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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-appointed 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 seat 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 ening 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. Bal- may be here at the testing center of and pasting from the Internet and it turned out, from e-mail messages timore hit 105, the highest temperature recorded since 1983, and the University of Central Florida. sharing of homework online like mu- from friends who had already done in Boston, the temperature reached 100 degrees for the first time The 228 computers that students sic files — educators have responded the assignment. since 2002. use are recessed into desk tops so with their own efforts to crack down. About 20 percent copied one- The culprit was a high pressure system “tethered along the that anyone trying to photograph the Anti-plagiarism services requir- third or more of their homework, ac- East Coast,” said Charlie Foley, a meteorologist with the National screen — using, say, a pen with a hiding students to submit papers to cording to a study Pritchard and col-

a tWeather i o Service in Taunton, Mass. den camera, in order to help a friend be vetted for copying is a booming leagues published this year. Students Coastal areas of New England got a modest reprieve from a who will take the test later — is easy business. Fifty-five percent of col- who copy homework find answers shallow sea breeze, but inland regions sweltered. to spot. Scratch paper is allowed — leges and universities now use such at sites like Course Hero, which is a In Philadelphia, a 92-year-old woman was found dead in her but it is stamped with the date and a service, according to the Campus kind of Napster of homework shar- home on the second floor, where all but one window was closed. must be turned in later. Computing Survey. ing, where students from more than The medical examiner ruled that extreme heat was a factor in her When a proctor sees something The extent of student cheating, 3,500 institutions upload papers, death. suspicious, he records the student’s difficult to measure precisely, ap- class notes and past exams. And in Worcester, Mass., the state’s lieutenant governor, Tim- real-time work at the computer pears widespread at colleges. In sur- Another site, Cramster, special-

& N & othy Murray, was hospitalized Monday night with fatigue and and directs an overhead camera to veys of 14,000 undergraduates over izes in solutions to textbook ques- chest pains after marching in five parades over the Fourth of July zoom in, and both sets of images are the last four years, an average of 61 tions in science and engineering. It weekend. A spokesman said that the extreme heat was partly to burned onto a CD for evidence. percent admitted to cheating on as- boasts answers from 77 physics text- blame and that Murray would be released Wednesday. Taylor Ellis, the associate dean signments and exams. books — but not Pritchard’s popular In Boston, nine firefighters were taken to hospitals and given who runs the testing center within At MIT, David E. Pritchard, a “Mastering Physics,” an online tuto- intravenous fluids after fighting a blaze fueled by an unattended the business school at Central Flori- physics professor, was able to accu- rial, because his publisher, Pearson, propane grill on the roof of a brownstone. da, the nation’s third-largest campus rately measure homework copying searches the Web for solutions and In Washington, commutes were longer after trains were or- by enrollment, said that cheating with software he had developed for requests they be taken down to pro-

o rdered l d to operate at least 20 mph under maximum speeds because had dropped significantly, to 14 sus- another purpose — to allow students tect its copyright. of the heat. In Baltimore, officials planned to distribute bottled pected incidents out of 64,000 exams to complete sets of physics prob- “You can use technology as well water to the homeless over the coming days. administered during the spring se- lems online. Some answered the for detecting as for committing” —Abby Goodnough, The New York Times mester. questions so fast, “at first I thought cheating, Pritchard said. W

U.S. and Israel shift attention to peace process Circuitry with a feel for humanity WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tues- day that he expected direct negotiations between Israelis By Amy Harmon at her through long lashes. artificial intelligence now explore and Palestinians to begin “well before” a moratorium on The New York Times Janet Walters, the staff member at outer space, drop bombs, perform settlement construction expires at the end of September, and Vincentian Home in Pittsburgh who surgery and play soccer.Comput- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’75 of Israel pledged Nothing Eileen Oldaker tried recalled the incident, said she asked ers running artificial intelligence to take “concrete steps” in the coming weeks to get the talks could calm her mother when she Lesek if she would watch Paro for a software handle customer service moving. called from the nursing home, dis- little while: “I need someone to baby- callsand beat humans at chess and, —Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Mark Landler, The New York Times oriented and distressed in what was sit,” she told her. maybe, “Jeopardy!” likely the early stages of dementia. So “Don’t rush,” Lesek instructed, But building a machine that fills Oldaker hung up, dialed the nurses’ stroking Paro’s antiseptic coat in a mo- the basic human need for compan- station and begged them to get Paro. tion that elicited a wriggle of apparent ionship has proven more difficult. Law in Arizona is causing a Paro is a robot modeled after a delight. “He can stay the night.” Even at its edgiest, artificial intel- baby harp seal. It trills and paddles After years of effort to coax empa- ligence cannot hold up its side of a split in border talks when petted, blinks when the lights thy from circuitry, devices designed wide-ranging conversation or, say, PHOENIX — For nearly 30 years, the governors of the states go up, opens its eyes at loud noises to soothe, support and keep us com- tell by an expression when someone that line both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have gathered and yelps when handled roughly or pany are venturing out of the labora- is about to cry. Still, the new devices to celebrate border bonhomie. They issue proclamations and held upside down. Two micropro- tory. Paro, its name derived from the take advantage of the innate soft spot pledges to work together, air grievances and concerns behind cessors under its artificial white fur first sounds of the words “personal many people have for objects that closed doors and pose for the cameras in symbolic showings adjust its behavior based on infor- robot,” is one of a handful that take seem to care — or need someone to of cooperation. mation from dozens of hidden sen- forms that are often odd, still primi- care for them. But this year the 28th annual conference has collided sors that monitor sound, light, tem- tive and yet, for at least some early Their appearances in nursing headlong with Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration, perature and touch. It perks up at the users, strangely compelling. homes, schools and the occasional inspiring bitter recriminations among Mexican governors sound of its name, praise and, over For those with a hankering for living room are adding fuel to science and rancor among some U.S. ones. time, the words it hears frequently. a custom-built companion and fiction fantasies of machines that Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona has championed the new state “Oh, there’s my baby,” Oldaker’s $125,000 to spend, a talking robotic people can relate to as well as rely law that gives local police officers broader authority to ques- mother, Millie Lesek, exclaimed that head can be modeled on the person- on. And they are adding a personal tion people they stop about their immigration status. On night last winter when a staff mem- ality of your choice. It will smile at dimension to a debate over what Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit to challenge ber delivered the seal to her. “Here, its own jokes and recognize familiar human responsibilities machines the law. Paro, come to me.” faces. should, and should not, be allowed —Randal C. Archibold, The New York Times “Meeaakk,” it replied, blinking up Robots guided by some form of to undertake.

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By Brian H Tang system to the south will push in STAFF METEorologist cooler, maritime air over the region. While it will still be on the Boy, it’s hot! Yesterday’s air hot and humid side, it will be more 35°N temperature reached 100°F (38°C) tolerable. If you can escape to the at Logan Airport, which fell just beach, the ocean temperature is in short of a record high. However, the refreshing upper-60s°F (20°C). the heat index, which is a measure True relief from the heat likely 1023 1013 of how it actually feels due to the will not come till this weekend, 30°N combined temperature and hu- when a strong cold front is fore- midity, made it feel closer to 105°F casted to push through the re- (41°C). At night, there is little relief gion. The tradeoff is that as the jet from the stifling heat, making it stream comes back south, we will 1018 really uncomfortable to sleep for likely see a resumption of periodic those without air conditioning. thunderstorms. In the meantime, 25°N Fortunately, the worst of the pools, beaches, ice cream, and heat was yesterday. A weak storm dreams of winter will have to do.

Extended Forecast Today: Sunny and a little cooler. E winds 5-10 mph. High 90°F (32°C). Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 74°F (23°C). Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. S winds 5-10 mph. High 88°F (31°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Fog Friday: Sunny. S winds 10-15 mph. High 89°F (32°C). High Pressure Trough - - - Showers Saturday: Increasing clouds with a chance of storms in the Thunderstorm

Q Q Q Q Warm Front Light afternoon. High 88°F (31°C). Low Pressure Haze LLLLL Cold Front Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of storms. High 83°F Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Q Q Meteorology Staff L L Stationary Front Heavy (28°C). and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & world nation & world nation & world nation Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Tech 3

