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Volume 129, Number 48 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Clean Energy Is Our Future, Says Obama Cambridge Council Candidate Knocks For Votes By Jessica J. Pourian Staff Reporter Have you seen Leland Cheung? As Election Day nears, the Cambridge City Council candidate and Sloan School student has been trying to talk to as many people as possible. He’s even made the rounds in some MIT dorms to ask for your vote. “I’ve been knocking on more doors than any other candidate,” he said. Cheung, who is an MBA candi- date at Sloan and an MPA candidate at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Gov- ernment, is one of 21 people vying for nine seats on the Cambridge City Council. Cheung said that college vot- ers are central to his campaign. Re- cently, he has been running registra- tion drives at Harvard and MIT asking Sam Range—The Tech students to switch their registration so President Barack Obama speaks about his administration’s energy policy and MIT’s Energy Initiative at Kresge Auditorium on Friday. The President they vote in the local election. started his speech jovially mentioning that MIT hackers had placed his motorcade on Building 10. See pages 8–9 for more images of the event. “It’s really going to depend on the students who are registered to vote in By Ana Lyons to a crowd of about 750, including ergy. lion dollars for creating jobs in alter- Cambridge,” he said. Staff Reporter over 200 students and faculty. “The nation that wins this com- native energy and energy efficiency. Between the two schools, the President Barack Obama com- Before the speech, President Su- petition will be the nation that leads For Americans this investment acts campaign has registered about 2,500 mended MIT for its “extraordinary san J. Hockfield and MIT Energy the global economy. I am convinced “not just help to end this recession, students, but Cheung knows that his energy research” and urged America Initiative director Ernest J. Moniz of that. And I want America to be but to lay a new foundation for last- voting base is flaky. “Students are to take leadership in cleaner tech- led Obama on a tour of several labo- that nation,” he said. ing prosperity,” he said. historically lax about voting” Cheung nologies in a speech this past Friday ratories focusing on clean energy He pointed out that the Recovery Obama also advocated for the said. at Kresge Auditorium. and technology. Act, or stimulus bill, is already lead- Senate climate change bill, which Cheung said he doesn’t do any “This is the nation that has led Obama’s speech singled out in- ing the U.S. in the direction of green he said would “transform our energy polling, so he doesn’t know where his the world for two centuries in the novation as the solution to America’s jobs and research. The act provides system into one that’s far more ef- campaign stands. “It’s the most nerve- pursuit of discovery. This is the na- challenges. He talked of a “peaceful the “largest single boost in scientific ficient, far cleaner.” The bill would wracking thing I’ve ever done,” he tion that will lead the clean energy competition” with other countries to research in history,” he said. said of the campaign process. economy of tomorrow,” Obama said develop alternative sources of en- The law also sets aside $80 bil- Obama, Page 12 Despite his efforts, many students on campus still do not know who he is. Some are also reluctant to change Tosci’s Gets a New Ice Cream Chef, 26 New Flavors their registrations. Miriam Zachau Walker ’13 said By Ana Lyons manage a kitchen,” said owner Gus she had never heard of him. Staff Reporter E. Rancatore. “Most MIT students who can vote Churning out Toscanini’s newest In addition to developing new probably aren’t registered in Cam- flavors of ice cream is not a shiny flavors of ice cream, Rafferty also bridge, but are registered in their new Cuisinart automatic, but local manages and stocks the kitchen, and hometown,” Walker said. Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef Kevin fills orders. Tina Hsu ’12, who is registered to A. Rafferty. Although Rafferty estimates vote in New York, had the same opin- Tosci’s has recipes for over 500 he only spends five to twenty-five ion. Asked whether or not she would different ice cream flavors on file, percent of his time developing new have changed her registration to Mas- including crowd pleasing favorites flavors — depending on how busy sachusetts to vote, she said no. like “Burnt Caramel” and “Ginger he is elsewhere in the kitchen — he “I am proud of MIT, but I don’t Snap Molasses.” It’s Rafferty’s job says he’s always got new flavors on have time to represent the school in to add to this list of flavors — cre- his mind. that way. There’s more to voting than ating, refining, and executing new “For the quintessential MIT stu- being an MIT student.” recipes each week. dent,” Rafferty envisions a double Rafferty said Tosci’s is special espresso flavor with a twist. “It’d Campaigning 24/7 because it constantly searches for have to be something heavy in caf- So far, Cheung has raised about new, exotic ingredients and it is feine with some sort of puzzle … $15,000, which is in “the middle of dedicated to handcrafting its ice something to figure out or some- the range for a viable candidate,” he cream. thing to keep the brain busy and Dhaval Adjodah—The Tech said. “One of the things that makes make it interesting,” he said. Kevin A. Rafferty, Toscanini’s new ice-cream chef, has invented 26 Donations have “definitely in- [Tosci’s] more unique than say, Ben Rafferty said he heard about new flavors of ice cream since joining the staff three months ago. and Jerry’s is our production. Ev- Tosci’s ice cream maker position Among his new flavors are “Drunken Three Musketeers” and “B3.” Cheung, Page 14 erything is done by hand in small through a Craigslist posting, and batches. In a lot of instances, small- thought “What the hell. It’d be inter- struggle for women’s rights this Thursday in 10-250 er batches hand done result in a bet- esting to try something different.” In Short from 7–9 p.m. Joya, who was elected to Afghan parlia- ter quality product,” said Rafferty. Before joining Tocsi’s, Rafferty was ¶¶The produce market will be moving to its winter loca- ment in 2005, is an outspoken critic of corruption in the Rafferty joined Tosci’s staff as the executive chef of Great Bay, tion in the TMSC lobby in Stata today. This is the area Afghan government. She has survived four assassination the first-ever production manager a seafood restaurant in Kenmore on the first floor near the information center, where the attempts, according to the BBC. around three months ago. He was Square that shut down in May. glass revolving doors are. It will hold regular hours, from ¶¶Jeffry M. Picower, whose charitable foundation do- chosen for “his experience as a chef noon to 6 p.m. The market will return to the East Campus nated $50 million to MIT and funded the Picower In- at famous restaurants and ability to Tosci’s, Page 13 courtyard on March 30. stitute of Learning and Memory, was found dead at the ¶¶Astronaut Michael J. Massimimo PhD ’92 will be bottom of his pool on Sunday. Picower kept much of his giving a talk on Wednesday in Killian Hall (14W-111) money with Bernard L. Madoff, who was recently con- Op i n i o n World & Nation �����������������2 from 4–5 p.m. Massimino went up to the Hubble Space victed of running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in his- Telescope in May, and will talk about the mission. He also tory. An ongoing civil lawsuit accused Picower of being Fixing energy is hard. Opinion �������������������������������4 twitters, and can be followed at twitter.com/astro_mike. complicit in the Ponzi scheme, and profiting from it. For Obama didn’t give us a Campus Life �����������������������6 ¶¶A memorial service for physics professor Richard more information, see page 14. plan. Arts �������������������������������������7 K. Yamamoto ’57 will be held this Thursday at the MIT ¶¶Did you know that over 40 percent of MIT students chapel at 1:30 p.m. Yamamoto’s entire career was at MIT, are virgins? Look for the sex issue this Friday, when we Fun �����������������������������������10 where he studied subatomic particles and weak interac- will be publishing the results of our survey. Don’t for- Page 5 Sports �������������������������������15 tions. He was 74. get to submit your first-time stories at tech.mit.edu/my- ¶¶Afghan activist Malalai Joya will talk about her firstime. Page 2 The Tech October 27, 2009 Wo r l d & Na t i o n NFL Study of Dementia Has Flaws, Senate Leader Vows to Health Experts Say By Alan Schwarz The New York Times Pursue Public Option The NFL and its doctors have consistently dismissed independent studies showing unusual cognitive decline in former players. They in- By Robert Pear of Congress would be poised to act Care for America Now, a coalition sist that a long-term study by the league’s committee on concussions, and David M. Herszenhorn on bills including a government- that includes labor unions and civil expected to be published in several years, will be the authoritative The New York Times run plan to compete with private rights groups. analysis. WASHINGTON insurers in selling health coverage But he lost the one Republican But that study is fraught with statistical, systemic and conflict-of- The Senate majority leader, Har- to consumers. The House is still who had given Democratic efforts a interest problems that make it inappropriate to examine the issue, ac- ry Reid, sided with his party’s liber- weighing the details of its approach, tinge of bipartisanship, Sen. Olym- cording to many experts in epidemiology, dementia and health policy als on Monday and announced that but Democratic leaders there have pia J. Snowe of Maine. She has been who assessed the study’s design. he would include a government-run made clear they will include a gov- pushing for a different approach in Another voice belonged to a member of the House Judiciary Com- insurance plan in health care leg- ernment plan in their version of the which a government plan would be- mittee, which will hold a hearing on football brain injuries Wednesday. islation that he plans to take to the legislation. come available only if states did not “Hey, why don’t we let tobacco companies determine whether smoking Senate floor within a few weeks. Just weeks ago, the prospects for make progress in reducing insur- is bad for your health or not?” said Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-Calif., His proposal came with an es- such an approach seemed remote, ance premiums and covering more a member of the Judiciary Committee. “It’s a very appropriate meta- cape hatch: A state could refuse to reflecting all-out opposition from of their people. phor.” participate in the public insurance conservatives to what they consid- “I am deeply disappointed with plan by adopting a law to opt out. ered an excessive government role the majority leader’s decision to in- Even so, the announcement was a in the economy and a lack of enthu- clude a public option as the focus For Delphi Pensioners, turning point in the debate over how siasm from many moderate Demo- of the legislation,” Snowe said. “I much of a role government should crats. But the idea has consistently still believe that a fallback, safety- The Union Label Helps play in an overhauled health care drawn strong support in national net plan, to be triggered and avail- By Mary Williams Walsh system, and it set the stage for a test polls and has the White House’s able immediately in states where The New York Times WARREN, Ohio of Democratic party unity. backing though not its particularly insurance companies fail to offer Bruce Gump and his neighbors feared for their retirement checks With Republicans united for now active public support. plans that meet the standards of when the federal government took over the pension plans at Delphi, the in opposition to any bill including “The best way to move forward affordability, could have been the big auto parts maker where they once worked. a public option, Reid needs support is to include a public option with road toward achieving a broader But four months later, Gump finds himself in a far more perilous from all members of his caucus — the opt-out provision for states,” bipartisan consensus in the Sen- condition than his neighbors. 58 Democrats and two independents said Reid, D-Nev. “I believe that a ate.” On his street, he is the only Delphi worker whose pension benefits — to take up the legislation. Aides public option can achieve the goal Reid and his aides provided few may be cut. His neighbors all belong to unions and have received a said Monday that he appeared to be of bringing meaningful reform to details of his proposal. They said the lifeline in an unprecedented deal related to the government-supervised short of that goal, lacking firm com- our broken system.” public plan would be national in scope bankruptcy of General Motors, the onetime parent of Delphi. (GM mitments from several members of Reid’s decision was acclaimed and would be available on the first day spun off the parts division as a separate company 10 years ago.) the caucus. by liberal organizations like Mo- that major provisions of the health Gump and some 21,000 other salaried workers and retirees are fu- Should Reid prevail, both houses veOn, Families USA and Health care legislation take effect, in 2013. rious that their roughly 46,000 union co-workers at Delphi have had their benefits restored, apparently with government largesse, and they have not. “I’m being thrown out with yesterday’s trash,” he said. Engaging in War Is Now Part The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures pension plans, caps the amount of benefits it will pay, using a formula based on age and the type of benefits an employee earned. But in a side arrangement, Of Germany’s Afghan Mission GM is agreeing to pay special supplements, called top-ups, so that Del- phi’s union retirees get everything they were promised. By Nicholas Kulish is whether the Americans will ulti- cant tensions with the United States The New York Times mately fight one kind of war and their in Afghanistan. KUNDUZ, Afghanistan allies another. Driven by necessity, some of the A Hypnotizing Hunt Leaves Forced to confront the rising in- For Germans, the realization that 4,250 German soldiers here, the third- surgency in once peaceful northern their soldiers are now engaged in largest number of troops in the NATO Russians Bewildered Afghanistan, the German army is en- ground offensives in an open-ended contingent, have already come a long By Ellen Barry gaged in sustained and bloody ground and escalating war requires a funda- way. On Oct. 20, they handed out The New York Times MOSCOW combat for the first time since World mental reconsideration of the coun- blankets, volleyballs and flashlights Earlier this month, a sodden and unshaven man emerged from the War II. try’s principles. as a goodwill gesture to residents of woods near the southern Russian village of Goryachy Klyuch, telling Soldiers near the northern city After World War II, German soci- the village of Yanghareq, about 22 rescuers he spent three nights perched in trees to get away from jackals. of Kunduz have had to strike back ety rejected using military power for miles northwest of Kunduz. Barely an A similar tale came from the taiga near Bratsk, in Siberia, where against an increasingly fierce cam- anything other than self-defense, and hour later, insurgents with machine a 22-year-old man wandered for five days, covering himself with pine paign by Taliban insurgents, while pacifism has been a rallying cry for guns and rocket-propelled grenades boughs at night to ward off frostbite. Eleven time zones to the west, carrying the burden of being among generations, blocking allied requests ambushed other members of the same near the Baltic Sea, a search and rescue team found an elderly couple the first units to break the German for any military support beyond hu- company. The Germans fought back, in a swamp where they had spent the night, the wife in what officials taboo against military combat abroad manitarian assistance. German lead- killing one of the attackers, before the described as “a state of panic.” that arose after the Nazi era. ers have chipped away at the proscrip- dust and disorder made it impossible It happens every mushroom season. Russians are passionate about At issue are how long opposition tions in recent years, in particular by to tell fleeing Taliban from civilians. gathering mushrooms, an ancient pastime they call the “quiet hunt,” and in Germany will allow its troops to participating in airstrikes in the Ko- “They shoot at us and we shoot routinely become so hypnotized that they get hopelessly lost. Regional stay and fight, and whether they will sovo war. back,” said Staff Sgt. Erik S., who, search-and-rescue teams fan out on foot or in helicopters, occasionally be given leeway from their strict rules Still, the legacy of the combat ban according to German military rules, enlisting tracking dogsor parachute jumpers, and newspapers retell their of engagement to pursue the kind of remains in the form of strict engage- could not be fully identified. “People stories with gusto. counterinsurgency being advocated ment rules and an ingrained shoot- are going to fall on both sides. It’s as by U.S. generals. The question now last mentality that is causing signifi- simple as that. It’s war.” We a t h e r Peak Color Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, October 27, 2009

