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Volume 131, Number 4 tech.mit.edu Friday, February 11, 2011 Eric Grimson to serve as chancellor At Walker, ‘I need to understand the pulse of the students,’ says EECS prof. students to By Robert McQueen News Editor hear about President Susan J. Hockfield announced yesterday the appoint- ment of W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80 as MIT’s next chancellor. Grim- renovation son will take office on Mar. 1 and will succeed outgoing Chancellor By Stan Gill Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75. Staff Reporter Grimson said that one of his first objectives as chancellor will Student groups affected by the po- be to listen to faculty and students tential restructuring of Walker Memorial in a variety of environments. “I may soon learn more about the plans for need to understand the pulse of the future of the space. The administra- the students,” he said. tion is hosting an open meeting on Mon- To that end, Grimson hopes day, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. in Morss Hall to to better understand students not provide information and updates on the only in the academic setting, but current status of the Walker review pro- also in extracurricular activities. cess. The meeting will consist of a pre- “Half of what happens here is not sentation by Associate Provost Martin in a lab,” he said. Grimson specifi- A. Schmidt PhD ’88, a question-and-an- cally plans to reach out to student swer period, and a tour of the facilities. leadership groups, including the The meeting is the first public en- UA, GSC, DormCon, and the ASA. gagement on the situation since the start When asked his stance on cur- of the semester. The administration an- rent student issues like dining and nounced plans late last term to repur- orientation, Grimson said he will pose Walker for use by Music and The- listen to all perspectives, as the is- ater Arts. The Graduate Student Council sues will still exist when he steps (GSC) has taken the lead in representing Sarang Kulkarni—The Tech into office. He believes all groups the affected student groups and con- Professor W. Eric L. Grimson PhD ’80, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Com- must be heard even if they cannot versing with relevant administrators. puter Science, was named as the next chancellor of MIT on Thursday afternoon. He will assume his all be satisfied. The GSC has also made formal student new role on March 1. Looking into the future, Grim- engagement proposals to the adminis- son wants to prepare students for Continuing professorship for getting to know what students broader student issues.” tration and met with representatives of beyond MIT. “Our students have Although Grimson is leaving as are about,” he said. Grimson cur- Grimson will discontinue a student groups. incredible intellectual abilities,” head of the Electrical Engineering rently advises 26 students, and he few faculty positions he currently “We are hopeful that the relationship Grimson said. “Our job is to em- and Computer Science depart- intends to continue advising just holds because his new role as with the administration will continue to power that.” ment, he still plans to teach class- as many as chancellor. chancellor will introduce conflicts improve over the coming months,” said Grimson also said that he es. “I love teaching; I really do,” Still, Grimson’s new responsi- between those current positions. GSC President Ulric J. Ferner G, “and we would like to increase interaction Grimson said. bilities will require him to cut back For example, Grimson will no look forward to contributing both to the between departments and teach This semester, Grimson is in other areas. Grimson expects longer hold a position on the Fac- strategic planning of this project as well students how to package and ex- teaching 6.01 (Introduction to that he will have to “ramp down” ulty Advisory Board for Student as to its due diligence.” Ferner added plain their ideas. “How do you sell EECS I) and next year, he is con- his current research, which re- Support Services because that that he and the GSC expect the admin- your ideas to Bill Gates?” Grimson sidering teaching a freshmen lates to machine vision, “in order istration to cooperate with the student said. seminar. “[Teaching is a] great way to leave time … to pay attention to Chancellor, Page 11 community. Neither the affected student groups nor Music and Theater Arts have heard much about the status of the project Asian-interest sorority planned since the start of the new year. The ad- Court releases ministration brought in professional Aims to establish colony this year, potential chapter by 2012 architects and surveyors to evaluate the written decision building during the closing weeks of fall By Derek Chang sented on campus,” Vivian noted. time. In contrast, sororities cur- term, but, according to the GSC, the re- in Tang case Staff Reporter “There is currently no student rently on campus generally have sults of the evaluations have not yet been group at MIT that focuses closely over 100 members. released to the student groups. Judge Bruce R. Henry re- Plans are under way this on the sociopolitical challenges Unlike existing Greek groups “Everyone is unclear on the situa- leased a written decision in the spring to introduce a new soror- that Asians and Asian-Americans at MIT, the sorority would be tion,” Music and Theater Arts depart- case of Anna L. Tang, the former ity aimed at Asian women on face everyday as the ‘silent mi- unique in its support of both ment head Janet Sonenberg said. “We Wellesley student who stabbed campus. The new group would nority’ in the U.S.” Asian- and female-specific phil- did all of the work we could do. We know MIT student Wolfe B. Styke G, be MIT’s seventh sorority and The sorority’s recruitment anthropic causes and Asian that there are issues beyond our exper- then a sophomore, in October the only Greek letter organiza- process would be similar to the sociopolitical advancement; tise to be dealt with and we have not yet 2007. tion with an Asian focus. Kappa week-long fraternity rush, a de- current candidate national or- had the experts come in.” The four-page decision was Phi Lambda, Sigma Psi Zeta, and parture from the standard sorori- ganizations support these types Since December, the administration dated Tuesday but docketed and Delta Phi Lambda are among the ty recruitment model. The events of causes. Sigma Psi Zeta works has been meeting with select student released yesterday. The actual candidates. would be designed to allow po- to fight violence against women, groups historically tied to Walker. The decision was made on Monday, Vivian A. Lee ’12, who has tential sisters to get to know each while Kappa Phi Lambda sup- meeting on Monday will be the first time Feb. 7. been leading plans for the Asian- other closely and to feel unified ports the National Asian Pacific the administration will be opening the Judge Henry found Tang not interest sorority, felt the sorority by the sorority’s specific values. American Women’s Forum. Delta floor to all Walker groups — and other guilty by reason of mental illness was needed in order to spread The new sorority intends to be Phi Lambda has been supporting students — and allowing them to share in December, and this week’s cultural awareness. “Asian cul- a smaller group, with no more their specific concerns with the restruc- decision dismissed the Com- ture is still vastly under-repre- than thirty members at any given Asian sorority, Page 11 turing proposal. monwealth’s request to commit Tang to a mental health facility. The Commonwealth failed Robberies were down to 163 from 172 in 2009, The MIT Libraries have received a $650,000 to prove that Tang would be a In Short and aggravated assaults incidents dropped from grant from the Library of Congress to further de- serious risk of harm to herself or Next Tuesday, Feb. 15, will be the last day to 255 to 251. velop Exhibit, a software tool which aids visualiza- others if released. waive the Student Extended Health Plan. To tion of data on the Web. A copy of the decision is avail- waive, visit http://medweb.mit.edu. Class of 2013 Ring Premiere is tonight, from able at http://tech.mit.edu/V131/ 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Comments are now enabled on our website! N4/annatang/tangdecision. Zero murders occurred in Cambridge last pdf. year, according to Cambridge Police. The num- Cambridge’s Kendall to Central study has re- Send news information and tips to news@tech. —John A. Hawkinson ber of serious crimes increased by 1 percent, and ceived ten bids for consulting on the project. mit.edu. 23 rapes were reported — up from 20 in 2009.