‘Are you sure this is legal?’: a memorable encounter with Gaga

By Yan Zhu for use by normal, less-famous humans. As she rolled out of the parking lot ac- companied by choruses of love proclama- Reporter’s Notebook tions and screams of ecstasy by those who had just achieved life fulfillment, I snapped The expression of toughened boredom tabloid-quality pictures of the back of her on the police officer’s face said quite clearly, head through a tinted car window before I “Lady Gaga does not want a 12-person serv- discovered that I could run to the other side ing of Caesar salad.” of her vehicle without getting arrested. As if on cue, an MIT Museum employee From there, the logical next step was to appeared in the slim hallway and briskly bullet toward her face like a homing beacon. escorted ten MIT students, with me still As it turns out, weaving through throngs of gripping an uneaten tray of salad, from the hysterical Lady Gaga fans is much, much museum into the thick sludge of fans con- easier than trying to get to class in 6-120 gealing in an alleyway outside MITERS. through the Infinite while a tourist group Despite inviting a dozen students, myself is taking pictures of Course III students in included, to a focus group and regaling us that lab with the glass walls. Suddenly, I was with free pizza and salad on the morning closer to Lady Gaga than I had ever been. of Gaga’s photo shoot, Polaroid asked us She was autographing everything that any- to stay out of the museum until after Lady one put in front of her unrolled window. I Gaga walked out wearing half of the 8.022 checked my pockets. I had a camera (which lecture demonstrations (or so I imagined). was black), a cell phone (which was also The leftover salad, which we’d tried to black), a debit card (which was too clut- “deliver” to Lady Gaga in case she needed tered with numbers), a Charlie Card (which sustenance to get through the long, hard would have been less valuable signed than a task of being photographed while sitting in plain sheet of paper), and an MIT ID. a chair, was dubbed “Lady Gaga’s Rejected Greg Steinbrecher—The Tech Without thinking too hard, I thrust the Salad” and abandoned to the fame-hungry Yan Zhu ’12 asked Lady Gaga to sign her MIT ID card when Gaga visited the MIT ID into Lady Gaga’s manicured fingers and masses. Museum on Wednesday June 30. Gaga spent a couple minutes signing autographs for said, “Lady Gaga! Will you sign my MIT ID?” It was 12:30 p.m. We had invitations to a fans on her departure at approximately 3 p.m. Lady Gaga asked in a voice lazily dripping Polaroid press conference in two hours and with boredom and limousines and private projects waiting to be UROPed in air-condi- someone whose stage name seems derived razor blades. yachts, “Are you sure this is legal?” tioned labs, but for now, the feverish heat of from the lexicon of 2-month-olds. At one Fans stood tense, poised on the cusp of “No,” I replied. the crowd was as viral as a YouTube parody point, one of Gaga’s chauffeurs suddenly high-pitched shrieks, as he lifted the lid of a She then scrawled something illegible of a music video by...never mind. walked away from his car and toward the dumpster bin and anticlimactically tossed on my ID that should have said “Lady Gaga” We stuck around, cultivating incipi- back entrance to the museum, drawing eye- away an empty container of ice cream. Lady but might just as well have been “Lime ent sunburns and staring into a parking balls toward him like dipoles in a magnetic Gaga, apparently, would not make her exit Grog.” Friends congratulated me on my lot while trying to ignore the terrifying im- field as the crowd hushed in anticipation of through the dumpster. Instead, at around 3 luck for the rest of the week. Some of them plications of having voluntarily waited two a clicking doorknob, plausibly followed by a p.m., she stepped into a nondescript black car were even jealous enough to turn the color hours to get a glimpse of the right hand of woman clad in diamonds, gyroscopes, and from a museum doorway originally designed of lime grog. Henisi. 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Polaroid donates history to MIT Museum LEGAL COUNSEL MIT students, family, employers and start-ups seeking U.S. legal counsel, Over ten thousand technological pieces spanning over 70 years campus or oﬃce consultation. Call: James Dennis Leary, Esq. Gaga, from Page 1 321-544-0012 pany’s decision to donate to the Solution to Sudoku MIT Museum, Polariod has local from page 11 origins, as it was originally founded in Cambridge in 1937. 3 8 1 6 2 9 5 7 4 “Honest to God, when I first found out about [the donation], I 2 9 5 7 3 4 6 8 1 thought it was a joke,” said Deborah 4 6 7 5 8 1 2 3 9 Douglas, MIT Museum’s curator of science and technology. 8 4 9 3 7 6 1 5 2 According to Deborah, negotiations for the massive collection of his- 1 7 3 2 4 5 8 9 6 torical Polaroid artifacts began last 5 2 6 1 9 8 3 4 7 December and January, and the official deed of gift was signed last May. 7 1 8 4 6 3 9 2 5 Once the donation was officially made, “we had amazing people 9 5 2 8 1 7 4 6 3 come in [and organize inventory],” she said. “They had two weeks 6 3 4 9 5 2 7 1 8 Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech to take a picture of ten thousand Polaroid executives and MIT Museum curator Deborah Douglas pose with the Lady Gaga portrait items— to take inventory...We had at the Polaroid press conference at the MIT Museum. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her Solution to Kenken from page 11 an assembly line going.” portrait taken with an extremely rare Polaroid 20x24 camera. The resulting portrait was donated to the MIT Although Gaga left before the Museum. photo was unveiled, Polaroid’s Cor- porate President Scott Hardy, CEO and we have got to tell the world bridge area before visiting MIT for did take a couple minutes to sign au- Stephen G. Miller, Chief Marketing about [the donation], because it’s her back-to-back concerts, per- tographs for students and fans. Officer Jon Pollock, and Douglas, really fantastic,” Deborah said. formed on July 1 and July 2 at TD While some onlookers had her addressed a crowd of press and pre- “MIT is all about making things Bank North Garden. sign more traditional items such as selected MIT students regarding and doing things, and in one “It was really good timing be- photographs and biographies of the their plans for the newly donated sense, this business of Lady Gaga, cause Lady Gaga was in town for her singer, one student had Gaga sign Polaroid Archive. you think ‘oh it’s celebrity’ and so concert, and we thought why don’t what appeared to be a 1000 micro- Students at the unveiling were forth...but on the other hand, it’s we bring her here to MIT,” Doug- liter pipette. those whose student group’s share as curator’s dream that she would lass said. “We were really sorry she Yan Zhu ’12 was also among space with the museum’s building as want to come here to the museum wasn’t here today [for the event]... those who got an authentic Gaga well as those who got special access and learn about the history of this we’re bummed out about that.” autograph; she got it on her MIT ID. to be in a “Polaroid focus group.” technology,” she said. Before the departing from the mu- See Zhu’s story of her Lady Gaga “Now we have it roughly in place, Gaga was already in the Cam- seum’s back entrance however, Gaga experience in this story’s sidebar.

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Eric D. Schmiedl—The Tech As Lady Gaga left the photo shoot from the back of Building N52, one MIT student asked her to sign his lab pipette. On June 30, Lady Gaga came to MIT to have her portrait taken with an extremely rare Polaroid 20x24 camera from the MIT Museum. OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn Op i n i o n OPINION OPinION 4 The Tech sag 1, ona a ’3 Connor ’13, Kao Joanna Kirschbaum Schalck ’13,Aislyn ’13. ’12, Judy ’08, Hsiang Templeton M. David Editors: D.B. Colen. Nick Semenkovich ’09, Angeline Wang ’09, Marie Y. Thibault ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09, ’08, Stephens Omari ’08, McGraw-Herdeg Michael ’07, Ozer Zachary ’07, T.Lukmann Andrew ’06, Vogt Marissa ’06, Sterner Patil R. TiffanyW. ’04, Beckett ’06, Dohzen Collins SM ’03, Keith J. Winstein ’03, Akshay Nathan ’02, Rubin Jordan ’02, Cholankeril J. Eric ’02, Frank Bersak Ryan Daniel ’98, ’00, Dabek Blumenthal Saul ’93, Kaplan Karen ’91, PhD Richmond D. E. Jonathan Michael ’91, Levinson A. V. Deborah E. ’85, Malchman Robert ’74, ’84, Surman S. Jr. Barry ’83, Bove Schindler, E. Paul Arkajit ’10, Andrea ’11. Dey Witchley ’10, Jessica Mani ’10, Balaji Robles Caroline S. ’10, Satwiksai ’10, Bushak Huang G, Nick Brian Lin G, Seshasai G, Charles Chu G, Austin Hemond Editors: Senior ’12; Malouf Alison Editor: Contributing Brockman ’12. G; Smith Quentin Director: Jennifer Fong ’13. ’11; Yan Sherry ’13; Chin Moya ’11, Thompson Mark Managers: Advertising ’11; Ben Yu ’11, Ciuffo Peters ’11,Michael Benitez ’12. Christine Michael Cartoonists: G, Perez-Franco ’11; Lin T.Michael Editor: Williams ’13,Andrew Swayze. ’13, D’Arienzo Tang SunnySean ’13, Long X. P. Logan ’13, Elizabeth ’13, Aijazi Arfa ’12, Wu Feng ’12, Verma Heng Aditi Meng ’12, Touch ’12, Luo Rui ’12, ’12, Lin Fong Jessica Rachel ’12, Chornay Nicholas Michael Y. McCanna ’11, Yuanyu Chen ’12, Wilcox ’11, Lin Stephanie ’10, ’11, Florentine Jasmine Yee Angela William ’10, Buczyk Martha Biyeun ’08, ’03, Johnston Schumacher Scott G, Yu Michael Renée G, Segado Martin G, Melissa G, Petron Arthur G, Ovadya Aviv G, Hung Perry G, ’13; Range Sam ’13, ’13; Jessica Liu ’11, Kundukulam Vibin Editors: Mass. 02139-7029. Mass. changes to our mailing address: The Tech, P.O.Box 397029, Cambridge, class). (third year per $50.00 are Subscriptions Avenue,02139. Mass.MassachusettsCambridge, 84 January, and monthly during the summer by The Tech, Room W20-483, Wednesdaysvacations), during MIT (except during year academic the The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during and typesetting ratesand available.typesetting Entire contents 258-8226. (617) Facsimile: 258-8324. (617) ed on recycled paper by M by paper onrecycled ed ’13, Erasmus K.H.J. zu Ermgassen CME. Normandin Ryan ’12, SinatraYostNina G, G, Shu Gary G, David Weinberg G, Keith A. B. V.Rogers HollyAlejandro G,G, Moeller aul ako ’12; Markson Samuel ’12; Liu Maggie Editor: Gerhardt ’12,Nydia Ruleman ’12. Spivak Russell ’12, ’13; Zhu David Editors: ’12; Editors: Joseph Maurer ’12, Ethan Solomon Dahan ’12. ’11, Robin L. ’12; Hsiang ’13; Kao Joanna ’13, Chhabra ’13; Schalck Aislyn ’13, Kirschbaum Connor Editors: Agard ’11,Roman Kowch ’12. Vince G, Wing A. Tang Allison G,H. Brian ’13; Srinivasan Divya Preger ’13, Yuliya ’13, Lee E. Joy ’13, Cunniff Margaret ’13, Baek Jiyeon ’12, Hao Ziwei ’12, Gorman Danielle ’11, Turner Jordan Staff: Vinayak Ranade G, Liz Tsai ’11, Elijah ’13; Pourian J.Jessica ’13, Nelson Meghan Ana JingyunEditors: Fan ’12, ’98, Maggie Lloyd ’12, Hawkinson LyonsMcQueen ’12; Robert ’12, A. John Editors: ee 1, ü iln un ’3 Emily ’13, Huang Linlin Nardoni ’13,Jenny Xie’13. Yü ’13, Dere Kathryn ’12, Chen Z. Jeff ’11, Kim K. Sun ’10, Joanne Y. Shih ’10, KambaraTracy ’11, Agarwala G, Bogdan Fedeles G, Joyce Kwan Pho Ar Sp Op Produc St News Produc Advisory Board Edi nol Tech Busin C amp or t in t s t ors a Florence Staff: Gallez G, Josh Levinger ion t St p ogra ao Smsn 1, Michael ’10, Sampson Aaron Staff: us us Life ess ess David M.Templeton ’08 s aff St Greg Steinbrecher ’12 aff t t

