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Volume 119, Number 28 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 11, 1999 'Car Talk' Brothers Address Graduates By Frank Dabek EDITOR IN CHIEF the audience: "the news ain't good Pomp and circumstance made for you" way for Click and Clack at MIT's A visual aid employed by the 133rd Commencement. brothers listed species in ascending Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known order of happiness: humans ranked as Click and Clack the Tappet at the bottom of the scale followed brothers to listeners of their by the golden retriever, cow, worms National Public Radio show "Car and finally grass. Talk," addressed the over 2,000 Although the brothers were criti- . members of the graduating class of cal of the type of left brain mentali- 1999. Tom and Ray, alumni of the ty that MIT represents in their class of '58 and '72, respectively, address, Ray at least, gained. some- advised students to use their "right thing from his education here. "MIT brain" and take time out of their taught me how to survive," he said lives to have fun. before the ceremony, " ... and how The brothers' rambling, some- to swim." The competitive environ- what unconventional address ment of the Institute taught him to focused on the proposition that "deal with my ignorance... accept it intelligence and happiness are and embrace it." inversely related, which they enti- Tom relayed his own answer to

REBECCA LOH-THE TECH tled the "theory of reverse incarna- Commencement, I t. Thousands gathered in Killian Court last Friday for the 133rd Commencement Exercises . tion." The upshot of their theory for Page 16 .Domecoming, New Year's Eve Receive Large Event Funds By Emily Glassinger ever, events were chosen on the Domecoming will be organized feature "a live band or two... good Moses PhD '67 allocated an addi- basis of their appeal to the larger by the Dormitory Council, the food and spectacular lighting and tional $200,000 to student activities In a change from last year, the MIT community. Many proposals Interfraternity Council and the decorations." bringing the total Institute funding $25,000 large event funding alloca- that were rejected focused on a Campus Activities Complex This December, the MIT Gospel for such activities to $300,000. The tion will be evenly distributed small sub-population or specific cul- Program Board. Choir, the Black Christian funds are intended to allow student among four selected events. ture, according to outgoing Since Domecoming was not Fellowship, Chinese Bible groups to hold events that bring a While the majority of last year's Graduate Student Council President, fully funded, event organizers are Fellowship and the United Christian diverse population of students funding sponsored one festival, this Brian J. Schneider G, who served on currently looking for alternative Fellowship will host a gospel con- together. year's funds will go towards a the ad hoc funding panel. funding sources, such as the cert. The concert will be held in A total of $50,000 was set aside "domecoming" weekend, a large- Undergraduate Association. Kresge Auditorium. for large events through discussions scale New Year's Eve party, a lec- Domecoming planned for October "Originally we were hoping to make A lecture by James Randi will be between representatives from the ture by James Randi, and a gospel Homecoming festivities will the whole weekend free ... but we sponsored by the MIT Atheists, UA, the GSC and the Association of concert. officially be called Domecoming might have to charge for the ball if Agnostics and Humanists and the Student Activities. Schneider said

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IRS Rejects Christian Coalition Milosevic Tells Country War .... Claim to Tax-Exempt Status TilE WASIIINGTON POST WASHINGTON Was A 'Great Achievement' The IRS has rejected the Christian Coalition's 10-year struggle to win tax-exempt status, dealing a major setback to a mainstay of the By Richard Boudreaux accepted doesn't mention a vote. an unequal fight. Republican Party and to the political-business empire that turned tele- LOS ANGELES TIMES "We never gave up Kosovo," "It's the same scenario we have ~ vangelist Pat Robertson into a power broker of the religious right. BELGRADE. YUGOSLAVIA Milosevic proclaimed in his only seen before," said Zoran Todorovic, The IRS action is virtually certain to make conservative pastors, Having lost a disastrous war to televised speech on the conflict, a 45-year-old pharmacist. concerned about risking their charitable status, reluctant to maintain keep NATO forces out of Kosovo, seeking to head off debate over who "Milosevic always presents his close ties to the Christian Coalition, and less willing to distribute its Yugoslav President Siobodan lost the place. "The political process defeats as victories." controversial voter guides and other material, according to supporters Milosevic is staking his political can involve only the autonomy of Milosevic rose to power in and critics of the coalition. survival on efforts to keep the Kosovo, nothing else .... Today our 1987, first as the leader of Serbia The IRS ruling, first reported Thursday by the St. Petersburg province's Serb minority from flee- sovereignty is guaranteed." and then of the Yugoslav federation, Times, further diminishes the coalition's ability to maintain its influ- ing in panic and to claw his way And what of the nearly 50,000 by stirring ethnic hatred over -r ence in the Republican Party in the wake of other damaging develop- back into favor with the West. NATO forces now rolling into Kosovo. His strategy led to three ments. Over the past 10 years, the coalition has emerged as the coun- As his troops began withdraw- Kosovo as homecoming escorts for wars that tore the federation apart, terpart to organized labor and the women's movement in the ing in defeat from a place Serbs call the Albanians he expelled en starting with Slovenia's indepen- \r- Democratic Party. their cultural heartland and as the masse? Didn't the Yugoslav leader dence, then Croatia's and Bosnia- Many conservatives described the IRS action as a roundhouse Western alliance halted 11 weeks of swear that foreign boots would Herzegovina's. The violence came punch to a group already on the ropes, as its revenue dropped from bombing, Milosevic made an never tread there? home to Serbia last year when $26 million in 1996 to $17 million in 1997. Orwellian appearance on national "The forces that come to Albanian guerrillas of the Kosovo .. television Thursday to declare his Kosovo will serve peace, regardless Liberation Army tried to win inde- war effort "a great achievement." from which countries they come," pendence by force. Experimental Missile Defense His explanation for picking this Milosevic said in a conciliatory sig- Because those previous wars • fight - one that cost an estimated nal to his enemies. The important uprooted minority Serbs by the hun- System Tests Successfully 2,000 civilian lives, drove hundreds thing for Yugoslavia, he explained, dreds of thousands, it is easy to THE WASIIINGTON POST of thousands of ethnic Albanians is that the NATO-led peacekeeping imagine a mass exodus of Serbs WASHINGTON from Kosovo in a bloody purge and force has a formal U.N. mandate- from Kosovo as Milosevic's troops "1- An experimental Army missile defense system succeeded wrecked Yugoslavia's economy - a face-saving stamp of international leave and the persecuted Albanians Thursday in doing what it had failed to do in six previous attempts: went like this: legitimacy to Serb eyes. come home. Serbs made up one- destroy a speeding missile with another missile. Before the bombing, the West Even as many Serbs welcomed tenth of Kosovo's prewar popula- i,.' Nearly 60 miles over a New Mexico test range, the Army's was demanding a deal that would the peace with champagne, car tion of 2 million. Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor collided have given Kosovo's Albanian horns, noisy midnight rallies and Fearing that such an exodus with its intended target in a powerful explosion that produced a large majority a large measure of self-rule tracer bullets fired skyward, it was would destabilize Serbia and threat- white puff of smoke visible from the ground, according to observers. and a chance to take a nonbinding hard to find anyone in Belgrade who en his hold on power, Milosevic and J.; "The test went exactly as planned," said a delighted Brig. Gen. vote on independence from Serbia, saw these concessions as anything his advisers are trying to persuade Dan Montgomery, who oversees the Army's missile defense effort. the dominant Yugoslav republic, but a cover for Serbia's humiliation Kosovo's Serbs to trust the foreign THAAD is designed to protect troops and bases from medium- within three years. The pact he after 78 days of pointless sacrifice in peacekeepers and stay put. range ballistic missiles like those being developed by North Korea, Iran and Iraq. But Thursday's demonstration has implications beyond battlefield defense. The same "hit-to-kill" concept is at the core of an even more ambitious anti-missile system, which is under develop- Indonesian Parties Maneuver ment to guard the entire United States and recently got fresh impetus from Congress. First Calf in U.S. to Be Cloned As Tallying of Votes Continues By Keith B. Richburg the vote. Golkar, the ruling party of before the balloting Monday that From Adult Cow Is Born THE WASHINGTON POST the discredited Suharto government, PDI-P would emerge with only a JAKARTA. INDONESIA TIlE IIARTFORD COURANT appears to be heading for second third of the votes. Now it appears STORRS, CONNECTICUT Vote counting from Indonesia's place, with about 20 percent of the that the pro-reform parties, if they A 94-pound Holstein named Amy was born Thursday morning in first free election in 44 years contin- vote. can stay united, will hold a solid Storrs, Conn., University of Connecticut officials said, the first calf in ued at an excruciatingly slow pace The Muslim-based United majority in the legislature and can the United States to be cloned from an adult cow. Thursday. But enough clear trends Development Party (PPP), consid- claim to represent the popular will Jubilant researchers at UConn celebrated the delivery by have emerged, from the small num- ered a likely Golkar ally, could for change. And with at least 15 per- Caesarean section at 10:30 a.m., saying Amy will help scientists ber of returns now in and from the come in third place, with about 15 centage points' difference between understand the mysteries of aging, speed breakthroughs in medicine projections of independent moni- percent of the vote. And a conserva- PDI-P and Golkar, Megawati can and agriculture and possibly preserve endangered species. tors, that political party officials and tive Muslim party, the National also claim that a Golkar-Ied coali- "This is one valuable animal," said Dr. Xiangshong "Jerry" analysts were shifting their attention Awakening Party, led by tion would not enjoy popular legiti- Yang, head of the Transgenic Animal Facility at UConn and one of to the next phase of the complex Abdurrahman Wahid, should macy. the scientific fathers of Amy. Yang said staff members planned to process - forming the coalitions emerge a close fourth. But as the second-place finisher, stay throughout the night with the newborn. that will select the nation's next The National Awakening Party Golkar is also expected to try to Like the famous cloned sheep Dolly, Amy was created from president. joined in a pre-election coalition retain power - and to keep the DNA taken from an adult cell, in this case taken from the ear of a 14- What is apparent so far is that with PDI-P, and Wahid is consid- incumbent, B.J. Habibie, in the year-old, top-milk-producing cow named Aspen. The DNA was fused the opposition Indonesian ered a likely governing partner for presidential palace - by cobbling in an embryo that had been stripped of its genetic material. The Democratic Party of Struggle, or Megawati. together a minority parliamentary embryo was then implanted into a surrogate mother on Oct. 5. PDI-P, will emerge as the dominant The showing by Megawati's coalition and then relying on the party in the new parliament, captur- party appears much better than votes of appointed members and the ing between 35 and 40 percent of expected - many analysts said military. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, June 11., 1999 '.A

