WEATHER, p. 2 Today: 63°F | 37°F MIT’s Chance of showers Oldest and Largest WED: 63°F | 37°F Newspaper Clear THU: 44°F | 30°F Sunny and windy Volume 130, Number 56 tech.mit.edu Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Koch Institute begins relocation New Building 76 to host interdisciplinary cancer research By Anne Cai of November; the Koch Institute will jected and well within the original STAFF REPORTER gradually shift into Building 76 through budget, which included a $100-million mid-December. Once full, the seven- donation by David H. Koch ’62. The The David H. Koch Institute for In- story building will contain about 600 building was designed by Ellenzweig, tegrative Cancer Research has begun researchers working in 25 faculty labs. an architectural firm founded by Harry moving into its newly finished home According to the Koch Institute website, Ellenzweig, who has designed and re- in Building 76, which replaced a park- the first floor will feature a “changing designed numerous MIT academic and ing lot along Main Street between Ames display of art and information on MIT’s research buildings. ANDREW SWAYze—THE TECH and Vassar. leadership role in life sciences.” “It’s also important to recognize The Koch Institute’s new building, running along Main The first group of faculty moved Construction began in March 2008 Street between Ames and Vassar, will promote collabora- into the new building in the first week and finished a month earlier than pro- Koch Institute, Page 12 tion between different departments on cancer research� Senior selected to Smize! At Logan, be Rhodes Scholar delays are Jennifer Lai ’11, Course 20 and imminent 21M, will be heading to Oxford What to expect when next year to study Immunology going home this week By Joanna Kao Immunology next year. “First, By Jessica Pourian STAFF REPORTER I’m really excited about study- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ing Immunology, which I’ve Jennifer I. Lai ’11 is MIT’s lat- been wanting to do for a really Flying home for Thanksgiving? est Rhodes scholar, joining an long time. Second, I think that Better pack your patience. You can elite group of 43 MIT alumni. going to Oxford, and meeting expect long lines and new secu- “I was honestly in shock, and and playing music with others rity measures at Logan Airport this still am. I don’t think it has quite who have such diverse interests week. hit me yet,” said Lai, a double will be a really great and broad- According to the Air Transport major in biological engineering ening experience,” Lai said. Association, over 24 million people (Course 20) and music and the- To become a Rhodes scholar, will be flying this ater arts (Course 21M). “First, I Lai had to submit multiple let- Thanksgiving holi- INSIDE called my mom at home. I think ters of recommendation, a per- day, up 3.5 percent she was really confused as to sonal essay, and be endorsed Tips for from last year. The why I was so calm because I by MIT. “The application pro- Thanksgiving TSA is expecting to was in disbelief and was certain cess is tough, but it really forces travel, p. 12 screen an average I was kidding her. Finally, she you to determine what it is that of 2.2 million peo- realized that I wasn’t kidding, you want to do. For me, it’s ple per day this weekend, up from and I think at that point, she just solidified my future goals, the 1.8 million people it normally was more excited than I was.” which is the most rewarding screens on a daily basis. Lai will be heading off to the New security measures are also University of Oxford to study Rhodes, Page 13 expected to complicate the holi- day rush. Over the summer, Logan installed new full-body scanners, which come in two forms — back- scatter X-ray and millimeter wave imaging. Currently, there are more than 380 full-body scanners in 68 airports nationwide. Both types of machines work by bouncing waves off the passenger and producing an image from the reflection of the waves and their energy. The sys- tems, known as Advanced Imaging SaRANG KULkaRNI—THE TECH Technology (AIT), are capable of Lauren E. Clark ’14 walks the runway on Friday in Kappa Alpha Theta’s seeing underneath clothing, a point TuRNER K. BOHLEN KATWalk fashion show� Proceeds from ticket sales help raise money for that has raised privacy concerns. Jennifer Lai, a senior majoring in biological engineering and mu- “Court Appointed Special Advocates,” which trains community volunteers After a person is scanned, the im- sic and theater arts and an accomplished pianist, is one of 32 to speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in court� age is sent to a computer in an iso- American students chosen for this year’s Rhodes Scholarship� lated “resolution room” where a TSA officer looks at it. The officer physi- cally assisting the passenger never IN SHORT ing, from 11 