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Internet activist Aaron H. Swartz died by suicide in his Brooklyn apartment on Friday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment to TheT ech. Swartz was 26. “The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regret- tably, true,” confirmed Swartz’ attorney, Elliot R. Peters of Kecker and Van Nest, in an email to The Tech early Saturday morning. Swartz was indicted in July 2011 by a federal grand jury for allegedly downloading millions of documents from JSTOR through the MIT network — using a laptop hidden in a basement network closet in MIT’s Building 16 — with the intent to distribute them. (Both JS- TOR and MIT had decided to drop the charges, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office decided to pursue the case.) Swartz subsequently moved to Brooklyn, NewEstablished York, where he then 1881 worked for Avaaz Foundation, a nonprofit “global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.” He appeared in court on Sept. 24, 2012 and pleaded not guilty. The case — with a trial then scheduled for April 1, 2013 — has Sage Ross—Flickr Swartz, Page 8 Aaron Swartz at a Boston Wiki Meetup, photographed in 2009.

Head of IS&T to step down Feb. 1, MIT network experiences unrelated to Swartz events, says Smith Marilyn T. Smith, head of MIT Executive vice president and trea- attack following Swartz’ death Information Services and Technol- surer Israel G. M. Ruiz ’01 praised ogy (IS&T), announced in an email to Smith for strengthening “information Hacking activists Anonymous claim responsibility IS&T staff on Monday afternoon that governanceEstablished structure” and promot1881- she will step down on Feb. 1. “I want ing “a culture of collaboration and By Joanna Kao and Ethan A. Solomon the outage was due to a denial-of-service attack to let you know that after much re- service” in a follow-up email to IS&T Editors (DoS). flection in recent weeks, I’ve decided staff. Between roughly 7 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. Sun- to leave my position at MIT,” Smith MIT has not yet decided on a re- MIT’s network fell to a denial-of-service attack day evening, users of MIT’s network lost access wrote. placement for Smith. Ruiz encour- Sunday evening, allegedly by the Internet activ- to most websites, and MIT’s own web properties “My stepping down was a deci- aged staff to send suggestions for po- ist group Anonymous, cutting campus users off — like the mit.edu homepage — were inaccessi- sion I arrived at well before the tragic tential candidates. from Internet access to most websites for nearly ble on the Web at large. Homepages on two MIT death of Aaron Swartz. My depar- Smith joined MIT as head of IS&T three hours. The attack came in the wake of ac- subdomains, cogen.mit.edu and rledev.mit.edu, ture is in no way connected to those in Sept. 2009. Before coming to MIT, cusations that MIT’s role in the pending litigation were rewritten as a message from Anonymous events,” Smith said in an email to The Smith was the president of Hanover against Internet activist Aaron Swartz contributed about the Swartz case. Tech. Insurance Group, and prior to joining to his Friday suicide. On Monday afternoon, MIT In her email to IS&T staff, Smith the Group, she was vice president and spokeswoman Kimberly C. Allen confirmed that Anonymous, Page 9 thanked her colleagues for their con- chief information officer at Liberty tributions, engagement, support, and Mutual’s Life and Group Division. friendship. —Joanna Kao In Short Participate in a discussion on Aaron Swartz with reporters from The Tech on Monday, Manic Sages prepare 2013 Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. EST. The Tech will livestream the panel on You- tube (http://bit.ly/swartzpanel). You can send us questions dur- MIT Mystery Hunt puzzles ing or prior to the discussion by tweeting @thetech (hashtag #SwartzPanel), commenting on Last year’s Hunt winners design current challenge the Youtube video, or emailing By Janelle Mansfield ion cube, and a futuristic piece of space [email protected]. ASSOciate news editor machinery have made appearances in previous years. The winning team’s prize The MIT Mystery Hunt com- For many students, IAP brings coding is to design the next year’s hunt. mences Friday at noon. The challenges, externships, intense UROP- The 2013 Mystery Hunt is the brain- kickoff of the annual event takes ing, and loafing around Boston. For child of last year’s winners, the Manic place in Rockwell Cage. puzzle-lovers and code-crackers, how- Sages. The winning team’s responsibili- ever, IAP means the return of the annual ties include choosing a theme for the Register for the Institute Di- MIT Mystery Hunt, an epic weekend of Hunt, planning the individual puzzles versity Summit. The discussion puzzle-solving that draws hundreds of and clues, and connecting the various takes place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 participants from around the world and puzzles together with meta-puzzles. p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Reg- begins this Friday at noon. When planning the Hunt, “some ister at http://diversity.mit.edu/ Every year since 1981, an intricate set teams try to outdo the previous teams,” Ho Yin Au summit. of clues is hidden in a series of puzzles. says Jacob Hurwitz ’14, the Associate Lo- The scaffolding inside Barker Library’s Reading The clues ultimately lead teams to the gistics Director for the Sages. Room is being dismantled, which will reveal Bark- Send news information and tips location of a final prize — traditionally er’s newly installed skylight. to [email protected]. a coin, although a Tony Award, compan- Mystery Hunt, Page 10

What should champions of integration timeline: MITSFS and its SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 Students challenge each other in annual MIT do? usa v. swartz 40K books Opinion ��4 Integration Bee. NEWS, p. 9 The world is waiting for Follow Swartz’ case with Reorganizing the entire Fun Pages ��5 MIT’s reaction to Aaron The golden globes! our interactive timeline. MITSFS library in one Arts ��7 Swartz. interactive, http://bit. weekend. Sports ��12 Editorial, p. 4 Dresses! Jokes! Cold-eyes! Action! ly/swartztimeline. Photo, p. 6 Arts, p. 7 2 The Tech Wednesday, January 16, 2013 German economy shrank in D fourth quarter Mali Islamists dig in for a FRANKFURT, Germany — The economic stagnation in Eu- rope has taken a significant toll on Germany, with government figures released Tuesday showing that the Continent’s flagship long military struggle economy contracted in the fourth quarter of last year. The Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden estimated that By Adam Nossiter ranks with children as young as 12 stops, they’ll come back.”

