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By Stan Gill of Walker to support MTA’s needs has Associate news editor taken longerEstablished than expected, in part 1881 due to the complexities of accommo- The future of Walker Memorial dating the acoustic requirements of remains a mystery to administrators some of the spaces” Schmidt said in and student groups alike. In October an email to The Tech. “While we don’t 2010, members of the administration, have a timeline for a decision, we are including Associate Provost Martin confident that Walker will remain A. Schmidt PhD ’88, announced that available for current users though plans were in the works to assess the this academic year”. feasibility of a project to repurpose Much of the progress made on and restore Walker Memorial for use the project is by the Walker Memo- by the Music and Theater Arts de- rial Assessment Team (WMAT), a partment (MTA). Although progress group comprised of a student repre- Tiffany Huang—The Tech has been made on the project over sentative from the Graduate Student The 2.009 staff fires “Angry Birds” plushies into the audience at the end of the 2.009 presentations the summer and this past semester, Council (GSC), Undergraduate As- in Kresge on Monday evening. The theme of this year’s projects was “On the Go.” there is no clear end in sight. “The evaluation of the renovation Walker, Page 12 Established 1881 End of an era Students head off to varied externships Some jobs are career oriented, while others are a welcome break from MIT By Jesse Kirkpatrick view a couple weeks later.” Chan was eventually offered — because it was competitive — Staff Reporter However, it didn’t end there a full-time position at Bank of to receive authorization to make for Chan. After going through America. When Celena Chan ’12 ap- the summer internship program, “We were fortunate enough Externship, Page 13 plied for her externship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch last year, she was looking for some 91 Top 10 most popular externships real world experience and a look This year, 294 MIT students will participate in the MIT externship program, into the professional world. which matches students with alumni at various companies� Below are the 73 73 most sought-after companies in this program, based on the number of “I was hoping to get a taste of MIT student applicants to each company’s externship positions� what finance would be like,” said Chan.Established 1881 However, she ended up with 51 a whole lot more than she had 43 bargained for. After completing 42 41 her externship, Chan was offered 34 31 a summer internship at Bank of 24 Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech America. The UA Senate met for the last time “At the end of the externship ever yesterday evening, see p.16. … I didn’t really know what to ex- Morgan Stanley Morgan Street Jane LLC Capital, Morgan J.P. Wyman Oliver Rings Five Capital Credit Suisse Tufts Medical Center Bank of America Lynch Merrill Booz Allen Hamilton pect,” said Chan. “I got an inter- NERA Economic Consulting

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worl The Obama administration challenged parts of the law in The New York Times reported that the turnout was good the Baath Party is enshrined in the court, saying that it could not be reconciled with federal im- and that voting was “proceeding in constitution.

n migration laws and policies. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the BEIRUT — The Syrian govern- a democratic spirit.” The government also denied Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, blocked enforcement of parts ment called Monday for voters to However, activists said that turn- that the general strike was being ob- of the law in April. turn out for local elections that it out was high only among those who served. The state news agency said The administration challenged four provisions. The most portrayed as good-faith reform ef- support the government of Presi- that the strike was a failure and pub- prominent was a requirement that state law enforcement of- forts, but activists said that most dent Bashar Assad, with most Syr- lished an eight-page report to prove ficials determine the immigration status of anyone they stop citizens, observing a second day of ians abstaining from voting. In some it, along with several pictures show- or arrest if officials have reason to believe that the individual a general strike, rejected the polls areas, they said, residents were ing open shops and busy markets. atio might be an illegal immigrant. The provision also requires as irrelevant to a country in such forced to head to polling stations. “The markets in Syrian provinces that the immigration status of people who are arrested be de- turmoil. “Homs is on strike, and around had normal movement yesterday,” termined before they are released. Opposition groups reported at 90 percent of the people did not the report said. It added that the —Adam Liptak, The New York Times least 18 deaths in clashes between participate in the elections,” said Sa- ordinary workday came “despite in- security forces and army defectors lim Qabbani from the Local Coordi- citement by foreign-linked terrorist Chinese fisherman kills South in several regions, and the U.N. hu- nation Committees, an opposition groups to stop economic and social man rights commissioner, Navi Pil- group in Syria. “It’s only the regime activity.” Korean coast guardsman lay, said the death toll now exceed- supporters who participated, so However, activists from the Lo-

& N ed 5,000. there was basically no elections in cal Coordination Committees and SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean coast guard mem- Pillay briefed the Security Coun- Homs.” the Syrian Observatory for Human ber was stabbed to death by a Chinese fisherman Monday cil on Syria and then told report- Authorities said the elections Rights as well as residents reached during a crackdown on illegal fishing near South Korea, the ers that at least 300 children were were part of a reform package that by phone in Damascus, Homs, in coast guard said. among the dead, according to The Assad announced earlier this year central Syria, and Daraa in southern Nine Chinese crewmen violently resisted South Korean Associated Press. She noted that and would lead to parliamen- Syria, among others, said that shops coast guardsmen who were trying to impound their 66-ton the death toll had been just 2,000 in tary elections and constitutional were closed and some schools did boat about 120 miles west of Incheon, near the border with August. amendments next fall. not open Monday. orld North Korea, according to a coast guard statement. Syria’s prime minister, Adel Sa- However, critics said that these “It seems that the strike was suc- Another Chinese ship rammed into the boat, and amid far, called on Syrians to cast their elections would have little signifi- cessful this time,” said a 29-year-old the confusion, the Chinese rebelled, said Chi Geun-tae, a ballots to “stand together to save cance because municipal councils resident of Damascus. “It was the coast guard spokesman, citing a preliminary report from the our country from the conspiracies W have no major power in the gov- talk of the town.” scene. The captain of the Chinese ship was believed to have at- tacked the South Korean with a piece of glass from a shat- tered cabin window, Chi said. A 41-year-old coast guardsman was stabbed in the side and died while a helicopter was tak- British regulator takes partial ing him to a hospital in Incheon, a port city west of Seoul. The captain, who suffered a minor injury during the clash, was under arrest. In Seoul, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese blame for RBS failure ambassador, Zhang Xinsen, to lodge a protest against illegal fishing and the fishermen’s use of violence. There was no im- By Julia Werdigier and investigating why the govern- To prevent the collapse of the mediate comment from Beijing. The New York Times ment had to bail out three of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the British —Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times country’s largest lenders. Like their government injected 45.5 billion LONDON — Britain’s finan- rivals elsewhere, British banks are pounds ($71 billion) into the bank Spanish royals under scrutiny cial regulator said Monday that it required by new rules to hold more in exchange for a majority stake. was partly to blame for the failure capital, but the report Monday sug- But that stake is now worth 20 bil- in fraud scandal of Royal Bank of Scotland, and it gested that Britain could take extra lion pounds. proposed new preventive mea- steps to help avoid bank failures. “People want to know why RBS MADRID — The son-in-law of King Juan Carlos is denying sures, including holding bank ex- The regulator said previously failed and why no one has been any link between his business dealings and the royal family, ecutives more accountable for bad that even though incorrect deci- punished,” the Financial Services amid a fraud investigation that has threatened to tarnish the decisions. sions were made by top executives, Authority chairman, Adair Turner, Spanish monarchy. The proposals are part of a re- it had not found enough evidence said in the report. “This report aims The son-in-law, Inaki Urdangarin, who received the title port by the regulator, the Financial to hold management legally ac- to answer those questions.” of Duke of Palma after marrying the Infanta Cristina, the Services Authority, into the failure countable for the bank’s failure. The agency listed six reasons king’s youngest daughter, is at the center of an investigation of RBS, the large British lender that There is no relevant law or regula- RBS ran into trouble, including the into whether he and business partners embezzled public was bailed out by the government tion that would make the manage- ill-advised takeover of a Dutch rival, money allocated to sports and tourism events. in 2008 and remains under govern- ment of a failed bank automatically ABN Amro. The 49 billion pound The duke has not been charged so far. But he has been ment control. subject to sanctions, the regulator deal burdened the company with named in preliminary reports released by public prosecutors The agency concluded that the said in the report. debt, and ABN Amro’s assets turned who have been investigating the dealings of the Noos Insti- bank’s failure was a result of a com- Chris M. Leslie, a politician in out to be of poorer quality than tute, a nonprofit foundation that the duke had chaired. bination of poor decisions by the the opposition Labour Party, said Royal Bank of Scotland’s superficial On Saturday, the duke made a brief statement to Efe, the bank’s management and a lack of it was “astonishing that deeply irre- assessment of its books had indi- Spanish news agency, in which he said “I profoundly regret adequate regulation by the Finan- sponsible decisions by these bank- cated. The information provided to the serious damage to the image of my family and that of the cial Services Authority itself. ers could have forced a bailout nec- RBS by ABN Amro consisted of two king’s household, which has nothing to do with my private Several years after the start of essary to save depositors, and yet binders of paperwork and a CD, the activities.” the financial crisis, Britain is still no enforcement action is brought, Financial Services Authority report —Raphael Minder, The New York Times fine-tuning its financial regulation and nobody is punished for this.” said.

