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olume 121, umber 66 02139 Tue day, December 11, 2001 Njoroge, Students BasuWm an Trips Rhodes Fo Break By Christine R. Fry By Richa Maheshwari STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER ow that the weather has MIT tudents Sanjay Basu '02 become more wintry, MIT students and Paul K. joroge G have been have begun to anticipate the holiday identified as Rhodes cholars for break. the year 2002. D While most 1 t After four days of exhausting 1 ea ure are looking interviews and pretentious cocktail forward to parties, Basu was told he was one of what may seem like a mundane the four Rhodes Scholars from the break: sleeping, forgetting about ortheast region, and one of 32 schoolwork, and enjoying time at from the nation. He plans to study home with family and friend , some Developmental Studie at Oxford tudent , however, have more exotic University, where the Rhodes plans to break the monotony of Scholarship will cover his tuition daily clas es. and grant him a living stipend. Home is traditionally where Basu applied for the Rhodes AMY L. WONG-THE TECH most people travel for the holidays, Scholarship program through A "Shrek" snowman stands alone on the first day of snow of the year on Kresge Oval last Saturday. but families occasionally decide to Massachusetts, rather than his home forego familiar surroundings to state, Illinois, so he could interview explore new places. closer to MIT. joroge, a graduate student in the Department of Difava Steps inAfter Time at Logan Jamaica, Vegas among destina- Electrical Engineering and tions Computer Science, is a Rhodes By Qian Wang basic principle that are the same, and police force rather than a force con- "I'm just going [to Jamaica] with Scholar for Kenya, his home coun- I feel that I have learned my experi- centrated on enforcement. "After a my family. We're going for vacation. try. He could not be reached for John Difava reported for duty at ence at Logan," he said. decade of dealing ith crime, it's not Ju t to get away" aid Prachi Jain comment. MIT nearly two months late. The new an issue we have to be overly vigilant '05. Jain is Jooking forward to lying The last round of interviews MIT Campus Police Chief, Difava Force to focu on service about now," said Colbert. on the beach in the sun as an e cape occurred at the Boston University was originally scheduled to arrive in. Difava replaces Anne P. Glavin, Stephen D. Immerman, Director from the cold weather at home. Castle, where Basu was asked ques- early October, but due to the events of who was the Chief of MIT Campus tions that ranged from describing a September 11, he was asked to tem- Police for 13 years before being made Difava, Page 16 Holiday Plans, Page 17 political situation across the border porarily oversee security at Logan air- Director of Public Safety last year. of Pakistan and Afghanistan to the port. According to Isaac Colbert, the Dean product of24 and 36. Difava did not think his delayed for Graduate tudents, MIT' needs "They try to tear down your arrival will hinder his ability to get have been changing and the changing philosophies so you have to be able into his job here at MIT. "I don't feel campus call a different approach to to stand up for yourself very well. at all that I'm penalized. We take policing the area. Since this was originally for people assignments based on previous expe- When Glavin came into po ition wanting to go into political office, a rience and I have had 28 years of in the late 1980s, the MIT campus lot of the criterion is being able to policing experience, so I feel com- had many ''urban ills," such as prob- present yourself in that way," Basu pletely confident," Difava said. lems concerning drugs violence and said. He added that he felt "awk- The new chief also believes his other crimes, Colbert aid. "[Glavin's] ward and strange" throughout the experience at Logan airport has force responded to tho e needs, but cocktail parties. taught him numerous things that he MIT's needs are changing," Colbert To help him prepare for this, past can bring to the MIT campus. said. " ecurity is proportional to the sur- He said the current campus Rhodes, Page 15 rounding environment, but there are demands a more service-oriented Panhel Chooses New Executive Officers, Living Groups Get Ready for Spring Rush By Jeffrey Greenbaum LGC-wide rush events in order to Each of the five sororities thus has a STAFF REPORTER spread the image of the independent si ter serving as an executive offi- The Panhellenic Association and living groups. "There are a lot of cers, elected by her individual the Living Group Council seek to similarities between the LGC hous- orority and not the Panhellenic spread their individual names as e ," said Kenneth A. Mitton '02, an Association. Recruitment 2002 approaches. LGC Representative from Pika. During her presidency, As of tomorrow, the Panhellenic chmelzer foresees that she will be sororities will secede from the Panhel elect new officers dealing with the separation of Interfraternity Council. The mem- In its most recent hou e elec- Panhel from the Interfraternity bers of the newly elected Panhel tions, Alpha Epsilon Phi selected Council and Recruitment 2002. )0 'ATHAN WANG-THE TECH executive board and council thus aomi A. Schmelzer '03 as On Wednesday, the Panhellenic Benita Santiago and grandson Omar Valedon celebrate "the hope to spread Panhel's name and Panhel's next president. sororities will officially secede from best day of our Christmas" on Saturday in a toy drive spon- help develop a Panhel culture inde- Panhellenic executive members the IFC. As a result, "we will want sored by the Class Councils of 2004 and 2005. The event pendent of the IFC, outgoing are not" elected by the outgoing to try to get our own name out was part of the Giving Tree, sponsored by the Public Service Panhel President Annie K. Wang Panhellenic Association. In tead, there," chmelzer aid. Center and the Panhellenic Association. '02 said. each sorority rotate the office, to Likewise, the LGC will ho t which it can elect one of it sister. Panhel, Page 10
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EWSDAr KABUL. AFGHA ITA . uts at Summit In the 19 0 , a the nited tate wa working to overthrow the oviet-backed communi t go ernrnent here, the fghan commu- By Robi right accord that would codify reductions ecurity - from other threat , not ni t struck back by arre ting fghan who worked at the U. . LOS A GELES TIMES in their nuclear ar enal by the each other. Thus the numbers do not Emba sy. They jailed about 10 emba y employees, said Ghulam- MO cow roughly two-thirds that they have neces arily ha e to match, the akhi Ahmadzai the chief ecurity official of the emba y' PlayirIg off their deepening part- been di cus ing for more than three enior official said. Afghan taff. ner hip, the United tate and Ru - year. The Bush admini tration 'They entenced me becau e they aid I wa a CI agent," ia announced on day that they Both of our presidents have announced last month that the Unit- recaIJed Ahmadzai, a quiet, dapper man who aid he is ' about 5 hope to formalize an agreement on charged u . .. to find ways to for- ed tate will cut its nuclear ar enal year old. othing i very exact in fghani tan." trategic weapons cut , signaling a malize thi agreement - and to try from under 6,000 warhead to hmadzai pent nine years in jail - and wa more than once new approach to arm control, at a to get the work concluded in time between 1,700 and 2 200, while beaten for his choice of employer, he aid, before being freed in ummit between Pre ident Bush and for when they meet in 0 cow," Putin aid during his Washington 1992. Pre ident Vladimir V. Putin ne t Powell told a news conference with visit in ovember that Russia will Thi fall, ashington again campaigned to overthrow an fghan year. Ivanov. cut its ar enal by about two-thirds. regime, and the emba sy' fghan taffer again were caught in the After talks between ecretary of But the new accord will differ Powell had hoped to get a pre- middle. In the pa t two month , they have been threatened, and the tate Colin L. Powell and Putin at from pa t arms pact because the cise number on this trip, but Ivanov embas y attacked and burned by pro-Taliban rioter. the Kremlin, Rus ia al 0 said that premise is transparency, or exchang- said Rus ia wa not ready to reveal ongoing and fundamental differ- ing information and providing its final number - and might not be ences over the 1972 Antiballistic acce s, rather than matching num- until Bush visits next summer. i ile Treaty may not get resolved. bers that would guar ntee mutual But Powell aid the two sides are But Russian Foreign Minister Igor deterrence - or mutual de truction. now "very close." . Ivanoval 0 indicated that a U .. "Full transparency can be a sub- The senior U.. official accom- THE WASHI GTO POST decision to walk out of the historic stitute for the volurninou arms con- panying Powell aid later that the accord, the cornerstone of modern trol agreements that we've had in United tates now has a "much In less than two months, Congre s has ordered, all checked bag arms agreements may not provoke the past," said a enior tate Depart- clearer picture of where Russia will at U .. airports must be screened for explosives. a repri al by 0 cow. ment official traveling with Powell. end up on offensive weapons, how That's a tall order, but one way to meet it, federal officials say is Both development reflect a in- "Thi irItroduce a new approach to to deal with transparency and how to step up the practice of matching every bag that goe into the belly gle theme: that the new tru t arm control. to codify" an agreement on cutting of a plane to a pas enger on board. between the former superpower "It' an approach that say we their respective nuclear arsenals. Airlines hi tori cally have resi ted baggage-matching, which they rivals no longer require both don't have to have exactly the same o agreement appears near on do on international flights, because of the complexity of the airline nations to take the exact same teps number or have an agreement based the ABM treaty, however, as both y tem and the heer volume of luggage. They fear delays, especially at the arne time, make the same on the ability of each one to kill the side had hoped. Ivanov said Russia on connecting flights. But it's one of the few options available to the cuts or remairI at precisely the same other." still considers it "the key element of airline and the government if they are to meet Congress' new man- arms level. Both nations would instead the entire treaty system of providing date that all checked luggage - 1.4 billion bags a year - be The nations are seeking either a maintain the level of nuclear or ensuring strategic stability in the screened for explosives by Jan. 1 . formal treaty or a more informal weapons needed to ensure their own world." The deadline is among the most conspicuous examples of how difficult it will be to establish from scratch a brand-new federal agency that will have tens of thou ands of employees and will be re ponsible for standardizing security at 420 airports and coordinat- u reme COurt Upholds Searches ing ecurity among air, land and sea travel.
