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Volume 128, Number 18 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 11, 2008 Sloan Group Received A Record Number of Students Homophobic Threats Attend Campus Preview Weekend After Incident, Community Discussed Values By Arkajit Dey By Ramya Sankar spend it at resuscitation department. and Nick Bushak Staff Reporter If this is what you want, go ahead.” Staff Reporters A Sloan student was not ex- The full message is available on- A record number of prospective pelled or suspended after sending a line along with a response from the freshmen — 1021 — have descend- homophobic, threatening e-mail to LGBT group at http://tech.mit.edu/ ed upon MIT for this year’s Campus members of the Sloan LGBT stu- V128/N18/sloan/. Preview Weekend, according to Ben dent group. Group officers contacted the Jones, Associate Director of Admis- The e-mail was sent in Decem- Sloan administration, who notified sions. The event, which ten years ber; the resulting Committee on the MIT Police. Soon a court case ago was meant to attract women Discipline case was resolved in was filed, said Tom Armet G, an of- and minority students to MIT, is February; a letter to the Sloan com- ficer of Sloan LGBT. now open to all admitted freshmen. munity was sent in March; and an After proceedings in January, CPW has grown explosively since open forum was held in April. The “the Cambridge Court case was then, increasing from 974 last year incident and subsequent discussion closed pending further action,” said and 868 the year before. have forced the Sloan school to se- Eric J. Silverberg G, another officer CPW runs from April 10 to April riously reevaluate its values and to of Sloan LGBT. 13. Living groups, student groups, implement diversity training, ac- MIT’s Committee on Discipline MIT organizations, and other groups cording to students. heard on Feb. 14 a case against the offer more than 600 events through- On Dec. 10, the officers of the student who sent the e-mail, whose out all hours of the weekend. MIT Sloan LGBT received a ho- name has not been released, and the A smorgasbord of activities char- mophobic e-mail from a fellow case was resolved a few days after- acterized last night’s CPW opening Sloan student, threatening violence. ward, Silverberg said. festival, held in the Johnson Athlet- A case was filed with Cambridge COD officials would not con- ics Center. Perennial favorites, like officials, and Sloan administrators firm or deny that they had heard liquid nitrogen ice cream, drew long filed a complaint with MIT’s Com- such a case, standard practice for lines. Meanwhile, eager combatants mittee on Discipline. the tight-lipped committee. “I can’t wielded foam-laden swords and The offending e-mail was a re- confirm” that this case or any other competed in “boffing” duels. sponse to an invitation sent out by had been heard, said Sheila E. Wid- Elsewhere, crowds of prospec- the Sloan Lesbian, Gay, and Trans- nall ’60, the committee’s current tive freshmen contorted their bod- Monica Kahn—The Tech gender Club to an end-of-semester chair. ies in novel ways in large games of Benjamin W. Charrow ’08 wears a “CRYO-FAC” box in reference to celebration. The response reads in The details of the proceedings Twister and four-square. Raucous East Campus’ Friday Afternoon Club at the 2008 Campus Preview part: “If you fucking fags send me and the outcome are not known to potential rock stars amused them- Weekend in Johnson Ice Rink yesterday. something like that once again or anyone outside of those present at selves playing Guitar Hero and terday being Thursday, had not re- others. contact me in any other way, I swear the hearings, which did not include Rock Band. ally yet begun — was pretty intense Laura Bagamery, a Pittsburgh you won’t be able to study at Sloan Prospective freshmen agreed and slightly crazy. The fast pace of for some time because you will Sloan, Page 15 that the weekend — which, yes- events appeals to some more than Preview, Page 11 Students Use MIT Student Fights to MIT Skills Protect Activists’ Privacy By Michael McGraw-Herdeg paragraph about how his system theo- For Indian Executive Editor retically protected people’s privacy, he A New York City Law Department learned that New York City had just subpoena to an MIT graduate student put his theory to the test. Flood Relief over text messages has raised ques- “If you just use a commercial pro- By Saajan S. Chana tions about how the First Amendment vider,” he said, “you end up with an I arrived in Delhi, like most inter- protects online speech, and whether archive of messages that could be pro- national travellers, in the middle of the government is allowed to ask vided to the cops if they wanted, and the night, when the temperature was service providers for messages they that might not be great. So I’m writing a mere 70 de- store. that sentence in academese when my grees. I walked On a winter day in February, Ed- phone rings …” Feature out of the ter- ward A. Hirsch G was in the Rotch Hirsch was asked for text messag- minal to see a melee of taxi drivers Library writing a thesis chapter about es sent by his TXTmob service during soliciting the custom of shell-shocked his TXTmob system, which he had the Republican National Convention travellers with the latest Bollywood developed to help protesters commu- in a broad subpoena issued by the New hits blaring out of tinny speakers. It nicate during the 2004 Republican was, you know, the usual spring break National Convention. As he began a TXTmob, Page 16 scene. But I had a mission. I was there as part of the new D-Lab companion MIT News Office Publication subject Information and Communi- cations Technology for Development Violates Federal Law (SP.716). 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Page 2 The Tech April 11, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n Security Will Be Tight During Bush Signals No Early Troop Pope’s Visit to New York By Al Baker The New York Times NEW YORK Reductions for Iraq Forces Portions of the sky above, the water around, and streets all over New York will be sealed off next week when Pope Benedict XVI ar- By Steven Lee Myers ure in Iraq,” he said, sounding a trium- presidency, Bush has begun making rives in the city. and Thom Shanker phant note about his decision last year the case for a war that will continue, As a religious leader and a head of state, recently accused by Osa- The New York Times to send 30,000 additional troops. “To- one way or another, under another ma bin Laden of leading a crusade against Muslims, the pope presents WASHINGTON day, thanks to the surge, we’ve renewed commander-in-chief. He flatly restated city and federal law enforcement authorities with a security challenge President Bush said Thursday that and revived the prospect of success.” his views on the war that will most de- of considerable complexity. the senior U.S. commander in Iraq As was the case during two days of fine his legacy and set the terms of the Planning began in October for a three-day trip that will involve vis- could “have all the time he needs” congressional testimony this week by debate over Iraq for the coming presi- its to some of the city’s biggest and most high-profile locations: ground before reducing U.S. forces there any the U.S. commander, Gen. David H. dential election. zero, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Yankee Stadium, the United Nations and further, but he promised shorter tours Petraeus, the Democratic presidential “Iraq is the convergence point for the Park East Synagogue — which will constitute “the first-ever visit for troops and longer breaks for them candidates offered assessments that two of the greatest threats to America by a pope to a synagogue in the United States,” Police Commissioner at home. diverged sharply from Bush’s. in this new century: al-Qaida and Iran,” Raymond W. Kelly said Wednesday. Democrats responded by saying Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Bush said. “If we fail there, al-Qaida All the locations will be swept for bombs. Some other measures that no end was in sight to the U.S. that the president “refuses to face the would claim a propaganda victory of will be visible: scuba divers in the East River, counter-snipers patrol- troop commitment. reality that we are confronted by in colossal proportions, and they could ling rooftops, helicopters, and armored limousines. Bush defended the costs of the war, Iraq.” gain safe havens in Iraq from which Other measures will not be visible, like undercover detectives min- in lives and money, declaring that his “It’s time for the president to an- to attack the United States, our friends gling in crowds or officers carrying pager-sized radiation detectors on decision to order more troops to Iraq swer the question being asked of and our allies,” he said. “Iran would their belts. last year had averted potential defeat him,” she said while campaigning in work to fill the vacuum in Iraq, and there and that withdrawing would be Pittsburgh. “In the wake of the failed our failure would embolden its radi- catastrophic to U.S. interests. objectives that were laid out to be met cal leaders and fuel their ambitions to Officials Tell How Sect in West Speaking at the White House to by the surge, what is the exit strategy dominate the region.” a small audience that included Vice in Iraq?” Bush’s focus on Iran, while not Texas Was Raided President Dick Cheney, the secretaries Sen. Barack Obama echoed his new, reflected deepening concerns By Gretel C. Kovach of state and defense and representatives rival for the Democratic nomination. in the administration and the Penta- and Kirk Johnson of veterans’ organizations, he signaled “We have a blank check strategy in gon about suspected Iranian support The New York Times SAN ANGELO, Texas that a U.S. force nearly as large as at Iraq that is overstretching our military, for some extremists, which they say For years, the veiled world behind the doors of a fundamentalist any other point in the last five years distracting us from the other challeng- became increasingly evident during Mormon polygamist temple tantalized local imaginations in the West would remain in Iraq through his presi- es we face, burdening our economy the indecisive Iraqi operation in late Texas hill country. dency. He left any significant changes and failing to pressure the Iraqi gov- March to wrest control of Basra from On Thursday, a Texas ranger described in detail what occurred last in policy to the next president. ernment to take responsibility for their Shiite militias and in a recent spate of week when law enforcement officers, responding to a call for help “Fifteen months ago, Americans future,” he said in a statement. rocket attacks on the Green Zone in from a 16-year-old who said she was being sexually abused in the com- were worried about the prospect of fail- With only nine months left in his Baghdad. pound, sought entry. In essence, Capt. Barry Caver of the Texas Public Safety Depart- ment said at a news conference here, the officers knocked and asked for a key. The church members quietly said no. Thousands Struggle With Mass “They opted not to do that because they would be aiding or assist- ing us in the desecration of their worship place,” Caver said. The authorities called in a locksmith to open the gate, but they were Cancellations of Airline Flights unable to move the deadbolts to open the front doors of the temple. They tried to use a “jaws of life” tool, normally used to remove people By Jeff Bailey stuck in and around the airport here. Her group has lived off USO food trapped in cars after accidents, to open the doors. But the doors were and Marina Trahan Martinez They were learning one of the and drinks, available to military in too tightly constructed, Caver said. The New York Times harsh realities of air travel these the airport, since Tuesday. They also DALLAS days. Because flights are full every- were given cash from another orga- On Monday, Karin Peyregne was where, there are virtually no open nization that helps soldiers, and have Dalai Lama Visits Seattle Town in Mobile, Ala., kissing her husband seats available on other airlines when used meal vouchers from American. By William Yardley and two young sons goodbye, on her something goes wrong. And more They ran out of clean clothes The New York Times SEATTLE way to a base near Chicago for basic cancellations could roll through the long ago, since the Navy told them The Baptist church that once stood on a residential corner in this training in the Navy. airline industry as the FAA steps up to carry nothing with them because city’s Greenwood neighborhood was long ago converted to a Buddhist Unfortunately, she was flying on its scrutiny of carriers’ compliance they would be issued military attire. monastery, pillows in the place of pews. American Airlines, and connecting with safety directives. They showered in discount hotel Outside, a bright white stupa stands amid half-million-dollar bun- through Dallas-Fort Worth Interna- The group of new recruits arrived rooms, paid for by the Navy, then galows, some with signs in their windows reciting current creed: “An- tional Airport. She joined thousands Tuesday afternoon in Dallas from donned their only outfits again. other Neighbor for Peace and Justice.” of other travelers here, and in other New Orleans to connect to a flight to “I’m a little OCD when it comes “It’s a spiritual city, perhaps more than a religious city,” said Chuck cities like Chicago, who were strand- Chicago. But that flight was among it neatness,” Peyregne said. “This is Pettis, president of the Sakya Monastery, where three monks practice ed as American canceled more than 460 canceled that day. Wednesday definitely not good for me.” Tibetan Buddhism. 3,000 flights through Friday because and Thursday brought no relief. Fri- Her chances of flying out Friday Spirits here are soaring these days. More than 150,000 people are of maintenance inspections ordered by day, they will be waiting — hopeful, morning were not great, either. Amer- expected to flock to hear the Dalai Lama during a five-day conference the Federal Aviation Administration. yet skeptical — to see if a promised ican, which canceled 1,094 flights on starting Friday. As of Thursday night, Peyregne 8 a.m. flight materializes. Wednesday and more than 930 flights The visit by the Dalai Lama, who arrived here on Thursday after- (pronounced PUR-in), 25, and a “I’m ready to get to boot camp on Thursday, said it expected to can- noon on a flight from Japan, is his first to the United States since the group of six young male Navy re- or get back to my babies,” Peyregne cel an additional 570 on Friday, with onset of international protests over the crackdown in Tibet. cruits she was traveling with to the said. She had left Mobile with $10 in 170 of its 300 MD-80 jetliners back Great Lakes Naval Station, were still her pocket. in service by Friday morning. We a t h e r Warm Weather on Hold for Now Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, April 11, 2008

