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With growing edX role, Pink Team Pride some students skeptical Students mixed on blended models, but some profs. foresee more online integration

By Sanjana Shrivastava Prof.Established Eric Klopfer, professor 1881 of science education and engineering systems and director Some MIT classes, using edX, have of the Scheller Teacher Education program, moved toward a blended model of educa- both support the conclusions drawn by the tion, integrating in-person and online learn- task report. Integrated classes allow stu- ing. According to both students and instruc- dents to have both access to professors and tors, this effort has made students’ college fellow students and “augment whatever they experience more flexible, but not without are doing in a traditional setting,” according other flaws. to Agarwal in an interview with The Tech. Online education has been at the fore- Students, however, seem to be less cer- front of the administration’s efforts this se- tain about online education. First-year MIT mester. The Institute-wide task force on the students interviewed expressed differing future of MIT’s education recently released opinions on what types of classes should their report encouraging “online and blend- contain an online component. Landon Carter—The Tech ed learning models to improve graduate cur- Anuhya Vajapeyajula ’18, who took on- The 2.009 pink team takes a selfie at the end of one of the many challenges of the riculum accessibility.” According to the task line Latin, government, and health classes, semester on October 3, racing vehicles of their own design to retrieve treasure from force, this blended model provides “com- stated there is a tradeoff between the flex- across the lava field of Killian Court. Though the pink team finished last, they won the mitment to access and affordability.” Established 1881 team spirit award. Prof. Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX, and Online Education, Page 6

The Seasons come to Kresge Three MIT research teams receive Department of Energy awards

The U.S. Department of Energy’s cial high-temperature salt-cooled uation and Validation for Reactor Nuclear Energy University Programs reactor, according to the MIT News Simulations (BEAVRS) to allow for (NEUP) awarded five million dollars Office. validation of the accuracy of physics to an integrated research project led Additionally, Benoit Forget, as- computation tools. by Professor Charles W. Forsberg sociate professor of nuclear science Mechanical engineering profes- ScD ’74 of the department of nuclear and engineering, and Kord Smith, sor Alexander Slocum also received science and engineering. Forsberg, the Korea Electric Power Company a $400,000 grant from the NEUP ini- EstablishedNSE 1881 Professor Lin-wen Hu, and col- Professor of the Practice of Nuclear tiative in order to develop a seawater laborators from University of Cali- Science and Engineering, obtained uranium extraction system that uses fornia at Berkeley and University of a $400,000 grant in a separate NEUP the infrastructure and power of off- Wisconsin at Madison received ex- Research and Development Award shore windmills. tended funding for their commer- for developing Benchmarks for Eval- —Amy Wang Doctors confirm Braintree facility patient does not have Ebola virus Ebola scare triggers mounted response from health teams By Meghan E. Irons and Todd Texas, and the infection of that patient’s a spokeswoman for Beth Israel Dea- Wallack nurse. coness Medical Center said it had “de- The Boston Globe Suddenly, a disease that seemed termined with certainty” that the man thousands of miles away has spread in- treated in Braintree does not have Fears about the deadly Ebola virus side US borders. Ebola. Also Monday night, the Boston spread to Massachusetts this Columbus “We have a large outbreak of anxiety Public Health Commission issued a Kento Masuyama Day weekend, prompting holiday press and it is as real as the Ebola threat,” said statement saying that the patients who Francesco Manara leads the Cameristi della Scala conferences and reverse 911 calls to re- William Schaffner, a national infectious arrived on Emirates Flight 237 “do not chamber orchestra in a performance at Kresge Audi- assure a jittery public after two Ebola- disease specialist at Vanderbilt Medi- meet the criteria for any infections of torium last Wednesday. Eight seasons were played in related scares. cal Center in Nashville. “The chances public health concern, including Ebola” sequence, merging Vivaldi’s classical concerto and Piaz- On Sunday, when a man who had of getting Ebola are very small, but the or several other diseases. zolla’s tango across over two centuries and two hemi- traveled to Liberia showed up at a public does not see it that way.” On Tuesday morning, Governor spheres. Braintree clinic with flulike symptoms, The city has already quietly dealt Deval Patrick was scheduled to re- he triggered a full hazmat response, and with three to four other suspected cas- ceive an Ebola preparedness briefing was escorted by police to a Boston hos- es of Ebola in recent months, none of from public health officials and airport pital in an ambulance, while his car was which actually turned out to be Ebola, personnel. second floor of W20 from 10 plastered with orange biohazard signs health officials said Monday. Instead, As public worries intensified over In Short a.m. to 4 p.m. to keep people away. the patients had other diseases com- the long weekend, Boston public health MIT Libraries is seeking in- Then, on Monday, a team dressed mon in West Africa, such as typhoid and officials called a news conference on put from MIT students on Shred IT Day is on Friday, in yellow protective suits quickly sur- malaria. the Monday holiday to assure residents renovations to library spac- Oct. 24. Items dropped in rounded and boarded an Emirates flight “They were treated with appropriate that Boston hospitals are prepared if an es. A discussion will occur on the Building 32 lobby from 10 from Dubai at Logan International Air- personal protective equipment,” said actual case of Ebola eventually turns up. Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Register here: a.m. to 2 p.m. will be securely port after several people on board ex- Dr. Anita Barry, who heads the infec- They also wanted to tamp down fears http://bit.ly/MITLibraryIdeas shredded. hibited flulike symptoms, sparking fears tious disease bureau of the Boston Pub- that the disease could spread even if it they might have the dreaded disease lic Health Commission, “and they went reaches the region. Flu shots will be available Send news information and that is sweeping parts of West Africa. back to living their lives.” Unlike many other diseases, Ebola on Thursday, Oct. 16 on the tips to [email protected]. The incidents followed news of the The two weekend scares also ap- first Ebola death in the United States, in pear to be unfounded. Monday night, Ebola, Page 8

