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Volume 128, Number 30 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, August 8, 2008 AYCTE Pilot for Simmons Dining Canceled Missing ’95 Amid Controversy Over Implementation Alumna By Natasha Plotkin munity. It is time for a dialog within Arrested in News Editor Simmons.” Simmons residents were official- The committee will submit a se- ly informed on Thursday that their ries of recommendations to Karen Afghanistan dorm would return to an a la carte A. Nilsson, senior associate dean dining system in the fall, reversing for student life. Nilsson will make By John A. Hawkinson a July 24 announcement that a new the final decision on how Simmons Staff Reporter trial of the “all you care to eat” buffet Dining will be run next spring and Aafia Siddiqui ’95, missing since system would be tested instead. in the future. 2003, was arrested in Afghanistan A committee of Simmons resi- The AYCTE pilot that would and was arraigned Tuesday morning dents, chaired by housemaster and have taken place came as a surprise in Federal District Court in New York professor John M. Essigmann PhD to Simmons residents who had gone City. She is accused of picking up ’76, will further discuss dining is- through a six-week trial of AYCTE an assault rifle and shooting at U.S. sues over the fall term. dining at the end of spring term and personnel when she was in Afghan “We have heard loud and articu- voted, narrowly, not to implement police custody. late voices on both sides of the is- AYCTE permanently in the fall. During the Tuesday hearing, one sue,” Essigmann said. “But we have of Siddiqui’s lawyers, Elizabeth M. also heard that the level of satisfac- AYCTE trial revoked Fink, told the judge that allegations tion with the system in place before Outgoing Dean for Student Life that her 90-pound client had attacked last spring was marginal at best. Larry G. Benedict informed Sim- Americans with a rifle were “patently Returning to it permanently with- mons residents of the new AYCTE absurd,” according to The New York out considering other options seems Michael Meyer Times. contrary to the interests of the com- Simmons Dining, Page 11 Simmons Dining Hall, pictured above, will return to a la carte service Siddiqui, who received a biol- in the fall, while a new committee will decide future changes. ogy degree from MIT, disappeared in Karachi, Pakistan in March of 2003, Columbia’s Colombo Will Charges Dropped Against along with her three children. Elaine Whitfield Sharp, who represents Siddiqui and her family, Student Arrested in NW16 maintains Siddiqui has been secretly Be Dean for Student Life By Austin Chu Office declined to comment. held prisoner in U.S. custody at the By Angeline Wang will leave MIT this month. Staff Reporter Short was found in a caged room Bagram Theatre Internment Facility News and Features Director Steven R. Lerman ’72, dean Felony charges against Michael in the basement of NW16 on the in Afghanistan since her disappear- Costantino “Chris” Colombo, for graduate education and chair P. Short G related to his arrest in night of June 7 along with Harold S. ance, a charge that is flatly denied by dean for student affairs at Columbia of the search advisory committee, the basement of NW16 have been Barnard G and Brandeis University the United States. University’s undergraduate schools, said that he was “incredibly excit- dropped. According to the motion graduate student Marina Dang. Ac- was chosen as MIT’s new dean for ed” about Colombo’s appointment. filed by the prosecution on July 18, cording to the police report filed by Arrested in Ghazni, Afghanistan student life. Colombo, whose ap- Lerman said that Colombo is “an dropping the charges is “in the inter- officer Duane R. Keegan, Short vol- Siddiqui pointment is effective beginning incredibly thoughtful and wise indi- ests of justice as discipline proceed- untarily showed how he had used a Bagram and a teenage Aug. 18, will move into Next House vidual” who brings a great deal of ings will be conducted by the MIT tool made from a Diet Coke can to Kabul boy were ar- Ghazni with his family. experience to MIT, having held the internal discipline board.” open the combination lock that had rested by the Colombo replaces Larry G. analogous position at two other top- Steven J. Sack, Short’s lawyer, secured the room. He was subse- Afghanistan

Benedict, who has held the dean tier universities. expressed satisfaction at the resolu- quently arrested and charged with AFGHANISTAN—Siddiqui was hos- National Po- for student life position since its in- Colombo, who has worked at tion of the criminal charges against breaking and entering at night with pitalized at Bagram Air Base, 30 lice in Ghazni miles north of Kabul, the capital. ception in 2000. Benedict, who an- Short. According to Sack, Short was intent to commit a felony and pos- Ghazni is 80 miles southwest of on July 17, nounced his retirement in October, Colombo, Page 14 hacking at the time of his arrest. session of burglarious instruments. Kabul. according to Short himself did not respond to re- Neither Barnard nor Dang have been the Justice Department’s criminal quests for comment. charged in connection with this inci- complaint. The complaint alleges that MIT Files Patent Suit Against The Middlesex District Attorney’s dent. Siddiqui’s handbag contained a veri- Office did not respond to repeated re- table panoply of terrorist parapherna- quests for comment. The MIT News Hacking, Page 14 lia, including “numerous documents Biotech Company Affymetrix describing the creation of explosives, By Joyce Kwan others to infringe by marketing the of chemical weapons,” and of biolog- Staff Reporter technology in the United States. It ical and radiological weapons; papers MIT filed a lawsuit against bio- cites E8 Pharmaceuticals and MIT describing U.S. landmarks; excerpts technology company Affymetrix as plaintiffs. E8 Pharmaceuticals is from the Anarchist’s Arsenal; and last month, alleging the company’s a company co-founded by MIT Bi- “numerous chemical substances in GeneChip technology infringes an ology Professor David E. Housman, gel and liquid form that were sealed existing MIT patent. who is also a co-inventor of the pat- in bottles and glass jars.” The complaint, filed on July 1, ented technology. A representative from the Ghazni accuses Affymetrix for knowingly Governor’s Office, Ismail Jahangir, infringing the patent and involving Affymetrix, Page 11 speaking through a translator, said that Siddiqui was arrested because “they thought she had a bomb.” Ja- In Short hangir said he did not know if she ¶¶MIT is offering new commuting last four years, left MIT in July to actually had a bomb, nor any details options, including an increase in become the vice president for com- subsequent to the arrest. MBTA commuter rail subsidies and munications for Oberlin College, Ghazni officials publicized her free transit passes for September for his alma mater. Jones designed the capture at a news conference on July employees who park at MIT five “MyMIT” Web portal, including the 18. days a week. For more information, well-known admissions blogs. see http://web.mit.edu/facilities/ Shootout at Afghan Police Station transportation/. ¶¶Scott D. 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Page 12 Sports ���������������������������������� 16 MIT Office of Admissions for the Page 2 The Tech August 8, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n EPA Declines to Reduce Ex-Bin Laden Aid Sentenced Quota for Ethanol in Cars By Matthew L. Wald The New York Times WASHINGTON To Five and a Half Years The Environmental Protection Agency rejected on Thursday a re- quest to cut the federal government’s quota for the use of ethanol in By William Glaberson crimes trials — a case that led to a land- said it would be difficult for anyone to cars, concluding, at least for now, that the national goal of reducing oil The New York Times mark Supreme Court ruling in 2006 criticize the system after the sentence. use trumps any effect on food prices from making fuel from corn. GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba blocking a prior effort to prosecute him “This is an enormously compelling in- The agency’s administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, said the mandate Rejecting a prosecution request — once again raised many of the ques- dication of how independent the pro- was “strengthening our nation’s energy security and supporting Ameri- for a severe sentence, a panel of mili- tions that have long surrounded the cess has been,” Rivkin said. can farming communities,” and that the mandate was not causing “se- tary officers on Thursday sentenced a Bush administration’s military com- The prosecutors said they would vere harm to the economy or the environment.” former driver for Osama bin Laden mission system here, which it plans to have preferred a longer sentence, but The effect of the decision on fuel and food markets is hard to pre- convicted of a war crimes charge to use to try another 80 detainees. noted that they had won a conviction. dict. Farmers argued that the jump in corn prices was driven not so five and a half years in prison. The The sentence was far less than “That’s the way a fair, open system much by the demand for ethanol as by growing demand for grain-fed sentence means that the first detainee military prosecutors had sought. works,” said one of the prosecutors, meat around the world and by their own higher costs for diesel fuel. convicted after a war crimes trial here Through more than five years of pro- Maj. Omar Ashmawy. “The sentence Recently, high oil prices have led to even more ethanol production could complete his punishment by the ceedings, prosecutors had pursued a isn’t always what the government asks than the quota required. On the other hand, rising corn prices made some end of this year. life sentence. Earlier in the day, faced for.” ethanol operations unprofitable, especially as oil prices started to fall. The military judge, Capt. Keith J. with Hamdan’s acquittal on the most Defense lawyers described the Allred of the Navy, had already said serious charge against him, the pros- verdict as a victory propelled by the that he planned to give the driver, Salim ecutors recommended a sentence of at military officers on the panel, but they McCain to Give Back $50,000 Ahmed Hamdan, credit for at least the least 30 years and had said life might said it did not remedy what they have 61 months he has been held since be- still be appropriate. described as the system’s flaws. Under Scrutiny ing charged, out of more than six years “Your sentence,” a prosecutor, John “What ultimately happened, in By Michael Luo in all. That would bring Hamdan to the Murphy, told the panel, “should say spite of the system, was justice,” said The New York Times end of his criminal sentence in five the United States will hunt you down Charles D. Swift, a former Navy law- Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign said Thursday that it months. After that his fate is unclear, and give you a harsh but appropriate yer who has forged a close relationship would return all the contributions solicited for it by the Jordanian busi- because the Bush administration says sentence if you provide material sup- with Hamdan through more than five ness partner of a prominent Florida fundraiser for McCain. that it can hold detainees here until the port for terrorism.” years of battles as his lawyer. For the McCain camp, the decision caps a queasy two days in which end of the war on terror. Supporters of the military commis- After just over an hour of delib- news accounts scrutinized a cluster of more than $50,000 in unusual The unexpectedly short sentence sion system and military prosecutors erations on the sentence, the panel of contributions from a single extended family of Californians, the Ab- came after Hamdan was acquitted on here said the sentence proved that the six senior military officers returned dullahs, and several of their friends. Wednesday of the most serious charge Bush administration’s system for try- to the windowless tribunal room with The bundling of the donations was