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Volume 119, Number 4~6 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, October 1, 1999 .' Teams Face Funding Cutbacks By Dav~ Bailey letics are not a high enough priority varsity." to receive the proper funding to sup- When athletes showed up for The Athletics Department elimi- port its 4\ varsity sports. Apparently practice in late August. Alessi said. nated all junior varsity sports teams the choice is to reduce sports and he had to inform them there was no this academic year in an attempt to spend the budget on those teams or program for those who did not make keep expenditures under budget keep what you've had and do the the varsity team. while complying with NCAA Title best you can with inadequate fund- IX gender equity regulations, ing," said Men's Soccer Coach Athletics director blames Title IX according to Director of Athletics Walter Alessi who had to cut the While many attribute the cuts Richard A. Hill. men's soccer sub-varsity program solely to budgetary constraints - the In addition, caps have recently this year. Athletic Department budget has flat- been placed on how many athletes "I was surprised, upset and dis- lined since \987 - Hill also attrib- can~ompete for each varsity team. appointed. I had informed all uted the cuts to MIT"s JV programs "This is a very sens iti ve issue incoming soccer freshmen that a attempts to comply with Title IX, that goes right to the top of MIT. sub-varsity program would be avail- The ~ottom line is that varsity ath- able to them if they did not make Cutbacks, Page 23 Domecoming Kicks Off with Rally By Efren Gutierrez the ball. The Amherst Alley Rally will incorporate a short pep rally, spon- Domecoming, MIT's own ver- Events to promote campus unity sored by the Varsity Club, during sion of a traditional homecoming "All these events are to bring all which representatives from most weekend, begins today. This will be of campus together for this week- varsity teams will speak out about the first large-scale homecoming end," said Nicole Balli '00, a their seasons. celebration MIT has held since the Dormitory Councillepresentative. "This is a really good way for early 1980s. Homecoming Organizer Puja the MIT teams to be recognized for ,j. ) MIT's football team will face off Gupta '00 said, "Basically, we want all their hard work and effort" against Curry College in the home- students to have a good time and get Gupta said. coming game, Saturday at noon. that MIT high." After the rallies, the Other events include Amherst Events for Friday will begin 'with Domecoming committee will hold Alley Rally, an outdoor movie, a a rally in Amherst Alley. Amherst an outdoor showing of "Dazed and J.SU tailgate barbecue, and the Dome- Alley will be closed off to all com- Confused," starring Ben Affleck, Paola Nasser '01 runs the. ball ahead of a Babson College play- coming Ball following the game. muter traffic. Matthew McConahey, and Neve er. Mil lost the match against the defending conference cham- •All events will re.quire a college Edable Grays, a local Boston cir- Campbell. pion 3-1. MIT's goalkeeper made six saves and Babson's made ID for entrance. Only MIT stu- cuit band, will perform. JAM'N If it should rain Friday, the alley three. See story p~e 33. dents will be able to.get the free 94.5 FM and ,the Domecoming, rally will be canceled but the out- . ,. food that wi II be served at the, Committee will hold free prize give- .. ' - illky/pep niiI», the barpecue, and ., :,!)V~y~_at~herally .. _ . Domecomlng, Page 21 .Pamphlet CouncilCiuulitlatitCampaigns on Affordable Ho~ing .' ~ , , By Frank Dabek Cambridge. He pointed out that If students want a "fun, interest- found between the safety concerns EDITOR IN CHIEF Harvard's in. lieu of tax agreement ing, affordable place to be part of in of students and those of other resi- Off~rsDmg James Williamson is running for expires soon and called for a "major Central Square" with clubs, arts, dents, he said - "some. people rob '.,",,' Cambridge City Council on a pro- honest, fair, sensible debate about dance, and theater, they "want to you with a six-shooter, some with a gressive platform dedicated to what the responsibilities of the uni- support someone like me," he said. fountain pen." UseAdvice a ff 0 r dab I e versities to Caml?.ridge ought to be." The fight for the area is at a "crucial Williamson also acknowledged housing and The approximately $1.4 million moment." the need for late night transport. He By Anna K. Benefiel Election maintaining paid by the property tax exempt Williamson's safety proposals proposed a system of "dollar cabs" STAFF REPORTER the character MIT and Harvard to the city is include improving pedestrian safety which would run along Mass. Ave. Over the past two weeks, 2,250 of Cambridge, "chump change," he said. on Memorial Drive in addition to from the river to Harvard Square for copies of a pamphlet entitled, '99 especially the While Williamson applauded safety for students throughout the flat rate of a dollar per rider after "Drugs At MIT, A Practical Guide Central Square area. MIT's commitment to provide more Cambridge. There is a balance to be hours. for the Intoxicated Engineer" have Williamson has a number of con- housing for students he called on the been distributed on campus. nections to the MIT community. He Institute to "make some commitment The pamphlet, which includes stressed his involvement in efforts to to [housing] staff' and faculty to fur- information and advice relating. to aid Lori Berenson, a former MIT ther reduce pressures on Cambridge's eleven drugs, appeared on The Tech student who is currently serving a housing market. MIT should "miti- news stands and in the Student life sentence in Peru. Berenson was gate its effect on the community they Center coffeehouse. convicted of terrorism charges by a are an extremely important part 0[," "Published anonymously for military tribunal but has always . Of the planned Stata Center, protection of the authors," the pam- maintained her innocence. Williamson said, "If MIT can afford
.)A' •• phlet says .that it "accept[s] the fact Williamson worked with Martin zillions of dollars to build a building that you will use, or might be con- Diskin, a professor of Anthropolgy by the world's most prestigious sidering using, drugs." at MIT who passed away in 1997 architect" they can "do better in pro- and who tallght Berenson, and viding housing for staf[''' Pamphlet motivated by death Professor of Political Science Williamson is an advocate of An author Qf DAMIT, who Jo'shua Cohen to organize visits of rent control but focuses his attention wished to remain anonymous, said Berenson's parents to the Institute on extending the group of people
, 4'" • that he published the pamphlet in an and to form a base of support at eligible for public assistance with effort to increase the safety of stu- MIT for Berenson .. housing. The city should "address dents who chose to use recreational As a councilor he could more low-moderate to moderate income drugs and were not being educated effectively "lead and organize, a people" who are currerUly ineligible by the Institute .. national effort to finally get Lori out for assistance and consequently not "MIT seems to be: dealing with of prison in Peru" and hopes ~ble to live in Cambridge. its own politics 'and less with its invite MIT President Charles M. own students," he said. DAMIT is Vest tq be part of a contingent to Other issues important to students an effort to "try to help out the stu- visit Peru on behalf of Berenson. Williamson has been a part of dents." The pamphlet hopes to be a the "save Central'Square" move- source of reliable information Improving City/Institute relations ment which is fighting new develop- OMAR ROUSHDY-THE TECH Williamson also acknowledged ment in the. area. The group has "instead of allowing people to rely James Williamson the "tremendous impacts" that MIT delayed the construction of a Gap DAMIT, Page 20 and Harvard University have on store through court action, he said.