Po.J.& .... uggling Ring out Warrants, Sets Precedent By Charles Lane drug charge, police in Napa County William Rehnquist, the justices B o ces THE WASHfNGTON POST searched his residence and found noted that the probation order clear- THE WASHl GTO.V POST WASHINGTO bomb-making material and other ly gave broad search authority to WASHlNGTO The upreme Court ruled Mon- evidence linking him to arson and "any" law enforcement officer, and Federal law enforcement officials have broken up a large illegal day that authorities in California sabotage attacks aimed at an elec- that Knights accordingly was enti- immigrant smuggling ring that u ed a Los Angele -based bus compa- need not obtain a warrant before tric utility company. Indicted in tled to a lower expectation of priva- ny to transport immigrant from U.S. cities near the Mexican border searching the homes of certain federal court, Knights argued that cy than other citizens have. to locations around the Western part of the country, Attorney General criminals who have been released the evidence could not be used "Just as other punishments for John D. Ashcroft announced onday. on probation, a decision that against him because the search had criminal convictions curtail an Thirty-two people were indicted in 'Operation Great Basin," strengthens the hand of law violated his constitutional right to offender's freedoms, a court granti- including the president and other corporate officers of Golden tate enforcement officials in the nation's be free of unreasonable police ng probation may impose reasonable Transportation, a regional bus company, and six alleged smugglers, largest state and could encourage intrusion. conditions that deprive the offender Ashcroft said. They were charged with "transporting and harboring other states to adopt its practice . La t year, the San Francisco- of some freedoms enjoyed by law- illegal aliens for profit," he said. At is ue in the case of U. ,vs. based U.S. Court of Appeals for the abidirIg citizens," Rehnquist wrote. "We will not tolerate violation of our borders," Ashcroft told Knights, o. 00-1260, were Cali- 9th Circuit agreed with him, saying Supporters of Knights's position reporters onday. "Operation Great Basin serves as a warning .... fornia rules under which judge the probation order he signed had argued that California's prac- U .. law enforcement is ready to find you ... and pro ecute you. ' often require convicted criminals to should be construed to cover only tice is followed almost nowhere o one answered the telephone at Golden State's headquarters. sign a document consenting to war- searche related to supervising his else in the country and that it The company is partially owned by istema Internacional de Trans- rantless searches as a condition of probation, not inve tigations of new exposes innocent people who might porte de Autobuse Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Greyhound being entenced to probation. crimes. happen to be living in or visiting a Lines Inc., said Lynn Brown, a pokeswoman for Greyhound. fter Mark James Knights was But Monday, in a unanimous probationer's home to warrantless placed on probation in 199 on a opinion written by Chief Justice searches. EATHER The Forecasts for B s ? Situation for oon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, December 11,2001 • s)~ cl CLR - clear, PC - partly cloudy, MC - mostly cloudy, avc - overcast RN - rain, = snow, RSHR - rain howers, T T - thunder storms Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols I Snow I Ram _ Trough Fog E tended Foree t for Bo ton, a acbu ett : H HIgh Pressure -- 'ShowersI 'l* I. 'l - Thunderstorm Today: Mostly clear. Light northJy winds. High of 50'F (I O'C), ····Wannfroot R Light L Low Pressure . 0::> Haze Tonight: Clear. Low of37'F (3'C). * ! ~"'Coldl'ront Moderate ** j •• Complied by MIT ednesday: Partly cloudy. Light rain beginning late. High of 48'F (9'C). Low of 42"F (6'C). § Humcane Meteorology I4ff ...... SI4Uonary Front Heavy '* andTMTech ThUTSda : Wannandrainy. Highs in theupperSOs F(14- 16'C). Lows in theupper40s F(8 -lOT). *"*I• •• D cember 11,2001 B Page 3 White ouse P ans to Release Peru Fears Reemergence OfViolen Rebels THE WASHINGTO POST Videotape of Osama bin Laden SANTA LUCIA, PERU By Walter Pincus ing to one offi ial peration did not kno the nature of In the mountains around this jungle town recently weaned from an THE WASHlNGTO POST ment of the tap the work they were tas ed to do, e onomy based on illegal drug traffic, the tirrings of a dormant guer- the transcript. a cordin to the official. Bin Laden rilla organization are raising fears that terrorism is regaining a The White House plans to release On the tape, bin Laden prai es ay on the dinner tape 'They were foothold in Peru's countryside. a tape of 0 ama bin Laden dis ussing God that both tower collap ed only told at the time they boarded A column of rebel from the Shining Path, a radical Maoist move- the World Trade enter attac later wh n h had e pected more limited the plane : th official aid. ment that terrorized Peru in the 1980 and early 1990s, assauJted the this week and i tudying whether de truction, a ording to official President Bush said the portions army barrac in nearby uevo Progreso in June after harassing ubtitle should be added to translate who ha e een the tape or read a of the tape he aw reinforced hi will neighboring towns for several wee . Although no one was killed, the from Arabic 0 as to avoid charges transcript. to pnrsu bin Laden's al-Qaida net- attack coincided with what police officials here said has been a spike that the soundtrack was doctored, the group i on the floor eat- or. For tho e who ee this tape, in drug cultivation in these eastern forests and a surge in guerrilla senior administration officials aid. ing from bowl and being served they'll realize that not only i he activity, including a hining Path ambush in August about 200 miles The 40-minute videotape, in from silver trays, bin Laden jokes guilty of incredible murder, he has south of here in which four police officers were killed. which the bin Laden di cussed his that his own pre s aide, ulaiman no conscience and no soul, that he In the last few months, the hining Path has also begun operations advance knowledge and responsibil- abu Ghaith, had no ad ance knowl- represent the worst of civilization." in Peru's cities. Last month, the Interior Ministry announced that it ity for the attacks, was made by an edge of the attacks and rushed to tell Intelligence officials, who had thwarted a Shining Path plan to attack the U. . Embassy in Lima. amateur hoping to document an al- him when new reports first came in. recently obtained the tape in a pri- Qaida dinner last month honoring Bin Laden also tells the group he vate home in Jalalabad, have an older mullah, officials said. The knew Mohamed tta was in charge chec edit ith e pert and last Lockyer Sets Standards tape's sound "is spotty and garbled of the hijacking group and that some week told the White House they and one part is taped over:' accord- of the "brother " who conducted the considered it authentic. For Microsoft's Foes LOS ANGELES TIMES LO A GELES Just as its lengthy and expensive legal troubles appear to be end- Lawsuit Filed Asking to Remove ing, Microsoft Corp. is encountering fierce opposition from an unlikely source in settling its landmark antitrust case: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. A populist politician first and a lawyer second, Lockyer has Civil Rights Commission Member emerged as the new standard-bearer for Microsoft's enemies in gov- By Darryl Fears Higginbotham, who died in Decem- Democrats in voting not to recog- ernment, and he has come out firing. THE WASHINGTON POST ber 1998. nize Kirsanow. They did 0 over the Criticizing the Justice Department's pending settlement as too WASHINGTON The uit requests that the judge vigorous protests of two Republi- weak, Lockyer said, "Maybe we need to create a 12-step program for Justice Department lawyers have declare that "Kir anow is now, and can and an independent who favor their executives, where they start each morning saying, '1 am a filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge has been, since the date of his his appointment. monopolist, I am a monopolist, 1 am a monopoli t.' " to remove a member from the U.S. appointment" by President Bu h on Afterward, Berry said her vote Of Microsoft's tentative settlement of more than 100 consumer Commission on Civil Rights so that a December 6, "a member of the com- had le s to do with Kirsanow than cla s-action lawsuits, which pledges software and other products to Bush administration appointee can mission." It further asserts that "Wil- with preserving the commission's poor schools, Lockyer said, "It's a little like Big Tobacco being replace her on a board that tilts son is no longer entitled or empow- independence from the whims of the found guilty of selling cigarettes to minors, and the remedy is for toward Democrats. ered to serve as a member of the president. evertheless, Kirsanow's them to agree to give them free cigarettes." The appointee, Peter . Kir- commission ince ov. 29,2001." presence would likely split the board, His rhetoric signals that he is unlikely to be satisfied with a slight- sanow, a Cleveland labor lawyer, was The lawsuit was dropped in a which now has a Democrat-leaning ly sweetened ettlement overture. also named as one of the plaintiffs night box of the U.S. District Court in majority. Add to the mix Lockyer's political know-how and ambitions for against commissioner Victoria Wil- the District of Columbia Friday after Wilson's attorney, Leon Fried- higher office, and the evidence sugge ts Microso won't be free of its son, who is clinging to her seat a raucous commission meeting that man, said his client should serve until 3-year-old antitrust case for years to come. despite the White House's contention Kirsanow attended, knowing that the January 2006 and would fight the Microsoft's defenders accuse Lockyer of doing the bidding of the that her term expired at the end of panel's chairwoman, Mary Frances suit. 'We're happy to have an oppor- company's big California competitors, including Oracle Corp. and November. Wilson was appointed to Berry, would refuse to seat him. tunity to present our case," said Sun Microsystems Inc. the commission by President Bill At the meeting, Berry and Wil- Friedman, a professor of constitution- Clinton to fill in for Judge A. 