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The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag.gif The Tech http://tech.mit.edu/ http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-usCopyright The Tech 1881-2013 MOVIE REVIEW: A recruitment ad for Google http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/intern.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/intern.html

By Kristen Sunter

STAFF WRITER

Wedding crashers Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn team up again in Shawn Levy’s feel-good buddy flick about two underdogs with no technical skills who talk their way into a summer internship program at Google and show that spirit can overcome even the most difficult of projects. Nick (Wilson) and Billy (Vaughn) are watch salesmen who lose their jobs and face a bleak future in which their sales skills can’t translate into anything other than selling mattresses for a scumbag boss. Billy somehow lands them an interview for internships at Google, The committee decides that hiring two charismatic guys with “life experience” who humorously BS-ed their way out of actually answering the interview question represents a nod to diversity at a company where everyone else is too predictably educated.]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: Cult espionage http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/theeast.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/theeast.html

By Roberto Perez-Franco

STAFF WRITER

The East is a movie for our times. It grounds its narrative in the complexity of the two ubiquitous evils of our capitalist societies. The first is negative externalities — power companies make more money if they skimp on environmental measures, thus polluting the water you have to drink. The other is moral hazards — a pharmaceutical company downplays the side effects of a drug in order to boost its sales.]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: Superman: the man, the hero — and the genre http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/manofsteel.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/manofsteel.html

By Roberto Perez-Franco

STAFF WRITER

Man of Steel is a Superman movie. I don’t mean just with regards to its subject, but as a definition of the genre. And, even though it is a good movie, the self-imposed constraints it followed to fall square within that genre make it a good-enough movie, when it could have been — or at least I was hoping it would be — a great movie. The plot of the movie suffices to keep it afloat, although I do think the city-wrecking fighting went on for too long. The special effects are well-executed, even if the shaky-camera trick may have been overused.]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts ALBUM REVIEW: Summer sounds of Danish electronic soul http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/quadron.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/quadron.html

By Denis Bozic

STAFF WRITER

This year ought to be a milestone for Robin Hannibal. Just earlier this year, he and Mike Milosh released a spectacularly sensual album Woman under the artistic moniker Rhye, which swept the critics and the fans off of their feet. Now, only a few months later, he reunites with Coco O, the second half of his well-established musical project Quadron, to release their sophomore album Avalanche and set the ground for this summer’s music scene. ]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: A poignant tale of unsettling compromises http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/beforemidnight.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N28/beforemidnight.html

By Denis Bozic

STAFF WRITER

One afternoon during last fall, I came back from class exhausted and frustrated by the never-ending amount of studying and homework waiting for me. I decided to relax and watch a movie that would require minimum mental attachment, which for some reason always helps to clear my mind. I remembered my friend telling me to watch some romantic movie from the 90s called Before Sunrise. I wasn’t very picky at that moment, so I found the movie, made some mood-elevating dinner and sat down for a session of good old leisure. ]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: Speed and fury at its finest http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/ff.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/ff.html

By Bogdan Fedeles

STAFF WRITER

They’re back! The star-studded cast of the venerable 12-year-old franchise, with its explosive combination of fast cars and furious drivers, returns to deliver another high-octane action thriller. Justin Lin is once again at the helm of the movie, continuing his stellar directing performance on the franchise. Lin was in fact instrumental in resurrecting and rebooting the series after the first few mediocre sequels.]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts CONCERT REVIEW: Evoking the Arab Spring through music http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/mitwe.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/mitwe.html

By Grace Young

ARTS EDITOR

The MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) scored a coup last Friday when PBS aired the television world premiere of MIT-produced documentary Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music. The documentary featured MITWE’s performance of Awakening, composed by MIT alumnus Jamsheid Sharifi ’83. The piece is intended to encourage listeners to contemplate the movement that swept Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and other Arab countries. MITWE director Dr. Frederick Harris commissioned the piece from Sharifi, a renowned New York-based composer, who felt personally connected to the Arab Spring because of his Middle Eastern heritage.]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: Fool me please http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/nowyouseeme.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/nowyouseeme.htmlBy Roberto Perez-Franco

STAFF WRITER

Now You See Me is the story of four small-caliber magicians that pop out of nowhere to form a magic troupe called “The Four Horsemen” and pull off a jaw-dropping magic trick: robbing millions of euros from the vault of a Parisian bank without ever leaving their stage in Las Vegas. The heist gets them the attention of the media, the public, and — since they promises even bigger acts in the near future — even the FBI and Interpol.]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Movie or game? http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/tombraider.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/tombraider.html

By Keith Yost

STAFF WRITER

A couple weeks ago, Nintendo declared that it was going to enforce its copyright over third-party made “Let’s Play” videos, and began demanding ad revenue from the YouTube videos of gamers playing Nintendo games.]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: More of the same http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/intodarkness.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/intodarkness.htmlBy Roberto Perez-Franco

STAFF WRITER

The latest big-screen installment of the Star Trek franchise is great news for all Star Wars fans (“Wait, wait... what?” In a minute.) Although as an action movie it may appeal to a broader audience, Into Darkness is designed to delight Trekkies, the more hardcore they are the better. It is the perfect Star Trek movie, with all the familiar trimmings of the old-school classics we have come to love. ]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts EXHIBIT REVIEW: Something new, something blue http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/blueandwhite.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/blueandwhite.html

By Kathryn Dere

SENIOR EDITOR

I grew up surrounded by blue and white dishes — Spode Blue Italian, Churchill Blue Willow, Chinese rice pattern teacups. They are comforting objects, objects of beauty, but not things that I often think about. ]]>Fri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts Exclusive Feature: Fandom at MIT http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/fandomintro.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N27/fandomintro.htmlFri, 7 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts Editor's Notehttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/editorsnote.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/editorsnote.htmlTue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts Time to pretendhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/cosplay.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/cosplay.htmlBy Jessica J. Pourian

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

30 percent of MIT students who responded to The Tech’s survey (427 people) have dressed up as a character from Harry Potter, Firefly, Star Trek, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings. While many of this number are very likely casual fans who threw on a Gryffindor scarf to see the premiere of The Deathly Hallows, hidden within this statistic is a number of devoted MIT students who take costumes to the next level — cosplayers. ]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts Tastes at MIT By Kali Xu Campus Life Editor http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/students.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/students.htmlBy Kali Xu

CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

If you could meet one fictional character, who would it be?]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Arts