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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. 9 2 The Tech Friday, May 6, 2011 Syria steps up arrests and D raids in Damascus suburbs Bin Laden raid account, BEIRUT — Syrian security forces raided a restive Damascus suburb on Thursday, going house to house and arresting scores of men in a broad campaign that activists and U.S. officials say hastily told, proves fluid represents a new chapter in the crackdown on the country’s uprising against four decades of authoritarian rule. By Elisabeth Bumiller operation on the other side of the suspicions, particularly in the Arab

worl Backed by tanks, the forces swept through hundreds of The New York Times world. At the same time, White world, that the U.S. might be trying houses in Saqba, an impoverished town on the capital’s out- House officials worked hard to use to conceal some of the facts of the

n skirts that was the scene of a sprawling demonstration last WASHINGTON — On Monday, the facts of the raid to diminish bin operation, including that bin Laden week against the government of President Bashar Assad, who the Obama administration said Laden’s legacy. was unarmed. inherited power from his father, Hafez, in 2000. Human rights Osama bin Laden had been killed “There has never been any intent “It’s had a hugely negative im- groups put the number of arrests there at 286 and said secu- after a firefight with Navy SEAL to deceive or dramatize,” a military pact,” said Ahmed Rashid, a jour- rity forces were broadly focusing on men between the ages of commandos, and that he had used official said Thursday, asking that nalist and author who is an expert 18–50. his wife as a human shield. On Tues- he not be named because of ground on the Taliban and radical Islamism. Activists described the arrests as part of a campaign of in- day, the administration said that bin rules imposed by the Department White House officials “were overex- atio timidation that represents the government’s latest attempt to Laden was not armed at all, and that of Defense. “Everything we put out cited, obviously,” Rashid said. stanch seven weeks of unrest. The campaign of arrests appears his wife had not been a shield but we really believed to be true at the “Liberal Muslims who are very to have escalated in the past two weeks, and U.S. officials sug- had rushed her husband’s assaulter time.” sympathetic to the death of bin Lad- gested it might backfire as the protests build on momentum and was shot in the leg. Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for en really don’t know what to think,” gathered over successive Fridays. On Wednesday, the administra- the National Security Council, said he said. “The American story is very —Anthony Shadid, The New York Times tion backtracked again. This time it that as more and more members of confused.” downgraded its initial accounts of a the 79-member assault team were From Europe, even the arch- firefight that raged throughout the debriefed after the raid, revisions bishop of Canterbury weighed in. At

& N raid to gunshots fired only at the inevitably occurred. a news briefing Thursday, the Most Bill Clinton urges New York to beginning of the nearly 40-minute “It was the middle of the night, it Rev. Rowan Williams said that the operation by bin Laden’s courier, was a hectic operation in a foreign killing of an unarmed man left him legalize same-sex marriage who was quickly dispatched by the country, there was gunfire, so peo- “uncomfortable” and that “the dif- ALBANY, N.Y. — Bill Clinton, who as president signed commandos. ple’s accounts are clarified over time ferent versions of events that have legislation prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex mar- What happened? with more interviews,” Vietor said. emerged in recent days have not riages but has in recent years become a supporter of them, In the view of officials from past “What we did was make as much done a great deal to help.” called Thursday for New York state lawmakers to pass a mea- and present presidencies, it was a information available to you guys Many of the discrepancies at the orld sure allowing gay couples to wed. classic collision of a White House as quickly as we could, and correct White House came from the man “For more than a century, our Statue of Liberty has wel- desire to promote a stunning na- mistakes as quickly as we could.” who has been part of the bin Laden comed all kinds of people from all over the world yearning to tional security triumph — and feed But the shifting narrative may hunt for 15 years, John Brennan, the be free,” Clinton, a