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Zele insky '95, Bogdan Fedele '02, Amandeep Loomba '02, Be s Rou e '02, Veena Thomas '02, Winnie Letters TOThe Editor Yang '02, Jacob Beniflah '03, Cesar L. E pina more innocuous sign of the erosion of intellect article "Fences Can Stop Sheep, But ot '03, Daniel J. Katz '03, Jane Maduram '03, One Last i the current trend of mangling the English lan- Humans" [Dec. 7] are, I feel obligated to offer Amy Meadow '03, Chaitra Chandrasekhar guage in public forums and calling this truth an alternative interpretation of the statement '04, Freddy Funes '04, Jed Horne '04, Pey- NEA Breath For and honest character (after all, such a tactic that is conspicuously absent from both the Hua Hwang '04, Izzat larudi '04, Chad I understand that we live in a generation, and elected this president). article and the caption. At least some of The errant '04, Andrew L. Wong '04, Eric Chemi specifically in a year, in which the ocietal value 'OS, Daniel J. Dock '05, andra Gonzalez 'OS, The NEA and the CPB have their flaws, like Tech's staff members must be aware that Patrick Hereford 'OS, Jorge Padilla 'OS, Ricky of concepts like creative expre ion and effec- all (repeat: all) governmental programs. ot Advanced Cell Technologies, a company in Rivera '05, bley Robin on 'OS, icholas O. tive learning is roundly rejected in public. every American will be perpetually satisfied by nearby Worcester, MA, recently announced Sidelnik 'OS, Jo eph Graham. After all, goes the unspoken logic, these the intentions of a few hundred legislators and that it had created the first cloned human aspects of our humanity don't contribute to the elected officials. But flippant and arrogant com- embryos. Some of them might also remember capitali t bottom line, so how could they possi- ments such as the one made by Mr. Craighead Dolly, the first sheep that was cloned in 1997. bly be valuable? Reasoning such as this i what represent further just how little value most I don't mean to underestimate the monumental has contributed to a neglected and bankrupt Americans place on our national artists, who importance of the construction on Amherst national educational system, and a generation of quietly truggle financially and emotionally so Alley and its progress, but it seems that it's at youth with no effective or encouraged way to that this country might not be totally dominated least possible, and certainly worth mentioning, express themselves other than through violent by the spectres of war and violence, hatred and that whoever wrote the message was express- mean , and no cau es to fight for other than bloodshed. ing his or her disapproval of human cloning. tho e which involve bigotry or attacks on other But perhaps that is what Mr. Craighead, and Dan Riordan '02 members of the human race. Even given all thi others who share hi belief, would like to see though, I was rather shocked to read att happen. He is welcome to such a society, but Craighead's column of Dec. 7 ["Getting Congress's last whispers of some upport to its Priorities traight"] in which he offers a justifi- own citizens who inspire and create for a living able critique of the current administration's should not go down without a fight. Errata spending habits and budgetary ignorance. Bill Whitney raighead mentions as one remedy the cut- Staff In an article that ran on page 1 of ting of funds to the ational Endowment for the last Friday'S issue [Board Delays anager: Rachel Johnson '02; Arts and the Corporation for Public Ruling on Tech Appeal, December 7], nager: Ja mine Richards '02; Broadcasting, calling them "silly governmental Laws Can oulaymane Kachani's name was '03, programs" that are "easy to laugh at." With all spelled incorrectly. On page I of the due respect (or perhaps not), I would put forth Stop Sheep... same issue, Pey-Hua Hwang's name the radical notion that positive cultural pro- A insightful and newsworthy as the recent was also misspelled. The Tech regrets grams have but one last breath in our society, photograph of a con truction sign with the these errors. and in our government's set of priorities. One phrase "We Are ot heep!" and the ensuing two days before the date of publication. ADVISORY BOARD Opinion Policy Paul E. chindler, Jr. '74, V. Michael Bove '83, Letters and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, addresses, Barry urman '84, Diana ben- aron' 5, ditorials are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written and phone numbers. Unsigned letters will not be accepted. 0 letter Robert E. 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To Reach Us Letter to the editor are welcome. Electronic submissions are The Tech's telephone number is (617 253-1541. E-mail is the n.T«A (ISSN OI life' feels groundlessly smug, and the satirical The recording of Urinetown reveals that references to the musical theater genre and the jazzy score off-stage is as enjoyable as in other specific hows, while oftentimes enter- the theater. The show aptly draws on varied taining, are only condiments to an otherwise sources including as soul, classic movie musi- Urinetown: The Musical fairly bland show. In addition Kotis and Hol- cals, and Jewish folk music in ' What is Urine- land make it difficult to feel any sympathy town?", although occasionally it stoops to Ths,That Really Is the Title towards their one-dimensional characters, cheap shots, such as Lockstock' lounge-y, including the ludicrously ditzy heroine or the saxophone accompanied solo line at the end By Fred Choi in the mid 1900's in which the majority of the almo t equally cluele s hero. of "What is Urinetown?" Their lyrics tend to STAFF WRfTER citizens' dreary low-class existence is com- By far the strongest selling point of Urine- be unremarkable (such as "Bobby, Directed by John Rando pounded by a water shortage, which has lead to town is its fantastic ensemble. Jeff cCarthy is thinkl/You're standing on the brinkl/You'll be Written by Greg Kotis the institution of pay-per-use public bathrooms wonderfully over the top as officer Lockstock, arrested sonlPerhaps as soon as noon," from Music and Lyric by Mark Hollmann and the jailing of unsanitary offenders. Urine and Hunter Foster as Bobby trong and Jennifer the Act One Finale), but for the subject matter Henry Miller Theatre 124 W 43rd St, New York, Good Company i the Evil Corporation that Laura Thomp on as Hope Cladwell give whole- not much more i required. A few of Hollman NY 10036 (Between Broadway and 6th Ave) runs the e bathrooms and the hearted performances to and Koti 's songs ri e to a higher level Tickets on sale through 4/28/02, 85-$35. CEO Caldwell B. Cladwell their roles, with Thomp- beyond mere competency, as in the clever Visit merging from jail in hi tuxedo, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) i a man on a mi sion. Like the Blue Brother, Ocean is "getting the band back together.' few hours after his release, he i in an tlantic City ca ino recruiting hi old friend Frank Catton (Bernie ac), a man with a hi tory so bad that he had to change his name to Ramon to get a job in a casino. Ocean's next stop is his old friend Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt). Rusty has been out of the con-man bu ine since Ocean's lock-up four years earlier. ow, he teaches poker to obnox- iou and dim-witted teenage idols. Dawson's Creek Joshua Jackson has a great bit part here as himself. Throwing down 500 in a game of poker he comments, "It' only pocket change, right?" After he a sembles the rest of his expert crew of eleven members plus financial backer TRANS-SlBER1AN.COM Ruben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould), Ocean ets off TSO Musical director Robert KInkel (shown here) along with TSO founder and lyricist PauIO~NeUl have been berakIecf as to do the impossible: rob three La Vegas "'America's First 21st Century Renaissance Man." ca inos. To make things more complicated, the three casinos - The irage, G By Brian M. loux 90·s. Paul and (Savatage's) Jon Oliva have been writing together Grand, and The Bellagio - are all owned by ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR for a long time. I was brought in to add another musical direction the ruthless Harry Benedict (Andy Garcia) he Trans-Siberian Orchestra may not be familiar to many, to the group. We have written a broadway play Romanov: When who happens to be dating Ocean's ex-wife but almost everyone has at least once heard their bit Kings must Whisper. It's something where you aren't resttic~ed Te s (Julia Roberts). Christmas Eve: Sarajevo on a rock radio station or in a to a rock band where you have only 1 or 2 singers. Like the.TSO,' Ocean and Ru ty are always impeccably T sports stadium. Combining driving rock with classical it became another outlet for another side OrOUT mUsicality" ¥d dre ed. The rest of the character also have music like Beethoven and Carol of the Bells, they have created a we are always able to find the right singer foreach role, frQ~ their own calm, cool demeanor and style. The unique sound all their own. The orchestra was ultimately the ere- bands we know or broadwayshows or auditions. point here is that Ocean's 11 challenges the ation of Robert Kinkel (who now is a producer for the tour) and standard conceptions of good guys and bad friends growing off of the success of their collaboration on guys. avatage's rock opera Dead Winter Dead. Kinkel was able to The colors of the cenes are breathle ly speak to The Tech about this year's tour and the orchestra's ori- striking. The fountains outside of The Bella- gins. gio play a central role in the view of Las ega . The night sky is a deep purple and The Tech: There have been reports from some radio stations that blue, while the inside of the casino is a glitzy avatage and Metallica have worked with the Orchestra in the past. gold. Because the movie showed only a few Robert Kinkel: 0, not Metallica. But AI Petrelli, who's been casinos and never the entire strip, the movie taking up the West Coast Tour this season was in Megadeth for a seemed like a commercial for The Bellagio. while and also Alice Cooper. The original Ocean's 11 has as much to do with the mystique of Las Vegas as the hei t TT: Why did yon decide to split the two tours into east and itself. After all the reason the Rat Pack- we t? IT: Is that where the physics backgrouhd came in. " Frank inatra, Dean artin, and ammy RK.: We re touring our Christmas show, and there are only so RK.: Yeab (nervously). The physics actuaUyalwaJs int~rested Davis, Jr.