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Volume 122, Number 28 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 14, 2002 Students Debate World Bank with Wolfensohn Rain Fails By Vicky Hsu the issues that students have raised race, gender, and human and labor Wolfensohn about the World STAFF REPORTER about the nature of the Bank and rights. Bank's voting system and governing James D. Wolfensohn, President about Mr. Wolfensohn giving the Wolfensohn defended the Bank. rules, specifically asking about "the 1bSoak of the World Bank, met with a commencement speech," said Chan- "A single characterization of the fair amount of racism in the World group of twenty students for an cellor Phillip M. Clay PhD '75, the institution is just inaccurate," he Bank, how the 'one dollar, one vote' hour-long forum before Commence- moderator of the forum. said. rule marginalizes the developing Spirits of ment last Friday. During the forum, student partic- countries, and secret board meet- "This is a conversation that Mr. ipants raised questions about the Worries about Bank rules ings." Smith said current Harvard Wolfensohn has agreed to in light of World Bank's record on issues of Brice Smith G questioned President Lawrence H. Summers' joking about polluting Africa for Graduates profit was such an example of racism. By Jessica A. Zaman Wolfensohn acknowledged the STAFF REPORTER voting rule, which gives nations Last week's Commencement with larger economies more influ- ceremony proved that there is a ence over the Bank's actions, but force even MIT students cannot har- said the criticism was ill-founded. "I ness: the will of Mother Nature. spent seven years at the Bank trying Last Friday's forecast featured to make the rule as irrelevant as an ominous "chance of light show- possible," he said. "Not once has a ers." Unfortunately luck was not bill come down to a counting of with the graduates and only toward votes." the end of the ceremony did the "I won't fight for a change in the cold, drizzling rain subside. voting system. This is because a) I But the cold and bleak condi- don't think I can win it, and b) I tions did not dampen the optimistic don't think it matters," he said. spirit of the momentous occasion Wolfensohn called racism in the too badly. Stephen D. Immerman, World Bank "a preposterous idea." director of external services, said "Be careful, because this is that about 12,000 people attended attacking real people," he said. Commencement. "There are 11,000 people represent- The general tone of commence- ing 140 nationalities who work for ment was also quite optimistic, con- the World Bank. The World Bank sidering the tragedy of last Septem- may make mistakes and get it ber II and the current strife in the wrong, but the quality of people and global community. their efforts to make a difference Commencement speaker James cannot be wiped away." D. Wolfensohn, president of the AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH World Bank, encouraged graduates President of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn meets-with students before Commencement. Forum, Page II to change the world. "You have been trained to make the world a better place,"Wolfensohn said. Incoming Freshman Number Fewer Than in Past Service to the local and global community was a dominant theme By Jeffrey Greenbaum ber of women matriculating is The percentage of women in the California, the Class of 2006 has throughout commencement. STAFF REPORTER greater than it was for the Class of incoming class has increased from representatives from 48 of the 50 Guests were treated to authentic This fall, 985 students will 2005. 41 percent to 43 percent. Because states, up from 46 last year. Only Boston weather - the wet and cold arrive at MIT as the Class of 2006. Fifty-seven percent of those "the Class of '06 will be smaller, Idaho and Kentucky are not repre- treatment. Audience members made This number exceeds the target of accepted as part of the Class of with a higher percentage of sented. Ten percent of the class will the best of the situation, however. 980 chosen for dormitory 2006 have chosen to enroll. The females, [this] might affect the come from New York, followed by Most welcomed the plastic ponchos decrowding purposes by only five matriculation rate is down by only choice of living groups," Jones eight percent from Massachusetts distributed by MIT Commencement students. one percentage point from last year. said. and six percent each from Texas staff. The Class of 2006 will contain The decrease "should relieve crowd- Although fully thirteen percent approximately 30 fewer members ing in the dorms," said Dean of of the incoming class hails from Class of 2006, Page 12 Commencement, Page 13 than the Class of 2005, but the num- Admissions Marilee Jones. Royer Speaks on Athletics Construction and Reform
By Helana Kadyszewskl offer both teams and recreational SPORTS ED/TOR users many new opportunities. In a recent speech to the MIT "For the first time, our varsity Club of Boston, Director of Athlet- swimming and diving teams will ics Candace L. Royer talked about be able to practice on campus," the ongoing work on the Zesiger she said. ".With 28 lanes, even Sports and Fitness Center and the during their practices, we will reorganization of the department of have open lanes for recreational athletics, physical education, and swimmers. " recreation. The Center, which has been Royer said she is hopeful that under construction since October the new facility, scheduled to open 2000, will include an Olympic-size later this year, will greatly raise 50-meter pool, seating for 450 spec- awareness of MIT athletics. "MIT tators, a training pool, and an sports is one of the best kept 11,000-square-foot fitness center. A secrets I know of," she told the 5,000-square-foot court facility will attendees. "I can't tell you how provide space for volleyball, aero- many times someone has said, 'Oh, bics, recreational basketball, and I didn't know MIT even had an squash. The Center will also include athletics program.' I bet in a year a 3,700-square-foot sports medicine
or two I won't have to deal with area, administrative offices, and MICHELI.E L. POVINELU-TlIE TECH that." locker rooms. Anti-World Bank protesters faced off with riot pollee on Memorial Drive outside the Commence- Royer said that the 125,000- ment ceremony Friday. square-foot Zesiger Center will Athletics, Page 12
ARTS TO, EMPLOYEES Comics The Tech will publish monthly River Rave FROM, CATBERT during the summer and daily World & Nation 2 ALL NON-WORK CON- 2K2 draws VERSATIONS ARE during Orientation. Regular Opinion 4 BANNED. 30,000 music Tuesday- Friday publication will Events Calendar 7 fans. resume on Friday, September 6. Arts 16 Back Page Page 8 Page 2 THE TECH June 14, 2002 WORLD & NATION Administration Proposes Relaxing Bishops Told Restoring Trust Clean Air Act Rules for Industry
LOS ANGELES TIMES In an overhaul of the Clean Air Act, the Bush administration pro- Will Require Drastic Change posed Thursday to relax rules that require a host of industries to strengthen pollution controls whenever they build new plants or By Edward Walsh tee of the conference called for zero their ministries, failed to report their expand old ones. THE WASHINGTON POST tolerance for any sexual abuse of crimes to civil authorities, worried The changes, announced by Environmental Protectional Agency DALLAS minors by priests in the future, but more about the effects of a scandal Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, have been long sought by The nation's Roman Catholic left open the possibility of an excep- than preventing future abuse and power companies, chemical companies, paper mill operators, and bishops were bluntly told Thursday tion for some priests guilty of only sometimes responded to victims and other major industries. that they bear primary responsibility one case of abuse in the past. their families as adversaries. The EPA's proposed revision of the so-called new source review for the sex abuse scandal that's grip- That approach has been sharply "The crisis, in truth, is about a program reflects concerns by businesses that the program is often dif- ping their church and that regaining criticized by many of the victims profound loss of confidence by the ficult to interpret and creates uncertainty and costly delays. Those the trust of Catholics will require who are in Dallas this week and faithful in our leadership as shep- drawbacks sometimes impede plant upgrades, including use of ener- fundamental changes in their meth- appeared to be a key point of dis- herds because of our failures in gy efficient equipment, Whitman said. ods and style of leadership of the pute among the bishops themselves. addressing the crime of sexual Critics charge the EPA proposals give polluters too many breaks church. At a news conference this abuse of children and young people and are a product of intense political lobbying by industry representa- In three extraordinary speeches evening, Bishop Wilton Gregory of by priests and church personnel," he tives who worked last year with Vice President Dick Cheney to draft opening a meeting of the U.S. Con- Belleville, Ill., the president of the said. the administration's national energy plan. ference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops conference, said that in the The toughest speech was deliv- conference's president and two closed meeting "the bishops spoke ered by Scott Appleby, a senior fel- prominent Catholic intellectuals very frankly about their anger, their low at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Padilla Attended Mosque described the 300 assembled bish- fears, their disappointments, their International Peace Studies at the ops as arrogant and aloof and hopes. We asked each other very University of Notre Dame. He told With Alleged Terrorism Link warned that the future of the church candid, direct questions. I think we the bishops that their apologies LOS ANGELES TIMES in the United States depended on were quite honest with each other." wouldn't be heard until they were FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. their willingness to share authority While the bishops debated the willing to "name the protection of Jose Padilla, the American accused of plotting with al-Qaida to set with Catholic laypeople. policy in private, it was their own abusive priests for what it is - a off a radiation-dispersal bomb, frequented a Florida mosque whose The bishops also listened intent- "accountability" for the scandal that sin, born of the arrogance of spiritual leader worked for an Islamic charity suspected of helping ly, some with tears in their eyes, as was the dominating theme of Thurs- power." finance terrorism, local Muslim leaders said Thursday. four victims of sexual abuse by day's opening public session. Gre- Both Appleby and Margaret Padilla, now under arrest in a U.S. Navy brig, is accused of plot- priests related their stories and asked gory offered his "most profound O'Brien Steinfels, editor of the ting to detonate a "dirty bomb" capable of spewing radiation across the bishops to adopt the toughest apology" to the victims of abuse and influential Catholic magazine