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Volume 134, Number 7 Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Alcator C-Mod experiment operates with restored funds Warren visits as fusion experiment resumes operations

By Tushar Kamath PSFC. All were provided a tour of the Senate in November, 2012. “What News editor facility and were allowed to converse goes on here is something we all with theEstablished faculty and graduate stu 1881- need to support. This is our future in In a large, press-filled event at dents who oversee the lab. science, but also our future in power,” MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion “It is great to be represented in stated Warren, affirming her contin- Center (PSFC) Monday, scientists and Congress by people who understand ued support of C-Mod. legislators celebrated the restoration the value and importance of basic While both the legislators and of funding to Alcator C-Mod. The cer- science and the connection between the MIT administration conveyed emony began with the press of a giant basic science and innovation,” said similar attitudes toward the fund- red button, signifying the restart of nu- President Reif, who applauded the ing, the future remains uncertain for clear fusion experiments at the facility. efforts by Senator Warren and Rep. C-Mod. As it stands, the $22.2 mil- Alcator C-Mod, MIT’s magneti- Clark to secure funding for the proj- lion will only last through the end of cally confined nuclear fusion device ect as part of the nation’s most recent September, and no budget has been (a tokamak), was a winner in the most budget deal. set for the Department of Energy, the recent U.S. budget deal, receiving During interviews with the press primary source of funds for C-Mod, $22.2 million to continue nuclear fu- contingent, both Warren and Clark by Congress for fiscal year 2015. The sion tests. The experiment remained expressed the necessity for contin- legislators, administrators, and sci- in inactive maintenance mode dur- ued basic research in the nuclear entists at the event agreed this will be ing 2013 due to funding cuts from fusion field. “It’s not only the energy a continuous problem. the Department of Energy as part of research Establishedwe are doing here today 1881 “In the long term, we have to have the sequestration. The restoration of but the investments in the students assured long-range funding. It is not funding is not without uncertainty, that are here and the science and the enough to fight year to year. Grad stu- however, as the funding will only last work they’re going on to do whether dents need to be able to come here until the end of September. it’s in fusion or beyond”, commented and work and know that they can Present at the ceremony were Rep. Clark. Clark, a Massachusetts start projects and that the lab will still legislators, including Senator Eliza- Democrat, won the special election be open a year from now, three years, beth A. Warren and U.S. Representa- in December 2013 to represent the and five years from now” claimed Paul Rivenberg tive for Massachusetts’ fifth district 5th district of Massachusetts. Her Warren. Professor Zuber agreed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, along with MIT Nuclear Katherine M. Clark, as well as MIT victory came directly before the pass- with Warren and mentioned a “plan Science and Enginering professor Anne White and Massachusetts administrators, including President ing of the new budget deal. to recommend C-Mod to continue Congressman Jay Livingstone (not pictured), prepare to officially restart L. Rafael Reif, Vice President for Re- Warren, also a Massachusetts for years to come,” seeing the recent Alcator C-Mod, a fusion research project at MIT’s Plasma Science and search Maria T. Zuber, and Professor Democrat and former Harvard Law Fusion Center. The program was set to shut down at the beginning of Miklos Porkolab, the Director of the Professor, started her term in the U.S. Alactor, Page 10 the year, but funding was recently reintroduced by Congress. Established 1881 Ex-MIT professor Moniz is the man in the middle Energy chief balances environment, industry By Matt Viser circumvent a recalcitrant Congress, Moniz, The Boston Globe 69, is in charge of one of the most controversial portfolios in the Cabinet, requir- Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is ing him to balance worries about global known around his department for a quick warming with the demands of a powerful wit, a leader of a vast bureaucracy who energy industry. draws quotes from Monty Python skits Constituencies clamoring for his favor and chuckles self-deprecatingly at the at- include gas and oil companies that want tention paid to his unusual Colonial-style permission to drill and export more; clean hairdo. energy start-ups eager for more govern- As he toured a government lab in Vir- ment loans; environmentalists, some of ginia the other day, he also displayed a them critical of Moniz’s ties to industry, deep knowledge of technical science, mak- who want a stronger emphasis on wind ing small talk with fellow scientists that and solar energies; and scientists seeking sounded like code to an outsider. more research money. “What’s the typical Q?” he asked about In a wide-ranging interview as he trav- Christopher A. Maynor—The Tech one machine (“8 times 10 to the 9th,” came eled around the Virginia coast — touring a Rambax MIT, MIT’s Senegalese drum ensemble, performs behind co-director and art- the answer). As they passed by a clean- federal laboratory and giving a speech at ist-in-residence Lamine Touré as he conducts the audience at “Pulse 2014: Feel The room used for experiments, he asked non- Hampton University — Moniz, who was Beat.” The show was hosted by the MIT Black Students’ Union this Saturday evening and chalantly whether it was a “Class 10” (it confirmed 97 to 0 by the Senate in May, featured a wide variety of acts, from gospel choir to a reading of an excerpt from Martin was). Introduced to a high school senior discussed the administration’s “all-of-the- Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. interested in science, he enthusiastically above” energy philosophy. recommended a book: “The Existential He previewed plans to increase en- Pleasures of Engineering.” ergy efficiency standards. And he said he But hidden behind the wonky demean- planned to move forward aggressively on or one would expect from Moniz, a former more government loans to private energy ning an event this Wednesday, February 26 at 6 In Short MIT professor who got hooked on phys- companies, despite the embarrassing p.m. in the R&D Commons where students can ics at Durfee High School in Fall River, is bankruptcy filings of Solyndra and A123 The MIT Egyptian Student Association is host- address campus issues of energy, water, environ- ing billionaire Naguib Sawiris. Be sure to check a measure of political savvy earned as a Systems of Waltham. ment and sustainability. veteran of the Clinton administration. It is ”We’ve got a big-time problem to ad- out Sawiris’ talk and Q&A session at Wong Au- a well of experience that his supporters say dress climate,” he said, riding in the back ditorium this Tuesday, February 25 from 6-7:30 Add date is next Friday, March 7. Obtain ap- will help him lead key initiatives in Presi- of a sport utility vehicle. “And if it’s busi- p.m. proval from your advisor if you submit a form. dent Obama’s second term — including ness as usual, we’re not going to get there an expansion of America’s nuclear power in time.” Join the MIT Generator to improve MIT’s cam- Send news information and tips to news@ industry. The opera-loving fly-fisherman also di- pus sustainability. The MIT Generator is run- tech.mit.edu. At a time when the White House plans to exercise greater executive authority to Moniz, Page 9

