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Volume 130, Number 30 tech.mit.edu Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Media connect MIT New security cameras for W20 to WikiLeaks probe McDermott court gate, 6C, will see more security By Yuliya Preger But really it looks like some Staff Reporter On July 29, the span of MIT monitored by security camer- people just answered e-mail as broadened to include the sector of W20 (the Student MIT students, alumni, and af- ly benign” discussion in January. Center) where students await filiates have been caught up in the Clark’s initial e-mail and the en- shuttle vans. There are also recent brouhaha about disclosure tire thread were quite innocuous, plans to install cameras at the of classified military documents by and began asking, “Can anyone McDermott Court vehicle en- Private First Class Bradley E. Man- recommend a hard-to-pick-but- trance between East Campus ning. not-insanely-expensive padlock?,” and Building 66, and also in The New York Times reported addressing his inquiry to the mail- the Building 6C courtyard. Friday that Army Intelligence in- ing list and carbon-copied to sev- Thomas W. Komola of vestigators were said to be focus- eral MIT individuals and to Man- the Security and Emergency ing on Manning’s acquaintances in ning. Management Office said that Cambridge, but it appears that in- The storage unit had no con- the W20 camera will prove vestigators were only here around nection to Manning. helpful in tracking illegal Friday, June 18, and have not fo- Some of the MIT people appear dumping of materials at the cused on those people in some quite concerned about any asso- nearby loading dock. The time. ciation with Manning, especially Campus Activities Complex, The association with MIT with the recent suggestion by Rep- which manages the Student John A. Hawkinson—The Tech people appears to be grossly over- resentative Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) Center, requested the camera Cameras were installed at the Tech Shuttle stop outside the Student Cen- blown, and one 23-year-old recent that Manning deserved the death after noticing trash, includ- ter on July 29. The cameras were installed to discourage dumping of trash in graduate who was interviewed by penalty. ing televisions and propane the nearby dumpster reserved for single-stream recycling. Army Intelligence said that the Others who were e-mailed by tanks, in a dumpster reserved only correspondence he had with Manning in the same thread were for single-stream recycling. for a brief period of time,” in Manning was an e-mail discussion more blasé. Max Van Kleek ’01 According to Komola, the line with the security office’s Locations of cameras installed at on a large MIT mailing list where said in an e-mail, “Sadly I have no presence of a recording de- policy on ID card access MIT known to The Tech: Danny J. B. Clark asked for advice closer connections to manning =} i vice can serve as a deterrent point data. In the course of a •Parking garage elevators and basement on security and theft prevention love being close to controversy but to future incidents in that criminal investigation, “The corridors of Building 32 (nonfunctional) in a storage unit at nearby Metro- not in it :).” area. Thus, the W20 camera MIT Police Department is the •Building 18, (Chemistry) 30 cameras politan Storage Warehouse in May. Van Kleek was not visited by the doubles as a security resource sole entity that may request •Outside the hazardous waste storage Manning was carbon-copied on FBI or Army intelligence, he said, for students waiting for the and use this information,” facility in Building 12A (uncounted) •Outside E52’s bicycle racks (uncounted) the original e-mail and participat- but pointed out he now lives in shuttle van, though it will not and “a written request must •Outside MIT Medical 4 cameras ed in the thread. England. be continuously monitored. be signed and presented by •Corridors and stairwells of Building 2 4 cameras The student said that thread Christian J. Ternus ’11, who also The footage obtained by the Chief of MIT Police.” See •Main corridor of Building 4 1 camera was the only communication he the cameras will be “kept con- http://web.mit.edu/semo/ •Outside W20, by shuttle van waiting area 2 cameras had with Manning since an “equal- WikiLeaks, Page 8 fidential and only available security_policies.html.

2007 sodium drop Revised campus Dinner@Dorms dead Confusion about the logistics of the “Din- lawsuit against ner at the Dorms” orientation event was re- shuttle routes extend solved this week as Residence Exploration (REX) organizers announced that for the sec- TEPs is dismissed, ond straight year the event would not be held. hours and frequency Dinner at the Dorms was the innova- tion of a REX committee eager to encourage probably settled By Joanna Kao Shuttle, bringing its total to three freshmen to explore and meet the residents of Staff Reporter schedules and routes — morning, dorms outside of the ones they were temped By Jessica Liu tice of a settlement this past midday, and evening. EZRide is in. The activity offered them the chance to eat Staff Reporter May, and therefore acted to Starting next Monday, August run by the Charles River Transpor- dinner in one of the dorms they had ranked close the case after 60 days. 9, the Tech Shuttle schedule and tation Management Association. in their top three during the housing selection The Tau Epsilon Phi so- The case was dismissed route will change, and the North- The morning service, running process, especially one they had not been as- dium drop case, a civil suit without prejudice, mean- west Shuttle’s route will be replaced every 10 minutes, begins at 6:20 signed to during REX. filed by two river clean-up ing the plaintiffs could sue by the EZRide Shuttle, which runs a.m. at North Station, arriving at According to Diandra D. Drago ’11, the REX volunteers against two MIT again for the same cause. from North Station to Cambridge- Kendall Square by 6:34 a.m. This contact for Dinner at the Dorms, the success graduate students and a In September of 2007, port by way of Kendall Square. begins nearly an hour earlier than of REX was judged by the number of freshmen former undergraduate, has Thomas Soisson and Kath- This change stems from recom- the current Northwest Shuttle who switched dorms at the end. been dismissed. mendations from the MIT Parking schedule. Morning service contin- By 2007, Dinner at the Dorms had strayed The court received no- TEP sodium, Page 8 and Transportation department ues through 10:34 a.m. at Kendall from its original intent of encouraging explo- and a graduate thesis written by Square. ration and become an event where freshmen Aimee K. Beasley ’08 in 2009. Ac- The midday schedule, with primarily consorted with residents of their In Short cording to Lawrence R. Brutti, who shuttles running every 20 minutes, temporary dorms. MBTA Red Line service will be replaced by buses this runs the MIT Parking and Transpor- will run from 10:44 a.m. to 3:04 Financial concerns contributed to the can- weekend on Saturday and Sunday, between Park Street tation office, the new plan will allow p.m., starting from Kendall Square cellation of the event last year; the price tag and Kendall. Plan on an extra 15 minutes for your trips. MIT to increase shuttle frequency and ending at Sidney Pacific. It would have been about $10,000 higher than and passenger capacity, continue does not go to North Station or the previous year. This year, similar financial The Kendall Band musical instruments from the Kendall T NextBus tracking, and use one less Cambridgeport. concerns, difficulty in arranging sufficient ear- station are still being worked on by a group of MIT students bus for six hours each day, while The evening schedule runs from ly returns, and a departure from the original under the leadership of Michael J. Tarkanian ’00, who is get- keeping the cost to MIT identical. 