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Volume 130, Number 22 tech.mit.edu Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Super mashup success! Union strike hits Shaw’s Shoppers asked to boycott chain as 300 continue to strike

By Margaret Cunniff STAFF REPORTER

For the past two months, over 300 Shaw’s workers have been on strike at Shaw’s ware- house 30 miles away in Methuen. This week- end, the protest came to the MIT Shaw’s on Sid- ney Street. Picketers in Cambridge handed out flyers in front of the store and asked patrons to boycott Shaw’s until the strike is resolved. Warehouse workers at the Methuen Distri- bution Center have been on strike since March GREG STEINBRECHER!THE TECH 8, after workers rejected a new contract that Allin D. Resposo ’11 hangs out with Super Mash Bros after winning the Spring Weekend Mashup Competition. Students sub- would have significantly increased their health mitted mashups for student voting, and Super Mash Bros. selected a winner from the top three to play during their concert. care costs. They voted 228-8 to go on strike. On April 1, Shaw’s cut off health care coverage for the 300 striking workers. According to Judy Chong, a representative for Shaw’s, The MIT Shaw’s will not be affected Confronting the ‘elephant in the room’ in the near future despite the strike. “We want our customers to know that it is our every inten- !is week, students to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus tion to serve them and provide them with fresh goods,” Chong said. By Jingyun Fan “It’s odd right? Why won’t you MIT Chorallaries performed a two dozen students gathered in In order to maintain normal functions, ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR talk about it?” McKnight said. few songs, ending with “Defy- Shaw’s has begun hiring permanent replace- The event schedule this year ing Gravity.” Afterward, around Awareness, Page 11 ment workers. Chong says the decision to hire Sexual Assault Awareness has been pared back somewhat. new workers was difficult but necessary. Week started yesterday in Stata, “We wanted to focus on doing The Methuen Distribution Center serves 176 when around two dozen stu- it well,” said Liz Jensen ’13, one Shaw’s stores across New England, including the dents gathered to share private of the main organizers. Today, stores in the Cambridge and Boston area. Work- stories about sexual violence. they will conduct a screening ers and sympathizers started picketing outside The event, called Take Back the of The Line, a documentary the distribution center at the beginning of the Night, began a week of activities about what constitutes consent. strike, but they have since expanded and are intended to bring talk of sexual On Wednesday, there will be a now picketing at 19 Shaw’s stores, both union- assault into the open, as the first lunch for assault survivors in ized and non-unionized. Many of the picketers step toward ending it. an undisclosed location. And are from local Shaw’s unions. “We are trying to start a con- all week, the MIT community is The major sticking point in the new contract versation, talking about the... asked to make a pledge to end was a disagreement over how to distribute a 13 elephant in the room, starting derogatory language. percent increase in health care costs. Under the to work toward an end to it...” The Week is a joint effort by original contract, a large part of the increase said Jason McKnight, a residen- the Program for Medical Vio- would fall on employees, significantly increas- tial life associate for graduate lence Prevention Response, the ing costs of premiums for workers. The union students and one of the primary Program in Women’s and Gen- felt this increase was an unreasonable burden organizers of the Week’s events. der Studies, Residential Life, the on workers, especially those who support fami- Accordingly, the mascot for the Student Activities Office, and JINGYUN FAN!THE TECH lies. Week is an elephant, represent- MIT Medical’s Center for Health The Chorallaries sang “Defying Gravity” at Take Back the Night Two contracts have been voted down by the ing the heavy silence surround- Promotion and Wellness. in Stata on Monday. The event kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness ing the topic of sexual violence. At Take Back the Night, the Week, which continues with a screening of The Line today. Shaws, Page 13

This Thursday, ARCTAN IN SHORT Webby People’s Voice Award, whose Twitter (25 percent), Hulu (24 per- will be holding a bone mar- MIT News O!ce winners are determined popular cent), Pandora (17 percent), Jim Car- Surprised to see so many row donor registration drive online vote; and the Webby Award, rey’s official website (17 percent), students in business casual in the Coffeehouse from 9 may win Webby whose winners are determined by and the FAIL Blog (17 percent). today? That’s because it’s a.m. to 7 p.m. The MIT News Office is winning a members of the Academy. To participate in the voting, visit Badge Day for Greek Week! close race for its first Webby People’s Voting this year began on April 13 the People’s Voice Webby Awards The Residential Life Pro- Voice Award. As of Monday April 26, and will continue until April 29. The website (http://webby.aol.com/). Eat a balanced breakfast! grams office will be moving the News Office leads the pack in winner will be announced on May 4. The five websites nominated for The UA is serving up free today from the Student Center the category for best school/univer- Winners of the competition re- the School/University category are: breakfast on the Student Cen- (W20-549) to the Heinz Build- sity website, topping Wheaton Col- ceive a small Webby Award statu- r
MIT News Office — http://web. ter steps, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., ing (W59-200), located next to lege (30 percent), The University of ette, a framed award certificate, and mit.edu/newsoffice/ for Wellness Week. Volunteers Simmons Hall. An open house Puget Sound (15 percent), Bucknell an Webby badge that may be placed r
Wheaton College 150th Anniver- will also be passing out $2 cou- will be held at the new office University (14 percent), and Point on their website. sary — http://150.wheaton.edu/ pons for the produce market at soon after the opening. Park University (8 percent). The judging criteria differ for r
University of Puget Sound Web- East Campus. The annual Webby Awards, each category. Websites are evalu- site — http://www.pugetsound. Run, swim, bike. Put your fit- sponsored International Academy of ated based on content, structure/ edu/ Acknowledge the elephant ness to the test in the IronNerd Digital Arts and Sciences, honor the navigation, visual design, function- r
Point Park University Generic U in the room. Sexual Assault Triathlon on Sunday May 2. best of the internet. There over 100 ality, interactivity, and overall expe- Campaign Web — http://www.ge- Awareness Week began yes- The race starts at 4 p.m. categories covering websites, inter- rience. nericu.com/ terday. To find the schedule active advertising, online film and So far, over 580,000 votes have r
Bucknell University Virtual Tour of events, visit http://elephant. Send news information and video, and the mobile web. In each been cast since April 13. Across all — http://community.bucknell.edu/ mit.edu/. tips to [email protected]. category, two prizes are given: The categories, the top vote getters are — Robert McQueen