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In last Friday’s weather dis- of last week a whopping 18°F, 1033 cussion, Austin DiOrio noted 17°F, and 15°F, respectively, that this November was the above normal. The past few days second-warmest November re- however, have seen a return 30°N corded at Logan Airport. This to more seasonable tempera- 1012 fits in with the fact that this tures, a trend that will continue autumn (September-October- today and tomorrow before a 1012 November) broke the record brief excursion into the low 50s for all-time warmest autumn, on Thursday. Looking further with an average temperature of ahead, the weekend looks to be 25°N 58.5°F. This is 4°F above normal, chilly with highs in the mid 30s and above the previous record — good weather for staying in- of 58.3°F set in 1931. December side and studying for finals!

Extended Forecast Today: Mostly sunny. High 45°F (7°C). North winds 6–9 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 31°F (-1°C). North winds 6–9 mph. Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 41°F (5°C). Low 34°F (1°C). North winds at 5–10 mph. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Fog Thursday: Rain showers. High 52°F (11°C). Low 42°F (6°C). High Pressure Trough Showers Thunderstorm Southwest winds at 10–15 mph. Warm Front Light Friday: Mostly sunny. High 47°F (8°C). Low 27°F (-3°C). West Low Pressure Haze Cold Front winds at 15–20 mph. Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, December 13, 2011 The Tech 3 California Indian tribes show WORLD & Nati Bill would block food stamps, thousands of members the door jobless pay for millionaires COARSEGOLD, Calif. — The bottom line of the six-page, sin- gle-spaced letter that Nancy Dondero and about 50 of her rela- tives received last month was brutally simple: “It is the decision by By Jennifer Steinhauer put an end to it. nance government operations until a majority of the Tribal Council, that you are hereby disenrolled.” The New York Times But the idea of ending unem- the Democrats get what they want And with that, Dondero’s official membership in the Picayune ployment insurance for very high on the payroll tax. Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, the cultural identity card WASHINGTON — It is an im- earners — which would be achieved While tycoons on food stamps she had carried all her life, summarily ended. age many Americans would find essentially through taxing benefits might be hard to find, some mil- “That’s it,” Dondero, 58, said. “We’re tribeless.” rather upsetting: a recently laid-off up to 100 percent with a phase-in lionaires do indeed pursue unem- For centuries, American Indian tribes have banished people millionaire, luxuriating next to the beginning for those with gross ad- ployment pay when they find them- as punishment for serious offenses. But only in recent years, ex- pool eating grapes bought with food justed income more than $750,000 selves out of job. perts say, have they begun routinely disenrolling Indians deemed stamps while waiting for an unem- — demonstrates an increasing de- From 2005 to 2009, millionaires inauthentic members of a group. And California, with dozens of on ployment check to roll in. sire among members of Congress collected more than $74 million in tiny tribes that were decimated, scattered and then reformed, of- Under the Republican bill to to find some way to make sure the unemployment benefits, according ten out of ethnically mixed Indians, is the national hotbed of the extend a payroll tax holiday sched- wealthiest Americans contribute to an estimate by Sen. Tom Coburn, trend. uled to be voted on in the House as more to reducing the deficit and R-Okla., who has paired with Sen. Clan rivalries and political squabbles are often triggers for WORLD & Nati early as Tuesday, those Americans paying for middle-class tax relief. Mark Udall, D-Colo., to push to end disenrollment, but critics say one factor above all has driven the with gross adjusted income more Democrats have sought a surtax the practice. trend: casino gambling. The state has more than 60 Indian casi- than $1 million would no longer be on income over $1 million to pay for According to Coburn’s office, the nos that took in nearly $7 billion last year, the most of any state, eligible for food stamps or jobless an extension of a tax break for the Internal Revenue Service reported according to the Indian Gaming Commission. pay, producing $20 million in sav- middle class, which Republicans that 2,362 millionaires collected a For Indians who lose membership in a tribe, the financial im- ings to help pay for the tax cut for have rejected. Employees’ share of total of $20,799,000 in unemploy- pact can be huge. Some small tribes with casinos pay members U.S. workers. The idea is also em- the payroll tax, now 4.2 percent of ment benefits in 2009; 18 people monthly checks of $15,000 or more out of gambling profits. Many braced by many Democrats, who wages, is scheduled to rise to 6.2 with an adjusted gross income of provide housing allowances and college scholarships. Children had a similar version of the savings percent in January unless Congress $10,000,000 or more received an av- who are disenrolled can lose access to tribal schools. in a Senate bill to extend the payroll takes action. The Senate is expected erage of $12,333 in jobless benefits —James Dao, The New York Times tax cut, as did a failed Republican to come back this week with anoth- for a total of $222,000. Senate bill. er version of its bill to extend the tax “Making Coloradans pay for un- Drive shortage will reduce chip Yet as it turns out, millionaires holiday. employment insurance for million- on food stamps are about as rare On Monday night, the major- aires is frankly irresponsible, espe- sales, Intel warns as petunias in January, even if you ity leader, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., cially at a time when money is tight count a lottery winner in Michigan served notice to congressional Re- and our debt is out of control,” Udall SAN FRANCISCO — Intel will not let a good crisis go to waste. who managed to collect the benefit publicans that he would prevent said in an email. On Monday, the world’s largest maker of semiconductors an- on until chagrined officials in the state final votes on a must-pass bill to fi- nounced that its revenue this quarter would be reduced to $13.7 billion from $14.7 billion because floods in Thailand had sharply cut the world’s supply of disk drives. Without the drives, manu- facturers will make fewer personal computers and computer WORLD & Nati servers, which means fewer semiconductors will be needed. While clearly bad news for Intel in the short run, the short- Hearing on terror suspect age of both components and finished personal computers could prove an opportunity for Intel as it tries to fight the onslaught of tablet computers, particularly Apple’s iPad. It has been trying to explores Miranda warning build a business in the emerging category of ultrabook computers or ultrathins, which do not use hard drives. By Benjamin Weiser “We’ve planned that in the event hybrid version of Miranda, first Although the impact of the flood on the hard drive industry The New York Times that T does not waive his rights, we trying to get intelligence through has been known since October, PC makers have told Intel over the could continue as another ‘dirty’ “dirty,” or un-Mirandized, inter- past two weeks that they would need fewer chips. Almost two years ago, a Fed- interview,” the agent wrote in an views and then having different “This does not change our view, that demand for personal eral Bureau of Investigation agent email at 11:54 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2010. “clean team” interrogators read the computers and servers is healthy and growing,” said Stacy J. was in Nigeria to question an Er- In the debate over using civilian same suspects their rights in the Smith, Intel’s chief financial officer. Constraints caused by the itrean man who was in custody on trials for terrorists, one of the key hopes that they will waive them lack of drives will continue through the first quarter of 2012, he suspicion of supporting terrorism. issues — the ability to first ques- and continue to talk. said. The suspect, Mohamed Ibrahim tion a suspect to gain critical intel- One issue is how much distance Last week, IHS iSuppli, a technology industry research firm,

