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Volume 132, Number 2 Friday, February 10, 2012 Dorm desks staffed by outside workers During IAP, professionals hired to fill student vacancies at desk

By Anne Cai living in theEstablished dorms, and Housing 1881 news editor wanted to ensure student safety. According to Collins, most of Students on campus during IAP those outside workers were hired might have noticed some unfa- through the Professional Staffing miliar faces working at dormitory Agency (PSG), which is an external desks across campus. temporary staffing agency based in Aside from East Campus and Boston that places adults over the Random Hall, all other under- age of 21 in short-term positions. graduate dorms hired outside Hiring outside desk workers desk workers to cover shifts during through PSG was “just a mecha- the holidays and through IAP. For nism to get people fast,” said Col- years, MIT has had trouble staff- lins. In Baker and Bexley, House ing desk shifts during these times. Manager Jonathan Nolan had al- Elijah Mena—The Tech In the past, according to Director ready reached out to students from Room 68-164 opened as a lounge for biology postdocs last week. The space was formerly occupied by of Housing Dennis Collins, if shifts other colleges who had worked the Bio Cafe, which was replaced by the Koch Cafe. The windows face the Stata Center and the walls are were not covered, desk would sim- desk at those dorms over the sum- adorned with artwork by Bill Thomson. ply be closed. mer and hadEstablished planned IAP shifts be- 1881 “We were not going to let that fore the decision was made to hire happen this IAP,” said Collins. “A lot PSG staff. of it has to do with the Baker rob- “When students are not around Editorial bery, and the concern of students, to cover shifts, such as during the the concern of housemasters, to holidays, our house manager hires make sure the buildings are secure.” outside workers,” said Kathleen R. MIT 2030 and MITx On October 27, a robber stole a Geyer ’12, Baker desk captain, in an laptop from a student on the fifth email to The Tech. Students should play active role in campus evolution floor of Baker House, approaching Most dorm desks function in him from behind. The student felt both service and security capaci- With dining firmly behind us last year the faculty wrote a coordi- dent Susan J. Hockfield argues for something stuck in his back, and ties, but East Campus, Bexley, and and orientation plans still in the nated set of columns and editori- frequently, is sure to have collateral the assailant demanded the victim’s Random desks are largely consid- works, it’s time students turn their als in their newsletter pointing out positive benefits for MIT. MITIM- laptop, acquired it, and fled. attention to the bigger, more trans- 2030’s emphasis on real estate de- Co’s investment activity ultimately During IAP, fewer people are Deskworkers, Page 14 formational things happening at velopment by the MIT Investment does flow back to help MIT in some MIT. We’ve pointed out the need Management Company (MITIM- form or another. And everybody for students to talk about big issues Co) over academic development, would like to see a more vibrant Established 1881before. It’s now time to get more and a lack of direct faculty involve- Kendall and Central Square, as specific. ment in the 2030 planning process. MIT 2030 promises. But we share First up: MIT 2030 and MITx. In fact, few of the construction and the faculty’s concern that balance MIT 2030 — a loose framework for renovation plans in MIT 2030 are between real estate and academic the Institute to envision what our fundamentally new, but in put- development, as it stands now, is campus will look like in 20 years — ting them all side-by-side, the ad- far from fair. and MITx — an online educational ministration, perhaps unwittingly, As students, you should care. platform that may dramatically highlighted how MIT’s strategic The current MIT 2030 vision change the face of a residential ed- vision might be more about Pfizer (which, certainly, is subject to ucation at MIT — are more closely and Novartis than teaching and change drastically) includes near- linked than they might seem. So, research. The faculty noticed this ly two million square feet of new we will address them together. focus, and expressed deep concern commercial buildings in about MIT 2030, fundamentally, is just that the administration has not four distinct places — that number a label. The top-level administra- considered “the long-range impli- doesn’t count substantial renovation has collected disparate plans cations of the creation of high-val- tion projects in existing proper- for campus renovation, new con- ue real estate in areas earmarked ties. The number of square feet struction, and commercial devel- for ultimate academic use,” in the earmarked for new nonacademic opment in the area and put them words of Ovadia “Bob” Simha MCP residential life buildings? Zero. under a fancy-sounding header ’57, former director of MIT’s now- It is true that several dormito- in order to get a better “bird’s-eye shuttered planning office. ries are slated for renovation by view” of how MIT will change in 20 Commercial and real estate 2030, and the recently-renovated Andrea Fabre—The Tech years. development is not a bad goal. En- Maseeh Hall is counted in the 2030 Central Square will see many changes in the coming year, see p. 11 But the label has so far been couraging the growth of high-tech useful. So useful, in fact, that late industry in Cambridge, as Presi- Editorial, Page 4

