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Volume 133, Number 5 Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Brass Rat unveiled: 2015 Ring Premiere Ring features Pokémon, Curiosity By Bruno B. F. Faviero was already close to the door of the Staff Reporter Z-Center. At 7:45,Established the doors opened and 1881 It was a chilly 37-degrees as the people slowly trickled in as each Class of 2015 began to amass along of the first 600 got a ticket for the the perimeter of Kresge on Friday. giveaways. One lucky ’15, Audrey They came in droves — fraternities, A. Sedal, won a free Brass Rat for sororities, halls, clubs — all indi- being the 15th in line — clever. On vidual groups, and yet on this night the inside, it almost seemed like a united for one reason: the premiere class reunion — people gave each of the Class of 2015 Brass Rat. other flying hugs, and groups co- As one of the few events that ordinated their clothes or body brings the whole class together, it paint, or had signs with the name almost felt like a tailgating party. of the person they were there to Each group entertained itself in dif- cheer for. Ringcomm taking the ferent ways: One sang Jason Mraz’ stage turned into a shouting match “I’m Yours” to the rhythm of a uku- of whose name could be screamed lele, another belted out the “Engi- the loudest. neers’ Drinking Song” and some I made the mistake of sitting sort of ode to East Campus. next to the Alpha Phi and Sig- Others were discussing what ma KappaEstablished sections, and so all I 1881 might be on the ring. The Curios- heard for the rest of the night was ity Mars rover and a DeLorean (the “MEGHAN!!!” and “WE LOVE COL- future of Back to the Future II is LEEN!” When Ringcomm Chair set in 2015) were guessed by a few Matthew T. “Matt” Abel ’15 and Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech students. The growing line snaked Ring Committee Chair Matthew T. Abel ’15 and Vice Chair Michelle H. Lee ’15 introduce the rest of the com- around Kresge, and by 7:10 p.m. it Premiere, Page 7 mittee.

Macklemore is Spring Weekend headliner Small crowd attends first State of the

The Undergraduate Asso- ber Daniela M. Yuschenkoff vey conducted by The Tech, Undergraduate Association address ciation (UA) Events Commit- ’14. The survey included oth- but responses ranged from tee has announced Mackl- er artists that, according to “Damn, that’s cool” and “I’ll Monday night marked the first State that it is much easier to make validate a emore featuring Ryan Lewis Yuschenkoff, were not touring actually go this year,” to “It’s a of the UA address, headed by UA Presi- statement about student opinion when as the headliner for Spring- far away or Establishedrecording at the band I’ve1881 heard of” and “who dent Jonte D. Craighead ’13. you have the student leaders of the liv- Fest 2013, MIT’s annual con- time of the concert, and also is Macklemore?” “I am confident in saying that [the ing groups — each of the dorm presi- cert event. The concert will be asked students what genres of Tickets will go on pre- UA] is in a much better position than we dents and representatives from the IFC, on April 26 in Johnson, and music they would prefer. sale for MIT students only on were two years ago,” Craighead said at Panhel, and the ILGs — all in the same the opener will be determined Macklemore was a “domi- March 1 for $15. General pub- the opening of the forum. place at the UA Council meetings. in the coming weeks. A survey nant” choice, said Yuschen- lic tickets will go on sale on About 20 students attended the fo- The speech was given in parts by sent by the committee in the koff. “We’re lucky to have March 8, costing $20 for MIT rum portion of the event, with more Craighead, Vice President Michael P. fall showed “overwhelming” him.” Reactions around cam- student and $25 for non-MIT students around at the end just to eat Walsh ’13, Chair of the UA committee support for Macklemore, ac- pus were mostly positive in purchasers. the food. Craighead mentioned that the on education Naren P. Tallapragada cording to committee mem- a man-on-the-street sur- —Bruno B. F. Faviero address was meant to be an experimen- ’13, Secretary General Christine M. tal addition to the periodic UA study Sowa ’14, and Finboard Chair Johna- breaks that occur throughout the term than Kongoletos ’14. The presentation — he attributed low attendance to the outlined what the UA has been doing timing of the event, both to being earlier in the past semester and some of the in the evening and falling on a Monday initiatives that they have put forth, after a long weekend, when students are such as the Costco-Target shuttle. The likely to be inside doing work. main motivation behind giving these In relation to how the UA’s perfor- presentations, according to Craighead, mance now compared to before the was to reach out to the students more reconstruction, Craighead that it would and let them know that the UA is ac- be “much more difficult in the old struc- tively working to improve life for stu- ture” to get the things done that the UA dents on campus. has in the past year. Craighead said —Stan Gill

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worl of dipping into state coffers for an ice cream budget of $2,700 Clifford Krauss, and Ian Austen would make to the president. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March a year. The New York Times But this is also a decisive mo- on Washington for civil rights, but,

n Pistachio, it was revealed by the proprietors of a gourmet ment for the U.S. environmental he said, “while they were fighting ice cream parlor a couple of blocks from the prime minister’s WASHINGTON — President movement, which backed Obama for equality, we are fighting for ex- official residence, is his favorite (presumably not made with Barack Obama faces a knotty de- strongly in the last two elections. istence.” In front of the stage was a the Iranian kind of nut). Mrs. Netanyahu, they said, appears to cision in whether to approve the For groups like the Sierra Club, mockup of a pipeline, looking a bit prefer French vanilla. much-delayed Keystone oil pipe- permitting a pipeline carrying like the dragon in a Chinese new In a country facing severe cuts in government spending line: a choice between alienating more than 700,000 barrels a day year parade, with the motto, “sepa- after an election that focused largely on the struggling middle environmental advocates who of Canadian crude into the coun- rate oil and state.” atio class, and with the Netanyahus’ supposed taste for the high life overwhelmingly supported his try would be viewed as a betrayal, Michael Brune, executive direc- already under scrutiny, news of the prime minister’s weakness candidacy or causing a deep and and as a contradiction of the presi- tor of the Sierra Club, predicted for artisanal pistachio ice cream raised a national outcry. perhaps lasting rift with Canada. dent’s promises in his second in- that Obama would veto the $7 bil- Shelly Yachimovich, the leader of the center-left Labor Par- Canada, the United States’ most augural and State of the Union lion project because of the adverse ty, summed it up as a Marie Antoinette moment and noted that important trading partner and a addresses to make controlling cli- effects development of the Cana- Netanyahu was the one who always spoke of cutting the fat. close ally on Iran and Afghanistan, mate change a top priority for his dian oil sands would have on the “If there’s no bread, eat ice cream,” she wrote on her Face- is counting on the pipeline to pro- second term. global climate. book page, adding, “Shall we laugh or cry?” pel more growth in its oil patch, a On Sunday, thousands of pro- “It’s rare that a president has