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010 has maintained that bal- The Tech The Avoidance, Page 5 h Tech The , and will not not will and , “Cen- . The The - - - - - OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn OPinion opinion OPINIOn OpiNION - The The The Tech 5 Tech The Roberto Perez-Franco G Roberto Perez-Franco is looking for regular opinion writers for writers opinion regular for looking is Should Should we allow the trend of political In the dark (and none too distant) PC Do you agree or disagree? Excellent. Should we allow the trend of political correctness to continue, sortwhat of dystopia would we face? you you to consider this and make it your - proj ect, as we as the approach 2016 Just jubilee. President Maclaurin did in March of 1915, you can request from the great minds side in- MIT a list of the names of those even greater minds that have shaped their fields beennotyetrecognized that andhave inyet pantheon of human knowledge that are the Killian Court carvings. Let us update the list of names inscribed outside of MIT’s walls, so that they may continue to inspiration servefor all of us that as grow and sweat an within them. And may this become a cen- for MIT. tradition tennial litically inconvenient to their masters? How can we avoid developing a credibility gap, when the American people rightfully have no reason to believe they are being told the militarytruth by commanders? correctness to continue, what sort of topia would dys we face? The recent confirmation battle over Elena Kagan provides some clues. The strength of legal Kagan’s mind is not what has placed her before tion confirma- committees today — it is her - disturb ingly uncluttered record, the any sort of recorded viewpoint absence on anything of of substance, that has made politically, her, the ideal candidate for the Supreme Court. and “vapid the decried she ago, years Fifteen confirmation judicial the of charade” hollow it fully. embraced process; has she today future, we will find dominated our by public an army discourse of Kagan-bots, traconservative ul- managers of record, unwilling their to stand behind any belief public except that earthquakes are bad, America is good, and children everyone’s are above- average. Demanding conformity in public expression does not produce strength — it selects for individuals who repeat are statements they willing do not to believe, and against individuals who are unwilling to - re fuse others their open and honest opinion. America needs to its regain stomach for free discourse. I write this not just as an - ambi tious person who has written too much for his own good, but as an American concerned for his country. citizen Tech the upcoming 2010-2011 school year. Email [email protected] to get information on joining. - - - But let’s be But clear let’s — McChrystal was nev McChrystal’s departure is a departure monumental McChrystal’s Even if McChrystal was not - irreplace Think Think about this, President Hockfield. They were not included then, but we er insubordinate. He never disobeyed the president’s orders, he upheld both the let ter and spirit of his commander-in-chief’s policy decisions, he spent every day of his duty conducting the war in Afghanistan in the manner he thought was in best concor dance with the president’s wishes. Unlike that other famous general to be relieved of command, Douglas McChrystal MacArthur, never criticized Obama’s military policy in Afghanistan (indeed, the general designed it), and he certainly did nothing on par with MacArthur’s bald-faced attempt to the usurp presidential power to macy. conduct McChrystal was stripped of diplo- his position for no greater reason than because he the worth) it’s what for (accurately, criticized policy of preferences Joe Biden and the dip- he what Eikenberry,in Karl of ability lomatic presumed was an off-the-record discussion reporter. Stone with a Rolling blow to our war effort in Afghanistan. Not only is he one of very America’s best - coun ter-insurgency minds, but he, than after a year more at his post, was uniquely posi - tioned to manage the He war. had, through frequent meetings and force of earned character, the hard-won respect tribal stan’s leaders. of He had a close working - Afghani relationship with President Karzai, and had crafted a highly functional leadership team. His General successor, Petraeus, may be an equally brilliant counter-insurgent, but he will have to start from a clean slate in - build leaders, with ing relationships Afghanistan’s and, after McChrystal’s leadership team is liquidated, Petraeus will have to rebuild the en- war the As scratch. from team command ters one of its most pivotal moments, this is a tall-order for cancer the survi58-year-old - vor. his able, ouster sets the tone wrong for civil- remains Obama President relations. military Afghanistan from withdrawing to committed right. are ground the on conditions the when But who will judge the conditions? can How we trust the assessments of our generals to be unbiased, when we know fired they for will reporting be conditions that are po- Should Einstein’s name not be mentioned along with Newton’s? rie Curie’s What name, that about pioneer not only - Ma modern of science, but also of the participa- tion of women in the scientific enterprise? What about the names of so many in others so many other fields, engineering, such architecture, as biology science, and the humanities, whose ideas back in 1915 were either too recent or victorious even emerged then since have who not but enunciated, of the world? outlook our and reshaped confidentlycan celebratetheminvite now.I - - - - Stan General is far so casualty worst The We We might not like the consequences of McChrystal was stripped of of stripped was McChrystal greater no for position his becausereason than policy the criticized he Biden... preferences of Joe Chrystal to speak his mind openly, we would we openly, mind his speak to Chrystal soon find ourselves on the slippery slope to some sort of Turkey-esque hybrid martial- democracy. ley McChrystal, formerly of the International International the of formerly McChrystal, ley Security Many in Assistance Force. the - pun ditocracy have been quick to paint the general’s recent departure as a necessary evil. As the reasoning goes, were we to allow Mc women score equally well on and intelligence aptitude tests (give or take a tenth of a standard deviation across test subsections). However, the preponderance of also evidence suggests that the variability of male intelligence is larger than that of women (see Hedges and Nowell (1995), Deary, Linn, Lindberg, Irwing,Hyde, (2007), Bates and Der, Ellis, and Williams (2008), Hyde and Mertz (2009) for examples). The study by Hedges and Nowell in particular finds that top and bottom 2 of percent the population, in the males females outnumber 2 to 1. If this vari - ability is real, and aptitude tests are indeed thosethen performance, of gooda predictor per top the only enlist which society of areas centile of a population — business, politics, high technology, and so on — will be male dominated even if there exists no women. against bias societal logic (it Summers’ among implies, other Mr. things, that the male average MIT student is smarter than the average female such MIT — ratios gender Institute that and - stu dent, phys MIT female to male of ratio 1 to 5 the as ics grad students — are justified), but does it really make him a bigot? When did we, as a society, begin asserting a right to muzzle - pub that believing begin we did When him? Mr. as such bloggers opinion even figures, lic be of opinion? devoid should Weigel, knowledge knowledge has progressed since exponentially the Dome was built. Since President Maclaurin’s quest, new names have earned universal recognition for their contribution to fields of knowledge that are of interest to side to side stand todeserve that names MIT, with the giants of the past. As the new - cam pus approaches its first centennial, there is an opportunity to celebrate those minds by commemorating their names. As 2016 - ap proaches, it would be a fitting enterprise to conduct a new census of foundational and includednotrevolutionarywere that figures in the previous list, and to enshrine within place MIT. in a fitting names their - - - - , that he - disre Post The The Washington . Post Mr. Weigel The The Washington Post apparently had Almost a century has passed, and human human and passed, has century a Almost Back Back in 1915, President Richard C. - Ma The The following petition was sent to - Presi

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minds working in it. minds working and of the humanistic spirit that drives the ing ing features of MIT’s Cambridge campus of the most characteristic and - distinguish but it produced what is without doubt one The selection was not without controversy, surrounding what is today Killian Court. being being carved in the buildings walls of MIT’s whose names would be commemorated by choosing a few pioneers of human thought, claurin undertook the monumental task of dent Susan J. Hockfield on June 25, 2010. on June Hockfield J. Susan dent