Jeremy C. Stein nominated to Fed. Reserve Board In Short Obama nominates former MIT Sloan professor and PhD ’86 to serve as Governor Today is the deadline to enroll in or waive MIT’s Student Ex- By Jingyun Fan edge of economic and monetary decisions, risk management, capi- Warsh resigned from the Board tended Insurance Plan. Forms contributing editor policy make them tremendously tal allocation inside firms, banking, of Governors in 2011. He was a for- are at http://medweb.mit.edu. qualified to serve in these important financial regulation, and monetary mer aide to President George W. President Barack Obama an- roles,” Obama said. policy. Bush and according to the New The last day to change your meal nounced his nomination of Jeremy After graduating from Princeton, In 2009, Stein served in the York Times, he was the only gover- plan is Feb. 11. Go to http://dining. C. Stein PhD ’86 and Jerome H. “Jay” Stein received a PhD in economics Obama administration as a senior nor with close ties to Republicans mit.edu/meal-plans/change. Powell to the Federal Reserve Board from MIT in 1986. He is currently advisor to the treasury secretary and in Congress and to conservative of Governors last December. the Moise Y. Safra Professor of Eco- as a staff member of the National organizations such as the Hoover Donate blood! All next week at In a statement made on Dec. 27, nomics at Harvard and previously Economic Council. Institution, a public policy think MIT’s Blood Drive in La Sala. 2011, Obama said that he was grate- taught finance at MIT Sloan for 10 On Jan. 24, 2012, Stein’s nomina- tank. Warsh was known for being ful that his nominees agreed to serve years. tion was sent to the Senate. Stein a “hawk” who emphasized stable Send news information and their nation. “Their distinguished Stein’s research has covered top- would serve the unexpired term of prices and low inflation. tips to [email protected]. backgrounds and experience cou- ics as the behavior of stock prices, 14 years from Feb. 1, 2004 that vice pled with their impressive knowl- corporate investment and financing Kevin M. Warsh resigned from. Stein, Page 15 dining in the free speech and the french the return of chipotle is SECTIONS dark How a new law threatens freedom of silent film coming World & Nation ��2 Opinion ��4 Does your food taste expression. opinion, p. 4 The Artist is a beautiful Two new local venues Fun Pages ��6 as good with your eyes tribute to the end of the to open soon. central square delights Arts ��7 closed? arts, p. 7 silent era and the rise of NEWS p. 15 Sports ��16 New plans for Central Square. “talkies.” arts, p. 7 news, p. 11 2 The Tech Friday, February 10, 2012 Central banks in Europe D hold the line on interest rates India explores opportunities FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank left its main interest rate unchanged Thursday, as policy- makers waited to see whether signs of improving growth in Iran, denting sanctions meant that the eurozone economy had already put the worst behind it. By Rick Gladstone help in pressing Iran to give up its “Tell me why I should follow suit?”

worl Separately, the Bank of England also left its benchmark The New York Times nuclear program. “Why shouldn’t I take up that rate unchanged Thursday at a record low but decided to ex- It was unclear whether Rompuy business opportunity?” he asked.

n pand its asset-buying program by 50 billion pounds, or $79 India emerged as a major new knew at the time of the interview The U.S. and European sanc- billion, to 325 billion pounds to help the British economy irritant Thursday in Western efforts that India’s commerce secretary, tions are primarily aimed at Iran’s avoid falling back into a recession. to isolate Iran, announcing that it Rahul Khullar, was about to an- central bank and oil industry. But Some major economic indicators in the eurozone have was sending a large trade delega- nounce a big economic push into they have begun to cause short- been better than expected recently, raising hopes that a tion there within weeks to exploit Iran that could serve to counteract ages, inflation and payment prob- downturn at the end of 2011 would prove to be short-lived. opportunities created by U.S. and the effects of the sanctions Rom- lems in Iran for a variety of other But the picture is muddy, and turmoil in Greece continues to European anti-nuclear sanctions puy has helped to promote. commodities by preventing Iran atio pose a threat to European economies. that are increasingly disrupting “We will be mounting a mission from making shipping, insurance Mario Draghi, the ECB president, gave a slightly more Iran’s economy. to Iran at the end of the month to and finance arrangements for upbeat assessment of the eurozone economy Thursday, say- The trade delegation announce- promote our own exports,” Khullar imports. ing there were “tentative signs of a stabilization in economic ment coincided with new reports told reporters in New Delhi, ac- The sanctions already had activity at a low level.” that India, an important consumer cording to Indian and Western ac- caused India and Iran difficulties “We expect the euro area economy to recover very gradu- of Iranian oil, had eclipsed China counts of his news conference. “A on how to bypass new banking ob- ally in the course of 2012,” he said at a news conference after for the first time as Iran’s No. 1 pe- huge delegation will be going.” stacles that had prevented India the monthly monetary policy meeting of the central bank’s troleum customer last month, sub- In what amounted to a rejec- from paying Iran’s oil bills.

