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PDF of This Issue The Weather MIT’s Today: Mostly cloudy, 75°F (24°C) Tonight: Cloudy with rain Oldest and Largest overnight, 60°F (16°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, 73°F (23°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 127, Number 47 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, October 19, 2007 $160 Million Raised Group Hosts Gambling Lecture In Campaign So Far ‘Bringing Down the House’ Author Is One of Three Speakers at Forum Campaign to Raise $500 Million in Total By Natasha Plotkin of the Campaign for Students, STAFF REPORTER “we’ve been meeting with alumni Since its launch in 2006, the in small groups trying to engage do- Campaign for Students has raised nors and generate enthusiasm for the $160 million out of the targeted $500 campaign,” Clay said. Presentations million over five years. have taken place in major centers of The $160 million raised so far alumni across the country, said Clay. puts the campaign “ahead of sched- There will be a public launch on ule,” said Chancellor Phillip L. Clay campus next fall. PhD ’75, and well along the way to “The approach is not to emphasize meeting the intermediate goal of a list of what we need money for, but $250 million by October 2008. rather to show the human face and the The $500 million would contrib- energy of the student body,” Clay said. ute to programs across the Institute, “We’re saying, invest in students.” with $200 million slated for under- The campaign is communicating this graduate financial aid and scholar- message by showcasing students in ships, $100 million each to graduate various media, including live presen- student fellowships, student life, and tations, a book on the campaign, and student learning, said Clay. a Web site (http://thehumanfactor.mit. The money will not be aimed edu/) highlighting individual students’ specifically at generating any major experiences at the Institute. new programs, but rather on support- Alumni may choose to donate to ALEX H. CHan—THE TECH ing current programs because “MIT specific causes within the campaign, Ben Mezrich, bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and Busting Vegas, talks about his books is very good at coming up with new such as international programs or and how he became acquainted with the MIT Blackjack Team. Mezrich was one of three featured speak- ideas, but sometimes we don’t have student life, Dare said. They may ers at a Technology & Culture Forum at MIT lecture Wednesday, Oct. 17 in 10-250. money to support what’s already also direct their donations toward here,” said Campaign Director Ste- short-term spending that may fund, By Ryan Ko ence, Technology, and Society and his two best-selling books, Bring- phen A. Dare. for example, scholarships or athlet- STAFF REPORTER Maressa H. Orzack, founder of the ing Down the House and Busting Clay said that the primary source ics, or long-term spending through Approximately 75 people at- Computer Addiction Service and Vegas, in which he describes how of donations for the campaign will be investment in endowments. tended the Technology & Culture faculty at Harvard Medical School. two different groups of MIT stu- individual people, especially alumni, Faculty and staff across the In- Forum at MIT lecture, “Gambling: The forum aimed to discuss dents played lucratively profitable as opposed to corporations and foun- stitute are involved in the campaign. Face to Face or interface?” held “the culture of gaming in America blackjack. “I was always a horrible dations, which are the primary source MIT Corporation members have also Wednesday evening in 10-250. The and the way new technologies are gambler,” he said. However, af- of funding for other campaigns. The supported the campaign by hosting lecture featured bestselling author changing it,” according to the T&C ter meeting a few members of the other two major fundraising initia- events and donating money. “I think Ben Mezrich, famous for his novels Web site. team at the Crossroads Irish Pub in tives on campus now are for the MIT we’ll be very successful since we’ve about the MIT Blackjack Team. Mezrich started the forum by Boston, he decided to follow them Energy Initiative and the Center for gotten excellent support so far,” Clay Other speakers at the event were narrating how he became acquaint- to Vegas and wrote the books soon Cancer Research, according to Dare. said. “We have a chance to do better MIT Assistant Professor Nata- ed with the MIT Blackjack Team, During the initial “silent” phase than $500 million.” sha Schüll of the Program on Sci- then presented brief synopses of Gambling, Page 8 FutureBOSTON Project Invites Open Dialogue Regarding City By Jeff Guo attracting talent. But FutureBOS- site warns. “They’re more liv- creasingly mobile — and fickle opposed to telling the beehive what STAFF REPORTER