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173 bids given as Alchemist to call MIT home Questions recruitment ends raised over Panhel says 2011 saw increased startup’s interest and recruit retention By Wyliena Guan sixth of the girls who went through integrity were sophomores.” Sorority recruitment wrapped The number of bids issued is Clean energy prize up on Sept. 7 with 173 women re- usually the same or very close to ceiving bids. Recruitment this year the number of bids accepted. winner CoolChip was marked by a higher retention Sorority recruitment is a five- rate — the number of people who day process open to female stu- faces scrutiny, MIT stick through formal recruitment dents from any class year. During — and by more women applying the first two days, potential new will ‘review the facts’ for recruitment sooner. members visit all six chapters on “This year was really great be- campus: Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Beta By Anne Cai cause there was more publicity Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi, Associate News Editor earlier, so … more girls signed up Sigma Kappa, and Alpha Epsilon earlier,” said Kimberly M. Sparling Phi. Winning the Grand Prize in MIT’s ’12, Panhellenic Council president. Recruits spend the first day $200K Clean Energy Prize contest in She believes that the earlier a girl talking with each sorority for 30 May was only the beginning of an MIT signs up, the more likely she is to minutes. On the second day, the re- startup’s success. CoolChip Technolo- stick with recruitment. cruits visit all of the houses, where gies, which develops cooling systems Though Pi Beta Phi acquired a the sisters show them around and for electronics, was automatically en- residence at 405 Memorial Drive get to know them. During the next tered as a finalist in the MIT $100K this year, the recruitment num- two days, all of the chapters except Business Plan Contest as a result of bers for their third fall recruitment Alpha Epsilon Phi conduct formal winning the CEP. CoolChip has also were not significantly affected. The recruitment; on the third day, re- been covered by CNN Money, the Wall building will open to residents next cruits can return to as many as Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and year. four participating chapters, two of Electronic Engineering Times since Anne P. Runkle ’11, vice presi- which they may revisit for longer their CEP win. At the end of August, dent of Panhel for recruitment, periods of time on the fourth day. however, an article in the Chronicle of said that the number of bids this During this revisitation period, Higher Education cast a shadow over year was average, given that so- each recruit is matched with a Elaine M. Kung the success of the young company. rorities had in total about 190 bids sister who can best introduce her The Chronicle pointed out that for each of the previous two years to the sorority. Finally, recruits Alchemist, originally on loan for the duration of MIT’s 150th anniver- CoolChip’s prizewinning cooling tech- and 120 bids in the fall of 2008. She rank their top two sororities. The sary celebration, can now call the Institute home. The sculpture, which nology was actually Sandia National added, “A couple of juniors went sits between the Student Center and Massachusetts Avenue, represents a Laboratories’ own device, designed by through this year … [and] about a Recruitment, Page 22 thinking man comprised of numbers and math functions. researcher Jeffrey Koplow. According The sculpture was commissioned by an anonymous alumnus and was to the article, CoolChip CEO William gifted to the Institute “in honor of all the alumni who have helped sup- R. Sanchez ’05 approached Koplow in port MIT over the years.” According to Associate Provost Philip S. Khoury, February asking to use the unpatented the alumnus did not plan to make the donation permanent, but after Sandia cooler for CoolChip’s CEP sub- Castillo death ruled suicide visiting the campus during the 150th anniversary celebration, he “was so mission. Koplow told Sanchez he did moved by the events … that he decided to gift the sculpture.” not have the authority to make that According to an article 13, 1993 in Bogotá, Colombia. The sculpture is now covered under MIT’s art insurance policy, and decision and directed him to Sandia’s published by the Boston He entered MIT in fall 2010 maintenance costs will be paid using a fund provided by the donor. technology-transfer department. Ac- Globe on Tuesday, the death and planned to major in Alchemist is the latest addition to MIT’s extensive public art collec- cording to a Sandia spokesman, that of Nicolas E. Del Castillo ’14 mathematics. In an obituary tion. The many works around campus show that “the arts matter at MIT was the last “substantial communica- has been ruled a suicide by written by the MIT News Of- … the arts are really all about the creative process, and that’s what we do tion” Sanchez had with Sandia — no the medical examiner’s office, Chancellor Eric Grimson in math and science and engineering [as well],” said Khoury. deals were made and no permissions fice. Castillo’s death certifi- PhD ’80 called Castillo’s death Jaume Plensa, the renowned Catalan sculptor behind Alchemist, has were granted to CoolChip to use San- cate, filed on Monday, lists “a tragedy for the MIT designed several similar sculptures. His works Nosotros, Nomade, House dia’s cooling technology. The technol- his cause of death as asphyx- community.” of Knowledge, and I, You, She or He all utilize the same body structure as ogy was also not open for licensing at ia. Castillo’s body was found A memorial service was Alchemist, but are comprised of different symbols. Plensa’s sculptures can the time. in his room on the 4th floor held on Sunday at the MIT be found all over the world from Paris to the United Kingdom to Japan. In a presentation as part of the MIT of East Campus’ West parallel chapel. Castillo’s parents Alchemist, already a familiar sight to students, can now be recognized $100K Business Plan Contest, Sanchez on Sunday, Sept. 4. were in attendance. as a permanent landmark on campus. did not refer to Sandia while he used Castillo was born on Aug. —Stan Gill —Janelle Mansfield Energy prize, Page 10

In Short We’re number five! This year, USNWR ranked MIT as the MIT was also ranked as having the Comedian John Oliver Vote for the UA Senate MIT is in a five-way tie for fifth place th best national #1 graduate engineering will be performing at and 2015 Class Council in U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 na- university in the program in the US the Fall Festival, spon- today via paper ballot in tional university rankings. The Institute sored by the UA Events the Student Center. took the No. 5 spot along with Caltech, United States. of MIT’s graduate engineeringengineering Committee. Stanford, UChicago, and UPenn. Havard departments were ranked #1 and Princeton tied for the No. 1 spot, fol- Four5 other schools tied with MIT for fifth 6 Balfour will be on cam- Aerospace engineering Chemical engineering lowed by Yale in third and Columbia in place: Caltech, Stanford, University of Chi- Sunday is the last day pus next week for ques- cago, and UPenn. Computer engineering Electrical engineering to waive the student tions or concerns about fourth. Materials engineering Mechanical engineering MIT was 7th in the 2011 rankings — Chemistry health plan! Waivers are Brass Rats. Stop by Walk- of MIT’s graduate also tied with Caltech — but most of the Computer science Other high-ranking graduate accepted at http://med- er from 6 to 7 p.m. or W20 science programs Earth science top ten’s rankings fluctuate a little from programs include economics (#1), web.mit.edu/. on Wednesday from 10 5 were ranked #1 Math a.m. to 3 p.m. if you need year-to-year. Harvard has maintained its Physics biology (#2), and business (#3) The MIT Career Fair is a resize or replacement! No. 1 spot since the 2011 rankings. Infographic by Connor Kirschbaum next week on Wednes- And while the Institute was not top day, Sept. 21, a student Send news information dog overall, MIT did claim first in many science and engineer- chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, mathematics, and holiday. Bring your and tips to news@tech. ing graduate school rankings, released earlier this year. USNWR physics (some were ties). résumés! mit.edu. anointed MIT the best engineering school, followed by Stanford Sloan was ranked the third best business school, behind and UC Berkeley. MIT was also No. 1 in the science specialties of Stanford and Harvard. —Ethan A. Solomon