Straight from the medical Comics James D, Watson, co-discoverer World & Nation , 2 experts, The Techoffers a guide of DNA, speaks at Harvard to cel- Opinion 4 .to safer sex@mit. ebrate the Ce'nter for Genomics Arts 6 Research. On The Town 10 ,...: Sports 36 Page 20 Page 12 Page 16 II _____ ._._ •.... w ... ..,., ~ ~ -- _ ~ __ ._.--.....,... _ ... Page 2 THE TECH October I, 1999 1 WORLD & NATION Palestinians Harbor Uranium Processing Plant Hope for Gaza Port LOS A,vGELE\' THIES GAlA CITY
Leaks Radiation in Japan ' .. Along the beach south of here, where,donkeys pull carts through By Kathryn Tolbert ment's Science and Technology the uranium reached the critical thick beige sand and fishermen cast nets into the Mediterranean, THE WASHINGTON POST Agency. point," said Makoto Ujihara, head TOKYO Palestinians are staking a major portion of their future. In addition to .the three hospital- of the company's Tokyo office. He Soon, at a spot six miles south of Gaza City, construction is due A leak at a uranium processing ized workers, II other plant said the workers told others "they -:. to begin on a S70 million harbor that backers hope will breathe life plant about 75 miles northeast of employees and five local residents saw blue flame ri~ing from the fuel" into a moribund Palestinian economy while also marking another sig- Tokyo spread radiation Thursday were being treated for exposure to and complained of nausea. ni ficant step in the voyage to national independence. over a densely populated area and radiation, according to local offi- Local officials monitoring radia- Despite miles of coastline, businesspeople in the largely sent three workers to the hospital, cials. tion levels reported a surge' in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip must go through Israel for most of two of them in critical condition. "A major accident re~ulting in a late afternoon, leading to fears that their trade. It was the worst accident in the radioactive leak has happened. We nuclear reaction was continuing at The Palestinians complain that Israeli middlemen nearly double history of Japan's nuclear power apologize from the bottom.of our the plant and that the radioactive ~ the costs for imported goods, from automobiles to furniture, while industry, which has experienced a hearts," said Koji Kitani, president material had not yet spent itself. C Israeli-imposed delays play havoc with Palestinian exports of fruits series of recent mishaps. of JCO, the company that operates "The situation is one our country and vegetables. About 150 people living near the facility, bowing deeply at a has never experienced," a govern- After years of testy negotiations, Palestinians finally have the the Tokaimura plant were immedi- news conference in Tokyo. ment spokesman said. • right to bui Id and operate - under some restrictions - their first sea- ately evacuated as the area was The privately operated plant Among recent nuclear power port. sealed off, and thousands of others processes uranium into fuel for -incidents, a fire at a separate facility Last year's U.S.-brokered Wye Plantation accord put the Gaza within a five-mile radius were told nuclear power plants, The nuclear at Tokaimura in 1997 exp'osed more • harbor in writing, and another agreement ratified this month at Shann over loudspeak~rs "not to go out- reaction was set off when workers than 30 people to radiation. Last el Sheik, Egypt, gave the green light for an Oct. I construction start side until the radiation level mixed too much uranium in the July a nuclear power reactor in date. decreased. Around the plant radia- tank, said company officials. Fukui prefecture was shut down The Israeli government will maintain overall control. Worried tion had reached 4,000 times nor- "We are still trying to find what after radioactive coolant water that the port could be used to bring in weapons or other illicit cargo, mal level, according to the govern- exactly happened .but we believe leaked within the container. the Israelis will supervise the construction and will check all incom- ing and outgoing shipments twice - once at sea and again on land, inside the harbor complex. Palestinian officials complain that the Israelis put up numerous Magnitude. 7.5 Quake Shakes obstacles to construction of the airport, such as blocking the transport of building materials. They hope for better from the new government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Mexico, Eight Reported Dead LOS ANGELES TIMES • MEXICO CITY. MEXICO network that five people were killed , and Taiwan in the last two months. (", Discontent Grows Under Rule of A powerful earthquake rocked in the city of Oaxaca, at least one of Television networks. reported Mexico on Thursday, killing eight them by falling masonry. that in Mexico City, one person died Zimbabwe President Mugabe people, shaking buildings in the Police later reported that a 13- of a heart attack apparently brought THE BALTIMORE SUl',' capital to their foundations and year-old girl died of sho'ck in the on by the quake. A women was also HARARE. ZIMBABWE sending frightened office-workers seaside resort of Puerto Escondido, reported killed when she ran panic- President Robert Mugabe, one of the last African autocrats, is scurrying into the streets. just nine miles from the quake's epi- stricken out of her home in leading his country into its 20th year of independence with its econo- In the most affected areas in the center, where some 20 people were Cordoba, in the Gulf Coast state of ~ my imploding and his control under growing threat. southern state of Oaxaca, roofs also injured. Veracruz, and cracked her skull in a Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change, an umbrella crumbled, roads were damaged and "People ran out into the streets fall. grouping of trade unions, social, church and civic organizations, is electricity was cut in what was of Puerto Escondido terrified. It was State news agency Notimex said e' the first nationally based opposition party to confront Mugabe in the thought to be the most powerful very strong," local police officer electricity in the city of Oaxaca was :6 fomler Southern Rhodesia. quake to hit Mexico for 14 years .. ' Pedro Ramon Moreno told Reuters complerely cut off aria' there' was A textile worker, miner, and union organizer, Tsvangirai, 47, The quake, which lasted for 42 by telephone, . damage to buildings. invites comparison with Poland's Lech Walesa - a relative unknown seconds, was felt at about II :31 The quake crumpled roofs, tore Sandra Ramos, a journalist at the springing from the workplace to prominence by facing down an a.m. (12:31 p.m. EDT) and mea- bridges in two and damaged roads, Oaxaca newspaper El Imparcial, sured a preliminary 7.5 on the open- he said. ' said some~schools were damaged' entren<;:hed regime. t. and several fires broke out. . I" ("\ But there is an even closer precedent next door in Zambia, where ended Richter scale, the U.S. geo- A Red Cross official said23 oth- .1 Hundreds of holiday-makers 'in organized labor led the 1991 campaign that ended Kenneth Kaunda's logical survey said. ers had been injured in Oaxaca. •Ct • ), The epicenter was close to the "I am very worried about the coastal resort of Huatulco' 27 years in power. )J Mugabe's ouster would send reverberations around southern coast, 35 miles north-northwest of Oaxaca ... we are activating the rushed out of their hotels as. the u Africa as it tries to adapt to South Africa's new post-apartheid Puerto Angel, in the state of whole civil defense apparatus as quake hit but there' were no reports assertiveness and forge regional political and economic solidarity in Oaxaca, 310 miles southeast of always," President Ernesto' Zedillo of damage, Notimex said. the face of continuing wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mexico City, the survey said. said of the state, one of-Mexico's The National Oceanic and " It was believed to be the most poorest. Atmo'spheric Administration's Angola. r' But Mugabe retains near-dictatorial power over the machinery'of powerful quake to strike Mexico The quake's strength suggested Alaska Tsunami Warning Center .. since 1985 when a pair of huge it was capable of causing extensive initially issued "an advisory" for- a r~ both state and his ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic T Front (ZANU-PF). To dislodge him will take little short of political quakes killed up to 10,000 people, damage and loss of life in densely possible tidal surge on the west revolution. mainly in the capital. Those. regis- populated areas. coast of the United States, but later Mugabe will run again in 2002 for the presidency where it's pos- tered 8. J and 7.3 on the Richter But by evening, the damage withdrew this warning. sible that Tsvangirai will run in opposition party. scale. looked to have been well short of In Mexico City, a helicopter The governor of Oaxaca, Jose the devas,tation meted out by the broadcasting live images showed no' Murat, told the Televisa network quakes that have hit Turkey, Greece signs of serious damage to buildings . ... WEATHER
