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Volume 128, Number 41 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2012 Class Council, No. 6 Leaves IFC, Citing Privacy By Jessica Lin tween fraternities during rush. derstand that everyone has a right Delta Psi, better known as the No. The Clearinghouse system tracks to their privacy,” said Fematt, but New Senate Elected 6 Club, left the Interfraternity Coun- the location of male freshmen dur- freshmen are “participating in what cil to join the Living Group Council ing rush. Freshmen are required to is our recruitment.” Fematt empha- By Natasha Nath get involved every year varies” and before rush this fall following dis- sign in and out at each fraternity they sized that the data is only used to lo- About 20 percent of undergradu- that perhaps fewer people wanted to agreements with the IFC over the visit, and the system is updated in cate particular freshmen. “We’re not ates voted to elect new members to be a part of the group this year. Clearinghouse system policies. real time so that fraternities can see tracking how he felt, what clothes he the Undergraduate Association Senate Due to the lack of official candi- During spring, No. 6 had at- where a particular freshman is at a was wearing, or what he was doing and the 2012 Class Council this fall. dates, some senators were elected by tempted to make an agreement given time. Freshmen males are au- at a frat.” Rishi Dixit ’12 and Andy D. Kalen- write-ins. Cody R. Daniel ’11 was with the IFC to disengage from the tomatically put into the system un- Last spring, No. 6 motioned to derian ’12 have been elected Class one of the unofficial candidates who Clearinghouse during rush this fall, less they opt out. end their participation in the Clear- of 2012 president and vice president. was voted into the senate to represent arguing that the system infringed on “It seemed to us a violation of inghouse system at a meeting of the Twenty-six new members have been Senior Haus. He said that he had not freshmen’s privacy. The IFC decided freshmen’s privacy,” said M. Tom IFC. However, they were refused. No. elected to the senate, the majority of thought about candidacy until Senior that No. 6 would not be allowed to Kennedy ’10, a member and former 6 tried to compromise with the other which are freshmen. Haus sent out e-mail to its residents participate in rush without using president of No. 6. fraternities in the IFC over Clearing- East Campus faced a tie for the about the lack of official candidates to the Clearinghouse, since opting out Christopher A. Fematt ’09, the house. “If the issue was safety, we second seat in the senate. Voting in a the Senate. He said decided to “step would conflict with their policy of IFC recruitment chair, defended the run-off election to break the tie will up” as he felt he was “capable of the maintaining equal playing field be- use of Clearinghouse: “We do un- No. 6 Club, Page 11 end today. job.” His campaigning was mostly ca- About 25 percent fewer students sual, he said: he sent out an e-mail to voted this year than last. President of the Haus informing them that he was the Undergraduate Association, Noah running and asked his friends to vote S. Jessop ’09 attributes this decreased for him. voting rate to the change in timing of Jorge D. Simosa ’12 was another the voting period, which happened two unofficial candidate who was elected weeks earlier than last year. Jessop said to represent MacGregor in the senate that “[election] visibility suffered” due by write-in votes. Simosa said he first to the change in dates and that many became interested in the UA Senate students, especially freshmen, did not during the Activities Fair and didn’t have time to learn about and vote for think that he “would have a chance the candidates. However, he said that to win,” but decided to run when he he thinks bringing the senate together learned that no one else was running. earlier than usual will help make the His campaign also included sending group “stronger” and “more produc- out e-mail to the dorm and requesting tive.” residents to write him in as a candi- Jessop said the earlier elections date. also contributed to some dorms lack- Jessop said he hopes to make “the ing official candidates: “A lot of people different ways that the UA serves missed the deadlines” for applications students more apparent and easy to to the senate, he said. He also said that the “number of people who want to UA Elections, Page 12 MIT Washington Office

Alex H. Chan—The Tech Stresses Importance of At the Cheryl Vossmer Photo Exhibition hosted by the Sidney-Pacific Graduate Community, MIT Police Sergeant Cheryl N. Vossmer (right) showcased her outstanding work to (from left) David J. Science/Tech in Election Dolev, MIT Police Officer Jennifer Ortiz, Justin Zheng G, and MIT Police Officer Loren Montgomery. By Jingyun Fan is very important that we reach out MIT is a multitasker. In addition equally”, said Kirk Kolenbrander, Comedian Russell Peters Will to being an institute of higher educa- the Vice President of Institute Affairs Job Seekers tion, MIT is a political force with its and Secretary of the Corporation. Perform at Kresge in October own office in Washington. Along those lines, an energy de- Flocked to Headed by William B. Bonvillian, bate between the Obama and McCain By Omar Abudayyeh Festivals. the MIT Washington Office takes it campaigns, hosted by the MIT En- Known for his racial humor and He said that the cost will be bal- upon itself to track legislation con- ergy Club and Energy Initiative, will Career Fair “gay Indian” jokes, Canadian come- anced by sales of tickets, which are cerning universities or research and be held on Oct. 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 dian Russell Peters will be headlining pricier this year. Last year, tickets to development, follow new research p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Former this year’s Fall Festival. Tickets for his see comedian Pablo Francisco were policies developed by federal agen- CIA Director James Woolsey will Last Week show on Oct. 3 in Kresge went on sale $10 for members of the MIT commu- cies, and to make sure MIT stays represent the McCain campaign, and By Robert McQueen for MIT students on Sept. 17 and can nity, and $18 for guests and students involved in national science policy Jason Grumet, executive director of Staff Reporter be ordered online for $15 at https:// from other colleges. forums. In a nutshell, the Washington the National Commission on Energy More students but fewer com- sao.mit.edu/tickets/. This year MIT students will have Office serves as the connection that Policy will represent the Obama cam- panies attended last Thursday’s Fall The Undergraduate Association to pay $15 to see Russell. Other mem- links MIT to the rest of the world. paign. Career Fair at the Johnson Athletic Events Committee picked Peters for bers of the MIT community, including The Washington Office was in- Keeping to MIT’s traditionally Center, according to Robert J. Rich- his popularity among students. “In staff, faculty and alumni, and local strumental in developing the MIT bipartisan stance, the Washington ard, associate director of the Global past surveys, Russell Peters ranked at college students will have to pay $25. Washington DC Summer Internship Office has supplied reference materi- Education and Career Development the top of who students wanted to see Spangle said the increased cost Program. Through this program, als and questions to both major con- Center. perform,” said Paul Spangle, assistant is worth it, considering how big of a students utilize their technical back- tenders — John McCain and Barack Richard estimated that about director of the Student Activities Of- celebrity Peters is. Peters will also be grounds to participate in the work Obama — encouraging them to en- 5,000 students showed up to the fair, fice. accompanied by an opening act of his of federal agencies and advocacy gage in constructive dialogue about up from 4,000 last year. But only Peters, who is of Indian descent, choice, which is yet to be announced. groups, thus influencing public pol- science policy. These reference ma- 300 companies attended, a 9 percent grew up in Canada and much of his Every year it is MIT tradition to icy. terials include MIT’s understanding decrease from last year according to humor involves poking fun at racial celebrate October with a cross-cam- The Washington Office plays a of the issues at hand along with in- Richard. stereotypes, especially stereotypes pus festival. In this month-long affair, supporting role when MIT commu- formation MIT professors helped put With a credit crisis in the air, Leh- about immigrants. Some of his better- a myriad array of events occur, rang- nity members become involved in together. The Washington Office tries man Brothers was one of the absent known jokes feature immigrant par- ing from a resounding Jazz Brunch to policy and helps forge connections to help both candidates’ understand- companies. The recently bankrupt ents beating their children, terrorists, a romantic Fall Formal. The Lecture that make their involvement possible. ing of science and technology issues. firm had reserved a spot at the fair, and Indian labor. Series Committee is joining in as well Currently, the Washington Office is Ensuring that science and tech- but didn’t send any representatives. Because Peters was in such high to offer up a free showing of Hellboy even keeping an eye on the presiden- nology stay on the bill in the presi- On Thursday, promotional flyers sat demand on campus, the UA worked 2: The Golden Army. To top the month tial campaigns. dential debates is the Washington abandoned at the Lehman booth. especially hard to secure him. Ac- off, there’s a special spin on every- “MIT and President Hockfield Office’s top priority, but political Still, there were more than enough cording to Spangle, the UA will pay one’s beloved holiday known as Hal- are very interested in engaging both Peters roughly $40,000, more than lowMIT, which is a carnival open to major candidates at this point, but it DC Office, Page 15 Career Fair, Page 16 has been given to acts at previous Fall the MIT community.

Comics Ca m p u s Li f e Op i n i o n Ramblings From Hell: Inside the markets World & Nation ��������������������������2 Do you have a ‘stranger crush’? Page 4 Opinion ����������������������������������������4 John McCain: Campus Life ��������������������������������6 Page 7 Facts or Fiction? Sports ����������������������������������������20 Page 8 Page 5 Page 2 The Tech September 23, 2008 Wo r l d & Na t i o n Washoe County Will Likely Tip Economists’ Skepticism Nevada’s Election Outcome By Jennifer Steinhauer The New York Times SPARKS, Nev. Deepens on Bailout Plan There are swing states, and within them, swing counties. Here in northern Nevada, there are also swing streets. By Peter S. Goodman ings Institution in Washington. “What put in the hands of Henry Paulson, Living on one of them, York Way, a busy residential street of single- The New York Times I worry about is that the Treasury has a guy who totally missed this, and family homes, is Delta Limon, 42, a Democrat born in Mexico who As economists puzzle over the acted very quickly, without having the has been wrong about almost every- feels a fissure between her beliefs that Sen. Barack Obama is on her side proposed details of what may be the time to solicit enough opinions.” thing,” said Dean Baker, co-director of the immigration debate but not conservative enough on gay rights. biggest financial bailout in American The common denominator to of the liberal Center for Economic A few houses away, her neighbor Roger Rowland, a 58-year-old history, the initial skepticism that many reactions is a visceral discom- and Policy Research in Washington. electrician, voted for President Bush twice and feels let down, yet is greeted its unveiling has only deep- fort with giving Treasury Secretary “It’s almost amazing they can do this unable to settle between between Obama, the Democrat, and Sen. John ened. Henry Paulson Jr. — himself a prod- with a straight face. There is clearly McCain, the Republican. Some are horrified at the prospect uct of Wall Street — carte blanche to skepticism and anger at the idea that Other neighbors are Joe Beard, 64, who would no sooner vote for of putting $700 billion in public mon- relieve major financial institutions we’d give this money to these guys, Obama than volunteer for space travel, and Brian and Becky Solomon, ey on the line. Others are outraged of bad loans choking their balance no questions asked.” new parents in their mid-20s who just as strongly back Obama. that Wall Street, home of the eight- sheets, all on the taxpayer’s tab. Paulson has argued that the pow- In the emergent swing state of Nevada, Washoe County — home to figure salary, may get rescued from There are substantive reasons for ers he seeks are necessary to chase Reno and Sparks — is the most pendular county of all. Reliably Repub- the disastrous consequences of its real this discomfort, not least concerns away the wolf howling at the door: lican for years, the Republican Party’s voter registration advantage has estate bender, even as working fami- that Paulson will pay too much, thus a potentially swift unraveling of the narrowed to 5,000 people from 17,000 in just the last year. lies relinquish houses to foreclosure. subsidizing giant financial institu- American financial system. That Most economists accept that the tions. Many economists argue that would be catastrophic for everyone, nation’s financial crisis — the worst taxpayers ought to get more than he argues, not only banks, but also Radical Shift for Goldman Sachs since the Great Depression — has avoidance of the apocalypse for their ordinary Americans who depend on reached such perilous proportions that dollars: They ought to get an owner- their finance to buy homes and cars, And Morgan Stanley an expensive intervention is required. ship stake in the companies on the and to pay for college. By Andrew Ross Sorkin But considerable disagreement centers receiving end. Some are suspicious of Paul- and Vikas Bajaj on how to go about it. The Treasury’s But an underlying source of doubt son’s characterizations, finding in his The New York Times proposal for a bailout, being negotiat- about the bailout stems from who is warnings and demands for extraor- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the last big independent invest- ed with Congress, is being challenged doing the asking. The rescue is be- dinary powers a parallel with the ment banks on Wall Street, will transform themselves into bank holding as fundamentally deficient. ing sold as a must-have emergency way the Bush administration gained companies subject to far greater regulation, the Federal Reserve said Sun- “At first it was, ‘thank goodness the measure by an administration with a authority for the war in Iraq. Then, day night, a move that fundamentally reshapes an era of high finance that cavalry is coming,’ but what exactly is controversial record when it comes the White House suggested that defined the modern Gilded Age. the cavalry going to do?” asked Doug- to asking Congress for special au- mushroom clouds could accompany The firms requested the change themselves, even as Congress and las W. Elmendorf, a former Treasury thority in time of duress. Congress’ failure to act. This time, it the Bush administration rushed to pass a $700 billion rescue of financial and Federal Reserve Board econo- “This administration is asking is financial Armageddon supposedly firms. It was a blunt acknowledgment that their model of finance and mist, and now a fellow at the Brook- for a $700 billion blank check to be on the doorstep. investing had become too risky and that they needed the cushion of bank deposits that had kept big commercial banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase relatively safe amid the recent turmoil. It also is a turning point for the high-rolling culture of Wall Street, Market Volatility Makes with its seven-figure bonuses and lavish perks for even midlevel execu- tives. It effectively returns Wall Street to the way it was structured before Congress passed a law during the Great Depression separating investment Some Retirees Nervous banking from