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Volume 130, Number 62 tech.mit.edu Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Corporation talks dining Committee listens to students, trustees; no action to reevaluate

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No action to reevaluate the proposed dining plan was made by the MIT Corporation after an informal discussion took place at the Corpora- tion meeting on Dec. 3. Dining was not on the original meeting agenda. “It was on our minds,” said Corporation member Harbo P. Jensen ’74. “Clearly everyone was aware of it.” Jensen also acts as the Chairman of the Corpo- Joanna Kao—The Tech ration Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-Wide President Susan J. Hockfield spoke Friday about the uniqueness of the MIT community and thanked the MIT 150 steering Affairs (CJAC), a committee made up of Corpora- committee for their work in putting together the MIT 150 exhibit. The exhibit floor at the MIT Museum was packed with stu- tion trustees, students, and faculty. CJAC acts as a dents, alumni, and faculty. There were 657 people in the exhibit by the end of the speeches. medium in which student and faculty concerns can be addressed directly to the Corporation without first going through the administration. The day before the Corporation meeting, Museum starts MIT 150 celebration CJAC met to review their report and presentation to the Corporation. The report covered sev- Over sixty events, symposia to reflect “inventional wisdom” eral issues ranging from student involvement in administrative decision-making to student By Colleen Loynachan The opening of the MIT 150 ary contributions and will ex- theme represents the entrepre- advising. Although dining was not on the origi- Staff Reporter Exhibition at the MIT Museum plore how MIT can help shape neurial spirit sparked by a blend nal agenda, Jensen said that approximately one- on Friday marked the first of 150 the future. of inspiration and knowledge, third of the meeting was dedicated to that issue. What can MIT accomplish days of celebratory events for the The MIT 150 steering com- explained Mindell. Many of the “We all agreed that…there is a lot of emotion in the next 150 years? A cure for Institute’s sesquicentennial. The mittee, led by David A. Mind- festivities are open to the public, and energy behind this,” said Jensen. However, cancer? Further explorations celebration will include sympo- ell PhD ’96, planned over sixty fulfilling one of the goals of the Jensen acknowledged that after three years of underwater and in space? Artifi- sia, performances, and exhibits events guided by the theme cial intelligence? reflecting on MIT’s revolution- of “inventional wisdom.” The MIT 150, Page 11 Dining, Page 9

In Short A look at Wall St. trading Mystery Hunt kicks off this Friday at 12:17 Phillip L. Clay considered for p.m. in Lobby 7. Register your team online An inside view of Fed’s bond-buying program at http://mit.edu/~puzzle/. president of UMass system By Graham Bowley dollars of U.S. Treasury securities on the getfit@mit registration is now open! Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75, who will be stepping down as The New York Times open market in a controversial attempt Register your team in MIT Medical’s an- Chancellor this spring, is a candidate for president of the Uni- to keep interest rates low and, in the nual fitness challenge. Learn more at versity of Massachusetts system (UMass), according to the Deep inside the Federal Reserve process, revive the economy. http://getfit.mit.edu. Boston Globe. A UMass presidential search committee will Bank of New York, the $600 billion man To critics, it is a Hail Mary play — an conduct a round of interviews with fewer than six candidates is fast at work. admission that the economy’s persis- The MIT 150 Exhibition Public Celebra- on Jan. 13, the Globe reported last Tuesday. Clay remains un- In a spare, government-issue office tent weakness has all but exhausted the tion will be held at the MIT Museum this der consideration after a set of first-round interviews. in Lower Manhattan, Josh Frost and central bank’s powers and tested the Friday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free. When Clay announced he was stepping down last No- a band of market specialists are mak- limits of its policymaking. Around the vember, he told the MIT community that he planned to ing the Fed’s ultimate Wall Street trade. Snow is coming…12–18 inches of it! See go on sabbatical for a year before returning to MIT as a They are buying hundreds of billions of Finboard, Page 11 our weather coverage on page 2 for more professor. The current UMass president, Jack Wilson, will details. leave his post on June 30. Clay declined to comment on this story. Send news information and tips to —Jessica Pourian [email protected]. Early action applications up 13% 12.1 percent of EA were admitted; total applications over 17,800