& N governing council. verting efforts by the United States tion of an underlying motive in In addition to the trade delega- —Jack Ewing and Julia Werdigier, The New York Times to persuade other countries to find the American-European sanc- tion news, the Indian newspaper non-Iranian sources for their ener- tion effort, Khullar said India was The Economic Times reported Obama nominee passes, gy needs or risk onerous penalties honoring the four rounds of U.N. Thursday that the Indian govern- under a new American sanctions sanctions aimed at dissuading ment had proposed a barter with despite threat law. Iran from its uranium enrichment Iran in which India would pay for The announcement also came program. Those sanctions, he told some Iranian oil with Indian wheat. The “heck no” caucus in the Senate fizzled in its first test. ahead of a planned visit to India reporters, do not apply to “a vast And Reuters reported that Iran was orld After President Barack Obama stiff-armed the Senate in by Herman Van Rompuy, the Eu- range of products which India can willing to accept rupees instead of January and made four recess appointments, even though ropean Union president, who was export to Iran.” dollars, the standard currency in the Senate was technically not in recess, some Republicans quoted in an interview with The Even if the United States and oil transactions, for nearly half of vowed revenge. They said they would oppose every Obama Times of India as saying he intend- W European Union wished to shun the roughly $11 billion worth of oil nominee for the rest of the year, no matter who it was, no ed to seek the Indian government’s business with Iran, Khullar said, that India buys from Iran annually. matter how bipartisan the support. But from the start, it was clear that many Republicans were squeamish about such a blanket tactic, and in their first engagement with the enemy on Thursday, the revenge seekers lost. Cathy Ann Bencivengo, nominated to be a U.S. Siege paralyses Syrian city as district judge for the Southern District of California, was confirmed, 90-6. Those voting no were all Republicans: Sens. Michael D. Crapo of Idaho, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Mike Lee of shelling and toll mount Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Jim Risch of Idaho and Richard C. Shelby of Alabama. By Neil MacFarquhar rubble from damaged buildings, fervent contingent of activists, but it —Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times The New York Times houses collapsed on their owners was hardly alone. and a bloody flow of victims either The Syrian Observatory for Hu- Google is at work on an BEIRUT — The embattled Syr- being treated in makeshift clinics or man Rights, based in Britain, put ian city of Homs remained under prepared for burial. the death toll in Homs at 52, with an `entertainment device’ siege for a sixth day Thursday, with The images, although impossible additional 20 dead elsewhere. But sporadic tank shells ripping into to verify independently, left the hell- it noted that communication with SAN FRANCISCO — Google is developing a home enter- contested neighborhoods, residents ish image of a city devoid of people Homs was particularly difficult. tainment device, according to people with knowledge of the cowering at home and medical sup- but plagued by random eruptions of Those people who could be company’s plans. plies dwindling, according to tele- fiery, black smoke. They were punc- reached described the toll as The device, which exists as a prototype and will eventu- phone interviews with residents. tuated with cries like “Bashar is a mounting steadily in tandem with ally be sold as a branded item to consumers, is the compa- “Nobody dares venture into the dog!” or “Bashar is a tyrant!” — all the shelling all day long, the Syrian ny’s most significant venture into hardware. While its initial streets,” said a 65-year-old man referring to President Bashar Assad. Observatory said. purpose will be for streaming music, its eventual use could named Mohamed, describing in a Under such extreme conditions, Although the Local Coordination be much larger. phone interview the blast of tank with bodies believed trapped under Committees put the toll in Homs at Larry Page, who last year took the reins of the company shells and the rat-tat-tat of machine the rubble, activist organizations’ 110, with about 20 more elsewhere he co-founded, has been intent on moving into hardware. guns as all he heard, even though estimates of the day’s death toll in in Syria, it noted that it could not To compete with Apple and Amazon, Google thinks it has to his home is not close to the worst Homs ranged from about 50 to more fully document the deaths “due to have greater control over production. fighting. than 100. the intense shelling.” Next week, Google is likely to complete its acquisition With Homs largely sealed off by Reaching Homs by any tele- In the official version of events, of the handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. the Syrian military, activists relied phone proved difficult throughout the government-run Syrian Arab That purchase puts Google into direct competition with the on cellphone videos uploaded to most of Thursday, although inter- News Agency reported that two phone makers that use its Android software as well as Apple YouTube to distribute images of the mittent cellphone service returned members of the security forces were and its iPhone. The leader in desktop search, Google did not government offensive. The short in the early evening. Much of the killed in Homs while eight others want to be left behind as computing went mobile. video clips updated throughout the attention was focused on the neigh- killed earlier were buried in Damas- —David Streitfeld and Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times day showed streets cluttered with borhood of Baba Amr, home to a cus and Latakia.