worl the German economy shrank about 0.5 percent in the final three and Eric Schmitt years old. Since the French started months of 2012, compared with the previous three months. The The New York Times Containing their southern ad- bombing, he said, “the situa-

n decline was largely the result of sagging investment by German vance toward Bamako, the capital, tion has changed slightly but not managers worried about the future of the eurozone. BAMAKO, Mali — In the face of is proving more challenging than fundamentally.” And despite reassurances from economists that growth fierce, all-night bombardment by anticipated, French military offi- Other analysts said that while would bounce back quickly in Germany, the data underlined the French military, Mali’s Islamist cials acknowledged Tuesday. And forcing the insurgents from the how closely the country’s fate remained tied to its ailing euro- insurgents have hunkered down to with the Malian Army in disarray cities was achievable, eliminat- zone allies. fight again. and no outside African force yet as- ing them altogether would require Despite the contraction in the fourth quarter, a compilation Barging into some of the mud- sembled, displacing the rebels from considerable additional effort. “You atio of annual economic data by the statistical office showed that brick houses in the battle zone and the country altogether appears to can’t launch a war of extermination the German economy was in fundamentally good shape. Ex- ejecting residents, they have sought be an elusive, long-term challenge. against a very tenacious and mobile ports rose 4.1 percent during the year, and 41.6 million people to implant themselves in the local The jihadists are “dug in” at Dia- adversary,” said Col. Michel Goya of were working — a new high and the sixth annual increase in a population and add to the huge baly, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le the French Military Academy’s Stra- row. challenges facing the French mili- Drian of France said Tuesday at a tegic Research Institute. “We are —Jack Ewing and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times tary campaign to loosen their grip news conference. From that strate- in a classic counterinsurrectionary on Mali. gic town, they “threaten the south,” situation. They are well armed, but FDA expresses concern to St. “They are in the town, almost ev- he said, adding: “We face a well- the weapons are not sophisticated.

& N erywhere in the town,” said Bekaye armed and determined adversary.” A couple of thousand men, very Jude over heart device Diarra, who owns the pharmacy in Le Drian also acknowledged that mobile.” Diabaly, which experienced French the Malian Army had not managed And they have been preparing The Food and Drug Administration has released a sharply bombing well into the morning to retake the town of Konna, whose for battle for months. worded warning letter to St. Jude Medical in which it said it Tuesday but remained under the seizure by the rebels a week ago One resident of Gao who ac- might soon fine or take other actions against the company for control of the insurgents. “They are provoked the French intervention. companied Islamist fighters to a failing to address agency concerns about a widely used heart installing themselves.” “We will continue the strikes to desert hide-out in recent months device component. Benco Ba, a parliamentary diminish their potential,” the min- described a vast system of under- orld The component at issue — an electrical wire, or lead, called deputy there, described residents ister said. Using advanced attack ground caves big enough to drive the Durata — connects an implanted defibrillator to a patient’s in fear of the conflict that had de- planes and sophisticated military cars into, said Corinne Dufka, a heart. In the letter, dated Jan. 10, the agency said that St. Jude scended on them. “The jihadists are helicopters, the French campaign senior researcher at Human Rights had failed to address a variety of concerns about the compo- going right into people’s families,” W has forced the Islamists from im- Watch. Around 100 Islamist fight- nent arising from an FDA inspection last fall of a company fac- he said. “They have completely portant northern towns like Gao ers, many of them bearded foreign- tory in California. occupied the town. They are dis- and Douentza. But residents there ers speaking Arabic, had gathered In a filing earlier this week with the Securities and Exchange persed. It’s fear.” say that while the insurgents suf- inside, stockpiling weapons, vehi- Commission, St. Jude disclosed the receipt of the FDA warning Just five days into the French fered losses, many of them had sim- cles, generators and scores of bar- letter. In that filing, the company said the agency had notified military campaign, it was becoming ply gone into the nearby bush. rels of gasoline, the resident said. St. Jude that it would not, among other things, approve appli- clear that airstrikes alone will prob- “Bombing will weaken them, The bunker was well camouflaged, cations for complex medical devices until the problems found ably not be enough to root out these and it will stop their advance,” said almost invisible from the rugged during the inspection were addressed. battle-hardened fighters, who know Djallil Lounnas, an expert on the roads, and had long been used Medical experts have raised concerns about the insulation well the harsh grassland and des- region at the University of Montreal by bandits in the area. But the Is- used to seal the Durata’s electrical wires. St. Jude insists it is safe ert terrain of Mali and have spent who has written widely on al-Qaida lamists were expanding the tunnels and is performing well. About 350,000 patients have been im- months accumulating arms, con- in the Islamic Maghreb, one of the and, even before the French cam- planted with the Durata and the Riata ST Optim. structing defenses in their northern main extremist groups in northern paign, had been gathering in them —Barry Meier, The New York Times strongholds and reinforcing their Mali. “But as soon as the bombing from towns across the north. In debt game, an early move from Meeting in Cuba Obama regarding negotiations roils in Venezuelan