Com- an American city. During the 1990s, when he lived in Florida, he possible "zero tolerance" policy their families on behalf of all the monweal, also urged the bishops to attended AI-Iman Mosque here while Raed M. Awad was the imam, toward sexual abuse of minors. bishops. begin sharing their power with members of South Florida Islamic community said. On Thursday afternoon and into "We are the ones," Gregory Catholic laypeople and suggested Awad, a 42-year-old Palestinian immigrant, was the chief fund- the night the bishops debated that repeated four times as he told the that they pay less attention to the raiser in Florida for the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief policy in closed meetings. A draft bishops that it was they who dictates of church authorities in & Development, whose premises were raided and assets frozen by policy crafted by a special commit- allowed abusive priests to remain in Rome. the U.S. government in December. Padilla also took classes on the Koran and precepts of the Islamic faith at the Darnl Uloom (House of Knowledge) Institute, an Islamic studies center in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Its principal, Maulana Shafay- Chinese Police Push S. Korean at Mohamed, said the young convert might have been pushed toward a more intolerant strain of his new religion through contacts with Arab Muslims. Envoys, Detain Asylum Seeker, Weather Brings Some Help, By John Pomfret stakes in this standoff for Beijing, three things: movement, food, and THE WASJl/NGTON POST Pyongyang, Seoul, and the Korean ideas. If you lose control of people's But Colorado Blaze Still Rages BEI1ING peninsula as a whole. movement, you lose control of food LOS ANGELES T/JfES Chinese police pushed and All the players are aware that the and ideas as well." DENVER punched six South Korean diplo- fall of communism in Eastern China .in-recent weeks has tough- The weather finally cooperated with crews battling a 100,000-acre mats in front of the South Korean Europe was precipitated when Hun- ened its policy, moving from a nod wildfire south of Denver. Pilots attacked the blaze from the air, using consulate Thursday and dragged gary allowed tens of thousands of and wink at the trickle of North Kore- borrowed military tankers, while nearly 1,000 firefighters made a away a North Korean asylum seeker East German refugees to flow into ans leaving China to what seems to stand on the ground Thursday, backed by long lines of fire engines. whose thirteen-year-old son made it the west in 1989, and none seems to portend confrontation. The govern- "Things have been pretty quiet today. For the first time, they were to safety inside, witnesses said. support a similar change in North ment in Beijing demanded for the able to get on it," said Pam Devore of the U.S. Forest Service. It was The scuffle, during which one Korea. So far, China has allowed first time on May 28 that South Korea the first day that firefighters were placed on the northern end of the South Korean diplomat was slugged only 38 North Koreans to leave turn over North Korean asylum-seek- fire, which had been burning out of control. in the mouth, marked a significant China for South Korea via third ers harbored in its consulate. Even as they offered some good news, fire officials told belea- escalation of a simmering three- countries, so "the scale is vastly dif- At the same time, China wrapped guered evacuees that it could take as long as three months to contain month-old crisis that began on ferent" from what happened in Hun- its diplomatic districts with barbed the fire, the largest in Colorado history. March 14 when North Koreans, gary, noted Nicholas Eberstadt, a wire and dotted them with road- The Hayman fire is now twenty miles long and fourteen miles seeking food and protection, began North Korean expert at the Ameri- blocks to prevent would-be asylum- wide, spreading north from Lake George about 80 miles southwest of breaking into diplomatic missions can Enterprise Institute. seekers from getting into diplomatic Denver, burning to the city's southern suburbs. More than 6,000 resi- around China and demanding pas- "But the issue is the same," he compounds. But the number of asy- dents have been evacuated and thousands more remain on alert. sage to South Korea. added. "North Korea's government lum seekers in Beijing's diplomatic The violence underscored the stays in power because it controls missions nevertheless has grown. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, June 14, 2002
Where Is Summer? r-;f nf;)~ ~~ ~f b~ -C\~ G.o.~ "'v ...... " ...~ ..." <1)-' By Nikki Prive STAFF METEOROLOGIST Cool, rainy conditions in Boston earlier this week were the result of winds from the relatively cold ocean. In contrast, New York and Washing- ton D.C. experienced temperatures near 90°F (32°C). A trough will settle in over the Great Lakes today and will keep temperatures down and maintain 351N the possibility of showers throughout the weekend. When will summery weather return? The forecast for Boston for the next ten days calls for cooler than normal temperatures and greater than normal precipitation. The fore- cast for the end of the month is for near normal temperatures but above average precipitation. Much of the eastern half of the country will share these trends, with cooler temperatures during June across the Midwest and East Coast. The northwestern states and Alaska, on the other hand, will experience warmer than normal temperatures. Although the East Coast and Southeast are antici- pated to have greater than normal precipitation, Alaska and the northern Plains states are likely to have lower than average precipitation. Forecast Today: Cloudy with chance of showers in the afternoon, high in the low 60s (16° C). Tonight: Chilly and rainy, with fog. Lows around 50°F (10° C). Saturday: Rain, highs in the low 60s (16° C). Rain ending overnight, Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mbols lows in the mid 50s (13 0q. Snow Rain _ Trough Fog Sunday: Cloudy, chance of rain, highs in the upper 60s (20°C). H High Pressure . - Showen - Monday: Partly cloudy, warmer, highs in the low 70s (23 °C) ...... waim Front 'l* 'l l\ Thundenlorm Light L Low Prnsure ex:> Haze Extended forecast: Cloudy, chance of showers mid-week, highs in the ...... Cold Front Moderate * Compiled by MIT mid 70s (24° C), lows near 60° (16°C). ~ Hurricane: ** Meteorology SIllIT ~ Swionary Fronl Heavy . A .. andTMT~ch June 14, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Assembly Elects Hamid Kanai Bush Cautions Against Speculation on Mideast Time Line
TilE WASJ/lNGTON POST As Transitional Head of State WASHINGTON By Pamela Constable "It is a great honor for me that December at a U.N. conference in President Bush said Thursday that he discussed the possible for- THE WASHINGTON POST you, my brothers and sisters, have Bonn after the collapse of the Tal- mation of a provisional Palestinian state in talks with the foreign min- KABUL. AFGHANISTAN trusted me to run the government iban. Foreign observers here, ister of Saudi Arabia, but he warned against speculation that he Hamid Karzai, the ethnic Pash- in transition," Karzai told the including U.S. officials, had sug- would adopt it, or any other specific proposal, in the next phase of his tun leader who has led cheering delegates immediately gested Karzai's continuation in Middle East peacemaking efforts. Afghanistan's interim administra- after the vote was announced. "I power would be the best guarantee Bush said he would "layout my vision at some point in time," tion for the past six months, was am a humble servant of God, and I of stability for Afghanistan as it while declining to provide any hint of what that vision would include overwhelmingly elected Thursday am at the service of development recovers from years of war, civil or when he would reveal it. "I think it's probably wise for people not night by a national assembly to and Islam for Afghanistan." conflict and religious repression. to spend a lot of time speculating." become transitional head of state During the next several days, Although Karzai had earned But apparent contradictions and ambiguities among recent state- for the next eighteen months to the Joya jirga delegates must praise both at home and abroad for ments by Bush and his White House aides, Secretary of State Colin two years. choose the heads of parliament and his efforts to uni fy and rebuild the Powell, and Middle East and European leaders seemed likely to Karzai, 44, received 1,295 of a the supreme court, form a transi- nation during the past six months, inflame speculation. possible 1,575 votes cast by mem- tional parliament, and elect its however, it was not clear until now At a meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrial- bers of the assembly, known as a members. Under a plan mandated how broad a popular mandate he ized nations in British Columbia Thursday, Powell refused to be Joya jirga. The assembly had been by the United Nations, the transi- could muster in a country long drawn into further comments on the provisional state idea, saying all widely expected to elect him after tional government must take office riven by bitter ethnic feuds. would be revealed "in due course." his main potential rival, former by June 22 and serve until elec- But as the loya jirga Meanwhile, Egypt, widely thought to have been the proximate Afghan king Mohammed Zahir tions are held late next year. approached, Karzai increasingly proponent of the idea that a state could be quickly declared on the Shah, repeatedly endorsed Karzai An especially sensitive task emerged as the most logical candi- shrinking portion of the West Bank and Gaza Strip controlled by the over the past several days. also awaits Karzai; who must date. His victory seemed virtually Palestinian Authority, pending final agreement over borders at a later Two last-minute challengers - quickly select a cabinet that satis- assured earlier this week after date, said it did not support such a proposal. And Israel, thought to be Masooda Jalal, a physician and fies all ethnic groups and reduces Zahir Shah, 87, ended a adamantly opposed to any early statehood declaration, provisional or women's activist; and Mir Mah- the power of rival officials in key grounds well of support for his otherwise, appeared willing to consider it under certain circum- fooz Nedahi, a scientist and deputy ministries without undermining return to power by strongly endors- stances. government minister - won 171 their support for his new govern- ing Karzai, and key members of the and 89 votes respectively after ment. Tajik ethnic group reached a pri- announcing their candidacies at the Karzai was named to head an vate power-sharing deal for the India Considers Military Pullback Joya jirga Thursday morning. interim coalition government last transitional government. THE WASJ/lNGTON POST NEW DELHI, INDIA India is considering the withdrawal of some fighter aircraft and Moussaoui Permitted to Defend ground troops from its border with Pakistan, possibly within the next several weeks, if it sees further evidence that Pakistan is ending its support for Islamic militants in Kashmir, a senior government official said