Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and Fri: 74°F | 53°F Largest Newspaper Rain sat: 63°F | 52°F Mostly cloudy tech.mit.edu SUN: 49°F | 31°F Chance showers Established 1881 Volume 133, Number 50 Friday, November 1, 2013 Kendall design RED SOX WIN WORLD SERIES team assembled INSIDE For more photos Architecture firms to lead study of the post-game on Kendall Square development Established 1881celebrations, By Bruno B. F. Faviero Services Center, the Gates Cen- NEWS EDITOR ter for Computer Science and the see pg 8 Hillman Center for Future-Gen- MIT’s East Campus Steering eration Technologies at Carnegie Committee has selected the next Mellon University, among proj- group in charge of advancing ects for other universities. The the development of the Kendall firm will be leading the team in Square area. The group will col- cooperation with Michael Van laborate on a study of the prop- Valkenburgh Landscape Archi- erty, which will develop into a tects of Cambridge and New long-term strategy for develop- York, the same firm that designed ment for the area, and in par- Harvard’s common spaces and is ticular the balancing of meeting currently working on develop- commercial, residential, and ac- ing outdoor spaces at Princeton ademic needs, according to the University. MIT News Office. The team will also include ur- The two firms leading the ban planner Ken Greenberg for Established 1881 urban design team have expe- design guidance, Vanasse Han- rience with universities. Mack gen Brustlin for transportation Scogin Merrill Elam Architects analysis, Atelier Ten for environ- of Atlanta is currently working on the Yale University Health Kendall, Page 16 News BrieFS Billionaire to donate $47 million to Broad Institute Billionaire Carlos Slim Helú promised to donate $74 million to the Broad Institute Monday, according to the Boston Globe. His donation will fund genetic research based on the DNA of Hispanics and other non-Europeans, the Globe reported. “I try to support this kind of project — that is for the interest of ev- Established 1881 eryone in the world, but with some focus in Mexico and Latin America,” Slim told the Globe. The $74 million-dollar donation funds the second phase of the Slim Initiative for Genomic Medicine for the Americas (SIGMA), an initiative that launched in 2010 when Slim donat- ed $65 million to the Broad institute, according to Slim’s web- site, carlosslim.com. Hungarian president visits Media Lab President János Áder visited the Media Lab for 90 minutes on Friday, according to MIT News, and discussed with MIT presi- dent L. Rafael Reif his desires to incite innovation and an entre- preneurial spirit in Hungary so that Hungarian students who study abroad are more likely to return to their home-country. Áder visited four research groups during his visit to the Me- dia Lab: Tangible Media, Changing Places, Personal Robots, RACHEL E. AVILES—THE TECH and Lifelong Kindergarten, according to MIT News. The Prudential Center displayed support for the Red Sox Wednesday night during Game 6 of the World Series. —William Navarre IN Short The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble’sHamlet opens Assembly limits of Boston FSILG residences to be re-evaluated today at 8 p.m. in La Sala de Puerto Rico! Tickets are $6 for MIT, Harvard, and Wellesley students, $9 Students and alumni of MIT’s frater- limits currently reported by the resi- complete and submit the new assembly for the rest of the MIT community and other students, nities, sororities, and independent liv- dences have been calculated in a man- applications as soon as possible,” stated and $12 for general admission. Performances will run ing groups (FSILGs) gathered on Oct. 24 ner that is now outdated. The Boston In- Alvarez. until Nov. 9. for a meeting regarding the temporary spectional Services Department requires “There are preliminary discussions restriction on large events in Boston that assembly limits are calculated based to explore the possibility of hiring a sec- Slam Agaist Silence is today at 6:30 p.m. in the Tal- FSILG residences, which are to remain on the emergency exit capabilities of ond architect for additional support to bot Lounge in East Campus. Come practice your until the assembly limits of each resi- each residence. Currently, however, help expedite the process. Stakeholders slam poetry skills and enjoy coffee and cookies! An dence could be evaluated. Boston FSILG Boston FSILG residences have assembly involved have not had an opportunity to open mike will be provided. residences are applying for updated as- limits calculated by the old system that make any final decisions,” reported Mat- sembly permits and are restricted from was based on square footage. The Boston thew Bauer, director of communications The 9th Annual