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n technology companies, like Hipmunk and Vayant, want to offer WASHINGTON — President day, in which he celebrated the tives on Thursday morning that yet more search options. Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to step hopes of a “young generation” of there was a “strong likelihood” that The biggest push to change online ticket buying is com- down Thursday, after a day of ru- Egyptians, were broadcast in Cairo, Mubarak would step down by the ing from American Airlines, which recently announced that it mors galvanized the crowds in drawing cheers from the protesters. end of the day. wanted to bypass the central reservation systems that now de- Cairo, confronts the Obama admin- “The administration has to put U.S. officials said Panetta was liver fare information to online travel agents like Expedia and istration with a stark choice: Break everything on the line now,” said basing his statement not on se- Orbitz, and instead deliver that information directly. decisively with Mubarak or stick to Thomas Malinowski, the Wash- cret intelligence but on media

a t iHipmunk, o a new travel search engine, uses the same soft- its call for an “orderly transition” ington director of Human Rights broadcasts, which began circulat- ware from ITA as Kayak and Orbitz, but the search results are that may no longer be tenable. Watch, who has been among sev- ing before he sat down before the presented differently. Instead of showing a list of flights on mul- On a day of dashed hopes in eral outside experts advising the House Intelligence Committee. tiple pages, it maps them based on time of day, all on one page. Egypt, the administration’s at- White House on Egypt in recent But Obama, too, seemed to believe “We’re acknowledging there are too many choices out tempts to balance the democratic days. “Whatever cards they have, Egypt was on the cusp of dramatic there,” said Adam Goldstein ’10, who co-founded Hipmunk af- aspirations of the protesters against this is the time to play them.” change. Speaking at Northern ter graduating from MIT last summer. a fear of contributing to broader in- In its first reaction, the admin- Michigan University in Marquette, —Jad Mouawad and Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times stability in the Middle East collided istration offered few overt signs of a he said, “We are witnessing history

& N & with Mubarak’s defiant refusal to change in policy. While criticizing unfold,” adding, “America will do relinquish his office. the move as insufficient, it made no everything we can to support an To some extent, Mubarak direct call for Mubarak’s resignation. orderly and genuine transition to Obama links expanding opened the door for President Ba- Obama watched Mubarak’s democracy.” rack Obama to appeal even more speech on board Air Force One, The chaotic events Thursday wireless access to economic directly to the protesters, some of returning from a trip to Michigan, called much of the administration’s whom have felt betrayed by the ad- the press secretary, Robert Gibbs, strategy in dealing with the Egyp- recovery ministration’s cautious approach, said. As soon as he arrived at the tian crisis into question. For days,

o r lMARQUETTE, d Mich. — Declaring that “we can’t expect saying it placed strategic interests White House, Obama huddled the administration has pinned its tomorrow’s economy to take root using yesterday’s infra- ahead of democratic values. In his with his national security aides. hopes on a transition process man- structure,” President Barack Obama traveled to this snow- speech, Mubarak said he would not The administration appeared as aged by the Egyptian vice president, bound town in a remote corner of Michigan on Thursday to brook foreign interference, suggest- taken aback by Mubarak’s speech Omar Suleiman.