The good, the When Dex met em The Beautiful and Football is SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 And the 20 years that followed. bad, the tasty the nerdy finally back Opinion ��4 ARTS, p. 8 A new Maseeh resident See where Tech And this season is Arts ��7 shares his thoughts on Have you caught contagion? photographers went this already shaping up to Fun Pages ��18 the controversial dining summer! be an interesting one. Sports ��24 plan. OPINION, p. 4 This is one bug worth getting. PHOTO, p. 13 SPORTS, p. 24 ARTS, p. 7 2 The Tech Friday, September 16, 2011 CIA kills top Al-Qaida D operative in drone strike China consolidates grip on WASHINGTON — An armed drone operated by the CIA this week killed a top al-Qaida operative responsible for plotting terror attacks inside Pakistan, two U.S. officials said Thursday. rare earths The killing of Abu Hafs al-Shariri occurred Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. It is the latest strike in the By Keith Bradsher plaints in the U.S. about rising through a long list of industries.

worl CIA’s campaign of targeted killings of al-Qaida operatives that The New York Times prices for its compact fluorescent “The high cost of rare earths has intensified under the Obama administration. bulbs, recently noted in a state- is having a significant chilling ef-

n The strike comes less than a month after a CIA drone killed BEIJING — In the name of ment that if the rate of inflation fect on wind turbine and electric Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, a Libyan who was promoted to become fighting pollution, China has sent over the last 12 months on the rare motor production in spite of off- al-Qaida’s second-ranking operative after the death of Osama the price of compact fluorescent earth element europium oxide had setting government subsidies for bin Laden in May. The CIA in recent months has also killed light bulbs soaring in the United been applied to a $2 cup of coffee, green tech products,” said one of Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani militant commander who worked States. that coffee would now cost $24.55. the conference attendees, Michael closely with al-Qaida’s leadership. By closing or nationalizing doz- An 11-watt GE compact fluores- N. Silver, chairman and chief ex- Little is known publicly about al-Shariri, a Saudi whom a ens of the producers of rare earth cent bulb — the lighting equiva- ecutive of American Elements, a atio senior administration official said acted as a liaison between metals — which are used in ener- lent of a 40-watt incandescent chemical company based in Los al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban, the group that has directed gy-efficient bulbs and many other bulb — was priced Thursday at Angeles. It supplies rare earths a wave of attacks against Pakistani government installations green-energy products — China is $15.88 on Walmart’s website for and other high-tech materials to and hotels frequented by Westerners. According to an Interpol temporarily shutting down most pickup in a Nashville, Ark., store. a wide range of U.S. and foreign alert, al-Shariri was 33. of the industry and crimping the Walmart, which has made a businesses. —Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times global supply of the vital resources. big push for compact fluorescent But with light bulbs, especially, China produces nearly 95 per- bulbs, acknowledged that it need- the timing of the latest price in- Bohner affirms no-tax- cent of the world’s rare earth ma- ed to raise prices on some brands creases is politically awkward for

& N terials, and it is taking the steps lately. the lighting industry and for envi- increase stance to improve pollution controls in a “Obviously we don’t want to ronmentalists who backed a shift notoriously toxic mining and pro- pass along price increases to our to energy-efficient lighting. WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thurs- cessing industry. But the moves customers, but occasionally mar- In January, legislation that day rejected tax increases as part of a sweeping effort to reduce also have potential international ket conditions require it,” Tara President George W. Bush signed the nation’s debt, delivering his prescription for a congressional trade implications and have start- Raddohl, a spokeswoman, said. into law in 2007 will begin phasing deficit-cutting committee ahead of a competing presentation by ed yet another round of price in- The Chinese actions on rare out traditional incandescent bulbs President Barack Obama early next week. creases for rare earths, which are earths were a prime topic of con- in favor of spiral compact fluores- orld Boehner urged the new bipartisan committee to focus on vital for green-energy products versation at a conference here cent bulbs, light-emitting diodes cuts in federal spending and entitlement programs as a way of including giant wind turbines, Thursday that was organized by and other technologies. The Euro- slowing the growth of government. He said tax increases should hybrid gasoline-electric cars and Metal-Pages, an industry data firm pean Union has also mandated a be “off the table” as the committee works toward a late-Novem- compact fluorescent bulbs. W based in London. switch from incandescent bulbs to ber deadline. General Electric, facing com- Soaring prices are rippling energy-efficient lighting. “It’s a very simple equation,” Boehner said in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington. “Tax increases destroy jobs. And the joint committee is a jobs committee. Its mission is to reduce the deficit that is threatening job creation in our country.” In his speech, Boehner warned against the use of what he Cameron and Sarkozy visit Libya, called “gimmicks” to lower the debt. But he hinted that there might be areas for compromise that could be acceptable to his members. —Michael D. Shear and Emmarie Huetteman, vow continued NATO effort The New York Times By Rod Nordland promised to help track down the elu- fenders drove them back out of town. Amnesty program yields and Rick Gladstone sive Gadhafi, and to provide political “They met fierce resistance and had The New York Times and economic aid to the new leaders to withdraw,” Gallal said. Moham- millions more in back taxes seeking to fill the void left by his four med Darrat, a spokesman for the TRIPOLI, Libya — The leaders of decades of absolute rule. Misrata brigade, said in a telephone More than 12,000 U.S. taxpayers have voluntarily revealed Britain and France visited Libya on The Cameron-Sarkozy visit,interview that 11 of its fighters were their secret offshore bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Thursday in a triumphal but heav- which also included a stop in the killed and 25 wounded and that the Service as part of the government’s latest tax amnesty program, ily guarded tour intended to boost eastern city of Benghazi, where both brigade pulled back by nightfall. agency officials said Thursday. The move will allow the U.S. Trea- the country’s revolutionary leaders, were greeted warmly by residents, Both sides in the Libya conflict sury to collect at least $500 million in unpaid taxes. whose forces were propelled to pow- came as anti-Gadhafi forces claimed have often overstated combat victo- The voluntary disclosure program, which was in effect from er with NATO’s help last month by they had punched holes in the loyal- ries, and it was impossible to confirm February until last week, is part of an initiative to deter tax eva- routing Moammar Gadhafi and his ist defenses surrounding the Medi- the accounts of the Sirte fighting. But sion via offshore bank accounts. Since the IRS began its previ- military in the most violent conflict terranean enclave of Sirte, Gadhafi’s Darrat’s admission of casualties suf- ous amnesty program in 2009, more than 30,000 taxpayers have of the Arab Spring uprisings. tribal hometown and one of the re- fered by the anti-Gadhafi fighters reported their secret overseas accounts, and the federal govern- Prime Minister David Cameron doubts of support for him. suggested that the Sirte defenses ment has collected $2.7 billion in taxes and penalties. of Britain and President Nicolas Sar- Jallal al-Gallal, a spokesman for were resilient. The United States began its most recent offensive against -off kozy of France, who convened an the National Transitional Council, Both Cameron and Sarkozy, shore tax evasion in 2009, when the Justice Department reached international meeting two weeks ago the interim government, said that clearly enjoying the friendly recep- a settlement with the Swiss bank UBS that required it to pay $780 in Paris in support of the new Libyan a large force of fighters from the tion they were getting from grate- million and reveal details about 4,500 clandestine accounts that authorities, were the first world lead- port city of Misrata had attacked ful Libyans in Tripoli and Benghazi, were believed to hold undeclared assets of U.S. residents. Al- ers to travel to the Libyan capital in Sirte from the city’s western and the heaped praise on them. “This was though the Swiss government has yet to authorize the release of the post-Gadhafi era. They pledged southern approaches, briefly beating your revolution, not our revolution,” information about those accounts, Douglas H. Shulman, the IRS to keep up the NATO bombing — back a defensive line of pro-Gadhafi Cameron said to the Libyans, prais- commissioner, said that the agency would continue to pressure which their countries supervised — troops. He said the Misrata fighters ing “incredibly brave” rebels for “re- tax evaders to come forward or face prosecution. until the last of the recalcitrant Gad- were able to reach a roundabout in moving the dreadful dictatorship of —David Kocieniewski, The New York Times hafi forces surrendered. They also the west of the city before the de- Gadhafi.”