Thursday. Himself in Upcoming Terror Trial At the same time, the official said, there's general recognition in By Tom Jackman possible to apply to the court for British authorities in 1998, but he the Indian government that although Pakistan's president, Gen. Per- THE WASHINGTON POST immediate release." did not explain the significance of vez Musharraf, has pledged to cut off the flow of militants moving A federal judge ruled Thursday Brinkema deferred the question, that assertion. from Pakistan's portion of the divided region into India's, he doesn't that Zacarias Moussaoui is mentally but Moussaoui said later during the Frank W. Dunham Jr., the feder- exercise total control over them. As a consequence, India will not competent to fire his court-appoint- 80-minute hearing in Alexandria al public defender leading Mous- automatically respond to a terrorist attack inside its borders by strik- ed attorneys and defend himself in that he had "physical evidence that saoui's team, and other defense ing at targets in Pakistan, the official said. the only trial in the United States the government was monitoring my attorneys said they had not seen or "If we see Pakistan is making sincere attempts at implementing related to the Sept. I I attacks. movements .... The government heard of the evidence Moussaoui what it has committed, if that is happening, then if there is a violent The decision by U.S. District knew I was not in contact with these claimed would set him free. Edward incident in Jammu and Kashmir, we won't have a knee-jerk reaction Judge Leonie Brinkema set up a dif- people who are supposed to have B. MacMahon Jr., one of the attor- to that," the official said. "Then we can say, 'No, no, no, Pakistan is ficult defense for Moussaoui, who done the hijacking." neys, told the judge that Moussaoui cooperating in turning off the taps. ", will not have access to classified or Moussaoui said he could explain was "very proud of the fact that The official said, however, that India would not relax its military sensitive material and will not be his innocence in ten minutes of tes- none of his attorneys know his theo- posture in Kashmir itself, where hundreds of thousands of Indian sol- able to interview witnesses from his timony, but Brinkema said that ry of the case or know what his diers are deployed along the line that separates them from Pakistani jail cell in Alexandria, Va. Thursday's hearing wasn't the defense is." forces, until after state elections there in the fall. But despite repeated warnings place. Moussaoui already has filed a Moussaoui, a French citizen of from Brinkema, who called his deci- number of pre-trial motions, which Moroccan descent, is charged with sion "unwise," Moussaoui said that are sealed, and the judge gave him conspiring with Osama bin Laden Imclone's CEO Testifies he fully understands "the U.S. sys- until June 24 to file any more. and the nineteen hijackers to carry tem of justice" and that he wanted Brinkema also said she would out the Sept. 11 plot. The indictment About Timing of FDA Rejection to proceed without an attorney. unseal Moussaoui' s filings unless does not allege that he had contact LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON "My life is at risk, and I will the lawyers in the case object. with the hijackers. Jury selection is never compromise it," Moussaoui Authorities declined to comment scheduled for late September. The brother of former ImClone Systems CEO Samuel D. Waksal said. "This life is very precious to publicly on Moussaoui' s accusations In contrast to the April hearing testified Thursday that he phoned Waksal with bad news about the me. It's given by God. And I'm not that the government "has following during which Moussaoui first asked company's flagship product the day before family members began going to, to play with this." me since I entered the United States to fire his attorneys, Thursday's pro- dumping shares in allegedly illegal insider trading. Moussaoui, 34, could face the of America [in February 2001], and ceedings were more on point. Mous- Harlan W. Waksal, who replaced his older brother as ImClone's death penalty if convicted, but said they were engaged in an undercover saoui, speaking calmly in English CEO last month, told lawmakers he informed Samuel Waksal on Thursday - hinting strongly at his operation against me and potentially and without the diatribes that Dec. 26, 2001, that the Food and Drug Administration was about to defense - that he has information the nineteen hijackers." But one FBI marked the last appearance - in reject the company's application to market a widely touted experi- that would compel either the judge official said Moussaoui "first came which he called for the destruction mental cancer drug. By the time the rejection was announced publicly or the government to release him to our attention at the flight school in of the United States and Israel - two days later, causing the share price to plummet and outside immediately. "Now that I'm poten- Minnesota last August." maintained that his defense attor- investors to suffer big losses, Waksal family members had sold $10 tially my own lawyer," Moussaoui Moussaoui also said his resi- neys were conspiring with the gov- million worth of stock. said, "I would like to know if it's' dence in London was raided by ernment to kill him. The younger Waksal's testimony appeared to corroborate key ele- ments of the government's criminal case against Samuel Waksal, who was arrested Wednesday by FBI agents on eight charges of secu- Astronomers Discover Solar System rities fraud, conspiracy and peIjury. Appearing before the committee shortly before his younger broth- er, Samuel Waksal declined to answer lawmakers' questions, assert- Similar to Our Own Piece of Universe ing his constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination. By Usha Lee McFarling solar system is a missing link." stink of some of the strange solar LOS ANGELES TIMES Since the first extrasolar planet systems we've been finding over Lawmakers VowQuick Action Astronomers searching for was discovered seven years ago, 91 the past few years," Marcy said. worlds around distant stars have been discovered. But many They underscore that while Earth's On Homeland Security Department announced the discovery Thursday have been so odd - many times orderly solar system is no longer THE WASIllNGTON POST of the first Earthlike solar system, the size of Jupiter, so close to their unique, neither is it the norm. WASHINGTON boosting hopes that there are other suns they'd be permanently Finding planets is difficult Congressional leaders outlined an ambitious legislative schedule habitable spots in the universe. scorched or on wild, elliptical work. They are not visible, even to Thursday to enact President Bush's government reorganization plan, "One of the big questions in sci- orbits - scientists began to won- the powerful Hubble Space Tele- vowing to create a Homeland Security Department by Sept. I 1. ence is, 'Are we alone?'" said der if our home solar system was scope, because they give off only a House and Senate leaders established separate procedures for han- Anne Kinney, who directs the unique. It looks like it is not. faint glow of reflected light, light dling the administration's proposal, whose details may arrive on Capi- astronomy and physics division at The planet, a gas giant known that is imperceptible in the glare tol Hill as early as next week. The Senate will simply amend a bill the National Aeronautics and Space as 55 Cnc d, circles around the star coming from the stars they circle. recently approved by the Governmental Affairs Committee, but the Administration headquarters. This 55 Cancri located about 4 I light Instead, Marcy's team detects House will assign several established committees - plus a new lead- "brings us one step closer to years from Earth. The middle-aged planets using a sensitive technique ership panel - to conduct hearings on the plan, key members said. answering that." star is about the same size as our that measures the slight wobbly of The creation of a massive new federal agency presents a major While scientists did not find an sun and is visible to the naked eye. stars caused by the gravitational challenge to lawmakers, who have feuded over far less ambitious leg- Earth, they found a close cousin: a The new planet is about four yank of stars circling them. islative proposals this year. Republican and Democratic leaders will Jupiter. It is the first planet scien- times the size of Jupiter and is about The technique has a bias that have to bridge ideological differences while resolving jurisdictional tists have found with a roughly cir- the same distance from its sun as explains why most findings so far battles within their own caucuses. cular orbit that is a healthy distance Jupiter is from ours. While that have been of big, close-in planets In a joint press release Thursday, House Speaker Dennis Hastert from its star, like many of Earth's planet looks comfortingly familiar, - "oddballs" that are easiest to (R-I1I.) and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) neighbors .. the solar system also contains some find because they perturb their stars expressed confidence they could complete their work by the anniver- "It's got the smell of our own strange elements: two other large the most. The smallest planet dis- sary of the terrorist attacks that killed more than 3,000 people. solar system," said Geoff Marcy, planets hundreds of times larger covered so far, one of 14 others "The speaker and I stand ready to work with the White House and the University of California, Berke- than Earth that circle very close to also announced Thursday, is about the Senate in a bipartisan way to get this bill done by September I 1," ley astronomer who leads the plan- the sun. half the size of Saturn or 40 times Gephardt said. et hunting team. "In a sense this Those oddities carry the "wacky the size of Earth. Page 4 THE TECH June 14,2002 OPINION
