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Volume 131, Number 15 Tech.Mit.Edu Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Researcher’S Post Goes Viral How Josef Oehmen’S Email Ended up in the Global Media’S Spotlight WEATHER, p. 2 TUE: 44°F | 30°F MIT’s Mostly Sunny Oldest and Largest WED: 50°F | 35°F Newspaper Sunny THU: 47°F | 35°F Partly Sunny Volume 131, Number 15 tech.mit.edu Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Researcher’s post goes viral How Josef Oehmen’s email ended up in the global media’s spotlight By Ethan A. Solomon EDITOR IN CHIEF As the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific brought the world’s third-largest economy to its knees, millions of people around the globe watched with baited breath to see whether Japan’s damaged nuclear reactor, Fukushima I, would be the next Chernobyl. Two days later, a blog post WILLIAM yee—THE TECH entitled “Why I am not worried about Japan’s MIT Executive Vice President and Treasurer Theresa M. Stone SM ’76 speaks at the UA Senate meeting Monday evening, as UA nuclear reactors” went live on http://morgsat- President Vrajesh Y� Modi ’11 and Senate Speaker Jonté D� Craighead ’13 look on� At the meeting, Craighead and Modi fielded propos- large.wordpress.com/, a site which was registered als for restructuring the UA� that same day. Only hours later, Jim J. Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money called the post — after it was reproduced at http://bravenewclimate.com/ — the “best piece on the nuke issue,” via Twitter. Referendum exposes dining dislike The original author of the post? Josef Oehmen, a researcher at MIT’s Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI). UA officials say no plan of action set for Senate’s response “I am writing this text to give you some peace By Rebecca Han ti ’13 and Alec C. Lai ’13, the only official against the dining plan (either “strongly of mind regarding some of the troubles in Japan, STAFF REPORTER running ticket, to the presidency; likewise, disagree” or “somewhat disagree” with that is the safety of Japan’s nuclear reactors,” said a majority of students expressed mild to the plan) and 58 percent in disapproval of the post. “There was and will *not* be any signifi- From March 16 to March 17, students strong disapproval of both the new din- HDAG’s process. Only 15 percent of par- cant release of radioactivity,” claimed Oehmen, cast ballots not only to elect the next Un- ing plan recommended by the House Din- ticipants approved of the plan (“somewhat who continued by explaining in detail the work- dergraduate Association’s (UA) president ing Advisory Group (HDAG) as well as the agree” or “strongly agree”), and 12 percent ings of the reactors at Fukushima and the events and vice president, but also to respond to process by which HDAG proposed recom- approved of HDAG’s process. Students that had transpired there since the tsunami and the dining referendum sponsored by UA mendations for the plan. also had the option to “neither agree nor earthquake hit. According to the post, the reac- Senator Shuang Chen ’13 of Simmons Hall. Of the 1412 students who responded to tors at Fukushima suffered considerable damage, A vast majority elected Allan E. Miramon- the dining referendum, 59 percent voted Referendum, Page 18 but the safety mechanisms in place and Japan’s response meant that the Japanese people did not need to worry about a radiation disaster. 600 35.1% And Cramer wasn’t the only one in the media ALL UNDERGRADS to discover Oehmen’s essay: James Delingpole ≈20 people from The Telegraph cited Oehmen’s post on a 500 Approval of dining plan news blog, and Business Insider republished the post under the headline “You Can Stop Worry- 24.3% ing About A Radiation Disaster in Japan — Here’s 400 Why.” The post also made the rounds on message boards and social networks like Facebook and Twitter. 300 Oehmen is not a nuclear engineer. He has a 13.9% 11.5% PhD in mechanical engineering and studies risk management and product development at LAI. A 200 10.7% March 15 article at Salon.com, “Debunking a viral blog post on the nuke threat,” picked up on this fact. A blog called Genius Now gained attention 4.39% after postulating that the post may have been part 100 of a campaign influenced by pro-nuclear industry. According to Oehmen, however, the post be- gan as an email to his cousin, Jason Morgan, who 0 lives in Kawasaki, Japan, about 250 kilometers Strongly Somewhat Neither Agree Somewhat Strongly Don't Know from the damaged reactors. Morgan turned to Disagree Disagree or Disagree Agree Agree Oehmen — his most technically-inclined ac- INFOGRAPHIC BY AISLYN SCHALCK — THE TECH quaintance — for guidance on how to react to The results of the UA referendum show a majority disapproval of the dining plan recommended by the House Dining Advisory Group (HDAG)� The new dining program will be implemented starting next fall, according to the Division of Student Life� Josef Oehmen, Page 16 IN