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Whistleblower Gets $1. 7 Million Settlement

l.OS ANGEl.ES TIMES , . Chicago's Anti-Loitering Law FRESNO. CALIF. By David G. Savage These laws are linked to a criminal enforcement of the law and sent the California has agreed to pay $1.7 million to whistleblower LOS ANGELES TIMES offense. case moving upward to the Supreme Richard Caruso, a former guard at Corcoran State Prison who broke WASHINGTON By contrast, Chicago's 1992 Court. the code of silence a!1d exposed a pattern of deadly shootings of The Supreme Court struck down ordinance, told police to go after For the justices, the case inmates, only to lose his career. a Chicago anti-loitering law young men who were seen "loiter- became a classic test of individual The settlement came together late Wednesday after months of Thursday that authorized the police ing with no apparent purpose." freedom vs. public order. negotiation in which top officials, including Gov. Gray Davis, had to sweep the streets of those who Once warned to disperse, these per- A year ago, some prosecutors urged a resolution to Caruso's five-year ordeal. look to be gang members. sons faced arrest if they failed to and conservative legal scholars said "The nightmare is finally over," Caruso said. "Now 1 can take The 6-3 decision instead gave move on to the officer's satisfaction. they were optimistic Chicago offi- care of my family." .. an unexpected endorsement to old- To make arrests or win convic- cials would prevail, believing a .con- Caruso, 35, had sued the state, alleging that prison officials creat- fashioned principles of civil liber- tions under the law, the city did not servative-leaning Supreme Court ed a hostile work environment and effectively forced him to retire. ties. Despite its laudable purpose, need to show that the young men was ready to give police a freer He said they did this after he and another officer went to the Fbi with the Chicago law gave the police too had previously been convicted of a hand. The "gang menace" demand- evidence of set up fights and shootings at the San Joaquin Valley ... much power, the high court ruled, crime, had committed a crime dur- ed a new, get-tough approach, city prison near Fresno. and it punished the normally inno- ing their arrest or were planning to prosecutors said. Caruso and Lt. Steve Rigg were vilified as rats by the prison cent act of standing on a public commit an offense. They argued that by controlling guard union and investigated by top corrections officials when they sidewalk. As Justice John Paul Stevens, a the sidewalks and public parks, the went public with their allegations in 1996. In a free society, police cannot Chicago native, noted, the law police could reduce crime and make With Wednesday's settlement, California taxpayers have now be given unchecked authority to would have permitted the arrest of the city livable for law-abiding resi- paid nearly $5 million in damage awards for abuses at Corcoran, arrest citizens, even those who two young men standing outside dents of troubled neighborhoods. where 50 inmates were wounded or killed by guards firing assault - might be gang members, the justices Wrigley Field, even if they were For those vulnerable citizens, they rifles to stop inmate fights. said. Officers need some evidence simply waiting to see Cubs star ,argued, it is not police power that is of wrongdoing before they inter- Sammy Sosa leave the park. a threat but criminal street gangs. vene. By 1995, Chicago police had In an angry dissent that he read Those who loiter for the purpose issued 89,000 dispersal orders under in the court, Justice Antonin Scalia Hastert Abandons Effort to Forge of selling drugs, soliciting prostitu- the ordinance and made 42,000 , voiced that view. "I would trade my tion or intimidating others, for arrests. Most of those arrested were right to loiter any day in exchange Common GOP Position on Gun example, can be ordered to "move black or Latino. That year, a state for the liberation of my neighbor- THE WASIIINGTON POST WASHINGTON on" or face arrest, the court said. court in Illinois halted the city's hood," he said. Under pressure from all sides, House Speaker 1. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Thursday abandoned his efforts to forge a common Gap posi- ''I Regulators to Change How Calls tion on gun legislation and said he would leave it up to the House to "work its will" on the politically volatile subject when it comes up for a vote next week. While Hastert has been trying hard this week to reassert his lead- Placed to Cell Phones Are Billed ership over the f!'~ctious GOP caucus, he said Thursday that the party By John Schwartz make the first minute of incoming call?" he said. was so divided on the wisdom of further gun controls that his leader- THE WASHINGTON POST calls free. The system is already common ship team would not take an official position and "whip" members WASHINGTON Many people don't buy cell in Europe and many other countries, into line. Federal regulators Thursday took phones for fear of incoming and accounts for a measure of the "Everybody has their points of view on this and I think they will aim at one of the most exasperating charges, Kennard said; others get explosive growth in use of cell be able to work their will in the House," said Hastert, who personally things about owning a cellular phones but turn them off when they phones worldwide. Kennard cited favors background checks at gun shows and other proposals to keep phone: that when someone dials an~ not making calls, for the same figures gathered for cell-phone weapons from children. "I think even within our conference there are your number, you pay for the privi- reason, making 'the phones half as maker Motorola Inc. showing that two or three different points of view, and legitimately so." lege of taking the call .. useful as they might be. the advent of CPP in Argentina, for Hastert's announcement amounted to a reversion to a more lais- Under a "calling party pays" Under the proposed system, example, coincided with a doubling sez-faire leadership style that came under criticism when the House (CPP) system tentatively Thursday people dialing a CPP cell phone of cell-phone use. reached impasses over spending policy and the Kosovo conflict. Only proposed by ~he Federal would hear a recorded message say-, "When I talk to my counterparts three days ago, Hastert adopted a more assertive posture, warning Communications Commission, cell ing that they were about to incur in the European community, they Gap colleagues that they needed to rally together behind a common phone users would have the right to charges. The charges would appear just 'don't understand why we don't agenda or risk losing control of the House next year necessarily," designate that people calling their on their monthly phone bills, in have ' calling party pays' in this Watts said. "There's a lot of different dynamics to this thing." phones would foot th~ full bill. In a much the same way that long-dis:- country," said Kennard, who leaves The House Rules Committee will begin taking testimony Monday variation, people would be able to tance calls do. CPP is currently in his own cell phone off so he won't afternoon on what is expected to be a lengthy list of amendments, and designate that they'd continue to small test markets around the coun- have to pay for unwanted incoming the measures should reach the House floor by Wednesday. Rep. Jack pay for calls coming from certain try, but no cell-phone company has calls. Despite Wheeler's enthusiasm Kingston, R-Ga., predicted the final bill would be "a patchwork quilt numbers - the aged parents' home, been able to offer the service nation- for CPP, many cellular companies of ideological axes being ground." for instance. The move is "an wide bec,ause of regulatory and don't like the system because of the important step forward for competi- billing issues, said Tom Wheeler, expense and administrative hassles tion" in the cell-phone market, said chief executive of the Cellular of tracking down the callers for Ape's Confinement Sparks FCC Chairman William E. Kennard. Telecommunications Industry billing, said telecommunications "It will introduce wireless services Association. analyst Jeffrey Kagan of Kagan A Gorilla Action by Protesters to a whole new category of con- The new system "is going to Telecom Associates. LOS ANGELES TIMES sumers." remove this albatross that has hung "It looks as though the FCC is MIAMI

. ' Since the advent of cell phones over the neck of wireless sub- finally going to drag America's cel- King is scheduled for three shows a day, every day. But even after in this country in the 1980s, users scribers over the last 15 years," lular industry kicking and screaming 20 years, he's not much of a performer. So as visitors gather in front have paid for "airtime," regardless Wheeler said, allowing head-to- into ' calling party pays,' " Kagan of his steel-barred cage, King often sits in the comer while a trainer of whether they placed or received head competition between wireless said. "They've convinced them- pleads with him to move. "This is voluntary play time. He is not the call. On typical bulk rate plans, phones and conventional, or ''wire- selves that there is not a lot of con- forced," says a Monkey Jungle guide. "Sometimes he is in a lazy subscribers pay 10 cents a minute line," phones: "How can you ever sumer demand for it - but asking mood. Or he's tired, or it's too hot." for calls in either direction. Many compete with the wire line market if consumers about something that King, who is 29, is the last of his kind in the United States: an plans, trying to mitigate the effect, every incoming call is a collect doesn't exist yet can be tricky." adult gorilla caged in solitary confinement at a remote private zoo. And a coalition of animal experts wants him freed. "His situation is unacceptable," said Dan Wharton, director of New York's Central Arafat Waits For Signs of Barak's Park Zoo. Wharton has joined officials of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and other animal rights activists in asking King's owners to send the 450- Position on Mideast Peace -Accords pound silver-back male to Zoo Atlanta, where he could live in an out- door, naturalistic environment and be introduced to otheis of his By Tracy Wilkinson "We are for a comprehensive a "comprehensive peace" that' species .. LOS ANGELES TIMES . peace in the Middle East - the encompasses all the parties. But So far, Monkey Jungle President Sharon Dumond, whose family GAZACITY Syrian track, the Lebanese track and given a history of enmity between opened the park as a tourist attraction in rural Miami-Dade county 64 Like almost everyone else in the the Palestinian track," he said, sug- the Palestinians and Syrians, this years ago, has spumed efforts to move King, saying he is content in Middle East, P~lestinian Authority gesting that the three negotiations does not seem easily achievable. the 30-foot-by-40-foot concrete cage in which he has lived since President Yasser Arafat is waiting could complement each other. The Palestinians are especially 1979. But Dumond has acknowledged that King deseryes a new habi- eagerly -and somewhat apprehen- After three years dominated by disturbed by persistent reports in tat. sively - to see what the new prime stalemate, Israel and the Israeli media suggesting Barak will "His enclosure is woefully inadequate," said attorney Frank A. minister of Israel will do when it Palestinians have before them some skip the next phases of last fall's Rubino, to whom Monkey Jungle staffers steer calls about King. "But comes to making peace with Israel's of the most nettlesome, unresolved Wye River agreement to move our solution to the problem is to build King a better habitat here." Arab neighbors. issues that will go into a final settle- directly to so-called final status In an interview, Arafat praised ment: borders between the two enti- talks. his new negotiating partner, Prime ties; the status of Jerusalem, a holy The Wye agreement provided ,Body of Missing Doctor Minister-elect Ehud Barak, for city to both sides; water rights in for Israel to hand over to Palestinian showing "real determination" to this dry desert land; and Jewish set- control another 13 percent of the Found in VIrginia move ahead with peace. tlements in the West Bank. West Bank. In exchange, the TilE WASIIINGTON POST Barak's victory May 17 over With Lebanon and Syria, mean- Palestinians would fulfill a range of WASHINGTON conservative Prime Minister while, Barak appears especially security measures. Israel had only Henry Wieman, a Washington-area physician missing since June Benjamin Netanyahu awakened keen to renew talks and reach an begun to withdraw its troops from 3, was found dead near Goshen Pass, Va., authorities said Thursday. high hopes among Israelis and agreement that would pacify Israel's the designated areas when His death by shotgun was labeled a suicide. Palestinians. But tne Palestip.ians last active war front. He has pledged Netanyahu suspended the agree- Known for his homespun wisdom and gentle sense of humor, are worried that the incoming Israeli to withdraw Israeli troops from ment, focusing instead on last Wieman, 52, was director of geriatrics at the Fort Lincoln, Family leader will sideline the search for a southern Lebanon within a year, and month's elections and accusing the Medicine Clinic in Prince George's County, in suburban Maryland. settlement with them. to pursue a will need an agreement with Syria, Palestinians of failing to hold up He came to the clinic in 1997 from a practice in Worcester, Mass., solution to long-standing conflicts Lebanon's master, to do so. He also their end of the bargain. where he also had been an assistant professor at the University of with Syria and Lebanon. must address the fate of the Golan It had been widely assumed that Massachusetts Medical Center. Wieman was featured in a May 30 . Arafat, speaking in his head- Heights, which Israel seized from Barak would quickly revive the Washington Post story on geriatric medicine. quarters, sought to downplay these Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War. Wye agr~ement. concerns. Arafat emphasized the notion of Page 4 THE TECH June] I, 1999 OPINION Institutional ".

Chairman Satwiksai Seshasai '01 Wisdom Watch Editor in Chief by The Tech editorial board Frank Oabek '00 ...... Click & Clack: Mildly amusing but utterly Business Manager ~ inconsequential and instantly forgettable. SigEp Ex-Brother Bradford: Way to fight Joey Oieckhans '00 the man! Managing Editor Ryan Ochylski '0 I Vest: Normally sedate president earns an Executive Editor IWW salute for providing Click and Clack's Tacket Exchange Web Site Shutdown: Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 best material. This arrow censored by the administration.