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OPEN LETTER OPEN Wednesday, July 7, 2010 2010 7, July Wednesday, this: studies reveal that on average, men and men average, on that reveal this: studies particular got him in trouble, and it goes like like goes it and trouble, in him got particular science, and engineering. One hypothesis in Onehypothesis engineering. and science, represented represented in the upper echelons of math, possible possible reasons why women are not well speech in which he mused openly on the tire tire world decided she was unfit, and per job as president of Harvard after he gave a views, and views, in that moment it seems the en- Mr. Summers was forced to resign from his age, she had the audacity to share those Summers, formerly of Harvard University? talents. Yet, one afternoon, at 89 years of journalism. fered fered with the exercise of her journalistic haps had always been unfit, for a career in her ownership of such views never inter ceived during her 67 years of news work, plethora plethora of awards and accolades she - re views her entire life, and judging from the grant, grant, Mrs. Thomas held pro-Palestinian Corps. Corps. As a second generation Arab immi- Thomas, formerly of the White House Press Press House White the of formerly Thomas, able opinion. able - disagree a express ever future, or past the in Weigel Weigel would never, in public or in private, ment, ment, a funny-if-it-weren’t-real expectation that opinion blog covering the Tea Party - move upon our political consciousness. political upon our to taking his job at the an write to libertarian, declared a Weigel, Mr. more more insidious, and more broadly intrusive the leaking of private emails he wrote prior Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan. Having hired ican ican Activities Committee, but equally real, merly of was ousted when it was revealed, through gards right-wing demagogues such as Rush Joseph Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-Amer and defined as they in once of the were days blacklist, blacklist, its unspoken rules not as formal anal-retentive. anal-retentive. Today we sit in fear of the citizen, citizen, but of its most easily offended and defined not by the tolerances of its average boleths of an ultra-polite society, its norms chains. chains. 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And of course, the style is fashion been always have girls The superb. cer it’s and Carrie, particularly risk-takers, in wardrobe of choice their see to fun tainly setting. an exotic such not meet my criteriaand even those for in the mood a for a goodfun lovemovie will movie, likely not find it up toMiranda, Carrie, of appeal the par. (thankfully!) But holds themselves Samantha and Charlotte, even through the most outlandish of the film. parts And after all, these four were never known for their subtlety. croons. croons. I’d argue that the most impressive thing about Stars is their nuance and spec trum of colors. - - - - to the Sex and the City Next, we are introduced to all the new But the real adventures start when the Sex and the City’s biggest appeal has There There are those who claim that Stars the reception — but Stanford is one of the most feminine male characters on television. (and old) drama plaguing the four friends’ lives as they each live out their very differ ent ent situations and continue to pour their hearts out to each other. Carrie is dealing with her and Big’s — the man she finally wed in the last film — very different con- ceptions of married life, having Miranda’s problems at work, Samantha’s in the midst par finding Charlotte’s and menopause, of enting much harder than she lets on. This sequence being themselves of the girls just in New York is the film, mostthe part that makes realme glad produc part of the ers decided to take big screen. girls are shipped off to Abu Dhabi for all-expenses-paid an vacation courtesy of an Arab sheikh Samantha’s doing PR for. have rather mixed I feelings about this sur prise luxury vacation. On it the seems one far hand, too unrealistic and one too provides many awkward situations clashing conservative Arab culture with the excessiveness. But, on girls’ the other hand, it’s amusing watching the girls be themselves environment, different drastically a such in and there are enough stand-out moments to draw my attention away from the ones one of the funniest scenes far, By flop. that of the film involves Samantha lamenting that without her hormonal drugs — which were confiscated upon arrival in - Abu Dha bi — she feels no desire for sex even in the presence of attractive speedo-clad - Austra lian men at the hotel’s pool. Your Your Body” is snarky and tongue-in-cheek. Very much so on the extreme pop spectrum of Stars’ style, it deviates from the haunted album’s themes about those who dwell in the past. Millan lends her quettish vocals sing-song chant: ‘You tune to into my a co- frequency/That don’t mean a thing to me/ Cause I don’t want your body/ I don’t want your The body’. song easily conjures up tasteless a scorned whoselover, advances are repeatedly. rebuffed and songs pop two colors: ebullient has only melancholy ballads epitomized by lovelorn - - others r B er rn —Wa Sex and the City 2 is But given said exposure, and a certain “Changes,” a “Changes,” soft ballad, is more in the On the other hand, “We Don’t Want actually actually okay. Far from perfect, often ex tolerance tolerance for the brand of corniness pres ent in all chick flicks, cessive, and possessed with more than a few failed jokes — it is also enjoyable overall andpretty funny to fans of the original years two begins film The series. television after the last film left off, at the very, very gay wedding of Carrie and two Charlotte’s It’s Anthony. and Stanford friends: gay best a funny scene that borders on superfluous both in length and in stereotyping — Liza at Ladies” cameos Minnelli singing “Single with the ghosts. with the ghosts. style of the Stars’ past albums back in 2005 her takes and time 2007. Millan in reassured and lilting The croons. bass and faint electro instrumentation could easily be distinguish can one Although acoustics. with swapped more of Stars’ original roots, they still show and maturity since more growth their last album. 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There is a quiet - morbid be a matter of time before they explicitly ad- memories, and lost lovers, I thought it’d only I memories, and thought it’d lost lovers, With With all their heartfelt songs about hearts, most most recent album is entitled of feelings, memories, and secrets. memories, of feelings, ghosts ghosts that linger in the backdrop are ghosts memories one holds dear to the heart. These heart. the to dear holds memoriesone niscence, niscence, not unlike that of sifting through bring depth to the tracks. Laced with wist create an atmosphere of longing and - remi catchy, catchy, pop territory, the vocals continue to fulness, the vocals mingle and intertwine to cannot be duplicated easily. be duplicated cannot Millan, Millan, whose voices create a harmony that duet vocals with Campbell Torquil and Amy the vocals. the Quite a vocals. few of their songs feature upbeat numbers. I upbeat can’t numbers. help but gush about interwoven with string instrumentation, nar instrumentation, string with interwoven Their songs range from whispered words to real. real. Their characteristic electronic sound is rative lyrics, and soothing, caressing vocals. without using the words beautiful or ethe- sic; it is difficult to describe their musical style style musical their describe to difficult is it sic; The The band is known for setting poetry to - mu of the members of Stars are members of BSS). BSS). of members are Stars of members the of to the band Broken Social Scene (actually, all (actually, Scene Social Broken band the to Canadian Canadian indie pop band, is closely related have have to say hands down, it is Stars. Stars, a ten ten to without ever getting sick of them, I’d explores a new theme of sweet morbidity morbidity sweet of theme new a explores Ghosts Five Stars paint memories in shades of longing shades in memories paint Stars Review Album Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts ARTS ARTS Arts Arts ArtS - - The Tech 9 Tech The Busboys and Poets is also open for dinner and The The hot dog itself was juicy and hot, the chili shade cool the in dogs hot our off polished we As Going on its 27th year in Westwood, Diddy Riese Riese Diddy Westwood, in year 27th its on Going Beyond great coffee and fresh pastries, Uptown brunch. It was a little hard navigating their menudecorated with Langstonpictures of Hughes Gandhi, stanzas but lemonade ($3) and the Oaxaca omelet, filled with I and chose a pomegranate black beans, pico de gallo, and guacamole, served with a side of home fries ($10). I also recommend with servedbread on sandwich, salad chicken the great texture, and the Neptune, an eggs benedict with crab. has another location in the Overall, District the service, (U decorations, Street). and menu options make this a less vegetarian-friendly version of Boston’s Other Side Café Interns on and Newburyweekend visitors Street. alike willunique experience enjoy that is the Busboys and Poets of fers. generally generally doesn’t even like meat: sure knows Pink’s dog. a chili make to how was flavorful and just a little spicy, bun was softer and fluffier than hot the dog average and even the bun — all for $3.30. The fries, an extra $2.75, were exceptional as well. The famous eatery has an ar ray of hot dogs, hamburgers, and even burritos to pick between, from the Bacon Chili Cheese Dog to the less-expected Brooklyn Pastrami-Swiss Cheese Pink’s. find it at you’ll a bun, Dog. If it has add, I might (surrounded, area, dining covered the of with autographed pictures from literally hundreds of stars), my friends and I unanimously agreed that our meal had been well worth the wait. anyone For pastime, Hollywood traditional a seeking area the in a stop at Pink’s would add some character to visit. any creamy ice cream varieties in creating the bakery’s bakery’s the creating in varieties cream ice creamy favored treat, an ice - tradi fairly a for opted I cream visit, latest my On $1.50!). sandwich (for only tional sandwich: one white-chocolate cookie, one chocolate cookie, and vanilla was than more satisfied. If in you’re the mood for ice cream — and somethinga little different, their Hawaiian shaved ice with ice cream is the perfect indulgence afternoon. summer sunny for a college student’s and traditional offers a desirable dessert that sticks in the mind for being both its affordable and undeniably delicious. You’ll find in you’re when again and again returning yourself the mood for something sweet. longer than 5 minutes in line no-whipcafémocha for and savory scone,and walked my tall, single, past several large eclectic tables (which appeared to have been acquired from the Antique Liquida- tors the across to street) take a comfortable seat by the windows. The mocha was perfect in its way—topped own with Uptown’s own “velvet foam” (a perfect way to describe its rich yet dreamy texture) and just the right amount of chocolaty sweetness. All in all, it was a refreshing break from espresso drinks dowsed in syrup and topped with whipped - veg which had scone, The used I’m to. that cream gies and herbs baked into it, was soft and flavorful, as well as filling. also provides free Wi-Fi and comfortable seating. and in looking the for area a If place you’re to relax with a good cup o’ Joe, I’d recommend dropping by. - - ER ER ER T T T Staff WRI Staff Staff WRI Staff Staff WRI Staff racy Kambara racy T By Emily Nardoni By Emily Nardoni By tephanie Bian By Stephanie Mandatory meetings at 9 o’clock in themorningin Mandatorymeetingso’clock 9 at South Amazon.com’s from away block a Located In In Westwood Village — UCLA’s fun - “down Every city has its famous — hot-spots the places those of one is Hollywood in stand dog hot Pink’s I’m struggling to put my finger on Busboys and As someone with no sense of poetic un- “Hot dogs- the Hollywood way” “Hot dogs- the Hollywood Pink’s Ave. La Brea 709 N. CA 90038 Angeles, Los “A little something sweet in Cali” something sweet little “A Diddy Riese Avenue 926 Broxton CA 90024 Westwood, should should not happen, especially for software interns (and MIT students), whose natural sleep-cycle is more similar to that of a loris than a normal, func tional member of society. But it happens, and it’s times like these when I’m glad to Seattle, a be city which boasts working quite a competence in in caffeinated beverages. After all, this is the home of theinternational coffeehouse chain which brought you the Frappuccino. Needless to say, meeting I needed after a quality cup my to get me through the day, and so I made my way around the corner to Uptown Espresso for a breakfast. caffeine fix and some take to place great a is Uptown campus, Union Lake a quick coffee break from the office. I waited no “Hipster Hotspot” Hotspot” “Hipster and Poets Busboys t) (5th and K S NW 5th Street 1025 DC 20001 Washington other coffeehouses” of Seattle’s “One Espresso Uptown North Avenue Westlake 500 98109 WA Seattle, town” town” district located around West Los Angeles — one dessert place towers over the rest. Diddy Riese earned its status as one of the most - popu lar dessert places indirt-cheap L.A. cookies and for ice its most cream. by UCLA students, delicious but well-respected Appreciated by the and general Los Angeles region, Diddy Riese regularly balanced thankfully — customers of hordes draws out by lightning fast service. of 10 One fresh-bakedcan choosecookie varieties2 and one of 12 in part take to flock alike locals and tourists which to of a notorietytradition for simply the of sake having quality experience. a unique, places. While several locations of the well-known stand have sprung up in the general area, Los the original Angeles Pink’s lies on the corner of - Mel rose and La Brea. its From humble beginnings sell- daily draws now ing 10 hot cent dogs in 1939, Pink’s crowds that regularly stretch all the way around the block. WhenHollywood into pilgrimage I my made with some friends to (finally) taste their renowned chili dogs, we waited upwards of an make it hour to the just ordering window. to But I admit, that the wait was worth it. 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By Philipp Diesinger portance this has for their home countries. of what marathon running means to him, Dunham also focuses on the curious role his siblings and his entire country. Njenga hhhh✩ Spirit of the Marathon is a rare documen- of women and how they fought back their speaks intimately about his Kenyan house tary movie that tries to capture the drama right to compete in marathon races after and how the money with which he sup- Spirit of the Marathon and essence of the 26.2 mile running event. the 1928 Olympics officials decided that ports his big family attracted thugs. Director Jon Dunham and his crew filmed any races further than 200 meters were too Spirit also explains the five amateur run- DVD, Released January 24, on four continents to chronicle the experi- hard for them and therefore banned all ners’ diverse motivations to finish the 2005 2008 ences of six very different marathon run- women from distances beyond this range. Chicago Marathon how the event impacts ners throughout their training and closing their lives. Jon Dunham uses their stories Directed by Jon Dunham with their performances in the 2005 Chicago to pull the attention away from a sports Marathon. The film focuses on two elite run- Spirit leaves the usual event to demonstrate that marathon race is Rated PG ners who focus on winning the race: Ameri- a strong metaphor for life. At the entrance can Champion and 2004 Olympic bronze track of a documentary statement of the film Deena Kastor explains: ality and thus becomes more and more a medalist Deena Kastor and the Kenyan pro- and delves into a “Sometimes the moments that challenge film about the temper of man itself. Boston fessional runner Daniel Njenga. The film us, define us the most.” This is even – if not Marathon champion Dick Beardsley gets to also displays the struggles and successes of more personal and more – true for those amateur runners. the heart of the complex fascination of the the five amateur runners Ryan Bradley, Leah When director Jon Dunham was asked marathon: “When you cross that finish line Calle, Gerald Myers and Lori O’Connor. “The emotional exploration... how he choose the six runners he selected, - no matter how slow, no matter how fast - reason that most people run the marathon is he found the marathon to be an “incred- it will change your life forever.” that it is a challenge for them. And whether After setting the frame, Spirit leaves the ible mixing of elite runners with the ama- Spirit is an exciting documentary about it’s physical, mental or both – it’s something usual track of a documentary and delves teur runners from all across the globe and both running and life. The incredible that helps them in their everyday life” ex- into a more personal and emotional explo- all ranges of human experience”. Dunham soundtrack of Emmy Award winner Jeff plains Marathon champion Alberto Salazar. ration of the six individuals and their lives, said that he wanted the film “to offer inspi- Beal generates a very intense and emo- Spirit starts by illuminating the his- hopes, and experiences. Daniel Njenga, ration for anyone who sets out to achieve tional atmosphere and makes it an inspir- tory of the race with archived footage and one of the top 10-runners in the world, was a goal that takes the determination, effort ing demonstration of the human ability to photos from several Olympic marathons, it followed to Kenya when visiting his family and attitude of running a marathon”. His overcome any struggle. If you enjoy run- shows how this long-distance run became and siblings. While watching those scenes movie demonstrates the incredible hu- ning, no matter how fast or slow you are, dominated by African runners and the im- the audience is given an inside glimpse man ability to bring the impossible to re- you will definitely enjoy this documentary.