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ideal for radiative cooling, al- 1030 After experiencing warm lowing temperatures to drop temperatures most of this into the mid 40°Fs. week, a cold frontal passage The rest of the weekend 30°N last night ushered in more should continue to have fall-like weather. A high- mostly sunny skies, with 1010 pressure system will settle in the possibility of a few high to the region, bringing with clouds on Saturday. Tempera- it a much colder and drier tures will warm back up to air mass. While tempera- more seasonable values in the 25°N tures Monday through Thurs- early part of next week, with day were 10°F above normal the next chance for precipi- mid-60°Fs, temperatures this tation coming Wednesday or weekend could be as much as Thursday.

Extended Forecast Today: Sunny. High 64°F (18°C). NW winds at 15–20 mph. Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Friday, September 16, 2011 Tonight: Clear. Low 46°F (8°C). NW winds at 5–10 mph. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 66°F (19°C). Low 48°F (9°C). Snow Rain Fog N winds at 5–10 mph. High Pressure Trough Showers Thunderstorm Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 65°F (18°C). Low 48°F (9°C). E Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze winds at 5–10 mph. Cold Front Monday: Mostly sunny. High 67°F (19°C). Low 50°F (10°C). Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy SE winds at 5–10 mph. and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, September 16, 2011 The Tech 3 Palestinians resist appeals to WORLD & Nati US to seek fines on oil firms for halt UN statehood bid Gulf spill JERUSALEM — Senior U.S. and European diplomats tried without success Thursday to persuade the Palestinian leaders to skip or modify their planned U.N. membership bid, officials in- By Jennifer A. Dlouhy the Gulf — or longer, creating a Transocean, three; and Hallibur- volved said. Hearst Newspapers potential tab per incident of $3.05 ton, (via its subsidiary Sperry Sun) Riad Malki, the Palestinian foreign minister, told foreign jour- million. Collectively, the bill for all three. nalists in Ramallah that the Palestinians would continue to listen WASHINGTON — The federal seven companies could be as high For instance, the panel conclud- to suggestions but that barring something very persuasive, Presi- government will seek to fine BP, as $39.59 million, based on 87 days ed that all three companies broke dent Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority would sub- Transocean and Halliburton for of infractions. requirements for preventing condi- mit a full membership application to the Security Council next violations tied to the Deepwater The ocean energy bureau’s sanc- tions posing “unreasonable risk to Friday. Horizon disaster, the nation’s top tions are separate from any fines or public health, life, property, aquatic Another Palestinian official said Abbas told Dennis B. Ross, a offshore drilling regulator said other penalties that are expected to life . . . or other uses of the ocean.” top U.S. diplomat: “We appreciate the American role but you are on Thursday. be imposed under the Clean Water Additionally, BP and Trans- too late. We have reached the moment of truth, and we are going The process will begin as soon Act, which could reach to $21 bil- ocean were flagged for defying a to the Security Council.” as next week when the Bureau of lion for BP, based on estimates that mandate for inspections of blowout The United States has said it would use its veto there because Ocean Energy Management, Regu- its Macondo well gushed 4.9 million preventers that are a final safeguard it believes that the only way to Palestinian statehood is through WORLD & Nati lation and Enforcement accuses barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. against surging oil and gas. direct negotiations with Israel. the companies of violating seven Under the Clean Water Act, BP BP said it would not comment “There was one suggestion that Palestine would be given some offshore drilling regulations in con- can be ordered to pay at least $1,100 on the penalties; Transocean and of the attributes of a state so that it could get funding from the nection with the Deepwater Hori- per barrel of spilled oil and up to Halliburton did not respond to re- World Bank, for example, but would not now seek membership in zon disaster. $4,300 per barrel if the company is quests for reaction. the U.N.,” the Palestinian official said, speaking anonymously in The ocean energy bureau is “de- deemed grossly negligent. The Obama administration accordance with diplomatic protocol. “Another was for a resump- veloping the proposed notices of A joint investigation by the boosted the maximum fees for vio- tion of negotiations based on the 1967 lines, but it didn’t include violations,” which could be issued Coast Guard and the ocean energy lating the Outer Continental Shelf an Israeli settlement freeze. We rejected both ideas.” “as early as next week,” said Michael bureau concluded Wednesday Lands Act from $35,000 to $40,000 There is still some discussion, however, of skipping the Secu- Bromwich, the agency’s director. that the three firms responsible for per violation, per day in June, to rity Council and going directly to the General Assembly, where The notices kick off a procedure much of the work at the Macondo keep up with inflation. there is no veto and where a majority is guaranteed. In that case, for imposing civil fines against each well had collectively run afoul of But that was as far as the ocean the Palestinians would be granted the status of a nonmember of the three firms, up to a maximum seven offshore regulations, such as energy bureau could go adminis- state while sparing the U.S. the damage to its standing in the Arab penalty of $35,000 per day, per failing “to take necessary precau- tratively. Although federal law em- world that it would suffer from using its Security Council veto. incident. tions to keep the well under control powers the government to make the —Ethan Bronner, The New York Times In the case of the oil spill, vio- at all times.” inflation adjustment at least once lations may have covered 87 days Individually, BP was found to every three years, bigger changes Customers angry over on — the time crude was gushing into have violated seven regulations; are largely up to Congress. revamped pricing are

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Some of Netflix’s popularity lies in its simplicity — in its ability White House weighs limits to serve up films and TV shows and renew subscriptions automatically, without any thinking on the part of the customer. Until now, that is. of terror fight A new pricing scheme is forcing Netflix’s 25 million customers to think about which service they want — access to online By Charlie Savage or commando raids — has divided the disagreement Thursday, char- streams, access to DVDs by mail or both — and some have de- The New York Times the State Department and the Pen- acterizing it as a difference in policy cided to rethink the monthly splurge entirely. tagon for months, although to date emphasis, not legal views. Defense On Thursday, the company said that customers were cancel- WASHINGTON — The Obama it remains a merely theoretical dis- Department lawyers are trying to ing their subscriptions in greater numbers than it expected, about administration’s legal team is split agreement. Current administration maintain maximum theoretical flex- 1 million in total, causing a projected quarterly loss in customers over how much latitude the United policy is to focus on “high-value indi- ibility, while State Department law- for only the second time in its history. The company did not sig- States has to kill Islamist militants in viduals” in the region, as it has tried yers are trying to reach out to Euro- nal a shift in direction or a change its financial guidance for the Yemen and Somalia, a question that to do about a dozen times. But the pean allies who think that there is no quarter; still, its stock dropped almost 19 percent in heavy trading could define the limits of the war unresolved question is whether the armed conflict, for legal purposes, Thursday, closing at $169.25 and worsening a season-long selling against al-Qaida and its allies, ac- administration can escalate attacks outside of Afghanistan, and that the streak. In July, the stock peaked at $304.79. on cording to administration and con- if it wants to against rank-and-file United States has a right to take ac- The downward revision reflects the negative reaction to Net- gressional officials. members of al-Qaida in the Arabian tion elsewhere only in self-defense, flix’s decision, announced in July and adopted this month, to The debate, according to officials Peninsula, based in Yemen, and the the official said. separate its DVD-by-mail service from its faster-growing Inter- familiar with the deliberations, cen- Somalia-based al-Shabab. But other officials insisted that net streaming service. Before, DVD-by-mail was a $2 add-on for WORLD & Nati ters on whether the United States The answer could lay the ground- the administration lawyers disagreed some streaming subscribers; now, each service costs $8. may take aim at a handful of high- work for a shift in the fight against on the underlying legal authority of Netflix’s subscriber base had been on a reliably upward trajec- level leaders of militant groups who terrorists as the original al-Qaida, the United States to carry out such tory since its founding more than a decade ago, with one slight are personally linked to plots to at- operating out of Afghanistan and strikes. exception in 2007. The company — widely praised for making it tack the United States or whether Pakistan, grows weaker. That orga- Robert Chesney, a law professor easy to stream films and some TV shows via the Internet — had it may also attack the thousands of nization has been crippled by the at the University of Texas, Austin, 24.6 million customers at the end of the second quarter of the low-level foot soldiers focused on killing of Osama bin Laden and by who specializes in the laws of war, year, when it last reported figures to investors. Back then, it ex- parochial concerns: controlling the a fierce campaign of drone strikes in said the dispute reflected wide- pected that it would end the third quarter with 25 million, 3 mil- essentially ungoverned lands near the tribal regions of Pakistan, where spread disagreement about how to lion of whom would opt only for the DVD service. the Gulf of Aden, which separates the legal authority to attack militants apply rules written for traditional But early Thursday morning it lowered its subscriber estimates the countries. who are battling U.S. forces in ad- wars to a conflict against a splintered for the third quarter, which ends in two weeks, to an expected to- The dispute over limits on the use joining Afghanistan is not disputed network of terrorists — and fears that tal of 24 million, a quarterly decline of 600,000. of lethal force in the region — wheth- inside the administration. it could lead to an unending and un- The decline is due in large part to customers who were unhap- er from drone strikes, cruise missiles, One senior official played down constrained “global” war. py about the price changes. Netflix now expects that 2.2 million customers will opt for DVDs by mail only. —Brian Stelter, The New York Times