By Elijah Mena ular, is expected to top 17,800, MIT early action results Staff Reporter (2007-2011) about a 7 percent increase from 6405 MIT received a record 6,405 last year. Rejected 6000 5684 early-action applications this Schmill said that MIT is see- 27% year, up 13 percent from last ing a shift towards early action as 5000 5019 17% year. According to Dean of Ad- opposed to regular decision. 10% missions Stuart Schmill ’86, 772 “Our early action applica- 4000 3925

applicants (12.1 percent) were tions have risen in the last sev- 3493 13% Deferred admitted, 3,887 (60.7 percent) eral years at a higher rate than 13% 3000 61% were deferred, and 1746 (27.3 our regular action applications,” 79% 72% percent) were rejected. Deci- Schmill said. “It is a general Logan P. Williams—The Tech sions were released on Decem- trend that more students are ap- 2000 74% Firefighters respond to a chemical spill in the basements of build- 76% Accepted ber 15. plying early somewhere when ings 66 and 68 last Wednesday. The small spill of acetonitrile caused After regular action applica- they apply to college.” 1000 no injuries, but prompted the evacuation of buildings 66, 68, and E17, 12% and closed Ames Street for several hours. tions are counted the number of 11% 13% 11% 11% 0 total applications, early and reg- Admissions, Page 11 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 comedy against Out of the way, palin! a new look at jazz Grandfather SECTIONS conformity Keith Yost explains who can unseat The Tech catches up with paradox World & Nation ��2 Opinion ��4 Nina Sinatra interviews Obama in 2012. OPN, p. 5 Tamir Hendelman, an Israeli What exactly does jazz musician from LA. Hen- Arts ��6 internationally-recog- happen if you go back in Fun Pages ��7 Kendall changes? delman tells us about what nized comedian and time and kill your own Sports ��12 actor Maz Jobrani. New developments in the Central and inspires his music. grandfather? OPN, p. 4 Kendall development saga. News, p. 9 Arts, p. 6 Fun, p. 7 2 The Tech Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Gates warns of North Korea D missile threat to U.S. Doctors say Rep. Giffords’ BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Tuesday that North Korea was within five years of being able condition points to survival to strike the continental United States with an intercontinen- tal ballistic missile and said that, combined with its expanding nuclear program, the country “is becoming a direct threat to By Jennifer Medina the victims of the attack. His aides The measure, which keeps pro- worl the United States.” The New York Times said he would focus on the theme testers 300 feet back from funerals, Gates is a former director of the CIA, and his statement, offi- of service to country and avoid the is intended to head off members cials said, reflected both a new assessment by U.S. intelligence TUCSON, Ariz. — Just three debate about whether the state’s of the Westboro Baptist Church

n officials and his own concern that Washington had consistently days after a bullet passed through political climate might have played in Kansas, who have praised the underestimated the pace at which the North was developing Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ brain, and a role in the tragedy. shooting and plan to picket the fu- nuclear and missile technologies. one day before the president was Instead, Obama, who was still neral Thursday of Christina Green, —Elisabeth Bumiller and David E. Sanger, The New York Times scheduled to come here to address working with his speechwriters a 9-year-old victim, and a service the shooting rampage in which Tuesday, will call for unity among Friday for Judge John M. Roll of she was wounded, doctors said Americans, while trying to hold up Federal District Court. Biden assures Karzai of U.S. Tuesday that Giffords’ chances of the lives of the victims, including At the hospital, Giffords’ doc- a t i o survival were certain. She is able their service to government, as an tors said the outcome could have to breathe on her own, although example to all Americans. He will been far worse. They said she had presence beyond 2014 she remains on a ventilator as a share some anecdotes about the done remarkably well so far. But KABUL, Afghanistan — Vice President Joe Biden met with precaution. victims from private phone calls they cautioned that there was little President Hamid Karzai here Tuesday and promised a lasting What her recovery will look he has made to the families, aides more they could do medically to U.S. commitment to the country well beyond 2014, when NATO like, however, and how long it will said. help her improve. forces are scheduled to turn over security of the nation to Af- take remain unclear. Meanwhile, across Tucson, Over the past several days, Gif- ghan forces. “She has a 101 percent chance there was a flurry of efforts to ad- fords has repeatedly given non-

