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Volume 128, Number 25 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, May 9, 2008 Government Declares Some Grad Students Are ‘Security Threats’ By Michael McGraw-Herdeg and materials available to the TSA. Executive Editor Based upon this review, I have deter- Eight MIT graduate students with mined that you pose a security threat student visas were denied a key cre- and you do not meet the eligibility dential by the Department of Home- requirements to hold a Transporta- land Security. After their department tion Worker Identification Credential appealed the decisions on their be- (TWIC).” A British graduate student half, the DHS declared at least two received a similar letter, said James of the students “security threats.” A. Yoder, dean of WHOI. The troubles stem from a new After the denials, WHOI sent an homeland security program called appeal on behalf of each student, say- the Transportation Worker Identi- ing how important the students were fication Credential, a plastic card to government-sponsored research, which, like an MIT ID, contains Yoder said. “We’d sure like them to personally identifying information have the same access rights as any and can be read wirelessly. Without other graduate student,” Yoder said. Brian D. Hemond—The Tech the credential, the students will soon WHOI will continue to try to ob- Gregory D. Tao ’10, winner of the 2.007 robotics competition “Da(yes)MIT,” is carried on a victory lap have a harder time boarding and tain the credential for the students. by Utilikilt-wearing Professor Alexander H. Slocum, last night in the Johnson Athletic Center. leaving ships at U.S. ports, including “We’re a long way from giving up,” the three research ships at the Woods he said. Hole Oceanographic Institute, where Without a TWIC, graduate stu- the students work. dents will face a hassle, but not an The situation was well-known to insurmountable burden, Yoder said. Head of Mechanical Engineering WHOI, but it only came to MIT’s In preparation for a research cruise, attention yesterday, when a German people frequently have to run out student forwarded to colleagues in and get supplies or replace broken Dept. Will Leave His Post in July the Earth, Atmosphere, and Plan- parts, Yoder said, and this is hard if etary Sciences Department a letter you cannot freely enter and leave the By Ramya Sankar gineering. nated and merged into Course II. from the Department of Homeland port. Staff Reporter The department has changed sub- During Abeyaratne’s time, the Security. The letter said in part: “I WHOI is currently working On July 1, Mary C. Boyce PhD stantially over the seven-year tenure department saw new programs to have personally reviewed the Initial within the DHS system to try to get ’87 will become chair of the Me- of outgoing chair Rohan Abeyaratne. improve the sense of community Determination of Threat Assess- credentials for its workers with stu- chanical Engineering department. In structure, curriculum, and future among faculty and graduate stu- ment, your reply, accompanying in- She will be the first female depart- plans, the department has exhibited dents. He cited as an example men- formation, and all other information Threat, Page 14 ment head within the School of En- shifts that Abeyaratne said left it sta- torship by the Graduate Association ble and ripe for a transition. of Mechanical Engineers group, Over seven years, 19 new faculty which reaches out to incoming grad- members joined the department, a uate students before they arrive on Mass. State move that Abeyaratne said “energiz- campus. es the department because they have In the classroom, instruction active programs in new areas.” changed, with an emphasis on open- Considers The mechanical engineering de- ended concept questions replacing partment also grew in 2005, when Taking 2.5% Ocean Engineering (XIII) was elimi- Abeyaratne, Page 17 Of University Robert I. Hulsizer Jr. Endowments PhD ’48 MIT News Office By Peter Schworm Professor of Physics Emeritus Robert I. Hulsizer Jr. PhD ’48, a for- and Matt Viser mer chairman of the faculty and expert on elementary particle physics The Boston Globe whose zeal for teaching science made him a student favorite at MIT, Massachusetts lawmakers desper- died on April 30 of complications from Alzheimer’s. He was 88. ate for additional revenue are eyeing Born in East Orange, N.J., in November 1919, Hulsizer received the endowments of deep-pocketed his BS in math from Bates College in 1940, an MA in physics from private colleges to bolster the state’s Wesleyan University in 1942, and his PhD in physics from MIT. coffers by more than $1 billion a During World War II, Hulsizer helped develop radar at the Radia- year, asserting that the schools’ ris- tion Lab at MIT. Among the applications he worked on were radar- ing fortunes undercut their nonprofit guided bombsights that allowed bombers to find their targets through status. cloud cover, which was an important advance for wartime pilots who Legislators have asked state fi- previously relied on visual sighting. nance officials to study a plan that In 1964, after spending 15 years at the University of Illinois, he would impose a 2.5 percent annual assessment on colleges with endow- Hulsizer, Page 16 ments over $1 billion, an amount now exceeded by nine Massachusetts in- stitutions. The proposal, which high- er education specialists believe is the In Short first of its kind across the country, drew surprising support at a debate ¶¶Mass. Ave will be paved from ing Thursday, May 15. The roof on the State House budget last week William Yee—The Tech Main St. to Memorial Dr. on Mon- above 2-301 through 2-330 will be and is attracting attention in higher Heather A. 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Page 18 Page 8 Sports ��������������������������������������������20 Endowment, Page 15 Page 2 The Tech May 9, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n Congressman Calls for Criminal Myanmar’s Biggest City Still Charges in Utah Mine Collapse By Ian Urbina The New York Times WASHINGTON Paralyzed, Days After Storm The general manager and possibly other senior staff at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah, where nine miners died last Au- By The New York Times recovery could be. largest hospital, a majestic red-brick gust, hid information from federal officials that could have prevented The New York Times In Yangon, the top American dip- building built by the British, lost large the disaster and should face criminal charges, the chairman of a House YANGON, Myanmar lomat’s Cadillac is trapped in the ga- portions of its roof during the storm. investigation said Thursday. Five days after the powerful cy- rage by giant fallen trees, and lines Crumbling colonial mansions are new- The chairman, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., accused the company clone struck, this city, Myanmar’s for rationed gasoline snake through ly ravaged by wind and rain. Reams of of concealing the extent of an earlier collapse in the mine that involved commercial capital and until Satur- the city for blocks. Generators hum fabric at the nearby Bogyok Aung San the same high-risk technique, known as retreat mining, that was being day a verdant oasis of wide avenues, everywhere. Buildings have lost roofs market were soaked by the cyclone and used when the disaster began. Miller said that if federal mine officials was far from back to normal on and facades. The sign for the Hotel were rolled out onto balconies to dry. had known the extent of that earlier collapse, they would not have al- Thursday. Yangon is missing its Y and n. At the once elegant compound lowed the company to continue using the method, in which miners re- Thousands of trees lie where they Essential equipment — chainsaws, housing the French Embassy, Am- move coal from the pillars that hold up the tunnels. fell, jetties on the Yangon River have machines capable of lifting heavy de- bassador Jean Pierre Lafosse wan- Miller disclosed that he had sent a referral letter in late April to the collapsed into the water and only a bris and helicopters — is in short sup- ders the grounds looking lost. Justice Department asking it to investigate whether the mine’s man- few traffic lights are working. ply or absent altogether. The govern- The embassy’s front wall was de- ager, Laine W. Adair, on his own or in conspiracy with others in the Most of Yangon, a city of 5 mil- ment has 12 helicopters, but only five stroyed by a fallen tree, as were other company, concealed facts or made false statements to federal investi- lion people, remains without electric- are operational and can transport sup- buildings and walls throughout the gators about the condition of the mine before the disaster. ity, and even the local branch of the plies to far-flung locations, diplomats compound. On Aug. 6, roof supports in a section of the mine gave way in a ma- Ministry of Energy has no power. here say. In neighborhoods here where “All these trees were 40 and 50 jor collapse that left six miners fatally entombed. Ten days later, three The death toll in Yangon has been soldiers are clearing trees, they are of- years old,” said Lafosse, whose crisp miners who were working as rescuers died after more tunnels fell. small compared with the devastation ten using small machetes and axes to white shirt and tie appear to be the in the delta of the Irrawaddy River. hack away at thick branches. Neigh- only neat and orderly part of the The government has counted fewer borhoods where workers have chain- embassy in the wake of the cyclone. Airlines Raising Ticket Fees, than 400 people killed here compared saws look and smell like lumberyards. “There is only one tree left. But that with the more than 22,000 dead, and Basic construction materials are is not a unique situation in Rangoon Negating Many Discounts by some unofficial estimates possi- unavailable. at all.” Rangoon is the former name By Micheline Maynard bly tens of thousands more, in all of “There are no nails to be found of Yangon. The New York Times Myanmar since the huge cyclone hit in Yangon,” said Shari Villarosa, the In the wealthy neighborhoods Air travel these days is an adventure with many surprises, some of on Saturday. charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy where the generals and diplomats them unpleasant. But the inability of the govern- here, who said the embassy imported live, groups of soldiers are clearing That also describes the process of simply buying a ticket. ment to clear debris and restore basic chainsaws from Thailand and Ban- away debris and workers are perched Airlines have raised fares or increased surcharges, partly to cover utilities like water and power in the gladesh. “The basics are not here.” on rooftops replacing tiles. But in the the rising cost of jet fuel, at least 10 times so far this year — most re- country’s wealthiest city is a measure The damage to buildings, many al- poorer neighborhoods, “there are no cently on Thursday, when American Airlines and Delta Air Lines raised of how difficult Myanmar’s disaster ready decrepit, is extensive. The city’s soldiers at all,” said one resident. ticket fees again. The increases have wiped out many of the discounts the carriers offered in 2007 to fill planes. Full-fare coach tickets on some transcontinental routes, like Los Angeles to Philadelphia, now cost more than $1,000 round trip. Lei- Tensions Rise in Lebanon As sure fares, purchased in advance, are back to the levels that passengers paid in 2006, or about $230 round trip, on average, according to Robert Harrell of Harrell Associates, which tracks airfares. Telecom Network is Shut Down Business-class tickets are up 30 percent from the recent lows touched three years ago, when Delta cut fares sharply, Harrell said. By Nada Bakri civil war. prosecute those responsible for oper- But those figures do not include higher charges and fees, particular- and Graham Bowley On Tuesday, the government said ating the network, which was mainly ly for the higher price of fuel, which has jumped more than 63 percent The New York Times that it would send troops to shut down used for communication between over this time last year. BEIRUT, Lebanon a telephone network operated by Hezbollah members during the war The decision by the Lebanese Hezbollah in south Lebanon and the with Israel in 2006. It also accused the government to shut down a private southern suburbs of Beirut. militant group of placing several spy Gunmen Assassinate Acting Chief telephone network operated by the “This decision was a declaration cameras on a road outside the Beirut Iranian-backed group Hezbollah was of war and the start of war on the re- airport to monitor pro-government Of Mexico’s Federal Police an act of war and Hezbollah would sistance and its weapons,” Nasrallah officials. The cabinet dismissed the By James C. Mckinley defend itself, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, said, speaking via satellite at a news airport’s director of security, a figure The New York Times MEXICO CITY Hezbollah’s leader, said Thursday. conference convened by Hezbollah in close to Hezbollah. Gunmen assassinated the acting chief of Mexico’s federal police ear- The comments were among Nas- the southern suburbs of Beirut. On Thursday, parts of the city ly on Thursday morning in the most brazen attack so far in the year-and- rallah’s strongest since the beginning “Our response to this decision is were still shut down, and roads were a-half-old struggle between the government and organized crime gangs. of Lebanon’s months-long political that whoever declares or starts a war, still blocked by burning tires and gar- The Mexican police have been under constant attack since Presi- crisis and may signal a new level of be it a brother or a father, then it is bage cans set on fire by Hezbollah dent Felipe Calderon took office in December 2007 and launched an confrontation between Hezbollah and our right to defend ourselves and our supporters and other opponents of the offensive against drug cartels who had corrupted the municipal police its supporters and the Western-backed existence,” he said. government. forces and local officials in several towns along the border and on both government. Tensions have escalated However, Nasrallah left open the They were trying to enforce a coasts. in recent days, and clashes and gun- door for some negotiations by say- strike protesting government eco- Since then, Calderon has sent thousands of federal agents and fire continued on the streets of Bei- ing that it would stop the strike if the nomic policies and demanding higher troops into those areas to establish law and order, provoking a powerful rut on Thursday as Hezbollah tried government’s forces left the streets of minimum wages. Roads to the airport backlash from drug cartels, who have killed some 200 officers, among to enforce a general strike called by Beirut and the government reversed its were still closed, and only one plane them at least 30 federal agents. labor unions. It is the country’s worst decision on the telephone network. managed to leave Beirut on Thurs- political crisis since the 1975-1990 The government has said it would day. We a t h e r Volcano Eruption in South America Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, May 9, 2008