initially credited by the cam- against him, conspiracy, having been ing detainees was legitimate and fair. their sentence on the single war crimes paign to Harry Sargeant III, finance chairman of the Florida Repub- convicted only of material support for David Rivkin, a Washington lawyer charge on which they convicted him, lican Party and part-owner of a major oil trading company. But they terrorism. The extraordinary conclu- who has been a consistent supporter of providing material support to a terror- were actually solicited by Mustafa Abu Naba’a, a longtime business sion to the first of the post-Sept. 11 war the administration’s detention policies, ist organization. partner of Sargeant. The donations came under scrutiny because of their large size and the fact that for the most part, the Abdullahs do not appear wealthy. In addition, several of them interviewed expressed indifference or even Unlikely Partners Produce hostility to McCain’s candidacy. Bush Criticizes China and Olympic Spectacle By David Barboza haps 1 billion people watching live nese art, books and film. Many of those Myanmar in Thailand Visit The New York Times on television, Zhang will preside over who find less political outlets for their By Thomas Fuller BEIJING the opening ceremonies. talent, on the other hand, can get rich. and Steven Lee Myers For much of the past quarter cen- Nearly two years in the making, “People really are selling their tal- The New York Times BANGKOK, Thailand tury, the Chinese director Zhang Yi- his spectacle is intended to present ent in a way that can make them mon- President Bush toured Bangkok’s fetid slums, lunched with Bur- mou made films that showcased his China’s new face to the world with ey,” said Ai Weiwei, an internation- mese dissidents and delivered a speech critical of China to a carefully country’s struggle against poverty, stagecraft and pyrotechnics that or- ally recognized artist based in Beijing. screened crowd here on Thursday, using them as backdrops for his war and political misrule to the out- ganizers boast have no equal in the “They really know that if they work message on human rights and democracy during his final tour of Asia. side world — films that Chinese, for history of the games. Whether or not with the government, they’ll benefit.” With the first lady, Laura Bush, visiting a Burmese refugee camp the most part, never saw. it succeeds, it will underscore one re- The opening ceremony will rep- packed with thousands of anxious families, the president railed against Time and again, Zhang’s terse, ality of a rising China: Many leading resent a particularly momentous con- what he called the tyranny in Myanmar, chided China for its lack of gritty epics were banned by govern- artists now work with, or at least not version for Zhang, whose experience religious freedom and praised Thailand as “the land of the free.” ment censors for portraying China’s against, the ruling Communist Party. during the horrors of Mao’s Cultural “The passion for liberty transcends culture and faith,” Bush told a ugly side. When he won an award Rising nationalism and pride in Chi- Revolution appeared to inform sev- handpicked, polite group of Thai politicians, university students and at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994, na’s emergence as an economic power, eral of his internationally acclaimed other dignitaries. the authorities stopped him from at- and robust state support for artists who — and domestically banned — films, The selection of Thailand for what the administration billed as a tending. Up for an Oscar one year, steer clear of political defiance, have including “Ju Dou” and “To Live.” major policy speech partly reflected the country’s longstanding ties officials lobbied to have his film with- transformed China’s cultural landscape Zhang said in a recent interview with the United States, cemented by the Vietnam War, when American drawn from the competition. since the early part of this decade. that he never had political aims. His soldiers used Thailand as a staging ground. But when the Olympics kick Today, directors, writers and painters supporters say it is the Communist But Bangkok was also an awkward location for a speech about hu- off Friday at China’s new National who seek to expose the darker side of Party that has become more sophisti- man rights and democracy given Thailand’s military coup two years Stadium, with President Hu Jintao authoritarian rule not only enrage the cated, seeking to harness the country’s ago and its continuing political instability. of China, President Bush and other censors, but also often find themselves top talent and embrace a broader no- world leaders in attendance and per- shut out of the lucrative market for Chi- tion of national culture. We a t h e r Cool Pattern Continues Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, August 8, 2008

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From Helper to Top Suspect In Retail Sales, More Signs of a Slowdown In Anthrax Case By Michael M. Grynbaum The New York Times By Rachel Swarns stood on the sidelines of the hunt eases in a round-the-clock push to Americans sought out more bargains and cheaper goods in July, and Eric Lipton that day. And Miriam Fleming, who test thousands of samples of suspect leaving the nation’s biggest retailers bracing for a painful back-to- The New York Times was there as the divers plunged into powder to see if they were anthrax. school shopping season. WASHINGTON the murky waters searching for evi- He even helped to analyze a letter Retail sales reports released Thursday revealed a country that is In December 2002, federal in- dence, said she still could not quite sent to former Sen. Tom Daschle, rapidly ratcheting back its spending habits, and abandoning midtier vestigators scoured an icy pond on believe that the man identified as the and went to the Pentagon to discuss and discount shopping mall mainstays that were booming a year ago. a snow-covered mountain near Fred- anthrax killer was cheerfully work- the results. The biggest surprise was a middling month for Wal-Mart Stores, the erick, Md., hunting for clues that ing by her side. Jeffrey Adamovicz, who was behemoth of the discount retail industry, which reported an increase in would lead to the anthrax killer. “He was kind of goofy, but he Ivins’ supervisor at the time, said sales but missed Wall Street’s estimates. Wal-Mart also warned that its As they worked, the Army micro- was always in a good mood,” said he remembers the day the scientists sales would slow in August, as the stimulus from the government’s tax biologist now believed to be respon- Fleming, a Red Cross volunteer. “He opened that envelope, placed in a rebates fades away. sible for the five deaths stood calmly seemed so normal.” double-sealed bag inside a protec- The gloomy forecast helped depress stocks on Thursday, and the in their midst, chatting, smiling and She added: “Now we have to fig- tive hood designed to deal with dan- Dow Jones industrials were down about 120 points at mid-day. Wal- watching. ure it out: Who was the real Bruce gerous pathogens. Mart shares tumbled more than 4 percent. Bruce E. Ivins, the scientist and Ivins?” “The anthrax was floating around For months, sales at the big retail stores have been closely tracked a Red Cross volunteer, mingled with Last week, Ivins killed himself inside the bag,” Adamovicz said. “It as a gauge of trends in consumer spending, which accounts for more the investigators in a military tent, as the authorities were preparing was very scary.” than two-thirds of the nation’s economic growth. Retailers showed serving coffee, doughnuts and choc- to indict him in the mailing of the He said he turned to Ivins and some resilience, with many stores beating sales estimates, in part, be- olate bars to members of the Federal anthrax letters in 2001. Yet as his said, “That stuff is amazing.” cause of the government’s tax rebates. Bureau of Investigation and search friends and colleagues note, Ivins “Yes, it is unbelievable,” he re- But as the stimulus program winds down, few buffers will separate teams. was almost always in plain sight, called Ivins replying. “I have never retailers from consumers struggling with higher fuel and food prices, a Law enforcement officials hus- offering assistance — and mislead- seen anything like that.” housing price collapse and a tight credit market. tled him away after they realized he ing information, officials say — to Months later, as the FBI focused was an anthrax researcher who could federal agents running the nation’s on the Army laboratory at Fort De- compromise the investigation, ac- longest and most costly bioterrorism trick, Md., as a possible source of Europe Central Bank, Bank of cording to Red Cross volunteers who inquiry. the anthrax, Ivins twice submitted were there. Ivins seemed embar- In the early days after the letter samples from his own supplies that England Keep Rates Unchanged rassed by it all, prompting his friends attacks in September and October did not match the deadly spores By Carter Dougherty to tease him about the incident. 2001, Ivins joined about 90 col- used in the attack. Investigators later The New York Times FRANKFURT, Germany Five years passed before the FBI leagues at the Army Medical Re- concluded he had chosen irrelevant The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate un- turned its attention to the man who search Institute of Infectious Dis- samples to throw them off his trail. changed on Thursday amid mounting evidence that the economy of the 15-nation euro area was slowing. The bank kept its rate at 4.25 percent after it bucked the trend of major central banks in July by raising its rate a quarter percentage Coalition Moves to Impeach point, a step aimed at cooling expectations of rising inflation. On Thursday, the Bank of England also kept its key rate unchanged at 5 percent, as it sought to balance its twin goals of keeping inflation Musharraf, Raising Fears of Crisis under control while mitigating the worst effects of a significant slow- down in the British economy. By Jane Perlez to the system,” said Shuja Nawaz, the that the one way to keep the coalition The European bank is holding rates steady amid increasing evi- The New York Times author of Crossed Swords (Oxford functioning was to undertake a fron- dence that the Continent’s economy appears to have slowed dramati- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan University Press), a book on the Paki- tal attack on Musharraf, who is im- cally in the last few months, a development that reflects a much weaker A move by Pakistan’s usually frac- stani military. “They would not want mensely unpopular, after having ruled outlook in Germany, which accounts for a third of the region’s output. tious governing coalition on Thursday to be drawn into it.” Pakistan as a military leader for eight German industrial orders, the backbone of its growth, fell 2.9 per- to impeach President Pervez Mush- The announcement that the civil- years until late 2007. cent in June from May, the seventh consecutive decline, according to arraf left the country on the brink of ian leaders would seek impeachment, On Thursday, the two coalition lead- data released Wednesday. Orders from the rest of the euro area, Ger- a political crisis that threatened to made at a news conference here, was ers issued a joint communique saying many’s largest market, declined 7.7 percent in the same period. paralyze the government at a critical the culmination of months of wrench- their government would “immediately “German manufacturers clearly can’t escape unscathed from the moment when the United States is de- ing political changes after the as- initiate impeachment proceedings” and darkening outlook for the global economy,” Alexander Koch, an econ- manding greater action against mili- sassination of the opposition leader that it would “present a charge sheet omist at UniCredit, wrote in a research note. tants based here. Benazir Bhutto in December and the against General Musharraf.” The governing coalition set no for- decisive victory of her party in elec- Musharraf was described by his al- mal deadline for