IMMIGRANTS ARE BROUHAHA RHYTHM STEAL MY COMIC SEEING GREEN SECTIONS GOOD FOR US Sure, 3-D enhances realism, but some- Overpopulation will World & Nation . . .2 Open borders not times that’s a bad thing. CL, p. 6 A history lesson. FUN, p. 8 be the problem that Opinion ...... 4 Campus Life . . . . .6 only make economic spawns many more VARIOUS STATES OF UNDRESS problems if we don’t Fun Pages ...... 8 sense, but are a moral Sports ...... 15 imperative. (Arizona is In which M. voyages into the not-so-bad keep ourselves in insane.) OPN, p. 5 world of online dating. CL, p. 6 check. OPN, p. 4 ! T!" T"#! T$"%&'(, A)*+, -., -/0/ Globe, newspapers across D US see circulation fall O! Wall Street, companies The Globe’s daily circulation fell 23.2 percent to 232,432 in the six-month period that ended in March, compared to worry about "nancial bill the same period a year ago, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Globe’s Sunday circulation dropped 18.8 percent to 378,949. Weekday circulation at the Herald fell By Eric Lichtblau other Wall Street financial business- ing to determine what impacts these WORL 12 percent to 132,551, while Sunday declined 4.6 percent to and Ron Nixon es that have become the main targets proposals will have on business, in- 91,040. THE NEW YORK TIMES of the legislation, and the lobbying tentionally or unintentionally.” The Globe’s publisher, Christopher M. Mayer, said in a push by other industries shows just While the legislation’s supporters

N memo to the paper’s staff that the lower circulation numbers WASHINGTON – Mars, the maker how broadly the legislation could af- in Congress insist that most nonfi- were expected after the company raised prices last summer in of M&M’s and Snickers, wants to make fect American businesses. nancial companies have little to wor- most areas by 30 percent to 50 percent to boost revenue. sure it can continue dabbling in the It also illustrates what some crit- ry about, many of these businesses In contrast to print circulation, he said, local traffic at the derivatives market to protect the price ics say is legislation so loosely drawn say they are deeply concerned that Globe’s website, Boston.com, rose 16 percent. of sugar and chocolate for its candies. that it may inadvertently cover a the sweeping provisions in the 1,400- — Jennifer B. McKim, The Boston Globe Harley-Davidson is worried that host of companies that are involved page congressional bills, particularly its dealer-financed loans to bikers in lending or moving money, even if the regulation of the derivatives mar-

ATIO will fall victim to new federal financ- they operate far from Wall Street and ket, the creation of a consumer finan- ing regulations. And eBay is con- had little to do with the crisis. Some cial protection board and rules on United-Continental talks cerned about possible restrictions industries, like payday lenders, fear corporate government, could draw on PayPal, a subsidiary, in moving that the financial overhaul may be a them in and affect their bottom lines. stalled over share prices money in the Internet marketplace. backdoor way for Congress to regu- For instance, auto dealers from Merger talks between United Airlines and Continental Air- Far afield from Wall Street, the late them, something they have suc- 35 states are converging on Wash- lines reached an impasse during the weekend over a disagree- intense debate over the overhaul of cessfully fought for years. ington this week to meet with their ment about the price of a deal, people involved in the negotia- financial regulations by Congress is Indeed, Steve Adamske, com- senators’ offices starting on Tues-

& N & tions said Sunday. attracting some unlikely but pow- munications director of the House day to seek an exemption from leg- More specifically, the two companies have not been able erful players. More than 130 com- Financial Services Committee, ac- islation that would treat them as fi- to reach an agreement over the value of the stock prices used panies from the manufacturing, knowledges that some House legisla- nancial lending institutions subject to compute the exchange ratio in a stock-for-stock deal, these retail and service industries have tion would regulate payday lenders, to new federal regulations. people said. The ratio would affect the price United would ulti- retained high-powered lobbyists to who make short-term, high-interest “I don’t think the level of concern mately pay for the deal. weigh in on, and often oppose, the loans to people who promise to pay could be any higher,” David Hyatt, Many other elements of a potential merger had already regulatory system being debated in full with their next check. vice president for the National Au- been agreed upon, including keeping the United name. The this week in Washington, according “There is a fair amount of caution tomobile Dealers Association, said

ORLD companies had also settled on naming United’s chief, Glenn to an analysis of lobbying records any time the federal government Monday. “There’s a sense of urgen- Tilton, as chairman and Continental’s chief, Jeffery Smisek, as by The New York Times. proposes new oversight,” said Chris- cy. And we’ve got to raise awareness chief executive of the combined airline. The companies bear little resem- topher Colwell, a lobbyist for Check about why this doesn’t make sense But one person involved in the discussions described the blance to Goldman Sachs and the N’ Go, a payday lender. “We are try- and why it’s anti-consumer.”