By Roberto Rondanelli 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W Staff Meteorologist 40°N Volcanic eruptions are natural phenomena ever present in the Earth’s his- tory, although not in our minds most of the time. However, they are critical to the history and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere of the Earth before life had a similar composition to modern volcanic outgassing

(mainly CO2, water and nitrogen), and all the water present in the oceans as 1016 35°N well as most of the atmosphere is thought to have a volcanic origin. Volca- noes can influence climate in shorter time scales by injecting reflective sulfate aerosols and can also modify the chemical composition of the stratosphere 1008 influencing ozone depletion. The most spectacular case of volcanic eruption 1000 during the past century was the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, that is 30°N 1000 believed to have cooled the planet by about 0.5 C, an amount similar in mag- 1008 nitude to the accumulated trend in warming during the last 100 years. The most recent example of a volcanic eruption is occurring right now in 1003 Southern Chile. The Chaiten Volcano located at about 42 degrees South near the Pacific coast of South America, believed to be dormant for the last 9000 years, 25°N started erupting on May 2nd and has injected material into the atmosphere in a 15 km high plume. Satellite images from the MODIS instrument on board the NASA’s Terra satellite amazingly capture the dispersion of the volcanic plume that has already crossed the South American continent making its way towards the Atlantic. The volcanic ash has prompted flight cancellations as far from the Volcano as Buenos Aires (about 1000 miles from the volcanic cone).

