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By Ana Lyons the beginning of next school year News editor in September 2010. Highlights from their platform Vrajesh Y. Modi ’11 and Sa- include improving freshman ad- mantha “Sammi” G. Wyman ’11 vising with an optional mentor- were elected as Undergraduate ing system, creating a system for Association President and Vice student to add and drop classes President, receiving over 80 per- online, and improving SafeRide. cent of votes in the spring elec- Both running mates have been tion. involved in the UA as dorm sena- Roughly 40 percent of under- tors in previous years. They have graduates — 1,686 students — been involved with several high- voted. The results of the election, profile UA projects such as the which included both electronic Star Market shuttle, the produce votes and results from paper bal- stand, putting a PDF version of lots, were announced at 2 p.m. the Add/Drop form online, and on Saturday March 20 by the UA the soon-to-be installed SafeR- ide monitor outside the Student Center. Modi is an East Campus resi- dent who is double majoring in Course 2 and 15. Wyman is ma- joring in Course 10 and lives in Burton-Conner. To find out more information regarding the UA Election results, Jessica J. Pourian—The Tech including the results of class In response to a request from the audience, Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik (left) and Jerry Holkins council positions, visit http:// arm wrestle. After an overly dramatic minute, Krahulik won. web.mit.edu/elections/Spring10/ results.shtml. By Jessica J. Pourian Holkins, who is known in the strip games and demos, humorous pan- UA Exec meetings to be Associate news editor as Tycho, writes the comic. els, and several concerts. Game Election Commissioner. held in dorms Over this past weekend, nearly developers from all over the coun- “I wasn’t expecting [to see] Modi said improving commu- “My gravy trainnnnnn!” ex- 60,000 gamers attended PAX East, a try, including MIT’s own GAMBIT that much of a landslide,” Wyman nication between the UA and the claimed Jerry Holkins, co-creator huge video game exposition put on lab, had a chance to show off their said. “I was really excited to see larger student body will be a pri- of Penny Arcade after losing an by the writers of the popular web games to the crowds. how many people supported us.” ority. “The UA’s job is to represent arm-wrestling match to co-creator comic Penny Arcade. This conven- Concerts on Friday and Sat- Modi said that the pair’s door- all the students, with even more Mike Krahulik at a Q&A session at tion marked the first time that the urday nights included the Video to-door campaigning — trying to emphasis on outreach. We make the Penny Arcade Exposition last Penny Arcade Exposition made it Game Orchestra, Metroid Metal, reach out to as many people as sure that people are informed weekend. to the East Coast. It is usually held MC Frontalot, Paul and Storm, possible — contributed to their and people are incorporated into “That’s my drawing arm,” Kra- in Seattle during the late summer. Jonathan Coulton, Protomen, and success. any recommendations,” he said. hulik complained, shaking his arm. Running from March 26 until Anamanaguchi. During the Q&A Modi and Wyman, who ran “The main centerpiece” of Krahulik — known as his cartoon March 28 in the Hynes Veterans session with the Penny Arcade cre- under the slogan “we do things,” alter ego Gabe online — is respon- Memorial Convention Center, the will start serving their terms at UA Elections, Page 17 sible for drawing the comic while convention featured plenty of new PAX East, Page 12

