The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu/img/small-flag.gifThe Techhttp://tech.mit.edu/ http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-us Copyright The Tech 1881-2009 BC, Fraternities Are Evacuated After Construction-Related Firehttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/bcfire.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/bcfire.html
By Maggie Lloyd
STAFF REPORTER
A cloud of black smoke towered above the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at around 8:15 a.m. in a construction trench, according to the MIT News Office.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Cheung Elected, Stohlman Trailshttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/cheung.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/cheung.htmlLeland Cheung G has secured a position on Cambridge’s City Council in Tuesday’s election, according to unofficial results released Thursday evening. Tabulation of votes was complicated by the high number of auxiliary, or write-in, ballots, of which there were 3,590.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Schmidt, Google Chief, Talks about His Plans http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/google.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/google.htmlBy Divya Srinivasan
STAFF REPORTER
It seemed to be a meeting like any other: brownies and fresh apple cider for refreshments, professionals engaged in conversations, and a frenetic sense of purpose filled in the air. That is, until Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt walked through the doors to the room.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Nozette ’83 Charged with Espionage; Could Be Sentenced to Life in Prisonhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/espionage.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/espionage.htmlBy Robert McQueen
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Last Thursday, MIT alum Dr. Stewart D Nozette PhD ’83 appeared before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and plead not guilty to committing espionage against the United States government. He will be returning to court on November 10 to face a sentence that could put him in prison for life.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News DSL Visiting Committee Here Next Week; UA Req’s Forumhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/visiting.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/visiting.htmlBy John A. Hawkinson
NEWS EDITOR
On Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9–10, the MIT Corporation’s Visiting Committee for the Division of Student Life will visit MIT. The Undergraduate Association hastily passed a bill requesting the committee hold a forum open to all students; the bill was passed on Monday, Nov. 2, well after the committee’s schedule at MIT has been set.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Lobby Seven’s Empty Plinths To be Replaced Via Competitionhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/plinthcontest.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/plinthcontest.html
By Sam Range
STAFF REPORTER
Unnoticed to thousands of students, faculty, and tourists passing through Lobby 7 every day, MIT’s iconic William Bosworth-designed entrance has sat unfinished since its construction in 1939. Now, the Class of 1954 is preparing a student design contest to fill the four bare pedestals in the corners of the lobby.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News IFC and Panhellenic Council Elect Officershttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/ifc.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/ifc.html
By Margaret Cunniff
The IFC’s newly elected executive board will be take office on Wednesday November 11, led by President T. Ryan Schoen ’11. The board has modified its positions, combining the former programming and recruitment chairs into one position and creating a new publicity chair.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Panhel Executive Boardhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/panhel.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/panhel.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Was Your Bike Eaten by Obama?http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/obamabike.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/obamabike.htmlThe bicycle rack under Building 9 was hastily removed on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in preparation for President Obama’s visit the following Friday. About twenty bicycles were cut off the rack and their broken locks were left lying in a pile on the pavement.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News MIThenge is Fast Approaching Predictions for 2009–2010 http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/mithenge.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/mithenge.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News Police Loghttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/polog.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/polog.htmlThe following incidents were reported to the Campus Police between Sept. 25 and Oct. 14. The dates below reflect the dates incidents occurred. This information is compiled from the Campus Police’s crime log. The report does not include alarms, general service calls, or incidents not reported to the dispatcher.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News In Shorthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/inshort.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/inshort.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500News 12 Slain, 31 Wounded in Shootings at Fort Hoodhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/long1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/long1.htmlBy Robert D. McFadden
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Twelve people were killed and 31 others were wounded Thursday in a shooting rampage at the sprawling Fort Hood Army post in Central Texas, apparently by an Army officer firing two handguns.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500World and Nation After Setbacks, Small Successes For Gene Therapyhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/long2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/long2.htmlBy Gina Kolata
