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Volume 126, Number 37 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, September 12, 2006 MIT Cable Reviewed With Student Surveys Group Formed to Investigate Viewing Needs By Apoorva Murarka choice of channels that can possibly In response to requests from be replaced and channels that the stu- members of the student body regard- dents may want included in the new ing recent proposed changes to the lineup. This survey is being managed MIT Cable channel lineup, an inter- by both the UA and the GSC, and it est group named Cable-storm was is being hosted by the Sidney–Pacific formed in late spring with the aim of graduate community, said Gerald E. improving programming on the MIT Dalley G, GSC Housing and Com- Cable service, Cable-storm member munity Affairs Committee co-chair. Natalija Z. Jovanovic G said. Natalija Jovanovic said that the Cable-storm is comprised of rep- survey has received “a very good re- resentatives from the Undergraduate sponse from both the graduate and the Association, Graduate Student Coun- undergraduate students.” cil, Dormitory Council, MIT Cable “Cable-storm is looking for more Television, and Housing, said Jova- responses so as to establish the survey novic. results more firmly,” Jovanovic said. The current proposal is to drop All students are encouraged to par- a few analog channels and add new ticipate in the survey. ones in their place. A new survey ESPN and Comedy Central are opened late in the summer and will probably the top undergraduate choic- continue to run through Sept. 30, Jovanovic said. The survey offers a Cable, Page 13 CSAIL Director Brooks To Step Down by 2007 By Jihye Kim of this collaboration, Brooks said Rodney Brooks, the current direc- that one of the biggest challenges tor of MIT’s Computer Science and the program faces is obtaining fund- Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, is ing for long-term research projects. stepping down after a 14 year career Another goal he has in mind for this in pursuit of further research and program is to recruit more women, as teaching opportunities at the CSAIL. the percentage of women at CSAIL Brooks is scheduled to step down by is notably lower than the overall In- end of June 2007, after 10 years of stitute undergraduate population. serving as director and 4 years as as- Brooks said he has decided to step sistant director. down as director because he wants “Right now I get to work with all to return to teaching as well as start of the faculty, always meeting this work on a theoretical and a practical MINDY ENG one and that one. Later, it will be project that he has devised. A full-size replica of a fire truck appeared on the Great Dome during the night between Sunday, lonelier,” said Brooks of his resigna- Brook’s theoretical research, Sept. 10, and Monday, Sept. 11, commemorating the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 tion. which he calls “adaptive computa- terror attacks. The firetruck is scheduled to be taken down between 10 amd 11 a.m. today. For a Under Brooks, CSAIL has been tion,” is inspired by the extreme more detailed photograph, turn to page 19. involved in many smaller collabora- tive projects with companies. In spite CSAIL, Page 11 MIT Museum to Relocate TechNomads Tackle Trans-Continental Trek By Rosa Cao ing start in Paris when they found a get across Iran — everyone’s driving EXECUTIVE EDITOR Renault with just under 75,000 miles wherever they can over there.” In a daredevil implementation of on it for the bargain price of 500 In addition to the mad driving After Planned Renovation the 21st century corporate credo to euros (around $650). It took them a skills, the self-styled TechNomads By Irene Lee seum’s image is necessary in order “do good by doing well,” four MIT week or so to learn to drive a manual, also spoke five languages between With an unassuming exterior to establish a larger presence in the students took the low road (when but “we’re all pretty good drivers now marked by dusty window displays community. there was a road) and a one liter … you have to be a decent driver to TechNomads, Page 16 and a lone red banner, it is no won- “We are looking at becoming a Renault across Eastern Europe and der that the MIT Museum is not much bigger voice in communicat- Central Asia this summer, ready to drawing an ideal audience. This is ing the work of MIT,” Rosenthal do good by having a blast. something the museum hopes to said. “We want to make research and The so-called race of a Mongol change by a series of renovations innovation accessible to everyone, Rally revels in absurdity; getting topped off with a complete reloca- and our new [plan] sets some pretty from Point A (London, UK) to Point tion to The Metropolitan Storage ambitious goals for recreating the B (Ulan Bator, Mongolia) fast is not Warehouse, located on the corner of museum as a gateway to MIT.” the point at all: doing it in the most ri- Vassar St. and Massachusetts Ave., The first step of this plan has diculous and inefficient way possible within the next five years. been to create programs that reach while collecting some good stories Beryl Rosenthal, director of ex- out to a more diverse audience than is closer to the idea. As a convenient hibitions and public programs, be- footnote, should anyone challenge lieves that the overhaul in the mu- MIT Museum, Page 20 you to justify what you did with your summer (or perhaps, “you did what with your summer?!”), participants are required to raise money for char- William A. Garnett ity by way of their trip, to the tune of By Philip Gefter £1,000 (that’s about $1,900 for any THE NEW YORK TIMES provincial Americans out there) per William A. Garnett, who elevated the genre of aerial photography car. SYED F. AHMED to a form of artistic expression with his sweeping pictures of forests, Syed F. “Fareed” Ahmed ’08, Ab- Syed F. “Fareed” Ahmed ’08 sits in the driver’s seat waiting for the sand dunes, agricultural crops and suburban grids, died at his home in dulbasier Aziz G, Javad Golji ’06, and car to refuel at a gas station in France. Javad Golji ’06 stands by the Napa, Calif., on Aug. 26. He was 89. Nadeem A. Mazen ’06 got a promis- pumps and Nadeem A. Mazen G sits in the passenger seat. His death was confirmed by his son, Bill. For more than 50 years and 10,000 hours of flying time, Garnett piloted his own 1955 Cessna 170B as he photographed out the window, In Short NEWS World & Nation ...... 2 using a variety of camera formats, with both black-and-white and color films. He flew above every state in the country, as well as in other parts ¶ The MIT Vendor Fair will take Opinion ...... 4 place under the big white tent near News Briefs ...... Page 10 of the world. Bldg. 54 on Thursday, Sept. 14. Campus Life ...... 5 “The polished aluminum two-seat Cessna was his studio, a pri- Justice Grant . . . . Page 11 vate place where the imagination was released from everyday reality,” Sponsored by Procurement, over a Comics / Fun Pages . . . 7 hundred of MIT’s vendors will be Weston Naef, curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, said present. Harvard Admission .Page 17 Daily Confusion . . . . . 14 Garnett, Page 17 Send news information and tips to Sports ...... 24 [email protected]. Page 2 THE TECH September 12, 2006 WORLD & NATION After Official is Killed, September Terrorist Attacks His Funeral is Bombed By Carlotta Gall THE NEW YORK TIMES KABUL, AFGHANISTAN Remembered at Ground Zero A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday at the funeral of the assassinated governor of Paktia province, killing at least seven people By Sheryl Gay Stolberg I know. But I do not approve. And “But in this place we are inspired and wounding as many as 40. Five of the dead were policemen, and and Christine Hauser I am not resigned. “Surrounded by by a light of patriotism,” Franks said. two were children. THE NEW YORK TIMES police and firefighters at a firehouse “We honor the 40 passengers and The funeral was for Hakim Taniwal, a tribal elder and provincial Americans observed a solemn day in lower Manhattan, President Bush members of the crew of flight 93 governor who was killed in a suicide attack outside his office on Sun- of remembrance Monday in memori- observed the anniversary with back- who were, as has been correctly said, day. He was buried in his home district of Tanai, in Khost province, als around the United States to mark to-back moments of silence, 17 min- one moment ordinary citizens, and where he had also served as governor after the fall of the Taliban. the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, utes apart, each marking the precise the next heroes forever.” “The number of wounded is very high,” the provincial police chief, 2001 attacks, pausing at ground zero time that terrorists flew hijacked As at other memorials, the sol- Gen. Muhammad Ayub, said by telephone. “Actually, we don’t know in New York City and the two other planes into the twin towers. emn strains of bagpipes infused the how many people were wounded yet.” 9/11 sites for moments of silence, The president and Mrs. Bush did ceremony at the Pentagon, where President Hamid Karzai, who was a close friend of Taniwal, de- tributes and a recitation of the names not speak during the ceremony but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld nounced the attack as a “heinous act of terrorism” and “an act against of those who were killed. bowed their heads solemnly during the mixed sympathy for the survivors of Islam and humanity.” “It surely cannot be easy to come moments of silence, one at 8:46 and the attack victims with defiance toward “The enemies of Afghanistan, by carrying out a terrorist attack on to this site,” said Mayor Michael R. other at 9:03. The morning sun bathed the attackers and their sponsors. He the funeral ceremony of Hakim Taniwal, showed that they are not only Bloomberg, speaking at ground zero, them in a warm light reflecting back said “grief soon hardened into re- against the traditions and culture of Afghans, but also against Islamic after a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. off the red of the firehouse doors. solve” to prevent more attacks and to law,” Karzai said in a statement issued by his office. marking the moment that the first In Shanksville, Pa., the sono- punish those responsible. plane struck the World Trade Center. rous toll of a bell sounded after each Vice President Richard Cheney “Who can know what is in your name of the 40 passengers and crew struck a similar tone. He quoted an un- OPEC to Hold Production hearts,” he said. was read out at a remembrance cer- named lieutenant colonel who called In the silence, under a clear blue emony of United Airlines Flight 93 the smashing of an airliner into the Pen- Levels — For Now sky, families and friends of people in which speakers praised the coura- tagon as “cheap, dirty and senseless.” By Jad Mouawad killed in the attacks lowered their geous behavior of those who fought Bush is scheduled to attend THE NEW YORK TIMES VIENNA, AUSTRIA heads. Some clutched flowers and the hijackers. wreath-laying observances in Shanks- OPEC said on Monday that it would keep its current production photographs as tears fell. Expressions of grief were etched ville and at the Pentagon in Arlington, levels unchanged for the time being but hinted that it was ready to cut Gov. George Pataki quoted from on the faces of family members Va. It would be the first time since production as some delegates voiced concerns that high oil inventories “Dirge Without Music,” by Edna St. as they listened. American