& N —Isabel Kershner, The New York Times vital engine for its economy. Its testers rallied near the Washington such a singular voice on such a leaders have made it clear that Monument to protest the pipeline major policy decision,” Brune said. Russians wade into the snow to an American rejection would be and call for firmer steps to fight “Whatever damage approving the viewed as an unneighborly act and emissions of climate-changing pipeline would do to the environ- seek treasure from the sky could bring retaliation. gases. Groups opposing coal pro- mental movement pales in com- Secretary of State John Kerry’s duction, fracking for natural gas, parison to the damage it could do DEPUTATSKOYE, Russia — Ever since the meteor explod- first meeting with a foreign leader and nuclear power were promi- to his own legacy.” ed somewhere over this impoverished Siberian town, Larisa was with Canada’s foreign min- nent; separate groups of Baptists Brune was one of about four orld V. Briyukova wondered what to do with the fist-size stone she ister, John Baird, on Feb. 8. They and Catholics, as well as an inter- dozen pipeline protesters arrested found under a hole in the roof tiles of her woodshed. discussed the Keystone pipeline faith coalition, and groups from at the White House on Wednesday, On Monday, a stranger knocked on her door, offering about project, among other subjects, and Colorado, Toronto and Minneapo- in an act of civil disobedience that $60, Briyukova said. After some haggling, they settled on a Kerry promised a fair, transparent W lis joined the throng. was a first for the 120-year-old Si- price of $230. and prompt decision. He did not One speaker, the Rev. Lennox erra Club. A few hours later, another man pulled up, looked at the hole in the roof and offered $1,300. “Now I regret selling it,” said Briyukova, a 43-year-old home- maker. “But then, who knows? The police might have come and taken it away anyway.” When being unemployed is a On Friday, terror rained from the skies, blowing out win- dows and scaring people over an enormous swath of Siberia. But by Monday, for many people what fell from the sky had turned to pure gold, and it touched off a rush to retrieve the barrier to finding a job fragments, many buried in deep February snows. —Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times By Winnie Hu Despite their qualifications and a law last year that made it illegal for The New York Times experience, these job seekers con- employers to refuse to consider or Leak in fuel line cause of cruise tend that they have not been given hire candidates because they were out NEW YORK — The sign outside a fair shot because of one counter- of work, and barred advertisements ship’s trouble the diner said help wanted. But when intuitive reason: They are already from suggesting that the unemployed Albert Mango said he was out of work, unemployed. need not apply. Laws prohibiting dis- A U.S. Coast Guard official said Monday that the fire that he was told there was no opening “I’ll do anything — but some- crimination in job listings have also disabled the Carnival Triumph cruise ship began when a fuel there. body has to be willing to hire me,” been adopted by New Jersey and Or- line connected to one of the vessel’s engines sprang a leak. Kevin Johnson tells people he said Mango, 43, who has not worked egon; a similar measure in California “It sprayed oil onto a hot surface and caught on fire,” the of- works off the books rather than ad- in nine months and said he lost his was vetoed by the governor. ficial, Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Hatfield, said at a news conference. The mit to being unemployed, because home because he could not pay the Though businesses are reluctant leak occurred in a flexible part of a return line, she said, rather he fears being seen as lazy and rent. “If you’re not working, that’s al- to acknowledge bias in their hiring than a line that was feeding fuel to the engine. unmotivated. ready Strike 1 against you.” practices, some human-resource Hatfield, who is leading the Coast Guard’s investigation into And Barbara Brown, a former of- New York City appears likely to managers and consultants say pri- the episode, said that interviews with members of the vessel’s fice manager, has learned that a tell- adopt a law that would allow unsuc- vately that unemployment can be a crew indicated that they had responded appropriately to the tale sign that she is not getting a job is cessful job applicants to sue busi- red flag on a resume, signaling that a fire. She also said the Triumph’s fire suppression system had when she is asked why she has been nesses who they believe hold their worker may have outdated skills, or worked properly. job hunting for a year and a half. unemployment status against them may be a short-timer who is desperate However, the fire destroyed the vessel’s generators, appar- These Bronx residents are among in making hiring decisions. The mea- enough to take any work now but will ently because intense heat forced the crew to abandon the en- the growing ranks of New Yorkers sure is widely seen as the toughest leave when something better comes gine room. As a result, the ship lost power and electricity, leav- who say they are trapped in a vicious step yet in a flurry of recent efforts by along. The National Employment Law ing it stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. circle of unemployment — rejected the Obama administration and elect- Project, a nonprofit advocacy group, “Any time you have a fire, you are going to have damage be- time and time again for jobs that ed officials in at least 18 states, includ- reported that companies across the cause you have to close the room and leave the room closed for could put food on the table, resurrect ing New York, to help the long-term country often posted job notices ex- a period of time to allow the engine room to cool,” Hatfield said. stalled careers and pull them out of a unemployed. plicitly excluding applicants who are —Barry Meier, The New York Times downward spiral of debt. The District of Columbia passed unemployed.