on Striking prediction: Skilling files high court appeal

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling is asking the U.S. Supreme WORLD & Nati Court to hear his appeal of an April decision by an appeals court Abundance of US oil that found errors made by prosecutors were “harmless.” Skilling, convicted on 19 out of 28 charges following a 2006 By Tom Fowler to the report. ployment returned to its pre-reces- jury trial, appealed those verdicts all the way up to the U.S. Su- Houston Chronicle “Contrary to conventional wis- sion highs in June, according to the preme Court last year. dom the North American oil re- Texas Petroleum Index, topping the The Supreme Court ruled in June 2010 that one of the theories A new report that predictably source base also could provide sub- last boom that peaked in October behind the conviction for conspiracy - the honest-services fraud found huge potential natural gas stantial supply for decades ahead,” 2008. theory - should not have been used in instructions given to the supplies in the U.S. also contained the report said. That boom was fueled largely by jury. Honest services fraud is defined as a company officer de- news its own writers found surpris- By 2035, oil from shale forma- the transformation of the natural priving a company “of the intangible right of honest services.” ing — that oil is more abundant tions — also referred to as “tight gas drilling and production busi- The high court sent the issue back to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court than they thought. oil” — could produce 2 million to 3 ness, but Texas economist Karr In- of Appeals to determine if the use of the theory invalidated any of The study released Thursday by million barrels of oil per day. That gham said the expansion is driven the charges. The 5th Circuit said it found the error to be “harm- the National Petroleum Council, a includes plays such as the Bakken by Texas returning to its crude oil less,” however, saying there was ample evidence to allow the jury collection of industry, academic, shale in the Northern U.S. and the roots. to convict based on other theories used by prosecutors. government and other officials Eagle Ford shale in South Texas. And earlier this month, Gold- In the appeal of the 5th Circuit decision filed earlier this convened by the secretary of ener- Under the most optimistic as- man Sachs said in a note to inves- month, Skilling’s attorneys said they are challenging the “harm- on gy, touted how advanced technol- sumptions the U.S. and Canada tors it expects the U.S. - now the No. less error” argument and the argument a defendant’s testimony ogy has unlocked vast formations combined could produce up to 3 oil producer behind Saudi Arabia can be categorically disregarded in such a review. of natural gas previously deemed 22.5 million barrels per day, the and Russia - to take the top spot by “Skilling’s petition will demonstrate that the Court’s holdings uneconomic to tap . study concludes. But that isn’t 2 017. on both of these questions conflict with the decisions of other cir- W But the report also said the likely to wean the U.S. off oil im- The National Petroleum Coun- cuits and with Supreme Court precedent, and that both questions same drilling and production tech- ports from overseas, the report cil, a collection of industry, aca- involve legal issues of nationwide importance in the demonstra- niques that opened up shale gas warns, as its current daily demand demic, government and other offi- tion of harmless-error review,” the filing says. o — combined with success in the already is 22.5 million barrels per cials, convenes several times a year Skilling still will be resentenced by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake deep-water Gulf of Mexico, the Ca- day. to gather information, give advice based on a prior ruling from the appeals court that the Houston R

nadian oil sands and even surges in The potential growth of U.S. oil and issue reports on topics for the judge applied federal sentencing guidelines improperly. A date l conventional oil onshore - are im- production is manifest on several secretary of energy. The most recent for resentencing has not been set. proving the nation’s potential to be fronts. report was a 2007 study on global —Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle D more self-reliant for oil, according Texas’ oil and gas industry em- energy supply and demand. 4

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Maybe it’s as you say, and government and government say, as you it’s Maybe R: before. this schtick heard D: I think I’ve its leadership; it’s because the state has oil oil has the state because it’s its leadership; And the roof. and the price is through of oil to due success were state’s if the even finally, guar no still there’s ideology or leadership, the national up to it would scale that antee level. all just it’s do with Maybe to nothing it. has explain do you how the price then of oil. But the runners-up in the cat and Utah, Arizona have They egory don’t jobscreated? most of right-to-work are they do have oil. 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moviereview Friday, SeptemberFriday, 2011 16, 8 The Tech Friday, September 16, 2011 movie review One Day, Dexter met Emma … … And Lone Scherfig takes charge of the uncharted future that follows

By Jenny Xie Day is not. I confess: I have read the book, out. Emma and Dexter, on the other hand, Staff Writer and adored the story and its characters have a sustaining connection. They are ul- HHHH✩ even before the film. But if you can empa- timately Em and Dex, two people who will Emma and Dexter met for the first time thize with extremely real characters with always be complementary. One Day — officially — on the day of their college flaws to the point of frustration or believe Despite the very believable characters graduation and got together that night. in the lovely absurdity of romance and life, and the awfully realistic turns in their en- Directed by Lone Scherfig Almost. They separated the next morning, then the film’s almost narcissistic obsession tangled lives, One Day is not real. The mu- but their lives were intertwined for the next with “Em and Dex” will speak much more. sic, the stylishly mellow cinematography, Starring Anne Hathaway twenty years. Starring Anne Hathaway as One Day is driven by complicated char- the rigid — sometimes uncomfortable — and Jim Sturgess Emma Morley and Jim Sturgess as Dexter acters. Emma is the demure and witty schol- fast-forwarding, all keep the audience in Mayhew, One Day is a film adaptation of ar with great dreams to change the world, a surreal, dreamlike stroll. Walking out of

Arts Arts Art S Rated PG-13 the New York Times bestseller of the same but with far less courage to match. Dexter, the theatre into Boston Common, I felt like title by British writer David Nicholls. a dashing, free-spirited fellow truly lives the ultimate escapist — a dreamer of some- Now Playing by his words — “Be spontaneous, be reck- one’s else’s dreams in concentrated doses. less, be in the moment” — but life doesn’t Although dreamlike, One Day’s progres- Sharing quirky banter always cooperate. Hathaway and Sturgess sion of telling fragments inspires our own and good looks, Em and are spot-on in their interpretations of Em realities. One Day provides a deceptively One day, Em and Dex go on a vaca-