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D North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reported to have appeared British Parliament in public recognizes Palestinian state Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader whose unexplained absence from public view for more than a month raised intense By Stephen Castle and Jodi who promoted it, said Britain had The breakdown of negotiations

worl speculation that he was ill or deposed, apparently has been seen. Rudoren a “historic opportunity” to take over a two-state solution, continu- The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that The New York Times “this small but symbolically im- ing Israeli settlement building and

n Kim had given “field guidance” at a newly constructed scientific portant step” of recognition. the bloody conflict in Gaza all ap- complex. The agency did not specify when Kim, 31, made the LONDON — Against a back- “To make our recognition of pear to have jolted Europe’s poli- visit, but South Korean media speculated that it was on Monday. drop of growing impatience across Palestine dependent on Israel’s ticians, including Sweden’s new Kim, the grandson of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, Europe with Israeli policy, Brit- agreement would be to grant Israel prime minister, Stefan Lofven, had not been spotted since Sept. 3, after having made a series of ain’s Parliament overwhelmingly a veto over Palestinian self-deter- who this month pledged to recog- appearances. passed a nonbinding resolution mination,” said Morris, who leads nize Palestine, the first time a ma- In the opaque politics of North Korea, the world’s most isolat- Monday night to give diplomatic a group called Labour Friends of jor Western European nation had atio ed country, Kim’s prolonged absence inevitably invited rumors recognition to a Palestinian state. Palestine. done so. that he had been replaced in a power struggle or was ill, or both. The vote was a symbolic but potent Richard Ottaway, a Conserva- Paul Hirschson, a spokesman The last time he was seen, in a television broadcast in late indication of how public opinion tive lawmaker and chairman of for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said September, Kim walked with a pronounced limp, and North Ko- has shifted since the breakdown the House of Commons foreign that moves like the British reso- rea’s state-run press said he was not feeling well. of American-sponsored peace ne- affairs committee, said that he lution and Sweden’s recent state- —Rick Gladstone, The New York Times gotiations and the conflict in Gaza had “stood by Israel through thick ment “make conflict resolution this summer. and thin, through the good years much more difficult” by sending Hong Kong protesters Though the outcome of the and the bad,” but now realized “in Palestinians the message that

