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

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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

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 began 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. The Associated Press reported that security rapid advances could quickly be re- dreds of rebel cars and trucks came port in the city and pose no threat forces were surrounding the city Monday afternoon. versed without continued coalition speeding down the road to a check- to civilians. —The New York Times air support. point near Bin Jawwad, a town di- On Monday, the Russian foreign “The regime still vastly over- rectly east of Sirte that has switched minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, strongly matches opposition forces militar- hands three times in the last month. criticized the allied attacks, say- Regulators to set new ily,” Gen. Carter F. Ham, the ranking The rebel advance had been too ing, “We consider that interven-

& N American in the coalition operation, easy, and there had been no resis- tion by the coalition in what is es- restrictions on mortgages warned in an email on Monday. tance, said Sherif Layas, who fought sentially an internal civil war is not Banks will be forced to retain some risk when they securitize “The regime possesses the capabil- with the rebels. “This made us go sanctioned by the U.N. Security all but the most conservative mortgages under rules that regu- ity to roll them back very quickly. forward,” he said. “And then we met Council resolution,” news agencies lators are expected to vote on Tuesday. But the banks are likely Coalition air power is the major rea- the tanks.” With that, he said, they reported. to be given wide leeway in determining what risks to keep. son that has not happened.” panicked and retreated en masse. The resolution authorized “all Major banks, hoping to revive the mortgage securitization His remarks came after U.S. The government’s loss of Sirte necessary measures” to protect ci- market that crumbled when many securitizations proved to be and European bombs battered the could help decide the war, since it vilians in Libya. It also called for orld anything but safe, had asked regulators to define almost any coastal city of Sirte — the rebels’ blocks the rebels’ advance toward an arms embargo that applies to mortgage — except for the most extreme types no longer being next objective — in Gadhafi’s tribal the west and Tripoli. Ham’s warn- the entire territory of Libya, which written — as a “qualified residential mortgage.” But a summary homeland on Sunday night, per- ing, however, offered a somber means that any outside supply of of the proposal, provided to some press outlets Monday night mitting the insurgents to advance W counterpoint and underscored the arms to the opposition would have by a person briefed on the decision, showed that the regula- to within 45 miles of the city. essential role of Western airstrikes to be covert. tors rejected that advice and decided that only the most conservative mortgages would qualify. Securitizations of any other mortgages would require the banks to retain “skin in the game” of at least 5 percent of the risk. Banks, however, did get regulators to agree to a broad definition of how that risk can be re- Egypt’s military confirms tained, as well as of who will have to retain it. Under the proposed rule, mortgages to buy homes will require buyers to put down at least 20 percent if banks want to securitize the loan without retaining a stake. Loans to refinance Mubarak travel ban mortgages would not qualify unless the new loan was for no more than 75 percent of the value of the property, or 70 percent By Michael Slackman Military leaders used the event by a popular uprising, is also fac- if the refinancing enabled the borrower to take out cash. The New York Times to venture into a variety of other is- ing repeated charges that it has re- —Floyd Norris, The New York Times sues, including making a statement sorted to the kind of brutal and de- CAIRO — Egypt’s military com- — the first by the military itself — that grading police tactics used during mand said on Monday that the Mubarak was prohibited from leaving Mubarak’s tenure. Protesters taken Lost cobra may hide for weeks, ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, the country, even for medical tests. into custody by the military have was banned from leaving the coun- There have been reports that described being subject to torture Bronx Zoo officials say try, and that it would soon lift a he had fled to Saudi Arabia, which and unfair trials. Woman held by NEW YORK — The case of the missing venomous snake in detested emergency law, among a have stirred public resentment the military have charged that they the Bronx Zoo has yielded much interest and many press in- number of announcements seem- against the military. The military were subjected to so-called virgini- quiries. What it has not yielded is the snake, a 20-inch female ingly intended to shore up dimin- says Mubarak has been staying in ty tests — involving physical exami- Egyptian cobra born a few months ago. ishing support for the armed forces’ the Egyptian resort town of Sharm nations — while in custody. On Monday, otherwise known as Day 4 of the cobra hunt, council ruling the nation. el-Sheik. Dressed in their olive-green uni- zoo officials released a statement cautioning that they may not Members of the military com- “People have been feeling a bit forms, the military representatives of find the adolescent cobra for days, and perhaps weeks. mand held a news conference at the deceived about the revolution,” the secretive ruling council said any “We understand the interest in this story and that every- Armed Forces Media Center in the said Hossam Issa, a law professor at charges of abuse would be investi- one wants us to find the missing snake,” James J. Breheny, the Heliopolis district to announce its Ain Shams University, reflecting an gated, while insisting that most such zoo’s director, said in the statement. “Right now, it’s the snake’s decision that parliamentary elec- opinion that has gained greater cur- allegations were the result of rumors. game. At this point, it’s just like fishing; you put the hook in the tions would be held in September, rency in recent days. “People have The military council also said water and wait. Our best strategy is patience, allowing her time meeting the demands of some op- been meeting everywhere to dis- that it had adopted a relatively lib- to come out of hiding.” Zoo officials said they were confident position leaders who wanted more cuss what is to be done, and these eral election law that preserved the that the snake was somewhere inside the reptile house, which time to organize political parties. announcements will cut short an- ban on religious parties, but would was closed immediately after the snake went missing on Friday. Egypt’s presidential election, origi- other million-man march.” still allow groups like the Brother- Experts said cobras are generally averse to human contact nally scheduled for August, would The military command, which hood to form parties that do not and unlikely to bite unless they feel their lives are in peril. also be postponed, but the military has ruled Egypt by decree since limit membership based on religion —Karen Zraick, The New York Times did not announce a new date. Mubarak was forced from power and have a nonreligious platform.

