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Volume 134, Number 17 Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Harvard College sophomore dies after falling from building Housemaster says that the death ‘was not an accident’ By William Navarre Sun was working toward a Bach- his injuries are too severe for him to Staff Reporter elor of Arts degree in Economics, ac- recover,” the email read in part, not- cording toEstablished his LinkedIn profile, which 1881 ing that he “likely only has a matter of Andrew Sun, a Harvard College lists science, economics, and basket- hours left.” sophomore, died 4 a.m. Monday at ball among his interests. His profile Sun was surrounded by fam- Massachusetts General Hospital after also lists him as a member of Harvard ily members at the time of his death: falling from a building in downtown College Faith and Action, a student his father, mother, and aunt were all Boston the day before, The Crimson group, and captain of his intramural present, The Crimson reported. reported in an online article that basketball team. Harrington also visited Sun in morning. What brought Sun to the top of the the hospital, telling The Crimson that The fall took place just around building is unclear. “people kept coming and coming” midnight Sunday morning, accord- “Very sadly, from all we under- while she was there. “I was so moved ing to a Boston.com article, which stand at this point, this was not an ac- and proud by the maturity they also reported that Sun fell seven sto- cident,” Anne Harrington, co-house- shared in their grief.” ries off of a building at 240 Atlantic master of Sun’s dormitory, told The Harvard College Faith in Action Ave. in Boston. Crimson. “We are all grieving today.” held a prayer and worship event open The building, located near the Sun died after being put on life to all members of the Harvard com- New England Aquarium, is nearly 4.5 support Sunday afternoon, having munity, The Crimson reported. Presi- miles from Sun’s dormitory in Cam- undergone surgery that morning, dent of that group Shaun Y.S. Lim told bridge and is more than seven stories accordingEstablished to an email The Crimson 1881 The Crimson the event was “really tall, housing several eateries, invest- said was sent to house tutors in Sun’s powerful,” adding that it’s a “tough ment firms, and other businesses. dormitory. “Andrew’s doctors said time for the community.”

Sarah Liu—The Tech Late-night T service starts strong Phunk Phenomenon, a professional dance crew in the Bos- ton area, performed at Footwork, an annual dance showcase held by MIT’s Ridonkulous this past Friday in La Sala of the Stu- Fate of pilot program in the hands of after-hours passengers dent Center.

By Austin Hess yearlong pilot program whose con- later. Editor in Chief tinuation beyond next March will According to the MBTA, the pro- likely depend on the number of pas- gram will cost approximately $16 The MBTA’s extended late night sengers who use the services during million, although sponshorships Chemical engineering professor hours of service, which began March the later hours. The MBTA had pre- from private organizations like the 28, mean that the T and certain bus viously introduced late-night buses Red Sox, Dunkin’ Donuts, and the appointed associate provost routes will now run for nearly 90 min- in the NightEstablished Owl program, but aver 1881- Boston Globe will cover $1.5 million utes longer on Friday and Saturday age nightly ridership declined from of the cost. Nevertheless, the Globe’s Karen K. Gleason ’82, a “strengthening MIT’s industrial nights. The final trains from down- about 2,000 people at its start in 2001 reporting indicates that MBTA offi- chemical engineering profes- engagements.” town stations will leave at about 2:30 to 655 in 2005, after which it was cials still expect the extended service sor, began her appointment as As associate provost, a po- a.m. during extended hours, accord- no longer offered, the Boston Globe to be a net loss. associate provost last Monday. sition in the Institute’s senior ing to the MBTA’s website. reported. During the extended hours of the The appointment was an- leadership, Gleason will over- According to the Boston Globe, The extension affects 15 key bus first two nights of the program, the nounced by Provost Martin A. see space planning and reno- 18,000 people used the T during the routes and the Red, Orange, Green, Red Line was the most heavily used Schmidt PhD ’88, who wrote in vations at MIT. approximate times of the extended Blue, Mattapan, and most of the Sil- line at non-transfer stations with an email that he was “thrilled” She succeeds Schmidt, who hours during the first two nights of ver Lines according to the MBTA’s over 4,600 riders, followed by the and that her significant indus- the program. website. The RIDE service for dis- try experience would help in Gleason, Page 12 The additional service is part of a abled passengers will also operate MBTA, Page 11 Taxi riders don’t fear cold: data Contest seeks best maps, visualizations