& N parliamentary vote, 274-12, was truth, looking back over the past “they can achieve things” outside reinforce barriers not binding on the British govern- 20 years, that Israel has been slow- negotiations. Israel, the United ment, the debate was the latest ly drifting away from world public States and most of Europe have HONG KONG — Monday began with attempts to tear down evidence of how support for Israeli opinion.” long insisted that the only path to the barriers around the protesters’ main camp. It ended with policies, even among staunch al- “Under normal circumstances,” Palestinian statehood was through thousands of supporters of the protests swarming onto down- lies of Israel, is giving way to more he said, “I would oppose the mo- bilateral negotiations. town streets and helping to erect stronger barriers. calibrated positions and in some tion tonight; but such is my anger Prime Minister David Cam- Bankers, builders, engineers and smartly dressed office cases frustrated expressions of op- over Israel’s behavior in recent eron’s government opposes rec- orld workers were among the surge of people who gathered deep position to Prime Minister Benja- months that I will not oppose the ognizing a Palestinian state at this into the night to keep the police from squeezing the student-led min Netanyahu’s stance toward motion. I have to say to the gov- point. protests out of the three major areas of the city they have clogged the Palestinians. ernment of Israel that if they are The parliamentary debate and for two weeks. Opening the debate, Grahame W losing people like me, they will be vote are not likely to change Brit- “This is to protect our democracy, to protect our future,” said Morris, the Labour Party lawmaker losing a lot of people.” ish policy. Patrick Chan, an accountant, taking a brief break from helping to raise an elaborate fortress of bamboo and plastic binding on the edge of Central, the city’s main financial district. Actions by the police and threats from opponents against the protesters have repeatedly backfired, making the pro-democra- Egypt cracks down on new cy demonstrators more determined to hold fast. This time, police attempts to pare back protesters’ barricades brought out the supporters who built yet more barricades, using bamboo poles, garbage cans, concrete, bus-stop signs and student protests even large potted plants and carpet scavenged from office renovations. By David D. Kirkpatrick military-backed government outside giving himself personal authority to The police effort to remove some barricades in the Admiralty The New York Times of the relatively lawless Sinai Penin- appoint university presidents and and Central areas of the city began before dawn on Monday, tak- sula, where militant Islamist groups department heads. Applicants for ing sleeping protesters by surprise. CAIRO — Egyptian security forc- are waging a campaign of guerrilla student housing were screened by The police cleared at least one important downtown artery es are tightening their crackdown on attacks against security forces. the interior ministry. The country’s but left the protest camp untouched. student activism by arresting scores The campuses, though, have a security forces were given new ac- Supporters of the pro-democracy protests regained the up- of students at the start of the school special significance in Egypt. They cess to campuses, while a private se- per hand in the evening. term in an effort to crush a renewed have also been seedbeds for the col- curity force got a contract to operate At Mong Kok, on the other side of Victoria Harbor, volunteers wave of protests against the military- laboration among Islamist and left- metal detectors and search arriving used crates and bamboo poles to reinforce their barriers. backed government that took power leaning youth groups, who together students. Hong Kong police equipped with heavy steel shears be- last year. led the 2011 uprising against former Even so, fresh protests broke out gan cutting plastic ties and dismantling barricades on Tuesday Mohamed Atef, the president of President Hosni Mubarak. After the at several universities as soon as they morning in one of the city’s busiest shopping areas, Causeway the student union at Al Azhar Uni- military took power in the summer reopened Sunday. Students Against Bay, but there was little sign of resistance or arrests. versity in Cairo and the founder of of 2013, student protests all but shut the Coup, a national coalition of “This is not clearing the site; please leave for your own safety,” Students Against the Coup, said the down classes at several major uni- groups, posted videos denounc- officers said through loudspeakers. police raided his family home in As- versities for most of the school year, ing the detentions, the new security A police spokesman said some barricades needed to be re- siut at 3 a.m. Monday looking for him continuing even after other street measures and infringements on aca- moved because they had been enlarged overnight and made and arrested his brother. protests were crushed. At least 14 demic freedom, as well as the ouster heavier with the use of cement. At least 91 students have been ar- students were killed in clashes with of the elected president, Mohammed “If there are ill or injured people, an ambulance might not be rested in Egypt since Friday, accord- police, and thousands were arrest- Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. able to get through,” he said. ing to the Association for Freedom ed; more than 900 remain in prison The country’s higher education Many Hong Kong residents see the Chinese government’s re- of Thought and Expression, which more than a year later, according to minister, Al Sayed Abdul Khaliq, jection of democracy for their city as an affront to their values, has chapters on campuses across the the association. vowed in a television interview on and feel that the special status they have had since Hong Kong country. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Sunday that he would “immediately” returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 is under threat. Universities are some of the last who led the military takeover, re- expel any student or faculty member —Chris Buckley and Michael Forsythe, The New York Times pockets of visible opposition to the acted to the protests with an edict who took part in a protest.