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Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy West winds at 15–20 mph. and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Tech 3 White House concerned about WORLD & Nati As Assad holds firm, Obama delay in security confirmations could revisit arms policy President Barack Obama’s chief of staff said Sunday that the White House had “grave concern” that national security was at risk, given the Senate Republicans’ delaying tactics in confirming both By Mark Landler er a wary Obama, surrounded by a “Syria,” he said, “is in the process, not a new Pentagon chief and a director of the Central Intelligence and Michael R. Gordon new national security team, would of transitioning, but disintegrating.” Agency. The New York Times come to a different conclusion. On Monday, European Union for- The chief of staff, Denis McDonough, made the comment on “This is not a closed decision,” a eign ministers decided against easing the ABC News program “This Week,” one of several Sunday shows WASHINGTON — When Presi- senior administration official said. an arms moratorium despite objec- where he made debut appearances as the top White House ad- dent Barack Obama rebuffed four of “As the situation evolves, as our con- tions by Britain. In what appeared viser. He was reacting to the likelihood that neither former Sen. his top national security officials who fidence increases, we might revisit it.” to be a compromise, the ministers Chuck Hagel, Obama’s nominee to be defense secretary, nor John wanted to arm the rebels in Syria last Obama’s decision not to pro- agreed to “provide greater nonlethal O. Brennan, the president’s choice for the CIA, would get a Senate fall, it put an end to a debate of sev- vide arms when the proposal was support and technical assistance for vote until late this month at the earliest. on eral months over how aggressively broached before the November elec- the protection of civilians,” according Senate Republicans blocked Hagel’s confirmation on Thursday Washington should respond to the tion, officials said, was driven by his to the EU’s website. with the first-ever filibuster against a defense secretary nominee, strife there that has now left nearly reluctance to get drawn into a proxy As the Syria conflict has unfolded, citing his views on Israel, Iran and Iraq, and his general unpopular- 70,000 dead. war and by his fear that the weapons the State Department has funneled ity among some of them. WORLD & Nati But the decision also left the would end up in unreliable hands, $50 million of nonlethal assistance —Jackie Calmes, The New York Times White House with no clear strategy where they could be used against to the Syrian opposition, including to resolve a crisis that has bedeviled civilians or Israeli and American satellite telephones, radios, broad- Project seeks to build map of it since a popular uprising erupted interests. casting equipment, computers, sur- against President Bashar Assad al- As the United States struggles to vival equipment and related training. human brain most two years ago. Despite an formulate a policy, however, Assad This support, officials say, has helped American program of nonlethal as- has given no sign that he is ready to Syrians opposed to the Assad gov- The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scien- sistance to the opponents of the Syr- yield power, and the Syrian resistance ernment communicate with one an- tific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a ian government and $365 million in has been adamant that it will not ne- other and with the outside world, de- comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what humanitarian aid, Obama appears gotiate a transition in which he has a spite efforts by Syrian forces to target the Human Genome Project did for genetics. to be running out of ways to speed role. rebel communications using equip- The project, which the administration has been looking to Assad’s exit. Even if Assad was overthrown, ment supplied by Iran. An FM radio unveil as early as March, will include federal agencies, private With conditions continuing to de- the convulsion could fragment Syria network is to connect broadcasting foundations and teams of neuroscientists and nanoscientists in a teriorate, officials said, the president along sectarian and ethnic lines, each operations in several Syrian cities in concerted effort to advance the knowledge of the brain’s billions could reopen the debate over provid- supported by competing outside the next several days. The State De- of neurons and gain greater insights into perception, actions and, ing weapons to select members of the powers, said Paul Salem, who runs partment has also helped train local ultimately, consciousness. resistance in an effort to break the im- the Middle East office of the Carnegie councils in areas freed from the Syr- Scientists with the highest hopes for the project also see it as a on passe in Syria. The question is wheth- Endowment for International Peace. ian government’s control. way to develop the technology essential to understanding diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as to find new therapies for a variety of mental illnesses. The project, which could ultimately cost billions of dollars, is WORLD & Nati expected to be part of the president’s budget proposal next month. Obama plan sets up long wait for —John Markoff, The New York Times Marines look to arduous infantry citizenship for illegal immigrants course for insight on women