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nation’s economic recovery. “This isn’t just about a faster Internet or being able to find a friend on Facebook,” Obama said in a speech at Northern Michigan University here, after viewing a demonstration on Republican leaders promise long-distance learning over the Internet. “It’s about connecting every corner of America to the dig- ital age,” the president said. “It’s about every young person who no longer has to leave his hometown to seek new op- push for more cuts portunity — because opportunity is right there at his or her fingertips.” By Carl Hulse apulted Republicans into the House 2011 fiscal year, which began Oct. —Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times The New York Times majority is reshaping the political 1. Some of those requests were sig- and policy calculations being made nificant increases that were never WASHINGTON — House Re- by the party leadership. It highlight- enacted, so the cuts being sought publican leaders said Thursday ed the challenges Republican lead- by Republicans may still fall short of Workplaces turning to that they would accede to demands ers face as they try to enact a spend- the $100 billion target — although from conservatives and dig deeper ing plan for the balance of this fiscal they would be far-reaching in the tobacco-free hiring into the federal budget for billions year before a March 4 deadline, and domestic programs that would ab- Smokers now face another risk from their habit: It could of dollars in additional savings this it portends further clashes as Con- sorb the brunt of them. cost them a shot at a job. year, exhibiting the power of the gress turns to battles over raising the The initial Republican plan More hospitals and medical businesses are adopting strict Tea Party movement and increasing federal debt ceiling and adopting a called for $35 billion in cuts for policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job appli- chances of a major fiscal clash with budget for next year. the balance of this year, which has cants, saying they want to increase worker productivity, reduce Democrats. Senate Democrats, who will more than seven months yet to health care costs and encourage healthier living. In response to complaints from have to negotiate with their Repub- run. Republican leaders had said The new rules essentially treat cigarettes like an illegal nar- rank-and-file Republicans that the lican counterparts in the House, that figure was equivalent to about cotic. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring,” party was not fulfilling a campaign criticized the plan, accusing Re- $74 billion in cuts had they been job seekers must submit to urine tests for nicotine and new em- promise to roll back domestic publicans of slashing too deeply applied to the full fiscal year, mea- ployees caught smoking face termination. spending this year by $100 billion, into programs like community law sured against the budget request This shift to smoker-free workplaces has prompted sharp the chairman of the House Appro- enforcement while refusing to end made last year by the Obama ad- debate, even among anti-tobacco groups, over whether the priations Committee said his panel subsidies to powerful allies like the ministration. policies establish a troubling precedent of employers intruding would abandon its initial plan and oil industry. But that argument rang hollow into private lives to ban a legal habit. draw up a new one to slice spending The $100 billion goal set by the to many conservative Republicans “If enough of these companies adopt theses policies and it more aggressively. House Republicans as they sought who did not relish the idea of ex- really becomes difficult for smokers to find jobs, there are going The reversal was the most con- to defeat Democrats in November plaining to constituents why the to be consequences,” said Michael Siegel, a professor at the crete demonstration yet that the was to come from requests from new majority was coming up short —A.G. Sulzberger, The New York Times wave of fiscal conservatives who cat- the Obama administration for the of the pledge.

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Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & world nation & world nation & world nation Friday, February 11, 2011 The Tech 3 Dutch reports say cardinal WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on W Iraq offers to bring its refugees shielded pedophile priest BRUSSELS — The sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic home from Egypt and Yemen Church in the Netherlands deepened Thursday when news reports said one of its senior figures had shielded a pedophile priest. Reports in three news media outlets increased the pressure on By Jack Healy in Baghdad.” “I will of course go back,” Wahed the cardinal, Adrianus Simonis, the retired archbishop of Utrecht, and Michael S. Schmidt So far, about 2,250 of the approx- said, meaning to Egypt. who testified last month as a witness in a legal action taken by one The New York Times imately 28,000 Iraqis living in Egypt He and others said they were re- of almost 2,000 people who have said they were victims of abuse. have returned on flights sponsored lieved to leave Egypt, but that they The crisis in the Netherlands is another setback for the Roman BAGHDAD — As unrest shakes by the government, Khafagy said. planned to stay in Baghdad only Catholic Church, which has been struggling with sexual abuse al- Egypt, Iraq is seizing the moment to He said Iraq was preparing to offer until things in Egypt quieted down legations from Ireland and Belgium to the United States. make an audacious pitch to thou- the 10,000 or so Iraqis in Yemen a — although it is unclear when that Simonis caused some distress in the Netherlands last March, sands of its citizens living abroad: similar path home. might be. when he was asked on television about the hundreds of complaints Come back — we’re stable by com- It is unclear whether the gambit The overture by the Iraqi gov- surfacing against the church and replied in German rather than parison. has any hope of succeeding. Many ernment is rare among countries Dutch, saying “Wir haben es nicht gewusst” — or “We knew noth- The government is offering free refugees have been gone for years that have lost significant portions ing about it.” plane tickets and about $250 in and have rented apartments, found of their populations, said Monica —Stephen Castle, The New York Times cash to smooth the return home for jobs and started building new lives. Duffy Toft, an associate professor Iraqis in Egypt and Yemen in what a Several people who had returned at the Belfer Center for Science and State Department official called “an said they were taking advantage of International Affairs at Harvard’s impressive effort.” the offer simply to visit relatives for John F. Kennedy School of Govern- Mario Cuomo to mediate in The official, who asked to be a few weeks. ment. “It’s a sign,” she said, “of the quoted anonymously because he “We’re settled,” said Haithan maturing Iraq government and a Mets-Madoff Case was not authorized to speak public- Abed al Wahed, 46, an engineering signal that it’s ready to repatriate NEW YORK — Former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York will ly about the Iraqi plan, said the only professor who moved to Egypt with Iraqi citizens.” serve as a mediator in the standoff between the trustee for the vic- comparable effort was a smaller sti- his family in 2006 and returned She said refugees typically de- tims of the Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and Fred Wilpon, pend the government distributed to Baghdad 10 days ago. “I wish I cided to come home only after Saul Katz and Sterling Equities, who are accused of profiting from to refugees in Syria and Jordan last could live here, but it’s so difficult.” hearing from friends or family that Madoff’s actions. year. Wahed said he left Iraq after it was safe to go back, and then do Burton R. Lifland, the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing the “They are our families and our surviving two bombings and wit- so without much help from the gov- case, appointed Cuomo, who was a mediator before first running brothers,” said Salman al-Khafagy, nessing a shooting. He had friends ernment. for public office in the 1970s. The judge said the “special issues” in a deputy minister for migration in Egypt and found work there as Khafagy said Iraq hoped to en- the case require “an appropriately experienced mediator.” and displacement, who described a tutor. He has enrolled his three courage doctors, engineers, pro- Irving H. Picard, the trustee trying to recover money for victims the uprising in Egypt as a potential children in school, and he said it fessors and other members of the of the Madoff fraud, has charged in a lawsuit that Wilpon and Katz “positive” development for Iraq. was cheaper to live there than in middle and upper classes to return ignored warnings about the fraud and received more than $300 “We want to keep all those families Baghdad. home. million in “fictitious profits.” Wilpon and Katz, co-owners of the New York Mets, claim they, too, are victims of Madoff. —Ken Belson and Richard Sandomir, The New York Times