3:04 p.m. to 7:24 p.m. from North intent of the event contributed to its cancella- ting married this weekend — Congrats! This is unrelated to There will continue to be four Station to Fort Washington Park in tion. the service diversion. full-time MIT drivers, with each Cambridgeport every 10 minutes. Cost would have necessitated the central- Bulletin boards in the Infinite Corridor are being rede- driver still working the same num- Not all stops on the current ization of the event in Johnson or the Stratton signed as part of the MIT150 project, celebrating MIT’s ber of hours, but their working Northwest Shuttle will be on the Student Center. Had it been centralized, Din- 150th Anniversary, which takes place in spring 2011. As hours will change. The current new EZRide Shuttle route. The ner at the Dorms would not, in fact, have been a result, during the month of August, boards and display Northwest Shuttles will become Kendall Square stop will be in the held in the dorms. cases throughout the Infinite are being replaced, hence the Tech Shuttles. same location as the current North- It remains unclear what activity will take its corridor’s current bare appearance. The architect is David J. The EZRide will be adding a west Shuttle stop — in front of E38 place, if any. Silverman , who oversaw construction of the Stata Center. new midday schedule that will be —Yuliya Preger similar to the current Northwest Northwest Shuttle, Page 8 wrecking the Inception dual Review The Notepad Sweltering at SECTIONS american way Dreams beg the question: what’s so Pop culture today is rubbish the institute Opinion �����������������2 great about reality? arts, p. 4 Arts �����������������������4 The Tea Party’s “Contract — heard anything by Ke$ha Michael T. Lin says Bos- recently? The first piece in Comics �������������������6 from America” threatens Jack johnson’s To the sea ton summers are better Campus Life ���������7 mainstream beliefs. a new Tech column on the with air conditioning. A solid soft-rock soundtrack for summer OPN, p. 2 state of music and comedy. CL, p. 7 relaxation. arts, p. 6 ARTS, p. 6 OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn Op i n i o n OPINION OPinION 2 The Tech ’12, Joanna Kao Schalck ’13, Aislyn ’13. Editor: David M. 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Tea Party, Page 3 , and will not not will and , C The The lass of of lass - - - - OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn OPinion opinion OPINIOn OpiNION - - - - - The Tech 3 Tech The Although Although the Traditional - Ad Meanwhile, my classmates in Essentially, MIT’s freshman the of member a is Hsieh Diana do not know the functions of the different student support offices (and their “trained” adviser does not either), finding an answer at MIT usually involves visits with a freshman adviser, the Registrar’s Office, and the Student Services Center all in one day. This - situa tion can be even more frustrating if a adviser freshman is difficult to contact. vising system results in a highly decentralized advising network dis not MIT should freshmen, for card it. Freshmen who are paired with an excellent adviser receive helpful advice on career choices However, questions. life other and freshmen with unhelpful advis ers should not have to feel lost in - stan MIT should MITthe system. dardize the traditional advising experience by providing a more comprehensive training program to advisers. It should make freshmen advising the matching - pro cess more transparent by - allow ing freshmen to choose from list of a available advisers, similar is done for to somewhat in-major advisers. This system would give freshmen more control over their Traditional Advising experience. Freshmen should also be given the chance to provide feedback on their advisers, holding them accountable. Having more com- mitted advisers would minimize game, tag information current the ev at stops make freshmen where ery single MIT office just to find questions. simple to answers RBA and FSA had very different experiences. In both programs, since advisers can bond with - stu dents through both group activi- ties and individualized appoint ments, they are more organize events for likely their student to trouble I While was having group. my finding my traditional adviser, her with lunch enjoying was friend - restau Italian an at group advising rant. While I met my adviser only twice throughout the entire year, my friend had individual twice least at adviser her meet with ings year, of the end the By a semester. I would have gladly traded - Tradi tional Advising independence for FSA commitment. After all, FSA be- relationship strong a develops tween advisers and students that is much needed during the - tran sitional freshmen year. Although the required events can get noying, an- FSA and more opportunities to RBA bond with provide advisers and fellow advisees than does;Advising Traditional they’re certainly alternatives. worthwhile advising program is commend- - avail is Advising Traditional able. able for the students who don’t wish to be caught events, up while in FSA group and RBA available are for students who However, do. freshmen who chosen the wrong advising meth- have od are stuck with their decision for the rest of the year. The only advice I offer these to students develop a is thick skin. Visit the Student Services Center the often; people there are almost ways extremely helpful. al- Don’t be afraid to walk into random offices at MIT for information. For every slightly intimidating office occu- pant, there is an equal of number extremely helpful and caring staff. After traveling the length of the infinite corridor several times in search of comfort information, with yourself the fact that you are col- best the of one attending now leges in the United States. - Con gratulations. of 2013. Class ------By Diana Hsieh But But despite looking attractive MIT has essentially sacrificed After After poring through the - web As the fall semester - approach The ability for freshmen to ... despite looking on attractive Traditional paper, is messyAdvising in practice. ing ing was much better or than FSA. RBA Except for Next RBA House, bound students to their liv year, for all of freshman group ing and emphasized interaction with one’s dorm mates — the people students already interact with on “homework had FSA basis. daily a Both represented assignments.” a commitment, requiring students to attend advising sessions on a scheduled basis. Traditional - Ad vising, on the other vided hand, independence and