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Volume 130, Number 25 tech.mit.edu Friday, May 7, 2010 Freshmen set to 2.007’s Top ‘Bot crowd MacGregor Larger freshman class will squeeze dorms

By Jingyun Fan According to Daniel D. Hawk- associate news editor ins ’12, vice chair of the UA Dining Proposal Commitee, there is no The incoming freshman class longer a goal date for the comple- is so large that eight lounges in the tion of W1, a $90 million project. MacGregor high rise will be con- “[MIT President] Susan Hock- verted into doubles starting fall of field said that if they get all the 2010. funding by June, they can finish by Karen Nilsson, the outgoing se- Fall of 2011,” Hawkins said. “But nior associate dean for Student Life that is probably not going to hap- Sam Range—The Tech said that the class pen.” Junior Randall M. Briggs’s robot keels over in a fierce game of tug-of-war to win yesterday’s 2.007 of 2014 might INSIDE A donor has been found to fin- competition in Johnson Athletic Center. The design and manufacturing class culminated in the annual have around 200 more ish the exterior of the building, but two-day robotics competition featuring over 100 contestants. 1,300 students, freshmen? there a lot of work remains to be which means p.13 done for the inside, Hawkins said. that around 110– According to Munther A. Dahl- 120 freshmen would have to be eh, one of MacGregor’s housemas- squeezed into the existing dorms. ters, MacGregor has had to convert Textbook data available sooner Other dorms such as East Cam- its lounges into doubles around pus, Burton Connor, and McCor- three times in the last 15 years. To comply with law, MIT will collect textbook information mick will also be crowded to pro- In 2008-2009, the lounges in vide space for the larger freshman MacGregor were used by mem- By John A. Hawkinson man said. mits a class to list its textbooks as class. bers of the former Alpha Tau Ome- News Editor The Higher Education Oppor- “to be determined.” In the past, MacGregor has ga fraternity when a burst pipe tunity Act of 2008 requires that Faculty will now find it easier been a last resort when there is flooded their chapter house. The To comply with a national law, by summer 2010, MIT and other to report their textbook choices. lack of beds available on campus. members stayed for nearly two se- MIT will make textbook information federally-funded universities to in- Instead of having to tell the Coop The doubles are converted back to mesters and paid “rent,” some of available before the pre-registration crease the transparency of textbook and the MIT Libraries separately, lounges as soon as space becomes which was given to the Macgregor deadline in coming terms, according information. faculty will now fill out a single web available elsewhere on campus. government. to a presentation delivered at April’s Lerman said that full compli- form. This time, The crowding in Now, the 16 students who get faculty meeting by Vice Chancellor ance with the law will require the As of last month, the schedule Macgregor is part of “a loan pro- placed in these converted doubles Steven R. Lerman ’72. faculty to make available their text- called for pilot testing of the sys- gram” between MacGregor and will stay permanently. Textbook information, includ- book choices by the pre-registra- tem during the month of May, with the Division of Student Life in “The policy of having tempo- ing ISBN and retail price, will be tion deadline, rather than in a syl- a production version complete by preparation for the Institute’s need rary rooms is bad for students who available by through the online labus distributed on the first day of June 15. for additional bed space before want to a permanent community” catalog on student.mit.edu. That class in September. In the past, students have some- renovation of the W1 residence Dahleh said. information will be made avail- In the event that a faculty mem- times had difficulty getting text- hall is completed. Once W1 opens, The conversion at MacGregor able to the Coop bookstore at MIT, ber has genuinely not yet deter- book information for courses with- the lounges will be returned to as well as to outside services like mined textbook selection for a out going to The Coop, which has MacGregor. Crowding, Page 13 Coursepicker and Bookpicker, Ler- course, Lerman said, the law per- given the Coop a sales advantage.

Provost presents budget cut projections Roche will file opposition brief Biotech company Roche will file an opposition brief Before Budget Cuts After Budget Cuts with the U.S. Supreme Court in Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, et al., the intellectual property case that $35.0 $40 $40 $35.0 $30.7 Stanford and MIT have both asked the Court to hear, as have $27.3 $27.3 $20 other 40 peer institutions. $20 $6.4 The outcome of the case could determine who owns the $0 8.25% Long Term Return $4.0 7% Long Term Return $-11.2 $0 patents to inventions that come out of federally-funded re- $-20 $-29.1 search. In 2005, Stanford sued Roche for patent infringement 8.25% Long Term Return 5% Long Term Return $-40 $-31.5 7% Long Term Return $-20 over technology to detect HIV levels in blood. Roche claims $Millions 5% Long Term Return 3% Long Term Return that it owns the patent because one of the researchers trans- $-60