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Low Pressure Haze Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The Tech 3 Michigan cuts jobless benefits WORLD & Nati Indiana Democrats end by six weeks to lowest in nation Michigan, whose unemployment rate has topped 10 percent standoff and return to State longer than that of any other state, is about to set another record. Its new Republican governor, Rick Snyder, signed a law Monday that will lead the state to pay fewer weeks of unemployment ben- By Emma G. Fitzsimmons private school voucher program. where Democrats also fled the efits next year than any other state. The New York Times “This timeout gave millions of state in February, but the Indiana Democrats and advocates for the unemployed expressed out- Hoosiers a real voice in their state delegation was away for longer. In rage that a such a hard-hit state will become the most miserly when CHICAGO — The political government,” Bauer said. Wisconsin, the Republicans did it comes to how long it pays benefits to those who have lost their standoff over union rights and All but three Democratic mem- not wait for Democrats to return. jobs. All states pay up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, before school vouchers in Indiana ended bers of the House left the state for Ur- They pushed a collective bargain- extended benefits paid by the federal government kick in. Michi- Monday as House Democrats re- bana, Ill., on Feb. 22 to block Repub- ing measure through the Senate by gan’s new law means that starting next year, when the federal ben- turned to the Capitol almost five licans from having a quorum. While using a procedural maneuver while efits are currently set to end, the state will stop paying benefits to weeks after they fled the state. they were gone, Republicans issued the Democrats were still away. the jobless after 20 weeks. The shape of future extensions is unclear. on Whether it was an effective pro- fines against the Democrats and pub- The battle over the Wisconsin Republicans and business groups said that cutting benefits was test depends on whether you are a licly called on them to return to work. bill, which limits collective bargain- necessary because the state’s unemployment trust fund, which was Democrat or a Republican. Demo- On Monday, Rep. Brian C. Bos- ing rights for public workers, con- ill-prepared to cope with the Great Recession, is insolvent. The state crats said they ended the walkout ma, speaker of the Indiana House, tinued Monday. The administration owes the federal government nearly $4 billion that it borrowed to WORLD & Nati after Republicans agreed to make welcomed the Democrats’ return of Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, keep its program afloat, and unemployment taxes on businesses changes to several pieces of legisla- and argued that the Republicans began to carry out the law even have already been raised, and will need to be raised more, to repay tion. Republicans said the conces- had conceded little. though some state officials said it the money. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce called the new sions were minor. “I am pleased that a combination should not yet take effect. law “a huge win for job providers” and said it could save up to $300 A major point of contention had of patience and public pressure has Earlier this month, Judge Mary- million a year. been a bill that would prohibit any caused them to return,” Bosma said. ann Sumi of Dane County Circuit —Michael Cooper, The New York Times requirement that employees in pri- Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican, Court in Madison barred the secre- vate sector workplaces pay union restated his plans to lower taxes and tary of state from publishing the law dues or fees, but Republicans with- spending and to improve education. — a procedural requirement — while UN human rights group calls drew the measure last month. “The only thing ‘radical’ about she considered a lawsuit claim- Before returning to the House this session has been the decision ing that Republicans violated open on China to release lawyer floor for an evening session, Rep. B. by one caucus to walk off the job for meeting requirements in passing the BEIJING — A U.N. human rights agency has demanded that the Patrick Bauer, the minority leader, five weeks,” Daniels said. “Now that bill. But a state agency unexpectedly Chinese government immediately release a prominent Chinese said Democrats had been success- it’s finally over, let’s make up the published the law on Friday. human rights lawyer who has been detained for nearly a year, ac- ful in softening the worst parts of lost time.” On Monday, Mike Huebsch, sec- cording to a statement released Monday by an advocacy group. The the Republicans’ agenda. One com- The Indiana boycott had re- retary of Wisconsin’s Department of lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, had said he was tortured when he was de- promise, for instance, limited the ceived less national attention than Administration, said he had started tained in 2007, and again for 14 months that ended in March 2010. on number of students involved in a a similar standoff in Wisconsin to enact the changes in the law. “The U.N. Working Group held that the detention violated international law because Gao’s disappearance was punishment for exercising his fundamental human rights and because the government failed to meet even the minimum international standards for WORLD & Nati due process,” the group said in a written statement. That statement was first sent to the Chinese government in July, and was made Facebook prepares for lobbying public Monday by Freedom Now, an advocacy group that has worked on Gao’s case. The Chinese Foreign Ministry had no immediate response. push in Washington China Human Rights Defenders, an advocacy group, said last week that at least 23 people had been detained in relation to myste- By Miguel Helft years after it was born in a Harvard Schwartz said Facebook seemed rious calls that surfaced on the Internet for a “Jasmine Revolution” and Matt Richtel dorm room, Facebook, as much as to have learned quickly that de- in China, modeled after the recent Tunisian uprising. The New York Times any other company, is redefining mands for regulation would pile up, —Edward Wong, The New York Times the notion of privacy and trans- not just from users and advocacy Facebook is hoping to do some- forming communications, media groups, but from competitors. thing better and faster than any and advertising in the Internet age. “What they’re doing is pragmat- Kabul Bank is portrayed as other technology start-up-turned- While the company has come ic, and it’s pragmatic to do it sooner Internet superpower. under fire for a series of privacy rather than later,” he said. private ATM for Afghan elite Befriend Washington. stumbles, it largely remains a dar- Facebook declined to comment KABUL, Afghanistan — When a brother of the Afghan president

Facebook has layered its execu- ling of politicians — even earn- on its conversations with Gibbs, wanted to invest in a cement factory, he took out a $2.9 million on tive, legal, policy, and communi- ing a glowing mention in the State who is considering a position in loan; he also took out $6 million for a town house in Dubai. When cations ranks with high-powered of the Union. But Facebook has Silicon Valley, not Washington. the bank’s chief executive wanted to invest in newly built apart- politicos from both parties, beefing watched the missteps of Microsoft The company said it under- ments in Kabul, he took almost $18 million. up its firepower for future battles in and Google in Washington, and stood the importance of having a The terms were hard to beat: no collateral, little or no interest. WORLD & Nati Washington and beyond. There’s knows that its current skirmishes Washington presence, mainly so And no repayment due date. Sheryl Sandberg, the former Clin- are merely a prelude to looming it could explain its social network- Those are just a few of the loans detailed in a damning inter- ton administration who is chief clashes over its influence on the ing service and its many features nal report by Afghanistan’s own Central Bank, which depicts the operating officer, and Ted Ullyot, a economic and social Web. And so it and privacy policies to lawmakers Afghan political elite as using Kabul Bank, the country’s biggest fi- former clerk for Supreme Court Jus- is building a stalwart defense, mov- and regulators. But it played down nancial institution, as its private piggy bank. tice Antonin Scalia, who is general ing at broadband speed from start- the importance of having connec- The report also suggests that Kabul Bank’s long-term finances counsel, among others. The latest up to realpolitik strategist. tions to both sides of the political are in much more dire shape than previously understood, a condi- candidate is Robert Gibbs, Presi- “Information is the gold or the spectrum. tion that explains why the Central Bank has been discussing put- dent Barack Obama’s former White oil of the economy in the informa- Still, some privacy advocates are ting the bank into receivership. The International Monetary Fund House press secretary, whom Face- tion age,” said Paul M. Schwartz, fretting over Facebook’s new hires. is pressing for receivership as a condition of renewing its program book is trying to lure to its commu- a law professor and expert in in- These critics say the company’s with Afghanistan. Without the IMF’s blessing, some major donors nications team. formation technology at the law growing Washington connections are required by their own laws to withhold aid from the country. With good reason, political and school at the University of Califor- will dampen reasonable criticisms Whether the Afghan government will approve the dissolution legal analysts say. Barely seven nia, Berkeley. about some Facebook policies. of the bank is not yet clear, but whatever its future, as the Central Bank outlines in its report, there will be high costs for the Afghan government, which will have to make good on the non-performing

loans in order to keep depositors whole. on Blast at Yemeni arms factory follows —Alissa J. Rubin and Rod Nordland, The New York Times

India reports gains in wild WORLD & Nati government’s retreat tiger population NEW DELHI — India said Monday that it was making progress in By Laura Kasinof drawals, and Saleh’s dramatic claim, openly withdraw its military and se- saving endangered tigers, with a new nationwide survey estimating a and Robert F. Worth might be at least partly a ploy to curity in favor of al-Qaida and other 20 percent increase in their numbers in the wild over the last five years. The New York Times warn his backers in the West and the armed groups, in a desperate at- The survey, released by the Ministry of Environment and For- Arab world about possible conse- tempt of President Saleh to confirm ests, put India’s current tiger population at 1,706, compared with SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s po- quences were he to fall from power. his argument that Yemen is just a 1,411 in 2006. The new figure is an extrapolation based on photo- litical crisis deepened Monday when Last week, battered by the defec- ticking time bomb.” graphic evidence in sample sites, along with other indicators. an explosion tore through a crowd of tions of top military supporters as The explosion took place as India is home to about half of the world’s wild tigers. Their numbers looters at an abandoned government well as vast demonstrations in Sa- crowds of impoverished local resi- had declined sharply for decades, largely because of poaching and the weapons factory in the south, killing naa, the capital, and in other major dents were looting the factory for pressures of development encroaching on their natural habitat. at least 110 people and underscoring cities, Saleh took part in discussions valuable weapons, witnesses said. “These numbers give us hope for the future of tigers in the an ominous collapse of authority af- mediated by U.S. diplomats aimed It appears to have been accidental, world,” Jim Leape, the international director of the World Wildlife ter six weeks of rising protests. at a peaceful transfer of power. possibly caused by a lit cigarette on Fund, said in a statement. “India continues to play an integral role In recent days, government forces The talks bogged down, and gunpowder or a gun used to open a in the tiger’s recovery.” have abandoned their posts across Saleh has since hardened his pub- room full of dynamite. Jairam Ramesh, the environment minister, cautioned that the on the country, including areas where lic stance, saying he would make no There were differing accounts country faced a major challenge in providing enough habitat for ti- northern rebels have long chal- more concessions. of how the factory was abandoned; gers to roam wild. He said that the survey concluded that the amount lenged the military and southern The strains on Yemen’s fragile some news reports said militants of land occupied by tigers was shrinking, squeezing their living space. provinces where al-Qaida’s Arabian state have grown worse since gov- clashed with security guards Sun- “There is a decrease in tiger occupancy, which shows that tiger W branch has maintained sanctuaries, ernment supporters opened fire on day and captured the factory and corridors are under biggest threat,” Ramesh said here Monday at Yemeni officials and witnesses said. protesters in the capital March 18, two local towns. an international conference on tiger conservation, according to In- President Ali Abdullah Saleh killing at least 50 and igniting out- But several people in the area dian news media reports. o cast the government’s losses in stark rage across the country. said the factory’s guards aban- A majority of India’s tigers live in the country’s 39 reserves, but terms Sunday, telling a committee On Monday, the opposition par- doned it voluntarily, and that hoo- the survey found that more than a quarter of them live outside the R