By Brian H. Tang 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W Staff Meteorologist 1029 40°N The end of October is usually when the Boston area sees the peak autumn colors, and this year is no different. Aided by the recent chilly nights, the transition to the colorful landscape that New England is so famous for has accelerated in recent days. It appears that peak color in the urban areas is ap-

proaching, and these next 7–10 days will likely feature the best combination 995 1015 35°N of color and minimal leaf drop. If you have a chance, be sure to enjoy the colors before they fade. Popular spots that are a short distance from campus include the Arnold Arboretum, Middlesex Fells, and Blue Hills. Of course, it helps tremendously for viewing the colors if the weather 1015 stays as nice as it was yesterday. While we will avoid the extreme variability 30°N of snowflakes to sudden warmth and powerful winds that bracketed last week, 996 there will be a storm lurking nearby tomorrow. It’s a fast mover and most of the rain should stay to the south, but there will likely be nuisance showers beginning in the morning and becoming more numerous during the afternoon and evening. The remainder of the week looks mostly sunny with tempera- 25°N tures near normal before a potentially more potent storm moves in for the first part of the weekend. 1007

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Ex-Chief of AIG Is Busy Newspaper Circulation Falls Almost 10 Percent Building a New Venture By Richard Pérez-Peña The New York Times By Mary Williams Walsh While America generally loves ing over. The two-decade erosion in newspaper circulation is looking more The New York Times stories of entrepreneurs making a He was ousted from AIG in an like an avalanche, with figures released Monday showing sales down Maurice R. Greenberg, who built comeback, Greenberg’s success may accounting scandal in 2005, and about 10 percent since last year, depressed by rising Internet reader- the American International Group be at the expense of taxpayers. People has insisted that he was not respon- ship, price increases, recession and papers intentionally shedding un- into an insurance behemoth with an who work in the industry say that if sible for the problems that almost profitable circulation. impenetrable maze of on- and off- he is already luring AIG’s people, he brought down AIG last year — ex- In the six months ended Sept. 30, for several hundred papers that shore companies, is at it again. may soon be siphoning off its busi- tremely risky trading in derivatives had reported to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, weekday sales were Even as he has been lambasting the ness and, therefore, its means to re- by its financial products unit. At the down 10.6 percent compared to the same period last year, and Sundays government for its handling of AIG pay its debt to the government. moment, C.V. Starr does not have a were down 7.5 percent, the bureau said. That means that the industry after its near collapse, Greenberg has “To me, it’s just going to be a financial products unit, a spokesman sold about 44 million copies a day — fewer than at any time since the been quietly building up a family of matter of time before the valuation for Greenberg said. 1940s. insurance companies that could com- of what he’s building is greater than After he was pushed out, Green- The figures join a list of indicators of the industry’s health — like pete with AIG. To fill the ranks of his the valuation of AIG,” said Andrew berg fought bitterly with AIG over advertising and newsroom headcounts — that, after years of slipping, venture, C.V. Starr & Co., he has been J. Barile, an insurance consultant in how to untangle assets that they both have accelerated sharply downward, as newspapers face the greatest hiring some people he once employed. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. laid claim to. Over the summer, he threat to their survival since the Depression. Through the 1990s and Now, Greenberg may have re- AIG, meanwhile, is struggling to won, earning the rights to $4.3 billion into this decade, newspaper circulation was sliding, but by less than 1 ceived some unintended assistance regain its footing. The recipient of the in AIG stock that he had removed percent per year. Then the rate of topped 2 percent in 2005, 3 percent from the U.S. Treasury. Just last biggest taxpayer bailout in history, it from an unusual offshore retirement in 2007 and 4 percent in 2008. week, the Treasury severely limited has been ordered by the government plan. The company had argued that he pay at AIG and other companies to restructure, unwind its complex de- had improperly cashed out the stock that were bailed out by taxpayers. rivatives and pay back the taxpayers. and used the money to finance new Ex-Guerrilla Emerges as Leader in That may hasten the exodus of AIG’s At 84, Greenberg remains larger business ventures that were compet- talent, sending more refugees into than life. He spent nearly four de- ing with his former company. Presidential Vote in Uruguay Greenberg’s arms, since C.V. Starr is cades forging AIG out of private With his battles with AIG now By Alexi Barrionuevo free to pay whatever it wants. companies, devising its Rubik’s Cube largely resolved, Greenberg is free The New York Times MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay “Basically, he’s just starting ‘AIG structure and building it into the to use that money as the seed for his A Socialist former guerrilla fighter known for speaking his mind Two’ and raiding people out of ‘AIG world’s largest insurance group with latest ventures. Just this month, C.V. emerged the clear winner of Sunday’s election for president of Uruguay One,’” said Douglas A. Love, an insur- a $1 trillion balance sheet. He lost Starr leased 141,000 square feet of but did not muster enough votes to avoid a November runoff, in what ance executive who has also hired AIG most of his fortune when the com- space — three stories — on Park Av- analysts said was a referendum on the current leftist government. talent for his company, Investors Guar- pany nearly collapsed last year. enue in Manhattan, in one of Lehman Jose Mujica, a Socialist senator who spent 14 years in prison for anty Fund of Pembroke, Bermuda. And now, he appears to be start- Brothers’ old headquarters. waging an urban guerilla war against the military dictatorship here, was the candidate of the governing Broad Front coalition, whose ten- ure has improved economic conditions here. The Broad Front’s incum- bent president, Tabare Vazquez, remains popular and Mujica was con- Pilots Who Missed Airport Cite sidered the front-runner. Mujica’s top challenger was Luis Alberto Lacalle, a conservative former president and the candidate of the National Party. Computer Distraction With 99 percent of the votes counted, the Broad Front had 47.5 percent of the votes; the National Party was trailing with 28.6 percent By Micheline Maynard “Both said they lost track of time,” ver and Minneapolis tried to get the and the Colorado Party had 16.7 percent, according to the Electoral and Matthew L. Wald the report stated. It also said that the plane’s attention. Court of Uruguay. The New York Times pilots had heard voices over their The North American Aerospace Mujica needed more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a run- Any employee at a company that cockpit radios but ignored them. Defense Command readied four off election on Nov. 29. Voters on Sunday also rejected a much-dis- has gone through a merger knows The pilots passed breath analysis fighter jets and had them on “runway cussed initiative to remove amnesty for human rights abuses under how distracting it can be when the tests to check for alcohol use, and alert” in the vicinity, according to a the 1973-85 dictatorship. new owner imposes new rules. That had had a 17-hour break between command spokesman, Mike Kucha- distraction, not a nap, was what the San Diego trip and their previous rek. two Northwest Airlines pilots insist flight. A flight attendant finally called CNN Last in TV News on Cable caused them to fly far beyond the Delta, in a statement Monday, the cockpit when the plane did not By Bill Carter Minneapolis airport last week, fed- hinted strongly that the lapse could begin its scheduled descent to Min- The New York Times eral investigators reported Monday. cost both men their jobs. “Using lap- neapolis to ask when it might arrive, CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years The pilots told the National tops or engaging in activity unrelated according to the report. The plane, ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in Oc- Transportation Safety Board that to the pilots’ command of the aircraft which carried 144 passengers and tober, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing they missed their destination be- during flight,” the statement said, three flight attendants as well as the fourth and last among the cable news networks, according to Nielsen cause they had taken out their per- “is strictly against the airline’s flight two pilots en route from San Diego, Media Research. sonal laptops in the cockpit, a vio- deck policies and violations of that made a loop in the sky over Wis- It was the first time that the programs had ever performed that poor- lation of airline policy, so the first policy will result in termination.” consin and returned to Minneapolis, ly against their news network competitors. October was also the third officer, Richard I. Cole, could tutor The pilots remain suspended until where it landed safely. month in the last year that CNN as a network finished fourth behind the the captain, Timothy B. Cheney, in a completion of the airline’s investiga- Industry executives and analysts three other cable news networks in prime time with the audience that new scheduling system put in place tion. said the pilots’ behavior was a strik- the networks rely on for advertising sales. by Delta Air Lines, which acquired The impromptu tutoring session ing lapse for such veteran airmen. In an era when the relationship between the White House and Fox Northwest last fall. apparently caused Cole and Cheney The two pilots have a total of 31,000 News is making headlines, and when the ideological rivalry between The interim report from the to ignore air-traffic controllers for flying hours of experience between MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right is commanding the NTSB ran counter to theories in avi- about 90 minutes on Wednesday them. Cheney, of Gig Harbor, Wash., spotlight, CNN has little from a news angle to stir consistent interest ation circles last week that the two night, and forget to begin prepara- has been at Northwest since 1985, from viewers. pilots might have fallen asleep or tions for landing in Minneapolis. In- while Cole, of Salem, Ore., has been CNN’s position in prime-time programming, the most profitable were arguing in the cockpit. Each pi- stead, the plane flew about 110 miles at the airline since 1997. area of the cable news business, has been undermined by the strength lot denied that in separate interviews to the skies over Eau Claire, Wis., as Robert W. Mann Jr., a veteran of competing channels that focus largely on opinion-based programs with the safety board that totaled more than a dozen air-traffic control- industry analyst, said of the pilots’ during those hours. more than five hours. lers in three locations serving Den- explanation: “It’s inexcusable.” CNN itself is responsible for one of those competitors, having installed some popular opinionated hosts at its sister network HLN, formerly Headline News, which has emerged in recent months as a Iraq Blast Toll, Worse Than stronger performer in prime time than CNN itself. Feared, Includes Children Colleges Are Pushed to By Rod Nordland The bombs were in a two-ton van cial Council building a quarter-mile Convert Loan System The New York Times and a minibus, which passed mul- away. By Tamar Lewin BAGHDAD tiple security checkpoints to reach At the first two government The New York Times Iraqi officials reached a tentative their targets, according to Baghdad’s buildings, both seven stories high, Congress has not given final approval to legislation ending federal agreement on a new election law on governor. Trucks are banned from workers were scouring the tangled subsidies for private student loans for college. But Education Secre- Monday, even as workers continued Baghdad’s streets during daylight debris of collapsed ceilings, floors tary Arne Duncan sent a letter Monday to thousands of colleges and to recover more bodies from the hours unless they have special per- and walls on Monday. universities urging them to get ready to use the government’s Direct wreckage of Sunday’s bomb attacks, mits that are issued by the military Iraqi official statements put the Loan Program in the 2010-11 school year. including an uncertain number of and checked at every roadblock. overall death toll at 99, but an of- The House of Representatives last month passed the Student Aid children from two day care centers. “There was a ton of explosives ficial in the Ministry of Interior, and Fiscal Responsibility Act, expanding the government’s direct The toll climbed to as many in each vehicle, and the blasts were speaking on the condition of ano- lending and ending the current program of government subsidies as 155 dead, with more than 500 extremely powerful,” said Brig. Gen. nymity because he was not autho- and loan guarantees for private lenders. Under that law, all colleges wounded and an unknown number Stephen R. Lanza, spokesman for rized to speak to the press, said it would be required to convert to the federal Direct Loan Program by still missing. the U.S. military in Iraq. “The crater had reached 155. July 1. The violence appeared to have was roughly 18 feet in diameter.” There were conflicting reports of But the Senate has yet to take action on the legislation. jolted members of parliament into The extent of the damage was the deaths of children at the two day Meanwhile, most of the nation’s 5,000 colleges and universities action: Calling the bombings an at- even worse than initially feared, care centers in the Justice Ministry have not taken the necessary steps to convert to direct federal lend- tack on Iraq’s national unity govern- with three major government build- building, one for ministry employ- ing. The letter, sent to some 3,000 campuses that have never used ment, Iraqi leaders swiftly respond- ings destroyed rather than the two ees and the other for employees of direct lending, was an effort to prod them into action. ed with a compromise agreement on reported earlier. the Supreme Judicial Council. A po- “Some campuses are thinking they’ll wait until Congress acts, but a new election law that had eluded The first blast, from the van, lice official stationed at the Minis- to wait is to endanger loan access for students,” said Robert Shire- them for weeks and threatened to which gutted much of the Ministry try of Justice, Hussein Issa, said 30 man, the deputy undersecretary of education. delay national elections scheduled of Justice, did similar damage to the children had been killed, but other In the past year, Shireman said, about 500 institutions have for January. Ministry of Municipalities and Pub- officials said the number was much switched from the subsidized program, the Federal Family Education The Iraqi Defense and Interior lic Works, located just across Haifa smaller. A final toll was impossible Loan program, into direct federal lending. ministries began investigating secu- Street, a busy four-lane thorough- to determine Monday because so A year and a half ago, when uncertainty in the financial markets rity breaches that allowed the bomb- fare. many of the children’s parents were threatened the availability of private loans, Congress passed a stopgap ings to occur, Defense Minister The second blast, from a Kia still among the missing. law to ensure that families with financial need could get student loans, Abdul-Kader Jassem al-Obeidi said minibus, which happened a minute The Associated Press reported even if their college was not in the federal direct loan program. in a statement. later, destroyed the Baghdad Provin- that 24 children had died. Page 4 The Tech October 27, 2009 Op i n i o n