US proposes new management US indicts 31 in crackdown on gangs in New York plan for national forest system WHITE PLAINS — Continuing its offensive on the violent gangs that have run roughshod over Newburgh, federal authorities on By Leslie Kaufman compared to what currently exists,” posed framework, Vilsack said. Thursday unsealed a new indictment against reputed members The New York Times said Rodger Schlickeisen, presi- “We want less time in the courts and associates of the Latin Kings on charges that included murder, dent of Defenders of Wildlife, an and more in forest,” he said. assault and racketeering. The federal Department of advocacy group that through litiga- But environmental groups said The murders involved three killings that came to symbolize Agriculture unveiled a new plan tion halted two forest management while the new rule was full of solici- the sense of lawlessness that has hovered over the city since about Thursday to manage the national plans proposed by the administra- tous language about scientific stan- 2008, including the shooting of Jeffrey Zachary, 15, a bystander forest system that government of- tion of President George W. Bush. dards and concern about biological who was not a target. ficials said would give them more “It is amazing. The public had diversity, it was short on the kinds The indictment, according to Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney flexibility in responding to modern the right to expect more from the of minimum standards that would for the Southern District of New York, was the “first time in mem- stresses like climate change while Obama administration.” protect animals and watershed ar- ory, and perhaps ever,” that the federal Racketeer Influenced and also heading off lawsuits. At a news conference, Agricul- eas from harm. Corrupt Organizations Act was used in Newburgh. The 97-page plan, which could ture Secretary Tom Vilsack said his For example, the groups said, Of the 31 people charged, 15 were new defendants and 16 had potentially guide mining, logging department was trying to put a new the current forest rules, put in place been charged in an indictment last May in which 78 people were and wildlife protection in 155 na- emphasis on maintaining “forest re- in 1982, require that the forest be taken into custody. Each of the 31 people charged is suspected of tional forests across nearly 200 mil- siliency.” He also said he hoped that managed to maintain “viable popu- being a member of the Latin Kings, an associate of the gang, or a lion acres, is only a proposal and is if the process of forestry manage- lations” of all native fish and wild- narcotics supplier, Bharara said. Eight of the defendants were ar- likely to face fierce scrutiny and un- ment was made much more open life. Under the proposed rule, local rested in Newburgh early Thursday morning, said Diego Rodri- dergo many changes before it goes to the public for comment at earlier managers could choose which spe- guez, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s New York field office. into effect. stages, a consensus could develop cies would be of “conservation con- —Nate Schweber, The New York Times While mining and timber indus- that would make litigation less likely. cern” beyond those already receiv- try groups seemed to take a wait-and- Because of lawsuits and other ing mandatory protections under see attitude, several environmental hurdles, it now generally takes five the Endangered Species Act. advocacy groups quickly expressed to eight years for a plan for an in- The proposed rule also requires Egypt’s military is caught deep disappointment over what they dividual forest to go forward, from buffer areas around stream and river saw as setbacks for conservation. carving out protections for wildlife areas critical to drinking water but it between two sides “The bottom line is that this is to granting permission for logging does not specify the size of those ar- WASHINGTON — Even as pro-democracy demonstrations in a significant rollback of required or mining. But that could be re- eas or what activities could be pre- Cairo have riveted the world’s attention for 17 days, the Egyptian protections for wildlife and habitat duced to three years under the pro- cluded there, the groups said. military has managed the crisis with seeming finesse, winning over street protesters, quietly consolidating its domination of top gov- ernment posts and sidelining potential rivals for leadership, nota- bly President Hosni Mubarak’s son Gamal. Then came Thursday, a roller coaster of a day on which the mili- tary at first appeared to be moving to usher Mubarak from the scene Sole Fed governor with close ties — and then watched with the world as Mubarak clung to his title. The apparent standoff between the protest leaders and Mubarak, hours before major demonstrations set for Friday, could pose a new to conservatives resigns dilemma for military commanders. Suleiman called for an end to demonstrations, and Human Rights Watch said this week that some By Sewell Chan board loses that link to conserva- other governors: Daniel K. Tarullo military units had been involved in detaining and abusing protest- The New York Times tives at a time when conservative and Sarah Bloom Raskin, who spe- ers. But by most accounts, army units deployed in Cairo and other economists and some Republicans cialize in bank regulation, and the cities have shown little appetite for using force to clear the streets. WASHINGTON — Kevin M. on Capitol Hill are critical of Federal economist Janet L. Yellen, the Fed’s Early Friday, Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader and Warsh, who was the Fed’s chief liai- Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke vice chairwoman. the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, sent son to Wall Street, will resign from and his policies. Another Obama nominee, the a message on Twitter saying: “Egypt will explode. Army must save the central bank’s board at the end The central bank looks to be in- economist and Nobel laureate Pe- the country now.” of March, giving President Barack creasingly dominated by so-called ter A. Diamond, is awaiting Senate —Scott Shane and David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times Obama yet another chance to leave doves, who emphasize policies in- confirmation to the only current va- his stamp on the Fed. tended to create jobs and economic cancy on the board. In an unusual move, Warsh, 40, growth equally with fighting infla- Warsh, a former specialist in had publicly expressed skepticism tion, rather than those known as mergers and acquisitions at Mor- Wikileaks angry about about the Fed’s $600 billion plan, hawks, for whom stable prices and gan Stanley, helped manage the begun in November, to buy bonds low inflation are paramount. Fed’s response to the 2008 finan- ex-staff member’s book to lower long-term interest rates “It seems likely that anyone cial crisis, playing a crucial role in LONDON — WikiLeaks said it was taking “legal action” over a and stimulate bank lending. nominated by President Obama the decisions to broker the sale of tell-all book to be released Friday by a former staff member that He was the only one of the pres- will be more ‚Äòdovish’ than Kevin Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase, to is critical of its founder, Julian Assange, and says the website was identially appointed Fed governors Warsh right now,” on inflation, said allow Lehman Brothers to go bank- disabled by a spate of defections last year. to voice such doubts, although he Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton econo- rupt and to bail out the American The former staff member, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, is a German never voted against the plan. A mist and former Fed vice chair- International Group. He joined the computer scientist who was a prominent spokesman for WikiLeaks former aide to President George man. Fed board five years ago, after serv- before falling out with Assange last summer. In “Inside WikiLeaks: My o R l D W. Bush, he was the only gover- The Fed’s seven-member board ing in the White House. Time With Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website,” he nor with close ties to Republicans already overwhelmingly bears Mark W. Olson, a former Fed writes of tensions between WikiLeaks’ core members and Assange. in Congress and to conservative Obama’s mark. The president governor who overlapped with They disagreed, he writes, over Assange’s leadership style, his organizations, like the Hoover In- named Bernanke to a second four- Warsh for several months in 2006, paranoia (he asserts that Assange began to travel with bodyguards stitution. year term as chairman that began said Warsh’s departure would leave in late 2010) and the way he managed WikiLeaks’ finances. 