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 1881-2012 President will be announced tomorrowhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/president.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/president.htmlBy Ethan A. Solomon
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
MIT will announce its 17th president tomorrow morning after a special meeting of the MIT Corporation, according to a press release from the MIT News Office. The Corporation will elect Susan J. Hockfield’s successor, who has been picked after a 3-month long search process conducted by a joint faculty-Corporation committee.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News Kyaw report closedhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/kyaw.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/kyaw.html
By John A. Hawkinson
STAFF REPORTER
The investigation into the Dec. 27, 2011 death of Phyo Kyaw ’10 is complete, and it has been ruled an accident. Kyaw was killed when his bicycle and a J. P. Noonan tanker truck collided as the truck turned right from Massachusetts Avenue onto Vassar Street in rainy weather after dark that evening.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News Three floors of Baker vandalizedhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/baker.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/baker.html
By Bruno B. F. Faviero
STAFF REPORTER
Baker residents were rudely awakened by fire alarms twice on Sunday morning, once at 2 a.m. and again at 4 a.m. On the second instance, someone also “maliciously” discharged a fire extinguisher on the first, second, and third floors before disposing of it in a third-floor trash can. Baker was evacuated for several hours as a result, according to Baker President Michael E. Plasmeier ’13 and information from Baker House minutes. The fire alarms were pulled in the west wing of the first floor, from where the fire extinguisher was also taken.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News CoolChip within ruleshttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/coolchip.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/coolchip.htmlBy Anne Cai
NEWS EDITOR
On April 11, Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD ’80 concluded a review of an intellectual property rights situation with CoolChip Technologies, winner of the 2011 MIT $200K Clean Energy Prize (CEP) Contest. He found that the CoolChip did not violate the rules of the competition, but “was misleading in some of its public presentations.” Grimson said in an interview with The Tech in September that he would be working with the leadership of the CEP to review their rules regarding intellectual property and attribution issues. Since then, he said, he has personally conducted interviews with the three CoolChip founders, the relevant faculty, staff, and students, and the staff of Sandia National Laboratories, which invented the technology in question. Grimson also reviewed CoolChip’s contest submission and the CEP’s rules.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News The Tech has an audio news digest!http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/audio.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/audio.htmlBy Jingyun Fan
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
In the time that it takes to walk down the Infinite, you can now catch up on campus news! Just listen to The Tech’s new biweekly news digest. It will cost you 10 minutes each week ­— or less than 0.1% of your time. You can subscribe to the podcast at http://tech.mit.edu/rss/newsdigest.xml.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News IS&T deploying cell antennashttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/cellphones.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/cellphones.html
By John A. Hawkinson
STAFF REPORTER
Information Services and Technology is deploying antennas and amplifiers in buildings across campus to improve cellular reception.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News Warnings said to be unheeded by JPMorgan Chasehttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/jpmorgan.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/jpmorgan.htmlBy Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nelson D. Schwartz
THE NEW YORK TIMES
In the years leading up to JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss, risk managers and some senior investment bankers raised concerns that the bank was making increasingly large investments involving complex trades that were hard to understand. But even as the size of the bets climbed steadily, these former employees say, their concerns about the dangers were ignored or dismissed.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News The Tech’s news digest for May 15http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/newsdigest.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/newsdigest.htmlBy Jingyun Fan
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
The Tech’s new biweekly digest is the best way to hear news from around campus fast! Take five minutes to listen to the latest happenings at MIT and in the community.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News IN SHORThttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/inshort.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/inshort.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News CORRECTIONShttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/corrections.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/corrections.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400News EDITORIAL: An action plan for the UA http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/editorial.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/editorial.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Opinion Educate Tamihttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/liang.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/liang.htmlBy Andy Liang
OPINION EDITOR