By Michael D. Shear tration official who agreed to discuss the delicate negotiations on Capi- In the fall, two freshly minted female lieutenants joined about and Julia Preston the details only on the condition of tol Hill. White House aides reached 100 men in Quantico, Va., for one of the most grueling experiences The New York Times anonymity. In many cases, those out to lawmakers in both parties on soldiers not in war can experience: the Marine Corps’ Infantry Of- young people could apply for green Saturday night to reassure them, of- ficer Course. WASHINGTON — A plan by cards as soon as two years after the ficials said. At the 86-day course, candidates haul heavy packs and heavier President Barack Obama for an law was passed. Denis McDonough, the presi- weapons up and down steep hills, execute ambushes and endure overhaul of the immigration system The disclosure of the docu- dent’s top White House aide, said on bitter cold, hunger and exhaustion. would put illegal immigrants on a ment’s existence, by USA Today on Sunday that Obama remained com- One of the women — the first to enter the course — was path to citizenship that could begin Saturday, set off a series of political mitted to staying on the sidelines dropped on the first day, with about two dozen men, during a no- after about eight years and would recriminations and questions on while a group of Republican and toriously strenuous endurance test. But the second woman lasted on require them to go to the back of Sunday about Obama’s promise to Democratic senators tries to reach deep into the second week, when a stress fracture in her leg forced the line behind legal applicants, ac- allow bipartisan congressional talks an immigration agreement by the her to quit. cording to a draft of the legislation to take precedence. The furor also spring. “She was tough,” Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps com- that the White House has circulated offered new evidence that Republi- In his first appearances on Sun- mandant, said of the woman, who is now at flight school. “She WORLD & Nati within the administration. cans could use the president’s direct day talk shows as chief of staff, Mc- wasn’t going to quit.” The draft plan says none of the 11 involvement as a reason to reject a Donough said the administration Amos hopes the experiences of those women, and others to million illegal immigrants currently potential compromise. was preparing draft legislation only come, will provide crucial clues about the future of women in the in the country would be granted The White House on Wednesday as a backup. infantry, a possibility allowed by the recent lifting of the 1994 ban permanent resident status and given sent copies of the draft to officials “We’ve not proposed anything to on women in direct combat units. a document known as a green card in government agencies that deal Capitol Hill yet,” he said on the ABC For the Marine Corps, probably more than any other military until the earlier of two dates: either with immigration and border secu- program “This Week.” “We’re going service, gender integration is a difficult affair. Not only is the corps eight years after the bill is enacted or rity, the administration official said. to be ready. We have developed each the most male of the services, with women making up only about 7 30 days after visas have been given to In the face of the sharp Republican of these proposals so we have them percent of its ranks, but it is also a bastion of the infantry. everyone who applied legally. criticism of Obama’s plan, the White in a position so that we can succeed.” —James Dao, The New York Times The plan includes a shortened House insisted over the weekend Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., issued path to citizenship for young illegal that no decision had been made a statement late Saturday calling Netanyahu defends Israel’s immigrants who came to the United and that nothing had changed. Of- the president’s reported legislation States as children, said an adminis- ficials reasserted their support for “half-baked and seriously flawed.” handling of prisoner X case

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sun-

day defended his government’s handling of an Australian-Israeli on who was held under a pseudonym for months in a maximum-se- curity prison until he committed suicide in 2010, suggesting that Violent television affects children’s the threats his country faces justify the extraordinary measures and the secrecy shrouding the case. WORLD & Nati “We are not like other countries,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet, behavior, study says in his first public comments on the case of Prisoner X, which made headlines on at least three continents last week. “We are an exem- By Catherine Saint Louis who was not involved in the study. children and received newsletters plary democracy and maintain the rights of those under investiga- The New York Times “Giving this intervention — expos- encouraging them to watch televi- tion,” he said. “However, we are more threatened and face more ing kids to less adult television, less sion with their children and ask challenges; therefore, we must maintain proper activity of our se- Experts have long known that aggression on television and more questions during the shows about curity agencies.” children imitate many of the deeds prosocial television — will have an the best ways to deal with conflict. —Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times — good and bad — that they see effect on behavior.” After six months, parents in the on television. But it has rarely been While the research showed “a group receiving advice about tele- Lawmaker’s body is found near shown that changing a young child’s small to moderate effect” on the vision-watching said their children viewing habits at home can lead to preschoolers’ behavior, he added, were somewhat less aggressive with Moscow in cement-filled barrel improved behavior. the broader public health impact others, compared with those in the In a study published Monday in could be “very meaningful.” control group. The children who MOSCOW — The body of a missing city legislator and construc- the journal Pediatrics, researchers The new study was a random- watched less-violent shows also tion tycoon has been found in a private basement garage on the reported the results of a program ized trial, rare in research. The scored higher on measures of social city’s outskirts, inside a rusted metal barrel filled with cement, the designed to limit the exposure of researchers, at Seattle Children’s competence, a difference that per- police said Monday. on preschool children to violence-lad- Research Institute and the Univer- sisted after one year. Russian television showed investigators removing the body of en videos and television shows and sity of Washington, divided 565 par- Low-income boys showed the the man, Mikhail Pakhomov, 36, on Sunday evening from the ga- increase their time with educational ents of children ages 3 to 5 into two most improvement, though the re- rage, 20 miles east of Moscow, where the police said he had been programming that encourages em- groups. Both were told to track their searchers could not say why. Total tortured and killed over an outstanding $80 million loan. W pathy. They found that the experi- children’s media consumption in a viewing time did not differ between The killing recalled the brutal violence that routinely emerged ment reduced the children’s aggres- diary that the researchers assessed the two groups. from business disputes in the 1990s. Pakhomov, who was reported sion toward others, compared with a for violent, didactic and prosocial “The take-home message for missing last Tuesday, was a promising young star in United Rus- o group of children who were allowed content. parents is, it’s not just about turning sia, the ruling party founded by President Vladimir V. Putin, and to watch whatever they wanted. The control group was given ad- off the TV; it’s about changing the had served as head of a construction company that was reported R

“Here we have an experiment vice only on better dietary habits for channel,” said Dr. Dimitri A. Chris- to have won large contracts to develop utilities and infrastructure l that proposes a potential solution,” children. The second group of par- takis, the lead author of the study in several cities. said Dr. Thomas N. Robinson, a ents was sent program guides high- and a professor of pediatrics at the —Andrew Roth, The New York Times D professor of pediatrics at Stanford, lighting positive shows for young University of Washington. 4