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(God is (God great), but they were almost ad it and [email protected], Health Care Reform, Page 5 Friday, February 11, 2011 The Tech The , and will not will and , “ C The The Allahu ourse OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn OPinion opinion OPINIOn OpiNION - - - The Tech 5 Tech The an insurance mandate) against In In short, the stage looks set for a - train This This goes back to my argument of why, The PPACA may eventually end up for And that would be about the time my Republican governors governors Republican against diatribes find will way convenient a law the of boosting their deficit- fighting bonafides. seems doubtful of its merits. state Republican governors will find diatribes the law a against convenient way of boosting their deficit-fighting bonafides. Republican - rep resentatives will find mandate as an easy means of satisfying the opposition to demands of the their base and inuring them- selves against future primary challengers. Republican presidential candidates find that unflinching criticism of ObamaC will are is the newest shibboleth for entry into the 2012 campaign. wreck. Republicans, denied their tunity oppor for full repeal, are now locked into a path that will leave the wasteful goodies of ObamaCare untouched even as it ruins Demo - necessary reforms. market the law’s crats, who futilely tried to sell ObamaCare as a retributive act against companies, evillook ready to insurance double down on their mistake, thus squandering their op- portunity to reverse the law’s unpopular ity. At this point, there is little butto look to else Justice Anthony Kennedy, the to do Supreme Court’s swing vote, with fingers crossed. even Obama (who, in vigorously 2008, campaigned control control over citizens by making them buy all insurance. That’s one way it to look — at the big-government way. But this is the welcoming of universal slippery slope healthcare into America. Two judges who first presided over similar Steeh and cases, Norman Moon, George upheld the law as constitutional because they insurance think substantially that affects interstate commerce. in colleges everywhere, all students should predictable a not is care Health insured. be can Families market. lose their life-savings hospital The paying fees. from fact the that insurance health mandate can government coverage is exceptional because everyone should be able to afford to not live with the fear that one day they bankrupt. might just end up review by the Supreme Court. But - consid ering that the Court has already dismissed a challenge to the health care act, it is un- And now. about-face would they that likely since mandatory coverage will in not until 2014, kick the case will through the run judicial its system. course The date for the Fourth Circuit to hear the Justice De- partment’s appeal of Hudson’s ruling is set for May. face heals. - - - - Everyone should be able to afford to not live with the fear that one day they might just end up bankrupt. It It is possible, of course, that the - Repub Unfortunately, there is little indication No, it is more likely that the campaign This This is the version of watered-down the expansion of George Bush’s Medicare Part D is also deservingGOP of brickbats. lican moves against the insurance mandate are merely a feint. If Republicans demon- strate that the president’s flagship reform is vulnerable to the attack, administration more receptive to they calls might for revision. find Certainly there was a whiff of blood in the water during the State of the Union address, as the crushing unpopular ity of the law obliged the president to offer Republican legislators the opportunity to improvements. submit insur the upon laid being now siege the that ance mandate is part of any more sophisti- cated plan. If Republicans truly intended to use the insurance mandate as a hostage in future negotiations, by now we would have seen someone in the leadership float a list of demands in the form of a plan. compromise Furthermore, Republicans have themselves left few means of exit— - can raised, once ObamaCare, to challenges the court not be dismissed by mere political - conve and the nience, riled members of the GOP’s base will react poorly to a late-game - strate gic shift after being proselytized for so long insurance. on the evilsof mandated against ObamaCare will be stubbornly car ried to its bitter end. It is hard that to Republicans imagine at any level will look the at political calculus and see any benefit to a compromise that preserves the - man date. It is the most unpopular component of an unpopular law, and its rationale is so difficult to explain to non-economists that es. Consumers do not know when they will when they do not know will Consumers es. need medical services, such as trips to the emergency room, or surgeries, so the con- sumers’ economic behaviors are not - pre dictable. For some students, there may be monumental repercussions for not insured. being If they find themselves in need of hospital care, they are putting themselves at risk of paying more than what they can their as much as payment a possibly afford, college tuition. So, in mandating students to get health care, colleges are taking pre ventive ventive measures to ensure that their - stu dents do not fall into financial ruin. battles currently happening in the federal district courts. The question at our hand: government allowed Is to be given un- precedented extensions of the Commerce Clause under ObamaCare? Judges Henry B. Hudson and Roger Vinson this ruled mandate that is unconstitutional becauseit gives the government unprecedented ------objectionable. Conserva- least Of all the components reform, care of health should find Republicans mandate the insurance objectionable. the least What What is ironic is that of all the - compo Also thanks to the Patient Protection But is forcing students to get insurance But the health care market is unique. insurance insurance (which, along with targeted - sub sidies, is ObamaCare’s adverse cure), selection the American health insurance mar surance market, where flaws in the health care act put a shall-issue reform into effect before an individual mandate — the mar ket ket will go into a death spiral of rising - pre miums and disappearing reform insurers.partial of effects pernicious the seen We’ve already — in the children’s non-group in- ket has disappeared entirely. Partial repeal to writ-large, reform partial like work would the detriment of not just ObamaCare’s fu- all Americans. to but beneficiaries, ture nents of health care reform, the insurance mandate should be the one which - Repub licans find tives, tives, with their distaste for both redistribution income and government spending, should be keener to enhance the penalties of the mandate so that tested the insurance act’s subsidies means- can be - substi tuted out. They should also be much more interestedintweaking the guaranteed issue of health insurance, introducing allowable forms of price discrimination chronically healthy soare not forced to - subsi that the dize the chronically ill. profligate Obama’s will be covered by their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26, and they cannot be exempt from insurance for their pre-exist ing conditions. For students who cannot rely on their parent’s insurance plans, and dislike their school’s plan, they can enroll in GradGuard, launched by College ents Par of America, a non-profit organization which offers broad coverage students. for college and Affordable Care Act will now be (PPACA), more competition there among in- surance companies. This means we have more plans to choose from freedoms, like being able to take — a year off and more without being cut from insurance. Thus, we are not limited by our ance. college Altogether, insur the Democrat’s care bill helps health provide more students with coverage, so it is hard for college students to not like the new plan. analogous to forcing them to get the meal plan — making freedom the have students Students No. down? costs enroll to keep to cook for or themselves, eat in the dining halls. Choosing the latter simply thatthe student will have to means pay more. This is predictable economic behavior — - pay ing more for luxury goods. choic their of control in not are Consumers t s columni Staff By Keith Yost By Keith

