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Volume 121, umber 58 02139 Friday ovember 9, 2001 Murphy, Simmons Fill Vacated Cambridge City Council Seats By Harold Fox STAFF REPORTER ewcomers Brian Murphy and Cambridge City Council Denise Simmons won eats on am- bridge' City Council along with all Election Results seven incumbent candidates. Elected/defeated Murphy, a former Democratic Candida;...::..te"-- ~ _ ---=1s:.=..::..t..r1acevotes on count* _ campaign manager, and Simmons, a Anthony D. Gallucio 3,230 1st long time member of the Cambridge Brian Murphy 1,716 1st chool Committee, fill the vacan- Henrietta Davis 1,713 1st cies on the Council left by the Marjorie C. Decker 1,540 9th retirement of Councillors Kathleen Timothy J. Toomey Jr. 1,402 13th Born MAR '77 and Jim Braude. E. Denise Simmons 1,339 13th The Community Preservation Michael A. Sullivan 1,315 2nd Act, the only issue on the ballot, Kenneth E. Reeves 1,141 14th passed with 71 percent of the vote. John Pitkin 1,091 13th David P. Maher 1,017 14th NATHAN COLLIN. THE TECH Murphy elected on first count Etheridge A. King 378 12th An MIT ROTC member marches on the steps of the Student Eric Pugatch, Murphy's cam- Steve Iskovitz 345 11th Center as part of the annual POW/MIA vigil. The vigil paign manager, said that the key to Steven E. Jens 278 10th began Wednesday and went through the night, ending the election was sweat and smiles. Jacob Horowitz 155 8th Thursday morning. "We won, because we worked Robert L. Hall 153 9th really hard for a really long time," Vincent Lawrence Dixon 92 7th he said. "Brian was knocking on Helder Peixoto 69 6th doors since June, and we were James E. Condit III 63 5th holding small coffees. We had a James M. Williamson 58 4th Proposal Would Give midnight mail drop on Monday. ------Total 17,126 Anyone who offered Brian their vote, we made sure all of them got Winners' names are in boldface. FSILGs Financial Aid a phone call before the election. We were offering rides to the polls * Elections are done using a preferential ballot system. A number of votes By Brian Loux Residential Life and Student Life all day." equal to one-tenth of the ballots cast (1,713) are needed to be elected. When a candidate receives enough votes, his/her surplus votes are redis- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Program office, presented its draft to Simmons was elected on the tributed to other candidates. If no candidate is elected in a round, the candi- Under a student committee's the !FC President's Council yester- 13th count when fellow Cambridge date with the least votes is eliminated and his/her votes are redistributed. proposal, the Institute would give day. The proposal was loosely based Civic As ociation endorsee FSILGs 80 percent of the fixed on a D cember 1999 report writt n Eth ri g . King was liminated. facility cost for each empty bed and by Lawrence S. Bacow'72 during The CCA, a historically dominant editor of the Cambridge Civic Jour- council seat two years ago. half the fixed facility cost of fifth- his tenure as Chancellor. progressive political organization nal and long time Council watcher. Among the incumbents, Ken- year students filling spaces in the "We want the proposal to the ailing in recent years, managed to "He has an incredible amount of neth Reeves was considered the 2002-2003 school year. administration as pro-student as elect three of its six endorsed candi- support in orth Cambridge. If most vulnerable because of the can- The 2002 financial transition possible," said Kristie A. Tappan dates to the council. there's ever been a guy from Cam- didacy of Simmons another committee drafted the proposal '03, a member of the transition Mayor Anthony Galluccio fol- bridge who has a good shot at higher African American with a large sup- requesting Institute assistance for committee. "We are hoping get a lot lowed up on his trong showing two office, Anthony the guy." port base in Ward 4 around Central fraternities, sororities, and indepen- of student feedback now." years ago with 3,230 first-place MIT alumnus teven E. Jens '98 Square. Reeves was elected on the dent living groups during the period votes, nearly double the number wa eliminated in the tenth count, l3th count. when all freshmen move on campus. Bacow's report u ed as guide received by his nearest challenger. placing him in the final thirteen of "That's one of the thing that The committee, consisting of Bacow's 1999 report, entitled "Galluccio is as powerful now as the nineteen candidates who ran. happens in Cambridge politics," students affiliated with the Interfra- any mayor we have had in the city of Jens' run followed the unsuccessful ternity Council and staff from the Funding, Page 17 Cambridge," said Robert Winters, bid of Erik C. nowberg '99 for a Elections, Page 18 Necco to Close Massachusetts Avenue Factory, Move Operations to Revere By Sandra M. Chung assistant at the Massachusetts be modernized. The renovated ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR Avenue facility, said producing candy factory will be known as the The New England Confectionery candy in Cambridge has become too ecco Technology Center, with a Company is moving out of its his- expensive. "It's time for a change, a character similar to that of the tech- toric facility near Random Hall. The new place," Cordeiro said. nology:firm in Kendall quare. new, larger Necco headquarters ecco has been looking to con- The final move to Revere is located on American Legion High- solidate its Cambridge operations scheduled for May 2003. way about a mile from Wonderland, for the last two years. Cordeiro says the factory might is currently being renovated and lose a number of the workers who outfitted with up-to-date candymak- Factory to become tech center already have a long commute to the ing and assembly line equipment. According to Zembalati, the Mas achu etts venue factory and Marketing manager Lori Zem- Ma sachusetts Avenue factory still' are unwilling to commute an even balati cites two reasons for the move lacks a firm buyer. Zembalati aid longer distance to the Revere facility. to the Revere area. The lease on the the factory's purchaser would likely company's East Cambridge Havi- be a high-tech or biotechnology ecco ba a place in hi tory land facility expires soon, necessi- firm. Two other ecco factories in The ecco company is famou tating a relocation of that branch of Wisconsin and Louisiana will for manufacturing several different ecco. remain unaffected. kinds of distinct candie , including Also the equipment at the facili- According to Zembalati the malted milk ball candy buttons ty, which dates back to 1927, has Ma sachusetts A venue facility "is Mary Janes®, Sweethearts P", ROY ESAKJ-THE TECH become dated Zembalati said. The considered a historic landmark" and Clark® Bars, Haviland® Thin David Nemtzow, president of Alliance to Save Energy, Revere facility is both more spa- , is going to keep it character. Mint , and the self-titled wafer that addresses energy conservation policies during Tuesday's cious and easier to outfit with new Cordeiro say the exterior of the lend their familiar aroma to the area Energy and Climate Symposium. equipment. building and the wooden sign will David Cordeiro, a production rema~n intact, but the interior will Necco, Page 16
ARTS Comics World & ation 2 As You Like Opinion 4 It i a mixed Event Calendar 8 bag. Arts 9 cience 12 Page 9 Page 6 Page 5 Sports 20 Page 2 ORLD & NATION Cipro c on Fee Push Cn Bush Addresses Nation, Urges o of AID rugs 'EWSDAY ngry that the Bush admini tration was willing to force price Commitment Against Terrorism reductions for Bayer's anti-anthrax treatment Cipro, but unwilJing to exercise similar clout to reduce the co t of AID drugs, the leaders of By Mike Allen Hi announced theme was home- half believe the government is pre- 60 poor nation teamed with activi t worldwide to challeng the THE WASHlNGTO POST land defen e, but Bush u ed the pared to prevent future attack. orId Trade Organization meeting Friday in Doha, Qatar. ATLANT oc asion to deliver a broad me age dmini tration official aid they At issue i the organization crucial Trade Related Intellectual Pre ident Bush urging the that ranged from call for personal hoped the addre would help Bush Property agreement, or TRIP, which affect worldwide patent protec- nation to avoid both a state of panic vigilance and community service, to convey his mastery of the war at tions for medicine . _4 and a state of denial, said Thursday a progre s report on anthrax investi- home as succes fully as he framed Prote ters are demanding weeping change in the agreement to night that individual citizens will be gations, to a renewed commitment his goal for the military strikes on allow rival generic manufacturers, on a limited basis, to en di count responsible for personally con- to destroying a ama bin Laden and Afghanistan in his address to Con- ver ions of patented drug for a ho t of disea in poor countrie . fronting terrori m in coming year his al-Qaida terrorist network. gress on Sept. 20. However the pharmaceutical indu try oppo e u h teps, arguing de pite a go emment pledge to pro- Looking relaxed and confident, Since then, the White House has that without a guarantee of high returns on their re earch, they can't tect American soil. Bush said the United State and the been criticized for an initially plod- fund work on future medicine . Bush aid the government coalition he has assembled "are ding response for anthrax attacks The activist are e pecially up et because this week, while Ameri- remains on high alert and asked deliberately and ystematically that have killed four people; includ- cans are focu ed on anthrax and the threat of bioterrori m, Congre viewers of the nationally televised hunting down these murderers and ing two postal workers in Washing- slashed its previously committed allocation for the Global Fund for addres to add their eyes and ears to we will bring them to justice." ton, D.C., who were not treated AIDS Tuberculo is and alaria from nearly 1 billion to be paid the effort. He aid the nation has 'We are at the beginning of our immediately. into the fund in 2002-03 down to 190 million. "entered a new era," with "new efforts in Afghanistan, and Last month; Bush created an re ponsibilitie , both for the govern- Afghanistan is only the beginning of Office of Homeland Defense, head- ment and our people." our efforts in the world" he said. ed by former Pennsylvania governor High COurt to Weigh Drug Testing "This is a war that must be , 0 group or nation should mistake Tom Ridge, but many lawmakers LOS ANGELES nMES fought not only over eas but also America's intentions': Where terror- have said Ridge was given too little here at home," Bush said. "We must ist groups of global reach exist, the authority and hasn't made a sure- The upreme Court agreed Thur day to decide whether all high be vigilant, inspect our mail, stay United States and our friends and footed debut. The