W disagreement over the stock ratio as a potential deal-breaker,

though the companies are continuing to negotiate. The chief executives of the two airlines spoke with each other Friday and Saturday about the exact ratio of shares that United planned to pay for Continental, these people said. It was their first dis- Future Pope attempted to get cussion about a stock exchange ratio since the two airlines re- sumed merger talks more than a week ago. — Andrew Ross Sorkin and Michael J. De La Merced, The New York Times fuller inquiry in abuse case

By Katrin Bennhold of the clergyman, who died in 2003, misconduct by elite clergy members THE NEW YORK TIMES and the involvement of Benedict, a than other top Vatican officials did, Graham pulls support for Bavarian theologian with many con- including his boss, John Paul. VIENNA – As Pope Benedict nections to German-speaking Aus- Unlike John Paul, his predeces- Senate climate bill XVI has come under scrutiny for tria, paints a more complex picture. sor, Benedict has as pope apologized WASHINGTON – In a move that may derail a comprehen- his handling of sexual abuse cases, Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph and met with sexual abuse victims. sive climate change and energy bill in the Senate, one of the both his supporters and his crit- Ratzinger, had the ear of Pope John But while he often, as a cardinal, measure’s central architects, Sen. Lindsey Graham, has issued ics have paid fresh attention to the Paul II and was able to block a fa- used his clout to enforce doctrine an angry protest over what he says are Democratic plans to give way he responded to a sexual abuse vored candidate for archbishop of and sideline clergy members whose priority to a debate over immigration policy. scandal in Austria in the 1990s, one Vienna, clearing the way for Groer views diverged from his own, he Graham, R-S.C., said in a sharply worded letter on Satur- of the most damaging to confront to assume the post in 1986, say se- seemed less willing at that time to day that he would no longer participate in negotiations on the the church in Europe. nior church officials and priests with aggressively pursue sexual abusers. energy bill, throwing its already cloudy prospects deeper into Defenders of Benedict cite his knowledge of the process. His critics Monsignor Helmut Schuller, a doubt. He had been working for months with Sens. John Kerry, role in dealing with Cardinal Hans question how this influence failed former vicar general of the Vienna D-Mass., and Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., on the legislation, Hermann Groer of Vienna as evi- him nine years later in seeking a full- Archdiocese, says the church can- which they were scheduled to announce with considerable dence that he moved assertively, if er investigation into the case. not win back the trust of Catholics fanfare on Monday morning. That announcement has been in- quietly, against abusers. They note Benedict’s ambiguous role unless the pope is more forthcom- definitely postponed. that Groer left office six months has made the Groer case a kind of ing about his past role in managing In his letter to his two colleagues, Graham said that he was after accusations of his molesting Rorschach test of the future pope’s abuse scandals. troubled by reports that the Senate Democratic leader, Harry boys first appeared in the Austrian treatment of sexual abuse during “He cannot expect others to be Reid of Nevada, and the White House were planning to take up news media in 1995. The future his long stewardship of the Congre- transparent, like the Irish bishops an immigration measure before the energy bill. Graham has pope, they say, favored a full ca- gation of the Doctrine of the Faith, he appeals to in his letter, and not worked with Democrats in the past on immigration matters nonical investigation, only to be the Vatican’s powerful doctrinal be transparent himself,” said Schull- and was expected to be an important bridge to Republicans on blocked by other ranking officials in body. er, who until 2005 was the archdio- that issue, as well as on energy. the Vatican. There are indications that Bene- cese’s ombudsman for sexual abuse — John M. Broder, The New York Times A detailed look at the rise and fall dict had a lower tolerance for sexual cases.

