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Volume 134, Number 9 Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and TUE: 27°F | 19°F Largest Newspaper Mostly cloudy weD: 31°F | 24°F Cloudy tech.mit.edu thU: 32°F | 25°F Mostly cloudy Established 1881 Volume 134, Number 9 Tuesday, March 4, 2014 MIT Sloan leads discussion on healthcare February FNL released New edition of Faculty Newsletter addresses Tidbit subpoena, Reif’s response to open letter By Stan Gill and programming competition in tion from the Institute would Deborah Chen November. Amidst accolades not be appropriate. The EFF EDITORS at the Hackathon for their in- is currently representing the novative project, Rubin was team in the case. Established 1881 The January/February Edi- served a subpoena by the Reif responded to the letter tion of the MIT Faculty News- State Attorney General of New concisely, stating that while letter opens strongly with Prof. Jersey demanding that they he supports the decision of Hal Abelson PhD ’73, Nathan hand over the source code. the OGC to not be involved Matias G, and Ethan Zucker- The open letter expressed with the case, they are work- man’s open letter to President Abelson, Matias, Zuckerman, ing with the EFF to make a L. Rafael Reif regarding Tidbit and others’ belief that the sub- statement in support of Tidbit. alongside Reif’s response. poena should be considered Furthermore, Reif pointed to a Tidbit is a program built by “an affront to our academic need for a “new legal resource several MIT students, includ- freedom” and be treated as for student innovators” and ing Jeremy L. Rubin ‘16 to al- Institute business. The Tidbit has tasked Provost Martin A. ERIC HAo—THE TECH low websites to borrow their team sought help from MIT’s Schmidt PhD ’88, Chancellor At the MIT Sloan Bioinnovations Conference on February 28, hundreds gath- vistors’ computing power to Office of the General Counsel Cindy Barnhart PhD ’88, and ered at the Boston Marriott Cambridge to listen to Alex Azar, President of Eli online cryptocurrency like (OGC) when they received the General Counsel Greg Mor- Lilly USA and afternoon keynote speaker for the event. He walked the audience Bitcoin rather than use ads subpoena, but were referred gan to draft a proposal. through the healthcare industry from the point of view of a global biopharmaceutical for revenue. The team pre- to the Electronic Frontier The newsletter also fea- leader, discussing why hard science is not easily translated to personal medicine. sented a non-functional proof Foundation (EFF) instead on Established 1881 of concept at an international the grounds that representa- FNL, Page 11 Putin intends to cripple Ukraine Students take a stand for rights Leader hopes to force new government to make concessions, shows no signs of yielding despite international pressure By Steven Lee Myers Ukraine. mirrors Russia’s role in other disputed THE New YORK TImeS Asked on Sunday about Presi- territories of the former Soviet repub- dent Barack Obama’s suspension of lics over the years, including Abkhazia MOSCOW — President Vladimir preparations to attend the Group of and South Ossetia. Those two break- Putin has left little doubt he intends 8 summit scheduled for June in So- away regions of Georgia survived in a to cripple Ukraine’s new government, chi — along with Canada, France and diplomatic limbo after the collapse of forcing it to make concessions or face Britain — Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry the Soviet Union with overt and covert the de facto partition of areas popu- S. Peskov,Established replied cuttingly and dis 1881- Kremlin pressure until war erupted in lated predominantly by ethnic Rus- missively. “It’s not a minus for Rus- 2008 and Russia routed ill-prepared sians, from the Crimea to Odessa to sia,” he said. “It will be a minus for the Georgian troops. the industrial heartland in the east. G-8.” Russia brushed aside strong warn- That strategy has been pursued ag- Putin has yet to make public re- ings from the United States and oth- gressively by subterfuge, propaganda marks on the crisis in Ukraine, leaving ers at the time and recognized them and bald military threat, taking aim his ultimate goals uncertain and un- as independent countries — and as much at the United States and its predictable. Yet with a strategy aimed paid little price for it in the long run. allies in Europe as Ukraine itself. The at blunting the impact of a popular Putin appears to be calculating again pivotal question now for Kiev and uprising that sought to push the coun- that Russia is too important for other Western capitals, is how boldly Putin try away from Russia and deepen ties countries to respond more forcefully, continues to push his agenda, risking with Europe, Putin has already left