By Martine Powers Last November, the city handed over a Boston Globe big chunk of that data — comprehensive cab data from May to December 2012, or 2.3 For years, Boston’s Department of million taxi rides — to the Massachusetts In- Transportation has collected GPS data on stitute of Technology. In a competition that every taxi pickup and drop-off throughout ended in February, MIT offered two $4,000 the city. It is an astonishing accumulation prizes for the student groups that came up of raw numbers on how Bostonians get with the best interactive visualization and around, ripe with opportunity for analysis. the best prediction model for taxi demand at Until recently, there was a problem: spots around the city. There was no one to dive into it. “It was ba- The winning maps provide a sweep- sically sitting on a hard drive waiting to be ing look at the taxi pickups and drop-offs looked at,” said Vineet Gupta, director of throughout an average week, a kind of MRI policy and planning at the Boston Transpor- tation Department. Taxi, Page 14

vicing this week on Monday, Tuesday and In Short Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Campus Preview Weekend begins this the E62 lobby. Sarah Liu—The Tech Thursday and runs through Sunday! Dario Garcia-Dominguez ‘15 plays a movement from Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E Send news information and tips to Major, Op. 109 as a part of the Emerson Fellowship Student Recital Series. Balfour is on campus for Brass Rat ser- [email protected].

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worl Paralympic Games in London in 2012, faces a minimum 25- The New York Times Cmdr. William J. Marks, a spokes- Officials said that determining year sentence if he is convicted of premeditated murder in man for the Navy’s 7th Fleet, which the nature and source of the signals

n the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, a glamorous model and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — is overseeing U.S. naval participation might take several days, and that law graduate, on Feb. 14, 2013. Even as they celebrated the discov- in the search. But the process is slow there was still no proof of the plane’s He has denied the charge, saying he believed he was ery of underwater signals that may and deliberate. whereabouts. shooting at an intruder in his luxurious home when he fired have come from Malaysia Airlines At the same time, the batteries in The signals picked up by Ocean four rounds from a handgun through a bathroom door, only Flight 370, the authorities involved Flight 370’s black boxes were expect- Shield occurred over the course of to discover that Steenkamp, 29, was locked inside. in the search cautioned Monday that ed to expire this week. The closer to about 5 1/2 hours late Sunday in the The runner may take the stand for the first time on Mon- they were still far from confirming expiration, the weaker the pings are. northern part of the current search atio day. News reports said the defense planned to call a patholo- the location of the airliner and solv- If the searchers aboard Ocean zone, northwest of Australia, offi- gist, Jan Botha, as its first witness. ing the mystery of its disappearance. Shield can define a more precise cials said. The case has been held up by the illness of a judicial asses- The Australian naval vessel area where the black boxes might The sensors first detected the sor — one of two officials assisting Judge Thokozile Masipa. Ocean Shield, equipped with tech- be located, they will then deploy a signal in the late afternoon and held South Africa does not have jury trials, so it will be up to the nology on loan from the U.S. Navy, remote-controlled unmanned sub- it for more than two hours, officials judge to determine guilt or innocence. picked up a series of electronic pings marine to map the ocean floor and said. The ship lost contact, turned The prosecution has sought to present Pistorius as iras- Sunday that had the characteristics look for wreckage and the black box- around and picked up the signal cible, possessive and trigger-happy. Prosecution witnesses of transmissions from a plane’s data es. The water at the vessel’s location again for about 13 minutes, officials

& N have testified that they heard screams and shots coming from and cockpit voice recorders, com- is about 2.8 miles deep — about the said. On the return leg, sensors de- his house in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013. monly known as black boxes. farthest the submarine, a Bluefin-21, tected pings coming from two differ- Throughout the trial so far, he has displayed a range of But on Monday, officials said the can dive. ent locations, suggesting transmis- emotions in the courtroom as the prosecution sought to ship had been unsuccessfully trying If the plane’s black boxes are sions from both black boxes. prove that he killed Steenkamp in a violent rage. to locate the signals again as it slowly found, the effort will become a re- The Malaysia Airlines plane dis- He has sobbed, prayed, thrown up, buried his face in his swept a remote section of the Indian covery operation. At such depths, appeared March 8 after it veered off hands and covered his ears in response to some of the testi- Ocean, hundreds of miles northwest that could take “a long, long time,” its scheduled route to Beijing from mony. But he has not so far spoken in his own defense. of Perth, Australia. measurable in months, said Angus Kuala Lumpur, and vanished from orld “We need to know what he thought, and it’s impossible to Personnel from the U.S. Navy, Houston, the retired Australian Air civilian and military radar. Based rely on that defense without him testifying,” said Kelly Phelps, who are operating the underwa- Force chief who is the lead coordi- on analyses of satellite data, offi- a senior lecturer in law at the University of Cape Town, refer- ter detection equipment on Ocean nator of the search. cials concluded that the flight ended ring to Pistorius’ insistence that he killed Steenkamp by mis- Shield, are hoping to achieve more W The signals were detected Sun- somewhere in the southern Indian take. “What other evidence can the court rely on to determine “signal detections” to be able to pin- day about 1,050 miles northwest of Ocean. what you were thinking?” —Sarah Lyall and Alan Cowell, The New York Times Israelis and Palestinians ask U.S. envoy for new meeting Protestors in Ukraine’s East call

JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators planned to meet with an American mediator Monday for the on Putin to send troops second straight day in an effort to salvage the Middle East peace talks, which were pushed to the brink of breakdown By David M. Herszenhorn and there would be “further costs” if Rus- netsk announced that a ballot refer- last week. Andrew Roth sia took additional steps to destabi- endum on secession from Ukraine A statement from the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem de- The New York Times lize Ukraine, the State Department would be held no later than May 11, scribed a session Sunday night as “serious and constructive.” said. there did not appear to be the same It said the negotiators, Tzipi Livni for the Israelis and Saeb MOSCOW — Under the watchful Kerry said in the call that the Unit- overwhelming support for such a Erekat for the Palestinians, had asked the Obama administra- eye of Russian state television, sever- ed States was monitoring with grow- move as there was in Crimea last tion’s envoy, Martin S. Indyk, for another round. al hundred pro-Russian demonstra- ing concern the pro-Russia protests month. The meetings followed Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- tors in the city of Donetsk, in eastern in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lugansk and The regional prosecutor, Mykola yahu’s statement Sunday that he wanted the talks to continue Ukraine, declared Monday that they Mariupol, and did not believe they Frantovkskiy, issued a statement “but not at any price.” Both Israeli and Palestinian leaders were forming an independent re- were a “spontaneous set of events,” calling the demonstrators’ actions have made it clear that although they broke commitments public and urged President Vladimir said Jen Psaki, the State Department illegal and saying that law enforce- last week that they made when they started the negotiations Putin to send troops to the region as spokeswoman. ment officials had identified the last summer, they still considered themselves bound by the a peacekeeping force, even though The United States, Russia, criminal “separatists” and that “all original timetable and therefore have until April 29 to find a there are no obvious threats to peace Ukraine and the European Union are necessary measures will be taken to way out of the crisis. in the area. planning to meet jointly in the next apprehend the violators.” Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would take its own The actions in Donetsk and three 10 days to discuss the situation in The events in the east unfolded “unilateral steps” in response to the Palestinians’ move last other cities in eastern Ukraine, which Ukraine, Psaki said. just hours after a Ukrainian military week to join 15 international treaties and conventions and included a demand for a referendum The Russian Foreign Ministry officer was shot and killed in Crimea reiterated that a Palestinian state could be created “only on seceding from Ukraine and join- denied any role in the unrest, even in a confrontation with Russian through direct negotiations, not through empty statements ing Russia, seemed an effort by the though the demonstrations Sunday troops. and not by unilateral moves.” activists to mimic some of the events evening in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lu- A spokesman for the Ukrai- The Palestinians said they took the contentious step only that preceded Russia’s invasion and gansk seemed coordinated and bore nian Defense Ministry, Vladislav because Israel reneged on a promise to release a group of annexation of Crimea. the hallmarks of similar protests last Seleznev, said the officer, Maj. Stan- long-serving prisoners by the end of March, breaking its own Secretary of State John Kerry told month that were organized with sup- islav Karchevskiy, was killed in a mil- commitment as part of the negotiations. the Russian foreign minister, Sergey port from Moscow. itary dormitory, next to the Novofe- —Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times Lavrov, in a phone call Monday that While the demonstrators in Do- dorivka air base in western Crimea.

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By Vince Agard A passing low pressure sys- 988 STAFF METEorologist tem will bring rain showers this morning, and the ensuing cold After an unseasonably front will leave considerably 35°N cold month of March, normal breezy conditions in its wake springtime weather has finally this afternoon. Winds will die found its way to New England. down a bit tomorrow as high Temperatures in Boston have pressure begins to settle in broken the 50-degree barrier in over the Eastern seaboard. 30°N each of the last three days, and That high pressure system will that city has not seen a temper- usher in sunshine for the re- 1024 ature below the freezing point mainder of the week, until a since March 27. This warming weak cold front passes through trend will continue for most of the region on Friday, bringing the upcoming week, with tem- with it the possibility of show- 25°N peratures meeting or exceeding ers. While sunshine could