& N & “The United States, if the Afghan people want it, are pre- of survival,” said Dr. Peter Rhee the dress the psychological effects of verbal responses to her doctors’ pared and we are not leaving in 2014,” Biden said during an director of medical trauma at the Saturday morning’s shootings, commands, they said, and CAT unannounced visit to Kabul. “Hopefully, we will have totally University Medical Center, where which left six dead and 14 wound- scan X-rays have shown that there turned over to the Afghan security forces the ability to maintain Giffords is being treated. “I can’t ed. Two churches held memorial is no swelling, which continues the security of the country, but we are not leaving if you don’t tell whether she’s going to be in a services Tuesday night, drawing to be the most serious threat. So want us to leave.” vegetative state. I hope that she’s large crowds. far, doctors said, she has shown —Ray Rivera, The New York Times not and I don’t think she will be in In Phoenix, the state Legisla- only slight movement on the right a vegetative state, but I know that ture quickly passed an emergency side of her body, raising questions

o r l d she’s not going to die.” law to block a church that protests about her functional neurological President Barack Obama will outside funerals from getting too status. Doctors again declined to Wikileaks founder said to fear deliver a speech here Wednesday close to the services planned in give some specific details about ‘illegal rendition’ to U.S. evening at a memorial service for Tucson. Giffords. W

LONDON — Lawyers for Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks antisecrecy group, said on Tuesday that they would oppose his extradition to Sweden because he might subse- quently face “illegal rendition” to the United States, risking imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or even the death Chinese military tests stealth penalty. They made the assertion in defense documents released after Assange made a brief appearance in a British high-security fighter while Gates visits court for a largely procedural hearing concerning his resistance to demands for his extradition to Sweden, where he has been By Elisabeth Bumiller A senior U.S. defense official said pendently of the country’s political accused of sexual misconduct. and Michael Wines that when Gates asked Hu to discuss leadership, a growing worry of U.S. The documents for the first time publicly named the two The New York Times the test, it was evident to the Ameri- defense officials who say they do not WikiLeaks volunteers who have accused Assange of forcing cans that the Chinese leader and his know the real goals of the secretive them to have sex with him without a condom in Sweden last BEIJING — China’s military con- top civilian advisers were surprised Chinese armed forces. August, in one case while the woman was asleep. ducted a test flight of a new stealth by the query and were unprepared “I’ve had concerns about this —Ravi Somaiya and Alan Cowell, The New York Times fighter jet Tuesday, overshadow- to answer him. Photos of the flight over time,” Gates said. ing a high-profile visit by Defense of the radar-evading J-20 had been Chinese officials provided only Secretary Robert M. Gates aimed at prominently posted on unofficial a brief summary of the meeting improving defense ties — and ap- Chinese military websites a few between Gates and Hu and did not Goldman vows to be more parently catching China’s civilian hours before the meeting. address the perception by Pentagon leadership off guard. “It was clear the civilian leader- officials that Hu had not been in- open about its operations Staging the test flight of the ship was uninformed,” the official formed of the test. A move that follows months of mounting scrutiny from law- long-secret J-20 while Gates was in said. A Hong Kong-based expert on makers, regulators and shareholders who worry that Goldman Beijing amounted to an unusually In comments to reporters af- the Chinese military, Andrei Chang, is the black box of the investment banking world. bold show of force by China. But the terward, Gates said