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from Page 4 from Page Reform, Health Care penalties on those who do not purchase to purchase insurance. Without assessing of incentives that compel all individuals insurance insurance to all individuals, and a system requirement that insurance requirement companies sell selection problem in insurance markets: a upontwocomponents tackleto theadverse far worse. Health care reform depends plete plete repeal, the consequences would be reforms) reforms) may be better than that of a com- while retaining the rest of the health care of a partial repeal (ending the mandate trolling both chambers of Congress in 2013. of Congress both chambers trolling have have a roughly two-in-three chance of con- funding funding is even more likely, as Republicans around around 40 percent — the prospect of de- Court decision against the mandate at InTrade pegs the probability of a Supreme to a de facto repeal. a de facto to with policing the which mandate, amounts second is to de-fund the agencies tasked of the federal government’s powers. The insurance is an unconstitutional overstep compelling compelling all citizens to purchase health to challenge the law in court, arguing that into into force in 2014. The first line of attack is vidual insurance mandate before it comes assault assault on the health care reform’s indi- Republicans are mounting a two-pronged push to repeal ObamaCare. Going forward, Sadly, this vote will not end the Republican this willvote Sadly, not end the Republican Protection Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. ate rejected an amendment to the Patient year. year. Under the bill, uninsured students new policies of ObamaCare, passed last their families will be relieved under the These financial burdens on students and sive as they are, but there is good news. tion for Human Resources. tion for Human lege and University Professional Associa- increase increase of 7 percent, as cited by the - Col fees to account for the national premium Colleges everywhere are raising tuition insurance plans means higher premiums. least least buy it? Premiums. Less students on why why make those who need insurance the unlikely unlikely to have health complications. So surancetheleast because they arethe most Reasonably, Reasonably, this age would group need in- of all college students from ages 18 to 23. college students. This makes up 20 percent percent 20 up makes This students. college amongthe many uninsured, 1.7 million are Government Accountability Office report, ObamaCare is crucial for students and families alike for students is crucial ObamaCare