Sochi highlights Contemporary ballet Rhye at royale reif letter on SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 Ice hockey, speed Boston Ballet Company’s trio of one-act Live rendition of album Tidbit, response Opinion ��4 skating result in thrilling performances. ARTS, p. 7 brings out subtleties, new MIT’s president Fun Pages ��5 finishes, despite perspectives. explains the Institute’s Arts ��7 disappointing finishes A theatrical circus ARTS, p. 8 plans, stance on issue. Sports �� 11 for the U.S. Australia’s Circus Oz brings an on-stage OPINION, p. 4 sports, p. 11 circus to Boston. Arts, p. 7 2 The Tech Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Ukraine’s acting government D issues warrant for Yanukovych’s Thai general urges protestors arrest KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s acting interior minister issued a to ‘compose yourselves’ warrant Monday for the arrest of former President Viktor Yanu- kovych, accusing him of mass killing civilian protesters in dem- By Thomas Fuller ing one officer and injuring several more complex than a political stand-

worl onstrations last week. The New York Times dozen. A second police officer died off four years ago. Arsen Avakov, the acting official, made the announcement on Monday of injuries suffered during Although he said the military and

n on his official Facebook page Monday. He also said Yanukovych BANGKOK — The head of Thai- the same fighting. the police did “not support either had arrived in Crimea on Sunday and had fled to an unknown land’s army, one of the most powerful Violence escalated over the week- side,” Prayuth used the word “consti- location without his security detail, according to The Associated institutions in the country, appeared end, with attacks on protest sites by tution” nine times in his 10-minute Press. to distance himself from the goals of unidentified gunmen that left four speech and underlined that it was The temporary government has moved swiftly since Yanu- anti-government protesters in a na- people dead, including three children. “still in force.” kovych’s ouster and flight on Saturday, trying to head off the po- tionally televised speech on Monday The country’s political deadlock The protesters, who are seeking to tential for infighting among several opposition groups or even a that analysts said was a signal to the centers on the concentration of power banish Yingluck and her family from atio broader conflict. Thai public. by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawa- Thailand, say they want to set up an Since Saturday, a series of bureaucratic steps — a session of After months of assiduously seek- tra and her political movement, which unelected “people’s council” that parliament and the continued running of government institu- ing to remain neutral in Thailand’s has won every election since 2001. would replace Parliament. tions — seemed to pull the country back from the brink. As par- three-month power struggle, Gen. Yingluck’s brother, Thaksin Shinawa- Surachart Bamrungsuk, a profes- liament acted, even Yanukovych’s party denounced him for the Prayuth Chan-ocha, the army chief, tra, the founder of the movement, sor at Chulalongkorn University in deadly crackdown on protesters. And the military vowed to sup- repeatedly called for adherence to the was prime minister when he was Bangkok who is a foremost expert port the new government rather than rallying to the ousted presi- Thai Constitution. overthrown by the military in 2006 on the Thai military, said Prayuth’s dent’s side. He said “many sides” in the crisis after being accused of corruption and speech was “a signal to the elites who

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Herszenhorn, The New York Times would like to see the use of force to abuse of power. are pushing for a coup.” settle the stalemate, an apparent ref- In his address on Monday, Pra- The message, Surachart said, was Suicide bomber in Pakistan erence to the coup d’état advocated by yuth issued a stark warning about the “that the military is not getting in- protesters. fragility of the nation, saying it would volved and that the military is trying strikes near Iran’s consulate “I would like to urge you to recon- “permanently stop functioning” if the to obey the law.” sider, compose yourselves and ask situation were not urgently addressed. “It’s also a signal directly to the PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber detonated near yourselves whether this would end “If there is any further loss of life,” demonstrators,” he said. the residence of the Iranian consul general in Peshawar on Mon- peacefully,” Prayuth said. he said, “the country will definitely The protesters, led by a former orld day, killing two security personnel and wounding 11 others, a se- Protesters who control a number collapse and there won’t be any win- deputy prime minister, Suthep Thaug- curity official said. of major intersections in Bangkok are ners or losers.” suban, appear to have powerful back- The official said that no one inside the residence or the nearby seeking to oust the Thai government The general cited military intel- ing and financing and remain defiant Iranian Consulate General had been hurt. and are allied with shadowy gunmen ligence that there were many armed despite declining numbers of sup- W The city’s top police official, Ijaz Khan, said that the bomber, who battled the police last week, kill- groups and said that the situation was porters in the streets. because of heavy security outside the consulate and the adjacent residence, turned toward a nearby tent camp for forces of the Pakistani Frontier Constabulary who had been deployed to help protect the Iranian facilities. “The bomber alighted from his car and started moving toward Obama worried about effects of the tents of the Frontier Constabulary,” Khan said. “The constabulary warned him to stop and fired at him. In the meantime, he blew himself up, killing one of the men on the spot; the other suc- cumbed to his injuries later.” waging cyberwar in Syria A doctor at a nearby hospital said that nine people had been brought there for treatment of injuries. By David E. Sanger ought to be reserved for extraordi- whether such a strike on Syria would —Ismail Khan, The New York Times The New York Times narily rare use against the most so- be seen as a justified humanitarian phisticated, hard-to-reach targets. intervention, less likely to cause ci- Connecticut plans to market WASHINGTON — Not long after And looming over the issue is vilian casualties than airstrikes, or the uprising in Syria turned bloody the question of retaliation: whether whether it would only embolden health exchange expertise late in the spring of 2011, the Pen- such an attack on Syria’s air power, U.S. adversaries who have them- tagon and the National Security its electric grid or its leadership selves been debating how to use the WASHINGTON — Connecticut has been so successful in get- Agency developed a battle plan that would prompt Syrian, Iranian or new weapons. ting people to sign up for health insurance through its online mar- featured a sophisticated cyberattack Russian retaliation in the United Jason Healey, the director of the ketplace that it is setting up a consulting business to help other on the Syrian military and President States. Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the states build and operate websites where people can compare and Bashar Assad’s command structure. It is a question Obama has never Atlantic Council, argues that it is buy private insurance policies. For President Barack Obama, spoken about publicly. He has put “worth doing to show that cyberop- And the Obama administration has encouraged the effort, in who has been adamantly opposed the use of such weapons largely into erations are not evil witchcraft but the hope that more states will run their own exchanges in 2015 or to direct U.S. intervention in a wors- the hands of the NSA, which oper- can be humanitarian.” 2016. ening crisis in Syria, such methods ates under the laws guiding covert But others caution whether that Kevin J. Counihan, the chief executive of the Connecticut ex- would seem to be an obvious, low- action. As a result, there is little of would really be the perception. change, said Monday that it would license or franchise its technol- cost, low-casualty alternative. But the public discussion that accom- “Here in the U.S. we tend to view ogy, selling an “exchange in a box” to other states. It would offer a after briefings on variants of the panied the arguments over nuclear a cyberattack as a de-escalation — package of basic services, with an option for states to buy more. plans, he has so far turned them weapons in the 1950s and ‘60s. it’s less damaging than airstrikes,” “We have something that’s working, and we want to share it,” down. But to many inside the admin- said Peter W. Singer, a Brookings said Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, who is chairwoman of the board of The Obama administration has istration, who declined to speak for Institution scholar who has recently the state exchange, Access Health CT. been engaged in a largely secret attribution on discussions about published a book titled “Cybersecu- The Connecticut exchange has performed better than the fed- debate about whether cyberarms one of the United States’ most high- rity and Cyberwar: What Everyone eral insurance marketplace and its troubled website, HealthCare. should be used like ordinary weap- ly classified abilities, Syria puts the Needs to Know.” “But elsewhere in gov, and better than many state-run exchanges. ons, whether they should be rarely issue back on the table. the world it may well be viewed as —Robert Pear, The New York Times used covert tools, or whether they One of the central issues is opening up a new realm of warfare.”