the start of impeach- tions in February. Since then, the lead- lies as determined to fight back, and Group Says Video ment proceedings against Musharraf, ers of the country’s two major parties, met all day on Thursday with his po- a favored U.S. ally, leaving open the Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, litical backers and his constitutional Warns of Olympic Attack possibility of a protracted and debili- have forged a tense governing coali- lawyer, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada. In By Edward Wong tating political fight that could take tion that has teetered on collapse. an indication of the gravity of his situ- The New York Times BEIJING months of haggling to secure the par- Zardari, the head of the Pakistan ation, the president called off his trip A terrorist group seeking an independent Muslim state in west- liamentary votes needed for impeach- Peoples Party, and Sharif, the leader of to attend the opening of the Olympic ern China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic ment. The actual charges have yet to the Pakistan Muslim League-N, have Games. Games here, according to an American organization that tracks terror- be announced. barely been on speaking terms. For the Many Pakistani officials said they ist Internet posts. It also raised the threat that Mush- last several days, they were closeted in believed Musharraf would seek sup- The video’s opening graphics show a burning Olympic logo and an arraf would try to dissolve the Par- meetings on how to keep their frac- port from the Bush administration. explosion superimposed over one of the athletic sites, said the monitor- liament, or that he would look to the tious coalition together. It has endowed Pakistan with more ing organization, IntelCenter, based in Alexandria, Va. army for protection, though many Sharif, who was ousted as prime than $12 billion of mostly military aid According to IntelCenter’s description, a man holding a Kalash- analysts said the military was unlikely minister by Musharraf in the 1999 since 9/11 for its cooperation in com- nikov rifle, who identifies himself as Abdullah Mansour, says in the to intervene. “The army preference is coup, has been pushing Zardari to join bating the insurgency of the Taliban Uighur language: “We, members of the Turkestan Islamic Party, have not to get involved and for the con- impeachment proceedings against the and al-Qaida that is washing over the declared war against China. We oppose China’s occupation of our stitutional process to be followed so president. Zardari had been resisting, border into Afghanistan and conduct- homeland of East Turkestan, which is a part of the Islamic world.” there is the least amount of disruption but this week he apparently decided ing attacks on U.S. troops there. He warns Muslims not to go to the games and not to let their children go. “We do not want to see any Muslim brothers and sisters who believe in Allah and his Holy Prophet Muhammad, who believe in the next life Separatist Fighting Worsens in and the day of judgment, get hurt by our fire targeted at China,” he says. The Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim people, dominate the Xinjiang re- gion in western China. The video’s violent opening graphics are the same as those in a Georgia Border Region video the group released July 23, in which it claimed responsibility for By Michael Schwirtz came to power vowing to reassert to increase its support for Abkhazia bus bombings in Kunming and Shanghai that killed five people and The New York Times the country’s control over South Os- and South Ossetia — a poor, moun- wounded at least 26. In that video, a masked spokesman threatened MOSCOW setia and another rebel region, Ab- tainous territory between Georgia violence against the Olympics. Fighting in the border region be- khazia. and Russia’s southern border — in tween the former Soviet republic of The two separatist republics are retaliation. Georgia and a breakaway Georgian internationally unrecognized but Georgia and South Ossetia blame Fingerprint Analysis Shows enclave has reached its highest level gained de facto independence from one another for starting the cur- in years, with Georgia saying that Georgia after a series of bloody wars rent violence, and it is still unclear What’s Been Touched up to 10 civilians and soldiers had in the 1990s during which thousands whether the fighting could intensify By Kenneth Chang been killed in violence that erupted died. The republics then settled into into full-scale war or simply peter The New York Times overnight on Wednesday and lasted a period of tenuous peace monitored out as have past skirmishes in this With a new analytical technique, a fingerprint can now reveal much throughout the day on Thursday. by a contingent of Russian peace- long-running conflict. more than the identity of a person. It can now also identify what the The deaths were part of an in- keeping troops. “It does give off the appearance person has been touching drugs, explosives or poisons, for example. tense, new round of fighting that Upon taking power, Saakashvili that the violence is linked to strate- Writing in Friday’s issue of the journal Science, Dr. R. Graham has continued sporadically since challenged Russian preeminence in gic moves by one or both sides to Cooks, a professor of chemistry at Purdue University, and his col- last Saturday, when six people in the region by seeking NATO mem- improve their positions,” said Ana leagues describe how a laboratory technique, mass spectrometry, could South Ossetia, the breakaway en- bership and deeper ties with the Jelenkovic, an associate at the Eur- find a wider application in crime investigations. clave, died and more than 20 were West. His government has accused asia Group. The equipment to perform such tests is already commercially avail- wounded on both sides. Russia of training and supplying In the violence this week, sepa- able, although prohibitively expensive for all but the largest crime South Ossetia has reported separatist forces in both South Os- ratist fighters from South Ossetia, laboratories. Smaller, cheaper, portable versions of such analyzers are evacuating women, children and the setia and Abkhazia under the aus- the breakaway enclave, used rock- probably only a couple of years away. elderly from the conflict zone, send- pices of its peacekeeping mission et-propelled grenades to blow up a In Cooks’ method, a tiny spray of liquid that has been electrically ing them north into Russia, while — accusations that Moscow denies. Georgian armored personnel carrier, charged — either water or water and alcohol — is sprayed on a tiny news agencies reported heavy fire Tensions further escalated earlier killing two soldiers and injuring six bit of the fingerprint. The droplets dissolve compounds in the finger- around the enclave’s capital, Tskh- this year when Kosovo declared its others, Shota Utiashvili, a Georgian prints and splash them off the surface into the analyzer. The liquid is invali, early Friday morning. independence from Serbia in Feb- interior ministry spokesman said. heated and evaporates, and the electrical charge is transferred to the The recent violence has been ruary and was subsequently recog- Up to eight Georgian civilians were fingerprint molecules, which are then identified by a device called a the worst to hit the region since nized by several Western countries. killed in a separate mortar attack on mass spectrometer. The process is repeated over the entire fingerprint, June 2004, shortly after President Russia, an ally of Serbia, had vehe- Thursday on the village of Avnevi in producing a two-dimensional image. Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia mently opposed the move and vowed the border region, he said. Page 4 The Tech August 8, 2008 Op i n i o n Sustainable Transportation

Chairman Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 Should Be a Priority Editor in Chief Nick Semenkovich ’09 portation were taken in the first three months and chaining trips in order to lengthen the fre- Andrew T. Lukmann of 2008 than in the same period of 2007, a 3.3 quency between costly fill-ups at their local gas Business Manager percent increase over last year’s record total. At station. In addition, these short-term measures Austin Chu ’08 The administration made a wise move last the same time, the number of auto vehicle-miles are only a reflection of the more permanent week in deciding to take proactive steps to traveled has actually begun to decrease — this changes that will likely accompany higher Managing Editor more explicitly encourage the use of public year at nearly unprecedented rates. fuel prices, including increased fleet fuel effi- Jessica Witchley ’10 transportation by campus commuters. The re- This kind of transit ridership jump, though ciency, urban redensification, and more public Executive Editor cent change included an expansion of the com- predicted by some economists, was relatively transport-oriented development. Policy makers Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08 muter rail pass subsidy to 50 percent for all unanticipated by policy makers — many of should be conscious that they can have a hand zones and the decision to provide free transit who view the nation as almost exclusively in changing (or preserving) the status-quo of News Staff passes for the month of September to employ- reliant on the automobile. However, America transport behavior in this country through their News and Features Director: Angeline Wang ees who currently park on campus. By mak- is no longer a rural nation — roughly 70 per- treatment of transit fares, fuel taxes, and other ’09; Editors: Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo ’11, ing it easier for MIT faculty and staff to utilize cent — of Americans live in urbanized areas, government policies. Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Ryan the Boston metropolitan area’s comprehensive and many of those areas are serviced by public Just as MIT is taking steps to promote more Ko ’11, Emily Prentice ’11; Staff: Curt Fischer transit system, the administration’s efforts can transport. The fact that we have recently seen cost and energy efficient travel for its employ- G, Ray C. He G, Ramya Sankar G, John A. go a long way towards decreasing the impact of such a significant shift in consumer behavior ees, we should encourage our government offi- Hawkinson ’98, Daniela Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin rising fuel costs on our community and reduc- should indicate to government bureaucrats that cials to promote sustainable transportation op- Cheng ’09, Diana Jue ’09, Ji Qi ’09, Kirtana ing our collective carbon footprint. the auto fuel market is more elastic than most tions for all citizens. This year’s election season Raja ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Nick Bushak ’10, Yuri Hanada ’10, JiHye Kim ’10, These recent changes in administration poli- have imagined. It is becoming clear to drivers and next year’s reauthorization of the federal Joyce Kwan ’10, Manisha Padi ’10, Joanne Y. cy, however, are only reflective of a larger trend that multiple travel options are available for transportation program will provide important Shih ’10, Yan Huang ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner towards more efficient forms of travel due largely many trips and that some of those alternatives opportunities for us to influence the future of ’11, Lulu Wang ’11; Meteorologists: Cegeon to rising fuel costs. According to a recent Ameri- are becoming more and more attractive. national transportation policy — ensuring a sys- Chan G, Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, can Public Transportation Association ridership The traveling public is reacting to price sig- tem that encourages sustainable development Roberto Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian report, 85 million more trips on public trans- nals — they are changing modes, sharing rides, and accessibility instead of more urban sprawl. H. Tang G, John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha G, Garrett P. Marino ’08, Mike Yee ’08.