By John K. Williams 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W Staff Meteorologist 40°N The calendar says it’s spring and the sun is high in the sky, so why you say are 30s°F and 40s°F in the forecast? No it’s (probably) not some cruel weather modification prank for campus preview weekend, but instead an inescapable characteristic of spring-time in coastal southern New England. After a long winter, water temperatures near Boston are still only in the upper 30s°F (wa- 35°N ter has a high heat capacity). High pressure areas to our north (with clockwise wind circulation) or low pressure areas to our south (vice-versa) can both 1032 orient wind from the Atlantic which subsequently cools down all of New Eng- 990 land. The latter is expected for this weekend, the low pressure also bringing 1020 rain and leaving the first two Sox-Yanks games in doubt. 30°N In addition, a quick warm-up is not expected when fair weather returns early next week. There will be cool air from Canada and the Atlantic left over and even when that moderates we will still have to deal with a local sea breeze circulation, as was discussed in Tuesday’s issue. To reiterate, this is wind off the water due to local pressure differences created when land is warmed by the 25°N sun adjacent to a cool body of water. Often a local meteorologist will promise a warm sunny day in April only to see a sea breeze knock the temperatures down to the low 50s°F right near the coast, as was the case earlier this week. Although the weekend will be cool and wet and early next week cool and dry, there is hope for a pattern shift later next week to really start warming us up for the first time since last October. Fingers crossed until then.

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Tomorrow: Periods of rain continue, diminishing in the afternoon. High 48°F Q Q Q Q Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze (9°C). LLLLL Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Sunday: Cloudy, showers possible. High 47°F (8°C). Hurricane Q Q Meteorology Staff L L Stationary Front Heavy Monday: Mostly cloudy. High 44°F (7°C). and The Tech April 11, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n The Tech Page 3