NEWS STAFF Editors: Douglas E. Heimburger '00, • Zareena Hussain 'DO, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Sioanies: IWW thought that MIT didn't give Howard Brown: W20 custodian leaves posi- Naveen Sunkavally '0 I; Associate Editors: honorary degrees. tion as Dean of the Fourth Floor. IWW misses Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, you already. Kristen Landino '02, Kevin R. Lang '02, Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: Eric Sit '99, • • Erik Snowberg '99, Anna K. Benefiel '00, CP Labor Dispute: CPs object to patrolling Adam Brown '00, Dudley Lamming '00, in Boston. Don't worry, you can get Dunkin's ...... Unified Student Response: IWW yearns for Katie Jeffreys '0 I, Laura McGrath Moulton there too. ~ the good old days when the IFC, DormCon and '0 I, Jane Yoo '0 I, Gitrada Arjara '02, Steve the UA were at each other's throats. Hoberman '02, Alex lanculescu '02, Neena S. Kadaba '02, Payal Kohli '02, Priya • Prahalad '02, Michael M. Torrice '02; Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, Veronique Bugnion G, Greg Lawson G, Bill ~. Ramstrom G, Gerard Roe G, Chris E. Forest, Letters To. The Editor Marek Zebrowski. THING will undoubtedly devour its way Corporation is planning on charging admis- PRODUCTION STAFF A Monstrous Design beyond the Great Dome to the top of the list sion to view the new c~rcus in town. Editor: Brett Altschul '99; Associate By now, many of you have seen drawings of buildings symbolizing MIT. MIT ugly art is Peter Neirinckx, '89 Editors: Ian Lai '02, Agnes Borszeki; Staff: of the proposed atrocity called the LCS Stata part of our tradition, but not an entire build- Erica S. Pfister '00, Jordan Rubin '02. Center in the June 2 edition of Tech Talk, ing, for Pete's sake! OPINION STAFF postered on the site near the Alumni Pool, and My letter to you is both a plea for sanity Editors: Michael J. Ring '01, Eric J. Plosky on its own many-paged website. At first I and a cry for the students and alumni to rally Not Troubled '99; Columnists: Julia C. Lipman '99, thought the graphics were printing errors, and against the proposed monstrosity. Any Elaine Y. Wan '01, Veena Thomas '02, Kris then I thought they were a hack by the research sponsor arriving at the Master Plan's By Ticket Website Schnee '02; Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, Corporation. But the reality is all too clear. new East Entrance to MIT will do some I was dismayed to read the article in the Dawen Choy '00, Seth Bisen-Hersh '01, Now, I don't know what the architect was rethinking and send the money elsewhere. I'm June 4 edition of The Tech, "Ticket Trade Andrew J. Kim '01, Jeff Roberts '02. on when he came up with the so-called no master of sarcasm, so I am also asking all Website Shut Down by MIT." SPORTS STAFF "design concept," and I don't care. Well, I students to seize this gargantuanly grotesque Voluntary exchanges increase human wel- Editor: Susan Buchman '0 I. don't care that Dr. Evil designs things while opportunity. Ample fuel for your literary cre- fare. No reasons were offered to show that . ARTS STAFF high as a kite, but I do care if this schizo-sheet ativity is here! But if you don't speak up soon, allowing ticket sales would decrease welfare. Editors: Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, metal, cuboid, wiggly, earthquake damaged we may witness the unholy birth of the If nobody is holding a gun to my head, how Rebecca Loh '01; Associate Editors: "sculpture" is meant to adorn our mighty Nightmare on Vassar St. At sight of the build- could I be worse off if I sold my tickets? The Bence P. Olveczky G, Fred Choi '02; Tech. ing, children will flee in terror and need long- alternative is letting""someone in the adminis- Staff: Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. This harkens back a decade when the term therapy. ~tration decide the worthiness of petitioners for Millman G, Roy Rodenstein G, Teresa administration thought it would be nice to I do, however, have a quiet alternative. extra tickets. Huang '97, David V. Rodriguez '97, Mark dangle a quarter-million dollar giant hairball Being that this horrifically asinine structure is Personally, I would rather rely on free Huang '99, Kate Samrandvedhya 'DO, in the Student Center to symbolize many likely to be built, we can take comfort in the markets than centralized authority for alloca- Francisco Delatorre '0 I, Amrita Ghosh '02, things about the MIT student body (no pun thought that it will provide more years of hack tion of most resources. As for limiting the use Daniel J. Katz '03. intended). When people called me a nerd opportunities than the Dome ever did. Given of Athena,.! would be surprised if commence- ment ticket sales were the only monetary . PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF because I went to MIT, it bounced off me ahd that they brought out the scary pictures only Editors: Garry R. Maskaly 'DO, Karlenc I was proud of my stone-walled 'tute. But if after much of the student body left for the exchanges going on. In any case, one individ- Rosera '00, Annie S. Choi; Staff: Rich people started questioning my sanity because summer, my only guess is that Gates, the ual selling a personal item or a few tickets is Fletcher U, Aaron Isaksen G, Wan Yusof of MIT's newly chosen architecture, I don't Statas, and the Corporation are already aware not the same as running a business. Wan Morshidi G, Thomas E. Murphy G, think I could stand it! This ... this ... hideous of the design's hackability. Perhaps the By the way, as the.parent of a student in Michelle Povinelli G, Jelena Srebric G, T. the Class of 2000, I would like to buy' extra Luke Young G, Krzysztof Gajos '99, Rita tickets next year. H. Lin '00, Connie C. 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By Fred Chai in its stories, told with conviction by Phillips. was finally enforced. A~:WClATE ARTS EDITOR He lends them an air of authenticity and Some of the stories are painfully poignant hat is there to say about Ani immediacy by describing the people behind and arouse strong emotions, such as DiFranco that hasn't already been them. He tells stories of injustice and triumph "Lawrence," which recounts how workers'and said? She is a woman of innumer- centering on real people who worked, suf- their families starved because of a factory W able talents and titles: a CEO, a fered, and sometimes died for the things that strike during a harsh winter. In that tale, a girl songwriter, a poet, a wife, a political activist, we take for granted today. He points out that held a sign on the picket line that said simply an outspoken bisexual, an articulate champion textbooks are full of "the history of the ruling but eloquently, "We want bread, yes, but roses of the right to abortion, and a folk singer. The class ... the generals and the industrialists and too." The slogan lent its name to the strike and last of these, a self-given name, has been the the presidents who didn't get caught ... the his- gave the song the timeless lyric: "Hearts can cause of more than a few discussions, espe- tory of the people who owned the wealth of starve as well as bodies, give us bread, but cially given that some of her albums have the country, bu~ none bfthe history who creat- give us roses." strayed from her previous folk influences into ed it." The album was recorded in front of a live rock and funk. Even The Past Didn't Go He tells of Mary Harris Jones, "Mother audience in New Orleans, adding excitement Anywhere, DiFranco's first collaboration with Jones," who Theodore Roosevelt called "The and spontaneity. Although some of the tracks renowned folk singer-writer Utah Phillips, Most Dangerous Woman in America" - include flubs, the energy of songs like "Why was more rock than folk. when she was 83 years old - for her efforts Come?" and "Direct Action" more than makes Thus it is somewhat surprising that the to help miners. While the men were organiz- up for minor imperfections. The only stylistic ever experimental DiFranco's latest album, ing the miners, Mother Jones lead the miners' element that I was unable to appreciate was divergence in style, those with an open mind her second collaboration with Phillips, is not wives, and "armed with mops and brooms the superfluous impromptu vocals on "The should enjoy the combination of DiFranco's just folk-influenced, but for the most part die- they droye the scabs out of the coal pits." Most Dangerous" and "Why Come?" music and Utah Phillips' enlightemng stories t hard folk music. As enjoyable as the new Because of her work, the 8-}lOUf work day law Although some fans may' dislike this radical and songs. album is for hard-core DiFranco fans, those expecting the sound of the popular albums Little Plastic Castle and Not a Pretty Girl will be disappointed. However, Fellow Workers is an album that all people should listen to for what it is - an untold history communicated through compelling, humorous, and emotional stories and traditional songs. Fellow Workers is a folk album focusing on the early 20th century American labor movement. For the previous AnilUtah collab- oration, DiFranco added funk and rock-influ- enced instrumental tracks to existing tapes of Phillips' stories culled from 100 hours of recordings. She described the proj~ct as "acoustic trance-dance hiphop with a dusting of grandpappy rap." Although this album features the same concept - DiFranco adding musical backing to Phillips - it is much more collaborative. Their most recent effort adds DiFranco's fan- tastically adept touring band, including the astounding Julie Wolf on organ and key- boards, Daren Hahn on drums, Jason Mercer on banjo and bass, and Dave Pimer of Soul Asylum making a guest appearance on solo trumpet during the gorgeous "The Long Memory." Most of the songs are traditionally arranged, such as the tender ballad "Joe Hill" and the Baptist hymn-styled "Pie in the Sky," while the others, such as "Bread and Roses" receive a more contemporary treatment. The songs are all pleasant, but only after repeated listenings will those unfamiliar with folk music find themselves really appreciating both the songs. Also, it takes some time to get used to Utah Phillips' gruff voice, although it is full of expression and conviction. Even though the songs are moving and rousing, the bulk of the album's strength lies

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By Rebecca Loh released Fat Music Vol. IV: Life in the Fat ARTS EDITOR Lane, the fourth wickedly cheap compila- he past month has seen the release Worth trading your dog for this album tion of new and previously unreleased of several new albums from several ***** songs by Fat bands. The album provides a old bands. While most of these Keep the dog, but buy the CD good sampling of what Fat has to offer, T releases have provided much- **** from Mad Caddies ska/punk to Sick of It awaited stereo fodder for fans whose old All hardcore to old favorites by NOFX and albums had begun to sound stale, there Borrow it Swingin' Utters. And at $3.99, it's a deal were some disappointments in the bunch. *** you shouldn't pass up. Below is my guide on what to get and Why did you buy it? what to pass up. ** Noteworthy only in utter worthlessness (****Y2) Me First and the Gimme * Gimmes: Are a Drag (**) AFI: Black Sails on the Sunset There's something instantly comfort- I found the latest AFI album, Black able and familiar about Me First and the Sails on the Sunset, disappointing. The Gimme Gimme's new album Are a Drag album, released on Nitro Records, reflects a drastic change in head, which I consider a good sign. from Fat Wreck Chords. It could be due to the fact that the style from their older albums, Very' Proud oj Ya and Answer band has decided to forego the tedium of actually writing new That and Stay Fashionable. Indeed, AFI has gone through big songs, and instead covers songs that are already both comfort- changes since these earlier releases. With the replacement of (*) Blink-182: Enema of the State able and familiar. In their first full-length release Have a Ball guitarist Mark and bassist Geoff Kresge, the band lost its two I was very disappointed by the album Enema oj the State, the band gave favorite 70's pop songs a facelift with a faster major songwriters. The result is a completely new sound- perhaps because I had expected more from Blink-182, even vocalist Davey Havok's style has remembering the changed from fast and furious to a Cheshire Cat days, slower, drawn-out wailing. The tunes when I was are much slower, and seem to just impressed by the drag along. While previous AFI band's impossibly albums are an example of East Bay fast guitar riffs and hardcore at its finest, Black Sails on amused by their the Sunset never achieves the energy delightfully imma- or spirit of those earlier works. ture lyrics. One would never guess by listening to (****112) Anti-Flag: A New Enema oj the State Kind of Army that these guys had After about two months of delay, any talent at all. I the new Anti-Flag album A New Kind can't get used to the oj Army was finally released in late cheesy echoey May on Go-Kart Records. The album vocals in this album, has everything that makes Anti-Flag a and, suddenly, the favorite: inspirational lyrics, catchy band's immaturity bass riffs, and even catchier choruses. isn't so funny any- Although the band acquired a new more. Unfortunately, bassist and another guitarist since the this album has the release of their last album Die For potential to sell bet- Your Government, their style is ter than any of their tempo and an edgier 90's punk sound. In Are a Drag, Me First unchanged. While lead singer Justin Sane's voice can some- previous albums, but if you want my advice, pass on the and the Gimme Gimmes have taken on popular Broadway times be whiny (as in "Police Story") or just plain goofy (as in Enema and pick up a copy of Cheshire Cat. show tunes like "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard oj Oz "Right On"), the singing is largely likeable. After the first cou- and "Favorite Things" from The Sound oj Music. The result is, ple of listenings, I found their songs stubbornly stuck in my of course, a hit. Foran interesting listening experience (even if (***Y2) Bouncing Souls: it's just to hear these guys' version of "Don't Cry for Me, (.. Hopeless Romantic Argentina"), give this album a The Bouncing Souls aren't try. for everyone. When I first lis- tened to them, I didn't like vocalist Greg's odd half- (* * * *) Pennywise: singing, half-yelling style. Straight Ahead Strangely enough, though, his Pennywise's new album, style grew on me, and now I Straight Ahead, on Epitaph really enjoy their music. The Records came out this week. Souls' new album Hopeless They've always been a solid Romantic on Epitaph Records band with a tight sound, and is a touch mellower than their this album proves that they older albums, but just as much are also consistent. Straight fun. Once again, the band Ahead delivers songs with pumps out songs about the great lyrics, catchy tunes, important things in life: and a soothing sound in the friendship, girls, music, and spirit of previous albums soccer. About Time and Full Circle. Old fans should definitely pick up a copy, and new lis- (****> Fat Music Vol. teners should give this punk IV: Life in the Fat Lane staple a try. Fat Wreck Chords recently Page 8 THE TECH June II, 1999 ..,