-made the original was 0 they many days between Thanksgiving and ew Year's Day and we had me so it was just kiada fun. Nowadays Llike to read Science Times could hang out in Las Vegas. o many requests from cine to have us come and play that the only for fun. While I was at Columbia Ijust had an opportunity to work The new version of the film barely resem- way v e could viably do it was to split the band down the middle. at Record Plant and I realized then that was what Twanted to do, so bles the older version. It is more of a fairy Ileft the masters program. tale, while the original had a gritty reality to TT: You had enough people fOT that? it. However, this version has its witty, funny RK: Yeah we ve had a lot of people over the course of the 3 CDs IT: What is Record Plant? moment and is eminently entertaining that it' been easy to find people of top quality. These are the best RK: It was a major production studio in New York at the time. because you are rooting for the bad guys. players I've ever worked with. The two tours are equal as far a It's not there anymore. I remember the first day I walked in and Despite the star-spangled cast, oder- musicianship and singers. We made sure to have some original Cindy Lauper was doing her debut album, Joan lett was down the bergh' remake still lacks gusto. Just as Rusty singers on both tours. hall, J. Giles Band was doing"Freeze Framer upstairs, and,.Tom explains to Linus att Damon) that when he Petty walked through. Within six months of being there 1was out cons someone, he has to fade out of memory IT: Are there special logistical requirements for the guitarists recording my favorite band, The Who. once he leaves, Ocean's 11 quickly fades out and the singers when they perform with the orchestral? of memory. Because it has no drama and RK: ot really. At all times we have 21 people on stage: a full IT: Did the inspiration of the music with TSO come from The weak characters, the film has little to distin- rock band (2 guitarists, 2 keyboards, and base drums), an 8 piece Who and Tommy? guish itself from the hundreds of other string section 6 singers and a narrator plus a light show designed RK: Well, it came from everywhere. It was definitely part of the movies. by Brian Harley who works with KISS and other bands. For the first list but also part of that were the classical composers, especially. the Ocean's 11 is a sleek and stylishly pack- half weperfonn the first CD (Christmas Eve and other Stories) Russian composers. I also grew up l~ning to progressive rock and aged movie, ready for mass con umption. which is a Rock Opera. It combines Rock and Roll. Classical traditional rock and those influenced me 100. We an have a tot to However, it lac substance behind the tyle. Music, Orchestral Music, Theatrical Music and even some R and B draw from; it's not like there is one source we can credit. as weU. For the first half you're though the stories emotional jour- r·_·~·_·_·_·_·_·, ney, which is more theatrical. Then in the second half there is a tra- IT: How do you draw from two somewhat different musical ditional rock show. styles? RK: Well, there in the metal world and the progressive rock IT: How is the story from Christmas Eve and Other Stories world there is a lot of crossover. In the high level of musicianship told? people always will tum to the classics in a lot of ways. It's not that RJ(: On the CD pullout there is poetry in between each song. hard to incorporate. Melody is melody. That is what is being read. We have Tim Cain who is reading it, with music behind him as he reads. He is an amazing storyteller. IT: How do you deal with classic music purists? RK: To be honest, we haven't gotten too much ofthat. Last year IT: Has the T 0 done any other CDs besides the two Christmas when we were touring, we're asked to all sign a 12 year old's vio- one? lin. Most people who do it think the performances are wonderful. I RK: We have three. Christmas Eve is first, The Christmas Attic was talking to the director of the Opera House in Detroit last week- i second, and our third is called Beethoven's Last Night. It's our end. He thought [our use of classical composers] was amazing, and first non-holiday release. In the second half of the show we draw that's from a director of an Opera House. From my experiences, it from the econd and third CDs is very well received all around. TT: Yon worked with Savatage in their opera Dead Winter IT: What does the orchestra do in the other seasons? Dead. Did they perform that alone or with an orchestra? RK: Right now we are working on putting together a tour of RJ(: With Savatage you don't do too much live orchestral music Beethoven's last night this spring. A lot of the time is also spend on Can.1tcreate your own like in TSO. I've been working with Savatage since 1986 with their new writing. We are working on compiling the Romanov: When Hall of the Mountain King record. That is how the three of us (gui- Kings Must Whisper CD as well as a third Christmas CD, The art? Then write about tarists) met. I was brought in as a keyboard player to do orchestral Christmas CD. We are also developing a much lighter CD called stuff for them. Running with Passions of Fairy tales that will fOT emphasize the sto- it for The Tech. rytelling aspect of our past works. The story aspect bas become sort IT: Did the work there influence you to create the TSO? of our trademark. RK: Well, it grew out of that. (Exec Producer and Savatage The Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform in Boston the 14th email [email protected] producer) Paul 0 eil and I started writing together in the early and J5th at the Orpheum Theater. L._._._._._._._.~ Decemb r ] 1 2001 THE ARTS YI XlE-THE TECH Performing before a packed audience Saturday night in 10-250, Chris Vu '04, delivers a stirring rendition of Usher's "U Remind Me,' arranged by Dave Kong G. The MIT Logs Winter Concert opened with the Middleburry Mamajamas and Yale's Proof of the Pudding. VIDEO GAME REVIEW world, the characters are 2D sprites on a 3D world that can be rotated to your liking. The problem is that the Dragon Warrior VII sprites are scaled horribly. I'm sure that this was acceptable 5 years ago, but this is simply unacceptable Seventh Time Not the Charm nowadays. Xenogears and Breath of By Chad Serrant Unlike the first few Dragon Warrior Fire 3 were published at least two STAFF WRITER games, Dragon Warrior VII is story and battle years before this, and they handled Published by Enixfor the Sony Playstation driven. The first island has no monsters on it, sp ites a lot better. Luckily, the $44.95 and you have to go through several story enemy sprites you face during battle Rated Tfor Teen events before you can get to another island. look a lot better and are loaded with Once you arrive on the new island, you can animation. If only they kept it up for s I finished Dragon Warrior III for travel to the nearby town, which has some the rest of the game. the Game Boy Color, I realized that kind of problem. You solve the problem Perhaps my problem with this Enix would publish a game from (either by fighting the evil monster or examin- game is "been there, done that." Dragon The music is very light. It fits the "let's A their famous Dragon Warrior series ing the right areas), and then return to your Warrior I was revolutionary in its early wander around solving lots of mysteries" for the Playstation. My opinion of the new homeland and find clues to the next world. days, but the RPG genre grew with time, and approach that I like. othing is too serious, incarnation: it seems a little dated. The battle system has not changed much. has added new features to the basic combat and the music has been of better quality than The Dragon Warrior series hasn't The battle is turn-based, and the characters system. Final Fanta y IV added a time ys- the previous Dragon Warrior games. Many of changed much throughout the years, and the can attack or cast spells. Even the perspec- tern so that fast characters could move more them are redone versions of previous Dragon story is still very lighthearted. The main tive is the same first-person view it has been often. Breath of Fire added a Master system Warrior music, like the main menu song and character is a fisherman's son (who looks a since Dragon Warrior I. I wa hoping for so you could adjust your stats when you the save game song. The sound effects are heck of a lot like Nintendo's Link), who something a little new, perhaps a third-per- level up. But Dragon Warrior hasn't also light, and are appropriate with the setting. lives on the only island in this world with the son view or maybe a time based system. changed much since its original incarnation. Besides the music, everything else about spoiled mayor's daughter, Maribel, and the This system was okay for Dragon Warrior I, That means you could buy a previous ver- the game seem old and dated. There are no brave yet simpleminded prince Kiefer. He but this is part VII. You think they would sion (like the portable Dragon Warrior III new innovative features to this game except discovers an old temple that leads to other have changed something in seven ties. for the Game Boy Color) and you won't the simple 3D implementation. If you want to islands, and learns that his mission is to save We could argue about whether the battle notice a large difference between part III taste the Dragon Warrior series, try part III for the islands from disaster. As he saves each system needs to be changed, but the graphics and part VII. Why buy another copy of the the Game Boy Color, and hope that Enix tries island from disaster, it appears in his world. definitely need an improvement. In the over- game you've already played? something new for part VIII. ~ ~. ~ ~ Seasons Greetings ~ ~ from the staff of TlM UEN-THE TECH .171ereCh Betty Parris, played by Jola Hertz '04, awakens, delirious from illness, and starts accusing Salem women of witchcraft in the MIT Community Players' production of Arthur Miller's Crucible. The show plays again this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Little Kresge. December 11 2001 ecruitme Period Gaggle Cops 122nd Inde .-....dent Livmg Groups !l!!!~oard!