In Short reporter’s notebook Census forms distributed The produce market is in the Stata Center today because of to living groups this week rain. It will move back to the Prefrosh in Providence East Campus courtyard next Students who live on campus or in a FSILG will Tuesday. Revisiting the prefrosh dinner, years later receive a census form this week. The census must be filled out as soon as it arrives and mailed back Screwed? Nominate profes- By Robert McQueen himself first. Lin was accompanied by his fa- by National Census Day, April 1, 2010. Anyone who sors for the Big Screw as part news editor ther. Across from him was current MIT stu- does not complete the census form will be fined of APO’s annual charity fund- dent Matthew D. Sooknah ’13, also a Rhode $100 by the Federal Government, and MIT is legally raiser by emailing big-screw@ Last Thursday, I found myself standing in Island native. obligated to provide directory information on them mit.edu. Voting will take place the same hotel as I had been two years prior While waiting for more people to arrive, all to Census officials, who will visit to ensure comple- for the award April 15 through when I was accepted to MIT. It was at the four of us chatted about the available majors tion of the form. 19, the week of CPW. Radisson Providence Harbor Hotel in Rhode at MIT. “By the end of orientation,” I told Alex, MIT is distributing the census forms to all resi- Island, where the MIT Club of Rhode Island “you will know what all the numbers stand dents of institute-approved housing. MIT is also The lottery for MIT sum- has been hosting its prospective freshmen for.” While Alex said that he did not know what keeping a website (http://web.mit.edu/census/) to mer housing opened March dinner since 2007. course he wanted to be, he showed a great in- answer any questions that the community may have 22 and will end April 21. Visit Over spring break, close to 50 prefrosh din- terest in energy efficiency and business. about the census; students can find direct contacts http://web.mit.edu/housing/ ners are hosted by MIT Alumni clubs all over At 6 p.m., MIT alums started to trickle into about the census in their residence and look at ex- undergrad/summer.html to the world. From Taipei, Taiwan, to Hawaii, the Radisson. The total attendance came to amples of a census form. For more information e- register. prospective freshman, current MIT students, be about 30 people, mostly alums. Only one mail [email protected]. and MIT alumni gather to talk about MIT. For other prefrosh, Katherine Sylvestre from Mas- The U.S. Federal Census is a count of everyone Passover begins today and some prospective freshmen, this is their first sachusetts, attended the event. She arrived residing in the United States, including US citizens, will continue for seven days real MIT experience. straight from ballet practice. permanent residents, and aliens. Information col- until Monday, April 5. I arrived at the Radisson at 5:30 p.m. The Event organizer Kevin R. O’Neill ’02 hand- lected by the census is confidential and will be used front desk worker directed me to a room ed out name tags to everyone. For the next 30 for purposes such as the allocation of funds to infra- Send news information and where I found three people standing outside minutes, Matthew and I told Alex and Kather- structure, research and transportation. tips to [email protected]. in the hallway. Alex Lin, a prospective fresh- — Jingyun Fan man from Westerly, Rhode Island, introduced Prefrosh, Page 18