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and they shared a class, Styke said. Focus on Tang’s health Day 1, June 25 When Tang needed a place to stay for the summer of 2007, she moved Wolfe B. Styke ’10 testified on in with Styke, he said. Tang was mentally unwell at time of stabbing the opening day of Commonwealth Styke described his relationship v. Anna Tang, the trial of the former with Tang as his first. He explained Wellesley student who stabbed Styke how it continued until it became Tang, from Page 1 Tang had a history of medical When asked if Brown “would in his Next House dormitory room in sexual, after which he tried, with dif- illness dating back to adolescence, have to re-assess his opinion” if he October 2007. ficulty, to break off the relationship. judge. Brown said. He described her records found out that Tang had lied to him. On the witness stand Styke was At the end of July 2007, under The defense alleged that victim’s as showing depressive behavior and Brown indicated that he would have reserved and reticent, pressure from his mother, Glen Styke, had “extensive manic behavior. He described Tang to re-assess his opinion in that case. oftentimes pausing parents, Styke forced contact” with Fife and seeking counseling at The prosecution also pointed to for tens of seconds Tang to move out. that led to Fife “sud- Wellesley in early fall inconsistencies in Dr. Desai’s report. before responding She moved into an to or acknowledging MIT independent denly and belatedly” of 2005. Desai was a clinician at Wellesley questions. When he living group, Styke changing her opinion. According to Brown, College who saw Tang, and whose did speak, he did so said. Based on his George’s motion calls Tang’s depression in- report was reviewed by Brown. quietly, almost inau- description, that ILG this part of “a series of creased in February Brown did not appear to have been dibly, and many times was Epsilon Theta, in untoward and disturb- of 2006, and that she aware of those inconsistencies, and lawyers, the judge, Brookline. ing events.” Styke de- withdrew from Welles- that diminished his credibility. and clerks asked him Styke and Tang to repeat himself or Wolfe B. Styke ’10 continued to see each nies meeting with Fife, ley for a term. Day 3, Wednesday speak louder. According to the Com- other as friends throughout the sum- and a spokeswoman Brown said that monwealth, Styke was diagnosed mer, Styke said. Tang wanted to get for the Middlesex Dis- Glen Styke Tang felt suicidal dur- Tuesday was a scheduled day off as a child with “apraxia of speech” back together with him, he said, but trict Attorney’s office, Jessica Venezia ing her teenage years, that she for the trial. and “severe phrenological disorder” he did not want that, however he was Pastore, denies contact took place. scratched herself, and that she want- On Wednesday morning, the which are “exacerbated by stress.” still willing to talk and study with See the sidebar for details of day ed to kill herself. trial began with the defense attor- her. CNN cameras raise issue one of the trial, on Friday June 25, Brown described an incident in ney George announcing that he had Tang and Styke would talk for Styke’s apparent nervousness several hours a night, several times a previously published on our web- high school where Tang was made been informed by ADA Kontz on could only have been compounded week, he said. site. “incredibly distraught” Tuesday afternoon that by the presence of TV cameras and by an argument with Dr. Fife, the Common- crew from CNN’s Court TV division, Precursor to stabbing Day 2, Monday her sister. “Her relation- wealth’s expert, “now “In Session.” The Tech was also pres- Styke described an incident On Monday morning, the defense ships were so tenuous wishes to change her ent with a still camera. CNN does not where Tang did not want to leave his cross-examined Wolfe Styke. That — but also so impov- opinion as to criminal plan to air the case before Septem- room, refusing dozens of requests to covered similar ground to Friday’s erished — … that the responsibility.” ber, a producer said. do so over a span of hours. Styke was the Commonwealth’s At one point, Tang grabbed Styke testimony, though focused more on prospect of her sister Kontz told the lead witness, and the trial began with by the shoulders and pushed at him, Styke’s perceptions of Tang. not talking to her was judge that “Dr. Fife is a motion by the Commonwealth to he said. Styke testified that he “eventually” just like psychological changing her opinion prohibit identification of Styke or Styke said Tang eventually ex- understood that Tang was mentally annihilation,” he said. as to one prong of the “dissemination of [his] face.” plained “she wanted to get to a knife ill, and that he knew she was taking “That made her ex- Anna L. Tang elements that the court Cameras are permitted by Mas- to hurt herself to show me how much Celexa, a prescription antipsychotic tremely depressed,” Brown said. would need to find criminal respon- sachusetts court rules, within some she cared—and that didn’t make any limits. The foremost concern is sense.” medication. Brown also testified that Wellesley sibility.” whether they “create a substantial Styke said he threatened to call He also testified that he forced College records said Tang “was sexu- Judge Henry agreed to a post- likelihood of harm.” 911, and that was sufficient for Tang Tang to move out of his room “be- ally abused by her father — that was ponement of the trial. It seemed The Commonwealth argued to leave. Styke described Tang’s facial cause of parental pressure.” an incident that left her distraught, likely that the revised trial might be a against the cameras, saying that expression as shocked. He feared that but very guilty. At the same time it jury trial, because “you wish to keep Styke might choose not to take the she would treat him differently going Security guard also worsened her feel- your options open,” the judge said to stand if they were present, and ex- forward because of that threat. testifies ing — she had low self the defense. plained he would be testifying about Styke even considered install- intimate personal details. Styke’s ing an audible alarm on his door, he Styke was followed esteem to begin with — The defense also filed a motion testimony is at the core of the Com- said, so he could not be surprised in on the stand by Rus- being sexually violated to modify Tang’s bail conditions. monwealth’s case. his sleep. But he did not do so. sell J. Novello, the by her father made her Tang’s father, Jianguo “Jay” Tang, Justice Bruce R. Henry denied night watch patrolman feel even more worth- is dying of terminal liver cancer in the prosecution’s motion to restrict The stabbing incident at Next House on the less.” China, and is not expect to last into cameras, and the trial began. Early on the evening of Oct. 22, 2007, Styke and a female friend were night of the stabbing. Brown said that it August. Attorney George asked that Opening arguments Novello, who is no was his medical opin- Tang be permitted to visit her father working on homework together in This trial is a bench trial before his room, he said. Tang came to see longer employed by ion that Tang “most on his deathbed, as well as to lower Justice Henry. Styke, saw the friend, and “stormed MIT, testified that he Russell J. Novello definitely had a mental her $10,000 bail, and relax some of Tang waived her right to a jury off,” he said. gave Tang the key to Styke’s room, illness” from 2006–2007, and that it the conditions of her GPS monitor- trial, the only time she spoke in open Styke said Tang’s face looked as Room 246, between 5:00 and 5:30 was a bipolar disorder. ing. court on Friday. She spoke forth- it did when he had threatened to call a.m. on Oct. 23, and he believed at Brown testified that, “My opin- Later that day, the court denied rightly and clearly, in strong contrast 911, previously. the time that she was Styke’s girl- ion is that she lacked the substantial the request to permit Tang to leave to Styke’s muted speech. But Tang Styke said he “went to an event” that night around midnight, re- friend. was only asked a series of questions capacity to appreciate the wrongful- the country, writing: about her procedural understanding turned home around 2:30 or 3 a.m., Novello said “she was very nice,” ness of her behavior; she lacked the “DENIED, after consideration of of the jury waiver; she has not yet ap- and went to sleep around 3:30 a.m. not crying or upset. substantial capacity to control her the issues raised by counsel and after peared on the witness stand. The next thing he remembered Tang failed to return the key, behavior to conform with the re- review of the defendant’s compliance Assistant District Attorney Su- was waking up with the sun shining so Novello went up to Room 246 to quirements of the law.” with the conditions placed upon her zanne M. Kontz, in her opening around his drawn blinds, and a shiny retrieve the key. Novello knocked Brown testified that Dr. Fife, the in previous orders. While there have statement, anticipated that the de- object heading towards his head, on the door, Tang returned the key, Commonwealth’s ex- been no issues at all fense would argue Tang was insane, and a person “on top of me.” and responded with an analogy: Just That person was Anna Tang. apologized, and Novello went back pert, opined that Tang with respect to her com- as a person might be legally intoxi- Styke blocked her knife strike, he downstairs to the front desk, he said. was unable to control pliance to date, I have cated and would still be legally re- said, and pinned her on his bed. At about 6:30 a.m., Novello said, her behavior because a concern about Ms. sponsible for their actions, so might “Then I took the knife from her a male, probably a student, came of her mental illness, Tang’s return to face Tang have mental health issues and hands and tossed it aside,” he said, down to the front desk and informed and that Tang could the trial of this matter still be criminally responsible. rolling her out of his bed as he got up. Novello that someone had been not appreciate right after travel to China, Defense attorney Robert A. Styke repeated the phrase “tossed stabbed, and led Novello up to Room from wrong. a country with which George’s opening argument de- it aside” several times as he related scribed Tang’s history of mental the incident. 246, where he saw Styke bleeding. the United States does illness, even prior to her arrival at After getting off the bed, Styke Novello called the Campus Po- Brown’s cross- not have an extradition Wellesley. George painted a picture picked up his cell phone and called lice, and then led them up to the examination Judge Bruce R. Henry treaty. As a father my of a young woman who was unwell, 911, he said. He observed a trail room, he said. Brown was next cross-examined heart goes out to Ms. Tang and her who knew she was unwell, and who of blood behind him and began to The defense did not cross-exam- by the prosecution. Under cross-ex- dying father. As a judge, however, I was on medication — perhaps the understand the seriousness of his ine Novello. amination, his testimony appeared cannot rule with just my heart. Tak- wrong medication, he alleged. wounds: “I could see my arm mus- cles through my skin,” he said. less compelling. ing into account all of the various George stressed that not only Dr. Brown did the defense’s doctors view Tang The prosecution established that factors at issue, I must deny the de- as not criminally responsible, but so Paramedics respond The bulk of Mon- Brown had not inter- fendant’s request to travel to China.” did the expert retained by the Com- Styke wrapped towels around his day’s testimony was viewed Wolfe Styke, The court did permit a reduction monwealth at the Court’s request, bleeding wounds, and within a few that of the defense’s Dr. Lisa Desai (who of Tang’s bail to $5,000 “to cover the Dr. Alison Fife. minutes, police and paramedics ar- expert psychiatrist, Dr. Tang saw at Wellesley), ongoing costs of her defense” and It was shortly after Fife’s evalua- rived, he said. Eric L. Brown. or “anyone who came indicated it was receptive to loos- tion of Tang, about two months ago, With a total of seven wounds, he that the defense elected to forgo a was transported to Mass. General Brown, who is paid into contact with Ms. ening restrictions on Tang’s ability jury trial in favor of a bench trial. Hospital, he said. At least six of the by the defense on an Tang that night.” He to leave her home, but the defense In a jury trial, the defense all seven wounds took place while he hourly basis, has been also did not examine would need to be specific about the twelve jurors to agree on Tang’s guilt. was sleeping, he said. evaluating Tang since Cambridge City Hos- desired loosening, and to submit In a trial before a judge, only a single Styke said that now, almost three December 2007, two pital report, nor her re- proposals to the Court’s Probation person, that judge, needs to be con- years later, he still feels the physical months after the inci- Dr. Eric L. Brown cords from the jail Tang Department for input before the vinced. But the judge has stronger effects. He has areas on his shin and dent. was held at in Framingham prior to judge would consider them. technical understanding of the law upper arm that are numb, he said, than most juries would. and also has scars from all seven Brown said he examined Tang’s her release under house arrest. wounds, and might consider plastic medical records, including those The Commonwealth pursued Going forward Styke’s testimony surgery, he said. from Wellesley’s Stone Center for Brown about various factual details On Thursday July 1, the defense The prosecution called Wolfe Counseling, Tang’s extensive record of his testimony. For filed another motion Styke to the stand at 11:30 a.m., and Trial reactions of emails with Styke and others, and instance, Brown had to modify bail condi- he testified through 4:00 p.m. with a George, the defense attorney, records of Skype conversations with testified earlier that tions, and the court lunch break of a little over an hour. gave his reaction to the first day in an e-mail: “These types of proceedings Styke. Tang “thought she had denied the motion Styke’s testimony was slow and care- ful, but he appeared detached. Many demonstrate why a jury-waived set- Brown monitored Tang’s status superhuman powers.” temporarily until the times, questions were repeated or ting is sometimes in the best interest on a weekly basis, he said, and coor- But then ADA Kontz status hearing in Au- rephrased George said in an e-mail of justice.” dinated Tang’s treating psychophar- referred to the Welles- gust. that he was “taken aback by [Styke’s] “The first day went very slowly mocologist Dr. Michael Moffson, and ley College records that The Commonwea delivery and demeanor.” and would have tested a jury’s pa- her psychologist Dr. Liza Brooks. state Tang “fantasized lth filed a motion in op- Styke described meeting Tang in tience beyond any reasonable mea- Brown said he conducted a lon- that she wanted to have position, as well. early 2007 at a “coffeehouse meet- sure, so I am now certain that the ADA Suzanne M. Kontz ing,” presumably a reference to an decision to elect a non-jury trial was gitudinal evaluation of Tang over the those powers … not The next court date informal gathering of roof-and-tun- the best route for Ms. Tang’s case. I course of two and a half years, and he that she actually had those powers?” is August 17, in Woburn, Mass. At nel hackers, though the testimony can only hope that the next two days spent a total of 26 hours with Anna The prosecution attempted to that time, we expect another trial did not explore this. of hearings go much more efficient- Tang. convince Judge Henry that most of date will be set, and the Court will Styke and Tang became friends as ly,” he said. Brown’s knowledge of Tang were hear an oral argument about Tang’s they worked together on classwork. A version of this sidebar previ- based on things Tang reported to bail conditions, decide whether to Tang was cross-registered at MIT ously ran on the web on June 26. Photography by John A. Hawkinson Brown or to other clinicians. relax them, and if so to what degree. 14 The Tech Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Ortiz to follow in Lerman’s footsteps Chug to the US Aims to improve MIT diversity, research An unconventional Grad dean, from Page 1 ate education program. “The first part will which she started in 2000. As a result of be learning and listening to the staff and her appointment as dean, she said that dean, Clay put together a six-member ad- the students, and then go from there,” she she will scale back on teaching. 4th celebration at MIT visory group. The advisory group consist- said. “Lerman made a good foundation In addition to her research and teach- Milk, from Page 1 ed of five professors (Martin L. Culpepper, and I’d like to continue a lot of the work ing, Ortiz is active in the MIT Commu- Karen K. Gleason ’82, Kai von Fintel, John that he did.” nity. She has held positions on the MIT cium lately,” he said. A. Ochsendorf, and Maria T. Zuber) as In the long-term, however, Ortiz said Institute Global Studies Council, Institute Most of the participants were given a gallon of skim well as the President of the Graduate Stu- that she’d like to evaluate and improve Committee on Graduate Programs, Ma- milk and strategically placed alongside trash cans in case dent Council, Ulric J. Ferner G. several aspects of graduate education, terials Council, Committee on Interna- of messy accidents. “The group was assembled to include including lab-based courses, distance tional Programs, and MIT150 Planning Andrew T. Carlson ’12 boldly chose to participate a representative of the faculty and a grad- learning, and interdisciplinary programs. Committee. with a gallon of whole milk because he said that is what uate student leader familiar with issues She recently led a revision of the graduate She is also the founder and director of he customarily drank. Elizabeth K. Rosalia ’13, the only related to the graduate student experi- curriculum in the Department of Materi- MISTI MIT-Israel, which offers MIT stu- female participant, substituted a gallon of water for the ence,” said Clay. als Science and Engineering (DMSE). She dents internships in Israel. She created milk. She was curious about whether the difficulty in the There were more than three-dozen summarized these changes in a section in the program after noticing that many challenge lay in the volume of liquid or the unique unpal- nominations for the new position, all of the January/February MIT Faculty News- of her research collaborations were in- atability of milk itself. which were tenured faculty at MIT. Clay letter report entitled, “Towards a Person- volved with groups in Israel. Since start- Rosalia was the only one able to complete her gallon, talked or interviewed with roughly one alized Graduate Curriculum.” ing the program, she has sent several of but reported feeling dizzy and nauseous after the experi- dozen of the candidates. Two final can- Ortiz received her B.S. (1992) from her own students to Israel. ence. None of the milk drinkers finished drinking their didates were interviewed by the advisory Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Additionally, Ortiz is a strong sup- gallons, giving up with around a third of the milk to go. group. M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1997) from Cor- porter for diversity-related issues in high- Whole milk proved to be the most difficult to finish, The members of the Advisory Group nell University. In 1999, she came to MIT er education. She hosts the MIT Diversity although Carlson was admirably close to catching up said they are very pleased with the ap- as an assistant professor. Her research Web Portal and has participated in many with the other contestants. pointment of Ortiz. group studies the structure and nanome- diversity committees and panels at MIT Johnson said that he felt more patriotic after drinking “I think that Christine will be fantastic chanics of biological materials, and the and abroad. all the milk. “What better way to reinforce the imperial in this role. She has a lot of creative ideas Department of Defense has recognized “It’s important that MIT have an in- measurement system. Who wants to participate in the for the Office [of Graduate Education] and her for her research in new body armor clusive climate where all of its members 3.7854 liters challenge? Probably a bunch of lame metric she’ll bring a lot of energy,” said Ferner. technology based on the natural armor of have the opportunity to reach their goals,” system types,” Johnson said. Ochsendorf was also happy with Or- primitive fish. Ortiz said. There are currently no studies on either PubMed or tiz’s appointment. “She is absolutely in- She has been invited to give over 100 The role of dean for Graduate Educa- Google Scholar on the science behind why the gallon spirational,” he said. lectures all over the country. She has also tion is mainly responsible for organizing challenge is so hard. However, some websites, yielded Ortiz told The Tech in an interview that written over 100 publications, and serves and distributing graduate fellowships, through a preliminary Google search, offer a variety of the Dean for Graduate Education “can on editorial boards for several journals working on recruitment and inclusion of reasons. Some suggest that the large amount of milk over- bring different departments together to including Science. In her laboratory, she minority and women students, and for whelms a normal person’s lactose-digesting capabilities. discuss their programs and innovations. works with 16 students and postdoctoral general advising and mentoring. In ad- A Yahoo! Answers user suggests that milk neutralizes We can cross cultivate and get people associates. Despite her busy work sched- dition to these major objectives, the dean stomach acids and thus acts against digestion itself. On talking together in a way that enhances ule, Ortiz said she plans to continue do- also works and collaborates with the the other hand, Some believe that the challenge is dif- the graduate experience.” ing research as dean. Committee on Graduate Programs, the ficult simply because of the limitations of the maximum Ortiz mentioned that she foresees no Ortiz also teaches 3.052 “Nanome- Graduate Student Life, and the Dean for carrying capacity of the stomach; others believe that is immediate major changes to the gradu- chanics of Materials and Biomaterials”, Student Life. just an excuse and purely psychological funny-business. Pops, Keith take the stage Country and classical fuse the 4th