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Extended Forecast Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Today: Morning showers, then cloudy and breezy, high Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols 65°F (18°C). Winds SW at 15-20 mph. Snow Rain Fog High Pressure Trough Tonight: Clearing late, low 45°F (7°C). Winds W at 15-20 mph. Showers Thunderstorm Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, high 55°F (13°C). Winds NW at Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze 10-15 mph. Cold Front Tuesday: Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 50s °F (13°C). Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, April 8, 2014 The Tech 3 Early tallies indicate Afghan WORLD & Nati Surge of violence across Syria vote was a success kills over two dozen KABUL, Afghanistan — After enduring months of Taliban attacks and days of security clampdowns, Afghans reveled Sunday in the apparent success of the weekend’s presidential election, as offi- By Anne Barnard and a truce and amnesty that scores of to break out of the blockaded areas. cials offered the first solid indications that the vote had far exceeded Mohammed Ghannam their comrades have accepted. And The official Syrian news media expectations. The New York Times in an indication of the divisions gave different reports, with state Two senior officials from the Independent Election Commission the blockade and amnesties have television calling the explosion an said the authorities supervising the collection of ballots in tallying BEIRUT — Violence flared sown, one former insurgent said the “ambush” against the insurgents centers had counted between 7 million and 7.5 million total ballots, across Syria on Sunday, as an explo- bombing had been planned by one and the state news agency, SANA, indicating that about 60 percent of the 12 million eligible voters had sion killed more than two dozen an- group of fighters to kill others. echoing Abu Bilal’s account. taken part in the election. The officials spoke on the condition of ti-government fighters in the cen- The insurgent, Abu Helmi, who In Damascus, two people were anonymity because results will not be released for weeks. tral city of Homs and shells struck evacuated recently to the Waer killed when a mortar shell struck At least some of the votes are expected to be disqualified for on areas of Damascus, the capital, neighborhood from the Old City, near the Opera House in the gov- fraud, but if the numbers hold up, they will buttress anecdotal ac- killing at least two people. On Sat- said the explosion had been set ernment-controlled center. Re- counts of Afghans voting in large numbers Saturday in the country’s urday, a man died after a riot broke off by fighters who favor a truce to cently, government bombings of first wide-open election, with at least three of the eight candidates out in the crowded Zaatari refugee eliminate some of the 300 hard-lin- neighborhoods that refuse truce considered contenders to replace President Hamid Karzai. Afghan WORLD & Nati camp in Jordan. ers who oppose it. “It was an inside deals and insurgents’ lobbing shells and Western officials, including Nicholas Haysom, the United Na- The explosion in the Old City of job,” Abu Helmi said he had been into civilian areas have chipped tions’ top election official, had said turnout above 40 percent would Homs occurred when a car bomb told by witnesses, “to kill the fight- away at a tentative calm around be an excellent result. that rebels were preparing deto- ers who disagree with the truce.” the capital. In the northern city of High turnout would represent a sharp public repudiation of the nated prematurely. It killed 30 to 40 While it was impossible to con- Aleppo, the government continued Taliban, which had pledged to disrupt the election and had warned fighters, including two field com- firm his account, it coincided with its campaign of using so-called bar- Afghans to stay away from the polls. Though the insurgents did manders, according to insurgents charges by some fighters, mediators rel bombs — large, indiscriminate manage a number of high-profile attacks in the weeks before the reached by telephone and text mes- and government officials that those weapons that have killed hundreds election — striking a voter registration center, the election com- sage in the area, which the govern- rebels who want to accept the truce — with at least two deaths reported. mission headquarters and Kabul’s only luxury hotel, among other ment has blockaded. have been threatened by a minority At the Zaatari refugee camp, targets — preliminary tallies indicated that millions of Afghans ig- The episode, reported differ- who disagree. home to 100,000 of the 500,000 reg- nored those threats, and that the limited violence on Election Day ently by state news media and an But Abu Bilal al-Homsi, an in- istered Syrian refugees in Jordan, a did not keep people from voting. antigovernment monitoring group, surgent spokesman in the Old City, protest turned violent on Saturday, Afghan election observers backed up the numbers offered by was significant for several reasons. said that several groups, including with police officers firing tear-gas election officials, as did Western diplomats, though the latter struck It showed that some fighters in the the Nusra Front — which the Unit- canisters and gunshots ringing out, a more cautious tone. But both said some votes would invariably be Old City are still planning large at- ed States has designated a terrorist according to the United Nations thrown out because of fraud. tacks despite the government’s con- organization — had been planning refugee agency. Three Syrians were The question was how many, and whether Afghanistan would on tinuing siege, and despite its offer of to use the car bomb to allow fighters shot, the agency said, and one died. see a repeat of the 2009 election, which was marred by widespread ballot stuffing and other fraud. Turnout that year was about 38 percent though some estimates put it lower. The memory of what hap- pened that year still hovers here, giving many reason to hesitate be- WORLD & Nati fore declaring this weekend’s vote an unqualified success. Justices decline cases on gay rights But the focus for many people Sunday was on what had hap- pened the day before, which seemed to surprise a country that had braced itself for a bloody day. and campaign finance —Matthew Rosenberg and Jawad Sukhanyar, The New York Times