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Each year, MIT sends out convenient fliers seemed “cultured”; instead, it just seemed like high school ex-boyfriend, although not by any They’re going to get tired of waiting for you to incoming freshmen with all the “important” he had an Asian fetish. means “normal,” is much more “normal” than to fly the long distances just for the booty call. dates listed. However, they leave off the most During our break- some of the guys I’ve Or maybe, you’ll make a befuddled blunder important date — the day you “break up with up, I wasn’t even sad; dated on campus. I’m with someone on your floor after a night of your high school relationship.” Maybe it’s be- I was more excited tired of hearing flings too much 151. I highly doubt you’re entirely cause this date varies for each individual. For about my upcoming Regardless of how messed up dating explained in terms of asexual. It’s hard not to give into lust. some freshmen, they covered this months ago. relationships. Naive can be in general, it’s vital to leave cost-opportunities — It’s really not fair to stay in a secure relation- If you haven’t covered it yet, mark your calen- as I was, I somehow I don’t care if you’re ship just for the sake of security. People change dar; the days are limited. thought MIT relation- your safe haven. People usually an investment bank- quickly in college, and it’s hard to grow when Precocious individual that I am, I broke ships would be better er, I’m not going to you’re tied down during the process. If you’re up with my high school relationship months than high school rela- stay in long-distance relationships make an investment really meant to be, you’ll find yourselves later before I entered college. Even though we had tionships. Then I real- for the stability and security. into a fling. on in life. Breaking up now will spare you pain been dating on-again-off-again for four years, ized MIT guys usually However, regard- later — and, if you’re the victim of a break- I realized that unlimited night and weekend have severe Asian fe- less of how messed up — it’ll all be OK. You never know what the minutes along with frequent flier miles were tishes due to the lack of decent-looking people up dating can be in general, it’s vital to leave future holds — so long as you don’t call your not enough to survive the midnight fights and on campus. (No flame wars, please, you know your safe haven. People usually stay in long- ex 50 times when they’re in a new relationship sketchy webcamming. Maybe it was because it’s true.) So far I’ve come to decide that MIT distance relationships for the stability and secu- (*coughs* my high school ex) — there’s still I had been in the relationship for so long, but relationships are equally messed up. They’re rity — except, all people need physical activity. hope for reconciliation years later. Life’s Lemmas Alarming Event By David Shirokoff and firemen are on their way, yet this is one flights is not bad; however, the post-alarm stu- guess this is MIT. STAFF COLUMNIST robbery they cannot stop. I crawled out of bed dent bottleneck typically jams the elevators. I The firemen come. The small collections of For the second time in as many weeks, we and into my flip-flops. At the same time I read would count these stairs again, in reverse, on female students do not take note. Some strag- awoke to the sound of a female voice. Nor- my clock — 4:40 am. I’d been asleep for two the ascent back up. glers make it out of the building late, walk- mally one would embrace such a welcome. hours. As students pour out of the building onto ing between the trucks. We wait 15 minutes Not today. As most individuals know, one is not to the street, I take the time to look things over. for readmission. The sun has risen generously Accompanied by an intermittent BEEP, the use an elevator during a fire, and hence a fire This is an excellent chance to see students in this time. Boston, being on the edge of the pre-recorded woman explained to us “this is alarm. I have been granted the privilege of a caught at their worst. No makeup, cologne, east coast, probably sees the sun half an hour an emergency.” Damn right it’s an emergency sixth floor penthouse, which means a long de- or combed hair here. Not too surprisingly, ev- before my hometown. I guess there are some — I’m being robbed of my sleep. The police scent to the street below. The walk down six eryone looks the same as they always do — I perks to waking at 4:40 a.m. Have Something to Say? Want a place to say it? Consider becoming a Campus Life columnist e-mail: [email protected] Page 6 The Tech August 8, 2008 Ar t s Movie review hh1/2 Bring on the Guilty Pleasure Serious Actors Show How to Have Fun in ‘Mamma Mia!’ By Jillian A. Berry Senior editor Mamma Mia! Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Written by Catherine Johnson Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgard Rated PG-13 Now Playing

n the last few years, musicals have been created by compiling multiple songs from popular artists to tell a story. One of the Ifirst, and most successful, of these musicals is Mamma Mia! which uses songs from the pal- indromic Swedish pop group ABBA. It comes as no surprise that Hollywood has decided to make a movie of this long-running musical. Now, in the interest of total disclosure, I feel I should tell you that I have not seen the live musical version of Mamma Mia! How similar or dissimilar the film is to the musical, I cannot say, and this review is based on the film alone. Courtesy of Universal Pictures The plot of Mamma Mia! is a simple one. Best friends Ali, Sophie, and Lisa (left to right: Ashley Lilley, Amanda Seyfried, and Rachel McDowall) discuss Sophie’s upcoming Sophie (played by Amanda Seyfried), who wedding in Mamma Mia! was raised by her single mother Donna (Meryl perhaps the most unlikely group to act and sing a little rough around the edges (at least by Hol- This problem was exacerbated by the fact that Streep) on a small Greek Isle, is about to get in a feel good musical set to a ’70s pop sound- lywood standards), and it was refreshing to see I really disliked the character of Sky played by married to Sky (Dominic Cooper), and she track. (I admit it, I never thought I’d see Colin actors look their ages with grace and dignity. Dominic Cooper. There was no chemistry be- wants to know who her father is so that he can Firth singing “Dancing Queen.”) However, it is While most of the story centers on Donna tween Seyfried and Cooper, so any scene with give her away at the wedding. But after read- this unexpectedness that makes the film work. and her past suitors, Sophie is still an integral him seemed to drag on for me. ing her mother’s diary, Sophie realizes she has Each of these actors has enough serious talent part of the movie, and she’s played wonderfully For all of these flaws, there were some truly three possible dads: Sam Carmichael (Pierce to make even the worst movie watchable, but by Amanda Seyfried (who really looks like she wonderful scenes in the film. My favorite had Brosnan), an American architect; Harry Bright given a fun story with some catchy tunes, I could be Meryl Streep’s daughter). The entire to be “Dancing Queen” as all of the village (Colin Firth), a British banker; and Bill Aus- wasn’t sure what would happen. Luckily, none time I was watching the film, I kept wondering women danced their way through this beautiful tin (Stellan Skarsgard), an Australian writer. of them took him/herself too seriously, and the where I had seen this actress before, and only Greek Isle. I couldn’t help but have a smile on To determine which man is her father, Sophie movie turned out to be pretty entertaining. after I got home and checked IMDB did I real- my face as I tapped my foot along to the beat, invites them all to her wedding, without tell- Obviously, the biggest star in the movie is ize she had played Karen Smith (the dumb one) and people in the theater even clapped when ing her mother, and when they arrive, you can Meryl Streep playing the aging hippie mother in Mean Girls. I was shocked that the girl with the song ended. In addition, there was a bonus imagine all the fun that ensues. who isn’t sure she wants to let go of her daugh- the vacant stare could be the same one playing scene during the credits with all of the actors in Oh, and all of this is told with the help of ter just yet. What impressed me most about her the expressive Sophie. Seyfried certainly makes ’70s-style sequined jump suits (including the those catchy ABBA songs. performance was how unglamorous it was; in the most of her role, even if she is often over- men — yes, even Mr. Darcy and James Bond) The first thing that struck me about this film most scenes, her long blond hair was messily shadowed by the more senior cast members. singing “Mamma Mia” and “Dancing Queen” was the absurdity of the casting, and I mean arranged, falling into her makeup free (or near- My only really major problem with the film that left me laughing until it hurt. Mamma Mia! that in the best way possible. Streep, Brosnan, ly free) face, as she moved around in overalls. was the pacing. At times the story seemed to would certainly qualify as a guilty pleasure, but Firth, and Skarsgard, along with Julie Walters You can see how old she really is, but she’s OK move so slowly; I wanted to scream, “We get I’d recommend saving the $10 and renting the and Christine Baranski in supporting roles, is with that. Actually, most of the older stars were it, they all loved Donna, now who is the dad?” DVD when it comes out. Movie review hh1/2 Career Change With a Bang ‘Wanted’ Provides a Pulpy Summer Blockbuster With Exploding Rats By Kevin Wang faceless corporate nobody and thrust into the keen sense for both drama and brutality and ously, and just pitiful enough to be entertaining Staff Writer life of a highly trained killer. As the son of a delivers some of the most intense action scenes (unlike, say, Carrot Top). It’s also an excellent Wanted famed assassin, Wesley is recruited by Sloan this side of an episode of “Maury.” Above and touch that McAvoy is a native Scot, for as Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Morgan Freeman) and Fox (Angelina Jolie), beyond the film’s trademark twisting bullets, Braveheart proved categorically, it’s always Written by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and members of an elite organization of hitmen, Wanted features excellent slow-motion shots best to entrust the Scottish with any and all Chris Morgan to kill a rogue assassin with connections to his that exquisitely capture everything from 20- tasks involving dismemberment. Additionally, Starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, father. Upon induction into this “fraternity of mile sniper shots to a beatdown via ergonomic some of the film’s greatest moments come from and Angelina Jolie assassins,” McAvoy’s character is bound, beat- keyboard. Everything is over the top, from the ever-placid Morgan Freeman’s atypically pro- Now Playing en, and repeatedly stabbed by a trash-talking trails of gore flying out of every bullet-wound, fane one-liners, culminating in an exhortation butcher, which — oddly enough — is pretty to each time a car flips in slow-motion. Based to “Shoot this motherfucker right now!” Un- uch like a music video by Shakira, much identical to joining a fraternity in the on the number of times I think about flipping fortunately, while these lines are no doubt in- Wanted is living, breathing proof South minus forced intercourse with animals. cars during a normal work day, I can only as- cluded to add to