from his political party that six of Ye- ties, known as the JMP, released a ligans — not religious militants — reserves. The survey was the first to include the Sundarbans, the l men’s 18 provinces “have fallen.” statement saying of the factory ex- appeared shortly afterward to loot region of mangrove forests on the border of India and Bangladesh, But some Yemeni officials and plosion: “This horrible crime came armored cars, machine guns and where 70 tigers were counted. D analysts said the government with- after the order of the authority to ammunition. —Jim Yardley, The New York Times 4

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Solow of Nobelist the work of as an engine their defense of innovation - actu to if they were But economic growth. he would no the good talk to ally professor, them of his better-known remind doubt United The accumulation. on capital work than less certainly is almost saving States and this failure rate, its golden rule savings deficit part the massive to is due in no small government. of the federal spending - pro moneyof speculative a on sums vast will We of voodoo innovationomics. gram if we (par future prosperous a more build a simple to stick government) our ticularly and saving harder of working action plan more. are carefully selected. For example, the U.S. the U.S. example, selected. For carefully are Lebanon to aid given the reevaluate should Recently, considering the rise of Hezbollah. - selectedthe Lebanese Hezbol parliament Prime as the next Mikati Najib lah-backed is very Hezbollah, that It possible Minister. as a terrorist States the United by recognized seize control could 1995, since organization - au the country’s of Lebanon and threaten turncould Syria and Iran result, As a tonomy. their pawn. into the Lebanese Armed Forces support to a radical interests U.S. is against It and as Hezbollah, such group terrorist Islamic an aid to no sense foreign give to so it makes control. they indirectly that army - economic re a hard through is going States is trillion economy $14 our ality. However, from and will rebound to be able resilient It is un- are experiencing. the difficulties we necessary aid all foreign cut and harmful to uncertain especially in such indiscriminately, scrutinize we carefully crucialis that It times. aid, especially amid rapid of foreign recipients we do so that and terrorism, changes regime we However, enemies. our fund not directly strong our aid to grant to do need continue to allies. and unrelenting acted like peaceful demonstrators, not ji- peaceful demonstrators, acted like and trust Their level-headedness hadists. success. their to keys the were other each in their differ have members Brotherhood democ they both want ences in opinions, there Beyondracy that, installed in Egypt. will rec the older generation is hope that just than on more withoncile moderates may the older members and that politics, of their younger values adopt the Western counterparts. of the running for elections under the name party The sup- Party. and Justice Freedom of gen - ports equal regardless citizenship personal a made has Badi der or religion. Or III of the Coptic Shenouda Pope to call of Alexandria addressing Church thodox Christianshave Egyptian (Copts) fears the fu- in the Egypt’s role of the Brotherhood’s changed. has much Indeed, ture. - - - - - The Brotherhoodhas a record of violence, track a provide may youth but glimmer of hope. There is nothing terribly wrong terribly with this is nothing wrong There correct are really Faust and If Hockfield Aside from the clear benefits abroad, for abroad, benefits the clear from Aside However, this does not mean that foreign foreign that does this mean not However, There are allegedly are 600,000There members The Brotherhood has a long track record record track has a long The Brotherhood - Europe century, lifted from we shamelessly Hertz, Faraday, Bessemer, like an innovators and used their and McAdam Blanc, Haber, Little lands. their native over leapfrog to ideas — roles the except then since changed has to their off of us freeloading it is China today own benefit. Certainly- Chi if the would be it better reality. instead property intellectual nese purchased inno- incentivize to better (the it stealing of it is hard but new ideas), develop to vators solar cell factories, the world’s that argue to in not be sourced should Solar’s, First like If Hock China. like countries labor low-cost case trying the make were to Faust field and the is necessary improve to innovation that altruistic- ba and on that world economy, - on re increase spending a major justify sis would their point and development, search is not the ar this However, be strong. quite making are Faust and Hockfield that gument enrich to “win us to the future,” — they want with competition through own economy our if “winning” sense Even made other nations. we will trade, of international in the context and research China’s for paying winnot by development. in believers nationalist in their logic and are - they advo should economy, the knowledge of inno- subsidization for unilateral less cate infor stolen easily produces which vation, A blueprint for education. and more mation, but or reverse-engineered, be stolen can mined easily not expertisething, stickier a is of the expert of the head out whom it be to - a metaphor the risk of stretching At longs. social service aid cutting programs; drastically it Rather, success. or stability willpromote not wheelswill off governments rip the training which opponents, trying radical combat to situations volatile potentially will create only Radical efforts. international our hurt and plat a as use poverty al-Qaeda as such groups and underdeveloped In support. formgain to will support the population struggling areas, - they because pro groups or terrorist radical poverty fighting By vide some form of relief. the also preventing we are and desperation, this way, In growing. from seeds of radicalism se- strong, States the United aid keeps foreign and successful. cure, eign aid also creates jobs here at home. 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By Duff Wilson diologists, along with psychiatrists The New York Times and orthopedic physicians, have been well-known for taking indus- Doctors with private financial try gifts, honoraria, consulting, and conflicts of interest dominated speaking engagements. some of the panels that wrote The American Heart Associa- guidelines on cardiovascular health tion and American College of Car- in recent years, according to a med- diology statement also said their ical journal study released Monday. new policies were “almost perfectly The guideline panels are the aligned” with an Institute of Medi- select groups of experts who are cine report last week. That report assigned to evaluate science inde- proposed the strictest rules yet for pendently and issue their advice to it called “standards for develop- other doctors on what to do in clini- ing trustworthy clinical practice cal practice. The guidelines influ- guidelines.” We are all atheists about most of the ence medical care, product choice, insurance coverage, government Dr. Sacco said his gods that societies have ever believed in. policy and malpractice cases. group applauded The study, published in the Ar- Some of us just go one god further. chives of Internal Medicine, found the journal’s study that conflicts of interest were reported by 56 percent of 498 people and institute’s who helped write 17 guidelines for recommendations. ‑ —Richard Dawkins, 1996 Humanist of the Year the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiol- But the institute, the health arm ogy, from 2003 through 2008. of the National Academy of Sci- Of people who led those groups, ences, went further than the heart an even higher rate — 81 percent — groups. It not only proposed ban- had personal financial interests in ning conflicts by chairmen and a companies affected by their guide- majority of members, but it said lines, the study found. panelists and their family members In a related commentary in the should divest themselves of finan- journal, Dr. Steven E. Nissen, chair- cial investments and never partici- man of cardiovascular medicine at pate in marketing activity or advi- the Cleveland Clinic and a former sory boards for affected companies. president of the American College Dr. Ralph L. Sacco, president of of Cardiology, called for banning the American Heart Association, most of those conflicts rather than said his group applauded the jour- just disclosing them. nal’s study and institute’s recom- Steve Wozniak Rebecca Goldstein In a joint statement Monday, the mendations. But he said requiring cardiology and heart associations divestiture could limit the num- said that they had tightened their ber of experts available to work on conflict-of-interest controls in 2010 guidelines. Come see Richard Dawkins, Steve Wozniak, Rebecca Goldstein, and to align with recommendations “What becomes difficult is some from the Council of Medical Spe- of the experts out there who are others speak at the 70th annual American Humanist Association cialty Societies. They now require well regarded in their field have ofthat the people leading the group ten conducted research, and some Conference in Boston, Massachusetts April 7-10, 2011. and a majority of members of any research on devices and drugs is guideline-writing group be free of sponsored by companies,” Sacco, conflicts of interest. chairman of neurology at the Uni- versity of Miami medical school, ‘The conflicts are said in an interview Monday. quite prevalent, That includes himself. Sacco said he ended his own role in a pharma- Visit http://www.americanhumanist.org but they’re by no ceutical company’s research project means ubiquitous.’ when he became president-elect of the heart association, a move re- to register today! quired by its top officers. Dr. James N. Kirkpatrick, the study’s senior author, said its most important finding may be that 44 percent of guideline writers actu- Spring 2011 Wulff Lecture Tuesday, March 29, 2011 There are many properties of living systems ally had no financial interests in the 4:00–5:00 pm that could be harnessed by researchers to area they reviewed. That rebuts the make advanced technologies that are argument that there are not enough Room 10-250 smarter, more adaptable, and are experienced experts who are inde- Reception immediately following synthesized to be compatible with the pendent, he said. environment. One approach to designing “The conflicts are quite preva- future technologies is to evolve organisms lent, but they’re by no means ubiq- to work with a more diverse set of building uitous,” Kirkpatrick, an assistant blocks. These materials could address many professor of medicine at the Hos- scientific and technological problems in pital of the University of Pennsylva- Giving New Life to Materials electronics, military, medicine, and energy nia, said in an interview about the applications. Examples include a virus- research, which was led by Dr. Todd enabled lithium ion rechargeable battery B. Mendelson, now in residency at that has many improved properties over the University of Pittsburgh. for Energy, conventional batteries, as well as materials David J. Rothman, a professor for solar and display technologies. and president of the Institute on Medicine as a Profession at Colum- The Wulff Lecture is an introductory, general- bia University, said the study shows Electronics, audience, entertaining lecture which serves to an overdue need for change. educate, inspire, and encourage MIT under - “The guy who’s calling balls and graduates to take up study in the field of strikes should not be a shareholder materials science and engineering and related and the Environment fields. The entire MIT community, particularly in one of the teams,” Rothman said. “It’s so self-evident that if you’re go- freshmen, is invited to attend. The Wulff ing to be doing guidelines, it should Lecture honors the late Professor John Wulff, be clean. What’s amazing is that it Professor Angela M. Belcher a skilled, provocative, and entertaining hasn’t been accomplished yet.” teacher who inaugurated a new approach to Kirkpatrick said the study fo- Germehausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering teaching the popular freshman subject: 3.091 cused on cardiology because of and Biological Engineering Introduction to Solid State Chemistry. its many guidelines and thorough Henisi. Pat, cor sum nos doloreet elesseq uatuera esectem doloboreet, con heniscidunt at, quat dolobore diam, veliquisl el ut adip eraesto duis dolor sum ex exeros ea faci ea amcommo lorper adit nullaor at, commy nosto odolenim nostrud et laore feu facidunt alit lutetue modolor accum ea am, quamcon sequat wisl ullam, consequat. Iquat. Ut el iure feugait elit, quis adionsectet ex endre facip er accum zzrit lor sustis aut verit, sed modolor eraessim et dolore duis nisis ad minit in vendrem quatums andigna feuissed enim zzriusci tem nos dipsusto od magniat wismod tat, voluptat. 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LEGAL COUNSEL MIT students, family, employers and start-ups seeking U.S. legal counsel, campus or oﬃce consultation. Call: DMSE James Dennis Leary, Esq. 321-544-0012 16 The Tech Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Course XXII responds to post with department blog Josef Oehmen, Page 1 added that his email was specifi- been widely disseminated, and students in NSE, but faculty provide noted that a site which republished cally written with his cousin’s situa- even translated into multiple lan- “reviews and technical support on Oehmen’s post — TheEnergyCol- media reports likening the crisis at tion in mind, since Morgan lived far guages. Oehmen said he was also specific topics.” lective.com — is run by a PR firm Fukushima to the Chernobyl disas- from the reactor site. concerned that he had no way to Oehmen’s original post appears which also works for Siemens AG. ter of 1986. Though he was not a nu- Morgan asked if he could share keep the post’s information current, on the new NSE site with edits. NSE In an email to The Tech, Burton clear engineer, Oehmen responded the email with friends and fam- so he turned to MIT’s Department removed Oehmen’s judgments said that he is no longer concerned to his cousin’s request and said he ily who were also concerned, and of Nuclear Science and Engineering about the safety risk posed by the about the origins of NSE’s blog, but quickly found that accurate infor- Oehmen agreed. Morgan posted (NSE) for help. reactor and his commentary on the still thinks that MIT should have mation on the reactor situation was the email on a new blog at http:// After Oehmen contacted Rich- general inaccessibility of reliable worked harder to ensure the blog hard to come by. morgsatlarge.wordpress.com/ and ard K. Lester PhD ’80, head of NSE, nuclear information. Oehmen’s “conform[ed] to university stan- “There was absolutely no under- tweeted it to his 27 followers, ac- the department put in place a plan technical explanation of how reac- dards for publication.” standing of the context — what’s cording to Oehmen. to edit Oehmen’s original post tors work and the events at Fuku- On his part, Oehmen says that a nuclear reactor about? What’s Eight hours after uploading for accuracy and put in on a new shima remains largely intact, with the positive feedback he received nuclear engineering about?” said the essay at about 3 a.m. EST on blog — managed by NSE — where some terminology and technical about his post was “overwhelm- Oehmen about media reports at Sunday, March 13, Oehmen said it could be easily complemented alterations. ingly” more abundant than the the time of the disaster. To explain the post had garnered over 50,000 with more information about the “Thank god I didn’t write any- negative. whether his cousin was in any dan- views. He said he awoke the next nuclear crisis in Japan. By Monday thing majorly stupid,” said Oehmen The media’s reaction to the post ger, Oehmen decided to include a morning to a text message from his evening, the blog went live at http:// after NSE took over the post. Mor- also caught Oehmen off-guard. brief, simple description of nuclear cousin: “You’d better check your mitnse.com/. gan’s original blog now directs us- “You’re just some average guy at physics and how boiling-water re- email.” According to the blog’s “About” ers to the NSE post. some university somewhere do- actors — like those at Fukushima Upon realizing that his email page, it is hosted outside of MIT’s But the post has met with con- ing your thing, and then suddenly — work. had gained traction, Oehmen said it domain to take advantage of the troversy. Genius Now’s Greg Bur- there’s this incredible media in- After doing deeper research on “hit me in the gut.” Wordpress blogging interface and ton speculated on March 15 that terest — what do you do?” said the internet, Oehmen came to the “I hope I did my homework one because it was suspected that high Oehmen’s original post, and the Oehmen. conclusion that Morgan had noth- this one,” remembered Oehmen. traffic could pose problems for NSE website, may have had roots Oehmen said he received me- ing to worry about, even in “a rea- “I probably would have pulled NSE’s mit.edu domain. in a pro-nuclear campaign by dia requests from the BBC, CNBC, sonable worst-case scenario.” the plug if I thought it was possible,” According to an email from Les- German electronics and electri- PBS, and Reuters, among others. He “My conclusion was: you’re safe, said Oehmen. But only hours after ter, the MIT NSE Nuclear Informa- cal engineering company Siemens directed all media inquiries to the don’t worry,” said Oehmen. He uploading, the post had already tion Hub is managed day-to-day by AG. The Salon.com article also MIT News Office.

