MIT’s The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Sunny, High 35°F (2°C) Tonight: Clear, 22°F (-6°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Windy, High 33°F (1°C) Details, Page 2 http://tech.mit.edu/ Volume 128, Number 57 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, November 21, 2008 Caught Breaking Into CMS Director Leaves For USC Admission Record Rm., Citing Workload, Lack of Faculty By Omar Abudayyeh most agonizing decisions I’ve ever how he has argued with the Institute Student Faces Charges STAFF REPORTER had to make,” Jenkins wrote on his for decades to hire more faculty. He Professor Henry Jenkins, co- blog on Tuesday. wrote that it was impossible for him By Robert McQueen left in the room. Duffy is charged director of the Comparative Media “Collectively, we’ve done par- to continue running the growing STAFF REPORTER with one count of breaking and en- Studies program, announced on adigm-shifting research and we’ve program without more help. Early on Sunday, Nov. 2, MIT Po- tering, and one count of possession Monday he will be leaving for a helped launch many careers. I love “I’m often asked how I man- lice arrested Shaunalynn M. Duffy of a burglarious instrument. position at the University of South- CMS,” he wrote. age to do everything I do and now ’09 for allegedly breaking into the According to the report, the “bur- ern California. Jenkins has been But Jenkins criticized the Insti- you know the sad answer: I can’t Freshman Admission Records Of- glarious instrument” was a Dunkin’ with MIT for nearly 20 years and tute for not better supporting the — at least not year after year,” Jen- fice (3-001), according to a police Donuts gift card that Duffy said she co-founded CMS. He and his wife CMS program. He said that was kins wrote. “Even Green Lantern report. used to gain access to the office. Cynthia have also served as house- one his reasons for leaving. “MIT needs to recharge his ring now and Duffy told the police that she was Duffy did not say she was hacking. masters of Senior House for the has been balancing this complex again.” looking for her records and for her past 14 years. program on the backs of only two Because the program is strongly laptop, which she had accidentally Arrest, Page 9 “This turned out to be one of the faculty,” he said. entrenched with some 30 research About ten years ago, Jenkins and support staff and is in fact the launched CMS and has taught 30 largest humanities major, it will different courses on topics ranging continue on despite his departure. from film and television to games The CMS has a strong under- and the Internet. On his blog, Jenkins discusses Jenkins, Page 11 In A Pinch, Northeastern Postpones New Housing By Peter Schworm eastern’s push to house more of its BOSTON GLOBE students on campus. The university Northeastern University has planned to build additional dormi- shelved plans for a 600-student dor- tories as part of an agreement with mitory amid a severe crunch in credit neighbors and city officials in 2004 markets, in the latest sign of the eco- to address concerns about the behav- nomic downturn’s impact on college ior of students in off-campus hous- campuses. ing. A spokesman said Wednesday Despite the credit pinch, North- that the university has indefinitely eastern will be able to complete con- postponed the St. Botolph Street struction of a high-rise dormitory project, originally slated to begin at Tremont and Ruggles streets in next summer. Roxbury by next summer as planned, ERIC D. SCHMIEDl—THE TECH “In the current economic climate, Armini said. Students from the Burton 5, Conner 2, and Burton 4 halls in Burton-Conner House set up a “moon- all institutions are reevaluating up- A range of colleges in recent bounce” inflatable structure in Lobby 7 just after midnight on Tuesday morning. coming capital projects,” said Mike weeks have delayed construction Armini, who said the project would projects and announced budget cuts be on hold “while we continue to as- and hiring freezes to offset sub- sess the uncertainty in global finan- stantial losses to their endowments. cial markets.” Many are conducting stem-to-stern UMOC Donations Through Thursday The building had been scheduled Candidate Charity Total to open in 2011 as part of North- Housing, Page 9 13-Year-Old Grapefruit Juice Found UNICEF $23.45 in the Sub-basement of Bldg. 66 “Children don’t have anyone to fight for them, for their basic needs. UNICEF fills that need. I think that’s pretty important.” Rachel A. Bowens-Rubin ’11 National Speleological Society $30.10 Kjell A. Tovander ’09 “Think of the children. Just think! The children! All those poor starving