Ahmed, had already been inter- ligence on terrorist cells or plots U.S. officials kept between the said that it expected PC shipments to expand in 2012 by only 6.8 on rogated by other U.S. officials for and still pursue a criminal pros- “dirty” and “clean” interviews, and percent, down from its previous forecast of 9.5 percent. intelligence-gathering purposes, ecution — is getting an early test in whether the line between the two —Quentin Hardy, The New York Times without having been read his rights. Ahmed’s case in U.S. District Court was blurred, possibly tainting any The FBI agent was there for a in Manhattan. waiver of his rights. German official backs tax vetoed WORLD & Nati different purpose: a “clean” inter- Lawyers for Ahmed have asked Ahmed, 37, who has been living rogation. He would apprise Ahmed a judge to suppress statements that in Sweden, has since been indicted by Britain of his Miranda rights — including the U.S. government has said he in New York on charges that in- the right to remain silent and to made after waiving his Miranda clude providing material support to Germany’s foreign minister said Monday that he would like have counsel — and then interview rights and being interrogated by al-Shabab, a terrorist group based to see a new financial transactions tax imposed on markets in him, in hopes of winning a confes- the FBI in Nigeria. They claim that in Somalia. The indictment says the European Union despite objections from Britain’s govern- sion that could be used in a pros- any such waiver was not voluntary that Ahmed received jihad train- ment, which vetoed changes in the EU treaty at the economic ecution in civilian court. and thus any statements he made ing and bomb-making instruction crisis summit meeting last week partly in an effort to protect the But suppose the suspect, who are inadmissible. in al-Shabab military camps in London-based financial services industry from paying such a tax. was also known as Talha, refused to The hearing on the defense mo- Somalia in 2009, and that when he “A financial transaction tax would be positive,” said the foreign waive his rights and answer ques- tion, which began on Thursday, has was taken into custody in Nigeria in minister, Guido Westerwelle, emphasizing that if there were such tions? The agent proposed an idea provided an unusually revealing November 2009 on an immigration a tax, “we would have to include all the European Union,” and not in an email to his colleagues and to look at how U.S. officials are care- violation, he was found with bomb- just those members that use the single currency, the euro. prosecutors. fully navigating through a kind of making documents. His remarks were implicitly directed at Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, who irritated his EU colleagues at the sum- mit meeting by vetoing proposed treaty changes in part because

he felt they lacked safeguards for the future of the City of London, on the area that makes up London’s financial district and a vital eco- nomic engine for Britain. Cameron’s actions left Britain isolated, Republican bill would benefit doctor- and Westerwelle’s remarks suggested that the veto still would not insulate London from changes undertaken by other EU members. WORLD & Nati In an interview with the editorial board of The New York Times, owned hospitals Westerwelle also said the door was still open for Britain to join the new economic stability pact that Germany and all other EU mem- By Robert Pear The provision of the House bill with doctor-owned hospitals was “a bers are going ahead with regardless of Britain’s decision. “It is a The New York Times allowing the spread and expansion special interest giveaway.” standing invitation for Great Britain,” he said. of doctor-owned hospitals would in- “These facilities have caused —Rick Gladstone, The New York Times WASHINGTON — The House crease federal spending by $300 mil- patient deaths and are proven to in- Republican bill to hold down pay- lion over 10 years, the Congressional crease unnecessary utilization, thus Antitrust suit in AT&T bid for roll taxes and extend unemployment Budget Office said. increasing costs,” Stark said. “Yet benefits, coming up for a vote Tues- Dr. Michael E. Russell II, presi- Republicans spend $300 million to T-Mobile is delayed day, offers a special dispensation to dent of Physician Hospitals of Amer- allow more of these facilities to ex- doctors who invest in hospitals. ica, a trade group for doctor-owned ist and enable all of them to easily WASHINGTON — AT&T has one month to tell a U.S. District The bill would repeal and relax institutions, said the 2010 law “limits continue to expand. That’s bad for Court judge and the Justice Department whether it will pursue its several provisions of the 2010 health access to care,” at a time when the America’s health but good for special proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA in its current care law that clamped down on doc- need for it will increase because of interests.” form, in a modified structure, or if it will drop the deal altogether. tor-owned hospitals. The bill would the expansion of coverage. More As Democrats examined the Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, of U.S. District Court in Washing- allow such hospitals to open if they than 30 million Americans are ex- House Republican bill on Monday, ton, granted a joint motion filed Monday by AT&T and the Justice on were under construction at the end pected to gain insurance under the they found much to criticize, ensur- Department to delay the government’s antitrust lawsuit over the of last year, and it would allow them 2010 health care law. ing a partisan battle in both houses. merger. Huvelle set a Jan. 12 deadline for AT&T to decide whether to expand if they were already in Russell said the House Repub- Many Senate Democrats oppose a it intends to continue to pursue the deal. existence. lican bill would benefit 25–30 hos- provision intended to speed approv- The Justice Department’s antitrust division had sued to block W Congressional aides say dozens pitals that were under construction al of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the deal, which it said would result in too much consolidation of hospitals and their physician own- but had not opened. In addition, he running from Alberta, Canada, to the in the market for cellphone and wireless broadband service and ers could benefit. said, more than half of the 270 exist- Gulf Coast. could hurt consumers. o Numerous studies have found ing doctor-owned hospitals want to Several Democratic senators said Separately, Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal that when doctors have a financial expand, and they too could benefit. they hoped to see a deal under which Communications Commission, indicated that he would recom- R

stake in a hospital, they tend to or- But Rep. Pete Stark of Califor- Republicans would drop the pipeline mend that the commission vote to block the merger. Subsequent- l der more tests and procedures, rais- nia, the senior Democrat on the if Democrats dropped their demand ly, AT&T withdrew its application from the regulator, saying it in- ing costs for Medicare and other Ways and Means Subcommittee on for a surtax on individual income in tended to focus first on the antitrust case. D insurers. Health, said the provision dealing excess of $1 million a year. —Edward Wyatt, The New York Times 4