resident of Westchester County, said. “In a ravenous media — while collect- W have undermined the accomplish- president’s chief counterterrorism the 21st century, I believe New York’s welcome must include ing facts from a chaotic military ments of the SEAL team and raised adviser. marriage equality.” Clinton’s statement was released by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights group, as part of a campaign to high- light support for same-sex marriage by well-known New York- ers. The campaign has released video endorsements of the Republicans revise plan to limit legislation by the actress Julianne Moore, the former Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, Mayor Michael R. Bloom- berg, and the musician Russell Simmons, among others. —Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times consumer protection agency

By Edward Wyatt It didn’t stop, it just moved from be- ter the agency’s charter, making it and Ben Protess ing a fight out in the headlines, out in easier for other regulators to over- Earnings and subscribers rise The New York Times the middle of the street, to a fight in turn the bureau’s rules and replac- the back alleys.” ing its director with a five-person for DirecTV and Cablevision WASHINGTON — After losing But on Thursday, the fight re- commission. Two major television distributors, DirecTV and Cablevi- a contentious battle last year over turned to the open as 44 Senate “This is about accountability,” sion, reported gains in profit and in overall subscribers Thurs- creating an agency to protect con- Republicans sent a letter to Obama said Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, day, giving investors more confidence in the continued health sumers against deceptive financial saying they “will not support the the ranking Republican member of the cable and satellite subscription business. products, Republicans are fighting consideration of any nominee, re- of the Senate Banking Committee. DirecTV, the largest satellite TV distributor in the United the battle again, determined to rein gardless of party affiliation,” to di- “The bureau, as currently structured, States, reported net income of $674 million, or 85 cents a share, in the independence and financing rect the bureau until the agency is lacks any semblance of the checks in the quarter that ended in March, up from $558 million in the of the agency. restructured. and balances inherent in the Consti- same quarter last year. Cablevision, which has about 3.5 mil- The Consumer Financial Pro- With 44 of 47 Republican sena- tution. Everyone supports consumer lion cable subscribers, reported net income of $104 million, or tection Bureau has been one of tors digging in against the bureau, protection, but we should never en- 36 cents per share, up from $74 million. Washington’s drawn-out passion Democrats would be unable to gath- trust a single person with this much Earnings for the major distributors this year suggest that plays, featuring bankers and finance er the 60 votes necessary to end a power and public money.” the business is stable despite a slight dip in nationwide cable companies that want to undermine filibuster and bring a vote on a nom- The White House defended the and satellite subscriptions last year. Michael McCormack, a the agency and have villainized inee for director of the agency. That agency’s structure, saying it provid- telecom analyst for Nomura Securities, called the business Elizabeth Warren, the hard-edged leaves the president with the option ed “the strongest consumer protec- “healthier than expected” for the quarter. Harvard professor President Barack of a recess appointment, a move that tions in history.” “We believe investors may now begin to turn more positive Obama picked to start it. would anger legislators whose sup- “The consumer agency’s sole on the strength of the pay TV business model,” McCormack Warren has characterized the port the president is likely to need to mission is to protect American fami- wrote in an analyst report Thursday, contrasting that forecast fight as one in which opponents are tackle other issues, like cutting the lies and provide the tools they need with the concerns last year that some customers were cutting trying to stick “a knife in the ribs of deficit and raising the debt ceiling. to make smart financial decisions,” the cable cord, or at least considering doing so. the agency.” In a recent interview, Three bills are pending in the said Amy Brundage, a White House —Brian Stelter, The New York Times she said, “the fight has now shifted. House of Representatives to al- spokeswoman.