Wanted’s already sizeable level that entertainment and quality are The film follows McAvoy through several as- sume that Wanted is designed as a massive se- of badassery, whenever I hear Morgan Freeman M often wholly uncorrelated phe- sassinations, car chases, and a full-out castle ries of fantasies for anybody who’s ever held a speaking with authority I still subconsciously nomena. At approximately three parts Mortal assault, providing an extremely entertaining desk job. assume that he is talking to or about penguins. Kombat fatality and one part Maxim cover, you two hours. But it is really the cast of Wanted, all of And, of course, there is Angelina Jolie. would be hard pressed to find a more perfect The gun fighting scenes of Wanted are ab- whom are predictably excellent, who save Even ignoring the fact that she’s so beautiful summer blockbuster. solutely stellar. While several of his previous the film from being just another summertime that looking at her approximates blowtorching Wanted tells the tale of accountant Wesley films featured the less-than-serious topics of movie with guns. McAvoy captures the perfect your corneas, Jolie is actually a fairly effec- Gibson (played by James McAvoy), as he is vampires and Playboy models turned gladiators, blend of nihilist corporate nobody and venge- tive action star and can almost be taken seri- abruptly plucked from his dull existence as a director Timur Bekmambetov demonstrates a ful killer: just intense enough to be taken seri- ously holding an assault rifle. Moreover, the same mile-wide crazy streak that compels her to collect chil- dren like they’re baseball cards and make out with her brother (if tabloids are to be believed) lends an excellent sense of ma- niacal instability to her charac- ter. And let’s face it, if you were Angelina Jolie’s brother, you’d make out with her too. In fact, my one complaint about Wanted would be that it fails to deliver the full-out anatomical treat- ment of Jolie that the trailers appeared to imply. The best part about Wanted is that it knows it sucks and drowns the suckage in a con- stant stream of bullets and ex- plosions. The plot of the movie may be more convoluted than a montage of M. Night Shya- malan movie endings, but with a constant supply of bullets, bombs, and exploding rats, I

Courtesy of Universal Pictures can’t imagine what else you’d Wesley (played by James McAvoy) hunts down his would-be killers in Wanted. ever need. August 8, 2008 Ar t s The Tech Page 7 INTERNET REVIEW The Dr. Horrible Internet Spectacular A Sing-Along for the Ages By Nick Semenkovich Tube video made in someone’s basement (which, an evil plan to take care of Captain Hammer once Editor in Chief in retrospect, was probably what the director in- and for all. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog tended). It doesn’t do a great job of drawing in The Dr. Horrible blog postings-turned series Directed by Joss Whedon viewers, and, having a stunningly short attention were the brainchild of Joss Whedon, the creator of Written by Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, span, I stopped watching only a minute or two in. I Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whedon made Joss Whedon, and Zack Whedon was only barely saved by one of my co-workers at the show during the Writer’s Strike, and plans to re- Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and the New York Googleplex, who said I had to watch lease a DVD with a musical commentary track. Felicia Day the whole thing. Trust me, you need to wait for the What makes Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Available online and on iTunes singing to start. particularly lovable is the dialogue. It’s tempting In the three videos, Neil Patrick Harris (for to open the video in a Firefox tab and go back to on’t make the same mistake I did; at least those of us a bit too young for Doogie Howser, your e-mail, but you’ll miss a lot of the hilarious wait for the singing to start. It is, after all, M.D., he’s best known for his Harold & Kumar dialogue. I’m a fan of the lines of Dr. Horrible’s a sing-along. role) plays a nascent evil villain (Dr. Horrible) co-conspirator Moist (played by Simon Helberg), D Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is defi- who is struggling to establish his notoriety when who can … make things moist. nitely the surprise hit of the summer. The blog/mu- he falls for Penny (played by Felicia Day). Penny, Not only is Dr. Horrible a great use of 43 sical turned Internet craze is a glorious mashup of a woman who goes to the same laundromat as Dr. minutes (really, you weren’t doing anything else clever show tunes on top of a quirky and somewhat Horrible, is wooed by the good superhero Captain important), it’s just the right mix of catchy tunes, nerdy plot. That said, I almost missed the glorious Hammer (played by Nathan Fillion) when one of a semi-predictable plot, and passable attempts at masterpiece that is Dr. Horrible. Dr. Horrible’s evil plans goes awry. Dr. Horrible wittiness. This is definitely one to watch a few The first two minutes feel a bit like a sad You- then tries to win back Penny, all while concocting times. Check it out at drhorrible.com.

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These led to his decision — bril- to note that he was fired from three jobs during a 10-year liant in hindsight — to start his own company, which period, and that while serving in the U.S. Army reserves, has been a genuine success, validating his management his commanding officer berated him for having “antago- style,” Gray said. nized every officer” at their post. D’Arbeloff was the recipient of a lifetime achieve- “I didn’t feel I had,” d’Arbeloff told an interviewer in ment award from the Institute of Electrical and Electron- 1997, recalling the episode. “I didn’t do it on purpose. I ics Engineers (IEEE), a fellow of the American Academy just wanted to do more than they were willing to do.” of Arts & Sciences and a director of the Isabella Stewart In 1960, d’Arbeloff co-founded Teradyne Inc. with Gardner Museum. He also served on the boards of sev- Nick DeWolf — a former MIT classmate whom he had eral corporations and on the board of the Whitehead In- met when they had to line up alphabetically during an stitute, which he chaired from 2004 to 2006. ROTC class. During his tenure as president and CEO of He is survived by his wife, Brit; daughters, Katherine Teradyne, which manufactures automatic test equipment and Alexandra; sons, Eric and Matthew; and six grand- and interconnection systems for the electronics and tele- children. Charles Yardley Chittick ’22 MIT News Office he roomed across the hall from — and feuded with — Charles Yardley Chittick ’22, who was honored this Humphrey Bogart, who was a classmate. He was Phillips past June as the oldest MIT alumnus, died on Friday, July Academy’s oldest living alumnus, recently celebrating his 18. He was 107. 90th reunion there this year. 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To find out more and apply, visit our webpage at: should bookmark this page: http://web.mit.edu/ist/helpdesk/hiring http://web.mit.edu/arts/see/ freetickets Computing Help Desk August 8, 2008 The Tech Page 13 Aafia Siddiqui accused by DOJ Congress Acts to Shot by Army Officer in Scuffle Overhaul College Siddiqui, from Page 1 excerpt from the complaint at right. Loan Regulations For a full copy of the complaint, see http://www-tech.mit.edu/V128/N30/ By Tamar Lewin major education overhaul expired, siddiqui/siddiqui-aafia-complaint. The New York Times the legislation was a source of sub- pdf.) Congress overwhelmingly ap- stantial relief to many lawmakers. The complaint states that the of- proved an overhaul of the nation’s “We have had over 13 different ficer returned fire with his pistol and higher education law on July 31, extensions of this bill,” said Senator wounded Siddiqui. adding dozens of provisions and pro- Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of The injured Siddiqui was trans- grams to help families with soaring Maryland, who has recently steered ferred to the hospital at Bagram Air college costs. the bill in the absence of Senator Force Base, about 30 miles north of The bill is an effort to keep col- Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Kabul, according to Lt. Col. Rumi lege costs down through greater Massachusetts and chief author of Nielson-Greene, a spokesperson transparency — and perhaps sham- the bill. “I feel like we have been on for Combined Joint Task Force 101, ing — without imposing price con- third base for six and a half years.” which manages the Bagram base. trols. It requires colleges and uni- House and Senate negotiators Nielson-Greene said that Siddiqui versities to report more information agreed on the final outlines of the received “the exact same” medical about their costs and prices, to be re- bill July 30, getting around the last treatment that a U.S. soldier would leased by the Education Department sticking point — how to deal with have received for her wounds, and in user-friendly lists; those with the states that reduce their spending on “absolutely nothing was withheld.” largest percentage tuition increases higher education — with a symbolic Bagram’s hospital is the best medi- will have to tell the department why compromise under which states that cal facility in Afghanistan, Nielson- they were needed and what they will do so could not compete for money Greene said. Siddiqui was treated at do to keep costs down. from a new grant program that may Bagram for the next two weeks, and The measure passed in the House never be given money. recovered to the point of being “am- by 380 to 49 and in the Senate by 83 College affordability has been bulatory.” to 8. a high priority for the current Con- On Monday, Aug. 4, Siddiqui The measure also simplifies fed- gress, which in other legislation over was transported to New York City, at Source: U.S. Department of Justice eral financial-aid forms, and, for the past year cut interest rates on which time the Department of Justice Excerpt from the sworn criminal complaint against Siddiqui, describ- the first time, makes Pell grants for student loans and raised the size of released the complaint. Siddiqui was ing the gunfight between her and U.S. military and FBI personnel. low-income students available year- Pell grants. Many lawmakers have arraigned on Tuesday morning, and round, not just during the academic been frustrated that every increase in her next appearance in court is sched- been handed over to the U.S., he said Siddiqui linked to terrorists year. It also requires colleges to dis- federal financial aid is quickly swal- uled for Monday, Aug. 11. “it is not true.” Between 2003 and 2008, the U.S. close all relationships with student lowed up by increases in tuition. Siddiqui’s New York lawyer, Fink, “No, she was not shot. She was government has suggested links be- lenders and bans all gifts and rev- Congress has also been concerned raised questions of Siddiqui’s treat- arrested. … She wanted to a suicide tween Siddiqui and terrorism. enue-sharing agreements between that the form filled out by families ment in an interview Wednesday. attack on the Governor of Ghazni According to Sharp, Siddiqui’s institutions and lenders offering fed- seeking help with tuition, the Free She said that Siddiqui had an “ooz- [sic],” the person said. lawyer, every past allegation of ter- eral and private loans. Application for Federal Student Aid, ing wound” and had received neither rorist activities on Siddiqui’s part has Although President Bush is wide- known as the Fafsa, was a