flags the first anniversary of the attacks, on and slowing demand might ignite a plunge in prices. Vincent Millay: snapped in the breeze, a backdrop to Sept. 11, 2002, that Bush has observed OPEC’s decision, which was widely expected, means that oil sup- “Gently they go, the beautiful, the words of Gen. Tommy Franks, the the anniversary in all three places. He plies will remain ample for the time being, despite losses from BP the tender, the kind; retired head of Central Command, as will then return to Washington, where operations in Alaska, chronic shortages in Iraq and attacks on Nigeria’s Quietly they go, the intelligent, he called 9/11 a day when America he plans to address the nation from oil exporting terminals. Oil inventories in the United States have been the witty, the brave. was “shaken to her core.” the Oval Office Monday night. building and are now above their five-year average. But OPEC said firmly that it would monitor the market more care- fully in coming months for signs of further price declines. Some min- isters are worried that a new dynamic is taking hold, ending a rally that Genocide Trial Continues After has led to a tripling of oil prices in five years. The group’s final statement said that OPEC would cut production if prices fell more. It did not indicate a price level at which the cut would Three-Week Hiatus For Hussein be made. By Paul Von Zielbauer cuss security and political issues. villagers saw Iraqi military planes THE NEW YORK TIMES In the trial, Saddam and six other drop bombs that issued white smoke Mysterious Migration of Swans BAGHDAD, IRAQ former officials in his government that smelled of garlic. Villages who The trial of Saddam Hussein on face charges that they killed more did not die from the chemicals devel- Linked to Spread of Avian Flu charges of genocide against Iraq’s than 50,000 Kurdish Iraqis during a oped large blisters, she said. By Donald G. Mcneil Jr. Kurds resumed Monday following 1988 campaign in northern Iraq, in A second witness, Ahmed Ab- THE NEW YORK TIMES a nearly three-week hiatus, while which the government used conven- del Rahman Ahmed, described Iraqi Tracking avian flu sometimes comes down to moves that have a lot sectarian violence continued on tional and chemical weapons against troops who razed his village in Sep- of slapstick potential, like sprinting down a muddy Mongolian beach Baghdad’s streets, killing more than civilians. Saddam also faces the tember 1987. “They evacuated the trying to tackle a scared but temporarily flightless swan. “They’re a dozen people in the suicide bomb- charge of genocide. village and burned the houses,” he pretty fast, even when they can’t fly, and the 100-yard dash is not my ing of a crowded bus downtown. He and his co-defendants main- told the court, adding that they also specialty,” said John Takekawa, a research wildlife biologist with the At a meeting of Parliament in- tain that the campaign was military, stole 100 of his sheep and goats. U.S. Geological Survey. side the fortified Green Zone here, to support Iraqi troops who were Defense lawyers characterized Takekawa was part of an international team that spent part of August on meanwhile, an effort by a group of trying to suppress Kurdish militias those raids as a necessary reaction the shores of Lake Khorin Tsagaan in Mongolia catching whooper swans Shiite lawmakers to promote legis- backed by Iran. to the Kurdish villagers’ refusal to and strapping tiny transmitters to their backs. If all goes well, the transmitters lation that would allow Iraq to be On Monday, three Kurdish wit- leave their homes after being ordered will help unveil an ornithological mystery: which way whoopers migrate. partitioned into autonomous regions nesses described attacks in 1987 and to relocate to a new, restricted area The issue became more important last year when field veterinarians appeared to lose some momentum 1988 in which chemical gas attacks by the Hussein government. from the Wildlife Conservation Society who were investigating the deaths Monday after a rival Shiite bloc dis- in Iraq’s mountainous northeast re- As has become his custom, Sad- of hundreds of migratory birds on remote lakes in China and Mongolia sented. gion by Iraqi troops left villagers dam spent part of his day lecturing found that whoopers were among those infected with A(H5N1) influenza. 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� � � � Warm Front Light Low Pressure Haze ����� Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane � � Meteorology Staff � � Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech September 12, 2006 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Agreement Reached Following Asian Ox Feared Extinct May Never Have Existed By Mark Derr Meeting Between Hamas, Abbas THE NEW YORK TIMES By Steven Erlanger days we will begin forming the gov- siege and minimize the tensions on In the 1930s, the kouprey trotted like a revelation out of the forests and Greg Myre ernment of national unity.” the street.” of central Indochina and into the world of modern science. Here was THE NEW YORK TIMES While the two factions have Fatah says it is prepared to nego- a large wild ox with the speed and grace of a deer and an impressive GAZA agreed on a political program, its de- tiate with Israel and seeks a Palestin- set of horns, and it had been hiding in plain view, having never been The Palestinian Authority presi- tails were unclear. It is expected to be ian state based on the 1967 borders, officially discovered by science. dent, Mahmoud Abbas, said Monday limited to this unity government and which would include all of the West But now, just 70 years after the first captive kouprey was sent to that he had reached a tentative agree- not commit the Hamas movement to Bank and the Gaza Strip, with a capi- France from Cambodia for study, the last species of wild Asian cattle to ment with Hamas to form a national its words. A national unity govern- tal in East Jerusalem. become known scientifically may become the first to vanish in modern unity government in an attempt to ment will also have representatives Hamas, which has always re- times — and not necessarily through extinction. end the international isolation and of other Palestinian factions like fused to recognize Israel, says that Rather, three biologists from Northwestern University and the Cam- the cutoff in Western assistance. Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front all the land in the region belongs to bodian Forestry Administration have proposed a taxonomic demotion. In a speech on Palestinian tele- for the Liberation of Palestine, said Muslims. However, Hamas has said In a paper published online in July by The Journal of Zoology, they say vision, Abbas said that it would Ghazi Hamad, the spokesman for the it would consider a long-term truce the kouprey (koh-PRAY) is probably a domestic hybrid that became still take several days to finish the current Hamas government. with Israel if a Palestinian state is es- feral, a zoological poseur, not a valid species. deal and provided no details of how “We’re trying to make a balance tablished on the 1967 borders. The biologists’ proposal has met stiff opposition within the small Hamas and Fatah had resolved their between the requirements of the in- Aides to Abbas said Monday that group of scientists who study Asian wild cattle. Several say the paper considerable differences. ternational community and Palestin- he hopes to be able to disband the misinterpreted the genetics and history of the kouprey, which may still “We have finalized the elements ian factions,” Hamad said. “For ev- current Hamas government within exist in domesticated form. of the political agenda of the national eryone to sit at the same table won’t the next 48 hours, but that the two Although rare, elusive and enigmatic, kouprey are recognizable: unity government,” Abbas said in his be easy, but we need to do this. We factions still disagreed over impor- longer-legged, more graceful, faster and slightly larger than the closely speech. “Hopefully, in the coming hope it will break the international tant portfolios. related banteng, and slightly smaller than the gaur, the largest of the wild cattle. Bin Laden Deputy Warns of Attack For Some, Acceptance or Support Is Answer By Andrew Pollack On Anniversary of Terrorist Strikes THE NEW YORK TIMES LONG BEACH, CALIF. By Mark Mazzetti country’s recent war with Hezbollah, the Internet, was unusually long com- Ken Koroll, a 32-year-old compliance officer for the Occupational THE NEW YORK TIMES and he called on the Muslim world “to pared with previous videos released by Safety and Health Administration, stutters so badly that he often writes WASHINGTON rush with everything at its disposal to As-Sahab, al-Qaida’s clandestine me- his questions to the companies he inspects rather than speaking them. Osama bin Laden’s top deputy the aid of its Muslim brothers in Leba- dia production arm based in Pakistan. But Koroll, who lives in Peoria, Ill., said he had come to terms with his used the fifth anniversary of the Sept. non and Gaza,” according to a full Terrorism experts in Washington inability to speak fluently. 11 attacks on Monday to urge fellow transcript of the video provided by the were examining the tape on Monday “When I was 27 or 28, I actually stopped fighting it and started em- Muslims around the world to take up SITE institute, which tracks violent to find any coded messages that Zawa- bracing it,” he said. “This is who I am and what I am, and I accept it. If arms against the United States, and Islamist groups. hiri might be sending to his followers. anyone else can’t, that’s their problem, not mine.” warned of new attacks by al-Qaida Zawahiri said that al-Qaida would American government officials did not Such an attitude appears to be rare among people who stutter. Many throughout the Middle East. strike again in coming weeks, but he appear to be concerned that the tape become “covert stutterers,” avoiding jobs and social situations in which Dressed in a white robe and turban gave no indication of the type of tar- might signal an impending attack. they have to talk. and seated in front of shelves filled gets or specific locations. “It’s one tape of what they said was Koroll’s attitude of what might be called stutterers’ lib is fostered with books, the deputy, Ayman al-Za- “The days are pregnant and giving going to be a media blitz. We take it by the National Stuttering Association, which runs support groups wahiri, said American troops in Iraq birth to new events with Allah’s per- as propaganda,” said an American around the nation. The group’s three-day annual meeting, which took and Afghanistan were “doomed to mission and guidance,” Zawahiri said intelligence official, who spoke on place in a hotel here at the end of June, attracted about 525 children defeat” and pledged that the U.S. mili- in the video, during which he is asked condition of anonymity under ground and adults. tary would be expelled entirely from a series of questions by an anonymous rules imposed by his agency. “We take “A lot of people who stutter don’t want to be viewed as a person its bases in the Persian Gulf region. interviewer. all these tapes seriously, but over the with a disability,” said Michael Sugarman, a social worker from Oak- Zawahiri criticized America’s Running more than an hour, the Za- years they have been propaganda and land who co-founded the organization in 1977. military support for Israel during the wahiri video, broadcast on CNN and not substance.” Page 4 THE TECH September 12, 2006 OPINION