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They said for lure a usedas was cigarettes, of taste that harsh the masks and cools the flavoring, which young smokers while also being marketed to black smokers, who disease. of smoking-related rates the highest have alition of supporters — including the industry giant Altria, which and FDA the to on issue the passed Congress — Morris Philip owns new regulations. propose to it a two-year deadline gave smokers. first-time underage cigarettes. menthol out whether they got into their first-choice schools, were put on the on put were schools, first-choice their into got they whether out whose heartAnyone rejected. is set list or on were Hudson waiting will beUniversity disappointed. long-running “Law & Order” shows on NBC, and also an briefly “Castle,” ABC on series about a New York police detective and her. who shadows author a best-selling Unit” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” — have long wandered onto the Hudson campus when they needed to question college students. 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Massachusetts ers, saying their taunting and physical threats a herself from to hang Prince, Phoebe pale and led the freshman, were beyond the stairwell in January. problem of adolescent bullying, which is increasingly conducted growing drawn has and schoolyard the in as well as cyberspace in and lawmakers. educators parents, concern from old boy subjected to harassment in nearby Springfield last year, the Massachusetts Legislature stepped up work on an - anti-bul lying law that is now near The passage. law would school require staff members to report suspected incidents, and principals investigate to them. It would also demand that schools teach about the dangers of bullying. Forty-one other states have anti-bullying of varying strength. laws ing to prevent harassment, pay $50,000 to the report Press boy’s Associated family The counseling, for family and the reimburse ed. The boy has moved to a different district. a different to moved has boy ed. The Wall Street starts to recover, as recover, to starts Street Wall oil prices 3 percent jump nearly FDA panel will examine the lure will examine the lure panel FDA of cool menthol cigarettes A crime-plagued college that’s collegeA crime-plagued that’s impossible get into to 9 teenagers are charged after charged9 teenagers after are classmate of suicide - sub the on attacks Two percent. 3 nearly pricesurged the oil ter of way system in Russia, a raised major concerns oil about producer, supplies. nomic recovery, as investors recalibrated their portfolios ahead of - consum that said Department Commerce The week. data-heavy a er spending rose 0.3 percent in February, even though household flat. income remained said weak,” Thomas J. Lee, chief United States equity strategist at not it’s JPMorgan like Chase. people“And are borrowing to spend and then spending.” in order their finances getting — they are ------Duncan Duncan had said political in- Andy Smarick, a Republican Obama has requested an ad- The The fragility of peace on the di- Fifty-eight sailors were rescued Any navy crewmen who ini- New New York came in 15th of the Valles de la Valles Rosa was stopped in The pregnant consulate em- Its members sometimes hire fluence would play no part in the competition. But by choosing two states with Democratic governors, and by eliminating several strong contenders with Republican gover nors, the administration may face grumbling. servedwho and House White the in in the Department under of President Education George W. Bush, said, “I don’t think that political in- fluence was a primary determinant here, but it could have had a sec ondary effect.” ditional $1.3 billion to extend the competition into a third next round year. relatively relatively warm for grown ever more tendentious with years, have the North’s confrontational stance on its nuclear weapons and the program South’s election of - Presi dent Lee Myung-bak, who took of fice in 2008 with a hard line against the North. vided Korean Peninsula evident is along most the disputed ern west maritime border in the Yellow Sea, where the two navies skirmishes fought in 1999 and 2002, and briefly exchanged fire has repeat North Korea November. again last - “retali and “clash” a of warned edly in these waters. ation” but explosion, the after hours the in none have been found since, alive or dead. tially survived and managed to seal cabins watertight inside themselves would most likely have run out of night. Monday air by nues in the recession have left states states left have recession the in nues hungry money. for federal 16 finalists. New York’s naming as a finalist had been a surprise cause the Legislature did not elimi- be- nate caps on the number of char ter schools, despite having pushed to been do so Michael R. Bloomberg of by New York both Mayor A. David Paterson. and Gov. FBI FBI swept through El Paso, Texas, on March 18, arresting more than and 100 gang members of the street interrogating them about the - kill ings. a car at an undisclosed location by Mexican soldiers at 6 a.m. on on then Fri since - held been has He day. charge. a weapons-possession ployee, Lesley A. Enriquez, and her husband, Arthur H. Redelfs, just left a had birthday party with their 7-month-old daughter when they were attacked on March 13. A few Salcido, Alberto Jorge later, minutes the husband of a Mexican - employ ee at the consulate, was killed after leaving the same party. The Barrio Azteca gang has its roots in Texas prisons, but has operated on both sides of the border since 1990s. the late themselves out to the Juarez drug cartel for assassinations and other say. officials enforcement law jobs, - - - Asked Asked about mines, Kim said Other theories mentioned at The two Koreas remain techni- - pro Delaware’s of highlight One passed a that law will Tennessee Forty states and the District of Georgia and Florida came in The president’s goals include The The arrest of Valles de la Rosa, The victims ranged in age from 8 from age in ranged victims The Though the motive remained Meanwhile, the authorities in out out the possibility of North Korean involvement,” Kim Tae-young, de- fense minister of South Korea, said Monday during a grilling in - parlia ment. it was “possible” that nan