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Of Scantily- Brice Smith parents; they were merely doing what the NO." After many attempts and many threats, group was chartered to do: hand out papers we finally stopped in front of a dorm to think Hello. We/come to MIT. I won't tell you on campus. When they told the cop that she about what to do. It was at this point that a Clad Women my name, but I'll be your police officer this was a student and that it was an MIT paper, cop threatened to arrest us if we didn't go morning. the cop said he didn't care, and he forced back to "where we belong," and announced Philip Burrowes For most of the hundred or so people who them to move across the street, to where that he didn't care if this was our campus or braved the cold arid rain last Friday to try to there were no parents. not. We all know where to go to get the good present an alternative voice at graduation, Later, an MIT staff member, after spend- Finally, and most seriously of all, two doses of female objectification: music videos, that is sort of how their day began. As the ing time corralled in the "protest zone,"sur- guests of MIT students were walking down comic books, pornography, etc. Ogling is about group marched across the Harvard bridge, rounded by so many orange-coated troopers Massachusetts Avenue from Cambridge, on to reach a new level, however, and it's neces- they were met by a mob of state troopers that it was nearly impossible to see anyone, their way to the protest, when an MIT police sary to stay on the cutting edge, lest we fall waiting to pen them in on the far side of stopped by the parents' line on her way into officer stopped them and demanded to see behind like Russia or the New York Mets. Memorial Drive. The troopers prevented work. She was quickly approached by a the man's ID. They were walking with a (Sure, they might start winning by the time this almost everyone from going over to talk to state cop and ordered to leave. She refused group of people, but the male guest was the article reaches print but, hey, Mike Piazza's the parents,' even though the protesters had and said she was from MIT. He demanded to only black man with dreadlocks. He told the gay.) Technology, social dissolution, and good informed the administration that they would see her ID and she demanded to know his officer that stopping him was wrong and that old-fashioned hormones are making this a great be doing just that - and had heard no objec- badge number;they both refused. He then the cop had only chosen him because of his era for woman-lusters of any sex. Let us stand tion. took hold of her bike and began to drag it, race. The cop responded that, even if that up and take notice. For the twenty students (of whom I was and her, away from the line until she was were true, he still wanted to see his ID and to As music videos provide us with the most one) who had been chosen to sit and watch gone. know what he was doing here. This, from diverse array of women for our viewing plea- Mr. Wolfensohn talk for an hour the day one of our own police officers. No mat- sure, there is no better place to start than MTV. started a little differently. When we ter how you feel about the protesters, MTV, in case you haven't heard, is airing more arrived at the agreed-upon location, we nothing can justify treating a p~rson than just videos nowadays. Knowing what we found police and a continental break- with such disrespect, much less some- like, however, they've sought to maintain a fast, as planned. Around 8:00, though, He then took hold of her bike and began one who is a guest here on campus. flesh standard on all programming. The MTV when we were scheduled to go in, two to drag it) and her, away from the line It is important to realize that this list Movie Awards - which managed to parody vans and several police vehicles of abuses is far from complete. The The Fellowship of the Ring without a twinge of appeared. We were told to get into the until she was gone. overreaction by the MIT administration surreality - were sprinkled with scantily-clad vans, which would transport us to an and the police to a totally peaceful dancers between every pair of cue-card readers. undisclosed location. They didn't even protest was disgraceful. To be fair, only Summer's Hottest Figures brought lack of tell the drivers where we were going. I the MIT police took orders directly clothing out of the filler and into the focus. asked the World Bank spokesman who was Inside Commencement, one of the stu- from the administration. Still,as the organizer "Twenty fine young things squared off in crazy present whether this had been the Bank's dents from the meeting, who had been seated of the event, MIT clearly had strong voice in competitions to prove that they deserve to wear idea. While we were waiting to pass through in the front row, held up a sign giving the any tactical decisions. On a day that was the 'Hottest Figure' title." Granted, it wasn't the metal detectors, he told me that it hadn't World Bank an F. He was immediately supposed to celebrate people's ability to actually summer while they were filming, so and that he found it rather funny how insis- approached by a cop and told, "Alright, think and to figure things out for themselves, occasionally the girls were covered, but when tent MIT was about secrecy and tight securi- buddy, let's go" - in his cap and gown. 12,000 persons experienced something more they did put on those bikinis, the cold made ty. Even after an administrator intervened, the akin to a bad day in a Stalinist dictatorship. their bodies look all the more pleasing. After the meeting, which deserves its own cop still demanded to see the student's ID to From intimidating graduates, to violating Less forgivable are the distractions provid- column, I went to join the. protesters still verify his alleged identity. basic constitutional rights, to silencing stu- ed by male contestants. We only want to see stuck on their comer. It was clear right away Outside Killian Court, more than two dent groups, to overt harassment of guests, males if they're doing things to females. MTV that the cops were overreacting, and all this dozen riot cops had shown up to further iso- we saw the MIT administration allow the will no doubt rectify this when Sorority Life was before the riot police showed up. late the peaceful protesters. It was at that many different police units present to turn starts airing later this month. Basically Big Let's begin with one of the more mild time that the media requested an interview Commencement into an occupation. In doing Brother set at the University of California at abuses. An MIT policeman stopped a student with those of us who had been in the meeting so, MIT's administrators turned their backs Davis, the show promises lots of frat parties, and her guest from handing out copies of The with Wolfensohn. Four of us tried to cross on everything they claim to stand for as lead- and it better well deliver. We can always rely Thistle, a newspaper published by an ASA- the street to find the TV cameras and were ers of an institution seeking knowledge and on Girls Gone Wild if Life proves a disappoint- recognized student group. They were not literally stopped every few feet by police promoting discourse. Let us hope that in the ing. blocking traffic, nor were they disturbing the from different commands telling us "no, No, future MIT does things a little differently. Speaking of that esteemed video series, the Doggfatherhimself is going to issue a product under its imprint, appropriately titled Girls Gone Wild, Doggysty/e. Fans of his award-win- ning (no, really) erotic video appropriately IfThis Isn't Racism .. named Doggystyle will no doubt expect much out of Snoop, but the infomercials aren't sched- Guest Column visions do not, however, apply to Jewish res- government. In the 120-member Knesset, uled to air for a couple of months. In the mean- Bilal Zuberi idents. Palestinians hold only ten seats. time, we must make do with the shower fight A strategy commonly used to achieve Palestinians are subject to discriminatory sequence from his latest music video, Give Up Israel's goal - the greatest possible territo- Israeli licensing and economic policies, the Funk. That scene was largely lifted from Donald Neff, author of 50 Years of Israel ry with a minimal non-Jewish population which have led to widespread poverty. Let us the film Undercover Brother, as the song is writes, "Unlike pornography, which often is within its confines - has been the re-zoning take the tourism industry as an example. from that movie's unOriginal Soundtrack. Of in the eye of the beholder, racism in nations of Palestinian land as green spaces. These Israeli authorities have refused to issue course, one of the themes of that film mayor is self-evident. It comes in the form of a con- areas are officially labeled as public spaces Palestinians the permits for building new may not be that the objectification of women is stitution, the laws that a nation adopts, and but, in fact, serve as land reserves for the hotels or for the expansion of existing ones, a national weakness. You'd have to spend time the behavior of its citizens toward minori- construction of Jewish settlements. Another keeping Palestian-owned hotel numbers figuring out if it's a satire or not. ties. " zoning abuse involves the allocation of land frozen at 1967 figures. Palestinians need per- None of these faux-funk or quasi-Survivor Israel has no constitution, but it has what into National Development Areas. Within mits for all aspects of their life. They need productions, however, can hold a candle to the are called Basic Laws. These laws grant Jews these regions, the government disburses them in order to move to and from towns and announcement at the last Electronic Entertain- special rights that other people living in the funding for development and provides tax to move their goods and produce; they are ment Expo. While there's no word yet on state do not enjoy. One would think that the incentives for industry, as well as education not even allowed to dig for new wells or whether Samus Aran strips at the end of the Jews, who survived and endured the Holo- and housing benefits. Development Areas deepen existing wells without long waiting new Metroid, all of the Dead or Alive women caust, would be among the world's greatest are supposed to be determined according to periods, even when the water runs dry or are definitely taking it off for the ultimate tour- teachers of tolerance. Unfortunately, that socioeconomic criteria. Yet the zones are becomes unsuitable for drinking. nament: a beach volleyball tournament, that is. does not seem to be the case. drawn so as to include a disproportionate The situation in the occupied territories is Did you feel stupid all those years for playing a Israeli Palestinians make up approximate- number of Jewish localities and to exclude even worse. Israelis, who were rightly out- fighting game just to see the females' breasts ly twenty percent of the current population of nearly all Palestinian ones. For example, in raged at being denied access to the Wailing jiggle beneath their oh-so-concealing outfits? Israel. Before 1948, approximately 950,000 the 1998 classification, out of 429 localities Wall when Jerusalem was under Jordanian Then get ready for a guilt-free volleyball game Palestinians lived in what is now the state of accorded Development Area status, only (not Palestinian) rule from 1948 to 1967, using the latest in silicone-simulation graphics Israel, but 800,000 of them left their homes four were Palestinian, despite the fact that have effectively imposed similar restrictions with beach attire. How good a volleyball simu- during the war of 1948-9. Of those remain- Palestinian towns and villages are consis- on the one million Muslims in the Gaza lation DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball will be is ing, nearly a quarter were displaced from tently at the bottom of the socioeconomic Strip. Since 1993, the Israeli government has another story - a less important story. their homes to other locations, thus becom- scale in Israel. denied most Palestinians in the West Bank Still too much clothing for you? Try Dave ing internally displaced refugees. All Israeli citizens, including Palestinians, and Gaza entrance to Israel and restricted Mirra X3, i.e. Dave Mirra xxx. Its premise of The Zionist principles