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Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, May 6, 2011 The Tech 3 Local Iraqi leaders blame branch WORLD & Nati Data gathered in raid connects of al-Qaida for yesterday’s attack BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber attacked a police training bin Laden to terror plot center Thursday in the predominantly Shiite city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing 25 people and wounding at least 75 in the second major bombing in Iraq this week. By Mark Mazzetti on Christmas, New Year’s Day, the information that might lead to iden- There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but officials and Scott Shane day of the State of the Union address, tifying the location of al-Qaida’s sur- blamed al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, a Sunni insurgent group that The New York Times or the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, viving leadership. has conducted dozens of attacks in the city in recent years, includ- 2001, attacks, officials said. But they Since Sunday night, when Presi- ing several in which the police and security officials were targets. WASHINGTON — After review- said there was no evidence of a spe- dent Barack Obama announced the The attack was the deadliest in Iraq since insurgents promised ing computer files and documents cific plot. An Obama administration killing of bin Laden in a daring raid, to increase violence in response to the killing of Osama bin Laden seized at the compound where official said that documents about counterterrorism officials have been in Pakistan on Monday. Osama bin Laden was killed, U.S. attacking railroads were among the alert to the possibility of new attacks Coming after a bombing attack killed 10 people in a Shiite intelligence analysts have concluded first to be translated from Arabic and from al-Qaida to avenge its lead- neighborhood of Baghdad on Tuesday, the violence underscored on that the chief of al-Qaida played a analyzed. er’s death and prove its continuing the continuing challenges for Iraqi security forces to secure the direct role for years in plotting terror The materials, along with others relevance. country as U.S. forces withdraw by the end of the year. attacks from his hideout in Abbot- reviewed in the intelligence cache, Department of Homeland Secu- Although there are far fewer attacks than at the height of the tabad, Pakistan, U.S. officials said have given intelligence officials a rity officials have reviewed potential sectarian war in 2007, there are still bombings and assassinations WORLD & Nati Thursday. much richer picture of the al-Qaida terrorist targets and deployed extra virtually every day. With bin Laden’s whereabouts founder’s leadership of the network security at airports. And in response —Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times and activities a mystery in recent as he tried to elude a global dragnet. to the new evidence seized at the bin years, many intelligence analysts and “He wasn’t just a figurehead,” Laden compound, the Transporta- terror experts had concluded that he said one U.S. official, speaking only tion Security Administration issued a had been relegated to an inspiration- on condition of anonymity, who had bulletin to rail companies. A year after devastating damage, al figure with little role in current and been briefed on the documents. “He But officials emphasized that future al-Qaida operations. continued to plot and plan, to come the information was both dated and gratitude in a tornado-torn town A rushed examination of the trove up with ideas about targets, and to vague. YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Just more than a year ago, when the 170- of materials from the compound in communicate those ideas to other “It looks very, very aspirational, mph winds of a deadly tornado ripped the eastern stretch of this Pakistan prompted Obama admin- senior Qaida leaders.” and we have no evidence that it de- town to shreds, Noreene Girard could do nothing but cry. istration officials Thursday to issue The crash program across the veloped beyond the initial discus- “The trauma of it was unbearable,” she said, recalling the devas- a warning that al-Qaida last year had intelligence community to translate sion,” said Matt Chandler, a spokes- tation that struck this struggling part of the Delta region. considered attacks on U.S. railroads. and analyze the documents has as man for Homeland Security. “We The tornado damaged 300 homes, killed 10 people and caused The documents include a hand- its top priority discovering any clues want to stress that this alleged al- $50 million in damage, earning its place as the worst natural disas- written notebook from February 2010 about terror attacks that might be Qaida plotting is based on initial re- ter in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina. that discusses tampering with tracks in the works. Intelligence analysts porting, which is often misleading or But this week, Girard was shedding tears of a different sort, as on to derail a train on a bridge, possibly also were scrubbing the files for any inaccurate and subject to change.” members of Hillcrest Baptist Church hoisted a fresh white steeple above the timber frame that is to be their new sanctuary. It was a moment that, to Girard and others, felt like a crowning achieve- ment against the storm. WORLD & Nati “To be down for so long and finally feel that you are coming back up?” she said. “I just