Top Olympic Committee Official Public Forum to Address Safety Issues on Vaccines Makes Rare Criticism of China By Gardiner Harris The New York Times WASHINGTON By Andrew Jacobs tion to China’s policies in Tibet and its Clinton earlier this week. Sen. Barack In the midst of yet another controversy about whether vaccines The New York Times close relations with the government Obama suggested that Bush should cause autism, the federal government will hold its first ever public BEIJING of Sudan by skipping the opening wait to make a final decision, but leave meeting on Friday to discuss a government-wide research agenda to China faced rare criticism of its ceremony of the games. The Europe- a boycott “firmly on the table.” explore the safety of vaccines. human rights record from the head of an Parliament urged leaders of its 27 Preparation for the games were The meeting is intended to help defuse years of criticism from vac- the International Olympics Commit- member nations to consider a boycott rocked last month when Tibetans cine skeptics that the government is hiding what it knows about vac- tee on Thursday, even as calls for a of the ceremony unless China opens staged violent protests against Chi- cine safety or failing to investigate the issue diligently. boycott of the opening ceremony of a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the nese rule and security forces cracked But the gathering is unlikely to appease the government’s many crit- the games grew louder in Europe and exiled spiritual leader of Tibet. down on monks and other supporters ics in part because the latest notion to grip vaccine skeptics — that vac- the United States. And in New York, U.N. Secre- of the exiled Dalai Lama in several cinations trigger or worsen something called mitochondrial dysfunc- The president of the Olympic tary-General Ban Ki-moon informed parts of Western China. The clashes tion, which in turn causes autism — will remain largely unaddressed. committee, Jacques Rogge, called China that he would not attend the sparked sympathy protests and calls “I think there could be real frustration,” Dr. Bruce Gellin, direc- on the authorities in Beijing to re- ceremony, a spokeswoman said. An for the boycott around the world. tor of the National Vaccine Program Office, which is coordinating the spect their “moral engagement” to official in Ban’s office said he had Demonstrators turned the 21-city meeting, said in an interview on Thursday. improve human rights in the runup travel commitments in Europe and torch relay ceremony into a public Indeed, Margaret Dunkle, senior fellow at the Center for Health to the games and to provide the Latin America and that he was al- relations fiasco for Beijing and the Services Research and Policy at George Washington University, said news media with greater access to ready scheduled to be in China in Olympic committee. government experts needed to take into account the latest controversy. the country. He also described the July, shortly before the games. Top officials in China have “If they just talk about the same old issues and don’t reflect what we protests that have dogged the inter- China’s human rights policies and claimed that the Tibetan protests and now know and the concession the government has made, that would be national Olympics torch relay as a the Olympics have become a conten- the international protests are part of a a huge disappointment,” Dunkle said. “crisis” for the organization. tious issue in the race for president plot to disrupt the Olympics orches- Though Rogge predicted the in the United States, where the three trated by the Dalai Lama, who lives games would still be a success, his remaining candidates from both par- in India. They have called the Dalai McCain Reverses Himself comments were a sharp departure ties have called on President Bush, Lama a splittist and a terrorist whose from previous statements in which who has plans to attend the Olym- goal is to separate Tibet from China. On Mortgages he avoided any mention of politics. pics, to skip the opening event. On Thursday, officials also said By Michael Cooper Beijing quickly rejected his remarks Sen. John McCain, the presump- that they had uncovered a plot by Is- The New York Times and said they amounted to meddling tive Republican nominee, said he lamic terrorists in Xinjiang to disrupt Sen. John McCain, who drew criticism last month after he warned in its internal affairs. would not attend the opening ceremo- the games by kidnapping foreign against broad government intervention to solve the deepening mort- Meanwhile, pressure increased on ny if he were president, echoing a sim- journalists, athletes and spectators gage crisis, pivoted Thursday and called for the federal government world leaders to signal their opposi- ilar statement by Sen. Hillary Rodham who attend the Olympics. to aid some homeowners in danger of losing their homes, by helping them to refinance and get federally guaranteed 30-year mortgages. “There is nothing more important than keeping alive the American dream to own your home, and priority No.1 is to keep well-meaning, New Fight for Sadr City Becomes deserving homeowners who are facing foreclosure in their homes,” McCain, R-Ariz., said in a speech on economic themes that he gave at a window company in Brooklyn. Proving Ground for Iraqi Military McCain had been painted as uncaring by Democrats, and drew murmurs of concern from some Republicans, after a speech in Califor- By Michael R. Gordon The struggle for control of Sadr this case Iraq’s 11th Army Division, nia last month in which he cautioned that “it is not the duty of govern- The New York Times City is more than a test of wills with one of the newest divisions in the ment to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they BAGHDAD renegade Shiite militias. It has also Iraqi military. are big banks or small borrowers,” and noted that the crisis had been The Iraqi soldiers pushed their become a testing ground for the Iraqi Whether they like it or not, Iraqi brought on by both lenders and borrowers. way up a main thoroughfare in Sadr military, which has been thrust into troops are hundreds of yards ahead Since then he has gone out of his way to try to signal that he un- City over the past week, but the mi- the lead. of the farthest U.S. position and in derstands that times are tough and that people are hurting. His speech litias who still prowl the Shiite en- Iraqi soldiers, suffering from a the thick of the fight. in Brooklyn on Thursday — which is to be followed by what aides are clave were sniping at them from the shortage of experienced noncom- “The IA needs to start doing it on billing as a major economic address next week — was a shift in tone, alleyways. missioned officers, have often been their own,” Bowen, the 23-year-old and part of a new effort to communicate that as president he would act So a platoon of U.S. troops drove firing wildly, expending vast quanti- commander of 3rd Platoon, Bravo to help Americans in financial distress. up a bomb-cratered road in their ties of ammunition to try to silence Company, told a reporter who ac- “Let me make it clear,” McCain said, “that in these challenging Stryker vehicles on Thursday to give militias that are equipped with AK- companied him on the mission, re- times, I am committed to using all the resources of this government the Iraqis some pointers on how to 47’s, mortars and rockets. But pull- ferring to the Iraqi army. and great nation to create opportunity and make sure that every deserv- hold the line. ing back from their positions earlier, The Iraqi troops, of course, still ing American has a good job and can achieve their American dream.” After the ramps of the Strykers they now appear to be holding their benefit mightily from U.S. military were lowered, 2nd Lt. Adam Bowen ground — albeit with considerable support. On Thursday morning, sought out his Iraqi counterpart at U.S. support. Apache helicopters fired Hellfire Guantanamo Bay Detainee Says the battered storefront in the Thawra Iraqi politics has played a role in missiles at teams of militia fighters district that served as an Iraqi strong shaping the military strategy. Prime that were preparing to fire mortars. He’ll Boycott His Trial point. Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki Heavily armored U.S. “route By William Glaberson “Are you going to stay?” the Iraqi has decreed that U.S. ground forces clearance” vehicles, their searchlights The New York Times GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba lieutenant asked hopefully. should not push into the heart of blazing in the night, sweep the roads A Sudanese man on Thursday became the latest detainee to present Bowen told them his platoon was Sadr City, according to a senior U.S. for hidden bombs. A U.S. reconnais- perplexing challenges to the military commissions here, refusing to not. Surveying the terrain, he recom- officer. U.S. commanders also want sance drone buzzed overhead and an accept any American lawyer, saying he would boycott court proceed- mended that the Iraqi soldiers set up to limit the U.S. profile in an area armed Predator drone blasted a small ings and delivering a rambling attack on the proposed trials. A military a firing position overlooking a snip- that has long been a bastion of sup- group of militia men a few days ago. defense lawyer suggested he might be mentally unstable. er-infested ally. After an hour, the port for Muqtada al-Sadr, the anti- In an urban battlefield in which The detainee, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, used his arraign- Americans headed back to the aban- American cleric. there are often no clear lines and ment to say that Osama Bin Laden “has succeeded immensely,” add- doned house that served as the com- But U.S. commanders also see militias still roam the narrow side ing, “The whole world had a headache, from your hypocrisy that you pany command post, and the gunfire this as opportunity to shift more re- streets, U.S. soldiers are very much are the land of justice.” in the streets picked up again. sponsibility to the Iraqi troops — in at risk and in the fray. Al Qosi called the military commissions here sham courts that “move at the pace of a turtle in order to gain some time and keep us in these boxes without any human or legal rights.” Clinton’s Poverty Policy Brings Back The proceeding was the latest here to raise questions about how the war crimes cases will proceed as some detainees reject American lawyers, refuse to participate and show signs of psychological problems that detainee advocates say are byproducts of years in captivity. Memories of Rift in 1996 Campaign Al Qosi was the third detainee to say in recent weeks he planned By Peter S. Goodman race for the Democratic Party presi- In an interview, Clinton acknowl- to boycott the war crimes court. The boycotts and decisions by some The New York Times dential nomination, Sen. Barack edged that “people who are more detainees to refuse to work with military defense lawyers are among In the summer of 1996, Presi- Obama, D-Ill., said in an interview vulnerable” were going to suffer a host of issues that are slowing proceedings here. Few trials may be dent Bill Clinton delivered on his that the welfare overhaul had been more than others as the economy completed before the end of the Bush administration in January, some pledge to “end welfare as we know greatly beneficial in eliminating a di- turned down. But she put the blame lawyers have said. it.” Despite howls of protest from visive force in American politics. squarely on the Bush administration some liberals, he signed into law a Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., rarely and the Republicans who controlled bill forcing recipients to work and mentions the issue as she battles for Congress until last year. Clinton said Powell Praises Sen. Obama imposing a five-year limit on cash the nomination, despite the emphasis they blocked her efforts, and those By Jeff Zeleny assistance. she has placed on her experience in of other Democrats, to buttress the The New York Times GARY, Ind. As first lady, Hillary Rodham her husband’s White House. safety net with increased financing Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell may have contributed Clinton supported her husband’s But now the issue is back, pulled for health insurance for impover- $2,300 to the Republican presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, decision, drawing the wrath of old to the fore by an economy turning ished children, child care for poor but he is reserving his strongest praise for the Democratic candidacy friends from her days as an advo- down more sharply than at any other working mothers, and food stamps. of Sen. Barack Obama. cate for poor children. Some accused time since the welfare changes were Clinton expressed no misgiv- In a television interview that was broadcast Thursday, Powell said the Clintons of throwing vulnerable imposed. With low-income people ings about the 1996 legislation, he “admired” how Obama handled a speech in March on race. He said families to the winds in pursuit of especially threatened by a weaken- saying that it was a needed — and he agreed with much of what Obama said about the controversial ser- centrist votes as Bill Clinton headed ing labor market, some advocates for enormously successful — first step mons of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. into the final stages of his re-election poor families are raising concerns toward making poor families self- “I thought that Sen. Obama handled the issue well,” Powell told campaign. about the adequacy of the remaining sufficient. ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “He didn’t abandon the minister that Despite the criticism and anxiety social safety net. Clinton is now call- “Welfare should have been a tem- brought him closer to his faith, but at the same time he deplored the from the left, the legislation came to ing for the establishment of a Cabi- porary way station for people who kinds of statements that the Reverend Wright had made.” be viewed as one of Bill Clinton’s net-level position to fight poverty. needed immediate assistance,” she Powell noted that he was friends with all three presidential candi- signature achievements. It won broad As social welfare policy returns said. “It should not be considered an dates. While he said he had not decided which candidate to support, he bipartisan praise, with some Demo- to the political debate, it is provid- anti-poverty program. It simply did said he was impressed by Obama’s ability to “learn quickly.” crats relieved that it took a politically ing a window into the ways in which not work.” “With Sen. Obama, he didn’t have a lot of experience running a difficult issue off the table for them, Clinton has navigated the legacy of During the presidential campaign, presidential campaign, did he?” Powell said. “But he seems to know and many liberals came to accept if her husband’s administration and she has faced little challenge on the how to organize a task, and he seems to know how to apply resources not embrace it. the ideological crosscurrents of her issue, in large part because Obama to a problem at hand.” Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the party. has supported the 1996 law. Page 4 The Tech April 11, 2008 Op i n i o n

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The Flow of Things WMBR Top Ten Albums of 1990* Clearly alcohol is NOT a part of college. Brought to you by Ben Shanks and Dugan Hayes from WMBR 88.1 FM

Ben: We need to write an intro to our top ten or else our editor will beat us up. Dugan: Dude, I have a paper to do. Why don’t you do it? Ben: I have no creativity right now and I want to go to bed. Dugan: Come on, it shouldn’t be too hard to come up with something. It was your idea anyway. Ben: What idea? Having a top ten albums of 1990 — the year most prefrosh were born — for the CPW issue of the Tech? Dugan: Yeah, as a way of promoting WMBR, the student-run on-campus radio station, which also has a booth at the activities fair and is showing the Pavement documentary at the station on Saturday evening before battle of the bands. You know, the one we had published in the CPW guidebook? Ben: Well I hope it gets the attention of the hip prefrosh who are interested in doing radio next year! Dugan: Psh, like anyone would ever pay attention to a top ten of 1990 that didn’t include Cop Shoot Cop or Alice in Chains! Ben: Grunge sucked, Dugan. Get over it. Editor: You guys suck at making up self promoting conversations. I mean, what the fuck? I ask you to write an intro and you phone in this self promo- tional conversation? I can’t believe I’m giving you space in the newspaper. Also Dugan, I know you still keep plaid shirts in your closet but seriously, grunge sucked.

10. They Might Be Giants, “Flood” As quirky, humorous, and fun as always, TMBG wrote some on their most infectious and unabashedly dorky (and sometimes inscrutable) songs for the record that scored them two videos on “Tiny Toons.” “Birdhouse” may have been the hit, but “Dead” is my personal favorite.

9. The Breeders, “Pod” You may know them from “Cannonball,” but before Kim and Kelley Deal were in car commercials there was the Breeders’ dynamic debut album “Pod” — Kurt Cobain’s favorite record ever. Bitter but still fun, “Iris” is a perfect rock-out track.

8. Jawbreaker, “Unfun” In a time when punk, well, sort of sucked, Jawbreaker reinvigorated the scene with an intelligent, literary (count the Kerouac allusions), and uniquely melancholic approach. “Want” is the most accessible track on their debut.

7. Spacemen 3, “Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To” The title says it all — Spacemen 3 were masters of making ultra-mellow psychedelic guitar harmonies that perfectly soundtrack a sunset, an afternoon nap, or (of course) a drug trip. “Amen” is a great example that also anticipates the gospel influence of Pierce’s later band Spiritualized.

6. The Jesus Lizard, “Head” tJL’s debut featured that unmistakable Chicago Albini-produced sound — low vocals and heavy on the fuzz. Dark lyrics typify their brutal noise-rock — like a way angrier Sonic Youth. “7 vs 8” is the Jesus Lizard at their best.