Click and Clack Tell Grads To Remember To Have Fun Duo~ Mantra: Unencumbered By the Thought Process ~',

Ray: This all started a little possessed a similarly attractive bly happen? I mean what could j over two years ago. We were flag, we might have been able to they do? Ask for our diplomas doing our weekly radio show and use you, but as it was, we felt back? They couldn't do that, I happened to mention casually that we really had.to go with the could they? that Kofi Annan had been select- Secretary General for aesthetic Tom: I don't think so. ed to give the address to the reasons." Right. Ray: I don't want to give my class of '97. Tommy says, Kofi Ray: Well,a whole year pass- diploma back. I can't! Annan? Who the hell is he? es without incident. Well, I Tom: No, it's holding up the • [LAUGHTER] Whatever hap- shouldn't say without incident. end of that table in your dining pened to U. Thant? And then During that year I think just room. begins to rant, why did they about every automaker on the Ray: Well, after this (' choose Kofi Annan? Okay, he is planet threatened to sue us. But epiphany I began to feel a light- the Secretary General of the UN, at least without incident with ness of being and Tom and I I guess, but no one has ever regard to this issue. And then last rolled up our sleeves, put on a heard of him. Everyone has year Tommy hears that some pot of coffee and began the cre- J. heard of us. They've got to fly elected official, these are his ative process. him in, fly him out, put him up words remember, from Arkansas Tom: We figured this is the in a fancy hotel. Wine him and who's been in - world's foremost institute of dine him and do all that. They'd Tom: I don't think I referred technology on Massachusetts " have to do none of these things to him as an elected officiaL Avenue so we ought to use tech- for us ... AND ... AND ... AND Ray: - a little trouble with nology. So what my brother did ... he's not even an alumnus! the law is going to give the actually was he requested from ... Well, hardly a fortnight passes address to the class of '98. As Paul Parravano, who is I guess and we receive in the mail from you can imagine, another rant the second, the vice president of someone, Charles M. Vest, what ensues. Well, it doesn't take long MIT. Where is Paul? We don't I would call a terse rebuke. before Charles M. Vest puts laser know. We requested copies of the -,. Tom: It wasn't so terse. Why printer to paper and we receive last 20 years' Commencement I happen to have it here. another rebuke... addresses. We gave this to our Ray: Read it to us please. Tom: Which I also happen to crack researcher, Paul Murky of Tom: Here it is. "Dear Click have here. Chuck won't mind if Murky Research, brother of the '58 and Clack '72 ... I'm sorry to we read this. "Dear Click '58 Paul Murky of Murky learn of your disappointment at and Clack '72, I understand that Investigations. And we asked not being asked to deliver the you have once again expressed him to analyze all of these • main address at this year's on-air disappointment over not speeches to find out if there were Commencement exercise. It had being asked to speak at MIT's some commonalities. And, been my understanding that you graduation. Last summer, I indeed, there were. He used fac- don't usually care for exercise, advised you that the chances of tor analysis which Course XV especially in the open air, and being invited as Commencement guys will understood and he that you therefore wouldn't be speakers would be enhanced if came up with three factors. Get interested in ours ... [LAUGH- Car Talk had a suitable flag that this: every one of these speeches .,; TER] On the other hand ... the could be used to help us decorate had in common a beginning, a idea of having you two gentle- the campus. I hear that you now middle, and an end. man as graduation speakers is have come up with a flag and Tom: OK. Go ahead. We fig- invariably floated each spring. you thought this would ensure ured the beginning, that was This year, as always, there was a your inclusion in the 1998 pretty straight forward. We could strong but murky undercurrent Commencement program." I read a couple of letters from of support for you as mean we went out of our way, if Chuck Vest. So we did that Commencement speakers. Still, the truth be known, we got the already and so that's done. The - even your most ardent backer flag yesterday. But we told him middle, that was the tough part. has to admit that there was one we had a flag. We figured he We couldn't quite figure what crucial area in which your quali- would be gullible enough. the middle ought to be. But the ..' fications could not match those Ray: He went for it. end we knew had to be some of your fellow alumnus... " Ray: We're still excited, of kind of inspirational thing. Tom: "As you know, the course, and honored to be here. Right? That's what they all are. United Nations has a really And after the euphoria subsided, So we said to ourselves, what do " spiffy flag. Because Secretary it began to sink in that we actual- we know about inspirational General Annan was featured as ly had to give a speech today. things? It so happens, however, this year's speaker we have a And I will admit that I was con- that we have in addition to legitimate excuse to fly the UN cerned and maybe even a bit Murky Investigations, Paul flag on the dais and also to hang worried. After all, Murky, whom I just told you did it anywhere else we wanted to. Commencement speeches are the factor analysis, had been You can imagine how useful usually reserved for heads of working on some other research such a flag can be when you state, respected members of the for us and he and his lovely want to cheer up a drab corner of academic community, secretaries assistant, Marge Innoferror. the campus or decorate a really general of the United Nations. Marge Innoferror. big space like an auditorium or But us! Why us? But my fears Ray: Yeah, they got, I think. ,- an athletic cage." began to ebb as I weighed the It just wasn't that funny... Ray: I mean this is the kind consequences of a poor perfor- [SHOWS SLIDE] of criterion that this guy Vest is mance today. What if we do ter- Tom: Doesn't that knock ... using? What the hell is he think- ribly? What if we're incoherent? your socks off! He says, left ing? Uninspiring? Uninteresting? It brain, right brain. And if you fom: "If Car Talk or even would be just like our radio think about it, this is sort of what . Dewey, Cheetham & Howe, had show. I mean .\I(ha~could possi- .wt: ~hink of, some. people do at ... , June I I, 1999 THE TECH Page 9

least, intelligence. So it's almost a off by a semi and I almost, as they asks ... plot of intelligence versus happi- say, bought the farm. And as I con- Tom: I say to Depak, you mean ness. And the news ain't good for tinued my drive, I said to myself, if I if I do those things I will live forev- you. [LAUGHTER] had in fact bought the farm out er? Because what Murky finds out is there on Route 128, how ticked off Ray: Oh no, my son, he said, it that right brain people are about ten would I be that I spent all my life -- will just seem like forever. Have times as happy then left brain peo- that I can remember at least -- going fun. Enjoy the ride and don't drive ple. So the stupider you get - by to this job, living a life of quite des- like my brother. Congratulations left brain people's measures of stu- peration. So, I pulled into the park- Tom: Don't drive like my broth- pidity, of course. Because right ing lot, walked into my boss's office er. brain people are too happy to waste and I quit, on the spot. [APPLAUSE] their time developing IQ tests. But Ray: See, now most people they're ten times happier. We say, would have just bought a bigger car. whoa! Paul, this is something ... Tom: [LAUGHTER] See, those Slide three, please. Slide three. people would have been using their Here it is. Here's humans and the left brains. I had been saying my best of the humans, of course, is the mantra in the car. That's why the right brain humans. And here is guy cut me off. I think I cut him off. what he found. Happiness goes up. In any event, I quit my job. I became It begins to look like it's exponential a bum. I spent two years sitting in over there. [LAUGHTER] The next Harvard Square drinking coffee. I happier life form is a golden retriev- invented the concept of the do-it- er. [LAUGHTER] Then a cow. Then yourself auto repair shop and I met worms. And he stopped his research my lovely wife. None of which at grass. [LAUGHTER] would have happened if I had been Ray: OK. We'll just keep going. using my left brain ... Tom: Here's the story. I mean Ray: I'm not sure if we're in a what is the importance of this. We position of any wisdom but we've have always thought that we were never let that stop us. So listen up. the highest life form on the planet. I'm only going to say this a few Turns out, we are the lowest life times. Today you will receive a doc- form on the planet. And I am going ument that states that you've earned to give to you now a theorem which a degree or maybe degrees from will knock your socks off ... This is MIT. You know, you've worked hard the theory of reverse reincarnation. I and you should feel a great sense of mean some people believe in rein- accomplishment. I know I did. carnation. And what they believe is And most of you will leave here that when we die, we come back as today with a pretty good idea of better and better people. What the where you're going and what you're theory of reverse reincarnation says, going to do. Some of you have no if we are good people, we will come clue and you'll just have to move back as a golden retriever. back in with your parents, if they [LAUGHTER] Then a cow. Then a haven't rented out your room worm. Then grass. Now if the rein- already. But others among you may carnation was working in the other have charted a course or had one direction, coming back as better and charted for you that you know is better people, where are they? wrong. And you may feel some cre- [LAUGHTER] Duh! So, it becomes ative energy coursing through your clear that the theory of reverse rein- body. Don't ignore it. If you feel the carnation may be the scientific find- urge to create and discover and do ing of not the decade, not the centu- something that will bring you fulfill- ry, but of all time. Now, my brother ment and happiness, do it now while and 1, L. Ron Magliozzi, are going you're young. You will never have to help you to achieve nirvana. more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or We're going to help you to become brain cells than you have today ... not smarter. Smarter is no good. Ray: I just want to encourage That's the wrong direction. you to never get so involved in your Ray: You have been doing that. work, whatever it is, that you forget Tom: You must stop this from to have fun ... And I'd Iike to leave happening and you must go in the you with some words of a wise man, other direction and we are here to a wise man from the East my broth- help you ... You must repeat the er and I know ... mantra. And the mantra, which hap- Ray: And this wise man is - his pens to be emblazoned on our flag, name is Depak Fonzarelli. which stands here - none of your [LAUGHTER] morons will be able to read it Tom: He's quite a man. because it's in Latin. Ray: He is quite a man ... And Ray: It says: Non impediti we went to him recently and Tommy ratione cogitatonis. and I sat with him and Tom asked Tom: Which, of course, means: him how he could attain immortali- Unencumbered by the thought ty. Deepak sat for a minute. He got process ... [LAUGHTER] up and turned ofT the TV Baywatch [APPLAUSE] had just ended. [LAUGHTER] And Tom: ... I was once trapped by he said, my son, if you wish to attain the scientific, logic, left brain life. I immortality, you must do the fol- graduated from here and I went to lowing: You must work hard every work as an engineer. And I will tell day seven days a week, never taking you about my defining moment. I time ofT. You must attend no social was driving - I lived in Cambridge functions. You must not smoke. You at the time - I was driving from must not drink. And you must not Cambridge to my job in Foxboro, go with women. Never have we Massachusetts, and I was driving in received a definitive answer to any a little MG. It weighed about 50 of our questions. We were astound- pounds and on Route 128 I was cut ed. And Tommy asks, and Tommy Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS June 11, 1999