The article “Students Embark On Institute ‘Road Trip’” in the Aug. 28 issue incorrectly reported that there were four new Freshman Pre-orientation Programs this year. There were actually five new FPOPs this year: architecture, biking, hiking, electrical engineering and Chairman Corrections computer science, and literature. Zachary Ozer ’07 Editor in Chief Marie Y. Thibault ’08 Development Disillusionment Business Manager Jeffrey Chang ’08 self-awareness, global awareness, and skills as from pursuing that passion. Instead, I hope By Matt Zedler an engineer far exceeded the benefit to anyone to impart a kernel of wisdom into some other Managing Editor I met in the developing countries. I wasn’t able young “do-gooder,” highlighting the importance Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08 It was over 30°C, the sun was burning down to accomplish nearly as much world salvation of looking at a larger picture of how to approach Executive Editor on my exposed flesh, and I was sitting in a hole as I had hoped, though I gained a greater ap- development. Changing the world demands that full of muddy water. Another student and I were preciation for life in the US and found clearer one develop a sense of global understanding and Rosa Cao G testing a small-scale hydropower turbine and perspectives on several issues. self-awareness. International development work generator in Sri Lanka, hoping to determine Some of the luster has worn from my “do- is an exciting, often frustrating, sometimes re- NEWS STAFF why system conversion efficiency was an abys- gooder” attitude, and I have even acquired a few warding way to start on that path. As with most Editors: Marissa Vogt ’06, Benjamin P. Glei- mally low 15 percent. This summer was my conservative ideas. Money does drive things, things, there are multiple ways to make a dif- tzman ’09, Angeline Wang ’09; Staff: Curt second spent in a “developing” country, and the and even (especially) in a developing country, ference, and one must make sure that one’s ap- Fischer G, John A. Hawkinson ’98, Waseem experience taught me several lessons. one must consider the economic feasibility of proach to the problem is the most effective. S. Daher ’07, Ray C. He ’07, Tongyan Lin ’07, I got into international development while at an idea. Private sector investment and small- Many fall prey to the myth that international Hanhan Wang ’07, Michael Snella ’08, Jiao MIT through Amy Smith’s D-Lab class (SP.721) scale entrepreneurship have a large if not para- development is an exhausting, fruitless career Wang ’08, Daniela Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin Cheng during my sophomore year. It was something I mount role in stimulating economic and social path that leaves one destitute, disillusioned and ’09, Gabriel Fouasnon ’09, Hannah Hsieh ’09, thought I could feel good about doing, through far from one’s home country, but the reality can Diana Jue ’09, Laura Nicholson ’09, Ji Qi ’09, which I could sidestep the evils of the capitalist be quite different. There are four billion people Yinuo Qian ’09, Kirtana Raja ’09, Yi Zhou ’09; rat race and help “save the world.” It sounded Changing the world demands who earn less than $1,500 annually, while only Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan G, Robert Korty so good: simple technologies, like hand-driven 100 million earn more than $20,000 annually. G, Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, Roberto water pumps, paper brick presses, and biogas that one develop a sense of global College graduates often want to go into the Rondanelli G, Brian H. Tang G, Tim Whitcomb generators, could vastly improve the lives of seemingly more lucrative world of high-end G, Angela Zalucha G. millions who lack the opulent lifestyle most of understanding and self-awareness. technology and consultancy, marketing their us enjoy here in the United States. skills to an already saturated market. Instead, PRODUCTION STAFF In the words of a conservative talk-show simple, cheap solutions marketed to the people Editors: Tiffany Dohzen G, Austin Chu ’08; host, I became a “liberal do-gooder,” selflessly development. I now believe that individual de- at the bottom of the financial pyramid could Associate Editor: Rong Hu ’08; Staff: Sie foregoing the comforts of home to travel to “ex- pendence on government welfare must decrease prove even more profitable, as the number who Hendrata Dharmawan G, Valery K. Brobbey otic” countries, naively expecting to change the for a country to prosper, and capitalist business could purchase such products is significantly ’08, Emily Ko ’08. world for the better by doing so. sense can be used to improve NGO efficiency. greater. Of course, no one told me that many of those Organizations such as the Gates Charitable There are several other examples of how OPINION STAFF poor souls who I felt needed my help would al- Trust are rooted in capitalist business successes, existing economic and management skills can Editor: Aditya Kohli ’09; Staff: Hector H. ready have devised their own solutions to fulfill and they can have a substantial impact on solving be applied to developing countries’ markets, in Hernandez G, Barun Singh G, Josh Levinger their basic needs, wouldn’t speak English, and large-scale, world-changing problems. Without a win-win situation for both those who see the ’07, Justin Wong ’07, Ali S. Wyne ’08, Krishna would generally regard me as an over-eager private sector profits, I wouldn’t have even been opportunities and those living in the developing Gupta ’09. tourist rather than as a savior come to rescue able to afford visits to developing countries, as countries. While a career in international devel- them from the ravages of their traditional life- the majority of grants used for such projects are opment may not be for everyone, the impact of SPORTS STAFF style. either sponsored by the private sector, or funded living in an increasingly connected world en- Editor: Travis Johnson ’08; Staff: Chris Bet- My summers in Lesotho and Sri Lanka by hard-working taxpayers through government sures that it makes sense to understand the world tinger G, Ryan Lanphere ’06, Albert Ni ’09. slowly showed me that development is some- programs. that exists outside of the “bubble” of MIT. thing that takes time and cultural investment. The purpose of this article is not to dissuade Matt Zedler is a member of the class of ARTS STAFF I found that my own development in terms of those interested in international development 2007. Editors: Jillian Berry ’08, Nivair H. Gabriel ’08; Staff: Bogdan Fedeles G, Kapil Amarnath ’07, Tony Hwang ’07, Andrew Lee ’07, Nikhil S. Nadkarni ’07, Mirat Shah ’08.

PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Editors: Christina Kang ’08, Omari Stephens ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09; Staff: Melanie Mill- er G, Stanley Hu ’00, Scott Johnston ’03, Fred Gay ’07, Dmitry Kashlev ’07, Stephanie Dudzic ’08, Scot Frank ’08, Tiffany Iaconis ’08, Nicole Koulisis ’08, Mary-Irene Lang ’08, David M. Templeton ’08, Kenneth Yan ’08, Connie Yee ’08, Sally E. Peach ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Yalu Wu ’09.

CAMPUS LIFE STAFF Editor: Bill Andrews ’05; Staff: Bruce Wu G, Kailas Narendran ’01, Victor Cabral ’07, Ruth Miller ’07; Cartoonists: John David Payne G, Emezie Okorafor ’03, Jia Lou ’07, Ash Turza ’08.

BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Managers: Cokie Hu ’08, Tai Ho Kang ’08; Operations Manager: Jennifer Wong ’07; Staff: Julia Ye ’09.

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Now, anybody can look up Nutty B is currently a graduate student at Dear Nutty B, STAFF COLUMNIST a class schedule, hobbies, interests, favorite MIT who tries to give his two cents worth to As a tourist in the US I happened to pick Rarely do MIT students keep up with cur- media, etc. Forget stalking — some marketing his readers’ questions regarding anything and up a copy of the May 16th issue of The Tech rent events, but in the last week, the universal gurus are probably already exploiting this. everything. Please e-mail him with whatever while on a recent visit to the beautiful Museum conversation starter (“Man, I’m so hosed”) has When I was a freshman, we didn’t have the question you would like someone to listen at MIT in Cambridge, MA. I read with inter- been replaced by “Have you seen the Facebook Facebook to investigate people. We had to walk to, and help him have an excuse to procrasti- est your sound advice to one ‘Getting Blue’ News Feed? It’s so creepy!” through 15 inches of snow and risk frostbite nate at 3:00 a.m. Please send all questions to (see http://www-tech.mit.edu/V126/pdf/N26. People I never considered fervent Facebook to get to an Athena cluster and finger people. [email protected] pdf) with his PhD program, which according users were up in arms about the newest addi- At best, we’d Google someone, and hope the to him is still not getting anywhere eons af- tion to the two-year-old Website. When you subject’s name was obscure enough to provide Dear Nutty B, ter starting. I was dumbfounded seeing (in the log into Facebook, the first thing to come up relevant search results. (For example, I am nei- I am a new graduate student here at MIT, Museum) the amazing display of achievements now is the News Feed section — a detailed list ther as well-worded as Ruth Miller the South and I started my research back in June. I’ve of the many scientists who brought glory to of the most recent actions taken by all of your African poet, nor as comely as Ruth Miller the heard about you and thought I’d give you a their Alma Mater through dedicated work, and friends. A girl from your high school left the silent film star). shot. My question is about advisor-advisee pride to their country through international group Gay Rights. Guy from 3.091 is work- Beyond these rudimentary stalking tech- etiquette. recognition and Nobel prizes. ing in the music library. Phil Vasquez is now niques, there were more advanced tools. I know I bumped into my advisor on my way to the It seemed to me that the scientists worked in Boston. a girl who was stalked by a fifth-year under- airport three hours ago. He stopped me and simply for the joy of working, driven by the sci- Innocent enough, right? grad. He purportedly beat his ex-girlfriend and asked me about my research for three hours. entific spirit of inquiry alone and not at all for The nearly one million members of Stu- his senior project was on stalking — he wrote a My flight will leave in 30 minutes, and I am rewards of recognition. This is a great lesson dents Against Facebook News Feeds (The Of- program that recorded Athena log-ins to deter- still in Building 5. Should I have told him that I for all aspiring researchers everywhere. Of ficial Petition) and Mark Zuckerberg’s personal mine patterns and recommended locations and had a flight to catch? Would that have offended course it is too much to expect every scholar letter of apology suggest otherwise. Somehow, times for potential “interaction”. Of course, him and jeopardized our relationship, thereby to produce results of such colossal magnitude, News Feed managed she only learned all ruining my chances of becoming a post-doc at but anyone can put in his bit and it will only to cross the line be- this by stalking him a a prestigious institution and eventually a ten- add to the glory of the Institution. I would tween convenience and bit. All this occurred in ured professor here in a few years? like to read The Tech regularly from now on sketchiness. Suddenly, Somehow, News Feed managed the archaic days before — Worried about Future - maybe I’ll try the electronic edition on the the formerly most bla- to cross the line between Facebook. Dear Worried about Future, MIT Website when I am back home. sé of Facebook users This only goes to If your flight leaves in 30 minutes, what on — Prabhakaran are screaming privacy convenience and sketchiness. show that true stalking earth are you doing writing me this email? It Dear Prabhakaran, violations. Even the is a serious matter, and seems it’s not advisor-advisee etiquette you Thank you very much for your kind note, recently added privacy that it is only made less should be worrying about, but rather your abil- and on behalf of everyone working here controls aren’t sufficient to completely turn off serious by free and easy access. News Feed was ity to choose what’s important at the moment! at The Tech, I’d like to welcome you to this the feature — who knows what the final News designed to make this information access casu- You sent me this email three weeks ago. Have great community of writers and readers. (Hey, Feed will resemble? al — thus further desensitizing users to privacy you been at your computer waiting for my re- Chairman of The Tech, do I get paid to say The Facebook and privacy are, at best, an concerns. ply ever since? this?) Indeed, every issue of The Tech is on- unstable marriage rife with alcoholism and I realize that my class is the last class of I am sure your advisor didn’t stop you on line, and the web address is www.the-tech.mit. spousal abuse. “It’s so cute and personalized, undergrads at MIT to have entered college purpose to test your “loyalty” or work ethic edu. Remember also to sign up for the Nutty and it’s on the Internet! I’m going to put all my without the Facebook. And maybe I’m old- when you saw him. Yes, perhaps you were pull- B fan club! information on there and be 100 percent acces- fashioned, crusty, or both, but it’s just a little ap- ing a huge suitcase behind you, but with the I am glad you enjoyed the MIT museum. sible to all my friends!” palling when freshmen arrive at MIT with over common lack of fashion sense here, he might There is no point in denying that the scholar- The Boston Globe ran a story several months 700 friends. Or when people save themselves have thought it was simply your backpack. ship at this Institute is world-class, but there ago about an area college student whose nurs- the time to personally catch up with friends by You should have told him you had a flight to is also no reason to hide the unfortunate fact ing-home bound grandmother found out about saying, “just check my Facebook.” Or when catch. No one would have considered you “im- that for the whole Institute to maintain that the student’s pot-smoking through a friend and people ask out other people on Facebook, or polite” if you had, and you could always talk prestige, some people also lose their happiness Facebook. Yeah, sucks to be her, but “duh!” It’s worse, consider “poking” to be flirting. to him once you returned. If it’s really some- here. The silver lining, though, is that there difficult to muster sympathy for someone who Facebook is just so warm and inviting that thing urgent (and if so, why didn’t he talk to are lots of resources available (like Nutty B, could be so naïve. If employers are screening people have dropped their guard. News Feed is you earlier?!) you could always have offered to for instance) for those who seek help to make applicants on Facebook, that’s just one more shocking them back into the reality that they communicate via email. There are lots of ways their lives more enjoyable. There are bright chance for the portion of the applicant pool may have exposed more private information to be a good graduate student without losing people here, but what makes MIT great is, as with common sense to shine. The moral: if you online than they intended. So in this way, News yourself! you say, every bit of contribution from every don’t want the whole world to know, don’t put Feed might actually be a positive, because if And as to your chances of becoming a post- single individual on this campus. it online. people are willing to boycott over the change, doc in some great place and all that blah, the Once again, thank you for sending me this But what I find most shocking is how the they might realize they’re spending too much only thing I can suggest is that you figure out message from across the oceans. Keep reading perception of “stalking” has changed in my time online as it is. how to be a good graduate student first. Baby and e-mailing me!