flexibil- - pro ity; guidelines over requirements. Students could hold - individual ized advising sessions with a fac ulty member and interact upper classmen with associate advis ers. And with only about ten ad- visees for there everywas adviser, an opportunity for a much more experience. personal on paper, Traditional is Advising messy in practice. Some dents can talk to their advisers for - stu get to struggle others while hours, responses to email. Since fewer students are assigned to each ad- viser, there is a high demand for advisers, while MIT only provides limited required training. This - re of well-mean- in a sults multitude ing but untrained advisers, all of whom have their own obligations. and teaching research quality for quantity in an to effort pair fewer students adviser. Whether with a an freshman assigned is a devoted and edgeable - knowl adviser or a confused and overwhelmed one is out the of student’s hands. who Freshmen are paired with a confused adviser are left to seek for answers themselves, floundering the labyrinth in MIT student port - sup network. Since freshmen site site information and CPW last attending I year, came to the con- clusion that Traditional Advis es and MIT’s Class of 2014 arrives, arrives, 2014 of Class MIT’s and es issue an discuss to obligated feel I that affected my experience as a can boast The Institute freshman. of an exemplary faculty, course selection, and However, MIT’s freshmen student advis impres been not body. has program ing sive. In contrast to most schools, MIT offers freshmen the ability to choose between group and indi- vidual advising. Residence-based Advising (RBA) and - stu place (FSA) Advising Seminar Freshmen dents with a group of their peers and MIT faculty members, while Traditional Advising focuses on withindividual meetings a specif ic faculty adviser. Whereas most schools assign hundreds of - stu dents to a few specialized - coun selors, MIT advisers are faculty. normal the from drawn largely choose the advising method that best fits their preferences is ben- eficial, but currently that choice is not an easy one for the incom- ing class to While make. MIT - pro freshmen aid to information vides in their advising decision, mainly through CPW and the website, advising neither source provides information about the potential of forms different the of downfalls advising. Getting lost in lost Getting freshman advising but nice, are options Different needed are improvements - - - But But perhaps the most - frighten Perhaps the Tea Party - move I hope that I have “refudiated” Ryan’s Ryan’s Rating: Moronic (three It’s interesting how so of many interesting It’s ing ing out” Social Security, and end- today. exists it as Medicare ing movement insane this of aspect ing elect among on catching is it that is ed that officials. said Senator example, for Lindsey S.C.), - (R- Gra ham he would like to change the Amendment so that people born in 14th the United States do not - automati For a group citizens. become cally of people that supposedly place such value changing in on interested are the sure they Constitution, vital parts of it. and repealing it will gain Perhaps willment pass. steam. I don’t what really gets Party Tea know. the if that know I do they as America want, we know it today will be The Party’s over. Tea vision of a perfect America is one - environ the destroy can we where ment and the rest of the planet, where unregulated corporations and the obscenely rich the have power, all and where the states gain power comparable to what the South had under the Confed- eration. I agree that government the needs to cut back federal on wasteful programs and ing, but it spend- needs to be done in responsible manner a — a manner that upholds the principles that this country was built on. Be - care in November. vote you ful how many of the Tea Party’s dangerous Party’s many of the Tea and un-American above, initiatives. listed points the to addition In the Tea Party has also advocated repealing the 17th (direct Amendment election of US Senators), abolishing the Protection Agency, repealing Wall Environmental “phas or privatizing reform, Street ing ing taxes cut seems great, tax cuts of the magnitude the Tea Party is advocating would starve the fed- eral government (which I’m sure would make the Partiers Tea - hap py) and increase the gap between the de- accelerating rich and poor, terioration of the already - vanish ing middle class; and with it, the of democracy.cornerstone Street) Wall cheers from 10. Stop the tax hikes: nently - Perma repeal all tax hikes, cluding - in those to capital the gains, and income, death (the estate tax), currently sched- taxes uled begin to in 2011. these Tea Party goals are written in a way that seems appealing to people precisely because they’re written in a understood. fully being from them way that prevents Simply put, this implies - extend ing the Bush tax cuts forever. To sum up what the Bush making tax for cuts the rich, were: tax cuts the wealthy wealthier. While hav - - - - If Congress ever gets If a Congress 2/3 - ma Ruling: Ryan’s Counterproduc Ryan’s Ruling: Downright Stupid Ruling: Ryan’s Translation: Drill, baby, drill. Ryan’s Ruling: Suicidal, on a Evidently, the Tea the Tea Evidently, would Partiers perpetuate our addiction to foreign oil and the destruction of the planet through global warming. 9. Stop the pork: Place a - mora the until on torium all earmarks budget is balanced, and then - re quire a 2/3 majority to pass any earmark. will… I bill, controversial a on jority what matter really doesn’t it well… never will that because do would I happen. Witness the gridlock in where months, recent in Congress the filibuster allowed the - Repub lican Party to prevent the - exten sion of unemployment benefits for those who neededdesperately them. Some may think “Yay! End cer I While spending!” wasteful to needto earmarks that agree tainly be brought under control, killing them altogether is not the way to de- evil, all not are Earmarks it. do spite their portrayal as such. This is how congressmen bring money and projects into the states they were elected from. They can - cre ate jobs, and build infrastructure, fund other state and local - initia tives — the very state and initiatives local Tea Partiers seem fond of. so If earmarks are eliminat ed, state funding is starved. And another thing that will never - hap pen is the government having a balanced budget. tive cluding cluding discriminating based on pre-existing conditions, or - deny ing health care altogether, leads to a fair and health care equitable system that gives those that can’t they need. it what afford 8. Pass an “all of the above” en- ergy policy: Authorize ploration the of proven energy ex and reduce regulatory barriers to all other forms of energy creation. drill and industry oil the Deregulate tru- that’s Now oil. there’s wherever how know all we since insightful, ly (as disaster in end to is that unlikely Gulf the along live don’t you as long of Mexico). Not to mention accelerate just that would policy a such the death of the planet. We should be investing in alternative, coal. oil and clean not more energy, Scale Planetary and Environmental ------