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News Staff Mahatma Gandhi’s name was misspelled at the end of Justin Cannon’s opinion piece on News and Features Director: Arkajit Dey ’11; the Nobel Peace Prize. It is spelled “Gandhi,” not “Ghandi.” Editors: John A. Hawkinson ’98, Jeff Guo ’11, Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Emily Prentice ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Pearle Lipinski ’12, Robert McQueen ’12; Staff: Vinayak Ranade G, Daniela Cako ’09, Letters To The Editor Joyce Kwan ’10, Omar Abudayyeh ’12, Ziwei Hao ’12, Jessica Lin ’12, Meredith Lis ’12, She believed that, regardless of her victims’ better than the Catholic Church, and it is un- Maggie Lloyd ’12, Ana Lyons ’12, Camille Z. Mother Teresa Did religion, suffering would bring them closer fortunate that the public eye still views her as a McAvoy ’12, Natasha Nath ’12, Sandhya Rawal ’12, Zeina Siam ’12, Aditi Verma ’12, Joy E. to Jesus. There was so much wrong with the force for good. Lee ’13, Meghan Nelson ’13, Jessica J. Pourian Not Deserve Her “care” she and her ilk provided that there is Ahmed Hussain ’12 ’13, Divya Srinivasan ’13; Meteorologists: hardly room to go into detail here — reusing Cegeon Chan G, Garrett P. Marino G, Brian H. Peace Prize, Either needles, withholding pain medication, etc. Her Tang G, Allison A. Wing G, Angela Zalucha G, Obama’s Carbon Elizabeth Maroon ’10, Vince Agard ’11. The list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in- “hospitals” existed only to maximize suffering cludes some amazing forces for good, but as and convert people to Christianity. As the poor Production Staff Justin Cannon correctly pointed out in an let- died in her arms, she would baptize them if Footprint Staff: Alexander W. Dehnert ’12, Divya Chhabra ’13, Joanna Kao ’13, Connor Kirschbaum ’13, ter on Friday, some awards have been far more they were not already Christians. How many tons of carbon did Air Force Aislyn Schalck ’13. dubious. I am displeased to see Mother Teresa From where in this mess of suffering and One and all of the other massive jets that were Opinion Staff go without mention in Cannon’s summary of proselytizing did even the notion of a nomi- used to bring Obama and his entourage, limos Editors: Joseph Maurer ’12, Ethan Solomon less-than-deserving winners. Her “work un- nation for the Peace Prize arise? Her clinics and SUVs for the secret service and motor- ’12; Staff: Florence Gallez G, Alejandro Rogers dertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty were not health care facilities. She operated in cades, pump into the atmosphere in order for B. G, Gary Shu G, David Weinberg G, Keith A. and distress” (to quote the Nobel committee’s blatant violation of the Hippocratic Oath. Her him to give his speech about how we have to Yost G, Josh Levinger ’07, Daniel Yelin ’10, Ryan Normandin ’13. justification for her award) is largely misunder- death houses were simply centers of agony and change our ways and how we are destroying stood. She did not help cure the poor. She did last-minute forced conversions. Come to think the earth? What a hypocrite. Why didn’t he Sports Staff not help the sick of India. All she did was pro- of it, it’s no wonder that she has been beatified. take the train? Editor: David Zhu ’12; Staff: Aaron Sampson ’10, Michael Gerhardt ’12, Nydia Ruleman ’12, vide rudimentary beds for the dying. Still, the Nobel Prize committee should know Marvin H. Frank ’51 Russell Spivak ’13. Arts Staff Editor: S. Balaji Mani ’10; Associate Editors: Maggie Liu ’12, Samuel Markson ’12; Staff: A Teachable Moment: Reflections on Sudeep Agarwala G, Bogdan Fedeles G, Joanne Y. Shih ’10, Kevin Wang ’10, Tracy Kambara ’11, Sun K. Kim ’11, Emily Nardoni ’13, Emily Nardoni ’13. Photography Staff The President’s Visit to MIT Editors: David M. Templeton ’08, Andrea multiple disciplines to focus on meeting the Corporation, White House guests, local poli- Robles ’10; Associate Editors: Vibin Thomas A. Kochan biggest challenges facing society. That’s what ticians, and members of MIT’s unions inter- Kundukulam ’11, Sam Range ’13; Staff: Vincent we illustrated to the President and the external acted. This mix was itself a statement of what Auyeung G, David Da He G, Perry Hung G, Friday was a typical MIT day. Typical in a world on Friday. we mean when we use the term “the MIT com- Maksim Imakaev G, Sheng-Ying Aithne Pao G, Arthur Petron G, David Reshef G, Melissa very special sense: MIT showed the President The day made apparent that MIT research- munity.” In this case it might have been the ex- Renée Schumacher G, Martin Segado G, Noah of the United States what goes on here every ers are not cloistered souls toiling away in their tended community. Spies G, John Z. Sun G, Scott Johnston ’03, day. But it often takes extraordinary events laboratories apart from the real world of policy The first thing I noticed was we were all Martha Angela Wilcox ’08, Peter H. Rigano like a Presidential visit (or some equivalent and practice. President Hockfield and many treated with equal and appropriate suspicion ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Biyeun Buczyk ’10, David Chen ’10, Helen Hou ’10, Monica Kahn unplanned crisis/opportunity) for those of us MIT faculty and staff spend countless days by the Secret Service as we queued up to enter. ’10, Diane Rak ’10, Jongu Shin ’10, Christian who work here to recognize the full power and and hours promoting science and research in No VIP exceptions here. For example, I hap- J. Ternus ’10, Michael Yu ’10, Dhaval Adjodah capacity of the Institute. Friday was such a day Washington, in partnership initiatives with pened to be in line near the Provost, President ’11, Jasmine Florentine ’11, Dan Kubaczyk and it is worth reflecting on why this event took industry, and in work around the world with of the Graduate Student Association, Dean of ’11, Michael Y. McCanna ’11, Michael Meyer ’11, Kari Williams ’11, Allison M. Alwan ’12, place here, how the community mobilized to international agencies and non-governmental Students, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yuanyu Chen ’12, Rachel Fong ’12, Rui Luo organize the visit on six days notice, and what organizations. President Obama mentioned and staff members from several student service ’12, Andrew Shum ’12, Meng Heng Touch ’12, we learned about ourselves in the process. that two of our faculty, Eric Lander and Ernie groups. We all waited our turn and submit- Jennifer L. Wong ’12, Feng Wu ’12, Arfa Aijazi First, why did the President choose MIT as Moniz, are on his Council of Advisors on Sci- ted to the same security checks upon entering ’13, Cole Houston ’13, Jessica Liu ’13, Sunny X. Long ’13. the venue for a major speech on energy policy ence and Technology. Mens et Manus is alive Kresge. I liked that example of egalitarianism. (aside from the fact that his main purpose in and well. It is good to remind ourselves that in the eyes Campus Life Staff Editor: Michael T. Lin ’11; Staff: Roberto coming to Boston was to support the re-elec- Then there is the unique MIT research style. of the real world, we are members of a single Perez-Franco G, Danbee Kim ’09, Sarah C. tion efforts of his friend Governor Deval Pat- I chuckled, as I suspect many of you did, when community. Proehl ’09, Ben Shanks ’09, Christine Yu ’11; rick)? Maybe it is because five years ago, upon I saw the front page picture in Saturday’s Bos- Milling around during the two-hour wait Cartoonists: Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer G, her arrival at MIT, President Susan Hockfield ton Globe of the President looking with interest for the President gave us all a chance to “net- Jason Chan ’09, Michael Ciuffo ’11, Ben Peters ’11, Michael Benitez ’12. identified energy as a strategic initiative. She over the shoulder of Professor Alex Slocum as work.” In those two hours, I talked to members could not have done so if she would not have Alex, decked out in one of his finest Hawaiian of the Corporation and members of Service Business Staff found a strong mix of faculty and students shirts, demonstrated his wind experiment that Employees Local 615, the largest union of our Advertising Manager: Greg Steinbrecher ’12; Operations Manager: Sherry Yan ’11; Staff: around the Institute already working on energy will someday, perhaps sooner than we think, be staff on campus. I chatted with the local po- Michael Kuo ’10, Heymian Wong ’10, Nikhil issues of one sort or another. The MIT genius part of the world’s clean energy options. Alex’s liticos, some of whom are running for office Sud ’11, Connie Chan ’12, Mengjie Ding ’12, lies in figuring out ways to mobilize this talent response to a congratulatory note said it best: and some whom are part of the state govern- Eric Trac ’12, Wendy Cheng ’13, Moya Chin and present it to the external world as a uni- “I am just being what we all r, a geek having ment. I met the Mayor of Cambridge. A special ’13, Jennifer Fong ’13. fied force, in this case under the umbrella of the fun chatting about what we love and believe highlight was seeing colleagues Phil Thomp- Technology Staff MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). As she said in in—whether it’s a new freshman, or the su- son and Dayna Cunningham MBA ’04 from Director: Quentin Smith ’10. her introductory remarks in Kresge, now near- preme leader, it’s what MIT is all about.” Urban Studies and their two young sons. Phil Editors at Large ly 20 percent of the faculty is involved in some Then there was the Kresge event. One of and Dayna are very active in the White House’s Contributing Editors: Caroline Huang ’10, aspect of energy research. And this doesn’t the advantages of having to assemble there green jobs’ initiatives and so the White House Jessica Witchley ’10, William Yee ’10, Monica Gallegos ’11, Robin L. Dahan ’12; Senior count the additional faculty and staff now de- two hours before the President’s speech is that allocated them enough tickets to bring their Editors: Brian Hemond G, Charles Lin G, voted to various green jobs and sustainability I could put on my social scientist hat and see family and a number of students from MIT’s Andrew T. Lukmann G, Ramya Sankar G, projects. MIT is at its best when it mobilizes who was there and how the assembled mix of Satwiksai Seshasai G, Shreyes Seshasai G, the talents of researchers and students from faculty, students, staff, members of the MIT Kochan, Page 5 Benjamin P. 