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Russia. It was an invigorating motion,” said John Lewis Gaddis, a Yale “These democratic movements Problems with Ford’s in-car systems, especially as the company on ment, and it spurred the president University historian who advised the will be more sustainable if they are introduced versions that came with dashboard touch screens, hurt and his staff to rethink their approach Bush White House as speechwriters seen as not an extension of America the company’s customer satisfaction ratings in recent years. Ford was to the world. worked on the former president’s or any other country, but coming Microsoft’s most prominent partner in the automotive business for its That was a different decade and a January 2005 inaugural address from within these societies,” said Ben- software. For years, Microsoft has tried to make variations of its Win- WORLD & Nati different president. While George W. promising to combat tyranny abroad. jamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national se- dows operating system an ingredient in technologies used in a variety Bush was inspired by the Orange Rev- “If anything, he’s going to lean back curity adviser. “For the longer term, it of industries, including health care and manufacturing, but none of olution of 2004 and weeks later vowed and let natural forces take us there, if is better to let the people within the the efforts has achieved anything like the company’s success in PCs. in his second inaugural address to they do.” country be the strongest voice while —Nick Wingfield and Jaclyn Trop, The New York Times promote democracy, Barack Obama Obama’s handling of Ukraine re- also ensuring that at the appropriate has approached the revolution of flects a broader “policy of restraint,” times you are weighing in publicly Ugandan president signs anti-gay 2014 with a more clinical detachment as Gaddis termed it, keeping the and privately.” aimed at avoiding instability. United States out of crises like Syria, To some critics, though, that justi- law Rather than an opportunity to minimizing its involvement in places fies a policy of passivity that under- spread freedom in a part of the world like Libya and getting out of the wars cuts core U.S. values. LONDON — Brushing aside Western threats and outrage, Presi- long plagued by corruption and op- in Iraq and Afghanistan. It reflects, he “The administration’s Ukraine dent Yoweri Museveni of Uganda significantly strengthened Africa’s pression, Obama sees Ukraine’s crisis said, not only fundamental differenc- policy is emblematic of a broader anti-gay movement on Monday, signing into law a bill imposing as a problem to be managed, ideally es between the presidents but an un- problem with today’s foreign policy harsh sentences for homosexual acts, including life imprisonment in with a minimum of violence or geo- derlying weariness on the part of the — absence of a strategic vision, dis- some cases, according to government officials. political upheaval. While certainly U.S. public after more than a dozen interest in democracy promotion and The move came weeks after Museveni’s Nigerian counterpart, sympathetic to the pro-Western pro- years of war. an unwillingness to lead,” said Paula Goodluck Jonathan, took similar steps in his own country, threaten- testers who pushed out President Turned off by what he saw as J. Dobriansky, an under secretary of ing offenders with 14-year prison terms. The Ugandan law seemed on Viktor F. Yanukovych and hopeful Bush’s crusading streak and seared by state for Bush. even tougher, threatening life terms on charges including “aggravated homosexuality,” meaning homosexual acts with a minor, a disabled person or someone infected with HIV. “We Africans never seek to impose our view on others. If only they WORLD & Nati could let us alone,” Museveni said, according to The Associated Press, alluding to Western pressure to reject the bill. US and Britain joining forces in He signed the legislation at his official residence at Entebbe, near the capital, Kampala, in front of government officials, journalists and a team of Ugandan scientists who had said they found no genetic ba- bank misbehavior cases sis for homosexuality — a conclusion that Museveni cited in support of the new law, the AP said. By Matthew Goldstein ington and the Serious Fraud Office the next year as it continues to in- While Western gay-rights campaigners have accused U.S. evan- and Ben Protess in London, these people said, have vestigate banks, including Citigroup gelical Christian groups of promoting anti-gay sentiment in Uganda, The New York Times agreed to divide up cases against and Deutsche Bank. Museveni accused “arrogant and careless Western groups” of seeking employees at the center of an in- The agreement over Libor could to draw Ugandan children into homosexuality. It seemed to be a thumb in the vestigation into the manipulation of also provide a template for the Jus- —Alan Cowell, The New York Times eye of the U.S. Justice Department. the global interest rate benchmark tice Department and Serious Fraud Britain last week criminally charged used for mortgages, credit cards and Office as they pursue other investi- Camels linked to spread of a former Barclays employee sus- corporate loans known as the Lon- gations into global banking giants. pected of trying to manipulate glob- don interbank offered rate, or Libor. The developments illustrate the deadly virus in people al interest rates, even though the au- The agencies are splitting the casel- fragile and ever-evolving relation- on thorities in London were aware that oad, which involves traders in both ship between Washington and Lon- A new study suggests that camels are the major source of the the employee had been assisting New York and London, depending don enforcement officials. Given the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, a viral disease that U.S. prosecutors in a related investi- on which jurisdiction will have an interconnected nature of the global has sickened 182 people and killed 79 of them since it was first de- gation for more than a year. easier burden of proof or possesses financial markets, legal observers tected in Saudi Arabia in 2012. WORLD & Nati Some prosecutors in the United stronger evidence against a particu- say, the agencies must maintain a The animals are most likely to infect people through respiratory States were annoyed by the move, lar bank employee. level of cooperation. secretions — from coughing, sneezing, snorting or spitting — that but it did not ignite another trans- The cooperation should enable Tensions peaked in late 2012, travel through the air or cling to surfaces. Atlantic dispute over how to crack prosecutors on both sides of the when Justice Department prosecu- People with chronic illnesses like diabetes, lung disease or kid- down on bad behavior by global Atlantic — whose political man- tors notified the Serious Fraud Of- ney failure, or other conditions that weaken their immunity, seem banks with large operations in dates and personalities have at fice that they were filing charges to be most susceptible, and should avoid close contact with cam- New York and London. Instead, the times clashed, stalling the investiga- under seal against Tom Hayes, a for- els, researchers say. charges against the Barclays em- tion — to file several new criminal mer UBS and Citigroup employee Saudi Arabia has had the most cases, other Middle Eastern ployee, Jonathan Mathew, reflected cases stemming from the more than seen as an architect of Libor manip- countries have had a few and a handful of travelers from that re- a tentative truce that has emerged 5-year-old inquiry. ulation. In turn, British authorities gion have taken the disease to Europe. There have been no cases in between British and U.S. authori- The Justice Department, the promptly arrested Hayes, setting off the United States. Although people have infected one another, the ties, according to people briefed on people briefed on the matter said, a series of fuming phone calls and disease is not highly transmissible among humans, so researchers the matter. is expected to charge a handful of angry letters on both sides of the say that unless the virus changes to become more contagious in The Justice Department in Wash- other Wall Street employees during Atlantic. people, the risk of global spread does not seem high. The new study provides the first evidence that the virus is wide- spread in dromedary camels (the kind with one hump) in Saudi