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LaVerde’s to Return to 24-hour Service LaVerde’s Market, which was sold to 660 Corporation in early Au- gust, plans to return to 24-hour operation on Sept. 17, according to Chris Christensen, director of operations for 660 Corporation. Prior to the sale of LaVerde’s, Christensen said in August that stu- dents would not notice many immediate changes to the business and that the store would keep the same hours as before the sale. However, LaVerde’s has yet to return to its 24-hour schedule for weekdays dur- ing the term. LaVerde’s current store hours are Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to midnight and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. “We’re just trying to get the staffi ng right,” Christensen said last week, adding that there are a core number of people who work in the summer and that the store needed to hire additional help before resum- ing the 24-hour operation. Christensen also said that the 24-hour schedule “isn’t particularly profi table” but will be continued because students want it. LaVerde’s manager Mark Semon, who confi rmed that the store will resume 24-hour operation but could not specify when, said that they were waiting to fi nish training help before increasing hours of opera- tion. 660 Corporation is a subsidiary of Boston University and owns 11 locations in the Boston area, including LaVerde’s in the Student Center and MacGregor Convenience. “We specialize in the college market, with six locations on the BU campus, one on the [Boston College] campus, and two at MIT,” Christensen said. —Ji Qi Macintosh Cluster Upgraded The cluster of Macintosh computers in Building 26 has been up- graded to 13 new G5 Apple Macintosh computers as of August, ac- cording to David G. Wyman, who manages hardware for the Academic Computing division of Information Systems & Technology. The cluster is in 26-139, across the breezeway from 26-100. It is called the “New Media Center,” and its Web page is at http://web.mit.edu/nmc. It is pri- marily intended for multimedia projects, and has several commercial graphics and multimedia software packages installed. Wyman said that the operating system “has been integrated with Athena, so you can now use your Kerberos credentials to log in, and AFS is mounted as a drive.” The AFS fi lesystem provides access to Athena home directories and Web pages. Wyman also said that the network has been upgraded to gigabit ethernet, up from 10-megabit ethernet. According to Philip D. Long, senior strategist for Academic Comput- ing, the Macintosh upgrades were prompted by a series of thefts over the summer. Academic Computing spent about $19,000 on the upgrade, Long said. That money comes from the Academic Computing budget that also funds Athena clusters, as well as ad hoc faculty projects, Long said. That budget has declined from about $1.5 million a few years ago to around $600–700,000 this year, according to Long. One of the items sto- len over the summer that has not yet been replaced is the cluster’s video projector. IS&T will be deploying a new laser printer in the cluster in the next few weeks, Wyman said. The new printer will be black-and-white; pre- viously the cluster had a color printer, though it was not replaced after it stopped working several years ago. Wyman and Long indicated that IS&T is thinking about ways to install a color printer in the cluster, while managing the cost of consumables. Currently IS&T operates two public color printers, one in the W20 Copytech center (printer w20color), and one in the 37-312 Windows Athena Cluster (printer echo). In order to make it easier to reserve the cluster, a touch-panel schedul- ing system has been installed outside the room, Wyman said. The screen features bright green (available) and red (in-use) lights on its side that are visible from as far away as Lobby 16. When the cluster is not reserved, it is available for walk-in use. Long said the scheduling system will be linked from the cluster’s Web page soon. Long said that Academic Computing is looking for more feedback about the cluster and is considering relocating it to a larger space in the basement of Building 4 (4-035) if there is suffi cient usage to meet de- mand. He requests feedback emailed to [email protected]. —John A. Hawkinson

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Group theory + banjos + twirling your partner = fun No partner or experience necessary. Every Tuesday, 8 – 10:30 pm. Sept 12: Sala de Puerto Rico Sept 19: Student Center 491 FREE for MIT students. Beginners are always welcome. Also check out: Israeli Dancing, Wednesdays in W20-407. International Folk Dancing, Sundays in the Sala de Puerto Rico. MIT Folk Dance Club http://mit.edu/fdc September 12, 2006 THE TECH Page 11 MIT Medical Grant Enters Second Year Violence Against Women Grant Sees Progress By Kirtana Raja raises awareness of violence in the ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR community and includes students, The Violence Against Women faculty, and outside community part- Act grant program is entering its ners such as the Boston Rape cen- second year after an initial year of ter. Both Kirkbride and Halverson basic planning that included creat- said that they want to include MIT ing a Community Response Group, student groups more actively in this programs to train MIT undergradu- year’s meetings, in the hopes that stu- ates, training MIT staff and police dents will give their input regarding on harassment protocols, develop- possible VAWA initiatives for their ing a new campus policy on sexual next grant proposal. violence, and developing a new MIT VAWA has also formulated a pro- Medical protocol to treat violence tocol for MIT medical workers to victims. follow when an assault victim comes The $200,000 grant from the to them in need of assistance, which Department of Justice Office on can be found on the MIT medical Violence against Women was first Website as well as the newly devel- announced in August 2005 by Wil- oped VAWA brochures. Protocols for liam M. Kettyle, director of MIT the MIT police department to follow Medical. when dealing with harassment cases Then-health educator Laura A. have also been outlined, said Halv- Stuart and Clinical Director for Cam- erson. pus Life Maryanne Kirkbride were A VAWA subcommittee was re- key players in obtaining the grant. sponsible for making an addendum Julie Halverson, graduate assistant to the harassment section of the MIT with the MIT medical department, rule book on conduct, adding several is primarily in charge of the program key terms such as “sexual harass- this year and plans to reapply for the ment,” “rape,” and “assault.” Halver- grant at the end of 2006. son said that these definitions would Kirkbride said that the VAWA be something that the Committee on program has accomplished at least Discipline could refer to when look- 80–85 percent of the goals that they ing at cases of sexual harassment. set out to complete at the beginning A new freshman orientation pro- of last year but are still looking to gram entitled “Sex Signals” replaced develop more training programs for the speech given by a rape victim faculty, staff, and students. from previous years. Halverson said Among VAWA’s other plans in- that general consensus indicated that clude formulating rape aggression the new program was well received. defense classes to be given by the Halverson said that she has heard MIT police department, developing that more students are coming out to a better freshman advising program talk about their harassment experi- which would give freshman a chance ences. all year long to discuss harassment “It’s good to have more aware- issues, creating a life skills curricu- ness of these issues and to be able to lum, and offering more programs to give people a safe venue to come and increase awareness on campus. discuss what has happened to them if VAWA created an active CRG they feel like it,” Halverson said. which meets about every month and CSAIL Head to Focus On Personal Projects CSAIL, from Page 1 the CSAIL merge, Brooks had been director of the AI Lab for 6 years and adaptability of biological systems. associate director for 4 years, and be- “It’d be like taking a processor came the founding director of CSAIL chip — although now Macs and PCs when the two programs merged. are the same as of a year ago — from a Macintosh and putting it backwards on a PC and having it work.” Brooks said that he applies this adaptability of biological systems to computation work. Brook’s more practical, long-term project involves eventually design- What kind of technology culture ing a cost-effective, personal robot worker analogous to user-friendly would software developers personal computers that can perform daily tasks and increase the overall create if it were up to them? productivity of the individual. “Ordinary people can become robot programmers,” Brooks said. Brooks has much experience in this Come have a look. field as he has worked extensively with human-like robots. During the last 10 years, Brooks has led and co-led many vital CSAIL projects as well as initiated big shifts in research funding. Since all of CSAIL’s funding comes from exter- nal parties, the lab has been involved in many joint research projects with various outside companies. Ana: Data Manager CSAIL currently has a joint lab with Nokia in Kendall Square, where they work on technology for the de- velopment of cell phone software and hardware. Brooks has also led an ongoing collaborative project with Quanta Computers, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of 40 percent of the world’s laptops that has outsourced to Dell, Sony, Macintosh, and other We’re hiring software developers to help us transform the airline industry by solving some of its toughest computing problems. laptop companies. With Quanta No airline industry experience necessary, just a love of hacking and a desire to work in a fast-moving, knowledge-expanding Computers, Brooks said that CSAIL is interested in researching “beyond environment created by computer scientists to help you succeed. Visit our website at www.itasoftware.com/joinus. the laptop.” CSAIL was created in July 2003 with the merging of the Laboratory Visit us at the MIT Career Fair On-campus interviewing will be held on November 1, 2006 for Computer Science and the Artifi- Thursday September 21, 2006 Submit resumes through MonsterTrak by October 18, 2006 cial Intelligence Laboratory. 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7:00 – 9:00 PM The formal portion of the presentation will begin at 7:30 pm September 12, 2006 THE TECH Page 13 Graduate Students & MIT Sailing Finishes 7th in Undergrads Disagree The Women’s Man-Labs Trophy The Women’s Man-Labs Trophy On TV Programming was held on the Charles River on Saturday, Sept. 9. MIT placed Cable, from Page 1 account, and the subscription cost 7th out of 12 teams. would be absorbed into the price of es to join the MIT Cable lineup, said on-campus housing, or the students (right) Keeping the main sail of UA Vice President Ruth Miller. She would be allowed to handle their her Tech Dinghy into the light also added that news channels offered own subscriptions. Either way, stu- wind, skipper Elizabeth L. Palmer in the current service will likely stay. dents would still have to find digital ’09 waits for a speed-boosting Since graduate students have al- converters. In addition, students that gust of wind while Ashley N. Can- ready signed their housing contracts, it decided not to subscribe would have tieny ’08 controls the rudder to is unlikely that the cable changes will to purchase a digital converter in or- keep their boat on course. be implemented this year, said UA der to access the current MIT Cable President Andrew T. Lukmann ’07. programming, minus the 10 channels (below) Skipper Ellann Cohen “Only the channels for which the that would be removed. ’08 (left) holds her Flying Junior funding comes through Housing are A survey of the student popula- boat on a downwind course while currently eligible for replacement,” tion was carried out in May this year. Leigh C. Casadaban ’10 main- Jovanovic said. An overwhelming 72 percent of the tains the jib and main sail in the “In the housing contract there is graduate students who participated light wind. no list of channels, so there is some in the survey preferred keeping the ambiguity and it could be used to ar- existing channels instead of the pro- Photography by Arthur J. Petron gue for the change this year. However, posed $35 subscription service, said the GSC will not push for any changes Dalley. Conversely, 73 percent of the this year unless there is a very broad undergraduate students preferred the and very strong push from the gradu- subscription service to the current ate student body,” Dalley said. programming, Miller said. MIT Cable TV cannot imple- This comes in stark contrast to ment any changes until the survey re- 2003, when the bankruptcy of the sults are in and all the legalities have country’s only supplier of digital been sorted out. Once the results are channels, WSNet, left graduate stu- in, changes could be implemented dents without an option for digital within a month, according to Randall cable even though they were will to W. Winchester, team leader of MIT pay the monthly $25 subscription fee, Cable Television. as previouisly reported in The Tech. In May this year, a call for feed- The polarity between graduate back on cable options was sent by and undergraduate student opinions Miller to the undergraduate student meant that changes to the cable ser- body via e-mail regarding changes vice could be stalled. Nonetheless, in channel programming and sub- “the student organizations chose to scription fee billing options. Students search for another alternative that were given the choice between either would have minimal costs, but allow keeping their current programming for a small number of channels to or getting new digital channels at an change,” according to Dalley. increased cost. Due to bandwidth Undergraduate students were in- concerns, 10 analog channels would terested in only a few select channels, also be removed to allow for 100 ad- Miller said, and a compromise that ditional digital channels. involved dropping the $35 subscrip- The cost of the new channels was tion service option from the proposed put at $35 a month, per outlet, with changes was reached. The subscrip- premium channels being available tion service option may be considered for an additional $15 per month, per again in the future. outlet, according to the e-mail to un- “We haven’t given up yet and we dergraduates. Since the new service are still looking for a more feasible would involve transmission of chan- solution,” Miller said. nels digitally, most televisions would For more information on the MIT require a digital converter that would Cable Survey, visit https://s-p.mit. cost around $70. edu/officers/surveys/MIT_Cable2. Two options were considered for php. billing the subscription fee. Either Ricardo Ramirez contributed to the Housing office would handle the the reporting of this article. Snapshots of Fraternity Rush 2006 Fraternity rush officially began on Saturday, Sept. 2 and will officially end on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Bid Day was on Friday, Sept. 8 and pledging began on Saturday, Sept. 9.