By Richard W. Stevenson footing, if only Republicans ment did not act to cut spend- The New York Times would go along. His numbers ing further and raise more tax opposition while are relatively straightforward. revenue.) In a high-stakes negotiation, During his re-election campaign Banking that last $1.5 tril- the most important moves often he committed himself to $4 trillion in budget savings would Chavez absent come not in the end game but lion in deficit reduction over 10 no doubt be achieved only after at the very start, when one side years — he referred to that figure considerable partisan warfare, By William Neuman economy with oil shipments on or the other prevails in defin- on Monday as the “consensus” and the task will be that much The New York Times generous terms. Government op- ing what is on the table. If you on what is necessary “to stabi- tougher because it is tied up in ponents have long resented that listened closely, you might have lize our debt and deficit” — in- the showdown over whether CARACAS, Venezuela — With arrangement, and now they fear heard President Barack Obama cluding savings he and Congress Congress will raise the debt the president absent and ailing, that Cuba is seeking to influence try to do just that in his news had already agreed to. Altogeth- ceiling. But if the president can the country on edge and the gov- events in Venezuela to keep the conference on Monday, when er, they have enacted roughly threaten, cajole and compro- ernment eager to portray a sturdy oil flowing. he suggested that Washington $2.5 trillion in budget cuts and mise his way to one more big sense of continuity, there might Depending on the price of oil, will have tamed the govern- tax increases so far. deficit-reduction pact, the job of be nothing unusual about the Cuba sends goods or services to ment’s debt problems if the two At around $4 trillion in defi- putting the nation’s fiscal house most powerful officials in Vene- Venezuela as barter for 40 percent parties can agree on another cit reduction, the United States in order, in his telling, would zuela meeting over the weekend, to 50 percent of the market value $1.5 trillion or so in spending would have a good shot at be more or less complete. “If except for the location they chose of the roughly 100,000 barrels of cuts and tax increases. achieving what Obama and a we combine a balanced pack- for the sit-down: Havana. oil it receives a day, said Jorge Fiscal hawks and small- growing number of Democrats age of savings from spending on It has been five weeks since R. Pinon, an expert at University government conservatives say consider to be a politically plau- health care and revenues from President Hugo Chavez of Ven- of Texas, Austin. Over the years the White House is setting the sible and economically mean- closing loopholes, we can solve ezuela went to Cuba for his fourth that has included thousands of bar for fiscal responsibility way ingful outcome: holding the na- the deficit issue without sacri- cancer-related surgery, and the doctors and nurses to work in too low and just kicking the can tional debt steady for a decade ficing our investments in things normally garrulous leader has not Venezuelan clinics and hospitals, down the road again on hard or so at under 75 percent of like education that are going to been seen or heard from in public sports trainers and advisers to the decisions that will only become gross domestic product. (As re- help us grow,” he said, refer- since — a closely guarded silence armed forces and security ser- more painful as time goes by. cently as last summer the Con- ring to his existing proposals for that underscores the extremely vices. The remainder, 50 percent But Obama appeared intent on gressional Budget Office was modest trims to Medicare and tight relationship between the to 60 percent of the shipments’ establishing that he was just one projecting a debt-to-GDP ratio tax-code changes that would two countries. value, is treated as a loan, to be more deal away from putting climbing into the 80s by the generate more revenue from the Venezuelan officials have paid back over 25 years at 1 per- the government back on sound end of this decade if the govern- wealthy. worn a path between the two cent interest. nations with frequent trips to If that arrangement ended, Chavez’s bedside. But for op- Cuba would be forced to buy its ponents of Venezuela’s govern- oil on the open market, costing ment, who have long warned of about $4 billion a year at current the extent of Cuba’s influence, the prices and probably pushing it weekend meeting was simply too into a recession, Pinon said. much. “The political impact for Cuba The Cuban newspaper Gran- losing its Venezuelan support ma reported that the officials met will be catastrophic,” he said. with the leaders Fidel and Raul “The economic impact will be Castro to discuss “aspects of the substantial.” strategic alliance between both Venezuelan officials defend countries.” the oil shipments to Cuba and “The capital of Venezuela has the closeness of the relationship moved to Havana,” said Leopoldo by saying that the two countries Lopez, the leader of an opposi- have much in common, includ- tion party, Popular Will. ing a revolutionary ideology and Cuba has everything to lose an attitude of defiance toward from a change of leadership in the United States. The most vis- Venezuela, a possibility if Chavez ible Cuban presence here is in dies or is too sick to continue as the doctors who staff hundreds president. For years, Venezuela of small neighborhood clinics es- has propped up Cuba’s limping tablished by Chavez. nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The Tech 3 AIG seeks ability to sue more WORLD & Nati Renault to cut 7,500 banks over mortgage securities jobs in France Since the summer of 2011, the insurance giant American Inter- national Group has been battling Bank of America over claims that the bank packaged and sold it defective mortgages that dealt AIG By David Jolly employs worldwide, more than in 2012. billions of dollars in losses. and Vindu Goel 44,600 work in France. Chantegay In its statement, Renault said Now AIG wants to be able to sue other banks that sold it mort- The New York Times said the job cuts would affect only that in 2011 its break-even point had gage-backed securities that plunged in value during the finan- the French workforce. been “too close to the 2.72 million cial crisis. It has not said which banks, but possibilities include PARIS — France’s ailing indus- Overall, France has lost three- cars sold, representing a risk to the Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. trial sector took another blow Tues- quarters of a million industrial jobs enterprise.” Renault said that con- But to sue, AIG first must win a court fight with an entity con- day when Renault said it planned to in the past decade, and President sidering the volatility of the market trolled by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which the insurer cut 7,500 domestic jobs, or about 17 Francois Hollande has made it a pri- in recent years and the uncertainty says is blocking its efforts to pursue the banks that caused it finan- percent of its French labor force, by ority to stop the hemorrhaging. about the European outlook, it was cial harm. on 2016 as it adjusted production ca- Like its larger rival, PSA Peugeot now necessary to bring its break- The dispute illustrates the web of financial instruments that pacity to the crushing downturn in Citroen, Renault has had too much even point about 