By Jingyun Fan out in the sweltering heat for Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture Associate news editor prime space on the Esplanade set to cannon salutes by the eight hours before the show 101st Field Artillery Regi- Over 800,000 people gath- actually started. To fend off ment. The three M102 How- ered on the Esplanade on July boredom, children played itzer cannons have a range 4th this year to watch the an- volleyball with beachballs of 11,500m (7.1 miles) and a nual Boston Pops Fireworks and garnered red, white and rate of fire of 10 rounds per Spectacular. The show fea- blue face paintings. minute. tured musical performances Keith was dressed in The spectacular show con- at the Hatch Shell by country flared blue jeans, cowboy cluded with the famous fire- singer and superstar Toby boots and hat, and brown works display. This year, the Keith, the Boston Pops Or- shirt with glimmering gold Boston Pops Fireworks Spec- chestra with conductor Keith inserts. Each time he en- tacular focused on presenting Lockhart, the Tanglewood tered the stage, his most avid new effects, adaptations, and Festival Chorus, and the fans cheered wildly. One fan meaningful music themes— Middlesex County Volun- shouted loudly, “I love you!” including this year’s use of hot teers Fifes & Drums. This is a prompting the national tele- pink hearts. During the fire- “show that will surely dazzle vision host Craig Ferguson works, recordings of “You’re the senses!” promised the an- to acknowledge the declara- a Grand Old Flag” sung by the nouncer as the show went live tion. Mormon Tabernacle Choir on national television. The highlight of the show and “Just Dance” sung by As in years past, Bosto- was the Boston Pops Or- Lady Gaga were played for nians and visitors camped chestra’s performance of spectators.