(right) Posters advertising different rush events for various fraternities lined Amherst Alley on trees, poles, and the sidewalk.

(below) Brothers, pledges, and biddees of Phi Delta Theta surround new pledges after sprinting down a beach in Doxbury, Massachusetts on Saturday, Sept. 9.

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Arenson ly admissions are offered by hundreds longer required to pay for a students’ could give up its early application Hunter said. “I’m not sure that there THE NEW YORK TIMES of colleges and universities, with education. program if the others didn’t, too,” said are more than a handful of other plac- Harvard University, breaking with many requiring applicants to commit The idea of abandoning early ad- Christopher Avery, a Harvard profes- es that could make the same claim.” a major trend in college admissions, upfront to attending the university if mission was developed after Bok be- sor and a co-author of “The Early Janet Lavin Rapelye, dean of ad- plans to eliminate its early admissions offered early admission. came interim president in July, said Admissions Game: Joining the Elite” mission at Princeton University, ap- program next year, with university of- The popularity of the procedure John Longbrake, a Harvard spokes- (Harvard University Press, 2003). plauded Harvard’s decision, but said ficials arguing that such programs put grew significantly in the 1990s, as man. Early admission will remain in “This seems to move to do just that.” she could not predict how Princeton low-income and minority applicants colleges tried to increase their com- effect during the current academic Bruce Hunter, director of college might respond. Princeton has bind- at a distinct disadvantage in the com- petitive advantage by locking in year, which is already under way. counseling at the Rowland Hall-St. ing early admission, and Rapelye said petition to get into selective universi- strong candidates early. It also gave Several educators said that only Mark’s School, a private school in there had been questions about wheth- ties. an edge to students willing to commit a university with Harvard’s reputa- Salt Lake City, said he hoped other er early admissions limited diversity. Harvard will be the first of the early to an institution. In some cases, tion could take the risk involved with universities would follow Harvard’s “All of us who sit in these seats nation’s prestigious universities to do admissions rates are two or three eliminating early admission because lead, but he was not confident that have always worried about that,” she away completely with early admis- times higher for students who apply it will continue to be the first choice they would. said. “Yet we have worked very hard sions, in which high school seniors early. But at Harvard and many other for so many top students. “I think that Harvard has calculat- to broaden and deepen our applicant try to bolster their chances at com- universities officials have grown con- “The one thing that always seemed ed that they will not suffer any com- pool at every step in the process.” petitive schools by applying in the fall cerned that early admissions present and learning whether they have been a major obstacle to low-income and admitted in December, months before working-class students. other students. Such students have also been Some universities now admit as hurt by steep tuition increases and much as half of their freshman class competition with students from af- this way and many, though not Har- fluent families who spend thousands vard, require an ironclad commitment of dollars on college consultants and from students that they will attend in tutoring. “I think there are lots of very return for the early acceptance. talented students out there from poor Harvard’s decision — to be an- and moderate-income backgrounds nounced Tuesday — is likely to put who have been discouraged by this pressure on other colleges, which whole hocus-pocus of early admis- acknowledge the same concerns but sions by many of the nation’s top col- have been reluctant to take any step leges,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, that could put them at a disadvantage Harvard College’s dean of admissions in the heated competition for the top and financial aid. students. Thacker and other critics said “We think this will produce a fairer that under binding early admission process, because the existing process programs, students have to commit has been shown to advantage those to a college long before they know who are already advantaged,” Derek how much aid they will be offered. Bok, the interim president of Harvard, Students who apply for admission in said Monday in an interview. the regular cycle are able to compare Bok said students who were more financial-aid offerings from vari- affluent and sophisticated were the ous colleges before making up their ones most likely to apply for early minds in April. admission. More than a third of Har- Under Harvard’s early admissions vard’s students are accepted through program, which is known as early ac- early admission. In addition, he said tion, students do not have to decide many early admissions programs re- until May 1 whether to accept an Finals are nothing compared to this test. quire students to lock in without be- admission offer. Even so, many po- The Shell Campus Pit Stop Challenge is coming to your school! ing able to compare financial aid of- tential applicants did not understand ferings from various colleges. the distinction between Harvard’s Bok also spoke about reducing program and those that require an up- At Shell you will find we are in the race to win. Can you and your crew change a tire as fast as the pros? the frenzy surrounding admissions. front commitment and were discour- Find out at the Shell Campus Pit Stop Challenge. It is a fastpaced, pit stop-style event where you and your two “I think it will improve the climate aged from applying, Bok said. teammates will race against the clock while working on an authentic Ferrari racing machine. in high schools,” he said, “so that stu- “We think the more schools aban- dents don’t start getting preoccupied don this process, the healthier the ad- So bring your pit crew and take the challenge. And while you're there, meet our recruiters and learn what it in their junior year about which col- missions process will be,” he said. takes to be the new energy Shell is seeking in its future employees. lege to go to.” Of the 2,124 students admitted To learn more about career opportunities at Shell, please visit us at www.shell.com/careers Many admissions deans and high by Harvard last year, 813 were grant- school guidance counselors greeted ed early admission, or 38 percent, Shell Companies in the U.S. are equal opportunity employers. Harvard’s decision — which is to go Fitzsimmons said. www.shell.com/careers into effect for applicants in the fall of Under Lawrence H. Summers ’75, 2007 — with astonishment and de- the Harvard president who left office light. in June, the university took a number “Wow, it’s incredible,” said Marilee of steps to make itself more accessible Jones, the dean of admissions at MIT, to poor and working-class students. which has a nonbinding early admis- Among other things, families with sions program. Jones has spoken widely about reducing the pressure and stress of admissions. “It has the capacity to change a lot of things in this busi- Chicago New York San Francisco London Tokyo Hong Kong ness,” she said. “It’s bold enough for Job: HO-13873e other schools to really reconsider what they’re doing. 