administration's chool tudent who participate in extracurricular activitie beyond informed on public health matters. allies will see it out and destroy it." -efforts also have been plagued by sport can be forced to undergo random drug tests. We will not give in to exaggerated Bush spoke at a time when polls contradictory warnings and reassur- A ruling on the is ue, which can be expected by next spring, fear or pas ing rumors. We will show that roughly 90 percent of the ances officials have issued since should clarify how far public school officials can go in requiring drug rely on our good judgment and our public supports his war on terror- Sept. 11, which have included te ts of students. common sense." ism, although only a little more than unspecified terrorist threats. The justices have said that tudent have le ser privacy rights than adult. Six year ago, they upheld an Oregon chool district's policy of testing school athletes for drug use. Ashcroft Announces 'Wartime' choolofficial in the mall town of Vernonia, Ore., said they had a serious drug problem. Athletes serve as role models and must be seen as drug-free and beyond that, young athletes would risk serious injury if they were using drug while playing sport ,official said. Justice Department Structure . For all these reasons, the upreme Court approved the school's drug-testing policy and rejected the claim that it violated the Fourth By Tom Brune shifting 10 percent of the budget - "The devil is in the details," and he Amendment's ban on unreasonable earches and seizures. NEWSDAY or about $2.5 billion - to efforts to called for "new accountability mea- W ASlllNGTON prevent and disrupt terrorism. sures, not just structural changes." Declaring the United States 'vic- Announcing a five-year strategic Senate Judiciary Committee Committee Passes Stimulus Plan torious" in the opening battle plan, Ashcroft said, "Today, I am Chairman Patrick Leahy, D- Vt., EWSDAY against terrorism, Attorney General announcing a wartime reorganiza- sent a letter to Ashcroft applauding John Ashcroft announced Thursday tion and mobilization of the nation's the redirection of the Justice Depart- The en ate Finance Committee said farewell to congressional a sweeping "wartime reorganiza- justice and law enforcement ment toward anti-terrorism, but bipartisanship Thursday and passed a 66.4 billion economic timu- tion" of the Justice Department to resources to meet the mission of the asked him to extend the study of the Ius plan authored by Democrats that Republicans derided as "pitiful prepare for a long fight. Department of Justice." FBI to determine why it failed to ... insulting" and loaded with pork-barrel spending. Ashcroft applauded the nation's The ambitious plan contains 10 prevent the Sept. 11 attacks. The committee voted along party lines and approved a bill, 11-10, vigilance since the devastating Sept. initiatives that include the long- The FBI, which is the lead that modified the package proposed five weeks ago by President Bush 11 attacks, sayingthat the time peri- sought division of the Immigration agency in investigating domestic and differed sharply from the 99.4 billion package passed by the ods covered by his two threat warn- and Naturalization Service into two terrorism, already had been under House three weeks ago. ings last month had passed and that agencies, the elimination of some intense scrutiny for several months Democrats tried to secure support, the package of rebates for "We have not suffered another divisions within the Office of Jus- by management consultants, the low-income workers, expanded insurance and health benefits for the major terrorist attack." tice Programs and the long-awaited Justice Department's inspector gen- unemployed, and incentives for busine s was enhanced by adding But he told his senior staff at a reorganization of the FBI. eral and an outside panel. pecial-interest items, including a 5.3 billion, 1O-year program to meeting here that the focus of the While some changes may begin A senior Justice Department offi- help rebuild lower anhattan. Justice Department now has to shift soon, others will require time, and cial said the time line on those Half of the cost of the enate measure, $34 billion, would extend so that "defending our nation and many will depend on the coopera- reports has been extended, with pre- unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and expand health coverage for defending the citizens of America tion and approval of Congress, liminary findings due soon and an the unemployed. It al 0 provides rebates for some 38 million taxpay- against terrorist attacks is now our which received a copy of the plan overall plan for reorganization ers who paid payroll taxes but did not receive full 300 refunds last first and overriding priority." Thursday. expected by the end of February. summer; temporary increases in Medicaid allowances for states; and Among other things Ashcroft Initial reaction was generally The Justice Department could an incentive that allows businesses to calculate as expenses 10 per- proposed transferring a tenth of the favorable, although Sen. Charles potentially shed some of the many cent of the investment cost. department's jobs in Washington to Grassley, R-Iowa, the Judiciary duties and responsibilities it has field offices around the country and Committee's chief FBI critic, noted, picked up over the past decades. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, November 9, 2001
R)~ ?l ~~ b~ _C?~ o~ o~ Chilly Weekend ,,'"V ,," ,,'" ,,<:5 ,,\J C?J'S C?J<:l \ . By Nikki Prive STAFF METEOROLOGIST A cold front passed over Boston last night, bringing with it clouds and a few showers. Today will be much cooler than yesterday, courtesy of blus- tery, chill winds blowing in from the northwest. These cold winds will lowly taper off overnight on Friday. The weekend will be a mixed bag of sorts. aturday will start off fair, but it will begin to cloud over again on aturday afternoon with another cold front, with a chance of sprinkles in the Boston area and even some 30"N flurries to the north. unday will be clear but chilly, with overnight temper- atures dipping below the freezing mark. ext week will start off sunny but still cold with a region of high pres ure residing over the area.
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United Nations Tightens Security Northern Alliance Claims Key For Terrorism Conference
LOS ANGELES TIMES Gains inBattle for Major City EWYORK The tighte t ecurity in the 56-year history of the United ations By Maura Reynolds tarian aid. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, the will be in place Saturday when President Bush and world leaders and John Hendren "We hope that by (today, we'll U .. commander coordinating the meet to di cu terrorism in the wake of the attack on the World LOS A GELES TIMES already be on the city out kirts, military campaign in fghani tan Trade Center. TERMEZ, UZBEKI T Allah willing," said Kuodratullo, a confirmed from Washington, "There Fueled by fears of anthrax and statements by Osama bin Laden Anti- Taliban forces reported top aide to orthern Alliance com- i a big fight that's going on in the denouncing the international organization, an ambitious security Thursday they have strengthened mander Ata Mohammed. Kuodratul- vicinity of azar.' perimeter is being erected. their positions in what a key U .. 10, who goes by a single name, was Franks said that orthern Precaution include garbage trucks filled with sand at street cor- commander called a "big fight' interviewed by ateJlite telephone Alliance control of the city would ners to block car bombs, a flotilla of vessels in the East River protect- under way near the trategically from the town of hulgara, about 25 be key "because it would provide a ing against possible waterborne attacks and special WAT teams of located city of Mazar-e- harif in miles south of the ity. land bridge ... up to zbekistan, police officers and ecret Service agents to guard the highest-profile northern Afghani tan. Haji Muhammad Mukhaqiq, one which pro ides us, among other ...dignitaries. Airspace above the buildings will be cleared, and bomb- Leaders of the opposition orth- of the three main orthern Alliance thing , a humanitarian pathway for sniffing dogs will be stationed underground. ern Alliance described the firefight commanders around Mazar-e- us to move upplie out of Central "Security will be much tighter than you ha e ever experienced in neighboring villages as a prelude harif, confirmed that an offen ive sia and down into Afghanistan." before, becau e the threat is high,' says Fred Eckhard, spokesman for to an imminent assault on the city on the city itself is in the works but Capturing Mazar-e-Sharif, locat- U. . secretary-general Kofi Annan. that could la t two or three days. declined to ay when it would tart. ed on a north-south transportation The annual General Assembly debate, which is expected to draw The oppo ition leaders aid they are "We strengthened our positions corridor, also would give orthern delegates from all 189 member countries, was postponed after the eager to take Mazar-e- harif before (Thursday) and are in line of ight Alliance troops a base of operation Sept. 11 attacks. It will run from aturday morning through next Fri- the Muslim holy month of Ramadan of the city," Mukhaqiq said by atel- where they could be more easily day. begin in about a week, securinga lite phone from Shulgara. "We spent supplied by the United tates. An crucial corridor for deliveries of all day in meetings and (strategy) opposition victory would also pro- U.S. military supplies and humani- discussions. " vide an important morale boost. FCC Agrees to Broaden Spectrum Available for Mobile Phones LOS ANGELES TIMES Pentagon's Counterterrorism Effort WA HJ GTO In a move likely to accelerate consolidation in the wireless indus- try, federal regulators Thursday agreed to eliminate airwave owner- Gets$1.67B From House Committee hip limits on mobile phone companies by 2003. By Dan Morgan four military ites for the tests, The broader te t of the equip- In a fir t step toward eliminating ownership caps, the Federal THE WASHlNGTON POST which would involve trying to pin- ment is ordered in a new counterter- Communications Commission voted 3-1 on Thursday to allow wire- WASHINGTON point the presence of nuclear mate- rori m title added to a $317.4 billion less carriers to control 55 megahertz of radio spectrum in a local mar- In the first attempt by Congress rials or even a warhead, source defense appropriations bill for 2002 ket instead of a maximum of 45 megahertz. to adjust the defense budget to new said. that could reach the House floor Commis ioners also agreed to eliminate spectrum limits altogeth- security threats, a key House com- Advanced detection devices next week. er in January 2003 after the FCC sets up procedures to weigh an mittee has added $1.67 billion for exist at several of the nation's Although the test had not