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By Bill Ramstrom SfH"F ,I/ETE( JR(JU)(i/ST The upcoming weekend looks to be a SO/50 proposition - Saturday will be quite pleasant, but clouds and showers arc likely t. for Sunday. But for today and tomorrow, a broad high pressure system will dominate the eastern half of the country, leading to clear bluc skics and low humidity. A low pressure system in southcrn Canada wi II approach for Sunday, with cloudiness and somc showcrs. ,. ( Drought-cnding rains ovcr the coursc of September, including drenching downpours from thc much-wcakened hurricanes Dennis and Floyd. helped to bring Boston's annual rainfall totals up to normal k\'els. In Illuch of the eastern U.S., hurricanes and their rl'lllnal1ts makc up an important fraction of annual rainfall; in fact, pnsiSlL'nt drought in the 1960' s in the Northeast is blamed, in part. 011 thc dcarth of landfalling hurricanes. Thus, while it may .r.1I Sl'cm that thc only purposc for hurricancs is to guarantee full cillploymcnt of on-location IlCWS reporters. the more widespread but much less dramatic rainfall turns out to be the hidden benefit.
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Satwiksai Seshasai '0 I Oarian Unger G and Glenn McMillon Jr. '03, But Copernicus merely guessed right; he pro- The Age Discrepancy ... Editor in Chief on the topic of creationism, I am firmly on posed what was, at the time, an inferior theo- Frank Dabek '00 the side of Mr. Unger. But as a student of the ry. The Ptolemaic theory, as improved by I wonder what the response of the Illinois history of ideas, I fear that Unger has rather Arab and medieval scholars, continued to legislators would have been had Julia Business Manager misstated several facts, which lends an air of predict the motions of planets much more Lipman's class proposed a law suspending- Joey Dieckhans '00 over-hasty diatribe to his most worthy cause. accurately than Copernicus ever could. In the driver's license of anyone found driving i\lanaging Editor Unger refers to "refuters of the round addition, the heliocentric theory had to con- with a blood alcohol content above 0.00, not just those under the age of 21 ["Beating Up Ryan Ochylski '0 I earth concept" as "15th-century skeptics" tend with the lack of observed parallax. ["Creation Evangelists Exposed," Sep. 28]. Kepler did much to improve the theory, on Students," Sep. 28]. r, Executive Editor The fact that the earth is roughly spherical but the key works were not published until the My problem is with the discrepancy in ages Gregory F. Kuhncn '00 was widely known in antiquity. Eratosthenes seventeenth century - in particular, the at which you can do what. At 18, you can vote, of Cyrene successfully measured the circum- Astrononzia Nova (1609) and the Harmonice You can be sent to war, you can buy pornogra-., SEWS ST.1FF ference of the earth by observing the penetra- Mundi (1619), which together contained his phy, you can buy cigarettes - but you can't Editors: Douglas E. Heimburger '00, tion of sunlight to the bottom of widely famed "three laws," Even then, the heliocen- buy alcohol. And in Illinois, they'd apparently Zareena Hussain '00, Jennifer Chung '01, spaced deep wells. Aristotle before him had tric theory was only a little superior in have it so that you can drive while intoxicated, Naveen Sunkavally '0 I; Associate Editors: also correctly described the earth as spheri- explanatory power to the Ptolemaic system, provided you're of age to be intoxicated. ,. Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, cal; even the pre-Socratic cosmologists knew and failed to address the parallax problem. All I'm asking for is equal protection for Kristen Landino '02, Kevin R. Lang '02, the earth was a ball. Never did this change; It was not until Isaac Newton's everyone from everyone except themselves, Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: Erik European thought maintained its true opinion Philosophiae Natura/is Principia Mathematica, which is an individual responsibility, regard~.. Snowberg '99, Anna K. Benefiel '00, of the shape of the earth until even the pre- published in 1687, that a theory thoroughly less of age. ' Gabriel Dalcson '00, Laura McGrath Moulton '0 I, Krista L. Niece '01, Jane sent day. The notion that anyone significant superior to the Ptolemaic was proposed; Yoo '01, Steve Hoberman '02, Mike had bel ieved in a flat earth was a 19th-centu- Newton's theory provided predictibns as accu- Joel Rosenberg '99 Hall '03, Aurora Schmidt '03, Sagara '. Wickramasekara '03; Meteorologists: Vcronique Bugnioll G, Greg Lawson G, Pctcr Iluybcrs Ci, Bill Ramstrom G, Chris E. Forcst, Marck Zebrowski. PRODC'( 'T1UV snFF Editor: Brdt Altschul G; Associate Editors: Ian Lai '02, Jo'rdan Rubin '02, Agnes Borsi'~ki: Staff: Mary Obelnicki G, Josh Bittkcr '99, Erica S. Pfister '00, Eric J. Cho Ian keri I '02, Bryan Guzman '03, Vcr6nica Lois '03, Janc Maduram '03, l Supriya Rao '03, Jennifer Shich '03. O!'lSf{)'v ST.~ FF Editors: Eric J. Plosky G, Michael 1. Ring '0 I; Columnists: Julia C. Lipman '99, Elainc Y. Wan '01. Veena Thomas '02, Kris Schnee '02: Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, Jeff Roberts '02. SPORTS ST.~ FF Editor: Susan Buchman '0 I; Associate Editor: Ming-Tai !Iuh '02; Staff: Nisha Singh '00, Alvan Eric Loreto '0 I, Jennifer C. Lee '02. ARTS STAFF Editors: Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, Rebecca Loh '01; Associate Editors: Bence P. Olveczky G, Fred Choi '02; Staff: Erik Blankinship G, Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. Millman G, Roy Rodenstein G, Zarminae Ansari '97, Teresa Huang '97, David V. 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Activism ,,. from observation of the natural world. As the number of sides involved here. Since reve- Guest Column such, creation science is not science; it is reli- lation is the only way by which we can gain Brad Hersh gion. And having failed in introducing cre- knowledge of supernatural explanations of Model ation into schools, creationists now take the biological diversity, what basis do we have for opposite tactic of trying to dilute the teaching determining the revelations to use? That is, Guest columnist Glenn McMillon, Jr. Kris Schnee would have us believe that creationism "is an of evolution. the revelations of which creation story are we equally valid scientific theory in opposition" What I (and many others, no doubt) would to use in school as the basis of creation sci- to evolution ["Clearing Up Creation," Sep. like to see is the much-vaunted evidence for ence? The Pueblo Indians'? Hindus'? Perhaps Today marks the official release of the . (24]. His column is erroneous, highly mislead- creation science. I have never seen positive the story found in Genesis? Use of any of Unified Residential System Proposal - a ing, and betrays a complete misunderstanding evidence for creation science, only negative these (or countless others) would clearly be a hopeful day for everyone who cares about of the nature of science. It