on which the state have the right to vote for members of the their movements within the occupied territo- strippers on bikes may seem like a trite market- of Israel is based forced the state to adopt Knesset and for the Prime Minister, but not ries. The closure of the border has had a dev- ing ploy to keep a stagnating genre aloft, but prejudiced laws and practices that, at best, all rights are citizenship rights. Some rights astating impact on the Palestinian economy unlike DOA or Disney characters, their super treat Palestinians (officially called non-Jews, are defined as "natiomllity rights" and are and is in direct violation of Israel's obliga- supra-thoracic girth is actually pertinent to the miyutim 10 yehudim) as second-class citizens, reserved for Jews - exclusive use of land, tions under international law; section 43 of task at hand. You see, the gameplay doesn't what Neff calls "casualties of a bloody histo- privileged access to private and public the Hague regulations requires Israel to pro- involve just pedals and brakes, but will have ry that left them stranded inside what became employment, and special education loans and vide for the welfare and orderly life of the actual stripping components. Israel." It comes as no surprise that in a state home mortgages, among other things. Israeli residents of the occupied territories. Once a product can get by on its appearance that wishes to remain specifically Jewish, all Arabs have repeatedly demanded nationality The Israeli policies of the past and pre- alone, there's no need to provide significant non-Jews (be they Palestinians or American rights by calling themselves a national sent are the cause of the plight of the Pales- content. Just look at [insert overdone, non-Star Christians) are discouraged from living there. minority, but they have thus far been tinian people: the suffocating economic, . Wars pop culture reference here]. That assumes To maintain the country's Jewish character, described only as a cultural minority, to keep social, and political atmosphere that has. there's any message worth such demeaning the purity of the state of Israel, the Palestini- certain rights away from them. In addition, caused so much frustration among them. This packaging. Should ''women of color," forexam- ans have been continually depicted and dealt many other special privileges in the state of sort of collective punishment of about 2.7 pie, be pleased by Malou Hansonn's appear- with as a demographic threat. Israel has Israel are reserved for those who have served million people, which prevents them from ance as Miss Sweden in the last Miss Universe established policies designed to check that in the military. Military service is compulso- reaching their workplaces and deprives them pageant, or unnerved that it's becoming threat. Re-engineering of the population has ry for all Jews except for the ultra-orthodox of access to medical, educational, and eco- increasingly acceptable to view them as things been accomplished by the denial of building (who still get the same privileges),but Pales- nomic services, as well as to places of wor- to be ranked? Would a world where every permits to Palestinians, the demolition of tinians are banned from joining the Israeli ship, is a crime. Israel presents itself as the Mary Jane, Lois Lane, and Padme Amidala has homes, ID card confiscations, and residency Defense Forces, even though they make up only democracy in the Middle East. It is a an overzealous protector inevitably be a world revocations. For example, any Arab resident one-fifth of the population - a considerably democracy only if we consider the apartheid where it is always the damsel who is in dis- living in Jerusalem and wishing to travel larger fraction than blacks in America. Only regime in South Africa a democracy. If this tress? abroad must obtain an Israeli re-entry visa, four percent of government employees are is not racism, what is? Oh, and there would be nothing especially and living abroad for more than seven years Palestinian, and not a single Palestinian has Bilal Zuberi is a graduate student in the wrong with Mike Piazza, were he a homosexu- will result in a loss of residency. These pro- ever become a cabinet minister in the Israeli Department of Chemistry. al, so there's no need to rush to his "defense." The June 14, Tech 2002
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Room: Building 36, structural risk minimization and its related generalization bounds .. free. First Floor. Sponsor: Assassins' Guild, MIT. Room: NE43 - 8th Floor Playroom. Sponsor: 'Brains and Machines' Seminar Series. Sunday, June 16 12th Internatior:-al Cryocooler Conference. Room: Kresge Auditori- um. Sponsor: Conference Services. 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - MIT Swapfest. MIT's electronics and ham radio flea will take place on the third Sunday of each month this sum- Tuesday, June 18 mer, April thru October. There is tailgate space for over 600 sellers and free, off-street parking for >2000 cars! Buyers admission is $5 (you get 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. - CISR Summer Session: Current Issues in $1 off if you're lucky enough to have a copy of our ad) and sellers Managing Information Technology. For 26 years, CISR Summer spaces are $20 for the first and $15 for each additional at the gate. 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An ally, CISR Summer Session'attracts an international mix of approxi- evening of scenes and monologues about relationships, performed by mately 150 'managers who participate in general and elective sessions MIT Theater Arts Alumni, directed by Senior Lecturer Michael Ouel- over the course of 3 days. $3750. Room: Hyatt Regency Cambridge. lette. free. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Music and Theater Sponsor: Center for Information Systems Research. Arts Section. 12:00 p.m~- 1:00 p.m. - Dreamweaver Quick Start. Dreamweaver 4 is a powerful tool for creating and managing complex web sites. This Monday, June 17 session introduces users to the Dreamweaver interface and gives a brief overview of web publishing practices at MIT.. Room: N42 Demo. 8:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. - CISR Summer Session: Current Issues in Sponsor: Information Systems. Managing Information Technology. For 26 years, CISR Summer 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. - Toastmasters@MIT Evening Meetings. 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~.EMIT Dining Service. June 14, 2002 THE TECH Wolfensohn Defends Bank's Social Reoord Forum, from Page 1 many of his responses to the criti- cism persuasive, but I know that the Wolfensohn said he would press World Bank could do much more in to have open meetings of the Bank's terms of poverty alleviation." board but doubted they would be "He avoided some of the diffi- approved. "If discussions were pub- cult issues by answering the obvious lic, all havoc will break loose Coun- parts of the questions," she said. tries would be offended." James I. Vickery G felt similar- "I vigorously support the release ly. "Wolfensohn gave reasonable, of minutes, but not the actual perfectly fair answers," he said. "It debates, given the sensitivity of is good that he was willing to com- what the board members talk promise, though at times he side- about," W olfensohn said. stepped some issues and gave vague Wolfensohn also responded to explanations. " criticism that the Bank was too slow "The biggest constraint was to act. "The issue of getting people time, and so we didn't get to a lot of out of poverty is a process," he said. the questions people had in mind, "It is a complex and difficult issue. but generally I enjoyed it and Even if we were perfect, which we thought it was interesting," Vickery are clearly not, it cannot be solved said. instantly." Clay said he was "delighted about the way the forum was con- Wolfensohn defends record ducted." Wolfensohn addressed concerns "The students were respectful, that the World Bank projects were and their questions were very well not targeting human, gender, and framed," Clay said. "Mr. Wolfen- labor rights issues. sohn was frank and engaging." "I am being pragmatic," Wolfen- Students differed in their views sohn said, "If the rights issues are of the impact of the forum as well. lifted to visibility, the board of "Wolfensohn is genuine in trying directors won't approve those pro- to change people's opinion of the jects, becauSe it is beyond the juris- Bank, but I don't think the forum diction of the World Bank." changed anyone's mind. The people "I want to deal with rights who went in vehemently anti-Bank issues without calling it that," he walked out anti-Bank," Dudziak said. said. "I am very proud to be a part of "It is unrealistic to think that the World Bank. I can look you in people will change their minds the eye and say that it is a different within an hour,"Vickery said. How- institution," he said. "It is more ever, he felt that the discussion did open and more modest than when I make an impression on him. "I first joined seven years ago." _ came out with a much more positive impression of him and the W orId Opinions on forum mixed Bank," he said. While the students attending the "Some questions he answered forum welcomed the opportunity to better than others," Smith said. meet with Wolfensohn, they dis- "There were a few pieces of enlight- agreed on how informative the gath- ening information. " eringlwas. "At first, Wolfensohn was pretty Students invited to Bank office good with answering questions, Wolfensohn acknowledged that prettY open tQ discussion and not so many of the issues raised at the much being a politician,':" said forum are "not easy questions, and I Leona A. Karnali G.. can only give you flip answers in "MIT students were too aggres- the allotted two or three minutes." sive and defensive about their He invited anyone who wished to views, though," she said. "They continue the discussion to "spend a asked really attacking questions, so day in Washington and meet people that after about halfway through, who work directly with these issues Wolfensohn became defensive." at the World Bank." Smith had a different opinion. "I Clay said that his office would had very little expectation going in, work with the World Bank and the but even then I found the forum to students to set up this engagement. be pretty disappointing," he said. "I "This is a surprise offer, and got the impression that Wolfensohn Mr. Wolfensohn was sincere in wasn't taking us very seriously, dis- extending the invitation," Clay said. missing our criticism with sweeping "It is a generous offer that he generalizations. " made," Vickery said. "I think a lot "It was a smart move of Wolfen- of people will take him up on it, sohn's office to agree to the forum," which would be something good said Rossana Dudziak G. "I find that came out of the forum." Page 12 THE TECH June 14, 2002 Solution to Crossword from page 6 Class of '06 Similar Strategic Plans Seek FOR MI S 0 RES IBABE o PIE T A E V I U LAN BULLHEA0E0 C 0 E 0 SSE. EEL S."'E S K E R S Changes to Phys Ed _L A 0 E.S L I T_ To Previous Classes S N A I l S .5."10 0 E S Class of 2006, from Page 1 percent