MOVIE REVIEW Donna's daughter Noelle (Vanessa Martinez) isn't happy about her mom's new boyfriend: "I can barely keep their names straight, now I Limbo have to like them," she exclaims. How can Noelle cope with this situation? What is the significance of Joe's "not exactly friend" Jack A State of Uncertainty (Kris Kristofferson) at the bar? What is Joe's estranged half-brother Bobby (Casey By Roy Rodenstein Siemaszko) really after when he drops into ," STAFF REPORTER town and asks Joe to join him on a boat? Is Written and directed by John Sayles teenaged Noelle just going through a phase, or With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David does her despair run deeper than it seems? ... Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez, Kris These are just a few of the innocuous sound- Kristofferson, Casey Siemaszko ing questions that combine to place Donna, Joe, and Noelle into a tightly wound net. hat can one expect from a movie Sayles isn't playing cops-and-robbers here. The entitled Umbo? When the director three lead characters are imperiled in numerous is John Sayles, certainly some sur- ways, whether by friend, foe, self, or nature, and prises. His highly praised Lone new threats can quickly overshadow the old ones. W Although mentioning these plot twists would reveal Star brought to life a small Texas town packed to its dusty core with buried secrets, too much, it should be made clear that subtlety is and Umbo isn't lacking in momentous twists not the film's forte. People's lives are at stake either. This time Sayles plays havoc with his throughout the film. At first, this bluntness is ofT- story's scope. putting, but Limbo gradually settles into a recogniz- The film's beginning seems harmless able image of reality. The scope of the plot's events Joe Gastineau and Donna de Angelo in Limbo. enough, introducing us to various characters - whether they will impact little or everything - at a gathering in a fishing town. There are the is highlighted aptly. Truth is still stranger than fic- she doesn't necessarily find positive ways of some aspects are glaring enough to be dis- power players in suits, discussing clever tac- tion, and knowing what is really going on, what dealing with her fears. A third alternative is tracting. Bobby Gastineau's effervescence tics for destroying forests as long as the areas could really happen, and what is too far-fetched to the utterly accepting and ready attitude taken clashes painfully with the down-to-earth tone which tourists visit are left pristine. There is happen, is the central conflict Sayles' characters by ex-fisherman Joe, played with quiet vigor of the rest of the movie. It's also possible that the hired help, including a girl serving finger deal with. by Strathairn in a role as different as could be Sayles' obsession with coincidences and reve- food and the grizzled-looking Joe Gastineau Donna, whose melodramatic tendencies from his portrayal of wealthy criminal Pierce lations - demonstrated in Lone Star - (Davip Strathairn) doing the heavy lifting. are kept at bay by Mastrantonio, doesn't Patchett in L.A. Confidential. Sayles doesn't weakens an otherwise robust film. Then there is the singer, Donna DeAngelo believe that some of the things that happen to bias his film in favor of any character's view- No matter. Along with Sayles's customary (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who breaks them are even possible. She prefers to delude point, respecting each character as a human impeccable editing and poignant nature pho- up with her bandleader boyfriend with an herself, and from this delusion she gains blind being trying to cope with the inescapable tography, the ordinary parts of Limbo coalesce angry song and asks Joe for a lift. courage. Noelle had such a rough childhood limbo of life. into a picture of everyday life, as precarious Slowly, Donna and Joe grow closer. that she'd believe anything could happen, but As successful as the film's main thrust is, today as ever.

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By The Tech Arts Staff

The following movies are playing this week- intrigues, backbiting, blackmail, and even Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels romance. Richard Curtis's script only occa- end at local theaters. The Tech suggests using dirtier tricks, with Reese Witherspoon play- <***112) sionally rises above formula, but when it does, http://www.boston.comfor a complete listing ing that ambitious, socially active" Voted If you're looking for depth and emotional tp~, results are astounding ~d,memorable.- of times and locations. Most Likely To Succeed person we all have intensity, look further. If you want to watch Fred Choi and VZ I known in high school, and Matthew a downright enjoyable movie, 'this is it. The **** Excellent Broderick as a student adviser plotting her story of a group of "honest criminals" and Rushmore <***~2) downfall. - VZ how they get mixed up in the London crime, A breath - or, rather, make it blast - of *** Good ,\ drug, and gambling underground is a com- fresh air. This is an offbeat comedy, an off- ** Fair * Poor Entrapment <**~2) plicated one at best, but its fantastic use of beat buddy film, an offbeat romance, and an Entrapment is exciting, lush, thrilling, and music, dialogue, and cinematography makes offbeat revenge story. Or none of these Analyze This (* *) sensuous; unfortunately, it makes no sense what- this comedy a must-see. - Francisco things. Mix up some wildly varying comic A sorry sit-comish excuse for a comedy, soever. The story of a veteran thief (Sean Delatorre elements, combine them with some of most with Billy Crystal engaging in so much tire- Connery) and a perky insurance investigator deliciously deadpan acting in recent memo- some shtick as a burned-out shrink analyzing (Catherine Zeta-Jones) out to trap him mostly The Lovers of the Arctic Circle <**112) ry, add highly imaginative and inventive ",I an overstressed mafia boss played by Robert consists of the eminently watchable. However, the Walking the dangerous line of melodra- usage of widescreen format - and get De Niro. Not enough humor, not enough impact of the elaborately choreographed action ma, this film has some great ideas but fails to Rushmore, which is just about the least con- story, and more than enough gratuitous vio- sequences is diluted by tired romance, boring dia- implement them correctly. This is the story ventional and yet solidly enjoyable movie to lence. However, De Niro, in a rare comedic logue, and the finale which is a mess of the obvi- about a man and a woman who have been in come out recently. -VZ appearance, almost makes this movie worth ous, meaningless, and unnecessary plot twists. - love since they were children, and their watching. -Vladimir Zelevinsky VZ reliance upon circumstance and life coming Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom round full circle to vindicate their question- Menace <***) Cookie's Fortune <***~2) Go <**112) ably incestuous relationship. The Lovers tries This simplistic motion picture with Cookie's Fortune finds director Robert Pulp Fiction Lite, no fat and no calories. very hard to transcend the conventions of lumpy storytelling, inane dialogue, wooden Altman self-assured, relaxed and having fun, It's lively, wild, frantic, bright, and thor- melodrama with fresh ideas, but doesn't acting, and poor editing is one of the most and his customary great ensemble in similar oughly engaging. It's also totally inconse- quite manage to do so, although it comes exciting experiences to come in quite a spirits. Catfish enchiladas, Wild Turkey, and quential and largely unmemorable. very close. - FD while to the movies. By firmly adhering to gun-cleaning are the bonds between Willis Following a bunch of young Californians the world-view created in Episodes 4 (Charles S. Dutton), an innocent man sus- trying to get some cash, do and deal some The Matrix <***112) through 6, and by utilizing the best special A wildly imaginative ride. The plot is pected of murdering Cookie (Patricia Neal), drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, effects and art direction money can buy, and generally experience the rush of life, Go nicely complex, the visuals and the special and the sleepy town of Holly Springs, writer/director George Luc~s succeeds, charts three separate stories. Each of these effects are out of this world. As the comput- Mississippi. Glenn Close is the mastermind despite the film's obvious shortcomings, to stories is exciting, clever, and unexpected. er hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) dashes behind the madness, with Julianne Moore, take us once again to that galaxy far, far But there's no empathy in them, and the through a succession of interlocked dreams Ned Beatty, Liv Tyler, and Chris O'Donnell away, and provide an adventure-filled play- holding nothing back in this nutty southern characters don't seem to have gained any- in the quest to find true reality, the film ground for our imagination. - VZ lullaby of a thriller. The little depth here thing from their experience. - VZ launches into a full-throttle mode of inven- seems forced, but for sheer homey fun, look tive action sequences. By combining cyber- Waking Ned Devine <***112) to the Cookie. - Roy Rodenstein Life is Beautiful punk ethos with anime style, The Matrix <***) A charming comedy about a small town's Most reviewers praise the second half of breathes new life into the genre of sci-fi quest for wealth. Nearly 7 million pounds is The Dreamlife of Angels this Italian tragicomedy - the serious half. action films. - VZ <***) at stake in the Irish national lottery, and the In his feature film debut, director Erick While it certainly has its merits, it's the first sleepy village of Tully More pulls together .' - Zonca' s unadorned direction serves him hour which really makes this film so remark- A Midsummer Night's Dream <**112) to outwit the officials after the winner, one well. A film about the intersection between able. With its gentle whimsy, subtle satire, This Shakespeare adaptation largely of the town's inhabitants, dies at the shock selflessness and selfishness, and the real and unabashed romanticism, this is the stuff wastes the wonderful source play and a star- of being rich. Standing in their way are indi- boundaries found even in intimate relation- of which the best romances are made. There studded cast, ending up as a pileup of art vidual greed and fear of legal retribution, ships, Dreamlife rises above typical 90's are also classically gorgeous visuals, memo- direction in a vain search for a movie. Out of among other things. apathy. Isa (Elodie Bouchez), a young rable score, and elaborate visual and verbal all the actors playing the lovelorn mortals and Overall, it is a wholly enjoyable, hilari- woman bouncing between odd jobs, gags aplenty. -VZ the fairies playing with them, only Calista befriends Marie (Natacha Regnier). and Flockhart and Kevin Kline manage to do ous, and w~nderfully written film. One of the best of 1998. -FD - shares the house she is sitting for a mysteri- Limbo <***) some impressive acting. The latter is especial- ous girl in a coma. Decisions about jobs, A small fishing town is the nondescript ly touching, with his part eventually becoming boyfriends and truth to oneself are usual setting for John Sayles' latest film, the tale the embodiment of wistful romantic sadness. The Winslow Boy <**112) fodder, but complex characters and fresh of a traveling singer, her grizzled jack-of- -VZ For all 'of its dramatic intensity and clari- performances all around, particularly from all-trades companion, and her troubled ty, visual elegance and beautiful shot com- leads Bouchez and Regnier, enliven this teenage daughter. Friend, foe, self, and Notting Hill <***) position, intricate multi-personal conflicts, . f fiery slice of life. - RR nature all have their chance to cause havoc A rare case of an intelligent romantic com- and stylized dialogue, this David Mamet in this cautionary tale. Though on the sur- edy, this is a noteworthy-but not exception- film doesn't quite fulfill the promise of its Election (***) face the film is blatantly scripted, the plot's al-tale of romance in adversity. Julia Roberts opening half hour. This is probably the fault A hilarious, penetrating, visually exciting twists and revelations coalesce into a clear plays the world's most famous movie star and of the source play, which didn't age very black comedy, dealing its satirical blows as picture of everyday life. Can small events Hugh Grant is the owner of a small and well and which seems to be content to be an equal-opportunity offender, and sparing really result in lives being placed in limbo? unprofitable bookstore. The pair's meeting is merely engaging and entertaining in a low- followed by a series of wonderfully awkward key way than to go for either shattering no one. A hotly-contested high school e1ec- That question is the focus of Sayles's atten- • 'f '6, ) tion results in political machinations, lies, tion.-RR encounters and the expected budding of a drama or penetrating social critique. - VZ June 11, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11