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Warm air precedes late- 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W 999 week storm 40°N By Vince Agard 70°F (21°C) on each remaining day STAFF METEorologist this week, whereas normal highs 1029 for this time of year are around 62°F 35°N The storm system that spawned (17°C). severe thunderstorms and pos- Meanwhile, Hurricane Gonzalo sible tornadoes over the Mississippi has become the 6th tropical cyclone River Valley yesterday will arrive in to attain hurricane strength in the 998 30°N New England later this week, bring- Atlantic basin this year. While Gon- 1024 ing the potential for heavy rainfall zalo is currently situated to the east to the Institute on Thursday and of Puerto Rico, the storm is forecast Thursday night. Until then, the Bos- to intensify as it moves northeast ton area will be wedged between before curving back toward Bermu- an offshore high pressure system da by the end of the week. If Gon- 25°N and the approaching cold front. zalo reaches Category 3 status (sus- This setup will result in consider- tained winds of at least 111 mph), it able pre-frontal warming, with would be the second Atlantic major temperatures expected to exceed hurricane of 2014. 1023

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Today: Afternoon sunshine. High 72°F (22°C). Winds SW at 5-10 Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain mph. Fog High Pressure Trough Showers Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 62°F (17°C). Winds S at 5-10 mph. Thunderstorm Warm Front Light Tomorrow: Partly cloudy. High 76°F (24°C). Winds S at 10-12 mph. Low Pressure Haze Cold Front Thursday: Rain, becoming heavy at times. High low 70s°F (22°C). Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy Friday: A chance of morning showers, then becoming sunny. High and The Tech 70°F (21°C). nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, October 14, 2014 The Tech 3 Election in Hungary tightens WORLD & Nati Republican-majority Senate is prime minister’s hold on power starting to look likelier Prime Minister Viktor Orban continued his steady consoli- dation of power in Hungary in local and municipal elections on Sunday with his governing Fidesz party winning control of all By Nate Cohn Sen. Mark Begich has trailed the kota. Mike Rounds, the Republican county assemblies and all but one of the largest cities, including The New York Times Republican, Dan Sullivan, in every nominee and a former governor, the capital, Budapest. nonpartisan poll over the last month was thought to be a strong candidate A coalition of left-leaning and socialist parties won in the The polls have shown Republi- and a half. But if the Republicans for the state’s open seat. But he has fourth-largest city, Szeged, near the Serbian border. cans faring quite well over the last were to choose a state to have a clear been embroiled in a scandal over the Despite some indications of growing support for Hungary’s couple of weeks, and they now ap- lead, Alaska wouldn’t be it. state’s EB-5 visa program, which was far-right Jobbik party, it dominated only in a handful of small, ru- pear to lead in the polls in enough The state has a long history of expanded when he was governor. ral municipalities. contests to win 52 seats, with Iowa, polling misfires, perhaps because of If the Republicans lose South The victory was the third straight triumph for Orban’s right-