was hit by one the of thousands of Cheo- mines North Korea deployed near its coast during the from Korean 1950 War, to 1953. open He the also possibility kept that a Korean North submarine launched a an torpedo, initial focus might have of suspicion. North Korea has used difficult-to-detect submersibles to insert the South. into spies me- domestic the in and parliament dia included an on-board saboteur the inside exploding something and warship, which reportedly carried torpedoes, depth charges, missiles and other weaponry. cally at war, since the Korean War ended only in a relations, But truce. ing ing teacher evaluation systems, im- proving states’ student-data track the ing systems and around turning schools. lowest-performing posal was a new state law that al- lows teachers rated as “ineffective” for three years to be removed from the classroom, even if said. the department tenure, they have allow the state to intervene in fail- ing schools and will permit student edu- in used be to growth academic evaluations. cator Columbia submitted proposals for the competition in January, more than had been originally expected, in part because plunging tax - reve the Top competition, which aims to the Top promote by innovation a rewarding in exemplaryprogress for states few areas that President Barack Obama considers crucial to education - re form. third and fourth, but won no mon- ey. expanding charter schools, rework rested a reputed leader of the Barrio the of leader reputed a rested Azteca prison gang, Ricardo Valles de la Rosa, 45, in connection with the killing of a pregnant American consulate worker and her husband. 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What benefits have been provided in terms of have reduced been drowned premiums out by the noisy - pre the which of costs care health (andgrowing) derivative. miums are and listen to reform care health how a of analysis statistical differences-in-differences - pre their though even them helped actually miums just went up, then they really have pack the stimulus the lessons from ignored age. “Things are bad but not as bad as they nothing”done is had we beenif have would a thoroughly unconvincing argument to the layman, whether applied to unemployment achieves act the what of Most care. health or will not be useful campaign fodder for - any those no. one but who voted right thing. Although the act likely is remain) (and markedly unpopular, will it will correct a large and persistent market failure and ultimately lead to a higher standard of living for all. As ugly as the process was, itworked. In the partisan environment we live in, - when that so of many our representa tri- not trustees, as act to craven too are tives bunes, of the public interest, this is not just vic a is this reform, victorya care health for toryforourAmerican system ofdemocracy. works. the system Finally, mandates in Massachusetts should provide some illumination onlikely the effects.act’s in this skyrock has state Although coverage eted, insurance premiums have remained among the highest in the nation and con- tinue to rise. Critics has seized upon this as as working not is mandate the that evidence advertised [email protected] Furthermore, during - Furthermore, the Repub debate, Secondly, as strong as this act is, there interpret is language bill’s the if yet, And Lastly, the experience of individual rollees due to low rates of remuneration. 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However, prof still are spending wasteful from profits its, and it remains that on the net, hospitals and doctors will find their ened. revenue Each senior that loses their tight doctor or otherwise finds their health care in vote Republican a be likely will changedresult a as the next election; in particular, keep an eye on the ten million subscribers to Medicare Advantage. “doc the link successfully to able were licans a fix,” perennial vote to avert a large cut to doctor reimbursement rates that has been programmed into the Medicare to program, health care reform by arguing that sav ings wrung out of Medicare should be used to permanently solve the of problem doctor reimbursement. As a consequence, Demo - crats will be open to fresh charges of either every deficit the growing or seniors harming comes up. time the issue is one area Democrats sacrificed their - ra tionality to sentimentality. Throughout the debate, they referenced the “three-legged stool” of health couldn’t insurance ban discrimination reform: based pre-existing conditions You without upon a mandate, and you couldn’t in good conscience act en- a mandate without who subsidizing cannot afford those health insurance. They pointed out, quite rightly, that ending dis condi- pre-existing upon based crimination tions without a was a mandate for recipe an insurance death spiral: Of the six states that had attempted such a move, all six are now among the eight most expensive insurance in the country. markets ed as the Obama administration intended, unablestartingimmediately bewillinsurers to charge different rates on children pre-existing with conditions. As a consequence, between now and 2014, we should expect a rapid deterioration of the non-group family insurance market. 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Between now and 2014, the act does little, and what it does do will likely be to the detriment of Democratic re-election chances. There are three primary reasons unpopular. the act will remain why for the favorable CBO score they obtained. When health care floated, bills the CBO scored were them as adding at first least $900 being billion to the national debt over a ten-year window. The passed bill that was scored at roughly $150 billion in the black over that same window. Deficit-fighting is not a free lunch, and Democrats took their pound of flesh out of seniors to reach - bud get neutrality. Some $500 billion will be cut decade. the next over Medicare from problem, namely that of doctors and hos pitals refusing to serve public program en- loss loss to drive out private insurers. 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Deadline: Monday April 5, 2010 between 12noon and 5pm at the Student Art Association (W20-429), please submit: • 1) Examples of artist’s work a. Three pieces that best represent your entire body of work