3% Long Term Return $Millions $-40 ferred the patent rights to a company that was eventually $-80 bought by Roche. $-60 $-100 Stanford’s petition asks whether a university’s property rights “can be terminated unilaterally by an individual inven- $-80 $-78.4 $-120 $-120.3 tor through a separate agreement purporting to assign the ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 inventor’s rights to a third party.” Fiscal Year Fiscal Year When a party asks the Supreme Court to hear a case, four of the nine justices must vote in favor; fewer than 100 cases At March’s Faculty meeting, and again at an April meeting for administrative and financial officers, Provost are selected from nearly 10,000 petitions. Frequently only L. Rafael Reif presented planning models of the Institute’s budget deficit out to the year 2020, based on various the petitioner and third parties file briefs at this stage. A brief endowment returns. These graphs show the budget without this fiscal year’s cuts (left) and with cuts (right), in from the respondent may make the case look more appealing the face of four scenarios of long-term endowment return: 8.25 percent (green), 7 percent (blue), 5 precent (red), to the Court. and 3 percent (purple). Roche will file its opposition brief on May 26, according to This data does not incorporate planned cuts for fiscal year 2011 (the 2010-2011 academic year). Adrian M. Pruetz, counsel for Roche. Roche’s brief will be available on The Tech’s website. Stanford’s brief was filed on March 22 of this year. Amicus curiae, or friend-of-the-court, briefs, were filed in late April by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the Association In Short Mother’s Day is Sunday! Lobby 7’s doors are being Wind blew out a window of American Universities, and MIT. WARF’s brief was joined Student Activities Dean Please call your mother, she repainted over the next two from 54-100 last night, by 10 other institutions, including the University of Michigan. Jed W. Wartman is leaving will really appreciate it. weeks, from 4–9 p.m. daily. sending glass shards tum- AAU’s brief was joined by over 30 amici, including Harvard, MIT at the end of June. He’s Watch out for wet paint. bling. See photo p. 15. Yale, CalTech and CMU. accepted a position of As- MIT fêtes Steve Lerman Roche’s brief was originally due on April 26, but it ob- sociate Dean and Director with a “Community Spring Iron Man 2 opens today. Send news information tained an extension from the Court. Copies of the filings to- of Campus Life at Colby Col- Break” on Killian Court People say it’s good — for and tips to [email protected]. date are available at http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N23/scotus/. lege in Waterville, Maine. from 3:30–5 p.m. Monday. a sequel. edu. —John A. Hawkinson

Israel abuses Teamwork, everybody The Chorallaries, Cobra Starship SECTIONS Palestinians Don’t dread group projects. Here’s how WIth feeling Speaks Organizers of the to make them a success. OPN, p. 5 Guitarist Ryland World & Nation �����2 By the end of their spring Opinion �����������������4 Palestinian Awareness Blackinton talks about Don’t Multitask and Drive concert, everybody was Fun Pages �������������6 Week at MIT say the tearing up. ARTS, p. 9 the band, Boston and Arts �����������������������8 point is to convey the The Secretary of Transportation came on finding soul in electro Campus Life ������� 10 facts. OPN, p. 5 Monday bearing a warning. OPN, p. 4 music. ARTS, p. 8 Sports �����������������16 2 The Tech Friday, May 7, 2010 AIG is said to be replacing D Goldman as its top adviser Dow’s rapid fall of 1,000 points As its legal troubles mount, Goldman Sachs is losing a big cor- porate client: the American International Group. rattles traders, terrifies investors AIG, the insurance giant that planned to retain Goldman to help reorganize its businesses, has replaced Goldman as its main corporate adviser, according to three people with knowledge of By Graham Bowley ing to each other, suggesting the debt more than $60 within minutes. worl the matter, which was not intended to be public. Instead, the in- The New York Times crisis was entering a more dangerous The crisis in Greece, high-speed surer is turning to Citigroup and Bank of America. phase. computer program trading, the The move is the first in what some analysts warn could be a A bad day in the stock market Traders and Washington policy debate over regulatory reform in

n series of defections among Goldman’s clients after accusations turned into one of the most terrify- makers struggled to keep up as the Washington, talk of errant trades — — vigorously denied by Goldman — that it defrauded custom- ing moments in Wall Street history Dow Jones industrial average fell all were pointed to as possible cata- ers in a complex mortgage investment. A Goldman spokesman on Thursday with a brief, 1,000-point 1,000 points shortly after 2:30 p.m. lysts. But most agreed the plunge declined to comment. plunge that recalled the panic of and then mostly rebounded in a mat- would not have been nearly as bad As Goldman’s legal problems have escalated — first with a 2008. ter of minutes. For a moment, the if the markets had not been on edge civil fraud suit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, It lasted just 16 minutes but left sell-off seemed to overwhelm com- already over the debt crisis in Eu- and then with a federal criminal investigation — some investors Wall Street experts and ordinary in- puter and human systems alike, and rope.

