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PDF of This Issue WEATHER, p. 2 FRI: 70°F | 54°F MIT’s Rain Oldest and Largest SAT: 67°F | 48°F Newspaper Windy SUN: 63°F | 50°F Mostly sunny Volume 131, Number 44 tech.mit.edu Friday, October 14, 2011 Not so fast, neutrinos MIT physics professors examine the subatomic speed limit controversy By Stephanie Holden On Sept. 23, European scientists announced that they had observed neutrinos, a class of sub- atomic particles, traveling faster than the speed of light — the universe’s fundamental “speed limit.” The experiment, OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus), was a collabora- tion between the Italian Gran Sasso National Lab- oratory (LNGS) and Europe’s high-energy physics laboratory CERN. Since the announcement of this anomaly, the scientific community has been hotly debating its validity, as well as the possibilities that could arise from such results. MIT Physics Professor Scott A. Hughes said, “Carl Sagan had this saying, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is not CHRISTOPHER A. MAYNOR—THE TECH extraordinary evidence.” Members of LBGT@MIT hosted a colorful closet in Lobby 10 on Wednesday, a day after National Coming Out Day. Mem- Hughes pointed out that the OPERA experi- bers of the MIT community were welcome to “come out” of the closet throughout the day. ment was not originally designed for measur- ing the speed of neutrinos. The main goal was to transmute — or convert — one type of neutrino, called a muon neutrino, into a tau neutrino, a heavier type of particle. Former MIT police officer D’Amelio sentenced to 2.5 years in jail Hughes conceded that the researchers “have done as good a job as they can, but this is ex- Former MIT police officer trafficking more than 100 selves (as had been previ- District Attorney Press Sec- tremely hard to measure … there’s this table of Joseph D’Amelio, charged in grams of oxycodone — an ously reported). retary Jake Wark said that systematic errors in their measurements, and one 2009 for trafficking prescrip- offense which carries a sen- D’Amelio was sentenced D’Amelio’s chance of serving error tends to dominate. If they combined their tion drugs, was sentenced to tence of between 10 and 20 to serve in Boston’s Suffolk there was “slim.” errors in a different way, their results could have two-and-a-half years in jail at years in state prison. County House of Correc- As of Thursday evening, it been within the error bars.” his trial Tuesday. D’Amelio pleaded guilty tion, but his defense counsel was unclear where D’Amelio “I don’t think the paper is outlandish,” added D’Amelio was arrested in to — and was sentenced requested that he serve his will serve his sentence. Physics Professor Janet Conrad. uniform in March 2009 when for — the lesser charge of time in the Dukes County Speaking on behalf of However, she and Physics Professor Frank Boston Police caught him possession with intent to Jail in Martha’s Vineyard — a the prosecution, Wark said, Wilczek — a Nobel laureate — both said that the buying OxyContin and Roxi- distribute. However, court significantly more pleasant “We’ve obtained an out- main evidence that contradicts OPERA’s result is codone pills — both of which documents explicitly state facility — instead. The court standing result for a defen- the data set from Supernova 1987A, when neu- contain oxycodone — in East that he left the site of the subsequently recommended dant who never had physical trinos produced from the star explosion arrived Boston. At his arraignment, oxycodone deal with “a list that D’Amelio go to Dukes possession of the drugs.” D’Amelio was charged with of prices,” not the pills them- County, but Suffolk County —Adisa Kruayatidee Neutrinos, Page 15 House dining popular with 15’s MIT tackles hunger 1,888 students enrolled in dining plan, 45% are freshmen MFWH organizes 12 hr. hunger strike By Ethan A. Solomon EDITOR IN CHIEF Who has a dining plan? By Adisa Kruayatidee were to kickoff the club’s year- 1888 students (45%) are on an MIT dining plan STAFF REPORTER round commitment to raising hun- The new House Dining program is ger awareness. Around campus, the popular among freshmen, but less so What’s for lunch? Next Friday, club’s black-and-red posters read, 36% dining-dorm freshmen 9% 51% dining-dorm upperclassmen 4% among upperclassmen, according to participants in Hunger Strike will “Are you hungry? One in seven in enrollment statistics released to The opt-in freshmen opt-in upperclassmen be tackling significantly larger-scale the world are.” Tech by the Division of Student Life. hunger issues. The planned 12-hour Hunger Week will feature a The mandatory meal plan for