Elijah Mena—The Tech The Fourth of July fireworks are seen from the top of the Green Building (Bldg. 54). Anxious spectators began lining up along the Charles River early in the morning to re- serve prime viewing spots for the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Hickey writes Hockfield, MIT must help save coast Spill, from Page 1 help propose alternative strategies to slow the BP oil leak. Slocum was among the MIT Tech. “I wish that people would bring it professors who met with President Barack more to the forefront and try to recognize Obama last fall during the laboratory tours, [the situation] more,” she said. “I thought and is one of several MIT faculty members it was just a bummer that they didn’t even currently lending their technological ex- bother acknowledging the email.” pertise to help manage the BP oil spill. On May 14, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven The Tech sent emails both to Slocum Andrew Swayze—The Tech Chu appointed Alexander H. Slocum ’82, and Hockfield, however, they declined to The U.S. Army’s artillery squad fires off cannons during the Boston Pops’ rendition of MIT professor of mechanical engineering, comment on Hickey’s email and the cur- Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” The “1812 Overture” is a traditional part of the July 4th to specially-picked group of five scientists to rent oil spill situation. Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell. Wednesday, July 7, 2010 The Tech 15 A runner to remember Racing for the top spot Sport s Sport s Sport s Sport s Sport s Sport s Sport s Sport s Sports Sport s Sport s Sport s By Caroline Huang fected the runners’ pace. “The race went MIT Motorsports claims 8th place Senior editor out slow for the first lap. No one wanted to lead because it was windy, but after the By Juls Andren bon fiber nose cone, giving the car its For- In the past few months, Jacqueline M. first lap the pace picked up a lot and be- team Member mula 1 style look. Wentz ’10 has completed a dizzying journey came much more challenging to maintain,” Attending the competition also intro- – from finishing up finals at MIT, where she Wentz said. Out of the initial clump of run- Last month the MIT Motorsports For- duced me to the FSAE community outside graduated and double-ma- ners, Wentz emerged to lead the first lap, mula SAE team competed and placed 8th MIT and extended this concept of team- jored in Physics and Biologi- her MIT uniform rippling in the breeze. in the Formula SAE West competition. work to include the other participating cal Engineering, to competing Though she ultimately finished eighth with Over the past two years the team has been schools. Although each team is concerned in the finals of the 3000-meter a time of 10:12.46, Wentz proved that she designing and building a Formula 1 style with its own car’s performance, teams are women’s steeplechase at the belonged with the elite American runners. race car. Our hard work has paid off, as willing to help others by sharing spare USA Track and Field (USATF) Just five seconds ahead of her was Penn MIT placed higher than ever, taking 8th parts, tools, and even design concepts. Our National Championships. State’s Bridget Franek, the reigning Divi- place out of 80 registered teams. car quickly made it through the technical Even for one of the best Division III sion I 3000-meter steeplechase champion. Although the competition is primarily inspection, where the officials checked steeplechase runners, the transition to run- The other six runners who recorded faster based on design, the car must also pass a over the car to make sure it was rule and ning at an elite, national level was barely on times were another top Division I competi- comprehensive technical inspection and safety compliant. Wentz’s radar. “When I ran a 10:22, I had no tor; three women sponsored by Nike, New complete dynamic events that measure We then gave presentations to justify the clue that it was only two seconds away from Balance, and Brooks, respectively; and two design of the car, verify the tabulated cost of the ‘B’ standard for USATF Nationals until a steeplers who belonged to prestigious post- construction, and present a potential busi- teammate told me. Even when I found out collegiate running clubs. Our car can sustain ness model for small-scale production of I might qualify, I assumed that if I went, I’d Wentz’s results are all the more impres- our design. We put our car through a skid- be at the back of the pack and wouldn’t even sive given her late start in the event. She first 1.1 Gs laterally and pad to measure the maximum lateral G- make finals,” Wentz said. Fresh off her May started running track as a freshman in high can accelerate from force and a straight-line acceleration run to 28 victory at the NCAA Division III Outdoor school, but it was not until her sophomore measure the acceleration. Our car can sus- Championship, where she set an MIT record year at MIT that she began running the stee- 0-60 mph in 3.5 tain 1.1 Gs laterally and can accelerate from of 10:16.16 and raced to the third-fastest Di- plechase “because it seemed like a fun and seconds... 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds, which is compa- vision III time in history, Wentz competed in different race that I’d be good at.” As a sopho- rable to an Enzo Ferrari that accelerates to the steeplechase at the Portland Track Festi- more, she posted a personal best of 11:00.50; 60 mph in 3.1 seconds and can sustain 1 G val on June 11. There, she established a new as a junior, she improved her time by 13 sec- acceleration, handling, and endurance. in cornering. However, the Enzo Ferrari Division III record by finishing in second onds to 10:47.46 and finished fourth at the Scoring well in all events is crucial to make costs almost a million dollars, whereas our place with a time of 10:04.76, good for the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Champion- it into the top ten, and this year our team car costs $14,055. “A” standard qualification time for USATF ship. This year, she shaved off an incredible did just that! Watching the car success- In the final two days of the competition, nationals. 43 seconds, overcame an injury that left her fully pass inspection, complete all dynamic teams race their cars against one another. Clearly, something had clicked. “As I wearing a boot at the beginning of the sea- events, and place second in fuel efficiency We raced a few laps on a 1 kilometer track raced more steeples, I started believing more son, booked herself a rewarding trip to the was an extremely rewarding achievement. to qualify for the endurance race, a 22 kilo- in myself and realized I could race at USATF USATF national championships, and earned I had only been part of the team three meter race split between two drivers. The nationals and do well,” Wentz said. USATF a spot on the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine weeks by the start of competition. During endurance race is designed to measure nationals were a far cry from even the NCAA Academic All-America Second Team. those weeks I learned a great deal from oth- the fuel consumption and efficiency of the Championship, though. “[It] was definitely Yet for all her success, Wentz has kept er members about the discipline and col- competing vehicles. This year our car used different from other races, just because there her focus on her next endeavor – graduate laboration that goes into race car design. only 3 kilograms of ethanol during the entire were so many great athletes around and school at Johns Hopkins University. “In Bal- For example, some students design the race, enough to take second place behind a there were lots of regulations put in place timore, I hope to find a team or club that I suspension, while others tune the engine team that used a one-cylinder lawnmower involving when you had to gather before the can run with, although I’m not sure how in- with the custom-built engine control unit. engine to power its vehicle. Five members races and where you had to go after.” tensely I plan on training,” she said. Asked The car was designed entirely by the of our team drove in the competition, but Wentz’s mental strategy – to prepare for if she might consider deferring graduate students on the team using SolidWorks everyone got a turn to drive the car after- the biggest meet of her career as if it were school for a year to see how far she can ride and then manufactured in a machine shop ward. Weighing only 450 pounds and hav- just another couple of races – paid off. In the her steeplechase success, Wentz was quick in building N51. The car is powered by a ing 70 horsepower, I found the car to be un- preliminary round, she placed fourth in her to dismiss the possibility: “I think I need to Honda motorcycle engine and has fea- believably fast and very fun to drive! heat with a time of 10:05.64, which automat- do more than just focus on running.” Spoken tures such as a fully adjustable suspension, Performing well at this competition is ically qualified her for the finals as one of the like a true Academic All-American. pneumatic shifting, and custom carbon fi- both exciting and encouraging! MIT Mo- top five finishers. Wentz was profiled in The Tech’s “Senior ber intake. Each team member specializes torsports has already begun designing next When the finals rolled around on Sun- spotlight: Exceptional student-athletes” trib- in a different discipline based on his or her year’s car and looks forward to place even day, June 27, the Des Moines weather af- ute in the commencement issue. interests. I helped build and paint the car- higher in 2011. Lutzka, Sheckler land top spots in Men’s Skateboard Park