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nancial sector melted down. He goes back all evils of pure capitalism. ica give up their private entrepreneurial enter- Ryan Normandin the way to Reagan, blaming him for beginning But if you have a few weeds in your garden, prises to the hard-working government that has to lift restrictions on banks and big business- do you burn your entire garden to cinders? The run so many programs so efficiently. Feel free Recently, the well-known liberal filmmaker es. From there, he examines how the Treasury answer to that is supposed to be no. Maybe you to laugh at this point. Loudly. You might get Michael Moore released his new movie, Capi- Department is run by countless employees of built the garden for the sole purpose of burning a few strange looks, but really. This is funny talism: A Love Story. As the sarcastic title sug- Goldman Sachs who spend their time trying to it, being a pyromaniac. But that’s a rare case. I stuff. gests, this movie was produced in an effort to deregulate the banks. These are not no-namers hope. The solution to a shift towards corruption A lack of competition and granting the portray the American capitalist system as an either; their CEO was former Treasury Secre- is not to leap to the other end of the spectrum government the ability to set prices means illogical system that is based on an emotional tary Hank Paulson. Then he shows how preda- and endorse socialism. The solution is to im- that prices are unlikely to go down any further. attachment rather than reasoning. It blames tory lending created toxic assets that tore the pose new regulations on the financial sector. Especially since our government is currently capitalism for the recent economic collapse, lives of families apart. Stop credit card companies from devouring spending money — our money — like I eat skyrocketing unemployment, and widespread Soon after, the banks collapsed and request- their clients with rates higher than my pile of M&M’s. Not healthy (either one). In a competi- suffering in general. As a solution, Moore ad- ed their $700 billion for such critical things as homework, stop banks from telling people that tive market environment, supply and demand, vocates socialism. No surprises there. vacations to resorts and it’s perfectly logical to quality of products, and, most of all, competi- In order to prevent confusion in this article, spas, along with bonus- buy a $750,000 home tion among companies marketing similar prod- I am going to begin with a description of what es for the CEO’s who when they’re making ucts will drive down prices. This also allows for variants of each economic system entail. just ran their companies Moore argues that capitalism is a few bucks an hour, companies that are irrelevant or marketing bad The three main components of capitalism into the ground. In what just not worth it. Socialism must and it might be a good products to fail. Oh wait, sorry — this allows are private ownership, competition, and the I considered one of the idea for presidents to them to fail unless their CEO is running the profit motive. Pure capitalism, called “laissez- stronger moments in be the answer. appoint people who Treasury Dept., they are deemed “too big and faire” (hands off) capitalism, is the type of eco- the movie, Moore asks aren’t going to work important to fail,” and are given money in the nomic system that existed when Rockefeller’s Elizabeth Warren, Con- If only it were so simple. against the interests of modest amount of $700 billion as a reward for Standard Oil and Carnegie’s railroad monopoly gressional Oversight the American people their failure. After my last 18.022 test, I’m still came to power, earning them tens of millions Officer where the bail- in favor of Goldman waiting for my bailout. Should be in the trillions while the employees were paid barely enough out money is. After a brief pause, she responds, Sachs. Just saying. I think. to survive. “I don’t know.” That would be because the But there’s one more thing that all you vot- If the companies really were “too big to State capitalism allows for the components Treasury Department didn’t require the banks ers out there can do, and if you’re reading this, fail,” then there should have been regulations of capitalism but regulates the markets in an to reveal what they were doing with it. Who was you can probably vote. After all, I doubt that that broke these companies up before they got attempt to protect the population as a whole. Treasury Secretary at the time? Oh, right, Hank many 6-year-olds would open up a newspaper to that size. We have anti-monopoly laws for a Socialism does not allow for private ownership, Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Be- to read “A Defense of State Capitalism.” So reason, and I’m not talking about the very capi- has prices set by the government, and lacks a tween his explanation of the financial mess and if you’re not a child prodigy, kindly stop vot- talist board game. profit motive. firsthand interviews with struggling families, ing in politicians who take bribes from special A socialist system of economics would A tethered form of socialism is called dem- Moore argues that capitalism is just not worth interests who manipulate Congress as their destroy the rights that every American is guar- ocratic socialism, where private citizens own it. Socialism must be the answer. plaything. It makes me sick to see politicians anteed: freedom of opportunity for example. retail, service industries, etc. while the govern- If only it were so simple. pretend to argue for regulations and fair poli- While capitalism promises a rough equality of ment handles energy, means of transportation Quite frankly, Moore’s argument defeats it- cies among the financial sector when they’re on opportunity, socialism promises a rough equal- (airlines), and other widely-used “products.” self. He argues against all capitalism by citing a special VIP list (“Friends of Angelo”) from ity of result. People who do not try to succeed In his movie, Moore adopts a Marxist phi- these last few years of deregulation as a reli- Countrywide to receive special deals with do not deserve the same result as those who losophy, stating more than once that he believes able example of what capitalism in America is waived fees. I was under the impression that struggle each day to get by. that there will be a revolution of the “have-nots” supposed to be. Like Moore, I believe that pure this kind of thing was called “bribing” and was Now I’m not going to pretend that capital- against the “haves” for a similar reason that capitalism is extremely immoral and harmful illegal. Maybe I’m just naïve, but if this kind of ism allows for complete equality of opportunity; Marx did. In America today, 1 percent of the to society as a whole; essentially, it is a fancy thing is not illegal, it should be. some people are obviously in better situations population controls 95 percent of the wealth, term for “greed” and “thrive at the expense of At this point, it should be easy to see that than others. But that’s the benefit of state capital- which doesn’t leave a whole lot for you and everybody else.” But America has had a system state capitalism was not responsible for the fi- ism: the government has programs such as food me. of state capitalism. Only in the last few years nancial collapse. But why choose state capital- stamps, unemployment, and welfare that are Moore’s movie is extremely well-done, pre- has it been corrupted by an unholy alliance of ism over socialism? There is no competition, available for those who truly need them. Capi- senting a well-documented account (from his banking executives and greedy, selfish politi- prices are set to what the government thinks is talism may have a few very correctable flaws, perspective, of course) of why and how the fi- cians. Thus, America began a shift towards the low, and all the hard-working people in Amer- but socialism is nothing but one big flaw. Obama at MIT Many Prepared for Obama What the President Didn’t Say in His Kresge Two Hundred Staff Did an Outstanding Job Kochan, from Page 4 Service. They tell you what you need to do Address and you do it, whatever the cost and incon- Community Innovators Lab/Green Hub team. venience. debate that needs to be happening right now. Their son James recorded the event on his cam- Kirk Kolenbrander assembled a team of Ethan Solomon Americans’ extraordinary ability to innovate era for his classmates in the School within a approximately 200 staff people to arrange and in science and technology is not in question. School unit at Brookline High, the same pro- coordinate lab visits, transportation and related Amidst the concrete barricades blocking off Our ability to compromise with each other and gram two of my sons and Sloan School Deputy logistics, MIT security and facilities altera- Amherst Alley, snipers on the Z-Center, the mo- craft effective national policy is in question. Dean Richard Locke attended. So we were able tions (and spruce ups), and the distribution of torcade hustling past our dorms on Memorial And it’s precisely the President’s job to direct to record three generations of links between the 200 tickets to the speech made available to Drive, and of course, the Presidential podium this debate, listen to both sides, and make a de- SWS and MIT! MIT. (Yes, the White House controlled the rest in Kresge, it’s easy to forget that Barack Obama cision. Nothing’s going to magically fall into Another favorite moment was when some of them.) came to MIT to deliver a message. It may not place and not even the threat of catastrophic unknown photographer took a picture of sever- This team did an outstanding job for MIT have been a very profound message, nor some- climate change is enough to spur Congress to al undergraduate and graduate student leaders and we should all recognize their good work thing we haven’t heard before, but since it hap- act quickly and intelligently on this issue. and me. The collaborative relationship among on our behalf. This is especially the case now pened here its worthwhile to think about and The burden therefore falls on the Presi- faculty, students, and the administration is a since so many members of our administrative ask: What did the President tell us? Perhaps dent’s shoulders to decide how to implement unique strength of the MIT governance system. staff are feeling the direct stress and impacts more importantly: What didn’t he tell us? clean energy reforms using technology de- That picture captured the spirit we need to sus- of the budget cuts, layoffs, and restructuring In his Friday column in The Tech, Gary veloped right here at MIT as well as fight the tain as we chart the future of MIT. of their work. The