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es. On Four Week Foray ng plac TechNomads, from Page 1 the rule, one large two-by-four-wield- citi ing Serbian notwithstanding. (Our vel to ex them: English, Persian (Farsi), Urdu, intrepid travelers didn’t stick around Tra Chinese, and Arabic. “Farsi was defi- to figure out who had wronged whom rmous nitely the most important one” for in that Balkan minefield: “We’re like, Work on eno most of the trip, Ahmed said. Better ‘move move move!’ as he came up to still, they came up with $15,000 of the car window” Ahmed said.) Gen- challenges. corporate sponsorship for the adven- erosity prevailed, as “people found us ture, leaving them with only about rides, people gave us food.” $5,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to A faint self-congratulatory air pay for gas, supplies, and flights to hangs about the TechNomads. After London from Boston, and then back all, it’s not everyone who can say to the United States from China at the they’ve gone to most of the ’stans and end of the trip. Iran and didn’t get shot at once. And Engage world leaders Though their vehicle broke down of course, there’s the $6,500 they’ve (permanently) in Kyrgyzstan near the raised for charity so far, about a dol- and experts. Chinese border, more than a thou- lar for each mile they drove. (For sand miles short of their goal, the comparison, a Boston Marathon run- ’Nomads did have some good luck ner for Dana Farber raises about $270 along the way as well. per mile run during the marathon.) “There were lots of checkpoints So was it worth it? on the way from Herat to Kandahar “It definitely changed the way that [in Afghanistan] … they wave their we treat strangers,” Ahmed said. “No Ma guns at you, and if you stop then they way we can say no to anybody who ke a difference. take all your money. We kept driving wants a place to stay now, or food for and never got shot at.” a night.” The friends (former roommates at What about the environmental im- MIT) also managed to stay friends, pact? “Well, our car didn’t use much despite spending six solid weeks in a gas … it’s not like taking a trip across small enclosed space, unbathed, lost, the U.S. in an SUV.” (A typical SUV rld. or about to be lost. “There were argu- would release about 3,000 pounds in Change the wo ments about which roads to take, but carbon emissions on an LA to Boston we all got along pretty well,” Ahmed road trip). said. As an optimistic Ahmed put it: Presentation Thursday Even after the poor abused Re- “We grew a lot, [had] some really nault had given up the ghost with two profound experiences. I like to think We’re hiring outstanding undergraduate September 21st, 7:00 pm flat tires and a broken fuel line in the that it helped everyone.” and masters degree candidates to work Himalayas, there was TechNomads Stats Hotel@MIT the Kyrgyz trucker with us on the world’s most exciting 20 Sidney Street who picked them up, Total cost of trip for four people: $20,000 challenges. drove them to the Chi- Total raised for charity: $6,500 and counting www.mckinsey.com/usschools Cambridge nese border, left them Total corporate sponsorship: $15,000 with friends who gave Total out-of-pocket expenses: $5,000 the ’Nomads food and Miles driven: about 6,500 shelter, and even paid Miles flown (to and from MIT): ~14,000 per person (not every participant returned) them $500 for what Emissions from flying: about 4,000 lbs of CO per person was left of the car. 2 Amount raised for charity per mile driven: $1 Strangers into Amount raised for charity per mile traveled per person: 10 cents friends seemed to be SOURCE: WWW.CARBONNEUTRAL.COM September 12, 2006 THE TECH Page 17 Garnett Remembered For Original Photos Garnett, from Page 1 left his mother not long after that, and THANK YOU . . . he and his siblings grew up in modest MIT in an e-mail message yesterday. circumstances. He became interested Garnett’s work falls into a tradi- in photography as a teenager and tion of landscape photography that with his brother set up a darkroom at includes the meticulous western land- home. At John Muir High School in scapes of Ansel Adams and Edward Pasadena, he was chief photographer Weston’s pristine studies of organic for the school yearbook, where his form. As landscapes, Garnett’s pho- first published aerial photograph, the tographs do not have the convention- school campus taken from a biplane, al grounding of a horizon line. Often, appeared. the natural terrain he photographed After graduating from high from the air is made up of surpris- school, he studied photography at the ingly ordered geometric patterns or Art Center School in Los Angeles, ambiguous organic shapes that are but financial circumstances forced not observable from the ground. him to drop out. He worked as a “Aerial photographs that pos- commercial photographer for several sess true coherence of intention and years, and, at 24, took a job with the ® resolution are rare, and a remarkable Pasadena Police Department, where number of those that hold firm in our he was in charge of crime-scene pho- Bose® Wave® music system memories were made by William A. tography. Garnett,” John Szarkowski wrote Joining the Army Signal Corps in his definitive book, “Looking at in 1944, Garnett trained as a mo- Photographs: 100 Pictures from the tion-picture cameraman. On his Collection of The Museum of Mod- discharge, he took a cross-country ern Art.” flight home in the navigator’s seat Thank you to Students, In 1953, at 37, Garnett received of a troop transport. Inspired by the the first of his three Guggenheim fel- majesty of the landscape below, he Faculty, Staff and lowships, having been encouraged decided to get his pilot’s license and to apply for the grant by his friend start photographing from the sky. He Employees of M.I.T. Edward Weston. The following year, learned to fly on the G.I. Bill and he was included in the landmark ex- bought his first plane in 1947. hibition “The Family of Man” at the In addition to his wife of 64 years, Bose Corporation was founded and Museum of Modern Art. In 1955 he Eula, who toured the United States as was one of four photographers in a a concert contralto in the 1940s and show at the George Eastman House later managed her husband’s photo- built by M.I.T. people. Our success in in Rochester that included the work graphic records, Garnett is survived QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise of Alfred Stieglitz. That year, The by three sons, Bill, of Pleasanton, Cancelling® Headphones New York Times Magazine published Calif.; Jay, of Hoosick Falls, N.Y.; a portfolio of Garnett’s work from and Don, of Sonoma, Calif.; and research and in business is a result, in the exhibition. three grandchildren. Garnett published two books, “William Garnett is a vastly un- “The Extraordinary Landscape” derrated and misunderstood photog- no small part, of what M.I.T. has done (1982), with an introduction by An- rapher, whose quiet and expansive sel Adams, and “William Garnett images are not only useful but con- Aerial Photographs” (1984). Over ceptual and beautiful as well,” Naef for us. As one measure of our apprecia- the years his photographs were pub- said. lished in many books and magazines. 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Purchase Program.” In 1968 Garnett was hired as chairman of the department of de- Bose Corporation sign at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught photog- 1-800-444-BOSE raphy until his retirement in 1984. He was also on the faculty at Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology and taught at the Ansel Adams Work- ©2004 Bose Corporation. Patent rights issued and/or pending. Delivery is subject to product availability. shops at Yosemite. Garnett was born in Chicago in 1916. His family moved to Pasadena, Calif., when he was four. His father This space donated by The Tech Page 18 THE TECH September 12, 2006 Cell-shaped Building Boasts Mitochondria, Membrane in China By John Schwartz To many who do not share his NEW YORK TIMES enthusiasm, it might look as if The blob is coming to Chengdu. somebody tried to make an office A biomedical research institute tower out of nougat and it melted in Chengdu, China, is planning to in the sun. But to Zhang, standard show true commitment to scientific buildings, with their straight lines principles by erecting an innovative and conventional boxy shapes, are building inspired by cells. “boring,” and the more imaginative Bulges on the surface are meet- works like those of Antoni Gaudi ing rooms and are intended to rep- and Frank Gehry resonate. resent the proteins embedded in a “People will turn their head re- cell membrane. The interior pools, gardless,” he said, whether “they shaped like mitochondria, border on like it or hate it,” and children will the surreal. be inspired to learn biology. The design may seem playful He said he rejected about a doz- or even bizarre, but the intention en designs from Kulper, a former is serious, said Shuguang Zhang, student, before approving the cur- associate director of the Center for rent plan. “Some of them looked Biomedical Engineering at the Mas- like Swiss cheese,” Zhang said. sachusetts Institute of Technology, “Another looked like a cake.” who worked with two MIT gradu- He expects the building to cost ates, Sloan A. Kulper ’03 and Au- $12 million and is still in the fund- drey M. Roy ’04, to bring his dream raising phase, he said. of “bio-inspired architecture” into He said he doubted that people being. would actually hate the building. “Nature has built this kind of “It’s biology,” he said. “How many thing for billions of years, and final- people hate trees? How many peo- ly humans caught on,” said Zhang, ple hate seashells and mushrooms? who is founding adviser to the In- “When the Eiffel Tower was stitute for Nanobiomedical Tech- built,” Zhang added, “most of the nology and Membrane Biology in people in Paris hated it. Now it has Chengdu. become a symbol of Paris.”