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Obama Returns to Capitol and Team China Plants Olympic Torch on Everest Peak Tries to Rally Democrats By Edward Wong The New York Times BEIJING By Carl Hulse and Clinton have had no known re- Obama made no public effort to A team of climbers on a mission from China carried the Olympic and David M. Herszenhorn cent talks. pressure Clinton from the race, and torch to the summit of Mt. Everest on Thursday, fulfilling a long-held The New York Times Addressing concern among some in interviews with CNN and NBC goal of Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lit atop the WASHINGTON Democrats that Clinton would fight News he praised her as a formida- world’s highest mountain. Sen. Barack Obama began try- on to the national convention in late ble candidate who could not yet be But overseas groups opposed to Chinese policies in Tibet de- ing to rally the Democratic Party August, Terry McAuliffe, chairman counted out. But he said that he was nounced the event, saying the Chinese government was simply using around him on Thursday. He struck of the Clinton campaign, suggested likely to lock up a majority of the the torch to bolster claims of sovereignty over what they say should be a tougher tone against Sen. John Mc- that the race would end quickly af- pledged delegates — those awarded an independent country. Cain, saying McCain was “losing his ter the final primaries in early June, by voting in the primary and caucus The ascent of the 29,035-foot Mt. Everest was the most ambitious bearings” in his pursuit of the presi- sparing the party a potentially debili- states — after the Kentucky and Ore- leg of what is expected to be the longest Olympic torch relay in history. dency. tating summer-long battle. gon primaries on May 20, and that at The torch that climbers carried to the top at 9:18 a.m. on Thursday was Even as Sen. Hillary Rodham “After June 3, this is going to that point he could declare victory. a side torch; the main torch is making its way through the southern Clinton persisted with her campaign come to a conclusion,” McAuliffe While he was respectful to Clin- province of Guangdong and will continue through every province of for the Democratic presidential said on NBC’s “Today” program. ton, Obama seemed eager to chal- China before arriving in Beijing in August for the Summer Games. nomination, Obama made a celebra- Other close Clinton allies said lenge McCain. Asked on CNN about The Chinese government has tried to maintain tight control over tory return to the Capitol, where he much the same thing, evidence of a McCain’s recent statement that the every aspect of the Everest climb. Officials brought a group of journal- received an enthusiastic reception on growing consensus that Clinton has radical Palestinian party Hamas, ists to the base camp to help publicize the ascent while barring foreign the floor of the House in an appear- another four weeks to make her case considered by the United States to be climbing groups from any summit attempts during this period for fear ance staged to position him as the to voters and superdelegates but then a terrorist organization, would favor of Tibet-related protests marring the torch relay, which has already party’s inevitable nominee. should exit quickly if she has not Obama’s election, Obama said it was been beset by anti-China protests in foreign cities. Behind the scenes, there were somehow turned the race around. offensive and called it a smear. new discussions between Obama and The Clinton campaign continued to “And so for him to toss out com- the party leadership. Senior Demo- grapple with a number of impedi- ments like that I think is an example Like Its American Rivals, cratic officials said he met with ments to fighting on, including a de- of him losing his bearings as he pur- Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday cline in fundraising. sues this nomination,” Obama said. Toyota Feels Slowdown in U.S. when their paths crossed at Demo- “I think she should complete the In the meantime, Obama con- By Martin Fackler cratic Party headquarters. They had primary season, and then she has tinued to scoop up more support The New York Times TOKYO spoken by telephone about the state to re-evaluate and her supporters from the superdelegates, the elected Toyota Motor said Thursday that the slowdown in the U.S. economy of the race earlier in the week. The have to re-evaluate,” said Rep. Nita Democrats and party officials whose would likely cause its first annual profit drop in nine years, accelerating officials declined to discuss the sub- M. Lowey of New York, a Clinton votes will be necessary for either a shift by it and other Asian car manufacturers into emerging markets stance of the conversations. Pelosi backer. candidate to secure the nomination. like China, Latin America and the Middle East. The shifting emphasis toward emerging markets is part of a broader trend in the industry, and underscores the declining stature of the Unit- ed States in the global economy. Both Asian carmakers and American North Korea Opens Documents rivals like General Motors have seen a rising portion of sales in emerg- ing markets that were not even a factor a decade ago. Toyota, now in a dead heat with GM to be the world’s largest car On Its Nuclear Programs company, said most of its recent profit growth has come in new markets like Brazil, China and Russia. It said the growth helped offset sluggish By Helene Cooper ertheless described the move on Thurs- as checked baggage would be too sales in the United States, traditionally Toyota’s largest and most profit- The New York Times day as an important step, saying they risky, the officials said. The acquisi- able market, and other mature economies like Europe and Japan. WASHINGTON hope it will help to resolve a dispute tion of the documents is the latest step “Our profit structure has become more geographically balanced, North Korea has turned over to the over how much plutonium North Korea in the Bush administration’s effort to with growing contributions from resource-rich countries and emerging United States 18,000 pages of docu- holds. Administration officials have not complete a nuclear pact with North countries,” Toyota’s president, Katsuaki Watanabe, said in a statement. ments related to its plutonium pro- said how much plutonium North Korea Korea before it leaves office in Janu- This shift has been partly driven by the faltering prospects of the gram dating from 1990, in an effort has admitted possessing, but they have ary. The nuclear deal has come under United States market. Declining American sales, along with the weak- to resolve remaining differences in a criticized as incomplete a preliminary fire from some conservatives, in and ening dollar and rising material prices, prompted Toyota to forecast a pending agreement meant to begin the declaration it made in December. out of the administration, who contend 27.2 percent decline in net profit to 1.25 trillion yen, or $12.5 billion, denuclearization of the Korean pen- The documents, which fill seven that North Korea cannot be trusted to during the current fiscal year, which ends March 2009. Last month, insula, Bush administration officials boxes, “will help shed light on why end its nuclear program. Honda Motor projected an 18 percent drop in net profit this fiscal year, said Thursday. they have a lower figure,” said an ad- On Wednesday, The Wall Street citing similar reasons. The documents contain informa- ministration official who insisted on Journal’s editorial page, which has op- tion about North Korea’s three major anonymity. He said one reason could posed the pact, said that Christopher campaigns to reprocess plutonium for be that North Korea has more nuclear R. Hill, the assistant secretary of state Austrian Man Who Imprisoned nuclear weapons, in 1990, 2003 and waste than expected, which could have for East Asia and Pacific affairs, had 2005, a senior official said. The offi- led to lower plutonium production “made a mockery of the interagency Daughter Makes Comments cial, like some others who agreed to than the United States had estimated. process.” It said he had been bypass- By Mark Landler discuss the documents, spoke on the Officials in Pyongyang, the capital ing other Bush officials and, instead, The New York Times FRANKFURT, Germany condition of anonymity because of of North Korea, gave the documents “handpicking experts to work at Yong- Josef Fritzl, the 73-year-old Austrian who imprisoned and raped his diplomatic considerations. to Sung Kim, director of the State De- byon,” where North Korea is disman- daughter for nearly a quarter century, said he knew his actions were But the documents do not include partment’s Korea office, on Thursday, tling its nuclear reactor. wrong. But he denied he was a “beast,” and said he thought constantly information on two other areas about and he was poring over them in his Hill has the backing of Secretary about freeing her from the underground vault where she was locked up, which North Korea has promised to hotel before bringing them back to the of State Condoleezza Rice, and they along with three of her seven children, whom he fathered. be forthcoming — a uranium pro- United States this weekend, State De- have kept President Bush’s support In his first public comments since being arrested last month — re- gram that some officials in the Bush partment officials said. They said that for a pact that many foreign policy layed by his lawyer and published in an Austrian magazine on Thurs- administration regard as another track several other U.S. diplomats would ac- experts say is the administration’s best day — Fritzl offered a defense, by turns lurid and banal, of the inde- toward weapons development, and company Kim and the documents on a chance at a tangible foreign policy ac- fensible. He also appeared to be laying the groundwork for a legal case North Korea’s involvement in the pro- commercial flight back to Washington complishment — beginning the denu- based on his disturbed mental state. liferation of nuclear material. so they could transport the boxes as clearization of the Korean peninsular “I constantly knew, during the entire 24 years, that what I did was not State Department officials have nev- carry-on luggage. Transporting them — in its remaining months. right, that I must have been crazy to do something like this,” the magazine quoted Fritzl as saying to his lawyer, Rudolf Mayer. “With each week that I held my daughter captive,” he said, “my situation got crazier.” Russian Parliament Overwhelmingly Still, while admitting a lifetime of unfathomable abuse, Fritzl also painted a picture of depraved domesticity. “When I went into the bunker, I brought flowers for my daughter, and books and stuffed animals for the children,” he said. They watched Approves Putin As Prime Minister adventure movies while his daughter, Elisabeth, cooked their favorite By C.J. Chivers of 315 votes from United Russia, the increase our production,” he said. meals. “And then we all sat around the table and ate together,” he said. The New York Times party he leads, once again commanded Putin, 55, suggested that he would MOSCOW the stage. Before the vote, he delivered move quickly and that legislators Russia’s Parliament overwhelm- a 45-minute speech proposing a series would receive draft legislation in Au- European Central Bank Leaves ingly confirmed Vladimir V. Putin as of domestic policy initiatives. While the gust with the details of his proposals. prime minister on Thursday, complet- speech included many of Medvedev’s The underlying message centered Benchmark Rate Unchanged ing his managed departure from the campaign themes, it was largely indis- on continuing the economic rebound, By Carter Dougherty presidency in a manner that left him tinguishable from Putin’s presidential both to raise living standards and eco- The New York Times ATHENS, Greece the country’s dominant politician, addresses over his two terms. nomic security for Russia’s citizens The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged with a firm grip on power. “Great and grandiose tasks lie be- and to secure Russia’s path as a resur- at 4 percent on Thursday, saying that the region’s economy remained resil- Putin, out of office only a day, fore us,” he said, addressing a legisla- gent world power, themes that Putin ient despite nearly nine months of financial turmoil. received 392 votes in the 450-seat ture under his control. Medvedev sat developed as president. Also Thursday, the Bank of England kept its benchmark rate at 5 per- Duma, Parliament’s lower house, be- silently. Medvedev, 42, was sworn in as cent, pausing to study the effects of three interest rate cuts it has made fore the resolution confirming his The proposals included efforts to Russia’s third post-Soviet president since Dec. 6. Both decisions were expected. new post was handed to his protege reduce double-digit inflation; legisla- on Wednesday. His path to office had The president of the European bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, said in Ath- and presidential successor, Dmitri A. tion to create tax breaks for education, been assured since December, when ens that information on business confidence, consumers’ mood and the ser- Medvedev, who promptly accepted it. housing and medical costs; and more Putin, who under the Constitution vice industries had been mixed, but that broadly, Europe had been largely Only 56 members of Parliament, government spending for housing, in- could not seek a third consecutive untouched by the credit crisis and the slowdown in the United States. all Communists, voted against the ap- frastructure and military equipment. term, endorsed him. “Latest data and survey information on economic activity confirm pointment. Their party leader issued a He also proposed tax reductions In Washington on Thursday, the previous expectations of moderate but ongoing growth in the first half of scathing assessment of Putin’s eight for the oil sector and a law to stop cor- State Department said that Russia had 2008,” Trichet said. “Over all, the euro-area economy has sound funda- years of rule, saying they were marked porate raiding, and said his govern- ordered the expulsion of two U.S. mil- mentals.” by lost opportunities. Two members of ment would work to revive agriculture itary attaches working at the U.S. em- While European stock markets have risen in recent weeks, the credit Parliament were not present. and spur domestic food production. bassy in Moscow. “We believe that the markets — particularly among banks — remain tense, reflecting uncer- The dissenting speech was broad- As much as 70 percent of the food expulsions were not justified,” Sean tainty about whether the damage linked to the American mortgage market cast live on national television — un- in Russia’s major cities is imported, he McCormack, a department spokes- has run its course. Though sanguine, Trichet’s message fell short of the usual in a country where criticism of said, suggesting that costs for staples man, said at a midday briefing. “But one given last week by the Bank of England, which hinted that finan- Putin has been blocked from televi- were especially vulnerable to inflation as we all know, in the world of diplo- cial assets backed by mortgages had become undervalued because of sion for years. in a time of rising global transporta- macy, sometimes these things happen an overly gloomy outlook. But Putin, secure with the guarantee tion costs. “To lower prices, we must from time to time.” Page 4 The Tech May 9, 2008 Op i n i o n Letters To The Editor When people are talking about human Chairman Pires Misunderstands rights, there is no denying that China is still Criticism of Olympics Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 China Letters behind most developed countries, like all other Has Role Editor in Chief developing countries. When it comes to basic Nick Semenkovich ’09 In the last issue of the Tech, Miguel Va- human rights, we need to look at the right to In response to the letter from Jamie B. Ed- lença Pires G has labeled the response of the food, the right to education, the right to medi- wards ’08 on May 2, the United States and the Business Manager MIT Chinese student community to recent cal care, and the right to work, because these global community should not back down in Austin Chu ’08 cartoons as “a type of attack,” raising a ques- rights are crucial and indispensable. criticizing China for human rights violations. tion “what chance do more basic human rights If you have never lived in a country that has Mr. Edwards is correct that the U.S. has had Managing Editor stand?” However, the author misunderstands more than 70 percent illiteracy and millions of many despicable incidents in its history that we Jessica Witchley ’10 the response of Chinese students and I do not people suffering from starvation and diseases would rather forget today. But I think his claim Executive Editor agree that it is a type of attack. Moreover, I like China a half-century ago, you would find that the US should “think twice about scolding Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08 doubt that the author even knows what basic it difficult to understand how important these the Chinese” is flawed. human rights means, especially to people liv- basic human rights are to the Chinese people. It is far worse to remain silent in the face of News Staff ing in China. Fortunately, China has improved these human rights violations, even in an attempt to Editor: Nick Bushak ’10; Associate Editors: First, it seems that Mr. Pires considers the basic human rights dramatically in this half avoid hypocrisy, than it is to for a people with JiHye Kim ’10, Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo response of the Chinese students as a violation century: illiteracy decreased to less than 10 its own flawed record to stand up for human ’11, Ryan Ko ’11, Natasha Plotkin ’11, Emily of the human rights of those who have pub- percent, life expectancy reached 73, not to rights. If the US had always ignored human Prentice ’11; Staff: Waseem S. Daher G, Curt lished anti-China cartoons. I have a complete mention that no one in China now suffers rights for the sake of avoiding hypocrisy, many Fischer G, Ray C. He G, Ramya Sankar G, John different view from Mr. Pires. from starvation. of our best moments in history would never A. Hawkinson ’98, Jiao Wang ’08, Daniela Let us start with this definition of human To maintain the right to food, an Ameri- happened. Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin Cheng ’09, Diana Jue ’09, rights given by the United Nations: “All human can spends about $3000 a year, which is about If the northern states had decided not to Ji Qi ’09, Kirtana Raja ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Yuri Hanada ’10, Joyce Kwan beings are born free and equal in dignity and twice as much as the GDP per capita in China. fight the Civil War because they had once per- ’10, Manisha Padi ’10, Joanne Y. Shih ’10, rights. They are endowed with reason and con- The Chinese government has to maintain the mitted slavery, the slaves would never have Yan Huang ’11, Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Lulu science and should act towards one another in basic human rights of its people using only been freed. If the US had decided not to fight Wang ’11; Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan G, a spirit of brotherhood”. half the amount of money that Americans put the Nazi invasion of Europe in World War II Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, Roberto For the Chinese student community, the re- toward food. because we had once invaded and destroyed Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian H. Tang cent cartoons offended their dignity, and hurt Isn’t this a great achievement for a huge Native Americans, the Nazis would never have G, John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha G, their feelings (to understand why this is the developing country? Wouldn’t this make China been defeated. And again more recently in Ko- Garrett P. Marino ’08, Mike Yee ’08. case, one has to at least know some qualify to host of the Olympic Games? sovo, in Somalia, and in the first Persian Gulf Production Staff Chinese culture and history). As a response, Judging China in black and white terms, war, the US has stood up, despite its own flaws, Editor: Steve Howland ’11; Staff: K. Nichole what they did was simply to use their rights, neglecting China’s achievements on improv- for good and just causes. Treadway ’10, Yue Li ’11, Mark Thompson ’11, submitting letters to The Tech to express their ing basic human rights, and viciously distort- I recognize that pure altruism did not moti- Mark Yen ’11. different viewpoints about the current issues ing Beijing’s intention of hosting the Olympic vate all of these actions, nor were all of these and clarify the misunderstandings that some Games can hardly be regarded as friendly ges- actions totally morally executed, but I believe Opinion Staff cartoon authors may have. tures toward the Chinese community at MIT the fact remains that on the whole, the US has Editor: Aditya Kohli ’09; Staff: Josh Levinger The words they chose were very peaceful and everywhere in the world. made many just decisions in defense of human ’07, Ali S. Wyne ’08, Krishna Gupta ’09. and the facts they cited were objective. In those The 2008 Olympic Games is being held rights. Sports Staff letters, I did not see any single word that could in Beijing starting August 8, 2008, with the I agree with Mr. Edwards that our history is be categorized as “a type of attack” and I do opening ceremony commencing at 08:08:08 imperfect. We have made many mistakes. But Editor: Shreyes Seshasai ’08; Staff: James Zorich ’08, Albert Ni ’09. not think they hurt anyone’s feelings. p.m. There are six eights in the date and time. if we allow our mistakes to hold us back from The Chinese student community is pro- ‘Eight’ and ‘six’ are good numbers in Chinese doing what we have learned is right, then we Arts Staff tecting their dignity using their rights without culture, meaning wealth and harmony, respec- doubly wrong all those whom we have wronged Editors: Sarah Dupuis ’10, Praveen Rathinavelu offending other people’s dignity. If Mr. Pires tively. in our past. ’10; Staff: Bogdan Fedeles G, Andrew Lee ’07, persists in saying that this is “a type of attack” Hosting the Olympic Games is not to show We cannot rely on perfect leaders, because Alice Macdonald ’08, Tyson C. McNulty ’08, S. and an overreaction, then I would like to ask off, but to deliver a message to people all there are none. We must do the best we can, Balaji Mani ’10, Tina Ro ’10, Kevin Wang ’10. Mr. Pires’s advice on two questions: Should the around the world who really care about China with open minds and open eyes, and a good

Photography Staff Chinese student community have just kept its the Chinese people, that wealth and harmony memory. And that is why we should not today mouth shut? How do we distinguish between are two characteristics of a society that China restrain ourselves from criticizing China and Editors: Perry Hung ’08, David M. Templeton ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09, Andrea Robles ’10; overreaction, underreaction, and a reaction of is going to be in 20 years, if not shorter. other nations that may violate human rights. Staff: Vincent Auyeung G, Alex H. Chan G, the right amount? Fei Chen G Ben Switala ’09 David Da He G, Maksim Imakaev G, Dmitry Kashlev G, Andrew T. Lukmann G, Martin Segado G, Noah Spies G, Scott Johnston ’03, Christina Kang ’08, Arthur Petron ’08, David Reshef ’08, Martha Angela Wilcox ’08, Ana Malagon ’09, Peter H. Rigano ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Jerzy Szablowski ’09, Diana Ye ’09, Daniel P. Beauboeuf ’10, Mindy Eng ’10, Helen Hou ’10, Monica Kahn ’10, Samuel E. Kronick ’10, Diane Rak ’10, Aaron Sampson ’10, Jongu Shin ’10, William Yee ’10, Dhaval Adjodah ’11, Kari Williams ’11, Sherry Yan ’11.