A RTS and Dex. While at times it may be hard to matter-of-fact portrayal of the two people’s tion to France, pledging beforehand to Dex light up to each understand exactly why their characters lives — one that is actually quite provoca- stay platonic for the entire trip. At night’s would even like each other, the chemistry is tive and almost frightening for college stu- fall, Em and Dex are lying next to each other; they will always evident. Sharing smart, quirky banter and dents that might soon depart the haven we other in bed. “I wonder how many rules we good looks (although one’s is more extrava- call school. One Day reinforces the sinuous broke,” Emma reflects out loud. Dexter re- be complementary. gant than the other’s), Emma and Dexter waves of life that recalibrate when pen- plies in that ever-so-Dexter charm, “All of light up to each other on-screen. Emma etrated by a rock or a droplet of rain — or, them.” One day is one way, the next is an- One Day checks up on Emma and Dex- and Dexter possess the basics of what some say, marriage. What will we become in face other. Twenty years is a long time, but how ter’s relationship every July 15th for twenty would call “opposites attract.” But I think of money, fame, and other temptations? many days can be shamelessly, splendidly years. The premise is that simple, but One the attraction between true opposites fades Who will we hold on to and let go? happy?

book review On boxes and coming out of them Slant confronts the uncomfortable truths of sexuality, race, and beauty By Aprotim Mazumder finds too cheap, whose care he thinks over- James’ nobility: he always evaluates him- bearing, and whose single-mindedness self with same harshness as he judges oth- Slant Slant, the debut novel of MIT graduate he thinks ruthless, constantly plays in the ers. Even before he finally comes to terms Timothy Wang, tells the story of James, a background. Yet when his life has sunk to with himself, he confronts cultural prerog- By Timothy Wang gay Asian MIT undergrad. Immediately quite the nadir, he redeems himself. In a atives and the reason why he is a “potato our minds start to categorize: He is gay and slightly dramatic ending, James comes to queen” (a gay Asian man who prefers to Lethe Press he is Asian, a double minority. Of course, terms with all — with Stan, with Michael, interact only with Caucasians). Even as he there is more to a person than his sexuality with his parents, and most of all with him- conspires to cheat Michael out of $6000 for June 2011 and his race, yet somehow in the world we self. James has arrived. an eye-widening surgery on the pretext of live in, we often find ourselves boxed along his mother’s illness, he is conscious of the these broad lines. Add age and beauty (the Somehow we find “scheming bitch” he has turned into. Hope about the quality of the production — in skin-deep kind), and the world’s judgment is never lost for him and at the end he does my copy of the novel, there were numerous on the person is very nearly delivered. This ourselves boxed along find grace. typos and grammatical errors. And while is what Slant deals with. It is not so much Stylistically, Wang’s writing sometimes they are perhaps simple proofreading er- a story of coming out, or coming of age, or these broad lines of comes across a bit contrived and drab, de- rors, they do detract from the narrative and simply coming (ahem!) as it is a story of race, sexuality, beauty. spite the profusion of colorful phrases (“I may irk a more fastidious reader. coming to terms. felt claustrophobic — like a trapped rabbit Recently, a new art exhibition about Caught between worlds, James is a true Slant does not care much about politi- uncertain whether it would end up as the the Asian-American experience and iden- minority even among Asians: “In college, cal correctness, and that is its strength. Our companion to a seven year old girl or the tity opened in the Smithsonian National American-born Chinese looked down on hero is not always the most lovable. He main course at a French brasserie.”). The Portrait Gallery. Speaking of a particular me since I wasn’t born in the USA … The rants against discriminations and preju- text is peppered with James’s “scientific” exhibit, associate curator Frank Goodyear fresh-off-the-boat ones ignored me be- dices against him, and yet feels free to ap- ploys for winning back Stan, and the de- said, “There’s a tension here between because I didn’t care whether Taiwan or Tibet ply them to others. Throughout the course scriptions of even intimate moments are longing and being outside that is essential were a part of China … in their nationalistic of the tale, there are instances of candid to the Asian-American experience … [this] fervor, they thought the Chinese invented bile, the likes of which are quite unusual Our hero is not perfect, art is in a sense a kind of response to the everything from soccer to pizza.” He con- in everyday literature. About the lavish dé- experiences that [the artist] has felt living stantly fears judgment from the local pop- cor of Michael’s home, he says, “I fought but he never fails to as an eternal foreigner.” This perhaps ap- ulace as being either nerdy, gay, or Asian, my genetic urge to ask how much; it’d be plies to Wang’s novel, too. And that is why, and through the course of the story learns rude to white people.” About not winning a evaluate himself with despite all, I would recommend reading to deal with his insecurities and find equi- stripping contest: “Obviously I wasn’t fuck- this book. No matter who you are — gay or librium. The story follows his dating Stan, ing white.” About age: “Forty year old guys the same harshness as straight; Asian, white, or some other color an attractive barista, his first experience skipped around in Capri pants, blissfully he judges others. of the racial rainbow; young and hopeful or with drugs and unprotected sex, and their ignoring the desperation conveyed by their old and jaded — it helps shed light on the eventual break-up. Then comes the pain fashion statement.” sometimes a bit too clinical. The author “other” perspective. The candidness with and the efforts to win Stan back, even if it The main protagonists of our stories are has a certain tendency to overuse mood which James narrates and the discomfiture means using his new boyfriend Michael as of course allowed human frailties, yet a and atmosphere-setters, and the correla- that it brings is necessary, lest we close a means to that end. streak of something noble sets them apart tion of climatic conditions with the mood our eyes, shut our ears and retire to our The friction with his parents, whom he and makes them into heroes. Here lies of the story is a bit too perfect. A word too cocoons. Be the rst on campus to get the news. Stay informed... Get headlines and breaking stories from The Tech straight to your email!