12 percent below AIG and the federal government became tangled in as the insurer the European car market. capacity in a weak market. But com- the 2011 sales level. nearly collapsed in 2008 and required a vast taxpayer bailout. It The plan, which the company pared with Peugeot, which gener- Gerard Leclercq, the head of also shows the complexity of apportioning blame, five years after WORLD & Nati said in a statement would save 400 ates most of its sales in Europe, Renault’s French operations, said the financial crisis, and making wrongdoers pay for their share of million euros, or $540 million, in an- Renault has held up relatively well, in a statement after meeting with the harm. nual fixed costs, is needed to lower partly as a result of international op- representatives of the company’s According to a lawsuit filed Friday, AIG is seeking a declaration its break-even point — the amount erations that include important al- unions that Renault had “reaf- from a New York state judge that it has the right to pursue “billions of revenue needed to cover outlays liances with Nissan Motor of Japan firmed its desire to maintain the of dollars of fraud and other tort claims that exist against numerous — and to “clear the way for the new and Avtovaz of Russia. core of its corporate activities and financial institutions,” even though Fed officials have said AIG gave hiring needed for the future.” Still, Renault has fallen behind the heart of its business in France, up that right. The company said that if unions the German leaders. Daimler and while acting to reduce its break- “If I were the general counsel of AIG, I would seek this kind of agreed to the plan it could reach its BMW, as well as Volkswagen, have even point and preserve its capacity declaratory judgment,” said Henry T.C. Hu, a former regulator who job target without plant closings, continued growing on the strength for investment.” is now a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. “I don’t layoffs or buyouts. It would accom- of their global operations. Renault said natural attrition know whether I’d win, but it’s certainly worth trying.” plish its goal, it said, mainly by not Carlos Ghosn, Renault’s chair- and job cuts announced under a re- —Mary Williams Walsh, The New York Times replacing retiring workers and by of- man and chief executive, said Mon- structuring deal signed in February fering early retirement. day at the Detroit auto show that he 2011 would account for about 5,700 Crop insurance may cost “Not a single person will be laid expected the European market to of the jobs it planned to eliminate off,” said Sophie Chantegay, a Re- be “difficult” in 2013, predicting that by 2016. It said a “supplementary taxpayers $15.8 billion for 2012 nault spokeswoman. car sales would fall about 3 percent adjustment” would have to be made on Of the 135,000 people Renault in 2013, after contracting 8 percent to bring the number to 7,500. WASHINGTON — The worst drought in 50 years could leave taxpayers with a record bill of nearly $16 billion in crop insurance costs because of poor yields. The staggering cost of the program has drawn renewed attention as the Obama administration and con- WORLD & Nati gressional Republicans wrangle over ways to cut the deficit. Last month, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that reducing More than 50 killed as explosions farm subsidies was one way the administration could cut government spending. But Congress has resisted. The Agriculture Department, which runs the program, said that hit Syrian University the total losses from crops harvested last year would not be known for weeks, but that costs from the program were estimated to be By Rick Gladstone It was unclear if the press office government forces in the Ain Tarma $15.8 billion, up from $9.4 billion in 2011. and Hwaida Saad statement reflected the view of the and Zamalka neighborhoods. Separately, a record $11.4 billion in indemnities for crop losses The New York Times leadership of the university, which The fighting erupted after a cam- has been paid out to farmers, and officials say that number could is in a government-controlled part paign of Syrian Air Force attacks balloon to as much as $20 billion. In 2011, a then-record $10.8 bil- At least two devastating explo- of the city. over the past few days apparently lion was paid out in indemnities. sions, possibly caused by aircraft Aleppo, in northern Syria, has aimed at expunging insurgents who The crop insurance program has drawn criticism from a wide missiles or bombs, struck the cam- essentially been under siege since were located in strategic areas. range of groups that say the costs need to be reduced and that the pus of Aleppo University on Tues- July, with insurgents and govern- The Syrian Observatory for Hu- program mainly benefits insurance companies and large farmers. day as students were taking exams, ment forces in a stalemate. man Rights, an anti-government Farmers’ net income for 2012 is expected to be $114 billion, down 3 a major escalation of the violent Once the commercial center of group based in Britain with a net- percent from 2011 but still the second highest in 30 years. on struggle for control of Syria’s largest Syria, Aleppo has been struck by work of contacts in Syria, reported Thomas P. Zacharias, the president of National Crop Insurance city in the ongoing conflict. The op- numerous shellings, bombings and 52 people were killed and dozens Services, an industry trade group, defended the program, saying position and government blamed airstrikes. injured in the explosions at Aleppo that the record crop losses last year showed the need for insur- each other for the blasts, and oppo- But the university has been con- University. ance. “This year, most farmers will be able to rebound from historic WORLD & Nati sition sympathizers said more than ducting classes and trying to pro- Syria’s state-run SANA news drought, thanks to crop insurance,” Zacharias said. 50 people were killed. vide some appearance of normalcy service did not specify the number The federal crop insurance program dates to the Dust Bowl era The university’s own press office despite the mayhem and depriva- of casualties, but did say that the of the 1930s, when Congress created the taxpayer-subsidized insur- issued a statement accusing Syrian tion that have ravaged other parts explosions came on the first day of ance to protect farmers against crop losses. Today, the government air force MiG fighter planes of tar- of the city, and the campus area had exams. pays about 62 percent of the insurance premiums. The policies are geting the campus in two missile at- been largely spared until Tuesday. SANA attributed the death and sold by 15 private insurance companies that receive about $1.3 bil- tacks three minutes apart, destroy- Activists also reported that vio- destruction to at least two rockets lion annually from the government. The government also backs the ing buildings and causing “massive lence convulsed some suburbs of fired by what it called terrorists, the companies against losses. President Barack Obama has proposed destruction in the surrounding Damascus, the capital, where mem- government’s blanket description cutting crop insurance subsidies and reducing the amount paid to roads.” The statement denounced bers of the insurgent Free Syrian for the armed insurgency against insurance companies, saving $4 billion over 10 years. the attacks as a “criminal act.” Army were engaged in combat with President Bashar Assad. —Ron Nixon, The New York Times