started to cry.” House Republicans are shelving The healing that has taken place here is only just beginning in the rest of the region, as cities and towns continue to search for the missing and assess the destruction spawned last week by a barrage bid to overhaul Medicare rules of tornadoes from Texas to Virginia. —Susan Saulny, The New York Times By Carl Hulse to proceed. Americans 65 and older. and Jackie Calmes “I’m not interested in talking Putting aside the proposal would The New York Times about whether the House is going remove one of the biggest points of House passes bill to reinstate to pass a bill that the Senate shows contention between the parties as WASHINGTON — House Repub- no interest in,” Camp said in an ap- they address both the nation’s long- auctions for offshore drilling licans signaled Thursday that they pearance at the National Press Club. term budget problems and the more WASHINGTON — With rising gasoline prices and skyrocket- were backing away from the center- “I’m not interested in laying down immediate need for an agreement ing oil company profits as a backdrop, the House approved a bill piece of their budget plan — a pro- more markers. I am interested in on raising the federal debt limit. Thursday to force the Obama administration to accelerate oil lease posal to overhaul Medicare — in a solutions.” The development came as Vice sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Virginia coast. decision that underscored both the Coupled with remarks by oth- President Joe Biden held a first nego- The 266-149 vote, largely along party lines, was a skirmish in the on difficulties and political perils of ad- er House Republican leaders, his tiating session with members of both larger battle between Republicans and Democrats to capitalize on dressing the nation’s long-term fiscal statement suggested that the par- parties to try to find a deal that would consumer anger over the price of gasoline, which has now passed problems. ty’s Medicare proposal had been allow Congress to raise the debt ceil- $4 a gallon in most parts of the country. While top Republicans insisted shelved, even though the party’s ing this year. The bill would reinstate auctions for the right to drill offshore, WORLD & Nati that they remained committed to lawmakers had taken a risky vote Republicans are demanding which have been pushed back by the administration to allow more the Medicare initiative, which had to pass the budget in the House spending cuts and other measures to time for environmental and safety reviews. become the target of intense attacks just last month, and in the past two reduce the budget deficit as the price Opponents of the measure said the Republican-sponsored bill, by Democrats and liberal groups weeks had attempted to sell it to con- of support for raising the debt ceiling. titled the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, reflected in recent weeks, the lawmaker who stituents in often-stormy town halls The Republican Medicare plan “amnesia” about the dangers of offshore drilling barely a year af- would have to turn the proposal into meetings. was never likely to be adopted as part ter the Deepwater Horizon blowout killed 11 people and spewed legislation said he had no plans to do Republicans suggested that they of any deal on the debt limit. But the about 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf. so any time soon. would continue to press to rein in decision by Republicans to pull back Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, said Republi- The lawmaker, Rep. Dave Camp, the growing costs of Medicare, even the proposal was a tacit acknowl- cans were pushing an energy agenda that benefited multinational R-Mich., and chairman of the Ways if not through the current proposal, edgment that the politics of entitle- oil companies without providing relief for U.S. motorists. and Means Committee, said that which would transform the program ment reform remain so volatile that “Republicans have brought to the floor another ‘drill only’ bill while he still supported the party’s into one in which the federal gov- pressing ahead in the face of intense that would not bring down prices at the pump,” Pelosi said. “It’s a Medicare approach, opposition ernment subsidized the purchase of Democratic opposition could cost boon to Big Oil that would make another catastrophic oil spill more from Democrats made it pointless private health insurance coverage by the party dearly at the polls. likely.” —John M. Broder, The New York Times

Climate changes hinder crop on US seeks to financially aid Libyans yields in some areas, study finds

Global warming is already cutting substantially into potential WORLD & Nati crop yields in some countries — to such an extent that it may be a in rebel areas with seized assets factor in the food price increases that have caused worldwide stress in recent years, researchers suggest in a new study. By Steven Lee Myers The military operation, which to billions of dollars’ worth of help, Yields were down by more than 10 percent in Russia and by a and Rachel Donadio critics seems stalled, has largely including cash to pay salaries and few percentage points each in India, France, and China compared The New York Times succeeded in its stated mission of provide services in the parts of the with what they probably would have been without rising tempera- stopping the advance of his forces country under the control of the tures, according to the study, which focused on the years 1980 to ROME — The United