The Weather Today: Rain. Breezy. Much cooler. MIT’s mid 40’s °F (7°C) Tonight: Light snow showers after Oldest and Largest midnight, no accumulation. 30’s °F (0°C) Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, rain Newspaper and/or snow showers in morning. mid 40’s °F (7°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 126, Number 15 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, April 4, 2006 MIT Settles Shin Case, Parents Agree Death Likely an Accident By Marissa Vogt that … it was not immediately evi- and will not be paid with tuition funds, NEWS EDITOR dent to her family” that the death was said Robert M. Randolph, senior asso- MIT and the parents of Elizabeth an accident, and so it was determined ciate dean for students. Randolph also H. Shin ’02 announced yesterday that that it was in MIT’s best interests to said that he assumes the settlement they have reached a settlement for an settle, said Denise Brehm of the MIT will cover the Shin’s legal fees. undisclosed amount in the wrongful News Office. Brehm declined to com- According to an MIT press re- death lawsuit filed against Institute ment specifically why MIT chose to lease, Shin’s father Cho Hyun said administrators and doctors. settle the case, citing the settlement’s “We appreciate MIT’s willingness to The case was scheduled to go to confidentiality agreement. spare our family the ordeal of a trial trial in May, but in an unexpected A lawyer representing the Shin and have come to understand that our move, both parties came to an agree- family, David A. DeLuca, did not re- daughter’s death was likely a tragic ment that the death was a tragic ac- spond to repeated requests for com- accident.” cident and not a suicide as originally ment yesterday. Curtis R. Diedrich, a It was not immediately clear what confirmed by the Cambridge Fire lawyer representing Dr. Linda Cun- new evidence contributed to the re- Department and the Suffolk County ningham, who treated Shin at MIT cent agreement, though Brehm said medical examiner. Shin died in April Medical, also could not be reached that MIT has always believed Shin’s 2000 from self-inflicted burns suf- for comment. death was a terrible accident and not fered in her room at Random Hall a suicide. and the death was ruled a suicide, Shin may have overdosed before fire However, the day of the fire, Shin according to Shin’s death certificate. As part of the agreement, the told students at Random Hall that she “The settlement came because we amount of the settlement will be kept was planning to kill herself later that agreed what the best interests of the confidential. It was not immediately day. Additionally, The Boston Globe Institute” and the Shin family are, clear how MIT would allocate funds reports today that DeLuca said that said Chancellor Phillip L. Clay. for the settlement, though the money “The circumstances were such will likely come from MIT’s insurance Shin, Page 12 OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH AEPhi’s Return to Jewish Identity Landscape workers John W. Hames III (left) and Andrew C. Dy- ment (right) and head gardener Robert H. Kuykendall (not pic- tured) remove the plastic orange construction fencing from the Spurs De-pledgings, De-affiliations perimeter of Kresge Oval. Hames said that though this fencing By Marie Thibault is currently gone, renovations on the Oval are ongoing. identity of the chapter has changed. Jewish women. NEWS EDITOR AEPhi is not what I thought it was, Slutsky said that the purpose of Seven of the eight new members and it is not what I told Potential AEPhi is to have a home for every- of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority have New Members (PNM) it was. In one who wants to respect and under- de-pledged, and five members have the same way that I probably would stand the Jewish religion. “It is not For GSC Election, Weese also de-affiliated, according to an Al- not have joined a Hispanic or Black a religious organization at all,” she pha Epsilon Phi sister who request- sorority, I probably would not have said. ed to remain anonymous. AEPhi’s joined a Jewish sorority.” She said Vice-President of Operations Emily that AEPhi is now actively recruiting AEPhi, Page 18 Is Only Candidate So Far D. Slutsky ’07 declined to confirm By Gabriel Fouasnon graduate student attending the meet- these numbers, saying “AEPhi has STAFF REPORTER ing can be nominated to a vacant a different game plan than the other The elections for next year’s position by two voting members of four sororities, so numbers mean ab- Graduate Student Council officers the GSC. Weese, following GSC tra- solutely nothing to us.” will take place tomorrow. Eric G. dition, will decline his