children in Africa. How could you hate those children? How could you When Kjell A. Tovander ’09 was younger, his mother said, he began deprive them of the wonderful experience that is caving? You heartless reading voraciously. So, naturally, when he decided he wanted to learn bastard, look at them, they’re crying.” how to program, he ordered a book about it. He read it in one night. Michael J. Snively ’11 Foundation for a Smoke free America $130.34 Though his mother initially doubted “Some of the most amazing people I know have died from lung cancer, this was true, Tovander convinced her including my grandfather. Smoking simply doesn’t need to exist. It kills when he sat down at the computer the people, period. Anything I can do to get people to stop is worth it.” next day and started to code. He never BMF Microwave Doctors Without Borders $62.34 + $cheeseburger + disk stopped. + yummy asian candy Years later, as a Course VI major at “In addition to being an awesome charity, dedicated to providing MIT, he still hadn’t lost his can-do at- medical assistance in the most desperate situations without regard for titude: “He would wake up one day and political affiliation, conflicts, etc., they are also really good at actually say I want to do this and buy the book getting the money where it’s supposed to go.” and practice six hours a day,” said his Mario the Plumber Save the Children $7.91 friend Christopher B. Palmer ’09. “He “Save the Children doesn’t just alleviate symptoms; it works to make learned python like that.” His dedica- lasting changes in communities around the world, for the betterment tion extended to areas outside of aca- of their children. And today’s children are tomorrow’s future — what’s demics. “He practiced running, tennis, and games the same way,” said more important than that?” Palmer. Little Paul Pine Street Inn $25.48 “I think the money raised should go to the Pine Street Inn, because “The rock” of D-Entry homelessness is a major problem in our country, and the Pine Street “He was kind of the rock,” said Palmer of Tovander’s role in D- Inn does a good job battling it.” Entry in MacGregor. “He was always in the lounge: he lived there and Raziel Melchor ’11 (Write-in candidate) $6.41 sometimes slept there.” SOURCE: ALPHA PHI OMEGA “He was thoughtful and observant and generous,” said Thomas The week-long charity fundraiser “Uncleanliest Manifestation on Campus” ends today. All proceeds Rand-Nash G, the D-Entry graduate resident tutor. “He was always from the contest, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, will go to the winner’s chosen charity. around and you felt his presence.” While he was always happy to spend time with friends and join in their outings, Tovander also maintained his own unique set of passions and interests. Asked what he liked, many of Tovander’s friends would answer “motorcycles,” without hesitation. After that they would men- OPINI O N ARTS World & Nation . 2 tion video games, his black leather jacket, and pasta. Letters to the Editor Boston Musica Viva Opinion ��������������������������4 They knew what he disliked, too: 8.01 and beef. He hated beef. Page 4 Page 6 Tovander was quiet but intense in his pursuits and intensely loyal. Arts ��������������������������������6 “He had quite an impact on the people around him,” said Rand-Nash. Why Pay for Ani DiFranco Performs Comics / Fun Pages ������7 With his close friends, he displayed a dry, sarcastic humor that his Detroit’s Mistakes? at Symphony Hall friends loved because it was striking and unique. Sports . 12 Page 5 Page 6 Tovander, Page 9 Page 2 THE TECH November 21, 2008 WORLD & NATIO N Congress in Transition as Longtime Investor Fears Spark Members Step Down By Carl Hulse THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Another Rout for Markets Age and seniority gave way in Congress on Thursday, a transforma- tional shift for an institution where tremendous power has traditionally By Vikas Bajaj weak. The price of Citigroup’s shares bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, been built on sheer longevity, accumulated and savored with the pas- and Jack Healy plunged 26.4 percent on Thursday, was dealt a severe blow when the sage of years. THE NEW YORK TIMES and other financial shares fell to fresh Treasury Department announced last The farewell speech of Sen. Ted Stevens, 85, a 40-year member, As a new bout of fear gripped bear-market lows. week that it would not buy troubled came on the same day that House Democrats deposed Rep. John D. the financial markets on Thursday, The broad Standard & Poor’s mortgage assets using the $700 bil- Dingell, 82, a 53-year member, from his chairmanship.