daunting antibiotics nor painkillers. Allegations of detainment been refuted. ly expected to sign the legislation, obstacle for many. “Though it was Sharp said that Siddiqui is “still Sharp maintains that Siddiqui has Sharp notes that Siddiqui disap- the White House made no promises only a seven-page form, you had to very frail” and that Siddiqui said her been held by the United States at the peared in 2003 just days after so- last week. hire a financial services outfit to do wound has an odor to it, raising con- Bagram Theatre Internment Facility called “9/11 mastermind” Khalid “We will review the legislation it,” Ms. Mikulski said. cerns about infection. at Bagram Air Base since her disap- Shaikh Mohammed was apprehend- to see how it addressed administra- The new law calls for a two-page A spokesperson for the U.S. At- pearance in 2003. ed by U.S. authorities, suggesting he tion concerns during the conference Fafsa-EZ form. torney’s office had no comment on United States representatives may have “given up” her name. process,” said Scott Stanzel, a White With textbook costs averaging Siddiqui’s medical condition. fiercely deny this claim. “I can con- In March 2004, then-FBI Direc- House spokesman. about $900 a year and many students Fink is a public defender based firm, absolutely, I was here. She has tor Robert Mueller named Siddiqui as Representative George Miller, forced to pay hundreds of dollars in New York, who is working jointly never been in our detention facility,” “an Al Qaeda operative and facilita- Democrat of California and chair- for a required book “bundled” with with Sharp, who is Boston-based. said Nielson-Greene, the spokesper- tor.” man of the House education com- a DVD or workbook, the new law Sam Zarifi, the Asia-Pacific direc- son at Bagram. In 2006, the U.S. declassified a mittee, said the bill would “create a would require publishers to provide tor for Amnesty International, said, British journalist Yvonne Ridley biography of alleged terrorist Ammar higher-education system that is more full pricing information and sell un- “The idea that American troops were has publicized the theory that Sid- al-Baluchi which claimed that he had consumer-friendly, fairer and easier bundled versions of every textbook. somehow overpowered and could diqui has been held at Bagram for married Siddiqui after she divorced to navigate.” only deal with her by shooting her­ — years; Ridley said that former Ba- the father of her children in 2003. Education groups found good Solution to Bonus it’s certainly a very suspicious story. gram prisoners report having heard a and bad in the sprawling 1,100-page from page 9 At the very least, it suggests gross in- woman’s screams, and she has con- Siddiqui’s disappearance legislation. competence and a violation of ‘Polic- cluded that woman was Aafia Sid- When Siddiqui disappeared in Terry Hartle of the American ing 101’” on the part of the American diqui. 2003, she was with her three chil- Council on Education said he ap- troops. Nielson-Greene describes these dren, aged seven years, five years, plauded provisions making it easier The New York Times characterized claims as “rumor and innuendo.” She and six months. There is still no in- for low-income students to pay for a the Ghazni official, Jahangir, second- said that a woman had been held at formation on the whereabouts of college education, but worried about hand, as “challenging the American Bagram in 2003, but that woman, those children. the cost of complying with all the government’s version of events.” identified only as “Shafila,” was re- Jahangir, the Ghazni official, new regulations “dealing with text- Jahangir maintains that Siddiqui leased. said the teenage boy arrested with books, tuition and fees, cost of at- was in good condition and had not Nielson-Greene said she was Siddiqui was a 12 year-old named tendance, alumni activities, foreign been shot, but that was when she “certain — as certain as you can be “Ali.” That is not the name of Sid- gift reporting, fire safety, graduation was turned over to the Afghan police, — [that the woman] doesn’t match diqui’s eldest child, though her rates, drug violations, vaccines and not the United States. Jahangir rep- the description” of Aafia Siddiqui. child would be 12 or 13 years old peer-to-peer file sharing.” resents the provincial governor, who Reached on Monday, before news now. Coming five years after the last was involved in the initial arrest of of the gunfight had been broken, a Siddiqui. Defense Department spokesman in A person answering the phone at Washington declined to confirm or the Afghan Ministry of the Interior deny whether Siddiqui had ever been said that the woman and boy arrested held at Bagram, saying that they do Genius Asian Egg Donor Needed in Ghazni were “under the custody of not normally answer questions re- the Police.” When asked if she had garding individuals at Bagram. to help us build our family

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Jessop ’09 stated NW16 inappropriate for hacking? mostly non-active-laboratory func- From 1975 to 1992, he worked at … We need a much more coherent that he was “very pleased to hear the As part of the Plasma Science tion, Fulton expressed a desire for Johns Hopkins University in a vari- plan,” Lerman said. change of direction in the handling and Fusion Center, NW16 has slight- hackers to stay out of NW16 along ety of positions, including dean for Continuing to support the frater- of the case.” However, Jessop ex- ly tighter security than other parts of with the rest of the PSFC. “I hope students. (Coincidentally, Benedict nities, sororities, and independent pressed concerns about the lessons campus. Because it houses materials that research laboratories will be- took over Colombo’s Johns Hopkins living groups, both financially and future hackers might take from this and equipment purchased with funds come exempt from hacking as a result position in 1992 before coming to otherwise, was also cited as another incident. from the federal governments, the of this.” He noted his concerns over MIT.) issue for the new dean, as was how “I think that in a case where security at the PSFC is reviewed by safety and over research projects that At Columbia, Colombo oversaw to best integrate living and learn- you’ve got a student on Institute the Department of Energy every two might be jeopardized if equipment the consolidation of the admissions ing. property who cooperates, it sends a years, said Matt Fulton, safety coor- were to go missing. and advising divisions of Colum- Colombo’s contributions to stu- very conflicting message to send that dinator and facilities manager at the The hack etiquette in MIT’s state- bia’s two undergraduate schools, dent life will build on the work that to Cambridge courts,” he said. “We PSFC. ment on hacking to be included in the according to the Columbia Specta- Benedict has done in his time here. do not want to send a signal encour- Fulton said that the basement of student handbook in the fall includes tor, a student newspaper. Colombo As dean for student life, Bene- aging people to risk life and limb to NW16 serves as a storage area for the item, “Do not steal anything.” was also part of a team of adminis- dict has worked on campus dining flee.” various PSFC labs. According to trators that negotiated with students issues, overseen dormitory renova- Charging students found in un- Fulton, there are “high-value stores” Conversation on hacking to activists during a hunger strike last tions, expanded the housemaster authorized locations is “very detri- in some areas as well as equipment, continue year. program to graduate residences, and mental to both the Institute and the such as capacitors and lasers, which DiFava expressed some frustra- A quick search in the Spectator’s worked on other student services students involved,” making it much could be hazardous if released to the tion with the response to the MIT archives also reveals that, among projects. His position also made harder for both to go about their nor- general public. Police from this incident and the Fac- other things, Colombo created a him responsible for student life and mal business, Jessop said. According to Keegan’s police re- ulty Club incident in fall 2006, when committee earlier this year to evalu- well-being, evident in his work on “In a nonviolent case where a stu- port, “NW 16 is a common area for three students found after hours in ate Columbia’s “opaque” discipline the 2001 Mental Health Task Force. dent fully cooperates, things should theft,” but the MIT Police’s press log the Faculty Club were also charged procedures and met with student “Part of what made this search be handled internally,” Jessop said. does not record any events in NW16 in Cambridge District Court. representatives of groups targeted so hard is that [the new dean] has Nevertheless, Sack said that he other than Short’s arrest within the “We’re here to help, not to harm, by racist graffiti last fall. big shoes to fill,” Lerman said. and Short “feel the police did the past year. However, according to not to negatively impact anybody,” “It is evident that [Dean Colom- “I am not alone in saying that right thing in the case.” And former Fulton, there has been an incidence DiFava said. He noted that there bo] is a man who fervently cares Larryben created an integral part of MIT Police chief and current MIT of theft from the basement of NW16 have been dozens of encounters in about his students and loves what what we consider the MIT experi- security director John DiFava stood within the last five years. the last two years in which students he does,” Undergraduate Associa- ence, Student Life,” Jessop wrote by the MIT Police officers’ deci- “As a research laboratory that’s found in unauthorized locations have tion President Noah S. Jessop ’08 in an e-mail. “He has done tremen- sion to file charges against Short. funded by the federal government, been quietly referred to internal MIT said in an e-mail. “I believe that he dous things for this institution. … I “I thought that the actions were ap- we have an obligation” to the protect discipline proceedings or even told is very curious to learn about what wish him all the best in his future propriate under the circumstances,” the property there, said Fulton. simply to vacate the premises with- MIT is like now before making any endeavors.” he said. Fulton deferred specific ques- out further action. changes. I suspect Dean Colombo “Oftentimes an officer finds him- tions about security at NW16 to the “We don’t have a lot of guid- will put in the effort to do so in an New dean will live in Next House self in a situation where the facts director of the PSFC, Miklos Porko- ance,” DiFava said, “because it is so exemplary fashion.” Colombo and his family will live dictate that a certain action has to be lab, who declined to comment. difficult a topic.” Colombo, who is on vacation at Next House for the upcoming taken,” DiFava said. “This was one Despite being part of the PSFC, “I would prefer that we have fur- until Aug. 18, was unavailable for academic year, in the vacant house- of those situations.” NW16 does not seem to be a central ther guidance,” DiFava said, but he comment. masters’ apartment. DiFava pointed to location as the location for active laboratory re- wanted people to understand that As previously reported in The “Living on campus with my fam- primary reason that the incident es- search, though. According to PSFC given the circumstances, “we’re not Tech, a total of about six dozen can- ily will give me ample opportunity calated to criminal charges. “It was Library