that Hu did ac- said in a telephone interview that As a start, Goldman restated its financial results for the third demonstration also raised questions knowledge the test, apparently later the Chinese stealth fighter, which quarter, giving better insight into how much revenue its hedge about the degree of civilian control in the same meeting, and that he as- has the same two angled tailfins that fund, real estate and private equity operations generated, of the Chinese military, as President sured Gates that it “had absolutely are the trademark of the Pentagon’s among other things. Hu Jintao and other civilian leaders nothing to do with my visit.” own stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, This initial disclosure was short of details on Goldman’s gave their U.S. visitors the impres- Asked if he truly believed that, flew for about 15 minutes over an business, however. Some revenue appears to have simply been sion that they were unaware that the Gates said, “I take President Hu at airfield in the city of Chengdu. Pho- reallocated to different business lines. test had been conducted only hours his word.” tos of the jet in flight also appeared “It remains to be seen how much detail we’ll get,” said Jim before they received Gates for a for- But he said the episode also un- on a computer bulletin board run by Sinegal, an analyst with Morningstar. mal meeting at the Great Hall of the derscored concerns that the Chinese Global Times, a state-run newspa- —Susanne Craig and Ben Protess, The New York Times People. military might sometimes act inde- per known for its hawkish positions.

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Northwest wind LQ LStationary Front Heavy Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech at 20 mph. and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & world nation & world nation & world nation Wednesday, January 12, 2011 The Tech 3 Presidential panel urges more WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on W Verizon announces plans to oversight of offshore drilling WASHINGTON — The presidential panel investigating the 2010 sell iPhone 4 early next month oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico recommended Tuesday that Congress approve substantial new spending and sweeping new regulations for offshore oil operations at a time when the appetite for both is By Jenna Wortham GSM technology used in all existing The highly anticipated arrival low. The New York Times iPhones. of the iPhone on Verizon ends an Releasing its final report, the commission found that the Deep- McAdam said that Verizon and agreement of exclusivity between water Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill arose from a pre- Ending months of speculation, Apple first began discussing the Apple and AT&T. The partnership ventable series of corporate and regulatory failures. It warned that Verizon announced Tuesday that it prospect of bringing the iPhone 4 to between Apple and Verizon is mul- unless industry practices and government regulation improved, would begin selling a version of the Verizon two years ago. tiyear and nonexclusive, executives another such accident was inevitable. iPhone 4 early next month. “We spent a year in extensive at both companies said. And it is “If dramatic steps are not taken,” said Bob Graham, a former “Today, two industry innovators testing and design to make sure it likely to throw the U.S. smart phone Democratic senator from Florida and co-chairman of the commis- are coming together to deliver some- was up to our standard,” he said. market into something of a tizzy. sion, “I’m afraid at some point in the coming years another failure thing consumers have been hungry Verizon’s iPhone 4 will be avail- Tim Cook, the chief operating will occur, and we will wonder why did the Congress, why did the for for years,” said Lowell McAdam, able for preorder Feb. 3 for existing officer of Apple, said the company administration, why did the industry allow this to happen again.” the president and chief operating Verizon customers and will be gen- had been “looking forward to today —John M. Broder, The New York Times officer of Verizon, at a news confer- erally available for preorder begin- for a long time. ence in Manhattan. “We are bring- ning Feb. 10. “We’re incredibly pleased to ing to market the fruit of our strate- Verizon executives said the 16-gi- give Verizon customers the choice gic partnership with a giant in the gabyte version of the phone would they’ve been waiting for,” he said. Rising Chinese inflation to show market, and that is Apple.” cost $199 with a two-year contract, The company did not say Apple had to create