States an- but has not done enough to stop rebels, led by a group called the 2008. nounced Thursday that it would try indiscriminate shelling in cities like Transitional National Council. Frat- Corn yields were off a few percentage points in China, Brazil, to release some of the more than Misrata and Zintan or force Gadhafi tini acknowledged that so far na- and France from what would have been expected, said the re- $30 billion in assets seized from to step down. tions had provided only a fraction searchers, whose findings were published in Friday’s issue of the Libya’s leader, Moammar Gadhafi, “We shall not leave a divided of that. journal Science. as international officials said they and insecure Libya as a playground But Thursday, Qatar’s prime Some countries saw small gains from the temperature increas- would create a fund to give money for Gadhafi’s mercenaries,” said minister, Sheik Hamad bin Jassim es, however. And in all agricultural countries, the extra carbon di- directly to the Libyan rebels. Italy’s foreign minister, Franco Frat- Al Thani, said that Qatar would put oxide that humans are pumping into the air acted as a fertilizer that And for the first time, Qatar put tini. “Our message must be that we $400 million to $500 million into helped to encourage plant growth, offsetting some of the losses the question of supplying arms shall keep up the pressure, using all the fund, and that Kuwait had put in from rising temperatures caused by that same greenhouse gas. on to the rebels on the table, but no legitimate means and with the aim $180 million. “I don’t think we have The study’s authors found that when the gains in some coun- agreement was reached. also of convincing Gadhafi’s entou- shortage of money, we had shortage tries were weighed against the losses in others the overall global ef- The developments came Thurs- rage to join the many who have al- of mechanism,” Thani said. “Now, fect of climate change on crop yields has been small so far: losses of day at a meeting in Rome that ap- ready defected.” we agreed on the mechanism, that’s a few percentage points for wheat and corn from what they would W peared to bolster the NATO-led Above all, the international of- what was important.” have been without climate change. The overall impact on produc- military intervention. Hosted by ficials said they would create a spe- Frattini and Thani said the fund tion of rice and soybeans was negligible. Italy and Qatar, it brought together cial fund of hundreds of millions of would be managed by a five-mem- But the authors of the study — David Lobell and Justin Costa- o officials representing two dozen dollars to allow humanitarian and ber steering board composed of Roberts of Stanford University and Wolfram Schlenker of Colum- NATO nations, Arab countries, and other financial assistance to flow three Libyans chosen by the Transi- bia University — pointed out that temperature increases were ex- R

international organizations. into rebel-controlled parts of Libya tional National Council; a represen- pected to accelerate in coming decades, making it likely that that l The meeting was aimed at in- despite United Nations sanctions tative of Qatar; and a representative the impact on food production will worsen at a time when demand tensifying diplomatic and financial that apply to Gadhafi’s government. from either Italy or France on a six- is expected to rise sharply. D pressure on Gadhafi’s government. Libya’s opposition has asked for month rotating basis. —Justin Gillis, The New York Times 4

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interview MayFriday, 6, 2011 10 The Tech Friday, May 6, 2011 book review Giving back the funk? Tony Rauch’s short stories are a worthy solution to that pre-finals slump By Kathryn Dere traordinary goings-on throughout most of the affections of his love in life after life: arts editor these tall tales. “He has a sad look about him — far-away eyeballs growing all On the surface, the stories — some- eyes, furrowed brow, sunken cheeks, as if Perhaps I can explain the draw of Tony times a few pages long and other times he has been living with the same uncertain over me … again Rauch’s new book, eyeballs growing all over only a few paragraphs long — all seem burden hanging over his head for years me … again, rather quickly through one incredibly far-fetched and ridiculous. But and years.” by Tony Rauch analogy: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick for as many times as Rauch reaches out Such lucidity also comes in the form of (1984, Chris Van Allsburg). Harris Burdick and explores the exciting other worlds, unlikely characters and situations. There’s Eraserhead Press was a collection of illustrations by Van the paperboy-spy, a minor with that kind October 2010 Allsburg, each accompanied by a title and For as many times as of wisdom and understanding that only a single line of text. The goal, according to children have, who encounters a scientist $10.95 elementary school teachers, was to make growing identical humanoids in fish tanks Arts Arts Art S children think creatively and come up with Rauch reaches out and in his basements. (Incidentally, he also stories incorporating the text and the pic- explores the exciting makes me want to belt out “Little People” which all the characters face the weirdness ture. “Mr. Linden’s Library,” a picture of a from Les Misérables.) The poor protagonist that they encounter. In “the eyes,” a boy sleeping girl and vines sprouting from the other worlds, he clings in “giant chicken menacing from above” reveals a metallic skeletal structure under- binding of an open book in front of her, brings together comedy and tragic social neath the skin of his arm, and none of his sparked a sea of creative juices from ex- onto stark reality. commentary, bemoaning, “I try everything friends are particularly shocked: “‘Randy,