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This past weekend, the MIT Science Fiction Society (MITS- FS) shut its doors for a massive reorganization that touched an estimated 95 percent of the ~40,000 books in its library in room 473 of the Stratton Student Center.

The purpose of the reorganization was two-fold. First, the group merged its reserve and circulating collections into a single, large, circulating collection.

They then changed how books were stored on the shelves in an attempt to pack more books on the shelves to make more use of the fixed amount of space in their library. Stan- dard-height paperbacks and hardcovers will still remain in distinct areas in the library, however.

So on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, the first of hundreds of book-filled boxes marked “Mergatory” — purgatory for merging — were moved down the hall to W20-491, where the merging process began.

By Omari Stephens MITSFS Reorganization Touches 40K Books Advisory Board

Andrew M. Boardman thumbs through a set of paperbacks, looking for the proper spot for a book. At times, the similarities among last names of different authors made the merge process time-consuming and error-prone. For instance: Dick vs. Dicks vs. Dickson vs. Dick- inson.

This image also illustrates a still-pending aspect of the reorganization. To save space on the shelves, the library plans to prune their in-library collection to at most two copies of any particular title. The prior limit was two circulating copies and one reserved, but with the merge, all copies will circulate. Once this next phase is complete, the redundant copies will join tens of thousands of other books that MITSFS already keeps in long-term storage.

Here, (left to right) Cathleen E. Nalezyty ’16, Susan A. Shepherd ’14 (obscured), Karl C. Ramm, and Naomi A. Hinchen ’11 participate in the merge process.

In general, the participants proceeded through sections of authors in alphabetical order, beginning with one column of books from the reserved set and one from the circulating set, and “zippered” them together into one merged output column. Next, someone shifted the merged book set onto a mobile book cart, to be taken back to the library and reshelved.

During a pause in work, participants listen as Brian T. Sniffen ’00 (left) offers a solution to a problem that has been discov- ered.

After the merge phase, the books returned to the library for reshelving. Since most books moved from their original shelf locations, mistakes made during the reshelving process caused kinks that participants fixed as the process continued.

Alexandra M. Westbrook ’13 (right) passes a book to Cathleen E. Nalezyty ’16 as the two “bubble” the books toward the far end of the shelves, in essence propagating the free space toward the near end of At the end of the Saturday work period, Jesse M. Ashcraft-Johnson ’11 (left) and Kevin A. Riggle ’08 the row of shelves. The bubbling process served remove the line of tape which formerly delineated the demarcation between circulating and reserved both to compress books on the shelves — after bub- books. As the reorganization process had done away with that distinction in the collection, the line on bling, wide books would typically be oriented to face the floor had become simply a memory of the prior state of the library. outward, leaving more space for other books behind them — and to coalesce open shelf spaces in order MITSFS remained closed on Sunday to finish the major aspects of the reorganization, and opened to avoid “gotos” — points where the logical continu- again on Monday, Jan. 14. Though significant aspects of the reorganization still remain to be com- ation of a set of books was located in a disjoint loca- pleted, MITSFS Vice President D.W. 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Francesca Eastwood, Jason Statham, and Jennifer Lopez watch from the side. watch Lopez Statham, and Jennifer Eastwood, Jason Francesca “Skyfall.” for song in a motion picture best original for Award accepts a Golden Globe Adele Wednesday, January Wednesday, 2013 16, 8 The Tech Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Aaron Swartz was in midst of legal case before death MIT’s actions in copyright-related case under scrutiny following apparent suicide Swartz, from Page 1 Tech, Robert Swartz, Aaron’s fa- MIT and JSTOR respond cifically describing “the options States District Attorney who pros- ther, furthered: Both JSTOR and MIT have re- MIT had and the decisions MIT ecuted Swartz’ case, from office. been dismissed as a result of “MIT put institutional con- leased statements in response to made.” According to Abelson, it is As of the time of publication, over Swartz’ death, according to a court cerns over compassion, compro- Swartz’ death. too early to predict the timeline of 34,000 people had signed the peti- document filed Monday morning, mising everything MIT stands for. this process, but Reif has promised tion, surpassing the 25,000 signa- as reported by the Boston Globe. To me, that is the fundamental Reif has promised that the resulting report will be tures required (within 30 days) to The accomplished Swartz co- problem, and I’d like to see that made public. prompt an official review and re- authored the now widely-used RSS addressed so what happened to the report resulting Beyond Reif’s email, MIT has sponse from the White House. 1.0 specification at age 14, founded my son doesn’t happen to anyone from Abelson’s declined to make further state- Infogami which later merged with else.” ments at this time, “both out of Swartz’ death the popular social news site red- According to court documents analysis would be respect for those mourning Aar- ignited a firestorm of dit, and completed a fellowship filed on Oct. 5, 2012, MIT had re- made public. on’s death and because we want at Harvard’s Ethics Center Lab on leased details and logs of Aaron to allow Professor Hal Abelson to Internet discussion. Institutional Corruption. In 2010, Swartz’ use of the MIT network to “This is one case that we our- do his work with minimal distrac- he founded DemandProgress.org, law enforcement without a war- selves had regretted being drawn tion,” wrote Associate Vice Presi- On Jan. 14, a petition was posted a “campaign against the Internet rant or subpoena. Swartz asked into from the outset,” wrote JS- dent for Communications Nate on the MIT Society for Open Sci- censorship bills SOPA/PIPA.” the court to suppress this data TOR on Saturday in a statement Nickerson in an email to The Tech. ence website, calling for MIT to from MIT, asserting that MIT’s released online. The digital library apologize for its “silence regard- policy permits disclosure “only” in repository reiterated its mes- Internet reaction ing the unjust federal prosecution The case and April the face of a “court order or valid sage that Swartz had settled any Swartz’ death ignited a firestorm against Aaron Swartz.” It argued 1 trial have been subpoena,” but MIT Information civil claims JSTOR might have of discussion over the Internet, that Swartz’ actions caused “little Services & Technology (IS&T) dis- had against him in 2011, when he where he was regarded as some- or no harm to MIT or any individu- dismissed as a result agrees, as the policy does not con- returned all data in his posses- thing of a folk hero. als,” that his use of the network to of Swartz’ death. tain the word “only.” sion. In an earlier July 2011 state- Hacker News, a social news site access JSTOR articles was legal, When responding to The Tech’s ment, JSTOR wrote, “Once this popular within the technology com- that he never distributed any of the Family response inquiries in October, MIT defend- was achieved, we had no interest munity, saw its entire front page articles, and that JSTOR asked for On Saturday, Swartz’ fam- ed its actions as necessary to “pro- in this becoming an ongoing legal dominated with posts about Swartz criminal litigation against Swartz to ily and partner released an official tect its network,” but head of IS&T matter.” for two days. On Twitter, support- be dropped. statement on rememberaaronsw. Marilyn T. Smith was unable to MIT followed on Sunday with ers of Swartz tweeted PDFs of aca- Yan Zhu ’12, who authored the com, a site that has grown since explain how MIT’s decision to dis- an email from President L. Ra- demic papers in tribute of Swartz’ petition with Franck Dernoncourt then to become an online me- close information without a sub- fael Reif reaching out to the MIT advocacy of free information. And G and others outside the MIT com- morial to Swartz. In addition to poena would protect its network. community. last Sunday, the “hacktivist” group munity, said that they have received remembering Swartz for his “in- However, according to Robert “Although Aaron had no formal Anonymous claimed credit for tak- no response from the Institute. At satiable curiosity, creativity, and Swartz, Greg Morgan and Jaren affiliation with MIT, I am writing to ing down MIT’s network for roughly press time, over 300 people have brilliance,” and his dedication to Wilcoxson of MIT’s General Coun- you now because he was beloved three hours, using two subdomain signed the petition, many of whom online activism, the statement also sel said to him on two occasions by many members of our commu- websites to post a farewell message are MIT students and alumni. Zhu called out MIT and the Massachu- that there was a warrant or a sub- nity,” wrote Reif, “and because MIT to Swartz as well as call for a refor- is also coordinating a series of me- setts U.S. Attorney’s office. poena, which they later admitted played a role in the legal struggles mation of “computer crime laws,” morial hackathons that will focus “Decisions made by officials in did not exist. As of the time of pub- that began for him in 2011.” “copyright and intellectual prop- on projects supporting causes that the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s lishing, Morgan and Wilcoxson In the email, Reif announced erty laws,” greater recognition for Swartz championed. office and at MIT contributed to have not responded to The Tech’s that Hal Abelson PhD ’73 — Elec- “oppression and injustices,” and a The Tech has compiled a de- his death,” Swartz’ family and requests for comment. trical Engineering & Computer commitment to a “free and unfet- tailed interactive timeline of partner wrote in the official state- “It was very difficult for us to Science professor and a found- tered internet.” events related to the trial at bit.ly/ ment. “Meanwhile, unlike JSTOR, communicate with MIT,” said Rob- ing director of Creative Commons Several petitions have also swartztimeline. MIT refused to stand up for Aaron ert Swartz. “And yet they cooperat- and the Free Software Foundation sprung up in response to Swartz’ Stan Gill, Tushar Kamath, Jo- and its own community’s most ed with the Secret Service and the — would be leading a “thorough death. On Jan. 12, a We the People anna Kao, Janelle Mansfield, and cherished principles.” U.S. Attorney, despite statements analysis of MIT’s involvement” petition was created, calling to re- Ethan A. Solomon contributed In a conversation with The of neutrality.” from fall 2010 to the present, spe- move Carmen Ortiz, the United reporting.