p.m. Wednes- sees the photo, the TSA explains, Course 6/7 joint major proposed day night until 7 a.m. Fri- and instead communicates with the The Spring 2011 course day morning. officer in the back room with a wire- If approved in Dec., could start taking students this fall schedule is now available less headset. After the passenger is By Joanna Kao that the EECS faculty “basically unanimously online, at http://student. UA Finance Board appli- cleared, the photo is automatically cations for the IAP/Spring STAFF REPORTER endorsed” the proposal. Commentary at the mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi. deleted by the machine. Officers are meeting was so positive that at the end of the 2011 period are due Sun- prohibited from taking cameras or A bachelor’s degree in computer science discussion, MIT President Susan J. Hockfield Bikes parked on racks be- day, Nov. 28, at 9 p.m. phones into the resolution room. and molecular biology was proposed by the asked, “Anyone else want to join the love-fest?” tween Walker Memorial The millimeter-wave scanners also Departments of Biology and If the proposal passes at the next faculty and Hayden Library are Spring graduate housing blur the face of each passenger. scheduled to be removed allocation closes on Sun- INSIDE Electrical Engineering and meeting in December, it will begin admitting A passenger can decline use of today and tomorrow. day, Nov. 28. The deadline The 6/7 joint Computer Science (EECS) at students next fall. the machine and receive a physi- the Nov. 17 faculty meeting. The joint program includes eight courses to enter the undergradu- cal pat-down instead, but those major course At the faculty meeting, Eric from the EECS department and 7.5 courses The Student Center will ate housing switch lottery measures have themselves been requirements, L. Grimson PhD ’80, head of be closed for Thanksgiv- is on Wednesday, Dec. 1. p. 12 the EECS department, said Joint program, Page 12 Airport security, Page 12 THE BANANA- THE MAGIC IS VARIOUS STEAL MY SECTIONS EQUIVALENT DOSE STILL ALIVE STATES OF COMIC World & Nation � � �2 Opinion � � � � � � � � �4 The latest Harry Pot- There are reasons for UNDRESS Protect yourself� Fun Pages � � � � � � �6 film is the best wanting to opt-out of ter Here’s an experi- Learn about Arts � � � � � � � � � � � �9 yet in the series� the new airport x-ray ment for you� tryptophan� Campus Life � � � � 11 ARTS, p. 9 scanners, but safety isn’t CL, p. 11 FUN, p. 6 Sports � � � � � � � � �16 one of them� OPN, p. 4 2 The Tech Tuesday, November 23, 2010 New rules tell insurers: spend D more on care Founder of Libertarian Party, WASHINGTON — The Obama administration issued new fed- eral rules Monday that will require many health insurance com- David Nolan ’65 is dead at 66 panies to spend more on medical care and allocate less to profits, executive compensation, marketing and overhead expenses. The rules, intended to benefit consumers, vastly expand fed- By Douglas Martin tarians’ dovish views on military in- the party’s participation in elections WORL eral authority to direct the use of premiums collected by com- THE NEW YORK TImes volvement and liberal attitudes about would simply expose Americans to panies like Aetna Inc., Humana, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and abortion veer sharply from those of libertarian views as a means to effect WellPoint Inc. While some states have had such requirements, David Nolan ’65, whose opposi- conservatives. This week, expectedly change. N Monday’s announcement is the first such mandate by the federal tion to the Vietnam War and Presi- enough, Libertarians campaigned In this month’s election, he ran government and grows out of the new national health care law. dent Richard M. Nixon’s wage and against airport pat-downs. for the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona “Millions of Americans will get better value for their health price controls impelled him in 1971 The party’s mix of conservative held by John McCain, a Republican, insurance premium dollar,” Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of to join with a few friends to found and liberal positions reflects an un- who easily won re-election. Nolan health and human services, said in issuing the rules. the Libertarian Party to fight against derlying belief that almost all govern- earlier ran unsuccessfully for an Starting next year, she said, insurers in the individual and government power, died Sunday in ment power is inherently coercive. Arizona congressional seat, again small-group markets must spend at least 80 percent of their pre- Tucson, Ariz. He was 66. Nolan came up with a well-known to draw attention to the Libertarian ATIOmium revenues on medical care and activities to improve the Mark Hinkle, chairman of the graph, called the Nolan Chart, to ex- agenda.