commercial banking, known as the Glass-Steagall Act. By John Leland enough for how long we live.” tirely from dividends, and she says she and Louis Uchitelle Today’s retirees have less money in is worried that as her stocks decline, Foreign Nations Pledge The New York Times savings, longer life expectancies and some of those dividends will fall, too. Older Americans with investments greater exposure to market risk than “If I were guaranteed that the Support for Bailout Plan are among the hardest hit by the tur- any retirees since World War II. Even dividend would remain unchanged, I By Mark Landler moil in the financial markets and have before the last week of turmoil, 39 could ignore that the underlying value and Carter Dougherty the least opportunity to recover. percent of retirees said they expected of my stocks has eroded,” she said. The New York Times WASHINGTON As companies have switched from to outlive their savings, up from 29 “But that is not the way it works. If The United States, having expanded its proposed rescue of the finan- fixed pensions to 401(k) accounts, re- percent in 2007, according to a survey the value of the stocks doesn’t go up cial sector to include foreign banks, has not yet found any other country tirees risk losing big chunks of their by the Employee Benefit Research In- again, there are not a lot of companies willing to join the landmark bailout. wealth and income in a single day’s stitute, an industry-sponsored group that can keep on paying a 16 percent The Treasury Department still hopes to marshal a worldwide ef- trading, as many have in the last in Washington. dividend.” fort to cleanse the balance sheets of banks. But Europe and Japan have month. “This really highlights the new Nevertheless, Emerson decided to signaled that they are not ready to mount a rescue of the kind being “There’s a terrified older popula- world of retirement,” said Richard push ahead last week with the rebuild- debated here. tion out there,” said Alicia H. Mun- Johnson, a principal research asso- ing of her sun porch in Ventura, Calif., Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. continues to solicit support nell, director of the Center for Retire- ciate at the Urban Institute in Wash- not wanting to endure any longer the from foreign governments. His department plans to prod them by giv- ment Research at Boston College. “If ington. “It’s a much riskier world for discomfort of life in a mobile home ing preference to banks from countries that show a willingness to help you’re 45 and the market goes down, retirees, because people don’t have de- with a leaky and rusting porch. the American effort, a senior administration official said Monday. it bothers you, but it comes back. But fined-benefit plans. They have pots of “I don’t obsess about what is hap- “We expect other countries to do their part, but we’re not insisting if you’re retired or about to retire, you money and they have to worry about pening, but it is always in the back of their programs be exactly like ours,” said the official, who spoke on might have to sell your assets before making it last.” my mind,” Emerson said, adding that condition of anonymity. “We’re certainly not prepared to put ourselves they have a chance to recover. And Carol J. Emerson, 65, sees herself she would cancel the $30,000 project in a position where there’s a free-rider problem.” people don’t have the luxury of be- as particularly vulnerable. Her annual if she lost faith that stocks would re- ing in bonds because they don’t yield income of $50,000 comes almost en- bound in her lifetime. We a t h e r Fall Has Fallen Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 By Vince Agard 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W The Autumn season has officially begun as of 11:44 a.m. EDT yesterday 40°N morning, and today is its first full day. We can expect gradually falling tem- peratures through the coming months, as New England transitions from its warm, pleasant summer to another cold, snowy winter. Although you may

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With First Debate on Friday, Resignation Rocks Zimbabwe’s Tenuous Power-Sharing Deal Strategists Analyze Candidates By Celia W. Dugger The New York Times HARARE, Zimbabwe By Katharine Q. Seelye in as a potential commander in chief, missed that ‘60s be-in. Thabo Mbeki’s resignation as president of South Africa could The New York Times and Obama should expect McCain to “I’m sure it was a cultural and hardly have come at a worse time for Zimbabwe, where he had just Sen. John McCain, the Republi- question his credentials for the job at pharmaceutical event,” he dead- brokered a power-sharing deal that has now reached a pivotal — and can presidential nominee, heads into every turn — and to distort his views, panned, pausing again to stoke the cul- perilous — moment, analysts say. the first debate Friday with a track re- as Romney insisted he did. ture wars. “I was tied up at the time.” Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition and the cord as a scrappy combatant and the McCain is likely to steer the con- The audience roared with approval prime minister designate, said Monday that the fall of the region’s most instincts of a fighter pilot, prepared to versation, as he has in prior debates, and rose to its feet for an extended influential politician was a blow to Zimbabwe. take out his opponent and willing to to his captivity in Vietnam. It was the ovation. It was an overwhelming dis- But he also said it was now incumbent on the African leaders who take risks to do so. bedrock experience of his life and is play of affirmation almost unheard of named Mbeki the mediator for Zimbabwe to ensure that the promise He has used fairly consistent tech- the organizing principle of his politi- in a debate format. of the deal was fulfilled, despite the uncertainty about whether Mbeki niques during his roughly 30 debates cal identity. Most of McCain’s moments on would continue in the role. on the national stage: He is an ag- He showcased it most triumphant- the debate stage are rarely that dra- “I think they’re aware of their responsibility to complete the ne- gressive competitor who scolds his ly last October in a debate in Orlando, matic, but they are not without flair. gotiations,” said Tsvangirai, who spoke with serious understatement opponents, grins when he scores and Fla. The moderator noted that while He uses short, active verbs that proj- during an interview in the private study of his home here in the capital. is handy with the rhetorical shiv. Just McCain had strongly supported the ect strength, and he can connect with The interview was Tsvangirai’s first since Mbeki was effectively fired ask Mitt Romney, whom McCain fil- troop surge in Iraq, Sen. Hillary Rod- audiences on a visceral level using by his own party just days after triumphantly concluding the Zimba- leted on several occasions in debates ham Clinton, then the likely Demo- down-to-earth language. He was one bwe agreement. during the primaries, perhaps most in- cratic nominee, wanted to pull the of 10 Republicans on stage when the Tsvangirai, 56, and Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, 84, are furiatingly for Romney when McCain troops out. McCain was asked wheth- primary debates began in May 2007, at an impasse in the first crucial test of Mugabe’s willingness to relin- misleadingly asserted that Romney er the surge was a winning issue for but he managed to stand out with one quish some of the complete control he has exercised during 28 years favored a timetable for withdrawal Republicans in 2008. With a quick vivid remark. Saying he would do in power. Mugabe did not enter negotiations until July, after African from Iraq. nod to the troops, McCain, charac- “whatever is necessary” to capture election monitors concluded that a June runoff was not free or fair and A review of several of McCain’s teristically, hijacked the question and Osama bin Laden, he declared, “I’ll African leaders insisted on talks. He said at the signing ceremony for debates shows that he is most comfort- skipped to pork barrel spending, his follow him to the gates of hell.” the agreement that he was committed to it. able and authentic when the subject is favorite bete noire. But that debate also showed that foreign policy. And in a stroke of good “In case you missed it, a few days McCain’s performances could be fortune, foreign policy is the topic for ago, Sen. Clinton tried to spend $1 uneven. He stumbled over some North Korea Closer to Restarting Friday, the first of three 90-minute million on the Woodstock Concert words. He looked confused at several debates with Senator Barack Obama, Museum,” McCain said slyly. “Now, junctures and was slow on the draw, Its Nuclear Program the Democratic nominee. my friends, I wasn’t there,” he con- retrieving his time on occasion to By Elaine Sciolino Voters give higher marks to McCa- tinued, letting it sink in why he had amend earlier answers. The New York Times PARIS North Korea asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to re- move seals and surveillance cameras at the North’s nuclear reprocess- ing facility, the agency’s director said Monday, in a setback for both the Infighting in Iraq Grows as Sunni Bush administration and an international nuclear disarmament agree- ment. The move, following a flurry of reports that the North Korean leader Patrols Await Power Shift Kim Jong-il may be seriously ill, offers further proof that North Korea plans to renew activity at the facility that separates plutonium for use By Erica Goode ing to greatly reduce violence around On Oct. 1, 54,000 Awakening in nuclear weapons at its complex at Yongbyon. It further suggests that The New York Times the country. members in and around the capital the country may be preparing to restart its nuclear weapons program. BAGHDAD But in Adhamiya and in some — including those in Adhamiya, a North Korea has “asked the agency’s inspectors to remove seals and In Adhamiya, a neighborhood other areas of Iraq, the patrols, Sunni stronghold where Saddam surveillance equipment to enable them to carry out tests at the repro- that only a year ago was among the hailed by many as heroic for making Hussein was last seen before he van- cessing plant, which they say will not involve nuclear material,” the most dangerous in Baghdad, the vio- the streets safer, have posed increas- ished — will move to the payroll of agency’s director, Mohamed ElBaradei, said in a speech to the group’s lence last week seemed almost negli- ing problems. Commanders quarrel an Iraqi government dominated by 35-country board of governors. gible. A shootout near a checkpoint and jockey for power and territory. Shiite Muslims, who were long per- He confirmed that the agency’s inspectors had observed the resto- left two people dead on Sunday. An- Finger-pointing and threats are com- secuted under Saddam. ration of some equipment that North Korea had previously removed other man was killed on Monday by mon. Some residents complain that U.S. military commanders have during the dismantling. a small bomb placed under a car. the men, not a few of them swagger- said the success of the transition is In a telephone conversation with President Hu Jintao of China on Some residents hardly noticed. ing street toughs, use their power to a critical gauge of whether recon- Sunday, President Bush expressed concern about North Korea’s an- But the deaths quickly drew the intimidate people. Sometimes vio- ciliation is possible at a time when nouncement last week of its intention to restore the nuclear facilities at attention of the U.S. officers sta- lence erupts. withdrawals of U.S. troops are begin- Yongbyon to their original state, according to the White House. tioned in the neighborhood. Both “What you have is essentially ning. outbursts involved members of the armed factions, like mini-gangs that “It’s a very big deal to us to make Awakening Councils, the citizen operate in a certain set of checkpoints sure that this goes off well,” said China’s Food and Product Safety patrols paid by the United States to in certain territories,” said Lt. Erick Brig. Gen. Robin P. Swan, a deputy fight the insurgency. Kuylman, a patrol commander in the commander for the U.S. forces in Chief Steps Down And both were seen as a worri- 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, Baghdad. “We are taking it seriously, By David Barboza some sign of the tension and infight- which operates in Adhamiya. as is the government of Iraq.” The New York Times SHANGHAI, China ing that have rippled through the Kuylman said the Awakening The military has spent months The chief of China’s food and product safety agency was forced to Sunni-dominated Awakening groups Councils had met their original working out the mechanics of the tran- resign Monday in a growing scandal over the country’s tainted milk in recent weeks, just as the U.S. mili- purpose, but he added, “They have sition, hoping to head off problems. supply, which has already sickened more than 50,000 infants and killed tary plans to transfer control of about outlived, I think, their service since But some U.S. officers have expressed at least three children, according to the state-run Xinhua news ser- half the councils to the Shiite-led then.” concerns that should the transition go vice. government. Some U.S. officers say it is no badly, the lure of the insurgency might The official, Li Changjiang, is the most senior government official The U.S. military credits the coincidence that the problems have prove too great for some Awakening to lose his job in the scandal. His resignation was announced Mon- councils — whose 99,000 members worsened at a critical juncture for members, in particular top leaders, day evening, as the government widened its investigation into how an are mostly Sunni Muslims, many of the Awakening movement and for who stand to lose lucrative manage- industrial chemical contaminated powdered baby formula and milk them former insurgents — with help- U.S. forces. ment fees and higher salaries. products made by some of the country’s biggest dairy companies. It is one of the nation’s worst food-safety scandals in memory, ex- ceeding the troubles of a year ago when China was found to have ex- Worries About Bailout Plans Give ported tainted pet food ingredients, toothpaste, seafood and dangerous lead-contaminated toys. The government has already arrested 19 people suspected of inten- tionally spiking milk supplies with melamine, an industrial chemical Stocks a Downward Shove made from coal that is normally used in the production of plastics and By Jad Mouawad posted a more modest gain of 6 per- search. And Tom Bentz, an energy fertilizer. and Michael M. Grynbaum cent, closing at $108.97 a barrel. analyst at BNP Paribas, said, “What It is poisonous when ingested and is banned from food produc- The New York Times “It’s crazy,” said Bart Melek, a can I say? Every market is just out of tion. But unscrupulous milk dealers here may have added melamine to NEW YORK commodities analyst at BMO Capi- control right now.” watered-down milk to artificially inflate protein counts, officials say. Fresh concerns about the big- tal Markets. “It certainly reinforces Monday’s concerns were cen- gest government bailout in history the Chinese saying ‘May you live in tered on Washington, where Presi- sent stock markets down sharply on interesting times.’ It’s certainly turn- dent Bush urged Congress to pass Congress Considers Great Lakes Monday, while a weakening dollar ing out to be a curse.” the bailout package by the end of sparked a frantic rush into commodi- A sense of unease settled over the week. The proposed legislation Conservation Compact ties as investors remained nervous the market as investors fretted about would provide sweeping powers to By Susan Saulny about the financial health of Wall the size and details of the govern- the Treasury Department to buy bad The New York Times Street. ment’s $700 billion bailout plan and assets from financial firms. In an effort to put to rest the fear that drought-stricken states or The Dow Jones industrials closed concerns it could drive up inflation But Democrats have started ques- foreign countries could tap into the tremendous body of freshwater down 372 points, or 3.3 percent, at and further depress the value of the tioning the plan, particularly the in the Great Lakes region, the House on Monday began debate on a 11,015.69 after spending the day dollar. The dollar fell to $1.4804 broad authority it seeks to confer sweeping bill that would ban almost any diversion of water outside the deep in negative territory. The broad- against the euro in late New York on the Treasury. Some lawmakers lakes’ natural basin. er Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index trading, compared to $1.4470 late said they wanted to include limits on The water management bill would also put into place strict conser- finished down 3.8 percent. Commod- on Friday. executive compensation at financial vation rules for the eight states that border the lakes. ities and precious metals, including Investors seeking safety showed firms and support for middle-class The bill is widely expected to win House approval, perhaps as soon gold, silver and copper, all posted a preference for commodities like homeowners as part of the legisla- as Tuesday. strong gains as investors sought to gold, moving away from Treasury tion. Known as the Great Lakes Compact, the bill has already passed the hedge against the declining dollar. bills. The moves implied that inves- The administration and some Re- Senate and is not expected to be challenged by the Bush administra- Capping a volatile day, oil prices tors considered traditional hedges publican lawmakers warned about tion, which has signaled its support. jumped 16 percent — their largest like precious metals to be more re- the consequences of a protracted With that understanding, the potential House approval is, to the one-day gain — to finish at $120.92 liable than bonds issued by the gov- political battle that could delay the compact’s many advocates across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic a barrel. Some analysts said the ernment, which could face a spiral- plan. Questions also remain about states, a long-sought final piece to a complicated puzzle that started surge was largely a fluke caused by ing debt from the bailout plan. who will place a value on the bad taking shape a decade ago in an effort to give the region control over its thin trading on the day a key futures “The unknowns still seem to be assets and whether taxpayers will water. The fear is that without strict, consistent rules on who is entitled contract expired. The more liquid ruling,” said Ryan Detrick, a strate- ultimately be able to profit from the to Great Lakes water, it might start disappearing. November contract also rose, but it gist at Schaeffer’s Investment Re- enterprise. Page 4 The Tech September 23, 2008 Op i n i o n Understanding the ‘Street’

Chairman A Challenge, Given That it Doesn’t Really Understand Itself Benjamin P. Gleitzman ’09 America, the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) as liquidity, refers to how easily assets can be Editor in Chief Joe Maurer regulates smaller banks who are more focused exchanged between parties. In the case of some Nick Semenkovich ’09 on commercial banking, while the Securities toxic mortgage backed securities, their liquidity The previous two weeks have been called and Exchange Commission (SEC) has control of is basically nonexistent. Business Manager the most turbulent ever in Wall Street’s 200 year markets. The OCC and OTS are divisions of the This has been the case this past week. Es- Austin Chu G history, and with good reason. We’ve witnessed Department of the Treasury, while the SEC is a pecially after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, Managing Editor the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the separate agency. banks have found it almost impossible to follow bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the sale of Mer- In addition the above three letter agencies, through with their transactions. And because Jessica Witchley ’10 rill Lynch, the $85 billion dollar federal loan to the Federal Reserve is in charge of the economy so much of Wall Street is interconnected, when Executive Editor AIG, and the pièce de résistance, the Treasury’s as a whole, and influences inflation, growth, and one bank can’t complete a trade, no other bank Michael McGraw-Herdeg G plan to purchase $700 billion in securities from the money supply. Now, they are working with down the line can complete a related trade. When troubled financial firms. the Treasury and other agencies to resolve the that happens, everyone attempts to look out for News Staff We’ve also witnessed a great deal of confu- credit crisis. themselves by being extremely cautious. Money News and Features Director: Angeline Wang sion and frustration among everyday people who This brings about a major issue with the cur- doesn’t get lent, trades don’t happen, and the in- ’09; Editors: Arkajit Dey ’11, Jeff Guo ’11, have watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average rent banking system: multiple agencies all work- stitutions that need to trade or take loans in order Natasha Plotkin ’11; Associate Editors: Ryan drop 8 percent in three days, and are justifiably ing on fixing their own problems. The complexi- to survive (like AIG) fail. Ko ’11, Emily Prentice ’11; Staff: Curt Fischer concerned for their own investments. Many Which brings us to the government’s current G, Ray C. He G, Ramya Sankar G, John A. people do not understand how the Street works, efforts. While until now the Treasury has focused Hawkinson ’98, Daniela Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin and so are often shocked or even outraged to hear I propose consolidating the only on specific cases of institutions deemed “too Cheng ’09, Diana Jue ’09, Ji Qi ’09, Kirtana Raja ’09, Yiwei Zhang ’09, Yi Zhou ’09, Nick of billion dollar bailouts and waves of foreclo- regulators in the Treasury with big to allow them to fail” (Bear Stearns, Freddie Bushak ’10, Yuri Hanada ’10, JiHye Kim sures. and Fannie, AIG), the proposed $700 billion plan ’10, Joyce Kwan ’10, Jenny Liu ’10, Manisha Part of this stems from a tendency to view the those of the SEC to form a is an attempt at fixing all that currently ails the Padi ’10, Joanne Y. Shih ’10, Yan Huang ’11, problems of any large firms as being the result industry. By serving effectively as the buyer of Elijah Jordan Turner ’11, Lulu Wang ’11; of avarice or downright incompetence of a fat- single body responsible for last resort — much as the Fed has been the lender Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan G, Garrett P. cat management. For similar reasons, populism of last resort for decades — the Treasury hopes Marino G, Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, always makes a strong showing during economic managing all financial firms. to remove what would otherwise be unsellable Roberto Rondanelli G, Scott Stransky G, Brian slumps, with people proclaiming the capitalist assets from banks. As they say in a recently re- H. Tang G, John K. Williams G, Angela Zalucha G. system unfair or skewed towards the wealthy ties of this regulatory system makes it extremely leased fact sheet, “removing troubled assets will and powerful. My goal is to clarify these percep- difficult to implement reform or to fix poten- begin to restore the strength of our financial sys- Production Staff tions. tial problems before they arise. After the 2001 tem so it can again finance economic growth.” Editor: Steve Howland ’11; Staff: K. Nichole However, while we in academia may reside in slump, for example, the Fed dropped its’ target I have no doubt that putting this much mon- Treadway ’10, Yue Li ’11, Mark Yen ’11. our own bubble and be concerned with dorm se- interest rate to below the current inflation rate, ey into the banks will help resolve the liquidity curity, the bubbles I will discuss involve price in- effectively making it profitable for banks to take crisis, although I also have my concerns. First, Opinion Staff flation while the securities deal with mortgages. out loans. With access to this money, mortgage many experts estimate the total cost will actually Editor: Andrew T. Lukmann G; Staff: Josh rates hit all time lows, and the housing boom exceed $1 trillion, essentially all of which will be Levinger ’07, Ali S. Wyne ’08, Krishna Gupta To start, it is crucial to have an idea as to how the ’09, Aditya Kohli ’09. financial system functions and how government took off as people were able to afford massive added to the federal debt. While this doesn’t nec- actions in the past years have shaped our present loans to construct and buy equally massive new essarily bankrupt future generations, it still isn’t Sports Staff situation. houses. an ideal situation. If we as taxpayers get lucky, Editor: Aaron Sampson ’10; Staff: Albert Ni The financial markets consist of two main Furthering the impact of the law of unintend- the Fed will be able to hang onto these securities ’09. players: commercial banks and investment banks. ed consequences was the voice of Washington long enough to see them increase in value again, A commercial bank is what people normally continually urging the benefits of homeowner- and might possibly even make some money from Arts Staff refer to as a “bank,” where they deposit their ship, as incumbent politicians love to boast about this bailout. Anyone who claims that the Trea- Editor: Praveen Rathinavelu ’10; Staff: sury is permanently adding $700 billion to the Bogdan Fedeles G, Andrew Lee ’07, Tyson C. checks into savings accounts or take out loans creating more homeowners (as if the forty year McNulty ’08, S. Balaji Mani ’10, Tina Ro ’10, or mortgages. The branch of Bank of America in adjustable rate mortgages hanging from many national debt is ignoring their ability to resell the Kevin Wang ’10. the Student Center fits this description. of these homeowners heads wasn’t their own fi- securities. In contrast, an investment bank deals primar- nancial noose). While all of the signs pointed to- Additionally, this bill has the potential to be Photography Staff ily with trading assets. They invest money on wards ever bigger and more complex mortgages, loaded up with extraneous spending before it is Editors: David M. Templeton ’08, Andrea behalf of their clients, who are people (called regulation surrounding these mortgages did not approved by Congress, which has the tendency Robles ’10, William Yee ’10; Staff: Vincent investors), businesses, or other banks. Invest- adapt. to trade higher inflation for temporarily higher Auyeung G, Alex H. Chan G, Alice Fan G, David ment banks trade stocks on stock exchanges, First, the regulation in place completely approval ratings. There is also the concern that Da He G, Perry Hung G, Maksim Imakaev G, future banking regulation will go too far, and in Dmitry Kashlev G, Arthur Petron G, David such as the well-known New York Stock Ex- missed some of the newer and more exotic fi- Reshef G, Martin Segado G, Noah Spies G, change, though they are also involved in trading nancial firms who played less traditional roles the end crimp economic growth. Regulation is an Scott Johnston ’03, Christina Kang ’08, Martha securities, commodities, and anything else that in the economy. They were able to expand into essential part of a functioning capitalist economy, Angela Wilcox ’08, Chelsea Grimm ’09, Ana is bought or sold on contract. The stereotypical mortgages to subprime borrowers or special- but there is a difference between more regulation Malagon ’09, Peter H. Rigano ’09, Eric D. stock broker who wears a white shirt and screams ized in risky interest only loans made to people and more effective regulation. To start, I propose Schmiedl ’09, Jerzy Szablowski ’09, Diana Ye trades into a headset on Wall Street would work with poor credit. While some claim that lenders consolidating the regulators in the Treasury with ’09, Daniel P. Beauboeuf ’10, Mindy Eng ’10, for an investment bank such as Goldman Sachs. preyed on unsophisticated borrowers, the truth those of the SEC to form a single body respon- Helen Hou ’10, Monica Kahn ’10, Samuel E. Most people are unaware of the breadth of is that many borrowers let dreams and optimism sible for managing all financial firms. Ensuring Kronick ’10, Diane Rak ’10, Jongu Shin ’10, that everyone plays by the same rules will make Dhaval Adjodah ’11, Monica Gallegos ’11, what can be traded by investment banks. Mort- drive their financial lives and built their own Michael Y McCanna ’11, Kari Williams ’11, gages are packaged into securities (a process ‘castles in the air’. avoiding future crises easier. Meanwhile, the Fed Sherry Yan ’11, Rachel Fong ’12. known as securitization) and sold to investors, Additionally, the linking of investment and needs to have the scope of its mission reduced to commodities such as oil, corn, and steel are commercial banks meant that mortgage backed the fundamentals: maintaining a stable rate of in- Campus Life Staff bought on futures (contracts that give the owner securities became increasingly prevalent. Buoyed flation. Much as Fannie and Freddie were unable Editor: Charles Lin G; Staff: J. Graham Ruby a right to a certain quantity of the material at a set by bullish reports about ever rising home values, to appease both their public and private masters, G, David Shirokoff G, Jason Chan ’09, Sarah C. future date), and treasury bonds are traded freely investors paid premiums for complex securities the Fed is not the agency that should be attempt- Proehl ’09, Michael Ciuffo ’11, Michael T. Lin by investment banks. without fully understanding the value of what ing to regulate overall economic growth. ’11; Cartoonists: Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer It is important to keep in mind that it is easy G, Roberto Perez-Franco G, Ben Peters ’11. After the Great Depression, banks were pro- was packaged within them. Now ubiquitous, hibited from engaging in both investment and subprime mortgages were bought by even sea- to overstate the severity of a panic when one is Business Staff commercial activities, which kept their power in soned financial veterans (illustrating the power still wading through the wreckage. As MIT stu- Advertising Manager: Mark Thompson ’11; check at the cost of reducing their competitive- of blissful ignorant optimism on the markets). dents, we owe it to the world to have an adequate Operations Manager: Michael Kuo ’10; Staff: ness. In 1999, however, Bill Clinton signed a bill Those same securities are now a major cause of understanding of the market economy that will Neeharika Bhartiya ’10, Jennifer Chu ’10, that effectively repealed this restriction, and led the financial industry’s problems. one day employ us, so learning the basics now is Heymian Wong ’10. to a rush of consolidation among different types As I’ve mentioned before, investor confidence essential. The current mortgage crisis has been Technology Staff of banks. It is this change that helped to ignite is one of the most important aspects to Wall the culmination of years of bad decisions, from Washington to Wall Street and from the floors of Director: Ricardo Ramirez ’09; Staff: Quentin the rush of events leading to our current credit Street’s survival. Unless one party has the con- Smith ’10. crisis. fidence to exchange their money for the promise the stock exchange to the kitchen tables of hom- This is not to say that banks have been given of another type of asset to be repaid in the future eowners. We as a society have made poor deci- Editors at Large free reign to do whatever they please for the last (a bank issues a mortgage with the promise that sions regarding our financial future. Understand- Contributing Editors: Rosa Cao G, Brian decade, however. The job of regulating the bank- the homeowner will repay it, an investment bank ing what the right choices are and speaking out Hemond G, Valery K. Brobbey ’08, Caroline ing industries falls to many agencies. The Of- makes an overnight loan to another bank to allow ensure their implementation is the best way of Huang ’10; Senior Editors: Satwiksai Seshasai fice of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) the latter to balance their budget sheet, etc.), Wall ensuring our future prosperity. G, Shreyes Seshasai G, Jillian A. Berry ’08, is in charge of national banks such as Bank of Street grinds to a halt. This concept, also known Joe Maurer is a member of the Class of 2012. Omari Stephens ’08, Sarah Dupuis ’10.