been expected increase in wireless industry mergers. Pentagon counterterrorism efforts, nuclear laboratories and have been requested by the Pentagon, con- The decision represents a victory for.Cingular Wireless, AT&T including $50 million to test equip- used by the Energy Department's gressional officials noted that Pres- Wireless ervices Inc. and other large mobile carriers. They want to ment that could detect small, smug- Nuclear Emergency Search Team. . ident Bush has voiced concern add more wirele s spectrum in order to improve call quality for the gled nuclear devices. But scientists and congressional about the threat from a small nation's 123 million cell phone subscribers and introduce airwave Under a plan approved by the officials said this week that they nuclear device. taxing services such as higher speed wireless Internet acce s. House Appropriations Committee have-never been brought together in Speaking by phone ov. 6 to a The vote also marks the most sweeping effort yet by FCC chair- - and strongly recommended in an a way that would enable local law Warsaw conference on terrorism, man Michael K Powell to overhaul communications ownership rules. unclassified report by the indepen- enforcement agencies to ferret out Bush warned that al-Qaida was With spectrum ownership limits relaxed, financial analysts say dent Defense Science Board - suitcase-size weapons smuggled "seeking chemical, biological and that AT&T and Cingular Wireless are the most desperately in need of Secretary of Defense Donald Rums- into U. S. ports or past border nuclear weapon ," making it a additional airwaves to satisfy customer demand. feId would have 180 days to select guards. "threat to civilization itself."
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Devil Rays, the Diamondbacks' expan ion Voting provides perhaps the most robust Philip Burrowe companion, were created by the two-decade- (if adly less relevant to our gaming-ob e sed Side of long lobbying effort of area interests. student body) example of an internal market's When the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated olangelo's NB experience will tell him inability to manifest change. Currently, the the ew York Yankees on Sunday to win the that 'expansion" in other arena still has this United tates ha institutionalized the two- Kappa Sigma World Series, they did more than atte t to their element of outside influence. ince the late party system. When citizens are voting under own value as a team; they reaffirmed the validi- 80 brought some half-dozen new teams to the this sy tern, they cannot make a true choice to ty of Major League Baseball's expansion poli- league, each has been rocked by the institu- act outside of it; no matter how many people Guest Column cy. s a team five years removed from its tional breakdown generated by the lure of rel- write-in votes for some imagined Remington Peter 1. Bluvas inception Arizona's success runs counter to the atively uperior markets elsewhere. Penny Steele independent, Steele will not become critique that baseball had manufactured its own Hardaway came to Colangelo's Suns after his real. Once outside of the voting booth, howev- ort of landed aristocracy which dominated the partnership with haquille 0' eal in Orlando er, citizens are free to organize themselves When I was a freshman at MIT, one of my sport. Instead, an upstart franchise had over- was shattered by 0' eal's flight to the bright under Steele's banner, promote someone as crew teammates, cott Krueger, died of alco- turned the tyranny of Steinbrenner' purse and lights of Los Angeles and the Lakers. At the fulfiller of this role, and attempt to get him on hol intoxication. This event has triggered the Yankee mystique. point on the same Suns, Stephon arbury had the ballot. Should he lack support, and his sweeping changes in the MIT Greek system Expansionism, then, did not lead to an over- once adamantly ought to come in from the proponents no longer feel inclined to pretend over the past four years that I have been inti- all dilution of competition - with the expan- cold of Minnesota and the Timberwolve . otherwise, then comes an understandable con- mately involved in. At MIT and other col- sion teams getting the short end of the stick - Memphis - nee Vancouver - experienced traction in the number of parties. Further leges, nationwide Greek systems have fallen but in fact contributed to a better distribution of the same cold shoulder from Steve Francis, question of people's inability to realize they under a great deal of strain and scrutiny. Sto- talent. Yet the MLB has decided to go in the who demanded a trade which brought him have a choice are another matter entirely. ries of hazing, underage drinking, and other opposite direction and contract the league. Clos- closer to the border and into a Houston uni- All this is to say that neither limitations on "Animal House" behavior dominate the er observation of expansionism reveals thi is form. expansion nor the corollary contractions are media's coverage offratemities and sororities. not as contradictory as it seems. Even the gleaming metropolis of Toronto inherently bad things. One more example Rarely, if ever, is coverage focused on the The year 1985 brought the announcement could not showcase the rising star of Tracy should serve to affirm this. The most promi- positive accomplishments of these organiza- that the ational League would expand by McGrady to his liking, ironically bringing him nent educational institutions in this nation tions. I feel that the MIT chapter of Kappa two teams. As a result, the Florida Marlins to the same Orlando which not long ago had tend to be those with the longest history, i.e. Sigma provides an excellent example of how and Colorado Rockies began playing in 10 tits NBA Finals nucleus to the same wan- those least like expansion teams. If there were good news about a Greek organization is often 1993. Colorado reached the playoffs only derlust. Vancouver lost the Grizzlies to Mem- no problems with internal expansion, these ignored by the media. two years later, the fastest showing of any phis precisely because the latter city was institutions would invariably be the best at all As an undergraduate at MIT I was an expansion team. Florida would win the 1997 believed more appealing, and that amounted forms of learning. Yalies would not just be active member of the Phi Delta Theta fraterni- World Series. That championship team, how- to a "contraction" of the BA's expansion among the best philosophers or jurists, but ty. This year, as a graduate student, I am Resi- ever, would be largely dismantled due to the into Canada. they would also overshadow the technicians dence Manager for Kappa Sigma. Since I fmancial expense of keeping it together, with Sports are not the only topical forum which and scientists of our own Institute. This, how- accepted the Residence Manager position at even their general manager jumping ship highlights these limitations on expansion. Not ever, is not the case because Yale's reputation Kappa Sigma in September, I have been very (coincidentally joining the Rockies). two weeks hence, Microsoft will enter the would experience "contraction" if Yale impressed by the state of affairs at the frater- Herein lies the quirk of expansion teams; game console market, knowing it has the finan- expanded into technical fields for which it nity. The press has done a very thorough job while the players are placed into a new situa- cial resources to maintain the venture, much as didn't provide anything substantially better. of covering the various negative incidents tion, the owners are very likely more experi- Sony did during the infancy of the Playstation. Many other examples exist, from televi- which have occurred at Kappa Sigma in enced. Jerry Colangelo, for example, has oper- Dreamcast and Virtual Boy's failures, howev- sion networks to the ational Football League recent years. ated the National Basketball Association's er, revealed the difficulties that internal forces (there are always more sports metaphors). But behind the scenes, in response to all of Phoenix Suns for decades before his role with - the respective video game giants of Sega Suffice to say, expansion is not inherently these incidents, current Kappa Sigma mem- the Diamondbacks. Expansionism is not, then, and Nintendo - have in creating a larger mar- bad, and neither is its opposite. Perhaps it is bers and alumni, MIT administrators, the the spontaneous generation of a new entity ket. Their ultimate financial failure is another unfortunate that either act would transpire, but Inter-Fraternity Council, former Residence within the sport, but the exercise of external, "contraction," this time of the video game busi- that is no more remarkable than saying it is Manager Jeffrey Snyder, and the Cambridge already established interests. The Tampa Bay ness' independent capability. unfortunate we are not all perfect. License Commission have all been working hard to improve Kappa Sigma's viability as a mature living group. These efforts have, to my knowledge, not received any media attention, and I would like to present some of them here. The fraternity has taken steps to promote alcohol education for its own members and for the community. Last spring, members put in over 300 man-hours volunteering at the Cambridge and omerville Program for Alco- hol. Abuse Rehabilitation. In addition, Kappa Sigma held an Alcohol Awareness Seminar for its members and sponsored a workshop on High-Risk Alcohol Use on College Campuses for the MIT community. Kappa Sigma has been proactive in improving communication with the city and with MIT. Several years ago, MIT implemented a system requiring a live-in Graduate Residence Advisor for all of its liv- ing groups. Kappa Sigma worked with the city of Cambridge to expand this position, and was therefore a pioneer in defining the role of Res- idence Manager, which I now hold. Fraternity members also serve on the Cambridge License inquired whether 'we've "Got cancer?" This LC Gay instead ofLCA. Their newly minted slo- Advisory Board to provide a student's per- Ken Nesmith was an original, creative parody of the "Got gan was to be "Carpe Puerem," Latin for" eize spective about alcohol on college campuses. Milk?" campaign, protesting the use of bovine the boy." ow that one ofthe two pillars of'juve- Last year, several members of Kappa Sigma The Harvard Bridge, so named because it growth hormone in the cows from where we nile insult has been publicly aired on the bridge, worked with the city to establish the MIT Cam- leads directly into the heart of MIT, which is get our milk, It didn't take long for some other we're all waiting for the other to follow shortly; pus Alcohol Advisory Board. The objectives of near Harvard, is a long bridge - about 364.4 dutiful citizen to ask "Got a life?" under the surely before too long, this same group that alert- this organization are to review campus alcohol smoots at last