5. The Pixies, “Bossanova” Beginning today, The Tech will run weekly flow charts of things relevant to your life. Have an idea? Submit From here in Boston, the Pixies conquered college rock with impossibly it! Flow charts can be on anything from how you (don’t) survive the daily struggle at MIT to the variety of catchy riffs and Black Francis’s spastic vocals, and Bossanova is the surfier, distractions that ultimately lead to that pset being put off until the very last minute. spacier followup to their breakthrough “Doolittle.” “Velouria” is so good that E-mail [email protected]. the theremin doesn’t even sound annoying. Overheard at MIT 4. A Tribe Called Quest, “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm” Person 1: “Hey, let’s get it on!” Releasing their debut in 1990, Tribe managed to hit the perfect balance Person 2: “On… what?” between political lyricism and laid-back but innovative beats, essentially set- ting the bar for underground hip-hop. “Bonita Applebum” features both a “What does a hanger have to do with abortion?” great melody from Q-Tip and the sitar.

“OK, so what is Third Eye Blind?” 3. Galaxie 500, “This Is Our Music” This shamefully underappreciated Boston band cemented their legacy “April Fool’s Day is on April 1, right?” with this, their final release. Opener “Fourth of July” typifies everything great about Galaxie 500 — a dreamy, feedback-laden landscape cut by poetically lazy vocals about surreally mundane topics and a great guitar hook.

2. Sonic Youth, “Goo” Could no-wavers turned alt-rockers Sonic Youth preserve the urgency, the kool attitude, and more importantly the kick-ass noise squall of their previous output on their major label debut? Check out “Dirty Boots” if you have any doubts.

1. Fugazi, “Repeater” The debut LP from Fugazi is also their gem, bursting with 3-chord punk spiced with funk and reggae influence. “Merchandise” is their anthem and manifesto — today’s image-conscious hipster set could stand to listen to frontman Ian Mackaye’s defiant “You are not what you own!”

*E-mail us at [email protected] (or seek us out at our events) if you disagree. Seriously, we love arguing about music. Listen to WMBR on the air at 88.1 FM or online at wmbr.org for the best independent, underground, and under- played music [email protected] Page 6 The Tech April 11, 2008 Ar t s Concert Review Three Nights of Da Dirty Jicks Malkmus Tour Draws Loud Cloud Crowds By Sarah Dupuis the jammy Jicks’ repertoire Arts Editor into the setlist. Though each Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks night revolved around tracks The Fillmore at the TLA, Paradise Rock Club from new album Real Emo- and Mass MoCA tional Trash, the band also Saturday, March 29, Thursday, April 3, and played different songs from Friday, April 4, 2008 past albums, including the endearingly cheesy “Van- isregarding the aching belly of my slim essa From Queens” and wallet, I shelled out to see Stephen the unstoppably rollicking Malkmus and The Jicks three times on “Baby C’mon.” They also D their North American tour (well, okay, did a cover each night; in one night was compensated, but still). Had Philly, Malkmus approxi- all three New York dates not sold out almost mated The Beatles’ “Tax- instantly, I’d probably have bought tickets for man”; at Paradise, Fear’s “I them, too. Did I do it out of fanaticism? For the Don’t Care About You”; at sake of x-treme journalism? Or did I just have Mass MoCA, Tanya Tucker’s nothing better to do with my time? Regardless “Can’t Run From Yourself.” of motives, I got to catch three great concerts, The biggest variations each one markedly different from the last de- from show to show had to spite the unavoidable similarities. do with band dynamics. In At the start of every show, the audience Philly, Malkmus (for all his shouted requests before the group had even guitar proficiency) was con- reached their instruments. Though many shout- sistently out of tune; “Cold ed for Jicks singles “Jenny & The Ess-dog” and Son” was downright un- “(Do Not Feed The) Oyster,” there were just bearable. Perhaps this is the as many cries for Pavement tunes. That sec- reason why bassist Joanna ond brand of request was never honored, and Bolme wore such a sour why should it have been? Almost a decade has face all night, or maybe it Sarah Dupuis—The Tech passed since the lights dimmed on Pavement, had to do with the fact that Jicks front man Stephen Malkmus focuses during a guitar solo at Paradise Rock Club on Thursday, April 3. and Malkmus has released almost as many al- she kept messing up (which bums with the Jicks (four, if you count Face the drummer Janet Weiss made fun of her for). Ei- detracted from performance, and the group kidded with the audience about the lack of pot Truth) as he ever did with Pavement (five). The ther way, no one on stage seemed very happy playfully riffed long past songs’ prescribed (“I smell no weed at this show at all. What’s group has more than enough material to draw except keyboardist/guitarist Mike Clark, who endings. The set was also loose, as audiences wrong with you?”), and Malkmus’ perfectly in from without dipping into the catalog of their posed and played energetically throughout the have come to expect from Malkmus, and stood tune guitars transformed even the most tame front man’s old band. set. in stark contrast to musically tight (but also ex- album tracks into epic jams. And for those lo- And since Malkmus is now much more in- Mass MoCA’s spacey layout and excellent cellent) opener John Vanderslice. cal fans curious to hear Malkmus’ views on terested in eternal guitar soloing than singing acoustics generated a more laid back attitude; The best by far of the three dates, however, their home city, he had this to say during the (see Tech article “SM & Jicks Make Art Out Malkmus stopped after the intro of “Water and was the sold-out show at Paradise. Each of show: “Boston? It’s a nice street … a real nice of ‘Trash’”), it was tough enough to cram in a Seat” to tune, which built suspense rather than Weiss’ drum fills was crisp and forceful, Bolme street.” movie review HHH1/2 A Bold Red Balloon Drifting Quietly Through Parisian Lives

By Praveen Rathinavelu tivates children. Consequently, the film’s gaze performance is that I have rarely seen a female hide somewhere in the scenes when Song and Arts editor usually springs from that of a little boy, Simon character so vibrant and engaging outside of Simon are walking through the streets of Paris. Flight of the Red Balloon (Simon Iteanu), and expands to the adults that an Almodóvar film. In the mold of Penelope Song is a film student from China and, - refer Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien are a part of his life. While the film traces these Cruz’s character in Volver, Suzanne is all color encing the 1956 film The Red Balloon (which Written by Hou Hsiao-hsien and François interweaving lives, the balloon repeatedly — in- and choler; she both smiles and scowls with a also seems to be this film’s inspiration), she Margolin sistently — drifts in and out of scenes, vibrantly full-bodied vitality, and sheds tears without a bit uses her hand-held camera to make films that Starring: Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, and red and full of life. of melodrama. The only clearly echo Hou’s own Fang Song The action taking place in the forefront of fitting outlet for her conscience as a direc- Rated PG the film is slightly more defined than the bal- volatile expressiveness tor (they are about a red Opens Friday, April 18 in Limited Release loon’s vague, drifting path (but only slightly). is in her performances Like almost every other bit of balloon). It focuses primarily on Simon, his mother Su- as a puppetmaster (an ‘Flight of the Red Balloon,’ Like almost every n Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Flight of the Red Bal- zanne (Juliette Binoche), and his baby-sitter affectionate reference other bit of Flight of loon, the balloon in question seems to drift Song (Fang Song). Flight offers fragments of to Hou’s previous film, Song demonstrates a kind the Red Balloon, Song into every corner of a melancholy-tinged their lives, fluidly and beautifully linked to give The Puppetmaster). of subdued vigor; she reveals demonstrates a kind of IParis; it drags through a quiet skyline and is us an understanding of its characters, but ones Suzanne roots herself subdued vigor; she re- glazed onto the side of a building, it sits within that don’t build to any conventional narrative deeply in this Chinese everything about herself … veals everything about oil paintings and computer screens. Most prom- structure. Hou’s film is truly, and unabashedly, art form, and channels herself in quiet ges- inently, the balloon occupies an unspoken space about nothing more than the way a child presses both her melancholy tures. We are shown in a small network of Parisian lives: it sparks into his own reflection in a car window, or the and delight into tales of men who try to boil the bits of her films, and they provide a deeper dia- their perception and weighs on their memory. way a mother looks at her child. sea to find their lost lovers. logue about Song’s character than anything else But Hou’s film is largely concerned with One of the reasons Flight doesn’t need to rely The film sometimes drifts into unexplained we could hope for. Like the balloon framed in looking at life through a lens attuned to the on the usual film pyrotechnics is Suzanne, an memories of Simon with his sister, Louise Song’s handicam, bobbing quietly, Hou’s film small aesthetic wonders of the world, the ab- explosive and unforgettable character in her own (Louise Margolin), but largely focuses on Song, leaves us with abstract, but deeply enduring stract mess of color and sound that usually cap- right. The highest praise I can offer Binoche’s Simon, and Suzanne. The film’s heart seems to emotion.