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As he found increasing success in his success increasing As he found Langer’s ideas were first met largely largely met with first were ideas Langer’s His interest in biology was kindledin biology while was interest His “It’s easy to look back now, when things now, look to back easy “It’s

to do.’ was a very smart thing people didn’t think it people didn’t time nobody did, and took a road that at that gone so well. But I now, when things have things when now, ‘It’s easy to look back ‘It’s

engineering and medicine engineering Langer trailblazes intersection of intersection trailblazes Langer Researcher, inventor from Page 1 from Page Langer, and I was publishing papers and everything, papers publishing and I was companies. “I was doing this work in the lab, in the lab, this work doing “I was companies. people approached him about starting him about people approached volved in entrepreneurial ventures. Many Many ventures. in entrepreneurial volved research, Langer also became heavily in- also Langer became heavily research, grown. release drug deliveryrelease engineer and tissue can be tissues living on which scaffolding led to the founding of the fields of controlled of the fields of controlled led the founding to biodegradable three-dimensional and sites years at MIT, with pioneering research that that with pioneering research MIT, at years tumor to directly chemotherapy deliver that accomplishments grew over his following over grew accomplishments and chips wafers include inventions His ing. with various biomedical applications. His His with applications. biomedical various succeeded in inventing complex polymers complex succeeded in inventing for small chemical molecules. However, he However, molecules. chemical for small such delivery possible only such were systems common scientific belief at the time that at the time that belief common scientific skepticism and even ridicule, because it was because ridicule, and even skepticism fashion. ously over long time periods in a controlled time periods long in a controlled over ously - continu be they given can within polymers, tervals, but by incorporating the chemicals chemicals the incorporating by but tervals, administered in high doses at regular in- regular doses in high at administered polymers. Previously, drugs have had to be to had drugs have Previously, polymers. mors and developing controlled release release controlled and developing mors - tu of blood supporting vessels cancerous began research on how to stop the growth growth the stop to how on research began ing in the medical field. With Folkman, he Folkman, With field. in the medical ing time, it was rare for an engineer to be to an engineer work for rare it was time, only engineer in the hospital, because at the at because in the hospital, engineer only and Harvard Medical School. He was the was School. He Medical and Harvard Folkman of the Children’s Hospital Boston Hospital of the Children’s Folkman fellow for famed cancer researcher Judah Judah researcher famedfor cancer fellow Langer later got a position as a postdoctoral got a position as a postdoctoral later Langer student with Professor Clark Colton at MIT. MIT. at Colton Clark with Professor student working in bioengineering as a graduate bioengineeringin graduate a as working field. cided to blaze his own trail in the medical his own trail cided blaze to career crossroads. While he could have eas have While he could crossroads. career de- Langer during the oil crisis of the 1970s, chemical engineering, he found himself at a himself he found at engineering, chemical of his friends many like oil company a big at from Cornell and an ScD from MIT, both in MIT, and an ScD Cornell from from a job of taking route followed the popular ily Langer. After receiving a bachelor’s degree degree a bachelor’s receiving After Langer. think it was a very smart thing to do,” says says verya was it think do,” to thing smart that time nobody did, and people didn’t that have gone so well. But I took a road that at at that gone so I took a road well. But have neering equivalent of the Nobel. neering equivalent the Charles Stark Draper Prize- — the engi Draper Stark the Charles December Tuesday, 2011 13, 10 The Tech Tuesday, December 13, 2011 The Tech 11 entertainment feature A RTS Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts How to waste your time this IAP The Tech weighs in on the best and the worst of television this year

Bones Will they/won’t they couple Booth and Brennan are finally together, but not-quite-marital bliss hasn’t gotten in the way of their chemistry. Unlike the Whitney How I Met Your Mother disappointment of Huddy from season 7 of House, this relationship has been “Whitney is taped in front of a live studio audience. (spoiler alert!) surprisingly functional and entertaining. The two must adjust to life living You heard me.” Those words are the opening credits together and prepare for the arrival of their baby, but Booth’s overprotec- with no theme song or showcase of actors, which is only Season seven of How I Met Your Mother tiveness and Brennan’s often-clueless obstinance keep the repartee flowing. one of the many refreshingly unique things Whitney has is satisfying and intensifying. While a lot of 2 Broke Girls Meanwhile, the Jeffersonian is as bustling as ever as Angela and Hodgins to offer. The storyline may seem stagnant because the Arts Arts a rts things happens, a lot of hints are also re- TV networks have picked up on the altogether too- deal with parenthood and a gun-carrying Dr. Sweets tries to become more two main characters are in a committed relationship vealed about the past and the future. We close-to-home fears and problems of the recession peri- involved in crime investigations. that is not marriage and every episode revolves around find out that Barney is a quarter Canadian od. While the idyllic life of Carrie Bradshaw may be glam- —Kathryn Dere that idea, but relatable situations, fresh faces, and just — what? Lily conceived the baby during a orous during normal economic times, in times of layoffs the right dosage of romantic comedy mushiness adds Hart of Dixie hurricane. Meanwhile, spoiler-free, Robin and high unemployment, it’s a grand joke. 2 Broke Girls up to a very entertaining show. Although some of the Hart of Dixie is akin to angel food cake: fluffy, light, but