~~~?!!:!ent Panhel, from Page 1 The Cabinet member , unlike tribute to a more ucce ful ru h for a i tant director, Jennifer the exec uti e board, ere elected by each hou e, .tton said. the war on terrorism continues i hnan and two a ociate direc- Schmelzer decided to run for the Panhellenic 0 iation on , We are looking to get our name in fghani tan th ar on office tors, un ee and Brian Loux. pre ident becau e she "was getting aturday. The Cabinet include : out by showing people what we are me e continue at the Tech under In a tartling hakeup at the really excited about the e change .' Karen A. Ritter'O a i tant about," said Pika Ru h Chair arab the continued diploma y of hairman D partment of Production, former As president, she aid she will help Recruitment Chair, ue Y. Young R. Gottfried '04. and e retary of tate Jordan istant ight Director Ian Lai develop the Panhellenic community '05 as ocial Chair, eronica The LGC has already introduc d 1\ Yo * Rubin. returned, though it could not be deter- while establishing it name on cam- ndrew '05 a Health/ ellne the notion of an LG ru h on cam- "The Pre ident fully upport mined whether he wa aware of his pus. Chair, tephanie L. Berger 03 a pu with it ice kating e ent that it hairman Rubin in ontinuing thi former post. sked whether he had In addition chmelzer wanted cholar hip hair Daniell cosponsored with the Cia of 2005 important battle,' aid White Hou e formerly held the position Lai aid, to share her excitement for ister- Dahle'O a ommunity er ice la t weekend. It will al 0 pon or a Pre ecretary ri Flei cher. "I think 0... .' Jo Forsythe, a cur- hood with Panhel, which he views hair, Emily 1. hang '05 Liz T. tudy break on Thur day evening in tepping up to the position of Editor rent s i tant ight Director for a a larger version of isterhood guyen 'OS, and Anita G. ha '05 Baker House' dining hall. In Chief and ttorney General was Deadlines and Beating , will continue than her indi idual orority.' The as Publicity hair, nna E. Holt The LG voted to ho t the e Kevin R. Lang replacing outgoing in her po t. idea of si terhood i something that '05 a External Relation hair, and preliminary event a an organiza- Editor Dana . Levin. any within eanwhile, in the spin rooms of I really love ... and would like to everal Delegate, with two tion because' there are a lot of im- th Tech were initially keptical of the West Wing, current Pre hare," chmelzer said. Assi tant Delegate to be deter- ilaritie between the LGC hou e : Lang, calling him a leftover from ecretaries/Talking Head Jyoti Her executive board will al 0 mined. Mitton said. Cold War IT reporting but have Tibrewala and Kri chnee will also include u ie Lee '05 (Kappa During their peeche , 'they [the The LG will continue it ru h been plea antly urpri ed by his continue in their posts. Their opinion Alpha Theta) as the Vice Pre ident Cabinet member ] hit on every nee- during the Independent ctivitie tough new meeting and drinking on office cleanline wa not clear, of Programming, ara Pierce '03 e ary a peer,' said ang. I don't Period until the beginning of cla s- ability. but their de k is u ually clean. ( igma Kappa) a Vice Pre ident of think that there i anything that they e . Ray Vichot '04, of Fenway Outgoing Bu ine Manager and Opinionated Ming-Tai Huh, no con- Recruitment, Joanne Chang '03 cannot handle." House, aid that lAP is a more con- Head of the Joint Chiefs of taff nection to the Talking Head post, will (Alpha Chi Omega) as Vice ang aid he as excited that venient time than during the acade- Huanne Thomas gave her full sup- be ranking Technocrat, so at least the President of dministration, and 'after 15 year, [the ororitie] are mic term for the LGC to conduct it port for Rachel John on, who computer will be clean, or 0 hope Sarah E. Poulsen '04 ( lpha Phi) on their own two feet." rush. pledged a swift re ponse to the Coke Rubin and Corbo. Vice President of Finance & o t of the LGC houses will machine problems, but warned that a The new cleanliness movement Records. G to conduct pring ru b continue to ru h with the IFC dur- long-term solution could take time. will also see new press liason ye 'We have a great e ecutive The Living Group Council will ing it pring rush. "We are till eanwhile, at the Department of Moab. he will be joined by former board, 'Wang aid.' They are such a host a Kickoff for LGC pring ru h [member] of the IPC," itton said. Production Joel Corbo emphasized Joint Chief: Head Huanne Thomas. dynamic group, between their expe- on Friday, January 25 in Killian 'People may look at other IFC the importance of fighting for dead- Former Managing Secretary of riences, enthusiasm, leadership and Court. houses and stop by our houses... 0 line even as outgoing Central Arts Defen e & Production Eric J. initiative, that they are going to The LG houses want to pool if people are interested, we want to Intelligence head Devdoot Cholankeril now moves to Senior rock." together their re ource to help con- be around." ajumdar encouraged fifteen arts- White House Coke-Machine-Water- story issues that go to press at 5 a.m. Mess Advisor. Central Operations Manager Ja mine In a bizarre scene Saturday, Richards declined to comment. Former Assistant ight Director In a usual development, two aging Andrew Mamo was being groomed We are looking for healthy men to participate in our Anonymous officials, nnie S. Choi from the for ationa1 ecurity Ombusman Sperm Donor Program. To qualify, you must be between 19-39 Central Arts Intelligence and Rima when he discovered he could then no years old, enrolled in or graduated from a four year college or A. Arnaout from the ational ews longer work at the Department of Collection Agency, opted to move to Production and hence declined. university and able to commit for 9-12 months. senior but meaningless positions at Following that, Central Arts Donors will be compensated 50 for each acceptable specimen. the Agency for Contributions from Intelligence Director Majumdar nom- Fogies. Administration officials inated Thomas for the post. It was not emphasize that the ACG will be a bet- clear at press time why. Promote Trips Call california Cryobank's CAMBRIDGEfacility at 617.497.8646 at MIT M-F, 8:30 a.m - 5:00 p.m. or email d n r @cry ank.com to see if ter, less meaningless place with Choi Meanwhile, a hawkish National Earn Cash and Go free and Amaout. Amaout, who leaves her Security Advisory Board was elected, Cal, for ils!!! you qualify. position as CA director, will not including recently certified Genius be replaced soon. Jonathan Ricbmond. Other mem- Administration officials, who bers include: Media Intelligence asked not to be named, have indicated Officer V. Micbael Bove, White that the CAl will now be headed by House Counsel Robert Malchman, sophomore Senator Dan Robey (1- ew York News Collection Director CO YDAY MA) and longtime news collection Barry Surman, Former Washington official Sandra Chung. Hopes are Bureau Breakfast Buyer Anders high that their desk will be rescued Hove, Slacker Saul Blumenthal, from under a pile of promotional Indexing Professor Paul Schindler, De ember 11, 2001 materials soon. Left-Wing Analyst Joel Rosenberg, Other intelligence agencies have longtime Imagery Intelligence Officer remained stable. At the Photographic B.D. Colen, former CAl official Vlad Intelligence Agency, Senior Analysts Zelevinsky, and generic Federal athan Collins and Wendy Gu will Agent Eric J. Plosky. All pledged to stay on for the time being. do what they could to help in the " S" The CA, without a formal cleanliness effort. To ALL Students for a GREAT semester! All self-service copying 2 Ce ts per side (8.5xl1120Ib white paperlB& copies) e will be 10 S of help to assist with any last minute reports or theses! All Oa 1i esday 11-004 20 E52-Q45 am-9pm 10am-1 pm 8am-5pm Extended Hours ERIKA L. BRO/V, -THE TECH Norm Augustine, former President and CEO of Lockheed- Martin Corporation, entertains a packed house at the Media lab's Brunei Lecture, "Simple Systems and Other Myths," ( CO ¥fEC" CO ¥fEC" COP¥fEC" ) last Friday. The humorous talk, based on nine "Augustine's Laws," focused on the complexity of systems engineering concepts in the aerospace industry and elsewhere. December 11 2001 CH Page 11 Live LotlfJ and Prosyer. Or,just have a nice day and a 800d finaCs week. Department of MIT FACILITIES CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE NATHAN COLLINS-THE TECH Memorial Drive Traffic Signals Along with the first snow of the year came a bench perched atop two giant snowballs on Killian Cold planing of Memorial Drive around the Endicott and Wadsworth court. While the snow did not come in especially large amounts, MIT students took full advan- Street intersections will take place during regular daytime hours during tage of it, making snowmen and having snowball fights Saturday night. the week of December 10-14. This will involve grinding of existing pavement. Noise and dust directly adjacent to the construction will result. NStar Transmission Line project NStar is installing a 115 kv transmission line along Memorial Drive from Pleasant Street (near Howard Johnson's) to the Longfellow Bridge. This The Tech and Tech Media Group Congratulate work is now underway and will continue through the winter. Lane restrictions may cause traffic delays. Media Lab Expansion Demolition of Building E20 is complete. Demolition of E10 and the existing loading dock continues, generating noise, dust, odor, and vibrations. Sanjay Basu Jersey barriers are in place to protect pedestrians from street traffic. Demolition will be discontinued for study and exam week, December 13- 21. Dreyfus Chemistry Building 2002 Rhodes Scholar Continuing work on the facade of the building will cause vibrations. Moving of offices and labs will cause some disruptions for Building 18 occupants. Areas south and west of the building may be fenced off to accommodate staging requirements. The Tech Associate News Editor, Volumes 119 and 120 Vassar 51. Utilities Construction will begin on drain line starting at Mass. Ave. and continu- ing to the Stata Center. Two lanes of traffic will remain, although parking Founder of MURJ along this route may be restricted. This work will continue through the winter. For information on MIT's building program, see http://web.mit.edulevolving This information provided by the MIT Department of Facilities. 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ACROSS 41 Upper limit DOWN nourishment 1 Mr. Saba 43 Out of work 1 Some semites 32 City on the 4 Rascal 44 Motionless 2 Pinkish purple Truckee 9 Stairway, in Milan 46 Bossy's comment 3 Not likely 33 West African 14 Edge 47 Drove (a nail) 4 Health resort republic 15 bear obliquely 5 Soft drink 34 Cut and splice 16 Abodes 48 Match unit for 6 Dress design 35 Make over 17 High mountain Venus 7 Allow to pass 37 Consequence 18 Similar 49 Durante feature 8 Choose in 40 Buttons of film 19 Vibrant 51 Pullman bed advance 42 PC image 20 Exa~ed poet 53 Baseball teams 9 Former rulers of 45 Diplomatic officiaJ 22 Induced 56 Best man's Iran 50 Bra's sibling insensibility to counterpart 10 Composer Porter 51 Big swigs pain 61 Fret 11 "Lucky Jim" author 52 Employs 24 Reconnoiter 62 Bucolic 12 Jeans man 54 Uncanny 26 Water pitchers 63 Bitterly pungent Strauss 55 Used a broom 27 Rosary unit 65 Exist 13 Cruising 56 Golfer Faxon 29 Pie mode 66 In the rigging 21 Expected 57 Govern 30 Component 67 School 23 Soon-to-be former 58 Press 34 Significant period composition car 59 Crazy 36 Took an inside 68 Tombstone letters 25 Cab 60 Switches to low photograph 69 Fender flaws 28 Puts on clothes beams 38 Toast topper 70 "Steppenwolf" 30 D.C. old-timer 64 Sandra of films 39 Interrogate after a author 31 Providing mission 71 Thusfar © 2001 Tribune Media Services, Inc All rights reserved. Page 14 The Tech .(5) December 11, 2001 Events Calendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the IT community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any losses, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. E e ts Cae Contact information for all events is available from the E ents Calendar web page. isit and add events to Events Calendar online at http://eve.nts.mit.edu Tuesday, December :Ii 7:00 p.m. - Ghost Worin1y beverage offerings. The Thirsty Ear Pub 7:00 p.m. - In Tanaka: Solo Dance. In COfljunction with the Ust Visual Arts Center's "YES YOKO OND" exhibition, Butoh dancer Min Tanaka creates unique is located in the Ashdown House basement Enter through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 8 p.m .