the French Library and Cultural Center and its programs. Join Popular Music 3000 fellow Bostonians in cel- ebrating a little early, at Malborough Street, which will Avalon be filled with cafe stands, Next: 423-NEXT. street artists, and live music. Jul. 29: Alabina, $25. The evening will kick off with '," special activities for families Berklee Performance Center and children at 6:30 p.m. The Ticketmaster: 931-2000 Bastille Day street dance will Jun_ 11: Mike Ness, $18. begin at 8:00 p.m. Tickets $20 Jun. 20: David Cassidy, for adults, $5 for children $22.50. .' under 12. Call 266-4351 or Jun. 23: The Art Ensemble of 912-0400 for reservations. Chicago, $25. Jun. 26: John McLaughlin: Remembering Shakti. $22.50, 11th Annual Boston FestJval $26.50. of Bands Jun. 5, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Fleet Center Metropolitan Wind Symphony Ticketmaster: 931-2000. will host the Festival at Feneuil Jun. 14: Shania Twain. Sold Hall. Musical selections, out. played by Concert Bands from Jun. 17. Ani DiFranco + Maceo around New England, will range Parker. $25. from Broadway showtunes to jazz to Sousa marches to clas- Tweeter Center for the sical music. Free. PerformJng Arts (Great Woods) Gay Pride Events Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Jun. ii, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Unity Jun.-l1: Charlie Daniels Band party with remix OJ Junior + Marshall Tucker Band + Vasquez at The Roxy on Molly Hatchet. $29.50, $25 Tremont St. $26 in advance, pavilion, $15 lawn. $36 at the door. Jun. 12: John Mellencamp + Jun. 12, 11:58 a.m. A moment Son Volt. $46 pavilion, $29.50 of silence in Copley Square fol- lawn. lowed by The Pride March at Jun. 16, 18: Ozzfest incl. noon which begins in Copley Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Square continuing to Boston Primus, Slayer. Both shows Common. Grand Marshalls: Sold Out. A monthly guide to the arts in Boston Randy Price (Channel 7 News), Jun. 18: Motley Crue + June 11 - July 7 Candace Gingrich of The Scorpions + Flash Bastard, Human Rights Campaign, and , , $50 pav., $35 lawn. Compiled by Fred Choi local activist Sue Hyde of the Jun. 19: Rod Stewart, $79.75, National Gay and Lesbian Task $59.75, $29.75. Send submissions to ott@the-tech,mlt.edu or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483. Force. Jun. 20: Journey + Foreigner. Jun. 12, noon to 6 p.m. The $35. Festival with performances by Jun. 13: Women in Song - ed resort where sex, death, The museum, built in the style Yourself Exhibit"; "Science in Jun. 23, 24: J. Geils Band. local grass roots artists, food, Featuring the area's new and taxes intersect in . of a 15th-century Venetian the Park: Playing with Forces $39.50 pavilion, $25 lawn. speakers, and vendors in the female vocalists, $10. palace, houses more than and Motion"; "Seeing Is Jun. 26: Allman Brothers Band. surprising ways. Written by Boston Common. Jun. 16: 8 and 10 p.m., Beau Jest, directed by Davis 2500 art objects, with empha- Deceiving. " $40.50, $30.50 pavilion, Jun. 12, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Tingstad and Rumbel, $16. Robinson. The Boston Globe sis on Italian Renaissance and Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of the $25.50 lawn. Fusion Ball youth party with Jun. 22-23: 8 and 10 p.m., raves, "(They are a) seamless 17th-century Dutch works. World"; "Living on the Edge." Jun. 29: Nickelodeon's All That entertainment and food in City Ivan Lins, $21. ensemble, handling extremely Among the highlights are works Admission to Omni, laser, and Tour with 98 Degrees + Monica Hall. $5 in advance, $8 at the Jun. 24-25: Th. 8, 10 p.m., Fri. eclectic material with seeming by Rembrandt, Botticelli, planetarium shows is $7.50, + 3rd Storee + No Authority + door. 8, 10:30 p.m., Kenny Garrett. effortlessness. The snappiest Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. $5.50 for children and seniors. Aaron Carter. $35, $25 pavil- Jun. 13, 11 a.m. Brunch with . Price tba. satire since the vintage days Guided tours given Fridays at Now showing: "Laser Depeche ion, $17.50 lawn. Candace at Laruel's, Berkley of Saturday Night Live ... pol- 2:30 p.m. Mode," Sun., 8 p.m.; "Laser Jun. 30: Bad Company + David St. $30. ished to the point of near per- Offspring: Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Lee Roth. $35, $29.50 pavil- Jun. 13, 3 p.m. Pride Fest on fection." Reservations strongly Museum of Fine Arts "Laser Rush," Sun., 9:15; ion. LaGrange St. Street dance to recommended, seating very 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. "Laser Beastie Boys," Thurs.- Jul. 9: Tom Petty & The benefit the Fenway Community limited. $15. Call 437-0657 (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 Sat., 9:15 p.m.; "Laser Floyd's Heartbreakers ,+ Lucinda C I ass i c a I Health Center. Wall," Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; Williams. $47.50 pavilion, $26 for more info. a.m.:-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 "Friday Night Stargazing," Fri., lawn. a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 8:30 p.m.; "Welcome to the "Sargent Summer" In Boston Jul. 12, 13: Phish. $27.50. Roosters 10 a.m.":'5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 Universe," daily; "Quest for Four local cultural institutions Both shows sold out. Music Through Jun. 19, Thu.-Sat. 8 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing Contact: Are We Alone?" daily. present exhibitions and pro- Jul. 15: Poison Ratt Great p.m.: Play by Milcha Sanchez- open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 + + grammes about the masterful White + L.A. Guns, $25 pav., Boston Pops Scott, directed by Brendan p.m. Admission free with MIT Alive In the Body: Portraits of American artist John Singer $15 lawn. Performances at Symphony Hughes. The Peabody House 10, otherwise $10, $8 for stu- Yoga Sargent (1856-1925). Jut. 17. Cher + Cyndi Lauper + Hall, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. Cooperative present their sea- dents and seniors. children Through Jun. 29. Andree Lerat Isabella Stewart Gardner Wild Orchid. $75.25, $60.25, Tickets: 266:1492. son finale at the PeabOdy under 17 free; $2 after 5 p.m. presents a gallery at the Main Museum $30.25. Jun. 13: C~ltic Night at Pops; House Theatre, 277 Broadway, ThurS.-Fri., free Wed. after 4 p.m. Hall of the Newton Free Through Sep. 26: Sargeant: Jul. 22: Bob Dylan + Paul Keith-Lockhart, conductor. Only Somerville. The play balances Library, 330 Homer St., The Late Landscapes: The Simon. $115.00 and $69.50 $33 tickets available. humor, poignance, and power- Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks Newton Centre, MA. Opening exhibit represents the first in- pavilion, $29.50 lawn. Jun. 15-16: Star:Spangled ful drama, to probe into the ttirough all collections begin at reception, Jun. 10, 7-9 p.m. .depth exploration of an over- Jul 24, 25: 'N Sync + Five + Spectacular, Keith Lockhart, problems besetting an 1,0:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Call 738-9553 for gallery hours looked aspect of the artist's Jordan Knight. Sold out. conductor, The U.S. Army Field Hispanic-American family in the ~Asian, Egyptian, and Classical and directions. career. Late in his life, Sargent Jut. 27: Jewel + Rusted Root, Band and Soldiers' Chorus. rural Southwest, and the grow- Walks" begin at 11:30 a.m.; began refusing portrait com- $35 pav.;' $25 lawn. On sale Sold out. ing conflict between a ne'er-do- ~American Painting and missions to paint landscapes 7/12 at 10:00 a.m .. Jun. 18: James Orent, conduc- well father and his rebellious Decorative Arts Walks" begin professionally. The fourteen Jul. 29: Barenaked Ladies. . tor. $14-$33. son. Tickets $14, $10 stu- at 12:30 p.m.; "European paintings and watercolors are $35 pavilion, $25.00 lawn. Jun. 19: Swing Night at Pops, _. dents/~eniors (Thu. only). For Painting and Decorative Arts taken from collections through- Jul. 31: Steve Miller Band + James Orent, conductor. $17- reservations call 625-1300. Walks" begin at 2:30 p.m.; Other Events FJrst Provincetown out the United States and ,. George Thorogood and the $31. Introductory tours are also InternatJonal Film FestJval Europe. Destroyers. $32.50 pavilion, Jun. 20: Tribute to Father's offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and Jun. 18: The Film Festival Museum of Fine Arts $23.50 lawn. Day, Keith Lockhart, conduc- 1:30 p.m. kicks off the presentation Jun. 27-Sep. 26: An exhibit of Aug. 3: Lillith Fair '99. Incl. tor. $13-$33. Permanent Gallery wi of the "Filmmaker on the 160 Sargent works, including Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Exhibits Installations: ~Late Gothic Edge" Award, given to John his finest oils, watercolors, the Pretenders, Mya, and Gallery," featuring a restored 15th-century stained glass wi./l- Waters. Waters, who will be in and studies for murals - some Me I shell Ndegeocello. Tickets Computer Museum attendance, is a cult figure of never before exhibited. In col- on sale 5/22. 300 Congress St., Boston. dow from Hampton - Court, underground filmmaking, and laboration with the Tate Aug. 4: Roger Waters. $45 Theater (423-6758 or 426-2800). 14th- and 15th-century stone, his career includes Polyester, Gallery, London, and the pavilion, $35 lawn. Dai"ly, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. al abaster, and polych rome Hairspray, Cry Baby, and National Gallery of Art, Aug. 20: Allman Brothers TltanJc: A New Musical Admission $7, $5 for students wood sculptures from France Pecker. The "director's cut" of Washington, the exhibit will Band. $40.50, $30.50 pavil- J~n. 9-20, at the Wang and seniors, free for children and the Netherlands; ~Mummy Female Trouble (1974) is slat- feature portraits of influential ion, $25.50 lawn'. Theatre. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., under 5. Half-price admission Mask Gallery: a newly reno- ed to be reissued this coming figures of the time, including Aug. 27: Goo Goo Dolls + 7:30pm; matfnees Thurs., on Sun. from 3-5 p.m. Tours v.ated Egyptian gallery, fea- summer and will have its world Monet, Rockefeller, Robert Sugar Ray + Fastball, $25 Sat., Sun., 2pm. The Tony daily of "Walk Through tures primitive masks dating premiere in the festival. For Louis Stevenson, and Isabella pav., $20 lawn. Award-winning musical about Computer 2000," a working from as far back as 2500 B.C.; tickets and more information Aug. 28: WKLB's Country the legendary maiden voyage two-story model of a PC. The ~European Decorative Arts Stewart Gardner. To coincide for this and other shows, call with the exhibition, the MFA is Music Festival featuring of the R.M.S. Titanic, directed world's only computer muse- from 1950 to the Present"; 508-349-0578 or 617-739- restoring its famous Sargent Alabama, + Ty Herndon + The by Richard Jones, dramatizes um; features a collection of ~John Singer Sargent: Studies 2901. murals, begun in 1916. For Kinleys. $29.50 pavilion, the lives and yearnings of the vintage computers and robots for MFA and Boston Public more info., call 267-9300. $19.50 lawn. crew, staff and passengers with over 150 hands-on Library Murals." . Presented by the Museum of Sep. 2, 3: Jimmy Buffett and aboard the Titanic. Story by exhibits illustrating the evolu- Gallery lectures are free with The Boston Public Library FJne Arts the Coral Reefer Band. Both Peter Stone with music and tion, use,-and impact of com- museum admission. Beginning Jun. 26 and continu- All events will occur at the shows Sold out. lyrics by Maury Yeston. Tickets puters. Featured exhibits ing each Sat. through Sep.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sep. 11: R.E.M. $39.50 pavil- available through include: ~The Hacker's Museum of Our NatJonal Tours of Sargent's murals in 02115. For tickets and more ion, $29.50 lawn. Ticketmaster. Group sales of Garage,".a recreation of a '70s HerJtage the library and talks on his information, call 369-3770. 20 or more call (617) 350- hacker's garage with such 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, life. MFA Summer Music Series The MJddle East 6000; $15-$68.50. items as an Apple I and Pong; 02421. (781-861-6559). Mon.- Through Jul. 30: Sargent in Each begins at 7:30. Bring a Ticketmaster: 931-2000. "The Networked Planet: Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 12 Context at the Public Library. blanket or relax on the lawn, or Call for schedule. Blue Man Group Traveling the Information p.m.-5 p.m. Admission free. .on view in the Cheverus Room reserve a table for four. Charles - Playhouse, 74 Highway," an electronic tour of The Museum presents an exhi. will feature the artist's draw- (Limited chair seating also ParadJse Rock Club Warrenton Street, Boston, the Internet; "Robots and bition of 93 rare and beautiful ings and painted sketches for available.) In wet weather, con- Next: 423-NEXT. indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 Other Smart Machines," an photographs drawn from the his murals. certs will take place inside in $9.25. p.m. on Wednesday and interactive exhibition of artifi- celebrated collection discov- Jun. 25: Public Art for Boston: the Remis Auditorium. Tickets Jun: 11: Melissa Ferrick Band Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on cial intelligence and robots; ered in the attic of the John Singer Sargent's Mural $15, MFA members, seniors, + Faith Salloway Band, $16. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 "Tools & Toys: The Amazing Medford Historical Society in Projects: a day-long sympo- students; $18 general, $5 <12 Jun. 18: Coolio, $20 adv., and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets Personal Computer"; ~People 1990. One of the most exten- sium, with a concluding lecture y.o. Call for packages of 4 or $22.50 d.o.s. $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 for and Computers: Milestones of sive and well-preserved collec- "Painting (Religious) Privacy in to charge tickets: 369-3306. Jun. 26: Verve Pipe + Papa tickets and information on how a Revolution," explores a num- tions of Civil War photographs Public." For more information Jun. 30: Patty Larkin. Vegas, $12. to see the show for free by ber of ways computers impact to survive, the Medford pic- call 536-5400 ext. 238. Jul. 7: Klezmer Conservatory ushering. everyday life. In the Smart tures are nationally known for Band. Machines Theater a multi- their breadth and depth of sub- Harvard University Art Jul. 14: Inca Son. Shear Madness media show features NASA's ject matter. Through Nov. 14. Museums Jul. 21: The New Black Eagle Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Mars Rover, R2-D2, Shakey, Through Sep. 5: Sargent in the Jazz Band. Warrenton 'Street, Boston Sea Rover, and other robots. .Museum of ScJence Studio: Drawings. Jul. 28: Ellis Paul. (426-5225), Indefinitely. Through Nov. 30: "Wizards and Science Park, Boston. (723- Sketchbooks. and Oil Jazz Music Aug. 4: Wildest Dreams. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday Their Wonders: Portraits in 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sketches. At the Fogg Art Aug. 11: The Boogaloo .Regattabar through Friday, at 6:30 and Computing." Ongoing: "Virtual Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Museum, an exhibit drawn Swamis. Concertix: 876-7777 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and at FishTank." 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free from one of the most signifi- Aug. 18: Moloney, O'Connell & Jun. 11-12: Deborah Henson- 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. with MIT 10, otherwise $9, $7 cant Sargent collections in the Keane. Conant: Jazz Harp, Fri. $14, Tickets $30-34. Isabell. Stewart Gardner for children 3:14 and seniors. world will reveal the working Aug. 25: Bombay Jim & the Sat. $16. Museum The Museum features the the- process of one of America's Swinging S~pphires . . The Last Resort 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566-- ater of electricity (with indoor best known artists. Thirty-three Sculler's Through Jun. 26, Wed.-Sat. at 1401), TueS.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 thunder-and-lightning shows of his rarely shown sketch- 25tll Annual Bastille Day Tickets: 562-4111 8 p.m.: The world premiere of p.m. Admission S10, $7 for daily) and more than 600 books will also be on view. For Street Festlral Ticketmaster: 931-2000 Beau Jest's latest collabora- seniors, $5 for students with hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: hours and info., call 495- Jul. 9: Celebrate the French Jun. 11: James Willi"ams and tion. The play takes place at 10 ($3 on Wed.), free for chil- "Discovery Center"; 9400. National Holiday and support ICU, Thurs. $18, Fri. $20. the Rondelet Lodge, a seclud- dren under 18. "Investigatel A See-For-