rts dates her therapist, Barney wears a ducky centers around the eponymous characters who work at actors and guest stars are less than par, there are plenty lacking substance. Many viewers may find Zoey (Rachel tie for most of the episode, Ted meets Slutty a Brooklyn diner and aspire towards a shared dream of of hilarious moments to make up for it. Bilson) irritating with her initial narrow-mindedness and Pumpkin again, Barney cheats on Nora, opening a bakery. The contrast of Max (Kat Dennings), —Jaimie Chung Upper East Side tendencies. Her character’s flaws are com- A Robin cheats on her boyfriend, Barney and a sharp-tongued scrappy Brooklynite, against Caroline pensated by multiple outfit changes per episode, a slew of Ted become Bro-parents. Lily and Marshall (Beth Behrs), an ex-socialite who’s reduced to rags be- cute boys, and lovely Southern drawls. The plot revolves moves to the suburb. Funny, like always. cause of a Bernie Madoff-like father, provides for much around a New York surgeon who ends up inheriting a clinic Crazier, than ever. whiplash humor and one-liners. Imagine Gilmore Girls in Alabama. Aside from having to win over people of the —Natthida Wiwatwicha meeting college-girl raunchiness and a laugh track. Revenge small town of Blue Bell, Zoey finds herself in boy tangles, —Maggie Liu learning to be a people doctor, and adapting to Slower Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Lower. Cristo, Revenge is this season’s new guilty pleasure. —Maggie Liu Starring Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne who is really Amanda Clarke, the show could very well be the new, New Girl image source: http://www.fox.com/bones/full-episodes/3772810/the-male-in-the-mail cultured, and sophisticated Gossip Girl. Revenge cen- In less than 10 episodes, New Girl has man- Eugene Byrd and T. J. Thyne flex their mental muscles in Bones. ters around Emily moving back to the Hamptons to take aged to trade actors for one of its main charac- revenge on the large network of rich, influential people ters, exhaust its resource of outrageous predica- who framed her father, destroyed her family, and locked ments, and ruin Zooey Deschanel’s charming her in juvenile detention for a decade. The pilot taunts personality. The pilot showed a lot of poten- viewers with an in media res approach, but ensuing tial with jokes like “the douche jar,” but soon episodes provide satisfaction in incremental morsels enough, Schmidt’s (Max Greenfield’s) douche- Chuck as Emily steadily takes down those who took down her baggery grew old, as did Nick’s (Jake Johnson’s) After four seasons, Chuck has managed to contin- father while in a constant battle of wits and social poli- grumpiness and Jess’ (Deschanel’s) need to ue producing fresh entertainment where many other tics with the woman who utterly betrayed him, “Queen sing or dance every three minutes. The show is shows hinging on completing a mission or solving a of the Hamptons” Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe). well written and some of the jokes are surpris- mystery per episode fail to do so. Season five premiered VanCamp’s acting is captivating, and her nuanced fa- ingly funny, but the characters’ eccentricities in mid-October with even more flair than before, as cial expressions from sweetly innocent to chillingly ma- become more and more stale with each epi- source: http://www.fox.com/new-girl/full-episodes/2358149/naked Chuck (Zachary Levi), Sarah (Yvonne Strahovsky), nipulative are enough to send chills up your spine. You sode, especially Deschanel’s. Zooey Deschanel is the “adorkable” Jess Day in polar- Morgan (Joshua Gomez), and Casey (Adam Baldwin) can’t shake the feeling that Emily is coldly sadistic, even —Jaimie Chung izing show New Girl. veer off in a different direction to start their own spy when she’s at her most angelic. Perhaps most unnerv- courtesy of the cw consultant firm. With Chuck freed from the Intersect, ing, however, is that you don’t quite know whose side Cress Williams as Lavon Hayes, Wilson Bethel as Morgan appears to come into his own as more of a se- to take among all the vindictive pretty people in pretty Wade, Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, Jaime King as rious character rather than a mere comic foil — until clothes. Lemon Breeland, and Scott Porter as George Tucker he becomes so arrogant viewers might want to treat —Anne Cai in Hart of Dixie. Psych him to a taste of his own new-found Intersect kungfu. What started out as a hilarious and intriguing show predictability and woeful lack of an overarching sto- However, the writers find a way to allow loyal fans to is now nothing more than procrastination material. ryline make it so that viewers have very little inclina- excuse Morgan’s actions, and Season five promises a Psych seems to be running out of new things to offer. tion to actually pay attention to the plot. Instead, it’s somewhat parallel development of lifelong best friends If you try hard to dig for new things, recent episodes more efficient only to resurface from zoning out for the Chuck and Morgan’s maturing characters as they both House M.D. Glee raised the questions of whether Shawn (James Ro- isolated incidences of antics, which, admittedly, are grow more comfortable with their innate abilities. In Hugh Laurie’s consistent performance con- Sorry, Gleeks, but season 3 has been a disappoint- day) might actually be insane and whether he might quite amusing, but mostly because of Gus (Dule Hill). its final season, Chuck has morphed from a spy-drama tinues to keep this medical drama somewhat ment. Much of the plot revolves around a mutiny from actually believe that he’s legitimately psychic. Las- Season Six of Psych isn’t a must-watch, but rather a into more of a family show, as Sarah, Chuck, Mor- fresh, but House doesn’t have a whole lot else the New Directions: The Troubletones, headed by Mer- siter (Timothy Omundson) might actually have a not- might-as-well-watch-while-washing-dishes. If you fin- gan, Casey, Alex, Ellie, and Devon slowly find a sense going for it anymore. Each episode is as formu- cedes and coached by Rachel Berry’s birth mother, so-bitter heart, and the newly prominent Woody the ish before the episode is done, no worries — you can of family and home with each other. One can’t help laic as ever (Hint: the first guess is never right, Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel), present some not-so- Coroner (Kurt Fuller) might actually be stranger than probably guess the ending anyway. but fervently hope that they will get the stable family and it’s never lupus), though House’s brief inter- friendly competition and plenty of romantic complica- Shawn himself. Otherwise, Psych’s extremely bland —Anne Cai and business they so well deserve — or as stable as a lude in prison gave the first episode an interest- tions. But drama, drama, drama, has done nothing to spy’s life can be. Oh, and don’t think for a second that ing twist. Dr. Adams (Odette Annable) and Dr. hide the irregular storylines and jarring transitions. the jesters of Jeffster were neglected in all the serious Park (Charlyne Yi), this season’s newcomers, Glee Project winner Damian McGinty appears with a soul-searching. deliver nice performances but are given little bang as Irish exchange student Rory in “Pot o’ Gold” —Anne Cai to work with — just like all of House’s team at and then fades into the background for the next four Project Runway any point in the series, their characters are often episodes. Just as abruptly, Sam Evans (Chord Over- Project Runway has picked back up this fall with obnoxious, manipulative, and miserable (like street) returns to McKinley High to help out the Glee an exciting season of new designers and multiple their boss!). Still, for medical freaks out there — Club at sectionals. Glee’s only redeeming feature seems spin-offs on the popular Lifetime show. Season 9 or folks just looking for some of Laurie’s wit — to be its choice of music. My advice? Buy the Adele brought a diverse group of designers with plenty of Community House may still have you coming back for more, mash-up of “Rumour Has It/Someone Like You” and sass and snarky attitudes. There were clear leaders Community is a great show to catch up on if you’ve eight seasons in. bypass the rest of all that high school angst. from the beginning, with standouts including former missed out on the past two seasons of the completely —Ethan A. Solomon —Kathryn Dere Miss Universe contestant Anya and flamboyant fash- wacky students of Greendale Community College. The ionista Joshua M. Project Runway wouldn’t be the second season is especially worth watching, even more same without the catfights and drama, and boy, did so if you’re a film buff who enjoys Pulp Fiction hom- they bring it this season. In the end, they took the of- ages or paintball-themed nods to spaghetti westerns ten much-needed advice from Tim Gunn and made Game of Thrones like A Fistful of Dollars. The show definitely does work A RTS it work, keeping most of the models covered on the when it comes to piling on the references. The show Swords? Scandal? Explicit sex? The HBO series Game of Thrones runway (besides the occasional boob popping). Next recently delivered a joke that spanned three seasons, has it all. Based on George R. R. Martin’s ongoing fantasy series, A up for Project Runway is the much-anticipated Proj- with someone saying the name “Beetlejuice” once each Song of Ice and Fire, the first season has found a warm place in the ect Runway All-Stars. Lifetime is bringing back the season (does that mean Michael Keaton will be guest- hearts of both those who have read the books and those who haven’t favorites from Project Runway history, including the starring soon?). The show is currently in its third season — or at least haven’t yet. Regardless, all fans can appreciate the stun- fabulous Mondo Guerra, season one’s Austin Scar- and although it leaves something to be desired after ning sets, witty humour, and talent of the actors. Martin’s intricately

lett, season five drama queen Kenley Collins, and such a fantastic sophomore performance, Community detailed prose is faithfully translated to the screen in a way that does S Art Arts Arts season eight’s Michael Costello. It will be an exciting is still doing what it does best — showcasing it’s amaz- not disappoint. Protip: Don’t underestimate the dwarf, and if you season, full of extreme talent and fierce fights. Don’t like a character they will probably die later. Unfortunately, “winter is photo by david m. russell. courtesy of ingly weird characters. Be sure to look out for John forget to tune in to Lifetime on Jan. 5 to watch the lifetime entertainment services Goodman’s guest role as Vice Dean of Air Conditioning coming” and fans will have to wait until spring comes again to see the designers hit the runway for their second chance at Anya Ayoung-Chee presented a Repair. Unfortunately, NBC recently announced Com- source: www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/ second season. Meanwhile, get your fix on at www.makinggameof- winning Project Runway. Caribbean-inspired collection at munity will be on indefinite hiatus. Sean Bean stars as Lord Eddard Stark thrones.com. —Shelley Ackerman New York Fashion Week. —Maeve Cullinane in Game of Thrones. —Aislyn Schalck Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts 12 The Tech Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Talks with student groups in Walker continue Decision on whether Walker will be repurposed is dependent on report of final design

Walker, from Page 1 after this year is still unclear. Spa- tocco said WMAT is still in the pro- sociation (UA), and Association of cess of thinking “as creatively and Student Activities (ASA), along with openly as we can” to find a solution several administrators, including to something that could substi- Schmidt. In an effort to accurately tute for the large event space. GSC capture how the building is used President Alex J. Evans G said that and how groups would be affected the fate of Morss Hall was his big- if Walker were repurposed, WMAT gest concern that has yet to be ad- has been in contact with the stu- dressed by WMAT. dent groups that occupy space in or The design for Walker Memo- otherwise use Walker. The WMAT rial’s repurposing has also not been GSC representative, Brian L. Spa- finalized. The architects hired in the tocco G, said that much of the work spring are still working with both in talking to the individual groups WMAT and Music and Theater Arts — in addition to presenting relo- Head Janet Sonenburg to develop cation options — was done over and revise the design. If the project the summer and the past semester. is feasible, Walker will be restored He also stressed that in giving the and repaired, taking care of de- recommendations, WMAT is try- ferred maintenance on the build- ing its best to accommodate the ing. It could serve as a more unified needs of each student group while area for the MTA department, com- coming up with “creative” ways to plete with performance space. find space for them elsewhere on Once their work is complete and campus. a report is compiled, WMAT will “We’re doing a lot sensitive work present it to senior level admin- with regards to this matter and have istrators to make the decision on come up with a lot of interesting whether to repurpose Walker. Until sites [for potential relocation] that that time, no final decision will be we think people might not have made, and Walker will remain open Carolina N. Kaelin—Tech File Photo thought much of before,” Spatocco for use. The assessment of Walker Memorial has been progressing slowly but surely. Last year, the administra- said. “The design process is still ongo- tion announced that Walker would be evaluated to see if it could potentially be repurposed for use by the What will happen to Morss ing,” Sonenberg said, “Nothing has Music and Theater Arts Department. No timeline has been set for when the final decision on Walker Memorial Hall’s status as a large event space been settled yet”. will be made.