Arabia, and has been for at least 20 years. on Younger animals are more likely than older ones to be infected and contagious. The virus invades the camels’ nose and respiratory For the Supreme Court, a case poses a tract, but does not kill them. It is not known whether it even makes them sick. WORLD & Nati puzzle on the EPA’s authority —Denise Grady, The New York Times Arizona governor is pressed to By Adam Liptak impermissible exercise of executive ity, though, they seemed to agree The New York Times authority. that the case before them was not veto faith-based bill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, particularly significant, for two WASHINGTON — In trying who may hold the decisive vote, reasons. PHOENIX — As the Arizona Legislature sent a bill to her desk to decide whether the Environ- made a point that did not bode well First, the narrow issue the Su- Monday that would grant business owners the right to invoke re- mental Protection Agency has the for the agency. preme Court agreed to address left ligion to refuse service to gays and others, Gov. Jan Brewer, a Re- authority under two programs to “I couldn’t find a single prec- in place the agency’s determina- publican, faced pressure from many corners to veto the measure, regulate greenhouse gas emissions edent that strongly supports your tions that greenhouse gases pres- which has cast unwanted national attention on Arizona. from stationary sources like power position,” he told the agency’s law- ent an urgent threat and that emis- Elected officials, civic leaders and business groups spoke out plants, the Supreme Court on Mon- yer, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the U.S. sions from motor vehicles may be against the measure, which passed both houses of the Legislature day faced what Justice Elena Kagan solicitor general. regulated. on Thursday. called “the conundrum here.” Verrilli said the solution to the Those determinations were On Twitter, Arizona’s U.S. senators, John McCain and Jeff One part of the Clean Air Act, conundrum was to allow the agen- based on the Supreme Court’s 5-to- Flake, also Republicans, had nearly identical posts, with both of she said, seemed to require that cy to exercise some discretion. 4 decision in 2007 in Massachusetts them saying they hoped Brewer would veto the bill. An executive on such emissions be regulated. But “The choice,” he said, “is be- v. Environmental Protection Agen- from Apple Inc., which plans to build a big manufacturing plant in another part set the emission tween throwing up your hands with cy, which required the agency to Mesa, called Brewer to urge her to reject it, and W. Douglas Parker, thresholds so low that even schools respect to what EPA considers to be regulate emissions of greenhouse chairman and chief executive of American Airlines, sent her a let- and small businesses would be the most serious air pollution prob- gases from new motor vehicles if it ter citing the state’s “economic comeback” and saying, “There is W covered. lem we have or trying to deal with found that they endangered public genuine concern throughout the business community that this The agency’s solution was to the implementation problem.” health or welfare. bill, if signed into law, would jeopardize all that has been accom- raise those thresholds, and the re- But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. At Monday’s argument, the plished so far.” o sulting standards covered far fewer suggested that the agency’s revision justices did not seem inclined to Their calls were echoed by three Republican state senators — sources. That move was at the cen- of numerical standards in a statute re-examine that decision. Indeed, Adam Driggs, Steve Pierce and Bob Worsley, all members of the R

ter of Monday’s arguments, and the was without precedent in “the en- Kennedy, who was in the major- party’s conservative camp — who had helped pass the legislation l justices seemed divided along ide- tire history of federal regulation.” ity, said, “We’re bound by both the in the first place. ological lines over whether it was Even as the justices differed on result and the reasoning of Massa- —Fernanda Santos, The New York Times D a sensible accommodation or an the scope of the agency’s author- chusetts v. EPA.” 4

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BALLET REVIEW BALLET February Tuesday, 25, 2014 The gravity-defying spectacle from Australia lands in Boston Australia spectacle gravity-defying from The Circus Oz Circus PERFORMANCE REVIEW 8 The Tech Tuesday, February 25, 2014

COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC Rhye performed most of the songs from their album Woman last Thursday at Boston’s Royale. Arts Arts Art S CONCERT REVIEW Rhye at Royale A RTS A lush rendition of the last year’s musical sensation

By Denis Bozic more lively show, this request took focus from the vocals-oriented the studio version — where Mi- ARTS EDITOR some time to process. Neverthe- nature of Rhye’s music to the mes- losh’s persona was mostly identi- Rhye less, the fans finally settled down, merizing instrumental solos and fied as highly sensual — the live It’s been almost a year since and that’s when the band got the improvisations. performance featured a different Opening Act: Ricky the Canadian-Danish duo Rhye opportunity to truly bring their tal- This is not to say that the vo- alter ego. In a way, his stage per- Eat Acid released their critically acclaimed ents to the forefront. cals were subpar — in fact, they sona resembled that of a teenager debut album Woman. Despite the While the studio versions of added another captivating dimen- who was just coming out of his Royale Boston lack of any new official material, the songs put more emphasis on sion to the live performance. The shell. There was nothing unpreten- lead singer Milosh paid a visit to Milosh’s characteristic contralto musicians also served as backing tious about his vocal and musical 8.00 p.m. Boston with his touring band last voice, the live performance suc- vocalists whose voices perfectly delivery — his words were concise week and performed most of the cessfully unveiled another one of complemented the androgynous and sincere, his control of stage Feb. 20, 2013 album’s songs. Rhye’s assets — the music itself. spirit of Milosh’s voice. Their con- space and movements was un- The concert took place at The talented ensemble of musi- sonance was highlighted during planned, and his communication dience was too energetic at the be- Royale, which was probably not cians who accompanied Milosh the ensemble’s vocal harmonies with his band was vividly heartfelt, ginning, the atmosphere success- the best venue for a show of such gave the music of the debut album like those at the end of “Shed Some which added to the subtle feeling fully converged on a relaxed tone an intimate and delicate charac- a different flavor. For instance, Blood,” when Milosh and the band of innocence and fragility. in the middle of the show. In fact, ter. The studio version of Rhye’s “Last Dance” featured an extended united their voices in the numbing Whether the instrumental addi- at the end of the concert, there was music already sounds very mel- instrumental section and ended a cappella outro of the song, which tions to the songs are a trademark a moment of perfection when Mi- low and downtempo, so the live with a hypnotizing trombone solo, consisted of fading repetitions of of Rhye’s performances or simply losh and the band stepped away performance required absolute an experiment not explored by the line “Move my way.” included because Rhye has only from the microphones and sang focus from the audience. For a the album’s version of the song. Putting a face to Rhye was also one album, the band’s renditions their lines together in front of the Boston crowd oriented toward a Overall, the performance shifted a fascinating experience. Unlike were truly enjoyable. While the au- completely silent Royale.