measurement. As the ew Eng- initial inquiry. One bridge-writer encourages ed the bridge-crossing world to LCA's homo ex- policies and campus alcohol education in order land cold draws closer and closer, Smoot's us to seek peace through anarchy, and another uality can find a way to call someone retarded, to curtail underage drinking and create a height seems to grow with each walk across asks us to save the trees. Yet another sugge t thereby completing the twofold cycle of ignorant responsible environment for MIT students. One the bridge. Every ten smoots, so conveniently we value human beings over profits, present- admonishment plaguing the ranks of the puerile member of Kappa igma continues to serve as marked off by the caring pledges at Lambda ing his thoughts in rebus with a tick figure, and uneducated everywhere. co-chairman of this organization, while others Chi Alpha, becomes a greater and greater dis- the word before, and a dollar sign. Urban legend has it that when the name of attend meetings and serve on subcommittees. tance as the temperature falls. Nonetheless, the bridge was to be determined, Harvard The City of Cambridge has recognized the the numbers are comforting on the coldest requested that it bear their name, while MIT great improvements that Kappa Sigma has days, when the bite of wind and freezing rain examined the plans and, upon finding them rid- made. On October 16, Kappa Sigma appeared allow us little more than a peek out from our Concerned citizens, at various dled with defects, also requested that it bear the at a hearing of the Cambridge License Com- coverings at the ground as we walk. name of Harvard. I wonder if, at the outset of mission. The purpose of this hearing was not On more temperate and even pleasant times, have demanded that bridge construction, planners fore aw the use of to take disciplinary action against the fraterni- days, the demarcations reassure us that we are the bridge as a forum for childish insults, inane ty. Kappa Sigma had requested this appear- indeed getting farther along the bridge should walkers "don't fuck with our slogans, and various other graffiti, all of which ance last June so that it could provide the city we accidentally lose our thoughts of forward food," - at which point I contribute to the unique sidewalk pollution. with a report on the status of its affairs. Dur- progress, be it on our walk across the bridge I suspect they did not; the sidewalks aren't ing this hearing, CLC Chairman Benjamin or our broader journey through MIT, amidst promptly stopped fucking with quite wide enough to write anything substan- Barnes described Kappa Sigma as a "success the sun setting over Cambridge, the lights of tive or worthwhile, but what does fit does a story." On Thursday of that week, when the Fenway and the Citgo sign playing off the theirfood. fine job of making the long walk entertaining, Commi sion voted to approve me as the new water, or the tall city, dotted with lights and lit if repetitively so, when we tire of looking out Residence Manager, he welcomed me into a by the moon. at the tremendou world around us and decide "new era" for Kappa Sigma. Whatever our reason for staring at the The bridge ha taken on patriotic colors in to put our heads down towards the ground for Kappa Sigma is taking many steps to ground as we traverse that waterway, there's the past few weeks as those who enjoy com- a while. We count with brutai precision our ensure its continued development into a plenty of sidewalk literature to keep us compa- municating through sidewalks decided that steps towards our goal: 30 smoots, 40, all the mature, responsible living group. City offi- ny, and a few drawings of sharks and the occa- patriotism deserved it own place on the way to 364. In class, it's semester-long teps cials, school administrator , and fraternity sional mouse. Besides the evenly spaced 10- bridge. The smoot marks are now colored in of 8.01, 6 whatever, and 18.0x all the way members are all criticized by the media when- smoot marks, special marks relating to one thing red, white, and blue, and a few flags dot the until we're counting down the last few HA S- ever a negative incident occurs. For a change, or another abound; there's a pi smoot, Rebecca's cement expan e. orne writings call for war, es we have to take. these people should be congratulated and smoot, and a 69 smoot. At the halfway point others for peace. It' a balanced forum. We can almost alway make it aero s the thanked for their efforts. I hope readers realize bridge-goers are alerted that they are "Halfway In the past month, bridge-writers have bridge, even on the wor t days of winter. And that many good things are taking place at fra- to Hell, ' which is probably fairly accurate. churned out a few more notable pieces of work. we can almost always get through MIT, even ternities and sororities, although they probably There i a plethora of leftist radical slogans "Flushe , you own this town," curiously reads in the wor t days of thi nine-month academic only read about the bad ones in the newspaper. on the bridge. Concerned citizens, at various the late t scrawling. Only a few weeks prior season. Let's try to take a glance at omething Peter J Bluvas is the Residence Manager time , have demanded that walker "don t fuck Lambda Chi Alpha, the original writers, had their other than the numbers under our feet once in for the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and a gradu- with our food " - at which point I promptly name besmirched in an e .pansive writing done a while. After all, what's at the end isn't that ate student in Electrical Engineering and topped fucking with their food - and have in feminine tone that declared their name to be cool anyway. Computer Science. e November Tec 7,2001
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ACROSS 43 Lead-ins DOWN 34 Intense campaign 1 Suitable 46 Amen 1 Quarters 35 Veranda 4 Serious play 49 Skater Babilonia 2 Veranda 36 Up to the time of 9 Brilliance 50 Singer Clooney 3 Small crown 38 Finn's friend 14 King of France 52 Immense 4 Tart or torte 41 _-o'-shanter 15 Roo overhang number 5 Snitch 44 Baltimore birds 16 "Jerry Maguire" 54 Dig more 6 Rara 45 Anon director Cameron 58 Convert into 7 Thaw 47 Dispirited 17 Important time charged particles 8 Of the stars 48 Increases from 18 Wading bird 61 Cry of 9 Fall into obscurity four to 12 19 Rubber base appreciation 10 Frasier's last 51 Snips 20 Farm measures 62 Really mean name 53 Feudal lord 22 Muscle woe 65 Seasonal song 11 Destiny 55 Yellow-fleshed 24 Ownership 67 Tap gently 12 Wonderment fruit interests 68 Cleanse 13 John Ritter's dad 56 Get around 26 Seems 69 Stiletto or dagger 21 Pencil end 57 Paid heed to 30 Elements of a 70 Citrus cooler 23 Mimicked 59 Westerns writer class 71 "_ of God" 25 Fr. holy woman Grey 33 Tatami 72 Religious factions 27 Barcelona 60 Stoltz of 34 Windy 73 Tie the knot buddy "Mask" 37 Craving 28 Fewer and 62 Figs. expert 39 Kent's love farther between 63 Obvious toupee 40 Play part ~9 Mighty mount 64 Coffee server 42 "A Death in the 31 A Gershwin 66 Frequently, in a Family" author 32 Periodical sequence poem © 2001 Tribune Media Services, Inc AU rights nlSIIfVed. Page 8 The Tech R t'HAlGJ November 7, 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 loss- es, including. but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. E e s Calendar Contact information or all events is available from the E ents Calendar web page. Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at http://events.mit.edu Friday November 9 8:00 p.m. - HMSPinafore or The Lass That Loved A Sailor-$9; $7 MIT community, seniors, other stu- dents, children; $5 MIT/Wellesley students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - UROP's lAP Research Mentor Program -pre-UROP Application Deadline. Any IT Players, MIT. underclassman (freshman or sophomore) who has ne er participated in a UROPis eligible to apply to 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Patrol. Shoot your friends! Travel to strange, new classrooms; become a pre-UROPerduring lAP 2002. Pre-UROPinggives you the opportunity to satisfy safety require- meet interesting, unusual people; ments and gain practical hands-on lab experience in an area of interest. Interested students should sub- and kill them. A team game of shoot-em-up; guns provided .. free. Room: Building 36, First Floor. Spon- mit applications via the web form located at 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Southeast Asian Supper. Learn to to cook and enjoy Southeast Asian Cuisine Monday, November 12 with the Epicurean at MIT!. 5. Room: ext House Country Kitchen. Sponsor: Epicurean, The. 7:00 p.m. - An Evening of Balkan Poetry. Poetry reading in the original languages: Bulgarian, English, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - "Stenting the Urinary Tract - The Past, the Present and the Future". Part of Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish read in the original language with Eng- the Robert S. Langer seminar series, Dr. Yachia, visiting from Israel, will speak on the latest research lish translations. 13 performers from the Balkans, Hungary, Russia and the US. Also Balkan music, on urinary stents. free. Room: E25-117. Sponsor: Chemical Engineering. . performed live and on tapes and CDs. Balkan refreshments .. free. Room: Rm 6-120. Sponsor: MIT 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Monday Night Football at-the Ear. Watching football at the Ear makes Dennis Organization of Serbian Students ( OST). Miller a little more tolerable. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the Ashdown House basement. Enter 8:00 p.m. - As You Like Ity Shakespeare Ensemble production directed by Tom Garvey, music director through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 8 pm - 12 am, Tuesday - Thursday: 7 pm - 1 am, Friday: 4 pm - 1 Chris Eastburn. 8, 6 students. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. am, Must be over 21. Proper 10 required .. Free. Room: The Thirsty-Ear Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. The Group The Blackstone Group) founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson (Chairman) and Stephen A. Schwarzman (Pre ident and CEO), is a private merchant banking firm headquartered in New York. The firm specializes in five core business areas: • Mergers and Acquisitions • Principal Investment • Real Estate Principal Investment • Restructuring and Reorganization • Mezzanine Investing ATTE TION!! II eniors interested in applying for an Analyst position in our M&A Group Plea e submit a resume ASAP to thefollowing contact: Jana E. Carlson Email: [email protected] ax: 212-5 3-5167 THE TECH Page 9 THE ARTS THEATER REVIEW YouMay Like It Shakespeare Ensemble's Latest A Mixed Bag By lance Nathan Frederick now banishes his brother's daughter STAFF WRITER Rosalind (Rydia Q. Vielehr '04) as well. Fred- 'As You Like It' erick's own daughter Celia (Cat Miller '05) Shakespeare Ensemble leaves with her, and they travel in disguise, Directed by Tom Garvey '82 Rosalind as a man and Celia as a commoner, Starring John Hume, David Brachnan '83, accompanied by the court fool Touchstone Stephen D. Larson '02, Rydia Q. Vielehr '04, (Geoff Pingree '83). Cat Miller '05, Geoff Pingee '83, and Josh At the same time, Orlando (John Hume) Lifton G flees the tyrannical household of his older brother Oliver tephen D. Larson '02), taking s You Like It, the latest offering from the faithful servant Adam (Da id Brackman the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, '83). Orlando and Rosalind had met just that covers a lot of ground: love and hate, afternoon and have fallen instantly in love; A rural simplicity and courtly manners, now, by coincidence, they take refuge in the cross-dressing and professional wrestling. same forest, and Rosalind uses her disguise to While many of the moments are well-played, instruct Orlando in the ways of love and woo- the overall effect of the performance lacks a ing. perfect coherence. Clearly, this is not the deepest of love sto- The play centers around a duchy ruled by ries, and unlike Twelfth Night with its single JAMES CAMP-THE TECH the usurper Duke Frederick (Carl Krenzel plot and single subplot, As You Like It Duke Frederick (Carl Kraenzel '89) and his daughter Celia (Cat Miller '05) clash over '89), who long ago banished his older brother, bounces from couple to couple - Orlando the banishment of Rosalind (Rydia Q. Vielehr '04) the rightful duke (Ken Buswell), to the nearby and Rosalind, Touchstone and Audrey forest of Arden. An increasingly paranoid (Brandy L. Evans '01), Phebe (Diane L. form their simple, one-dimensional characters wise simple clothing worn by other forest Cbristoforo '05) and into real people. This is evident from the first natives. Even worse, when her hair does not Silvius (Richard C. scene, where Hume, Brackman, and Larson block her face, her shepherd's crook does. 'Reifsnyder '03), provide the intensity and passion needed to Also disappointing was the lighting; while with frequent digres- draw in the audience. Kraenzel sneers his appropriately dim (with unfortunate warm sion for music or lines like an evil overlord, with a costume to spots) for the first act, the second act badly glimpses of the two match, setting the mood for the opening acts. needed enough lighting to see clearly. Instead, courts, the one in the Unfortunately, Vielehr (and, to a lesser the actors stood in half-shadows, reminiscent city and the one in extent, Miller) speeds through her lines like a of trees, but more frustrating than mood-set- exile. The script, giddy schoolgirl, out-of-place in the city and ting. unlike many of hard to understand throughout. By the time Fortunately, the second act was mostly res- Shakespeare's, can- the action shifts to the forest, and consequent- cued by the cast - particularly Hume in his not carry the play on ly to the Rosalind/Orlando relationship, Viele- scenes with Vielehr, and Pingree, whose its own merits, and her's physical abilities - a fine command of Touchstone is genuinely amusing and supplies requires a uniformly movement and facial expression - only bare- a frantic energy missing from many of the strong production. ly save her performance, returning some of other scenes. Luckily, Pingree is well-support- And indeed, this the power lost by her vocal delivery. ed; for instance, Evans' Audrey and her suitor production has many Similarly, while Buswell and his lords William (Jeremy T. Braun 02) display the strengths. Tom Gar- (Lisa R. Messeri 'Q4, Alice S. Tsay '03) offer rustic honesty and simplicity required to set vey '82 brings a relaxed and content image of the court-in- off the refined manners of the courtiers. together actors, set, exile, setting the mood for the Arden scenes, Rescued, at least, until the end. Shake- lighting, and music this mood is nearly broken by Kraenzel's speare rushes to tie up all the loose ends with to create a visually Jacques. In an unfathomable decision, Kraen- a deus ex machina, literally, in the form of and aurally striking zel was cast as both the evil Duke Frederick Hymen (Jessica E. Hinel '03), and figurative- play. The starkness and the melancholy courtier Jacques, and ly, in the religious conversion of the evil Duke of the city court, apparently in an effort to differentiate the two - and the play ends on a long dance and an with its rigid move- roles, he plays the latter in an energetic and epilogue from Rosalind. It's a weak ending, ments, confining and over-the-top manner. In doing so he drains weakened by uninspiring choreography and a colorless costumes, the role of its necessary gloom and turns the low point in an otherwise excellent score from and cold lighting monologues into mere exercises in delivery; composer Chris Eastburn. contrasts with the he struggles through the play's most famous In the fmal analysis, the production does colorful and open speech, "All the world's a stage," as if desper- have its fine moments and strong perfor- feel of the forest; ate to make it interesting. mances. It is by no means unpleasant or disap- certainly this produc- And, while the technical work serves the pointing; but at the same time, it is held back tion has no visually production well in most places, it does not do from excellence. When Rosalind complains in JAMES CAMP-THE TECH dull moments. so unerringly. Phebe's costume, for instance, her epilogue that she "cannot insinuate with The fool (Geoff Plngee '83) lectures the rustic (Kim A. Falinski '02) Moreover most belongs to a stereotypical Little-Be-Peep you in the behalf of a good play, ' it's hard to in matters of philosphy. of the actors trans- shepherdess, a silly deviation from the other- completely disagree with her assessment. MOVIE REVIEW* Muddled Humor, Trite Plot Make A Bust of 'Heist' Director David Mamet Should Stick to Prisoners By Jed Home isn't going to win? Some explosions? come close to topping the list. The tragedy pense of the Spanish Prisoner and the laugh- STAFF WRITER The only excitement experienced at this is the stupefying waste of talent. I mean, at-ourselves tongue-in-cheek of State and Rated R for language and violence screening was in trying to guess whether the David Mamet is a respectable director! And Main, and see what happens." Again, not Written and Directed by David Mamet moron in the projection booth would screw Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito are much. A resounding plop. Starring Gene Hackman, Danny De Vito, up the sound or the alignment of the projec- respectable actors! Come to think of it, I couldn't tell whether Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell and Rebecca tor. I think he did both two or three times. So what went wrong? My best gue s is the movie was tongue-in-cheek, or just bad. An Pidgeon This movie isn't bad. I've seen plenty of that this was a feckless afterthought of elaborate joke, maybe? If it is, then it wasn't a bad movies before, and this one doesn't Marnet s, a sort of "let's try to mix the su - very good one. I sure wasn't laughing. fter sitting through David Mamet's Case in point: the bloody shootout near latest production, Heist, I felt that the end of the movie. Was Mamet really try- the title was appropriate. A waste of ing to be funny? ee, if the rest of the movie A time doesn't begin to describe this weren't so dumb, I would have found a sud- turkey. My time was stolen. den, Stallone-style shootout ironic. It would When aging thief Joe Moore (Gene Hack- be out of place, like in The Spanish Prisoner, man) is caught on tape during what was to be a good movie. his last robbery, he has no choice but to take Unless you get a kick out of watching one more assignment from his fence, Bergman midgets die, this scene is worth skipping. (Danny DeVito). The condition: Bergman's Maybe Mamet just hates wee folk. DeVito nephew (Sam Rockwell, The Green Mile) has isn't getting any taller-or funnier, for that to come along for the job. WiH Joe and his matter. You'd think that after years of doing partner Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo, Get respectable and entertaining movies like Get Shorty) outsmart Bergman and his nephew? Shorty and Hoffa, he'd be able to get a better Will Joe wife (Rebecca Pidgeon State and agent. It seems like he's typecast for a partic- Main) dump him for the younger stud? ular role these days -short and sleazy. What does one do with a trite, anemic peaking of sleazy, if Mamet thinks a dis- etup? Well, in this case, not much. A few cerning audience will turn up for his movies lame one-liners and quips, maybe? ("What imply because they have his name attached makes the world go round? It' love. Love of to them he's dead wrong. I guess I can't gold.' That one was even advertised on the complain since I didn't have to pay to see it, movie's web site.) An unintelligible and but I suggest that any people who don't want improbable series of plot twi ts and double to feel cheated keep their eyes on their wal- eros es that don't really matter because TAKASHI SElDA lets next time they go to the movies. Don't nobody in the theatre really believes that Joe Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito star in this season's latest dud, The Heist. let Heist rip you off. ~---_.------_.------~------Page 10 H THE ARTS MUSIC REVIEW an b found cattered throughout the album. MOVIE REVIEW Thi i haracteri tic of mo t Bu hong . ccording to guitari t igel Pul ford the The New State ofAffairs group generally write lyric which reflect Lis The One their emotion rather than making an intelligi- ble tring of ord. Ro dale and company B hs Late tAttempt Still Captures Old Spirit tend to write ambiguous lyri becau e they Acting and Plot Aside, fi el more people can relate to them. By Ricky Rivera thi track. blaze of guitar drum and rapid- lthough some may ha e been put off by Fights and Effects Amaze STAFF WRITER fire ocal Engine' pac a lot of energy their re ent foray into electronica thi i not n 199 , four guys from England too into two-and-a-half minute . an album that hould be treated with preju- By Daniel S. Robey ov r American roc radio. The band wa If bli tering pe din t your thing fear dice. Fan who were di appointed with ci- ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR called Bu h, and their album wa Sixteen not; there i more to Golden State than ultra- ence of Things, and even Razorblade Suitcase Directed by James Wong tone. even year later Go/den tate fa t po t-grunge ro k. Like their three pre i- hould gi e Golden tate a try. Even though it Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong emerge a the newe t attempt to r capture ous albums Gold n tate has its fair hare of i unlikely that it will produce as many hit in- Starring Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, and Jason he nation airwave. memorable low ong.' Inflatable" i more gle a the multi-platinum Sixteen Stone, Statham Bush ha tried to re-in ent themselves on than just another Glycerine. It an intimate Golden State i full of quality tracks that Bu h RatedPG-13 each album, but they never 10 the ound that ballad that will likely find it elf in heavy rota- fans old and new will enjoy. More than just a di tingui he them from other band . 