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from Page 2 from Page Party, Tea know know that deregulation of indus Right, Right, because at this point we all pure pure capitalistic health care. Translation: Translation: Wall Street-style, nies do whatever they want, in- want want to replace the current sys tem: free-market health care. tries and letting private - compa government-run health care. government-run 7. 7. Defund, repeal, and replace of the inflation rate plus the per is required. stimulus tal tal federal spending to the sum an economic crisis when massive limiting the annual growth in - to pose a problem in wartime or in spending: Impose a statutory cap cap statutory a Impose spending: 6. 6. End runaway government centage of population growth. United States as We Know It Know as We States United Spending? Sure. The Sure. Rest? Spending? End of means, not the Tea Party. not the Tea means, final final word on what the document the the Constitution. They have the of the Supreme Court to interpret disastrous. In addition, it is the jobthe is it addition, In disastrous. into into why either change would be of Energy. It is not necessary to go of Education and the Department and the of Department Education eliminating both eliminating the Department ties.” The Tea Party has advocated has advocated Party The Tea ties.” left for the states or local authori- they identify “programs better would think. Notice the bit where ferent ferent than what most Americans thinks thinks should be cut is very dif However, However, what the Tea Party dent Obama during his campaign. campaign. his during Obama dent similar similar was promised by - Presi is is excellent. Indeed, something here. Broadly stated, the idea itself itself idea the stated, Broadly here. the US Constitution’s meaning. the Constitution’s US ited government consistent with ited consistent government due to our efforts to restore lim- wholesale reform or elimination or local authorities, or ripe for agencies and programs, assess programs better left for the states es es in a audit of complete federal and agencies and ineffectiveness, and constitutionally limited gov - engag that taskforce Ribbon Blue identifying duplication, waste, 5. Restore fiscal responsibility a Create in Washington: ernment ing their and Constitutionality, have that many words or fewer. words many that have son why a new tax code should Contract; there is no logical - rea fieriness fieriness in those who read the attempt attempt to spark patriotism and Constitution. Yet Constitution. this Yet is simply an tax code be no longer than the US Partiers Partiers would that require a new the internal revenue code, the Tea Tea the code, revenue internal the ing ing $100. Mocking the length of

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Islam to limited isn’t idea This Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Warn er Broth ers N S tudios on, je je on, - - Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts ARTS ARTS Arts Arts ArtS The Tech 5 Tech The Classics ony Picturesony S wizterland The The lines aren’t drawn by the musicians, My biggest lament, then, and one that I admit that I did vote to send - Bie Justin Maybe Montreux is the place where that hhh✩✩ Please Give By Ni- written and Directed cole Holofcener Keener, Catherine Starring Platt, Oliver Amanda Peet, Ann Guilbert R Rated Playing Now Montreux Jazz Festival Jazz Montreux S Montreux, 2010 July 2 - 17, or even the producers, but by the fans them- fans the by but producers, the even or selves. But I also agree with Esperanza, and the big difference for me is not what people listen to, but how they listen to it. I also like want I’d think don’t I but Nirvana, to listen to to go - concert. to turn biggest a The Nirvana but sound, the not is scene pop live the of off are fans pop fan, jazz de-emphasis:the its to over-talkative, cellphone-waving, cherry fashionistas. - bomb-throwing little a tries it if fix to able be might Montreux harder, is that the scene controls the sic. Outside - mu the Auditorium Stravinski, they had a few banners of various musicians and their thoughts — musicians judged The first “significant.” was to Herbie Hancock, be youth embrace should we how about talking or something like that. The third was Justin Bieber. not that’s (Googlebut it), Korea North to ber my real hope. My hope is that our little - Ca nadian goes on to live a full Sinatra- career, style, instead of fizzling out after five years like so many other artists today. Puberty be damned. One gift that jazz has — the is and — cases few that a in achieved only has pop given are artists pop few Too longevity. of gift the chance to to evolve, change their sound, and to look into the future, for fear of losing their devoted but narrow-minded fanbase. It would be the serene irony if Justin Bieber, - narrow-mind that break could people, all of edness. happen. can - - treet treet S is firmly all all W he T Please Give The simple fact was that the lip servicelip to the that was fact simple The Part of this must be attributed to the So is the issue really the divide between jazz. definitely And it was interview with recent a In After After the plastic glamour of Hollywood’s Please Give purposely irritates and chaffs, was was night and day. And I Britpop doubt that the scenesters had into the metamorphosed scrawny music school kidsbefore me. I saw pan-aestheticism wasn’t creating dialogue — if anything, it was logue. diluting the mono- setup of Montreux itself. At Montreux, one will People shows. individual for tickets buys listen to newer songs, but they won’t pay 90 francs for it (and that’s for standing room). At the Newport Jazz Festival, for get you that, After day. a for fee example, flat a pay you to listen and you want to you can’t whatever help but your ear have by caught something new, even if it’s just for a moment between the kebab stand and your mainstage towel - festi jazz pure a it’s though even So outpost. even and jazz, different of lot a have they val, hearing hear, you jazz the all like don’t you if the stuff you don’t like will at least reaffirm dig. it is you for whatever taste your jazz and pop? Brad setlist Mehldau’s is - tell ing: Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana. Tear Attack. Massive Drop. , Journal star bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding remarked, “I come from the world of jazz, I suppose, where people really value what you do based on the don’t quality need a lot work. You of smoke and - py of your rotechnics. In the pop world, a it’s lot about the bang and the boom and smoke and mir rors. It’s cool, it’s just It’d different.” be an and pop jazz se to - that are say exaggeration cretly in love while their Capulet and - Mon a is There streets. the in fight bases fan tague mutual respect, though. no It’s coincidence that Spalding can Prince, be as with good Quincy Jones friends and Michael Jackson, with - ward fashionable more a for quest simple the robe. usual products, normal people seem like a disappointing let-down. grounded grounded in reality. The cinematography has Technicolor artistic of pretensions the of none composition. The palette is one of grey con- occasionalthe and lighting, brown drab crete, smattering of that atrocious rusty