By Adam Liptak guenin, objected to a New Mexico Iowa Right to Life Committee v. Puerto Rico hires bankruptcy The New York Times law prohibiting businesses open Tooker, No. 13-407, which was a to the public from discriminating challenge to an Iowa law that bans lawyers WASHINGTON — The Su- against gay men and lesbians. She contributions from corporations preme Court on Monday declined said that requiring her to photo- but allows them from unions. The Puerto Rico’s fiscal agent has hired another well-known restruc- to hear closely watched cases on graph same-sex weddings violated case was brought by James Bopp turing law firm, raising the specter that the financially troubled -is gay rights, campaign finance and her First Amendment rights be- Jr., one of the lawyers on the win- land is preparing to revamp its finances. lethal injections. As is their cus- cause she was forced to say some- ning side Wednesday in McCutch- The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, which tom, the justices gave no reasons thing she did not believe. eon v. Federal Election Commis- oversees all of the commonwealth’s debt deals, said it had hired for turning down the appeals. She rejected a request from sion, a major campaign finance Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. on The gay rights case, Elane Pho- a lesbian couple, Vanessa Wil- case. The development bank declined to say whether Cleary had been tography v. Willock, No. 13-585, lock and Misti Collinsworth, to The McCutcheon decision hired as part of an effort to restructure the commonwealth’s debt. was an appeal from a wedding document their commitment struck down aggregate contribu- “The GDB regularly solicits advice and counsel from a number photographer in New Mexico who ceremony. tion limits in federal elections. of legal and financial advisers with respect to financing plans and WORLD & Nati asserted a constitutional right to The women, who hired another Bopp challenged the Iowa law other related matters,” a spokesman for the development bank said refuse to provide her services to photographer, filed a discrimina- on two grounds. He said distin- in a statement. “Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton were engaged by gay and lesbian couples. tion complaint against Huguenin’s guishing between corporations the GDB as part of these ongoing efforts.” The issue was broadly similar studio, Elane Photography. and unions violated equal protec- The hiring of Cleary, which was first reported by The Wall Street to one argued before the court last The New Mexico Supreme tion principles. In any event, he Journal, comes as Puerto Rico tries to jump-start a flagging econo- month, over whether companies Court ruled for the couple, saying added, “banning corporate politi- my while also digging out from a mountain of municipal bond debt. may refuse to provide insurance Huguenin’s “services can be regu- cal contributions violates the First Cleary has represented many financially challenged govern- coverage for contraception on related, even though those services Amendment.” ment clients, including Greece, Iraq, Iceland and Argentina. ligious grounds. include artistic and creative work.” The Supreme Court also de- Puerto Rico investors worry that a restructuring could result The New Mexico case, how- Laws banning discrimination, the clined to hear two cases concern- in large losses on their bond holdings as the government seeks to ever, was based not on a claim of court said, apply to “creative or ex- ing whether death row inmates reduce its debt load. Unlike Detroit and other U.S. municipalities, religious liberty but on one of free pressive professions.” have a constitutional right to know Puerto Rico cannot file for federal bankruptcy protection, mak- speech. The justices also declined to what chemicals states plan to use ing the prospect of a restructuring by the commonwealth poten- The photographer, Elaine Hu- hear a campaign finance case, to execute them. tially even more frightening to creditors because there is no clear template. Last month, the Government Development Bank disclosed soon

before it sold $3.5 billion in municipal bonds that it had hired Millco on Advisers, an affiliate of Millstein & Co., which is also well known for its restructuring work. Prime minister wins a second term in Millco’s founder, James Millstein, was the architect of a compli- cated series of transactions that paid back the Federal Reserve Bank WORLD & Nati of New York for its initial bailout loans to American International Hungary election Group. —Michael Corkery, The New York Times By Palko Karasz With more than 98 percent da would be. The New York Times of the votes counted, there was “We want to give confidence Maryland lawmakers raise little room for change Monday, al- to the government,” said Krisztina BUDAPEST, Hungary — Voters though final results were expected Kurti, 43, who works in human minimum wage in Hungary have re-elected Prime later in the week. relations, cheering Sunday night Minister Viktor Orban and his The vote came after a campaign as Fidesz’s results showed up on Maryland embraced President Barack Obama’s call to raise the conservative political alliance in dominated by the governing party, a large screen. “We want them to minimum wage to $10.10 an hour Monday, the second state to do parliamentary elections, accord- which touted its economic record. continue what they started,” she since Connecticut acted last month. ing to preliminary election results The leftist alliance struggled to added. The Maryland General Assembly voted for the pay raise on the released Monday. gain support, and the Jobbik party Like many in the crowd of Fi- last day of its 2014 regular session, giving Gov. Martin O’Malley a The early vote count showed tried to widen its camp by catering desz supporters, Kurti dismissed victory on his top priority this year. The governor, in his last year in that Orban’s Fidesz party and a to more moderate voters. critics of the government who said office, has staked out a consistently liberal record as he weighs run- small conservative ally would keep Turnout was lower than in democratic values had been sup- ning for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. a two-thirds majority, with 133 2010, when voters gave Orban a pressed during the last four years. O’Malley thanked lawmakers “for giving so many Maryland on seats in the country’s 199-member supermajority in the country’s leg- “We are not afraid. Only those who families the raise they deserve.” Parliament. islature, allowing his alliance to have something to worry about are The governor also said he would sign a bill passed Monday that A leftist alliance led by the so- enact broad changes to Hungary’s afraid,” she said, referring to what decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana. Viola- cialist Attila Mesterhazy is expect- political institutions. she described as corrupt politi- tors caught with less than 10 grams of the drug would be issued the W ed to control 38 seats. Orban said voters had ratified cians in the opposition. equivalent of a traffic ticket and would pay a fine rather than face The vote, held Sunday, showed his program in the face of critics Mesterhazy, the Socialist Party criminal prosecution. increasing support for the radical both at home and abroad. candidate, acknowledged the re- Action on the minimum wage has moved to the states with con- o right Jobbik party, which won just “We received a clear and un- sult but contended that the elec- gressional Republicans refusing to act on Obama’s call to lift the fed- more than 20 percent of the vote questionable mandate to continue tions were unfair. Repeating a eral minimum wage from $7.25. Eight states and the District of Co- R