b. Or one piece of original work and visual representations of other originals (i.e. slides, photographic prints, etc.)

2) A written statement concerning artist’s intent as it pertains to his or her works and art in general

PRIZES & EXHIBITION! • Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place in the competition • Honorable mentions may also be awarded • Winners must be willing and able to display their work in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery for an exhibition that will open on May 25, 2010 • This includes the installation and deinstallation of the exhibition • The exhibit will be up during Commencement, and close on June 29, 2010 • There! will be an opening reception at the gallery for the MIT community on May 25, 2010

•FIRST Prize $5,000 ! •SECOND Prize $2,500 •THIRD Prize $2,000 • Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions • http://saa.mit.edu/schnitzer-prize Application: http://web.mit.edu/arts/about/awards/Schnitzer_app2008.pdf Fun fun fun fun fun Fu n fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun FUN FUN FUN FUN fun 9 4 8 3 7 6 Tuesday, March 30, 2010 March 30, Tuesday, 7 8 2 3 5 6 7 1 9 4 6 8 3 4 1 3 6 8 2 6 1 7 5 2 Hard Sudoku Solution, page 18 8 5 4 6 2 5 Gary Collins’ Mobley Small lumps Touch tenderly Touch Son of Noah Ms. Thurman Ms. Soda fountain treat Old gas Spectra maker Gas additive Gas additive letters Saloon Middle East nation Ballerina garb Ballerina The Knack hit, Knack The “My __” Falling-blocks Falling-blocks game Walked leisurely Walked Senate sessions station Respond to Respond Alabama city “Separate star Tables” Tractor man Tractor Bushy dos Bushy Capital of Peru Bygone bird Bygone Part of IRA Part 24 27 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 39 40 43 45 47 49 50 51 53 55 56 57 59 60 63

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Nicholas Chornay—The Tech Aditi Verma Dan Kubaczyk—The Tech Tech staffers share spring break photos While some Tech staffers stayed in the area for spring break, others traveled as far away as Amsterdam. Here, they share their experiences

in photos. Ana Lyons—The Tech (near left, above) A stork stands on Party for Socialism and Liberation). the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Buildings can be seen on the North (near left, below) Protesters gather Miami Beach, located in Key Largo, in front of the Capitol building on Florida. March 20 to oppose the new health Dan Kubaczyk—The Tech care bill, which was signed into law Jingyun Fan ’12 and Ana Lyons ’12 later that week. visit Times Square in New York City and bring The Tech. (near right) From left: Kelly A. Stro- minger ’10 and Deborah C. Markham The cruise ship Carnival-Fascination ’10 board the boat after snorkeling in is docked at Nassau, The Bahamas on the South West Bay off Nassau, The the evening of March 22. Bahamas on Tuesday, March 23. Ana Lyons ’12 studies Frida Kahlo’s (clockwise from top left) “Fulang-Chang and I” in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. MIT Ballroom Dance Team mem- bers Ran Yi and Jing Wang ’10 com- Butterflies rest in the Biodome in pete in the championship standard Montreal, Canada. Unlike in most at the Harvard Invitational Ballroom zoos, the majority of animals in the Competition this past weekend. Biodome are uncaged.

Korean drummers lead the march Motorcycles and bicycles are parked at an anti-war protest in Washing- outside of Centraal Station in Amster- ton D.C. on March 20. The protest dam. against the war in Iraq and Afghani- stan was organized by the Act Now A windmill is seen on the eastern to Stop War and Racism coalition and outskirts of central Amsterdam.

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Aviv Ovadya—The Tech Jasmine Florentine—The Tech Jingyun Fan—The Tech 12 The Tech Tuesday, March 30, 2010 MIT GAMBIT Game Lab had PAX East booth Fans packed Hynes to meet Penny Arcade creators and play video games