and from 90 percent to 93 Athletics, from Page 1 itive programs such as intramural HAL O~B RAN 0 ReA AM' N H ART E T ILL percen. sports would be given second con- MESH 0 RES C H EAT and New Jersey. Seventy-nine Of the 985 enrolling freshmen, At the talk, Royer unveiled a sideration. Because of their low EST E E---I M E 0 ALE A T S members of class are international the MIT Admissions Office admit- preliminary rendition/of a wall organizational requirements, _A G E O.F A E 0_ students, nine of them from Cana- ted 28 percent of the class through mural to be painted by artist and recreational programs such as per- ASTRO~.ELBA.ARE da. early action, 68 percent through reg- physicist Matthew Ritchie. sonal fitness, club activities, and S LOT PIG EON TOE 0 TINE URGERIANNE Jones said that this composition ular decision, and accepted 32 stu- Ritchie's mural, a cryptic represen- other informal recreation remain APE 0 N EST S BEE N is not substantially different from dents, or three percent, off of the tation of the Big Bang, is designed the third priority. that of prior classes. waiting list. to remind users of the facility of the In addition to detailing this hier- In addition to the international Upon submitting their applica- important link between body and archy, the strategic plan calls for the ENGINEER/STUDENT students, the class is 34 percent tions, 23 percent of the class stated mind. development of a formal structure WANTED FOR Caucasian, 28 percent Asian, seven an interest in majoring in electrical Royer also noted MIT's record for evaluating, establishing, and percent black, seven percent hispan- INDEPENDENT engineering and computer science. of Academic All-Americans and eliminating both intercollegiate and ic, and two percent American Indi- Fourteen percent declared an inter- showed footage of Jennifer Harris club sports. Furthermore, the depart- PROJECT. FEE TO BE an. The total proportion of under- est in engineering in general, nine Trosper '90's induction to the Acad- ment plans_ to hire a director of NEGOTIATED. represented minorities remains percent in biology, and seven per- emic All-America Hall of Fame. recreational sports to work with CONTACT: GABRIEL constant from the Class of 2005, at cent in physics. Trosper was the first ~T graduate both Royer, who oversees intercol- sixteen percent. RUIZ (617) 640-4189 Students who declined MIT's to be inducted. legiate athletics, and the director of offer of admission were most likely physical education. OR GARY DORNFELD More valedictorians enroll to attend Harvard University Royer discusses plans (732) 238-6660. Jones said that the academic sta- instead. "Far and away, the school Royer also described the latest Education program reforms tistics of the Class of 2006 are near- our admits choose to attend, if not draft of the Athletics Depart- Royer, discussing the plans for a ly identical to those of the Class of MIT, is Harvard," Jones said. Bette ment's strategic plan. The plan new physical education program, 2005. "They are just as terrific as Johnson, associate dean of admis- was suggested in 2000 by then- said "The winds of change are Cambridge. 394 Norfolk St. ever," she said. sions, said that Harvard is consis- chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow blowing strong," Students can stunning new 2 BR Condo's! The average SAT scores have tently the top choice, followed by '72, as a way to help re-balance expect the program to become the Great Inman and union square increased slightly from 756 in Stanford University. the department's resources and "benchmark of a more holistic location. Condos feature math and 711 in verbal to 757 and Jones added that financial con- provide a better service to the MIT approach to fitness," she said. custom granite kitchens, hdwd 712, respectively. Similarly, the cerns were among top reasons for community. The physical education program, floors, central air and plenty percentages of valedictorians and not enrolling. She said it has been Royer said the current draft to be renamed the "Health, Fitness, oJ students ranked in the top five one of the top three such reasons more. Prices range from looks to be an ideal remedy for the and Life Program," will add nutri- percent of their classes have since the Admissions Office began athletics program's recent fmancial tion, stress management, mental $312,000 to $329.900. Only 3 increased from 41 percent to 43 studying those reasons in the 1950s. and managerial struggles. "We are health, and leadership education left. Please contact Linda very pleased with the amount of courses to its curriculum. The Meacham @ Prudential Prime feedback we've had during the plan- department has also been pursuing @ 617-543-7712. have a nice frickin' day ning process," she said. "We have potential partnerships with other been alerted to the primary concerns departments on campus. "MIT Med- of our student-athletes and to the ical, the biomechanical engineering strengths and weaknesses of the and materials science departments, department." and the Center for Sports Innovation The latest revision of the strategic are all possible partners," Royer plan can be found online at the said. There has also been some dis- department's new Web site: cussion of instituting a required
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Several dozen anti-World Bank protesters braved Friday's rain to demonstrate outside the Commencement exercises, where World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn delivered the Com- mencement address.
Police officers outnumbered protesters roughly two to one. State troopers in orange raincoats kept the protesters contained behind temporary fences set up along Memorial Drive, and a troop of riot police waited at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive, lest protesters try to approach the Commencement procession.
Several protesters took turns with the megaphone, including Basav Sen from the Boston-area Bankbusters group, which peti- tioned the Cambridge City Council to boycott the World Bank's bonds.
Photography by Michelle L. Povinelll
Commencement Speakers Encourage Social Activism Commencement, from Page 1 metal detectors and submit belong- as far as Harvard Bridge, where particular by introducing its new instrumental in the success of MIT ings for search by security person- they were stopped by security per- OpenCourseWare system. and America in the past. He empha- Most attendees were still happy nel. sonnel. sized that continuation of such to be in Killian Court. "Despite the The security measures were "Perhaps the weather was a fac- Students, Vest stress social concerns cooperation would be important to difficulties of bad weather and rain, complicated but met with success. tor," Immerman said. Social activism and concern for the world's future. 1 can't think of anywhere else I'd Graduates and guests were quite sat- world affairs was an issue every rather be than rainy Boston," said isfied with the security measures. Wolfensohn's stresses equity commencement speaker addressed. EMTs debut during ceremony Dick Whalen, father of graduate "I'd rather have a slight inconve- Although Wolfensohn's contro- Graduate Student Council Pres- A new student organization Todd E. Whalen SM '02. nience, since it's worth the safety. versial presence at Commencement ident Dilan A. Seneviratne G, made its debut during this year's However, the conditions were They did a good job handling it," brought significant publicity, the criti- advised that peace may be a commencement. The MIT Student eventually too harsh for most. By said Joel Parrish, father of Ian J. cal moment passed fleetingly. In con- achieved if students followed the Emergency Medical Services orga- the conclusion of the ceremony, less Parrish '02. trast to typical Commencement simple etiquette of always being nization assisted the Commence- than half the graduates and audience "The lines were moving pretty addresses, Wolfensohn's spanned considerate of others. "We must ment medical staff in providing care members remained. fast, even thought they were long," only a few minutes. In the words of care about the ourselves as much for attendees. said Revathi Ramani, sister of Prab- graduating senior Megan E. McBee as those around us," Seneviratne "It was our first large-scale coor- Heightened security marks event ha P. Kannan '02. '02, the address was "short and 'said. dinated event," said SEMS Presi- Wolfensohn's association with sweet." The Class of 2005 gift also dent Michael R. Folkert G. the World Bank has generated con- Wolfensohn draws criticism Wolfensohn's primary message reflected the spirit of working for For the past two years, SEMS troversy on campus since his selec- Prior to the ceremony, red to the graduating class was that they the sake of a progressive peace. has been training MIT students as tion as commencement guest speak- "report cards," grading the World must rise to meet the challenge of Class President, Sudeb C. Dalai certified emergency medical techni- er was announced in February. In an Bank with a large "F" were distrib- "planetary equity." He declared the '02, presented the Class of 2002's cians. SEMS is part of the MIT attempt to prevent interruption of uted by protesters for audience world was no longer a place where Peace Garden to MIT President administration's effort to provide the ceremony, administrators imple- members to hold up during Wolfen- one's personal interests were inde- Charles M. Vest. "The Peace Gar- confidential emergency, medical mented far-reaching security mea- sohn's address. Wolfensohn made pendent of conditions of others den symbolizes our community's support for students. Commence- sures. reference to the cards during his around the world. strength and solidarity and the ment was the first time many MIT "People do have the right to dis- speech, laughing them off. "I got "The issue of.poverty, the issue growth of the MIT student," Dalai student EMTs were able to put their agree, but not to disrupt," Immer- too many of them when I went of development, the issue of equity said. skills to use. man said. through university," Wolfensohn is your issue. You cannot avoid it. It President Vest charged gradu- "It's been a tough event. There Extra security measures included said. is the issue of peace, and you, all of ates to use their education, talent, are a lot of cold people," said increasing the typical security staff Other protests held off campus you here, have been trained to make and energy to build a healthier Samuel A. Schweighart G, chief of by approximately 50 people and attracted a crowd somewhat smaller our world a better place." world community. Vest also point- the SEMS ambulance corps. performing a thorough security than anticipated. An estimate of one Wolfensohn also commended ed out that cooperation among peo- This summer, SEMS members check on attendees. Graduates and to two hundred was given for the MIT for taking an active role in the ple of all nationalities and econom- will begin staffing the MIT ambu- guests were required to pass through number of protesters that marched education of global community, in ic backgrounds has been lance four nights a week. I It's a connected world. Do your share.