MOVIE REVIEW Events Feb. 25 – Mar. 3 A fathomable genius Tuesday (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) Intro to Python Workshop, spon- Engineer investigates Vermeer’s painting technique sored by Sloan Coders (bring a laptop) — E62-250 Wednesday meer used scientific methods and use of optical devices to be far- HHH✩✩ equipment to paint. Produced and fetched. But by the end of the film, (3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Artist talk and panel on Fukushima directed by the Penn and Teller il- after considering Jenison’s compel- activism, postwar pop, intermedia art, and global hip- lusionist duo, it occasionally takes ling evidence, I shared his “90 per- hop, sponsored by Foreign Languages & Literatures Tim’s Vermeer a cut-and-dried documentarian cent” certainty that Vermeer used and MIT/Harvard Cool Japan — E25-111 tone about Jenison’s experiment, the optical devices. (6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) MIT Generator: Students innovat- Directed by Teller but eventually switches to a more The film also documented Jeni- ing for campus sustainability, with vegetarian dinner intimate examination of Jenison son’s struggles with his research. — 32-G401 Starring Tim Jenison, himself. Its big themes, thoughtful Usually brimming with enthusiasm, Penn Jillette, Martin editing, and memorable characters Jenison at times reveals frustration Thursday Mull, and David put it in a class of films somewhere and flagging motivation. For exam- Hockney between History Channel specials ple, while completing some tedious (5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) Build your own solar-powered cell and Hollywood dramas. tasks for his experiment, he says to phone charger, sign up at http://fossilfreemit.org — PG-13 Jenison sets out to prove that the camera, “If we weren’t making 4-131B Vermeer used a specific combina- a film I’d definitely find something (8:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) Esfandgan Winter Party with Now Playing tion of lenses and mirrors to paint. else to do right now.” At one point, For decades, art historians were he can’t wait to get started with the dance music, light refreshments, and a cash bar, baffled by how Vermeer painted so meat of the project, but when a few sponsored by GSC Activities and the Persian Students By Grace Young photo-realistically over a century things go wrong unexpectedly, he Association of MIT — W20 (Lobdell) Staff Writer before the invention of the camera. says he’s “not looking forward to do- Most explanations were, in essence, ing the rest of the instrument,” and Friday Tim’s Vermeer follows American that Vermeer was simply a genius. ironically, “This project is a lot like (7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) Gala Sabrosura, semi-formal cel- inventor Tim Jenison as he tests a Jenison, however, doesn’t find that watching paint dry.” ebration of Mes Latino, sponsored by Latino/a Cultural novel theory about how 17th cen- explanation satisfying. At first, I The movie isn’t perfect, even for Center — W20-208 tury Dutch master Johannes Ver- found his thesis about Vermeer’s lovers of art and science. Although released in theaters, it’s better suited (10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.) LSC shows Gravity, tickets on for the small screen due to the im- sale in lobby 16 for $4 — 26-100 age quality. It is also a little tedious to watch in one sitting. I would have Saturday preferred to pause and watch Tim’s (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Asian Career Fair, register and Vermeer over the course of a few submit resume online, sponsored by the SAO, GECD, Sunday afternoons. MISTI, and Naturejobs — W20 (La Sala) I didn’t fully appreciate the film until a few days after I left the theater. I found myself thinking back Sunday to it several times during the day, (4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) An Evening of Sarod Music and surprised how it related to everyday Kathak Dance, tickets at MITHAS.org, sponsored by life. It has important messages for Music and Theater Arts — W16 (Kresge Little Theater) anyone who feels overwhelmed by “genius” or who doesn’t appreciate Monday how thorough, or even obsessive, (4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) France’s Jewish Star: Rachel at the one needs to be to prove anything Comedie Francaise, with speaker Maurice Samuels, using the scientific method. sponsored by Foreign Languages & Literatures and The film is careful not to devalue Comedie Francaise Registers Project — 14E-304 Vermeer’s work, but rather trans- forms the artist into a fathomable (5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Paper Engineering Page Turns for genius whose hard-work, persever- Music Scores, with composer and vocalist Erin Gee ance, and attention to detail helped and MIT Libraries conservator Jana Dambrogio, spon- him create his masterworks. Tim’s sored by MIT Libraries — 14E-109 COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS Vermeer is worthwhile, especially if Tim Jenison (right) tests an optical device that Vermeer may have used you can download it and watch seg- Send your campus events to [email protected]. for painting. ments at your leisure. edu. Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts A RTS Tuesday, February 25, 2014 The Tech 9 Moniz has plans to lower carbon levels Environmentalists accuse Moniz of having close ties with industry Moniz, from Page 1 vironment should be mitigated, but his primary goal is lowering vulged details about his hair, which carbon levels in the atmosphere has generated intense interest on — even if that means promot- Twitter, triggered photo galler- ing nuclear power or natural gas ies online, and drawn compari- exploration through fracking, a sons to, among others, George controversial technique that uses Washington. pressurized water to fracture “No one except my wife has cut underground rock and release my hair in decades. And she’s not trapped gas. a professional,” he said. “It’s a big “I frankly don’t care what the joke, and that’s OK.” mix of technology is, as long as “If it gets people interested in it gets us to low carbon,” he said. the Department of Energy,” he add- “And I think we need every arrow in ed with a laugh, “it’s good.” the quiver.” Moniz was born in Fall River, He bristles at criticism that the Sarah Liu—The Tech Emily M. Salvador ‘16 and Molly J. Tracy ‘16 read a picture book to the audience amid a pile of where his father worked at Fire- administration isn’t doing enough. toilet paper at the Chorallaries’ nth Anual Concert in Bad Taste on Saturday night. stone, the rubber manufacturing “Here we have the president plant, and his mother watched af- who has done the most to com- ter him, the only child. All four of mit to climate — I have been out his grandparents were emigrants there as a climate warrior,” he said. from the Azores Islands. “But it’s not good enough because “I came from a blue-collar town, we refuse to exclude part of the a public school,” he told students at portfolio.” Hampton University. “It’s a great Moniz strongly defends the use country to be able to do this.” of government loans and grants for He played baseball and ten- clean-energy companies, saying it nis at Durfee. He also benefited is a vital way to develop technolo- from an MIT initiative to develop gies. While high-profile failures a stronger physics curriculum have caused Republicans to con- in high schools, after the Soviet tend the government should not Union launched Sputnik and fears be investing in startups, Moniz said spread that the United States was some risk is inevitable when you falling behind. “push the envelope.” “Fortunately the physics teacher at the high school decided that Moniz strongly the high school would be one of the pioneers, one of the guinea pigs,” defends the use of Moniz said. “That’s when I got hooked on physics.” government loans He went to Boston College on and grants for clean a scholarship from his father’s la- bor union and became editor of -energy companies Cosmos, the school’s science jour- nal. After getting his doctorate in “We are not defensive about it,” theoretical physics at Stanford, he said, citing a remaining $50 bil- he joined the MIT faculty in 1973. lion in lending authority. “Quite He was the founding director of the contrary. We have a lot more the MIT Energy Initiative and the authority left. We’re going to use it.” MIT Laboratory for Energy and the In the interview, Moniz would Environment. not discuss in any detail one of the “He has this marvelous sense of more controversial proposals he humor,” said Susan Hockfield, the must decide: whether to expand former MIT president. “You don’t US exports of natural gas. He also feel as though you’re getting brow- would not weigh in on the Key- beaten by him. You feel like he’s stone Pipeline, which would carry teaching you. And he’s a master oil from tar-sands fields in Canada teacher.” to US refineries and ports. The He served as a science adviser highly controversial project is be- and as the undersecretary at the ing reviewed by Secretary of State Department of Energy in the Clin- John Kerry, but the Department ton administration. Some say he of Energy has an advisory role. is more politically savvy than his Obama has said he will not ap- predecessor, Steven Chu, a Nobel- prove the project if it would “sig- winning physicist from California nificantly exacerbate” greenhouse who at times frustrated the White gas emissions. House by going off script. When asked if he believes it “He’s the best-prepared secre- would increase carbon emissions, tary of energy — ever,” T.J. Glauthi- Moniz said, “I’m not commenting er, a former top-ranking energy de- on Keystone.” He also declined to partment official who now advises say if he has discussed the project energy companies, said of Moniz. with Kerry. As he was preparing to take the Moniz lives with his wife in job, Moniz consulted with George Brookline, but his schedule keeps Shultz, who held four Cabinet po- him away from home for weeks at sitions under Presidents Nixon a time. He often travels overseas and Reagan and who worked with to meet with foreign leaders about Moniz on the MIT Energy Initiative. climate issues (although his home “I told him, ‘Stay close to mem- is about a mile and a half from Fen- bers of Congress. In the end, they way Park, he watched Game Six of own the money,’ ” Shultz said in an the World Series from the US Em- interview. “You go and talk to them, bassy in Japan). just informing and whatnot — not The travel has kept him away just when you’ve got a crisis.” from most games in the “Over-the- Moniz said he has taken that Hill Soccer League,” which he has advice. Several Republicans have played in for about 25 years (when praised his approach, and he re- he shows up, he is the only one who cently had dinner with Representa- now has a security detail). tive Mike Simpson, an influential He also recently had a sobering Republican on energy issues from responsibility, acting as the poten- Idaho. tial last line of defense in the event But some environmentalists ac- of a catastrophe. He was the “des- cuse Moniz of being too close with ignated successor,” sitting out the the oil and gas industry, citing ties State of the Union in case the presi- established at the MIT Energy Ini- dent and other top officials died at tiative, which was funded primarily once in the House chamber. by those industries. He was placed in an undis- “So far he’s known for his deep closed location, with ample secu- love of fracked natural gas,” said Bill rity and communications capabil- McKibben, a prominent environ- ity. The accommodations were not mental activist. exactly meager. Moniz said damage to the en- “We had a steak dinner,” he said. 10 The Tech Tuesday, February 25, 2014 C-Mod’s future is still unclear Funding cuts were part of larger U.S. energy policy Alactor, from Page 1 outrage.” Only after the Department (NSE) program. of Energy submitted a revised pro- When asked how they would budget deal as a vote of confidence posal did Feinstein agree to contin- convince D.C. lawmakers to con- from Washington to further plasma ue funding support. tinue C-Mod funding, both Profes- research in Cambridge. Professors and graduate stu- sor White and Professor Dennis G. The lack of continuous support dents linked C-Mod’s cash-strapped Whyte, also in the NSE department, most directly affected graduate stu- situation to the future of science in emphasized the uniqueness of the dents and their effort to finish up the U.S. “The U.S. should not play a Alcator C-Mod facility. Whyte ar- research at MIT. “It was a big worry backseat as other nations, particu- gued that C-Mod “gains its strength because many of us were planning larly China, Japan, South Korea in being in a niche as a smaller aca- at that point to do our experiments,” the East and the European Union demic lab. We are nimble and have said Theodore Golfinopoulos G, a in the West, move forward [with a good solid group of students, graduate student in the Electrical plasma research]” commented Gol- which provide for innovative new Engineering and Computer Science finopoulos, “The U.S. has to decide research. This keeps us fresh.” department conducting research whether it wants to be a leader in The Alcator C-Mod tokamak is with C-Mod. He continued, “It real- this and other areas of science.” one of three in the United States, Sujoy Kumar Chowdhury ly makes you think hard about your the others located at the Princeton Students use Lego bricks to create replicas of the Shaheed career decisions if the rug can get Professors and Plasma Physics Laboratory affili- Minar, a national monument of Bangladesh, at an event host- pulled out from under you like that. ated with Princeton University, and ed by the MIT Bangladeshi Students’ Association (MIT-BSA) For now, nobody can predict what students linked General Atomics, a private industry in the Mezzanine Lounge of the Stratton Student Center last Sat- is going to happen in the future.” C-Mod’s situation endeavor. C-Mod is the only facil- urday in observance of International Mother Language Day. First Alcator C-Mod’s funding cuts ity with such an involved academic announced by UNESCO in 1999, this observance is held annually are part of the larger context of the to the future of program, as the lab is able to support on February 21 worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and U.S.’s future energy policy. The cuts science in the U.S. up to 25 full-time graduate students. cultural diversity. at the beginning of fiscal year 2013, Despite this unique position, allowed Congress to redirect fund- “The cuts made me turn away only time will tell if the U.S. will back ing to an international effort, the so many qualified students… now continued small-scale academic International Thermonuclear Ex- we need a long-term solution to research in favor of larger projects. perimental Reactor (ITER), a large best identify the policy for U.S. fu- As a last plug for C-Mod to lawmak- tokamak project under construc- sion going forward. The U.S. needs ers and the public, Golfinopoulos Do you like doodling during class? tion in France. But, according to an to figure out what role we play in stated, “Plasma is the ideal source Are your psets covered with drawings? article in The New Yorker, “mem- the international community for of baseload energy. We can’t afford bers of Congress were invited to fusion research,” commented Anne not to pursue this avenue. There If so, become a Tech Illustrator! view the inert machine [ITER], and E. White, Assistant Professor in the aren’t that many other options, and they returned to the Hill expressing Nuclear Science and Engineering we can’t stay with coal forever.” E-mail [email protected]