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defeat of Prime Minister Nouri Allawi’s bloc won 91 seats in the ernment has faced new criticism before telling them: “to make sure you’ll receive prerecorded ex- ON al-Maliki’s coalition and possi- country’s new 325-seat parliament, after a series of bombings at Shiite clusive J. Jill savings and event messages - like this one, please press bly allowing him the first chance compared with 89 for al-Maliki’s mosques and neighborhoods on 1 now,’’ or call a provided toll-free number. to form a new coalition govern- State of Law coalition, according Friday. Talbots declined to comment on the lawsuit; the FTC did not ment. to preliminary results announced a The machinations over the re- return calls for comment. WORLD & NATI The court disqualified the can- month ago that have now been cast sults have also cast doubt on the — Todd Wallack, The Boston Globe didate on charges that he was a in doubt. ultimate fairness of an election loyalist of Saddam Hussein’s Baath The court also disqualified 51 that was seen as a test of Iraq’s na- Party, and it left open the possibility other losing candidates; the votes scent democracy and the ability of barring still more. they received will be discarded, re- of the United States to withdraw. Wal-Mart sex discrimination Moves by the court, if upheld on quiring a recalculation of the win- The political impasse has revived appeal, will erase the two-seat vic- ners – and losers – across the ballot. sectarian tensions that are nev- lawsuit cleared for trial tory by a largely secular coalition Under Iraq’s tortuous and untested er far from the surface and has In a closely watched case, a sharply divided federal appeals court led by Ayad Allawi, a Shiite who election laws, that could cost Al- raised the specter of even more on Monday ruled 6-5 that a sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal- served as an interim prime minis- lawi’s bloc a second seat, while violence. Mart can proceed as a class action for more than 1 million women. ter after the American overthrow of awarding seats to al-Maliki or other Allawi’s supporters, many of The lawsuit is the biggest employment discrimination case in the Hussein. parties, officials said. them Sunni Muslims, denounced nation’s history. After a decade of pretrial maneuvering, the deci- At a minimum, it will further The director of a disputed com- the ruling and other moves since sion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paves the way for a trial delay the formation of a new gov- mission charged with purging for- the March 7 election as an effort to begin for the plaintiffs, who are seeking billions of dollars from ernment through the months when mer Baath loyalists also disclosed to undercut the voters’ will. Sunni Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer. the Obama administration plans to Monday that he had asked the anger over elections in 2005 fueled “Wal-Mart tries to project an improved image as a good cor-

withdraw its combat troops, leaving court to bar eight more winning the insurgency that engulfed the porate citizen,” said Brad Seligman, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. “No ON a force of only 50,000 by Septem- candidates. The court is expected country. amount of PR is going to work until it addresses the claims of its female employees.” The lawsuit, brought in 2001, accuses the retailer of systemati-

cally paying women less than men, giving them smaller raises and WORLD & NATI offering women fewer opportunities for promotion. The plaintiffs stressed that while 65 percent of Wal-Mart’s hourly employees A republican mainstay for the were women, only 33 percent of company’s managers were. White House? Maybe not — Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Obama White House is in doubt. trying to spare McCain, who is fac- In wake of immigration law, THE NEW YORK TIMES Over the weekend, he abruptly re- ing a tough primary challenge from versed course, backing out of plans to the right, an uncomfortable vote on calls for a boycott of Arizona WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey unveil a long-awaited bipartisan en- immigration. Others openly sur- A spreading call for an economic boycott of Arizona after its Graham makes no pretense about it. ergy bill – a high priority for President mise that Graham must have caved adoption of a tough immigration law that opponents consider He wants to be where the action is. Barack Obama. He has scheduled a in to his Republican^ critics. “There racially discriminatory worried business leaders Monday and an- “I’m in the center of a lot of im- news conference for Tuesday to urge has been enormous back pressure gered the governor. portant debates – I like that,” Gra- the Senate Democratic leadership to against the kind of bipartisan co- Several immigrant advocates and civil rights groups, joined by ham, the South Carolina Republican put off debate on another of his pri- operation that Senator Graham has members of the San Francisco government, said the state should pay

who has carved out a role for him- orities, an immigration overhaul. engaged in,” Lawrence Summers, economic consequences for the new law, which gives the police broad ON self as this city’s resident maverick, Graham says he had received Obama’s top economics adviser, power to detain people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants said in an interview on Monday. “I assurances from the Senate major- said Sunday on “Face the Nation” and arrest them on state charges if they do not have legal status. want to be a conservative who can ity leader, Harry Reid, that energy on CBS. “And that perhaps has Critics say the law will lead to widespread ethnic and racial pro- put conservative principles in play would come first and accuses him made this a more complex situation filing and will be used to harass legal residents and Latino citizens. WORLD & NATI on hard issues.” of making a sudden push for immi- and more difficult for him than it La Opinion, the nation’s largest Spanish-language newspaper, So Graham, a cherubic-looking gration – an effort Graham says will would otherwise be.” urged a boycott in an editorial Monday, as did the Rev. Al Sharpton, 54-year-old, has been busy this year, only divide the country – to appease Graham says he has not caved and calls for such action spread to social media sites. The San Fran- reaching out to Democrats in an ef- Hispanic voters in an election year. in to anybody, but his cross-party cisco city attorney and members of the Board of Supervisors said fort to broker deals on hot-button is- “I was mad, because they cooperation has clearly come at a they would propose that the city not do business with the state. sues like energy and immigration and brought immigration up in the 11th price. At home, passions are run- — Randal C. Archibold, The New York Times closing the prison at Guantanamo hour,” the senator said, adding, “If ning high. Locals derisively call him Bay. As the lone member of his party you’re going to do business with “Graham-nesty” for his work on im- who is consistently willing to cross the people, they’ve got to understand migration. He has been censured aisle, he has filled a niche once occu- that you can push back.” by three chapters of the South Car- Roethlisberger apologizes and pied by his close friend and mentor, His reversal has thrown official olina Republican party. At a town Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Washington into a tizzy, raising hall-style meeting in Greenville, accepts his suspension Now, though, Graham’s posi- questions about his motives. Some S.C., last fall, constituents angrily In his first public comments since he was suspended for up to tion as the go-to Republican for the Democrats whisper that he must be shouted him down. six games by the NFL last week, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Ro- ethlisberger emphasized Monday that he committed no crime dur- ing an incident with a 20-year-old college student in a Georgia bar,