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Energy prize, from Page 1 Sandia insists its images be credited proach the competition as a “class ergy Prize refer to the MIT’s aca- have drawn analogies between the properly. exercise,” — they considered the demic integrity policies and to the Sandia-CoolChip situation and Koplow’s illustrations to explain Also at issue is the philosophy participants’ viability and relation- Institute Regulations on Intellec- regular term papers at MIT. Term the technology. Sanchez said the behind the CEP. When interviewed ships with customers and clients in tual Property Rights. The CEP rules papers are also considered “aca- presentation was meant to be light- by the Chronicle, CEP chairman and addition to their business plan. state, “it is the responsibility of the demic exercises,” and any plagia- hearted and “something for fun,” ac- Sloan professor William Aulet re- CoolChip Technologies was entrant to ensure that no third party rism in that context would, accord- cording to the Chronicle. ferred to the contest as an “academ- founded by a team consisting of […] has any rights on the contents, ing to the MIT academic integrity Sanchez also said that Sandia ic exercise,” more about creating a MIT graduate students: Sanchez, which may prevent its exploitation.” website, lead to “failing the assign- officials told him CoolChip could business plan than the underlying currently an EECS doctoral can- According to Janes, Sandia has ment, failing the course, and/or be- not use Sandia’s name publicly, pre- technology. However, Michael J. Po- didate; Steven J. Stoddard ’06 of “informed [CoolChip] how to easily ing suspended from the Institute or venting him from giving them prop- mianek, one of the CEP judges and the Leaders for Global Operations reference Sandia work in the future expelled.” er credit. But Sandia spokesman Mi- an intellectual-property lawyer, told (LGO) program jointly run by Sloan without implying our endorsement MIT students who knew of the chael Janes told the Chronicle that the Chronicle that judges did not ap- and the School of Engineering; and for their work.” situation by reading the Chronicle Sloan MBA student Daniel A. Van- After communicating with MIT expressed some confusion. noni. The team grew out of the en- and CoolChip, Sandia deemed the “From a moral standpoint, it’s ergy ventures class taught by Aulet. attribution issue closed. The cool- unclear,” said Ravi M. Charan ’13. The Council for the Arts at MIT Grants Program Sanchez, Stoddard, and Van- ing technology in question is now “We should allow the possibil- noni did not respond to requests patent-pending and open for li- ity that there was some misunder- call for applications! for comment. censing, and according to Janes, standing on the part of CoolChip as they have had “dozens of inquiries to what was acceptable.” MIT’s response and more than twenty compa- Some said that monetary re- Deadline: Friday, September 30, 2011 “When we became aware of the nies indicating their interest in the wards change the nature of what circumstances with CoolChip, we technology.” would ordinarily be just an “aca- alerted both the Department of CoolChip will “have the same demic exercise.” All types of arts projects are supported Energy and MIT of the situation,” opportunity to license this tech- “Sanchez’s team may or may All current MIT students, faculty and staff wrote Janes in an email to The nology as other companies,” wrote not have realized that they were es- Tech. “[MIT] will conduct any fol- Janes. “They will be evaluated on sentially poaching someone’s work, are eligible to apply low up that they deem appropriate their own merits, i.e. their busi- but the cash prize for the competi- regarding the Clean Energy Prize, ness plan and ability to successfully tion makes this much more than as this is clearly an academic issue manufacture the technology and an ‘academic exercise,’” said Katie Information, guidelines, and application form: best handled by MIT.” get it into the marketplace.” Allsop ’13. http://arts.mit.edu/about/council/camit-grants/ Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD As for the future of the CEP, “we “It’s fairly mind-boggling to me ’80 said he will be working with will be working to decide on and that a high stakes, very visible com- the leadership of the Clean Energy clarify the goals of the competition petition could be viewed as only an We strongly suggest that applicants meet with Prize to review what happened. and help the organizers capture ‘academic exercise,’” added Tejas A. Council staff before submitting a proposal “I want to emphasize that this those in the rules,” said Grimson. Navaratna ’13. is not an investigation,” said Grim- “There are always ways in which Still, some felt there was room son. “Allegations have been made, we can improve, specifically for the for discussion. Please contact Susan Cohen at and we want to review the facts to Clean Energy Prize and for other “I would like to hear CoolChip’s see what really happened.” student-run competitions.” side of the story from CoolChip in- [email protected] He also said the community stead of just from the Technology to make an appointment should keep in mind that “every- Students weigh in Licensing Office (TLO), Sloan, and thing might not be as described.” Members of the community other MIT institutions before I’d be The rules for the Clean En- who have read the Chronicle article willing to indict them,” said Charan.

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Steve Howland—The Tech The Brickfair exhibit this past August fea- tured intricate LEGO structures. This model from the Virginia Brickfair, “Apocalypse Area,” depicts a building with foliage grow- Steve Howland—The Tech ing on the collapsed structure. This Virginia Brickfair exhibit shows a radioactive spill with LEGOmen in HazMat suits attempting containment. summer! SomeTech photographers toured Europe, some stayed home. Everybody came back to campus with beautiful, interesting, or downright nerdy photos.