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As the cli- are merely putting their fingers in the dike and ing about the Savings and Loan scandal in the che goes, “When America sneezes, the world performing triage by bailing out companies. This past week, the country sat in awe as the 1980s that brought down hundreds of banks catches cold.” The next step is to crack down with the full financial institutions of Wall Street tumbled into and last prompted the government to hand Whose fault is this and how much of this might that is the American government. That bankruptcies and takeovers. Lehman and Mer- bailouts around like candy. The blatant amne- is the result of the government? I’m willing way, car companies won’t forsake the long rill Lynch are gone as we know it. AIG, once sia of business and government shows that our to concede no one might ever know. In fact, it view and banks will stop recklessly bloating the world’s 18th largest corporation, is about institutions do not know how to learn for the could be none of the government’s fault and a their quarterly statements. Anything less and to be owned by the government, effectively mistakes of the past. mere expression of zeitgeist. Doubtless there we’re doomed to repeat our sad past. nationalizing much of the insurance industry. I am definitely not old enough, but in 1979 will be studies and statistics placing the blame Gary Shu is a graduate student in the Engi- The surviving financial institutions sat around Chrysler also needed upon along a great neering Systems Division. the remains to reluctantly begin cannibalizing a cash infusion to stay chain stretching from their peers in the form of easily-digested port- afloat whilst fending Our economic system is simply the workaday traders folios. The US government stood on the side- off highly sought-after on one end and the lines heaping great mounds of tax-paid monies foreign cars. The bail- too sprawling and far-reaching Commander-in-Chief where they could to ensure the banking system out was so the domes- on the other, with ev- John didn’t collapse upon itself. To hear the possible tic auto industry could for any single person to eryone in between, outcomes — “world-wide economic collapse,” get back on its feet including investment “day of reckoning,” and “probably once-in-a- after Japanese manu- ever acquire a clear snapshot banks managers, hedge century type of event” — is to imagine a future facturers lapped the at any given time … fund kiddies, the Fed McCain: where we drive through modern-day Hoover- Big Three. The Asian Chief, our Treasury villes and surf the internet while sipping our companies did so by Secretary, and ghosts hobo soups. producing cheap, fuel-efficient cars using a of Greenspan’s past. Our economic system is While the world stands on the brink of a new powertrain configuration called “front- simply too sprawling and far-reaching for any Facts or second Great Depression, there is little doubt wheel drive.” Funny enough, Detroit’s finest single person to ever acquire a clear snapshot that the mortgage / credit / banking crisis is a are lobbying Capitol Hill again today for $50 at any given time, a consequence of expanding market failure of historic proportions, a clear billion dollars of federal loans so that they can free trade but perhaps not in our interest. instance where self-interested capitalism led to retool their auto plants for a new powertrain So how do we manage that public interest? Fiction? systemic catastrophe. One response is that reg- configuration to produce cheap, fuel-efficient The car companies need mandated fuel effi- ulation is still unnecessary and that the current products called “hybrid cars.” Just don’t call ciency standards so that they don’t sell SUVs Dan Yelin debacle is the result of overzealous, immoral them subsidies. all the way to their (and our) demise. In the greed. Such a cop-out is a reflexive answer that The American consumer is not blameless in same way, the mortgage, securities, and credit In recent months, the McCain campaign smacks of blind ideology. The mortgage cri- this mess. We borrowed money on credit for industries need rules to ensure financial com- has been undergoing a transformation. The sis is textbook example No. 1 of the problem nearly two decades, first on our credit cards. panies don’t hand out credit to the wrong con- honest, straight talking John McCain of the with unrestrained free markets. To hear John Only by upgrading to ransacking home mort- sumers in spite of the desires of both sides of past has become little more than a slick, well McCain claim that “selective” regulation is all gages were we able to finally break the system. the transaction. oiled PR machine determined to get your vote that was required to the control the avarice of This time, though, globalization has tied much In other words, we must regulate the hell at any cost. Let’s go over several statements business’s captains of industry demonstrates of our money into little pools across the world, out of it. Government regulation is how the by Mr. McCain in recent weeks. His “Straight his tunnel-vision of the crisis. The presidential from foreign sovereign wealth funds to the personal, profit-maximizing activities of a few Talk Express” has derailed as to create a moral candidate is resorting to stale GOP ideas tool- Chinese banks. Those firms are just as scared traders or executives don’t destroy the profit- quagmire of epic proportions. kit with a minimal analysis of the situation and that their “investment” in the American dollar maximizing activities of everyone else in the Kindergarten is a time when one learns a lack of historical context. will be worthless as we are. Any contrarian talk modern world. To those of the economics per- basic communication, math, reading skills … I may not be old enough, but the lead- of “decoupling” — that the world economy is suasion who cry “inefficient,” let me ask: how and sex ed? According to John McCain, that ers of our country and of Wall Street should becoming independent of American economy efficient do you think Detroit and Wall Street is what Barack Obama is hell bent on doing: teaching our kids the birds and the bees. This shrill criticism, while at first glance appears well warranted given the perceived nature of CME: An Educational Adventure the policy, is little more than a gross over-exag- geration of the truth. gown or opening the traditional bumps (rowing other great minds at the Cambridge Union. What McCain was referring to in his infer- Stella Viktoria Schieffer races) with the gun shot of a cannon are noth- In particular, it is encouraging to see that ence that Obama supports teaching sex educa- ing unusual. students actually tend to show up to events (not tion for kindergarteners was a proposal he sup- Humans are generally stay-at-homes who Besides a different perspective on everyday only for the — generally less frequent — free ported in the Illinois State Senate that would enjoy their zone of comfort. Yet, what is the life, the much more interesting part of partici- food) but because they are genuinely excited. have taken the existing grades 6-12 program, reason to stay physically close to this support pating in an exchange is the direct interaction The fact that many Club activities usually re- and applied it for K-12. Obama’s intention is system in a world where the West Coast is just with the unfamiliar. You will find out that the quire a small membership fee, also helps to at- that kindergarteners would be taught about as long of a trip from MIT as a flight over the culture and people are not the same, although tract more ambitious members so that on aver- how to recognize “inappropriate touching,” and Atlantic? Where my mother’s credit card works you basically share the same language. Dr. age a lot more things can be accomplished by nothing more. It’s a smart policy proposal that just as well abroad as it does in Boston … ? I House and Borat (all Cambridge graduates) individual groups. will teach our nation’s children how to avoid was one of 25 MIT students who escaped the prove that the British have an extraordinary The fantastic system of cheap inner-Eu- predators. sphere of MIT’s influence and homely support sense of humo(u)r which can make interac- ropean flight-connections and reliable public Going on the attack over a plan to keep over the last year on a venture to the Univer- tions and conversation even more enjoyable. transport also creates opportunities to escape our nation’s children safer is reprehensible. In sity of Cambridge, UK, as part of MIT’s CME British cuisine proved not to be quite as bad as the Cambridge atmosphere for spontaneous responding to McCain’s allegations, Obama program. its reputation suggests and, in the end, it only weekend trips for hiking trips to Scotland or spokesman Bill Burton stated, “for the McCain Whoever comes to visit Cambridge will be rained about half of the time. sightseeing in Europe’s metropolises. campaign to use a bill that was written to pro- convinced he just stumbled into a scene of a With its high percentage of international Cambridge is a very social place. It is a fa- tect young children from sexual predators as a Harry Potter movie. The center of Cambridge students and a much larger range of courses vorite activity to enjoy the night with friends recycled and discredited political attack against is full of tiny, winding cobbled streets bustling offered, the diversity of people at Cambridge at a formal — which comprises a three course a father of two young girls — a position that with students speaking with gorgeous British is an eye-opening experience. When your next dinner served in an old majestic and candle-lit his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, accents. Every building is either a pub or tea door neighbor is a history major and you eat college dining hall; bring your own wine! John McCain told Time magazine he couldn’t shop, a chapel or a majestic stone-clad uni- together with the anthropology major in the With a drinking age of 18 as well as college define what honor was. Now we know why.” versity college. These colleges have the same buttery (the Cambridge term for the collective owned and private pubs and clubs, the student When asked about his position on the issue function as dormitories at MIT — just a lot and subsidized dining hall) you might well find town Cambridge is awake till at least 2 a.m. in a 2002 Planned Parenthood survey, Romney more independent and generally further sepa- yourself philosophizing about feminist archi- every day. responded that he supported “responsible, age- rated from each other. These special places fos- tecture over dinner. The festive annual highlight is May Week, appropriate, factually accurate health and sex- ter great networking within the community and This diversity becomes even more attrac- which concludes the time after examinations, uality education, including information about create an extraordinary feeling of belonging tive, as you will actually find time to spend featuring the May Balls, ranked among the both abstinence and contraception, in public and pride for every member. with those people. The MIT exchange student world’s top 10 parties. These sleepless nights schools.” It must also be noted that Massachu- I switched the beaver for a boar (my new on Pass/Fail in particular is in an excellent po- with an unbelievable selection of delicacies setts had K-12 sex education goals that were college’s symbol) and took up residence in sition to really enjoy himself. Since the Brit- and finest drinks transform the old university in place during the Romney administration, Queens’ College (which sounds more noble ish academic system relies on a high degree courts into the extravagant worlds of unique which were never challenged. than it actually is) right in the heart of Cam- of self-discipline, personal revising and study- fireworks with large ranges of live music per- Politicians all have occasional tendencies bridge. “Right in the center” means nothing is ing, everyone sets his personal study habits formances and other high-end entertainment. to eschew facts in favor of statements that will further than 5 minutes by foot as the old city is and pace. In contrast to MIT’s constant assess- Although heavy on your valet, these once in have a greater appeal to voters they are try- very compact. Still, this short walk is loaded ment, the major grading is delayed to the end a life time opportunity are definitely not to be ing to reach. Senator McCain’s recent asser- with history and legendary artifacts, just like of the 3rd term in May. In the three academic missed. tions