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Premiere, from Page 1 rean next to the Hancock tower — proportions. said someone close to me, their jaw swimming in the corner (the Class a reference to the fact that part of This entire time, the Sigma practically dropping as others in the of 2015 is the 148th graduating Vice Chair Michelle H. Lee ’15 tried Back to the Future II took place in Kappa/Alpha Phi section would crowd looked similarly worried. class). Of all the features, I hope this to start the ceremony, each could 2015. There was also the usual two continued to stand up with shouts There was a moment of silence one continues so that the Class of barely get a sentence out without sets of crew shells, this year with of “Meghan!” and “We love Col- as Ringcomm said good night, until 2018 can have a Mew flying around. the crowd interrupting. Michelle’s one and five rowers in the boats, leen!”, independent of who was on Abel and Lee returned to the po- The Beaver itself faced Boston but voice rose to a shout over the rav- and a sailboat whose sail read “15.” stage. When Alpha Phi Meghan E. dium. “That bezel sucked almost as gazed back at Cambridge, and swat- ing audience. “This is going to take Fenway also made an appearance, Torrence ’15 took the stage, I could much as the ’14’s” said Abel, getting ted away eight ivy leaves. The veins a really long time,” said Abel into commemorating its 100th anniver- hardly hear a complete sentence she an explosive response from the au- on each leaf spelled out the first said over the cheering. dience that came back to life, and letter of each Ivy League school’s The presentation of the ring began with the On the shanks, on the Lobby 10 boos from the Class of 2014 Ring- name, and the Harvard is seen sink- side, the dome reads “M MXV ” as comm on the balcony. ing into the river, having been swat- Hacker’s Map, which is — for the first time hackers escape off Building 10 hold- — cast into the ring, meaning it won’t wear ing the missing numerals. On the One of the more popular appearances was down with years of use. seal side, the Curiosity rover is seen that of Dragonair, the 148th Pokémon, on the edge of the seal itself. the microphone as the Chi Phis sary celebrated in 2012. Next came the fun part — the swimming in the corner (the Class of 2015 shouted “Abel!”, “Queeney!”, and Next was the Cambridge side — joke bezel. After the committee was is the 148th graduating class). even “Kalas!” as Jeremy J. Kalas ’16 oh boy. Simmons was the only dorm introduced, Kira S. Kopacz ’15 and took down names of the giveaway shown from West Campus, which Queeney began to present the fake winners in the corner. caused quite a stir in the audience. bezel as if it were real. A beaver wear- The real bezel was, as usual, full ted by the beaver’s tail. When Michael O. Flynn ’15 took People began to either cheer, or boo ing a “YOLO” shirt sat upon scaffold- of small, special features. The Green Next came the actual Ring Deliv- to the podium, he asked: “Where and shout “Baker!”, “Bexley!”, and ing, holding a dumbbell and a bowl Building was lit up as if in a Tetris ery location — Fenway Park. I have has the rum gone?” The answer, it even “Building 36!” (the last one of Sonoma greens to represent MIT’s game, adorned with a basketball to say that I was surprised, but the would seem, was that it was con- coming from the Bexley contingent). “health-conscious” student body, to represent the MIT men’s basket- audience seemed to love it, and it sumed by the audience. “We wanted to show the scope of while the B1W ambulance sped ball team’s ascent to the Final Four. was a great note to end the night on. The presentation of the ring be- the campus, from Simmons all the across the Harvard Bridge, repre- A lightning bolt in the back hear- After the ceremony, the audience gan with the Hacker’s Map, which way to East Campus,” Chair Matt senting our “work hard, play hard” kened back to our class’s Harry Pot- descended upon Kresge Lobby in is — for the first time — cast into the Abel would later say. Or as former attitude. Some people seemed to be- ter-themed orientation, though it droves, forming mobs in front of ring, meaning it won’t wear down Simmons resident and Ringcomm lieve this was the actual ring. “What was also in the shape of a molecule the tables of goodie bags and ring with years of use. It was subtle on member John K. “Jack” Queeney is this ugly shit?” said one audience in a chair conformation to com- displays. the inside of the ring; I could barely put it: “because Simmons is the member incredulously. memorate the International Year of Overall, the ’15s seemed excited feel the narrow, cast tunnels on my cultural center of campus.” There “Ring delivery is close to home Chemistry in 2011. about the ring and ring delivery, finger when I tried on a ring later. was a shooting star as a symbol of this year,” they said next, “at the One of the more popular ap- but I think Abraham I. Garza ’15 Next was the Boston side of the “hope and … Stellar crashing,” and Johnson Track!” A picture of John- pearances, getting a strongly posi- summed up the thoughts of many: ring. The outline was of Boston at the entire horizon was underscored son track set up for finals flashed tive audience reaction, was that “First I have to get through the night, and featured a flying Delo- by a double pendulum with Golden onto the screen. “No fucking way,” of Dragonair, the 148th Pokémon, semester.”

The 2015 beaver sits on a self-made dam, while swatting eight ivy leaves. He is oriented towards Boston but looks back towards Cambridge. Our beaver holds the world and a Mobius Strip. The bezel’s backdrop fea- tures Boston and Cambridge connected by the Mass. Ave. Bridge, with Make your own 2015 “IHTFP” engraved in the waves. An astronaut footprint is imprinted into the Esplanade in memoriam of Neil Armstrong. The lightning bolt, 2015 rat! reminiscent of our Harry Potter-themed orientation, is the shape of an organic chair confirmation for the International Year of Chemistry. The CUT ON THE DOTTED LINES, Maseeh clock tower is set to 9:26 p.m., when many heard of their ad- FOLD ON THE SOLID LINES mission on pi day, and a tree in front of Killian Court is blown over by Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. A basketball on top of the Green Build- ing memorializes Men’s Basketball advancing to the Final Four, and the windows are illuminated like the Tetris hack. We gave our beaver a companion in Dragonair, the 148th Pokémon, as we are the 148th rat graduating class.

Cambridge is depicted in the nighttime to represent our nocturnal tendencies. Silhouetted on either end are dorms on each side of campus: Simmons and East Campus. The Dome and Killian Court are centered and flanked by other prominent buildings: Kresge Auditorium, Stata Cen- ter, and the Green Building. The shooting star is a symbol of hope, unlimited pos- sibilities, and the Stellar site crashing. The Cambridge side is underlined by the Golden ratio.

A classically embossed “MIT” is above the institution’s traditional seal. The craftsman and scholar personify our academic philoso- phy “Mens et Manus” (“Mind and Hand”). The flames of the lamp atop of the pedestal form a “15.” The Curiosity Rover, launched our freshman year and set to explore until 2015, rises over the horizon. At the foot of the shank lies a gyroscope spelling “punt” and “tool.” In the background are mechanical gears and circuits forming “148.”