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By Mindy Brauer 7:00 p.m. start. dran ’16 to enter the break with a court, sophomore Jessica Larsen loose ball and once again was sent daper staff Sabrina M. Drammis ’16 led all 31-22 advantage. buried a layup and after snagging to the charity stripe with 3.7 ticks scorers with 18 points as MIT im- The hosts maintained their a steal, Pineda hit the front-end of left, where she drained both shots s Sport Despite a late surge that saw proved to 12-13 on the year and 9-11 comfortable margin throughout a one-and-one to come within four to secure the victory. WPI come within four in conference play. WPI (10-15, 8-12 most of the second half as their lead (52-48) with 54 seconds left to play. Kordell finished with 15 points, points with 54 sec- NEWMAC) was led by senior Siena grew to 15 (47-32) with 5:29 remain- Following an exchange of posses- a game-high six assists, and added onds left to play, MIT Mamayek, who recorded 15 points ing. On WPI’s ensuing possession, sions, a foul sent Bhandare to the four rebounds for MIT. Ramach- hit four free throws and five boards in her squad’s sea- junior Dani Davis drained a three- free throw line where she hit her andran recorded 10 points and down the stretch to son finale. pointer, sparking an 11-0 run dur- second shot after 11 seconds came 10 rebounds as Hunt posted five claim a 56-48 victory MIT raced out to a 17-6 lead af- ing the next three minutes that she off the clock. Pineda put up a three- rebounds and two blocks. Bhan- on Saturday, Febru- ter 9:25 expired as Drammis and capped with a jumper. Drammis pointer but her bid was off the mark dare added seven points and three

ary 22. With the win, Mari R. Kordell ’15 combined for 11 ended MIT’s scoring drought while and was grabbed by MIT’s Rachel steals for the home team. s Sport MIT claimed the seventh and final points. WPI slowly chipped away at Durva N. Bhandare’s ’16 free throw A. Hunt ’14. While bringing the ball Pineda totaled seven points, spot in the upcoming NEWMAC the deficit, narrowing its gap to five increased the cushion to 50-43 with up the court, Drammis was fouled four steals, and two assists while Championship tournament, mark- on three occasions, the last on a 1:37 on clock. Pineda kept WPI with 19 seconds remaining as her Davis had seven points and two as- ing its first playoff appearance since layup by junior Rachel Pineda that close with two free throws 10 sec- free throw increased the lead to sists for WPI. Larsen generated six 2008. MIT will travel to its last post- made the score 27-22 with 3:35 to onds later, but Bhandare drained a 54-48. On WPI’s next charge, Da- points, five assists, and two steals season foe, No. 2 Wheaton College, go. MIT countered with baskets by pair of shots at the charity stripe. vis’ shot from behind the arc failed as sophomore Haili Welton tacked on Wednesday, February 26 for a Drammis and Maya K. Ramachan- On WPI’s next trip down the to connect. Drammis grabbed the on six points. Men’s speed skating events highlights of Olympics s Sport Victor Ahn claims the gold for Russia in tight men’s 5000m speed skating relay final