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TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members 9f the Mil community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any losses, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://teckalendat.mlt.edu Events for Sunday June 13 slides, anything to read, show,perform or consume. Admission $4.00. N52-115. 10:00 a.m. - Learn to sa~ weekend classes. Bring a change of shoes and a lunch. Sailing Pavilion. Events for Sunday June 20 10:00 a.m. - Learn to sail, weekend classes. Bring a change of shoes and a lunch. This Events for Monday June 14 class combines the first three of the Wednesday evening classes into one Sunday class. Sailing 12:00 p.m. - Analyzing Eden: Predicting Climatic Conditions of Rain Forests within Pavilion. Closed Environments. Michael Holmes and Gavin Davies, aVE ARUP Research and Development. The Eden Projects are similar to the closed environments of the biospheres. Events for Wednesday June 23 These two researchers were engaged to develop predictive models for the climate of these pro- 12:00 p.m. - Learn to sail on your lunch hour. Sailing Pavilion. jects in Britain. Room 7-431. Sponsor: Building Technology Program 12:10 p.m. - Phase, Speed, and Amplitude Variations of Baroclinic Rossby Waves in 12:00 p.m. - Homocysteine Arteriosclerosis and Degenerative Diseases of Aging. the Ocean. Rimi Tailleux, UCLA. Room 54-915. Sponsor: PhysicafOceanography. Kilmer S. McCully, M.D., Chief of Pathology & Laboratory Medical Service, Department of 5:15 p.m. - Learn to sail Sailing Pavilion. VeteransAffairs, Provi~ence, RI. Room E25-401..Sponsor: Wurtman Lab. Events for Friday June 25 Events for Tuesday June 15 12:00 p.m. - Learn to sail on your lunch hoor~Sailing Pavilion. 6:00 p.m. - Auditions for Humorous One-Acts for Children. For August production of 3 one-act plays. Room 8-205. Events for Sunday June 27 10:00 a.m. ~ Learn to sa~ weekend classes. Bring a change of shoes and a lunch. This Events for Wednesday June 16 class combines the first 3 of the Wednesday evening classes into one Sunday claSs. Sailing 12:00 p.m. - Learn to sail. Learn to sail at lunch. You don't need a sailing card but please Pavilion. bring a change of shoes. Sailing Pavilion. 5:15 p.m. - Learn to sail. Sailing Pavilion. Events for Monday June 28 7:30 p.m. - Auditions for humorous one-acts for children. For August production of 3 7:00 p.m. - Moonlight sails & BBQ's. Glide along the river after dark, sailing in a one-~ct plays. Room 8-205. Rhodes-19. Bring a flashlight and something for the BBQ on the dock afterwards. You should have a current MIT sailing card for this event. Sailing Pavilion.. Events for Friday June 18 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Molecular Cell Biology of Cancer. A one-day symposiwn high- Events for Wednesday June 30 lighting advances in basic cancer research, touching on progress over the past 25 years and 12:00 p.m. - Learn to sail on your lunch bour. Sailing Pavilion. focussing on present and future research direction. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Center for 12:10 p.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. A social get-together of the MIT Gay, Bisexual, Cancer Research. and Lesbian Employees and Supporters group. Send e-mail for location. 9:00 p.m. - Potluck performance art party. AKA show and tell. Bring video, poetry, 5:15 p.m. - Learn to sail. Sailing Pavilion...... ' June 11, 1999 rallHlI1B B * 111111 I8HIIHG)fSfS) The Tech Page 13 Dilbert@ by Scott Adams

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between being a professor and has been the accomplishment of "a office," He said. ~, working in administration is hard," transition from an orientation focused Hodges said. on housing, to one more focused on Hodges said that his primary the overall MlT environment." Court Drops Charges Against CP responsibility as dean is "to act as a "It was a pretty substantial liaison between the Dean for restructuring. There were a lot of By Rima Amaout assault and battery charges against Carey then forcefully arrested Bell Undergraduate Education and the concerns especially about rush. A ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Carey on April 16, the Cambridge and took him to a local police sta- various departments" and that he lot of negotiation went on between The assault and battery com- District Court Clerk Thomas Begley tion. Carey maintains that Bell exit- the office and the FSILG's," Hodges plaint brought against MIT Campus deemed that there was insufficient ed the Student Center and re-entered ~ s'aid. Police Officer Michael E. Carey by evidence for the complaint to go to it before he moved to arrest Bell. In spite of difficulties, Hodges Toscaninni's employee Theodore trial. Bell appealed the decision and At the second hearing, however, noted "positive lines of communica- Bell was dismissed at an appeal a second hearing was held before a Carey a'pparently included new". tion" were developed. hearing held at Cambridge District judge a few weeks later. details in his testimony. Shea said He has also been involved with Court in May. _ At the second hearing, Bell and that at the second hearing Carey potential changes to the freshman The complaint stemmed from a Carey again told their stories of admitted that Bell had food with curriculum. March 30 incident, when Bell was what happened on the night of the him. Carey also said that he did not \ "We've started thinking more arrested for trespassing at the 24 30th. Apparently, Bell was in the ask the Coffeehouse cashier whether creatively about the freshman year," Hour Coffeehouse. back room of the Coffeehouse when she sold Bell food that night. Shea he said. According to Hodges, last According to Bell's attorney, Officer Carey and his partner told tried to argue at the hearing that Bell .' year's report of the Task Force on Mark W. Shea, the two parties came Bell to leave. was not trespassing because he was Life and Learning focused on a to a resolution that leaves both Bell After some discussion, Bell made a patron of the Coffeehouse at the his way to the exit on the second time he was arrested . .\fIODRAG CIRKOI'/C- TIlE TECH "perceived malaise" regarding and Carey officially without guilt. In Kip Hodges, Dean for freshman year. addition, the resolution means that floor of the Student Center. At this Although after the initial hearing \I Undergraduate Curriculum, will Since then, Hodges has worked Bell will be allowed to return to MlT point, according to Bell, Carey MIT Police said that they would resign at the end of June to with other members of the property in six months. Initially he threatened Bell's job at Toscanini's bring a resisting arrest charge return to his position as a Educational Design Project to inves- was banned from campus. and Bell stopped to take down ,against Bell, that complaint was full-time EAPS professor. tigate possible changes to the fresh- In the initial hearing for the Carey's name and badge number. never officially filed. I POLICE LOG The following incidents were reported to the MIT empty alcohol bottles, area cleaned up; DuPont, two individ- ,same extinguished by passerby; New House, noise com- . Campus Police between May 6 and May 26. Information is uals stopped, issued trespass warnings to persons attempting- plaint, discovered it was coming from across river; Baker, compiled from the Campus Police's weekly crime summary to gain entrance into building; Commuter lot, assist Conrail past larceny of bike tire $60; Student Center past larceny and from dispatcher logs. The report does not include Police with homeless persons on railroad tracks; Bldg. 5, ofbike secured with a cable $400; Harvard Bridge, assist alarms, general service calls, or incidents not reported to report of persons on roof, same checked out okay; Westgate, Cambridge Policewith a vehicle stop and aqest; report of a the dispatcher. noise complaint, same advised to quietdown. sexual assault; Bldg. E19, bikeseat -stolen, unknoWn value; May 6: Hayden Library, suspicious person; Kendal May 11: 77 Mass. Ave., demonstration; W31, report of Memorial Dr. assist State Police with vehicle broken into;, Square T station, armed robbery; Bldg. 6, report of suspi- annoying e-mail; Bldg. 1, report of homeless person, same Bldg. 10, hack; Bldg. 7, suspicious activity; Bldg. W31, cious person, same checked out okay; Boston, Mass. Ave., gone upon CP's arrival; Memorial Dr. and Audrey St., assist stolen wallet $10; Bldg. 1, unwanted guest' checks out okay; assist Boston University Police with suspicious person; State Police with motor vehicle accident. Bldg. 18, water overflowing sink caused damage. Albany and Pacific Streets, report of homeless persons walk- May 12: Boston, Phi Delta Theta, noise complaint, music May 18: Random Hall, report of homeless person on ing in street, assisted to shelter; Memorial Dr. assist State turned down; East Garage, report of suspicious person, same steps, same was gone upon CP's arrival; Student Center, " Police with motor vehicle accident; New House, wallet stolen gone upon CP's arrival; Amherst alley, vehicle stopped for suspicious person stopped and issued trespass warning. S60; Bldg. NE43, computer equipment stolen $63,000; excessive speed; McCormick, suspicious activity. May 19: Bexley, suspicious activity; DuPont bike rack, Student Center, persons sleeping, checked out okay; Boston, May 13: Bldg. W31, call received about student wishing bike secured with a cable stolen $800; Bldg. NW12, graffiti; SafeRide struck by another vehicle; AEP noise complaint. to speak with Dean on Call; Sigma Phi Epsilon, unwanted Bldg. 24, 911 hang-up call, no cause found; NIO parking lot, May 7: Eastgate, report of suspicious person; Boston, visitor; Bldg. E17, suspicious person report, individuallocat- hit and run damage to vehicle; Next House, fire alarm and assist Boston University Police with a possible domestic sit- ed and issued a trespass warning, assist StatePolice, motor severe water damage cause by butane torch; Westgate, noise uation; Main Street, report of suspicious person, gone upon vehicle accident; NW 12, two suspicious persons stopped and complaint, TV turned down. arrival; Main St., suspicious person fled Bldg. 9 bike rack issued trespass warnings; Bldg. E32, harassing e-mail; Bldg. May 20: Amherst Alley, traffic violation; Bldg. 9, rou- area, was issued trespass warning; Amherst Alley, person 4,tools stolen $117; Amherst Alley, vehicle operating reck- tine check and inquiry of on individual, trespass warning stopped for excessive speed; Kresge, rain coat stolen $125; lessly, verbal warning issued; MacGregor, suspicious activi- issued; Ashdown, suspicious activity; Mass. Ave. at State St. duPont, credit cards stolen; Bldg. E40, wallet stolen $24 ty; Pacific Lot, suspicious person, issued atrespass warning; student robbed of wallet at knife point; Ford Lot, truck cash and contents; Sloan Lot, suspicious person, trespass Bldg. 38, bicycle stolen, $500; Bldg. 16, pocketbookreported stolen containing several tools, later recovered in Melrose; warning issued; Bldg. E51, pocketbook containing cell stolen, later recovered at residence. Bldg.66, tank of Ethylene gas leaking causing evacuation of phone, calculator and other items stolen $1,000; Bldg. E 18, May 14: Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Beta Epsilon, assault two buildings for an extended period of time; Westgate, report of backpack rifled through nothing missing; Bldg. and battery, alcohol citation issued for possession or con- report of suspicious person, gone upon CP's arrival; Bldg. E 17 report of suspicious person, left before CP's arrival and sumption by a person under 21; Bldg. E52, report of suspi- E19, annoying phone call; Student Center report of person went to Whitehead, where same was a issued trespass warn- cious person, checked out okay; East Campus, rooftop viola- sleeping same checked out okay, students. ing; Bldg. W II, suspicious person issued trespass warning; tion; Bldg. E70, harassing mail; Kresge, wallet stolen, $50 May 21: Bldg. NE43, routine check and inquiry of per- Bldg. NW 14, suspicious person, trespass warning issued; cash and credit cards; Bldg. 7, bicycle secured with cable son checked out okay; Paid Lot, hit and run damage to vehi- Baker, fraudulent use of credit card; Walker, report of per- stolen $280; Boston, Sigma Phi Epsilon, noise complaint; cle; Bldg. NW30, person taken into custody on an outstand- son screaming, area checked out okay; Bexley, report of Bldg. E55, laptop left on sidewalk reported stolen, later ing warrant; Mass. Ave. at Memorial Dr."minor motor loud music, situation unfounded. returned to owner, laptop was regis~ered; Bldg. W31, vehicle accident, assist State Police; E23 plaza, complaint of May 8: Student Center, check of individual, trespass Campus Police received a call concerned about the wellbe- skateboarders; Bldg. E51, bicycle secured with a cable lock warning issued; Pacific Lot, check of individual, trespass ing of an employee; Bldg. 68, trespass warning issued to a stolen $800; Ashdown, 911 hang-up call, checks out okay; warning issued; Student Center, harassing e-mail; East disorderly person; WestLot, suspicious person issued a tres- Pacific Lot, routine. check on individuals who' check out Campus, noise' complaint responding officers observed per- pass warning; Westgate, report of homeless person sleeping okay; Ashoown, noise complaint, student left area upon son under 21 in possession of or consumption of alcohol and in doorway, taken to shelter. request to quiet down; Baker, report of intoxicated students, issued an alcohol citation; Ashdown, unregistered party with May IS: Baker, heat engine and a glass stolen $270; both transported to hospital, alcohol citation issue for con- alcohol, alcohol confiscated; Burton House, noise complaint, Boston, Sigma Kappa, homeless person, same checked out sumption of alcohol by person under 21; Student Center, .' group asked to quiet down; Landsdowne and Green street, okay; Boston, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, noise complaint; Harvard suspicious person checked out and trespasswarning issued; assist Cambridge Police with an arrest. Bridge, report of group of protesters heading towards MIT, Ashdown and Baker, noise complaints. May 9: Rockwell Cage, $60 cash removed from wallet; same passed by MIT without stopping; Bldg. 54, bike secured May 22: Zeta Beta Tau, past domestic assault; Harvard Endicott St., license plate stolen from vehicle; 33 Mass. with cable stolen $170; Kresge Oval, noise complaint, same Bridge and Mass. Ave.Cambridge, assist Cambridge Police, Ave. bike rack, front tires stolen $50; Burton, received quieted down; report of sexual assault; Bldg .. 14, report of demonstrators heading towards MIT ,continued past without report of three suspicious males, all issued trespass warn- suspicious activity, all checked out okay; New House, a problem; N52 lot, suspicious activity; Bldg. E39, suspi- ings; Bldg. W 11, suspicious person issued a trespass warn- unwanted guest, same left area before CP's arrival. cious activity; Vassar St. at Amherst St., suspicious vehicle, ing; New House, ducks new into window breaking same, May 16: Student Center report of suspicious activity; driver asleep in back seat; Memorial Dr. assist State Police ducks escorted back out window by CP's; S10an Lot, suspi- Bldg. 4, individual issued trespass warning; Mass. Ave. and with minor motor vehicle accident; Baker, report of suspi- cious person, gone upon Cp's arrival; East Campus, night- Amherst St. assist Cambridge Police with a confused person; cious activity; Ashdown, noise complaint; Senior House, watch requests assistance in breaking up a party; Edgerton Bldg. NW30, individual issued a trespasswarning; Albany noise complaint. , House, noise complaint, same asked to quiet down. St., routine check of two individuals; Bldg. W31, person May 23: Bldg. 32, suspiciou's person, same checks out May 10: Bldg. NE43, computers stolen, unknown value; taken into custody on an outstanding warrant; Bldg. NW30, okay; Bldg. W34, four suspicious persons; Bldg. W53, sus-' Student Center, backpack stolen SI 00, later recovered minus routine check and inquiry; off campus, evidence seized. picious activity; Ashdown, check emergency telephone ~\ a calculator; Bldg. NW30, officer observed a large amount of May 17: Student Center report of trash can smoldering, hang-up, no cause found.