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per month By Jeffrey Gettleman conclusion.” and their flip-flop-clad militias, The New York Times Foreign military force, analysts but the Pentagon did not want to say, has never succeeded in solv- risk many American lives to do Invest minimal time DOLO, Somalia — Is the world ing Somalia’s problems and it is that. Instead, the United States about to watch 750,000 Somalis not going to solve them now. This opted for a narrowly scoped inter- Make a real difference in the lives of families starve to death? U.N. warnings famine is not just about the al-Sha- vention and then hastily withdrew Receive free health and genetic screenings could not be clearer. A drought-in- bab’s blocking food aid. It is about after 18 servicemen were killed in duced famine is steadily creeping a broken state and the human an epic street battle immortalized APPLY ONLINE: across Somalia and tens of thou- wreckage it is causing. in the “Black Hawk Down” book sands of people have already died. Take Mogadishu, the capital. and movie (and video game). Ac- SPERMBANK.com The Islamist militant group al-Sha- Al-Shabab more or less pulled out cording to a study by the Refugee - convenient Cambridge location bab is blocking most aid agencies in August, leaving Somalia’s tran- Policy Group, the U.S.-led opera- from accessing the areas it con- sitional government in control of tion and the attendant relief effort trols, and in the next few months, large swathes of the city, including saved around 110,000 lives, while three-quarters of a million people the sprawling camp for displaced 240,000 were lost to the famine. ROW FOR MIT! could run out of food, U.N. officials refugees. But government “control” It is grim math, especially con- say. — and that term seems more aspi- sidering how enormous the aid Soon, the rains will start pound- rational than meaningful — does operation was. The Refugee Policy ing down, but before any crops will not translate into a smooth aid Group study has a graph show- grow, disease will bloom. Malaria, operation. Instead, government ing famine casualties, which tend cholera, typhoid and measles soldiers have looted aid trucks and to come in two spikes: one at the will sweep through immune-sup- shot starving people. onset of the crisis, before the bulk pressed populations, aid agencies Somalia’s politicians have been of aid arrives; the other when the say, killing countless malnour- too busy squabbling with one an- rains come. For the current fam- ished people. other to build institutions like a ine, analysts are now bracing for In a way, this is deja vu. In the functioning health ministry or a possibly hundreds of thousands of early 1990s, Somalia was hit by sanitation department that would deaths. famine, precipitated by drought help drought victims. Some of “We’ve lost this round,” said and similarly callous thugs block- the informal clusters of people Ken Menkhaus, a political science ing food aid and producing simi- camped out for aid are breaking professor at Davidson College in larly appalling images of skeletal up, and it is not clear where the North Carolina. “The numbers are children dying in the sand. In fact, displaced people are trudging to. going to be horrifying. We’re too the famine back then was in the Many aid agencies — and Western late.” same area of Somalia, the lower militaries — are justifiably wary of Famines do not turn on a dime. MEN AND WOMEN third, home to powerless minority this environment, and so far the re- Bodies are depleted by months of NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY clans that often bear the brunt of sponse to the famine has been well malnutrition and stress. Many So- this country’s chronic troubles. short of what is needed to stem the malis, as evidenced by the throngs But in the 1990s, the world crisis. of half-living people stumbling Become a DI varsity athlete in the ultimate team sport! was more willing to intervene. “I don’t think that there’s a case into the camps in Mogadishu or The United Nations rallied behind to be made that the famine can be the ones here in Dolo, a little town more than 25,000 U.S. troops, who mitigated through military inter- on the Ethiopian border, are too far ROSTER SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE embarked on a multibillion-dollar vention,” said Bronwyn E. Bruton, gone. mission to beat back the gunmen a democracy and governance ex- “One or two people are sur- long enough to get food into the pert who wrote a provocative essay viving from each family,” said Lul For more information contact the novice coaches: mouths of starving people. published by the Council on For- Mahamoud Ali, a mother of four [email protected] Contrast that with what hap- eign Relations urging the West to who recently arrived from a fam- pened last week. At a lackluster withdraw from Somalia. ine-stricken village. Her children famine summit meeting in Nai- The African Union, which has were listless and glassy-eyed, and robi, Kenya, Ethiopia’s prime min- 9,000 peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Lul carried with her all she owned The Tech’s ister, Meles Zenawi, proposed to “isn’t able to safeguard the delivery — a thin mattress, a red mat and a forcefully establish humanitarian of aid in Mogadishu,” Bruton said. wooden chest, which was empty. corridors, so that food aid could be “How could they possibly extend Menkhaus worked as an aid Production Department delivered to al-Shabab-controlled their reach outside the capital?” consultant in Somalia in the 1990s areas. Few Western donors were “Theft, corruption and violence and said: “Back then, we were just Word of the Day: enthused. are endemic,” she added. “The making it up as we went along. To- “There’s no mood for interven- problem extends past al-Shabab to day it’s so much more scientific.” tion,” said one American official, anybody with a gun.” For instance, the U.S. govern- Babel, n. who was not authorized to speak In Somalia, there are many of ment has helped set up the Famine publicly on the matter. “People them. This was the problem in the Early Warning Systems Network, A confused or discordant medley of sounds, remember what happened in the 1990s. The United Nations urged which tracks everything from rain- esp. of voices; a hubbub, a din. 1990s. ‘It doesn’t work’ was the U.S. forces to disarm the warlords fall to the price of goats to forecast potential famines worldwide. This has helped aid groups pre-position food in Somalia and prepare for the deluge of refugees, though it seems that few anticipated just how bad !"!#$%&'()*+!'&,+"-#&&& this famine would be. Another lesson learned was how to feed people. 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The official name of the new Doyle of the SETI Institute in Moun- mers have been able to measure the thirds the mass of the sun, the other Sometimes the orange sun rises planet is Kepler 16b, but astrono- tain View, who led the discovery sizes and masses of the stars and the about one-fifth of the sun. first. Sometimes it is the red one, mers are already referring to it in- team. “It will help those guys make planet to unusually high precision, In addition, there are smaller although they are never far apart in formally as Tatooine, after the home their case.” calibrating models of stellar and dips when the planet, which is about the sky and you can see them mov- planet of Luke and Anakin Skywalk- Beyond the wow factor, astrono- planetary properties. 65 million miles from the center of ing around each other, casting dou- er, in the George Lucas “Star Wars” mers said the discovery — as so “I believe this is the best-mea- the system — about the distance of ble shadows across the firmament movies, which also had two suns. many discoveries of so-called exo- sured planet outside the solar sys- Venus from the sun — passes in front and periodically crossing right in “Reality has finally caught up planets have done — had thrown a tem,” Doyle said. of each of the stars in the course of its front of each other. with science fiction,” said Alan P. wrench into another well-received Technically, Tatooine is probably 229-day orbit. Such is life, if it were possible, on Boss of the Carnegie Institution, a theory of how planets can and can- a ball of rock and gas about the size The degree of dimming dur- the latest addition to the pantheon member of the research team. not form. and density of Saturn living in a sys- ing the planetary transits — those of weird planets now known to ex- Indeed, John Knoll, a visual ef- “In other words,” said Sara Sea- tem about 200 light-years away, in times that a planet crosses the path ist outside the bounds of our own fects supervisor at Industrial Light ger, a planetary expert at the Massa- the constellation Cygnus. of something else — usually allow solar system. It is the first planet, & Magic, which is part of Lucasfilm, chusetts Institute of Technology who If you go, pack to wear layers. Kepler astronomers to measure the astronomers say, that has been defi- and who worked on several of the was not part of the discovery team, Because those suns move back and size of a planet relative to the stars. nitely shown to be orbiting two stars “Star Wars” movies, joined the Ames “people don’t really know how to forth all the time, temperatures on As a result, uncertainties in the prop- at once, circling the pair — which news conference and showed a clip form this planet.” the planet can change by some 54 erties of stars propagate into uncer- themselves orbit each other tightly from the original movie. It was long thought, Seager said, degrees over the course of a few tainties of as much as 25 percent in — at a distance of some 65 million “Again and again we see that the that for its orbit to be stable, a planet Earth days from minus 100 to minus the mass of a planet — enough to miles. science is stranger and weirder than belonging to two stars at once would 150 Fahrenheit. So the weather is like blur the line between a rocky planet A team of astronomers us- fiction,” Knoll said. “The very exis- have to be at least seven times as far “a nippy day in Antarctica at best,” as and a gaseous one. ing NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting tence of this discovery gives us cause from the stars as the stars were from Doyle put it. But in the Kepler 16 system, by spacecraft announced the discov- to dream bigger.” each other. According to that, Kepler Kepler, launched in 2009, is on comparing slight variations in the ery Thursday in a paper published While some double-star systems, 16b would have to be twice as far out a three-year mission to determine timing of the transits with calcula- online in the journal Science, in a of which there are billions in the gal- as it is to survive. the fraction of stars in the galaxy that tions of the positions of the stars and have Earth-like planets. It scrutiniz- the gravitational nudges the bodies es a patch of some 155,000 stars in give one another, Doyle’s team could the constellations Cygnus and Lyra deduce the absolute masses and looking for dips in starlight when sizes of the stars and planets in the planets cross in front of their home system. That is a tool, they say, that Bose is pleased to o er special stars. is becoming increasingly valuable In the case of the Kepler 16 sys- savings for all students, tem — home to Tatooine — there Kepler-16b, Page 21 employees and retirees of M.I.T. “★★★★ BRILLIANT.” – Peter Travers “A TOTAL BLAST.” – Eric Kohn, indieWIRE “GOSLING... IS A JOY TO WATCH.” Receive savings on most Bo se ® products, including the acclaimed – Stephanie Zacharek, MOVIELINE ® “BOLD, DARING AND UNPREDICTABLE!” Wave music system, home entertainment systems, headphones, – Scott Mantz, ACCESS HOLLYWOOD and solutions for today’s most popular portable music devices.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt Where the Sun Sets Twice. NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. The planet, called Kepler-16b, is the most “Tatooine-like” planet yet found in our galaxy and is depicted here in this artist’s concept with its two stars. Tatooine is the name of Luke Skywalker’s home world in the science fiction movie Star Wars. In this case, the planet is not thought to be habitable. It is a cold world, with a gaseous surface, but like Tatooine, it circles two stars.

Kepler-16b, from Page 20 tronic device that cameras use to capture images), would be able to for determining the masses of small record the passage of the Tatooine Info Sessions – Free Food! planets in multiple-planet systems. planet across the brighter star in its As a result, said Doyle, “it’s a lab- system on June 28 next year. Coatue Software Development oratory for all sorts of physics and But enjoy it while you can. Be- stellar evolution.” cause of variations in the planet’s The Tatooine laboratory will be orbital plane, as seen from Earth, Monday Sept 19, 1pm, Kiva (32-G449), *Dessert* available to a wide audience for at the planet will stop crossing one of least a while longer. Doyle noted the stars as soon as 2014 and cease Tuesday Sept 20, 8pm, Rm 4-370, *Bertucci’s* that amateur astronomers in north- transiting the other, brighter one ern Asia, equipped with as little as in 2018. It will be around 2042 be- Tuesday Oct 4, 7pm, Grier (34-401A), *Chinese* an eight-inch telescope and an off- fore the show starts up again for the-shelf CCD detector (an elec- Earthlings.