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Extended Forecast Today: Sunny, high 49°F (9°C). Winds SW at 10-15 mph. Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Friday, February 10, 2012 Tonight: Snow showers beginning late, low 33°F (1°C). Winds SW at 5-10 mph. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Tomorrow: Snow, possibly becoming heavy in the after- Fog High Pressure Trough Showers noon. High 36°F (2°C). N winds increasing to 10-15 mph Thunderstorm Warm Front Light and possibly gusting upwards of 25 mph. Low Pressure Haze Cold Front Sunday: Sunny, windy, and cold, highs near 30°F (-1°C). Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Monday: Sunny, highs in the low 30s °F (0°C). Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, February 10, 2012 The Tech 3 Deciding who is eligible for WORLD & Nati In Europe, stagnation as a way benefits could take time Individual homeowners will probably have to wait months beof life fore they know if they will benefit from the $26 billion mortgage settlement announced Thursday. The government agencies involved in the settlement, includ- By Liz Alderman March. That agreement, though, is Under new political leadership, ing the Justice Department, have established a website, national- and Landon Thomas Jr. in some ways a microcosm of Eu- Rome and Madrid are proceeding mortgagesettlement.com, to help answer basic questions. Anyone The New York Times rope’s broader quandary, as simi- with restructuring plans intended looking for quick details will be disappointed. “Because of the lar measures are being embraced not just to reduce high debts and complexity of the mortgage market and this agreement, which will PARIS — For all the struggles by other debt-saddled countries in deficits but also to lay the founda- be performed over a three-year period, borrowers will not immedi- that Greece has gone through to the euro currency union, including tion for eventually restoring eco- ately know if they are eligible for relief,” the site says. satisfy its demanding lenders, Eu- Portugal and Ireland. nomic growth. So who is potentially eligible? rope’s troubles are not going away. Many analysts say the belt- Investors have also been reas- The first requirement is that homeowners’ mortgages must be

Because of the various, often tightening can only push those sured by the European Central serviced by one of the five participating banks: Ally, Bank of Amer- on incremental, steps European offi- and other nations further into re- Bank’s moves to lower interest ica, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo. Those lenders will cials have taken during the nearly cession, sap the economies of their rates and open the money taps to be working over the next six to nine months to determine which three-year debt difficulties that European trading partners and do protect banks from being pushed borrowers are eligible for relief, and will contact them with details. began in Greece, the crisis fever little to address the systemic weak- to the wall. (Homeowners can, of course, contact their bank themselves, but WORLD & Nati has cooled considerably in recent nesses plaguing Europe’s banks. “I don’t see what’s on the ho- the banks probably will not have specifics immediately.) months — including fears that the “We take one problem off the rizon that would derail this,” said Borrowers who will be helped by the settlement are generally euro currency union might sud- table for the moment,” Carl B. Stefan Schneider, the chief inter- those who are underwater on their loans — that is, they owe more denly fall apart. Weinberg, chief economist at High national economist at Deutsche than their homes are worth. According to the government’s news But crisis has given way to a Frequency Economics in Valhalla, Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. “We release and information on its website, borrowers who are delin- grinding reality for Europe: eco- N.Y., said. “That still leaves us hav- are no longer in an environment quent on their mortgages, or at “imminent risk” of default, may be nomic stagnation and even, for ing to deal with the dramatic de- where markets want to pick off eligible for modifications to their loans, like a reduction in the prin- much of the Continent, the spec- struction of wealth that has taken Greece and move onto the next cipal owed. Those who are current on their payments may be able ter of another downturn less than place.” country.” to refinance into a new loan at current interest rates, which remain three years after the last recession Markets have recently taken a For Nicolas Veron, senior fellow at record lows. ended. more optimistic view of Italy and at the Breugel Economic Research —Ann Carrns, The New York Times Greek leaders on Thursday Spain — the nations where Greek Institute in Brussels, that means agreed to a new set of tough aus- “contagion” has long been feared Europe may be able to breathe eas- Oracle extends cloud holdings by terity measures, in hopes of receiv- to strike next, with even more dire ier, at least for a while. “It doesn’t ing a new 130 billion-euro bailout regional consequences. Lately, mean the problems are solved,” he buying Taleo package from the European Union both governments’ borrowing said. “But it removes some of the and International Monetary Fund, costs have come down to more short-term pressure, and hopefully Oracle, once wary of Web-based applications, has now embraced on aimed at avoiding a debt default in sustainable levels. can create a virtuous circle.” the cloud. On Thursday, the technology giant agreed to buy Taleo, a maker of online human resources software, for $1.9 billion. The acquisition — Oracle’s second major purchase of a cloud-related services com- WORLD & Nati pany — underscores the shift taking place in the enterprise software industry as more businesses turn to the Web to run their operations. Church battle over birth control “It’s a major move for Oracle,” Paul D. Hamerman, a Forrester analyst, said in an interview Thursday. “Larry Ellison used to be quite vocal that this sector would not be coverage was well planned very profitable, but he’s changed his tune because customers prefer the Web for certain applications,” he added, referring to Oracle’s co- By Laurie Goodstein “Never before,” Dolan said, set- en, and that the Obama administra- founder and chief executive. The New York Times ting the tone, “has the federal gov- tion was right? The billionaire’s vote of confidence is in many ways a coming-of- ernment forced individuals and On the day of the decision, age moment for the market, which emerged during the late 1990s. When after much internal debate organizations to go out into the bishops across the country posted —Evelyn M. Rusli, The New York Times the Obama administration finally marketplace and buy a product similarly dire statements on their announced its decision to require that violates their conscience. This websites, and at Mass on the follow- Republicans warn of possible religiously affiliated hospitals and shouldn’t happen in a land where ing Sundays, priests read the bish- universities to cover birth control in free exercise of religion ranks first in ops’ letters from their pulpits and expiration of payroll tax cuts their insurance plans, the nation’s the Bill of Rights.” wove the religious freedom theme