CONCERT REVIEW Sasha and Digweed Melt Faces, Shake Booties Tour Opener at The Estate a Transcendental Dance Experience By Benjamin P. Gleitzman formances like last year’s Bonnaroo. That last as Digweed took the decks amid the backdrop Through an unwavering four hour set, the Staff Writer tour featured large arena performances that at of a large, pulsating LCD display, it became two engaged in an aural battle for the ecstatic Sasha and John Digweed times smacked more of a rock concert than a apparent that the energy in the room would not crowd. Between Sasha’s mellifluous, arpeg- The Estate rave scene. This time around, superior sound be contained. giated chords and Digweed’s darker drum and April 2, 2008 systems and more intimate settings define the The ride to follow was a throwback to late bass style, the audience was the only clear month-long tour. 90’s club scenes, with winner. The impressive sound system was a pril in Boston can be a rough time for Perhaps inspired by silky transitions and boon, accentuating the practiced, subtle tech- electronic music fans. For those who the Addams Family- melodic riffs punctu- nical transitions between tracks. By the time couldn’t make the pilgrimage last esque appearance of Between Sasha’s mellifluous, ated by ripping bass the bouncers were ready to clear the floor, Amonth to Miami for the Winter Music the dimly lit candela- arpeggiated chords and beats. If Kazell matched the electronic duo refused to leave the stage. Conference, the perpetual mist and bluster of bras and antediluvian the haunted atmosphere Finishing an encore set with an uplifting elec- the northeast might leave the heart yearning for chandeliers adorning Digweed’s darker drum and bass of The Estate mansion, tronic cacophony, the two DJ’s clasped hands, the warm beaches and thumping bass of more The Estate, tour open- Digweed transformed triumphant. Panting, faces melted, the satisfied hospitable party scenes. er and Los Angeles style, the audience was the only it into a high-energy crowd slunk back into the slightly-less-chilly However, a brilliant spec of neon hope resident Kazell (Kevin clear winner. dance palace. By the Boston air. shone through for clubbers at last week’s debut Bazell) abandoned his time Sasha (Alexander With tour dates spanning the rest of this of Sasha and John Digweed’s Spring Club Tour usual soulful style and Coe) approached the month, the Spring Club Tour 2008 culminates 2008 at The Estate. With a rediscovered affin- kicked off the night with an hour of deep house tables, ubiquitous glowstick twirlers had mate- with a performance at the Coachella Valley ity for smaller venues, the two Brits are back and dark techno, leaving some in the audience rialized out of the woodwork — blending well Music and Arts Festival on April 26. For more on the road together for the first time since the to wonder if the crowd might be too comatose with the tour’s hypnotic light display and com- information visit http://www.djsasha.com/ or 2002 Delta Heavy tour, excluding isolated per- for the high energy performance to come. But pleting the metamorphosis. http://www.johndigweed.com/. April 11, 2008

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF PUZZLE #4, STEVEN SIVEK Page 10 The Tech April 11, 2008

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energy_prize_ad_TheTech.indd 1 3/31/08 1:56:10 PM April 11, 2008 The Tech Page 11 Prospective Students Consider MIT, But They’ve Got Options Preview, from Page 1 confirm this inclination. Noah Brown, a prospective stu- native, standing in a crowd of peo- dent from Iowa City, IA, has recent- ple during last night’s CPW Festi- ly attended Interlochen, an arts pre- val, described CPW as “very loud.” paratory school in Michigan. Brown She was also accepted at Princeton plays the bassoon in orchestras and University, Cornell University, and solos, and has played a concert in Dartmouth College, and she said Carnegie Hall. she is not yet sure about attending Brown is currently deciding MIT. Bagamery said she is interest- among MIT, Stanford University, ed in studying chemistry. People at the University of Pennsylvania, and CPW “are much more global than I Princeton University. “You have to expected,” she said. give those schools their due,” he David Zhou, from Wilton, Conn., said. said he thinks CPW is “great.” He’s About CPW, he said, “It’s slight- “definitely leaning” towards MIT, ly disorganized, slightly psychotic, and he said he hopes that CPW will but I love it.” Omari Stephens—The Tech Daniel E. Klenk ’09 (center) shows prospective freshmen Michaela LaVan (left) and Qingnan Li (not pic- tured) how to get to Next House as his own prefrosh, Ryan Terbush (right) looks on.

Omari Stephens—The Tech Katie Harrington (center) and Liz Levin (right) help carve a camel out of a large block of ice during yesterday night’s Campus Preview Weekend Festival.

Alex H. Chan—The Tech Prospective students participate in an icebreaker at the 2008 Cam- pus Preview Weekend Welcome in Rockwell Cage yesterday.

Omari Stephens—The Tech Prospective freshman Sarah Southerland removes a 2x4 while playing 2x4 Jenga at yesterday night’s CPW Festival. Jenga was sponsored by Random House.

Monica Kahn—The Tech Monica Kahn—The Tech Prospective freshmen line up to receive liquid nitrogen ice cream Prospective student Kirsten Hessler drives a tricycle off a ramp at the 2008 Campus Preview Weekend sponsored by the second floor of the west parallel of East Campus. Festival in Johnson Ice Rink. Page 12 The Tech April 11, 2008 Innovations in Communication

Up to Could Speed Flood Recovery SPERM DONORS India, from Page 1 It’s just the right time to develop such Villagers’ biggest complaint was NEEDED $1100 a month! a system — cell coverage in Bihar is that they have no warning of an im- from the Himalayas that starts right on good and improving rapidly, and relief pending flood and thereby no time Healthy MEN in college or with a college degree wanted for our its northern border. Since 2002, parts workers use phones extensively. Also, to get their property and livestock to sperm donor program. of Bihar have suffered severe flooding donors are beginning to see informa- safety. This is another area where cell every year. Lives and livelihoods have tion and communications infrastruc- phones could come in useful — adop- Minimal time commitment been lost as crops have been inun- ture as a necessity rather than a waste tion in rural India is growing rapidly Help people fulfill their dreams of starting a family. dated and animals have starved. Nine of money. and there’s at least one cell phone Receive free health and genetic screenings. months after last year’s disastrous To be sure, there are problems. In- owner in most villages. flood, some of the waters still haven’t ternet access at the CRS offices is reli- I was encouraged by how keen APPLY ONLINE: drained away. able, but the electricity is flaky. Indian companies are to get involved Here’s the problem: it’s hard to col- Offices are all equipped with bat- with helping the less well-off. I met www.SPERMBANK.com lect information about which areas are tery backups and generators often with the Head of Corporate Sustain- hit worst by a flood. The first response supply backup power. (Sometimes ability of a major Indian cellphone op- (food rations, first aid kits and so on) this backfires. One time the grid went erator, and he was very excited about ought to occur within 48 hours of the down while I was in the CRS office our project. flood. in Delhi. The generator started, but He suggested using their ubiqui- Presently, collecting and analyz- wasn’t working properly: the over- tous network of manned public phone ing the information and distributing head lights started flashing and the air booths to collect and disseminate in- La Luna Caffe it among various responders takes conditioner made an ominous rattling formation. He suggested a long-term around a month. Meanwhile, under- noise — it felt like a cheap Exorcist partnership between his company and 403 Mass. Ave supply leads to people going hungry, remake! One of the CRS staff ran to MIT — which made a great end to a (corner of Main Street and Mass Ave) while oversupply produces corruption turn them off, then tried to reassure very productive trip. and long-term economic problems. me: “Don’t worry — we’ve only had We plan to run an initial trial of Specializing in grilled panini sandwiches, This is where we come in. Our one fire here.”) our solution this summer, in time for plan is to develop a cell phone-based I spent several days visiting vil- the monsoon in mid-June. Our work “big bowl” salads, soups and wonderful application which the operatives can lages affected by last year’s floods. has revealed an exciting area with use to gather information and send it Nine months later, much arable land rapid growth and a lot of innovation. desserts. We use only the freshest back to a central server, where instant remains underwater and hence unus- It’s rare for computer scientists to be analysis would make the information able. Recovery from the destruction of able to make a positive difference in ingredients. Real Italian Gelato and available throughout the organization. crops and livestock will take a while. the world.

Espresso, too. Come experience the We have man-eating pineapples “best chai latte in the Square” Police Log Expanded Weekend Breakfast Menu. The following incidents were reported to the MIT Police between Feb. 27, 2008 and April 3, 2008. This summary does not include incidents such Free Wireless Internet. Free Live Music. as false alarms, general service calls, or medical shuttles. Feb. 28: W61 (471 Memorial Dr.), 1:54 a.m., Vehicle broken into Wine and Beer. while parked on Fowler St., GPS stolen. Hours: Mon 7:30–6:00; T–F 7:30–9:00 Windsor Lot, 9:15 a.m., Vehicle broken into, GPS stolen. Mar. 4: Briggs Field, 10:56 a.m., Two individuals arrested on Sat, Sun 10–6:00 outstanding warrants: Marian O’Toole of 20 Cottage St., Natick, MA. and Kevin Fernandez of 637 Western Ave., Tel. (617) 576-3400 Lynn, MA. Mar. 11: M3 (33 Mass. Ave.), 9:49 a.m., Breaking and entering; larceny Fax. (617) 871-2986 reported for two prior incidents. [email protected] M3 (33 Mass. Ave.), 11:01 a.m., Breaking and entering; larceny reported. NW10 (143 Albany St.), 11:49 a.m., Past larceny of laptop reported. Mar. 12 : M50 (142 Memorial Dr.), 6:48 p.m., Person reports harassing phone calls. Mar. 12: M3 (33 Mass. Ave), 1:33 a.m., Larceny of ladder. Mar. 16: W20 (84 Mass. Ave), 1:09 p.m., Person reports harassing text messages from unknown party. Beta Theta Pi (119 Bay State Rd.), 2:38 p.m., Reported larceny of laptop. W20 (84 Mass. Ave.), 4:26 p.m., Wallet reported stolen from student center reading room. Mar. 18: M13 (105 Rear Mass. Ave.), 12:56 p.m., Trespass; Arrested Mikhail Shklyar of 21 Beckford St., Beverly, MA., for trespass after notice. W20 (84 Mass. Ave.), 5:57 p.m., Fraudulent use of checks. M14N (160 Memorial Dr., FL 416), 6:52 p.m., Handbag reported stolen from office. Mar. 20: W7 (362 Memorial Dr.), 12:58 p.m., Breaking and entering; laptop and jewelry stolen. Mar. 21: E15 (20 Ames St.), 1:03 p.m., Breaking and entering; Camera stolen from office. W61 (450 Memorial Dr.), 1:33 p.m., GPS stolen from vehicle. W20 (84 Mass. Ave.), 2:07 p.m., Person reports receiving annoying e-mails. N42 (211 Mass. Ave.), 3:13 p.m., Breaking and entering; Six laptops stolen from N42-010P locked office. Mar. 23: N51 (275 Mass. Ave.), 11:18 a.m., Electrical meter stolen. E55 (60 Wadsworth St.), 9:22 p.m., Caller reports disturbance in apartment above them. Mar. 25: W84 (550 Memorial Dr.), 12:42 p.m., Report of identity theft. Mar. 28: E23 (25 Carleton St.), 11:55 a.m., Threats to commit a crime. E23 (25 Carleton St.), 1:18 p.m., Past larceny of a debit card. Mar. 30: M50 (142 Memorial Dr.), 11:43 p.m., Suspicious person; William Bambery of 12 Whipple Ave., Stoneham, MA., arrested on outstanding warrant. Mar. 31: E25 (45 Carleton St.), 9:01 a.m., Computers reported stolen. W89 (291 Vassar St.), 11:21 a.m., Man reports assault by a person known to him. Sigma Nu (523 Newbury St.), 6:57 p.m., Breaking and entering; Nintento Wii and computer stolen. W71 (500 Memorial Dr.), 10:01 p.m., Pizza delivery vehicle stolen. April 1: E17 (40 Ames St.), 2:16 p.m., Breaking and entering; computer stolen. April 2: E15 (20 Ames St.), 2:22 p.m., Larceny of audio equipment. No. 6 / Delta Psi (428 Memorial Dr.), 7:08 p.m., Vehicle broken into while parked on Fowler St., GPS stolen. April 3: W1 (384 Memorial Dr.), 9:18 a.m., Breaking and entering without force; laptop stolen. W84 (550 Memorial Dr.), 1:12 p.m., Report of bike stolen. Compiled by Nick Semenkovich April 11, 2008 The Tech Page 13