a thave i o grown increasingly anxious about the potential damage to vestors alike struggling to come to some traders began referring grimly “There is a recognition that the Goldman’s reputation and business. grips with what had happened — and to the day as “Black Thursday.” Greek crisis has morphed into not AIG’s decision leaves Goldman out of the mix at a pivotal mo- fearful of where the markets might go But in the end, Thursday was only a European crisis but is going ment for the insurance company and breaks a traditionally close from here. not as black as it had seemed. Af- global,” said Mohamed A. El-Erian, relationship.. At least part of the sell-off ap- ter briefly sinking below 10,000, the chief executive of Pimco. —Louise Story and Eric Dash, The New York Times peared to be linked to trader error, the Dow ended down 347.80, or 3.2 On the trading floor of the New perhaps an incorrect order routed percent, at 10,520.32. The Standard York Stock Exchange, traders shout- through one of the nation’s exchang- & Poor’s 500-stock index dropped ed or watched open-mouthed as the

& N & es. Many of those trades may be re- 37.75 points, or 3.24 percent, to close screens lit up with prices plummet- Bill targets citizenship of versed so investors do not lose mon- at 1,128.15, and the Nasdaq was ing and as phones rang off the hook. ey on questionable transactions. down 82.65 points, or 3.44 percent, “It was almost like ‘The Twilight terrorists’ allies But the speed and scale of the at 2,319.64. Zone.’” said Theodore R. Aronson of WASHINGTON — Proposed legislation that would allow the plunge — it was the largest intra- But up and down Wall Street, and Aronson, Johnson & Ortiz, a money government to revoke American citizenship from people sus- day decline on record — seemed to across the nation, many investors management firm in Philadelphia. pected of allying themselves with terrorists set off a legal and po- feed fears that the financial troubles were dumbstruck. Experts groped for Wall Street managers wandered their litical debate Thursday that scrambled some of the usual partisan gripping Europe were at last reach- explanations as blue-chip stocks like trading floors, trying to calm their

o rlines l d on civil-liberties issues. ing across the Atlantic. Amid the Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris and people and figure out what was going The “Terrorist Expatriation Act,” co-sponsored by Sens. Jo- rout, new signs of stress emerged in Accenture plunged. At one point, Ac- on, and began to notice wild move- seph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., would al- the credit markets. European banks centure fell more than 90 percent to a ments in stocks like P&G and Philip low the State Department to revoke the citizenship of people who seemed to be growing wary of lend- penny. P&G plunged to $39.37 from Morris.

W provide support to terrorist groups like al-Qaida or who attack the

United States or its allies. Some Democrats expressed openness to the idea, while sever- al Senate Republicans expressed concern. Brown, who endorsed aggressive tactics against terror suspects during his campaign for The oil spill: tackling questions of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat, said the bill was not about politics. “It reflects the changing nature of war and recent events,” Brown said Thursday. “War has moved into a new dimension. liability, cleanup, & consequences Individuals who pick up arms — this is what I believe — have ef- fectively denounced their citizenship, and this legislation simply By Matthew L. Wald A: The 9-year-old rig was owned incident, which would mean higher memorializes that effort.” The New York Times by Transocean, a giant Swiss offshore caps. And three senators have intro- —Charlie Savage and Carl Hulse, The New York Times drilling contractor. It had been leased duced legislation to raise the $75 mil- On the evening of April 20, the to BP for roughly $500,000 a day. lion cap to $10 billion. oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded Q: Who is legally responsible for Cameron, the company that about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast the spill? manufactured a “blowout preven- Senate nod to approval of Fed in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 work- A: BP and Transocean have been ter” that failed to function after the ers and injuring 17. Two days later it named by the Coast Guard as “re- explosion, and Halliburton, which audit is expected sank in 5,000 feet of water. sponsible parties,” which means performed drilling services like ce- WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday moved close to Crude oil soon began streaming they must cover all cleanup costs, in- menting, could in turn face claims approving a proposal to require a one-time audit of the Federal out of a broken pipe attached to a cluding those incurred by the Coast from BP or Transocean. Reserve’s response to the financial crisis, and to force the central well a mile below sea level. Within Guard and other government em- Third parties like fishermen bank to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion in aid, in- days much of the nation was trans- ployees. could sue the responsible parties or cluding the bailouts of big banks. fixed by a frantic effort by BP and the They will also have to compen- companies like Cameron and Hal- The proposal, by Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, gained federal government to plug the leaks sate people and businesses for things liburton. The companies’ insurers momentum even as Republicans and Democrats continued to and contain a massive spill threaten- like property damage, lost business face claims too. clash over procedural issues with legislation that would overhaul ing the gulf coastline and the ocean revenue and harm to ecosystems. Q: How much will the cleanup the nation’s financial regulatory system. itself. BP’s liability bill is capped at $75 mil- cost? While the Sanders amendment requiring the audit appeared As the crisis has unfolded, confu- lion and Transocean’s probably at A: It depends on how much hits to have enough support among senators in both parties to easily sion has soared about the oil spill’s $65 million, but those caps could be shore. Exxon spent $3.4 billion in win adoption, a vote was postponed until sometime next week. gravity, the potential effects on lifted if the companies were found to cleanup costs, fines and compensato- The White House and the Fed had opposed the original proposal coastal residents, the risks to wild- have acted with gross negligence or ry payments for the 1989 Valdez spill by Sanders, which would have allowed additional audits of the life and who will foot the costs of the to have broken rules that led to the in Alaska. When the Cosco Busan hit Fed. A modified proposal from Sanders appeared to address cleanup. spills. ta bridge near San Francisco in 2007 those concerns, though the Fed still had concerns. Following is an oil spill primer: Or the government could rule and spilled 50,000 gallons of fuel, the —David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times Q: Who owned the oil rig? that the spill involves more than one cleanup cost $70 million.