also concludes with argumentation. Arguments of the form government endorsement of one religion over the quality of life for present and future ,~~he false image of the creationist as the open,;, "Evolution does not explain X" are not posi- others. Institute students. minded individual mere- tive evidence for But isn't this really what creationists have The new proposal contains several impor- ly asking for equal time creation. Does any- in mind when they ask for "equal time" - for tant improvements over the earlier proposal against the closed-mind- one believe that everyone to be exposed to the Genesis cre- by the Residence System Steering "ed evolutionist. As I Creation science starts .from the gravitation is not ation story as part of the public school cur- Committee. While it remains to be seen will argue, creationism true merely because riculum? Such a goal is not simply a democra- whether the Unified Proposal is accepted and lacks explanatory power postulate oj a supernatural we don't have a tic request for equal treatment, but is instead a used, it has the advantage of being a good and ,,:and is an example of fully-explained ploy for government endorsement of a partic- reasonable idea - and, better yet, a product special pleading for a designer and rationalizes mechanism by ular religious viewpoint. It should be obvious of student democracy in action. particular religious evidence to support that) rather which gravitational why this is undesirable. One of the main problems with the RSSC viewpoint, and as such forces act? Evolution does not conflict with religion, proposal was the plan for Orientation and res- .• does not deserve time in than starting.from observation oj Creationists would in the same way that physics and chemistry do idence selection. The plan would split the a public school science apply such an absurd not conflict with religion. Religion and sci- two, basically annihilating Rush. Instead of classroom. the natural world. As such). standard to evolu- ence are separate realms of human experience. physically seeing the dormitories and meeting McMillon repeats the tionary biology. Religion should not comment on matters. of the residents - getting to know each dorm's creation science is not science; culture firsthand - future freshmen would I i.old saw that evolution is Creationists delight science, just as science does not attempt to not science because it is it is religion. in pointing out gaps prove or disprove matters of religion. Creation choose their housing by mail over the sum- impossible to "repeat, and deducing there- science wrongly attempts to import the super- mer. Where' s the fun in that? It's not neces- ,.)observe, or measure." from an intelligent natural into scientific methodology. sary or wise to remove residence selection This statement wrongly designer, but it is This exchange of letters and columns was from the Orientation process - the campus disqualifies historical sciences such as geolo- only the scientists who actually endeavor to prompted by the actions of the Kansas Board exploration and social interaction of Rush is gy and astronomy, while at the same time fill explanatory gaps. of Education in their revision of the state sci- arguably the best way to get used to college '~ignoring field and laboratory evidence for Arguments of the form "X can only be ence standards. The board altered its defini- evolution occurring in populations today (for explained by a designer" are likewise invalid. tion of science, eliminated references to geo- one well-documented example, see the work They lack any explanatory power ;md stifle logic time and the age of the earth, and lof Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant as related further research, as absolutely any experimen- specifically weakened its presentation of evo- Mile it remains to be seen whether in The Beak oj the Finch by Jonathan tal problem can be explained aw~y by invok- lution. Societal issues raised by the human the Unified Proposal is aaepted and Weiner). Furthermore, fossil evidence for . ing a designer. In su~h a system, how does. genome project, genetic testing, and the war evolution, too voluminous to detail here, one rationally decide when to pursue a natural against antibiotic-resistant diseases (as just a used) it has the advantage of being a l~remains solid, despite the unfounded asper- . explanation that may be difficult to discern, few examples) require a thorough understand- sions McMillon attempts to cast on it. and when to simply give up and invoke a ing of the biological issues that underlie them. good and reasonableidea - and) Judge William Overton, in the 1982 designer? To undermine public understanding of biolo- better yet) a product of student McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education deci- The only evidence for creation is by spe- gy by diluting the teaching of evolution is to \sion against Arkansas' "balanced treatment" cial revelation, and science is a public enter- undermine the role of society in shaping sci- demoaacy in action. act, discussed "essential characteristics" of prise that does not operate by personal revela- ence policy and biomedical ethics. science based in large part on the testimony of tion. Science operates by methodological To paraphrase geneticist Theodosius ,..philosopher of science -Michael Ruse. These naturalism and must ignore supernatural Dobzhansky, nothing in biology makes sense characteristics, as enumerated in Robert forces in its explanations or else it fails as a without evolution. Evolution is not supported life. It is strange and chaotic, but it does what Pennock's Tower of Babel, are that science is pubiic form of knowledge. By definition, the by one or even a few critical proofs - props it's supposed to do - and, therefore, it is per- guided by natural law, that it has to be only insights we can get into the supernatural that can be knocked out to bring down the fectly appropriate for MIT. The new Unified .,I explanatory by referenc,e to natural law , that it (that which is beyond the natural) are by spe- whole edifice. Rather, evolution permeates Proposal fixes the problem, preserving dedi- is testable agains~ the empiricahworld, that its cial revelation and cannot be publicly verified biology, both supporting it and being support- cated time for housing exploration. conclusions are tentative (not necessarily the .in the manner of scientific data. ed by it. To teach biology without regard to Another concern was the preservation of final word); and that it is falsifiable. Creation McMillon also claims that this is a two- this central nature of evolution does students a the "theme houses" within New House - . ;<. science fails to meet each and every one of sided issue, and that public school students grievous disservice. It is this critical impor- French, German, Russian, and Spanish these criteria .. deserve to be exposed to both sides. tance that both McMillon and the Kansas Houses, and Chocolate City. The RSSC pro- Creation science starts from the postulate_ McMillon - as well as Kris Schnee in his Board of Education seem to have missed. posal made housing selection for these •,,)of a supernatural designer and rationalizes earlier column ["A Bridge to the II th Brad Hersh is a graduate student in groups independent of upperclassman input, evidence to support that, rather than starting Century ," S.ep. 21] - greatly underestimates Biology. a scheme which would threaten the very existence of the theme houses. Like the independent living groups not physically attached to campus, the theme houses divide ""; B_e_n_c_hedBya Broken Budget cooking, cleaning, and other chores among hitherto, I ran an average of ten miles a day. Further cuts will only breed more animosity. their members, and it's therefore important Guest Column On many occasions, I trained twice a day, run- I realize that the Athletics Department has that all of their members participate. Stanley Hu ning to the point of exhaustion. All-I-ever been forced into a difficult position. Its operat- Completely free