of Obama’s sex education views are but Newton’s mathematical bridge completely con- terms, all compact 8 week periods, the cur- Looking back at the year abroad, all partic- one in a string of headline grabbing attacks. In structed without bolts (although that’s also only riculum focuses on a challenging and rigor- ipants brought back unforgettable memories, another high profile incident, McCain tried to what they tell the tourists). You also pass some ous syllabus within your specific engineering made long-lasting friendships and returned distort the meaning of Barack Obama’s state- of Europe’s finest architecture, the country’s degree including lectures, labs and supervi- as true global citizens – having experienced ment “you can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a best choirs and astonishing art treasures, book sions (which are a breed between recitation aspects of a different culture, from academ- pig,” which was in reference to McCain’s new or science collections. and office hours with one professor teaching ics and professional life to everyday social claim as a change agent, to a criticism of his Another wonderful aspect is the chance of only two students). Cross-registering with interaction to the fullest. Personal initial hesi- choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his living in a castle overseeing the romantic Cam other majors is more difficult, so the respon- tations or unsubstantiated fears were quickly running mate. Senator McCain later disavowed River and acres of immaculate British lawn for sibility of getting a broader education through dismissed in favor of the infinite charm of that Obama was comparing Palin to a pig, but a year. But, this experience would not be com- HASS subjects is left to one’s own judgment, Cambridge. only after records surfaced showing him using plete without the obscurities of everyday British action and interest; only language classes and Personally, I regard global learning to be an the same analogy to describe Hillary Clinton’s college life. Many houses in Britain, especially selected economics/management modules can essential part of any contemporary elite educa- proposed healthcare plan last year. within the aged structures of Cambridge, still be taken within the engineering department. tion. This leaves me to hope that the CME pro- John McCain has chosen to engage in a rely on gravity powered water systems which The results of this very different approach to gram will successfully continue to contribute campaign of avoiding the issues. We’ve seen sometimes left a few of the CME exchange learning rightly receive recognition through to international education at MIT and inspire the focus of the race shift from foreign policy students praying for drops under the shower appropriate transfer credit back at MIT. After many more student generations. to lipstick. Unfortunately for Mr. McCain, the head. Also the water faucets only come in the all, with a history of over 80 Nobel laureates, If you are curious or still hesitant yourself voters are more intelligent and informed than separate hot or cold version at the right and education in the other Cambridge rates defi- about applying to the CME program please he thinks. In such a pivotal election year, we left end of the sink. Just like the water system, nitely among the top. do not hesitate to contact the CME office, the need John McCain to stop engaging in false many other things seem to have fallen stagnant Up until exam time, students dive into the CME coordinator within your major or any pageantry of attack and retail politics, and start in time. Good old traditions have always been large pool of extracurricular activities, engag- Alum. debating the issues. integral part of the 800 year Cambridge history ing in the popular sport of rowing or debating Stella Viktoria Schieffer is a member of the Dan Yelin is a junior in the Department of and daily formals, taking your exams wearing a and listening to talks by Stephen Hawking and Class of 2009. Political Science. Page 6 The Tech September 23, 2008 Ca m p u s Li f e Talk Nerdy To Me Rule of Tongue By Christine Yu 69). However, I don’t think I’ve had this done go MIT aren’t stupid. We realize there’s a dif- out the most important rule, “don’t rush.” 69 is a semiprime — a Blum integer — properly — so, I could be wrong. See, I want- ference between precum and jizz.) After our This is the real problem with 69’ing is you’re and, more importantly, the only way most ed to write a piece on the little black dress, relationship failed, I took his advice. It’s gone trying to do two “very enjoyable” things at guys propose cunnilingus. Out of the handful but due to the magnitude of responses I got to good use. once. As one of my friends put it, “it’s like of times (trust me, I can count it on one hand) noting that I forgot a huge part of oral sex, I However, I don’t think this advice really rubbing your tummy and patting your head at that I’ve had this done, over fifty percent have realized that I had to fix this. Then, it dawned works for cunnilingus. From porn, men might the same time.” happened in this context. Now, it doesn’t on me — I left cunnilingus out for a reason: I get this idea that all women have a Sapphic A good blowjob takes time, and I assume take a Course 18’er to realize that men are don’t have much expe- side and all women the same goes for cunnilingus. See, I think getting lazy. Well, speaking of math, I’d like rience with it. are shaved. They my biggest problem with cunnilingus in the note that the most important part of this posi- So, I gave in, turn- might also think that past was the question, “are you close?” tion is body proportions. At a mere five feet, ing to the experts in Up until now, I hated all women squirt and This question forced me to master the I haven’t fooled around with a guy less than porn. (Investigative cunnilingus so much that that all women love five-minute fake. Up until now, I hated cun- eight inches taller than me. This normally journalism, at its finest, 69’ing. While these nilingus so much that the only reason I let it doesn’t pose a problem — except here. *sighs* the things I do the only reason I let it be facts might be true be done was as a false ego-booster for the However, I’m not sure if I dislike this en- for MIT.) I quickly dis- for some, it’s certain- guy. However, after hearing that I was an tirely because of the awkward stretching it covered that almost ev- done was as a false ly not true for all. So, “antifeminist” for not writing about it, I’m forces me to do. I partially blame my hatred erything on cunnilingus how does a guy learn realizing that girls take it very seriously. It’s of this position for its awkwardness in gen- is lesbian-based. The ego-booster for the guy. to perform cunnilin- probably not overrated — I just haven’t met a eral. Your butt is in a guy’s face, and you’re stuff I found with guys gus properly? pussy-eating prince. thinking, “damn, I shouldn’t have had Anna’s in it; well, they were Googling this, I So, why aren’t guys performing this? The for lunch.” Talking to my buddy list, I real- bald, fat, tattooed, or just plain ugly. Maybe, found many guides written like erotica. To biggest complaint I’ve heard is pubes. While ized that many a man has been farted on dur- I wasn’t looking hard enough, since we all avoid all that fluff, I’ll summarize them: a.) I’ve recently joined the pro-shaved camp, I ing this — and exactly how do you handle know everything is on the internet. However, find the clit b.) arouse her first by licking don’t think all girls share my view. (However, that? Supposedly, it’s just like any awkward I quickly lost interest in cunnilingus again. around c.) communication is essential, find no one wants to be reminded of carpet dur- moment, you just laugh and keep going. Al- Watching porn got me more curious about out when you’re doing something right d.) ing oral.) That being said, if a girl can deal though, I’ve got to commend these guys for blowjobs, Bukkake, cumshots, facials, face- your tongue is not your dick e.) don’t bite, with the taste, guys should be able to handle doing this, as I would imagine the taste to be fucking — there was a lot more material out it hurts more than being bitten on your balls. a little bush. Guys, in general, you ought to almost as unappetizing as jizz, especially if there, and most of it was hetero. All of this Don’t know where the clit is? Wikipedia has realize that you should give back, because it’s Anna’s. porn watching gave me a midnight reminis- a great entry on it, complete with a diagram! a real orgasm is much better than the five- Well, men, there’s much less of a chance cence. I had learned how to give head from (You have to realize my web history right now minute fake. of being flatulated on if you just perform porn. An ex suggested this after I called him is so sketchy.) So, guys, start giving back — she tastes cunnilingus correctly (not in the context of out on faking. (Guys, just FYI, girls who to However, I think many of the guides left better than you anyway. Brouhaha Rhythm Vanity Foul By Michael Lin sewing and alterations. The overall effect of a In spite of the fact that I otherwise shop is as widely recognizable as it is simply wide. Staff Columnist well-made costume is generally worth it, but primarily by browsing, most of my clothes If the hat is distinctive enough — a propeller I’m the sort of person who has difficulty my inability to manipulate clothes in any way shopping is (as I said) done with a particu- beanie, for example, or a red, orange, and yel- clothes shopping unless I know exactly what besides washing and drying them means that lar purpose in mind, and I simply lack the low knit hat with ear flaps and an enormous I’m looking for, and it’s hard to know what to spending money on fabric would be akin to decisiveness to decide between more than pompom — the wearer may have little trouble look for unless you have a reference source. the Incredible Hulk spending money on a Total two pairs of sneakers each morning. That’s being noticed by everyone within a two-block Consequently, most of my thrift shopping is Gym. He’d have no idea how to use it, and he’d another nice thing about a costume — if you radius. What it tells them about you when you focused on completing costumes. You’d think probably end up ruining it if he tried. As a re- put it together, you know what goes with what walk down the street wearing such a hat, how- it’d appeal to more people — it’s like piecing sult, I generally have to make do with existing unquestionably, and you can gear up while ever, is questionable. together a set of armor — only you don’t get clothes that resemble the costume I’m trying listening to ZZ Top’s “Sharp-Dressed Man” Thankfully, my brown suede flight jacket “Level 20 Poison Nova upon Level Up” power to make. without having to pause to pick a pair of car- finally came back from the dry cleaners af- ups. More practically, costume shopping gives For most of the costumes I’m trying to get goes, which tends to make one feel slightly ter a year or so (long story), which means me a goal for Halloween now that I can no lon- together, I could do with a good pair of tall, less sharp. that my costume possibilities have opened ger justify trick-or-treating. equestrian-style boots — comfortable rugged Aside from shoes, there’s little that makes or up again, not including whatever it is I might Now, I wouldn’t dare to consider myself in footwear for a variety of space smugglers and breaks a costume quite like the right hat. Since come back with from my thrift store run later the same vein as the professional cosplayers superheroes. Unfortunately, most of the boots people’s eyes tend to be closer to their heads today. Now I just need to find a bullwhip to — I don’t have that much dedication. Or, for in the thrift stores around here have those bor- than their feet, a good hat is usually noticed wield and a fridge to climb into, and I’ll be that matter, that much money. I have a friend dering-on-weaponized block heels that indicate sooner and remembered longer than a good all set for Halloween. Hopefully. I still haven’t who routinely spends hundreds of dollars to undeniably that they are women’s shoes. Mind pair of shoes. I can’t even begin to describe the decided which rugged-action-hero-for-which- make costumes for anime conventions. That you, this is as uncomfortably close to enjoying childlike giddiness in the store when I finally my-build-is-completely-unsuited I want to be was on top of the significant labor required in shoe shopping as I’m willing to get. hunted down an Indiana Jones fedora, a hat that this year.