nomination Slutsky presented the plan to Weese G is running uncontested for in order to make the position vacant what she termed “return to AEPhi’s GSC president, but so far there are and reopen the floor for more presi- national identity” in a letter read at no candidates for the other three of- dential nominations. Weese would a chapter meeting in February. She fices — Vice President, Secretary, then be re-nominated. described the letter as a reflection and Treasurer. Nominations for those Unlike Undergraduate Associa- of the need for AEPhi as a chapter positions will come from the floor of tion elections, for which all under- to promote the values of the national the elections meeting. graduates can vote, only GSC rep- Jewish sorority. Current GSC President Sylvain resentatives (who registered before A woman who de-pledged and Bruni G, who is also filling the role March 1), committee chairs with the also wished to remain anonymous of vice-president, said he knows exception of editors of Graduate Stu- said she did so because AEPhi’s new several people who are interested in dent News, and current officers can identity does not support what she seeking nomination for the three va- vote in the GSC election. 48 people and her fellow new members believe. cant positions. Bruni said that since are eligible to vote. “The Jewish identity is taking prior- he was busy fulfilling the duties of Weese said he has been involved ity before diversity. This conflicts both president and vice-president with the GSC since April 2005 when with what we believe in so this is the he did not have much time to recruit he was elected to co-chair the Hous- best decision,” she said of her deci- candidates. ing and Community Affairs Com- sion to de-pledge. All graduate students are permit- Lauren E. Oldja ’08, who de-af- ted to attend the elections, and any GSC, Page 16 filiated, said she did so because “the Ernest Rabinowicz Professor Emeritus Ernest Rabinowicz passed Medal Award in 1998 by the Institution of Mechanical away in his sleep yesterday. He was 79. Engineers in England. Both his book “Friction and Rabinowicz worked in the Mechanical Engineer- Wear of Materials” and his video produced through ing Department for 43 years. He was born in Berlin the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Studies and lived in London, but had made Newton, Massa- have been used by many engineers in the industry, ac- BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH chusetts his home for the past 60 years, his grandson cording to a 1999 MIT News Office announcement. Working from a bucket truck with a chainsaw, a worker from Samuel L. Raymond ’06 said. The funeral will be held today at 1 p.m. at the Bartlett Tree Experts slices off a section of the dead Great Recognized as a leader in the field of tribology, the Temple Emanuel in Newton. Rabinowicz is survived American Elm tree in Killian Court. The tree was brought down study of design, friction, and wear of interacting sur- by his wife Ina, his three daughters Dena, Judith, and in small sections for safety. It will be replaced with a Red Oak faces like bearings, he was awarded the Tribology Gold Laura, and seven grandchildren. in the future. Comics MIT Women’s NEWS World & Nation . 2 Tennis beats Graduate students, Opinion . 4 Bowdoin administrators reach agreement Campus Life . 9 College on new graduate dorm. Sports . 20 Page 5 Page 11 Page 15 Page 2 THE TECH April 4, 2006 WORLD & NATION Americans in Iraq Face Moussaoui Can Be Executed Their Deadliest Day in Months By Kirk Semple THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD, IRAQ For 9/11 Deaths, Jury Finds In the deadliest day for American forces since the beginning of the year, at least nine members of the military were killed in the insurgent By Neil A. Lewis Moussaoui had the greater chance that he was set to be part of the Sept. stronghold of Anbar Province, including four in a rebel attack and at THE NEW YORK TIMES to escape execution. At the time of 11 plot by flying a fifth airplane into least five when their truck accidentally flipped over, the American mili- ALEXANDRIA, VA. the attacks, Moussaoui was in jail the White House. tary command said Monday. A federal jury found on Mon- in Minnesota, having been arrested His testimony was startling in Three Marines and one sailor were killed on Sunday in the rebel day that Zacarias Moussaoui was three weeks earlier on immigration that he had earlier said that he was assault, the military reported, offering no further information. It was responsible for some of the deaths charges. to have participated in a separate al- the largest number of American deaths in a single attack in more than that occurred on Sept.