1996' tion among radio tation in the near future. re-ha bing of old material, it i a well made maginea world where America is ruled Razorb/ade Suitca e Bush try to achie e a Another notev orth ballad i "Out of thi well written, and well thought out album. by president Gore. A world where San more gritty ound by bringing in te e Albini orld. ' It doe 't have the ame a ou tic feel Bush received much critici m in the early Francisco is the cleanest city in the United of In Utero fame. cience of r------:'----~-----':-~9m!~i':jjir~~==;:::=3----'"'jj:p:=-_::;::::::"""---.., IStates. A world filled with gladiators Thing, in 1999 brought drum fighting to stay alive. ow imagine being and bas samples and a slight- able to travel between these worlds. In The ly electronic ound to Bu h One people have found a way to travel fan . De pite their best efforts between parallel universes, allowing for com- both of these are di tinctly merce, mixing of ideas, and interdimensional Bush- ounding albums, albeit murder. a bit di tinct. Golden State is The One amazes with its fight scenes and no e ception. special effects, but falters due to weak direct- lthough it doe n't stray ing and acting. Well-choreographed fight too far from the standard Bush scenes float between choppy plot devices. formula, Go/den State doe Characters in the film are shallow and lifele s, show new depth and maturity and viewers will find it hard to care about from the band. Perhaps the their problems. The film's energy fuels only less-than-stellar succes of Sci- the intense fight cenes, leaving all else point- ence of Things, which dropped less and empty. .... them from mainstream for a Due to bizarre laws of physics, when a while gave Rossdale some denizen of the "Multiverse" is killed by a ver- time to go back to the drawing sion of himself from another universe, his board, 0 to speak. Go/den energy is di tributed: between his remaining State i reminis ent of the first selves. Yulaw, a former Multiverse policing two albums and the simple agent, is killing off his other selves one by co er art suggests that Bush is one, becoming more powerful each time. going back to basics on thi Once all his other selves are dead, Yulaw will one. It's an idea that's 0 crazy become godlike. He has killed all but one, it works. Gabe, a police officer of our universe who The first single the Peo- also has grown in strength and speed with ple that We Love," ha all each death. the classic elements that Two Multiverse agents go to capture worked 0 well in the songs Yulaw, but when their mission fails, they of early-nineties Bush. Loud DENNIS MORRIS must kill both him and Gabe, because the bal- guitars, Gavin Ros dale' BU~h - Nigel Pulsford (left), Robin Goodridge, Gavin Rossdale, and Dave Parsons - reaches its own ance must be preserved. Drawing upon the ignature singing, and the veritable golden age. energy stolen from the others, Yulaw accom- kind of repetition that made "Machinehead ' as ' Inflatable, ' but instead is driven by a sort nineties due to the fact that they were seen as plishes mind-bending feats of superhuman such an easy ong to remember make this of mu ical minimalism and an interesting irvana wannabes. While they still retain strength and speed. At one point, he knocks track a wi e choice a a ingle. drum beat. "Float' i one of those tracks that much of the grunge sound that Nirvana made two police officers into the air, and hits each Even nicer than the fact that' the People lingers somewhere between the intensity of famous, Go/den State shows a band which is twice before he falls to the ground. that e Love" i a good track is that it is not Engine" and the calm nature of "Inflatable." growing and getting comfortable in their musi- When Yulaw fights, the world goes into the only good track on the album." y Engine There are a few other ong on the album that cal abilities. Bush has managed to survive the accelerated bullet-time, while he remains .i ith You" takes a page from the punk may be placed in the ame category. "Headful post-grunge shake-out which left many bands close to normal speed. Imagine blows that handbook, and gives it a bit of a Bush twist. of Gho ts" is one such song. It also holds in the cold. Golden State brings Bush into the break metal while flying at three times the Ro sdale opens' The People That We Love" orne example of another Bush staple: lyrics new millennium while simultaneously looking speed of a normal human. Yulaw even picks with the repetition of" peed Kill ," yet he which border on nonsense. Line like "you back on the past, and the result is a solid rock up motorcycles and uses them as weapons. eems to totally di regard his own advice on breathe life when you break the walls down" album that won't leave Bush fans behind. The One uses cliche plot devices which serve merely as a backdrop for the amazing fight scenes. Acting skill is minimal, especial- MUSIC REVIEW made you cry." Lines like this make you wonder really what kind of lyon Li's part, and much of the drama on the person Oz:zy is aside from the image he portrays to the public. screen requires a stretch of imagination. As in Ozzy has fueled the idea that he is evil, but in a Sundance 200 1 many other martial arts movies, everything is Interview for the Colorado Daily, Ozzy commented that at the end taken away from Gabe, priming him for the OzzyisBack of every how he asks all concert goers, "IT you've been drinking or final fight and leaving him with nothing to live using dope, please make sure you get somebody around to drive for but revenge. Obvious clues are dwelt on you home, or leave your car and get a cab, 'cus I want to come back for far too long. Viewers will understand at a But Should He Be? next year and do this again." I suppose it' the image that ells the glance that the mark Gabe' s wedding ring left By Sandra Gonzalez record, and not the fact that Ozzy ha grown up at the age of 52. behind as he removed it will be important Like many of the other Beatles-esque ongs on the album, 'Run- later in the film, but the director lingers on zzy Osbourne' brand new 010 album, Down to Earth, is ning out of Time:' reflects hi maturation as a singer and a man to Gabe's fingers until the image grates away at his fir t album in six years. Although it took him six years create a conglomeration of styles and produce the best song on viewer's minds. .. to write, compile, and produce, he really hould have Down to Earth. Many details in the film seem contrived, O taken longer. At times, thi CD reflect the evil nature of Ozzy, yet the third and weaken the plot rather than draw it Wh n Black abbath was searching for its identity over 30 year track on the CD, entitled' Dreamer," seems vaguely hypocritical together. Some explanations of the science ago, guitar player Tony Iommi aid to Ozzy, "1 n't it peculiar that as it strives to convey deep emotion and dreams through artificial fiction aspects of the movie could have been people pay money to ee horror movies? Why don't we tart writing means. For all the emotion and sentimentality that Ozzy possess- better thought out. Multiple questions arise, cary music? And Black Sabbath was es, he can't ever fully convey it because but are never addressed. The viewer never born. Ever ince the group's guitar and of his cold voice. This track reminded me quite understands why the agents have to kill background mu ic have been excellent and of Kid Rock's song, "Only God Knows both Gabe and Yulaw, and we never know unique, but cluttered by Ozzy' strange Why" - another futile attempt at an exactly what would happen if only one of and ear-piercing voice. "emotionally charged" song. them were to die. Yulaw at one point Ozzy commented on his rise to stardom T'Il admit, Ozzy isn't a stellar role describes people as buckets for the energy, on the multimedia portion of Down to model but he has certainly been a role and says that he is just moving all the wasted Earth 'It seems like ye terday that we model for other bands. Being around for energy into one place. Where the energy were walking down the treet and saying 30 years and beginning an entire genre of would go after a natural death is a mystery. to each other, I wonder if we will ever _ArM music is deserving of some idolizing. cientific inconsistencies aside, the plot is make it, and here we are thirty years later. Slipknot's lead singer, Corey Taylor, simply a vehicle for new technologies in the I wear to you it.' gone by like a flash." even went as far as to say, "Everything martial arts movie industry. The final fight With insightful song like "Gets Me everyone' doing is basically ripping off between Gabe and Yulaw is breathtaking. The Through and "Dreamer, , Ozzy shows hi Back Sabbath anyway because I always scene required an entire month to film, and more private ide. He quietly attempt to figured that they already wrote every involves the extensive use of body doubles combat his fanta tic image of being the good song. So thanks for not suing all of and computer graphic . It really appear as if antichri t but alas, to no avail. He is still us for stealing your songs." Jet Li is fighting himself, and performing the same demoniacal figure we' e seen on Rolling Stone's David Fricke went so impos ible act of trength and speed. tage, biting off bead of chickens. far as to say, "Ozzy Osbourne is the most Halfway through the scene, omething in the Intere tingly enough, old and young alike can appreciate Ozzy's sentimental man in metal - and tough enough to let it show in 'Gets room explodes, sending spark flying. The music. Ozzy' amazing following of young people shows his trans- Me Through' and 'Dreamer,' the two be t songs on Down to two continue fighting at a super speed, while formation from Black abbath to modem music, but still remnants Earth." If these are the best songs Ozzy has to offer, the bands that the sparks, still .in normal time, slowly fall to of the old school style can be heard in his music. In fact, the back- Ozzy has spawned such as Slipknot, Disturbed or System of a the ground around them. ground inging and chord progressions of "That I ever Heard" is Down are far better than he is. The One s acting and plot fail, but it daz- remini cent of the Beatles Magical Afy, tery Tour. For diehard Ozzy fans, Down to Earth reflects a certain amount zles with cutting-edge pecial effects and Even the ixth track, 'You Know ... (part I)" begins just like an of maturity and wisdom, and would definitely compliment a collec- well-coordinated fight sequences. If viewer Electric Light Orchestra ong. It seems that Ozzy ran out of ideas and tion of Oz:zy albums, but for those of us who crave the modem day want drama and subtle toryline, they hould inspiration for songs, and just decided to rip off other bands. Ozzy hardcore heavy metal without the piercing sounds of Ozzy's voice, look elsewhere, but if they want action says in' ou Know ... (part I),' "Tried to be a good father' sorry if I the money spent on Down to Earth would be better spent elsewhere. sequence that astound The One deliver . 