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They’re less site: http://www.mit.edu/~asksipb/ September 23, 2008 Ca m p u s Li f e The Tech Page 7 Ramblings from Hell The Strangers We Will Never Meet By S. Campbell Proehl But last week roommate told me she had a fascination SPERM DONORS Up to Staff Columnist boy. “So there’s this guy in one of my classes,” she started. I have been doing this thing for most of my adolescent “Yeah … what about this guy?” NEEDED $1100 a month! and young adult life, and I only realized I was doing it about “Well … that’s just it. I don’t know. He’s not necessar- a week ago. It goes like this: ily attractive. I mean, he’s not ugly, but he’s not attractive. Healthy MEN in college or with a college degree wanted for our Act One: In which I spot a man who intrigues me. I He doesn’t talk, but he’s interesting. I find myself staring sperm donor program. spend days, maybe weeks, staring at him, wondering what at him for the whole hour and wondering what he’s like.” kind of person he is. Is he funny or serious? Where did he This is what started my sudden fascination with the idea of Minimal time commitment grow up? Can he start a fire with two pieces of wood and no stranger crushes. I discovered last week (by polling several Help people fulfill their dreams of starting a family. matches? Can he speak multiple languages? dozen friends and acquaintances) that this is actually a rela- Receive free health and genetic screenings. Act Two: In which I continue to stare at him in class or tively common phenomenon. in passing. He may or may not notice this. My friend Cathy is actually the person who introduced APPLY ONLINE: Act Three: In which whatever has allowed us to remain me to the term “stranger crush.” Until I talked to her last in proximity (schedules that land us at the same restaurant Wednesday, I had been calling them “fascination boys.” www.SPERMBANK.com for lunch, similar bike routes, a class) ends. We go our sepa- Cathy says that she has always had stranger crushes and rate ways without exchanging names or even words. imagines all sorts of conversations with them in all sorts I call them fascination boys. One of my friends calls of odd places. “But you should never talk to your stranger them stranger crushes. They crush,” she warned, “It ruins are people who I find not nec- everything.” essarily attractive, but inter- This semester I have a new stranger When I asked a fellow DID YOU SEE? esting. It’s something in their chemistry major, Chris Ken- manner that I notice, and then crush. This is what I have noticed: nedy, about whether or not I fixate. Not in a creepy, I’m- he had stranger crushes on thinking-about-weird-things he wears glasses. He seems quiet. girls, he reasoned it this way: Did you see an incident on kind of way, but in an I’d- He could use a new hairdo. “I attribute it to the fact that like-to-learn-about-you kind everyone at this school has to Monday, August 25, 2008 of way. be interesting in some way, or This semester I have a new stranger crush. This is what otherwise they wouldn’t be here. So yeah, I am intrigued.” Around 2:00 PM I have noticed: he wears glasses. He seems quiet. He could Which got me thinking … Would I still be intrigued if I use a new hairdo. He seems boring, but could possibly have talked to one of my stranger crushes? a dry sense of humor. My stranger crush #3 and I were both at Cafe 4 last When I look at people, my brain goes through a check- Thursday morning. Stranger crush #3 is an interesting one. at 219 Vassar Street list of options: good person or bad person, friendly or He is pensive, but seems happy all the time, as if he is con- unfriendly, quiet or loud, funny or boring. For fascination stantly laughing to himself about an inside joke. I thought boys, my mind gets stuck right after the first option. I am about how to start a conversation when I noticed that he left wondering. put one and a half packets of sugar into his coffee. I tend This kind of thing has been described before by Jane to do this as well. “How interesting. I use one and a half involving the MIT police and the Austen. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen segues Elizabeth packets of sugar too,” I said with a smile while we were Bennet’s initial dislike for Mr. Darcy into a defined intrigue both stirring. He looked at me like I was crazy. Then he driver of a dark SUV for him that he shares for her, noticing small details like walked away. “the brilliancy which exercise had given to her complex- From now on, I will never talk to my stranger crush. It ion.” ruins everything. I notice details like this in my stranger crushes. I also In a way, it’s tragic. I have spent weeks (or months) fas- Please confidentially contact imagine how they would act in all sorts of odd situations — cinated with these people, and I will never even got to meet walking through apple orchards, swimming in the ocean, them. But I like to think of it as happily mysterious. I can standing on a bridge at midnight. imagine a man as anyone I want him to be — a humanitar- Ken Resnik at I never told anyone about these fascinations. Most of ian, a short story writer, a computer programmer by day the time I assume I have unique experiences, that I am the and salsa dancer by night — but I never have to meet him (617) 742-5800 x113 only person in the world who thinks certain things or does and find out that he is none of those things. certain things. He will forever be a stranger. September 23, 2008

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No. 6 Club, from Page 1 No. 6’s appeals to change policies By Patricia Cohen courses, visiting lecturers and post- phen Balch, a Republican and the on the usage of Clearinghouse were The New York Times doctoral students. At Brown, the founder and president of the as- would enter the information into the struck down. “I looked into differ- Colorado Springs, Colo. Political Theory Project even put on sociation, said after the bill passed system, but only release the infor- ent ways to use Clearinghouse,” said Acknowledging that 20 years and a play by the capitalist heroine Ayn Congress, and “will help it gain even mation to the IFC exec board,” said Fematt, “But the other twenty-six millions of dollars spent loudly and Rand. greater momentum.” Ana-Maria A. Piso ’10, the president Recruitment Chairs said, ‘This is the bitterly attacking the liberal leanings Some, like the effort in Colorado It is up to Congress to decide of No. 6. system, and we won’t change just for of American campuses have failed to Springs and the Program for Consti- whether to finance the effort, and Fematt explained that Clearing- No. 6.’” make much of a dent in the way un- tutionalism and Democracy at the how much to put toward it. Piereson house data is only accessibl e to the “The protest by No. 6 brought to dergraduates are educated, some con- University of Virginia, focus solely previously served for 20 years as the recruitment chairs of each fraternity, attention that there was no sanction servatives have decided to try a new on exposing freshmen to classical executive director of the John M. who have limited access; as well as for disagreeing with the rush rules,” strategy. thinkers. Others favor a return to a Olin Foundation, one of the largest the Director and Assistant Direc- said Fematt. In response, he said, a They are finding like-minded more traditional teaching of Amer- financiers of the intellectual right be- tor of the IFC, the IFC Recruitment new rule banning fraternities from tenured professors and helping them ica’s past, featuring its greatest ac- fore it closed. “I would have to say Chair, and one other person hired rushing without agreeing to all the establish academic beachheads for complishments instead of the history in all that time, from 1985 and 2005, to work on the database, who have rush rules, including the require- their ideas. These initiatives, like the of repression and exploitation that when we wound down, I’m not sure full access. After rush, the data is ment to use Clearinghouse, was put Program in Western Civilization and had been the trend. we made a lot of progress” on the un- destroyed. “The information we usu- in place to preserve an equal playing American Institutions at the Univer- And this week, Cornell is nego- dergraduate level, he said. ally release are just numbers,” said field between fraternities. No. 6 also sity of Texas, Austin, or a project at tiating the final details of a $50,000 Decades of money from Olin and Fematt. protested this new IFC rule. the University of Colorado here in grant from Veritas that will be used similar foundations helped create a Kennedy said No. 6 also offered No. 6 believes this rule violates a Colorado Springs, to publish a book to create a Program on Freedom and kind of shadow university of private to compromise by allowing fresh- key principle of the North-American of classic texts, are mostly financed Free Societies. research institutes on the assumption men to opt in to the Clearinghouse Interfraternity Conference. “One of by conservative organizations and According to a list drawn up by that conservatives could not find a system rather than opt out. He said the key principles of the NIC is open donors, run by conservative profes- the National Association of Schol- berth in an academic system domi- most freshmen did not know that recruitment,” said Piso, “meaning sors and often referred to informally ars, a group created in 1987 to pre- nated by liberals. They have been so system existed and so did not know that any fraternity can recruit. We by supporters as conservative cen- serve the “Western intellectual heri- successful, though, that they might about their right to not participate. thought this rule was against this ters. But they have a decidedly non- tage,” 37 of these academic centers have helped siphon like-minded The IFC increased its efforts to principle.” One of the by-laws on the partisan and nonideological face. exist; 20 were created in the past thinkers off campus, creating a kind publicize Clearinghouse this year, NIC website states, “Host institution Their goal is to restore what three years. of right-wing brain drain. said Fematt. A seminar was held to will not prohibit NIC member fra- conservative and other critics see Many of them have received do- Now, Piereson said, “what we’re educate rush chairs so they could ternity from recruiting/rushing male as leading casualties of the campus nations from a handful of relatively trying to do is actually go onto the talk to freshmen about it, and it was students on campus.” culture wars of the 1980s and ’90s — new organizations, including Veri- campus and fund professors who explained in the freshmen rush pam- In the end, No. 6 believed that the teaching of Western culture and a tas, which was created in 2006, and have the support of their deans, pro- phlets. “It was apparent that freshmen leaving the IFC was the best option, triumphal interpretation of American the Jack Miller Center for Teaching vosts and colleagues and try to influ- didn’t know about Clearinghouse,” and it became a member of the MIT history. America’s Founding Principles and ence the undergraduate curriculum.” said Fematt. “I openly invited fresh- Living Group Council on Aug. 28, “These are not ideological cours- History. Miller, a Chicago entrepre- That may be easier to do now, since men to come talk to me about it,” he 2008. The LGC does not have a sys- es,” said James Piereson, a senior neur, established the center as an the fevered pitch of ideological bat- said. This year, five freshmen opted tem like Clearinghouse. fellow at the conservative Manhattan independent nonprofit last fall after tles on campus has quieted in recent out of the Clearinghouse system. Piso said being an independent Institute, which created the Veritas he worked with the 55-year-old In- years. Supporters have still tried to living group did not affect No. 6’s Fund for Higher Education to funnel tercollegiate Studies Institute, which keep a low profile, though, to avoid Disagreements over IFC governance rush this year. “We were at the Greek donations to these sorts of projects. promotes conservative thought on arousing potential liberal opponents, No. 6 said that their decision to griller, just in the LGC part,” said The initiatives are only political in- campus. Piereson said. leave the IFC also stemmed from Piso. “Our rush was equally success- sofar as they “work against the thrust Now, thanks in part to years of Veritas has spent $2.5 million to their feeling that the IFC had deeper ful as the previous years.” of programs and courses in gender, intensive lobbying by the National support existing centers or create problems with its governance. Piso Fematt described the parting be- race and class studies, and postmod- Association for Scholars, these proj- new ones on 10 campuses. In April, it said that the IFC makes rules by ma- tween No. 6 and the IFC as “happy ernism in general,” Piereson said. ects may soon receive federal money received a $1 million matching grant jority vote, which “doesn’t protect and content.” The programs and centers differ as well. The new Higher Education — the final donation Olin made be- individual fraternity rights.” “Chris [Fematt] firmly believed in emphasis, with some concentrat- Act, signed into law last month, pro- fore zeroing out its bank balance. The IFC holds monthly rush that a compromise could be reached, ing on American democratic and vides grants for “academic programs Colorado Springs used its $50,000 meetings the second semester of but he had to listen to his constitu- capitalist institutions and others on or centers” devoted to “traditional grant to publish “A Free Society and each year, during which any of the ents, who didn’t want a compromise. the Western canon, the great books American history, free institutions or Its Challenges,” a collection of clas- recruitment chairs of the member I think he did an excellent job listen- often derided during the culture wars Western civilization.” fraternities can motion to change a ing to his constituents,” said Ken- as the history of “dead white men.” The provision was “fashioned Conservatives, Page 17 rule. It was in these meetings that nedy. They sponsor colloquia, seminars, with this movement in mind,” Ste-

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UA Elections, from Page 1 said he and Kalenderian decided to study breaks for the class of 2012. One “go out, talk to people and be funny.” of these is a “puppy study-break” in Undergraduate Association Senators understand” so that more people are They made and distributed ten distinct which they would bring in puppies for encouraged to apply for Senate posi- flyers to “get their names out.” people to play with. Dixit said, “MIT Constituency Seats Representative(s) tions. He said he is excited to work Dixit and Kalenderian met in the students know how to relax. Our job NW35 Phoenix Group 1 Samuel Rodarte ’12 with the large number of freshmen in Freshman Leadership Program during is to facilitate their relaxation. And the this year’s senate. He wants to “make pre-orientation. Dixit said that FLP best way to relax is to laugh.” He also Baker House 2 Cyril Lan ’11 it clear to the freshmen what the UA played a big role in his success as it said that he and Kalenderian will be Daniel L. Katz ’12 does” so that they can contribute to the made him “much more comfortable in the student center between 12 and 1 MIT community. with people” and helped him to “un- every Sunday to answer questions and Bexley Hall 1 Wellesley Girl’s Crossbow* Like last year, Bexley did not elect derstand them better.” take suggestions from members of the Burton-Conner 2 Zachary D. Tribbett ’12 a real candidate in this year’s UA elec- Both Dixit and Kalenderian have Class of 2012. “Anything you want,” Caryn E. Krakauer ’11 tions; they instead chose ‘Wellesley already started brainstorming ideas for he said, “we’ll be there.” Girl’s Crossbow’ — a reference to the East Campus 2 Vrajesh Y. Modi ’11 stabbing last year at Next House — to 2012 Class Council Run-off election pending represent them in the Senate. MacGregor House 2 Iman S. Fayyad ’12* President Rishi Dixit Jorge D. Simosa ’12* 2012 elects Dixit and Kalenderian The 2012 class President Rishi Vice President Andy D. Kalenderian McCormick Hall 2 Eleni Orphanides ’10 Ye Yao ’11 Dixit ’12 says the competition for this Secretary Anjali B. Thakkar year’s presidency was high. Dixit said New House 2 Richard A. Dahan ’12 Treasurer David S. Zhu that in such a situation, he and Kal- Shin Nee S. Wong ’12 enderian thought that the person who Social Chairs Sappho Z. Gilbert and Cynthia Wang would win would be the person with Next House 2 Tim Stumbaugh ’12 “the most name recognition.” Dixit Publicity Chairs Michaela S. LanVan and Ellen B. McIsaac Hongyou Xiong ’12* Source: Undergraduate Association Random Hall 1 Ekaterina Kuznetsova ’09 Senior House 1 Cody R. Daniel ’11* Simmons Hall 2 Daniel D. Hawkins ’12 Vinay Tripuraneni ’11 Interfraternity Council 5 William G. Near ’10 Keone Hon ’10* Kevin M. Marengo ’10* Sun Kim ’11 Brandom T. Lew ’10* Panhellenic Association 1 Anila Sinha ’10 * Living Group Council 1 Alexander W. Dehnert ’12* Off-campus 1 Nelson Elhage ’09* Source: Undergraduate Association “Schlumberger gave me the training and * indicates a write-in candidate (10 students, one crossbow). support to progress beyond my expectations.” Candidates from the following six constituencies ran for UA Senate Taya, Recruiter seats uncontested: NW35 Phoenix Group, Next House, New House, Taya has a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. After four years working on clients’ Burton-Conner, Random Hall, and the Interfraternity Council. platforms delivering technology services to Oil and Gas companies, Taya has moved to the A run-off election between Harrison L. Bralower ’11 and Sarah E. Dee ’10 is being held to fill the final East Campus Senate slot. Vot- personnel function and is now sharing her experience with young graduates. ing for the run-off started on Saturday and ends today at 5 p.m. at http://vote.mit.edu. MIT INTERVIEWS! Number of Fall Voters Information Session: 2008 2007 2006 2005 -i«Ìi“LiÀÊÎä]ÊÓäänÊUÊÇ\ä䫓ʇʙ\ä䫓 Freshman Voters 406 585 527 466 x‡Ó£Ç Sophomore Voters 186 237 213 284 Please come to the information session Junior Voters 166 196 189 205 to sign up for an interview slot! Senior Voters 137 185 124 205 Source: Undergraduate Association BS Degrees: All Engineering disciplines, Geoscience, Chemistry, Physics, Math These numbers reflect online votes cast in each year’s fall UA elections; they do not include paper ballots.