• 12 am, Tuesday· Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 am, Friday: 4 p.m. - 1 am. movements to Yoko Ooo's muSIC, followed by Q and A sesslOO. Originating in Japan, Butoh is a contemporary avant-garde dance form which combines dance, theater, Must be over 21. Proper 10 required .. No cover for the ladies (or the guys). Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. improvisation and influences of Japanese traditional performing arts with German Ellpressionist dance and performance art to create a unique performing art form that is both controversial and urWersal in Its expression. Special gallery hours: open until 8;3Opm .. free. Room: Lobby outside Ust Visual Arts Ctr (E15). Sponsor: Ust Wednesday, December 19 VISUal Arts Center. 7;00 p.m. - IT Chamber Ic Soclety Conc:erls. free. Room: KIllian Hall. Sponsor. Music and Theater Arts Section. 8:30 a.m. - 8;45 a.m. - Momlng Prayer. Brief time of prayer for peace and justice. All are welcome .. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Student Community, 7:00 p.m. ·9:00 p.m. - IT 0IlfectIvlst Club J:e<*aI ~ The MIT Objectivist Cloo's general meetings. We discuss topics in philosophy and how theY relate to Tech Catholic Community, Episcopal Ministry at LEM. different aspects of our world today. This term, we will atso be hailing weeklY study sessions, probably in episternol PE Lottery. lAP. The Physical Education lottery for lAP closes on Dec. 13th at lpml Also the MIT Athletics card is required for all norH;tudents .. varies. Room: Students; goto WebSIS, IIIon-students:goto W32·125. Sponsor: Physical Education, lAP. 8:30 a.m .• 8:45 a.m. - ~ Prayer. Brief time of IJf3)ef for peace and justice. All are welcome .. free. Room: IT Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Student Community, 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - Morning Prayer. Brief time of IJf3)er for peace and justice. All are welcome .. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Student Community, Tech CatholIC Community, Episcopal InlStry at LEM. Tech Catholic Community, Episcopal Ministry at LEM. 9:00 am. - 6:00 p.m. - CopyrIght Request 0eadIIne for course material for Spring 2002. The MIT Copy Technology Centers deadline for submitting copyright request 12:00 p.m .• 1:00 p.m. - Filemaker Pro Quick start. This class introduces users to the FileMaker environment and its functions using an existing database as a model. forms for course material is Dec. 10, 2001 for material that will be used in course readers for the Spring 2002 semester. If you need additional time to submit . free. Room: 42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. copyright requests please contacl the copynght admimstrator at 258-5275 •. free. Room; MIT Copy Technology Centers. Sponsor: Copy Technology centers . 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. - IFiIm MOYle Seminar. Each IALM Movie seminar examines one intemational movie: a foreign movie or a movie made by an American 12:00 p.m .• 1:00 p.m. - Java llsef Group. A meeting of MIT staff members who develop Java software .. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. independent producer. Each educational screening is preceded by an introduction and followed by a small discussion. All MOVIES HAVE ENGUSH SUBTITLES. Details 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - OECD Intematlonal Futures Program PresentatIon: "ShapIng TransfonnatIon--haoge and the Role of PulliN: Policy In the 21st Century". are announced on the IFilm web page at http://www.miledu/-ifilm .. free. Room: 4-231. Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, Intemational Film Club. The aims of this presentatx>n are twofold: 1) to assess the prospect that Oller the next few decades, in many parts of the world, there could be changes on a scale similar to those that characterized the transition from agricultural to industrial society; and 2) to consider wtlat might be done to ensure that such significant societal Friday, December 21 changes coincide with people's hopes for the future. The "Expo 2OOO/0ECD Forum for the Future' series provided evidence that such breaks in soci<>ecooomic structure and functioning are plausible and might, Under certain conditions, be considered desirable by some. The conferences established that there are trends that 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - Morning Prayer. Brief time of prayer for peace and justice. All are welcome .. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Student Community, could, possibly, tum into a walle of powerful, mutually contJngent and supportive changes capable of significantly trarlSforming almost every aspect of daily life within Tech Catholic Community, Episcopal Ministry at LEM. two generations. Along this path there are likely to be many opportunities to realize some of humanity's long-standing goals, from extending the practical application of 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - OrIentatIon to Computing at MIT. This seminar provides basic, non-technical information about the MIT computing environment. . free. Room: basiC human rigtrt.s to imprOVIng sustatnabtlity in Its broadest social and ecological terms. Such a path will also provoke changes in the nature, degree, and perceptions N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. of many different risks, from new toots that might escape control to social conflicts that could burst into violence. Policy is wtlat will make the difference, both for 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Falun Gong Exercise won 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - WINPartners. he WinPartners is a group of Windows workstation users and administrators who have banded together to support each other in the use of Windows. WinPartners Share their experiences, ask and answer questions, solve proolems, discuss hot topics, and warn each other of pitfalls. Any Windows user at any level of expertise and experience is welcome to join the group and attend meetings .. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. 4:00 p.m.· 5:00 p.m. - DIfferential Geometry Seminar· TBA. free. 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Expires 12124/01. #8888382 December 11 2001 H Page is pring Break - a au! Paradi e I land Cancun and United Trauma Relief, MURJ Jamaica from 459. ir Hotel, Tran fer, Partie and or ! Organize mall group- earn FREE trip plu Among Basu's Many Projects commi ion! Call 1-800-GET - -1 Rhodes, from Page 1 Berkeley, and the alifornia "The unused cocktail regimens In titute of Technology ( alTech) in the Unit d tate end up in the Rhodes cholar Pardi abeti con- have ub equently adapted thi for- landfills, and I just wanted to put ducted mock interviews for IT s mat for cience writing. Ba u ha them to good u e," Basu aid. candidates. Basu, however found written and published re earch on In the last year UTR also assist- the actual interview to be more the relation hip betwe n epidemiol- ed in relief for Afghan refugees, intimidating. ogy and poverty and on lzheimer's earthquake victim udane e "I wa urpri ed when I found disease. famine victims and sweatshop work- out. I wasn't expecting it given the Ba u' intere t in development er .to di a ter relief for Afghan 100 MEMORIAL DRIVE quality of the candidate competing wa influenced by In titute refugees, for the award, 'Basu aid. Professor oam A. homsky's " anjay s be t quality is his speech on Kosovo during his fre h- humility in all he i doing," said Welcome to 100 Memorial Drive Apartments. Ba u' accompli hment praised man year. inod Rao '02 a member ofUTR. Located only one block away from the It isn't like Basu to brag about "That peech angered me on the "The very nature of the group, MIT!Kendall quare Red Line Station, our himself. Lucky for him others will tate of world affairs,' Ba u said. United Trauma Reli f, indicate community is ju t minute away from do it for him. Thus his self-entitled career in that he i working hard for the ser- 'He i an in titution builder "saving the world" began. vice of others. I am amazed by Downtown Bo ton Harvard quare and the while he remains modest and unas- how much e have been able to Back Bay. Our building has a wide range of suming," said Lawrence Vale, UTR one of Ba u' project accomplish under his guidance." apartments to choo e from with scenic views of Associate Profes or and A sociate La t year, Basu started an entire- "I'm really glad that someone the Charl River and the Bo ton kyline. All of Head of the Department of Urban ly tudent-based organization devot- who e achievement have so much our apartments ha e high -speed internet acce , Studies and Planning and advi or to ed to humanitarian aid for global to do with helping other was cho- Rhode Scholar candidates. problems, called United Trauma sen for this honor, and I think he ample clo et pace, and either balconie or As a second term freshman, he Relief (UTR). Every month, operat- really deserves it," Julia R. de Kadt, patio. founded and edited the MIT ing from his dorm room, Sanjay '02 said. If you're intere ted in vi iting, feel free to call us Undergraduate Research Journal mails out approximately 16,000 Ba u' commitment to the com- at 617 -864-3450 to chedule an appointment. (MURJ), a publication that allows doses of AIDS drugs to serve de - munity is evident in more way than students to write about science and perate patients in Haiti and one. He worked with rural AIDS ethics. The University of California, Tanzania. patients on the Burmese border, vol- unteers at a soup ki tchen every month, and will teach a class on AID during this year's Independent Activities Period (lAP). "In a decade of assisting Rhodes and Marshall candidates from MIT, I have never met anyone more likely to make a palpable difference in the world than Sanjay Basu," Vale said. GilBlr [p{WJm~~ Emma Brunskill, an MIT gradu- ate student, won a Rhodes Scholarship in 2000. Susanna B. december 12. 2001 Mireau '00, who, like Basu, majored in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, won a Rhodes Scholarship, in 1999. Both are cur- ~B ~'a® rently at Oxford University. 2002 Rhodes Scholar Sanjay Basu '02 ~~ ~ l] 2001 Panhel Exec Board Lesbian? Gay? Annie Wang Lucy Zhao Ariya Dararutana Sarah Poulsen Heather Fireman Bisexual? Transgender? 2001 Panhel Council Questioning? Steph Guerreri Vida Ha Sheila Viswanathan Vanessa Pena Ung Wong Kimberly Chao Marianna Shnayderman Caitlin Gaffey Priyanka Verma Jessica lmolik Kristie Tappan Heather Sites Elaine Wong Sara Tenenbein IAPI Spring Semester suppon Groups Now Forming lor students. 