faculty in particular needs Shu identifies the same problem that Barack ineffectualness of Congress and combat the And finally, another often unseen and un- to recognize the important and excellent work Obama highlighted national “pessimism” der-appreciated part of the MIT community’s our staff does behind the scenes to make MIT a in his Kresge address surrounding this issue. work was apparent on Friday: the staff that great place to teach, study, and innovate. — the oft-mentioned He should learn from organized and coordinated the event on such My purpose in reflecting on the day is not “political realities” that Obama takes his 20 minutes at his mistakes in push- short notice. Just think of the logistical and just to recount an historic moment for MIT but always get in the way ing through healthcare security challenges the team assembled on the to bolster our confidence for tackling together when important things MIT to encourage research and reform ­— he must use preceding Sunday faced with five days to go. what lies ahead. Only by recognizing that none need to get done. “The all the political capital They had to work with the White House and of us can do our best without the support and professional grant innovation when that isn’t the he has left, rally the Secret Service on arrangements — not easy commitment of the diverse components that writers called ‘profes- real problem. Democratic Party (that groups to negotiate with. I have a little experi- make up the MIT community will we come sors’,” writes Shu, of- means you, filibuster- ence dealing with both groups and they tend through this year of budget reductions and plan- ten capitalize on “aca- proof majority in the to negotiate from positions of power. Some ning for the future stronger and more unified demic fads” to bolster Senate) around his lead- things (thankfully) are simply non-negotiable. than before. That for me was Friday’s lesson. research funds when the research hasn’t funda- ership and most of all, be tough. Sweet words You don’t negotiate much with the Secret Thomas A. Kochan is the Chair of the Faculty. mentally changed. Like nanotech and biotech, and praise for American solidarity in research Shu argues that “clean energy” may fall among and innovation will do nothing to change the these fads. battle-lines drawn in Congress. Put on top of that the “political realities” How can Obama be this kind of leader? Obama spoke about — “There may be plenty How, even down to the university-campus We want you in our sheets. of room for debate as to how we transition level, when so many people do not have genu- from fossil fuels to renewable fuels ­— we all ine energy reform at heart, can Obama hope understand there’s no silver bullet to do it,” the to effect the kind of change he is calling for? President said. But expectedly and yet still dis- Simple — forget the “bipartisan” route and appointingly, he failed to offer any solution of use the political resources he has now. Obama his own on how to ease this enormous transi- should use Vice President Biden’s influence, tion or how he plans to combat the forces in know-how and connections in the Senate to Congress and industry that will work against help unite the Democratic Party around clean- it. So when at the academic, political, and eco- energy goals. He should assume the role of a nomic levels there are enormous roadblocks to party leader, indeed an expansion of his tradi- migrating America to a clean and sustainable tional powers as “chief executive.” But would energy infrastructure, Obama takes his 20 min- this just be another example of the 2008 cam- utes at MIT to encourage research and innova- paign’s dreaded “politics-as-usual”? If Obama [email protected] tion when that isn’t the real problem. actually manages to pass real reform, then no, W20-483, 617-253-1541 That “debate” Obama talked about is the certainly not. Page 6 The Tech Ca m p u s Li f e October 27, 2009 Ca m p u s Li f e We have computers Brouhaha Rhythm Gripping the Bull by the Husk By Michael T. Lin tropical brassieres of questionable authentic- never be a good idea, I took the coconut into the Campus Life Editor ity. Straight off the tree, a typical coconut has lounge, where I found a friend who was willing The other day, I had the unique experience of several layers, with the water and meat in the to lend me his high-grade cutlery. It was lucky trying to open a coconut for personal consump- center to the outer green shell. Basically, it’s for me he stuck around out of morbid curiosity, tion. It began with a butter knife and misplaced like an onion. A sadistic, adamantine onion. because he ultimately lent me the rest of my ar- optimism. It ended with three sharp cooking It is with some small shame that I admit that senal as the night went on. How close I came to knives, a multitool saw blade, a claw hammer, I am so lazy with regards to food that I have on borrowing a rotary saw, I don’t care to say. multiple nails of varying sizes, and one still- occasion purchased sliced apples while half a Long story short, the proper means of open- unrefreshed columnist. Oh, and a lounge so dozen whole apples sat uneaten in my room. ing a coconut, depending on what you’re trying covered in coconut entrails that it could prob- Not only am I letting down my parents’ sense of to achieve, can mean cutting a small hole to ably have been used as a set for a tropical-plant drink from using a straw (if you’re my uncle) remake of The Silence of the Lambs. or pulling off the husk and tapping at the nut When I first purchased the coconut, I had Straight off the tree, a typical with a boat propeller until it separates neatly two images in my head. One involved making into cloppable halves (if you’re Survivorman). horse-clopping sounds and prancing around coconut has several layers. It does not, however, entail hacking and campus debating swallow migration patterns. Basically, it’s like an onion. A slashing at the husk to create a bald spot, ham- The other was a memory of a childhood sum- mering holes in either side to drain the wa- mer in Belize during which drinking straight sadistic, adamantine onion. ter over the course of fifteen minutes (which from the coconut one of the most refreshing wasn’t even all that refreshing — I ended up and singular experiences of my young life. Un- thrift, I’m disappointing the environment, too. buying an orange soda from the downstairs fortunately, my knowledge of coconut anatomy So when I tell you that I really, really wanted vending machine), perforating the coconut with was so limited, both then and now, that I had to get to the middle of this coconut, I hope you even more nail holes like some bizarre tropical to be explicitly enlightened as to the proper understand exactly how dedicated (and thirsty) crucifixion, prying it half an inch open with a means of processing a coconut. As it happens, I was. 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By Sudeep Agarwala ni’s sense of drama and, when appropriate, STAFF WRITER pathos without detracting attention from the Opera Boston stage. Also notable were choral passages ­— Cutler Majestic Theatre particularly by the men — that managed both Friday, October 23, 2009 fluid tone and remarkably balanced voicings. Also of note are both Linda Osborn-Blaschke or all of its expert craft, there are many (fortepiano) and Guy Fishman (cello) for a non-trivial reasons Gioachino Rossini’s particularly effective interpretion Rossini’s Tancredi isn’t one of his more popu- late-classical/proto-Romantic continuo — a F lar operas. Large rifts gape in the plot harrowing task often over-blown or under- line (Since when is Amenaide pregnant? Why played to the point of distraction by other doesn’t Argirio recognize the renown Tancredi companies. when he joins his army? Why does Amenaide And distracting from the action on the write a letter that is unaddressed and almost stage would be a crime; Opera Boston’s pro- purposefully misleading?), while the drama duction of Trancredi marks the Boston debut portrays an affected and protracted moral code of Polish contralto Ewa Podle in the title role. that holds very little in common with modern Podle’s contralto was large and dramatic, dip- experience. ping down to a rich baritone at its very lowest But opera begs some suspension of disbe- while maintaining the flexibility and flourish lief for the very least and, even at its very best, of a well-trained mezzo-soprano in its upper doesn’t require a moral tale at its very core. range. This is perhaps what was so particularly More than anything else, an opera is about the moving about Friday’s performance: Soprano music and, in Rossini’s bel canto era, stunning- Amanda Forsythe’s radiant tone and incred- ly acrobatic singing. ible flexibility in coloratura provided a sharp Opera Boston’s vivid performance of contrast to Podle’s rich contralto. Arias that Rossini’s work on Friday, October 23, 2009 featured both were breathtaking — these vir- provided much more. Artistically, Carol Bai- tuosically executed passages were performed ley’s minimalist setting of Rossini’s opera with an ear towards what Rossini could only in 1935 Europe was both subtle as well as have dreamed of. imaginative. Bailey’s recasting subtly added Baritone DongWon Kim’s Boston debut as elegant highlights to the storyline while re- the general Orbazzano was also a clear success; maining unobtrusive; a stoic backdrop of Kim’s baritone was rich and flexible — power- brick walls and the occasional baroque flour- ful without becoming lumbering or overbear- ish provided a perfect canvass for the drama: ing. Tenor Yeghishe Manucharya, as Argirio, Greco-Persian robes were traded for mafioso seemed a bit more difficult; although clearly suits and fascist uniforms for military roles, comfortable in the lower range, Manucharya’s civilian characters dressed in understated, yet voice became thin and constricted in the higher strangely stately, interpretations of pre-war registers, often poorly disguising necessary Europe. shifts into his falsetto. Regardless, all four Although at times overzealous or teetering voices of the central drama became seamlessly on the edge of rhythmic stability during more blended in their ensemble work, culminating in melismatic arias, Gil Rose’s orchestra was vi- a nuanced and poignant portrayal of the dra- brant and rang true to Rossini’s textures and ma and pathos of Rossini’s rarely performed musical colors, effectively enhancing Rossi- work. This space donated by The Tech $30,000 LEMELSON-MIT STUDENT PRIZE Inventive MIT Graduate Students and Graduating Seniors Apply Today!