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DC Office, from Page 1 untangle the nation’s “triple knot” of a failing economy, energy consumption Candidates’ Science Stances commentators worry that these vi- and security politics, and growing Energy acknowledged that stem cell re- to cut NASA funding and instead tal issues are being glossed over. evidence of climate change. McCain is enthusiastic about in- search will continue under their ad- committed to funding an additional Thomas Friedman contends in his Hockfield has been busy traveling creasing America’s nuclear energy ministrations. Both have underlined NASA shuttle mission. New York Times column that “While and speaking about science policy. sources, setting a goal to build 45 the importance of having stringent we still have enormous innovative This June, Obama invited President new nuclear reactors by 2030. In government oversight of the ethical Global warming energy bubbling up from the Ameri- Hockfield to speak on a nonpartisan addition, McCain wants to lift the and scientific concerns that arise. McCain’s cap-and-trade pro- can people, it is not being supported forum at Carnegie Mellon Univer- ban on off-shore drilling to increase gram allows companies to trade and nurtured as needed in today’s sity. The forum, which concluded America’s oil supply. Space/ NASA green-house gas emission credits. super-competitive world. Right now, Obama’s “Change that Works for Obama favors funding for alter- Both McCain and Obama are McCain wants to reduce green- we feel like a country in a very slow You” tour, highlighted investments native energy; his goal is to have 25 supportive of aeronautics research, house gas emissions to 60 percent decline — in infrastructure, basic in education, green jobs, and fair percent of electricity come from re- which includes completing the In- below 1990 levels by 2050. research and education …” Indeed, trade. President Hockfield is also co- newable resources by 2025. Obama ternational Space Station. Obama wants to reduce emis- these are grim predictions especially chair of the American Association of says he will consider off-shore drill- McCain has committed to fund- sions by 80 percent by 2050, also for the MIT community. And accord- Universities, a task force of major ing in Florida to give temporary fu- ing NASA’s Constellation Program. achieved by a cap-and-trade pro- ing to Bonvillian, the new president’s university leaders working to advise el-relief while an alternative energy Obama’s education plan had gram, but proceeds of the emission policy will play an important role in national leaders. Recently, President and fuel efficiency plan is being temporarily threatened NASA permits will go to investments in MIT and its missions to pursue great Hockfield has also invited both Mc- developed. funding by suggesting funds for the clean energy, assistance to families, science and great technology. Cain and Obama to speak on energy, plan would be acquired by delaying and habitat protection. Numerous MIT faculty members science, and technology policy at Stem Cell Research the Constellation Program; how- are involved in policy-making. On MIT. Both McCain and Obama have ever, Obama later retracted his plan —Jingyun Fan Sept. 12, institute professor John M. Deutch and Hockfield reflect the Deutch testified for the US Senate Washington Office’s policy stance. Committee on Energy and Natural “There is no magic bullet”, said Resources. Deutch pushed for a tax Kolenbrander. MIT supports both on carbon emissions, increased ener- nuclear and alternative energy and gy efficiency standards, a dramatic in- believes we must work aggressively crease in federal funding for research to improve both. As for research on alternative energy solutions, de- funding, more is always better. “The velopment of domestic gas produc- nation’s wellbeing depends on sus- tion infrastructure, and expansion of tained commitment by the federal commercial nuclear power. government to support the research On Sept. 10, President Susan and innovation that goes on at MIT” Hockfield testified for the House said Kolenbrander. Committee on Energy Independence The Washington Office’s inter- and Global Warming. In an op-ed arti- est extends beyond the campaigns. cle in the Washington Post from Sept. Whichever candidate becomes Presi- 11, Hockfield called for increased fed- dent, the Washington Office will con- eral funding for energy research. She tinue its long history of involvement wrote “In my view, the nation should in national science and technology move promptly to triple current rates policy. It will continue to lobby for [of energy research funding], then in- financial support for research, raise crease funding further as the Energy awareness among young people Department builds its capacity to about the excitement and opportuni- convert basic research into market- ties in science and technology, and able technologies.” Hockfield wrote help our nation’s policy-makers pro- that she believes doing this will help mote science and technology. New Loans Considered Education, from Page 14 would add money each year until they turned 18, but the accounts could only do. So the notion of beginning to save be drawn against for college expenses. for college at a much younger age is “Imagine the impact on the single a great idea, and we know that would mother of a 7-year-old who receives make a huge difference, but there are a letter informing her that the federal significant cost implications.” government has just put aside $250 to- Perhaps the most unusual aspect of ward the college education of that child the plan involves the federal govern- and that this money will earn interest ment opening — and financing — col- until the child is ready to enroll,” the lege savings accounts for low-income report said. children. If the program began at age 12, and Unlike children in affluent families, the yearly deposit was 10 percent of many low-income children do not grow the Pell Grant that the child would be up with parents who expect them to get eligible for, it would cost “less than $3 a college education, or have any plan billion” a year, Ms. Baum said Thurs- for paying the tuition. day. She said 12 was probably the lat- Earn your MPA in So the panel proposed that the gov- est it would make sense to begin such ernment create accounts for children in a program, and added that the group Environmental Science and Policy low-income families, long before they had also estimated costs of starting it reached college age. The government at age 5.

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To view past years’ programs go to http://web.mit.edu/jsf September 23, 2008 The Tech Page 17 Increase in Right-Wing Programs Colleges Move Away Conservatives, from Page 11 is written, the donor loses all control campus read the same book, when over the program he has funded,” he Poliakoff suggested using the “Free sic writings including Plato’s “Apol- advised. Society” collection. Bacon said From ACT, SAT Tests ogy” and The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Conservatives have begun to re- she first checked out the Center for King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birming- alize, said Peter Wood, the executive American Universities at the Man- By Sara Rimer class, race/ethnicity and parental edu- ham Jail.” Every incoming freshman director of the scholars’ association, hattan Institute, which runs Veritas. The New York Times cational attainment.” The report calls last fall and this fall was assigned that their contributions to colleges “I saw it does a lot of things A commission convened by some on admissions officials to be aware of readings from it. and universities frequently pay for around civil rights,” she said. It of the country’s most influential college such differences and to ensure that dif- Amid the get-to-know-each-other what they see as left-leaning aca- looked like they had a variety of admissions officials is recommending ferences not related to a student’s ability barbecues and field trips to Pike’s demic programs that run counter to perspectives,” she said, and “they that colleges and universities move to succeed academically be “mitigated Peak during orientation last month, their world views. weren’t controlling” the specific as- away from their reliance on SAT and in the admission process.” the college organized freshman sem- Instead of making no-strings-at- signment, which was decided by ACT scores and shift toward admis- “Society likes to think that the SAT inars devoted to the readings. tached donations, he said, conserva- the faculty. She asked a handful of sions exams more closely tied to the measures people’s ability or merit,” Mr. At first some faculty members tives started asking “ought there not professors to review the book, which high school curriculum and achieve- Fitzsimmons said. “But no one in col- were suspicious of where the idea be some way that we could reach the also included the U.S. Constitution ment. lege admissions who visits the range of and financing had come from, said donors and convince them that their and writings from Alexis de Toc- The commission’s report, the culmi- secondary schools we visit, and goes Robert Sackett, a history professor donations to higher education could queville and Frederick Douglass. nation of a yearlong study led by Wil- to the communities we visit — where who publicly voiced his concern. Yet be more wisely spent?” None detected any particular bias. liam R. Fitzsimmons, the dean of ad- you see the contrast between opportuni- he added, whatever the back story, Although there are no formal The faculty was so pleased with missions and financial aid at Harvard, ties and fancy suburbs and some of the who could object to teaching King links between the organizations, an the way the program turned out in comes amid growing concerns that the high schools that aren’t so fancy — can or Plato? informal network of advisers and 2007, Bacon said, that they unani- frenzy over standardized college ad- come away thinking that standardized “An assignment that I initially activists work to bolster each other’s mously agreed to repeat it this year. missions tests is misshaping secondary tests can be a measure of someone’s had some doubts about has turned efforts. The Jack Miller Center spent Asked about the possibility of education and feeding a billion-dollar true worth or ability.” out better than I expected,” said $3.6 million in the past year to create establishing a center at Colorado test-prep industry that encourages stu- Mr. Fitzsimmons said that at Har- Sackett, who points out that he is not among other things, a civics center Springs, Poliakoff said, “I have no set dents to try to game the tests. vard high school grades and the Col- a conservative. “I could see using it at Florida Atlantic University and road map.” As for other plans with A growing number of colleges lege Board’s individual subject tests are again.” summer programs at two other col- the university system, like endowing and universities, like Bates College in considered better predictors of college Although a few critics have ac- leges for professors. Several summer a chair in conservative thought on Maine, Lawrence University in Wis- success than the SAT, also administered cused these programs of having a attendees like Michael Poliakoff, the Boulder campus, Poliakoff said consin, Wake Forest University in North by the College Board, or ACT, and that right-wing agenda, many administra- the vice president for academic af- there was no connection. “There is Carolina and Smith College in Massa- the university is studying the use of tors and faculty have embraced the fairs for the University of Colorado no vast right-wing conspiracy,” he chusetts, have made the SAT and ACT standardized tests in its admissions. extra resources. system, also received grants from said with a smile. optional. And the report concludes that He added that it was possible that the “The kind of thing that we’re pro- Veritas. Elsewhere, proponents have had more institutions could make admis- university might eventually make such posing and developing transcends all The Thomas W. Smith Founda- a bumpier road. sions decisions without requiring the tests optional. those political differences whether tion, dedicated to supporting free In 2006, at Hamilton College in SAT and ACT. The admission counseling asso- you’re right, left or center,” said markets, has started paying for Clinton, N.Y., opposition from the It encourages institutions to consider ciation gave the report to The New York Robert Koons, the director of Texas’ scholarly centers on campuses as faculty forced the administration to dropping admission test requirements Times in advance of its official release program, who describes himself as a well, said Piereson, who is on its withdraw its support of an alumni-fi- unless they can prove that the benefits at its annual meeting in Seattle this run-of-the-mill Republican. “It’s not board of trustees. Last year the foun- nanced center focused on capitalism, of such tests outweigh the negatives. week. The report emphasizes academic the answers, but the questions” about dation gave $1 million to Brown’s natural law and the role of religion “It would be much better for the research that suggests that test prepara- ethics, justice and civic duty that are Political Theory Project, which also in politics. Many faculty members country,” Mr. Fitzsimmons said in an tion and coaching results in an increase being discussed, he said. received money from Veritas and the questioned if Hamilton would have interview, “to have students focusing of 20 to 30 points on the SAT, which it Ideas for the new strategy began Jack Miller center. sufficient oversight of it. At the time, on high school courses that, based on calls “a modest gain (on the old 1600 percolating in 2005 when the Phi- “There’s a network of institutions the chairman of the faculty assembly, evidence, will prepare them well for scale)” that “is considerably less than lanthropy Roundtable, an associa- out there” that know the academic John O’Neil, was quoted as saying, college and also prepare them well for the 100 point or more gains that are of- tion of foundation officials and big landscape, said David DesRosiers, “There are people on the faculty who the real world beyond college, instead ten accepted as conventional wisdom.” donors, met and shared their com- the executive director of Veritas. “We think this center has an explicit, right of their spending enormous amounts of Even so, the report acknowledges that plaints about higher education. A came in as venture capitalists, and tendency.” time trying to game the SAT.” test preparation can raise scores, how- few months earlier, Piereson wrote they picked the stocks we invested The alumni donors and profes- Mr. Fitzsimmons’s group, which ever modestly, and that students with- an article in the roundtable’s maga- in.” sors ended up opening the Alexander was convened by the National Associa- out the financial resources to get such zine warning donors not to endow Peg Bacon, the provost at Colo- Hamilton Institute for the Study of tion for College Admission Counseling, help may be “penalized for lower test university programs or faculty rado Springs, said she had already Western Civilization as an indepen- also expresses concerns “that test scores scores” in some admission and scholar- chairs. “Once the endowment check been interested in having the entire dent entity in 2007. appear to calcify differences based on ship cases. 