Colorado and the six Democratic- its small and dispersed population. Dakota or Kansas, they will need to wing party. on held states won by John McCain in For most of the year, analysts flip a state won by Obama to win the In April, he was returned to office following parliamentary the 2008 presidential election and assumed that the Republicans Senate — even if they win Alaska, Ar- elections in which Fidesz, for the second time, won a two-thirds Mitt Romney in 2012. would hold all of their seats, includ- kansas and Louisiana. majority, giving it the power to alter the Constitution. The Democrats still have a plau- ing Georgia and Kentucky, where At the moment, Iowa is a strong And then in May, the party decisively won in voting for the Eu- WORLD & Nati sible path to victory. But if the next Democrats had slight chances at candidate to offset a Republican loss ropean Parliament. week of polling, particularly in Colo- an upset. They were also thought to in Kansas or South Dakota. But Iowa “Three is the Hungarian truth, and today we got the third, our rado and Iowa, looks like the last few be assured to win three red states also helps highlight the uncertainty third victory,” Orban said in a brief victory speech Sunday night. weeks, then the Republicans will so- where Democratic incumbents were in the campaign. Here he was referring, as he often does, to a Hungarian folk lidify a clear advantage heading into retiring: Montana, West Virginia and It would be hard to describe Iowa saying, in this case a maxim taken from the Latin “omne trium the final stretch. South Dakota. as part of a GOP firewall. Over the perfectum,” which means “everything that comes in threes is The Republicans have a solid In Kansas, Greg Orman, a busi- last few weeks, there are nearly as perfect.” grasp on 44 seats, and the Democrats nessman turned independent can- many polls showing a tied race or the “Hungary is a powerful country because at each vote, it man- on 45 seats. Republicans need to win didate, and Sen. Pat Roberts, a Re- Democrat ahead as there are polls aged to present a unity that is rare in Europe,” the prime minister seven of the remaining seats to take publican, are locked in a tight race. showing the Republican in the lead. said, vowing to “make Hungary great in the next four years.” control. Here is a look at them. Orman still leads in most polls, but Overall, Leo, The Upshot’s Sen- Orban faces no more elections until 2018, barring unforeseen Republicans have emerged as some polls now show Roberts with ate model, gives the Republicans a events, and he is expected to use his political dominance to ad- clear favorites in three states where a slight lead. That’s a change from a 68 percent chance of retaking the vance his conservative agenda. they easily win presidential elections month ago, and it could suggest that Senate. “In my opinion, three major victories give them a consistent and where Democratic incumbents the state’s undecided, predominant- That reflects the GOP’s edge, but legitimacy, as it would anywhere in the world,” said Julia Lakatos are trying to hold on: Alaska, Arkan- ly Republican-leaning voters are also the reality that they haven’t yet of the Center for Fair Political Analysis, an independent research sas and Louisiana. breaking his way. locked down the 51 seats they need group, in a phone interview from Budapest. on The polls themselves are clear: Another wild card is South Da- for a majority. Orban, whose increasingly authoritarian rule has worried many Western leaders, drew criticism over the summer for a speech in which he declared his support for “illiberal democracy,” pointing to the economic success of authoritarian states in WORLD & Nati China, Russia, Singapore and Turkey. Party officials later said that this did not mean that Hungary Vatican signals more tolerance intended to abandon democracy, but that it wanted to stem the kind of “cowboy capitalism” that led to the financial collapse in 2008. toward gays and divorce The leftist coalition did poorly in Sunday’s voting, in part, because it had grown increasingly fragmented. By Elisabetta Povoledo and away from condemnation of un- responses and objections from 41 Jobbik, which has tried in recent months to soften its image, Laurie Goodstein conventional family situations and bishops in the synod hall, a por- did as well as the leftists in many large cities and beat them in The New York Times toward understanding, openness tent of disputes to come. some. and mercy. Archbishop Bruno Forte, the “They have become, symbolically, the second force behind Fi- VATICAN CITY — In a marked The 12-page report, written by a synod’s special secretary, said in desz,” Lakatos said. “But they could not get near Fidesz.” shift in tone likely to be discussed committee picked by Francis, says a news conference afterward that —Rick Lyman, The New York Times in parishes around the world, that without abandoning church while the church does not con- an assembly of Catholic bishops teaching on the sacrament of mar- done gay unions or gay marriage, Errors on Ebola raise concern: convened by Pope Francis at the riage, pastors should recognize it must “respect the dignity of ev-

Vatican released a preliminary that there are “positive aspects of ery person.” how prepared are hospitals? on document Monday calling for the civil unions and cohabitation.” “The fundamental idea is the church to welcome and accept gay That is a striking departure centrality of the person indepen- Federal health officials have offered repeated assurances that people, unmarried couples and from traditional Catholic preach- dently of sexual orientation,” he most U.S. hospitals can safely treat Ebola, but Emory University those who have divorced, as well ing that such couples are “living said. Hospital in Atlanta, which had years of preparation for just such WORLD & Nati as the children of these less tradi- in sin.” The report will now be dis- a crisis, found out how hard that is while it cared for three Ebola tional families. The report also says that gay cussed and modified in the next patients. The bishops’ report, released people have “gifts and qualities week by working groups of bish- As doctors and nurses there worked to keep desperately ill pa- midway through a landmark two- to offer to the Christian commu- ops who will scrutinize each sec- tients alive, the county threatened to disconnect Emory from the week meeting, does not change nity,” and that some gay couples tion, and then a final report will sewer lines if Ebola wastes went down the drain. Roman Catholic doctrine or provide one another “mutual aid be issued after the synod to be The company that hauled medical trash to the incinerator re- teaching, to the point of sacrifice” as well as disseminated and discussed in fused to take anything used on an Ebola patient unless it was ster- The report will now be subject- “precious support in the life of the churches worldwide over the up- ilized first. Couriers would not drive the patients’ blood samples ed to fierce debate and revision at partners.” coming year. a few blocks away for testing at the Centers for Disease Control the assembly. The document was read aloud There will be a second synod and Prevention. And pizza places would not even deliver to staff But it is the first signal that the to the nearly 200 bishops gathered in Rome next October, but in the members in any part of the hospital. institutional church may follow at the synod, as the assembly is end, after all the consultation and “It doesn’t matter how much you plan,” Dr. Bruce Ribner, an the direction Francis has set in called. debate, it is Pope Francis who will infectious disease specialist who directed the patients’ care, said the first 18 months of his papacy, The reading was followed by ultimately set the course. in an interview. “You’re going to be wrong half the time. Emory solved its problems, but the challenges it faced could overwhelm a hospital with fewer resources.