A RTS cited fifth graders; eyeballs does the same — poking fun at the inner existentialism are you a robot?’ Dolly wondered politely, thing for the more mature reader. he clings onto stark reality. “Send krupac of the lonely starkness of the modern de- as if concerned.” Rauch’s eyeballs, the perfect solution to through the portal” tells the tale of a young sign magazines, inciting brawls and rural The ending to each of these tales is of- that artistic funk that visits us more often man who decides to journey through par- pancake houses, faking flamboyant panic ten anti-climactic, and often humorous. than we would like, is almost as if Tim Bur- allel universes. His motives, however, are attacks at solemn basilicas … — hoping to Are we ever meant to really know what is ton had injected some of his slightly darker less lofty: The young man’s state of mind is find the secret of life hidden amongst its going on? Probably not. But in the bizarre ideas into van Allsburg’s illustrations. But not unlike post-Summer Tom in (500) Days many layers of meaning.” In “people have situations that Rauch crafts, we often see while Burton’s The Melancholy Death of of Summer, and he sojourns in the hopes been drifting away lately,” Rauch describes reality: Somehow those subtle layers of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997) was of- that somewhere out there, his love inter- a world where “you’ll see someone scatter- completely implausible situations reopen ten downright disturbing, eyeballs grow- est will reciprocate his feelings. A fleeting ing down the street, flat as can be, caught that door outside the box. It’s an escape ing all over me … again carries a stream of sense of foreboding comes from Hinrich, a in the wind like an old newspaper.” from the MIT grindstone — and a way out strangely cheerful acceptances of the ex- man who had tried unsuccessfully to gain Most unnerving is the nonchalance with of the dreaded artistic funk. Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts A RTS Friday, May 6, 2011 The Tech 11 Mood Meters aggregate, report student smile data To address privacy concerns, developers say Mood Meters only collect smile metrics Mood Meters, from Page 1 Although Hernandez and Hoque have received countless suggestions all the data they collect during the on what they could do next with project visible — in real time — on their Mood Meter, such as one Twit- their website, http://moodmeter.me- ter user’s suggestion to “install this dia.mit.edu. meter immediately in the U.S. Sen- The success of the Mood Meter is ate,” neither have any future plans apparent from the crowds of visitors for the Mood Meter at the moment; seen collecting around the screens instead, they both said they would and students stopping in the hall to prefer to focus on research. Never- smile and observe how the Meter theless, they hope that by engaging fluctuates. the community and addressing the People were not always so en- thused about the project, especially Both developers due to privacy concerns. Prior to the deployment of the project, Hoque agreed that they and Hernandez met with Infor- wanted to ‘cheer up mation Services and Technology (IS&T), the Security and Emergency the mood of MIT,’ Management Office (SEMO), and Hernandez said. Audio Visual Services to explain that the Meter does not record im- issue of privacy, they have served ages or any personal information of as a voice for this type of tech- those passing by. Instead, they said, nology, paving the way for future the installation collects data from a applications. live feed of, according to Hernandez, The idea of assessing emotions “just the number of smiles” and “just with the use of technology is not nec- the number of people.” essarily new. For example, the Dutch Hernandez and Hoque were Applications Company has created open about the objective of the proj- an application for iPhone and An- ect from the beginning and main- droid called Happy Map that ques- tained that there never was going to tions users in Belgium about their be any image recording. Because of mood and then generates a map of this, they said they were able to win the mood levels across the country. over the concerned parties and ob- However, such data can be unreli- tain the permission needed to install able due to user’s subjectivities. the Mood Meters. Hoque said that Technology employed in the Mood with “transparency from the very Meter instead aims to provide a Jessica l. wass—The Tech beginning, people can be very sup- more accurate and objective method “Mood Meters,” a FAST Art Festival installation, have taken up residence in the Infinite Corridor, the Stata portive and understanding.” of assessing moods and emotions. Center, the Media Lab, and the first floor of the Student Center.

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photoillustration by jessica liu; photos by Melissa Renée Schumacher—tech file photo Several of Walker Memorial’s student groups, pictured in this December 2010 file photo. The Walker Memorial Assessment Team is evaluating the feasibility of using Walker as a space for Music and Theater Arts, which could mean students groups will need to find new homes.