but added that he was sorry he let his teammates and Steelers fans ON down. Roethlisberger said he would not appeal the suspension, which could be reduced to four games – or lengthened beyond six South Korean Defense Minister cites games – depending on Roethlisberger’s compliance with a behav-

ioral evaluation ordered by the league. WORLD & NATI The college student accused Roethlisberger of sexual assault af- torpedo attack in warship sinking ter they encountered each other during a night of drinking at sev- eral Milledgeville, Ga., bars. The details of the police investigation, By Choe Sang Hun lesser response, hardliners in the bombing in 1983 that killed several which included a statement by the woman that she repeatedly said THE NEW YORK TIMES South argue, could lead North Ko- Cabinet members. no to Roethlisberger when he approached her with his genitals ex- rean leader Kim Jong Il to conclude Both men also expressed cer- posed, cast Roethlisberger in such an unflattering light that Steel- SEOUL, South Korea – South that he could lash out again without tainty that North Korea was be- ers fans have largely turned on him. Korea’s defense minister on Sun- facing consequences. hind the ship’s sinking and urged — Judy Battista, The New York Times day said a torpedo attack was the The announcement Sunday by Lee to deal “resolutely” with the most likely cause for the sinking of a Defense Minister Kim Tae-young North. But, significantly, neither South Korean warship that killed at appears to fit a pattern that some mentioned the possibility of even a least 40 sailors last month, a state- analysts say shows the government limited military attack, instead rec- Hugh Hefner helps save ment that inched the country closer is carefully building a case for a lim- ommending harsh economic pun- to placing blame on North Korea ited response – doling out informa- ishment, including the possibility of well-known Hollywood sign and added urgency to the question tion slowly so emotions ease before further dismantling the “Sunshine LOS ANGELES – The landmark Hollywood sign will stand, un- of how the South might respond. a final announcement of blame. Policy” of reaching out to the North obscured, on scrub-covered slopes overlooking production studios

Still, the minister did not men- Kim’s statement comes just two with aid and business ventures. and palm trees here, thanks to a $900,000 donation by Hugh Hefner ON tion the North, continuing a cau- days after South Korea’s President The meeting could provide po- in the ninth inning of a yearlong effort by conservationists to pro- tious government approach that Lee Myung-bak met with two for- litical cover for Lee with fellow con- tect the hilltop around the sign from developers. reflects the lack of good options mer presidents, in what was un- servatives since Chun Doo-hwan, The gift from Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, closed available to South Korea’s leaders if derstood in Confucian Korea as an a former military dictator, remains the gap in donations to meet the $12.5 million price that the Trust W they decide Pyongyang was respon- attempt to consult elders and build one of the country’s most promi- for Public Land had agreed to pay for the 138-acre parcel on the sible for what would be one of the consensus about how to move for- nent anti-communists. During his hilltop, called Cahuenga Peak. Million-dollar donations came from most serious attacks since the Ko- ward. brutal rule, those who argued for the Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Aileen Getty, and hundreds of O rean War ended in a truce. The two former presidents, better relations with the North were thousands of dollars were raised online and at bake sales and lem- Any military retaliation could Chun Doo-hwan and Kim Young- often imprisoned and sometimes onade stands. The deadline was the end of this month. R