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New chancellor has a Construction in plaza noise. Marriott workers reported that the noise coming from the construction in the outside Marriott to courtyard is most prominent around mid- day. storied history at MIT continue until June Rachel Dwyer, a front desk agent at the Marriott, said that the noisy construction Grimson taught 10,000+ undergrads Construction in the Cambridge Center can be a problem, especially when she is Plaza, in front of the Marriott Hotel and next trying to check guests in. She noted, how- Chancellor, Page 1 In an MIT News Office article, Hock- to the MIT Coop in Kendall, has been hap- ever, that no guests have filed complaints field made a statement about Grimson’s pening every day from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. since yet. Nevertheless, Dwyer believes that the group is indirectly overseen by the chan- appointment. “I am very pleased that Jan. 6. construction could be problematic if it lasts cellor. Grimson will also discontinue his Professor Grimson has agreed to take on The renovation work, commissioned by for a long time. position on the Commencement Com- this critical post,” said Hockfield. “He has Boston Properties, is expected to finish in Kevin Sheehan, a development manager mittee, a group he has contributed to for demonstrated in every imaginable way June. Although the construction does not ap- at Boston Properties in charge of the project, the past twenty years. Grimson acted as his commitment to ensuring the fullness pear to be a large physical obstruction, staff could not be reached for comment. the chair of the committee for the past of the educational experience of our stu- at the hotel say it does generate significant —Leo Zhou thirteen years. dents. His record of scholarship, teaching Executive Officer for Commencement and service to MIT is measured not only Gayle M. Ghallager has worked exten- in decades, but also in the thousands sively with Grimson on preparing com- of students he has taught, advised and mencement. “Eric’s leadership as chair mentored.” of the Commencement Committee has been extraordinary,” Ghallager said. “He Influence on MIT has deep appreciation and respect for Grimson has been an MIT faculty the perspective of the faculty, staff, and member since 1984. He taught 6.001 student committee members, and he has (Structure and Interpretation of Comput- always kept Commencement focused as er Problems) for 25 years and has been a day to celebrate our graduates’ achieve- doing research in computer vision since ments. I am delighted to celebrate his as 1993. According to the MIT News Office, he takes on this new role.” Grimson has taught over 10,000 under- Grimson also co-chaired the Institute- graduate students and has acted as a the- wide Planning Task Force’s Education sis supervisor to almost 50 MIT PhDs. Working Group with Daniel E. Hastings Grimson is also nationally recog- PhD ’80, current Dean for Undergraduate nized as a Fellow of the Association Education. “I found that Prof. Grimson for the Advancement of Artificial In- was very knowledgeable about MIT, a telligence and the Institute of Electri- great leader and a pleasure to work with,” cal and Electronics Engineers. He has Hastings said. “He knows how to move been named the Bernard Gordon Chair meetings along, which is a great skill to of Medical Engineering at MIT, and, in have. The end result was a serious report 2001, he received the Bose Award for which saved resources for MIT.” Excellence in Teaching in the School of As chancellor, Grimson will oversee Engineering at MIT. Grimson received Sarang Kulkarni—The Tech the Office of the Dean for Undergradu- his Bachelor’s of Science in Mathemat- Dhaval D. Adjodah ’11’s photography is on display in the Jerome B. Wiesner Gallery ate Education, the Office of the Dean for ics and Physics from the University of in the Student Center. Adjodah’s work focuses on scenes from India and will be up until Graduate Education, and the Division of Regina and did his PhD work in math- Feb. 28. Student Life. ematics at MIT. New sorority plans swift expansion Interest in restarting Multicultural Greek Council rekindled Asian sorority, from Page 1 level, says Lee. The relatively small tion to the fraternities with cultural size of NAPA — it contains only affinities, Alpha Kappa Alpha is osteoporosis research. Social and seven sororities and three fraterni- aimed at African-American women service events will focus on diver- ties — also allows inter-collegiate and Alpha Epsilon Phi is geared to- sity and social issues in addition to events between member organiza- ward Jewish women. Like the new the traditional emphasis on cuisine tions to happen more often. 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For diagrams, please visit the OrigaMIT website. Assemble by sliding one into the next as shown. 12 The Tech Friday, February 11, 2011 Fencing team hosts Eric Sollee Invitational Eleven East Coast schools bout at MIT; women’s sabre boasts 36-17 record By Craig Kaufman with a 3-0 record in the match, including a On the men’s side, the best record was to NYU, a 20-7 loss to Penn, and a 21-6 de- daper staff 5-2 victory over World Junior Champion- posted by the sabre team, who went 26-28 feat at the hands of Duke. Tech’s men also

