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Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 3 MIT’s Oldest and THU: 61°F | 47°F Largest Newspaper Mostly cloudy FRI: 51°F | 46°F Rain thetech.com SAT: 58°F | 43°F Partly cloudy Established 1881 Volume 137, Number 10 Thursday, April 20, 2017 Election Half-term marred by subjects get ‘gross new set of negligence’ Established 1881 regulations Commission Rules will establish previously new exam schedule By Emma Bingham uninvolved EXECUTIVE EDITOR By Vivian Zhong VIVIAN ZHONG – THE TECH The faculty voted to institute a EDITOR IN CHIEF The candidates for the UA President/VP election receive applause at the end of the debate hosted by new set of rules for half-term sub- The Tech in the lobby of W20 Saturday, April 15. jects March 15. Previously, there In an email shared with The were no specific rules for half-term Tech, the UA Judicial Review Board subjects. determined that the former Elec- UA pres. candidates face off in The Tech spoke to Faculty Gover- tion Commission chair, Scott Perry nance Administrator Tami Kaplan ’19, acted with “gross negligence” in about the motivation behind the fulfilling the duties required of him Established 1881 new rules. There is an increasing by the Election Code. debate, take student questions number of partial-term subjects, JudBoard determined that while she said, and half-term subjects are one of the three UA presidential the most common type of partial- candidates Daysi Gomez ’18 did not Voting to close Friday, winners announced Saturday term subject. The aim of the new submit her proof of registration by rules is to standardize expectations the deadline, she and her running By Anshula Gandhi vice president are Sarah Melvin with an apology for not being vis- for these subjects and prevent con- mate, Elizabeth Cox ’18, should NEWS EDITOR ’18 & Alexa Martin ’19, Daysi Go- ible via advertisements during fusion among students and faculty. not be disqualified, since Gomez mez ’18 & Liz Cox ’18, and Malte the past week, since his previous According to the new rules, in “was in regular communication” The Tech hosted a public de- Ahrens ’18 & Aron Ricardo Perez- VP running mate had to drop out both the fall and spring, subjects in with Perry, who was responsible for bate between the UA presidential Lopez ’20. because “life happens.” the first half of term (denoted H1 “responding to and reminding the candidates April 14 at 8 p.m. in The third pair, Ahrens and Voting opened April 17 and and H3) will run for seven weeks concerned candidates.” the lobby of W20. Perez-Lopez, didn’t start their will close April 21. Winners will and end on a Friday. The last week of Candidates for this year’s campaigns until Tuesday last Election, Page 11 elections for UA president and week. Ahrens began the debate Debate, Page 7 Half-term, Page 8 Established 1881 Faculty gives green light on joint 5-7 major Blunt egg donor advert. Faculty approved a new 5-7 major will be assigned to both a since we already have those pro- major, a joint degree between Chemistry faculty advisor and a grams within our departments.” generates controversy Chemistry and Biology, at a meet- Biology faculty advisor. The number of students who ing yesterday. The major will go Students who might be inter- will enroll in the major is unclear, Creator claims his girlfriend is ‘desperate’ into effect for the coming aca- ested in this track include pre- but some students have already demic year. med students as well as students reached out to Prof. Van Voorhis for child and that he expected controversy The requirements are de- interested in biotechnology, Van about declaring — students who signed to be “similar in difficulty” Voorhis said. have “indicated they’re planning By Drew Bent dates in the process. to those of a Course 5 or Course “For many years, we’ve want- to sign up for it.” STAFF REPORTER The children are being raised by 7 major alone, Troy Van Voorhis, ed to have something that was at Currently, no new classes are two different mothers, and were con- Professor of Chemistry, said in an the interface of Chemistry and being created specifically for the An advertisement that ran in the ceived as part of two relationships interview with The Tech. Biology,” Van Voorhis said.