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The great man/woman does not ex ist without need, cannot function without support, cannotsucceedartiandthiswithoutso belief.And cle is for you, the oft-forgotten many whose desires men so-calledgreatthe forstage the actionsset and and women. that you are leaders in your own right, ship isas a product leader of a community of people, rather than just a few; second, that your leadership is ap preciated and more importantly, it is necessary, as leadership is a complex organism whose dependsonthecontributions success ofmany.While these are points that we may already theseand certainlyenough,expressed oftennot understand,are they becomebehindscenestrulytoilthemay who many forgotten. To start, I will assert that at leadershipthe very is least, subjective, contextual, and tional. rela Leadership can be defined in myriad ways including: influencing a group of individuals to ac complish a common goal; inspiring people to fect ef change; tenaciously working towards a vision for the community. Leadership can be all of these things or none of these things, depending onsituation. the are all leaders in their own right, yet each vastly style different is from the others. Each style has itsown place within leadership and that the balance correct of styles in each situation yields Great success. men and women are only manifestations of a part of that balance, but you, the unseen compo nents are just as important, if not more so. Just as Barack Obama is merely the public face of health care reform, just as a clock face is merely theible pieces vis of a system of gears, the great men and womenmerelyare those choiceby who, or circum shoul the standingonview, into come have stance, ders of giants. thisFor reason, you are all leaders in your own right. those most visible transformational figures whose foresight, charisma, and bravado forever the shaped world. However, this view simply not is sufficient simplistic, to and capture the of fullleadership. Like the meaning “great men/women theory” of history, which attributes the chronology of past the to the actions of leadership a ignores one of few, its most important this char perspective on that only those who want to lead become leaders. Those who thehave ability to serve should do so as well. A desire to lead is great, but an understand ing that leadership is necessary is a benefit as well. A community thrives on the diversity of input from its members. If the capable do not serve, then the entire community suffers. And you,so, who helped outanat event because of alack of volunteers; you, who ran for club secretary to keep a good thing go ing; you, who spent all night writing a web page to save time for others later; your leadership is appre no work, your of all for notneeded. Ifis it andciated organization within MIT would function. For this reason, your leadership is necessary. miss but vital to appreciate. My purposeing this article inwas to point out writ the dedication and service of those who might not otherwise be seen, a point that I feel is too often overshadowed. As a result, many people who take these nascent steps feel under-appreciated and unimportant, and drop out of leadership efforts completely. Perhaps with a better understanding of the many and complexities layers of leadership and thoughtful apprecia tion from those great men and women, consider a greater role. you may sary, I want to make two more statements: Leader ship is ubiquitous, it happens all around us at times. Even all beyond the separation of styles, there are different roles that a leader can play. A leader is issueswhocommandsmakesonethe alwaysor not key decisions. We find leaders as planners, mentors,counselors, and administrators. They are event found have whothose are they life, of walks many in a role with which to serve the ershipcommunity. is Lead an onus on the capable. It is not enough of Physics. LEADERSHIP AT THE G THE AT LEADERSHIP !e invisible work often Leaders the behind unseen, scenes ------English. — tear down this wall. only In this economic climate, immigra Empirically, the experience of im Our foreign policy, often at great Similarly, greater immigrationwouldSimilarly,greater There are categories of immigrants abroad and at the same time deny mil lions the opportunity to live under our system? We once considered it a estytrav that East Germany built a keepwall its citizens fromto migrating. Why is it not as equally great a crime wishthat to we build a wall to accomplish thesame goal? Open borders are not sim ply good economic sense, moral obligation. they are a tion reform will be a tough Americansell to the people, but carereform. soThepresident hassaid that was health heiswilling todowhatisright, even ifit isunpopular. Stay true toyour word Mr. Obama illegal population is entirely criminals, correspondingly fewer resourcesneeded to maintain are the same protection. level of migration in America has and had elsewhere a negligible impactterm unemployment, on levels long- of income inequality, or depletion of naturalsources re and the host environment country. American immigrants in do the not show a higher propensity to mitcom crime, and are above the mean for many activities such considered as founding new businesses. positive,His torically,immigrants are amuch small er fraction of our population than they were in the early 1900’s, and recent im migrants appear to be assimilating into American society at an acceptable rate. A majority of grants firstspeak English, nearly all second- generation immi generation immigrants speak English, and most third generation immigrants speak cost, seeks abroad to and secure promote for others man rights that the we as Americans democracy enjoy. hu Why should we make pendituretospread such liberal government great ex Each new immigrant, in effect, provides one-timewindfallAmericana entitleto ment programs, counter-balanced only by the addition of a vague entitlement promise down the road (of which illegal immigrants do not take advantage of). relieve downward pressures in the U.S. housing sector and bring that into balance market faster than could be done without a migrant influx. any non-tradable capital investment In(of fact, for salientwhichmerelyarecenthomes are example), migration between countries can help relieve the effects of over- and under- investment, leading to a robust and efficient economy. more (criminals, smugglers, terrorists, that we etc) would wish entering to the prevent country. from Yet system the makes current it nearly screen impossible these elements to out. By denying entry to economic immigrants, created a we’ve vast industry in cross-border trafficking and made costly to prevent undesirables it from en much tering. more When criminals are 1 percent of the illegal population, law enforcement needs to catch one-hundred illegal im migrants to stop a single criminal. 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GREG STEINBRECHER!THE TECH Ethan Dawes of Super Mash Bros. mixes beats on his laptop dur- ing their performance at the Spring Weekend concert, where Super Mash Bros. opened for N.E.R.D. Dawes later ran around the stage with a video camera documenting the experience and filming band- mate Dick Fink dancing around the stage.

GREG STEINBRECHER!THE TECH A mix of students and Boston locals rock out to Super Mash Bros.’ mixes at the Spring Weekend concert on Friday. The crowd particularly enjoyed the mashups that the group produced live.

GREG STEINBRECHER!THE TECH N.E.R.D frontman Pharrell Williams spits rhymes at the Spring Weekend concert. In between songs, Williams engaged the crowd by telling them that they are going to change the future and by em- GREG STEINBRECHER!THE TECH phasizing that brains, not looks, are what really matter. He primarily MIT students took a study break to watch N.E.R.D perform live on Friday evening in the Johnson Ice directed his comments to the women of the crowd, complimenting Rink for the Spring Weekend concert. N.E.R.D played a mix of their older songs and songs from their them repeatedly. upcoming album, Nothing.

DAVID CHEN!THE TECH Vladislav Shahov and Milena Jasionek from Manhattan Ball- room Dance compete in championship standard division of the 2010 MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition, hosted by the ballroom dance team in Rockwell Cage on Saturday. The competition lasted through Saturday and Sunday, and featured ADITI VERMA dancers from all over the country. Shahov and Jasionek placed Jackson L. Prestwood ’13 gets his revenge as he throws a fistful of gulaal, colored powder, on Raghu first in their division. MIT ballroom dancers Tuan Q. Phan ’02 and Mahajan ’11 during the Holi celebrations, organized by the Hindu Students Council, on Saturday. Holi, a Ekaterina V. Lesnaia PhD ’04 took third in the championship stan- Hindu festival, celebrates the victory of good over evil. dard category.