coordinator Jason Thomas, doing bad here.” didates to replace Benedict were to interact with students,” Colombo not a logical place for hacking or ex- NW16 houses mostly conference “Further guidance” may be forth- vetted by an external search firm, told the MIT News Office. “I look ploring,” he said. He noted that there rooms, offices, and classrooms, with coming, as Jessop said that “one of with about three dozen of those hav- forward to moving to Cambridge are no tunnels or suspended ceilings there being only possibly “a couple my goals for this year is to be able ing complete applications. later this summer.” in the basement of NW16, both fea- small labs” in the building. to paint some really clear boundar- Eight candidates were chosen and The search advisory committee tures that are commonly of interest Though the building is not acces- ies” for what’s hacking and what’s interviewed by the search advisory determined that it would be “enor- to hackers. sible to the general MIT community, not and to try to define “what every- committee, with a few candidates mously beneficial” for the new dean In addition, DiFava noted that Thomas said that all PSFC personnel body can expect from this tradition invited to a second round of inter- for student life to live on campus, certain responses by Short may have have cards that grant them access to that brings the Institute great pride views and meetings with students, Clay said in an e-mail to Next House. raised some flags. Keegan claims in NW16 as well as other PSFC build- and publicity.” Jessop conceded that faculty, and additional administra- As MIT reached its decision, it was his police report that Short said “that ings, such as NW17 and NW21. Ac- he did not expect to be able to draw tors. A short list was submitted to discovered that Colombo would be he was there to see what he could cording to its Web site, the PSFC “hard and fast lines,” but he did hope Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75 very interested in the opportunity, find for parts in the area.” DiFava Library, which is located on the first to achieve some “forward progress” who gave a final recommendation to Lerman said. also believes that nothing was men- floor of NW16, is open 24 hours, 7 in resolving the miscommunication President Susan Hockfield. Holmes, a member of the search tioned about hacking until well after days a week to the PSFC commu- that he’s seen over hacking and its advisory committee, said that he the incident. nity. boundaries. Major issues for the new dean was very excited about Colombo’s In an e-mail, Jessop said that decision to live on campus. “That immediate issues for Colombo to level of commitment and enthu- address will include dining and siasm to get to know students and housing, and “continuing the recent understand MIT culture is a telling progress in student engagement.” sign that he is coming here with an “Students are really in desperate open mind,” Holmes said. need of an ally in the administra- The search for a new Next House tion,” former UA President Martin housemaster will continue in the F. Holmes ’08 said. He strongly fall, and the plan to provide fac- encouraged Colombo to continue ulty and staff support to Next will Benedict’s tradition of having week- remain the same. Residential Life ly office hours for students. It would Associate Marc A. Lo will serve as give students “time to interface with “interim house director” and will the dean,” Holmes said. work with the house government Holmes also stated that dining and with residents. The dormitory’s was the most prominent challenge current housemasters, Muriel Me- for the new dean. It’s a “monumen- dard ’89 and John Simmons ’90, tal issue … that needs to be handled will move off-campus with their very carefully.” family but will still serve officially Lerman added that a long-term as housemasters. Help freshmen become adjusted to life at MIT! The Tech publishes daily during Orientation and is looking for people to share their advice and opinions with the newest additions to our school. Email [email protected]! This space donated by The Tech August 8, 2008 The Tech Page 15

ATO Summer Residents Relocated Because of Water Damage Police Log Summer residents of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity were relo- The following incidents were reported to the MIT Po- stolen. cated after an internal water pipe burst and caused minor water damage lice between July 1, 2008 and Aug. 4, 2008. This sum- July 16: M9 (105 Mass. Ave.), 10:28 a.m., Lar- to the interior structure of the building. mary does not include incidents such as false alarms, ceny of bicycle locked with cable. According to David M. Nole ’09, a member of ATO who was in general service calls, or medical shuttles. E15 (20 Ames St.), 2:50 p.m., Breaking charge of finding summer boarders, MIT relocated all student resi- and entering; LCD projector stolen. dents to Next House for health and safety reasons. Other residents July 1: M39 (60 Vassar St.), 9:54 a.m., Report July 18: W89 (291 Vassar St.), 10:07 a.m., Lar- were transferred to a Boston-side fraternity that had a large number of of suspicious person on the third floor; ceny of tools. vacant rooms. MIT students will be allowed to stay at Next House for David Morales of 889 Harrison Ave., E25 (45 Carlton St.), 10:24 a.m., Larceny a few more days and will then be allowed to move into their fall dormi- Boston, Mass., placed under arrest for of bicycle. tories. Nole said in an e-mail that MIT would not charge the students a trespassing after notice. M32 (32 Vassar St.), 11:22 a.m., Larceny fee for moving in early. W89 (291 Vassar St.), 5:22 p.m., Report of wire. The water pipe that burst drains the roof of the ATO building, ac- of motor vehicle broken into yester- July 19: W35 (100 Vassar St.), 3:51 p.m., Report cording to Nole, and had become clogged after several days of inclem- day and GPS stolen; motor vehicle was that individual who trespassed earlier in ent weather. parked at the Albany Garage area. the day has returned; Lo, Kin Yui of 305 MIT contracted a construction crew to fix the water damage, as M2 (182 Memorial Dr.), 10:14 p.m., Memorial Dr., Cambridge, Mass. arrested well as provide previously planned renovations, Nole said. Repairs and Suspicious person in Bldg. 2 taken into for trespassing. renovations are set to be complete by the beginning of September and custody on an outstanding warrant: Law- July 21: M26 (60 Rear Vassar St.), 10:28 a.m., will be paid for by ATO’s insurance, Nole said. rence Smith of 444 Harrison Ave., Rox- Larceny of video equipment. “MIT has been very helpful and supportive over the past several bury, Mass. July 23: Lot 2 (20 Albany St.), 7:29 p.m., Report weeks and we are very thankful for their assistance,” Nole said. Nole July 2: M14 (160 Memorial Dr.), 9:58 a.m., Call of vehicle keyed while parked in the Al- also thanked the other fraternities for offering their help. received about a suspicious person; de- bany Garage area. —Angeline Wang tectives identified Elliot Jackson of 43 July 24: W31 (120 Mass. Ave.), 1:23 p.m., Lar- Islandview Place, Dorchester, Mass., and ceny of camera. took him into custody on an outstanding E25, 2:41 p.m., Larceny of wallet. warrant. E52 (50 Memorial Dr.), 5:10 p.m., Lar- E19 (400 Main St.), 3:30 p.m., Larceny ceny of two credit cards, one debit card, of wallet from office area. and $60 cash from office. N52 (265 Mass. Ave.), 5:24 p.m., Lar- W34 (120 Vassar St.), 8:48 p.m., Larceny ceny of moped from loading dock area. of lawnmower. July 3: W89 (291 Vassar St.), 2:40 p.m., Larceny July 25: M50 (142 Memorial Dr.), Breaking and of rear license plate from motor vehicle entering; equipment stolen from con- in West Annex Lot. struction trailer. Lot 2 (20 Albany St.), 4:01 p.m., Larceny E17 (40 Ames St.), 2:07 p.m., Larceny of of GPS from motor vehicle in Albany Ga- two wallets. rage. M54 (21 Rear Ames St.), 2:37 p.m., Lar- July 5: E19-239, 7:48 a.m., Larceny of wallet ceny of laptop. from office. E19 (400 Main St.), 3:45 p.m., Breaking 405 Memorial Dr., 11:38 a.m., Larceny and entering; report of stolen tools. of two bicycles. July 26: AP (479 Commonwealth Ave.), 12:58 W89 (291 Vassar St.), 6:14 p.m., Report p.m., Attempted breaking and entering at of car broken into in West Lot. 4 a.m. David M. Templeton—The Tech July 7: W89 (291 Vassar St.), 4:13 p.m., Report July 27: W85 (540 Memorial Dr.), 9:45 p.m., Belfor Property Restoration trucks are seen in front of the Al- of mountain bike stolen from bike rack; Breaking and entering; report of back- pha Tau Omega fraternity midday on Saturday, July 26. Summer reporting person believes the bike is now pack containing laptop, GPS, and other residents of ATO had to be relocated after a water pipe burst, listed on Craigslist. valuables stolen from room. causing water damage to the interior structure of the building. NE25 (5 Cambridge Ctr.), 5:27 p.m., July 28: Albany Garage / Albany St., 4:47 p.m., Arrest of Edwin Roldan of 168 Webster Vehicle broken into; small electronics Ave., Cambridge, Mass., for receiving stolen. stolen property. July 29: W20 (84 Mass. Ave.), 9:21 a.m., Larceny July 8: PBE (400 Memorial Dr.), 9:49 a.m., Lar- of camera lens. ceny of bicycle. July 30: M16 (21 Rear Ames St.), 6:16 a.m., Sculptors Turn Sand M1 (33 Mass. Ave.), 10:16 a.m., Breaking Breaking and entering; larceny of wire and entering no force; larceny of laptop. cable. M66 (25 Ames St.), 1:40 p.m., Breaking W89 (400 Main St.), 10:21 a.m., Larceny Into Spectacle and entering no force; larceny of petty of wire. cash. July 31: NW62 (310 Mass. Ave.), 8:31 a.m., Re- N52 (265 Mass. Ave.), 7:48 p.m., Lar- port of an attempted breaking and enter- ceny of camera. ing. July 10: M14 (160 Memorial Dr.), 1:31 p.m., Re- M32 (32 Vassar St.), 9:10 a.m., Breaking port of harassing phone call. and entering; electronic equipment sto- M26 (60 Rear Vassar St.), 6:44 p.m., Lar- len. ceny of bicycle from Bldg. 26 area. E19 (400 Main St.), 4:03 p.m., Larceny July 11: E18 (50 Ames St.), 10:27 a.m., Report of of tools from pickup truck. annoying postcard received. E40 (1 Amherst St.), 4:29 p.m., Larceny M64 (21 Ames St.), 12:37 p.m., Larceny of bicycle. of bag. Aug. 1: NW86 (70 Pacific St.), 8:57 a.m., Lar- W89 (291 Vassar St.), 7:39 p.m., Lar- ceny of laptop. ceny of bicycle from Ashdown House in Aug. 3: Danforth St., 1:25 a.m., 1999 Toyota April. Camry stolen the previous evening. July 13: W89 (291 Vassar St.), 2:12 p.m., Report E40 (1 Amherst St.), 7:42 a.m., Malicious of money removed from bank account damage to property. fraudulently. Hayward Lot, 12:35 p.m., Vehicle broken SPE (518 Beacon St.), 4:43 p.m., Break- into and laptop stolen on Aug. 1. ing and entering; several items stolen Aug. 4: E52 (50 Memorial Dr.), 11:11 a.m., At- from room. tempted larceny on Aug. 1. July 14: East Campus, 10:54 a.m., Breaking and E51 (70 Memorial Dr.), 11:27 a.m., Mali- entering; stolen backpack and contents. cious damage to property. 28 Fenway Boston, 12:08 p.m., Damage W32 (32 Vassar St.), 6:38 p.m., Larceny to front door. of wallet from unlocked locker in the Z July 15: Lot 2 (20 Albany St.), 7:32 p.m., Break- Center. ing and entering of motor vehicle; GPS Compiled by Angeline Wang

Revere Beach hosts the annual New England Sand Sculpting Festival on July 14–20. (above) Over 350,000 spectators visited the festival where 11 sculptors from across the globe competed for $15,000 in prize money. (right) Carl Jara of Cleveland Heights, Ohio focuses on the de- tails as he constructs his masterpiece on July 18. The world class sculptor won the festival’s top prize this summer for the second year in a row.