“Many 5-7 major. “But that certainly March 23 issue of The Tech began “Ge- Naylor was formerly in. Both women “We didn’t want it to be like a schools have a separate depart- is something that we’re, long nius Asian Egg Donor Wanted,” and were in their 40s. Naylor, now with a double major,” Dennis Kim, Pro- ment of biochemistry or mo- range, interested in,” Van Voor- offered $20,000, sparking a heated new woman, says he ran the ad again fessor of Biology, added. lecular biology.” But, “that didn’t his said. debate on campus and prompting a hoping for another child. Students who choose this really seem like the right fit here, —Anshula Gandhi discussion on CSAIL’s general mailing While not all details were verifiable list. at the time of publication, Naylor’s The person behind the ad is Wil- comments about his profession, alma liam Naylor, a Caltech alum and re- mater, and place of residence were searcher who currently lives in Cuper- supported by independent research Chicago mayor Emanuel talks to tino, California. He has solicited egg done by The Tech this week. donations at MIT multiple times, since Members of the MIT community as early as 2009. were concerned by the message and MIT students about sustainability Naylor has had two children with wording of the ad. “I cannot help to eggs donated from members of the suspect he is merely looking to get in MIT community, according to com- contact with young, smart, but finan- Former chief of staff harbors high expectations for cities to ‘tip ments he made to The Tech. He esti- mates he interviewed over 50 candi- Advertisement, Page 8 the scales’ of economic, intellectual, & cultural energy, politics By Amy Shim A chance encounter in an ele- the role computer science might vator spurred the mayor’s visit, ac- play in that evolution,” Reif said. center steps Saturday at 12 p.m. be- Rahm Emanuel, 45th mayor cording to MIT President L. Rafael “We agreed we would try to find IN SHORT fore marching to Boston Common A blood drive will be held in La of Chicago and former White Reif, who introduced the mayor to time in his busy schedule for him to participate in the Boston March Sala de Puerto Rico. Visit the fol- House chief of staff, held an open the audience. to come to campus to speak to the for Science. lowing website for more details and discussion last Friday in Wong “When I saw him [Emanuel] in MIT community.” to make an appointment: http:// Auditorium. The moderated con- that New York elevator, he told me Professor John Deutsch mod- UA elections are open until 5 p.m. web.mit.edu/blood-drive/www/. versation concluded the mayor’s that he and his team were imagin- erated the conversation, choosing Friday. Be sure to vote! stay in Cambridge, which in- ing the city of the future, consider- questions from a curated list of MIT community members will cluded talks with students and ing how changes in transportation questions submitted by students. Send news and tips to news@tech. meet for a rally on the student faculty about sustainability and will affect urban planning, the en- mit.edu. entrepreneurship. vironment, and architecture, and Emanuel, Page 7 THE TECH ENDORSES THE SENIOR YEAR DILEMMA ASIAN-AMERICAN OPEN ENGINEERS APRIL PER- SECTIONS World & Nation . .2 Advice for the job hunt and making MELVIN/MARTIN MIC IN CENTRAL SQUARE ORMANCE FLUCTUATES Opinion . .4 life decisions. CAMPUS LIFE, p. 6 And finally breaks an edito- Poems, stories, emotions shared. Like this indecisive April Arts . .5 rial drought. OPINION, p. 4 JAZZED UP BRUNCH ARTS, p. 5 weather. SPORTS, p. 12 Campus Life . .6 Fun Pages . .9 Another news editor falls to the arts Sports . .12 side. ARTS, p. 5 2 The Tech Thursday, April 20, 2017 Chaffetz, powerful House Republican, won’t run in 2018 Runoff vote keeps Georgia’s WASHINGTON — Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the powerful chair- man of the House Oversight Committee, told supporters on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election to Congress — 6th district contested or for any office — in 2018. Chaffetz, 50, R-Utah, who relished his oversight role more Richard Fausset instant celebrity as liberals around brief victory speech, she did not WORLD under a Democratic administration, said he was ready to re- THE NEW YORK TIMES the country sniffed weakness in a mention Trump at all. turn to the private sector after more than 13 years in public ser- district that previously sent Newt But in an appearance Wednes- N vice, calling his decision a “personal” one. ATLANTA — When Jon Ossoff Gingrich to Congress — but which day morning on CNN, Handel said He said his decision was not based on either health or polit- came within a couple of percentage Trump barely won in November. she hoped Trump would come ical concerns, adding that he was “confident” of his re-election points of winning 50 percent of the Activists have filled Ossoff’s campaign for her. “It’s all hands on should he have pursued it and retained support from Speaker votes — and thus winning outright campaign chest with $8.3 mil- deck now,” she said. “There’s a lot at Paul Ryan for his committee chairmanship.