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Referendum, Page 1 this point is [to adjust] the details to make it better for students.” Ac- disagree” or vote “don’t know.” cording to Chen and Lai, the UA Of those voting students that Senate is not yet decided on its live in dining dorms, 56 percent next course of action. voted against the dining plan “We want to make sure we’re and 54 percent in disapproval of all on the same page,” Lai said of HDAG’s procedure. In particular, Monday night’s Senate meeting. although the Class of 2014 was “We were focused on structural notified by the DSL of the pend- changes to the Senate. … [Dining] ing changes to the dining plan was not our priority.” prior to entering MIT, 57 percent Henry J. Humphreys, senior as- voted against the plan, and only sociate dean of residential life and 11 percent of the class approved of dining, said that he had antici- HDAG’s process. pated the negative response from When asked why he had spon- the referendum before the results sored the dining referendum, were released. Chen said, “I hoped to bring up “The way I’m looking at it, I the issue of student engagement.” came onboard two years into the Chen acknowledged that the re- process, and I saw an unprece- sults showed that students were dented amount of student involve- clearly dissatisfied with how the ment,” Humphreys said. process was conducted. Comparing MIT’s efforts to in- Of more interest is the UA’s re- tegrate and accommodate student sponse to the referendum results. responses to the efforts of other “The next step for the UA will be to schools’ to do the same, Hum- communicate the results to the rel- phreys noted that “most institu- evant administrators,” said Vrajesh tions would not make such an ef- Y. Modi ’11, president of the UA, in fort to involve students, and I think an email to The Tech. “To the best this speaks as much for the kind of of my knowledge, this is the most institution that MIT is — students’ comprehensive data collected on voices were heard and adjust- … how different cross-sections of ments were made.” the student population feel about The administration is in the the plan.” process of rolling out the dining During the presidential de- vendor details. “We announced bates, president-elect Miramonti what the [dining] program is at the said that “nothing was set in end of last semester,” Humphreys stone” regarding the dining plan. said, with all indication that the Vice President-elect Lai expressed question of dining itself was de- similar sentiments: “Everything is cided and set in stone. “We’ve told still up to change,” he said. “They the UA and DormCon that we’re haven’t signed the contract yet.” wrapping up the process of choos- When asked if he was aware that ing a vendor, and we welcome stu- vendors were in the process of be- dent dialogue in the implementing ing chosen, however, Lai said, “It of dining.” is going to be really, really hard Implementation will be a two- — maybe impossible — to turn it part process: Renovating existing around, but we’re not giving up.” kitchen facilities in non-dining Chen was more wary: “Right dormitories, and forming a com- now, the plan looks like it might be mittee to work on implementing final — the only thing we can do at the dining plan for dining com- The Office of Minority Education munities. “Renovations will probably start by June 2012,” said Hum- Solution to Crossword phreys. “But the planning process from page 6 will begin this spring, as soon as a vendor is announced.” “I hope to present the issue of Looking for an exciting summer job? dining to the Senate for open dis- cussion,” said Chen. What the UA hopes to accomplish is not clear at this point, given the finality of the administration’s decision. None- theless, as Chen stated, “it is crucial that we involve everyone.” In respect to the last note, it would seem that the UA and administration are in agreement.

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UA and Class Council Spring UA might see Ethnic clashes fuel 2011 Election Results drastic changes Three bills proposing major re- debate over US UA President and Vice President structuring to the UA was presented to the Senate last night. Two of Allan Miramonti ’13 and Alec Lai ’13 the bills, one submitted by Vrajesh plan to leave Iraq Y. Modi ’11, current President of 2012 Class Council the UA, and the other submitted by Jonté D. Craighead ’13, current By Time Arango ed seeing the troops in their same President: Nate Fox Speaker of the Senate. Both offer The New York Times positions, and an Arab lawmaker Vice President: Hannah Sparkman competing solutions to the prob- in the local council said that only Publicity Chairs: Anjali Muralidhar and Eliana Schleifer lem of fragmentation among the KIRKUK, Iraq — Many in this some soldiers had left. Secretary: Christine Chen five undergraduate governing bod- divided city want U.S. troops to In the debates under way in Treasurer: David Zhu ies: UA, IFC, DormCon, Panhel, stay longer than President Barack Washington and Baghdad about and LGC. Obama’s administration has said where the U.S.-Iraq relationship Social Chairs: Jess Hammond and Sid Saraswat 42 UAS 14.2, submitted by Modi, they will, and a tense standoff heads after eight years of war, those proposes a new constitution for the last week showed why. Kurdish who argue for a continued U.S. mili- 2013 Class Council UA with major changes that include troops from the north were in po- tary presence beyond this year cite President: Amanda David dissolving the Senate and replacing sitions on the outskirts of Arab Kirkuk as the centerpiece of their Vice President: Chazz Sims it with a Council made up of the neighborhoods. case. presidents of the 12 dormitories, To calm the latest flare-up of the Perhaps the greatest unfinished Publicity Chairs: Denzil Sikka and Elise Stave the IFC, speaker of LGC, and an longstanding ethnic rivalries here chapter of America’s war in Iraq Secretary: Bahar Shah elected off-campus representative. has required a rush of high-level will be the status of this ancient city Treasurer: Kuljot Anand In contrast, 42 UAS 14.3 pro- diplomacy, including phone calls that today is fought over by its three Social Chairs: Nancy Chen and Henry Zhu posed to append a section in the from Vice President Joe Biden to main ethnic groups, Kurds, Arabs, existing constitution that retains Kurdish leaders and the deploy- and Turkmens, each making his- 2014 Class Council the Senate but also forms an Un- ment of U.S. troops, a rarity in Iraq torical claims to the land and the oil dergraduate Coordinating Com- today. that flows beneath. President: Anika Gupta mittee (UCC). However, the bill The confrontation did not turn Vice President: Jean Xin was voted down by the senate last violent — precisely, many believe, U.S. troops had Publicity Chairs: Dorian Burks and Candace Chen night. because of the presence of U.S. withdrawn as part Secretary: Yi Wu The last bill, 42 UAS 14.1 was troops. But they will leave by the passed last night, forming an ad hoc end of the year, if the current sched- Treasurer: Jonathan Chien of a deal. committee that will review the cur- ule stands, and many here fear that Social Chair: Oliver Song rent structure of the UA and recom- could lead to ethnic strife, even civil Across Iraq, the U.S. invasion mend changes. It will also consider war. upended traditional notions of 42 UAS 14.2. This committee will The Kurdish soldiers, known victimhood — the long-oppressed comprise of Senate-elected mem- as the pesh merga, were deployed Shiites became ascendant, while bers and general student members. last month by leaders in the semi- the Sunni ruling elite under Sad- Timothy R. Jenks ’13, a Senator for autonomous northern region wor- dam Hussein’s Baath Party found Fraternities, was approved as the ried about Sunni Arab insurgents itself on the margins. In Kirkuk, head of this ad hoc committee and attacking peaceful demonstrators. the Kurds, who had been brutal- Can you beat this drawing? will hold interviews for general But the action was viewed by local ized by the former government, members today at 8 p.m. Arabs, U.S. diplomats and military have the strongest grip on power. Join Illustrators at The Tech! The ad hoc committee is expect- officials, and the Iraqi government The Arabs, many of whom were ed to propose their recommenda- as provocative and illegal. moved to the area by Hussein in E-mail [email protected] tions on the restructuring of the Kurdish officials said Monday his campaign to alter the demo- UA next Monday at the UA Senate that the troops had withdrawn as graphics and dilute Kurdish in- meeting. part of a deal with the Americans fluence, are fighting for their own —Jingyun Fan and the central government, al- stake in the new Iraq. though a witness in Kirkuk report-