Multiple mistakes at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in on Dallas in treating a patient from Liberia — a delay in diagnosing the disease, and its spread to a health worker who had apparently Pentagon says global warming taken all precautions — have raised questions about the general level of preparedness in hospitals around the country. WORLD & Nati Medical experts have begun to suggest that it might be better presents immediate security threat to transfer patients to designated centers with special expertise in treating Ebola. By Coral Davenport change could present a future risk that they’re not just looking at in- Federal health officials are also beginning to consider that The New York Times to national security, the Penta- stallations — they’re looking at a idea, though they emphasize that every hospital has to be able to gon’s characterization of climate different level, the strategic impact diagnose the disease. WASHINGTON — The Pen- change as a threat demanding im- across regions.” During a news conference this month, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, tagon released a report Monday mediate action represents a signif- If and when the Pentagon does director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said: asserting decisively that climate icant shift for the military. request funding from Congress for “Essentially, any hospital in the country can safely take care of change poses an immediate threat In the past, the Pentagon’s spending on climate change ini- Ebola. You need a private room with a private bathroom, and rig- to national security, with increased response to climate change has tiatives, it will clash directly with orous, meticulous training and materials to make sure that care is risks from terrorism, infectious focused chiefly on preparing mil- congressional Republicans, many done safely so caregivers aren’t at risk.” disease, global poverty and food itary installations to adapt to its ef- of whom question the established But on Sunday, after it was confirmed that a nurse in Dallas shortages. It also predicted rising fects, as in protecting coastal naval scientific evidence that human ac- had been infected with Ebola, Frieden said his agency would con- demand for military disaster re- bases from rising sea levels. But tivities are causing climate change. sider whether patients should be transferred to specialty centers. sponse as extreme weather creates the new report calls on the military “ISIS is still gaining ground and “We’re looking at different options for what will be the safest more global humanitarian crises. to incorporate climate change into causing havoc in Syria and Iraq, way to care for patients,” he said in an interview on Monday. But on The report lays out a road map broader strategic thinking about with foreign fighters from over he declined to explain what those options were. for how the military will adapt high-risk regions — for example, 80 countries coming and going The nation has four hospitals with special biocontainment to rising sea levels, more violent the ways in which drought and into the fight and then returning units to isolate patients with dangerous infectious diseases: in storms and widespread droughts. food shortages might set off politi- to their home country,” said Sen. Bethesda, Maryland; Missoula, Montana; and Omaha, Nebraska, W The Defense Department will be- cal unrest in the Middle East and James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the as well as Emory. gin by integrating plans for climate Africa. ranking Republican on the Senate But other large hospitals around the country could also han- change risks across all of its opera- “One of the differences from Armed Services Committee, of the dle Ebola patients, Ribner said. o tions, from war games and strate- previous documents is that they’re Pentagon report. “It is disappoint- “I think the larger regional hospitals are where the care of gic defense planning situations to really looking at the immediate ing, but not surprising, that the these patients is going to have to be focused,” Ribner said, adding R

a rethinking of the movement of threat,” said Marcus King, an ex- president and his administration that there is a long tradition in medicine of transferring critically l supplies. pert on climate change and inter- would focus on climate change ill patients from smaller hospitals to larger ones better equipped While foreign policy experts national affairs at George Wash- when there are other, legitimate to care for them. D have for years warned that climate ington University. “The other is threats in the world.” —Denise Grady, The New York Times 4