2001 THE ARTS THE H Page 11 cracker follows a young girl named Clara on her dream adven- Club ture. The ballet is set to the music of Tchaikovsky and is Axis choreographed by Bruce Marks, 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262- Anna-Marie Holmes, Sydney 2437 Leonard, and Daniel Pelzig. Tick- Sundays: See Avalon below. ets $65-$14. Visit By lzzat Jarudi thousands of year until it became evolution of modern silkworms STAFF WRITER dome tic corn. All these early farm- and apples .. ers did was elect 'certain plant , nfortunately, that is about all orne of which were mutants, that she does for the rest of the book. produced unu ually good things to Occasionally, she inserts some com- eat and save their seeds to plant mentary, but it is only to reassure the ucce sful engineer don t again." Repeating the proce again reader that he is not a blind follow- always have to know a lot of cience. and again, they were able to create er of modem science. In one section, n ient and medieval mechanical dependable and productive crop . she mocks the nature and motives engineer didn't need ewtonian The arne fiddling accompanied behind the rise of molecular biology mechanic to design u eful machine our dome tication of animals like in the past fifty years: "The fields of like catapult. imilarly, as beekeep- the cat. Beginning with the cat- tudy that have grown from this new er ue Hubbell explains in Shrinking lovers in ancient Egypt, human under tanding are exciting and use a the Cat ancient and medieval lot of shiny, expensive machin- genetic engineer didn t need ery. They have drawn many of endelian genetic to breed our best young biologists, u eful domesticated plants and because it is easy to get fund- animals like corn and cats. ing for their work from the You don't have to be a agribusiness and pharmaceuti- geneticist or beekeeper to cal corporations that stand to appreciate our long history of gain from their discoverie ." 'fiddling' with the genes of Hubbell seems to get so other species through selec- caught up in her storytelling tive breeding .. But in time that she forgets to apply her when the science of genetics , detailed knowledge of the his- has expanded the engineer' tory to debates about modern toolbox to the. point that she genetic engineering. She can alter tho e genes "more prefers to list, and not attempt precisely more directly, and to answer, the crucial questions more quickly than in the that everyone already recog- past," hi story has been nizes lie at the center of these eclip ed by the both promis- difficult issues, questions like ing and troubling potential of ' "What gives us the right to modern meddling. It is meddle with other species in Hubbell's noble mis ion to the first place?" Her concluding give us perspective on these thoughts are similarly unen- difficult scientific and societal lightening, qualifying a cau- issues by reminding us that tious optimism about the future genetic engineering is nothing of our fiddling with a vague new to the fiddling est animal warning about "unprecedented the world has ever seen." unintended consequences." Hubbell begin by arguing that societies gradually shrunk the evertheless, the clear implica- we have always been reshaping our ancient wildcat into the modern tions of the facts Hubbell's short world and the life in that world. house cat through a long process book gathers compensate for any Consider agriculture, whose devel- of inbreeding and controlled cross- shortcomings in her commentary. opment fueled the ri e of civiliza- breeding. Artificially imposing the For example, her discussion of the tion. According to Hubbell, the selective pressures for the species' evolution of corn addresses the selective breeding in agriculture that evolution, people kept as compan- modem controversy over the safety led to the evolution of crops like ions those smaller, more manage- of genetically modified organisms. com, squash, and sweet potatoes is able mutants that weren't fright- Those who want only to eat "natur- nothing more than genetic engineer- ened of humans, attacked mice al" foods had better avoid all agri- ing in disguise: "the human creation rather than their kids, and lacked cultural products because they are of new botanical species whose an annoying jungle alertness to all GMOs. It is only natural for us to genetic structures are distinct from every novel sight or sound in the tinker with nature. As Hubbell those of their wild ancestors." household. effectively argues throughout her Corn, for example, was devel- Hubbell provides other colorful book, "we have been 'genetic engi- oped by early Native Americans examples of our tinkering nature, neers' in the past, and will continue who tinkered with wild teosinte for including our central role in the to be so in the future." ECONOMICS Markets and Information Analysts of Asymmetric Information in Markets Receive Nobel By Daniel B. Jonas information about the quality of the contracting the HIV virus would goods than the buyers. As a result, not want to convey this information Often, one of the basic assump- the bad products drive the good to his insurance company. To this tions that economists will make is ones out of the market, and the mar- end, Stiglitz looked at an incentive- that markets are characterized by ket becomes biased toward based system as a means to extract perfect information; that is, the buy- "lemons." Applying this wisdom to information from the better- ers know just as much as the sellers the market for insurance, the informed party. For example, insur- about the quality of good . Howev- Lemons Phenomenon suggests that ance companies screen applicants to er. this is not always the case, as the at any price, only people for whom sort their policyholders into various assumption fall fiat when informa- insurance is a good deal will pur- risk pools. They offer a number of tion is either too difficult or too chase it, which means that insurers packages with different combina- costly to obtain. When there is can't make any money. tions of premiums and deductibles. asymmetric information in a market, Building upon the foundation A healthy individual, thus, will one party ha a more complete set laid by Akerlof, the research of accept a policy with a low premium of information than the other. Spence and Stiglitz examined ways and large deductible. Thi year's obel emorial to remedy the problems associated Prize in Economic Science was with a ymmetric information. Laureates have Cambridge roots awarded to George Akerlof, A. Spence concluded that agent George kerlof obtained his ichael pence and Joseph Stiglitz could counteract the asymmetry of Ph.D. from MIT in 1966, and is the "for their analyses of markets with information though signaling. Under Goldman Professor of Economics at asymmetric information." During this mechani m, the more informed the Univer ity of California at the 1970 , these three economists party would act in a way that con- Berkeley. Michael pence obtained established the groundwork for vincingly conveys their positive, a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1972, and is studying markets characterized by unobservable information to the currently Professor Emeritus of asymmetric information. Ie s-informed party. For instance, a anagement in the Stanford Univer- corporation might decide to give sity's Graduate chool of Business. ed car market lead to in ight large dividends to its shareholders in He ha al 0 taught at Harvard and Akerlof was the first to explore order to signal profitability. Iterna- has been. the Dean at both institu- the field of information economics. tively, a student may aspire to attend tions. Joseph Stiglitz obtained hi In hi paper, "The arket for a top-notch university and achieve Ph.D. from MIT in 1967 and is cur- Lemon: Quality Uncertainty and honors to signal intelligence. rently jointly appointed at Columbia the arket echanism," kerlof In many instances, however a University. He ha aJso held profes- used the market for used cars a an better-informed party has no desire sor hips at Yale, Princeton, Oxford illustrative example of a market to bridge the information gap. 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The tern, wa initiated as a re ult of the aid F ILGs, "but not do 0 in a way R IT will also hear other propo als DONATE BY MAIL, CHECK PAYABLE TO: large heated debate over the future that create financial dependency on form other committee addressing of MIT's housing policy at the time. the Institute." other issues regarding the fre hmen IIUnited Way September 11th Fund" In the report, Bacow suggested The proposal incorporates tran ition. that MIT could provide financial Bacow's idea of phasing out the The propo al sent Thursday was C/oUnited Way of NYC, a sistance by subsidizing FSILGs plan over a fi e year period. written jointly by committee mem- 2 Park Avenue, that house graduate tudents in their "Money is not going to be a crutch ber Christopher A. Voehler '03 and vacancies. MIT would pay back but a support to help [F ILGs] in Roger . 'The tudents did all the New York, NY 10016 graduate students 80 percent of the the tran ition," Rogers aid. work," Rogers aid of the draft. living cost if they lived in an FSILG econd 'the transition support house, or MIT would pay 60 percent should be provided in a form that of the cost to the house hould that does not reward houses that recruit bed remain empty. This support badly, or punish hou es that recruit Solution to DONATE BY PHONE: would decline by 10 percent each well," the report state. year for five years, when the assis- Finally, the comrnittee asks that 1-800-710-8002 tance would stop altogether. the Institute's policy recognize the Crossword The committee has met since changing demographics of MIT, from page 7 October 18 to discuss how FSILGs especially the growing number of can avoid being financially crippled five-year MEng tudents. 