Boston also appears as it would at night. Marked silhouettes include the Hancock Tower, Prudential Cen- 2015 is emblazoned over the Great Dome. The MCMXVI on the face of the dome, repre- ter, Back Bay Brownstones, and Citgo senting the year MIT relocated to Cambridge from Boston, has been robbed of its C and Sign. Fenway, the location of the Class I by hackers, leaving our class year “MMXV.” President Reif climbs up the stairs, and for- of 2015 Ring Delivery, makes another mer President Hockfield walks down to symbolize the transition during our freshman appearance having just celebrated its year. The Greek goddess Athena, the namesake of our operating system stands strong 100th anniversary. The DeLorean is in Killian Court. She displays the right-hand rule as she clasps the spear adorned with a reference to Back to the Future, set a DNA strand commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Human Genome Project in in 2015. The rowers in the two racing 2015. The shield reads “2015” in binary and features the CERN logo for the detection shells form a “15,” as do the sails of the of the Higgs boson. The nuts and bolts insignia completes the class shank. The central Infographic by two dinghies. screw of the “T” is also tightened to read “x” for the MITx initiative. connor kirschbaum 8 The Tech Tuesday, February 19, 2013 CLASS OF 2015 RING

Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech The joke bezel is presented before the real design of the ring. In front of the B1W ambulance PREMIERE crossing the bridge, the beaver is wearing a “YOLO” shirt and holding a Sonoma greens salad.

Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech A group of Sigma Kappa members hold up signs with the fac- es of the two Sigma Kappa members of Ring Committee: Coleen Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech K. Gabel ’15 and Michelle H. Lee ’15. A sophomore looks at the sample rings on display in Kresge lobby after the design was unveiled.

Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech Students excitedly welcome the members of the 2015 Ring Audrey A. Sedal ’15 jumps for joy after winning a free brass rat for being the 15th person in line. Committee to the stage.

Bruno B. F. Faviero—The Tech A line of sophomores waiting to enter Ring Premiere stretches across the front of the Zesiger Center. 9 campus Life Campus Life Campus Life Campus Life Campus Life Campus Life CampuS Yi Xue Yi The Tech Marcus WuMarcus - sup this and provided understood He academic, I, as a some-day that I know port for us just as much in academics as in in academics port as much for us just one time I was I remember support. personal being — despite in class determined stay to AP physics my ill — so take I could obviously guidancethe to me walked Mal so Mr. exam, resched- of care to take told them office and no circumstances exam and under my uling to able I wasn’t day. it that take let me to definitely was it but myself, call that make me to challenged always He the best move. if even me happy, made that choices make and scary to applying — like hard they were and to visit back came time I The first MIT. - I real happy,” look really “you said Mal Mr. he much come and how far I had ized how helped get me to there. had be do to to the of work amount a huge have Mr. like lives changes that of mentor kind so many he inspired 63 years, In did. Mal they tackle could that believe to students believe first we could we didn’t at problems math. engineering and fields like and pursue Yale, MIT, like places ended up at We’ve UPenn, RPI, Tech, Virginia Princeton, UVA, Mal, for Mr. you, Thank more. and many ofout most the make to me how showing do the same, help others me to pushing life, be to a true me how mentor. and teaching