the despite warnings like those by Sec- a more heated military and diplomat- fledgling government disorganized, retary of State John Kerry on Sunday ic conflict. discredited and forced to compro- that the United States would consider So far, the Kremlin has shown no mise on terms that would keep the an array of sanctions that could in- sign of yielding to international pres- country firmly within Russia’s sphere clude freezing assets and travel of se- MELISSA RENÉE SCHUMACHER—THE TECH sure — but it also has not taken the of influence, especially regarding the nior officials here. One Night Stand for Student Rights was held in the Student most provocative step yet, openly Crimea peninsula. Any escalation of Russia’s military Center this past Friday night to raise awareness of sexual as- ordering Russian troops to reinforce The Kremlin’s pledge to protect intervention, especially if it meets re- sault, domestic violence, and other related issues at MIT, with those already in Crimea and expand compatriots in Ukraine from suppres- the goal of making MIT a safer place. A poetry slam was held, its incursion into southern or eastern sion of a Western-minded majority Ukraine, Page 10 and attendees painted a collective mural. IN Short News BrieFS The email instructed students to lock their White’s students consider her an “en- Add Date is this Friday! Friday is also the last day to valuables and avoid letting anyone into the gaging, enthusiastic, and committed add classes or change classes to or from Sophomore Theft reported at Burton Conner building that they “do not know for certain.” teacher and mentor,” according to the press Exploratory or Junior/Senior P/D/F. Be sure to fill An email sent Sunday from Burton Con- The reported intrusion comes on the release, which says that the “award is given out the online form and have it approved by 5 p.m. ner housemaster Anne E.C. McCants to the heels of a crime bulletin issued by the MIT annually to an outstanding contributor to dorm’s residents notified the recipients of Police earlier this month reporting three education.” The deadline for Institute Award Nominations the most recent in a series of thefts to occur other thefts from Burton Conner between “Professor White is one of several young is next Friday, March 14 at 5 p.m. Check out the in the dorm. According to the email, a male Feb. 11 and 12. The bulletin also mentioned NSE faculty whose energy and commit- award categories and nominate anyone you see fit claiming to be an MIT security employee four additional reports of thefts from Mac- ment to achieving excellence in the class- at http://awards.mit.edu gained entrance to the Conner 5 Lounge Gregor and New House occurring over IAP. room are helping to transform our cur- and left with a PS4 gaming system after the riculum,” NSE Department Head Richard The deadline for de Florez Fund for Humor Ap- student who confronted him went to notify Professor Anne White receives K. Lester PhD ’80 told MIT News. “In this plications is March 16. Apply for a grant to fund the police. teaching award remarkable group, Prof. White’s dedication your shenanigans! Students, faculty, and staff are all McCants says that the thieves are most Professor Anne E. White, an assistant to her students is especially noteworthy.” eligible to apply as long as the proposed project will likely entering the building through the professor in the Department of Nuclear White is the second NSE faculty mem- reach a student audience. main entrance by following a resident Science and Engineering (NSE) received ber to earn this award in the past several through the card-access door and then the 2014 Junior Bose Award for Excellence years. Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno received Send news information and tips to news@tech. proceeding straight to the Conner side el- in Teaching, the MIT News Office reported the award in 2007. mit.edu. evator without walking past the front desk. on February 26. —William Navarre twitch tries its GOOD FOOD, Great serVice st. Vincent Visits The Tech’S SECTIONS World & Nation . .2 Myers + Chang is worth the trip by hanD at Mit Boston Oscar GUesses Opinion . .4 public transit. ARTS, p. 6 QED ponders the A review of the artist’s How did our staff’s Arts . .5 success rate of a the BIBLE hits the screen theatrical concert at the picks compare to the Fun Pages . .8 chaotic MIT student. House of Blues. actual results? Sports . .12 FUN, p. 8 A modern take on Christianity’s central ARTS, p. 6 ARTS, p. 7 figure. ARTS, p. 5 2 The Tech Tuesday, March 4, 2014 Fictional disaster, made to D sound real, draws FCC fine Libyan rioters charge WASHINGTON — The familiar, piercing tone of an emer- gency alert jolted television viewers to attention.
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