Photography by Chelsea Grimm Page 16 The Tech August 8, 2008 Sp o r t s World’s Top Athletes Bennett Crosses English Channel Converge on Beijing In Grueling 21-Mile, 11-Hour Swim By James Kramer good while finishing,” said Bennett. confided Bennett. “I was experienc- DAPER Staff “The first few hours were definitely ing fatigue after all of the lifting, On July 28, and after an 11-hour the toughest. After three hours, Pilates, and other dry-land exer- For Olympic Games battle from Dover, England to Cap there was no concern about making cises while a previous injury to my Griz Nez, France, Clara S. Bennett it, just a matter of how.” shoulder led to some doubts.” By Aaron Sampson first athlete ever to qualify for both the ’10 joined an elite group by swim- Overcoming the mental grind It definitely helped that Bennett Sports Editor Olympic and Paralympic teams in the ming across the English Channel. is a critical component in crossing wasn’t alone, as she trained with The lead-up to the Games of the same year. Du Toit, whose left leg was Bennett became the third MIT stu- the English Channel, and Bennett’s friend and former club teammate, XXIX Olympiad, which begin today amputated at the knee in 2001, is the dent-athlete to successfully com- intense preparation enabled her to Mallory Mead. A recent graduate in Beijing, has been marked by con- first amputee to compete at the Olym- plete the grueling, 21-mile swim. conquer the circuit. Bennett com- of Western Kentucky University, troversy. Widespread opposition to the pics since 1904. Beginning her journey at 5:57 pleted a six-hour swim in 60° water Mead made the swim across the policies of the Chinese government United States basketball had long a.m., Bennett enjoyed good weather to qualify for the attempt. One of Channel two days earlier. inflamed demonstrations that disrupt- been dominant at the Olympics, but conditions and low tides, although her open-water training swims in- “Mallory and I joked that we ed the international legs of the Olym- after a disappointing third-place fin- the water temperature hovered cluded battling five-foot waves and got most of the bad weather out of pic torch’s journey last spring. Internet ish by the 2004 incarnation of “The around 62°F for most of the swim. a 25-knot head wind off the Boston the way on our training trips, and I censorship, although slightly relaxed Dream Team,” the 2008 squad has Despite a slow start, the physics shore. To prepare her body for the definitely have to give her the credit from a week earlier, continues to be a been labeled “The Redeem Team.” major settled into a nice rhythm physical and mental test, Bennett’s for planting the seed to make this point of argument for the media cover- Featuring NBA stars like LeBron three hours in and fought off shoul- daily workout routine covered four swim,” Bennett said. ing the events. James, Dwyane Wade, and Kobe Bry- der pain and exhaustion en route hours per day and included lots of For a detailed recap of Bennett’s The Olympics, however, have long ant, the U.S. team went undefeated to an immensely inspiring accom- dry-land exercises, yoga, and kick- journey and the events leading up to held the power to transcend politics in its pre-games exhibition schedule, plishment. boxing. her swim, visit Bennett and Mead’s and allow athletes from all over the narrowly defeating Australia in their “I didn’t have any nerves prior “The only time I was ever really blog at http://swimmingthechannel. world to come together in peaceful final pre-Beijing game on Tuesday. to jumping in and surprisingly I felt worried was about a month ago,” blogspot.com/. competition. As the spotlight now The flower-shaped Beijing Olym- shifts from controversy surrounding pic Tennis Center could be the stage the host nation to the competitions for a rematch of last month’s unfor- themselves, the summer games show gettable Wimbledon final between Wellesley’s Sonia Raman Named New the potential for historic performances Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Af- from the world’s greatest athletes. ter defeating the five-time Wimbledon Hosting the Olympics is the champion, Nadal will replace Federer Head Coach of Women’s Basketball source of immense national pride for as the world's top ranked player in two By Mindy Brauer “The commitment Sonia has to Tournament after compiling a 12- China, and top Chinese athletes such weeks, a title Federer has held since DAPER Staff the game of basketball and to the 13 regular season record, its best in as sprinter Liu Xiang and diver Guo 2004. Sonia Raman, who has served as coaching profession is obvious,” five years. Jingjing are under immense pressure Lastly, for the first time in 104 an assistant coach at Wellesley Col- said Soriero. “She has a solid back- “I am very excited for the op- to succeed. Guo, the defending three- years, three siblings will be competing lege for the past six years, has been ground in teaching, recruiting and portunity to coach the women’s bas- meter springboard gold medalist, and together on the U.S. Olympic team. named head coach of player development. Sonia is ready ketball team at MIT,” said Raman. her teammates carry perhaps the great- Two-time Taekwondo gold medalist MIT women’s basket- to take the next step and lead her “I have tremendous respect for the est potential to showcase the strength Steven Lopez is joined this year by ball, as announced by own program and we are excited MIT student-athletes from my time of Chinese athletics. There has been his younger brother and sister, Mark Director of Athletics that the program she leads will be as an opponent in the NEWMAC. I wide speculation that the Chinese div- and Diana. All three Lopez siblings Julie Soriero. MIT.” can’t wait to get started as we strive ers could sweep all eight gold medals have won world championships and In addition to serv- As a top assistant at Wellesley, towards excellence together.” in diving, a feat they came close to in are strong medal contenders in Bei- ing as the 12th head coach in the Raman had been responsible for Prior to Wellesley, Raman spent 2004 with six. jing. Rounding out the Lopez family’s history of MIT women’s basketball, opponent scouting, including MIT, two years as an assistant coach at Track and field events have been dominance of the U.S. team is coach Raman will fill a key role as the which competes against Wellesley Tufts University, where she also with the modern Olympics since their and older brother Jean. Assistant Director of Compliance. as part of the New England Women’s played while serving as team cap- inception and have always been a ma- All of these athletes are now gath- A highly-regarded and dynamic and Men’s Athletic Conference. Her tain. Coaching at various camps jor focus of attention at the games. No ering in one place as the world’s pre- young coach, Raman is also a law- in-depth knowledge of NEWMAC across New England for the last 16 event attracts more attention than the miere sporting event begins again. yer, who has spent the last seven will serve as a strong asset as the years, Raman was the head coach 100-meter dash. This year, Jamaican Their stories are just a few of the hun- years in compliance for the United Engineers look to build upon last of high school, collegiate, and post- sprinter Usain Bolt is heading to the dreds soon to have their next chapter States Department of Labor and Fi- year’s success. The team reached collegiate all-stars from 2000–2005 Olympics having set a new world re- written in Beijing. delity Investments. the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC in the Bay State Games. cord in the 100-meter of 9.72 seconds in May. Running against Bolt is Amer- ican Tyson Gay, who finished in a time of 9.68 seconds at the Olympic trials. Because of a strong tailwind, this time was not recognized as an official re- cord, but it is the fastest anyone has ever covered a hectometer on foot. Another notable pair of track and field athletes are Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq and discus thrower Haidar Nasir. Iraq was pre- pared to send a team of seven athletes to the 2008 games, but late last month the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq because of the dissolution and reappointment of the country’s Na- tional Olympic Committee last May. The IOC eventually agreed to lift the ban, but not until after the deadline for non-track and field events had passed, leaving Iraq with only two eligible athletes. However, the International Rowing Federation also allowed Iraqi scullers Hamzah Hussein and Haidar Nozad their place in the competition. After an exceptionally difficult road to the games, these athletes have the chance to bring pride and unity to their long-suffering nation. In the swimming events, the big- gest story is the same as it was four years ago: Michael Phelps and his quest to break fellow American swim- mer Mark Spitz’s all-time record for the most gold medals in a single Olympiad. Spitz won seven golds at the 1972 games in Munich, a record Phelps nearly matched in 2004 when he left Athens with a total of six gold Ricardo Ramirez—The Tech and two bronze medals. Former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez steps up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on One swimmer who has already Sunday, July 27. Ramirez was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a three-way deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates just minutes made Olympic history is South Afri- before the trade deadline on July 31. The Red Sox won 9-2 to avoid being swept in the series. can Natalie du Toit, who became the

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