on national party lists, 4 percent- what we started,” Orban said Mon- charge he made often during the lumbia have raised their base wages in 2013 and 2014 as Democrats l age points higher than in 2010, and day at a news conference. campaign, he said that the new seek to use economic inequality as a rallying point in the midterm was expected to have 23 seats in But he offered no details on electoral system gave an unfair ad- elections. D Parliament. what the next government’s agen- vantage to the Fidesz party. —Trip Gabriel, The New York Times 4

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MBTA, from Page 1 continue the late night service be- well.” yond the pilot program. The press release also sug- Green Line with over 4,400, the According to an MBTA press gested the late hours would help Globe reported. About 2,000 pas- release, “Late night service will service industry workers com- sengers used the Park Street station also allow Boston employers to be mute more cheaply and attract over the weekend. better suited for recruiting in the young professionals by making According to the Globe, MBTA technology sector in places like the city’s “nighttime attractions” General Manager Beverly A. Scott the Innovation District or Kendall more accessible. said considerations such as effects Square, with the hope to attract and MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo on local businesses combined with maintain top talent looking to not told WGBH that the first weekend ridership numbers would be part only build their careers, but enjoy of the extended service resulted in of future decisions as to whether to the social lives they’ve built here as no arrests or breakdowns. Even The Tech needs tech support and we’re looking for some. [email protected] 12 The Tech Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Gleason, from Page 1 search and educational efforts.” Her new role will additional- as associate provost worked ly allow her “to tour many more with the MIT Investment Man- of the less visited corners of agement Company on plans to the amazing MIT campus,” she build office buildings and com- wrote. “I still vividly remember mercial labs on the easternmost taking a tour of the steam tun- parts of campus — MIT’s chunk nels as a freshman.” of Kendall Square. Gleason holds a bachelor’s Schmidt became provost af- degree in chemistry and a master Professor Chris Kaiser left ter’s degree in chemical engi- the role to return to research, neering from MIT, as well as a which top administrators typi- doctorate in chemical engineer- cally have little time for. ing from Berkeley. Gleason said she will still be She has been a member of able to work with her lab. “I love MIT’s faculty since 1987. “Karen’s my research on chemical vapor pioneering research in chemi- deposition of organic surfaces cal vapor deposition (CVD) of and plan to continue this effort polymer thin films makes it pos- with the outstanding group of sible to fabricate novel organic seven graduate students, seven surfaces and devices,” Schmidt postdocs, and several UROPs wrote. She holds 18 patents re- that I am fortunate to advise,” lated to this research, according she wrote in an email. to MIT. But Gleason also said she was Gleason is also a co-found- “excited and honored” to take er of GVD Corporation, a on her new role and saw her new Cambridge-based R&D com- responsibilities — campus plan- pany that specializes in ultra- ning, renovations, and industry thin coatings used in various ties — as “essential pillars that industries. support MIT world-leading re- —Leon Lin