s S p ort ships bronze medalist Nicole Glon. in winning three of its matches. Maximilian fell in its four other matches, losing 24-3 to The MIT Men’s and Women’s Fencing The women’s sabre team cruised to a 36- L. Brand ’11 posted 9 victories for the En- Pen State, 15-12 to NYU, 18-9 to Penn, and

teams both won two matches at Sunday’s 17 record, losing only one match, a 5-4 loss gineers, including sweeps of NYU, Hunter, 25-2 to Duke.

s Eric Sollee Invitational Fencing Tour- to Penn State. Kozminksy had 14 victories, and Yeshiva, and Tech’s only two points in The Eric Sollee Invitational, named after nament, held at MIT. The including another sweep of Yeshiva, while a loss to Penn. the long-time MIT fencing coach, featured women’s team scored a 25-2 Robin S. Shin ’12 went 15-3 in her bouts, The epee squad won 24 of its 54 matches, 11 schools from across the East Coast com- thrashing of Yeshiva Univer- posting sweeps of Penn State, NYU, and Ye- led by Jackson T. Crane ’13. The sophomore peting in seven rounds of competition on sity and a 22-5 victory over shiva. finished the afternoon with a 13-5 record, both the women’s and men’s side. Joining Hunter College, while the Women’s foil won 19 of their 54 matches, shutting out opponents from Penn, Hunter, MIT were Penn State, Brandeis, Penn, Bos- men’s team took care of Ye- v8-1 win over Hunter. Jenna G. Caldwell ’11 and Yeshiva. The foil team won 18 matches. ton College, Hunter, Yeshiva, NYU, Duke, shiva by the same score and Hunter by a and Julia A. Hopkins ’12 each posted per- Benjamin N. Nield ’12 took eight points for Harvard, and Brown.

p o17-10 r t tally. fect 3-0 records in both of those matches, MIT, sweeping all of his competitors from The Engineers will have a week and a The biggest victory for the women may while Ana S. Escalante ’12 added one in the Penn. Daniel S. Levine ’12 also pitched in half to recover from the long day of com- have been in their 20-7 defeat at the hands win over Yeshiva. The epee team posted a several important points for the men’s foil. petition and will hit the strips again on Feb. S of defending national champion Penn State. 24-30 record, including 7-2 and 8-1 wins in The Engineers’ women dropped their 16 at Brandeis to compete in the mid-week

Sabre Molly A. Kozminsky ’12 came through the squads two victories. other three matches, a 14-13 heartbreaker Beanpot, starting at 6 p.m. MIT men’s volleyball Executive Programs raises record to 11-7 “The program generates actionable insights Engineers post victory over Endicott to drive business sustainability. The focus By Paul Dill both squads exchanged serves as head coach a kill from Endicott’s Jeremy Siden brought the Gulls within one point. on technology convergence driving The MIT Men’s Volleyball team MIT countered by registering an 8-2 emerged with a 25-23, 25-18, 25-17 run to wrap up the set. exponential change is light years ahead victory over division rivals Endicott The visitors built a 4-1 lead in College on Tuesday the final frame, but it was quickly night. The national- erased by a 10-1 run by the En- of traditional single trend analysis.” ly-ranked No. 7 En- gineers. Trailing 17-10, a pair of gineers raised their blocks and an ace narrowed Endi- record to 11-2 for the cott’s deficit to three and resulted in Next Executive Program: April 1-8, 2011 year and 7-0 in con- an MIT timeout. ference play. MIT scored the first When action resumed, a serv- three points of the match and later ing miscue along with a block by singularityu.org held an 8-4 lead. Endicott coun- Garrett L. Winther ’11 and Patrick tered with a 6-1 spurt which put it J. Vatterott ’13 extended the En- in front for a majority of the frame. gineers’ advantage to 19-13. The Five ties ensued until a strike by Gulls picked up the next two points Kenneth M. Siebert ’14 ended a courtesy of a blocking error and a long rally to give the Engineers a 21- solo stop. MIT responded by scor- 20 edge. A kill from William B. Ev- ing six of the final eight points to ans ’14 increased the margin, which clinch the victory. prompted a timeout from the Gulls. Siebert finished with a match- After the break, both sides traded high 18 kills to go along with four points, and another Siebert blast digs. Matthew P. Hohenberger ’13 closed the set. Endicott jumped out posted 10 kills and three digs as to a 6-3 advantage in the second Evans added five kills. Vatterott to- game, but MIT responded with a taled six kills and five blocks, and 9-3 run to pull ahead. The Gulls Winther contributed five kills, five capitalized on several miscues by assists, and four blocks. Timothy R. the Engineers, tying the set at 13. Lee ’11 compiled 37 assists and 11 An Endicott service error followed digs as Jeremy J. Velazquez ’12 col- by an ace from Siebert gave MIT lected six digs. Caine L. Jette ’10 led some breathing room. However, the team with two aces.

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