a new ver- while the 32-gigabyte version would whether it would modify the pricing up in U.S. imports sion of the iPhone 4 for Verizon be- cost $299 — the same as AT&T’s structure for its data plans, which BEIJING — When garment buyers from New York show up next cause its network uses a technology pricing. It said pricing for data plans currently allow customers to buy month at China’s annual trade shows to bargain over next autumn’s known as CDMA, as opposed to the had not yet been determined. unlimited data. fashions, many will face sticker shock. “They’re going to go home with 35 percent less product than for the same dollars as last year,” particularly for fur coats and cotton sportswear, said Bennett Model, chief executive of Cassin, a Man- hattan-based line of designer clothing. “The consumer will defi- nitely see the price rise.” Drug makers win support by Inflation has arrived in China. And after Tuesday’s release of crucial financial statistics by China’s central bank, few economists ex- pect Beijing officials to be able to tame rising prices any time soon. Obama admin. in price dispute —Keith Bradsher, The New York Times By Robert Pear collect reimbursement from com- er the intended beneficiaries of a The New York Times panies that overcharge. government program can enforce It is a classic conflict: a politi- their right to assistance that is Clinton talks politics in Yemen WASHINGTON — The Obama cal imperative for the administra- made available by Congress. SANAA, Yemen — The Obama administration wants to help Ye- administration, following a lengthy tion — to ensure that inexpensive “You can parse the legal is- men do more than hunt down Islamic terrorists, Secretary of State internal debate, has unexpectedly drugs are available to the poor sues, as the Justice Department Hillary Rodham Clinton told this fragile Arab country on Tuesday come down on the side of phar- people who need them — rub- has done,” Rosenbaum said. “But as she sought to broaden a relationship almost wholly defined by maceutical companies that are ac- bing up against the Justice De- the bottom line is that a lot of poor American concerns that Yemen is a staging ground for plots against cused of overcharging public hos- partment’s fear of an onslaught of people and a lot of safety-net pro- the United States. pitals and clinics that care for large lawsuits by clinics and hospitals if viders are not getting the discounts Clinton, the first secretary of state to visit Yemen since James numbers of poor people. the Supreme Court allows them to they are supposed to receive.” A. Baker III in 1990, undertook a delicate balancing act, gently The administration has told sue. The court is being asked to rule prodding the country’s longtime autocratic president, Ali Abdullah the Supreme Court that the hos- Sara Rosenbaum, a professor in a lawsuit brought by Santa Clara Saleh, to open up his political system while leaving no doubt that pitals and clinics cannot sue drug of health law and policy at George and Santa Cruz Counties in Cali- he remained a crucial partner in the fight against Islamic extrem- companies to enforce their right Washington University, said the fornia against AstraZeneca and a ism. to deep discounts on drugs, or to case raises the question of wheth- number of other drug makers. —Mark Landler, The New York Times o R l D OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn Op i n i o n OPINION OPinION 4 The Tech Stephanie KuL. ’14; ’13, ’13, Schalck Aislyn Kao ’13, Kirschbaum Joanna Connor ’12, Hsiang Judy Editors: ’09, Angeline Wang D. ’09,B. Colen. Semenkovich Nick ’09, Ramirez Ricardo Thibault ’08, Y. 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Zoning board lukewarm about MIT’s plan CJAC reports to Corp. for Kendall Trustees satisfied with dining plan Dining, from Page 1 cussions during lunch and various breaks are included. Among other things, Visiting crafting a plan, the current proposal might Committees provide recommendations be the best that can be offered. and advice to the Corporation on every At the meeting, UA President Vrajesh Y. academic department. Modi ’11, who also is a member of CJAC, After several comments and explana- was asked to give a big-picture presenta- tions on dining, the discussion ended after tion on dining to help committee members it appeared that everyone was generally better understand the undergraduate per- satisfied with how dining was being han- spective. According to Modi, the UA cannot dled by the administration, noted Jensen. support the dining plan if a majority of the The new dining plan, which will be affected students do not support the plan. implemented in fall 