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Volume 127, Number 50 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, October 30, 2007 City Councillors Seek New 2-Year Terms in Cambridge Elections by Marie Y Red Sox Win World Series—Championship Parade Today at Noon The Weather MIT’s Today: Sunny, 60°F (16°C) Tonight: Clear, 47°F (8°C) Oldest and Largest Tomorrow: Sunny and brisk, Newspaper 65°F (18°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 127, Number 50 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, October 30, 2007 City Councillors Seek New 2-Year Terms in Cambridge Elections By Marie Y. Thibault first-time candidate, says she is liv- STAFF WRITER ing with a disability and that her top Next Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters will priority is to bring Cambridge into decide who will sit on the Cam- compliance with the Americans with bridge City Council for the next two Disabilities Act. Jonathan Janik said years. There will be at least one new that synchronizing traffic signals in face, since only Cambridge would For more information about eight incumbents allow drivers to the election, including are running for re- get from one end interview responses from election. of the city to the candidates, see page 14. The main is- other more quick- sues this year are affordable housing, ly, so he has made it a top priority. education, and safety, as listed by The only current City Council SAMUEL KRonick—THE TECH many of the candidates as top priori- member who is not running for re- Berklee College of Music students Stash Wyslough (left) and Andy Reiner (right) celebrate the ties in their campaign. election is Anthony D. Galluccio, Red Sox World Series victory by jamming in the streets of Boston. See more photos on pages Some candidates are pushing who has just been elected to the Mas- 10–11. less-known topics. Kathy Podgers, a sachusetts State Senate. Two Dollar Tuesdays Provide Grad 266 Freshmen Get Fifth- Students With Social Dining Event Week Warnings; Flags By Arkajit Dey to give graduate students an oppor- dents, Steven R. Lerman, gave a STAFF REPORTER tunity to socialize over dinner. brief talk, and and GradRat, the Increase From Last Year Oct. 9 marked the beginning of The budget-priced offering fea- graduate ring committee made a By Ryan Ko After the fifth week of the term, a series of dining events for gradu- tured “adult beverages” and a choice presentation. GradRat “had a sales STAFF REPORTER instructors are supposed to compile a ate students known as Two Dollar between chicken parmesan or veg- booth, provided some sandwiches, Fifth-week flags have been sent to list of freshmen in their classes who Tuesdays, sponsored by the Gradu- etarian cheese ravioli catered from and raffled off some flash memory 233 freshmen who may be in danger are either currently failing or are in ate Student Council and the Large the Pacific St. Cafe, according to an drives,” wrote co-organizer and GSC of failing a class. This 21.8 percent danger of doing so. Norman said Event Fund. 125 students out of the e-mail sent to the graduate commu- Activities Committee Chair Kevin A. warning rate is an increase from 17.5 that the flags were evenly distributed 150 who bought tickets attended the nity. percent in Fall 2006 and 18.3 percent among the typical classes freshmen sold-out event, which was intended The new Dean of Graduate Stu- $2 Tuesdays, Page 13 in Fall 2005. About six percent, or take. Once a student is flagged, the 66 students, received more than one student’s advisor and Norman are flag. both notified. APO Holds Unholiest Human Competition The increase in flags is no rea- The flagged student is then sent son to worry, said Julie B. Norman, an e-mail offering assistance, rang- Proceeds Collected in Traditional Contest to Be Given to Winner’s Choice of Charity senior associate dean and director ing from tutoring to mental health By Elijah Jordan Turner candidates’ respective jars in Lobby early 1950s. MIT’s chapter of the of the Office of Undergraduate Ad- services. “The most important part is The Unholiest huMan on Campus 10. At the end of the event, which co-ed fraternity closely followed the vising and Academic Programming, how flagged students respond,” said (UMOC) competition, the latest de- concludes on Friday, November 2, all tradition until 1992, when a female who attributes this year’s numbers Norman. scendant of the annual Ugliest Man proceeds will be given to the charity entered the competition on the basis to normal variance. “I am not aware In the end, most flagged students on Campus event, is being held this of the winner’s choice. that “she made a very ugly man,” ac- of any outstanding issues with the pass the classes they are flagged for, week. Members of the MIT com- Alpha Phi Omega has been hold- cording to Iolanthe K. Chronis ’08, freshman class,” she said. Norman as 84 percent did in Fall 2006. Nor- munity can vote for their favorite ing UMOC events at