2002 Panhel Exec Board Naomi Schmelzer Susie Lee Sara Pierce Joanne Chang Sarah Poulsen Call James at 253-4861 or 2002 PanhelCouncii email [email protected] Sue Young Anna Holt Veronica Andrews Anita Shaw Emily Chang Liz Ngyuen for more information. Danie/le Dahle Stephanie Berger Karen Ritter Vanessa Pena Kimberly Chao Sarah Daigh Kori Donnison Lara Davenport Rebecca Luger Jennifer Peng Jenny Wu Spon ored by CSS MIT Medical and LBGT@MIT Difava, from P ge 1 h heard criticism from om police th ir own judgment following .th the police force but that th re office about lavin dministrati e a pre cription' he aid. olbert are areas in whi h the new admini - of Enterpri e ervice agreed with tyle. belie es that Dif a will et pecific tration can improve upon. Gla in Colbert. He said that there are many , he didn't lead b e ample he guidelin s for officers 0 they know added enormou profe ionalism to issu that the new chief, Difa will said. " h kind of led the police force hat to do in ariou situation the staff. Anyone in her kind 0 po i- need to deal with wh n he com into lik a boot camp drill ergeant.' 'Difa will be more clear with what tion for 1 years will ha e challenges. position. 'The campu i growing Fontaine aid he ha also heard hi expectation for [the poli e offi- ot e eryone i going to agree all the and changing, 0 the new admini tra- the poli e complain that they were cer ) behavior are and what limits to time and that can cause orne prob- tion will ha e to addr a number of not f eling encouragement from the their judgment he think e it" lems. It is alway good totbink about issu . Ihope there will be no part of admini tration. lot of patrol offi- Colbert said. new leaders 0 they can bring in new the campu police that Difava will cers don t fe I upport from h r. he Difa agree that a police chief perspectives," Immerman aid. not 100 at and review," Immerman ant creating a friendly environ- can make the mistake of being too cording to Colbert, Glavin has Sunday, January 6 said. ment,' he explained. authoritative and not Ii ten to hi made numerous contribution to the ews Meeting 5:00 pm Difava aid he wants to concen- any officer have been 0 er- force. "Police chief: often make the poli e force. he brought greater trate on 'customer ervice" and to wor ed ccording to Fontaine. mi take of completely etting the tone awarene to the police force that we Photo Meeting 6:00 pm make the police force more ac i- "[Glavin] goo 0 erboard with detail- and aying, 'Thi i the ay thing needed to be more y tematic with ble to everyone. ''1 want the police to ing cop to tudent event. have to be. However the top down our ecurity needs. he al 0 enhanced Sunday, January 13 focus on erving the tudents and fa - ometime ther 'll be three people to approach might not alv ay be the our relationship with outside ecurity ulty, [becoming] more user-friendly ev ry cop" Fontaine aid. Immerman best way to deal with things' he said. agen ie uch a the FBI," he ews Meeting 5:00 pm he said. al 0 said that orne offi ers ha e been He plans to li ten to the sugge tions e plained. Photo Meeting 6:00 pm o erworked, pecially with the cur- of hi force 0 he an better deal with Colbert, Immerman and Fontaine Iavi riticized b offi rent constru tion going on. 'Officers the problems. an said Difava will be able to lead the Thursday, January 17 There have been complaint by are working overtime and the train is police force in a direction that will be tudents again t the police force howing " he id, tudent di ati tied with Glavin able to ervice the new MIT campus Grammar Boot Camp under Glavin. Ebraheem I. Fontaine Colbert also aid that orne tu- better. 'The police took on a more '02, who wa on the committee that hi f n to kno officer dents had i sue with the police force authoritative enforcement attitude 5:30-7:00 pm selected the top four candidate for lthough Difava wa once in under Glavin. " tudent weren't too when Glavin came in. ow Difava the new chief of police aid that he charge of a large force as the olonel happy about some police interaction will take the force in a different direc- Sunday, January 20 of the assachusetts tate Police, he they had,' he aid. However, he aid tion" Colbert aid. ews Meeting 5:00 pm Sol tion to Cross ord said that he i very good at working that uch problems e isted becau e Tho e who have met Difava have with smaller group and will be effec- the police force under Glavin wa complete confidence in his abilities. from page 13 Photo Meeting 6:00 pm tive on the MlT campus. 'I have been trained to concentrate on enforcement "He brought remarkable change to in charge of rnaller divi ions before rather than service. the tate police. Everyone admires Sunday, January 27 and I think I am better with the small It is difficult to make a police offi- and respects him," Immerman said. group because I like one-on-one con- cer who i orientated towards crime ews Meeting 5:00 pm tact with people," Difava e plained. focus on service, olbert said. "If you Dna a to review MIT security Photo Meeting 6:00 pm Difava wants to get to know every have cop who are concentrated on Difava aid he thinks that acting member of the Campus Police force getting the bad guys, you have to chief John E. Driscoll, who has been on a personal level. He has arranged a assume that in orne of them do not leading the campus police force and Thursday, January 31 eries of meeting so he can become have the broad range of abilitie to the MIT police officers, has done a Ad Design Workshop more familiar with everyone. deal appropriately with others in great job at dealing with security Immerman believes that Difava every ituation," he said. issues. 5:30-7:00 pm will be able to addre the e i sues Difava want to al 0 be available A special task force was set up to and to detail police in the most effec- to the students. "I want to be the most deal with MIT security after Sunday, February 3 tive way possible. "He wilJ need to visible guy on campus. I'll go wher- September 11. A 17-page report on look at how police are deployed and ever I'm asked to go and I'll even try initial recommendations for campus Open House rethink how we detail police to to go to place where I'm not invit- security such as regulating traffic pat- 2:00-5:00 pm events," Immerman said. ed," he joked. terns and the lockdowns of certain orne officers also feel that they buildings was released this yesterday. News Meeting 5:00 pm do not get enough say in how to han- Glavin' professionalism praised Difava attended a security meeting to Photo Meeting 6:00 pm dle certain situations, Colbert said. Both Colbert and Immerman said review and discuss the proposals in " orne police want to be able to u e that Glavin has done an incredible job the report. PLUSH DADDY FLY and the SEVE -LEGGED RACE ORIGINAL SKETCH COMEDY FRIDAY, DEC. 14TH 8:00 PM 10-250 FREE! December 11, 200 1 PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING Student Arrested After Chase in New York or Hollywood By Brian loux or and e Je ey police offi e crean talk to you, he aid. You can ASSOCIATE EWS EDITOR can relate to the r on that Bo tic k to ee hi badge if he ha not ew York tate Police arre ted tated for not topping. 0 tly ew hown it to you and his picture ill if MIT tudent Tiffany L. Bo tick '02 York/ ew Jer ey op are ju t you are till not sure that he i an after a 30 minute car cha e early annoying, but orne r them,' aid officer. aturday morning. The chase began Andrea L. Fanucci '04 a native to till, the ituation may be unnerv- after he allegedly kipped a toll the area.' y mom felt the arne way ing and intimidating depending on booth, reported The Record of as [Bo tick] did when she once was the time of day and area. If the situa- Bergen ounty, ew Jersey, and on- pulled over in my town around I a.m. tion i not comfortable, Connolly tinued into Rutherford, ew Jersey at It actually turned out that cop wa ay that you can a k the officer to · Accredited Two-Year Program a dead end on Rutherford Avenue. later convicted for exually abusing e cort you to a local police station or (Financial Aid) The Record also reported that the minor and landed 30 years in to a marked car. If the officer refuse officers aid Bostick was driving pri on." to do thi , he added that you can · Six-Week Summer School erratically and once during the chase Tho e who know Bo tick were drive yourself to the police tation tried to swerve into one of the police surpri ed to hear th news. arab A. and explain the problem your elf. · New York or Hollywood cars. According to The Record, after Farrar '02, a member of the 'We are not advocating driving the arrest Bo tick told the police that Undergraduate As ociation Finance away," he aid, "just making urethat she didn't stop her car because he Board, on which Bostick serves, said the person i a true officer." had been concerned about being that she was heavily involved in e - Indeed, there have been incidents alone late at night in a secluded area eral tudent groups. "When we go in the past where criminal have urrounded by officer . through allocations and appeal at imper onated police officers in of 11 p.m. yesterday, Bostick Finboard, he i aware about what is unmarked cars on state highways. was being held in Bergen County going on with almo t all of the onnolly advi es one to call 911 Jail, where she ha been charged groups,' Farrar said. " he is a very if one feels that the per on is not a with reckless endangerment. She is active per on. At Finboard she [is] real trooper. Police have the technol- described as "a fugitive from the jus- very nice and respon ible." Fellow ogy nowadays to immediately check tice from the State of ew York" by a Finboard member Amy hi '04 where police uni are, and they can Bergen County Police Officer who agreed with Farrar. verify the person who pulled you For more information: declined to give his name. She is over as valid or not. 120 Madison Avenue "TheaAmerican Police give safety tips awaiting a court hearing for extradi- onnolly added that a marked car New York, NY 10016 tion from the ew Jersey jail to ew While per onal safety is impor- with a full uniform and badge should Aca tern York, and will probably be in jail "for tant on the road, Police Officer be enough of a clear tatement that it 1.800.463.8990 a couple of days," he said. Clifford Connolly of the Boston is an officer of the law. "You can still Bostick is not currently allowed Police said, there should be no need ask to ee the officer' ill when he or 1336 North La BreaAvenue of Dramatic to receive incoming phone calls. to drive away. If approached by an she approaches your car. If you Hollywood,CA 90028 Arts unmarked car with a blue light and decide to drive away" he said, ''you Other students afraid of police you are suspicious, top and open the better have a very good reason as to 1.800.222.2867 New York • Hollywood MIT students familiar with ew window just enough so that the offi- why.' www.aada.org Skier Athena®JMinicourse Instructors Prepares "Getting paid to talk to ForIAP strangers since 1986" Holiday Plans, from Page 1 "I'm from Minnesota. It's proba- bly going to be cold there," Jain said. However, the holidays aren't all about relaxation. Rahul Agrawal '03 Now Hiring is turning 21 years old over the break. "I'm going to Vegas. I'm turning For spring term and next year, and beyond... 