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Volume 131, Number 25 Tech.Mit.Edu Friday, May 6, 2011 WEATHER, p. 2 FRI: 70°F | 50°F MIT’s Sunny Oldest and Largest SAT: 65°F | 48°F Chance of showers Newspaper SUN: 61°F | 47°F Partly cloudy Volume 131, Number 25 tech.mit.edu Friday, May 6, 2011 Robots can be hackers, too Engagement on Walker continues GSC says interaction improved By Stan Gill Walker Memorial into the home STAFF REPORTER of MIT’s Music and Theater Arts (MTA) program. The relationship between stu- Since its formation, the assess- dent groups in Walker Memo- ment team has been having weekly rial and the administration has meetings. They have finished the improved in the past few months process of gathering the data they with the formation of the Walker need from student groups with Memorial Assessment Team. In interests in Walker and are now late March, the Graduate Student in the midst of analyzing the data Council Task Force on Walker Me- so they can properly assess how morial formally joined with the relocations may occur should the administration to form the team, repurposing go forward. chaired by Associate Provost Mar- “We’re in the process of taking tin A. Schmidt PhD ’88. Represen- the temperature of each organi- tatives from the Undergraduate zation.” Schmidt said, “We really Association, the Music and The- want to capture the strong feelings ater Arts faculty, Dean of Student of each organization and really Life Costantino Colombo, Dean make this an interactive process.” of Graduate Student Education The quality of communica- Christine Ortiz, and several faculty tion between the affected student ARFA AIJAZI—THE TECH support staff are also part of the groups and the administration The theme of this year’s 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I) competition was “MIT’s Greatest Hacks” coalition. seems to have greatly improved in honor of the Institute’s 150th anniversary� The four tasks that the teams’ robots had to complete were plac- The team was formed in re- since the team has been formed. ing a police car on the dome, pulling the Caltech cannon, dropping five bouncing balls, and inflating a weather sponse to concerns from student Every student group that requested balloon on the Harvard football field� groups who may have to be relo- a direct meeting with the adminis- cated under a plan to transform Walker, Page 12 End-of-term regulations remain unchanged T stop’s Pythagoras is back A motion to bring end-of-term academic ently for undergraduate and graduate situa- Kendall Band Society completes 13 mo. repair regulations for graduate courses in line with tions. The motion aimed to clarify the rules those for undergraduate course was voted and resolve the differences in language for By Joanna Kao The idea for the res- faculty member, Course down at the April 20 faculty meeting. The undergraduate and graduate regulations. STAFF REPORTER toration project began in III Technical Instructor motion proposed changes to Sections 2.52, While the motion received the majority the summer of 2009 when Michael J. Tarkanian ’00, 2.53, and 2.54 of the Rules and Regulations of the votes, it failed to receive the 30 votes The familiar sound of Seth Parker, a resident of to oversee the project. “I of the Faculty, which address regulations for needed to amend the rules and regulations. bells has been resurrected Newton, contacted Clar- was a student here, so I’ve final examinations and assignments after the As a result, the motion did not pass. at the Kendall T Station ise E. Snyder, the concert seen the sculpture over last class date. Sections 2.53 and 2.54 differ- Among those who opposed the motion after a 13-month restora- director of the Music and the years, and I thought it entiate between undergraduate and gradu- was JoAnne Yates, deputy dean of the Sloan tion effort of Pythagoras Theater Arts department, would be something cool ate coursework regulations, respectively. The School of Management. “Rules governing un- by the MIT Kendall Band asking who would be able to work on,” Tarkanian motion was sponsored by Adam Albright, dergrad courses are designed to protect stu- Preservation Society. The to fix the art piece. Not- said. Together, Tarkanian chair of the Committee on Curricula; Ste- dents from having too many deliverables or swinging set of aluminum ing the suitability of MIT and the core group of stu- phen C. Graves, chair of the Committee on any tests in the last week of class,” Yates said chimes — controlled via students for the task, Sny- dents formed the MIT Graduate Programs; and Steven R. Hall ’80, in an email to The Tech. “I believe these pro- handles mounted on the der said, “I immediately Kendall Band Preservation chair of the Committee on the Undergradu- tections are