colleges and cites 20 percent as the average num- man said she was optimistic that this candidates by placing money in the universities nationwide since the UMOC, Page 15 ber of freshmen who are flagged year’s students will achieve the same each year. level of success. Obama Holds Rally In Boston; Gains Patrick’s Endorsement By Caroline Huang You want a principled sports fan.” STAFF REPORTER The crowd members, many sport- The buzzwords were health care, ing Red Sox hats and t-shirts, ap- education, and Iraq, and the 9,500- plauded that sentiment and waved person crowd swarming the Boston their “Obama ’08” signs in response. C o m m o n Not only did the throng fill the was all ears fenced-in area around the Common Feature at last Tues- pavilion, but additional listeners day evening’s rally with Massachu- lined the area around the fences. The setts Governor Deval L. Patrick for gathering was primarily of college Barack H. Obama’s Democratic presidential campaign. Obama, Page 16 Obama worked the rally, empha- sizing his truthfulness as a candidate: “I will not be a perfect president, but In Short I will always tell you what I think,” he RAMYA SANKAR said. “I am a White Sox fan,” he said, ¶ The pre-trial hearing for Star Rachel M. Bainbridge ’09 (left) and Kristin K. Brown ’09 (right) collect donations for APO’s annual charity momentarily stunning the Boston A. Simpson ’10, originally sched- UMOC contest (short for Unholiest huMan on Campus this year) in Lobby 10 on Monday. At the end of crowd. “You don’t want somebody uled for 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, the first day Miriam “Mish” A. Madsen ’09 led the competition with $17.85. who pretends to be a [Red] Sox fan. has been postponed until Monday, Nov. 5. She received a continuance in the East Boston District Court yesterday morning. Simpson is MIT Symphony NEWS World & Nation ����������������������������� 2 charged with disorderly conduct Orchestra Gives Short stays on buzzing platform and possession of a hoax device for Opinion ���������������������� 4 appearing in Logan Airport’s Ter- Fall Concert turn cells in mice into bone Campus Life ������������������ 5 minal C baggage claim area wear- instead of fat in new study. ing a circuit board that lit up and Comics / Fun Pages ������������ 6 was connected to a battery. Sports ���������������������� 20 Page 12 Page 18 Send news information and tips to [email protected]. Page THE TECH October 30, 007 WORLD & NATION Consumer Safety Chief Doesn’t 5 Nuclear Facilities To Miss Want More Funds By Stephen Labaton THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Upcoming Security Deadline The nation’s top official for consumer product safety has asked Congress in recent days to reject legislation intended to strengthen the By Matthew L. Wald Robert Alvarez, an adviser to of security breaches in the weapons agency that polices thousands of consumer goods, from toys to tools. THE NEW YORK TIMES the energy secretary in the Clinton complex, and in January its direc- On the eve of an important Senate committee meeting to consider WASHINGTON administration, said there was wide tor was forced to resign because of the legislation, Nancy A. Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Con- More than a year after Congress agreement that centralizing the fuel other security lapses. sumer Product Safety Commission, has asked lawmakers in two letters told the Energy Department to hard- was a good idea. But Alvarez added, After the 9/11 attacks, the Ener- not to approve the bulk of legislation that would increase the agency’s en the nation’s nuclear bomb facto- “There’s a lot of pushback about gy Department changed its “design authority, double its budget and sharply increase its dwindling staff. ries and laboratories against ter- moving fissile materials from a site, basis threat,” the description of the Nord opposes provisions that would increase the maximum penal- rorist raids, five of the 11 sites are because then you lose a portion of attacking force against which the ties for safety violations and make it easier for the government to make certain to miss their deadlines, some your budget and prestige.” weapons sites should prepare their public reports of faulty products, protect industry whistle-blowers and by many years, the Government Ac- The Energy Department de- defenses. The details of this hypo- prosecute executives of companies that willfully violate laws. countability Office has found. clined requests for an interview, but thetical design basis threat are clas- The measure is an effort to buttress an agency that has been under The Energy Department has put Michael Kilpatrick, a deputy chief sified, but the new definition speci- siege because of a raft of tainted and dangerous products manufactured off security improvements at some at the department’s Office of Health, fies a larger and more capable group both domestically and abroad.
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