orange of for pass supposed to is upholstery that era 70s chic. us with slapping all the that are taboo topics If is this movie we any hint, discussed. never MIT awkward geeks have no hope of ever ac we after not even die. quiring grace, - - Jazz has always been underground, but not new, so that’s traditionally been it’s under the street, not under a museum floor. It puts jazz fans in a bit a weird spot. Most Most spot. weird a bit a in fans jazz puts It I wonder how much intergenre dialogue In the afternoon the following day, I got Attaching Attaching a numerical value becomes of the hardcore of aesthetes feel the even that hardcore - call ing Montreux a jazz festival now is a bit of the misnomer. However, language of open- ness, of freedom, and experimentation isn’t being true to its roots if Montreux became exclusionist. (Not to mention that frequently criticized jazz as having is retreated to an ivory tower). Jazz has always been derground, so un- that’s not new, but it’s - tradi tionally been under the street, not under a floor. museum Montreux actually generates. The night be- fore Mehldau performed, I went to the Jazz Cafe with some friends and acquaintances. We ended up listening to the that was playing at the time. I Britpop had a mental act picture of who was listening, how they were listening, and what they were feeling. Montreux. my was that hours, eighteen For to catch some European youth jazz bands. There is no better way to scare off Britpop fans than this, folks. I was rounded by your more typical breed of jazz suddenly sur nerds concentrating, talking, debating. It a heavy emphasis on Brazilian musicians. The late 80’s and early 90’s, saw a infusion heavier of pure pop. They called 2002 the included with schedulea that Bowie, of year and Muse, Cake Slayer, next to Herbie - Han (and Bowie). Jarrett and Keith cock pokes at our conscience and morals. pokes Please Give bought my $5K table and marked it up to $7K! to up it marked and table $5K my bought undervalue to I stupid table? my Was more difficult for intangibles such as - happi ness. It leads people to pursue status symbols that don’t necessarily equate to happiness. Kate’s husband, Alex (Oliver Platt), is happy with his marriage but can’t pass up the portunity of an op- affair with an attractive young woman. Overweight as he and is, unattractive - man of affirmation best the probably was she young The attained. ever he success and hood woman (Amanda Peet), recently dumped by could she that prove to needed boyfriend, her tempt a man away from his marriage. The af fair is driven by neither emotion nor lust, but neither is it a betrayal of Kate — instead it is - - - - - Editor hriller, and one of T ive at . Montreux The L rts Arts By Jingyun Fan By Jingyun ssociate Associate associate news editor news associate al review By Samuel Markson Miles Miles & Quincy

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The The characters are obsessed with - quan Kate’s Kate’s guilt manifests itself in regularly Importantly, Importantly, Kate is plagued by guilt be- The The ill at ease protagonist, Kate, is a mid- Towards Towards the middle of the movie, some- I kept cringing; all the characters are so Please Give is a quirky movie that tickles

started presenting world music, including tana, Ledtana, Zeppelin, Frank Zappa. They then - San acts: roll and rock of sorts all headlining bum bum began Montreux 70’s, the since inclusion; on recorded recorded and played on last Miles Davis’ al- of occasions, starting in the 90’s when he Jones. than treux val, val, producing and hosting it on a number Nobs, but no jazz musician, from the par century jazz, has had more impact on - Mon producer producer of the album the main influences on the Montreux - festi festival has been run since 1967 by Claude ticular group of musicians that defined 20th business. Now he’s business. a Now he’s talented musician, the ented ented obscurity and got into the producing beaten beaten path of being another musically tal- a band and going broke, Jones turned off the off turned Jones broke, going and band a have have written the book on this. After starting and the music business. Quincy Jones might might Jones Quincy business. music the and the squares, and the founder of bebop. of bebop. and the founder the squares, was was the 1940’s hipster icon, the scourge of Manhattan streets Manhattan for heroin money. Parker close to the peak of his career he busked on ing ing for sexagenarians in lawn chairs. Even jazz. jazz. Certainly, Charlie Parker wasn’t - play the other hand, they can be ridiculously ex those who should be deciding the future of a Davos a for Davos the aficionados of the world. On funds to pay for tickets but not necessarily greatest greatest practitioners of old and new jazz — pensive, attracting those who may have the of musical diversity, to see and talk to the a wonderful way to take in a huge breadth state state of culture today. On one hand, they’re fanatics fanatics to meet, greet, and bitch about the alongside the grassroots gatherings of lonely lonely of gatherings grassroots the alongside a queer mix of federally funded tourist traps

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festiv Wednesday, August 4, 2010 2010 4, August Wednesday, sell it for $300. But wait! Another dealer has vintage vintage store and those people were stupid to fully fully preserved wood table is worth $5K in my tifying tifying the value of everything. This - beauti way. way. In one comic scene, Kate mistakenly of — a wealthy black man — who is flabbergast rect her pity in a constructive and appreciated appreciated and constructive a in pity her rect fers her own to leftovers a random pedestrian the insult. ed at to charity. However, she lacks the to di- ability she lacks to charity. However, feeding the homeless and donating her time master bathroom. master dies, Kate can knock down the wall and have a have and wall the down knock can Kate dies, woman woman next door so that when the woman has also purchased the apartment has of the also apartment the purchased old in her fashionable vintage furniture shop. She She shop. furniture vintage fashionable her in of the freshly dead, and marking it up for sale ing ing antique furniture from ignorant relatives cause cause she earns a comfortable living by - buy teenage daughter. teenage aged husband and an acne-infested brat of brat a and an acne-infested husband aged shaped shaped feet. She has an overweight, middle- fashionably fashionably gawky, with dry skin and weirdly dle-aged dle-aged New York yuppie. She is thin and awkward. that that watching this movie makes you more down the length of the theater. I’m pretty sure pretty I’m down the length of the theater. bag of jelly beans, and each bean rolled noisily rolled bean each and beans, jelly of bag one in the back of the theater dropped a full and contemplate my own mortality. my and contemplate old lady so that I wouldn’t have to watch her most most horribly, writing a check for the dying being a spoiled stereotype of a teenager, and of a a being stereotype teenager, spoiled ing ing a total bitch, shaking the pimpled girl for range range from slapping the tan daughter for be- in real life, my impulses towards them would damn damn insensitive and If awkward. I met them erywhere else. your your funny bone but thoroughly irritates ev forces us to confront taboo us to confront uncomfortable truths and forces Please Give The awkwardness of reality awkwardness The MOVIE Review MOVIE 6 The Tech Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Album Review Soundtrack for the summer laziness Jack Johnson returns with another stellar acoustic album