Campus Life Staff Editor: Charles Lin G; Staff: J. Graham Ruby G, David Shirokoff G, Bruce Wu G, James Scott Berdahl ’08, Jason Chan ’09, Sarah C. Proehl ’09, Michael Ciuffo ’11, Michael T. Lin ’11; Cartoonists: Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer G, Roberto Perez-Franco G, Roxana G. Safipour ’09, Ben Peters ’11.

Business Staff Operations Manager: Michael Kuo ’10; Staff: Jeffrey Chang ’08, Cokie Hu ’08, Tai Ho Kang ’08, Neeharika Bhartiya ’10, Jennifer Chu ’10, Ritu Tandon ’10, Heymian Wong ’10.

Technology Staff Staff: Quentin Smith ’10.

Editors at Large Contributing Editors: Rosa Cao G, Brian Hemond G, Valery K. Brobbey ’08, Angeline Wang ’09, Caroline Huang ’10; Senior Editors: Satwiksai Seshasai G, Jillian A. Berry ’08, Omari Stephens ’08.

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Accelerating globalization and an evolv- Administration has circumvented the Geneva tions of nonpolarity. The lead story in the cur- ing definition of power — one that deempha- Restoring America’s standing in the world Convention to allow for the torture of such in- rent issue of Foreign Affairs argues that “The sizes military prowess — will ensure that state must surely rank as the next administration’s dividuals. United States’ unipolar moment is over. Inter- and non-state actors compete for influence. foremost priority. Unfortunately, the three re- Unifying these seven propositions is the national relations in the twenty-first century The next administration has, then, a dual maining presidential candidates have yet to simple but powerful conviction that the United will be defined by nonpolarity.” imperative: restoring American leadership articulate a clear strategy for achieving this States stands to achieve its greatest success The end of the United States’ time as su- and comprehending a power landscape that is (admittedly daunting) objective. Whoever pre- when the global community is prospering. Ar- perpower will usher in an era where there is no changing in uncertain, complex ways. vails in November should ground their strategy ticulating a clear foreign policy paradigm and superpower, but rather, multiple strong powers. Ali Wyne is a member of the Class of 2008 in seven principles and policies. I do not regard corresponding principles will be of particular Individuals, nonprofit organizations, and other and the current U.A. Vice President. the first three as particularly controversial — the experiences of the past decade or so yield them quite naturally — and, as such, I present them without comment: 1. Abandon neoconservatism as a foreign policy paradigm. 2. Bring in more students and scholars from countries in the Islamic world. 3. Intensify efforts to cultivate alternative energy sources and make them economically viable. 4. Engage India and China. While India and China are rapidly growing economic powers, they are not the fearsome ti- tans that Western media would often have us believe. They face — China, in particular — serious challenges to their development that are concealed in pictures of gleaming skyscrapers and reports of 10 percent annual GDP growth. The zero-sum conception of global politics that has come to characterize Washington’s mind- set maintains that their growth threatens our own. The high extent of interdependence be- tween the world’s powerful economies exposes the fallacy of this argument. Putting aside the reality that attempting to “contain” or reverse their growth would be mutually inimical, such an action would be immoral. In engaging India and China, we have the opportunity to enhance our own leadership and lift billions of enter- prising minds out of poverty. 5. Engage non-state actors in the Middle East such as Hamas and Hizballah. Isolating groups whose interests differ from our own does not always result in their losing appeal among their constituencies. In the case of impoverished, desperate societies that de- pend on militant organizations, adopting that course only entrenches those organizations’ hold. In 1943, Abraham Maslow proposed a pyramidal hierarchy of human needs. At the bottom were physiological needs such as food and water, and at the top was the need for self-actualization. The Bush Administration stresses the importance of instituting modern governance in Muslim countries, and decries the brutality of groups like Hamas and Hizbal- lah (among others). It is misguided for two rea- sons. First, most Muslims resent their govern- ments, as polls of Iranians and Saudi Arabians amply demonstrate. Second, and perhaps more important, even the most fervent proponents of democracy will side with an unsavory entity if it can provision their basic needs. Lebanon offers an excellent example. One of the reasons that the United States is losing the proverbial battle for hearts and minds there is that relief organizations that receive fund- ing from the American government are legally prohibited from employing Hizballah as an in- termediary in their efforts. Unfortunately, be- cause its influence is so pervasive — Hizballah administers the disbursement of all reconstruc- tion monies — this stipulation virtually assures that the United States cannot fund or establish a viable, credible alternative to it. 6. Subsidize wheat production in Afghani- stan. In 2007, Afghanistan produced 95 percent of the world’s opium; in 2006, that figure was 92 percent; in 2000, it was 70 percent; and in 1990, it was 52 percent. These figures suggest that NATO’s current counternarcotics cam- paign is fundamentally misguided. Eliminat- ing poppy crops is tantamount to eliminating the sole source of income for many Afghans. The West cannot hope to undercut the Taliban’s influence unless it creates alternative avenues of employment for them. Since Afghanistan is largely an agrarian economy, NATO should in- vest more energy in determining which staple crops other than poppy generate the highest yields in its soils. Building a New Afghanistan showcases compelling research on the poten- tial of wheat to be such a staple crop. 7. Sign the Rome Statute of the Internation- al Criminal Court. With the utility and relevance of conven- tional military power rapidly diminishing, a country’s foreign policy success largely hinges on its credibility. Few single actions would do as much to reverse the notion that the United States abides by double standards than this one. In 2003, it terminated over $47 million in military aid to countries that did not sign deals to grant American soldiers immunity from war crimes prosecution. This policy is difficult to justify when the United States’ government avows (properly so) its right to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those individu- Page 6 The Tech May 9, 2008 Ar t s Festival Review Alternatives to ‘Iron Man’ What You Might Have Missed at Boston’s Independent Film Festival By Alice Macdonald aptly named Tony Zoreil (oreille is French for The film makes it half-way to good, but then many screen in screen and splitscreens are staff writer ear) with unusually large ears. Also of note is makes a U-turn and heads straight to crazy. It interesting, but it becomes very tiring. I have 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston The Rambler, which in the spirit of gross-out débuts with some beautiful shots and an inter- seen other films utilize this sort of gimmick, April 23rd to April 28th, 2008 horror succeeded in being one of the most dis- esting reversal of fortune, but then it just all such as Conversations with Other Women, but Somerville, Coolidge Corner, and Brattle gusting things I have ever seen. falls apart and is totally ridiculous. I liked it, the reason Conversations is so great is that the Theatres I was also not disappointed with both full- but only because of what it could have been. split-screen is used to show more at once than length documentaries I attended. We are Wiz- Blood Car lies on the other end of the fi- what one is capable of seeing in a single shot. he sixth installment of the annual Bos- ards is about the Harry Potter fan culture and nance spectrum from Transsiberian, which had Here, however, it often felt that multiple shots ton Independent Film Festival took place instead of trying to cover the whole phenom- an estimated 15 million dollar budget. There were shown simultaneously not to gain more a couple weeks ago from April 23rd to enon, it focuses on a few people who were in- are no big names or fancy explosions, but there perspective, but for the pure sake of continuing T 28th. Over 90 films were screened over spired creatively by the books and films. The is a lot of blood and sex. The film takes place the style. It would make for a cool music video, seven days at the Somerville Theatre, the Brat- result is an extremely joyful film about people in the near future where gas is over 30 dollars but not a cool movie. Even worse, Page is ob- tle, and Coolidge Corner. In case you missed with Harry Potter Web sites, rock bands, and a gallon and no one can afford to drive. But noxious in this role that feels like a re-hash of the action, here are some highlights and low- cartoons. It isn’t as centered as it could be, but how is a young man supposed to get laid with- her brilliant previous performances in Juno and lights so you can start getting excited for next it is still a fun experi- out any wheels? The Hard Candy. I was really hoping to see Page year’s festival. ence, especially if you solution, naturally, is to take on a different character and command the A good way to start is to highlight the films are not afraid to em- I sampled the festival’s offerings in kill people and use the role, but it appears she is in a bit of a rut. This that won awards at the festival. Awards at film brace your dorky side. blood to fuel your ride. film will probably be out soon is select theaters festivals are great, mostly because they allow Crawford docu- a manner that best fit my schedule My beef with the mov- … don’t be lured in by Ellen Page’s star power filmmakers to put that little laurel thing on the ments the lives of the ie, besides the fact that — see something else. DVD box or their Web site. They are also use- citizens of a small town … The result was sort of a mixed it sometimes felt a little As far as My Effortless Brilliance, it had ful to help one decide what films are actually in Texas where presi- too much like an ex- some great humorous moments, but they were worth watching! This year Ballast, Momma’s dent George W. Bush bag — some good surprises and tended YouTube video literally few and far between. I don’t think I Man, and My Winnipeg won awards for narra- just happens to live. some really boring surprises. was the complete lack have looked at my watch so many times in a pe- tive features. Sing Song Blue, Secrecy, and Life. Although it is about a of effort to make the riod of 90 minutes since high school orchestra Support.Music. won for documentaries. For the subject that even Mi- movie a little layered. rehearsals. Something would happen, but then short films,Man , Glory at Sea, and Tony Zoreil chael Moore would admit is extremely played Yes, I understand that the filmmakers weren’t seemingly endless minutes of cinematically came out on top. Be on the lookout for these out, the film approaches the Bush presidency trying to change the world or win an Oscar, but empty footage followed. While I can appreci- films at local cinemas or on Netflix. from a slightly different angle. It is not about would it have hurt to make any of the charac- ate a slower paced film — rather than a light- Now comes the part where I confess that I what Bush himself actually did or didn’t do so ters more than one-dimensional caricatures? ning-fast Michael Bay blockbuster — watch- didn’t actually make it to most of these win- much as the personal stories of the people who And now, dear readers, prepare yourself for ing people sit around and do crosswords as in ning films! I sampled the festival’s offerings in live in a miniscule town that the president de- the not so good. Two narrative films that I found My Effortless Brilliance felt pointless. It was a manner that best fit my schedule more than cided to relocate to shortly before his election to be excruciatingly boring were The Tracey missing a connective thread or direction such anything else. The result was sort of a mixed and how this affected them. Fragments and My Effortless Brilliance. The as, say, a plot would have provided. bag — some good surprises and some really I have mixed feelings about some of the Tracey Fragments seemed promising — it stars Okay, well I hope you will consider attend- boring surprises. narratives I saw. Transsiberian is a big bad-ass Ellen Page as a girl running away from home ing next year’s festival and looking into some To begin with the good, I have to say that production starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Woody while searching for her missing younger broth- of these films, even if they are a little harder the twelve shorts I was able to see were almost Harrelson, and Emily Mortimer. Russians are er. The film starts as an interesting cinematic to find! Or you could just see Iron Man like all fantastic! Tony Zoreil is an adorable and in right now and this film is Eastern Promises device where the film is literally fragmented everyone else and I will cry my little Robert delightfully whimsical French short about the plus trains and minus the naked fight scene. as the title suggests. For the first few minutes, Downey Jr. tears to myself. Album Review Fripp Flubs Latest Crimson Release Better at Collecting Dust Than Being Collectable By Balaji Mani moniker, a trademark that sits carefully under to “Neurotica,” a song that features him essen- ignoring a drunken fan in the front row yelling Staff Writer Fripp’s watch. tially performing a spoken-word slam poem in “Crrrrrrimmmsssson!” every couple minutes. King Crimson Just this Tuesday, DGM released The Col- distinct counter-rhythm to the rest of the band. Then when you’ve had enough, try tapping The Collectable King Crimson: Volume 3 lectable King Crimson: Volume 3, the third in- Eventually, he finds his pace. The whole first set your foot to classic songs like “Lark’s Tounge Release Tuesday, May 6 stallment in a series of recovered live concerts is pretty standard: the classic songs from the 80s In Aspic pt II,” “Frame By Frame,” or “Three of DGM Records spanning the band’s whole career. It’s clear that incarnations and new tunes from the most re- a Perfect Pair.” You simply can’t because they Fripp asked one of his lackeys to file through cent album, THRAK. Of the new songs, which are played much too fast. At times the beautiful t’s that time of year again: Robert Fripp the archives and throw something onto a double at that point fans were quite acquainted with, interlocking guitar parts shift out of phase and and co. have reached a lull, anticipating disc set for immediate sale. The album art is “Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream” proved the most become muddled and mediocre. their end-of-summer tour, and the only shockingly dull and immature: a cheesy bur- accessible in the live setting. The 90s lineup of King Crimson has played much better shows, I way to put food on the table (and promote gundy gradient emblazoned with two awful King Crimson introduced second percussion- with much better set-lists, and with much more the shows) is to release a blindly hand-picked square pictures of the ist Pat Mastelotto, who spirit. Belew stupidly says at the intermission, bootleg from the King Crimson archive. And band playing live. prevails on “Sex.” “Give us fifteen minutes, and we’ll assault you thank goodness they picked a decent show. The recording is It’s clear that Fripp asked one The new songs also again.” The silly banter and amateur mistakes Robert Fripp started King Crimson more taken straight from the indicate that the band are not definitive of King Crimson, nor do they than thirty years ago, and to this day remains soundboard at a 1996 of his lackeys to file through the has steered away from belong on a special edition CD meant to be a the only sustaining member of the band. For London show, the last using Belew’s madden- collectible. What does save this disc, and per- those who don’t know, Fripp is one of music’s show of that tour. The archives and throw something ing lyrics and skilled haps the key reason it was released, is the inclu- most notorious guitar snobs, an anal-retentive opening act canceled at singing to attract at- sion of the song “21st Century Schizoid Man” maniac (who has kicked out fans from shows the last minute, so Fripp onto a double disc set for tention. While Belew towards the end of the set. The song hadn’t been for taping), a pompous and condescending opened with a self-in- immediate sale. hasn’t changed a bit, played in 22 years, due to over-rotation on ra- bandmate, and yet one of progressive-rock’s dulgent “soundscape,” the music tends towards dios. It was the song that put Crimson on the greatest assets. Championing his strange style a technique and term he arrangements that are map, but Fripp didn’t want to sell out to pop of interlocking guitar parts, vertigo-inducing coined in the seventies which involves him cre- clearly against pop standards. “Vrooom,” one stardom. time signatures, and ambient sonic textures, ev- ating repeated textures and ambient noises with of the more popular new songs, contains a mul- Once August begins, King Crimson will ery incarnation of King Crimson has stood at one guitar and a decent array of guitar effect titude of noisy sections, chaotic rhythms, and embark on a new tour. It’s been three years, but the forefront of its contemporaries. pedals. After draping the audience in a wash of intermittent dreamy passages that culminate the general hope is that they’ve been preparing With sporadic album releases throughout fluttery guitar notes, the rest of the band joined into a really likeable King Crimson track. for a powerful and virtuosic sampling of their the nineties, it was hard to keep the fans inter- him on stage to kick into “Conundrum.” This The virtuosity is still there. However, the latest music. Though it’s generating income for ested all the time. The intermittent Crimson- short percussion interlude did only a little to disc leaves a listener feeling standard and un- the band, the fans could have done without The related music projects have been numerous, stir the audience, so it was up to singer Adrian moved. Either the band didn’t preview the disc Collectable King Crimson: Volume 3 — it’s the but diverse. Fripp’s company, Discipline Global Belew to get things started with “Thela Hun before release, or they’ve changed their sales forthcoming tour that’s going to really deter- Mobile, has been releasing live King Crimson Gingeet,” a title that anagrams Belew’s soaring standards: the concert contains a lot of mistakes mine if Fripp plus five can reverse the effects albums in special collector’s edition bootleg chorus line: “Heat in the jungle!” and imperfections that many would consider of a couple bad releases in the King Crimson CDs to keep fans investing in the King Crimson Belew struggles his way through the lyrics unprofessional. Try listening to disc two while catalogue.