2011, will require stu- Modi said that he is not confident that the dents living in “dining dorms” to pay for all affected students support the plan. their meals up-front at the beginning of the Ulric Ferner G, president of the Gradu- semester. Previously, students paid a $300 ate Student Council, said that while the semesterly fee to receive meals at half- John A. Hawkinson—The Tech GSC is not currently involved in the dining price. But under the new plan, students H. Theodore Cohen, one of seven members of the Cambridge Planning Board, speaks at plan, he was happy to listen to the UA re- will pay a fee ranging from $2,500 to $4,500 the Dec. 21, 2010 meeting. port on dining. per year, depending on the dining hall and By the end of the meeting, it was agreed meal option chosen by the student. On Dec. 21, MIT representatives presented height. The zoning currently limits buildings that while the dining plan has received The MIT Corporation, also known as MIT’s vision for the future of Kendall Square to in Kendall to be 120 feet tall. several complaints, there is little that can the board of trustees of MIT, fulfills sev- the City of Cambridge Planning Board. The re- MIT also proposed sidewalk cafes, but be done to make the plan better. eral roles including offering guidance on sponse they got was mixed, with some of the five Thomas Anninger, vice chair of the board, “It’s impossible to make everyone hap- strategic decisions for Institute direction, members present comfortable with the proposal, does not think that is plausible. py,” Jensen said. according to the Corporation’s website. and others cautious. All had criticisms to offer. “Plazas with cafes sitting outside are to me The day following the CJAC meeting, Its responsibilities include approving an- MIT’s intention to proceed with its re- some sort of a Euro fantasy,” Anninger said. “Am- the MIT Corporation met to discuss the nual budgets, exercising long-term fidu- zoning application of Kendall Square for in- sterdam, Vienna, Barcelona maybe. But I don’t see committees’ final reports. According to ciary responsibility, approving new degree creased ground-floor retail and more lab space that here. We don’t have that here in Cambridge. Jensen, dining was not on the meeting’s programs, and electing the President of may have to wait — Cambridge has ordered a We don’t have it in Boston. It’s very rare in this original agenda, but Corporation mem- the Institute. The Corporation meets four study to determine the future of development country. I’m not sure you can recreate that here.” bers spent about as much time discussing times a year to discuss the state of the In- from Kendall Square to Central Square. Other board members were worried about dining as they did discussing some Visit- stitute. Their next meeting will be held on MIT had previously said it expected to pro- residential units, which barely figured into ing Committee reports, especially if dis- March 4, 2011. pose zoning changes this month; however, MIT’s plan. Charles Studen, a member of the that may be delayed due to the new study. The board, said “additional residential develop- Cambridge Planning Board is the entity that ment is what is going to generate the vitality approves city zoning changes. and vibrancy. It’s been proven in case after Can you beat this drawing? The city will be hiring a consultant to run case, you have to have people living in an area that study and is in the process of preparing to make it interesting and worthwhile.” MIT’s Join Illustrators at The Tech! a Request for Proposals. The RFP is expected presentation suggested 60 units of market-rate to be released on Thursday, according to Su- housing, rather than subsidized housing. san Glazer, the acting assistant city manager MIT’s presentation was given by Michael K. E-mail [email protected] for community development. Once that RFP Owu ’86 and Steven C. 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Guest niversary events to leave attendees the breadth of its achievements, ty find a vision for the 21st century,” celebration — to educate and in- speakers will underscore MIT’s role with a renewed desire to surmount and understand what is special and he added. spire the world about science and in inspiring the community to take obstacles regarding human well-be- unique about MIT,” Mindell said. “I The vision is contained within technology. on the challenges of the future. ing as well as a rekindle the optimism hope people will look back on this the MIT 150 Exhibition, the “most According to Mindell, the steer- “The best tribute we can make to of discovery and promise in this gen- period and see that MIT has rede- expansive