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For more information about these and other support groups, please contact the Mental Health Service at 617-253-2916 or visit us on the web at web.mit.edu/medical. Page 20 THE TECH September 12, 2006 New Museum Events, 4 out Discussions Planned For Adult Audience MIT Museum, from Page 1 showcase science in community, and to increase awareness about op- the one the museum has seen in past portunities available in the commu- of 5 years, Rosenthal said. One of these nity,” Patterson said. programs is the “Soap Box” events, Another significant transfor- which are a monthly series of dis- mation slated to take place soon is cussions led by some of MIT’s re- the extension of exhibits to the first undergraduates nowned researchers in a casual set- floor of the current museum build- ting supplemented with cheese and ing, according to the museum’s wine. The discussions are usually brochure. Currently, exhibits are web.mit.edu/cdsa centered around topics that lead to mostly located on the second floor. interesting debates among the adult Next summer, visitors will be able audience. The next three “Soap to walk around the ground floor, Box” discussions will focus on en- which was previously occupied pri- 4 out of 5 undergraduates at MIT report that if ergy and global warming, Rosenthal marily by classrooms. said. Within five years, the museum is they were to hold a party, they would most likely For the more youthful crowd, expected to make the biggest change the MIT Museum is partnering with of all by moving to The Metropolitan call for help if the party got out of control. local channel WGBH, the city of Storage Warehouse. Location-wise, Cambridge, Harvard University, it is closer to the MIT campus and the Cambridge public school sys- also has significantly more room for tem, Cambridge Public Libraries, a greater number of displays. The There are people who can assist you. and the Boston Museum of Science modifications are estimated to cost to hold the first annual Cambridge upwards of $2.5 million, Patterson Your GRT, RLA or Housemates. Science Festival from April 21–29 said. next year, said Josie Patterson, di- Rosenthal said that a surpris- rector of public relations and mar- ing majority of the way people hear These people are here to help and are keting. about the museum is through word your friends. “The goal of the festival is to of mouth. And...if things really get out of hand, don’t hesitate to call Campus Police: On Campus: Dial 100 Off Campus: 617.253.1212

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[email protected] September 12, 2006 SPORTS THE TECH Page 23 Yards Gained Nearly Even, But 4 Turnovers Cost MIT Football, from Page 24 cuso ’09 and two fumbles kept the wary Engineer defense on the fi eld for almost ten minutes longer than the opposition’s. The Engineer’s defensive effort was highlighted by senior lineback- er and co-captain Alfredo M. Rivera ’07, who led the team with eight tackles and one sack. The Engineers secondary also came to play on Sat- urday with junior safety Joseph T. Goldschmid ’08 (eight tackles, one forced fumble), cornerback Ryan L. Brunswick ’09 (six solo tackles), and safety David O. Kalk ’08 (seven tackles, one sack) contributing sig- nifi cantly to an Engineer defense that held the Buccaneers to only 254 total yards. With the game still scoreless, the nail in the coffi n for the Engineers ultimately came in the second quar- ter when the Buccaneers drove the ball 94 yards on 16 plays eating up 8:24 in the second quarter. Starting from their own six yard-line with 12:13 left to play in the fi rst half, the Buccaneers quickly gave themselves room to work when sophomore run- ning back Tom Stralka started the drive with a 19-yard carry up the far sideline. The Engineers missed a big op- portunity on that play when Stralka fumbled the ball at the end of the rush but the Engineers were unable to come up with anything. The drive was capped by a one-yard touch- down run by Buccaneer freshman running back Jeff Pirri, the fi rst of his two scores. The Bucs’ offense was led by Str- alka, who carried the ball 11 times for 65 yards and one score and soph- DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH omore quarterback Joe DeFrank Defensive back Kevin J. Foley ’09 (#31) sacks Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s sophomore running back Thomas Stralka (#32) who was an effi cient 11 of 13 for 63 during the fi rst quarter of MIT’s home opener Saturday, Sept. 9. Mass. Maritime’s win broke their fi fteen-game losing streak that dated yards. On defense, sophomore line- back two years. backer Kyle Audette led the Bucs with two interceptions and limiting T. Vogelsang ’09 to just 38 yards on Sirrico with just over three minutes the season next week on Saturday, with eight tackles, fi ve of the solo MIT’s main deep threat and 2005 four receptions. remaining, sealing the Engineers’ Sept. 16 when the team travels to variety and one for a loss. The Bucs’ NEFC all-conference honorable The fi nal interception was caught fate. Framingham, Mass. to play Fram- secondary was also solid coming up mention, sophomore receiver Kevin by the Bucs defensive back Sam MIT plays its fi rst road game of ingham State College at 2:00 p.m.

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WILLIAM B. YEE Amy S. Ludlum ’08 (#17) sends off a pass to her teammate in the front fi eld during the women’s soccer game on Wednesday, Sept. 6 against Simmons College. MIT won 4-0.

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MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HARVARD MEDICAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL This space donated by The Tech Page 24 THE TECH September 12, 2006 SPORTS Offense Sputters in 19-0 Loss By Ryan Lanphere (1-0) at Steinbrenner Stadium to a back Thomas C. Scotton ’08 who ran STAFF WRITER respectable home crowd this past for 67 yards on 16 carries. Despite The difference on Saturday for Saturday. It was a non-division two trips inside their opponents’ six- the Buccaneers of Massachusetts contest for the Engineers since the yard line in the first quarter, the En- Maritime Academy was their abil- teams are in different divisions of gineers were unable to score or do ity to keep possession the New England Football Confer- much of anything else for the rest of and finish in the red ence. The victory was a career first the game. zone. Scoring on three for Buccaneers coach Jeremy Cam- The Engineers did not put to- of their four trips to eron in his second year with the pro- gether any significant drives, mainly the red zone and win- gram. The win also broke a 15 game because they failed to hold onto the ning the turnover bat- losing streak for Mass. Maritime for football on offense. Four turnovers, tle four to one allowed the Bucs to the first victory over the Engineers including two interceptions by soph- blank MIT football 19-0. in six years. omore quarterback and NEFC 2005 The Engineers of MIT (0-1) An efficient running game was Rookie of the Year Richard A. Man- opened their 2006 season against not enough for the Engineers, whose Massachusetts Maritime Academy rushing attack was led by running- Football, Page 23

DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH Oliver C. Venn ’07 (#13) makes a pass during MIT’s 10-9 win over Washington & Jefferson College in game one of the team’s double header in the Zesiger Center pool on Friday, Sept. 8.

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH Running back Thomas C. Scotton ‘08 (#4) leaps out of the arms of a Massachusetts Maritime Academy Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 defenseman during the second quarter of MIT’s home opener 0-19 shutout loss at Steinbrenner Stadium Men’s Soccer vs. Tufts 4 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 9. Scotton rushed for 67 yards on 16 carries, the best of the game.