By Emily Nardoni erates his defining characteristic as an artist. to get lost in the humming lulls of his guitar Staff WRITER The album successfully balances catchy fun and the weight of his lyrics as he softly sings hhhhh with soulful emotion as it flows from more out “I don’t know, but I don’t know that we’re As an artist known for his gentle voice and upbeat tracks like “At Or With Me” to the meant to know.” Jack Johnson acoustic stylings, Jack Johnson is a pro at cre- more somber tone of “No Good With Faces.” Even in its lighter tracks, there’s a depth ating lounge music to set the mood. His fifth The hit single “You and Your Heart” — to Johnson’s songwriting. He deals with love To the Sea and newest album, 2010‘s To the Sea, stands the first from To the Sea, released 2 months on To the Sea in a somewhat more holistic, out for just that: a unique feel-good vibe that before the album went on sale in June — melancholic way than on past albums. The Brushfire Records makes you want to keep listening. stands out for all the same reasons that John- death of his father last year and birth of his Unlike some of his previous albums, such son’s hits always do: an impossibly catchy new baby girl certainly have had some ef- Released June 1, 2010 as 2005’s In Between Dreams, I don’t feel that melody and heartfelt mellowness. As many fect; there’s a subdued maturity and sense this latest album contains as many singles have agreed, the song epitomizes the lazy of searching that permeates the entire al- background music to slow down your busy that will become popular in themselves. pace of summer days that seem to stretch on. bum. Johnson’s ability to appeal to universal life, the soundtrack for a summer, or perhaps That’s all right. The range of emotions and I think Johnson shines the brightest when themes and stories aids in his diverse follow- are already a Jack Johnson fan, To the Sea is variety of song styles that Johnson displays in it’s just him and his guitar, as on the soul- ing. a solid soft-rock/acoustic album that epito- To the Sea is memorable as a whole and reit- searching “Anything But The Truth.” It’s easy Whether you’re looking for some good mizes what Johnson stands for as an artist.

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By Samuel Markson little shouldn’t confuse us. There’s a huge loathed by others. But he had his feelings and I have to give her producers credit. associate arts editor difference between skepticism and rela- and he expressed them. Nowadays, our You can tap your foot to them. Some might tivism. Some notions of cultural criticism pop culture attracts no serious emotions, call them catchy. But I was surprised to see Ke$ha is the latest in a series of things posit that since all men are created equal, no serious thoughts. It aims only to hit that she lacked her alpha-female presence that suck. She’s got the usual dumpset-pop it’s too difficult to say whether any one part the most viewers as quickly as possible, on the live stage. Our pony is out of tricks, trappings with an extra dose of marketing of our culture is any better or worse than without angering too many people. Sure, it seems. zeal. The Guardian once called her a de- any other. Nothing matters, or everything people will tell you they love a song. But The irony is that to maintain that people generate Miley Cyrus. It’s said she broke is true, or maybe everything is false. We within a month they’ll have forgotten it. deserve quality and that everyday people into Prince’s house to give him her demo have no idea. People are terrified of judg- It’s temporary, and, at the end of the day, are capable of appreciating it — in news, in CD. Her avaricious self-branding is her ment, bewildered by even the most basic meaningless. music, in comedy — is to be an elitist. empowerment, and is, we’re told, zero of aesthetic criteria. In art as well as poli- But Ornette does have one thing going This is not to say that there aren’t people parts objectification. tics, we’d rather drink the brown dilution for him. He is remembered. And there’s a who remember (or pretend to remember) It appears that the trash culture beast of ideologues than make small steps to- big difference between SNL then and SNL that depth of feeling was once something has become self-aware. wards moderation, than suggest that there now. SNL was funny then. Comedy was afforded by more than the rich (Jon Stew- Not that this is news. She’s in the same is, in fact, some amount of truth, that some doing something back then. George Carlin, art, raised in the same rough-and-tumble league as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, bring- ideas are better than others, and that we Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce…those guys no-frills comedy circuit as Carlin and the ing narrow-minded expression to the should admit some amount of conflict in didn’t fuck around. They were very seri- others, comes to mind). Some day, we’ll masses and dressing it up in a bubble skirt. our lives to fight for those ideas. Biparti- ous men, dangerously so, in fact. Virtually have pop music worth tapping our feet She knows what people want and she de- sanship is not necessarily reason. all of the musicians and comedians from to. Some day, we’ll listen to one of last de- livers. She’s nihilism given form and a re- Bear with me. that era had issues with both substances cade’s chart-toppers and not at some lame cording contract. Give a damn? Neither do It wasn’t always this way. On April 14, and the law. They were all conflicted, all hipster themed party. Some day, I won’t I. Have some Kool-aid. 1979, Ornette Coleman was on Saturday confused. But they left you with some- be compelled to write bitchy articles in the The defense has kept its mantra, and Night Live. He wasn’t alone. Miles, Sun thing. Within the off-color jokes and the school newspaper about the state of mod- its cashflow. This music is fun. This music Ra, Zappa, and countless others have also obscure tonalities, there was always a little ern culture. isn’t pretentious. This music relates to real been on SNL’s airwaves. That was only 30 voice in the back of all the open minds I’ll keep a bottle Jack Daniels toothpaste peoples’ lives, which are also superficial years ago, when SNL was on the fringe, thinking “well, I guess that’s true, isn’t it.” around until that day comes. and meaningless. experimenting, taking risks, and taking a And it’s that little voice that made art pos- Editor’s Note: This was written back Still, these pathetic commentaries stand every now and then. Ornette Cole- sible. Ke$ha made an appearance on SNL when Ke$ha’s first album was released. As about how much there is to say about so man was a visionary, loved by some and recently. I’d listened to her music videos, of August 4, 2010 Sam is still grumpy.