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spill stymied cleanup efforts. 1030 35°N Weather plays a pivotal Forecasted winds out of the role in disaster responses. As south will continue to trans- we witnessed with the Eyjaf- port the oil slick slowly toward jallajökull volcano, wind pat- the coast of Louisiana.

terns can disperse ash into This weekend’s weather 1000 30°N the upper atmosphere caus- in New England will be rap- ing severe travel disruptions. idly changing. On Saturday, a Modeling the ash cloud is an strong storm will bring show- incredibly hard job to do with ers and thunderstorms to the accuracy due to uncertainties area. Any thunderstorms will 25°N in the ash plume itself and the have the potential to have limited predictability of the powerful wind gusts as long as atmospheric flow. Likewise, the sea breeze doesn’t inter- winds have played a critical fere. Drier, cooler, and breezy 1018 role in the oil spill in the Gulf weather will rule on Sunday.

Extended Forecast Today: Partly cloudy. NW winds 10-20 mph. High 69°F (21°C). SituationWeather Systems for NoonWeather Eastern Fronts DaylightPrecipitation Time, Symbols Friday,Other MaySymbols 7, 2010 Tonight: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Light Snow Rain Fog winds. Low 53°F (12°C). WeatherHigh SystemPressures WeatherTrough Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols 1010 Showers Snow Rain Thunderstorm Fog Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy with showers and thunder- WarmTrough Front LowHigh Pressure Pressure Light - - - Showers Haze storms. Variable winds 10-25 mph and gusty in thun- Cold Front Thunderstorm Q Q Q Q Warm Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Low Pressure Light derstorms. High 65°F (18°C). Hurricane MeteorologyHaze Staff LLLLL StationaryCold Front Front Heavy Sunday: Partly cloudy and breezy. NW winds 20-30 mph. Moderate Compiledand The byTech MI T Hurricane Q Q Meteorology Staff High 59F (15°C). Low 46°F (8°C). L L Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & world nation & world nation & world nation Friday, May 7, 2010 The Tech 3 Group backs ritual ‘nick’ as WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on WORLD & Nati on W Cancer society criticizes federal female circumcision option In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning panel as overstating risk the practice of female circumcision in some African and Asian cul- tures, the American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting that Amer- ican doctors be given permission to perform a ceremonial pinprick By Denise Grady able, the panel says. It urges the gov- calling it reactionary rather than pre- or “nick” on girls from these cultures if it would keep their families The New York Times ernment to strengthen research and cautionary, which means that the from sending them overseas for the full circumcision. regulation, and advises individuals government waits for proof of harm The academy’s committee on bioethics, in a policy statement A dire government report on can- on ways to limit exposure to potential before taking action, instead of tak- last week, said some pediatricians had suggested that current fed- cer risks from chemicals and other threats, including pesticides, indus- ing preventive steps when there is eral law, which “makes criminal any nonmedical procedure per- hazards in the environment has trial chemicals, medical X-rays, ve- uncertainty about a chemical. Regu- formed on the genitals” of a girl in the United States, has had the drawn criticism from the American hicle exhaust, plastic food containers lation is ineffective, the panel says, in unintended consequence of driving some families to take their Cancer Society, which says govern- and too much sun. part because of inadequate staffing daughters to other countries to undergo mutilation. ment experts are overstating their A cover letter urges President Ba- and financing, overly complex rules, “It might be more effective if federal and state laws enabled pe- case. rack Obama “most strongly to use the weak laws, uneven enforcement and diatricians to reach out to families by offering a ritual nick as a pos- The government’s 240-page re- power of your office to remove the undue industry influence. sible compromise to avoid greater harm,” the group said. port, published online Thursday by carcinogens and other toxins from The report looks at contaminants “I am sure the academy had only good intentions, but what their the President’s Cancer Panel, says the our food, water and air that needless- from a variety of sources: industry, recommendation has done is only create confusion about wheth- proportion of cancer cases caused by ly increase health care costs, cripple agriculture, air and water, medical er [female genital mutilation] is acceptable in any form and it is environmental exposures has been our nation’s productivity, and devas- imaging and contaminated military the wrong step forward on how best to protect young women and “grossly underestimated.” It warns of tate American lives.” sites. It also considers natural haz- girls,” said Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., who recently introduced a “grievous harm” from chemicals and Nearly 80,000 chemicals are in ards, like radon gas in homes and bill to toughen federal law by making it a crime to take a girl over- other hazards, and cites “a growing use in the United States, and yet only arsenic in drinking water. The report seas to be circumcised. “FGM serves no medical purpose, and it is body of evidence linking environ- a few hundred have been tested for concludes, “At this time, we do not rightfully banned in the U.S.” mental exposures to cancer.” safety, the report notes. It criticizes know how much environmental ex- Georganne Chapin, executive director of an advocacy group Children are especially vulner- the nation’s regulatory approach, posures influence cancer risk.” called Intact America, said she was “astonished that a group of intelligent people did not see the utter slippery slope that we put physicians on” with the new policy statement. “How much blood will parents be satisfied with?” In Washington, Toyota’s problems —Pam Belluck, The New York Times FCC outlines plan to control lead to a new appetite for car safety broadband, but not rates or content By Micheline Maynard tion that would impose far-reaching cused everyone’s attention on what WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communica- The New York Times safety standards on the auto indus- needs to change,” said Ami Gadhia, tions Commission outlined a plan on Thursday that would allow try, including some steps that advo- the Washington policy counsel for the agency to control the transmission component of high-speed In the new world of auto regula- cates have been seeking for years. Consumers Union, the parent of Internet, but not rates or content. tion, cars could be required to have What began in September as a Consumer Reports magazine. In announcing the FCC decision, Julius Genachowski, the com- “black boxes” to record crash data crisis for Toyota, which has recalled Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman mission’s chairman, said the agency would begin a process to re- and be able to stop even with the more than nine million vehicles of the House Energy and Commerce classify broadband transmission service as a telecommunications engine at full power. Automakers worldwide because of safety issues Committee, which held a subcom- service, subjecting the Internet to some of the same oversight as could be ordered to recall defective involving accelerator pedals, has mittee hearing on Thursday, and telephone services. vehicles immediately and pay safe- become a catalyst for regulatory Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, who But, he said, the commission would also exempt broadband ty fees to cover the costs of federal change. And the effort looks to have heads the Senate Commerce Com- service from many of the rules affecting telephone service, seeking oversight. support, at least for some features, in mittee, have prepared parallel bills mainly to guarantee that Internet service providers could not dis- For the first time since Firestone the Obama administration, both po- that are serving as the general frame- criminate against certain applications, Internet sites or users. tires were exploding on Ford Ex- litical parties and the industry itself. work for the proposals. More hear- The approach would specifically forbid the commission from plorers a decade ago, Congress on “Fortunately, or unfortunately, ings are expected in both houses in regulating rates charged by telephone and cable companies. Thursday began working on legisla- the Toyota circumstances have fo- the coming weeks. —Edward Wyatt, The New York Times Techiya by any other Name a Jewish a cappella concert Featuring the Honorable Menschen