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Apply at: shass.mit.edu/burchard great ideas change the world Sophomores + Juniors—Apply by November 20, 2014 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, & SOCIAL SCIENCES Tuesday, October 14, 2014 The Tech 11 Women’s soccer earns win Men’s soccer team s Sport Overtime goal lifts MIT past Clark University By Matthew Noonan goalkeeper Gabby Paolini. MIT visitors ahead with a penalty shot loses to Wheaton daper staff continued to pester the Cougars’ at 89:53, but her shot was stopped backline with additional shots by Paolini. One goal separated the two sides Nicole M. Miko ’18 registered from Moroi and Faith C. OBrian In overtime, the Engineers re- s Sport her first goal of the season at ’15, but neither attempt landed corded four consecutive shots be- By Matthew Noonan MIT, which finished with 13 98:58 in overtime in the back of the net. Clark man- fore Miko located the back of the daper staff shots, tried to even the score with following a feed aged to score on their first shot of net following a pass from Moroi. nine attempts in the first half, but from Morgan K. the contest when Charlotte Mays Miko fired her second shot of the Wheaton College’s Travis Blair Wheaton goalkeeper Matt Dickey Moroi ’16 as the dribbled into the box and sailed a contest toward the upper right netted the game’s lone goal at 10:32 turned away five shots. Chester Engineers rallied shot past MIT goalkeeper Lauren corner of the Clark net to seal the off a penalty kick to provide the No. Chambers ’15, Austin E. Freel ’16 to defeat Clark S. Ullmann ’17 into the far left cor- win. 17 Lyons a 1-0 victory and Alexander C. McCullumsmith University, 2-1, on ner at 20:55. MIT outshot Clark, 31-4, and against MIT on Sat- ’17 finished the session with three

Saturday, October 11 in New Eng- Clark held a 1-0 advantage held an advantage in corners, urday afternoon at shots, respectively. s Sport land Women’s and Men’s Athletic heading into the break, but MIT nine to two. Paolino finished with Roberts Field in New Wheaton attempted to grow Conference (NEWMAC) play. evened the score halfway through a season-best 16 stops, includ- England Women’s their lead early in the second half With the victory, MIT improves the second half when Julia M. ing seven saves in the second and Men’s Athletic with shots by Finkelstein and Noah to 8-3-2 overall and 4-0-1 in con- Goupil ’18 headed in her sec- half. Moroi and Krishnamachar Conference (NEW- Kossoff, but both attempts sailed ference play, while Clark falls to ond goal of the season following combined for 12 shots, including MAC) play. With the victory, Whea- past the MIT goal. Freel recorded 1-11-0 and 0-4-0. a cross from Elena A. Gianotas seven directed toward net. ton improves to 11-2-1 overall and his fourth shot shortly after — a Ambika M. Krishnamachar ’15 at 63:17. Moroi and Kathleen Both teams return to action 4-0-0 in conference play, while MIT header following a corner kick by ’15, Moroi and Olivia M. Struck- H. Chen ’17 tried to net the go- next Tuesday, October 14 as MIT falls to 4-4-4 and 1-3-0. Sean D. Bingham ’16, that went man ’18 combined for four shots ahead goal at 73:43 and 73:49, but hosts Wellesley College for a 4:00 out of play. Joshua M. Wilson ’18 in the first half, but the first three both shots were turned away by p.m. kickoff, while Clark wel- MIT finished the recorded Tech’s next shot — an at- s Sport attempts sailed wide, while the Paolini. MIT Michelle Battipaglia comes Springfield College for a tempt from five yards outside of the fourth was deflected by Clark ’15 also had a chance to push the 6:00 p.m. start. match with eight box that sailed wide of the Wheaton corners. net. MIT finished the match with Following back-to-back corner eight corners and Amereno record- Upcoming Home Events kicks by Wheaton’s Luke Finkel- ed three stops. Wheaton recorded Tuesday, October 14 stein at 3:49 and 4:04 in the first 13 shots and two corners, and Dick- half, the Lyons located the back of ey registered six saves. Women’s Soccer vs. Wellesley College 4 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium the net following a handball against