TON, an urban development project able, more affordable, easier to get — FutureBOSTON targets the city’s to do,” Piper said. With world-class universities, in- and competition organized by MIT, around, and faster at getting things health care infrastructure, civic de- At the heart of FutureBOSTON novative young insists that the city can — and must done.” sign, and energy practices, areas are three online competitions de- companies, and — do better. Thomas J. Piper, FutureBOS- that Piper says are of chief concern veloping proposals for improving Feature a vibrant arts “Cities around the world are TON executive director and princi- to the modern city. Using an on- health, design, and sustainability in community, Boston is no slouch at catching up fast,” the project Web pal research scientist at MIT’s De- line social networking application the city. Participants will be men- partment of Urban Planning, said, written by researchers at MIT, the tored by experts in the field and “People are moving to cities like project will invite open dialogue winners chosen from each category Portland without a job [lined up]; between all Bostonians about the will further develop their ideas with people are moving to Boston to get city’s future, making public the sort the help of MIT’s Department of an education to move to Portland. of planning previously restricted to Urban Planning and Sloan School’s We want to keep them here.” closed committees of academics, Entrepreneurship Center. To keep Boston competitive politicians, and businesspeople. “Honest to God, it is a revolu- in an economy where talent is in- “We’re asking the beehive, as Boston, Page 11 were delayed since they had to wait until the drain Leak Cuts Off Water, problems were resolved. The blockage was finally cleared by noon on Tues- Internet at Burton-Conner day after a sewage backup was discovered again on Sewage problems struck Burton-Conner late Mon- Tuesday morning, said Burton-Conner Housemas- day evening, Oct. 15, resulting in a temporary water ter Bronwyn M. Mellquist. The sewage backup was cutoff. According to the Information Services and caused after a “T-shirt was presumably flushed down Technology 3DOWN status page, a resultant drain the toilet,” Mellquist said. leak damaged network infra- —Valery K. Brobbey and Nick Semenkovich structure at Burton-Conner, News leaving the dormitory without Internet access. Faculty Debate Institute’s IS&T restored connectivity Briefs by 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after re- Use of ‘Reckless’ placing a network switch, associated equipment, and At its monthly meeting this Wednesday, the MIT a fiber optic cable. faculty discussed a resolution that would request Theresa M. Regan, director of operations and in- frastructure services at IS&T, said that IS&T’s repairs News Briefs, Page 13 In Short NEWS World & Nation ... 2 ¶ Drew Gilpin Faust was inaugurated as Harvard Pushing colleges to Opinion .......... 4 University’s 28th and first woman president Oct. 12. limit credit offers to ANDREW T. Lukmann—THE TECH Arts ............. 5 ¶ Sol LeWitt’s artwork in Bldg. 4 will be students ........... 8 Eric Abruzzi, an MIT subcontractor, replaces wiring and equip- Comics / Fun Pages .. .6 inaugurated in a dedication ceremony today ment damaged by a drain leak in Burton-Conner House. The BU unveils $1.8 billion from 4–6 p.m. leak knocked out both water and Internet service to the dormi- Sports .......... 16 tory early this week. plan .............. 10 ¶ Community Giving at MIT kicks off with a used book sale Monday in Lobby 10 and 10-105. Page THE TECH October 19, 007 WORLD & NATION Torre Declines Yankees’ Offer, Returning Opposition Leader Ends an Era of Success By Tyler Kepner THE NEW YORK TIMES Met With Bombs in Pakistan It was the longest-running and most successful show in the Bronx in decades, running from 1996 through 007 and stretching into October ev- By Carlotta Gall or more, who danced on the tops the celebration, thousands of support- ery season. By the end, it was playing to sold-out crowds almost nightly, and Salman Masood of buses and surged forward as she ers and workers from her party had and there were moments of magic that may never be repeated. THE NEW YORK TIMES inched her way for hours through her lined Bhutto’s route, waving banners But the curtain fell on the Joe Torre Era on Thursday when Torre, who KARACHI, Pakistan home city. and surging forward for a glimpse of will someday enter the Hall of Fame for his work as the Yankees’ man- Two bombs exploded Thursday The strong outpouring provided the opposition leader as she inched her ager, rejected the team’s one-year contract offer to stay. The Yankees said just seconds apart and feet from a an emotional homecoming for Bhutto way through the streets. they would begin a search for a new manager.
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