Dew Tour, from Page 16 every skater to clear the course for ously done in the semifinals. His the first competitor, Sierra Fellers, disappointment at the end of the stead, Candy Jacobs, Lacey Baker, who set the bar high for the heat. jam session was evident as he and Alexis Sablone all pulled off The next two competitors, Danilo walked off with his hands on his difficult tricks to move onto the do Rosario and Rodolfo Ramos, head in frustration. Next, Lutzka finals. were unable to quite reach the came out big with lots of energy During the final, Leticia Bu- level of Fellers, however, the bar and received applause for his foni dominated once again, pull- Fellers set was clearly struck down 180 to a backslide and switch 270 ing trick after trick and effectively when Ryan Sheckler and Greg noseblunt down a rail. Sheckler, using the guard rails. According Lutzka started their runs. Sheckler however, was the crowd favor- to an article on Alli, she pulled showed major control of his board ite and landed many big jumps off a crooked grind on a picnic that continued through the rest across the gap, backslide combi- table, 180 ollie on the big stairs, of the afternoon with a textbook- nations on the grind rail, and a back Smith grind on the rail, nose perfect switch kick. He scored ten difficult kick flip backflip. blunt side, and overcrook, giving points higher than Fellers. How- Reed, had tough acts to fol- her a 9 point lead and winning ever, Lutzka threw down a nearly low. He responded by a series of score of 86.00. Lacey Baker, who perfect run with a score of 86.10 Ollies to manuals and grind rail finished second was credited by and took over the top spot. The tricks. His switch Ollie to switch Adam Salo, an ESPN blogger for heat ended with Ramos snapping manual on the picnic table was a pulling off the best trick of the the deck of his board from the im- highlight, according to Salo. Fell- women’s skateboard park compe- pact of a trick landing. ers stepped up his performance tition: a nollie inward heel off the from the semifinals with larger wedge ramp. Alexis Sablone, who flips over the stairs and a frontside landed flips over the big stairs Coming into the noseblunt on the grind rail, but he and a variety of grind rail tricks, final, the top was not able to catch up to claim came in at 3rd. Joanna Kao—The Tech a spot in the top three. Salabanzi’s three skaters, Ryan Sheckler ollies onto a table during the Men’s Pro Park com- jam session runs, including a se- Men’s Skateboard Park Ortiz, Lutzka, and petition at the ISF Skateboarding World Championships in Boston on ries of flips on grind rails and flips The skaters in the men’s skate- June 26. Greg Lutzka (88.05) beat out the competition to claim first over the gap, were the talk of the board park were clearly anxious Sheckler, were less place while Shekler trailed in second (86.30) and Chaz Ortiz (83.35) stadium, however his prior low to get onto the course. They all hit in third. scores held him back in the final their warm-up session the instant than 1.5 points standings. In the end, Chaz Or- that the last woman skateboard apart. received additional cheers for not enough to take a spot in the tiz was unable to keep his spot at park competitor finished skating. wearing a Celtics jersey. During finals. Last but definitely not least number one, and Lutzka took first It was easy to see who the crowd fa- the heat 2 jam session, where was Chaz Ortiz, who received the place. Sheckler followed in sec- vorites were (especially among the There was a brief intermis- each skater took turns performing most cheering from the crowd. In ond, and Ortiz in third. females). Ryan Sheckler, the 3-time sion while skaters in the second a single trick on the course, Reed warm-up, did not miss a single champion of the Dew Tour and star heat warmed up. Afterwards, the took a tumble and landed stom- trick while adding in halfcaps Conclusion of his own MTV show from years course was cleared, and Mike De- ach first onto the grind rail, giving and guard rail tricks, landing him The Dew Tour is headed off to 2007-2008, Life of Ryan, and Chaz cenzo started off the second heat. him a gash on his stomach. De- a score of 86.20, one-tenth of a Chicago, Illinois for their next stop Ortiz, a 16-year old phenom from Despite predictions from another spite the injury, he qualified and point above the leader, Lutzka, featuring BMX. The skateboard- Chicago, received many words of professional skater who was not continued to compete in the final going into the final jam session. ers will continue competing in adoration and marriage propos- competing in this competition jam session. Jereme Rogers, the Coming into the final, the Portland, Oregon in August, fol- als from the crowd as they walked that he might come out at the top “it’s not a comeback” skater and top three skaters, Ortiz, Lutzka, lowed by Salt Lake City, Utah in onto the course to warm up. of the pack in the heat, he was un- fellow Bostonion, skated next, fol- and Sheckler, were less than 1.5 September. The battle for the Dew Heat 1 of the men’s skateboard able to land many of his tricks. Eli lowed by Bastien Salabanzi, who points apart. Ortiz started out the Cup Tour Championship will com- park semifinal did not start on Reed, a hometown favorite, came had a nearly perfect run that in- session with more difficult tricks mence in Las Vegas, Nevada on time since the skaters were so re- out next with a series of switches cluded a double flip backside that in combination such as a Ollie to October 17 when the combined to- luctant to stop warming up. It took and ollies to manuals. Aside from showed perfect board control. manual to tail slide across a table. tals of all five competitions will be several announcements that the the cheers from the audience for Paul Rodriguez skated next with However, he failed to land tricks tabulated and the Dew Cup cham- competition was about to begin for his strong performance, he also a very clean run; however, it was as consistently as he had previ- pion will be crowned. 16 SPorts Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sp o r t s Sports Sports The Tech Dew TourDew brings world’s to Boston best Engineers travelEngineers claim basketball overseas; tourney title Women’s Skateboard Vert board Vert andSkateboard Park. competitions held at the first stop both of the Dew Tour: Skate- of view perfect a gave hopped and frontthe to row)over get rowsto 10 seats of you of front in everyone led tack successfully and quickly you suming monetarily-challenged student.college the as well as fan zone moderate the for perfect were action they tickets), $100 the to compared when (cheap$15 only weretickets Because mob? situation. dog-eat-dog Why choose to risk your life in the the to contributed therefore and seating guaranteed not were holders ticket admission World General Championships. 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