Roman Catholic bishops were fully The speed and passion behind into their homilies. By the bishops’ WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans said Thursday that on prepared for battle. the bishops’ response reflects their count, 147 bishops in the nation’s negotiations over extending a payroll tax cut were going so poorly Seven months earlier, they had growing sense of siege, and their 195 dioceses have now issued per- that it was possible the tax break — along with added unemployment started laying the groundwork for belief that the space the Catholic sonal letters on religious freedom, benefits — could expire at the end of the month. a major new campaign to combat Church once occupied in American which are trickling down to Catho- If the benefits are allowed to lapse, it will be a stunning coda to WORLD & Nati what they saw as the growing threat society and the deference it was giv- lics through their local parish bulle- a battle that has lasted months on Capitol Hill over whether and to religious liberty, including the le- en are gradually being curtailed by tins and diocesan newspapers. how to extend a 2-percentage-point tax break for nearly every work- galization of same-sex marriage. But an increasingly secular culture. Some bishops called on Catholics ing American and to provide additional unemployment benefits for the birth control mandate, issued The conflict puts not just the to lobby their legislators to overturn millions more. A temporary agreement forged in December cost Re- Jan. 20, was their Pearl Harbor. White House, but also the bishops to the mandate, while a few have called publicans politically and left both parties locked in another round of Hours after President Barack the test. Will their flock follow their for resistance. Archbishop Timo- fights over how to cover the costs. Obama phoned to share his decision lead? And are they sufficiently pow- thy Broglio, who oversees Catholic In addition, Republicans are seeking numerous policy changes with Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan erful, now that they have joined forc- military chaplains, instructed them connected to unemployment benefits — like a mandatory high of New York, who is president of the es with evangelicals and other reli- to read a pastoral letter at Mass that school equivalency program and possible drug testing for beneficia- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gious conservatives, to outmuscle said, “We cannot — and will not — ries — that Democrats have rejected out of hand. They would also the bishops’ headquarters in Wash- the women’s groups, public health comply with this unjust law.” Army reduce the benefits to 59 weeks, far less than the 79 weeks sought by ington posted on its website a video advocates and liberal religious lead- officials ordered him to strike that President Barack Obama. of Dolan that had been recorded the ers who argue that the real issue is line because it could be interpreted Democrats have dismissed a host of Republican suggestions for day before. contraceptive coverage for all wom- as a call for civil disobedience. how to pay for the extensions and have made few significant public counteroffers, leading Republicans to insist that the party is not seri- ous about making a deal.

—Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times on Demonstrations whisper of an Arab Muslim group demands Egyptian military relinquish rule WORLD & Nati spring in Jordan early

By Stephen Farrell The king’s opponents among ur- only about 6.5 million people, and CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday demanded that The New York Times ban liberals and Islamist fundamen- its king has managed to avoid the Egypt’s military rulers cede control of the government, stepping clos- talists have long called for change in kind of turmoil that has upended er to a long-anticipated confrontation between the ruling generals KARAK, Jordan — Beneath a the country’s political and economic other Arab countries by granting and the Islamist-dominated Parliament. statue of a glowering Saladin, a systems. But the protesters here in modest concessions like dismissing In a statement on its website and a television interview with one of medieval Islamic warrior, a crowd Karak are part of the monarchy’s government ministers and preserv- its senior leaders, the Brotherhood called for the military to allow the unfurled banners and began chant- main popular base, the tribes out- ing popular subsidies and by em- replacement of the current prime minister and cabinet with a new ing protests against the country’s side the cities. ploying the security forces. Jordan’s coalition government formed by Parliament, which would amount to leadership in its palaces and govern- No one appeared scared, or de- efficiency in suppressing domestic an immediate handover of power. ment offices far below the precipices terred, as the secret police recorded and external challenges has been The Brotherhood, the formerly outlawed Islamist group that now of this ancient fortress town. the protesters, who belong to the criticized by human rights groups. dominates Parliament, had previously said it was content to wait Jordan’s Hashemite monarch, same families from which the na- The king also has tried to appease for the June deadline by which the generals had pledged to turn King Abdullah II, who turned 50 last tion’s security officers have long public anger over corruption. Thurs- over power, which they seized with the ouster of President Hosni month, has had to become accus- been recruited. day, the official news agency Petra Mubarak. And signs were accumulating of a general accord between on tomed to such scenes as he marks When the Arab Spring began, announced that the authorities had the military and the Brotherhood over the terms of a new constitution his 13th year on the throne. Jordan initially appeared vulnerable detained a former chief of the intelli- expected to be ratified before the handover. “We want social justice,” chanted to the protests that were roiling other gence service, Mohammad al-Daha- The Brotherhood’s shift comes on the eve of Saturday’s anniver- the crowd, reading from a handwrit- nations and toppling their longtime bi, in connection with a continuing sary of Mubarak’s downfall, when other activists around the country W ten list of political, economic, and dictators. With none of the resources graft investigation. Other prominent have called for a general strike to demand the end of military rule — a social grievances. of its wealthy neighbors on the Per- officials and businessmen also are call the Brotherhood has previously resisted. “Real elections,” they shouted. sian Gulf, Jordan struggles with ris- facing investigation. But the group is also changing its position at a time when the o “I’m a citizen, not a beggar.” ing energy costs, a water shortage, The protest in Karak was not in- military-controlled government appears overwhelmed by domestic Such public criticism of Jordan’s social strains and an official unem- tended to topple a monarchy, and at and foreign crises, including a deadly soccer riot last week followed R

nearly century-old monarchy would ployment rate of around 12 percent most, 150 protesters had gathered. by five days of violent protests, a standoff with Washington that has l have been unthinkable just a year — with unofficial estimates of at Unlike in Cairo or Tunis, the demon- imperiled billions of dollars in U.S. aid and international loans, and ago among these tribesmen of the least double that. strators here called for overhauling an economy teetering on collapse. D country’s heartland. But Jordan is also small, with the system, not bringing it down. —David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times 4

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By Kathryn Dere arts editor Boston Symphony Orchestra Last Thursday’s French-themed program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra featured a fash-

Arts Arts Art S Conducted by Charles Dutoit ion show to complement the performance of De- bussy’s La Mer. Project Debussy, part of an annual Featuring Gautier Capuçon, fashion competition based on the works of a composer, featured eleven Debussy-inspired designs cellist by local fashion students. This Project Composer series adds a new dimension to the usual sympho- February 2, 2012