exhibition ever devel- ing committee also emphasized the MIT is to continue progress in the eration’s forward-thinking activists. fined itself.” oped by the MIT Museum,” accord- ideas of research and education. future,” Mindell said. “I hope people gain an apprecia- “In a time of economic uncer- ing to the Museum’s website. A series of six symposia developed Exhibit curator Deborah Douglas by teams of MIT faculty will explore collaborated with the MIT commu- interdisciplinary issues and topics nity through a nomination and vot- accessible to a world audience. The ing process to arrive at the 150 ob- purpose of the symposia is to bring jects currently on display. Douglas intellectual leaders from MIT and said that each object tells a story that beyond together to examine global is meant to inspire and educate. issues through panel discussions. At the exhibit’s opening on Fri- The series of symposia begins day, President Susan J. Hockfield Jan. 27 with “Economics and Fi- said that the objects as a whole de- nance: From Theory to Practice to scribe the character of MIT. Policy.” According to the MIT 150 The exhibit has “many objects website, topics that will be covered that are brilliantly bold, and others during the spring semester include that are perfectly ridiculous,” Hock- integrative cancer research, wom- field said. en’s leadership in science and en- In the words of MIT Museum gineering, the age of computation, Director John R. Durant, “MIT is an exploration of earth, air, ocean, and idea factory, which is also a place space, and brains, minds, and ma- that keeps reinventing the future. chines. You can see 150 years of reinvented The “emotional center,” said futures in this exhibition, including Mindell, of the 150 days will be on futures which are still to come.” April 10, when over 10,000 people Other major MIT 150 events will gather at the Boston Conven- include the Open House, the MIT tion and Exhibition Center to cele- Global Challenge, and the Infinite brate MIT’s Charter Day. According Joanna Kao—The Tech History Project. See http://mit150. to Mindell, this convocation will cel- John R. Durant, Director of the MIT Museum and Historical Collections, spoke Friday at the press mit.edu/ for complete event details ebrate the highest level of achieve- opening of the MIT 150 exhibit, giving perspective on the process of creating the exhibit. He spoke and registration for symposia. ment — MIT’s moral and intellec- of a museum worker who had to bring back a slice of H.M.’s brain, one of the most studied brains in The celebration concludes with tual accomplishments. This New the world, from California and joked with the audience, asking them to imagine going through airport Tech Day on June 5 and reunions Century Convocation will recall the security with a slice of a brain. after Commencement. Applications shift Market rates rise with Fed bond program Bonds, from Page 1 Frost’s task is to avoid paying top dollar quently push down their yields. for bonds that could be worth less when The trouble is, though yields fell sharp- toward early action world, some warn the unusual strategy the Fed tries to sell them one day. ly between August and November as the Maseeh Hall increases number of will weaken the dollar and lead to crip- Frost and his team drew up the daily markets anticipated the new program, pling inflation. schedule for what the Fed calls its Large- they have risen since it was formally an- accepted early action applications But inside the Operations Room, on Scale Asset Purchase program. And that nounced in November, leaving many in the ninth floor of the New York Fed’s for- program is, by any measure, large scale: the markets puzzled about the value of the Admissions, from Page 1 tresslike headquarters, there is no time for Through next June, these traders will buy Fed’s bond-buying program. second-guessing. Here the second round roughly $75 billion of Treasuries a month Frost, and his boss, Brian P. Sack PhD Though the number of early applicants has in- of what is known as quantitative easing — on top of another $30 billion it is rein- ’97, insist the program has succeeded. creased, the admission rate for these applicants has also — QE2, as it is called on Wall Street — is vesting in Treasuries from its mortgage- Sack, 40, joined the Fed 18 months ago increased. This year, MIT accepted 12.1 percent of those being put into practice almost daily by the related holdings. to run the entire markets group. He has a that applied early action. In comparison, MIT accepted central bank’s powerful New York arm. But depending on daily market condi- Ph.D. from MIT and worked most recently only 10.4 