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Leo {July 23 - Aug 22} You're going to be miser- ably unsuccessful in every other area of your life. Might as well join The Tech. Strung Out perfonned at Kanna Club on June 8. The concert also featured Poison the Well, Rise Against, and Ruflo • . ~ Virgo fAug 23 - Sept 22) ~'_~~~ INTERVIEW You like Alan ~reenspan 11)~ You need money. Join ~ The Tech biz staff. Strung Out Ubra {Sept 23 - Oct 22} Your significant other is Veteran Punk Rockers Still Have the Magic cheating on you with By Joseph Duncan your sibling. Join The Cruz (vocals), Rob Ramos (guitars), Jordan personalities, xou know? It's like a marriage Burns (drums), Jake Kiley (guitars), and - almost like a family. You wouldn't Tech and exact revenge. en-year veteran punk. rock act Strung Chris Aiken (bass), took a step towards the always hang out with ~~ese people if you Out returned to Bos.ton after a four darker side of life with An American Para- were just friends, but when you're. involved Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 2 J) year hiatus between- records and dox and this tour. with something like this you have to learn Your pu~se in life is to blasted Lansdowne Street's Karma The Tech spoke with Burns and Kiley how to deal with them. We all get along, but make other people look Y Club with its unique blend of simultaneously before the show: when you're together in a van or a bus (or a good. Join The Tech and melodic and aggressive punk rock last Satur- six or seven week tour, every little thing work for prod. day to promote its new album, An American The Tech: What music did you listen to as about that person gets magnified. There are Paradox. Bringing Poison the Well, Rise kids that made you want to be a musician? so many great things that inspire us on tour, Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dee Against, and Rufio with them, they were Jake Kiley: A lot of progressive metal and though, so I look at that shit, I don't really 2 J) That other guy, he's welcomed by a packed and enthusiastic punk. I always liked the harder styles of look at the stupid things. wrong. Tell the world. crowd. metal, and then I heard The Descendants and IT: Do you write music on tour? Join The Tech and write Rufio opened this twentieth show of its The Misfits and that kind of got me into JK: Sometimes - we write both at home first tour with a surprising set which showed Punk Rock. for opinion. and on tour. I need t~_get.a. new four-track. all who were there at 6:00 pm that it wasn't Jordan Burns: When I was a little kid I Our last one broke, so we need to ..get a new just another opening act who was going to liked Kiss and a lot of other metal and rock one and record a bunch of ideas, because we Capricom (Dee 22 - Jan play for twenty minutes while people filed in bands. That evolved into all the punk bands already have like five or six ideas. J 9) Your mother will find and then just walk off stage to be instantly - Bad Religion and The Dead Kennedys, TT: Some of your music seems to have a it and call it pornography. forgotten. Although by no means a perfect and I guess it just went from there. political message behind it. Is this just We call it art. Join The performance, Rufio showed considerable tal- TT: What made you want to be a drum- Jason's perspective or is it a message from Tech and become a ph4> ent and consistency for such a new and mer? the whole band? tograpt1er. young band. Also hailing from Strung Out's JB: I played guitar first when I was really JK: Jason writes all the lyrics himself. hometown of Los Angeles, the band play a little. After that, I didn't really play anything I've never been'much into the political side Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb light-hearted brand of emo/punk, stuffed for about three years, until I started playing of things. What I get from our lyrics is that J 8) Strangers wilileam to with vocal harmonies and melodic guitar drums. The first time I sat down on a drum Jason just sings about the things that he's value your advice and riffs. set I could just naturally play. So I rented a been through. The music to us is just emo- Chicago's Rise Against provided an drum set for three months. My parents made your sense of humor. Join tions. When I write my music I try to put astounding change of pace from Rufio, me rent one first, you know, just to make together music that just sets a tone. The The Tech and write for immediately hitting the crowd with an sure it was something I wanted to do - and music comes first and then Jason writes all features. onslaught of hardcore punk rock. The it was something I wanted to do so I just the lyrics afterwards. I think he does a great melodic undercurrents in the band's songs never stopped. job of taking the feel of the music and giving Pisces (Feb J 9 - March 20) distinguish them somewhat from a lot of TT: How much of the new sound was it a voice. You are faster, better, and other hardcore, yet the connection was still influenced by [Chris, who joined the band in TT: Where did you come up with the stronger than the rest. there as the lead singer, Tim McIlrath, 1999] and how much was just the natural name Strung Out? Join The Tech and write shouted to the crowd at one point, "Sing progression that the band was taking? JB: We had the song "Strung Out" on the for sports. along .... If you don't know the lyrics, just JK: I think it would've happened anyway. Skinny Years demo and someone said it scream." When Chris got here, it definitely improved looked good on a sticker. It just kind of stuck Aries (March 2 J- April J 9) Poison the Well went further down the that aspect of the band, but it just accelerated and it's still here today. You like seeing your name hardcore track. They seemed to be the least us in a direction we were already headed. IT: What advice would you give to any- in print. You also like coherent of all the bands, as their songs tend- But you know what? The band just couldn't one wanting to get into the music industry ed to blur into a mash of noise - rather than have existed the way it was anyway so it was now? putting things on your music - far too frequently. While their stu- something we had to do to make the band a JK: You've just got to be willing to give resume. Join The Tech. dio music shows promise, their live shows productive thing again. Now there's no limit up everything to do it. It's one of the seediest need a lot of work to prevent them becoming on what we can do. I think the new record is industries in the world. We're really lucky to Taurus {April 20 - May 20} an offensive blur. - taking the best from all the old stuff, but it's work with the people we do. Just join The Tech. Playing songs from just about all their also doing some things that we've never JB: You need to be willing to work records, Strung Out closed the show with an done before. through a lot of headaches and problems energetic performance that would make any- IT: What do you guys do to prepare for a along the way. I think it's even harder today one proud. Jason Cruz, the lead singer, show? than we first started. If you're in a small brought back memories of Bad Religion with JK: We don't really have a ritual or any- band, you just have to play because you love his incredible presence and sincerity on thing like that. I try to play guitar for about to play. You need to do it because you love stage. ten minutes before going on, but that's about to play and put the whole making money Although the majority of the songs per- it. thing aside. Back in the beginning, we were formed were done with little or no modifica- JB: This tour we've actually taken to sleeping on peoples' floors, in church park- tions from the studio versions, the live per- watching the Cradle of Filth video before ing lots, at rest stops with sleeping bags. I formance communicated an irreproducible going on. They're pretty sick. think if we didn't go through that it'd be sense of emotion and weight that few bands TT: What's a classic story from one of lame, though. If we'd just signed a major can match. "Firecracker" from Suburban your tours? record deal, jumped on a big tour bus and Teenage Wasteland Blues and "Cult of the JB: On this tour we broke into Rufio's bypassed all the roots stuff, all the uphill bat- Subterranean" from the new record, An room - this is their first tour. We got into tle, we wouldn't have the perspective of what American Paradox, highlighted just how their room and we lit off a Piccolo Pete while we've done. We had like six people in a van much the band has evolved over the past they were asleep. It was like fve in the morn- and we'd drive past a big tour bus and just eight years, while stiJI retaining the magic ing and they were dead asleep. It smoked out dream about it, but here we are now. that got it started in the first place. The mem- the whole room and they all had to come out JK: The independent scene is safer, but bers of Strung Out successfully showed that for like an hour. you have to be willing to work a lot harder. they still know how to put on one of the best TT: What's one of the hardest things You have to go out there and spend a good punk shows around. you've had to overcome as a band? five to ten years really. It doesn't just happen The five-piece band, comprising Jason JK: Well you have to deal with all the overnight. June 14, 2002 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 15
CONCERT REVIEW tarists. a bassist, and a pianist, was a seriously under-showcased asset. Alanis Morissette Although they were all acknowledged at one point or another during the show, You Oughta Know Better. the instrumentalists were denied many opportunities By Pey-Hua Hwang Jagged Little Pill, "You Learn," which had for rifTs and solos. Longer STAFF WRITER Morissette running around in circles, banging jam sessions on stage Alanis Morissette her head, and joining the drummer for a would have broken up the Tweeter Center clanging cymbal finish. "All Morissette, all the June 5,2002 Morissette's music has diversified from time" feel of the concert. songs composed of pure angst to include the As it was, the band mem- erhaps it was the incredibly muggy influence of eastern sounds and more reflec- bers seemed like little more weather, or perhaps the crowd was tive melodies. In "Flinch," she played an than moving background just tired, but the opening number of acoustic guitar instead of her sparkly electric statues. P Alanis Morissette's show was lack- model and evoked a more intimate and vul- Though she connected luster. The energy took a step downward from nerable mood. A pleasant addition - a whole with her audience best the excited anticipation that had built up in the new set of lyrics or at least a cover of some when singing, Alanis did- crowd during the set change after opener other song in the middle of "So Unsexy" - n't use the time-honored Howie Day. Morissette, dressed in a sheer red also helped set this live performance apart call-and-response tactic to tank top and black leather pants, opened with from the experience of merely blasting her build audience involve- "Baba." Fortunately, the excitement in the CD. ment. Perhaps the confi- crowd soon picked up and by the fourth song, Unfortunately, Morissette still hasn't really dence she could have "Hand in My Pocket," the crowd was singing figured out what to do with her hands and feet gained from hearing her along. During this song, Morissette was