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Aaron Thom Obama Endorses MIT’s Clean Energy Efforts The MIT campus welcomed President Barack 4 10 Obama on Friday. The President delivered an ad- 1 dress about clean energy in Kresge following a 5 8 11 tour of several MIT labs. Students, supporters, and protesters awaited the President outside of 2 6 12 77 Mass. Ave. 1. President Obama chats amicably with Massachusetts 3 7 9 Senator John F. Kerry as they both step out of Air Force Meng Heng Touch—The Tech jeff guo—The TEch Jessica Liu—The TEch One. The President’s private aircraft touched down at Logan airport at about 11:30 a.m.

2. Crowds gather in front of 77 Mass. Ave. awaiting the arrival of the President.

3. President Obama shakes hands with members of the audience following his speech. MIT was given around 200 tickets to allocate; Kresge’s maximum capac- ity is around 1,000 people.

4. Photographers and video crews pack up supplies after President Obama’s ad- dress.

5. President Obama’s limousine transported him from Building 13 to Kresge Audi- torium via Memorial Drive for his address.

6. A supporter of Lyndon LaRouche holds up a painting of the 2008 presidential candidates as she awaited the arrival of Obama. “Why is Obama blue?” a bystander asked. “You go in there and ask him!” she laughed, pointing toward Kresge.

7.President Obama shows off his newly acquired T-shirt after learning about the energy storage research conducted by Professor Alexander H. Slocum ’82. MIT President Susan Hockfield accompanied Obama during his tour through the labs at MIT.

8. President Obama encourages the United States to be leaders in energy innova- tion during his speech.

9. Members of the MIT community, sponsored by Sustainability@MIT, assemble

in the shape of <350 to signal their support for achieving 350 ppm or less of CO2 in the atmosphere, a number commonly cited as a “safe” level by scientists and politicians.

10. Demonstrators stirred up heated arguments with bystanders as they awaited the arrival of President Obama. This demonstrator had another hand-lettered sign that read “Arrest obama for war crimes.”

11. Students who could not get into Kresge gathered in the Stratton Lounge to watch Obama’s speech on their computers.

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Obama, from Page 1 and creating high power batteries for cal analysis.” hybrid vehicles.” Obama began his speech with a introduce a cap-and-trade system for At the end of the other groups’ light jab at his alma mater. “It’s al- greenhouse gas emissions. presentations, Belcher said that she ways been a dream of mine to visit handed Obama a card with the pe- the most prestigious school in Cam- Obama visits Bldg. 13, professors riodic table of elements. “In case bridge, Massachusetts,” he said to present research you’re ever in a bind and need to laughter and cheers. After a pause, During his pre-speech laboratory calculate a molecular weight, here’s he added “hold on a second — cer- tour, Obama saw presentations on a periodic table for your wallet,” she tainly the most prestigious school in high-powered, virus-assembled bat- said. The other side of the card had a this part of Cambridge, Massachu- teries and solar cells from Profes- chart of amino acids. setts.” sors Angela M. Belcher and Paula Obama later referenced this Most students did not get tickets, T. Hammond ’84; quantum dot LED gift in his speech. “This tells you but many gathered near Kresge to lights from Professor Vladmir Bu- something about MIT — everybody try and catch a glimpse of the Presi- lovic; offshore wind turbines from hands out periodic tables … what’s dent. A few people also showed up Professor Alexander H. Slocum ’82; up with that?” to protest, drawing attention to hu- and solar cell concentrators from Although none of the faculty man rights violations, the Afghani- Professor Marc A. Baldo. who presented their research to the stan war, healthcare reform, and “It was amazing just to have him present could also watch the speech abortion. When Obama’s motorcade coming here to an MIT laboratory from Kresge due to timing and se- came down Memorial Drive around and to see him engage in science,” curity reasons, the professors largely 12:30 p.m., there were screams and said Hammond. “When he came to agreed that the speech and the presi- pointing as the crowd ran down the group, he was incredibly warm dent was on par with expectations. Mass. Ave. to see the procession. and engaging. He was very excited “I thought the speech was right Later, in Kresge, Obama would about the virus battery,” she said. on point. First of all, it gave a great return the enthusiastic greeting. Hammond said that she and her sense of the power of innovation and “You just get excited being here and collaborator Belcher, like the oth- the possibilities of both fundamen- seeing these extraordinary young ers, didn’t find out that they would tal and developmental research,” people and the extraordinary leader- be presenting their research for the said Hammond. “I also loved the ship of Professor Hockfield because President until only a few days be- fact that he referenced each of the it taps into something essential about fore Friday. Despite the short dead- research displays, described them America — it’s the legacy of daring line, she said that the group was still quite well, and showed excitement.” men and women who put their tal- able to pull together a new poster “I think that’s unique in a presi- ents and their efforts into the pursuit presentation and two demonstrations dent or any national leader,” Ham- of discovery.” focusing on their virus-assembled mond said. batteries and solar cells for their “He’s just a warm, friendly hu- Student reactions presidential display. man being.” Slocum said. “I’ve met As one of the few MIT students Belcher described that the group plenty of plastic politicians. Obama to get a ticket to see Obama’s speech, was presented with the challenge is just real.” co-president of MIT’s Energy Club to assemble a presentation that was Bulovic, who presented the ultra- Timothy D. Heidel G said Obama’s “easy to describe, had no chemicals, efficient quantum dot light technol- visit “speaks to how far the entire and no water.” To meet this task, ogy, said he was very uplifted by MIT community has come in estab- Belcher said a team of several grad- the president’s speech on energy lishing itself as a leader in energy.” Jeff Guo—The Tech An excited MIT student awaits the arrival of President Obama in front uate students and postdocs “worked and honored to present his lab’s re- Forgan McIntosh G, the other of 77 Mass. Ave on Friday. around the clock for two days.” They search. co-president of the club, echoed showed of one of their virus batteries “There are many labs at MIT that Heidel’s remarks, but added that powering an LED, and one of their have equally filled their purpose, so he would have liked to hear Obama tendance. “We thought it was so great,” virus-assembled solar cells driving a we feel especially honored for this “talk with greater specificity” about Louis, who sang the national said Chandrasekar. “We were all set fan. The fan had “Yes We Can” writ- opportunity,” he said. climate legislation. Obama men- anthem for the event, said she ap- to video tape entire procession and ten on one of the blades. tioned the Senate climate bill, but preciated how the speech “catered all the sudden they were like “guys Belcher said the president really Crowds gather, Obama cracks only in terms of how he thought it to people working hard to improve off the roof, Secret Service, off the enjoyed the inscription. “That’s my jokes would “transform” America. He efforts in energy considerations.” roof!” campaign slogan,” he said, breaking After the lab tour, Obama arrived did not say that the bill would in- After the speech, she got to shake Instead, Chandrasekar said that into a big smile. at Kresge shortly after 12:30 p.m. troduce a cap and trade system for his hand. Louis said Obama told her the group of McCormick residents Hammond said it was “interest- Cecilia R. Louis ’10, a member of greenhouse gases, nor did he use the he was “so glad” she was there. “I relocated to the dormitory’s din- ing how quickly [Obama] under- the Chorallaries, sang the national terms “carbon” or “greenhouse gas” almost died,” she said. ing hall to watch the webcast of the stood the technology,” and that he anthem. Louis said that she was in- in his speech. Some students who couldn’t get speech. From the windows of the asked several great questions such formed just two days in advance that Obama spoke for about 20 min- tickets took more creative measures dining hall, she said that they were as “How can biology solve these she would be signing the national utes, then came down from the podi- to see the president. able to catch sight of the president problems?” anthem for the presidential speech. um to shake hands with MIT faculty McCormick resident Hamsika leaving in his limo. Although each group had only “I may or may not have turned in my and students. He left promptly after Chandrasekar ’13 said that she “I think I had more fun being roughly five minutes to present, psets late [that week],” she said. 1 p.m. to attend a $500-a-head fund- and several friends tried watching outside of it than waiting in line and Belcher said that her group also Both Hockfield and Moniz gave raiser for Massachusetts Governor the motorcade from the East Pent- being in Kresge for 20 minutes,” she tried to emphasize the research’s brief opening comments. Moniz Deval Patrick. house’s view, but they were eventu- said. applications for “reducing soldiers’ praised Obama’s “commitment to U.S. Senator John Kerry (D- ally asked to leave by Secret Service John A. Hawkinson and Jessica load, creating flexible solar panels, integrating sound science and criti- Mass.) and Patrick were both in at- personnel. J. Pourian contributed reporting.