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Not long ago, gene therapy seemed troubled by insurmountable difficulties. After decades of hype and dashed hopes, many who once embraced the idea of correcting genetic disorders by giving people new genes all but gave up the idea.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500World and Nation Shorts (left)http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/shorts1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/shorts1.htmlBy Robert Pear and Carl Hulse Sam Dolnick Jackie Calmes and David StoutAs the House moved toward climactic votes on legislation to remake the health care system, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday that middle-income families might be required to pay 15 percent to 18 percent of their income on insurance premiums and co-payments under the proposal.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500World and Nation It’s Cold Then It’s Hot…http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/weather.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/weather.html
By Elizabeth Maroon (lyrics) Katy Perry (melody)
STAFF METEOROLOGIST
Extended Forecast]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500World and Nation Letters to the Editorhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/letters.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/letters.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Opinion Who Does Capitalism Really Work For?http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/goranov.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/goranov.htmlBy Alexi GoranovIn an October 27 column in The Tech, Ryan Normandin argues that “state capitalism” is right for America. Capitalism works, but for whom? Let’s us look at some numbers. The top 1 percent richest people own approximately 25 percent of all wealth in the US as of 2004 and that number has likely gone up. The bottom 80 percent of people own less than 20 percent of the wealth (Economic Policy Institute’s “State of Working America” 2009). So whether the current system works depends on whom you ask. Does the system work for the millions of uninsured, unemployed, and homeless?  How about for the millions of hard working people that barely make ends meet? ]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Opinion UA Updatehttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/uaupdate.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/uaupdate.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Opinion Correctionshttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/corrections.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Opinion Scoreboardhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/scoreboard.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/scoreboard.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Sports Upcoming Home Eventshttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/upcominghome.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/upcominghome.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Sports Sports Shortshttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/sportsshorts.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/sportsshorts.htmlFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Sports CONCERT REVIEW Two Laptops and a Microphonehttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/girltalk.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/girltalk.html
By Charles Y. Lin
SENIOR EDITOR
Gregg Gillis can sure play the fuck out of a laptop.”]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Arts BOOK REVIEW Untangling the Traditions That Begot Early Christianityhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/jesus.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/jesus.htmlBy Roberto Perez-Franco
STAFF WRITER
One would be hard pressed to find something that has influenced Western civilization more than Christianity. Even in the age of Britney and Facebook, the figure of Christ — cornerstone to the faith — is considered divine by a significant fraction of mankind. Debates stirred by discussion about the historical Jesus make headlines periodically, be they triggered by the serious study of artifacts like the shroud of Turin and the James Ossuary, or by storytelling from the likes of Martin Scorsese and Dan Brown. ]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Arts INTERVIEW From Past to Presenthttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/hoose.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/hoose.html
By Sudeep Agarwala
STAFF WRITER
Boston choral ensemble Cantata Singers is preparing for its 2009–2010 season featuring works by Heinrich Schuetz, J.S. Bach, Hugo Distler and Arnold Schoenberg opening on Friday, November 6 at Jordan Hall. The Tech interviewed conductor David Hoose about the upcoming program and season. More information about this performance and the Cantata Singers Ensemble can be found at http://cantatasingers.org/ ]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Arts DANCE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW STREB Dancers Are Brave, Indeedhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/streb.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/streb.html
By Tiffany Chu
Forcing me to squirm and yelp and half-cover my eyes in incredulity, the STREB company dancers returned to Boston with a bang last weekend. Considered neither modern nor contemporary dance, but more along the lines of circus, extreme sports, and Hollywood stunt-work, STREB dancers wowed me with their petrifying feats of body contortion and athleticism.]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Arts CONCERT REVIEW Nuanced Renaissancehttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/exsultemus.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V129/N51/exsultemus.html
By Sudeep Agarwala
STAFF WRITER
I’m biased, of course: Despite being part of the Western canon, the music of the Renaissance somehow remains consistently foreign. It’s all there, the underpinnings that still guide sophisticated music even today — ideas on meter, or rhythm, rules guiding the structure of melodic lines, conceptions of how voices should interact with one another all exist in this fifteenth-century world, but somehow, to hear it is mysterious. Whereas concepts of thematic development, tonal resolution or structure seem to be at the center of the majority of works of the Western canon, the engine at the center of music from the Renaissance is somehow more elusive. ]]>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500Arts