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By David Jolly mist at JPMorgan Securities Japan, and Industry, said. “At the summer Ultimately, the need to conserve ernment buildings were raised to The New York Times estimates that the country’s gross peak, the shortfall will be in the 10 energy could force Japanese com- about 82 degrees Fahrenheit. domestic product will shrink in the percent to 20 percent range.” panies — already among the most Setting an example, the prime TOKYO — The term “rolling second quarter by about 3 percent Tokyo Electric now has an oper- efficient in the world — to emerge minister at the time, Junichiro Koi- blackouts” has become shorthand on an annualized basis, with about ating capacity of 37 gigawatts and even leaner and more competitive. zumi, adopted an open-collar look for noting one way Japan is trying to half of that decline resulting from expects to be back up to about 54 But that is little consolation now. that helped to make him something cope with its national calamity. the power shortage. gigawatts by summer, according to Toyoda said policy makers of a fashion leader. Shorthand should not be con- A recovery will gradually begin PFC Energy. (Each gigawatt is suffi- would aim most conservation mea- But Kazuharu Aizawa, a spokes- fused with short term. Utility ex- to take hold in the third quarter, cient to power about 250,000 Japa- sures at consumers, rather than man for the environment ministry, perts and economists say it will take he said, as the need to rebuild the nese households.) businesses, because households’ noted that more than 62 percent of many months, possibly into next northeast portion of Japan’s main But Tokyo Electric’s peak sum- share of electricity consumption Japanese had adopted the Cool Biz year, to get anywhere close to re- island, Honshu, acts as a major mer demand is usually 60 gigawatts, has been rising for decades. air-conditioning goal, so the room storing full power. economic stimulus. But the power according to PFC, meaning at least “In 1973, the ratio of electricity for additional energy savings this The places most affected are shortage will be a drag on economic a 10 percent shortfall. Some econo- used by industry was 50 percent,” he summer through turning up the not only in the earthquake-ravaged growth for some time to come. mists say privately that the short- said. “Now it’s just over 30 percent.” thermostat would be limited. area, but also in the economically “We hadn’t initially expected the fall could turn out to be more than The energy crisis has even led of- “Many people are going to have crucial region closer to Tokyo, quake to impact the national econ- twice that large. ficials to consider the unthinkable: to turn off the air-con altogether,” which is having to ration power omy to this degree,” Kanno said. But Tokyo Electric is trying to make Instituting daylight saving time, he said. because of the big chunk of the na- the lingering power shortages will up the lost generating capacity by something they have previously Ken Belson contributed tion’s electrical generating capacity be widespread, he said. Besides the restarting shuttered plants, repair- declined to adopt because it might reporting. that was knocked out by the quake direct effects on businesses, con- ing the damaged ones, tapping hy- cause confusion. or washed away by the tsunami. sumers “won’t go out as much and dropower reserves, and temporarily Industry, meantime, has recog- Besides the dangerously dis- they’ll have to get home earlier,” he operating gas turbines. But summer nized the importance of a coordi- abled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear said, meaning they will not spend blackouts are inevitable, with plans nated response. power plant, three other nuclear as much. for many areas to go without elec- Members of the Japan Auto- plants, six coal-fired plants, and 11 Tokyo Electric has been us- tricity for an hour or two at the hot- mobile Manufacturers’ Associa- oil-fired power plants were initially ing rolling blackouts of up to three test part of the day. tion — including Toyota, Nissan, shut down, according to PFC Ener- hours in designated zones to bal- In theory, the Tokyo area could and Honda — are considering ap- gy, an international consulting firm. ance demand and supply. The cuts import electricity from the south. portioning full days of power cuts By some measures, as much as have at times been poorly com- But a historical rivalry between among themselves, according to 20 percent of the total generating municated, further disrupting Tokyo and the city of Osaka led the the Nikkei newspaper, as they seek capacity of the region’s dominant businesses already reeling from two areas to develop grids using dif- to avoid power cuts that wreak hav- utility, the Tokyo Electric Power logistical problems and damage to ferent frequencies — Osaka’s is 60 oc on manufacturing equipment. Co. — or an estimated 11 percent factories in the north. cycles and Tokyo’s is 50 cycles — so Hirokazu Furukawa, an associa- of Japan’s total power — is out of And Tokyo, more than most sharing is inefficient. tion spokesman, confirmed that the service. places in Japan, is highly depen- There are transfer stations, but automakers were studying possible Until all the lost or suspended dent on electric trains and subways they have limited capacity. And the cooperation, but he said that the generating capacity is replaced, for commuting, so when there are hand-off is comparable to two rail- complicated matter would require economists say, factories will oper- blackouts, lots of people cannot roads that use different gauge tracks more study and that no deal had ate at reduced levels, untold num- get to work or easily organize their and have to unload cargo from one been reached. bers of cars and other products will days. train and reload it onto another at In 2005, the Environment Min- go unbuilt and legions of shoppers “In the short term, it will be the place the tracks meet. istry introduced an experiment, we’re seeking will cut back their buying — all tak- very difficult to make up the loss “The simplest way to solve the called Cool Biz Japan, to save en- ing a big toll on Japan’s economy. of power from the Daiichi plant,” problem is through conservation,” ergy by cutting the cost of operating to build our The greater Tokyo region repre- Masakazu Toyoda, chairman of the Toyoda said, “so the question of air-conditioning systems in Tokyo, sents one-third of the nation’s eco- Institute of Energy Economics, a re- how to encourage that with the where the summer heat and hu- forces nomic output. search organization affiliated with least impact is on the government’s midity rival that of Washington. As Masaaki Kanno, chief econo- the Ministry of Economy, Trade agenda.” part of the plan, thermostats in gov- [email protected]