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Dance Troupe’s Summer Nights

MIT Dance Troupe presents their Spring 2008 concert, “Summer Nights,” this weekend. Performanc- es will be tonight at 7 and 10 p.m., tomorrow at 4 and 8 p.m., and Sun- day at 2 p.m. in Kresge Little The- atre. Tickets are $10 at the door or $7 if purchased in the Student Center today in between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (clockwise from left) Jessica D. Luttkus ’08 strikes a pose in “Heatwave,” a piece choreo- graphed by Tarikh C. Campbell ’09. Hannah J. Hsieh ’09 dances in a piece called “Tell Me Something Good.” Heather A. Levites ’08 and Adlai R. Grayson ’08 step through a routine in “Perfect Sense,” a piece cho- reographed by Grayson and Adam Kho ’08. Dancers strike a pose at the end of “Greasy Bois & Girls,” a piece cho- reographed by Bettina H. Tso ’08. Chris Liu ’10 (center), and Chuk- wuka C. Mbagwu ’11 (right) dance in a piece entitled “Candy and Ca- price,” choreographed by Alexandra M. Beyer ’10, Jason A. Scott ’10, Kamo Jurn ’10, Tarikh C. Campbell ’09, Thaddeus R. Cybulski ’10. Photography by Brian Hemond Brought to you by Ca m p u s Li f e The Tech, May 9, 2008, Page 8 Ramblings From Hell Every Raindrop Is Another Brick in the Pathway to Misery By S. Campbell Proehl because he secretly wanted a woman to slap him too. World War II sailor who fought at Iwo Jima and a New York gal. Staff columnist Aloysius met my grandmother, Mary Merten, after what “I thought your parents were never going to walk down the aisle,” It occurred to me after the fifth straight day of clouds and cold could most accurately be described as a love at first sight that Mary’s best friend later told my mother. rain last week that the magic in my life has disappeared. Maybe took a long time to manifest itself. They took the same subway When my mom first told me this last summer, I was mesmer- it’s because it’s finals time and I’m stressed, or because there’s train home to Brooklyn most nights and gave each other “the ized. I thought about my own love story, which was born on the always more work to be done, or even simply because it’s raining. eye” for a couple of weeks or months (they never told me how roof of the Stata Center last May, the night before my 7.02 final, I have a sense, though, that it’s more than just the rain and the long it was — there seemed to be less of a time scale back then). and how it would never be even half as magical, by virtue of the homework and the exams. I think the magic is just gone. Mary agonized about how to start a conversation, and discussed fact that I go to MIT, and life is never magical for me here, be- My grandfather, Aloysius Kelly, grew up poor in Brooklyn. He the cute sailor with her friend. “Drop an envelope addressed to cause we have permacloud from November until May, and there shared a bed with his three brothers and spent most of his days sit- you,” the friend said. “Then he’ll know where you live and he can is rarely free time. ting around or creating mischief, because there wasn’t much to do go ask you on a date.” And now I find myself almost a year later, wanting something and no money to do things with. He used to tell me that every time My grandmother never had to drop the envelope, because one exciting to happen because I have spent the last eight months he got a nickel (which wasn’t very often during the Great Depres- night soon after, Aloysius got off at her stop and introduced him- walking back and forth through the infinite several times a day, sion), he went to the movies. It was always a great day when he self. Then he walked the mile-and-a-half back to his house. They looking out at a gray Boston skyline and wishing I could go to saw a picture, because it was guaranteed to be something he had started dating, but my grandfather’s family disapproved because brunch instead of chemistry lab. never seen before and it let him escape for a while. Mary wasn’t Irish and wasn’t from their neighborhood. Eventu- To everyone about to spend the next few rainy weeks want- There was no television in his 1930s Brooklyn, and the char- ally, things were settled and Aloysius proposed. ing to do anything but studying: think about my grandparents — acters in the movies he saw were fascinating to him because they The engagement was uncharacteristically long for the post- about how a dashing young man shared a bed with three brothers, were so unlike the people he knew. They were novel, interesting, war 1940s. My grandmother is stubborn to the core and argues went to war, made it all the way back from Iwo Jima to New York, and eloquent characters who led romantic lives. The men angered until the cows come home, no matter the subject. She gave the found a woman whom his parents didn’t want him to marry, then the women, and the women slapped them, because they could do ring back so many times that they spent seven years cycling be- eventually convinced them to let him marry her. that in the movies. He told me that he loved the romantic pictures, tween being engaged, not engaged, and reengaged — rare for a May you find some magic during finals. Squid vs. Whale Theory of Seacrest By Charles Lin cordingly, Seacrest has no target on his back, because why would single person who can still remember that guy’s name. Campus life editor anybody bother? Thus, he has managed to keep moving onward However, this is a reality I refuse to accept. I just can’t wrap It’s around this time of year that American Idol starts to really and upward, slipping through the cracks unnoticed. my mind around the idea that Seacrest might be an evil genius bug me. Now it’s not ‘cause of the contestants, Simon, or Paula’s There is, however, a countervailing hypothesis stating that no masquerading as a fool. I can’t even stomach the idea of him be- every slipping grip on reality, it’s mainly Seacrest. Don’t get me man in all of history is more grossly underestimated than Ryan ing that conniving, ruthless, and intelligent. I can’t give Seacrest wrong. I don’t have anything against Ryan Seacrest. I think he’s Seacrest. It’s entirely possible that this could be true. It could that much credit. I just can’t paint a target on his diminutive fig- an affable guy and an all-right TV host. It’s simply the idea of be that the Seacrest we know is all a façade, and that the real ure and even exert the effort to want to take him down, because Seacrest that bothers me. Seacrest is a formidable genius. After all, Seacrest did eradicate who can honestly get that worked up about Seacrest? Seacrest See, no one believes me when I say this, but Ryan Seacrest that other guy who used to host American Idol. And by eradicate, has everything because he exudes the perception of nothingness. may be one of the most successful individuals of our generation. I mean that Seacrest has actually managed to erase that guy’s ex- Therein lies his true power. Seriously. The guy rakes in more than 14 million dollars a year, istence from our collective memories. Seriously, I can’t think of a Seacrest Out. has an eight figure television deal, is the heir apparent to Dick Clark, and has a media empire worth millions upon millions. You don’t even know it, but Seacrest is everywhere. He has a strangle- hold on popular radio, owns a collection of LA hotspots, produces tons of television specials, and even has his own fashion label. That’s right. Ryan Seacrest will even make you a dress shirt. Why is this troubling to me? Well, success is one thing for exceptionally talented individuals, but it’s an aberration when it comes to someone like Seacrest. Does Seacrest strike you as someone who’s extremely intelligent, talented, attractive, ath- letic, tall, well read, cultured, etc … ? No, no, no, no, no, and more noes. In fact, a cursory examination of the accompanying figure confirms that Ryan Seacrest may have one of the highest success/ talent ratios ever measured. I’ve been scratching my head over this for many years now, and only recently have I been able to elaborate my Theory of Seacrest in words. To wit, the Theory of Seacrest states that first, no man in all of recorded history has achieved more with less talent than Ryan Seacrest, and second, Seacrest’s success is a direct result of his alarming lack of talent. Seacrest is an anomaly in that his success depends on him being quite possibly the least threatening individual of all time. The following thought experiment proves this notion beyond a shadow of a doubt. Ask yourself this: If you put 10 random people in a room with Seacrest and then asked yourself the question, “whom would I pick as my adversary in a ______competition?” Congratulations, the answer is always Seacrest. I don’t care if the competition is fisticuffs, chess, mountain climbing, extem- poraneous writing, or flower arranging, I want to go up against Seacrest. He’s like the perennial B-team captain. He’s the pin- nacle of mediocrity. Jack of all trades, master of none. And yet I propose this is precisely why he has attained such great success. Most exceptional people walk around with targets on their backs. Superlative skill breeds contempt and elicits adversaries. As such, exceptional people must always fight past their detrac- tors in order to succeed. This is where the power of Seacrest finds its advantage. He has molded himself into the most non-confrontational, non-con- troversial, and non-threatening individual of all time. He exists as nothing more than a vaguely pleasant impression that’s impos- This figure plots innate talent versus achieved success and is a standard metric of whether one’s life surpasses or falls sible to pin down and impossible to get worked up about. And ac- below its expectations. Of particular interest are: (1) The Starlet Triangle: Due to their fleeting fame and general lack of better judgment, all Hollywood starlets fall within a triangle bounded by Paris Hilton, Hillary Duff, and Lindsay Lohan. (2) The Steve meridian: Humanity has been blessed by the preponderance of extremely talented people named Steve. However, not all of them have lived up to their expectations e.g. Wozniak (whatever happened to that guy), Young (too many concussions), and Hawking (was wrong that one time which Overheard at MIT is inexcusable for someone of his talent). As usual Steve McQueen represents both the epitome of talent and success. (3) The Rat Pack Cluster: All members of the Rat Pack exist within this cluster of effortless cool bounded by Frank Sinatra and “This is why chemical engineers are superior to all other Joey Bishop. (4) The Cruise Trajectory. Tom Cruise is perhaps the only individual to have peaked early (Top Gun) and shown fluid mechanics; We have five ways of giving, receiving, additional promise later in life (Rain Man), only to have all of his previous successes mitigated by entering a downward spiral and accounting for head.” instigated by the Bad Idea Bears of Scientology. (5) The J.D. Drew redemption: J.D. Drew’s grand slam during game 6 of the —A professor during 10.301 lecture 2007 ALCS marked the single greatest instantaneous rise in individual success ever recorded. In that instant, Drew not only became worthy of his $75 million contract, he also shed his many nick names including: J.D. Boo and Nancy Drew. It should be noted that Ryan Seacrest achieves the highest ratio of success/talent. Many other nitwits have achieved dis- proportionate success but often there are mitigating factors involved e.g. nepotism in the case of George W. Bush. May 9, 2008