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Tech 11 12 The Tech Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Charges proposed for Syria The Tech is looking for UN panel urges prosecution for Syrian war crimes interactive graphic designers By Nick Cumming-Bruce the six months to mid-January. The conflict, by empowering Islamist to join its online media team. The New York Times report cited accounts of massacres, militant groups such as the Al Nusra summary executions, torture, at- Front, “and even encouraged main- No experience necessary. We’ll give you the tools to get you started. GENEVA — The U.N. Security tacks on civilians, sexual violence stream insurgents to join them ow- Council should refer Syria to the and abuses against children. ing to their superior logistical and This is a great way to gain valuable job experience, build a strong web International Criminal Court in Pro-government forces commit- operational capabilities.” portfolio, and create designs that will be submitted for national awards. The Hague to prosecute those re- ted massacres in August in Daraya, The report added that “regional sponsible for war crimes and other where more than 100 people, in- and international actors hampered abuses committed in nearly two cluding women and children, re- the prospects of a negotiated settle- For more information, email [email protected] years of conflict, Carla del Ponte, a portedly died, and in Harak in the ment owing to their divergent inter- U.N. human rights investigator, said Daraa governorate, where witnesses ests. The position of key internation- Monday. said more than 500 civilians had al actors remains unchanged.” “Now, really, it’s time — it’s been killed. Panel members said Monday time,” del Ponte said. “We are pres- Government forces involved in that their ability to report on activi- suring the international community Harak included the Syrian army as ties of the opposition was seriously Royal Bengal to act because it’s time to act.” well as military and political intel- hampered by what they called the Del Ponte was speaking as the ligence units, the report said, noting Assad government’s persistent re- Boston’s only authentic BengaliCuisine restaurant U.N. Human Rights Council com- that they may have been accompa- fusal to give its investigators access 313Mass.Ave., Cambridge mission investigating Syria, of nied by members of Iran’s Islamic to Syria. Open Daily Except Monday (617) 491-1988 which she is a member, reported Revolutionary Guards Corps. 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Neighborhoods in abuses, as well as the individuals The panel’s 131-page report de- Damascus have been destroyed by and units that carried them out. tailing evidence of war crimes and government forces, and bread lines Release of the latest report came Exceptional Egg Donor Needed other abuses in the six months up in several towns have been targeted against a backdrop of what ap- to mid-January said, “The issue of when the concentration of civilians peared to be part of a new public accountability for those responsible would be at their highest. relations effort by Assad to present Help a loving, married couple struggling for international crimes deserves to be raised in a more robust manner Authority to make such a referral lies with infertility realize their dream of to counter the pervasive sense of becoming parents impunity in the country.” exclusively with the Security Council or the The top U.N. human rights offi- country concerned. cial, Navi Pillay, has also urged that Syria be referred to the International “Indiscriminate and widespread himself as an empathetic leader Intended parents working with prestigious Criminal Court. Authority to make shelling, the regular bombardment who believes his enemies are losing Los Angeles IVF clinic seek the following: such a referral, however, lies exclu- of cities, mass killing, indiscriminate the war, in interviews that seemed to sively with the Security Council or firing on civilian targets, firing on ignore a string of tactical and logisti- the country concerned. civilian gatherings and a protracted cal setbacks suffered by his side. “It’s incredible the Security campaign of shelling and sniping Last week insurgents claimed to 100% Korean woman Council doesn’t take a decision,” on civilian areas have characterized have captured Syria’s largest hydro- Aged 20 and older said del Ponte, who had been the the conduct of the government,” the power dam, important oil fields in chief prosecutor for international panel said. the northeast, an airfield full of us- Altruistic nature tribunals on the former Yugosla- Investigators also cited “credible able warplanes and troves of other via and Rwanda. A referral must be admissions against their own inter- weapons, corroborating their claims Highly educated with outstanding SAT/ACT made urgently, she said, “because est” by witnesses of the mass killing with videos posted on the Internet. crimes are continuing, and the of five members of one family whose Syria’s state-run news media has scores number of victims is increasing day execution was filmed and posted on said nothing of these claims. Extremely healthy family history to day. Justice must be done.” the Internet. They said a member An article published Monday by The report released Monday is to of the rebel Free Syrian Army had Al-Quds, a London-based pan-Arab Height above 5'3" and slim build be discussed in the Human Rights acknowledged that his brigade cap- daily newspaper, quoted Assad as Council in March, when member tured and executed five Alawites, telling a recent delegation of Jor- nations appear likely to extend the members of the Shiite Muslim mi- danians to Damascus, “Those who Generous compensation plus all travel and commission’s mandate. Diplomats nority that provides the bedrock of oppose Bashar, seek to destroy Syria in Geneva point out that the panel support for President Bashar Assad. and talk about me forget an essen- expenses paid. Serious inquiries only reply is the only U.N.-mandated machin- The panel expressed particular tial truth, which is: I am human, ery shedding a spotlight on abuses, concern over “an increase in acts made of blood and flesh, at the end to: [email protected]. and that its reports provide the most of unrestrained violence” associ- of the day.” comprehensive and factual ac- ated with the proliferation of armed In a separate audience with vis- count of how Syria’s conflict is being groups that appeared to serve no iting Lebanese politicians, reported waged. strategic purpose but to foment sec- by the pro-Assad Lebanese news- In their latest report, based on tarian tensions and spread terror paper As-Safir, Assad was quoted 445 interviews, the investigators said among civilians. The report warned as saying, “We are sure we will win, they had found credible evidence that “this trend risks becoming a we are reassured by the political and of war crimes and crimes against malignant feature of the conflict.” military developments,” accord- humanity committed by both gov- It also said that foreign inter- ing to a translation of the article by ernment and opposition forces in vention had helped radicalize the Agence France-Presse.

