre- ways.” ated a “revolution in genetics that … will fundamentally change the nature of genetic experimentation.” But while science continues to ad- vance, for now, the people trained to the old way of doing things have been left behind. Solution to Sudoku from page 9                                                                                  Learn to write News

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This space donated by The Tech January 28, 2009 The Tech Page 13 Interior Renovations Still Postponed, But W1 Will Get a Facelift W1’s Donation, from Page 1 crisis made future endowment in- come unpredictable, the Institute W1 is an important building,” Ko- decided not to spend the $90 mil- lenbrander said, “and he wants to lion in general funds originally play a critical slated for W1. role in advanc- The funds ing it.” Architectural instead were According reallocated to to Colombo, Terminology support “fi- the gift will nancial aid not revert the cupola — a rounded vault resting on a and other es- decision to usually circular base and forming a sentials to postpone the roof or a ceiling. keep the aca- original reno- lintel — a horizontal architectural mem- demic mission vations and ber spanning and usually carrying the moving for- opening of load above an opening. ward at MIT,” W1, which parapet — a low wall or railing to pro- said Colombo was originally tect the edge of a platform, roof, or at the time of scheduled for bridge. the decision. fall of 2010. sill — the horizontal member at the base The open- The Insti- of a window. ing of W1 was tute’s senior also expected administra- Source: Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary to be coupled tors decided with an in- in October to crease in the postpone W1 undergraduate renovations amid uncertainty due class size, which is now also de- to the financial crisis. When the layed until W1 is complete.

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DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER Page 14 The Tech January 28, 2009 Top Salaries, 2006–2007 At European Career Name Title FY07 Change from FY06 Compensation Susan Hockfield President $808,698* $55,574 7% Fair, Students Seek Donald Lessard Professor – Sloan School $657,520† ** Seth Alexander President of MITIMCO $530,280 $455,634 86% Rafael Reif Provost $519,172 $47,142 9% Steve Marsh Managing Director, Real Estate $493,803†§ ** Experience Abroad Philip Rotner Managing Director, Private Equity $485,704†§ ** Daniel Steele Managing Director, Private Equity $477,651†§ ** EuroCareer Fair, from Page 1 especially because of Europe’s weak Charles Vest President Emeritus $446,920 ** economy. Rather she’s looking for- crisis was beginning. Companies at ward to experiencing another culture Allan Bufferd Former Treasurer $431,170 ($1,124,502) -261% that point were unsure to what extent and practicing her french. Martin Kelly Managing Director, Marketable Alternatives $425,975†§ ** they would be hiring. While the fair was successful in Joel Moses Former Provost $408,685 ** Thoughts of the declining econo- drawing in students from all over, it Sherwin Greenblatt Exec. VP and former Treasurer $366,008 ($50,007) -14% my also affected students at the fair, was not without its share of problems. John Deutch Former Provost $358,236 ** which began a week that featured In particular, only 16 percent of the Philip Clay Chancellor $355,376 $37,409 11% 71,400 layoffs on Monday and an- participants were from MIT, accord- Theresa Stone Exec. VP and Treasurer $296,704 ** other 11,500 on Tuesday, according ing to the fair’s website. Dana Mead Chairman of the Corporation $291,398 $10,841 4% to CNN. “The number of domestic In addition, crowding caused some Kathryn Willmore Former Vice President & Secretary $285,757 ** tech jobs is decreasing,” said Allen delays and long lines. “The recruiters Gregory Morgan Vice Pres. and General Counsel $242,357 ** Yin ’11. “In Europe, there are many were really nice, but the lines were jobs and not too much of a language bad,” said Hessenbruch. “There were Kirk Kolenbrander VP and Secretary $219,778 ** requirement.” 20-minute waits so the logistics could Paul Gray Former President $156,761 ** For Yin and others, there is also use some work.” Jeffrey Newton VP – Resource Development $125,199 ** the excitement of exploring new Overall, Hessenbruch explained, Howard Johnson Former President $39,530 ** countries. the fair went smoothly without any Tracy just wants a chance to fur- glitches due to much improved orga- “Compensation” column includes regular compensation as well as contributions to employee benefit plans. ther explore his German heritage and nization than previous years. This data is from fiscal year 2007’s IRS form 990 (July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007), dated May 15, 2008. utilize his German language skills that Starting in 1997, the European Ca- Parenthesized numbers are negative. Form 990 includes compensation to current and former “officers, direc- he’s developed in classes at MIT. The reer Fair was organized by European tors, and trustees” as well as the “five highest paid employees” (†). Therefore, the list beneath Kelly is not financial crisis, however, had no bear- Club members who desired to work comprehensive. “Change” column calculated from FY2006 form. ing on his decision. “Germany is fac- back in their home countries after ing a similar crisis that’s just as hard graduation. Since then, the Fair has * Includes $100,000 of deferred compensation (Hockfield). as in America. Also, students pay less drastically expanded, growing more ** Data for this person did not appear in the FY2006 form, so no change is calculated. tuition because European universities than 40 percent across recent years, † Appears in list of top five [non-officer] salaries. are state sponsored and so internships with a continued influence from the § Does not include incentive compensation: approx. $237,000 (Marsh, Rotner, Steele) or $210,000 (Kelly). pay a fraction of what they do here.” MIT European Club and a recent Amount may have increased depending on endowment performance. Managing Directors are MITIMCO Financial concerns were also not 2007 partnership with the European (MIT Investment Management Company) employees. a worry for Anna Shcherbina ’11, Commission. Dining Committee Still Waiting For Report