A RTS ny-goer’s experience, as couture and music — at least classical music — is rarely explored together. prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige; this is apparent The concert opened with Strauss’s Le Bour- even in the texture of the piece. La Mer, opening geois Gentilhome, Orchestra suite Op. 60, a beau- with Debussy’s characteristic pentatonic scales, is tiful but rather soporific piece; the more stimu- as richly layered and colorful as the ocean itself, lating second half of the program began with with both its playfulness and its power. The un- Dutilleux’s Tout un monde lointain… (An entire dulating exchanges between the string sections distant world) for cello and orchestra. The title of mimic waves while the winds, floating on top, add the piece comes from the Baudelaire poem “Le a refreshing breeze to the menacing undertones Chevelure,” and each of the five movements — of the low strings and timpani. Énigme, Regard, Houles, Miroirs, Hymne — are What makes Debussy so special is that he managed to create music that is modern but still beautiful in a more classical sense. In the fashion La Mer, opening with show that followed the concert, designers presented their own unique takes on Debussy’s aes- Debussy’s characteristic thetic. The dress designs ranged from full-length pentatonic scales, is as evening gowns to shorter creations with theatri- cal flair. One dress, by Janfrevic Lujares, managed richly layered and colorful to straddle the zone between the striking and the elegant with a brilliantly teal-colored dress with as the ocean itself, with floral textured fabric on the skirt. The winning design as chosen by the judges, by Kowoon Jeong, both its playfulness and its celebrated the darker undertones in Debussy’s power. work with a purple and black embellished dress. The people’s choice winner was Teresa Calabro, inspired by lines from other Baudelaire poems. whose dark blue evening gown featured a satin Dutilleux’s poetic style, along with French cellist skirt covered with handmade flowers. Most of Gautier Capuçon’s own quiet intensity, made for the other designs were not particularly avant- a captivating, subtly rousing performance. The garde, nor were they necessarily tasteful or well- extremely virtuosic cello solo featured haunt- constructed. Despite the shortcomings in dress ing melodies punctuated by sharp staccatos, design, however, the unexpected alliance within almost grinding chords, and frequent glissandi. the arts as presented by Project Debussy was Capuçon, for his part, was so deeply immersed a thought-provoking one that both challenged in the music that his conversation with his cello and widened more traditional views of classical and with the rest of the orchestra gave the audi- music. ence an otherworldly and surprisingly visceral experience of the music. One could almost feel Capuçon’s conversation the touch of the notes with every movement of his head and every breath he took, and the am- with his cello and with biguity of the ending — a single, fluttering note dying away — only added to the alluring aura of the rest of the orchestra the piece. I found myself holding my breath. The last piece of the night was Debussy’s La gave the audience Mer, three symphonic sketches including “From Dawn to Noon on the Sea,” “Play of the Waves,” an otherworldly and kathryn dere—The Tech and “Dialogue of the Wind and Sea.” Debussy’s in- surprisingly visceral The winning dress by The School of Fashion Design student Kowoon spiration was primarily from art, probably Turn- Jeong explored the depths of emotion in Debussy’s music. er’s paintings of the sea and definitely Japanese experience of the music.

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With the ISN/ARMY Labs Summer Intern Research Program * By Bruno B. F. Faviero in Cambridge politics and runs the Staff Reporter online Cambridge Civic Journal, This program provides opportunities for MIT undergraduate students to conduct said that Boston Properties, a real Kendall Square is heating up in estate investment trust that owns research at state-of-the art Army laboratories working under the direction of Army the coming months with the addi- much of the land in Kendall Square, scientists. Most areas of science and engineering are of interest. Internships tion of a new Chipotle restaurant. has “stepped up to the plate” to typically run from June to August The Mexican fast-food chain, set make the area “less monolithic.” to open in the spring of 2012 at 3 “Kendall Square,” said Winters, Cambridge Center, will be one “was historically a dead place when As a summer intern, students: of over a dozen new restau- people went home from work, • Gain valuable research experience rants that have opened in but now it’s becoming a real • Build new professional relationships the Kendall Square area place.” Winters also men- • Access world-class facilities in the past two years. tioned that Boston Prop- The Chipotle — a erties has future plans for • Become part of a team that provides new, life-saving technologies. divergence from Kend- adding more housing in the all Square’s primarily sit- area, and that such efforts are If you are interested in learning more about this program the first step is to register down restaurants like Legal making Kendall Square a more at the website: Sea Foods — was chosen in partic- “sellable” location. ular as a “quick-serve” venue to tar- Students had mixed reactions get the casual student and on-the- to the announcement of the new https://isn.mit.edu/internship/index.php go population that frequents the Chipotle. Nicholas J. Prus ’15, was area, said Travis McCready, execu- happy to hear about it. tive director of the Kendall Square “I’m a big fan of Chipotle,” he If you have questions about this program, or experience difficulty using any features on association. The association, ac- said, “so this comes as big news website, please contact Marlisha McDaniels- [email protected] or the ISN Headquarters, cording to its website, serves to to me. Even though I’m on the 19- NE47-4thFl. 617.324.4700. “establish a shared vision for the meal plan, it’s almost worth it to future of Kendall Square.” spend an extra $10 and extra time “It’s all part of the desire to cre- to go to Chipotle.” ate a more vibrant community,” Bonny Jain ’14, was less excited, *The Army Lab provides the intern's salary, which typically ranges from said McCready. The restaurant “Sometimes I have a burrito crav- $2280/month to $2864/month depending on class year. Under certain is part of an effort to appeal to all ing … which an Anna’s burrito circumstances the ISN can provide the intern with a supplement of up customers of Kendall Square: en- right in the middle of campus can to $1500 to defray costs of local accommodations and travel. trepreneurs, business-owners, satisfy.” students, and the “several thou- Jeffrey Warren ’15 also said, “If sand” residents, said McCreedy. it were located at Anna’s Taqueria, I “It’s part of the equation — if you would be interested; however, I am have that mixture … you need a not willing to make the trek over to The ISN: The mission of the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies is to dramatically enhance retail element that services that Kendall.” Soldier protection and survivability through basic research on nanotechnology and collaboration with population.” According to Winters, there Army and industry partners to transition promising research into practical capabilities. The Tech ad McCreedyfor February added 16that Open future House. are also Publish current plans Friday, in front February of 10 @ $100 for 1/8 page plans for the area include a drug the Cambridge licensing commis- ad. Deadlinestore, February which Kendall 6. Square does sion to open a Chipotle in Central not currently have, another res- Square in the former location of the taurant, and a bakery/coffee shop recently-closed Wendy’s. opening up on 3rd Street — the lat- Students and other members ter two of which are set to open in a of the MIT community will have few months. more food options to look forward Robert Winters, a mathematics to as both the Kendall and Central instructor at MIT who is involved Square areas expand and develop.