Merck/BE-BMES Undergraduate having events that exceed the occu- Inspectional Services Department wants and special assistant to the Dean of Stu- Research Poster Session is now accepting submis- pancy of their houses until the permits to verify that all assembly limits meet the dent Life. sions until Sunday, Nov. 10. Cash prizes ($500, $300, have been issued — effectively, a ban present standards and reflect the safe ca- In last Thursday’s meeting, senior as- $100) will be available for winners. Email submissions on parties and other large events at the pacities of FSILG residences. sociate dean of Residential Life & Dining to [email protected]. residences. “The MIT FSILG Office, the Asso- Henry J. Humphreys reiterated the need In an email to The Tech, Interfrater- ciation of Independent Living Groups for compliance with the temporary re- Send news information and tips to [email protected]. nity Council (IFC) Vice President Brian (AILG), and the Interfraternity Council strictions until updated assembly permits edu. L. Alvarez ’15 explained that the primary (IFC) are currently working with ar- have been acquired. reason for the reevaluation is that the chitects and the individual houses to —Alexandra Delmore Boston BALLet YOUR coUnterParts 18th annUAL shaKesPeare SECTIONS World & Nation . .2 What would they be like in parallel coMPanY shines Boston VEGFest enseMBLE Opinion . .4 universes? FUN, p. 6 Boston Ballet’s season A look inside Boston’s Production of Hamlet Fun Pages . .5 opener was emotionally How DO YOU taKE notes? annual Vegetarian Food tries something new Arts . .10 evocative and Festival. with Halflets. Sports . .18 convincing. ARTS, p. 10 Q.E.D.: Where are you on the scale from ARTS, p. 12 ARTS, p. 14 tradition to online hipster? FUN, p. 6 2 The Tech Friday, November 1, 2013 Snowden’s lawyer says he has a D new job in Russia Red Sox clinch first title at MOSCOW — Edward J. Snowden, the former National Se- curity Agency contractor living in asylum in Russia, now has a job at one of the country’s major Internet companies, a law- Fenway since 1918 yer who has represented him since he arrived here as a fugitive from U.S. prosecution four months ago said Thursday. By David Waldstein thousands more who crammed the The Red Sox had lost in excruci- WORL Snowden, whose whereabouts here have remained secret THE NEW YORK TIMES city streets and bars to proclaim ating fashion in their four previous and a matter of intense speculation, will begin working Friday those formerly scarce words that World Series appearances, in 1946 N at a company that the lawyer, Anatoly G. Kucherena, would not BOSTON — For much of the are now often-repeated: The Boston and 1967 to the Cardinals, in 1975 disclose. He declined to discuss details of Snowden’s life in ex- 20th century, the Boston Red Sox Red Sox won the World Series. to the Cincinnati Reds and in 1986 ile, he said, “because the level of threat from the U.S. govern- were a symbol of frustration and Even after the team’s horren- to the New York Mets, each time in ment structures is still very high.” pain for an entire region. As popu- dous late-season collapse in 2011 seven games. Kucherena’s assertion about the employment offer could lar as they were in their corner of and a last-place finish in 2012, Red What made this year’s title even not be verified. Other claims about Snowden’s secretive life the nation, either they were good Sox fans have become so accus- more notable was that the Red Sox here have turned out to be unsubstantiated. enough to lose in agonizing fashion tomed to winning that, once their completed a worst-to-first trans- ATIO In August, when Russia’s migration agency granted on baseball’s grandest stage or they scruffy team had won Game 5, formation, rebounding from a last- Snowden a one-year temporary asylum, the founder of Russia’s were just plain bad. Game 6 had an air of inevitability. place finish in the American League most prominent social network, VKontakte, publicly offered But that all changed in 2004 By the time Boston had taken East in 2012, shedding a negative him a job, saying his expertise would help protect the personal when the Red Sox ended an 86- a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning, the reputation and replacing it with data of the site’s users. year championship drought, and cool air at Fenway Park vibrated in scruffy beards to signify team unity. A spokesman for the company, Georgy Lubushkin, declined now their fortunes have changed so anticipation of the party that would The team brought in Farrell to to comment; a technology site, Digit.ru, quoted the company’s dramatically that winning titles has soon follow. replace Bobby Valentine and sever- technical director, Nikolai Durov, as saying he was not aware of become commonplace.