FENG WU!THE TECH Students work hard as well as fool around during Habitat for Humanity’s annual Cardboard House Building Competition behind Kresge Auditorium on Friday. Students ADITI VERMA constructed miniature houses out of cardboard and duct tape, which were judged at the Participants in the IDEAS competition explain their ideas to one of the judges end of the day by a panel of Course 4 professors. The Cardboard House Building Competi- in Lobby 10 on Monday. The IDEAS competition, organized by the Public Service tion is part of Habitat for Humanity’s Campus Build event, designed to raise awareness Center, promotes innovations with a focus on public service. about the global housing crisis. T!"#$%&, A'()* +,, +-.- T/" T"0/ !! After sharing, healing

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By Campbell Robertson ing officials from the Coast Guard, and Clifford Krauss the federal government and BP. BP THE NEW YORK TIMES is also mobilizing rigs that would drill one or more deep wells nearby NEW ORLEANS — Oil contin- to push mud and concrete into the ued to pour into the Gulf of Mexico gushing cavity, an operation made on Monday as the authorities wait- all the more expensive and com- ed to see if the quickest possible plex in the deep waters. That would method of stopping the leaks would take two to three months. bring an end to what was threaten- The explosion and leak of oil ing to become an environmental have underscored the risks and disaster. challenges that a new generation of Remote-controlled robots oper- oil pioneers face plying for discov- ating 5,000 feet under the ocean’s eries at such depths. surface were more than a full day While the causes of the accident into efforts to seal off the oil well, on the BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig which has been belching crude may take months to determine, FENG WU!THE TECH through leaks in a pipeline at the drilling down 10,000 feet or more is Vivian Lee ’12 of the Asian Dance Team performs a Chinese ribbon dance at I-Fair, hosted by the rate of 42,000 gallons a day. The inherently risky due to the extreme International Students Association, on Friday. I-Fair gives international culture groups at MIT a chance to leaks were found on Saturday, days heat and pressure at those depths. present a little piece of the culture they represent. after an oil rig to which the pipeline Holding down the pressure while was attached exploded, caught on drilling is one trick, and keeping the fire and sank in the Gulf about 40 equipment from softening or bend- miles off the coast of Louisiana. ing is another, requiring engineers The robots were trying to acti- to develop extra thick steel, alloys vate a device known as a blowout and heavy insulation for the job. preventer, a 450-ton valve at the “At these water depths and well wellhead that is designed to shut depths, there is more that can go Bose is pleased to o!er special off a well in the event of a sudden wrong,” said Neal Dingmann, an pressure release. analyst covering offshore drilling savings for all students, Officials had initially said that and service companies at Wun- the operation, which began Sun- derlick Securities in Houston. “You day morning, would take 24 to 36 have much higher pressures and employees and retirees of M.I.T. hours. 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Officials years, but it has become more pop- said it had a 600-mile circumfer- ular over the last decade as oil pric- ence Monday, but most of that was es rose and made the practice more a thin sheen of oil-water mix. Only economical. Only 15 years ago, oil 3 percent of the area was crude oil experts said Gulf production was in with a “pudding-like” consistency, a deep decline and oil companies they said. were abandoning the area for Rus- The wind was expected to sia and the Caspian Sea. change direction by Thursday, The Gulf is now producing a however, and its distance from the quarter of the nation’s domestic ® coast has not stopped its threat to production, and that portion is marine life. likely to grow, especially with pro- On Sunday a crew from the U.S. duction in Alaska falling. Fish and Wildlife Service spotted Until last week’s accident, the Bose Wave® music system – SoundLink® three sperm whales in the vicinity industry has had few spills in the of the spill. In response, planes that Gulf of Mexico in recent years. Amy were dropping chemicals that break Myers Jaffe, an energy expert at Rice down the oil were told to steer clear University, noted that in the last 15 of the whales. years there was not a single spill of The chemicals, known as disper- over 1,000 barrels among the four QuietComfort 15 ® sants, can be as toxic to mammals thousand active platforms off the Acoustic Noise Cancelling ®headphones as the oil itself, said Jackie Savitz, a shores of the United States. marine biologist with a background She said offshore drilling was in toxicity with Oceana, a Washing- considerably safer for the environ- ton-based non-profit group that fo- ment than the tankers that are used ® cus on ocean conservation. for importing oil. Savitz also said that environ- “In all drilling you have the chal- mental concerns were not allevi- lenge of dealing with pressurization ated by assurances that the spill and in the case of deepwater Gulf of was not yet a threat to the coast. Mexico that process is assisted by “There is a misconception that if tens of thousands of super com- water doesn’t hit the beach it isn’t puters,” Jaffe said. “It’s as techni- dangerous,” she said. cally challenging as space travel but Plans are moving forward to safer.” design a dome that could be sub- The question of safety may now merged over the leaks, which are become a political flashpoint, since coming from a 5,000 foot pipeline the Obama administration an- ® called a riser that ran between the nounced recently that it wants to Computer MusicMonitor wellhead and the rig. The riser is open more areas to offshore drilling. now snaking along the ocean bot- On Monday, Sen. Bill Nelson, tom. D-Fla., and New Jersey’s two Dem- The dome would corral the oil ocratic senators, Frank Lautenberg and route it up to vessels, where and Robert Menendez, sent a letter it would be collected. But Doug to the chairmen and ranking mem- Suttles, the chief operating officer bers of the Commerce, Science and for exploration and production at Transportation Committee and BP, continued to emphasize the the Energy and Natural Resources engineering challenges of such an Committee to request the hearing, operation at a news conference on which left 11 workers missing and Monday. presumed dead. Please direct all inquiries to the “M.I.T. Purchase Program.” “I must stress that this is state of “The explosion, ensuing fire, and the art,” he said, adding that such continuing spill raise serious con- a method had never been done at cerns about the industry’s claims such depths. 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NEWMAC Sweep in Battle for Boston team raced league rivals Cornell and Columbia in S Ithaca for the Geiger Cup. The 2000 meter course The men’s and women’s track and field teams both defended The MIT Shotokan Karate Club sent four com- features a pronounced turn at the SPORT their NEWMAC Championship titles last weekend at Springfield petitors to the Battle for Boston 2010 competition halfway mark. College. The men won their tenth straight title, and eleventh in on Sunday, April 18. Vazrik Chiloyan ’11, a purple The varsity crew rowed a quick twelve years, and the women won for the third time belt, won first place in intermedi- first thousand, holding close to the in the last four years. ate kumite (sparring) against fierce strong Cornell crew and picking up The men’s team dominated the competition, competition in a large field of com- a one second lead on Columbia. finishing with 249 points, well ahead of second- petitors, winning gold for MIT in his Through the turn, the Engineers lost momen- place Springfield College (182.5 points). On the event. tum in the outside lane, and dropped back on the women’s side, MIT finished with 197.5 points, lead- Vazrik also won first place in Lions. The rowers struggled to regain their speed S