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Oxford Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sau- ¶ A large die with a single prime number P on it toy presented a lecture entitled “The Music of the helps illustrate the prime number theorem. Primes” yesterday evening in 26-100. The lecture ¶ Sautoy explains how the waveform of a violin’s was sponsored by the Clay Mathematics Institute, sound can be expressed as a linear combination of which in the year 2000 placed $1 million bounties pure tones. The explanation served as a stepping on 7 major problems in mathematics. stone toward explaining the utility of the famous Ri- (Counterclockwise from above) emann hypothesis, one of the 7 millenium problems. ¶ Sautoy plays Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” on trumpet as a fun, yet appropriate diversion. Photography by Omari Stephens May 9, 2008 The Tech Page 13

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Sponsored by the UA Finboard and ASA Page 14 The Tech May 9, 2008 Graduate Students Told They Pose ‘Security Threat’ Threat, from Page 1 made them a “security threat.” said Yoder. The students conduct re- curity threat,” said that the TWIC re- “I just learned about it moments Applicants to the credential pro- search funded by federal agencies in- strictions only hinder research. Field before you called me,” said Danielle dent visas, called F-1 visas. WHOI gram were required to submit elec- cluding the National Science Foun- research is essential to oceanogra- Guichard-Ashbrook, director of the has also contacted its Congressional tronic fingerprints and their pass- dation, he said. Because WHOI has pher’s work: “If you have not been International Students Office, yes- delegation, Yoder said. They have not ports were photocopied, but whether no secure facilities, its employees do out at the field and have not seen un- terday afternoon. “I’m sure that MIT yet contacted an attorney, he said. the DHS will connect this informa- not do research on site that requires a der which conditions measurements is going to be very, very concerned tion to their “security threat” status security clearance, Yoder said. are being taken, you have no feeling about this,” she said. Students as ‘security threats’ (which could make it difficult to fly) Wilken-Jon von Appen G, an whatsoever” for your research, said MIT will investigate the problems The government has denied at is as yet unclear. oceanographer from Germany who von Appen. and contact lawyers and immigration least two students’ appeals and de- It is “just really offensive” to call had his request for a TWIC denied Von Appen has worked on re- officials if necessary, she said. cided that the students’ visa status the graduate students security threats, and was subsequently deemed a “se- search cruises that departed from Through his secretary, Dean for Woods Hole during summer 2006 Graduate Education Steven R. Ler- and summer 2007. He plans this man ’72 declined to comment and summer to visit a mooring point off deferred to the ISO. the Greenland coast, where he will Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD collect information about short-term ’75 was made aware of the situation changes in the currents that leave the yesterday, Yoder said. Clay could not Arctic Ocean. be reached for comment. It caused “a bit of a troublesome Other oceanographic institutions feeling” to be considered a threat by have not tried to get credentials for the government, von Appen said. He all their staff and students, Yoder said he would have understood an ex- said, so they are unlikely to have en- planation of why his visa status made countered similar problems. the government think it should his At the University of Washing- deny his application, but the “threat” ton’s School of Oceanography, ship language made little sense. crew and dock workers have received Yoder agreed. He said he under- TWIC credentials, but there is no co- stood the government’s arguments ordinated effort to get the card for all about the students’ visa status. But employees, according to a spokes- he said he took issue with “this woman for the administrative office. outrageous wording that calls them Also unavailable for comment security threats. … That’s unreason- were representatives of the Volpe able.” National Transportations Systems What exactly is a security threat? Center in Cambridge. Employees of In the Code of Federal Regula- that center developed technical and tions, a person generally presents a policy specifications for the national “security threat” if the TSA consid- TWIC system, said former Volpe di- ers him a threat to national security, rector John O’Donnell. to transportation security, or of ter- Although all ports were originally Ramya Sankar—The Tech rorism. A person may also pose a required to check for the credential MIT Steel Bridge Team members Adam Benjamin Talsma ’10, left, and Quinn A. Vollmert ’08, right, “security threat” if he “has lacking by mid-September 2008, most ports construct a bridge in front of the Student Center on May 5 while their teammates Jose G. Cano ’09, mental capacity.” But a person may now face an April 15, 2009 deadline. Tracy R. Takemura ’08, and Matthew A. Pires ’10 look on. The team will be going to nationals on also pose a threat if he does not have Boston and New England have an May 23 and 24 at the University of Florida. the right kind of visa, as described in Oct. 15, 2008 deadline instead, in 49 CFR § 1527.105. a “realignment” announced by the The TWIC card is available to DHS last Friday. most U.S. citizens and to some resi- The delay may be related to the dents with certain visas, according slow speed at which credentials to the Code of Federal Regulations. are being issued: workers receive a We want you in our sheets. Student visas are not explicitly listed TWIC identification card 4–8 weeks as one of the kinds the government after they have completed the signup may accept, but the rules provided process, “due to technical capacity allow the government some leeway. challenges that resulted from the so- Despite this flexibility, the TSA’s Se- phisticated encryption that ensures curity Threat Assessment Operations the security of the cards,” according department denied applications by to the TSA’s Frequently Asked Ques- eight WHOI graduate students. The tions Web site. $132.50 fee for each application, Specifications for the card are paid by the institute, is nonrefund- available online at http://www.tsa. able. gov/assets/pdf/twic_reader_card_ app_spec_032808.pdf. MIT unaware of problems Seeking comment from the gov- Although WHOI has been work- ernment, this reporter was referred ing on the TWIC denials since early by the DHS media relations office to April, administrators at affiliate the TSA public affairs office, who re- institution MIT seem to have only directed the call to the TWIC hotline. [email protected] learned of the troubles yesterday. After 30 minutes on hold, this report- er was told by an operator to contact Henisi. Pat, cor sum nos doloreet elesseq uatuera esectem doloboreet, con heniscidunt at, quat dolobore diam, veliquisl el ut adip eraesto duis dolor sum ex exeros ea faci ea amcommo lorper adit nullaor at, commy nosto odolenim nostrud et laore feu facidunt alit lutetue modolor accum ea am, quamcon sequat wisl ullam, consequat. Iquat. 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Considers Taxing Well-Endowed Universities Endowment, from Page 1 In addition to Harvard, the legis- Sloane and others pointed out that picking and choosing someone who other benefits such as scholarships lation would affect Amherst College, private colleges receive significant has a lot of money,” he said. “Taxing and volunteer work. “When is a nonprofit not a non- Boston College, Boston University, government funding for research and the Red Sox would raise money for Boston receives $1.8 million a profit because of the wealth they are Massachusetts Institute of Technol- financial aid and that their tax-free the state, too.” year from Harvard, for example, acquiring?” said Representative Paul ogy, Smith College, Tufts University, endowments, financed by tax-free Critics of the plan said colleges $261,000 from BC, and $141,000 Kujawski, a Democrat from Webster Wellesley College, and Williams donations, represent a major public are easy targets because of their from Northeastern. Many communi- and chief backer of the legislation. College. subsidy. wealth and because they do not have ties say colleges, which often own “It’s mind boggling that one entity Lawmakers estimate that by as- “The Williams indoor golf nets the option of relocating. significant chunks of valuable land, not paying taxes has $34 billion. How sessing a fee for assets exceeding $1 are paid by all of us through federal College leaders said the measure rarely pay property taxes. do you justify that?” said Kujawski, billion, they would raise about $1.4 tax policy,” said Sloane, a Williams would probably reduce the amount Richard J. Doherty, president who serves on the influential House billion a year, a significant influx for they would raise and spend on finan- of the Association of Independent Ways and Means Committee. “When a state budget of approximately $28.2 cial aid, and noted that most gifts to Colleges and Universities in Massa- people can’t afford to live. How do billion. Amounts up to $1 billion “When is a nonprofit endowments are restricted for spe- chusetts, which has lobbied against you justify not taxing them?” would not be assessed under the plan. cific uses. Private colleges and uni- the assessment, said the plan would University leaders criticized the The House’s approval of a study not a nonprofit versities already make substantial weaken one of the state’s strongest plan as a gimmick that would back- last week was only a first step toward public contributions through taxes sectors. “It’s like Florida taxing or- fire by hurting institutions that are adopting a new assessment, but it because of the wealth on payroll and nonexempt property, anges,” he said. pivotal to the state. indicated a political willingness to and educate the bulk of the state’s Amherst College’s treasurer Pe- “You’d be taxing success here,” cross a previously sharp boundary. they are acquiring?” students. ter Shea said that the idea would be said Kevin Casey, Harvard’s associ- Most lawmakers predicted the mea- —Paul Kujawski The proposal is the latest ex- “unfortunate” and that the college ate vice president for government, sure would quickly wilt against the ample of state leaders searching for relies on its $1.66 billion endowment community, and public affairs. “Over universities’ political muscle. But new sources of revenue, such as new for more than one-third of its annual time, this would put us at a real com- after several hours of debate, it be- College graduate. “These institutions taxes on cigarettes and on large cor- spending. petitive disadvantage, which would came clear that the issue had gained have brought this upon themselves.” porations. Other critics said the measure drastically hurt the Commonwealth.” momentum. Yet several leading lawmakers While states get no direct tax ben- would result in donors essentially Casey said it was understandable Senate President Therese Murray are skeptical about the plan. Repre- efit, municipalities often try to coax writing checks to the state govern- that lawmakers would search for new said she supports the idea of studying sentative Kevin J. Murphy, the House more revenue from local colleges ment. “This could provoke a real sources of revenue when economic the issue. Murray declined to answer chairman of the Joint Committee on and other nonprofits when budgets backlash,” said Matthew Hamill, times are tough. But he said the law questions about the proposal, but her Higher Education, said it was unfair are tight. Known as PILOT arrange- senior vice president of the National would hurt colleges’ fund-raising spokesman e-mailed a statement say- to single out wealthy universities to ments, these payments are voluntary Association of College and Univer- and financial aid initiatives. ing: “Some of these institutions give improve the state’s finances. “You’re contributions of money and a host of sity Business Officers. The plan was introduced amid a very little back to their communities. national debate over whether elite With such large endowments, they colleges are hoarding their endow- should be doing more. We’ve done ments. Members of Congress, in- some research on the endowments cluding Senator Charles Grassley, at some universities and other large Republican of Iowa, have questioned non-profits, and we will continue to why elite universities do not spend look into it.” more of their vast reserves to defray The plan has garnered support THANK YOU . . . the cost of tuition. among those who believe many top- MIT Amid the scrutiny, some top-tier tier colleges are managed more like colleges have sharply expanded fi- corporations than nonprofits and are nancial aid offerings, often replac- not doing enough to reach out to low- ing student loans with grants and and middle-income students and the waiving tuition for a greater number communities around them. families. At some of those schools, “The pileup of wealth doesn’t increases in financial aid are outpac- match their mission of serving the ing tuition increases. public good,” said Wick Sloane, a spe- The Massachusetts plan has also cialist on college finances and student brought to the fore a more radical access who teaches at Bunker Hill notion: whether certain colleges have Community College. “These schools amassed so much wealth that they no have generated huge cash flows but longer deserve to be tax-exempt. are not doing their civic duty.”