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The number ticity and an inherited framework or which Rancatore said made most of Rafferty has developed over 26 dif- tent on achieving exotic surprises,” peaks during summer. tradition.” the furniture in Tosci’s. ferent flavors of ice cream — some said Rancatore. “Everyone wants to make ice Rancatore noted that when the Rancatore said that the ice cream of his favorites are “Drunken Three Rafferty likes that people in Cam- cream but very few of the people store first opened in 1981, several shop has only ever made one flavor Musketeers” (bourbon flavored ice bridge are open to new flavors. “Even who work here [actually make ice of the best employees were women named after a person — Paul Sloven- cream and Three Musketeers candy with some of the more exotic flavors, cream],” Rancatore said. “I think it rowers from Boston University. They ski, a track and field coach a MIT. bars) and “B3,” consisting of brown we almost always have someone that is important for a small number of followed directions well and had the “One day I was in the store when a sugar, brown butter, and brownies. likes them,” Rafferty said. people to regularly make ice cream.” “extra benefit of being strong and short, intense man came up to me and Rafferty said he might follow up With the most recent addition of possessing a lot of stamina.” said with determination that he want- on the popular “B3” flavor with a Holiday and seasonal themes Rafferty, Tosci’s currently has three “So maybe what we need [in an ed a flavor to be named after him,” “C4” flavor which he envisions would Sometimes, Rafferty gets inspira- ice cream makers, including Ranca- ice cream maker] is a New England Rancatore said. “Instead of saying include chocolate chips and caramel tion from seasonal ingredients and tore. Conservatory student who rows and ‘we don’t do that,’ I asked him what ice cream with cookie crumbs. the holidays. He’s currently work- Rancatore thinks that there might is a supertaster,” Rancatore joked. his name was and he said ‘Sluggo.’” Because of his ing on an apple pie be some correlation between ice Thus, Chocolate Sluggo was born. extensive training flavor for the fall, cream making capabilities and the The scoop on MIT Rancatore says Chocolate Sluggo as a chef on the although keeping ability to perform classic music. Several MIT students and fac- is a light Belgian Chocolate layered “hot side,” Raffer- “For the quintessential the graham cracker “I have thought that classical mu- ulty have helped develop Tosci’s ice with dark Cocoa pudding” plus al- ty often turns to in- crumbs crisp and sic students might be a good place cream flavors over the years. monds, chocolate chips, and Hydrox gredients used less MIT student,” Rafferty the apples from to find ice cream makers,” he says. S. Adam Simha ’88 finalized the cookies. “I’ll make it some Thurs- commonly in the frosting in storage “They understand notions of incre- recipes for the flavors Burnt Caramel day,” he said. ice cream industry envisioned a double has proven to be such as miso (fer- espresso flavor with a problematic, he mented soy bean said. For Hallow- paste), Japanese twist. “It’d have to be een he’s contem- mint leaves, and plating a “goodie the spice caraway. something heavy in bag” flavor that From these ingre- caffeine with some sort of combines lots of dients, Rafferty classic Halloween has created such puzzle … something to candies. flavors as “cran- Rancatore said berry and lemon figure out or something Tosci’s also makes Japanese mint sor- a champagne sor- bet” and “pickled to keep the brain busy bet for New Years plum sorbet.” and make it interesting,” and hamentashen Tosci’s churns for the winter Jew- about 50 flavors a he said. ish holiday Purim. week, according to In the fall, To- Rancatore. Every sci’s makes a Con- week’s menu is a cord grape sorbet. combination of traditional flavors as In the summer, Rancatore said that well as some new ones. Though To- he likes to take advantage of the lo- sci’s is known for its adventuresome cal peaches and berries. flavors, Rancatore said they never make “stupid” flavors. What the job entails “We don’t make shark or chicken Rancatore said ice cream makers turkey,” Rancatore said, although he need to have “supertasting” abilities, said Tosci’s has made flavors involv- a knack for thinking up tasty new ing avocado and garlic. concoctions, and the ability to repro- But even those odd ingredients duce their hits over and over again. worked. “Avocado is a popular flavor They are artists. in Latin America and parts of the Pa- “Ice cream makers need to follow cific” for it’s rich and creamy flavor, recipes and extrapolate. They should said Rancatore. “Garlic is certainly be curious about ice cream and food. unusual,” but he notes that black gar- They should eat and read and be lic ice cream is a popular dish in Ko- ready to take advantage of a seren-

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Solution to Sudoku Solution to Bonus from page 11 from page 11 MISTI Graduating Student Info Session 4 5 1 6 2 8 7 9 3 9 8 7 5 3 1 2 6 4 ***lunch provided*** 2 6 3 7 9 4 1 5 8 October 28, 2009 6 7 9 3 4 5 8 2 1 1 2 4 9 8 6 3 7 5 Bush Room, Building 10 8 3 5 1 7 2 9 4 6 3 9 6 4 1 7 5 8 2 12 noon - 1pm 5 1 2 8 6 9 4 3 7 go global with misti 7 4 8 2 5 3 6 1 9 mit.edu/misti Page 14 The Tech October 27, 2009 Cheung Goes Door to MIT Donor and Madoff Investor Door as Race for City Picower Had Pool Heart Attack By Diana B. Henriques revived and was pronounced dead at back from Madoff at least as early The New York Times 1:30 p.m. at Good Samaritan Medi- as September 2003 and, on several Council Nears Finish An autopsy shows that Jeffry M. cal Center in West Palm Beach. occasions, was able to retrieve only Picower, a prominent philanthropist The Picowers’ lawyer, William “a fraction of the amount” he had re- Cheung, from Page 1 Cheung said. accused of reaping about $7 billion D. Zabel, said that Picower, who was quested from Madoff. Once he’s elected, he said, the work in profit from Bernard L. Madoff’s 67, had a history of heart problems That failure to pay also should creased” as Election Day draws will not be as “intensive.” vast Ponzi scheme, drowned on Sun- and had Parkinson’s disease. have put Picower on notice that Ma- nearer, Cheung said, “but so have our “If I can campaign and not fail out day after having a heart attack. Picower was a well-known Wall doff’s money-management business efforts.” of school, I can definitely be on City Picower was found at the bottom Street investor and had a professional was a fraud, Picard asserted. Cheung’s campaign recently ran a Council and do fine in school,” he said. of the swimming pool at his ocean- and personal relationship with Mad- The Picowers had emphatically series of Google and Facebook ads to Cheung encourages students who front mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. off that went back several decades. denied any knowledge of the Ponzi promote awareness among students. are registered to take the time to vote. The Palm Beach police confirmed Besides investing their personal as- scheme and insisted they were de- The Facebook fundraiser made close “Even though people think of them- the cause of death on Monday after sets with Madoff, the Picowers had ceived by Madoff, as were federal to $1,000. selves as not from around the area, an autopsy by the Palm Beach Coun- also entrusted him with money be- regulators and thousands of other Cheung’s mornings begin at 7 a.m., you live here. Things that happen in ty medical examiner. longing to their personal foundation, investors. when he goes to T stations to hand out the city affect us, from crime to using Picower had been under growing which was forced to close in Decem- They said recently that the scan- flyers. During the day, he spends hours the T … You’re part of a bigger com- pressure for months as he faced liti- ber, after Madoff’s arrest. dal and its aftermath had become a on the phone trying to raise money and munity. Even if you don’t mean to, you gation over his disputed role in the Initially, the Picowers were no- punishing experience, both emotion- knocks on doors talking to residents. do have an effect on the community.” Ponzi scheme operated by Madoff, table as victims of the Madoff fraud. ally and physically. He still goes to class. In the evening, Onaopemipo O. Abiodui ’13 said who was arrested in December and But in May, the bankruptcy trustee “We always have been private when it’s too late to knock, he leaves she thinks that Cheung can win, even pleaded guilty in March to operat- seeking assets for Madoff victims people, and having all this play out campaign literature on doorsteps. He though she has never heard of him, ing a long-running fraud that cost sued the Picowers in federal court in the media has taken a big toll on usually doesn’t finish until 11 p.m., “MIT is smart,” she said, “He thousands of victims billions of dol- in Manhattan to recover more than our health,” the couple wrote in re- when he heads back to check e-mail wouldn’t run if he didn’t know what lars. $5 billion they withdrew from their sponse to questions submitted ear- and update his website. he was doing.” The Palm Beach police reported Madoff accounts over the years. In lier this month by The New York “The homework is suffering” Ch- Election Day is November 3rd. that emergency personnel had been a subsequent court filing, the trustee Times. eung admits. “Campaigning takes up MIT’s voting location is in Kresge called to the Picower home at 12:09 raised that figure to roughly $7 bil- “Although we are stricken that a ton of time. It’s pretty much 24/7.” Auditorium. A complete list of poll- p.m. on Sunday by Picower’s wife, lion. one man could bring such misery He’s had to request a lot of extensions ing locations can be found online at Barbara, who said she had found her The trustee, Irving H. Picard, to so many, we have been touched on work. “Professors have been really http://www.cambridgema.gov/special/ husband at the bottom of the pool at had asserted in a court filing that Pi- by the support from our friends and understanding and supportive of me,” polling_locations.pdf. the family home. He could not be cower had trouble getting his money family.” The Picowers had initiated settle- ment discussions with the trustee “to avoid years of extensive litigation,” Police Log according to Zabel. Since Picard can still pursue his claims against Editor’s Note: Police logs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 13 were not released Sep. 12: Bldg. 13, 11:00 p.m., report of a stolen camera. Picower’s estate and other family until Oct. 20. Sep. 16: Bldg. 50, 2:00 a.m., three individuals standing by motor vehicle members, both the litigation and the with broken window; subjects and vehicle check ok. The following incidents were reported to the Campus Police between Sept. settlement talks are expected to con- Sep. 17: Bldg. 2, 3:56 p.m., suspicious activity with a lock. 16 and Sept. 25. The dates below reflect the dates incidents occurred. This tinue. As of last week, “progress was Sep. 21: Bldg. 35, 10:45 a.m., larceny of a briefcase from office area. information is compiled from the Campus Police’s crime log. The report does being made” toward a negotiated Sep. 22: Bldg. W85, 4:18 a.m., suspicious male in area; Jose Guevara of 30 not include alarms, general service calls, or incidents not reported to the dis- settlement, according to Zabel. Harbor Pinot Blvd., Dorchester, arrested for burglary. patcher. Others including Stanley Chais, Sep. 24: 405 Memorial Drive, 11:16 a.m., wallet stolen from room. a Los Angeles investment manager Sep. 24: 77 Mass. Ave, 12:45 p.m., trespass warning issued to suspicious Apr. 4: Bldg. 32 (Stata Center), 2:35 p.m., report of ongoing harassment. whose clients lost millions in the person suspected of a theft. Investigations report. fraud, have also been sued by the Sep. 24: Bldg. E40, 5:00 p.m., report of mountain bike locked with cable Sep. 3: Bldg. 33, 6:00 p.m., larceny of external hard drive. trustee, who asserted that they too stolen from the E40 area. Sep. 8 Bldg. 3, 1:00 p.m., report of a stolen moped. should have been suspicious of Ma- Compiled by John A. Hawkinson doff’s unusually steady returns.

Astronaut Mike Massimino at MIT Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 4-5pm Killian Hall, Building 14

Veteran Astronaut and MIT In May 2009 Massimino and six other astronauts boarded the space shuttle Atlantis for a Alumnus Dr. Mike Massimino journey that took them 5.3 million miles for a final servicing of the telescope. Massimino and other STS-125 crewmembers conducted five spacewalks to upgrade the Hubble, enabling it to (SM TPP 1988, Engineer ME 1990, send back spectacular images of the universe well into the next decade. While on the mission PhD 1992) will come to MIT on the crew captured photographs and video, and Massimino became the first astronaut to Wednesday Oct. 28 to talk about ‘Tweet’ from space—sending back updates on the mission through his Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/astro_mike), which has surpassed 1 million followers. his recent work servicing NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Accompanying Massimino on the mission was a rare book loaned from the MIT Libraries’ collections. The book, a limited edition facsimile of Galileo’s landmark publication Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger), was chosen to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s astronomical research, the first recorded planetary observations using a telescope.

In his talk, Massimino will discuss his work and show images and video from the mission. He will also present the well-traveled book back to the MIT community and the Libraries.