Timeline: USA v. Swartz and the aftermath See the interactive version at http://bit.ly/swartztimeline

Swartz began mass downloading Swartz was indicted on four counts Swartz’ legal team asked the court to Swartz committed JSTOR documents using a laptop he in the federal court and six counts suppress data provided by MIT. suicide and the case hid in a closet in the basement of in the Middlesex Superior Court. The government led a response. was dismissed. Building 16. On July 14, 2011, Swartz was indict- In a court document led on October Swartz committed Swartz began mass downloading ed in federal court. He was indicted 5, Swartz claimed that MIT violated its suicide on Janu- JSTOR documents around Septem- a second time — this time in Mid- policy by providing the Secret Service ary 11, 2013. Judge ber 24, 2010. JSTOR blocked his ac- dlesex Superior Court on November with details and logs of his activity with- Nathaniel M. Gordon cess for the rst time on September 18. The state dropped charges on out a warrant or subpoena. The govern- of cially dismissed 26. This repeated on October 2, and March 8, and the federal indictment ment led a response on November 16. the case on January January 4. Swartz was apprehended was superseded. The revised indict- Swartz responded on December 2 and 14. on January 6, 2011. ment was for 13 counts. asked for the trial to be delayed. INFOGRAPHIC BY JOANNA KAO

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Three sculptures of bronze and silver alloy, which were on display at the MIT Faculty Resi- dence, 100 Memorial Dr, Top Floor, Cambridge, MA, went missing between 1992 and 1993 when - vated by the new owners. At the time the three thesulptures building were was on sold loan and to the the top MIT floor Museum was reno and were the personal property of the artist, the late Richard Filipowski (1923-2008).

dollars) is offered for any information that leads toA rewardtheir recovery. of $25,000.00 Identity (twenty-five photos are thousandavailable. This loss is listed with the Art Loss Register, at www.artloss.com.