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Myron Weiner ... Professor of Political Science Myron Weiner, an internationally known authority on refugees and political change in developing countries, is dead at 68. Weiner died last week at his home in Vermont of brain cancer. He was the author or editor of 32 books dealing with subjects ranging from internal and international migration, to child labor and educa- tion. He was an expert on India's politics, ethnic conflicts, education, and agrarian and industrial policies. "Myron Weiner was a brilliant scholar and an inspiring teacher and colleague, who had a large impact on the world, in particular on the lives of children," said Professor Joshua Cohen, head of the Department of Political Science. Weiner had been chair of the External Research and Advisory Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since 1996. At the time of his death, he was engaged in analyzing immigration policies, refugee flows, and child labor and educational policy in India. Dr. Weiner's 1991 book The Child and the State in India: Child Labor and Education Policy in Comparative Perspective is in its fourth edition in India and has contributed to debate in that country over how child labor can be ended. Under the auspices of UNICEF, he has lectured in India on education and child labor and has consult- ed with government officials there. Born March II, 1931 in New York City, Weiner received his BSS from the City College of New York in 1951 and MA and PhD degrees from Princeton in 1953 and 1955, respectively. He taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago before coming to MIT in 1961. He was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1965 and served as head of the Department of Political Science from 1974 to 1977. During his distinguished career, Weiner also served as a consul- tant to the U.S. State Department, the National Security Council, the World Bank, and the Agency for International Development. Dr. Weiner is survived by his wife, Sheila Leiman Weiner; a son, Saul of Chicago; a daughter, Beth Datskodsky of Bala Cynwyd, PA; and five grandchildren.

-. Pace of the Institute Relaxes for Summer By Anna K. Benefiel look at , or Living in the Boston area over for the library's schedule, try ~the summer gives an MIT student . UROPs simultaneously, spend hours To mention just a few of the over ~in a dimly lit Athena cluster, and 300 MIT student groups that are experience first-hand Massachusetts' active during the summer, the MIT agonizing heat and humidity in a Outing Club, the Undergraduate dorm room without air-conditioning Association, Technique, The Tech, ~ In case you were beginning to the Society for Creative worry that this summer was going to Anachronism, the Assassin's Guild be insufferably awful, think again. and the Lecture Series Committee A veritable plethora of fun events all have several summer activities. .0\ and activities take place in and Check individual student activity around Boston over the summer; homepages for specific information some are even conveniently located about summer events . .. right on campus. Many of MIT's athletic facili- summer-fun announces events ties, libraries, and student activities To find out what's going on on are open and active over the sum- campus, you can also subscribe

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RICII F1.ETCIlf."R TilE TECH The Schnitzer Prize Winners' Exhibition on display In the Wiesner Student Art Gallery In the Student Center featured "Afternoon in Ibague," one of a series of photographs by Rich Aetcher G, the first place winner. -, . Page 16 THE TECH June 11, 1999 Audience Welcomed Unorthodox Speech Commencement, from Page 1 thought process."

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Or speech was "slow in the middle," it. expressed as a mantra the two Races to be held this Sunday on the Charles River. provided valuable information, he attempted to incite the graduates to said. recite: "unencumbered by the Henry DiLorenzo said that the speech was "very good ... [but] not CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING as motivational as other speakers." Summer Mailing List Despite the unorthodox choice ., .ForSale Ready for career growth? I'm a of speakers, the 133rd recruiter for the software industry. I Commencement occurred as usual Near MIT IKendall - 3 Lge 1 BD build relationships, share Condos Beautifully Renovated. wi Local under clear skies. " information, and find the job you Announces Fun all amenities 220 Windsor St. For President Vest delivered his tra- want. Contact: Free entertainment abounds in more info: Shari Moy 781-579-2080 Summer, from Page 15 ditional address and charge to the [email protected]. 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Call Esther Horwich at 523- of subscribers typically fluctuates at Sometimes having nothing to do can through a website which was later Great source of extra cash. Full 1150. training provided! Must have car and this time of year as people hear be refreshing, given the non:..stop shutdown by the administration " must be available on weekends. Call about the list or realize they won't frenzy of activity that will resume arrived at six a.m. "It's a special (508)881-1095. • Travel be around for the summer and when the class of 2003 arrives for day for all of us," Linda Shapiro Orientation in August. said. ADOPTION: Let us fill your baby's life GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! remove themselves, he said. with love and happiness. Happily Mexico, the Caribbean or Central married couple wishes to adopt America $199 round trip. Europe newborn. Full-time mother and $169 one way. Other worldwide successful father to love, care and destinations cheap. Book Tickets on Safety Complaints from Athletes Led .' nurture. Expenses paid. Call Terry & line www.airtech.com or (212) 219- Bob 1-800-652-6183. 7000 To Closure of the Omnifield inApril Turf, from Page 1 "The turf is the most important said Martin. Earn up to 480.00/month!! field we have. It is the only lighted Numerous changes in the from both students and officials and all-weather field at MIT. In the replacement turf will improve safety HealUiy men between the ages oC 19 and 39 are needed &!l anonyDIoWl sperm donors. Must be 5'9" (175em) or taller and able to commit to the program Cor a minimum oC 9 months. Donors are compeD.'lAted $35.00 per about the danger the field posed. At fall semester, it is used by field on the field. According to Hawes, of. donation. Please call CaliCornla Cyrobank, In Cambridge, MA at (617) 497-8646 between 9-5, Monday that time, the field was over 12 years hockey, football, intramural soccer, . the old field had painted lines cut throngh Friday to see IC you quallCy ... SerioWllnquiries only, please! old. According to Martin, a turf field as well as several club sports," into it and sewn separately into the usually lasts between 8 and 10 years. Martin said. larger sunace. This structure result- "Certainly safety was a con- During the spring semester when ed in problems as the field began to ~ cern," said Hawes of the field the omnifield was shutdown, many show wear and tear. replacement. teams were required to relocate their The painted lines came undone "The old turf was installed in practices to either the oval or from the main turf causing athletes ",' 1986 and had run its useful cycle. Johnson causing problems with to trip or twist their ankles on the As time went on, people's concern crowding. protruding pieces. The new astro- for safety was raised," Martin said. "When you lose a key facility, it turf, however, will have integrated SUIDller IBglSUldOI The administration moved to becomes a problem. The Institute colored lines so there will be less I replace the turf swiftly after its shut- stepped up to support us and we danger to athletes as the field is sub- for down in early April. moved diligently to get it done," jected to normal use. PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

AEROBICS June 14 - August 13

;.-. TENNIS Session I: June 21 - July 15 Session II: July 19 - August 12 YOGA .' June 24 - August 12

Registration is IN AnV ANCE in room W32-125. Registration is open to aD members of the MlT community. PE credit for classes and a Summer fee applies.

To see course offerings, go to: http://web.mit.edu/ athletics/www / physed.html GABOR CSANYI-TIIE TECH .,' or call our office at x3-4291 (or more information . The Magllozzl brothers, better known as Click and Clack, delivered a IIght-hearted address to the class of 1999.