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’09 was the next best MIT runner, crossing the finish line in 18:44, good Men’s Cross Country Men’s Soccer for 12th place. Anna M. Holt-Gosselin ’11 placed 15th with a time of Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 18:51 and Jennifer A. Doyle ’09 was four seconds behind coming in UMass-Dartmouth Invitational Newbury College (0-6-0) 2 18th. Three other MIT runners finished the race in under 20 minutes. Andrea E. Bradshaw ’09 came in 23rd at 18:57, Elizabeth M. Finn ’09 MIT 3rd of 38 MIT (6-0-1) 8 finished in 19:01 for 27th, and Katy Gordon ran 19:11 to finish 30th overall. MIT’s 67 gave the team a convincing victory over second-place Am- Women’s Cross Country Women’s Tennis herst with 88. Springfield was the next best NEWMAC squad, finishing Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 fifth with a score of 153. The Engineers will now travel to William- UMass-Dartmouth Invitational stown, Mass. to take part in the Purple Valley Classic next Saturday, Mount Holyoke College (1-2) 1 Sept. 27. MIT 1st of 41 MIT (3-0) 8 ­—Greg McKeever, DAPER Staff Field Hockey Women’s Volleyball Men’s Soccer Overpowers Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 Newbury, 8-2 Daniel Webster (3-2) 0 Smith College (2-6) 0 In the inaugural meeting between both programs, the MIT men’s MIT (3-5) 9 soccer team defeated visiting Newbury College 8-2 on Friday. Zach- MIT (7-5) 3 ary E. Kabelac ’12 paced the Engineers with three goals and two as- University of Massachusetts Boston (7-6) 1 Football sists as Christian W. Therkelsen ’11 registered his first hat-trick of the MIT (8-5) 3 season. Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 MIT opened the scoring 3:18 into the contest when Neil S. Zim- MIT (2-1) 38 merman’s ’09 throw-in from the far sideline crossed the box and was redirected by Therkelsen’s left foot. Almost nine minutes later, Max Framingham State College (2-1) 42 Men’s Water Polo S. Stein-Golenbock ’12 sent a throughball which was chased down Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 by Zimmerman, who outraced three Newbury defenders and tapped Rifle Harvard University (2-1) 10 the ball into the left side of the net. Kabelac then set up Therkelsen at the 13:50 mark before registering a solo blast from 25 yards out 15 Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 MIT (3-6) 9 seconds later to give the Engineers a 4-0 lead. University of the Sciences 2001 (s), 2100 (a) Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 The Nighthawks (0-6-0) ended the shutout in the 30th minute when John Mawson corralled a rebound and found Andy Osei for his second Massachusetts Maritime 1790 (s), 1916 (a) Bucknell College (5-4) 12 goal of the season. MIT extended its advantage on Kabelac’s shot that MIT 2138 (s), 2192 (a) MIT (3-7) 6 deflected off a Newbury defender and sailed into the right side of the goal. The Nighthawks quickly answered with a solo effort by Anthony Fannoh III, who converted a turnover by the Engineers outside their box. Therkelsen completed the hat-trick courtesy of a feed from Kabe- lac in the 36th minute and then returned the favor four minutes later to put the Engineers up 7-2 at the break. MIT Rugby Defeats Penn State, MIT carried the momentum into the second stanza as Lance Wall registered an unassisted goal after 3:48 elapsed. The remainder of the match was a defensive battle with each side posting two shots on Cornell; Middlebury Takes First goal. In net, Dylan S. Rankin ’12 collected four saves through 61 minutes Rugby, from Page 20 put herself in the score column not minutes. The closing minutes of the while Javier M. Duarte ’10 closed out the game with one save for the once, but three times, with Snyder first half saw a moment of back-line Engineers. field a team for this match. Again, making all of her conversion kicks. genius as Snyder, Umhoefer, and MIT continues play at home on Monday, Sept. 22 when it hosts the ladies from MIT made their Snyder also provided a rare treat not Samantha R. Cohen ’11 who built a Emerson College. presence felt with the most convinc- often witnessed in U.S. rugby, scor- drive to the 10-meter line followed —Mindy Brauer, DAPER Staff ing win of the tournament, a 24-0 ing a 30-meter 3 point drop goal that by an amazing off load pass to Amy drubbing. This game saw Ogunniyi split right down the middle of the up- Kelly G. A play by Baccarella saw rights. Defensive efforts were led by the captain dive across the line for flanker Kristen M. Anderson ’11 and the tying try. 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their passion for complex problem solving and apply it to designing and implementing a system for automatic execution of thousands of trade orders Page 20 The Tech September 23, 2008 Sp o r t s MIT Women’s Rugby Takes Second Place In Beantown Div. III By Brandon Sparks T. Ogunniyi ’11 and she scampered Team Coach in for a try under the post. Ashley The weekend of September 13– M. Snyder G made the conversion 14 saw the MIT Women’s Rugby to bring the score 7-5 and conclude Club doing battle in Amherst at the the first half. Beantown Women’s The second half saw both teams Collegiate Rugby coming out strong. Again, a Penn Tournament. On Sat- State forward trudged in for a well- urday, MIT defeated deserved score. MIT was awarded Pennsylvania State a scrum shortly after the restart and University’s B Team began to move the ball towards the 14-10 and dominated Cornell Uni- Lady Lions try-zone. MIT saw their versity’s B Team 24-0. In the finals efforts rewarded when Ogunniyi on Sunday, Middlebury College broke through the Penn State back topped MIT 12-7. line for a 30 meter try. Snyder again The perennial rugby powerhouse made the conversion to bring the Lady Lions showed up in force, score to 14-10. The last 10 minutes bringing 53 players. This game was of the second half saw some of the a suspenseful one from the kickoff. most intense rugby of the weekend Rachel Fong—The Tech The inside center from the Penn with Penn State setting up camp five Alona Birjiniuk ’09 takes possession of the ball during the match against Daniel Webster College State squad put the first points on meters outside the try-zone. The MIT on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Jack Barry Field. The Engineers won by 9-0 as they claimed their second the board ten minutes into the first ladies were able to hold them off, led consecutive victory this season. half to lead 5-0. This was the wake- by the hard-hitting full-back Sarah T. up call that MIT needed after the Gomez ’11 and a strong team defen- two and a half hour trip west. Led sive stand. The whistle blew signal- by young captain Alyssa M. Bac- ing the end of game and sealing the carella ’11, the MIT squad came win for MIT. Women’s Tennis Overcame Mount back strong, determined to make a The second game of the day pitted statement. With organized defen- the MIT squad against the Cornell B sive play and strong pack work MIT Team. Cornell, suffering numerous Holyoke College 8-1 on Saturday was quick to regain possession. The injuries in their first game, had to ladies exploited Penn State’s weak pull from their Division I squad to By Jennifer Rees were followed by Kerry R. Weinberg feated her opponent with a score back line when a pass from Elizabeth Team Member ’10 and Jenny C. Dohlman ’11 with of 6-1, 6-4, as did Hall. Hillary E. B. Umhoefer ’10 reached Adedoyin Rugby, Page 18 MIT Women’s Tennis defeated their hard earned win of 9-8 (7). Jenny ’12 won her exhibition match Mount Holyoke this past Saturday, During Weinberg and Dohlman’s in a close 6-1, 7-6. Soon to follow making their record 3-0 this season. match, the women’s team was cheer- was Kimberlee Boonbanjerdsri ’12 The day started ing with quite a few nicknames, with her win of 6-3, 6-3. Katherine Up c o m i n g Ho m e Ev e n t s with the doubles some old, many new, giving a lighter M. Smyth ’10 was finished with her matches. First off tone to the atmosphere. By the end match not long after, barely losing Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 were Leslie A. Han- of the doubles, MIT was in the lead 7-5, 6-0. Pikhart defeated her oppo- Field Hockey vs. Nichols College 7:00 p.m., Jack Barry Field sen ’10 and Anasta- with a 2-1 score. nent in a quick 6-0, 6-4. Wang fin- sia Vishnevetsky ’12, Next up were the singles match- ished her match closely afterwards, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 winning their match with a solid 8-0 es. First up was Hansen who defeat- defeating her opponent 6-4, 6-2, Men’s Tennis vs. University of Massachusetts Boston win. The next matches passed in a ed her opponent with a decisive 6-1, leaving MIT with a 7-1 lead. Rees 4:00 p.m., duPont Courts blur. The number two team of Me- 6-0 win, taking MIT to a lead of 3-1. finished her exhibition match with a lissa A. Diskin ’11 and Anisa K. Mc- Next off was Vishnevetsky, who mir- close score of 6-3, 6-4, leaving Dis- Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 Cree ’10 lost their match 5-8, while rored Hansen’s score, even losing her kin front and center. Her match was Men’s Water Polo vs. Brown University 7:30 p.m., Zesiger Center the number three team of Karina N. only dropped game at the same time long and tough, and Diskin fighting Pikhart ’09 and Yi Wang ’09 pulled Hansen did, showing an uncanny for every point. She pulled it out in Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 out a close match of 8-6. Alexandria bond between the doubles partners. the end with the close score of 7-5, Women’s Tennis ITA New England Championship C. Hall ’12 and Jennifer A. Rees ’11 The next matches finished within 7-5. This left MIT with a decisive 8:00 a.m., duPont Courts won their exhibition match 8-2 and minutes of each other. McCree de- 8-1 win over Mount Holyoke.

Rifle Opens Season With Pair of Women’s Volleyball Tops Smith and UMass-Boston The MIT women’s volleyball Convincing Victories team swept New England Women’s The MIT rifle team got off to a quick start in the 2008-09 season, and Men’s Athletic Conference sweeping both guns against the University of the Sciences in Philadel- (NEWMAC) foe Smith College, phia (USP) and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The Engineers 25-14, 25-20, 25-11, before defeat- registered match-high scores of 2138 in smallbore ing UMass-Boston, 22-25, 25-15, and 2192 in air rifle. 25-17, 25-20, on Saturday. Sports Emily F. Houston ’10 was the high shooter in Katrina M. Ellison ’10 had a both events, scoring a 568 in smallbore and 566 in solid outing for MIT, tallying eight air rifle. Teammate Joseph K. Lane ’11 placed sec- digs, five kills, four aces, and two Shorts ond in both guns, finishing just three points behind blocks. Barden E. Cleeland ’10 Houston in air rifle and totaling 556 in smallbore. Nigel C. Kojimoto ’12 posted 10 kills and two blocks as completed the MIT sweep of the top three places in the air event record- Kelly E. Schulte ’12 added six ing a score of 553. kills. Catherine Melnikow ’10, The University of the Sciences co-ed team finished second in both Jennifer Li ’11, and Lindsay E. guns, with scores of 2001 in smallbore and 2100 in air. The USP wom- Hunting ’09 each notched three en’s team scored 1795 in smallbore and 1966 in air. Massachusetts Mari- aces while Melnikow dished out time rounded out the competitors with scores of 1790 in smallbore and 28 assists. Hunting collected a 1916 in air rifle. match-high 10 digs as Alexan- The Engineers compete next beginning Friday, October 11 when they dra T. May ’10 contributed seven travel to Annapolis, Md., to take on the Naval Academy in a three-day digs. event. Against UMass-Boston, May —Greg McKeever, DAPER Staff paced MIT with 18 kills and 11 digs Cleeland contributed 14 kills and two blocks. Li tallied eight Nationally-Ranked No. 23 Women’s kills, five aces, and four blocks as Schulte posted nine kills and two Cross Country Wins UMass- blocks. Melnikow amassed 39 as- sists and 10 digs while Hunting Dartmouth Invitational picked up nine digs and three aces. Ellison and Evelyn C. Cordner ’12 Jacqueline M. Wentz ’10 once again led the nationally-ranked No. each dished out three assists as El- 23 MIT women’s cross country team to an impressive victory at the lison recorded a pair of aces and UMass-Dartmouth Invitational over a field that included defending na- blocks. tional champion and nationally-ranked No. 1 Amherst, as well as eight MIT and Smith will continue other NEWMAC schools. NEWMAC play on the road on The Engineers used consistency to capture the top spot in the meet, as Tuesday, Sept. 23. MIT will travel seven Tech runners would finish in the top 30 overall. Wentz completed to Springfield College while Smith William B. Yee—The Tech the five-kilometer course in 18:30, finishing fourth. Adrienne M. Bolger will make the trip to Clark Univer- Kelly E. Schulte ’12 leaps up for a kill in the game against Smith sity. College last Saturday, Sept. 20. MIT swept Smith College and Sports Shorts, Page 18 —Mindy Brauer, DAPER Staff later University of Massachusetts Boston 3-0.