Ethan A. Solomon—The Tech Any information provided will be kept in the Four protesters gathered by the MIT General Counsel’s office in Building 7 on Sunday and shared their views on the Aaron Swartz case with reporters. MIT, they said, should publicly stand up for its institutional . principles of openness and free information. From left to right: Michael McCarthy, Jacob Brennan, and Frank Romanelli, all from Rhode Island; and Ben Hitov, a software engineer working in Cambridge. strictest confidence. Email: [email protected] Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The Tech 9 Anonymous claims attack Course 18 senior Justin Brereton Group calls for Internet reform after Swartz’ death is Grand Integrator again Anonymous, from Page 1 bility they have — that we all have — MIT has chosen not to reveal any Around 70 people gathered last night in 10-250 to watch 15 stu- to build and safeguard a future that more details about the attack or how dents duke it out at MIT’s Integration Bee. “Whether or not the government would make Aaron proud …” Information Services and Technol- Furrowed brows betrayed the intensity of the contest, but partici- contributed to his suicide, the gov- Large portions of the message ogy (IS&T) technicians dealt with pants kept the tone friendly, explaining solutions to each other even ernment’s prosecution of Swartz were taken from a post by the Elec- it. “We cannot discuss the details after they were eliminated. After two hours, only Carl F. Lian ‘15 and was a grotesque miscarriage of jus- tronic Frontier Foundation about of how we approached the attack Justin T. Brereton ‘13 remained. Armed with chalk and board, the two tice, a distorted and perverse shad- Swartz yesterday. The second para- on Sunday, but we addressed it as vied for the prize hat, embroidered with an integral sign. ow of the justice that Aaron died graph, first “wish,” and sign-off mes- quickly as we could and were glad “Aw, shit,” Lian said to himself, not for the first time that night, as fighting for — freeing the publicly- sage in the end were lifted directly to resolve it,” said Christine Fitzger- he attempted to solve one of the final round’s integrals before Brere- funded scientific literature from from the post. ald, manager of communications ton. The same integral had appeared earlier, but with limits. Using a a publishing system that makes it In their message, Anonymous for IS&T. geometric approach that evaded the others, Lian had evaluated the inaccessible to most of those who outlined four wishes: they called for The attack came several hours af- definite version in seconds, much to the delight of the audience. But paid for it — enabling the collective reform of “computer crime laws,” re- ter President Rafael Reif’s message the indefinite counterpart bested both finalists. betterment of the world through the form of “copyright and intellectual about Swartz to the MIT community Lian went on to bring the score to 2-0, but Brereton followed with facilitation of sharing — an ideal property laws,” greater recognition was reposted by The Tech and other two wins in a row, leaving them neck and neck for the game point. that we should all support,” said the for “oppression and injustices,” and news organizations’ websites. The last problem was a peculiar definite integral involving a base- message. a commitment to a “free and unfet- Anonymous’ message also in- 2 logarithm. Lian wasn’t making much progress, but 28 seconds in, tered internet.” cluded a link to the online petition Brereton boxed his answer, 1, with no other work than some mystical Anonymous is an ill-defined or- to remove U.S. District Attorney Car- squiggles. (For this integral, there would be no repeat of the kerfuffle The message ganization of hackers and internet men Ortiz, who has been accused earlier over whether an answer was completely simplified.) Then, left by the group activists. Historically, it has been by Swartz supporters of using “over- with two minutes left, Brereton changed his answer to 2. A round of Anonymous’ style to launch denial- reaching charges.” As of Tuesday giggles was followed by a round of applause when he was revealed to Anonymous was of-service, or DoS, attacks to make evening, the petition had surpassed be correct, earning defending champion Brereton the 2013 title. careful to not political statements. Anonymous 34,000 signatures — over the thresh- —Leon Lin likely targeted MIT over the Insti- old of 25,000 that requires a White blame MIT directly. tute’s role in the federal govern- House response. 1 ment’s case agwainst Aaron Swartz, It is not clear that Sunday’s in- 2 The message was careful to not who allegedly used an MIT network cident was a distributed denial-of- x blame MIT directly: “We do not con- connection to download millions of service attack, rather than a garden- log2(x +1)+2 dx sign blame or responsibility upon articles from the online repository variety denial-of-service attack, but MIT for what has happened, but call JSTOR. The Tech reported early Sat- no official sources have indicated 0 for all those feel heavy-hearted in urday morning that Aaron Swartz the attack was a DDoS . The winning integral at Tuesday’s Integration Bee, evaluated their proximity to this awful loss to had died by suicide in his Brooklyn J. Nathan Matias contributed to by Justin T. Brereton ’13 in two minutes. Hint: consider in- acknowledge instead the responsi- apartment. the reporting of this article. verse functions.

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E-mail [email protected] 10 The Tech Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2012 Mystery Hunt champs design new challenge Manic Sages work long hours to design and organize this year’s puzzle-centered quest

