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Volume 130, Number 29 WEATHER, p. 2 WED: 90°F | 78°F MIT’s Sunny Oldest and Largest THU: 88°F | 74°F Newspaper Partly cloudy FRI: 89°F | 72°F Sunny Volume 130, Number 29 tech.mit.edu Wednesday, July 7, 2010 After three days in court, Lady Gaga pops by MIT Tang trial postponed Shows her teeth for giant Polaroid Styke testifies, trial likely to resume in fall By John A. Hawkinson Informing the court that NEWS EDITOR the Commonwealth-appoint- ed psychiatrist had reversed The trial of Anna L. Tang her opinion on Tang’s crimi- — the Wellesley College nal responsibility on the “eve student who stabbed MIT before the last day” of the tri- student Wolfe B. Styke ’10 al, defense attorney Robert A. in October 2007 — began George moved to suspend the last month, and came to an trial to allow time to prepare, abrupt halt on its third day and Judge Bruce R. Henry al- last week Wednesday. lowed it. A status conference is set for August 17, and the trial is LEAH BRUNETTo—THE TECH likely to be rescheduled for appreciate the wrongfulness sometime after that date in of her behavior and lacked September. the ability to conform her be- The Commonwealth’s havior to the requirements of forensic psychiatrist in the the law. case, Dr. Alison Fife, had On the basis of the Fife submitted a report to the report, Tang waived her right Court in May indicating that to a jury trial and proceeded she believed Tang was not with a bench trial before the criminally responsible for the stabbing: that Tang did not Tang, Page 13 LEAH BRUNETTo—THE TECH ERIC D. SCHMIEDL—THE TECH Lady Gaga had her portrait taken on the 3rd floor of Building N52 on Wednesday, June 30. During her departure at approximately 3 p.m., Gaga took two minutes to sign au- Ortiz named new grad dean tographs from the seat of her escort for anxious fans. By Ana Lyons MIT included a photo shoot takes two people to operate. Prof will succeed Lerman, starting August 1 NEWS EDITOR on the third floor of the MIT With her teeth showing, Gaga Museum. Polaroid made a was snapped while in her no- With aviator sunglasses roughly ten thousand item torious “claw” pose — similar By Elijah Mena ously held by Steve R. Ler- hiding her eyes, lips painted donation to the museum, and to that found in her “Bad Ro- STAFF REPORTER man ’72, who left to become fire-engine red, crystals drip- Gaga’s photo shoot capped mance” music video. Provost and Executive Vice ping down her neck, and plat- off the unvieling of the mu- The photo will remain Chancellor Phillip L. Clay President of Academic Affairs inum blonde hair whisked to seum’s new collection. on permanent display at the PhD ’75 announced the se- at George Washington Uni- the side, the world-famous Gaga was recently named MIT museum, alongside Po- lection of Christine Ortiz, versity. Until Ortiz assumes pop singer and recording art- creative director for the Po- laroid’s donation of cameras Professor of Materials Sci- her new position as Dean, ist Lady Gaga made a guest laroid Corporation this past and other artifacts, spanning ence and Engineering, as the role of the Office of the appearance to the MIT cam- January. roughly 70 years of the com- the new Dean for Graduate Dean for Graduate Education pus last Wednesday. Gaga posed for a 20-inch pany’s technological history. Education on June 28. Ortiz will held by Senior Associate Representing the Polaroid by 24-inch black and white Contributing to the com- is scheduled to assume her Dean Blanche E. Staton. ELIJAH MENA—THE TECH Corporation as its official cre- Polaroid camera, which is position on August 1. To help him make his ative director, Gaga’s visit to one of the last of its kind and Gaga, Page 3 The position was previ- decision to choose the next Grad dean, Page 14 Student calls for oil spill aid; gains media attention Accepting the By Ana Lyons by what appears to be poor engi- animals, such as sea turtles. volvement in fixing the oil leak” — ‘Challenge’ NEWS EDITOR neering practices, our institution She wrote, “while the aquari- gained the attention of several local could do a lot to contribute to re- um has the resources to treat the media sources, such as the Boston Students chug milk On June 10, Nora O. Hickey ’12 solving this world crisis,” Hickey results of the spill, MIT has the Business Journal and The Journal sent an email to President Susan J. wrote. resources to develop solutions to of New England Technology, which to celebrate Fourth Hockfield and copied all the dormi- Hickey worked as an intern stop the spill. The oil leak in the published stories speaking of Hick- tory lists, urging MIT to take a