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MIT pioneered a mandate, the most progressive of its day, to open ac cess to MIT-published research in literature 2009. OpenCourseWare made our cut ting-edge teaching available to any English speaker with an Internet look connection. forward to We MIT reasserting its leader shipin the ethics of science in the service of licens access global endorsing by humanity technologies. medical for academic ing HarvardMedicaldateatSchool/MIT (HST). Mary Xu is a member of the Class Leonid Chindelevitchof is a PhD2011. Candidate in the Department of Mathematics. Sarah Mok Class, Jess Ho, and Manjae Kwon are mem- bers of 2010. of the Class - occupy the government, Israeli of errors the ing and government, its cruel policies to the people. Palestinian badmouthing Israel? No. pretty a not Admittedly, is painted is that Israel of picture the one. However, it is not the events of Pales tine Awareness Week that created that im- age; they are merely presenting And the considering facts. that events such ting as Involved: Abroad Initiative in Get Palestine were mostly concerned with humanitarian projects, the allegations of rhetoric seem a not is PAW of message undeserved.The little simply should that Palestine be a country or primary The mes resolution. a want we that sage is that the first step to an end goal is to stop the death, destruction, and disrespect agree do I But defenseless people. vastly a of stop should we thing; one on Fisher Mr. with the rhetoric. We need action. Human lives in the balance. are of President the is Mustafa Palestine@MIT. of Palestine@MIT. ress and facilitating communication. and facilitating ress practice and the ability to relate to different people in different MIT situations. the like You programs or can teams project join clubs, Gordon Engineering Leadership Program to experience. this valuable gain come to an end and we will step into a world where our success depends we perform as on members of a how team. So stop well dreading the words “team project” and think of group work at MIT as an learn opportunity skills to that will someday enhance your career. written by students in the Gordon-MIT - Engi neering Leadership Program. Elizabeth Ohrt is a junior in the Department of - Chemical En gineering. ------The The impact that generic drugs have had Drug developers that agree to allow ge- As the forerunner of research - universi So what is the goal of - Palestinian Aware So take a risk: challenge your group’s aver group’s your risk: a challenge take So 1) Set some ground rules. Decide who 2) Get to know your group members and 3) Don’t be afraid to step up and be the MIT’s MIT’s mandate to advancing technology in “bring- to mission its and service, public the ing knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges.” on the developing world is unquestionable. Generic antiretrovirals, key drugstreatment of HIV/AIDS, are often ten times in the cheaper than their branded equivalents. By procuring generic antiretrovirals, the U.S. federal AIDS relief agency PEPFAR $64 million in saved 2007 alone, which has made medication available for countless people HIV/AIDS. suffering from nerics lose little. Less than five percent of a pharmaceutical company’s revenue is gen - developingtheinerated world.givingupBy a portion of this already small profit, drug developers provide an avenue to affordable life-saving medicines, vaccines, tics, diagnos and devices to millions of people who survive on less than two dollars a addition, humanitarian licensing day. generates In positivepublicity helping by the developing world. ties in terms of volume and quality of pat ents registered, MIT possesses the - respon Israel, Israel, 24,145 Palestinian homes have been demolished, yet zero Israeli been homes destroyed. have If Americans states that been39,019 have Palestinians in- Knew also jured in comparison to 8,864 Israelis. These not rhetoric. facts, are ness Week? It is to educate and inspire the an end to MITto help in putting community the wanton abuse of the Palestinian people values in the Gaza Strip Bank. and Yes, West and point-of-view matter, but I would think argue few with the right to live I and right don’t to think have water. any Ameri- the cans believe any peaceful civilian deserves to live under constant attack, his/her home riddled with gunfire. The goal of is PAW to stop these practices. Yes, the Governments on both sides need suf a doing is Hamas say peoplewould who work. There are few an “representing” despite if, even job, ficient occupied territory, the Council on Foreign percent 90 approximately that says Relations their work goes to social, welfare, cultural, and educational activities. But