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©2004 Bose Corporation. Patent rights issued and/or pending. Delivery is subject to product availability. Page 16 The Tech May 9, 2008 Hulsizer Remembered As Kind, Intelligent Hulsizer, from Page 1 the space where it was held was re- named the Hulsizer room. returned to take a professorship at Hulsizer retired in 1986 after MIT and to direct what became the 22 years as a professor at MIT, and Education Research Center, which continued teaching at the Institute was focused on new ways of teach- for many years after. In Chilmark, ing science and integrating the hu- Mass., where he had a second home, manities and social sciences. he served as chairman of the Zoning A tremendously popular and Board of Appeals and of the Town inspiring professor, Hulsizer saw Affairs Committee. teaching as an essential part of being He was a fellow of the Ameri- a scientist. For many years, he taught can Physics Society and a member the 8.01 and 8.02 elementary physics of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, the courses required of all MIT students, American Association of University where he created many lively, vivid Professors and the American Asso- lectures and demonstrations that ciation of Physics Teachers. Hulsizer brought the subject to life. also served as the chairman of the Ray F. Magliozzi ’72, better MIT faculty from 1977-79. known as half of Click and Clack Hulsizer’s memory began to fail from the National Public Radio se- him several years ago. He gave up ries Car Talk, said Hulsizer was one teaching when he could no longer re- of his favorite professors at MIT. call scientific formulae fast enough “I only took one course with him to stay ahead of his students. He was but he made a tremendous impression diagnosed with Lewy Body demen- on me — he had a very gentle, non- tia, an Alzheimer’s-like disease. imposing way of conveying complex He is survived by his wife of 41 concepts,” Magliozzi told the MIT years, Carol Kasen Hulsizer. His mar- News Office. “I would say he gave me riage to Bernice L. Hulsizer ended in the confidence to tackle a few courses divorce in 1965. He is survived by that I probably should have flunked.” his children from his first marriage: Hulsizer’s talent as a teacher Stephen Hulsizer and wife, Elsie, sprung from his insights, deep empa- of Seattle; Ann Wymore of Jemez thy and his conviction that complex Springs, N.M.; Morgan Jenkins and ideas can be made understandable husband, Bill Jenkins, of Fredericks- to anyone. One student evaluation burg, Va.; and Cynthia Hulsizer and from his class read, “We … wanted husband, Bob Bernahl, of Philo, Ill. to learn because of his zeal and ab- He is also survived by his stepchil- solute enthusiasm for the subject. To dren, Elizabeth Ascher and husband, learn from a man like him makes me Michael Yogman, of Cambridge, feel really special. He is considerate, Mass.; Ellen Ascher of San Diego; kind, highly intelligent and can relate and Steven Ascher and wife, Jeanne to students even though he is decades Jordan, of Newton, Mass; and grand- older.” children Adam Wymore, Sara and Hulsizer and his wife were house- Robin Jenkins, Madeline and Alex- masters of Ashdown House, a gradu- andra Yogman, Jordan Ascher and ate dormitory, from 1974-85. The Ana Maria Ascher. pair hosted a popular weekly evening A memorial service will take of ice cream and socializing. When place July 19 in Chilmark and at MIT they stepped down as housemasters, in the fall (date to be announced). May 9, 2008 The Tech Page 17 Stepping Down, Abeyaratne Says

His Department Is Still Growing Up to Abeyaratne, from Page 1 SPERM DONORS NEEDED $1100 a month! rote calculation problems. Abe- yaratne said that the shift, helped Healthy MEN in college or with a college degree wanted for our by the Teaching and Learning Lab, sperm donor program. is meant to help professors find out how well students understand the Minimal time commitment material. Help people fulfill their dreams of starting a family. Looking to the future, Abeyarat- Receive free health and genetic screenings. ne says the department should grow by increasing the class capacity of APPLY ONLINE: some of its popular laboratory sub- jects. www.SPERMBANK.com Freshmen are courted by the rela- tively new subjects Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore! Earth, Sea, Space (2.00A/16.00AJ) and Toy Product Design (2.00B). The popular Toy Product Design subject can ac- commodate fifty students but is fre- quently oversubscribed, Abeyaratne said. The resource-intensive lab sub- jects, along with a growing Course Brian Hemond—The Tech II enrollment (see table below), place Rohan Abeyaratne, the Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanics, is step- increasing demands on the depart- ping down as the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department ment, which needs resources to hire on July 1. more staff, Abeyaratne said. Notable among the increase in male faculty, who serve as role mod- especially “micro and nanotechnol- students is an increase in the number els for female students, he said. ogy.” The department was looking of female students in the department, A final resource increase Abe- into energy even before the energy Abeyaratne said. He speculates that yaratne said his department needed initiative began, he said. this may relate to an increase in fe- was new labs focusing on energy, Asked about the high and low points of the job, Abeyaratne ex- pressed joy in taking part in hiring Enrollment in Course II, 2000–2007 and mentoring new faculty. Undergraduate Graduate Year Total By choosing to hire the right fac- Enrollment Enrollment ulty, the chair can set the direction of 2000 292 373 665 the department, he said. 2001 264 355 619 The toughest part of the job 2002 276 360 636 turned out to be interpersonal is- sues, Abeyaratne said, a challenge he 2003 293 388 681 wasn’t entirely prepared to face. “As 2004 347 404 751 academics, we are not trained to deal 2005 380 492 872 with people as much,” he said. 2006 394 468 862 Having left the department what 2007 406 441 847 he says is in a good place, where will Abeyaratne go? Source: web.mit.edu/registrar/ Total undergraduate and graduate enrollment in Course II, as re- Back to teaching, he said. ported by the registrar in the fall of each year. Undergraduate enrollment includes students in Mechanical En- gineering (II), Mechanical Engineering (II-A), Mechanical Engineer- ing (II-B) until 2002, and Mechanical and Ocean Engineering (II-OE) starting with 2005. Expand your horizons and your Graduate enrollment also includes students in Mechanical Engi- neering at Woods-Hole (II-W). Starting with 2005, it includes stu- mind will follow. dents in Mechanical and Ocean Engineering (II-OE), Ocean Systems Management (II-MB), Naval Construction and Engineering (II-MN), Ocean Engineering (II-MO).

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Andrea Robles—The Tech David S. Baumgartner ’08 removes blocks as Professor Herbert Harvard Square H. Einstein looks on after the bridge designed by his team failed 1 Brattle Square to support the 2000 lbs it was intended to hold. The event took Second Floor place outside of student center on May 7 as part of Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design (1.013). 617-864-2061 Page 18 The Tech May 9, 2008 Senior Haus Hosts Annual Steer Roast Party

MIT Senior Haus’ annual weekend-long Steer Roast party started at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 with the lighting of the fire pit and traditional mud wrestling (featuring Haus housemasters Henry and Cynthia Jenkins) and continued until well past the bands finished playing late Saturday night.

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Crowds watch as fire extinguisher-wielding residents spray down the fire pit right after it was lit to kick off Roast.

Steer Roast 2008 Veep Erik D. Fogg ’09 (right) and Hani Sallum ’96 (left) pose for the cameras in their armored costumes at Roast Kickoff.

Javier M. Duarte ’10 throws Cinjon T. Resnick ’10 while mud wrestling at Steer Roast 2008 on May 2.

Big Bear performs at Roast on Saturday, May 3.

Neptune performs at Roast on Friday, May 2.