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Investor appetite is strong. debt crisis, the Standard & Poor’s pany Zipcar sold its shares at $18 — a share, the top of its range. On the first worried that valuations are becom- But not all the stocks are sure 500-stock index is up 28 percent couple of dollars above its expected day of trading, the stock fell 19 per- ing unhinged from fundamentals. bets. since August. It tracks the improve- range. Zipcar currently trades at $25. cent to close at $9.30. On Wednesday, Renren, often Following a string of healthy de- ment in the deal-making environ- About 30 percent of offerings “We’re not really concerned described as the Facebook of China, buts, the pipeline for initial public ment, with mergers and acquisitions have priced above expectations so about stock prices today or tomor- rose 29 percent on its first day of offerings is bursting. In all, 168 com- at their highest volume since before far this year, according to Renais- row,” said NetQin’s chief financial trading. The social networking site, panies are waiting to go public in the the financial crisis. sance Capital. In 2010, only 12 per- officer, Suhai Ji. He said he was more which lost money last year, is now United States — the largest backlog “There is a connection between cent did the same. focused on the strategic value of go- worth $6.6 billion, some 86 times last since 2000, according to Renais- the M&A market and going public,” “Last year, we had a market where ing public, including the cachet of year’s revenue. sance Capital, an IPO advisory firm. said David J. Goldschmidt, a lawyer investors had been in the driver’s a listing on the NYSE and building At that level, the Chinese social The group, which includes Dunkin’ at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & seat,” said Kathleen S. 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Outstanding Player ofthe 6-4, respectively. finish,winning 6-3, 6-0, and6-3, were the firsttwo Engineers to championship. andPang Zhang of six singles matches forthe out only two to win and needed three outed with doubles wins the Engineers onceagain start against Coast Guard onSunday, decided. After thetournament, Wu Pang was named the Most In thetournament final - - ence finals. spot in their respective confer asthe teams fighta series for reasons notto watch two these fanto comeupwith sports true stars are coming to town. now that theHeat anditssuper but it’s achievedabitmore hype hascity, always bustling, been Garden inBoston,ahuge sports “white-hot Heat.” And the TD fans inwhite, forthe cheering in Miami isalways packed with Airlines Arena The American provenalso spectacular. to be in thearenas have inthisseries Championships. Team to played intheNCAA are whetherthey to see select will also wait They weekend. Finalsonships andNCAA this Regional Champithe NCAA - Next up for the Engineers are proves itsoverall record to 13-4. opponents thisyear andim- is now 5-0against conference and four ofthesix singles spots. allthreetook doubles positions ference team, onwhich MIT were fortheAll-Con - selected of the Year. players MIT Seven W. Hagymas was named Coach It difficult for wouldbe any With wins, thetwo theteam - - - season inaugural finishes Shotgun team Sport targets downrange. Army next year andmore broken ward Vermont with to shoots and der itsbelt, theclub islooking for with one year un- and season, first ascorewith of74/100. T. Chai ’12 inwomen’s fourth placed hitting 90/100 targets, whileElaina thirdplaced inthemen’s division, dividually, ’11 Thomas M. Cervantes spots overall inthetournament. In- and Vermont thefirst took three eastern, andTufts. from Squads Yale beating from squads Harvard, North- lead thepack ofBostonarea schools, shootersexcelled. Overall,MIT MIT tions ontheday ofthetournament, lated from four rounds of25 targets. Cumulativesecond. scores are tabu- a —allwithin 1°accuracy ing within correcting for lead, aiming, and fir requires identifying itstrajectory, yards downrange. Hitting thetarget atshooter 30mph are targeted 30–40 ation and fifthplacetook fourth at from Sporting theMIT Clays- Associ —Charles Lin, Team Representative ClayThe Cup concludes MIT’s condi - coldandwindy Despite In itsinaugural squads season, s flying away from the which small clay discs in shooting discipline intrap,ed ashotgun ers from compet MIT Cup on April 16. Shoot the New England Clay SHort Friday, May 6, 2011 6, Friday, May - - - -