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Email: [email protected] Page 14 The Tech April 11, 2008 Student Center Cleaners Closed by State By Michael McGraw-Herdeg Executive Editor If students looked a little wrin- kly this week, it’s probably because their dry cleaners have been out of a job. Alpha Cleaners, in the basement of the Student Center, was shut down on Monday because its owner had not paid for worker’s compensation insurance, according to Linnea Walsh, communications director at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Develop- ment. It will likely reopen soon. MIT noticed the closure on Wednesday and got in touch with the owner Thursday, said Phillip J. Walsh, director of the Campus Ac- tivities Complex, which manages the Student Center. The owner, ShiRu Huang, hoped to obtain worker’s compensation insurance and reopen the store tomorrow, said Phil Walsh, who said he had been able to reach Huang Thursday afternoon. Calls from The Tech to a “S Huang” listed in the Boston white pages were not answered. All Massachusetts businesses are required by law to have worker’s compensation insurance policies. Businesses that do not hold policies may be closed if the state’s Department of Industrial Accidents finds out. Linnea Walsh said relying on tips and an information database, the agency determined that Alpha Cleaners might not have worker’s compensation insurance. An employee visited the site and verified that it was not insured, and a “stop work order” was issued that was ef- fective Monday. Huang’s dry cleaning business is at five locations. The other four are properly insured, said Rob Lam- ontagne, a spokesman for the state executive office. In order to reopen, a business owner must show that they now have insurance, and they must pay a fine of $100 per day they were closed. So Huang must pay a fine of $500 if he obtains worker’s compensation insurance and reopens the dry cleaner’s tomorrow. “For every business that doesn’t have a worker’s comp policy in place, that drives up costs,” said Linnea Walsh. Solution to Crossword from page 7

Solution to Sudoku from page 7 April 11, 2008 The Tech Page 15 Community Responds BOSTON UNIVERSITY To Homophobic E-mail SUMMER TERM With Letter, Forum Sloan, from Page 1 a future occurrence. Raphael said he understands that 2008 members of Sloan LGBT. COD not everyone in the LGBT commu- hearings generally include the ac- nity feels the same way as he does. cused student, an “advisor” the But based on his personal contact student chooses from the MIT com- with the individual, said he believes munity to help support him, and an expulsion or suspension would members of the COD. The advisor have been unjust. cannot speak at the hearing. “I know the writer has learned Before the COD hearings, a lot. It is a great opportunity for LGBT officers strongly advocated our community to come together” expulsion of the student. and to learn from the incident, said “If that same incident had hap- Raphael. pened in any Fortune 500 Company In contrast, Silverberg expressed that employee would have been ter- dissatisfaction with the COD’s de- minated no questions asked,” said cision. SUMMER 1 Armet. “The administration has essen- Imagine what you can do Sloan administrators had ear- tially sent me a signal saying that with over 600 courses in May 20-June 27 lier “indicated to us that they felt they see fit to allow a student that more than 70 subjects… at least suspension was warranted,” explicitly threatened me to be in SUMMER 2 said Silverberg. The contents of class with me an hour and a half • Launch your dream career with an internship June 30-August 8 the complaint filed by the Sloan twice a week,” he said. • Go to Spain and explore the rise of democracy administration against the student Privacy implications of aca- • Move ahead in your pre-med studies are considered confidential by the demic records motivate the confi- COD. dentiality of COD hearings, said • Earn credits toward a graduate program LEARN MORE: Prior to the hearings, the student David Kennedy, Director, Office of • Learn one of eleven new languages 617-353-5124 underwent psychological evalua- Student Mediation & Community tion, Silverberg said. Standards and a staff member who www.bu.edu/summer Although the sanctions against helps COD keep its records. The the student have not been made Federal Educational Rights and Summer Term public, they do not include suspen- Privacy Act protects students from is your time to sion or expulsion, since the person having academic records distrib- is still a student at Sloan. uted to a third party without their Widnall said in an interview that consent, he said. possible sanctions might include a “The process may be clear on probation period or a letter in the the Web site but the decisions are student’s file. A letter placed in a not,” said Silverberg. SHINE student’s file is available only to the Kennedy explained that all hear- student, his advisor, and the COD, ings are reviewed individually and and it is destroyed after the student therefore there are no exact prec- graduates. edents for sanctions. Neither the COD nor administra- In fact, according to Widnall, SEIRE3ERUTCE,YTINUMMO# tors at the Sloan school were able to the committee does not keep tran- comment on any sanctions received scripts of its hearings. The only re- Pub by the offending student. cord of a COD hearing is a letter MIT After the hearing took place, sent to the student and kept on file members of the LGBT community by the COD explaining what the shared the incident with the Sloan hearing concerned, what informa- Date community at large. tion was presented, and what sanc- 2x weekly (M-F) After many debates and dis- tions were imposed, Widnall said. agreements among group members Although the committee evaluates about how to release information, hearings on a case-by-case basis, Size &ROMTHE/UTSIDE )N they finally decided to distribute a she said, she made the committee printed letter that included the text review several dozen prior sanction 6 x 7 of the offending e-mail. The stu- letters when she became chair, so !0HILOSOPHEROF3ECULARISM2EFLECTS dent’s name and nationality were they understand what rulings they removed to ensure that it wasn’t a have made in the past. Col ON2ELIGIOUS"ELIEF $ISBELIEFAND “witch hunt” targeting the individ- The committee is comprised of B+W ual, said Armet. about a dozen faculty, administra- THE0LURALISMOF7ORLDVIEWS Returning from spring break on tors, and students; the membership March 31, Sloan students found the is available online at http://web.mit. letter in their mailboxes. It asked edu/committees/faculty/Rosters/ for the community to “consider CoD.pdf. 4HURSDAY !PRIL ATPM that harassment and threats toward An open forum was held at the minority groups are still real, still Sloan School on Friday, April 4 to prevalent, and still require an un- discuss the incident. 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This space donated by The Tech Page 16 The Tech April 11, 2008 Anonymous Text Messages Test Activists’ Privacy on the Internet TXTmob, from Page 1 kind of a unique way that we haven’t that courts generally “respond posi- dealt with before,” Zimmerman said. tively” and “frequently articulate a York City Law Department and dated Both the First Amendment and a standard in the jurisdiction.” A mo- Feb. 4, 2008. The subpoena was issued 1986 federal law support Hirsch’s de- tion to compel would be heard in the in response to hundreds of lawsuits cision not to hand over the messages, Massachusetts District Court, where filed by arrested protestors against the Zimmerman said. the subpoena was delivered, Zimmer- city and is available online at http:// Zimmerman said he hoped the city man said. He said he was unaware of tech.mit.edu/V128/N18/hirsch/. would drop the subpoena, but they any existing standard explaining when Hirsch is contesting the subpoena might instead go to court to force dis- subpoenas should be able to force the with the help of two attorneys who are closure by moving to compel. disclosure of anonymous people’s representing him pro bono: Matt Zim- names and messages. merman, a staff attorney with the Elec- A community organizing tool If a clarifying opinion were issued tronic Frontier Foundation, and David The TXTmob service, initially in the Massachusetts District Court, B. Rankin, a New York attorney. designed to support street protests it “could provide ammunition for Zimmerman said that the case during the 2004 Democratic National future” cases about Internet speech, raised issues of the “right of individu- Convention and Republican National Zimmerman said. als to be able to speak anonymously Convention, had “something like 320 Even if the First Amendment per- online or using new technologies.” groups and 7000 users” during the mitted the release of the information Hirsch said he feels a responsibil- conventions, Hirsch said. to the government, it would still be ity to people using service to protect It was designed to help activists illegal under the 1986 Stored Com- their privacy — a stance he contrasted spread information among themselves munication Act, part of the 1986 Elec- with that taken by major telephone and to journalists, legal observers, and tronic Communications Privacy Act, companies, which have in recent years medical help by sending text messages Zimmerman said. That act restricted shared customer information with the to many cell phones at once. when people may share other people’s government. TXTmob sends messages via electronic information which their Hirsch’s case combines “online SMTP gateways — sending e-mail to system is storing, for instance e-mail. technology” and “text messaging in special addresses that major cell phone The Stored Communications Act providers then forward to people’s cell “prevents government entities from phones. using subpoenas like this,” Zimmer- Hirsch said he assumed that po- man said. lice were subscribed to some of these “I intend to comply with whatever groups, a fact confirmed last year in the court tells me to do,” Hirsch said. declassified New York City Police De- partment intelligence documents. Hirsch works for community THANK YOU . . . empowerment MIT Do the old messages still exist? Hirsch has been a community or- An issue which affects the sub- ganizer since the last 1980s, he said. poena’s effectiveness is whether three- But his entry into the technical field year-old messages from summer 2004 is new. His other research includes are still stored in the system. Hirsch a project to help connect Chinese- and his attorney Zimmerman both speaking Boston residents with trans- declined to comment on whether any lators to help them talk to English messages were still stored in the sys- speakers; and a project called Dialup tem. Hirsch said that upon receiving Radio, designed to let people host ra- the subpoena, he made a backup of dio shows by telephone in Zimbabwe, the txtmob.com server — which is in where he said the government strictly the Media Lab — as it existed at the controls radio broadcasts. time of the subpoena. Hirsch’s PhD thesis at the Media The table in the database which Lab, which he expects to complete stores old messages “is purged spo- this summer, describes how to design radically,” Hirsch said. Database “communication systems for protests cleaning “is run occasionally,” he said, and community empowerment,” he ® but “stuff is generally kept around.” said. There is “only one legal radio Once a user deletes himself, Hirsch station” in Zimbabwe, he said, “and Bose® Wave® music system said, his information is no longer the government owns it.” stored in the system. But the system does associate existing users’ names TXTmob has evolved since 2004 with phone numbers, so that mes- In the time since the 2004 conven- sages can be sent. Some usernames tion, many other uses of the TXTmob in the system are e-mail addresses or system have emerged. The public Thank you to Students, names clearly identifiable as a -per “NYC booty call” group offers “NSA son’s name. [no strings attached] NYC booty.” The Faculty, Staff and “I’ve been advised by my lawyers “SWATnurse” group offers “Instant not to discuss the subpoena,” said RN [Registered Nurse] TXT Job No- Hirsch. tification.” The “EBBANDFLOWUP- Employees of M.I.T. DATES” group offers “Revolutionary Lawyer claims First Amendment hip hop straight to your phone!” protects users “There was a text confessional Bose Corporation was founded and “People with individual rights are thing going on for a while,” Hirsch the same, regardless of what techno- said. The anonymous messages logical form they’re using,” Zimmer- seemed “sincere, which was kind of built by M.I.T. people. Our success in man said. wonderful.” QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise To protect people’s First Amend- But Hirsch said he didn’t know Cancelling® Headphones ment free speech rights, courts should whether people have used his system research and in business is a result, in require New York City to show why recently, for instance to coordinate the the requested messages will help liti- Olympic torch protests in San Francis- gate their case, and the request should co. The group appears to have about be very specific, Zimmerman said. He 13,078 users, based on a list available no small part, of what M.I.T. has done said that the subpoena against Hirsch to logged-in users at http://www.txt- was too broad. mob.com/invite.php. Zimmerman said the TXTmob He said he hasn’t followed TXT- for us. As one measure of our apprecia- messages have nothing to do with mob usage very closely in the years the cases against New York City. The since he invented the system. He said hundreds of cases generally include he’s hoping that someone else will take claims of false arrest, which requires the system over after he completes a tion, we are extending special purchase showing whether the arresting officer significant redesign in the next few had probable cause to arrest the citi- months. zen, Zimmerman said. Although Hirsch developed the privileges to all students and employees Probable cause depends on the ar- service anonymously and attributed it resting officer’s state of mind, which to a group called the Institute for Ap- Companion® 3 multimedia speaker system Zimmerman said should not involve plied Autonomy, he said after the sub- of M.I.T. for their personal use. text messages sent to arrested protes- poena there was no point in preserv- tors. ing his anonymity. The IAA publishes Asked about messages that officers works anonymously, but “basically I might have received, Zimmerman said wrote it all,” he said. that the subpoena did not only request Hirsch now finds himself protect- Please direct all inquiries to the such messages, but broadly encom- ing others’ privacy, which Zimmer- “M.I.T. Purchase Program.” passed messages to protesters. man said was a novelty of the Internet The subpoena is “focused on peo- age. “You, as a speaker, can’t just rely Bose Corporation ple who were engaged in lawful pro- on your own ability to fight off legal tests,” he said. “Protesters should not attempts to get at your identity” when 1-800-444-BOSE feel chilled.” your speech happened online, he said. Informed that txtmob.com was of- Case could set precedent fline yesterday afternoon, Hirsch ex- Zimmerman said that he has han- pressed surprise. Someone must have dled three or four similar subpoena kicked the power cord, he said. (It was ©2004 Bose Corporation. 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All registered MIT students may enter the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Competition