entrance to the theme hous- asked in return was the chance to.step on the ing budget has not increased in line with the es might allow in freshmen who want the Recently, the MIT Athletics Department starting line and race with the rest of my skyrocketing costs of supporting 41 varsity benefits of such a group but who are unwill- ~.. has been forced to dramatically cut costs due teammates. teams. Without additional funding from the ing to do the work. - and a few freeloaders to budget overruns. Junior varsity ,t.eam.shave After many weeks of practice, I thought I Institute, the Athletics Department cannot could ruin the entire system. been eliminated completely; remaining teams had earned the privilege to compete. My continue to support a quality sports program. Fortunately, the Unified Proposal have been trimmed .to a bare minimum of times qualified me to race in several meets, In order to help, MIT must act quickly to acknowledges the needs of the theme houses members. Worse yet, athlete~ 'who thought even after the Athletics Dep'artment had increase the athletics budget. - their members will be able to hold fresh- they had earned a spot on a team are now reduced the 'size of the travel team to 24 Participating in a college sport has been men to the house rules for joining and work- being told that they can no longer participate. members ..Then they cut even further, reduc- one of the most worthwhile endeavors of my ing there, and force them out if they refuse to \".~ This situation has disrupted the lives of ing that number to 14.. Finally, la'st week - life. Cross-country has taught me a lot about work. (A word of caution, though - there many students, including myself . .I urge you to .in the middle of the season - the number the value of hard work, resilience, and deter- should be limits on these rules, and the final more carefully ..consider the effects of the fell to 12. Ranked 14th on the team, I could mination. I hope many others will get the system will hopefully forbid, for instance, recent cuts, with the hope that the Institute no longer compete. My hopes sank. In what chance to reap the same benefits. But this can racial or ethnic discrimination in theme , will intervene to improve the situation. may be my final year of collegiate running, I only happen if varsity sports receive the addi- house entry requirements.) - As a senior and a member of the MIT am now forced to sit on the sidelines and tional funding they deserve. Will the administration listen? Allegedly, Cross-Country team, I have personally felt the' . watch the remaining weeks of t~e season (A copy of this letter has been sent to Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow, '72 said he was receptive to an alternative residence sys- , .. ' Irepercussions of the recent athletic cuts. As of fade away. President Charles M. Vest, Dean of Students . last Friday, I can no longer compete, because Many other students undoubtedly have and Undergraduate Education Rosalind tem proposal. It remains to be seen whether only a small number of athletes is permitted to their own tales of personal sacrifice. Among Williams, and the MIT Athletics this was only a diplomatic response, or enter races. All the time, hard work, and sacri- my teammates, the recent athletics cuts have Department.) whether Bacow mearis to take the student "-v"fice spent in preparation for this season has engendered feelings of betrayal and resent- Stanley Hu is a member of the Class of body and its ideas seriously. gone to waste. Throughout the summer and ment toward the Athletics Department. 2000. 'Whether or not the Unified Proposal suc- ceeds, it is encouraging to see that students cared enough to wrjte it. The various student groups, such the Undergraduate Association Feel as thoughvour opinion isnl being heardil and ILTFP, were able to cooperate with the Chancellor's Student Advisory Committee to actually get something coherent done, and ,." .... ' they did it in a way' that might make even the MIT administration pay attention to stu- dent opinion. Best of all, the Unified Proposal is freely accessible to the public (at Pag~ 6 THE TECH THE ARTS CONCERT REVIEW The band seemed a little too preoccupied with drug use, however, delivering long-wind~ speeches encouraging the use of marijuana and cocaine. The music, including raging sin- September Concerts Go Twofor Three gles "Lit Up" and "For The Movies," was worth the sermon. C) CollegeRave, CollegeFest hits, but Disorientation disappoints Philadelphia's own G. Love followed, get- ting the crowd dancing with funky tunes built By Dan Katz provided a fifteen-minute taster. chance to see the national acts, local bands around bouncy guitar lines and ,harmonicij STAFF WRITER Even more unfortunately, the next act was Dispatch and Gravel Pit certainly held their solos, peaking with "1-76" and "Stepping eptember means the start of the col- Jact, a group WIth combined decent guitar own at the event. Stone." lege year, and the start of the college playmg and an overconfident British vocalist Dispatch provided a funky rock style Ben Folds Five put in an incredible perfor- year means plenty of young ears for to produce music that was bormg, unenergetic, somewhere between College Rave bands 311 mance as always, using mood lighting t~ Slocal rock radIO stations to try to and completely unappreciated by the crowd. and G. Love and Special Sauce. Their gim- enhance haunting tunes like "Mess" and blast- recruit for the next nme months. ThIS year's Frymg under the midday sun, the assembled mick was the swapping of instruments ing through more upbeat songs like "Jackson "studen.t rush" Included WFNX's free masses had very little vocal reaction to Jact's throughout the set, but after a long group of Cannery" and "Army." At the beginning of DISOrientatIon at the Hatch Shell, the student- set, and not much more to headliners the Flys. plugged-in songs, the band's largest audience the set, a large contingent of 311 fans voiced discounted WBCN College Rave at the The Flys' lead singer sang most of his lyrics appeared when they closed with a strong their disapproval for the band; after their per- BankBoston PavIlion, and mUSIcal entertam- mto a microphone that made hIS voice sound acoustic song called "Steamboat," which formance, that group was notably less obvi- ment at Hynes ConventIon Center's College slightly distorted, slightly bubbly, and very attracted twice as many people as their other ous. Fest (also sponsored by WFNX.) recorded, detractmg from the lIve expenence. material. And 311? Well, I'll admit their light show The earlIest concert, WFNX Dlsonentatlon While the band presented some good songs The Gravel Pit followed with some very was frenzied and exciting to watch, and the on Saturday, September II, went from revolu- (mcludlOg the very catchy "She's So Huge" original-sounding rock songs, featuring a front guitarists hit their power chords flawlessly. tIonary to revoltll1g at a blllldll1g rate. The and a welcome cover of Ozzy Osborne's man with the rasp and swagger of Mighty Unfortunately, I still feel all 311 songs sound show kIcked off with a short performance by "Crazy Tram") they were playing for a crowd Mighty Bosstones' vocal ist Dickie Barrett, very .similar, and this made the show get bor- Boston's reSident oddball performance troupe, that was already very bored. The band didn't playing organ and singing quirky lyrics remi- ing very quickly. However, for anyone with Blue Man Group. The tno's Stlllt on stage fea- leave the stage before their encore - had they niscent of They Might Be Giants. Both the patience to put up with 311's repetitiv!, tured Visually stImulatlllg stunts IIlvolvlOg stepped backstage, half of the crowd might Dispatch and Gravel Pit are terrific local tal- nature, the show was probably incredible. pamt, marshmallows, and plastIC tub 109 (use have left before they emerged. ents waiting for a break. So, in summary: Disorientation bad. your ImaglOatlOn), whIle theIr backup band College Fest's audience last weekend was Sunday night's College Rave featured