Solution to Crossword FAMILY from page 6 NEEDS Solution to Sudoku from page 8 8 1 5 7 6 9 3 4 2 2 6 3 8 4 5 1 9 7 9 4 7 2 1 3 5 8 6 HELP 5 7 1 9 8 6 2 3 4 4 8 6 3 5 2 9 7 1 3 9 2 1 7 4 6 5 8 WHAT HAPPENED TO NICOLÁS DEL CASTILLO? 7 5 8 6 9 1 4 2 3 1 3 9 4 2 8 7 6 5 Nicolás Del Castillo, who had just turned age 18, was found 6 2 4 5 3 7 8 1 9 Solution to Techdoku dead in his East Campus single dorm room on September 4, from page 8 2011. His cause of death has been determined to be suicide. 2 4 5 1 6 3 7 6 1 2 5 3 7 4 Nicolás’ parents are seeking any information that may shed 3 5 6 2 7 4 1 4 6 7 3 1 5 2 light on his activities prior to his death. Currently, they 5 7 1 4 2 6 3 understand that he was last seen at a party at East Campus 7 2 3 6 4 1 5 on August 31, 2011. 1 3 4 7 5 2 6

SMBC, from Page 7 If you are an MIT student, and have any information concerning Nicolás and the events leading to his death, please contact his family’s local representatives:

Jeffrey S. Beeler, Esq. David Deluca, Esq. Heinlein & Beeler, P.C. Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane 207 Union Street OR 300 Crown Colony Drive S. Natick, MA 01760 Quincy, MA 02269 (508) 655-8700 (617) 459-5000 [email protected] [email protected] Tuesday, December 13, 2011 The Tech 13 Externship can lead to internships and job offer Bank of America Merrill Lynch externs have a high chance of getting a return offer

Externship, from Page 1 work experience over IAP. Students the Externship Program. Sloan Business Club, the Extern- “It was hard manual labor,” said apply through the Alumni Asso- Terence Hsu ’13 has an extern- ship Program is an opportunity to Lin. her an offer to join us full-time ciation website, and externship ship with Bank of America Merrill get a foot in the door in a company A Course 6, Lin had been con- upon graduation,” said Howard D. sponsors review the applicants Lynch this January. As an extern, like Bank of America, which offers sidering various coding jobs for Sitzer ’74, a director and municipal for compatibility with the posi- Hsu will be “rotating through a select few internships over the IAP. However, the allure of the bond research strategist at Bank summer. French countryside got the best of of America Merrill Lynch. Sitzer Not all externships are highly technical “Externships usually lead to a her. was Chan’s sponsor and mentor high chance of getting a return of- “I did apply to it because it was throughout her IAP externship or career-oriented. Some are arguably fer for the summer,” said Hsu. pretty special,” said Lin. “I can pro- experience. the exact opposite, offering students the However, not all externships gram for the rest of my life.” “[The externship] certainly con- are highly technical or career- MIT can often be an intense tributed to her being selected for opportunity to completely disconnect oriented. Some are arguably the place. For Lin, the externship was the internship,” said Sitzer, “and from their courses for a few weeks. exact opposite, offering students a “refresher.” then her experience as an intern the opportunity to completely dis- “If there’s an experience that absolutely was a precursor to her tion. The sponsors then send back several desks, helping the traders connect from their courses for a you don’t think you could have being presented with an offer.” a list of qualified students, and an compute their PNLs,” and “some few weeks. again outside of MIT or when you The Externship Program, start- algorithm generates matches. This kind of hedging and strategic work Jessica Lin ’12 spent four weeks enter your real life, you should ed in 1997, matches MIT students year, a record number of 294 MIT as well.” on a farm in France, clearing and take it now,” said Lin. “You can with MIT alums for a one-month students will be participating in For Hsu, co-president of the preparing the land for the spring. worry about your career later.”

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ty for students to take a break from studying and de-stress with a dog. If it’s a hit, we may do it again in the spring,” MIT Libraries Communications Officer Heather M. Denny said in an email to The Tech. Ellen F. Duranceau, Pro- gram Manager for Scholarly Publishing and Licensing, helped coordinate the event after Director of Libraries Ann J. Wolpert saw another university library offering therapy dogs. “I consulted with the Libraries’ head of reference services Howard Silver about how we could offer a program, and he sug- gested that we add therapy dogs to the existing study breaks where we tradition- ally offered cookies. Thus Cookies With Canines was born,” Duranceau said. Duranceau herself is a Dog BONES volunteer. “Since I’ve been involved as a volunteer in the ther- apy dogs organization Dog BONES for many years, I was immediately very engaged with the idea of having an event hosted by the MIT Li- braries,” she said. Though therapy dogs are commonly seen in nursing homes and hospitals, they are becoming an increasingly popular study break strategy for universities during finals. Dog BONES visited Tufts University on Nov. 10 during their busy midterm period. George Mason University School of Law has brought homeless, adoptable pup- pies to the school’s atrium MIT Student during its final exams period. This past April, Yale Law School announced it would offer a therapy dog borrow- ing program for each finals email migrations start 12/26 period, when students can “check out” Monty, a border terrier mix, from the Law library for 30 minutes at a time, according to the Yale Affects MIT students on the Exchange email system Daily News. Last spring, Simmons Hall hosted three Dog BONES canines for an hour. For more information, visit: According to Ellen M. Es- sigmann PhD ’80, Sim- mons Hall Housemaster, http://mit.edu/emailupgrade “it was a wonderful event” for the nearly 50 students in attendance. Afterwards, Essigmann Most students should notice no service interruption. said, students claimed “it was the best event we’d ever However, Blackberry users may need to reconfigure their had.” —Maggie Lloyd devices.