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Sponsored by October 27, 2009 Sp o r t s The Tech Page 15 MIT Is Top in Sport Football Team Defeated Despite Taekwondo Division I Multiple Attempts for a Comeback Football, from Page 16 er to explain that Kelly’s knee was sidelines on the final score of the day, stable and that the Engineers now bringing the score to 28-17. Match, Beating Rival momentum out of the gate as they had a second source of motivation. The loss was detrimental to the marched down the field on the open- Salve Regina was able to widen team. Seniors were especially heart- Taekwondo, from Page 16 ries to end with a 1-3 finish. Both ing possession. An interception, the gap, however, taking a 21-7 lead broken, losing to a team they had Lin and Li scored several head shots however, quickly ended any surge on a 46-yard pass from St. Onge to handily defeated in the three previ- J. Sauza ’11) finishing in the quarter- and spinning kicks, taking advan- in momentum the drive could have receiver Nick Piscitelli. ous years of their MIT careers. finals. tage of the new scoring system that had. The Engineers remained deter- The season, however, is not a lost The women’s A teams continued increased the point values for such The third quarter brought a scare mined and responded by moving the cause. Offensive guard Ethan E. Pe- the dominating trend from last sea- maneuvers. for the Engineers. Quarterback Sean ball form their own 35 yard line down terson ’13 recognizes, “we have to son, with MIT’s A1 (Ranbel F. Sun Victory was not limited to sea- P. Kelly ’12, who had been alternat- 42 yards down to the Seahawks’ 23, finish this season strong for the se- ’10, ZheChen “Mary” Hong ’10, soned veterans. Fresh from sum- ing snaps with starter Kyle T. Johnson where Peter W. Gilliland ’12 booted niors. Coach Martinovich told us at Lee) and A2 team (Quddus, Ji-Soo mer training and the recent sport ’11, dislocated his knee on a broken a career-long 40-yard field goal to the team dinner Friday that these last Kim ’12, JiHye Kim ’10) securing taekwondo P.E. class, the women’s pass play as he tried to scramble for bring MIT to within 11 points. three weeks are about the guys who silver and bronze respectively. Simi- beginner D1 team (Pino, Tiffany positive yardage. Play was stopped SRU against responded swiftly, are hanging up their pads. We owe it larly, the women’s intermediate level A. Chen ’12, and Katherine L. Luo immediately and all players joined capping an 85-yard drive with an- to them to keep working as hard as B-teams also double-placed, with the ’13) seized gold with a victory over their teams on the sidelines and knelt other touchdown pass from St. Onge we have been throughout the year, to B1 (Sun, Hong, Li) and B3 teams Tufts. The men’s D1 team (Maxwell in silence as the trainers, medical to bring the score to 28-10. keep fighting.” (Hsueh, Yang, and Lorraine Ling G) S. Mann ’12, David M. Kim ’13, Mi- staff, and coaches helped to secure Brown then took off for the lon- The Engineers (1-6, 1-3 NEFC finishing first and third. chael K. Yu ’10) also gained valuable Kelly and get him into the ambu- gest play of the day — on the first Boyd) will play the Plymouth State In the C-team (novice) division, experience and finished second. lance. play from scrimmage on the ensuing Panthers (6-2, 4-1 NEFC Boyd) at the men’s C1 (Ryan A. Rosario ‘12, At the end of the day, MIT came As play resumed, Coach Marti- kickoff, Brown scampered past Salve noon this Saturday in Plymouth, David Y. Wen, ’10, Ijeoma “EJ” out on top — winning first place in novich brought the Engineers togeth- Regina on a 58-yard zone rush up the New Hampshire. Emeagwali ’12) and C2 team (Wil- Division I with a total of 641 points, liams, Bradley Wu ’11, Wei-Yang Sun followed by rival Cornell University This space donated by The Tech ’11) had exceptionally strong show- with 572 points. ings and swept the top two spots. With only two weeks left until the The women’s C1 (Stephanie P. next tournament at Cornell on No- Chen ’12, Li, Teresa “Ty” Lin ’12) vember 7, the team hopes to use this and C2 (Tam, Yang, Heejung Kim victory to push ahead and stay ahead, ’12) fought through multiple inju- one kick at a time.

INNOVATING | MENTORING | BUILDING CAPACITY Sports Shorts, from Page 16

regular season loss from just four days ago. The Engineers pulled to a quick 2-1 lead after doubles play, and won the first two singles matches for a 4-1 lead. Babson responded with three straight singles wins, and Apply your education to the real world and everything came down to the #5 match between MIT’s Alexandra C. Hall ’12 and Babson’s Mikaela Stamas. The two split the first two sets, but experience a new level of understanding. Hall swept the third to give the Engineers a 5-4 victory, advancing them to the semifinals against the #2 Blue of Wellesley College. Combine academic study with public service in a Service Learning class and apply your In the semifinal, MIT hoped to follow their victory from Saturday af- ternoon with a win over Wellesley in a rematch of last year’s NEWMAC learning experiences to real-life problems in communities worldwide. tournament championship. In doubles play, Leslie A. Hansen ’10 and An- astasia Vishnevetsky ’12 opened with an 8-2 victory, but Wellesley took To find out more, check out the service learning website at http://web.mit.edu/servicelearning the two other matches for a 2-1 lead. or contact Camilla Shannon, [email protected]. Wellesley won four out the five singles matches to wrap up the match, with Vishnevetsky providing the only victory for the Engineers. —Paul Blascovich, DAPER Staff No excuses, only opportunities Page 16 The Tech October 27, 2009 Sp o r t s Sport Taekwondo Opens Season Football Falls to Salve With Dominant Victory at Home Regina on Senior Day By Russell Spivak won the coin toss and elected to re- By Kristina Lozoya Erika L. Lee ’12 and Rebecca Hung M. Williams G earning third for Team Member ceive the ball to begin the game. The team member ’11 dominated the women’s division, the men. In an especially large and On a dreary, rainy Saturday, the opening position was an inauspicious In a decisive start to its season, taking gold and bronze, while team competitive white and yellow belt di- MIT Engineers stepped onto Roberts beginning to the game. The MIT de- the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club veteran Jason Uh ’10 tied for first vision, Mengfei Yang ’12 and Wendy Field in Steinbrenner Stadium for the fense, typically strong opening the clinched first place at the first East- place in the men’s division. Pino ’11 secured first and fourth re- final time this season. game, could not stop the Seahawk ern Collegiate Tae- MIT continued this pace in the spectively. The game’s final result march down the field. Salve opened kwondo Conference colored belt divisions, placing in all With such strong performances in was a loss to Salve Re- with a one-yard quarterback sneak by (ECTC) tournament but one. Shammi S. Quddus ’10 took forms, MIT went into sparring com- gina University 28-10. Jeff St. Onge to take an early lead. of the year on Sunday, first in the women’s red belt division petition with 189 points. The Engineers’ The Engineers had several chanc- October 18. Organized while Wenxian Hong G and Ning Wu The men’s A-team (advanced) pre-game ritual was es to take the lead, bringing the ball by the club and hosted G took third and fourth respectively in division was stacked with some of moved up fifteen minutes as each of to the Seahawk three and fifteenyard at the Johnson Athletic Center, the the men’s red belt division. Christine the day’s toughest competition; the the 12 seniors were honored, running lines on two consecutive drives, but tournament drew 319 competitors Hsueh ’10 and Kristina Lozoya ’13 men’s A1 team (Wu, Uh, George C. through a tunnel of teammates to be the Cardinal and Grey were held on a from 20 different schools, including placed second and fourth places in Whitfield G) lost a tough match to greeted by Head Coach Chad Marti- goal-line stand and then intercepted 46 athletes representing MIT. women’s blue belt, and Alvin S. Chen RPI. Despite this early setback, MIT novich, parents and loved ones. The on the two drives. Following the in- The day began with a strong ’11 took fourth in men’s blue belt. rallied back, with the men’s A2 team announcer also spoke about each terception, the Seahawks yet again showing in the forms competition, MIT double-placed in the major- (Benjamin M. Huan ’11, Joseph S. player individually, including acco- methodically marched down the field in which patterned movements were ity of the lower color belt divisions, Huan ’11, Iliya T. Tsekov G) tak- lades on and off the field. The twelve entering MIT territory to eventually judged on power and precision, with with Hsin-Jung “Sophia” Li ’11 and ing bronze and the men’s A3 team include Captain DeRon M. Brown, cap the drive with another run by St. MIT placing in all belt divisions. Sharon W. Tam ‘10 winning first and (Aaron L. Sampson ’10 and Daniel Michael P. Fitzgerald, Corey Garvey, Onge. Black belt competitors cleaned third in the women’s green belt di- Captain Willliam J. Gibson, Captain MIT was able to swing the mo- house early on in the competition. vision and newcomer Christopher Taekwondo, Page 15 Garth S. Grove, Tyler Z. Liechty, mentum back in its favor late in the Anthony D. McDonald, Jordan N. second quarter. Brown, who would Meenen, Brian H. Mickle, Marcus finish the day with 246 yards on 41 into the half up 5-0. A. Parton, Zachary W. Rose, and carries, helped the Engineer offense Barker’s Hat Trick Leads Playing in the final regular season home game of Captain Alexander F. Rubino. with the majority of the drive includ- her career, Mishra notched her first goal of the season “All I ask,” Rubino said in the ing the final score on an 11-yard Field Hockey over Mount 10 minutes into the second stanza. Katie Kauffman ’12 pre-game huddle, “is that each and rush, cutting the lead down to 14-7 rounded out the scoring for MIT with her fifth of the every one of you give everything you before both teams entered the locker Holyoke season. The Cardinal and Grey outshot Mount Holyoke got and leave everything on the field. rooms at halftime. Kimberly A. Barker ’13 recorded her first career hat 21-18 and held a decisive 12-9 advantage in penalty That’s all I ask.” The Engineers came out strong, trick while senior Ekavali Mishra ’10 added a goal and corners. Five of Tech’s seven goals came as a direct re- The Seahawks of Salve Regina building on the previous half’s three assists as MIT downed Mount Holyoke, 7-1, in sult of a corner. University, a team MIT has beaten a key New England Women’s MIT will close out its regular season Tuesday night handily each of the past three years, Football, Page 15 and Men’s Atheltic Confer- at Clark at 7:00 p.m. in a crucial game for positioning ence (NEWMAC) field hockey in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament, which begins Sports match-up Saturday. With the next Saturday, October 31. win the Engineers (13-4) im- —Greg McKeever, DAPER Staff Shorts prove to 4-3 in NEWMAC play Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s and move into a four-way tie for third place, with one league game remaining. Women’s Tennis Advances to Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The Cardinal and Grey struck early with a pair of Women’s Soccer vs. Clark University goals in the game’s first five minutes. Anna H. Teruya NEWMAC Semifinals 7 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium ’12 opened up the scoring just over three minutes in MIT hosted the 2009 New England Women’s and with a blast from the top of the circle off of a penalty Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women’s Ten- corner. Barker would follow two minutes later, gather- nis Championship this weekend. ing the rebound and pushing it home for her 13th of The tournament’s first match was between MIT and the season. 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