Mystery Hunt, from Page 1 student group. Each year, the win- alumni, a few high school students You have a round with a bunch of backwards from the answer and ning team takes over the MIT stu- from Mathcamp, and non-MIT af- puzzles in it, and then once you say, ‘Okay I want my puzzle to have 2013 is the first year the Manic dent group to get “access to rooms filiates who joined at the encour- solve all the puzzles there’s a meta- this mechanism and the answer Sages have written the Hunt, and and all the other benefits of the stu- agement of their friends on the puzzle, which depends on having I’ve been assigned is MIT.’ And you they are hoping to “come up with dent groups,” including ASA stu- team. solved everything in the round for have to construct a puzzle that fits something awesome that’s never dent group funding, said Hurwitz. Last year, approximately 150 you to unlock it and solve it. And your idea with the given answer,” been done before and make the This funding is important be- people hunted with the Manic then maybe once you’ve done all explained Hurwitz. hunt even more spectacular,” ac- cause there is no cost to participat- Sages, and about 80 of them have the meta-puzzles, there might be The 2013 Mystery Hunt will be- cording to Hurwitz, who witheld ing in the hunt. Hurwitz said, “We stayed on to help write the 2013 a meta-meta-puzzle. This isn’t true gin this Friday, Jan. 18th, at noon further details. do not have any corporate spon- hunt. Hurwitz estimates that team every year. It may or may not be in Rockwell Cage, with the kickoff sors. … We didn’t want to have it be members spend anywhere from true for the 2013 hunt, but it’s typi- revealing the year’s unique theme. Every year, the ‘The Google Hunt’ or something. few hours per week to up to twelve cally how it’s done.” Past years have been inspired by winning Mystery So, this year, and in most years, hours each day in the month lead- For the last few years, software video games, history, science fic- it’s been part Fin-board and LEF ing up to the Hunt. “A lot of people which keeps track of the different tion, and more. The only clue cur- Hunt team takes [Large Events Fund] and donations who have full time jobs took time puzzles and their connections has rently available about this year’s from people on the winning team.” off during the holidays and put that been passed down between win- theme is the invitation received by over the MIT ASA According to ASA student group into the hunt, or are even taking va- ning teams. Hurwitz added that team members to join the “Enigma student group. guidelines, the president and trea- cation time now,” he said. the Sages also wrote some of their Valley Investment and Loan Bank.” surer of the Mystery Hunt group Curious hunters will have to wait Planning the Mystery Hunt re- must be MIT students, but the Last year, about 150 people hunted with until Friday to find out more. quires not only brainpower and president or captain of the team Hurwitz said writing the Mys- creativity, but also extensive orga- itself does not. The Manic Sages’ the Manic Sages, and about 80 of them are tery Hunt is a labor of love, and the nization. “There are a lot of things co-captains are Dan Zaharopol ’04 helping prepare for the 2013 Hunt. Manic Sages are excited to see the that need to be done, from reserv- and Catherine Havasi ’03. results. “Writing the Mystery Hunt ing rooms, to contacting MIT AV to Zaharopol founded the team in Planning for this year’s Hunt own software for certain tasks. is sort of like solving Mystery Hunt, rent equipment,” said Hurwitz. “We 2004 after previous hunting with began immediately after the Sages Throughout the entire process, the but it takes you 12 months instead have to talk to the Environmental the ESG team, Wizard Lizards, and won in 2012. Hurwitz noted that the team also brainstormed ideas for of 2 days. The whole time you’re Health and Safety Office, to make the Mathcamp team. “Dan no- group began by thinking of puzzle a theme and how to incorporate it doing puzzles over and over again, sure that everything we’re doing is ticed a large overlap between ESG ideas, then worked backward to into the puzzles. you’re writing puzzles, testing out within fire code and safe and not students and Mathcampers, so he connect them together, beginning “The process of writing a puzzle puzzles. It’s the experience of being going to cause any problems.” brought the two teams together,” with the final clue (the location is typically that you begin with an in the Mystery Hunt, but you get Hurwitz also acts as the presi- said Hurwitz. The current team of the coin). “Mystery Hunt tends idea, then you are given the an- to treasure it for a lot longer than dent of the MIT Mystery Hunt ASA is made up of MIT students and to have a multi-level structure. swer to the puzzle, and you work most teams do.” Royal Bengal Boston’s only authentic BengaliCuisine restaurant 313Mass.Ave., Cambridge Open Daily Except Monday (617) 491-1988 11:30 am–11:30 pm T: Red Line, Bus#1–CentralSquare Lunch Buffet $7.95 10% Discount on $15 Reasonably Priced Dinners (or more) order with MIT ID.

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(Owing to high demand, we are Omari Stephens—The Tech not able to guarantee supplies. Hackers placed a mask over the “Alchemist” statue, situated in front of Building W20. The hack, Please allow 10-15 days for photographed last Friday, Jan. 11, may be related to Mayor Thomas Menino’s declaration of a public delivery during January and health emergency regarding this year’s flu season. February.)

The Literature Section Hosts 4th Annual Mobile Reading Marathon

Come join the 4th annual Literature-sponsored Mobile Marathon on Jan. 23rd, when we will be reading the ENTIRETY of Homer's Odyssey in a single day for a Homer-athon! It took Odysseus 20 years to get home from Troy, but through the wonder of the codex book we are redefining what 'epic' means; in the great Greek peripatetic tradition, we will move across the campus reciting (and sometimes performing) the story, in translation. Come and go as you please, or join a hearty crew of professors, students and other community friends who journey together from start to finish. Starts at 9am in 14N-417, and moves with the story from East to West Campus, stopping for rest and refreshment in congenial rooms (see room list below). Appropriate garb and monster outfits welcome but not required: just a sense of humor, desire for community, and a willingness to listen or read. Feel free to join during any part of the day.

9:00-10:00: 14N-417 10:00-11:30: 4-349 (Pappalardo Room) 11:30-1:00: 62 (Talbot Lounge) 1:00-3:00: 50 (Pritchett) 3:00-5:00: Lobby 10 5:00-7:00: W20 (Twenty Chimneys) 7:00-9:00: W1 (Maseeh Hall)

Ho Yin Au A Pac-Man motif was placed over the tarp on the top of the Great Dome last Thursday, Jan. 10. The lights on the scaffolding resemble pac-dots. Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The Tech 11

Albany-Vassar railroad crossing opens

In December, a railroad crossing opened bells “for the quietest sound level legally between Albany and Vassar Streets near allowed.” the Heinz building and graduate student Kelley Brown, Senior Campus Planner dormitories, formalizing an unofficial path for the MIT Campus Planning and Design in the same location. Located between the office, said in an email to The Tech that MIT Heinz building (W59), the Plasma Science has not yet received any noise complaints. and Fusion Center (NW21), and gradu- According to Brown, the railroad runs ate dormitory The Warehouse (NW30), the a few times per day. The trains are used crossing takes features a gate, new land- for maintenance, freight deliveries, and scaping, and paved walkways. moving Amtrak and MBTA cars for repair Though nearby residents can expect in Somerville. The railroad is run by the some noise from the new crossing, the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad bells signalling the approach of a train are (MCBR) on behalf of the MBTA and Mas- designed to be as non-intrusive as pos- sachusetts Department of Transportation. sible. Melody Craven, Communications MIT paid MCBR to construct the cross- Ho Yin Au Assistant for the MIT Department of Fa- ing and hired an MIT contractor to pave A foot crossing was recently opened to the public near building W59. The crossing cilities, explained in an email to The Tech the walkways. is part of a new foot path linking Amherst Street and Vassar Street added to improve the that the MBTA has programmed the signal —Janelle Mansfield safety of pedestrians crossing the tracks.

Omari Stephens—The Tech Paul Babbin of Stafford Painters uses a roller to paint the wall near the Forbes Café sushi area last Wednesday, Jan. 9. Forbes Café, in the Stata Center, closed Dec. 21, 2012 for renovations. It reopened this past Monday, Jan. 14.

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