a College Fest good. College Rave good. Looks produced wIld, drum-lOtenslve prog-rock that, thousands of student conventiongoers, so the very eclectic lineup. Buckcherry opened with like you get what you pay for (Moby's terrifi\! for me, almost overshadowed the antIcs only people watching the bands were people a set of hard-edged old-fashioned guitar rock, free show in late August notwithstanding). I'll onstage. Unfortunately, smce BMG's show IS who wandered over to the stage and were con- including such cliches as a wild tattooed be on the edge of my seat to see who the radio pncey, and thIS one was not, the group only vmced to stick around. While I didn't get a singer and a guitarist playing with his teeth. stations unveil next September. " ALBUM REVIEW Marilyn Manson-like power chords and skittery drums on "Starfuckers, Inc." evoke memo- ries of the tremendous Broken EP. Nine Inch Na~ls: And "We're In This Together" is a nice improvement over the nag- gingly similar "Terrible Lie." Reznor also borrows a few tricks TheFragile from peer musicians. Tori Amos's influence is inherent in short tran- Worth the wait sition track, "The Frail," and shades of "God Lives Underwater" By Dan Katz show up in "Just Like You Imagined." STAFF WRITER While the lyrics of the album have a certain n Monday, September 20, as midnIght predictability to them (when I heard "Please" was nearing, I headed to Tower open with the line "This is how ... " I managed Records for the impending release of to spit out "it begins" before Reznor) the music O Nme Inch Nalls' new double CD, The IS clever and interesting, melding together Fragile. I soon discovered I'd been beaten to the pieces of sound which don't seem to fit together punch by a lIne of about two hundred loitering rhythmically. In the opening track, "Somewhat fans, dressed mostly m black, obstructing the Damaged," an intermittently aggressive drum sidewalk of Newbury Street. There has clearly line is juxtaposed with a menacingly repetitive been quite a bit of hype behind this album. bar-and-a-half guitar riff, and "The Way Out Is But IS The Fragile as revolutionary as its Through" erupts into a monstrous series of dis- publicIty squad would like you to believe? It torted guitar bends. certamly radIates Trent Reznor's usual sense of In addition, what Reznor lacks in lyrical cre- self-loathmg and dramaticlsm: the CD, cover, ativity, he makes up for with vocal range, racing and msert bear blurred, blended colors rather between whispers, high notes, and all-out than any sort of pIcture, the CDs are not labeled screaming. He also occasionally melds his with disc numbers but with the positions "left" music and lyrics with skilled irony, such as in and "right," and the tracks bear grand pes- the title track, in which he utters the repeated Simistic titles like "Into The VOId," "The phrase, "I won't let you fall apart" in a way that Wretched," and "The Day The World Went assures anything but safety. Actually, there are Away." This IS the kInd of album that cynics a lot of songs in which one line is repeated love to tear apart. Those cynics, however, would indefinitely, but it's usually in a catchy fashion be missmg something, because The Fragile and the music evolves and changes behind it. actually manages to surpass its own buzz and is It's rare in the music industry that a band (or probably one of the best releases so far thiS year. artist, in this case) releases an album after a The music on the album spans almost 104 long period of absence and it turns out as good mmutes, and in some ways, resembles a greatest as The Fragile. It's clear that Reznor put a lot of hits album, incorporating the varying styles of talent, perfectionism, and yes, even emotion Reznor's earlIer work with new ideas and into the release. The album's a little pricey IOstrumentations. "The Day The World Went (around $20 at most stores) but it's worth it for Away" utilizes the brooding wounded vocals an hour and a half of terrific music, of which and heavy contrast found in songs like "Hurt," not a second is filler. Industrial fans, rejoice; but with even sharper changes in volume. The The Fragile is all it's cracked up to be. '-'" '. r ~H,"('} () X~r\! .:October 1~ 1999 THE ARTS LTHE TECH Page 7 t'~ ALBUM REVIEW even stranger, beating strange syn- a brighter tone. While it's not a bad change, copated cadences, and often keeping songs like "Thief' have a bit too much of a a steady tempo but changing slight- pop feeling to them, possibly because at every '.OurLady Peace:Happiness ... ly in rhythm. The songs incorporate chorus they feel obligated to jump into opti- tunes that are gripping and catchy, mism. enhancing them with innovative Still, Happiness ... Is Not A Fish rOll Can .~n album you.should catch backgrounds. Catch is an exceptional album. Its meandering By Dan Katz Corgan's high notes are more raspy than If there's anything to be attacked on this instrumental lines set it apart from the rest of STAFF WRITER musical, while Maida's strong falsetto is chill- album, it's the length, measuring eleven tracks the alternative music world, but its accessible t'stightlyproduced, it's cleverly written, ingly accurate. In terms of lyrics, Maida co v- and under 45 minutes. Of those tracks, the melodies and excellent vocals make it a CD and its cover bears a great picture of an ers quite a bit of ground, ranging from typical final one, "Stealing Babies," is a decent song, that any modern rock fan will enjoy. Buy this old guy holding a fish. After finally break- alt-rock pessimism ("Bored again by happi- but an unsatisfying closer. Also, the band's album, if for nothing else than the picture on ing into the American music scene with ness / all those friends I've lost in there"); tri- last album was dominated by dark-sounding the inside where the old guy actually tries to o I ."Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy," popular umphant victory ("I remember marching like songs, and this one has a lot more tracks with eat the fish. I bet you'l\ love the music too. Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace follow up a one man army ... I their sophomore album with Happiness ... /s believe in something"), and ./'101 A Fish You Can Calch, a disc filled with oddly gripping characters catchy but jarring tunes that will leave you ("There's something in the Pixie Anne Pennwright humming their music but struggling to way she makes believe / Spokescritic • Club Diva • Milk Drinker . remember exactly how it went. please be careful/Annie '.' The album's biggest development over its dreams that everyone is predecessor is the increased use of swirling dead.") space effects and altered delay, sounds remi- Our Lady Peace's guitar niscent of the prechorus of "Clumsy." These lines are anything but typi- '''guitar effects add a wide, epic feel to the lead- cal.' Some of them, such as ing single, "One Man Army," the soaring "Is Anybody Home?" are "Happiness & The Fish," and the infectious built around droning riffs ,,"Lying Awake." A bouncy piano part shows that seem to sing a counter- 'up in "Annie," and the group even uses melody, while "Potato chimes to achieve an almost orchestral effect Girl" lurches into chord in "Potato Girl" and "Blister." --.... changes at unexpected .-; aLP singer/lyricist Raine Maida has been moments, making its cho- compared repeatedly to Smashing Pumpkins' rus seem to tumble and leap vocalist Billy Corgan; frankly, I don't see it. at unexpected moments . ..,Both have a nasal quality to their voices, but The band's drum lines are Sharp yet fluffy, •I • qUIverIng, yet granite ..like; • stirs up a panoramIc pantry Lessons That '.1 .Will Last of musical goodies ... . .. A Lifetinle .. OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL Put that college degree to use"by enrolling into the Air Force Officer Training School. 