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ber, the Undergraduate Association grew uncomfortable with the power given the committee and passed a bill requesting that undergraduates have a bigger say in future dining deci- sions. The bill, 40 UAS 6.4, required the committee to publish its meeting summaries, its new proposals, and all the data it considered when making its recommendations. The committee has not yet taken a complete stance on MIT dining, according to committee member and UA Vice President Michael A. Bennie ’10. The committee is still awaiting a report from Envision Strategies, an Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech operations consulting company spe- A snowman is seen in Kresge Oval on Tuesday evening. cializing in restaurant management, food service, and college dining pro- grams. MIT hired Envision Strategies to evaluate a set of proposals made by the Blue Ribbon committee that would al- 20.020: Learn how to design and build living ter MIT’s dining plan. The committee expects to receive the Envision Strate- gies report in the near future; in early organisms that solve real world problems December, they expected the evalua- tions by early January. While the committee has not yet scheduled its next meeting, they plan to meet once the new report arrives. Solution to Crossword from page 9

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Magnim do doloreet, conulput wisi ex ex eu facincilit alit iustissed eugue vel dolore vent 9 units, T/R 11:30a - 1p and W 2-5p Instructor: Natalie Kuldell LEGAL COUNSEL No prerequisites MIT students, family, employers and start-ups seeking U.S. legal counsel, http://openwetware.org/wiki/20.20(S09) campus or office consultation. Call: James Dennis Leary, Esq. 321-544-0012 January 28, 2009 The Tech Page 15 Page 16 The Tech January 28, 2009 Sp o r t s Super Bowl XLIII Cardinals Have Shot Steelers Sc o r e b o a r d Men’s Basketball Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 At Breaching ‘Steel Face MIT (12-4) 83 Curtain’ on Sunday Cardinals Clark University (8-9) 72 Women’s Basketball By David Zhu Larry Fitzgerald and the reestablish- Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 Staff Columnist ment of the running game by Edger- In Super Worcester Polytechnic Institute (13-4) 39 It’s that time of year again. The rin James. time when retailers use every pos- The Pittsburgh Steelers, winners MIT (4-10) 59 sible euphemism to connect their of the AFC North, are the number Bowl Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 products with two seed in the AFC. After a bye in “the big the first round, they were the only By Nydia Ruleman Mount Holyoke College (5-12) 64 Column game,” when team with home-field advantage not SPORTS STAFF MIT (4-11) 54 thirty seconds on TV costs more to be upset in the Divisional match- An average of 97.5 million view- than the GDP of a small third-world ups. The Steelers defeated the Balti- ers tuned in last year to watch the Su- country, when the per capita con- more Ravens and earned a spot in the per Bowl — the result of which shall Men’s Fencing sumption of hot dogs, chips, and Super Bowl through their dominant not be men- Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 other artery-clogging goodness defense, which many believe to be tioned here increases I-don’t-even-know-how- the best in recent history. Column — making it Northeast Fencing Conference Meet many-fold, when a man is once So, how will the matchups play the most watched NFL championship MIT 3rd of 6 again judged by the size of his … out on Sunday? In order for Arizona game in history. This year’s Super television? Yeah, Super Bowl Sun- to win, they must contain Ben Ro- Bowl, which will be broadcast in 232 day. ethlisberger and hope their offense countries, should not disappoint. Women’s Fencing This NFL season has seen more can find a way to breach the “Steel If you tune in to the game for the Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 than its share of craziness — from the Curtain” of Pittsburgh’s defense. musical acts, Bruce Springsteen and late-season collapses of the Cowboys Their task is made somewhat easier, the E Street Band will headline the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet and Jets, to the pathetic 0-16 perfor- however, since Arizona head coach halftime show. No wardrobe malfunc- MIT 1st of 6 mance of the Detroit Lions, to the Ken Whisenhunt once directed the tions there (hopefully). Jennifer Hud- complete reversal of roles between Pittsburgh offense and built their son, making her first public appear- the Patriots and Dolphins — and the style of play. As for the Steelers, ance since the murders of her mother, Men’s Ice Hockey playoffs have been no exception. Of their offense must step up and score brother, and nephew, will sing the Na- the twelve teams who entered the some points to support their de- tional Anthem prior to the game. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 NFL postseason, only two remain: fense. For those of you who enjoy the MIT (6-4-1) 3 the Arizona Cardinals and the Pitts- Although I think the Cardinals commercials, advertisers spent an Bryant University (3-5-0) 0 burgh Steelers. would be a heavy underdog in Su- average of $3 million for 30 sec- The Arizona Cardinals, winners per Bowl XLIII, I’ll pick them to onds of air time, so the ads ought to of the NFC West, entered the play- win because: a) my Seahawks were be good. After all, it’s the one time Women’s Ice Hockey offs as a number four seed. They de- shafted three years ago in the Su- people don’t fast forward through the feated the Atlanta Falcons in the first per Bowl against Pittsburgh (by the commercials. Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 round, then upset the Carolina Pan- officials, but shafted nonetheless), For those of us who actually watch Plymouth State University (0-13-0) 0 thers and Philadelphia Eagles to win and b) if they somehow do win, I the football game: there are two rea- MIT (3-9-1) 8 the NFC title. The Cardinals have can take all the credit and get brag- sons I think the Pittsburgh Steelers reached the championship game for ging rights in The Tech’s sports of- will defeat the Arizona Cardinals in Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 the first time in sixty years behind fice. Super Bowl XLIII. First, the Steelers University of Southern Maine (9-6-3) 3 the aerial attack of Kurt Warner and Prediction: Arizona, 17-14. will wear their white road uniforms. MIT (4-9-1) 5 Pittsburgh’s record in Super Bowls when wearing white? 2-0, defeating the Seahawks in 2006 and the Vi- Squash Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s kings in 1975. Second, the Steelers’ defense has been dominant this sea- Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 son, ranking 2nd in yards allowed per MIT (8-4) 8 Wrestling vs. Bridgewater State University and game (behind the Titans) at 244. Roger Williams College 5 p.m., duPont Gymnasium One reason the Cardinals could Brandeis University 1 Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Bridgewater State University win: Faith Hill will sing “America 7 p.m., Johnson Athletic Center the Beautiful” during the pregame Men’s Swimming festivities. The last time the Gram- Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 my-winner performed at a Super Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 Men’s Volleyball vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology Bowl was in 2000, when she sang Tufts University (4-3) 116 7 p.m., Rockwell Cage the National Anthem before the Ti- tans played the Rams. MIT (7-0) 182 Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 As for the outcome of the game? Rifle Bean Pot 6 p.m., duPont Athletic Center Mike Jones tackled Kevin Dyson one Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Castleton State University yard away from the end zone as time Women’s Swimming 7 p.m., Johnson Athletic Center expired and secured a 23-16 win for Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 the Rams; Kurt Warner was named Tufts University (6-1) 170 Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 Super Bowl MVP. Now, nine years Rifle Bean Pot 9 a.m., duPont Athletic Center later, Warner has a chance to make MIT (5-3) 130 Squash vs. Fordham University 1 p.m., Zesiger Center history as the only starting quarter- Men’s Basketball vs. Wheaton College 2 p.m., Rockwell Cage back to lead two different teams to Squash vs. Northeastern University 3 p.m., Zesiger Center victory in the Super Bowl. Men’s Volleyball Will the Cardinals win in their Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 first Super Bowl appearance or will Fencing Eric Solee Invitational 8:30 a.m., duPont Gymnasium the Steelers secure their record- MIT (2-3) 3 setting sixth NFL championship? I Lesley University (0-2) 0 Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 found two reasons for the Steelers Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 Men’s Basketball vs. University of Massachusetts Boston and only one for the Cardinals, so I 7 p.m., Rockwell Cage have to go with Pittsburgh. MIT (2-4) 1 Prediction: “Tough to say …” Lasell College 3

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