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Page 20 SPORTS MIT Ballroom Dance Fencing Does Well at 'Big One' Places at Competition Purcell, Dorfman, MacFarlane Take Gold in Respective Events ore of 13-14 before 10 ing the Arbuszewski '05. Fencing in his Couple All Cateqorie final touch. Lue ailed through her fir t tournament ever, Arbu zew ki doance in ofDance IT howed in redible depth fir t two dire t el imination match- went 2-3 in pool and convincingly By YanFeng Lim including three couple ho made and balance in la t unday' open- e . de pite equipm nt problem. defeated his fir t direct elimination TEAM MEMBER the quarterfinal in wing. They ing tournament of the ea on. Tra- he wa defeated in the round of match opponent 15-5. His next This pa t aturday, while hordes ere, an ze 0 '03 and Jamie . ditionally the fir t eight and fini hed in th place. bout was clo e, and he lost 10-15. of co turned partygoer thronged the ak '03 Luca Daniel and Jennifer meet of the year the Women' foil mirrored the Michael P. Pihul ic 04 street for Halloween, an e cited Weis Vladi lav Y. Gabovich G and ew England Inter- abre quad in depth. ovice improved upon last year's 32 rank- bunch of co turned ophia Kats. collegiate Fencing Diane L. Chri toforo 05 went 2-4 ing, going 4-2 in pools. In one of member of the IT Among t the ch ering audience Conferen e EIFC) in pool and won her fir t direct his 10 ses he managed to score 3 Ballroom Dance we were fortunate to ha e one of Big One' offer a elimination match before 10 ing in of the only 4 touches given up by Team danced at the our profes ional Latin coache , fir t look at the opponent IT the round of 32. the eventual gold medalist. He fell Eighth nnual Har- Helle Ru holt, a ell a our t 0 face during the year. Li a . Bell 04, and Danielle just short of reaching the top eight vard Beginner' om- amateur co ache in Lati hythm, The Big One begins with an M. Mor e '02 (who finished 4-1 in 10 ing an emotional bout in the p tition. MIT fared wen, with many Michael Otero and Deirdre Perrott. initial round of pool determining pools) also fell in the round of 32. round of 16, 14-15. of it couple advancing to later T fared marvelou I in Fo - the eeding into a ingle elimina- Chri tine A. Yee '03 who fin- Like five other MIT fencers rounds and placing. trot, with three couples making th tion bracket. Caroline . Purcell ished 17th la t year, went 5-1 in that day, Levine and Anthony P. Thi is a unique competition final. Claiming fir t place were J. '02 (abre) u annah M. Dorfman her pools. She ad anced through Reinen '03 swept their pools. One because it is 'experience re trict- Bradley orrison G and Irina '05 (foil) and William F. acFar- ome clo e bout to the round of of Reinen's victories carne against ed '-only tho e who have started ed edev G, while Hazhir Rah- lane '02 (foil) won their re pective eight before 10 ing a bout 8-11 last year's champion. Reinen bar- dancing in eptember were allowed mandad G and Parisa Fallahi G cap- weapon. when time ran out. Yee finished reled through his direct elimination to dance in the' ewcomer level, tured second place. Benny Budiman eal K. Devaraj '02 (epee) and 6th. bouts, even disarming one oppo- and those who tarted after last ep- G and Miriam L. orell '04 took Jason . Levine '03 ( abre) added Seeded first at the beginning of nent in the 16 with the force of an tember were allowed to dance in the e enth place while Dennis Lee and bronze medal as four other the day, Dorfman handled her attack. His progress was halted by "Beginner" level. Etty hin G made the semifinal fencer finished in the top eight for pools with ease, going 6-0 with running into teammate Levine in This was the first collegiate com- round. Keep in mind that each of their weapon. everaJ fencers only 5 touche total scored against the round of eight. Levine took the petition of the ea on and was a the e event had about 120 couples with only a month of experience her. Her path through the direct victory but could not finish off his wonderful chance for our newcom- entered and dancing in the fir t made strong showings and many elimination was relatively smooth opponent in the round of 4. Levine ers to get a taste of dancing and the round. returning fencers showed marked until she found herself down 12-14 finished 3rd and Reinen, who was beginners to warm up after ummer. The struggle to the final was improvement over pre ious perfor- in the round of 16. Her confidence 20th last year finished 5th. Amid the cheers of team mem- long and arduou . In the audience mances. tested, Dorfman pulled herself Fielding a young squad this ber , friends and coache , the new- were our ever-watchful amateur The day's event peak well for together and scored the next three year, men's foil had mixed results comers danced wing and Foxtrot, tandard coaches, Warren Dew '91 the women's team to defend their point and went on to win her final . in the opening direct elimination while the beginners danced Waltz and Elizabeth ugent '97 who po ition as IFC champions and bouts by the decisive margins of rounds. New fencer Jerry W. Chao and Chacha. proudly looked on as the students for the men s team to reclaim the 15-3,15-10 and 15-7. '05 won his first double elimina- Cheering at competitions is they groomed danced their hearts EIFC title they've held for two tion bout before losing in the almo t mandatory, and sore throats out. of the last three year . MIT travels Men boast five of the top 15 round of32. afford the satisfaction of knowing In the Beginner categories, Filip to Brown College on ovember 17 Epee began with a strong show- Vincent Chen '05 went 4-1 in that a teammate did well and Hsu ' 7 and aricore antiago to begin the NEIFC team circuit. ing for the men's team. Squad pools but fell just short of advanc- advanced into later rounds of the brought horne the honor placing leader Devaraj and veteran Curtis ing to the round of 16. Like event. third in both the Chacha and the Women win two of three events Wade III '02 (returning from a Reinen, Douglas J. Quattrochi '04 Cheer we did, as many of our Waltz, beating almost fifty other In the first event of the day, two-year absence due to an ACL had the misfortune of meeting couples made advanced round , couples to the finals. women's sabre, MIT showed its injury) swept their pools, earning teammate MacFarlane early in the depth when novice fencer Zhejuan initial seedings of 3rd and 5th direct elimination rounds. MacFar- Lu '05 went 2-3 in pools hefore respectively. lane would take the victory and being eliminated in the round of Matthew R. Levy '04 went 3-2, eventually the gold. unique job opportunity 64. good enough for second in his pool MacFarlane's victory came Susan A. Juan '02 came within and a 15th ranked seeding. more as a surprise to his team- a touch of advancing to the round ewcomer Farhan I. Merali '05 mates and opponents then to him- of 32, suffering a heartbreaking acquitted himself well, including self. Corning to MIT as an already 14-15 defeat. scoring three touches against the experienced competitor, he only $ Sasha R. Manoohsingh '03 eventual silver medalist. He lost allowed six touches to be scored flexible nours, minimal earn up to faced Juan's opponent in the next his first direct elimination match on him during the round of pools. time commitment $600 per molTth round, exacting a 15-7 revenge on 8-15 against a much taller and After defeating Quattrochie, he If you're male, in college or have a college degree, and are behalf of her fallen teammate. more experienced opponent. went on to easily defeat his interested in a job where you can earn up to S600 per month Manoohsingh, who finished 30th Devaraj had a relatively easy run remaining opponents. In the last on your own schedule, call 617-497-8646 for information pools on our anonymous sperm donor program. Only in this Jast year, went 5-1 in and through the direct elimination bout of a long day, every eye in the unique job can you earn extra income and help infertile finished in 12th place. bracket until the round of 4 when building focused on him as he couples realize their dream of becoming parents. Reigning women's national he lost a close bout 12-15 to a squared off against an opponent champion, and winner of last perennial powerhouse from from Boston College. year's Big One, Purcell had little Brown. , I've never fenced for a team trouble remaining undefeated in Levy, who earned a bye and before," said MacFarlane. "I didn't MIT her pool. Purcell went on to win then won his first direct elimina- know how to handle the attention. the Big One again, bringing home tion match, had already been elim- But I was excited going into the Emile Bustani Middle East the first gold medal for the inated in the round of 16 by the bout because I thought my oppo- women's team. same fencer. nent would be fun to fence." Seminar Women's epee had early suc- Wade quickly defeated his first His opponent took an early lead cess in the pools, going a com- opponent before narrowly winning of 3-5. But MacFarlane went on to Presents bined 16-4 as Crystal Shih '04, his second direct elimination" take 12 of the next 14 touches, atalie E. Cu ano '02, Michelle A. match 15-12 in an intense bout that soundly defeating his opponent 15- adermann '03, and Jennifer A. nearly timed out. He found himself 7 and converting the dream of a Dr. AHDAF SOUEIF Lue 03 all finished 4-1, earning unable to mu ter the energy to MIT men's gold medalist (the first them byes into the round of 32. defeat his next opponent, losing in 3 years) into a reality. EGYPTIAN WRITER (London) Shih dropped her bout in the round 11-15. Wade finished 5th and MacFarlane, Dorfman and Author of "In the Eyes of the Sun" and iIThe of 32. aderrnann and Cusano won Devaraj, who finished 15th last Wade will join several other Map of Love" their first direct elimination bouts year, finished 3rd. fencers this weekend-including before falling in the round of 16. Men's sabre followed the pat- team captains Oliver J. Chadwick Cusano narrowly missed making tern for the day with several inspi- '02 (foil) and Jennifer A. Mckee- the eight when she forced a bout rational performances including a han G (sabre)-in representing where she was down 6-12 to a solid effort by Bryan D. MIT at the Penn State Open. "READINGS and a CONVERSATION" Volleyball Earns Postseason Bid, Will Face Brandeis inFirst Round Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. By Paul Dill as they have finished second both in 1999 and 2000. TEAM COACH They are hoping to reach the finals again this year. E51-095 For the sixth straight season, the MIT women's MIT will first face Brandeis University, and then the 70 Memorial Drive voJleybaJJ team has earned a bid to the postseason. winner of the Elmira CoJlege vs. Clark University This year, after posting their best record since match. The Engineers will travel to host Springfield Cambridge 1989 at 29-8 and being ranked either College to play tonight at 6:00p.m. in Blake Arena first or second in the New England In other news, setter Christina Almodovar '02, Region for most of the season, the and middle hitter Kelly A. Martens '03 were both OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Engineers earned the number two named to the New England Women's and Men's seed in the Eastern Collegiate Athlet- Athletic Conference All-Conference Team this Sponsored by the Center for International Studies ic Conference North Championship week. Almodovar led the team with 1,224 assists Tournament. while Martens led the team in kills and led the con- Co- ipon ored b the CENTER FOR The Engineers are no stranger to this tournament, ference in hitting percentage. BIll GUALIBICULTURAL TUDIES