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aha Rhythm Brouh Wednesday, August 4, 2010 2010 4, August Wednesday, 8 The Tech Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Northwest shuttle to be Manning visited Pika in summer replaced by EZRide Lady Gaga CD implicated in leak tradecraft WikiLeaks, from Page 1 sive e-mail exchanges with Man- A military official acknowledged

✘ Current NW shuttle ning before reaching out to the Friday that Army investigators were stops that will be was in the To: field of Manning’s e- authorities, said he believed that looking into whether Manning discontinued. mail, said he was not aware of hav- “there is at least one co-conspirator physically handed compact discs ing been approached by the Army, but probably more.” containing classified information to

MIT Museum FBI, or anyone else about Man- Lamo said that he believed that someone in the United States. Man- ning. a person with ties to WikiLeaks had ning, an intelligence analyst who ✘ Clark, who is associated with helped Manning set up encryption was deployed over the past year MIT independent living group Pika, software that would have allowed in Iraq with the 2nd Brigade of the ✘ No 84 Mass. Ave stops; said he was a friend of Manning’s. him to e-mail small bits of classi- 10th Mountain Division at a remote 77 Mass. Ave stops in midday and evening. Manning “is definitely inter- fied data outside the military com- base east of Baghdad, visited friends Source: Charles River Transportation Management Association & Joanna Kao ested in making a positive impact puter system without detection. in Boston during a home leave in This map of the morning EZRide shuttle route shows the inbound on the world,” Clark said. Clark said According to Lamo, the small bits January. and outbound directions, stops, and changes from the current his opinion was formed prior to were meant to attract the notice of Investigators believe that he Northwest Shuttle route. The violet route (■) is the inbound route Manning’s deployment to Iraq. Assange. exploited a loophole in Defense towards North Station, and the cyan route (■) is the outbound di- Manning had visited Clark and Lamo acknowledged that he Department security to copy thou- rection towards Cambridgeport. The route changes slightly in the Pika last summer, and several stu- had no direct evidence that Man- sands of files onto compact discs evening with a stop at 77 Mass Ave and no service down Portland dents remembered him. ning had help. He said he based his over a six-month period. In at least Street. There will no longer be a stop at the MIT Museum. “He seemed very intelligent,” belief on information from people one instance, according to people said Yan Zhu ’11, a Pika resident. who knew Manning, not on his familiar with the inquiry, Manning Northwest Shuttle, from Page 1 whether it would be a positive or “I would not be surprised he would contact with the soldier himself. smuggled highly classified data out negative change. “We’ll have to see have the technical knowledge,” she Asked if Manning had ever told him of his intelligence unit on a disc near the MIT Press, but on the op- once the students get back. Right said, referring to Manning’s of any WikiLeaks assistance, Lamo made to look like a music CD by posite side of the road from the cur- now it’s the summer, and there are Zhu expressed concern that replied, “Not explicitly, no.” Lady Gaga. rent EZRide stop. The MIT Museum only grad students and employees Manning was being treated un- In one e-mail that Manning sent stop will be discontinued, as will and some summer programs. We’ll fairly in the public eye. “Myself and to Lamo in May, the private de- Boston focus the 84 Massachusetts Avenue stop have to see after Labor Day.” Danny and the other MIT students scribed his role with WikiLeaks as One of the civilians interviewed (the shuttle will instead stop at 77 However, he did say that some that I know are all very supportive “a source, not quite a volunteer.” by the Army’s criminal division, Massachusetts Avenue on the mid- riders have expressed concerns of Bradley Manning right now and who asked for anonymity so that his day and evening routes). about the new change. Since EZ- of his cause,” she said. Student denies assisting name would not be associated with The Tech Shuttle will begin ser- Ride is not run by MIT, “our offices Clark wrote on his Facebook Manning the inquiry, said Friday that the in- vice at an earlier time, starting at can’t communicate with EZRide wall Sunday that “a good ap- The Boston Globe reported Sun- vestigators’ questions led him to be- 6:15am from Kendall Square. The buses. If people call and complain proximation of my current feel- day that a former MIT student met lieve that the Army was concerned route modifications include a re- because either a bus left them or if ings regarding the majority of the Manning at MIT in January, when that there were classified docu- location of the 84 Mass Ave stop they left a cell phone on the bus, we television news media” was a clip the Manning was on leave, and that ments in the Boston area. to W11 on Amherst Alley. Service can only say ‘Call EZRide.’” from the finale episode of season the student later exchanged “as “I was under the impression that to Building 42 on Vassar St. will be Brutti said this would not be a four of the television show Baby- many as 10” e-mails with Manning they believed that perhaps Bradley discontinued, and the Media Lab problem. lon 5, “Deconstructing of Falling about security issues, The Globe had used friends in Cambridge as a stop will be moved to the EZRide EZRide driver Juan Paiz hasn’t Stars,” at http://www.youtube.com/ said. mechanism for moving documents,” route. The Tech Shuttle’s Stata Cen- heard any complaints from current watch?v=PA-omGPUwBE. “I categorically deny that I had he said. ter stop will be the closest to the EZRide riders. “As long as the cus- “One hundred years in B5’s fu- any role in helping Manning leak The civilian also said that the current Building 42 stop. Even with tomer is happy, we’re happy.” ture, we have the usual downplay- anything,” the former student told Army had offered him “a consider- the