Deadline: Monday April 14, 2008 between 12noon and 5pm at the Student Art Association (W20-429)

1) Examples of artist’s work a. 3 pieces that well 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.

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(actual size) Internships. Careers. Lifelong Mentors. The possibilities are inﬁnite! April 11, 2008 Sp o r t s The Tech Page 19 Fantasy Sports Leagues Provide Team Awarded NECVA Exposure for Unknown Players All-Academic Award as Fantasy, from Page 20 sional, are hidden from the casual fan to my scoreboards and transaction until they receive major media expo- pages also start checking the results MIT Concludes Season More broadly, do brackets and sure. In recent years, “bracketology” and statistics lines. So long as they fantasy leagues taint the purity of af- and fantasy updates have become in- are interested, why should the reason Volleyball, from Page 20 NECVA New England All-Division filiating yourself with a team? tegral parts of sports coverage, and for their interest matter? 2nd Team. In general, I say no on both so it is the case that March Madness Finally, one thing I have not yet his second honor as he was also a MIT was honored with the NEC- counts. Filling out a bracket usually and fantasy leagues have increased addressed is the direct conflict of a Second-Team pick in 2006, which VA All-Academic Award and record- involves reading up on teams, check- the popularity of college basketball favorite team versus a bracket team. made him the first All-America re- ed the highest GPA in the 39-team ing out their statistics and head-to- and pro baseball. Look at David- To me, this is an obvious decision: if cipient in the program’s history. conference. Individually, Randolph head records, and so forth. The same son College, the media darling and I have to choose between my brack- Pamidimukkala earned additional H. Li ’09, Steven D. Ray ’08, Eric goes for fantasy teams; people read Cinderella team of the 2008 tourna- et/league and my favorite team win- accolades as he was named to the R. Reuland ’10, Dean, Eugene Jang up on players from teams that they ment. Can you honestly say that you ning, I will always choose the latter. NECVA All-Tournament Team, ’09, Matthew Ng ’08, T. Scott Pol- normally would ignore. “Whatever, knew who Stephen Curry was before Is this monetarily foolish? Perhaps, NECVA New England Player of the lom ’09, and Philip M. Rogoz ’10 he plays for the Royals, why should March Madness rolled around and (sorry, Dad) but the joy in watching Year, and NECVA All-Conference were named to the All-Academic I care what his name is?” becomes Davidson became a bracket-buster? my favorite teams win far exceeds First Team for the third year in a row. Team. This was the most of any team “Alex Gordon is such a hot prospect. Brackets and fantasy leagues not the amount of pride derived from Ryan G. Dean ’08 was named to the in the conference. He may have started off slowly last only give players exposure, but they winning a bracket pool or fantasy year, but he has so much upside! He also encourage casual fans to pay league. could be the next George Brett!” attention to results and even watch Well, that, and the fact that I Women’s Ultimate Performs Superior athletes on small-mar- games. Friends who normally tease know that my cheering has no effect ket teams, whether college or profes- me for being abnormally attached on the outcome. Well Despite Tough Winds sMITe, from Page 20 Runkle ’11 had intense defense and Winter Training Ends With Records as caught everything thrown at her.” nament this spring,” said co-captain During this tournament “we Catherine W. Seaborn G. “Everyone showed that we could play with any Team Prepares to Begin Spring Racing stepped it up for the tough games team in the region,” said Ding. “The Saturday afternoon in the wind.” challenge will be coming out strong Crew, from Page 20 tween MIT and Yale for the Joy Cup the Varsity 8 at 8:24 a.m. The races The team brought out its box- from the beginning of every game in the Varsity 8 race. Georgetown will start at the Longfellow Bridge and-one defense with co-captain and being able to turn up the inten- Lightweight men’s crew opens its has been invited as a guest for 2008 and finish right before Tang Hall on Erika M. Swanson G against key sity in close games.” spring racing season this Saturday and is joining the race for the first the Cambridge shore of the river. players on opposing teams. MIT’s Seaborn added that the team will on the Charles River against peren- time. Spectators are welcome to watch defense was strong throughout the be concentrating on “finessing the nial Eastern Association of Rowing Racing starts at 6:48 a.m. with from the Massachusetts Ave. Bridge, tournament, with Swanson, Jennifer fundamentals in outdoor conditions Colleges contenders Yale University the Varsity 4+ race, with the 2F (2nd located at the 1000 meter mark, and L. Barry G and Doris Lin G forcing over the next couple of weeks until and Georgetown University. This Freshmen) Eight racing at 7:12 a.m. the Pierce Boathouse, where crews multiple turnovers in the end zone. Sectionals.” year is the 29th annual contest be- The 1F will take off at 7:36 a.m. and have 500 meters left to go. “Our rookies did a stellar job,” If sMITe does well at Metro Bos- said co-coach Jin Ding. “Chenxia ton Sectionals next weekend against Liu ’09 made some great catches many of the same teams, the team Men’s Lacrosse Comes From Behind; Scores and Ds [defensive blocks]; Natasha will go to New England Regionals P. Plotkin ’11 is developing into a in Lancaster, MA at the beginning Three Goals in Last Three Min. for Overtime strong zone cup player; and Anne P. of May. � Lacrosse, from Page 20 6:12 of the third period and Justin 33-19, while Garth S. Grove ’10 �� Mahoney found the back of the net turned away five shots to earn the � �� mark of the second quarter. just 40 seconds later. Erik S. Zuk ’11 victory for MIT. � �� Garvey netted his first goal of the beat the clock for MIT with his only Kinch added an assist to his day � � �� afternoon at 13:46 of the third quar- goal of the game coming with just for UMB, as did Canty, while Johnny �� ter to put the Engineers on the board, ten seconds left in the third quarter to Ruiz came up with two helpers. Ma- � but John Canty countered for the make it 6-3. Daniel G. Piemont ’10 honey picked up eight ground balls Beacons at 9:30 with a man-up goal made it a two-goal game by record- and Kovach added six. to give them a 4-1 lead. Ballentine ing the opening strike of the fourth Garvey and Ballentine each cut the deficit in half with a score just quarter at 11:47 for the Engineers, added an assist to a pair of goals for 58 seconds later, but UMass Boston before Thomo scored UMass Bos- three points, while Zuk also tacked came back with two more goals for a ton’s final goal. on a helper for the Engineers. Bal- 6-2 advantage. Aaron Pollock stopped 11 shots lentine led the squad with seven Thomo converted his attempt at for the Beacons, who were outshot, ground balls.