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The Muse (***) A comedy about a modern Muse, the - Teresa Huang immortal daughter of Zeus, inspiring a "I washed-out screenwriter, this is essentially The Blair \Vitch Project (***) one elaborate and consistently funny A nearly brilliant character study of three Hollywood in-joke. Features a great perfor- student filmmakers gelling lost in the woods mance by Sharon Stone in the title role and a while shooting a documentary about a local wonderful Mozartesque score by, of all musi- legend - and a solid but hardly outstanding cians, Elton John. - VZ horror picture. The horror is good but super- J. LOFARO-FINE UNE FEATURES fluous, and it only distracts from the heart of Gabriel (Christian Campbell, left) and Mark (J.P. Pitoc) share a private moment In the picture, but that heart remains highly Mystery Men <***) Part Batman, part Blade Runner, part Trick, directed by Jim Fall. " affecting and haunting. Contains probably the Naked Gun, part something entirely new and best performance of the year so far by Heather original, Mystery Men is both a spoof of an to be there on time. A minor plot detail: she Donahue. - VZ Trick <***112) over-directed over-produced over-merchan- doesn't have the money. So she needs to run At last! A queer romantic comedy in dized superhero genre and an attempt to gen- really fast. The result is a streamlined movie Bon-finger which the main characters are simply regular, <***Ih) uinely thrill and wow the audience. It is possessing an unstoppable sense of motion, Bobby Bowfinger has an eager cast, a well-adjusted gay people going about their enjoyable, funny, rather sweet, and very and giving the visceral pleasure of seeing a script about an alien invasion, and no star. everyday lives. 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WltJj,jBjillWll1SClentlilfie1ron slll-' ~.-_. ,',-'~o/,itI1;, ",-, _ ' FILM REVIEW possessed Frankie is enraged because someone is trying to stop the true word of God. Through this entire p"ossession, the 'real' Paige flirts with Father Kiernan. Has he ever Stigmata been with a woman? Does he think about sex? (.~ The characters are thrown into a silly love rela- Moviefrorn hell tionship that fails to be interesting, nor are the characters developed enough for us to even By Annie S. ,Chol _ , ; care. The dialogue solely functions to push the PHOTOGRAPHY ED/TOR. course of events and,is void of meaning and full Directed-by Rupert Wqinwright of banal quips. "I want my life back,': she cries. Produced by Frank Mancuso, Jr. Well of course she ,does, but it' s j~t a little dif- Written by Tom Lazarus and Rick Romage ficult now that she's possessed. With Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Perhaps the"only thing more banal than the JO".f!t~an !'.ryce" Enrico Calantoni dialogue is the imagery. Director Rupert Wainwright (Disney's Blank Check, some n the. mood 'for some self-mutilation? Reebok commercials) lacked the creativity to How's your faith these days? You can test use images beyond crucifixes, religious stat- it by seeing Stigmata. Directed by Rupert ues, candles, and doves. These, juxtaposed ..~I Wainwright, MGM's latest endeavor fea- with scenes of body piercing, tattooing, sex, tures Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, and alcohol, and electronica managed to make a Jonathan Pryce, with music arranged by Billy dumb movie even dumber. Throw in some Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. church music and some. Chumbawumba. Now Gabriel Byrne plays-,Father Andrew repeat over and over and over again. Now we Kiernan, a Catholic priest from the Vatican who have a movie. investigates miracles a.llaround the world. He is, AloJ)g with the many juxtapositions of a scientist who turned to God in search of a bleeding wrists and body piercing, the film's higher answer to existence. Thus, he is well soundtrack features clashing musical styles. educated in the Holy Bible as well as organic One minute church organs, next minute re- chemistry. He is a re.1igious scientist who hap- mixes of Bjork's electronic sounds. The music Considering raisingfunds for your f!iJrlystage . • pens to unravel 'miracles' ai!!1ed at exploiting direction was lead by Billy Corgan, the company? Then you'll need to know ... the devout and taking in rather healthy dona- Smashing Pumpkins frontman, with additional tions. So really, he's a skeptic priest scientist. music by jazz musician Mike Garson. The Meet Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette). She result is a strange and intriguing mixture of , ; . is a 23 year-old hairdresser with bad luck in sounds which is far more interesting than the What Private Equity love. She' drinks. She smokes. She parties. And movie itself The soundtrack features artists like guess what? She doesn't believe in God. D ',I code within Rome is quite unnecessary. The adult thriller, only to be disappointed. Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS October 1, 1999- exhibition of 93 rare and beautiful photographs drawn from the celebrated collection Popular Music discovered in the attic of the Medford Hfstorical Society in Berklee Performance Center 1990. One of the most exten- Berklee College of Music sive and well-preserved collec- 1140 Boylston St. tions of Civil War photographs Free student recitals and fac- to survive, the Medford pic- ulty concerts. 4 p.m. and 7 tures are nationally known for p.m. some weekdays. For info. on these concerts. call their breadth and depth of subject matter. Through Nov. the Performance Information 14.. Line at 747-8820. Oct. 2: Chick Corea & Origin Museum of Science with Gary Burton. $27.50, Science Park, Boston. (723- $22.50. 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Oct. 16: Cesaria Evora, $28. Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., $24. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free Oct. 23: Yolanda Adams. with MIT 10, otherwise $9, $7 $27.50-$32.50. A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston for children 3-14 and seniors. Oct. 24: Clint Black. $42.50. The Museum features the the- Oct. 30: Paolo Conte, $28. October :1 October 8 $22. ater of electricity (with indoor thunder-and-lightning shows Oct. 31: Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Compiled by Fred Choi daily) and more than 600 $50, $35. $25. Send submissions to [email protected] or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech. W20-483. hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: Nov. 19: Arlo Guthrie. "Discovery Center"; $22.50-$27.50. "Investigate! A See-For- Yourself Exhibit"; "Science in Centrum Centre the Park: Playing with Forces Ticketmaster 931-2000. and Motion"; "Seeing Is Oct. 9: ZZ Top & Lynyrd Deceiving. " Skynyrd, $38.50, $29.50. Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of Oct. 18: Jimmy Page & The the World"; "Living on the Black Crowes, $38.50. Edge." Admission to Omni,' $29.50. laser, and planetarium shows is $7.50, $5.50 for children Fleet Center and seniors. Now showing: Ticketmaster: 931-2000 "Laser Depeche Mode," Sun., Oct. 8: Bette Midler, 8 p.m.; "Laser Offspring," $100.50, $75.50. $50. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; "Laser Oct. 12: Elton John, $65. Rush," Sun., 9:15; "Laser $49.50, $39.50. Beastie Boys," 'Thurs.-Sat.. Oct. 29: Monster Jam (pre- 9:15p.m.; "Laser Floyd's sented by Jam'N 94.5, with Wall," Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; Jay-Z, Jah Rule. "Friday Night Stargazing," Fri., Destiny's Child. Ginuwine, 8:30 p.m.; "Welcome to the Naughty by Nature. Shaggy, Universe," daily; "Quest for Mr. Vegas and Blaque. Sold Contact: Are We Alone?" Out. daily. The Middle East Commonwealth Museum Ticketmaster: 931-2000. 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, Ticket prices vary. Call 354- 02125. Located across from 8238 for more info. the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9~' Oct. 1: Verbena. 5, S 9-3. Admission is Free. Oct. 1: Angry Salad. For more info. ,or'to arrange a Oct. 2: Count Zero tour, call 61?-727-9268~ ' Oct. 3: Cat Power. Oct. 7: Les Savy Fav. 