few mention sanity sanity of everyone involved. And how learning to lay the foundation for the a beyond even strong valuable team be will that skill a is MIT bubble. sion sion to team and building take a few simple steps to put your group on the path to cess. suc will do what by when and make sure that ev eryone commits to doing their part. Lay out a method for how, when and how often you will communicate as a group. Use texts, and Googlemail, Dropbox docs to sure make e- page. is on the same team your understand their commitments. What are they involved in on campus? What do they have going on in their part is how vital to especially other understanding classes? This to divide up workloads. But don’t just stop at learning about their commitments. - Build ing relationships with your group members shows them that they are important to the team and will their strengthen loyalty to the project. team This “coordinator.” doesn’t mean that who one the or taskmaster the be to need you fulfill can you that role a It’s work. the all does simply by keeping track of the - prog group’s - - - tre be can behavior such of benefits The The statement has now garnered 23 en- As a MIT student, I appeal to the data. The The value of that team building became As a result our project got off to a rocky Just Just like my in classmates lab, most MIT As you read in last week’s article about property property in poor countries, while retaining strict patent protections elsewhere. Yale at researchers ago, years Ten mendous. Universitydeveloped anantiretroviral drug, stavudine, which revolutionized treatment options for patients with Yale licensedHIV. its technology to which developed and Bristol-Myers commercialized the Squibb, drug. For the poor in AIDS-stricken - coun tries, stavudinehowever, was priced far out AIDSof reach. continued to be a death sen- tence to those people until a generic- manu facturer, Aspen Pharmaceuticals of Town, stepped Cape into the market Africa with a in 96 percent reduction in South price. Bristol-Myers filed a lawsuit against Aspen for patent infringement, outrage but and negative widespreadpublicity forced Yale with- — suit nega the no Bristoland drop to effect for either party. financial tive dorsements from institutions including the Institutes National of Health, the Center for - Massachu Prevention, and Control Disease setts General Hospital and Women’s Hospital. Brigham MIT and was asked to join students, MITdeclined. As butinitiative, the with reconcile to difficult stance this find we - sim are Palestinians the if as seem it making ply complaining. After all, “Israel also - pro vides the majority of power and fuel to Gaza and the West Bank.” Surely that is enough to give praise reason to Israel? Maybe not, considering The United Nations says that: “Much of the population of the Gaza Strip continues to live without electricity, though some parts of Gaza City (fewer than 50,000 people) are now receiving electricity for 3-6 per day.” hours According to B’TSELEM, an Israeli human rights organization, and the UN Office the for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 6,348 Palestinians and 1,072 Moreover, 2000. September Israelis since killed been have B’TSELEM further elaborates on the deaths deaths Palestinian the of 2,192 that saying by were Palestinians who did not take part in the hostilities and were killed by Israeli se- curity forces. That figure does not include the recent attack on Gaza, where over 1,000 Palestinians lost their lives. According to If Americans Knew, an organization critical of er” attitude. attitude. er” even more apparent when I started a group short, This intense class. in a different project col- and creativity required project four-week sure was dynamic group positive a laboration; were we Although successful. more it make to encouraged to get to know each other and com- nothing was this leader, choosegroup a I building team structured highly the to pared class. experienced lab in my We schedule. behind fell quickly we and start had a hard time establishing how and when we were going to and communicate weren’t because effectively the workload to able split we didn’t understand each other’s commit ments. ments. The project got done, as theyexperience better always a been have could it but do, for everyone if we had used the techniques I class. lab learned in my students resist the idea that teamwork is im- Andportant like oil mixingresists with water. through my experiences this semester, I’ve seen that even when suggestions for how to have a successful team experience not organic. is the process fered, are of internships, building trust, loyalty and com- in a mitment team is to and vital the success