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Runmin neering graduate student Yingxiang Aquarium, which, Ganeshapillai cation that things are not moving as of the patterns of human activity Xu, who is pursuing master’s degrees Yang, one of the winners of the pre- pointed out, is about a 10-minute smoothly as they could.” in Boston. They also give a sense of in environmental engineering and diction challenge. Hardened New walk away: “A taxi ride would take And if city cab services would what it takes to fulfill the promises of- transportation as well as in electrical Englanders don’t like to get wet, you longer!” rather put off the burden of number fered by big data — and the hurdles engineering and computer science, apparently, but they will fearlessly The notion of using data to im- crunching, they now have another that lie between collecting vast quan- pointed out a way to spot Boston’s brave the cold. prove transit offerings is an idea that reason to get serious: competition. tities of information and actually im- entryways from points beyond: On Farther afield from the heart of has taken on momentum in Boston, Black car services and ride-share proving the system. weekday mornings, pickups are the city, spots such as the Forest and throughout the country. New program such as Uber and Lyft might Gupta hoped that students would spread relatively evenly throughout Hills and Fields Corner T stops are York and San Francisco have released be controversial for their surge pric- help the city answer a basic question, the heart of the city, except for three largely quiet throughout the day — similar taxi data to eager wonks will- ing and circumvention of the city’s he said: “Are cabs getting to where distinct spots of heavy demand at except for a surge in demand each ing to perform the heavy lifting of taxi medallion system, Toole said, people want them?” But he also Logan Airport, North Station, and weekday at 8 a.m. That suggests that analyzing millions of GPS points but they are leading the way in fo- wanted to see trends that planners South Station. people are using taxis to complete and time stamps. Hubway, Boston’s cusing on hard data about customer simply didn’t know to look for, and Other trends are less intuitive. their morning commute in neigh- bike-share program, performs an need. “You can see that they are find- that even the savviest cabbie might Residents’ tastes in nightlife skew borhoods inadequately served by annual data dump of all its ridership ing ways to improve their services by be unaware of as well. eclectic on Friday nights, with taxi the T, according to Ganeshapillai. records. The Metropolitan Area Plan- digging down in this data and pre- In the visualization that took first pickups at the end of the night dis- “People take the T to get close to the ning Council and the Massachusetts emptively placing drivers in places,” place, designed by electrical engi- persed more in the South End and place they want to go to, and for the Department of Transportation just Toole said, “and that’s good for both neering and computer science PhD the Seaport District. On Saturday final leg of their journey they take a announced a competition to ana- drivers and riders.” student Gartheeban Ganeshapil- nights, it seems, revelers head in taxi — rather than take a taxi all the lyze the state’s vehicle census, a huge At the Boston Transportation lai, a timeline of a week’s worth of greater concentration to the city’s way,” he said. compilation of data that includes the Department, city planners have pickups plays like a short movie. tried-and-true late-night haunts: the Some of the trends, the com- age, model, estimated mileage, fuel only begun to take a closer look at The regular patterns in Boston’s taxi areas around Faneuil Hall, Fenway petition participants said, were efficiency, and ZIP code of all the the trends and patterns illustrated demand thrum like a heartbeat on Park, and the Prudential Center. downright infuriating, and suggest cars and trucks registered in the state by these visualizations. “We’re just a heat map; the pulse grows stron- Rain causes a spike in demand that Boston’s public transportation between 2008 and 2011. beginning to have the conversation ger and bright red as demand hits for taxis — and that demand appears system could stand to improve its Jameson Toole, an MIT PhD stu- relative to how we can use this data a fever pitch during weekday rush to stay strong several hours after outreach to visitors. One of the most dent in engineering systems who to inform new policies — for exam- hours and on Friday and Saturday the end of the downpour, suggest- common destinations for taxi pick- was among the winners for the data ple, relocating cab stands,” Gupta nights. ing that passengers are more likely ups at South Station is the airport visualization, said he envisions large said. But big-data challenges like this In many of the visual presenta- to opt for a cab if they see puddles — even though the MBTA’s Silver data sets becoming a key tool for taxi one could be an important step to- tions, a recognizable portrait of Bos- on the ground and fear it may rain Line makes the exact same trip, at a companies. “I think everyone has ward planning a city where residents ton emerges. A 24-hour city, we are again. But pickups and drop-offs fraction of the cost. Similarly, one of experienced trying to get a cab in will finally be able to find a cab when not: Demand for taxis takes a nose- stayed at a near constant when the the most popular destinations from downtown Boston on Saturday night they want one.