PAX East, from Page 1 ators, fans begged for a CD of the Video Game Orchestra’s performance and a DVD of the entire convention. “It’d be so awesome to have a DVD of this,” one attendee said. At the Q&A session, an incredibly dramat- ic opening sequence of flashing lights and deep bass introduced the two creators, who stood on stage dressed in t-shirts and jeans and opened up the floor for questions. One attendee remarked on the influence that Mike and Jerry have in the gaming indus- try, bringing up the Ambassador Award the two recently won at the Game Developers’ Conference. “Do we have that power?” Holkins asked. “Is this where I take the sword from the stone? Become king of all kings?” Krahulik said. Questions ranged from asking if the two creators would ever consider bringing Na- than Fillion as a guest speaker for PAX (they suggested everyone in the room tweet him personally), to what to do if you find your dad playing the sex minigame in God of War 3 (“I’m sorry for your trauma” said Krahulik), to advice on getting married and moving in together. “We can’t even manage our own lives,” Holkins said. One woman stood to ask a question and began to cry. “I spent the better part of my childhood in the hospital,” she said, as she began telling the audience about how play- Jessica J. Pourian—The Tech ing N64 used to take her mind off her pain. A Upstairs, PAX provided a number of computers to play games like Battlefield II. The Penny Arcade Exposition, a videogame conven- number of people had already thanked Penny tion, ran from Friday to Sunday. Arcade for running Child’s Play, a charity that donates video games and toys to children’s “I’m just gonna give this right back to with Skate 3 and Dante’s Inferno. could definitely pick some up.” hospitals across the country. When she heard Child’s Play,” he said to warm applause. The MIT GAMBIT Game lab ran a large Upstairs, PAX featured several rooms full of this charity, she knew how much it meant The entire second floor of the convention booth at PAX displaying two of their games, of computers and consoles for free-play and to those children. center was taken up by the main exposition Dearth and Waker. Stephie Wu ’10, a research- tournaments. In addition to rooms for the “I just wanted to thank you guys person- which featured companies like EA, 2K Games, er in the MIT GAMBIT lab, was busy teaching standard Halo, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, ally,” she said. The entire auditorium rose in Rockstar, NVIDIA, Microsoft, AlienWare and attendees about Dearth, a cooperative game Counterstrike, and Rock Band games, there applause and Krahulik jumped from the stage Wizards of the Coast. Many people could be that requires players to coordinate to destroy was a room setup for Steel Battalion, a fancy to give her a hug. found playing Nintendo DS, sitting on the the monsters chasing them. mech pilot game with an incredibly detailed Other heartwarming moments from the sides of the expo. “Every game we make has a research ob- control console. Of all of the gaming rooms, talk included when Holkins tried to give a The Prince of Persia: the Forgotten Sands jective,” she said. “In this case, our objective this one was among the most quiet: occupy- man an Intel Core i7 processor as a prize. booth kept a large crowd around at all times, was to study the way humans played in two ing the room were the players with the most The gift was in return for some custom PAX and crowds flooded to the screening area player mode to further our computer players’ intense expressions. themed trading cards that man had created for Red Dead Redemption, an old Western AI in one player.” Due to the high attendance this year, when and presented to Krahulik and Holkins. The action-adventure game created by the de- Asked if she had gotten a chance to explore PAX East returns next year it will move to the fan shook Holkins’s hand and returned the velopers of Grand Theft Auto. Mafia II and PAX herself, Wu laughed and nodded. considerably larger Boston Convention and present. Bioshock II were also popular stations, along “It’s pretty cool,” she said, “lots of swag, Exhibition center.

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Applied Scheduling by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik Tuesday, March 30, 2010 The Tech 13 Breast cancer genes can’t be patented, judge rules District judge’s verdict could throw human gene patents into question

By John Schwartz University of Utah Research Foun- patenting of the DNA in our bodies yer who represents biotechnology did not return calls seeking com- and Andrew Pollack dation, asked the court to dismiss but which, in practice, reaches the firms but was not involved in the ment. But this month, the compa- The New York Times the case, claiming that the work of same result.” case, said loss of patent protection ny’s chief executive, Peter Meldrum, isolating the DNA from the body The case could have far-reach- could diminish the incentives for told investors that “regardless of the A federal judge on Monday transforms it and makes it patent- ing implications. About 20 percent genetic research. outcome of this particular lawsuit, struck down patents on two genes able. Such patents, it said, have of human genes have been pat- it will not have a material adverse linked to breast and ovarian can- been granted for decades; the Su- ented, and multibillion-dollar in- Loss of patent effect on the company,” or its future cer. The decision, if upheld, could preme Court upheld patents on dustries have been built atop the revenues, according to the Phar- throw into doubt the patents cov- living organisms in 1980. In fact, intellectual property rights that the protection could macogenomics Reporter, “or on the ering thousands of human genes many in the patent field had pre- patents grant. diminish the future revenues of our products.” and reshape the law of intellectual dicted the courts would throw out “If a decision like this were up- Janice Oh, a spokeswoman for property the suit. held, it would have a pretty sig- incentives for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhat- U.S. District Court Judge Rob- nificant impact on the future of genetic research. tan, which represented the Patent ert W. Sweet issued the 152-page medicine,” said Kenneth Chahine, and Trademark Office in the case, decision, which invalidated seven About 20 percent of a visiting law professor at the Uni- “The genetic tools to solve the had no comment. patents related to genes whose the human genes versity of Utah who filed an amicus major health problems of our time One of the individual plaintiffs mutations have been associated to brief on the side of Myriad. He said have not been found yet,” said in the suit, Genae Girard, who has breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. have been patented, that medicine was becoming more Reines, who is with the Silicon Val- breast cancer and has been tested The American Civil Liberties and multibillion- personalized, with genetic tests ley office of the firm Weil, Gotshal & for ovarian cancer, applauded the Union and the Public Patent Foun- used not only to diagnose diseases Manges. “These are the discoveries decision as “a big turning point dation at the Benjamin N. Cardozo dollar industries but to determine which medicine is we want to motivate by providing for all women in the country that School of Law in New York joined best for which patient. incentives to all the researchers out may have breast cancer that runs with individual patients and medi- have been built... Chahine, who once ran a bio- there.” in their family.” Chris Hansen, an cal organizations to challenge technology firm, said the decision The lawsuit also challenged ACLU staff lawyer, said: “The hu- the patents last May: they argued Sweet, however, ruled that the could also make it harder for young the patents on First Amendment man genome, like the structure of that genes, products of nature, fall patents were “improperly granted” companies to raise money from grounds, but Judge Sweet ruled that blood, air or water, was discovered outside of the realm of things that because they involved a “law of na- investors. “The industry is going because the issues in the case could not created. There is an endless can be patented. The patents, they ture.” He said that many critics of to have to get more creative about be decided within patent law, the amount of information on genes argued, stifle research and innova- gene patents considered the idea how to retain exclusivity and attract constitutional question need not that begs for further discovery, and tion and limit testing options. that isolating a gene made it patent- capital in the face of potentially be decided. gene patents put up unacceptable Myriad Genetics, the company able “a ‘lawyer’s trick’ that circum- weaker patent protection,” he said. The decision is likely to be ap- barriers to the free exchange of that holds the patents with the vents the prohibition on the direct Edward Reines, a patent law- pealed. Representatives of Myriad ideas.”