resi- Only fast marks the conclusion of Hunger canned food drive as well as T- dents of Maseeh, Baker, Next, Sim- 38% of freshmen who 4% Week, a series of events and fund- shirt and challah fundraiser sales. mons, and McCormick amassed a weren’t required to buy a dining of upper- raisers sponsored by MIT Fighting MFWH’s operating base will be the total enrollment of 1,888 students, 45 classmen World Hunger (MFWH). Commu- Hunger Week booth in Lobby 10, plan bought one anyway percent of which are freshmen. did this nity members are welcome to com- running from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon- Fourteen percent of all dining mit to the Strike by paying $5 for an day through Friday, where students plan participants do not live in a din- event T-shirt. can learn more about world hunger ing dorm and voluntarily opted in, Who is on the full 19 plan? Ting Mao ’14, founder of MFWH, and 14 percent of all students in non- Students on this plan have all meals provided by MIT– breakfast, lunch, and dinner on weekdays, and said Hunger Week’s main goals Hunger Week, Page 8 dining dorms joined the program. brunch and dinner on weekends. For freshman in Maseeh, this plan is mandatory. In addition, 719 students chose to % are freshmen in Maseeh, who % are freshmen not living in “opt-up” from a required meal plan 45 43 12% are required to have this plan Maseeh, for which this plan is not upper- to a more expensive one. The cheap- required. classmen IN Short est plan — “Any 7,” available only to Nominate a member of the Class of 2010, ’11, or ’12 for a spot on juniors and seniors — is $2,500/year the MIT Corporation! Nominations are open until Oct. 30. Visit for 210 meals, and the most expen- http://bit.ly/MITCorpNomination for more information. sive — required for all Maseeh fresh- Upperclassmen stick with Any-7 men — is $4,500/year for 570 meals. Juniors and Seniors in dining dorms were given the option of a less substantial plan in which they are DAPER is offering three new PE classes this quarter: broomball, rifle, and Out of the 446 juniors and seniors allowed 7 meals per week. This plan will no longer be offered after the 2012-2013 academic year boot camp for athletes. Visit http://mitpe.com/ to learn more. who were eligible for Any 7, 110 of % opted-in to a % of students who were offered this plan chose it 25 Send news information and tips to [email protected]. 75 more substantial plan Dining, Page 7 How Does THE LEGaliZE it! Sit Down with Tea too hot SECTIONS World & Nation . .2 Most of you agree, we should legalize TECH worK? ANDY McKee for You? Opinion . .4 pot. OPINION, p. 5 Learn more about what Fingerstyle guitarist chats Hal Anil examines the Arts . .9 we do and why we do Get lost in tiME with The Tech ’s Jeff Chen. Tea Party movement, Fun Pages . 11 it. EDITORIAL, p. 4 ARTS, p. 9 and what MIT thinks of Sports . .20 A history of cinema in clocks, watches, it. OPINION, p. 6 and timepieces. ARTS, p. 10 2 The Tech Friday, October 14, 2011 New leader named for bankrupt D solar company Solyndra Wall Street protesters clean A bankruptcy court on Thursday approved the hiring of a chief restructuring officer at the California energy company Solyndra. R. Todd Neilson, who served as the bankruptcy trustee for the up, hope to avoid eviction boxer Mike Tyson and the rap impresario Suge Knight, will now lead Solyndra as it struggles to emerge from bankruptcy. By Anemona Hartocollis tice, and they vowed to stand their “lewdness, groping, drinking and WORL The company president, Brian Harrison, who appeared THE NEW YORK TIMES ground, even if it meant being ar- drug use” and that the company had before a House subcommittee Sept. 23 but invoked the Fifth rested. “This is a public park private- not been able to perform its daily N Amendment, resigned on Oct. 7, the company said in a court fil- NEW YORK — Young people in ly held — I don’t even understand maintenance. ing. It said Harrison’s position was to be superseded by Neilson, knit hats and jeans scurried around what that means,” Travis Nogle, a “We fully support the rights a director of Berkeley Research Group, based in Los Angeles. Thursday wielding brooms and trash 32-year-old protester and “earthship of free speech and assembly,” he The House Committee on Energy and Commerce plans a bags, moving mountains of sleeping builder” from San Francisco said wrote, “but the matter in which the hearing on Friday to examine whether the Energy Department bags, backpacks and jackets out of as he changed his shoes and pre- protesters are occupying the park acted properly earlier this year when it allowed Solyndra, which the way.
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