route changes, the shuttle will To provide a smoother transi- ing. But an old and secluded Delenn The Globe. able amount of money if I were to maintain it’s 20-minute time to go tion, employees from MIT Parking makes a final stunning appearance. That student told The Globe keep my ear to the ground and be around its loop route. and Transportation and EZRide will ‘You do not wish to know any- he knows people who work for an in with them with WikiLeaks.” Al Ahlquist, an MIT shuttle be at major stops next week. thing. You wish only to speak. That WikiLeaks, but said never met or He said that he had turned the Army driver for 5 years, said that he didn’t For the new EZRide detailed which you know, you ignore be- communicated with WikiLeaks down and that he had no connec- know how it would affect the num- schedule and route maps, visit cause it is inconvenient. That which founder Julian Assange. tion to WikiLeaks. The other civilian ber of people taking the shuttle or http://ezride.info. you do not know, you invent.’” also said in an interview Friday that The one comment underneath Students sympathetic to he had no connection to WikiLeaks. Clark’s wall post is from Adrian WikiLeaks The first civilian said it appeared Lamo, the man who turned in Man- WikiLeaks’ idea of free informa- from the questioning that Army MBTA routes now on NextBus ning to the authorities. tion dissemination appears to reso- investigators “are trying to build a “OK, differences aside, you nate with many MIT students, and network among Bradley’s friends to Tracking information for select MBTA routes is now accessible via get massive points for this refer- with the culture of free information infiltrate WikiLeaks.” NextBus, the web site that shows the current position and predicted ence. ♥,” Lamo said. that pervades the Institute. Defense Secretary Robert M. arrival times of buses, at http://nextbus.com. Steve Howland ’11, Chairman Gates denounced WikiLeaks on MBTA routes near MIT covered by NextBus include the CT1, CT2, Adrian Lamo, the hacker of The Tech, said in a statement: Thursday for endangering lives be- CT3, and the No. 1. Lamo, a computer hacker who “A member of The Tech’s staff ap- cause it included the names and NextBus will also show tracking for the EZRide shuttle starting this year traded instant messages proached us in late 2009 to see how villages of Afghan informants in the some time in September. with Manning, said in a telephone we might best support WikiLeaks documents released. He has asked According to Lawrence R. Brutti of MIT Parking and Transpor- interview Friday with The New and its mission. A mirror server was the FBI to assist in the Army inqui- tation, GPS trackers with NextBus software will be installed in the York Times that he believed that briefly and informally considered ry. Unlike the military, the FBI can EZRide shuttles before the end of August. WikiLeaks was in part directing on a Tech mailing list, but when prosecute civilians. However, because it will take a little while for the trackers to Manning and providing technical legal concerns were raised the idea “learn the route,” tracking will not be fully operational until the end assistance to him in downloading was not pursued. The Tech had no For MIT students, it was just of September. The NextBus system already tracks the existing MIT classified information from military direct contact with Manning or any about a storage space shuttles. computers. Military officials would member of WikiLeaks.” Van Kleek suspected he was —Joanna Kao not confirm Lamo’s claim. Julian cc’d on the e-mail thread involving Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, Charges against Manning Manning because of his storage unit did not respond to a Times e-mail The Army has charged Manning at the Metropolitan Storage Ware- seeking comment. with disclosing a classified video of a house. Lamo is cooperating with the U.S. helicopter attack to WikiLeaks, “It would be VERY HARD get- Sodium drops in Charles Army and has a strained relation- as well as more than 150,000 clas- ting anything out of my extremely ship with WikiLeaks. Last month, sified diplomatic cables. Military overpacked storage unit,” he said. WikiLeaks denounced Lamo along officials said Friday that the private “I’ve boobytrapped it with a VERY are an unsafe tradition with a Wired News reporter, Kevin was also the main suspect in the dis- LARGE STUFFED ANIMAL that will Poulsen, who broke the story about closure to WikiLeaks of more than promptly fall onto the head of any TEP sodium, from Page 1 the Charles River. When the sodium Manning’s arrest, as “notorious fel- 90,000 classified documents about unsuspecting person who tries to contacts the water, a chemical reac- ons, informers and manipulators.” the Afghan war, some of which were open the unit.” erine Nardin, volunteers for Charles tion between the elemental sodium As Lamo characterized it in published by The New York Times, This article contains reporting River Cleanup Boat (a non-profit and the water creates sodium hy- Friday’s interview, Manning “was the German magazine Der Spie- from The New York Times Syndicate organization that removes floating droxide and releases hydrogen gas, to a great extent manipulated by gel and the British newspaper The / News Service, as well as reporting debris from the Charles River), suf- which lights on fire — it’s like fire- WikiLeaks.” Lamo, who had exten- Guardian. by Tech staff. fered chemical and thermal burns works for your fish. after a piece of sodium they re- In April of 2008, Bhaskar Mook- trieved from the Charles exploded. erji G confessed to having dropped Three paramedics sent to treat them sodium into the Charles River a few also received chemical burns. days before the volunteers were in- After it became increasingly jured. 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Call: Peddie, TEP, and Amrco LLC did Soccer fans watch the final game of the 2010 World Cup in the 2nd floor lounge of the Stratton Student James Dennis Leary, Esq. not respond to emails sent Tuesday Center on July 11. Spain defeated the Netherlands to win the 19th FIFA World Cup. 321-544-0012 night regarding the settlement.