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Submit to VooDoo ????? MIT‘s humor magazine [email protected] stories Page 20 The Tech May 9, 2008 Sp o r t s Despite New Sparring Format, Women Place Third at Sport Taekwondo Wins Nationals New England Div. IIIs By Jennifer Huang dominant — five of the medals were somewhat different set of rules, MIT Team Member won by blue belt women, three more again rose to the challenge, earning As Men Claim Second The MIT Sport Taekwondo Club came from the men blue belts. All five gold medals, six silver medals, competed at Stanford University in of the red belts from the MIT team and eight bronze medals in sparring. By James Kramer field complex of the U.S. Coast the 33rd National Collegiate Tae- placed in their respective divisions. In the white and yellow belt di- DAPER Staff Guard Academy, the Engineers kwondo Association MIT gold medalists in color belt vision, Yen and Wright earned silver One week after securing an unex- closed out the championship in third Championships on forms were Andrew Sugaya ’11 and medals, and Sugaya, Hsiao, and Kim pected team title at the New England with 77 points just behind national April 25–26. The team Sarah J. Wright ’11 in the white/ earned bronze. The MIT women’s Women’s and Men’s Athletic Con- powers Williams College (111) and of 39 competitors from yellow belt division, Jing “Jenny” blue and green belt featherweights ference Championship, the men’s Amherst College (81). MIT claimed first Cheng ’11 in the green belt division, swept despite being in one of the track and field team Despite having fewer competi- place by a wide margin Ranbel F. Sun ’10, Allan Fong G, larger divisions, with Ha, Han Zhu finished second at the tors with qualifying marks than most in both the Novice (color belt) and Stephanie R. Chiang ’08 and Elisa- ’09, and Hong placing first, second, New England Division of the top 10 teams, MIT remained Overall Divisions. Tied for second beth M. Markham ’09 at the blue and third respectively. Also earning III Championship last strong near the top of the results. The place overall were the University of belt level, and Ning Wu G, Jaclyn J. medals in the green and blue belt di- weekend. MIT secured possibility of repeating last year’s Califoria-Los Angeles, and UC- Ho ’09, and club president Corinna vision were Umapathy and Chiang just enough points to second-place team finish was still Berkeley. Hui ’09 among the red belts. Earn- (gold), Chin and Fong (silver), and keep U.S. Coast Guard Academy at remote going into the final event, the This nationwide tournament at- ing silver medals were Mark J. Yen Markham and Sun (bronze). At the bay while Williams College pulled pole vault. Quality efforts left them tracts some of the best collegiate ’11, Grace S. Kim ’09, and Andrew red belt level, Wu and Hui earned away for first place. The women’s just short, as Emily Hwang ’09 add- athletes from all over the country. A. Hsiao ’10 at the white/yellow belt gold medals, Liau took silver, and track and field team finished third ed another gold to her season after There are two competitions at the level, ZheChen “Mary” Hong ’10 Ho and Nix took bronze. behind national powers Williams clearing 11’1.75” for the win, while tournament: poomsae (forms, or pre- and Chensi Ouyang ’08 among the For the Championship Division College and Amherst College. Karin E. Fisher ’11 finished fourth coreographed moves), and kyorugi green belts, Miranda J. Ha G, Vijay forms competition, the black belt The Engineers began the two-day with a jump of 10’8”. (sparring). Each of these competi- Umapathy ’10, and Christine Chin competitors were divided by dan competition with a tremendous effort The team opened well on the first tions are further divided into belt and ’09 at the blue belt level, and Wenx- (degree) and weight class. All six in the 10k run, where three competi- evening as MIT put 13 points on the weight divisions. ian Hong ’10, Ziyan Chu ’07, and MIT first-dan black belts medaled in tors set personal records. Joseph D. board in the 10k run. Hana L. Adani- MIT was dominant in the Nov- Forrest Liau G in the competitive poomsae: Richard-Duane S. Cham- Roy-Mayhew ’08 took fourth over- ya ’08, Jennifer A. Doyle ’09, and ice Division, taking first by placing red belt division. Taking bronze were bers ’05 and Nicole D. Teague ’11 all in a hotly contested finish with a Lauren L. McCarthy ’08 finished in a number of athletes in both forms blue belt Tylor Hess ’10 and red belts both earned bronze medals, Aaron time of 31:35.61. Christopher Wong third, fifth, and sixth, respectively. and sparring. In poomsae, the scor- Omar E. Fernández ’10 and Stepha- L. Sampson ’10 took silver, and John ’08 finished sixth in 31:54.31 and M. Adaniya’s final time of 37:39.03 met ing rules were very different from nie E. Nix ’09. T. Wong ‘06, Rene R. Chen ’07, Brian Jacokes ’08 grabbed seventh the NCAA provisional cut. the usual style used in other tourna- Sparring at the national level was and Rebecca Hung ’11 all took gold in 32:10.97. Jacqueline M. Wentz ’10 tallied ments. Changes in the ready position, also slightly different from the for- medals in first-dan forms for their re- In the long jump, Stephen A. MIT’s first points on the track in stances, and breathing styles made mat with which the team is familiar. spective weight classes. Morton ’10 carried over his leading the steeplechase. Saturday’s contest this new style challenging, but the Matches had three rounds, rather The second day of competition performance from trials en route to found her chasing a pair of national MIT team practiced hard and entered than the usual two, and points were at Stanford focused on black belt a new personal best and first-place automatic qualifiers and a meet re- the arena fully prepared for the new harder to score since three of the sparring where the MIT team placed finish with a jump of 23’8”. Anthony cord, and she was rewarded with a style. Their hard work and practice four judges needed to see each kick, third in the Championship (black D. Teixeira ’08 jumped 21’9” to fin- provisional national qualifying time paid off: MIT won ten gold, eleven rather than two of the usual three. belt) Division. Erica Y. Chan ’07 and ish third. of her own, 11:04.47, the second- silver, and three bronze medals. The Furthermore, kicks to the head were Teague won bronze medals while The second day began well for fastest time in Institute history. blue and red belts were particularly allowed in all divisions. Despite this Alicia Zhou ’06 won silver. MIT as James R. Oleinik ’09 au- Two events later, Adrienne. M. thored a win in the shot put with a Bolger ’09 placed fourth in a com- toss of 49’8.5”. Meanwhile, Vladi- petitive 1500-meter run. With the mir Sobes ’11 threw 186’7” to finish top eight entries within six seconds, Men’s Heavyweight Crew Holds On For fourth overall in the javelin. there was a bit of gamesmanship The first track events yielded suc- and tactics during the race: no one cess for MIT as Paul D. Welle ’11 wanted the lead, but no one let the First Victory Over BU in Fifteen Years finished fourth in the steeplechase pace lag too much. The tightly- By Stephen Young fell behind Boston University by BU as they drove their rating up to (9:29.39) and Jake J. Ruzevick ’09 bunched seeded section did not start TEAM MEMBER half a boat length within the first 38 and eventually 40 strokes per finished seventh in the 1500-meter breaking up until after the bell lap. The men’s heavyweight crew 500 meters. The MIT heavyweights minute. run with a time of 4:00.62. Bolger broke the line at 4:40.83, a moved up in the Eastern Sprints poll settled into their base stroke rate of This victory marks the first time in In the sprint hurdles, Teixeira new school record and just tenths of after defeating Charles River rival 36 strokes per minute roughly 150 15 years that MIT has beaten BU in placed fourth with a time of 15.44 a second away from the NCAA pro- Boston University last Sunday morn- meters before the Terriers settled any racing situation, and the first time seconds, although he had set a per- visional time. ing. MIT competed as into their base rate and crossed the in over 20 years that MIT has beaten sonal best during the preliminaries Aline Thomas ’08 covered three a guest in the race for 1000 meter mark 2.9 seconds behind BU in a duel race. Boston Univer- after blazing to 15.10. Teammate throwing events in two days. The se- the Jablonic Cup be- BU. Before crossing under the Har- sity was ranked 12th in the Eastern Omari S. Stephens ’08 finished sixth nior took second in the hammer on tween the University vard Bridge, which marks the half- Sprints league and 17th in the coun- in the event with a time of 15.77. Friday (156’3”) and first in the shot of Wisconsin and Bos- way point of the 2000 meter race, try coming into Sunday’s race against After the hurdles, Stephens went put (40’1.5”) on Saturday, as well as ton University. coxswain Stephen Young ’09 called a MIT and Wisconsin. After the polls back to work in the pole vault where a non-scoring 13th in the discus. The Wisconsin Badgers, ranked massive move in an attempt to swing came out on Wednesday, MIT was he finished second (15’1”). Greg D. Also scoring points over two days third in the country, were fastest off the momentum of the race in MIT’s ranked 14th in the Eastern Sprints Tao ’10 knocked Stephens from the was Hazel L. Briner ’11, who posted the line and led BU and MIT by open favor. league and 21st in the country. top spot after winning the vault for a fourth-place finish in the heptath- water at the 1000 meter mark. The The heavyweight 8+, comprised The Engineers will compete in the second straight week with a clear lon with 3459 points. Badgers crossed the line in a time primarily of Juniors, responded well the Eastern Sprints Championship of 15’5” while Patrick R. Barragan In the short sprints, Margaret of 5:43.0, finishing ahead of MIT by to their coxswain’s call. The crew next weekend. If the team wants ’08 capped a strong event for the En- C. Leibovic ’10 placed fifth in the 11.5 seconds and BU by 12.5. The pushed past BU in the third 500 me- a shot at the petite finals this year, gineers with a fifth-place finish. 100-meter final at 12.90 seconds, battle for second was hard fought ters of the race, crossing in front of they will have to find some late sea- MIT closed out the scoring in and seventh in the 200-meter sprint throughout the 2000 meter course, the Pierce Boathouse in a dead heat son speed in order to knock off 11th the triple jump and 5000-meter race. (26.49 seconds). with MIT’s varsity 8+ ultimately with the Terriers. Carrying their place Georgetown. After racing in Mattias S. Flander ’11 took fourth The final track points came in the crossing the line three seats ahead momentum into the final 500 meter Worcester next weekend, the heavy- in the triple jump with a leap of 4x800-meter relay, where an inspired of BU. sprint, MIT pushed out to a half boat weight men will finish their season 45’3.75” while Roy-Mayhew capped quartet of Andrea E. Bradshaw ’09, The varsity 8+, stroked by Luke length lead during the first twenty at the Intercollegiate Rowing Asso- a great weekend by finishing sixth in Wentz, Doyle, and Bolger ran to Urban ’09, came off the line slower strokes of their sprint and managed ciation National Championship in the 5k with a time of 15:12.95. fourth overall after being seeded in than the Badgers and Terriers and to hang onto a one second lead over Cherry Hill, NJ on June 5–7. the slow section. Passing the stick Women Finish Third in 9:26.67, the performance was just After finishing a close third at two seconds short of the runner-up NEWMACs a week earlier, the New spot from the fast heat. Sailing Team Finishes Eight as Reed, Hass, England Division III championship Senior Leanne M. Veldhuis ’08 posed a challenge for the women’s rounded out the team’s stats with a &���7�And =� !'�(<�����$������� ���$����)������ ������$������� ���������� �������������)�������������� � Field Named to All New England Team track� and field team. Despite poor 10th-place finish in the 400m hurdles weather conditions at the track and in 1:06.93. ��))��*�+�/��0-�- 0��3���!�45By Mike Stoller raced on Saturday and Sunday as the Also this week, three MIT sail- Daper Staff teams were seeded into two groups ors were named to the 2008 All New The MIT sailing team finished of six. The top four squads in each England coed sailing team. 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