percent for the class of 2014 and 10.8 percent Each morning Frost and his team face tions, Frost can decide not to buy certain for a Washington consulting firm. In 2004, for the class of 2013. a formidable task: They must try to buy bonds if they are already in short supply. he wrote a paper with Ben S. Bernanke In an MIT Admissions blog post on Jan. 7, Admissions Treasuries at the best possible price from As offers to sell Treasuries flash on a PhD ’79, the future chairman of the Feder- Counselor for Communications Chris Peterson said that the savviest bond traders in the business. bank of trading screens, a computer algo- al Reserve, and another economist about he believes part of the increase may be due to the shift The smallest miscalculation, a few one- rithm works out which ones to accept. The unconventional measures for stimulating towards early action, particularly among domestic ap- hundredths of a percentage point here or computer compares the offers from Wall the economy in extraordinary times — just plicants. there, could unsettle the markets and cost Street against market prices and the Fed’s like large-scale purchases of Treasuries. Peterson explained that historically, only one-third of taxpayers dearly. It could also embolden own calculation of what constitutes a “fair “We didn’t know then that the Fed domestic applicants apply early action. “Today, howev- critics at home and abroad who say QE2 value” price. would be putting it to the test,” he said. He er, almost half of our domestic applicants chose to apply represents a dangerous expansion of the When devising the program, Frost and said the Obama administration’s $858 bil- during Early Action,” he explained. “So the number of Fed’s role in the markets. his team decided to focus most on buying lion tax compromise with congressional students whom we accepted in Early rose accordingly.” “We are looking to get the best price we Treasury notes with an average maturity of Republicans in December complicated Part of the increase in early acceptances is also due to can for the taxpayer,” said Frost. five to six years. That is because the yields the macroeconomic picture. the opening of Maseeh Hall, MIT’s newest undergradu- Whether Frost will reach that goal is on these notes have the biggest impact on But the biggest reason for the rise in ate dormitory, which will open next fall. MIT’s under- uncertain. What is sure is that market in- interest rates for mortgage holders, con- interest rates was probably that the econ- graduate population will increase over the next few years terest rates have risen, rather than fallen, sumers and companies issuing debt, and omy was, at last, growing faster. And that’s to about 4,500 students, roughly 200 more than there are since the Fed embarked on the program on banks’ decisions to lend to businesses. good news. currently. in November. That is the opposite of what Over the weeks and months of the pro- “Rates have risen for the reasons we “We are planning a smooth ramp up to that number, was supposed to happen, although rates gram, his purchases should drive up the were hoping for: Investors are more opti- taking three years to get there,” Schmill said. “For next might have been even higher without the prices of these securities — because they mistic about the recovery,” said Sack. “It is fall, our target enrollment for the class of 2015 is 1120, Fed program. will be in greater demand — and conse- a good sign.” just 50 students more than the class of 2014.” A record 1,746, or 27.3 percent, of early applicants were rejected outright, continuing a two-year trend to offer a “final decision (admitted or not admitted) to many more students,” Peterson wrote. Last year, MIT rejected Is there anyone you want to shadow for 24 hours? 988, or 17.4 percent of its early applicants. However, in years prior MIT had consistently rejected only around 10 percent of its early applicants. The format of the application remained the same as We’re looking for writers to follow someone around for that of last year, when MIT changed from requiring a one day and write about it! single 500-word essay to three 250-word essays. Schmill said that they liked the change and thus kept it in place. The demographics of those accepted early are similar to that of the current undergraduate body. Twenty-seven It’s a great way to make connections on campus! percent of those accepted are underrepresented minori- ties (African American, Hispanic, or Native American) and the gender ratio is nearly fifty-fifty. Some competitive universities also saw increases in the number of students applying early. 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