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Thaddeus R. Cybulski ’10 cra- dles Casey K. Hua ’11 during a contemporary dance they choreo- graphed.

Dance Troupe freezes at the end of a house-style number choreo- graphed by Kristopher B. Dos San- tos ’10.

(left to right) Reid C. Van Lehn G, Mason Tang ’10, and Armand E. Mignot ’10 show off their moves in the show’s opening hip-hop dance. Arfa Aijazi—The Tech

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson inherited some of their ancestry due The Boston Globe to this remixture.” The scientists began with three Neanderthals — extinct for fragments of bone, two of which 30,000 years — live on today in the have been dated to around 40,000 DNAof many people because the years ago. Because DNA degrades Ice Age brutes probably mated with over time and is easily contaminat- prehistoric humans, scientists said ed, there were serious doubts that yesterday. they would succeed. But they took The discovery stems from re- exquisite care in both the prepara- searchers’ striking success in extract- tion and the analysis of the samples. ing and sequencing genetic material Scientists used a sterilized dental from a pill-size amount of crushed drill to remove tiny amounts of pow- bones found in a cave in Croatia. derized bone. They sifted out the Then a Harvard geneticist led efforts vast majority of the data, from fungi to compare the ancient DNA with or bacteria that had colonized the present-day human genomes, re- Andrew Swayze—The Tech bones. And they took precautions Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo speaks about the interaction of poverty, growth, and de- vealing that people from outside Af- to prevent and detect any new con- mocracy, particularly with regard to South and Central America, as part of the Legatum Pericles lecture rica inherited a small portion of their tamination. series in the Wong Auditorium on Monday. genes from Neanderthal ancestors. To reconstruct the Neanderthal “They’ve taken an extinct group genome from millions of snippets, of people who don’t exist anymore, they used the human and chimpan- and they’ve discovered that extinct zee genomes as a template, match- group of people is still in us,” said ing short fragments. John Hawks, an anthropologist at Researchers were able to as- the University of Wisconsin-Mad- semble about two-thirds of the Ne- ison, who was not involved in the anderthal genome, a first draft that Bose is pleased to o er special research. “It really has changed our highlights how new genetic tools are view of humanity.” leading to insights about evolution. savings for all students, Not only did the team find strong “It’s like living in a science fic- support for the controversial mating tion story that comes true,” said theory, but the work also produced Daniel Lieberman, a professor of employees and retirees of M.I.T. a catalog of genetic mutations that human evolutionary biology at Har- set humans apart, yielding potential vard University not involved in the clues about why we succeeded while research. “Do some of those genes Neanderthals died off. help us understand why it is we’re Researchers found that modern- here and Neanderthals aren’t? 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The first draft of the Neanderthal So far, they have found that genes genome, published in the journals- involved in wound healing, skin, gience, took a massive international and energy metabolism underwent effort involving more than 50 sci- evolutionary changes, along with entists working for four years. Their genes implicated in cognitive devel- work was spearheaded by Svante opment. Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute “This is a very powerful method for Evolutionary Anthropology in for shining light … and finding these ® Leipzig, Germany. 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Squeezing in more freshmen field, but one that has been hard to Deans ponder summer housing achieve because MIT hasn’t raised In this article, Karen Nilsson tells the money to fund the renovation of The Tech that the Class of 2014 will a dorm to house the extra students. What will Next do without kitchens or Dining? have about 1,300 students, which That goal seemed to be side- would represent an increase of 222 tracked in February, when Chancel- Crowding, from Page 1 Nilsson says that the Housing ditional $120. Transportation and over the Class of 2013’s size of 1078 lor Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75 said in a Strategy Group is still working with storage of 10 items in a non-private freshmen, according to Registrar letter “Undergraduate enrollment will not require any renovation and Dining Services on what can be of- room will be provided for a total of statistics. That increase is about four will not be increased until additional consist of replacing lounge furni- fered to students in Next House. No $300. Sign-up must be completed times as large as was projected ear- housing is available (specifically W1) ture with beds and room furniture. decision on whether the dining hall by next Friday, May 13. lier this year. and we have assessed and addressed will be open has been reached. Each dormitory has its own stor- In February, Provost L. Rafael Reif other issues related to the likely im- Summer Housing Nilsson says that the Housing age policies. Some such as Sim- said at a faculty meeting that MIT in- pacts of an increase in the size of the The Housing Strategy Group, Office has arranged for summer mons have free storage space in the tended to increase class sizes mod- undergraduate student body.” chaired by Dean for Student Life storage of student belongings at the basement. estly, by about 50, from about 4,238 Asked in February about the Chris Colombo and Dean for Grad- nearby Metropolitan Storage Ware- East Campus has tradition- to 4,288, for the 2010–2011 academic discrepancy between a “modest” uate Education Steven R. Lerman house, across Vassar St. from the Z- ally had storage in the basement as year. A similar tactic was proposed increase in class size and his com- ’72, has been working on finishing Center. well, but flooding this year is forc- by the Institute-Wide Planning Task mitment not to increase the student up decisions about summer hous- MIT students can rent a room in ing residents to rely on off-campus Force, MIT’s budget cut committee, body until additional housing be- ing. Metropolitan for $180 for the entire storage. EC President Robin Deits to increase tuition revenue without came available, Clay said that the Three dormitories, East Cam- summer, provided they move their ’11 suggests EC residents should spending much more on infrastruc- two points are not at odds and that pus, Next House, and New Ashdown own possessions. That is discount- take advantage of Metropolitan’s ture for the extra students. enrollment varies year-to-year based (NW35) will be open this summer. ed from the regular $75/month, or $180 deal. MacGregor residents will Increasing the undergraduate on the expected number of available Dining during the summer has $225 rate. also not have any storage space be- student body size has been a long- beds. not yet been worked out. While East Metropolitan will also offer pick- cause of summer renovations to the held goal of President Susan J. Hock- — Michael McGraw-Herdeg Campus has large, communal kitch- up and delivery services for an ad- dorm. ens on each floor that residents may use, Next House only has its “coun- try kitchen,” a single kitchen about the size of one of East Campus’ hall kitchens.