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Feb 24 Bldg. 33 (125 Mass. Ave), 12:00 p.m., Laptop stolen puter. Jan 15 Bldg. W13 (52 Mass. Ave.), 9:00 p.m., iPhone taken. from office. Mar 08 Bldg. W51 (Burton-Conner House, 410 Memorial Jan 24 Bldg. 36 (50 Vassar St.), 12:00 p.m., After reading an Feb 25 Bldg. 26 (60 Vassar St.), 2:27 a.m., Report of group Dr.), 4:28 a.m., Units dispatched for people asleep article in the paper caller states he was a victim of of students under Bldg. 26 pass through with an in lounge area. Mr. Elliot’s scam. Sector 3 responds to file report. active fire burning. Officers respond and fire extin- Mar 08 Bldg. 10 (122 Memorial Dr.), 2:00 p.m., Larceny Jan 30 Bldg. W35 (100 Vassar St.), 3:30 p.m., Larceny of guished. report of a wallet. wallet from locker. Feb 25 Bldg. W35 (100 Vassar St.), 3:45 p.m., Sector 4 takes Mar 08 Bldg. 50 (141 Memorial Dr.), 3:00 p.m., Sector 2 Feb 06 Bldg. W35 (100 Vassar St.), 5:30 p.m., Report of past report of a stolen wallet. takes a larceny report of a backpack. assault during soccer game. Car 282 takes report. Feb 25 Bldg. 33 (125 Mass. Ave.), 6:20 p.m., Sector 3 takes Mar 09 Bldg. NE49 (600 Tech Sq.), 1:22 p.m., East car takes Feb 07 Bldg. 32 (32 Vassar St.), 10:00 a.m., Report of stolen a report of a laptop and iPhone stolen from a room a larceny report of a circuit breaker. bicycle. left ajar. Suspicious persons seen fleeing area. Mar 09 Bldg. 32 (32 Vassar St.), 2:05 p.m., Sector 1 takes a Feb 07 Bldg. 1 (33 Mass. Ave.), 12:00 p.m., Larceny of Feb 27 64 Bay State Rd. (Theta Xi), 12:20 a.m., Report of larceny report. laptop. people trying to gain access by rear fire escape. Mar 09 Bldg. W59 (201 Vassar St.), 11:31 p.m., Report of Feb 07 Bldg. 7 (77 Mass. Ave.), 12:20 p.m., Sector 3 officer Officers respond after suspect had fled scene. unwanted person in room, refusing to leave area. takes report of stolen laptop and cellphone. Feb 27 450 Beacon St. (Pi Lambda Phi), 1:22 a.m., Report Units respond with housing to assist. Person left Feb 07 Bldg. 62 (Ames St.), 6:05 p.m., Harassment by of malicious damage to a table. area before units arrived. alumni. Report taken. Feb 27 Bldg. 31 (70 Rear Vassar St.), 6:30 a.m., Caller Mar 11 Bldg. NW14 (150 Albany St.), 2:13 p.m., Received Feb 09 Bldg. 14 (160 Memorial Dr.), 2:00 p.m., Cell phone reports past larceny of laptop. Sector 3 takes report. call for a break into construction area. Individual stolen from office, Sector 2 takes report. Mar 01 Bldg. WW15 (350 Brookline St.), 6:57 a.m., Suspi- stopped and checked out OK. Feb 10 Bldg. 4 (182 Memorial Dr.), 8:00 p.m., Breaking and cious package received. West car officer takes Mar 11 Bldg. W16 (48 Mass. Ave.), 5:00 p.m., Vandalism to entry into refrigerator, Sector 3 takes report. report. property at Kresge. Sector 4 dispatched. Feb 11 Bldg. E25 (45 Carlton St.), 1:00 p.m., Larceny of Mar 02 Bldg. 7 (77 Mass. Ave.), 8:00 a.m., Malicious dam- Mar 12 Bldg. E55 (60 Wadsworth St.), 10:00 p.m., Items computer, Sector 1 takes report. age to lights. Sector 3 officer takes report. thrown into courtyard. Feb 12 Bldg. 4 (182 Memorial Dr.), 4:20 p.m., Sector 3 Mar 02 Bldg. 26 (60 Vassar St.), 6:24 p.m., Report of suspi- Mar 13 Bldg. W45 (125 Vassar St.), 7:00 a.m., Car parked in takes report of stolen backpack. cious white male outside of room 241. Person West garage damaged. Sector 4 officer takes report. Feb 14 Bldg. W20 (Student Center, 84 Mass. Ave.), 5:16 checks OK, all units clear. Mar 13 Bldg. W13 (52 Mass. Ave.), 10:21 p.m., Trespassing p.m., iPhone left unattended was stolen. Mar 02 Bldg. 8 (77 Mass. Ave.), 7:00 p.m., Report of laptop arrest of Calvrett Aninyne, 90 Norfolk St., Cam- Feb 16 Bldg. 50 (142 Memorial Dr.), 8:56 p.m., Attempted stolen from lounge. bridge MA. breaking and entry. Sector 2 takes report. Mar 03 Bldg. 56 (21 Ames St.), 2:04 a.m., Report of home- Mar 14 Bldg. 32 (32 Vassar St.), 1:00 p.m., Larceny of lap- Feb 16 Bldg. 41 (77 Vassar St.), 2:35 p.m., Larceny of cam- less in basement. Sectors 1 and 2 respond. top. era, Sector 2 takes report. Mar 03 Bldg. W13 (52 Mass. Ave), 6:44 a.m., Report of sub- Mar 17 Bldg. 51 (134 Memorial Dr.), 4:00 p.m., Report of Feb 20 Cross St., 2:00 p.m., Side view mirror of car was ject who climbed through window being detained. stolen wallet from area. smashed while parked on Cross St. by NW10. Calvrett Aninye, 90 Norfolk St., Cambridge MA Mar 17 20 Albany St. (Albany Garage), 7:04 p.m., Report of Feb 20 Bldg. W7 (Baker House, 362 Memorial Dr.), 3:00 arrested for breaking and entering. suspicious persons on top floor stairwell. Arrested p.m., Report of hateful graffiti spray painted in Mar 03 Bldg. 76 (476 Main St.), 12:00 p.m., Larceny of Craig Curley, of 94 Summer St., Watertown MA dorm. chairs. and Lisa Hal, of 240 Albany St., Cambridge MA, for Feb 21 Mass. Ave and Beacon St., Boston, 3:00 a.m., Re- Mar 03 Bldg. E14 (75 Amherst St.), 8:00 p.m., Sector 1 takes trespassing and possession of a class A (heroin). port of assault. Crime alert bulletin issued. larceny report of a key. Mar 18 Bldg. 3 (33 Mass. Ave.), 1:00 p.m., Larceny of lap- Feb 22 Bldg. 71 (Next House, 500 Memorial Dr.), 2:00 a.m., Mar 05 Bldg. 7 (77 Mass. Ave.), 5:47 a.m., Passengers for top. Larceny of laptop. Wellesley bus cause a disturbance. Mar 19 Bldg. E62 (100 Main St.), 11:00 a.m., Victim reports Feb 22 Bldg. 37 (70 Vassar St.), 7:35 a.m., Report of home- Mar 06 Bldg. W70 (New House, 471 Memorial Dr.), 2:16 her bag was stolen. East car dispatched. less man sleeping under stairs. August E. Linzel, a.m., Report of fight in alley. Jacob K. Wamala ’12, Mar 20 Bldg. W35 (100 Vassar St.), 5:00 p.m., Sector 3 takes of 240 Albany Street, Cambridge MA, arrested for of 471 Memorial Dr., Apt. 505, Cambridge MA, ar- a report of larceny. trespassing and outstanding warrant. rested for disorderly conduct. COMPILED BY Joseph Maurer Feb 22 403 Memorial Dr. (Delta Kappa Epsilon), 12:00 Mar 06 Bldg. W35 (100 Vassar St.), 2:10 p.m., Report of

This space donated by The Tech Tuesday, March 29, 2011 The Tech 23 s Sport Cycling races in Philly Upcoming Home Events Tuesday, March 29 MIT places 2nd with strong team time trials Men’s Baseball vs. WPI 3:30 p.m., Briggs Field By Martha Buckley the rest of the race, easily holding off the rest Men’s Tennis vs. Salem State 4 p.m., Carr Indoor Courts team representative of the field to place first and second. The weekend ended with a new course Men’s Lacrosse vs. UMass Dartmouth 7 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium The MIT cycling team traveled to Phila- on Temple University’s campus. In the men’s s Sport delphia this weekend for the third race in C race, Matthieu G. Talpe ’11, Near, and Se- the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference bastien Gauthier-Perron G placed first, sec- (ECCC) road-racing season. The weekend ond, and third in the first prime, gapped the opened with the first team field and never looked back. They held off MIT wins NECVA title time trial (TTT) of the season. the field for the entire race to take the first The TTT is generally MIT’s three places. Teammates Andrew C. Lysaght Volleyball finishes 15-1 in conference play strongest event, as the teams G and Zachary W. Ulissi G were instrumen- make it a priority to prac- tal in blocking to help their teammates stay By Paul Dill once again close the gap to one (23-22). head coach