c1ear- when she's singing an up-tempo song and the choruses belted back at her Iy in her element, gesturing confidently and microphone is in the stand. She fidgeted, during songs like "Head working the front of the stage like a motiva- swaying back and forth and waving her hands Over Feet," which had the tional speaker. like a conductor with a nervous twitch. She majority of the amphithe- Morissette took the energy from the crowd also had trouble communicating with the audi- ater standing and singing and internalized it, delivering it back to the ence. She seemed overly anxious, and tossed along, would have reduced RANKiN audience in the focused form of several bal- out a "Thank you so!" or "Thank you so the number of unnecessary Alanis Morissette performed June 5 at the Tweeter Cen- lads titled "Purgatory I," "Purgatory 2," and much!" after every song, as if the audience Thank you's. ter. Her 2002 North American tour ends in Milwaukee on "Purgatory 3." These ballads were inter- would start to leave if she didn't address them Overall, the concert was June 27. spersed throughout her set and showcased her every so often. Perhaps it was fitting that she enjoyable, if not earthshatteringly revelatory. able only during the radio hits and the slower vocal range. Other highlights of the set were closed her set with the song "Thank You," It was often hard to hear the lyrics, which ballads. A newcomer to Morissette's music the thoughtful "That Particular Time," which which involved the aforementioned nervous- reduced the emotional power of her music. would not have been overwhelmed at this she played in the s,econd encore as a calming tic dancing. Unless the listener already had all the songs concert, but a devoted fan could leave having finisher, and the hit single from the album Her band, which consisted of two gui- memorized, the experience was truly enjoy- danced to and sung along with every tune. Alternative Music Festival Draws 30,000 to Foxboro River Rave, from Page 16 phone-clutching vocals in songs like "Take It Or Leave It," "Soma," and "Barely Legal." enthusiastic encouragement finally sank in and The gritty, understated vocals of dreary- the band began to loosen up. eyed, pretty-faced Casablancas were inaudible The tight 'vocal harmonies between lead' in the din of overamplified instruments, but the guitarists/vocalists Adkins 'and Tom Linton projection monitors on the sides of the stage meshed with three- guitars (including bassist revealed his brow contorting with the internal- Rick- Burch) and drums (Zach Lind) for a ized labor of working himself up to the throat- "gripping, crystalline punk-rock sound. The tearing "Last Night." Albert Hammond Jr.'s band capped off its set intelligently, rousing hyperkiIietic guitar solos threatened (nicely) to the audience's voices with the 1980s-esque turn into "Johnny B. Goode," while Nick "Whoah-oh-oh:..oh-oh"s of "Sweefness" and Valensi made short, memorable declarations finishing with the hit song "The Middle." with his guitar. Nikolai Fraiture brooded over The energy and clarity of Sum 41 's perfor- his bass and Fabrizio Moretti went fabulously fuance 'e!1gaged the crowd, for a standout set. insane, his body conducting the complex beats ,The bandmembers 'jumped, ran around, and and rhythms of his drum set. even allowed "The Ladies Man" (who appeared Papa Roach began its performance with one to be a roadie) to play the drums. Guitarist Dave of its hits, "Between Insects and Angels." Lead Brownsound, leaped atop 'an amplifier in the singer Jacoby Shaddix's voice didn't project middle of the stage and played a behind-the- over the loud distortion created by the amplifier, neck solo, to his fans' delight: Sum 41 finished a problem that turned to be advantageous for its performance with "Fat Lip," its hit off the Papa Roach, because the crowd knew enough American Pie 2 soundtrack and the album All of the lyrics to sing for him. At "Last Resort," Killer No Filler. Shaddix stopped singing altogether, and no one The Strokes' stylish, composed stage pres- seemed to care. ence initially seemed to mimic that of Our This year's River Rave comprised nine Lady Peace, but it soon became evident that memorable hours of sweat, commercialism, this New York club band was a significant raving, screaming, and, last, but not least, music force to be reckoned with, or at least introduced (including a surprise appearance by early 90s on The Ed Sullivan Show. Sporting vintage rap act Public Enemy). The amplified instru- haircuts, slim pants and close-fitting jackets on ments and voices of established, new, and rising AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH .waiflike bodies, the band made a blast-from- stars bestowed not only temporary deafuess but Public Enemy made an appearance and filmed crowd scenes for an upcoming video for the-past fashion statement that might have been a deep, albeit hot and sticky, satisfaction on the the new song "Give the Peeps What They Want." ridiculous had their formidable musical talent thousands of people who made their way to not blown away any,nonbelievers. The band's Foxboro with expectations for old favorites and deliciously addictive sound combined 1970s left having heard 'new ones, and who look for- influences and quick, sharp hooks with lead ward to next year's similarly varied showcase singer Julian Casablancas' modem, micro- of punk, rock, and hip-hop. Sick of bands that sound like this?
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AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH arts@the-tech. mit. edu ,Lead singer Rain Maida of Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace gestures toward the audience from the main stage. Page 16 THE TECH ~June 14, 2002 THE ARTS CONCERT REVIEW River Rave 2K2 Sal~ Sweat, and Music Draw Punk, Rock, and Hip-Hop Fans By Sandra Chung, Patrick Hereford, offset the highway robbery of five-dollar bottles more different and Pey-Hua Hwang of water. Thankfully, the pleasantly warm from Tenacious STAFF WRITERS weather never reached the dangerous 100- D's. With their BCN's River Rave 2K2 gathered degree-plus temperatures oflast summer's Vans dual gifts of twenty-two artists and 30,000 fans Warped Tour, so fans survived and artists had comedic and for a lot of loud, live music in and to work up a sweat. musical talent, W around the vast new CMGI stadium Though the bands on the smaller stage were the dynamic pair in Foxboro. The artists were separated by style more obscure than those in the stadium, they still of Jack Black into three categories with corresponding infused their sets with plenty of energy. Simple and Kyle Gass venues. Larger rock and hip-hop acts such as Plan won over the crowd with its charisma, self- was born for live Our Lady Peace and Outkast performed for the deprecating humor, and accessibility, as well as performances. majority of the audience from the main stage. a clean, solid performance. The lead singer Armed with only declared to the audience, acoustic guitars "If I just happen to jump, and their own AARON D. MIHALlK-TflE TECH catch me," and managed voices, they Lead singer Deryck Whibley of Sum 41jams from atop an amplifier to get in a bit of crowd assaulted the during his band's performance at River Rave 2K2. surfing. The band's songs audience with a crude, hiiarious medley of assertion that he'd never thought a band he was were all upbeat, with well- impromptu humor and music .. in would be playing to massive crowds with intoned vocal harmonies In between numbers from their self-titled girls wearing marijuana leaves sitting atop and perfectly timed jumps release, Black asserted his Napoleonic complex guys' shoulders. Adkins introduced the band in rhythm to music like the by competing with Gass in a pedestal size con- with a simple "Good afternoon," before launch- catchy "Don't Mean Any- test, and loudly declaring his search for "back- ing immediately into "Praise Chorus," "Bleed thing To Me." stage Bettys." He solemnly introduced the saxa- American," "If You Don't, Don't," "Get It Simple Plan catered boom, a toy well to the predominantly saxophone on teenage crowd with the which he feigned song "The Worst Day playing a short Ever," which lead singer solo, then sang a Pierre introduced by silly version of yelling "Let's say 'Fuck the original Star Monday! '''after polling Trek theme that the audience as to whether elicited confused they had to go to school or but enthusiastic work the next day. Simple cheers from the Plan's music had an infec- relatively young tious quality, a combina- audience. None tion of rebelliousness and of this tomfool- innocence that captured ery dimmed the every teenager's "The pair's impressive sky's the limit" outlook on musical talent, life with songs like "One exemplified by Day." The band's genuine Gass' formidable enjoyment of performing skills on the gui- showed in their tar and Black's omnipresent smiles and all-out, perfectly _ enthusiasm, as well as intonated vocal An kid in a wheelchair involuntarily surfs the rowdy crowd a~GI their willingness to meet style, which field. ~~ their fans face-to-face out- raged from falsetto balladeering to forceful belt- Faster':::'The A.rity SOng;' "Lucky Denvcr side the autograph booth. ing. Mint," and "No Sensitivity," without so much On the main stage, the Jimmy Eat World gave an equally intense as a breath between songs.1:Je added a timid, AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH wildly popular rock band but significantly more introverted performance. "Thank Y0,!l v~ch," before, "Goodbye Sky Albert Hammond, Jr., a guitarist for the New York band The Our Lady Peace gave a The band appeared to be somewhat intimidated Harbor,'~ after which the aUdience's loud, Strokes, strums his axe. lukewarm performance. by the huge, wild audience - a supposition ------~_ ..------Smaller crowds gathered in the parking lot, The stark contrast between the high-energy per- confirmed later by band leader Jim Adkins' River Rave, Page 15 which hosted a rave tent for spinners like Paul formances of other artists and the studio-session Oaken fold, and a small stage for indie bands calm of Our Lady Peace made it seem as like A New Found Glory and Abandoned Pools. though the band was giving nothing to an audi- The parking lot also featured a few carnival ence who was giving everything. The huge attractions (e.g. greasy food stands and a climb- crowd moshed and sang along to unembellished ing tower) as well as the usual merchandise hits like "Superman's Dead," "Clumsy," and stands and a constantly mobbed autograph "Starseed," with nothing offered in return but a booth where artists were scheduled to appear perfunctory stunt from lead singer Rain Maida, and sign their CDs. A halfpipe, where skate- who climbed a tall metal column at the front of boarders performed aerial tricks, catered to fans the stage with a microphone in his hand but did- of the X games, and offered a chance to win an n't break a sweat throughout the whole perfor- Xbox. The popular SoBe and Dunkin' Donuts mance. stands gave out free drink samples which nearly Our Lady Peace's set could not have been (Clockwise from right) Spinner Paul Oakenfold performs for an enthusiastic audience in the rave tent, in the parking lot next to CMGI field. Actor and musician Jack Black, of Tenacious 0, steps up to the microphone on the main stage. Drummer Dave Buckner keeps the beat for popular hip-hopjrock group Papa Roach. Photography by Aaron D. Mihalik.