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By Bruno B. F. Faviero the street.” Staff Reporter The protesters slowly began to get more riled up. Many had signs Over 1,000 Occupy protesters on either side saying things like gathered for one last stand at Dew- “You want the perk, I need a home,” ey Square on Thursday — making and “freedom to assemble,” but it clear that they would not be de- soon the entire crowd started to terred Mayor Menino’s notice that shout “occupy the streets: just stop” after midnight, protesters in the at the passing cars. Two angry-look- area would be subject to “arrest and ing characters repeatedly ran out criminal prosecution,” according to into the streets, gas masks hanging the Boston Herald. from their necks shouting “Whose street? Our street!” in successful at- I was expecting tempts to rile up the burgeoning crowd, which soon spilled out into tear gas, mace, one of the lanes of traffic. or at least police On the Federal Reserve side of the street, a lively band began to in riot gear. I was play, featuring percussion, brass, disappointed. wind, other instruments, and even an MIT alum — whose only com- When I got to Dewey Square ment was “I like music, man!” The at midnight, I was expecting tear crowd around the band began Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech gas, mace, or at least police in riot dancing and singing the only word Hundreds of Occupy Boston protesters amass on Atlantic Avenue in front of Dewey Square late Thurs- gear. I was disappointed. The police to what seemed to be the hit of the day night. Several protesters held up a banner that read, “You can’t evict an idea: we will not be silent.” They seemed to be standing by, either night: “Occupy.” were also chanting phrases like “take the streets,” “we are the 99 percent,” and “no, no, we won’t go.” leaning against their vehicles, di- The dance party soon moved its recting traffic, or idly chatting with way onto the street at about 12:45 each other. Meanwhile the pro- a.m. Most of the protesters followed testers had lined up along Atlantic the dancers, completely blocking Avenue, shouting at cars (which Atlantic Avenue, and the cars that occasionally honked), chanting, were stuck behind the group had and dancing to a band while in the to back out onto another street. A spotlight of dozens of photogra- quiet lull hovered over the crowd phers and reporters, who seemed to for several minutes soon after, and comprise much of the crowd. I first it seemed as if police action was im- thought that I had stumbled into a minent — some bystanders were street parade. shouting that they were “ready to Photographers were every- get out of [there],” and others sat by where. At one point, a man sat the sides with gas masks and gog- down dramatically, draped in an gles on. The silence was unsettling, American flag and shaking in the and I wondered if I, too, should cold; one reporter shouted, “Over have had an escape plan. here!” to another, and soon at least Bruno B. F. FAviero—The Tech 12 photographers were capturing The newfound Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech Upwards of 1,500 protesters gather in Dewey the moment, strobing the night street camp Protesters move some of their camp onto the street, Square Thursday night, dancing, chanting, and with their flashes though police began to clear it out about an hour later. blocking traffic. There were also many bystand- featured tents, a ers that just wanted to see the ac- tion, including one man who said statue of Gandhi, that he didn’t “support the move- and balloons. ment at all,” and was “just there to watch.” Many of the people lined But after about 15 minutes, it be- Attention MIT Undergraduates! up along the outside of the protest came clear that nothing would hap- seemed to be such indifferent by- pen. Boston Police Superintendent standers, including one that com- William Evans issued a statement to mented that “[the police] wouldn’t the press saying that there would be make a raid with this many non- no confrontation. On the street, he protesters, they’ll wait until some said that the police would “wait it people clear out.” out,” and when asked if they would Want to spend your In another part of the square, clear out the protesters, he said, there was a large group packed “eventually.” tightly around the MassDOT ven- The crowd seemed to celebrate tilation building, chanting “we are their successful occupation of the summer in Singapore? the 99 percent” and “we are the street, chanting “No, no, we won’t source of all your wealth.” The most go,” and moving several tents onto noticeable presence was by the Vet- the street. The newfound street erans for Peace group, who stood camp also featured a statue of Gan- among the crowd brandishing their dhi, balloons, and a large banner symbolic white flags; one of their that said “you can’t evict an idea.” members, Lee, recalled getting After about an hour, however, trampled at the last protest. Also Boston Police seemed to have grown at the protest were MIT students impatient with the camp and began Valkyrie M. Felso ’15, Ethan P. Sher- to remove pieces of the camp them- bondy ’14, and Dennis G. Wilson selves, including chairs, tables and ’14, who said this was their first time tents. Protesters were mostly coop- at an Occupy event. erative, and when some of them re- “I wanted to see what the situ- sisted the police’s removal of a tent, ation was like,” Wilson said. “Parts other protesters used the “people’s of [the movement] make sense — mic” — consisting of echoes through corporate law is kind of broken.” the crowd — to make it known that Wilson also added that “this was a “the owners of the tent want[ed] it reaction that should’ve happened moved off the street,” a sentiment in 2008.” respected by the crowd. Apply now for a SMURF Fellowship! Other figures silently wander- The police remained calm ing among the protesters were the throughout the night, not mak- Deadline is January 27, 2012 National Lawyers Guild legal ob- ing any arrests and avoiding servers, easily identifiable by their confrontation. bright green hats. They would not We left at about 3 a.m., and it comment on anything, but directed wasn’t until about 5 a.m. that the . Roundtrip economy class airfare us to their website, which describes police finally evicted the campers, them as assistants “at protests, ral- arresting 46 protesters. Some relo- . Housing provided lies, and other events to document cated to the Boston Common, and and be a witness to any occurrenc- many would go on to participate . Hourly compensation es.” They seemed to be scattered in Monday’s march that ended at everywhere that night, scribbling Dewey Square, which was held in . Daily food and transportation allowance away on their small notepads and support of the Occupy movement’s watching the situation unfold. West Coast attempts at closing ports, The situation was heating up on according to Channel 7 News in the street, though. Initially, the pro- Boston. testers had gotten as much into the It seems as if, though the pro- Visit the Singapore-MIT Undergraduate Research Fellowship website street as they could without block- testers were evicted from Dewey at SMART : smart.mit.edu/fellowships/smurf/smurf.html ing the two lanes of traffic; police Square, Occupy Boston will remain officers regularly walked around in the city for a while. shouting at people to “stay out of Stan Gill contributed reporting. 16 The Tech Tuesday, December 13, 2011

MIT fined $125k for shipping unlabled hazardous materials

MIT has paid the Federal Avia- a good program.” Local hospitals, tion Administration a $125,000 universities, and biotechnology fine for failure to properly label companies will be invited to the hazardous materials shipped event, which will be targeted at through Federal Express that re- shipping departments and safety sulted in a fire on Aug. 25, 2009. departments, but not at individual The fine was negotiated down researchers. from the FAA’s proposed $175,000 The fire occurred after a CSAIL fine and was paid last month, FAA researcher shipped 33 devices spokesman Jim Peters said. containing lithium batteries via MIT has agreed to host a 1-day FedEx, without labelling them as symposium on FAA shipping reg- hazardous. The box caught fire on ulations as part of the settlement, a conveyor belt at FedEx in Med- according to William C. Van- ford, Mass. Schalkwyk, the managing director The FAA proposed the $175,000 of MIT’s Environmental Health penalty in a letter to MIT dated and Safety department. July 26, 2011 and announced it in Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech EHS had stepped up outreach a press release dated Sept. 2, 2011. Senators of the Undergraduate Association enjoyed a “R.I.P. Senate” cake after the Senate’s efforts after the 2009 fire, and Van- The $125,000 negotiated penalty last meeting ever on Monday evening. The body will be replaced by a UA Council made up of rep- Schalkwyk said the symposium was paid in November. resentatives from dormitories and FSILGs — a result of the UA’s largest restructuring effort in years. “shows that FAA believes MIT has —John A. Hawkinson

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Triple homicide in Cambridge

An investigation is under Brosnahan, who is listed in city way for a triple homicide fol- records as one of the owners of lowed by a suicide that occurred the house in which the deaths in Cambridge on Friday, Dec. 9. occurred. According to Leone, At 6:40 p.m., police responded the violence originated from a to reports of gunshots at a home “domestic dispute.” Authorities on Grove Street (North Cam- have not released the names of bridge), where they discovered the victims. A source cited by three deceased victims. A man the Boston Globe and WCVB was reportedly seen leaving the Boston, however, identified the scene in a white Toyota Camry. victims as Brosnahan’s brothers After heavily armed police offi- and mother-in-law. cers searched for several hours, The same source said the the suspect’s body was found at argument began over care ar- 10 p.m. along the river at 1400 rangements for Brosnahan’s Soldiers Field Road, near the 91-year-old mother-in-law. Brighton State Police Barracks. Longtime neighbors said they The suspect apparently died had never previously heard any from a self-inflicted gunshot domestic altercations. Cam- wound. bridge Police did not receive Middlesex District Attorney any reports of violence from the Gerard T. Leone identified the home’s address this past year. suspect as 67-year-old John Brosnahan, who retired from Brosnahan. Brosnahan was a the Bedford Police Department retired police officer who had in 2000, had a valid license to Tiffany Huang—The Tech served with the Bedford Police carry a firearm, according to the Reuben M. Aronson ’12 demonstrates the difference between “Exhale” and a normal suitcase. Department for 28 years. The Cambridge Police Department. Exhale is a compact, vacuum-powered product that promises to fit more luggage than a standard three victims were all related to —Austin J. Hess suitcase.