appropriate for undergraduates, walls of the station — was thought it was a good Society. ate Program. but not necessary for graduate students.” created by local artist Paul match,” adding, “I thought The team took down the During the March faculty meeting, Al- Yates also had concerns that the chang- Matisse for the station 23 that students here would handles on the platform in bright explained that instructors have always es would restrict the options of faculty and years ago. It deteriorated probably be very interest- April 2010, and during the raised questions about tests and assignments graduate students in designing end of the to the point where the ed in getting involved.” summer they spent two due during the last week of classes and that term coursework. platform controls became Snyder emailed music days taking down the bells the regulations are worded somewhat differ- —Derek Chang dysfunctional in 2007 due groups and found several and hammers between the to wear and tear. interested students and a Pythagoras, Page 13 closed between Ames St. Smile, MIT! You’re on the Mood Meter IN Short and Mass. Ave. from 6 p.m. to Media Lab initiative aims to analyze the level of happiness on campus Today is the last day for tests 11 p.m. both tomorrow and in all undergraduate classes. It Sunday. Parking will also be is also the last day for assign- prohibited along the section By Laura Stilwell the Infinite Corridor, the Stata Center, ventors said that, while they could have ments and tests in all classes and the Student Center. made the Mood Meters recognize other on both days from 12 noon to with final exams. End-of-term 11:30 p.m. Are MIT students happier on Fri- The masterminds of the project expressions, both agreed that they want- regulations can be found at days? Do midterms prevent students are Javier Hernandez G and M. Ehsan ed to “cheer up the whole mood of MIT,” http://web.mit.edu/faculty/ Nathaniel C. Thomas ’11 has from smiling? Does the weather influ- Hoque G, two graduate students in according to Hernandez. teaching/termregs.html; viola- ence the mood of the campus? the Media Lab’s Affective Computing People playing with the meter by in- been awarded the Marshall tions can be reported at http:// The Media Lab’s Mood Meters, Group. Hoque and Hernandez’s re- tentionally cracking a smile or placing Scholarship, which allows violations.mit.edu/. which use four displays across campus search focuses on computing emotion pictures in front of the camera are un- him to study in the U.K. for two to gauge the mood of people passing and developing technologies that raise likely to affect the results of the project. years. Thomas will be studying FAST Light, the culmination by, aim to answer these questions. Part awareness of certain affective (emo- Though they could create an algorithm mathematics at the University of the Festival or Art, Science, of the MIT150 Festival of Arts, Science, tional) states. FAST provided the two to filter out such readings, both Hernan- of Cambridge beginning this and Technology, will take and Technology (FAST), the Mood Me- graduate students with support and the dez and Hoque say they are currently fall. place tomorrow and Sunday ters analyze the number and intensity opportunity to showcase different ele- interested in seeing the mood of MIT in the evening. The event will of smiles at MIT through an aggregate of ments of their research by placing their as people interact with the exhibits and Sunday is Mother’s Day. feature light and sound exhibi- facial expression data received via cam- work “in the wild,” Hoque said. as the MIT community becomes more Make sure to call your mother! tions along the Charles. eras at the four installations. The first Although those who interact with familiar with the technology. To further Mood Meter went live on April 6 on the the exhibit may try to display sad ex- encourage interaction, they have made Send news information and Memorial Drive will be third floor of the Media Lab, and since pressions, all emotions besides happy tips to [email protected]. then three more have been installed in are simply registered as neutral. The in- Mood Meters, Page 11 IS SYria LIKE Mission accomPLisheD? BaLLet at its A LittLE too SECTIONS World & Nation � � �2 Sort of, but now we need to get out of LiBYA? Finest UnnatUraL Opinion � � � � � � � � �4 Afghanistan� OPINION, p. 4 And does the global Bella Figura is pure beauty These mice seem to Fun Pages � � � � � � �6 community have a MULti-taLenteD and well worth the trip off get crazier every issue� Arts � � � � � � � � � � � �9 double standard? campus� FUN, p. 8 Sports � � � � � � � � �16 OPINION, p. 4 We chat with writer/director/actor/artist ARTS, p. 9 Miranda July� ARTS, p.
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