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A four-goal run late in regula- helping MIT clinch the win with a UC Santa Cruz to collected eight digs, followed gineers with 17 kills versus UC S tion helped the MIT women’s la- game-ending 5-1 run. claim its first MIT by six from Jordan W. Lucier ’17. Santa Cruz as Siebert racked up crosse team thwart a comeback Erica L. Green ’17 led all scorers Men’s Volleyball Evan P. Wang ’14 rounded out 13 digs, 11 kills, four blocks, and attempt by Smith with five goals while Schott tallied Scramble Tourna- the squad with 18 assists and two aces. Zalewski and Busse port College and secure three goals, one assist, nine draw ment champion- four digs. both registered seven blocks a 20-13 NEWMAC controls, two groundballs, and ship on Saturday, Sean D. Kropp ’17 paced while Zalewski totaled 10 kills. victory on Saturday, two caused turnovers. Isabella D. April 5. The Engineers (24-5) de- MIT’s balanced attack with 10 Syta generated 33 assists, 12 April 5. Hannah A. DiDio ’16 produced three goals, feated Hunter College (25-11, 18- kills in the sweep of Bard. Tyler digs, and five blocks as Wang Levy ’17 generated a one assist, five groundballs, and 25, 25-22, 25-18), Bard College R. Nolan ’15 chipped in six kills distributed 11 assists. Chang game-high six points five draw controls while Berretta (25-18, 25-16, 25-14), and South- and two aces as Klein added gathered 13 digs while Lucier on four goals and two assists for posted two goals, one assist, and ern Vermont College (26-24, 25- four kills. Syta totaled 13 as- bolstered the back row with 11 s the Engineers (7-3, 1-0 NEWMAC). two groundballs. Erhardt finished 18, 25-18) before picking up their sists, six digs, and two aces while digs. s Sport The Pioneers (1-10, 0-3 NEWMAC), with two goals as Lyndsy A. Muri second five-set win over the Ba- Wang dished out 13 assists as MIT returns to action on Sat- playing with only 10 field players, ’15 added one of her own. Emily nana Slugs this season. Paul M. well. Chang led the way with urday, April 12 when it makes its saw Olivia Timmins and Anne Za- L. Dunne ’14 paced the Engineers Syta ’14 was named Tournament 10 digs as Lucier produced four debut at the United Volleyball wacki record hat-tricks. with three groundballs followed MVP while Kenneth M. Siebert digs and two aces. Conference (UVC) Champion- MIT built a 7-2 lead during by two from Erin B. Kenney ’14. ’14 was tabbed for All-Tourna- Klein opened up action ship Tournament hosted by No. the opening 15 minutes of action. Christine W. Jiang ’16 tacked on ment Team honors. against Southern Vermont on 11 Nazareth College. The Engi- Smith responded with a 3-1 spurt three draw controls while goalie Siebert posted 12 kills, a .400 Saturday with 10 kills as Siebert neers, first-year members in the courtesy of a solo effort by Petru Candice I. Kaplan ’15 came away hitting performance, and nine had nine and a .421 hitting per- UVC, secured the third seed will Bester and two Zawacki free-posi- with 11 saves and two groundballs. digs in the opener with Hunter. formance. Aaron D. Zalewski ’17 take on nationally-ranked No. 7 tion shots to come within three (8- Rachel Silveria compiled two Martin J. Krasuski ’17 registered connected on seven of his nine Stevens Institute of Technology s Sport 5) with 4:17 left in the half. With 18 goals, one assist, five draw con- 11 kills, a .556 hitting percent- errorless hitting attempts while in a quarterfinal match slated seconds remaining, Keeley D. Er- trols, and four groundballs for the age, and five digs as Syta tal- Krasuski also had a seven-kill for a 1:00 p.m. start. hardt’s ‘17 free-position goal end- visitors. Jessica Lillquist notched ed the Engineers’ scoring drought two goals and one assist as Bester heading into the intermission. had two goals and four ground- The Cardinal and Gray carried balls. Zawacki added three draw Upcoming Home Events the momentum into the second controls and two groundballs Tuesday, April 08 stanza as Kira M. Schott ’15 found to her hat-trick while Kate Det- Softball vs. UMass Boston 3:30 p.m., Briggs Field the back of the next after 44 sec- rick recorded one goal and two s Sport onds elapsed, sparking a 4-1 run groundballs. Jenny Estes chipped Sailing vs. Midweek Firefly Invitational 4 p.m., Harold W. Pierce Boathouse that put it up 13-6 at the 25:47 in two groundballs, two draw con- Men’s Lacrosse vs. Salem State University 4 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium mark. The Pioneers replied with trols, and two caused turnovers as four unanswered goals during goalie Merric Kallfelz amassed 12 Softball vs. UMass Boston 5:30 p.m., Briggs Field the next 10 minutes to once again saves and two groundballs. Women’s Lacrosse vs. Wellesley College 7 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium trim their deficit to three. An un- Both squads return to action assisted marker by Levy stopped on Tuesday, April 8 against NEW- Thursday, April 10 the run and set off an exchange of MAC foes. MIT will host Wellesley goals that moved the score to 15- College while Smith will make the Men’s Tennis vs. Salem State University 4 p.m., DuPont Tennis Courts s Sport 12 with 9:59 on the clock. This was trip to Springfield College. Do you have a story s Sport to tell? Can you tell a personal story in writing

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