ing second-place Springfield by 30.5 points. Jacqueline M. Wentz intermediate kata (forms) for his performance of in the final thousand of the race, but ended about 3

’10 broke the NEWMAC record in the 1500-meter with a time of Bassai Dai, “Storming the Fortress”. Grandmaster seconds behind Columbia, who finished 7 seconds S 4:33.77, almost three seconds faster than the previous mark. Kazumi Tabata, an Eighth Degree Blackbelt, was so behind Cornell. Both the men and women had twelve athletes finish with All- impressed with Vazrik’s performance that Vazrik “The beginning of our race was great, but we Conference honors. was promoted to brown belt on the spot and asked didn’t hold it together too well for the end. I’m PORT — David Zhu, Sports editor to compete in advanced kumite as well. hopeful that we’ll be able to put together a more Emily K. Rosser ’12, an orange belt, was origi- complete race going into next week and then the nally scheduled to compete in beginner kumite. championships.” said captain Richard A. Suarez However, she was bumped up to the intermediate ’11. division at the last minute, where she made a val- The Freshmen eight fared better, defeating Co- Men’s tennis extends NEWMAC iant effort and placed second despite having less lumbia by three seconds, but finishing thirteen

experience than her opponents. seconds behind Cornell. S championship streak Carlos E. Salinas ’13 and Julian Lemus ’13 also The Men’s lightweight team faces off against

competed in the event in the beginner division University of Delaware next Saturday on the The top-seeded Engineers won their 12th straight NEWMAC where they fought with great spirit, but they fell Charles River. This will be their last race before SPORT men’s tennis tournament championship this weekend, defeat- short. their league championships in three weeks. ing second-seeded Wheaton College 5-0 in the championship — Brian Neltner, Team representative — Aaron Blankstein, Team representative match at Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers (14-1) advanced to the finals af- ter defeating fourth-seeded Babson College 5-0 in its semifinal match, In the semifinals MIT swept all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. Brian K. Oldfield ’13 won at third singles 6-2, 6-1 and Mat- S

thew T. Skalak ’13 won 6-1, 6-1 to advance the Engineers to the SPORT finals. MIT opened the championship match once again winning all three doubles matches. Kevin Pang ’11 and Skalak won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, while Larry Pang ’13 and Tymor C. Hamamsy ’13 also finished with a score of 8-2 at No. 2 doubles. Andrew C. Cooper ’13 and Oldfield completed the sweep, winning 8-4 at No. 3 doubles. In singles action, Oldfield won at fourth singles

6-2, 6-0 and Hamamsy sealed the championship with a 6-1, 6-1 S

victory at No. 6 singles. The tournament closes out the season for SPORT the Engineers. — Paul Blascovich, DAPER staff S

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS SPORT Tuesday, April 27 Baseball vs. Newbury College 4 p.m., Briggs Field

Wednesday, April 28

Men’s lacrosse vs. Norwich University 4 p.m., Steinbrenner S Stadium SPORT Tuesday, April 27 Baseball vs. UMass-Bsoton 4 p.m., Briggs Field Sailing: Midweek Tech Invite 4 p.m., Charles River S SPORT SCOREBOARD

Baseball Friday, April 23 S at U.S. Coast Guard Academy L 7-6 SPORT Men’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 24 at Babson College L 15-9 Women’s Lacrosse Saturday, April 24 S at Wellesley College L 14-7 SPORT Men’s Tennis Saturday, April 24 vs. Babson College W 5-0 vs. Babson College W 5-0 Men’s Track and Field S Saturday, April 24 SPOR NEWMAC Championshhips 1st of 6 Women’s Track and Field Saturday, April 24 NEWMAC Championshhips 1st of 8 T S

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