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Sanger, inside Unit 61398,” said Kevin more than 60 percent of oil and gas ning to begin a more aggressive the desire to follow the unit’s ac- David Barboza, Mandia, the founder and chief ex- pipelines in North America. defense against Chinese hacking tivities have kept the government and Nicole Perlroth ecutive of Mandiant, in an inter- The unit was also among those groups, starting on Tuesday. Un- from going public. But Mandiant’s The New York Times view last week, “or the people who that attacked the computer secu- der a directive signed by President report is forcing the issue into pub- run the most-controlled, most- rity firm RSA, whose computer Barack Obama last week, the gov- lic view. On the outskirts of Shanghai, in monitored Internet networks in codes protect confidential corpo- ernment plans to share with U.S. For more than six years, Man- a run-down neighborhood domi- the world are clueless about thou- rate and government databases. Internet providers information it diant tracked the actions of Com- nated by a 12-story white office sands of people generating attacks Contacted Monday, Chinese has gathered about the unique dig- ment Crew, so named for the at- tower, sits a People’s Liberation from this one neighborhood.” officials at its embassy in Washing- ital signatures of the largest of the tackers’ penchant for embedding Army base for China’s growing A recent classified National ton again insisted that its govern- groups, including Comment Crew hidden code or comments into corps of cyberwarriors. The build- Intelligence Estimate, issued as ment does not engage in computer and others emanating from near Web pages. Based on the digital ing off Datong Road is the head- a consensus document for all 16 hacking, and that such activity is il- where Unit 61398 is based. crumbs the group left behind — its quarters of PLA Unit 61398. of the U.S. intelligence agencies, legal. They describe China itself as The U.S. finds itself in some- attackers have been known to use a victim of computer hacking, and thing of an asymmetrical digital the same malware, Web domains, Chinese officials at its embassy in point out, accurately, that there war with China. Internet protocol addresses, hack- are many hacking groups inside “In the Cold War, we were fo- ing tools and techniques across at- Washington again insisted Monday that its the U.S. cused every day on the nuclear tacks — Mandiant followed 141 at- government does not engage in computer But in recent years the Chinese command centers around Mos- tacks by the group, which it called attacks have grown significantly, cow,” one senior defense official “APT 1” for Advanced Persistent hacking, and that such activity is illegal. security researchers say. said recently. “Today, it’s fair to say Threat 1. Mandiant has detected more that we worry as much about the Mandiant discovered that two A growing body of digital fo- makes a strong case that many of than 140 Comment Crew intru- computer servers in Shanghai.” sets of IP addresses used in the at- rensic evidence — confirmed by these hacking groups are either sions since 2006. U.S. intelligence While the Obama administra- tacks were registered in the same U.S. intelligence officials who say run by PLA officers or are contrac- agencies and private security firms tion has never publicly discussed neighborhood as the Unit 61398’s they have tapped into the activity tors working for commands like that track many of the 20 or so oth- the Chinese unit’s activities, a se- building. of the army unit for years — leaves Unit 61398, according to officials er Chinese groups every day say cret State Department cable writ- “It’s where more than 90 per- little doubt that an overwhelming with knowledge of its classified those groups appear to be contrac- ten the day before Barack Obama cent of the attacks we followed percentage of the attacks on U.S. content. tors with links to the unit. was elected president in Novem- come from,” said Mandia. corporations, organizations, and Mandiant provided an advance While the unit’s existence and ber 2008 described at length U.S. Mandiant believes Unit 61398 government agencies originate in copy of its report to The New York operations are considered a Chi- concerns about the group’s attacks conducted sporadic attacks on and around the white tower. Times, saying it hoped to “bring nese state secret, Rep. Mike Rog- on government sites. U.S. corporate and government An unusually detailed 60-page visibility to the issues addressed in ers, R-Mich., the chairman of the study, to be released Tuesday by the report.” (Mandiant was hired House Intelligence Committee, The United States government is planning Mandiant, a U.S. computer secu- by The New York Times Co. to in- said in an interview that the Man- rity firm, tracks for the first time vestigate a sophisticated Chinese- diant report was “completely con- to begin a more aggressive defense against individual members of the most origin attack on the news opera- sistent with the type of activity the Chinese hacking groups, starting on sophisticated of the Chinese hack- tions, but concluded it was not the Intelligence Committee has been ing groups — known to many of its work of Comment Crew, but an- seeing for some time.” Tuesday. victims in the U.S. as “Comment other Chinese group.) The White House said it was The Defense Department and computer networks; the earliest it Crew” or “Shanghai Group” — to While Comment Crew has “aware” of the Mandiant report, the State Department were partic- found was in 2006. Two years ago the doorstep of the military unit’s drained terabytes of data from and Tommy Vietor, the spokesman ular targets, the cable said, describ- the numbers spiked. headquarters. companies like Coca-Cola, in- for the National Security Council, ing how the group’s intruders send Mandiant has watched the The firm was not able to place creasingly its focus is on compa- said, “We have repeatedly raised emails, called “spearphishing” at- group as it has stolen technology the hackers inside the 12-story nies involved in the critical infra- our concerns at the highest lev- tacks, that placed malware on tar- blueprints, manufacturing pro- building, but makes a case there is structure of the United States — its els about cybertheft with senior get computers once the recipient cesses, clinical trial results, pricing no other plausible explanation for electrical power grid, gas lines, and Chinese officials, including in the clicked on them. From there, they documents, negotiation strategies why so many attacks come out of waterworks. According to the se- military, and we will continue to were inside the systems. and other proprietary information one comparatively small area. curity researchers, one target was do so.” U.S. officials say that a combi- from more than 100 of its clients, “Either they are coming from a company with remote access to The U.S. government is plan- nation of diplomatic concerns and mostly in the U.S. Tuesday, February 19, 2013 The Tech 15

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S By Charlotte Brackett NEWMAC meet record of 1:31.41. The A relay, MIT placed five swimmers in the top time of 1:42.90. DAPER STAFF that consisted of Bradley A. Mattix ’16, Ben- eight in the 100-yard butterfly, taking the top In the next event, the 100-yard breast- s jamin R. Bauchwitz ’15, Wyatt L. Ubellacker four spots. Ubellacker touched first in 48.82, stroke, Bauchwitz earned a B cut with his With day two of the 2013 New England ’13 and Kale T. Rogers ’16 won the champion- breaking his own meet record of 49.15 from time of 57.27, which placed him second. Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference ship final with a time of 1:30.42. The relay eas- 2011 and finishing well under the A cut. Sean Dion W. Low ’16 followed in third place (NEWMAC) Swimming and Diving cham- ily broke their own NEWMAC meet record of R. Corcoran ’16 came in second with a 49.83 with a 57.74, also earning a B cut. Brendon pionships completed, the MIT men’s team 1:31.41 that had remained untouched since Brendan T. Deveney ’13 won his sec- W. Chiu ’15 came in fourth with a 57.84, and held on to the lead that they had established 2009 and earned an NCAA A cut. ond individual title of the weekend when Michael J. Liao ’14 was fifth with his 57.91. the day before. The Engineers won six of the With his time of 3:58.17 in the 400-yard he touched first in the 200-yard freestyle Mattix finished in first place in the 100- port seven events, bringing their point total to individual medley, Alexander I. Lednev ’16 with a time of 1:39.87, just off the meet re- yard backstroke with his time of 50.40, 750. Springfield College took over the second broke the NEWMAC meet record of 4:01.05 cord and the NCAA A cut. Anthony Chen breaking the NEWMAC meet record of S place spot with 438 points. and the NEWMAC open record of 3:59.64, ’13 followed in second place in 1:41.10. Both 50.66 that had remained untouched since In the consolation final of the 200-yard both from 2012, finishing well under the B easily earned B cuts. Maxwell T. Pruner ’13 2005. Ron Rosenberg ’13 came in second medley relay, the MIT B relay touched first cut. Remy A. Mock ’14 was second with his finished in fourth with a 1:41.63, and Daryl with a 51.37, and Corcoran was fourth with with a time of 1:31.98, just half a second off the time of 4:04.36. G. Neubieser ’15 came in fifth place with his a 51.84. p ort s S An Evening with Jim Gaffigan 8pm Friday, Feb. 22 p ort s

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