In 2010, back in my home, New York, I worked with a local grassroots organization to advocate for legalizing same-sex marriage. My organization and I went up to Albany to speak with legislators personally, worked to rally protestors in the suburban and conservative towns of New York, and took every opportunity we had to educate strangers about what the legalization of marriage of a man with a man, and a woman with a woman, meant.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Opinion LETTERS TO THE EDITORhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/letters.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/letters.htmlTue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Opinion UA-GSC joint vision for the MIT communityhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/visionstatement.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/visionstatement.htmlBy Jonté Craighead, Brian Spatocco, Michael Walsh, and Aalap Dighe For too long have we viewed the MIT community as being artificially demarcated by the labels of “undergraduate” or “graduate.” Instead of dividing issues between our constituencies in the year to come, we propose an approach that leverages a shared set of priorities to solve our common problems. Today we present a vision which bridges the artificial boundaries of undergraduate, graduate, post-doc, faculty, and staff. This is the vision of a single community driving MIT forward, and not the monolith of MIT servicing disparate communities.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Opinion Predictions for the NBA Conference Semifinalshttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/nba_round2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/nba_round2.htmlBy Austin Osborne & Nidharshan Anandasivam
SPORTS STAFF
It just doesn’t get much better than this. A matchup of two franchises with a well-established rivalry, from the days of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to Julius Erving and Larry Bird, the 76ers and Celtics go way back. As of late, the Celtics have dominated the Sixers, especially since Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen arrived in Boston, but this year, it appears Philadelphia may be competitive again. The 76ers have taken two of three in the season series this year against the Celtics, with both wins coming in blowouts. In all fairness to Boston, the first loss was after two straight overtime games and both were on the second night of a back-to-back. The Celtics struggled with Atlanta’s athleticism in the first round, but in the end, Boston’s playoff experience simply wore down the Hawks. Almost no one expected the 76ers to be in this position at the beginning of the playoffs, but after Andre Iguodala’s clutch free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining to send Chicago home, Philly looks to continue its improbable run.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Sports Men’s track takes sixth at New England Championshiphttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/trackandfield.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/trackandfield.htmlBy Greg McKeever
DAPER STAFF
MIT served as the host of the All-New England Championship over the weekend, welcoming teams from across the region in Divisions I, II, and III to the Steinbrenner Stadium. The Engineers had a number of impressive performances during the meet and finished sixth as a team, the highest finish among Division III squads. Tech had 39 points, bolstered by second-place showings in three events.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Sports Women’s Ultimate fifth at regionalshttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/ultimatefrisbee.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/ultimatefrisbee.htmlBy Lisa Liu
TEAM REPRESENTATIVE
Although sMITe, MIT’s Women’s Ultimate, finished the season placing fifth at Division I regionals, they are not done with the sport. Many team members plan to continue playing during the summer, and next weekend a few will volunteer at the Northeastern High School Regionals.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Sports MOVIE REVIEW: Return of the superheroes http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/avengers.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/avengers.html
By Jaimie Chung
STAFF WRITER
The slew of Marvel superhero movies in recent years has culminated with Joss Whedon’s multimillion dollar brainchild, The Avengers. Each Marvel installment had a pleasant dosage of witty lines and heroic bravado, but when all of these characters come together, there is a little too much of everything. Still, the special effects, comical dialogue, and some stellar acting make the movie worth both the money and the time.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Arts MOVIE REVIEW: Return of the superheroes http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/avengers2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/avengers2.htmlBy Maggie Liu
STAFF WRITER
When I found out that Marvel was making a movie called The Avengers where they dumped all their famous superheroes together, I figured it was just another franchise film. Marvel films are known for their explosions, ruggedly handsome actors, and romantic subplots. After watching so many of such films, I anticipated the typical formula. While The Avengers did follow that formula to some extent, it also showed Hollywood how real entertainment should be done.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Arts RESTAURANT REVIEW: Mother, I’m hungry http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/hungrymother.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/hungrymother.htmlBy Fabiola Michel
STAFF WRITER
Just a month before the end of the semester — and my life at MIT — I decided to go out and have a nice, stress-relieving dinner. On Tuesday we went to Hungry Mother, a tiny restaurant just in the corner of Portland and Bristol streets, in front of the Kendall Square Cinema. I discovered it by luck and since then I had always planned to visit it. What an amazing surprise!]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Arts Culture versus politicshttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/persepolis.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/persepolis.htmlBy Yü Linlin Huang
STAFF WRITER
I didn’t really know what to expect when I went to the Museum of Fine Arts to hear a talk by Marjane Satrapi. After all, I had only heard of her from a discussion in my French IV class that same week when we watched her movie Persepolis. ]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Arts GUEST COLUMN: The art of advocacy at MIT http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/activism.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V132/N26/activism.html
By Adwoa Boakye
On May 1, MIT Corporation Member Barun Singh ENG ’06 called for MIT students to advocate for themselves. This is difficult with MIT’s current structure of advocacy, which lacks proper forums to share problems and ideas. Students advocate through the student groups they are a part of, and student groups are forced to make advocacy entertainment. Events such as Alpha Chi Omega’s Lipsync for raising domestic violence awareness and the Chorallaries’ Bad Taste, which makes fun of scandalous occurrences on campus, are fun but students do not leave the show with a heightened sense of awareness — they are often focused on the event itself, and not the issue at hand. I would like to explain why advocacy currently happens as it does and make suggestions for how to get students more involved in politics.]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400Campus Life