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Alleged assault and battery in Tang Hall On Sunday morning, a female resident of Tang said. He could not comment on the specific floor Hall reported that an unknown male entered her that this happened on to avoid bringing unneces- bedroom, attempted to hold her down on the bed, sary attention to the victim. Students on the floor, as and asked repeatedly for a kiss, according to MIT well as the Tang housemasters and house manager, Police. have been informed of the situation. Detective Willard J. Boulter said the MIT Police According to the bulletin, the victim described have not identified a suspect, but “are working off of the male suspect as “white or light Hispanic, late 20s a couple different leads.” or early 30s in age, approximately 5’11”, 190 pounds; According to a crime bulletin from the MIT Po- with shoulder length black hair, wearing a white t- lice sent to the MIT community on Sunday evening, shirt with a darker colored zip-up sweatshirt, and “The victim told the male to leave her alone but he blue jeans.” attempted to hold onto her and was demanding The crime is being investigated by the MIT Po- kisses. The victim fell between her bed and the wall lice with help from the Cambridge and State Police. and states that she spoke to the suspect in a calming Anyone with information is encouraged to call the voice, who after a few minutes left her room taking MIT Police at 617-253-1212 or visit their offices in a bottle of water.” building W89. The victim called the police right away, Boulter —Maggie Lloyd

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Basketball, from Page 20 ing in for fewer, with only 34 min- range, MIT only hit for a mere utes, until around 6:40, when and sent to the line, off of the bo- utes, 15 of which were played by 10 percent against the Jumbos, Tufts managed a 7-0 run to end up nus with only two seconds left. yups, an unusually high number Dennis R. Levene ’15, whose all- draining only one three during ahead 54-48 with 4:55 left in the Kates then sealed the victory, hit- of layups for Karraker that rooted around effort during the game the entire game. That said, the En- game. ting both free throws, to win the s Sport from the holes in the paint that helped encourage the Engineers gineers free throw percentage was Nicholas J. Prus ’15 describes game for MIT, 60-56. Salem State left open. who were having a tough night. slightly better than usual, at 78.6 the moments that followed as “We played a very good team MIT faced a huge test Satur- Both teams primarily scored percent versus an average of 70.6 “pulse pounding […] with the fans in Tufts University and the fact day against the Tufts Jumbos. from layups, short jumpers, and percent. of the other team only a few feet that it was in such a hostile envi- In an epic battle, MIT emerged free throws. Tufts’ strong defense above the court and the energy ronment added to the challenge. victorious, coming from behind in the paint, having three of their Kates, point guard, of gym growing by the second”. And to see the team come to- during the final moments of the starting five at six feet and five Kates, the team’s point guard, led gether to overcome that challenge game. The Tufts fans were numer- inches in height or taller, was able led the team to the team to victory in the final reassures me that despite any ous and rowdy, making the Tufts to keep MIT’s scoring to a mini- victory in the final moments, with two layups, two adversity we may face, it doesn’t s Sport game similar to a Division I away mal, dropping the Engineers’ field steals and an assist to lead MIT to stand a chance when we’re rolling game, with Jumbos fans shout- goal percentage down by over moments. victory. on all cylinders,” said Yeremia M. ing nasty remarks and booing the 10 points from the average, from Down 48-54, Kates stole the Nakhaima ’15 MIT team. Luckily, the MIT fans 52.5 percent to 41.4 percent. Their The first half of the game start- ball and delivered an assist to Head Coach Larry Anderson that traveled to see the game and height also hurt MIT’s rebound- ed with a series of lead switch- Bender, who scored a layup. Af- said to the team in the locker the players on the bench made ing, dropping the Engineers from es, until MIT started a 15-4 run ter nearly a two minute scoring room after the Tufts game, “To be enough noise to help pump the their average of 41 to only 34 against Tufts with a free throw drought for both sides, Bender able to weather a storm like that team up when it mattered, during against the Jumbos. Still, MIT was from Paul E. Dawson ’15 at 7:23 to grabs an offensive rebound and and to come out of that smelling the last moments of the game. able to recuperate from the Tufts put MIT at a 29-21 lead. The En- scores a layup to bring the team like roses, that’s what champi- The game was tight — with 11 defense by playing a good defense gineers ended the close first half into striking distance, down 52- onship teams do.” With an 11-0 s Sport lead swaps, neither team was able of their own, which made Tufts ahead, 29-23. 54. Following a free throw from record and wins against high- to manage a significant lead over force the ball toward the basket In the second half of the game, Tufts, Kates drives the ball for a la- caliber teams like Tufts and Salem the other. As a result, both teams and try to play the ball quickly MIT started out playing smoothly, yup, taking MIT within one point State, MIT is certainly on its way tried to minimize the amount of rather than setup a steady offense. but around the 16 minute mark, of Tufts, 54-55. After a layup from toward a championship. time the bench was clocked in, Baskets beyond the arc did the Engineers’ struggle began. Hollingsworth to take the lead The Engineers will play their Tufts having their bench clocked not fall for the Engineers during Tufts managed a 10-4 run, to tie and a free throw from Tufts to tie last game of the semester tomor- in for a combined total of only 55 the Tufts game; usually averaging up the game at 9:41, 39-39. The up the game, Kates made a layup row, at home, against Wheelock minutes and MIT’s bench clock- 40.2 percent from the three point lead shifted for the next few min- followed by a steal, to get fouled College at 7 p.m. s Sport 43-36 victory over Mt. Holyoke This space donated by The Tech Women’s Basketball team improves to 6-3 on the year

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Nine unanswered points dur- two free throws to even the score Holyoke’s deficit to three (34-31) at s Sport ing a span of seven minutes helped a t 17. the 13:58 mark. The Engineers re- propel MIT to a 43-36 victory over A trey by sophomore Sharon plied with their pivotal nine-point Mount Holyoke Col- S. Hao ended the deadlock as a run with freshman Mari Kordell’s lege in a NEWMAC basket from Anna L. Merrifield 3-pointer ending four minutes of women’s basketball ’13 increased MIT’s edge to 22-17 scoreless play and creating a 43- game on Saturday with 2:49 to go. Layups from Mer- 31 cushion with 6:14 remaining in afternoon. Fresh- rifield and Pascual maintained the regulation. man Alexxis R. Isaac two-point margin as the Engineers Pena totaled 10 points, seven tallied 10 points, five entered halftime with a 24-22 lead. rebounds, a steal, and a block s Sport rebounds, four steals, and two as- A layup from Hunt in the open- while Hunt posted eight points, six sists as the Engineers improved to ing moments of the second stanza boards, two assists, and a block for 6-3 on the year and 3-1 in confer- gave the hosts some breathing MIT. Hao chipped in five rebounds ence play. room, but a layup and 3-pointer and two assists as Burton grabbed MIT quickly established a 10-2 from Pascual briefly returned the two steals. lead in the first five minutes, cour- advantage to Mount Holyoke. Legare notched nine points tesy of six points from Rachel A. Pena followed with a trifecta which and five rebounds while Barrett Hunt ’14, before going up, 13-4, on put MIT ahead for good as junior finished with seven points and Share Curiosity. a three-pointer from sophomore Lauren S. Burton added another seven boards. Both squads will

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