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William Yee—The Tech Andrew Swayze—The Tech WeiYang Sun ’11, Adrianna L. Tam ’11, and Jia X. Wu ’10 peform a mashup of New solar-powered, compacting single stream recycle bins were placed outside of 2PM songs “Tic Toc” and “Heartbeat” at the Syncopasian spring concert on Sunday the Student Center this week. The new bins aim to reduce the amount of waste going in 6-120. to a landfill, and they do not have to be emptied as often as regular recycling bins.

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Stephanie C. Lin—The Tech Soloist Nozomi Ando, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Quentin Smith—The Tech Chemistry, sings “Dona Nobis Pacem” (“Grant us peace”) by Ralph The southwestern window of 54-100 blew out on Thursday around 8:30 p.m. because of high Vaughan Williams in the concert choir’s spring concert on Sunday in winds. The Cecil and Ida Green Building was designed in 1962 by architect I. M. Pei ’40, the same ar- Kresge. The concert also featured the world premiere of Professor chitect who designed the John Hancock Tower in Boston, which is famous for its original glass panels Peter Child’s “Song of Liberty.” cracking and falling out in high winds. Pei did not respond to an e-mail sent late last night.

mentary about the 1992 murder of Norwegian Donovan, Shon McHugh, and Alfredo Velez. is still in prison, as well as his family and attor- Cable channel revisits student Yngve K. Raustein ’94. McHugh and Velez were released after ney; the jurors in the case who claim the deci- Raustein was fatally stabbed while walking ten years in jail, but Donovan remains jailed, sion to convict haunts them; and Velez, who 1992 student murder with a friend on Memorial Drive near Hayden despite the fact that Velez actually stabbed describes the night of the murder. Library on Friday, September 18, 1992. Three Raustein, whereas Donovan punched him. NECN is not available on MIT Cable, but On Monday at 8 p.m., New England Cable Cambridge high-school students were arrest- NECN’s documentary interviews many of the documentary will be available online after News (NECN) will run an hour-long docu- ed and imprisoned in the incident, Joseph D. the people involved, including Donovan, who it airs, at http://necn.com/. MIT Concert Band Spring Concert May 9th, 2010, 3:00pm Free to all! Kresge Auditorium Valdres - Johannes Hanssen La Tomatina - Gregory Fritze Third Suite: III. Rondo - Robert E. Jager Of Sailors and Whales - W. Francis McBeth Symphony No. 3 - Vittorio Giannini Conducted by: Thomas Reynolds, Stephen Babineau Reception to follow concert. http://band.mit.edu [email protected] 16 Pick-up at our booth outside LaVerdes, May 3-14. LaVerdes,May outside booth our at Pick-up Order yours online: Only $60. SPorts Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sp o r t s Sports Sports The Tech ketball, coupled with the continuing successes of of successes continuing the with coupled ketball, Learfield Learfield Cup recognizes Institute’sgains programSports ontherise Taekwondo falls just shy 1st of at EasternConf. A ‘neck-to-neck’ battle for1st the last fewseasons. board the across performances strong Engineers’ to 37th to 24th to 9th — is not surprising, given the This NACDA. or Athletics, of Directors Collegiate of Association National the by out given award al the men’s andwomen’s divisions, respectively. executed impressive forms in order to place third in sion, Jingxiao Lu ’13 and Stephanie P. Chen ’12 both and fourth place respectively. In the green belt divi- second, first, taking by side men’s the dominated ’12 Emeagwali “EJ” Ijeoma and ’11 Wu Bradley G, Williams M. 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