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This space donated by The Tech 22 The Tech Friday, September 16, 2011 Bid rate is usual Collaborators Freshman says recruitment has Create Results ups and downs, Invest your ideas in work that matters. but good overall Recruitment, from Page 22 From engineering and information technology, to marketing and sales, to next day, the recruits receive a bid finance, manufacturing and human resources, with GE you’ll find the career from one chapter through mutual opportunities and leadership development you need to succeed. selection. A freshman’s perspective Lee Gross ’15, a freshmen recruit said her favorite part of recruitment was seeing the houses. “It changes your perspective. You see a different side of the sorority.” She added, “It’s good that [the recruitment process] makes you see all the sororities, see what each one is all about. But after seeing them for one time and talking to the different sisters, you don’t have to see all of them all over again. You already have an idea of whom you want to talk to. I think that [it would be] bet- Come visit us for two ter if they let you choose and let you recruiting events on choose how much time you want to spend with each one and give Monday, September 26 you more freedom. It was very, very structured.” Gross proposed other changes to GE Day 2011 the recruitment process. “They also 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. don’t really let you talk to [the sisters] outside of the sorority. Recruitment Outside of Student Center is very polished, … and you don’t really get to know what they’re like. It [would be] nice … to see what they’re GE Info Night like in real life.” In the end, though, Gross felt 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. good about her top choices. “I felt Room 4-370 like I really got along with them, and we had a lot of things in common. I can see myself just hanging out with them.” Gross feels that she’ll be joining a supportive community that will help her through her transition to life at MIT and be there for her for the next four years. It seems that Gross decided to be in a sorority for all the right reasons. Tomorrow’s Calling You. Solution to Sudoku ge.com/careers from page 18 2 4 3 5 1 6 6 2 1 3 5 4 1 3 2 4 6 5 3 5 4 6 2 1 4 6 5 1 3 2 5 1 6 2 4 3 Solution to Techdoku from page 18 5 3 6 8 1 9 2 4 7 1 2 7 5 4 6 3 9 8 8 4 9 7 3 2 1 5 6 4 1 5 6 8 3 9 7 2 7 8 2 9 5 1 6 3 4 9 6 3 2 7 4 5 8 1 2 5 8 1 9 7 4 6 3 3 7 1 4 6 5 8 2 9 6 9 4 3 2 8 7 1 5 Solution to Crossword from page 19 Friday, September 16, 2011 The Tech 23 Steelers struggle Sailing starts season strong s Sport in season openers Engineers capture 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th places By Mindy Brauer Tong. phy is named after Toni Deutsch daper staff Wisconsin earned top hon- ’58, a distinguished alumna who NFL, from Page 24 kings 24-17. Three of the Chargers’ ors in the event with 138 points, was a member of the sailing s Sport first four games are at home; if The MIT sailing team kicked followed by Harvard (147), host team that won several national completing 32 of his 49 pass at- they can go 3-1 they are likely to off its season by competing in Yale (148), Boston College (164), championships and was the first tempts for 419 yards and three return to the top of their division three events this past weekend. and MIT (173). woman to receive a varsity letter touchdowns without an intercep- and have a serious shot at a Super The Engineers cap- Competing in its lone home at MIT. tion. Even those numbers weren’t Bowl run. tured fifth place event, captain Jacqueline M. In the one day, four-team enough to overcome the Green Mike Shanahan and the Red- out of 20 teams Soegaard ’12 guided a young Harvard Invitational, MIT en- Bay Packers, the defending Su- skins’ front office had a lot to at the Harry An- women’s squad to ninth place at tered two squads, the Engineers per Bowl Champions. There was prove in their opener after releas- derson Trophy, the Toni Deutsch Trophy. In the and the Beavers, which placed

a bright spot for the division that ing Donovan McNabb for a rela- finished ninth at A Division, sophomores Hanna third and fourth, respectively. s Sport lost, however. Cam Newton turned tively unknown Rex Grossman in the Toni Deutsch M. Vincent ’13 and Grace Anne Tufts University won the com- in the strongest performance ever the offseason. Mike Shanahan has Trophy, and took C. Young ’13 ranked sixth behind petition with 47 points while the for a rookie in his first game, go- a habit of taking good teams and third and fourth at the Harvard the strength of 10 top five perfor- host Crimson came in second. ing 24 for 37 with 422 yards, two making them great, but after a six- Invitational. mances. The duo was first in the The Engineers’ A Division touchdowns, and an interception. win season last year many doubt- Skipper Eamon M. Glackin 16th round and captured fourth boat, comprised of senior Tevis To put it in perspective, the most ed his ability to make the Redskins ’12 and crew Kelden M. Pehr ’13 on four occasions. Freshman Nichols ’12 and classmate Neil T. yards Tom Brady has ever thrown a serious contender in a tough placed second in the opening skipper Chloe Lepert ’15 teamed Forrester ’12, placed third with in a regular season game (before NFC East. They were able to take round of the Harry Anderson with Soegaard in the first 18 42 points while Santiago Cuellar last week) was 410 yards. advantage of a depleted New York Trophy and went on to record rounds of B Division action ’12 and David Rodriguez Fuen- Giants and walk away with an easy three more top five finishes en while Laura J. Dunphy ’15 and tes ’13 accumulated 48 points to s Sport One thing we did 28-14 victory. So far, it seems that route to a sixth place perfor- Iris Xu ’14 closed out the race finish fourth in the B Division. the Redskins made a smart deci- mance in the A Division. Andrew for the Engineers, who ranked Javier E. Ramos ’12 and learn for certain, sion going with Rex Grossman as Z. Sommer ’13 collaborated with eighth. The quartet finished in Nicholas W. Paggi ’15 totaled their quarterback. Stephanie Tong ’12 and Steven the top 10 in 19 of 26 rounds and 60 points in their fourth place A though, is that Of course, the NFL season is G. Drapcho ’13 to rank eighth in had seven placements in the top Division outing. Taylor S. Burf- football is back for long and the first week isn’t always the B Division while posting five five. ield ’13 and Patricia E. Saylor a good predictor of things to come top 10 performances. Sommer, Brown edged out Boston Col- ’14 wrapped up the race with 40 one of the most in the next 15 games. One thing the skipper for all 10 rounds, lege by three points to win the points and a third place finish in earned the top spot in the ninth exciting seasons in we did learn for certain, though, is event while Yale, Roger Williams the B Division. Tech next com- s Sport that football is back for one of the rotation with Drapcho and was University, and Dartmouth petes in the Hatch Brown this years. most exciting seasons in years. third in the second heat with rounded out the top five. The tro- weekend.

Unfortunately, Newton’s effort wasn’t enough to overcome the Kevin Kolb-led Arizona Cardinals. Kolb was able to prove himself as an elite quarterback, showing what Andy Reid saw in him last year when he traded Donovan s Sport McNabb to make Kolb the starter in Philadelphia. 3. A year ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers were one drive away from winning their third Super Bowl under Mike Tomlin. In their first regular season game since that loss, they looked like a completely different team. Their nor- s Sport mally shutdown defense, which allowed an average of only 80 yards rushing last year, allowed 180 rushing yards. The normally stellar offense committed 7 turn- overs and, in a season that has already lost on AFC superpower, we might be looking at a disappointing season for another superpower. s Sport 4. Early injuries might have turned some hopeful seasons into another season of disap- pointment. The team hardest hit was the St. Louis Rams. After being one win away from winning the NFC West and going to the playoffs in Sam Bradford’s first year in the NFL, the Rams saw Brad- s Sport ford leave early with nerve damage in his index finger. They also saw running back Steven Jackson leave with a thigh injury. Leading receiver Danny Amendola is likely out for the season with a dislocat- ed elbow. Right tack Jason Smith suffered a high ankle sprain, and top cornerback Ron Bartell left with a shoulder injury. Other se- s Sport rious injuries included Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding (torn ACL), Saints wide receiver Marques Colston (broken collarbone), Tex- ans receiver Kevin Walter (broken shoulder), and the Bengals’ rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who sat out for the second half of Sunday’s game with a wrist injury. FRED FEST IV s Sport 5. After disappointing seasons last year, the San Diego Chargers and the Washington Redskins had a lot to prove in their first games of the season. In the past few years the San Diego Chargers have suffered incredibly EC COURTYARD slow starts despite having the top- ranked offense and defense. Last year, poor special teams play cost s Sport the Chargers an opportunity to return to the postseason. The early signs aren’t good, especially when Percy Harvin returned a kickoff for 7PM-12AM, TODAY a touchdown. Phillip Rivers was in typical form, going 33 for 48 with 335 yards and bringing the Char- gers back from a 17-7 halftime deficit to beat the Minnesota Vi- FREE CONCERT! 24

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