Short Former professor Richard Leacock, who was MIT dominates USNWR graduate science and engineering rankings instrumental in developing MIT’s film program, MIT took the top spot in nearly all trical engineering, materials engineering, ences, MIT tied Harvard, Princeton, and passed away last Wednesday. He was 89. science specialties and many engineer- and mechanical engineering. MIT placed the University of Chicago for first in eco- ing specialties in U.S. News and World among the top 10 graduate programs in nomics; tied Duke University for ninth in Quarter 4 physical education classes begin Report’s (USNWR) recently-released nearly every engineering specialty. political science; and tied the University tomorrow (Monday/Wednesday classes) and 2012 graduate school rankings. MIT was In science disciplines, MIT’s graduate of Pennsylvania for eleventh in psychol- Thursday (Tuesday/Thursday classes). ranked first in overall engineering and programs tied for the top spot (including ogy. MIT was ranked 28th for its history ranked third behind Stanford and Har- ties) in the categories of chemistry, com- program. Registration for Alpha Chi Omega’s annual vard for business. puter science, earth sciences, mathemat- The full rankings can be found LipSync Competition ends today at 5 p.m. The Notably, MIT’s engineering graduate ics, and physics — every science specialty on the USNWR graduate school registration fee is $40 per act. programs ranked first (including ties) in except biological sciences, where MIT rankings website, http://grad-schools. the USNWR categories for chemical en- was second to Stanford, and statistics, usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/ Send news information and tips to gineering, aeronautical and astronautical where MIT was not ranked. best-graduate-schools. [email protected]. engineering, computer engineering, elec- In the humanities and social sci- —Ethan A. Solomon EditoriaL: DininG Voodoo innoVationomics Just how FunnY UA ChanGes SECTIONS World & Nation � � �2 Hockfield’s and Fausts’ plan to “win the is done is MIT? down the road? Opinion � � � � � � � � �4 future” is misguided� OPINION, p. 5 The time now is to learn MIT competes against The UA has fielded Fun Pages � � � � � � �6 what lessons we can Two-Faced Brotherhood Tufts at the National Col- bills proposing major Campus Life � � � � �8 from the dining debate lege Comedy Competition restructuring of the Sports � � � � � � � � �23 and move on� The Muslim Brotherhood’s future is in on Thursday� organization� OPINION, p. 4 its youth� OPINION, p. 4 CAMPUS LIFE, p. 9 NEWS, p. 19 2 The Tech Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Protestors in South draw fire D from Syrian forces Libyan rebel advance halted DAMASCUS, Syria — The political crisis in Syria deepened Monday as the armed forces in the restive southern city of Da- raa fired live ammunition in the air to disperse hundreds of outside Gadhafi’s hometown pro-democracy protesters. The marchers gathered in the city’s main square, chanting, By Kareen Fahim The rebels had pushed west on — now focused mainly on Gad- WORL “Not Sunnis, not Alawis, we all want freedom,” and “God, Syria, and David D. Kirkpatrick Sunday from Ajdabiya past the oil hafi’s ground troops — in reversing and freedom only.” By late afternoon, hundreds of protesters had THE NEW YORK TImes towns of Brega and Ras Lanouf, re- the rebels’ fortunes. It also framed N staged a sit-in on the square, uncertain whether the army would capturing the two important refiner- anew the question of how the poor- try to disperse them during the night. More than 60 people have BIN JAWWAD, Libya — The Lib- ies, and then set their sights on Sirte. ly equipped rebel forces might fare been killed in recent protests in the city, human rights groups yan rebel forces’ westward charge But on Monday there was no sign of against Gadhafi’s garrison in Sirte, say; it was unclear if there were any casualties Monday. “They was repulsed Monday by a barrage a rebel takeover of Sirte and the city where air cover may be less useful. were marching peacefully, asking for their rights, when the army of tank and artillery fire from forces seemed quiet, although a stream of Left open, as well, was the ques- opened fire at them,” said one witness who declined to be identi- guarding one of Moammar Gad- civilian cars and some military ve- tion of how the allies could jus- fied for fear of reprisals. “But this is not the end,” he added. hafi’s most crucial bastions of sup- hicles was seen heading west from tify airstrikes on Gadhafi’s forces ATIO The armed forces had retreated from the city’s main arter- port, while the U.S. military warned Sirte toward Tripoli, 225 miles away. around Sirte if, as seems to be the ies over the past few days, giving residents an uneasy sense of on Monday that the insurgents’ By late afternoon, however, hun- case, they enjoy widespread sup- being in a standoff.
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