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In matches, exhibition Jenny Rees ’11fer A. played She quickly also defeated at herop- six. still defeated heropponent a6-2, easily with Jenni 6-2win. - heropponent droppingwith a couple ofgames set, per but wins. Jenny Dohlman ’11 C. at five had alittle tougher time adecisiveopponents 6-0, quickly, with winning both 6-0 Diskin at four and O’Neal at three singles defeated also their through theirmatches, easy 6-0, with winning both 6-0wins. ing into thesingles matches. ponents 8-0. This gave score anofficial 3-0 MIT over go- Mills doubles. practiced They playing at thenet,beat and theirop- Pomeroylin R. ’13’s team played match an exhibition at four opponents, defeating them8-1. Jenny E. Hillary ’12 andCait O’Neal ’14A. playing three only dropped onegame to their scores of8-0.A. Diskin ’11 The team of Melissa and Katharine ca M.Dumitrascu ’13 quickly defeated theiropponents with Wu ’13 and the number team of two Julia Hsu C. ’14 and Bian- onCaltech’slege because courts theirmatch against Caltech breakfor theirspring trip. The Engineers played Mills Col- Boston Red Stockings four won pennants plate isthe1875 BostonRed Stockings. The stroll Adrian Gonzalez see when they to the embodies whattruly Bostonians envision ship Series. Champion League intheAmerican sweep - was three outs away from anembarrassing their regular games, season andthat team more team won percent than 60 of 2004 teams, Ofthose and well. however, only the of1986,misses 1975, 1967, and1946, are alive andthenear champions and2004, of2007 ofthe memories minds ofRed Sox fans; mean? The standards are into etched the hardball, andwhat dominance does truly of Boston Sox actually rank inthehistory market (seat notincluded)! Park, forjust $100 ticket onthesecondary of theexcitement onOpening Day at Fenway Notin theworld. only that, you can part be or shehas found thebestbaseball truly team hear caller afterwill caller proclaim that he scribe. Ifyou tune into AM,you WEEI850 England, no superlative can adequately de- that,baseball season to avast swath ofNew streak will jets across thesky to kick-offa In at singles, oneandWu Quisenberry at breezed two MIT This week past Women’s Tennis traveled to California doubleheader doubleheader in sweeps Smith Softball Sport No, theonly historical Red Sox team that Where thelatest will oftheRed edition At 1:55 p.m. on Friday, April 8, military ence record to 3-3. With the9-1and3-1wins, theEngineers improved theirconfer gamesboth of aNEWMAC doubleheader onSaturday afternoon. bleheader onFriday, April 1. four RBIswith MIT’s to boost batting games. thetwo during while ontheoffensive side, and Oleinik ’11Jessica M. went 5-for-6 catchto up. The MIT The MIT Women’sSoftball team defeated in Smith College next travel will MIT to Wellesley to compete in anotherdou- pitcher IacobucciMIT had outstanding two complete games By Zach Hynes team of Lauren C. Quisenberry ’14team ofLauren Quisenberry C. and Candace through the matches. The number one doubles match thedoubles. with started breezed MIT win of9-0.ficial schedule. The team with anof returned home was canceled dueto rain andCaltech’s traveling s Sport After the courts wereAfter thecourts cleared ofwater, the one inthesixth, but thiswas little too late andtoo after acouple ofwalks andRBI singles. Smith scored duel until inning, thefourth scored whenMIT three second The gameprovedbe more to ofapitcher’s strikeouts to keep thelead andproduce thewin. IacobucciJessica L. ’12 dominated seven with inning toslam putontop 7-0. inthesecond MIT SHort In thefirst A. Dixongame, ’11 Keri hitagrand By Jennifer Rees te a s St a m repre ff —Nidharshan Anandasivam, Staff Sports s s e n ta tive chances theWorld fortheRed Sox to win favorites, theRed Sox andthePhillies. The landscape that features well-established two Atlanta Braves. before settling at long last inAtlanta asthe Braves, after which itmoved to Milwaukee the BostonBees, andultimately theBoston ers, theBostonDoves, theBostonRustlers, intometamorphosed theBostonBeaneat endured ofidentity astring crises. The team has the neversame quitesince been and and theNew York Mutuals. Thefranchise competition like theHartford Dark Blues garnered three ties, duking noted itout with 71 won they games, lost just eight, andalso astheRed CapsLeague in1876. In 1875, Association before joining theNational in four years asamember oftheNational Boston Red Stockings. Red Boston 1875 isthe Gonzalez Adrian see they when envision Bostonians what embodies truly team Sox thatRed onlyThe historical Turning toward 2011, abaseball Isee - - an official winof9-0,unofficial of 13-0. T rinity P. Leonard ’13plays against MillsCollege inCalifornia over springbreak. The EngineersbeatMillswith - Ritter makes 13 makes Ritter Smith, beat Engineers 9-3 as saves win conference gets Lacrosse score. ’11,W. Little managed to tie the Nealon ’14,L. assisted by Erica ten minutes, until MIT’s Kaitlyn them a1-0lead whichfor stood ontheboard,Pioneers giving Smith’s Becky Bracken put the three minutes into thegame, 9-3onSatpower SmithCollege EngineersMIT were able to over Following ashaky start, the T e By Sarah Weir By a m repre season. Alittle overseason. crosse game ofthe (NEWMAC) la - Athletic Conference Women’s andMen’s first New England urday their to win - s won anastoundingwon 116 games with(out) Ju- debacle. anything again after last year’s much-hyped journalist ever pick will theMariners to win Rangers. Thebigger question isifa baseball Royals. proximately as atrocious asthemodern-day Kansas City Packers (1914–1915), were ap- Kansas City Cowboys (1884–1889) and the teams to play inKansas including City, the the Royals aWorld last won Series. Other wasn’t stuck inNew York … entering hisprime. Ifonly Johan Santana Twins.nesota Starter is Francisco Liriano ciationtwelve. of fourth finished Baltimore Monumentals of the Union- Asso derella isgoing to crash Boston’s party. It’sRed Sox. noone-timeCin- along season; who have ofyears past: fondermemories ine theplayoff contenders, well asthose as have to overcome themthisyear. Let’s exam- fell to theGiants inlast year’s andwill NLCS of Josh Beckett andJohn Lackey. The Phillies and substantial improvements onthepart chholz living upto his2010 performance trophySeries are contingent Clay upon Bu - e n ta Seattle AL West, Champion: Texas Divisional Kansas City Kansas AL Central, Baltimore wishes it was: it was: Baltimore wishes Champion: Boston AL East,Divisional tive wishes it was: 2001, itwas: wishes whenthey - - Divisional Champion: Min Divisional wishes it was: 1985, itwas: wishes when Molly McShane E. ’13 andLittle athree-goalstarted spurt, with goalie, Meredith Kallfelz. This ’13 finding the space past Smith’s 16:42 MIT’s with Laura M.Wacker less play. The stalemate ended at almost 15with minutes ofscore - halftime. leaving thescore at 4-2going into Sofia Nakhnikian-Weintraub, inthefirstgoal half, from Smith’s only gavegineers uponemore bringing thescore to 4-1. The En- sitions scored andLittle another, ’12 scored onfree-po goals two - control. MIT’s Katie M.Kauffman first half forthe Engineers to take Smith, until ittook late in the game a better record with than The second offsecond The half started Although came they into the 1884, whenthe - baseball. cinating nicknames ofold-time andoddities http://baseball-reference.com/ formore fas Phillies games. inseven Brooklyn. werethey celebrating aWorld titlein Series aplayoff with run. of2007 memories rado Rockies. Theback will bring Rockies best nickname intheleague. fifth-place finish, it undoubtedly had the even ifthat managed squad just amiddling went by the name of the St. Perfectos; Louis repeat. contenders, theReds should pull offthe cinnati Reds. In nostrong adivision with team Federal League. managed asecond-place finishintheeight- were theBrooklyn Ward’s Wonders, who agent talent onthemarket. them, but thePhillies acquired thebestfree delphia Phillies. Atlanta could challenge nior inhisprime. Look throughLook baseball’s at books history World Red Sox over Prediction: Series NL Wild Card: San Francisco Giants. AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay Rays. 1955, itwas: wishes Angeles Los and NL West, Champion: Colo- Divisional 1899, itwas: wishes St. Louis when they NL Central, Champion: Cin- Divisional New York Champion: PhilaNL East, Divisional - sity of Southern Mainesity ofSouthern at 4p.m. urday, April 9 against the Univer and theirnext homegame isSat against Mount Holyoke College, Their next game isthis Saturday such asBabson andSpringfield. conference games against teams fident looking ahead to more Smith. The Engineers are con- turnoversshots andfewer than but theEngineers had more draw controls andground balls, game. teams were Both even in atPioneers bay throughout the an amazing 13 saves, keeping the more shotsforafinalscore of9-3. and Kelly Duncan ’11 two placed more for the Pioneers, and Little each other. Bracken scored once three within minutesscoring of Tuesday, March 29, 2011Tuesday, March MIT’s Sarah Ritter ’14 E. had wishes it was: 1890, itwas: wishes andthey Jenn ifer Ree - - - s