more at the New England Aquarium in Gulf of Mexico is an opportunity ey’s email to the president. active role in the recent BP oil spill. Boston last spring while study- for the Massachusetts Institute of “There was no official response By Jingyun Fan “We have some of the best en- ing at MIT. She pointed out in her Technology to make real changes [to my email],” Hickey told The ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR gineers and scientists in the world, email that the aquarium is using its in the world.” and in the face of a disaster caused own resources to help aid inquired The email — entitled “MIT’s in- Spill, Page 14 “Come celebrate AMERICA’S BIRTH- DAY with class!” Patrick C. McDaniel ’13 wrote to summer residents of East Cam- pus on July 3. “Join us tomorrow for the IN SHORT ly-funded research trump specific provide their input.” GALLON CHALLENGE!” LSC will be showing free Supreme Court contract language that a funded The Court reconvenes in Octo- This Fourth of July, participants to screenings of Kick-Ass for researcher at a university may ber, so no actions on the case will the Gallon Challenge were encouraged MIT students in 26-100 at 8 defers IP case have signed, and under what cir- be made before then. to consume and retain a gallon of milk p.m. this Friday and Saturday. cumstances universities own title After the Solicitor General files within one hour in order to show their The Supreme Court has elected to federally-funded patents. his or her brief, the Court will de- patriotism. The Last Hope hackers con- to defer a decision on whether to In an order issued on the last cide whether or not to take the The event was organized by McDan- ference will be held from July take Stanford University v. Roche day of this year’s term, June 28, case. iel and Robert M. Johnson ’13. The last 18 to 20 at Hotel Pennsylvania Molecular Systems, et al., the in- the Court invited the Solicitor Stanford University filed a reply EC gallon challenge was held at the be- in New York City. Registration tellectual property case that Stan- General to file a brief on the case. brief on June 5, 2010. That brief, as ginning of last semester, however, John- information can be found at: ford, MIT, and scores of universi- According to Patrick Dunkley, well as the other five filings in the son said that gallon challenges aren’t http://www.thelasthope.org/ ties have asked the Court to hear. senior university counsel for Stan- case, is available at http://tech. exactly scheduled regularly. The event The case is about whether the ford University, “there is no time mit.edu/V130/N23/scotus/. occurs “perhaps whenever someone Send news information and laws about ownership of federal- limit for the Solicitor General to — John A. Hawkinson feels like they haven’t had enough cal- tips to [email protected] Milk, Page 14 CONTROVERSY THE LAST AIRBENDER SAVORY SUMMER DEW TOUR COMES SECTIONS AVOIDANCE Poor writing will disappoint fans of the STOPS TO BOSTON World & Nation . .2 animated series. ARTS, p. 6 Opinion . .4 It’s killing meritoc- Tech staff writers visit Skateboarding lights up Arts . .6 racy and transparency in FIVE GHOSTS REVIEW eateries around the country, the TD Garden. Fun Pages . 11 modern society. sharing stories of good grub. SPORTS, p. 16 Campus Life . .12 OPN, p. 4 Indie pop band Stars does it again. ARTS, p. 8-9 Sports . .16 ARTS, p. 7 2 The Tech Wednesday, July 7, 2010 East swelters in triple digits; D more to come Colleges learn cheaters’ tricks to BOSTON — Children at a day camp near here were pulled from the swimming pool once an hour so the lifeguards could stop them; this includes TEAL plunge in and cool off. Commuter trains in Washington were slowed because of overheating tracks. Horse-racing tracks were closed in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. By Trip Gabriel “I will never stop it completely, we had some geniuses here at MIT,” WORL Up and down the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, safety con- THE NEW YORK TImes but I’ll find out about it,” he said. Pritchard said. Then he realized they cerns upended the usual routines as a brutal blast of heat brought As the eternal temptation of stu- were completing problems in less temperatures in excess of 100 degrees in several cities, with little ORLANDO, Fla. — The frontier in dents to cheat has gone high-tech time than it took to read them and N relief expected for days to come. the battle to defeat student cheating — not just on exams, but by cutting were copying the answers — mostly, The high of 103 in New York broke a record for the date.
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