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This space donated by The Tech Page 20 The Tech April 11, 2008 Sp o r t s The Dilemma: Supporting Your Men’s Volleyball Team Fantasy Team or Favorite Team Reaches Quarterfinals By Caroline Huang UNC to win, you probably did pretty my heart told me to cheer for Kansas. Comeback Win Propels Engineers Over Hunter Contributing Editor well in your bracket—they did get Ultimately, I settled on a passive- By Paul Dill of Michael Demyttenaere ’10 and March Madness has ended and to the Final Four. You should want aggressive middle-ground of being Team Coach Praveen Pamidimukkala ’08. MIT baseball season has just begun, players like Alex Rodriguez on your frustrated that a team I normally de- The men’s volleyball team com- finally started to find its stride and prompting plenty of trash-talking team, since they have fantastic indi- spise for playing so well was playing peted in their fourth consecutive picked up both its defense and serve about brack- vidual statistics.” Well, both are true: so poorly. (This just reinforces my North East Collegiate receive, placing Hunter under more ets and fan- my bracket was decent up until Kan- hatred for UNC. The one time I am Volleyball Association and more pressure. The Engineers Column tasy teams. In sas throttled UNC, and I won one pseudo-cheering for them is also the Championship Tour- fought back to take games three and the interest of full disclosure, I am a of my fantasy leagues. But I found time they decide to play a streaky, nament this past week- four, and then closed out the match Duke basketball (relatives live near it unnatural to root for a team that I sloppy game.) It really should have end at Ramapo Col- to complete the epic comeback, 3-2 there) and Boston Red Sox (family have cheered against for years, both been a win-win situation: whether lege. The team earned (27-30, 25-30, 30-26, 30-25, 15-11). grew up here) fan. You can imagine during regular season games and the UNC won (bracket = happy) or UNC a berth into the tournament after The next day, MIT faced top seed my chagrin, then, when I objectively tournament itself, for the sake of lost (Duke fan = happy), the key feel- finishing the regular season with a no. 3 Vassar College. Although the picked the University of North Caro- winning a bracket. As for hoping that ing was supposed to be happiness. 9-2 record in the New England Divi- team fought hard to keep each game lina to win the NCAA men’s basket- Alex Rodriguez performed at a high And even though I realized this, the sion of NECVA. The winner of the close, Vassar eventually pulled away, ball tournament rather than my be- level for a whole season, just so I situation still felt odd. tournament advances to the Molten winning the match 3-0 (30-27, 30-22, loved Duke. It’s the same feeling that could do well in my fantasy leagues? So the question remains, is it dis- Division III Final Four. 30-22). Vassar went on to win the en- I had last year when several groups Yeah, not so much. That ship sailed a loyal to cheer for individual players In the first round, the nationally- tire tournament, defeating Newbury of my friends asked me to join their long time ago, right around the time or teams other than your own for ranked no. 12 Engineers (25-11) College in the finals for their first fantasy baseball leagues, and I ended he put on pinstripes. the purpose of winning an arbitrary faced no. 14 Hunter College. MIT ever NECVA Championship. up with several Yankees players, in- This dilemma intensified during bracket or league? got off to a slow start in the first two The team earned several awards cluding Alex Rodriguez. the UNC-Kansas game. My bracket games with Hunter College playing at the end of the season. Pamidimuk- “Wait,” you say. “If you picked said that I should root for UNC, but Fantasy, Page 19 with great intensity and producing a kala was selected to the American very formidable defense. Volleyball Coaches Association After falling behind two games to Division III Men’s Volleyball All- Garthwaite, Peterson, Wojcieszynski, zero, the Engineers slowly took con- America Second Team. This is trol of the match midway through the Blankstein Enter Institute Top Eight third game behind the stellar play Volleyball, Page 19 By Dhru Boddupalli of 17:23 flat and co-captain Aaron ters long and feature staggered start sMITe Finishes Seventh in Assistant Coach M. Blankstein ’10 took eighth with times, spring racing is shorter and The lightweight crew team fin- 17:38.3. faster with crews competing side- ished their indoor winter training “Seeing one guy make gains in by-side over a 2000 meter course. Yale Cup After Wins Against season with four men breaking into speed pushes the whole team to go Winter training serves as a time for the Institute’s top eight after him,” said Wojcieszynski. crews to improve fitness and prepare 5k records. Co-captain Rowing is a Division I, year- their bodies to produce the raw pow- Brown, Williams, Vermont William R. Garthwaite round sport at MIT that moves in- er and speed required in 2000 me- By Rosa Cao (11-2). The team then won the first ’08 and Andrzej “Woj” doors when the Charles River freezes ter racing. “The competition will be Contributing Editor elimination game against University P. Wojcieszynski ’08 over. During this time, oarsmen train fierce as always, but I’m really ex- The MIT women’s ultimate fris- of Vermont. earned second and sev- and compete with each other on the cited to see how far we can take our bee team “sMITe” came in seventh On Sunday, the team lost two enth in the record books with times ergometer, an indoor rowing ma- speed this season,” said co-captain out of 16 teams at the Yale Cup tour- hard-fought games to Tufts Univer- of 17:17.4 and 17:31.8, respectively. chine that is recognized as a world Blankstein. nament last weekend sity (13-7) and Wesleyan Univer- Meanwhile, Raphael “Raffi” R. Pe- standard training and racing tool. in New Haven. The sity (11-7), before outscoring Boston terson ’10 earned fifth with a time While fall races are 5000 me- Crew, Page 19 tournament brought University for a seventh place finish. together top teams Tufts, seeded third, finished second from the Northeast after losing to top seed Dartmouth that MIT will be play- College in the finals. ing throughout the spring season in Fourth-year Daphne L. Wang ’08 the competition to go to Nationals. led off the last game of the tourna- KAUST Discovery Scholarship Seeded ninth for this the second ment with three layouts on the first tournament of the spring season, point, shutting down BU’s best play- MIT made it into the championship er. MIT won the final game 9-5 under bracket (top 8) on Saturday, defeating time cap. Full scholarships for science Williams College (10-7) and Brown It was “great for our second tour- University (11-3) after a tough first and technology students game against Cornell University sMITe, Page 19 Game of the Week Men’s Lacrosse Wins Overtime The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thriller on Garvey’s Late Goal By Mindy Brauer Ballentine ’09 scored with 2:53 left (KAUST), a 21st century graduate-level, research university, DAPER Staff in the fourth period to cut the deficit is offering scholarships for future leaders in science, Corey Garvey ’10 scored with to 7-5, before John R. Kucharczyk 1:44 left in overtime to give the MIT ’11 scored just 61 seconds later to engineering, and technology. men’s lacrosse team an 8-7 win over cut the deficit in half. Dylan F. Roden host University of ’09 knotted the score at seven with Massachusetts Boston just 16 ticks left on the clock. The benefits of the KAUST Discovery Scholarship include: on Tuesday. With the The Beacons scored the first three • Full tuition at current institution win, the Engineers goals of the match, which were also improved to 2-6 on the the only three scores of the first half. • Living stipend, book and computer allowance season while the Bea- Jared Kinch opened the scoring at cons fell to 1-6 overall. the 9:59 mark of the first quarter and • Upon graduation, admission and full scholarship for Nick Thomo found the back of gave UMB a 3-0 lead with 2:26 left the net with 4:37 left to play in regu- in the first half with his second goal the KAUST master’s degree program at the University’s lation to give UMass Boston a 7-4 of the day. Peter Kovach registered lead, but MIT netted the final three the Beacons’ second goal at the 6:57 Red Sea campus goals of the fourth quarter to send the contest into overtime. Ryan W. Lacrosse, Page 19 The KAUST campus opens in September 2009. Highly talented students with one to two years remaining in ﬁrst university degree programs can apply now. Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s Friday, April 11, 2008 Baseball vs. Elms College 4 p.m., Briggs Field

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