Olympics, from Page 12 relay speed skating final. With as by five countries: USA, Russia, the to go. The USA was never able to JR Celski with six laps to go to take many as 20 skaters on the ice at Netherlands, China and Kazakh- completely drop the Russian team a lead that the Russians did not re- States was expected to pick up many stan. With the Netherlands and linquish for the remainder of the s Sport medals in speed skating. But after a The Netherlands China crashing midway through race. Celski valiantly tried to chase disappointing week in the long track the first lap and Kazakhstan unable For much of the Ahn down in the final lap, but the events, resulting in no medals, they was the big winner to keep pace with the leaders, the race, the United South Korean-born Russian had finally won a medal in a speed track race for the gold medal very quick- too much gas in the tank to be over- event. in speed skating, ly became a question of which of States was content taken. China picked up the Bronze The Netherlands was the big taking home eight Russia and USA would have the to sit in Russia’s medal after finishing a distant third winner in speed skating, taking pace down the stretch. behind the leaders. home eight gold medals in a domi- gold medals. For much of the race, the United slipstream. With his victory in the relay, Vic- nating display of speed skating. States team members were content tor Ahn picked up his fourth medal

For me, the most exciting speed once, the event has the potential to sit in the slipstream of the Rus- though, and Russia’s eight-time of the Olympics, and reaffirmed his s Sport skating event of this year’s Olympic for utter chaos. sian team, but finally made a move short track Olympic medalist, Vik- status as one of the greatest short games has to be the men’s 5000m This year’s final was contested to take the lead with around 18 laps tor Ahn, finally reeled in American track speed skaters of all time.

Track and field team claims Engineers Grab Win in Five Sets victory in 1000m track race s Sport MIT collects 121 points in total over the two days Track, from Page 12 ond ahead of Connecticut College’s A relay. The Distance Medley Relay earned eight points when it ’17 was 13th with 1:25.67. In the 800m, Samuel G. came in second place with 10:30.83. Parker ’15 and Harrison A. Hunter ’14 both earned In the Pole Vault, junior Benjamin J. Schreck ’15 points towards MIT’s final score, with Parker com- was second when he cleared the bar in 14-11, the s Sport ing in fourth with a time of 1:56.37 and Hunter tak- same height as Ben Wollhaupter of Coast Guard ing eighth with his 1:57.48. Tech’s lone victory of the who took first. Ian Perry ’17 finished in fifth place day came in the 1000m, with Chadd T. Kiggins ’15 with a 13-11.25 and Marshall P. Wentworth ’16 was crossing the line two seconds ahead of the competi- seventh, also with a vault of 13-11.25. In the Long tion with his time of 2:30.11. Ricardo Paez ’15 came Jump, David C. Motley ’15 and Adrian C. Samsel in third place in 2:32.85. ’16 were fifth and sixth, both with jumps of 21-07.25. MIT’s highest finisher in the 5000m was Benja- Motley went on to come in third place in the Triple min X. Xie ’15, who came in fifth place with a time Jump with a 45-01.75. of 15:04.46. Roy A. Wedge ’14 was sixth with a time Just shy of his season best performance, Ken- s Sport of 15:05.31 and Allen K. Leung ’15 came in seventh neth B. Cooper ‘15 was second in the Shot Put with with 15:09.80. All three Engineers earned points for a throw of 54-07.50. In the next event, the Weight MIT. Kaba fared well in the 60m Hurdles, complet- Throw, he also finished in second place with a Eric hao—The Tech ing the event with a time of 8.36 to finish in fourth throw of 60-11.50. Andrew A. Busse ‘15 leaps over his opponents as he spikes the place. MIT returns to the track next Friday, Feb. 28 for ball over the net. The Engineers overcame a deficit to clinch a 3-2 vic- Tech came in eighth place in the 4x800 relay the NEICAAA Championships, which will take place tory over UC Santa Cruz on Thursday night. with its time of 8:04.27, crossing the line over a sec- at Boston University through Saturday, March 1.

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ships thispastweekend. of 26teamsattheNew EnglandDivisionIIIIndoor Track andFieldChampion- height of4.25meters. HisscorecontributedtoMIT’s overall 1stplacefinishout Marshall P. Wentworth ‘16 competes inthepolevault, finishing7thwitha Championships for year the second in the Newplace England Division III Men’s claims first team and field track repeatsMIT win title ished in the top four of the 200m. Tyler inthetop fourished ofthe200m. S. a timeof7.16, whilethree Engineers fin- D. Njaka ’17 in finished with 12th place Williams was College third 58. with III Championships, theNo. men’s 4MIT and final day ofthe New England Division In thepreliminaries Taylor ofthe60m, Saturday,On 22, February thesecond By Charlotte Brackett second with 74 with second points and Tufts University in finished 121teams with points. No. 7 infirstweekend out of 26 in arow, wrapping upthe year the titleforsecond trackwon andfield team daper s daper taff Achievement mentor, Jessica Shi (right).The2012People Helping People award went Photograph ofAmphibious Amphibious Achievement to CorinneCarland,past executive member. mitfcu.org. 600m with 1:23.47, with 600m Tareque whileHenry team. event that over took MIT asthefirst place ’16 was eighth 51.06. with It was after this a49.83place with Barnes andDerek C. one-hundredths later ofasecond inthird atimeof49.81.with followedjust two Lee completing event, theevent the400m, respectively. timesof22.94 with and fourth and22.98 S. Kaba ’16 andStates ’16 Lee were third hind Graham ofTufts. Beutler Michael crossing- thelineatenth be ofasecond Singer-Clark ’14 22.53, with was second Federally insured byNCUA Brian M.GagerBrian ’14 was fifthinthe Singer-Clark inthenext second took Tuesday, February 25, 2014 25, Tuesday, February Eric Hao— T rack, Page 11 eTh T h ec