21 in about a week so my family wants to take me out there," he said. Chang She '05 is eagerlyawait- ing his trip overseas. "I'm going to Hong Kong. I'm going to visit my uncle," he said. Do you think that your teaching and presentation skills are This is She's first trip to Hong Kong so he's looking forward to "touring important for a technical career? Hong Kong, [and] going to random places." As a minicourse instructor, you can improve them. Visits with friends planned Another favorite aspect of winter break is seeing out old friends. If you: Camilo R. Guaqueta '03, from Colombia, and his friends from • Can explain technical topics clearly, or want to learn how, home are going to the tourist town, Cartagena, to see off another friend • Are comfortable using Athena, and want to learn more about it, who is joining the Colombian Navy. Guaqueta and his friends decided • Need to add some teaching experience to your resume, not to let their friend leave alone. "We're all going to see him off • Are an MITstudent -- grad or undergrad ... there," Guaqueta said. Hooria Komal '04 is not going to ...then we would like to talk with you. her native Pakistan for the holidays. Instead, she is considering a trip to England. "I might be going to the [United As an Athena minicourse instructor you will: Kingdom]," Komal said. If she goes, she will visit friends in Manchester. • Present Athena minicourses during Orientation week, lAP, and each Komal says that she's been to London before, but "I've never been semester. Our yearly schedule is on-line at web.mit.edujminidev to Manchester." • Earn money, including a paid training period, and Students gear up for lAP Although students are looking • Improve your teaching skills. forward to a much needed break, some are also excited about Independent Activities Period. Prior Teaching Experience is NOT Required Marissa L. Yates '03 is excited about returning for Varsity ordic ski team practice. The recent unseason- To request an application, or more information, ably warm weather has prevented the team from hitting the slopes. please visit http://web.mit.edu/minidev/Recruit/ "I'm coming back during lAP to ski. I skied competitively in high school. We race against Clarkson, Athena i a registered trademark of the as acbu etts In titute of Technology. Cornell, Army and other small teams," Yates said. December 11, 2001 SPORTS THE H Page 19 SCOREBOARD: WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD 55 2 deline Kuo 5:40.21 [PRJ hauntel Poul on [PRJ 5:41.29 [PRJ WT I Prince Imoukhuede 49-9 **** Melanie Cornejo [PRJ 5:42.08 [PR] 2 kua a-Awuku 44-0 [PRJ ** Chinwe yenke 5:52.92 [PRJ Bukola ina 23-2 (PRJ elanie tiller [PRJ 6:} .00 [PRJ Laura ichols 22-1] [PRJ Colleen Horin (PRJ Kelly John on 22-3 1/2 [PRJ puma Jonnal gadda [PRJ 5k 1 arrha Buckle 1 :47.21 (PR] ** Jenny Lee ] 9-1 1/4 [PRJ Jo ie ung [PRJ aney Benedetti 20:55.21 [PRJ Lili Peng (PRJ Kate Was erman 22:33.5 [PRJ 4x200 DQ MIT ( deline, hauntel, alini, Didi) 55H Chinwe yenke 9. 7 HJ Emily hv artz -0 [tie PRJ * 4x400 2 MIT ( anes a, hauntel, alini, Didi) alini Gupta 10.13 [PRJ 4 elanie ornejo 4-6 [PRJ 4:33.05 love Hate Dreams Life Work Play Friendship Sex Simply stop by W200 483 on Tuesday, December 11th to get your pass (admit two) to the screening being held on Tuesday, December 11th. One pass per per on. Supply limited. No purchase necessery. Rated 'R'. No one under the age of 17 admitted without perent or guardian, Participating sponsors and their agencies not eli ·bfa. JONATHAN WANG-THE T£CH OPENS IN BOSTON FRIDAY. Boris Paskalev '03 leaps to the basket in MIT's 103-46 win over New York Polytechnic Saturday. DECEMBER 14TH! Page 20 December 11 2001 SPORTS Women's Track Finishes Meet As Second Place Team of Three By Adeline Kuo TEAM CO-CAPTAl In a clo e meet again t the Uni- versity of outhern ain and pringfield College the T omen began their regular ea- on with a win over pringfield and a 10 to outhern aine. IT scored 55 point to put it elf three points ahead of pringfield ollege and came in even point behind U Despite the 10 to U , everal team member had outstanding per- fonnances during the meet. The MIT track and field performer of the day wa gozi . Eze '05. Eze ea ily breezed pa t her opponent in the 40D-meter dash and narrowly mi ed a :firstplace full h. In the triple jump Eze rounded out the MIT 2-3-4 :finish with a personal record of 32' 1 1/2". Anchoring both the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays, Eze took the baton and increa ed MIT's lead on the third place opponent to :fini h ec- ond in both relays. STANLEY HU-TfiE TECH The track performer of the day my W. ok '02 is fouled by a Suffolk University defender wa artha W. Buckley 04. Buckley while going up for a shot in last Thursday's game. MIT pulled ran her first ever 5000-meter run in away in the final half to win 47-40. Indoor Track Having only those he lapped to run with, Buckley won the race in an out tanding E AC-quali- fying time of 18:47.21. Tae on 0 C nb Fifth The field performer of the day was alini Gupta '05. In the triple jump, Gupta not only bettered her own Rookie Record, but also cap- In CTL Tournament tured the Varsity Record with a 35' 1 1/4" hop, skip, and jump. By Christina Park o uji effortle ly sailed through both printers Adeline L. Kuo '02 and TEAM CO-CAPTAIN hi matche, winning both without hauntel L. Poul on '05 scored STANLEY HU-THE TECH The MIT port Taekwondo Club once having been scored upon. As he points for MIT. Kuo finished third in Didi Eze '05 springs into the air to place 4th overall with a sent a 27 member team to Philadel- graduates, the team will mi s his the 55-meter dash with a dive to the 32'01.50" triple jump. In their first scoring meet of the season, the phia, Pennsylvania for the Ivy orth- presence as a teammate, coach cap- finish, while Poulson captured an out- women's track and field team placed second among three teams, east Collegiate Taek- tain, and friend. standing win in the 200-meter dash. defeating Springfield College but losing to the University of South- wondo League The women' black belt 1 team Chinwe yenke '04 scored for ern Maine. ( TL) tournament (Alice . Chau '04, Tiffany . Kana- MIT in both the 55-meter hurdles and Division III qualifying height of 5' al record of 44'0" in the weight throw hosted by the Universi- ga '04, Park) faced Cornell A2 in the triple jump, taking third in both 0". to capture second place. ty of Penn ylvania. fir round. Park easily defeated their events. In the throwing cage, Princess To finish the day, the 4x800m After a long day of heavyweight, etting the tone for her iddle distance extraordinaire Imoukhuede '02 and Akua Asa- squad consisting of Patricia M. competition, MIT continued to make teammate . Though this was Kana- Julia C. E pel '05 finished fourth in wuku '03 contributed 13 of MIT's McAndrew '03, Jennifer A. Gaugler its mark, placing fifth overall. ga' :firsttournament in the black belt the 800-meter run and second in the 55 points. Irnoukhuede won both the 'OS, Mealani K. akamura G, and The tournament, which took place division in WTF Taekwondo, she 1500-meter run. Espel posted a ew weight throw and the shot put, while Shirleen X. Poon 'OS, gave their best on Saturday, December 1st began stepped up to the challenge and won England Division TIl qualifying time A a-Awuku set a remarkable person- effort to finish in third place. with forms competition. Though not a close match in the middleweight in the 1500-meter with a 5:04.52. everyone placed, many member of division with the consistent thuds of In the infield, the pole vaulters the team received score in the top her back leg turning kick on her once again got MIT off to a good UPCOMING HOME EVENTS third of their division, showing sig- opponent's hogu. Cornell forfeited start. Vanessa Li '02 won the event nificant improvement since the last their lightweight match and MIT with an All- ew England qualifying Wedne day, December 12 tournament at Cornell University. advanced to the semi-finals, where vault of 10' 0". Catherine . Tweedie Chri tina S. Park '02 placed second they lost to Penn 2-1, finishing the '04 took third with a jump of 9' 6". Men's Ice Hockey vs. Franklin Pierce, 7:30 p.m. in the women's black belt division. day in third place. High jumper Emily chwartz '05 fin- Margaret H. Cho '04 and Baochi Though all the men's and ished second with a ew England T. guyen G tied for second place women's color belt teams fought and repeated their form for the judges hard the competition was just too for a tie-breaker. Cho prevailed, and stiff and they had tough first round they nearly swept the women's bracketing. All four men's teams and green/blue belt division as they had at two women's teams were eliminated CorneJl, taking the silver and bronze in the :first round, though many indi- respectively. viduals learned how to block to the Andrew T. Vue '03 added to the head properly by the end of the day. medal count in the men's green/blue The MVPs of the day were in the belt division, tying for third place and men's white/yellow belt team (Alex winning the tiebreaker. otably, Park . Park G, Vladislav Y. Gabovich G, and Vue performed ITF (Internation- Colin E. Champ '03), who brought al Taekwondo Federation) forms, home the gold. Though there was indicative of the Sport Taekwondo orne questionable refereeing in their Club's integration of both ITF and quarterfinal match, they emerged vic- WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) torious over Cornell, Yale, , and tyle forms into their curriculum. Penn. Despite an injury to his instep, After a brief break, sparring began Alex Park finished all four of his four with the black belt teams, featuring rounds with energy. Champ height co-captain Chinedum O. 0 uji G in and flexibility were unmatched as he his last 11., tournament after eight responded to every attack with a head years in the League. Osuji teamed up kick. Having attended the last tourna- with Christopher K. Wilmer '02 to ment, Gabovich anchored his team create a two man team. Although with his experience, knocking Yale they lacked a middleweight, they eas- into the head table with a powerful ily advanced into the quarterfinals sidekick. The team as a whole with a definite win over YU. showed 0 much heart and positive Wilmer did not win his next match attitudes throughout the day, making against Penn, but he became more all of their coaches proud. aggre sive as the match progres ed, This tournament finished a sue- moving his opponent out of the ring ce ful fall season for the port Taek- several times. Although he was still wondo Club, now only a little over a injured from his recent performance year old. The team will resume train- JONATHAN WANG-THE TECH at the World Taekwondo Champi- ing over lAP for their next TL Goalkeeper Matt Van Home '02 reaches for the save in the Men's Hockey 6-3 victory against on hip (the highe t level of Tae - tournament at Princeton University in Central Connecticut State Wednesday. wondo competition in the world), arch.