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UA Elections, from Page 1 freshman acclimate to MIT life To move forward another ma- and helping them look forward jor idea ­— putting the Add/Drop the pair’s plan will be to hold to future career fields.” process online — Wyman said UA Executive Board meetings in “The Task Force planning re- that she has already begun talk- dorms. port suggested a freshman advis- ing with the registrar’s office. Modi and Wyman plan to ing center where there will be a rotate UA executive meetings lot of staff to advise students on UA currently interviewing among dorms and the student classes, which we think is really for committee positions center. “We hope that having good,” but “some staff members “We strongly encourage ev- exec meetings in dorms will have may be great with classes, but eryone to get involved with the a big impact on the meeting’s what they’ve been involved in UA,” Modi said. “There are a lot of focus: the way the meetings are since college might not be the things going on, a lot of reward- run and the level of feedback,” he ing projects that could shape the said. future of MIT.” Also “we want to make sure Among the projects According to an e-mail sent that any decisions we make are out to undergraduates last Sun- data driven — that’s something proposed in their day, students can now apply to that’s a feature of MIT anyway,” running platform, run for their dorm senate seats or Modi said. positions as various committee “improving chairs, as one of the major ways Plans for freshman freshman advising to become more involved. advising and online Add/ “People who are part of a Drop forms move forward is what we’re committee work on specific is- Among the projects pro- the most excited sues around campus, such as posed in their running platform, dining or education policy,” said “improving freshman advising about,” Modi said. Wyman. is what we’re the most excited According to Wyman, each about,” Modi said. committee has a chair and vice The pair hopes to implement most relevant for advising stu- chair with positions, and these a new, optional freshman advis- dents in career related tasks,” she positions deal more broadly with ing system in which students are said. different areas and can have a matched with a graduate stu- To get this project off the large role in advocacy. “It’s a way dent, faculty, or alumni who can ground, Wyman said she has al- to choose issues that mean a lot give students more of a career ready spoken with the alumni to you,” she said. guidance. association and Julie B. Norman, In addition to running for “In the current system, it’s re- director of Undergraduate Advis- a committee position, Wyman ally hard to achieve both some- ing and Academic Programming said that students can run for a one who is both knowledgeable and senior associate dean of senate seat in their dorm or give in advising classes and can pro- the Department of Undergradu- more feedback at the meetings in vide a mentor-like role in the ate Education. Wyman plans to dorms. Melissa Renée Schumacher—The Tech same person,” Wyman said. “Ba- speak with Dean for Undergrad- For more information on ex- Early on the morning of March 18th, a student fell from this roof sically we want to improve func- uate Education Daniel E. Hast- ecutive and committee positions hatch on the ninth floor of the Stata Center’s Dreyfoos Tower. The tions for the advising program— ings PhD ’80 in the next couple available, see http://ua.mit.edu/ student lay immobilized for hours before being found by police around having someone who serves sort of weeks to further develop this exec/positions and http://ua.mit. 8:30 a.m.. of a mentorship role, helping idea. edu/committees.

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