Both teams return to action Sat- s Sport Wednesday, October 15 MIT in the box. Blair fired home his urday, October 18 as MIT travels to 10th goal of the season, sailing his Clark University for a 1:00 p.m. kick- Men’s Water Polo vs. Harvard University 7:30 p.m., Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center shot to the right of goalkeeper Jake off, while Wheaton hosts Emerson L. Amereno ’16. for a 12:00 p.m. start. One goal separated MIT from Wheaton College Goals by Krishnamachar ’15, Moroi ’16 propel MIT field hockey team to 3-2 victory s Sport By Mindy Brauer 7-3-2 overall and 3-0-1 in confer- she directed a shot to the top left toya from the sidelines into the following Tech’s third marker, but daper staff ence play, while Wheaton falls to corner of the Lyons’ cage at 18:56. lower right corner. Lauren Cori- their various shots sailed wide. 7-5-1 and 1-2-0. After recording their second goal, gliano evened the score at 2-2 with Wheaton held an advantage in MIT Ambika M. Krishnam- Following back-to-back shots MIT’s offense continued to pres- her eighth goal of the season at shots, 17-16, and 3-1 margin in cor- achar ’15 netted the go-ahead goal by Kathleen H. Chen ’17 and Mi- sure Wheaton’s defense with shots 39:49. Corigliano directed her only ner. Krishnamachar and Wheaton midway through the chelle Battipaglia ’15, Morgan K. by Krishnamachar and Moroi, but shot of the half toward the crossbar senior Kelsee Howes (Maynard, second half, which Moroi ’16 found the back of the net two of the attempts were turned that deflected into the Engineers Mass.) recorded six shots, respec- proved to be the dif- on MIT’s third shot of the match at away by Wheaton goalkeeper Ali goal. tively. MIT goalkeeper Lauren s Sport ference as the En- 8:43. Moroi collected a feed in the Hinton, while the other shot was Krishnamachar pushed MIT S. Ullmann ’17 turned away four gineers defeated box from Battipaglia and fired a blocked. ahead for good midway through shots, while Hinton recorded three Wheaton College, shot past two Wheaton defenders Wheaton sliced the deficit at the second half when she rushed saves. 3-2, in New England for her third goal of the season to 30:30 when Laila Razzaghi scored down field, reversed direction in Both teams return to action on Women’s and Men’s Athletic Con- provide the Engineers with a 1-0 her first goal of the season follow- the box and fired a shot past Hin- Saturday, October 11 at 1:00 p.m. ference (NEWMAC) play on Tues- lead. ing a pass from Kaitlin Montoya. ton’s fingertips into the right cor- as MIT travels to Clark University, day afternoon at Mirrione Stadi- Moroi extended Tech’s advan- Razzaghi located the back of MIT’s ner at 67:44 for her third goal of the while Wheaton heads to Spring- um. With the win, MIT improves to tage roughly 10 minutes later when net by directing a cross from Mon- season. Wheaton tried to respond field College. Women’s volleyball bests Wellesley in fifth set s Sport Tuesday, October 7 win was the first regular-season victory over Wellesley since 2009

Volleyball, from Page 12 that was fueled by strong block- maintained a comfortable cush- of points ensued until a kill from a hitting error kept MIT in front. ing as it went in front, 16-12. MIT ion throughout the frame. MIT Davanzo and an ace by Farley Wellesley responded with three kill by Gebhard. An error and a battled back as two Farley aces trimmed the deficit to seven on brought the Engineers within one kills in a row to force the decisive s Sport kill kept the Blue alive but anoth- tied the score at 16 and resulted three occasions, the last at 22- (21-20). After its own timeout, final set. er strike from Gebhard capped off in a Wellesley timeout. Following 15. Wellesley capitalized on two Wellesley produced back-to-back The Engineers picked up the the set. the break, the hosts won the next errors and an ace to capture the kills which prompted MIT to call first five points of the fifth set Trailing 6-1 in the second three points and eventually held a win. a timeout. Once action resumed, and later held an 8-1 lead at the stanza, Wellesley rattled off the 24-20 lead. The Engineers replied The fourth set was a back-and- Astrachan tallied three kills as changeover. After switching sides, next five points. A trio of hitting by claiming six straight points to forth affair as it featured 14 ties Meryl E. Gibbs ’16 added one MIT outscored the Blue, 7-3, as an miscues along with a kill from complete the come-from-behind and seven lead changes. With the of her own to put the Engineers Astrachan kill ended the night. Gebhard gave the Engineers victory. score tied at 14, the Blue put to- ahead, 24-23. A block and a kill MIT continues NEWMAC play some breathing room at 10-6. The The Blue raced out to a 17-6 gether a 5-2 spurt for its largest extended the set for the Blue but on Thursday, Oct. 9 when it hosts

Blue responded with a 10-2 run advantage in the third set and lead of the frame. An exchange an Astrachan strike coupled with Wheaton College. s Sport

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