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According to Collins, hiring PSG committee will give a report with number of separate entrances into mindful of students who were plan- full shifts from Monday to Friday, workers to work during those times recommendations to the Division the building. In East Campus, for ning on working at desk during IAP,” 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the past eliminates that problem. of Student Life (DSL). example, there are six separate en- said Collins. Thus, if student desk year and a half, and will continue to Additionally, Maseeh will also Dean of Residential Life and trances into the building, but they workers started coming back on do so for the Spring semester. continue to have exclusively PSG Dining Henry J. Humphreys is are all card access and “prison- campus, beginning Monday, Jan. Although she doesn’t think dif- workers at desk. They staff both part of the Security Committee, grade doors,” said East Campus 9, desk captains allowed students ficulty filling shifts with students shifts — 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. which is chaired by Chief of Po- House Manager Joseph F. Graham, to work alongside the PSG work- is the reason a PSG worker covers and 4:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. — and lice John DiFava and Professor in an interview with The Tech in ers. PSG staff handled the security desk, Next House desk worker Ash- as with all other undergraduate Charles Stewart, Housemaster of November. “Even if you get in [one aspects of desk, while MIT students ley M. Smith ’15 is grateful for the dorms, night security is covered by McCormick. of the doors], you are stuck in the functioned as service desk workers. PSG presence. Nightwatch. According to Humphreys, the stairwell.” MIT continued to use PSG work- committee is looking into “every- Housing managers meet with ers throughout IAP because those Most dorms returned to all student desk thing ever to do with security of Collins about once a month to dis- workers had already committed to both undergraduates and gradu- cuss general issues and address the job. workers for the spring semester, with the ates,” addressing “campus secu- any concerns with dorm desks and In Senior House, the two-worker exceptions of Next, Simmons, and Maseeh. rity in general.” The group has security. Concerns regarding IAP system was particularly noticeable, conducted interviews with GRTs, 2012 were raised in last November’s as the PSG worker sat at the front of “I appreciate that we have that “Maseeh opened that way [with students, desk workers, Collins, meeting, and the decision to hire desk, and the student desk worker because it allows us to focus on exclusively PSG desk workers] be- and various other people who have workers from PSG to work desk dur- sat behind the PSG worker. Housing our work. She’s very efficient,” cause we had no students, because a perspective on campus security. ing IAP was made in December. allowed different dorms to arrange says Smith. “We can go to office we never had students before,” said The committee itself also consists “In past years, we couldn’t fill all the two workers at their discretion, hours during the day and not wor- Collins. “And because everyone of Dormitory Council President El- the shifts, especially on the last day of as MIT committed to giving both ry about running back to work at seemed fine with it being that way, len McIsaac ’12 and a Next House finals and through the holidays,” said sets of workers the shifts. desk.” we’ve left it that way.” GRT, as well as an outside expert Collins. “Desk was empty, desk was Simmons is following suit. Start- The priority for Housing is to on security, several faculty mem- shut and closed. It was our goal this PSG Desk Workers During ing this semester, Simmons is filling keep desks open at all times, said bers, and a member of the Office for year — because of all the security is- Term the 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekday shifts Collins, and whatever accom- Emergency Management. sues and concerns people had on Most dorms returned to all stu- with PSG workers as well. Outside plishes that goal is better for dorm The Security Committee will campus — to not have desk closed.” dent desk workers for the Spring of those times, MIT students will security. report their recommendations to Essentially, outside desk work- semester, with the exceptions of continue to work desk. Dean Colombo and DSL sometime ers were hired this IAP to fill uncov- Next House, Simmons, and Mas- “I think with Simmons being Security Committee formed next week. ered desk shifts, and the impetus to eeh Hall. so far away, if people suddenly re- In mid-December, Dean for Stu- Derek Chang contributed reporting.

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