'l. ' The Archaeology of the Oct. 7: Down Low Connection. Central. Artery Project:. Oct. 8: Chelsea On Fire. Highway to the Past '-' , • Oct. 9: Fuzzy. l The exhibit focuses on Iife in Oct. 9: Two Ton Shoe. Colonial Boston as' interpret-" Oct. 11-13: Jonathan ed through artifacts recovered Richman. CHRISTIAN STEINER from the "Big Dig" before tne The Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by director SelJI Ozawa. construction began. Artifacts ' Orpheum Theatre and information on display Ticketmaster: 931-2000 examine leisure activities;tav- Oct. 1: Linda Ronstadt and Amsterberg. Angry Salad, Shear Madness minates the permanent col- em life, the life of three colo- Emmylou Harris. $50. $35, Citizen King. Call Charles Playhouse Stage II, lection in the light of contem- nial women, and Native $28.50. Ticketmaster, (617) 931- Theater 74 Warrenton Street, Boston porary social, political, and Americans. Oct. 11-12: Widespread 2000, $15-$35. (426-5225), indefinitely. aesthetic issues in .the work Panic. TBA. of living artists. Six works in The Tempest Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 21: Elvis Costello. $46. the special exhibition gallery Through Oct. 23, Presented through Friday, at 6:30 and $36. $26. 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and, by the contemporary artists by The Theatre Cooperative at Oct. 30: Guster. $17.50. at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Edward Derwent, Leon Golub, The Peabody House Theatre, Other Events Nov. 2, 4: Meat Loaf. $65. Sunday. Tickets $30-34. ' Wojciech Jaskolka, Jorge" 277 Broadway, Somerville, $39.50, $28.50. Pardo, Lilian Tyrrell, and Classical Music MA 02145. The Theatre Looking Forward, Looking Nov. 18: Live. TBA. Murray Walker will be related Cooperative presents William 1999 Out on the Edge Back: The Three Apples Nov. 16: Richard Thompson to six tapestries from the col- West Meets East Shakespeare's classic The Festival of Lesbian & Gay Storytelling Festival and Lucinda Williams, $31. lection. Tempest in the round. Theater $26. Sep. 25 at 8 p.m. The Confined to a mysterious Presented by the Sep. 24-26. The 15th Annual Chinese Arts Exchange and idland but endowed with magi- TheaterZone, 100 Captains Festival will be held in Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA) Harvard University Chinese cal powers, Prospero weaves Row #306, Chelsea, MA Museum of Rne Arts Harvard, Massachusetts. Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Students Scholar Association his spellS on those that once 02150, (617) 887-2336. All 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Each year New England's Oct. 2: Oleander, Our Lady present contemporary classi- betrayed him in an effort to performances will be held at (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 largest storytelling festival Peace, Creed. Sold Out. cal music at Sanders Theater, restore the balance between the BCA Theater, Boston a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 features over 20 different Oct. 6: Indigo Girls. $27. Harvard University. Chinese freedom and enslavement, Center for the Arts, 539 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., , tellers with performances for Oct. 27: Kid Rock, $20. musicians will perform a pro- love and revenge. This Tremont Street, accessible by 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., all ages and interests. gram including Chinese Art stripped-down, actor-driven both the Orange and Green . 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing Sponsored in part by grants Songs and Opera Arias and production features a cast of MBTA lines. Call theater for open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 from local cultural councils, the "Yellow River" Piano eight and live music. Directed reservations. p.m. Admission free with MIT . the festival draws over two Jazz Music Concerto with the Newton by Lesley Chapman. Call 617- 10, otherwise $10, $8 for stu- thousand people each year to Symphony Orchestra, con- 625-1300 for more informa- Preaching to the Perverted dents and seniors, children hear stories in the beautiful The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra ducted by Jeffrey Rink. tion. Holly Hughes returns to The under 17 free; $2 after 5 New England. fall setting. For Tickets $30, $25, $20. For Theater Offensive with a p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed. tickets and more info., call Oct. 2 at the Central tickets and more info. call brand new piece that encom- after 4 p.m. (617 -499-9529. Prices start Congregational Church. 85 One Man Sand the Chinese Arts Exchange at passes family values, lesbian Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks at $7 for adults and $4 for Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain, Oct. 14-16, 21-23 at 8 p.m. 627-965-2078 or Sanders chic, and the American judi- through all collections begin children per performance, MA at 8 p.m. The Aardvark at Mobius, 354 Congress St., Theater's Box Office at 627- cial system. In Preaching, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; with some free performances Jazz Orchestra begins its Fall Boston, near the South 496-2222. Station T stop on the MBTA Hughes guides us on a tour of "Asian, Egyptian, and taking place throughout the Season with a concert of the dark side of democracy 'Classical Walks" begin at weekend. Discount family day music by Duke Ellington. Red Line. Mobius proudly pre- Boston Symphony Orchestra with a stop at the Supreme 11:30 a.m.; "American passes also available. Abdullah Ibrahim, Ernie sents performance solos by Tickets: 266-1492. Court, a trip backstage with Painting and Decorative Arts Advance sales tickets receive Wilkins. and Aardvark music Marjorie Morgan with lighting Performances at Symphony the Teletubbies, the Clinton Walks" begin at 12:30 p.m.; 20 percent discount. Venues director and MIT music pro- by Holly Ratafia and slides by Hall, 301 Massachusetts promises, and a delicious sal- "European Painting and are handicapped accessible, fessor Mark Harvey. The con- Whitney Robbins. Ms. Morgan Ave., Boston unless other- iSbury steak supper at the Decorative Arts Walks" begin and Saturday adult perfor- cert will benefit the work of captivates her audience with .wise noted. local Kiwanis Club. Sep. 29; at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory mances will be Sign Language the Arts Program of the her humorous and incisve characters and rich blend of 30, Oct. 1 and 2. tours are also offered Sat. at interpreted. Central Congregational 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Church. Tickets $8, for more Oct. 1,2. Mahler: Symphony movement. text, and song. No.2. "Resurrection." Seiji This series of showing marks Permanent Gallery The End of the World hosted information call 617-524- Installations: "Late Gothic by Crash 22 , , 3343. Ozawa. conductor; Paula the first time Ms. Morgan has Delligatti, soprano; Florence presented a program exclu- Gallery," featuring a restored Oct. 2, 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 15th-century stained glass a.m .at The - Revolving Scullers Jazz Club Quivar. mezzo-soprano; sively comprised of solos, Exhibits Tanglewood Festival Chorus; and the range of themes window from Hampton Court, Museum (288-300 A St., Ticketmaster: 931-2000 14th- and 15th-century stone, Boston, MA) K'millenium-end Ticket prices vary. Call 562- John Oliver, Chorus conduc- includes real estate and Isabella Stewart Gardner tor. Tickets available: Oct. 1: hunger to rape and redemp- Museum alabaster, and polychrome arts explosion to benefit AIDS 4111 for more info. Action. Boston-based band $70, $34, $27. Oct. 2: Sold tion. Reservations are strong- 280 The Fenway, Boston. wood sculptures from France (All performers have two Crash 22 will host a charity out. ly recommended, Tickets (566-1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 and the Netherlands; shows per day unless other- event at the Revolving $12, $10 students, seniors, a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 "Mummy Mask Gallery," a wise noted) Museum designed to infuse Oct. 7-9, 12: Beethoven's and Friends of Mobius. $5 ($11 on weekends), $7 for newly renovated ~gyptian Oct. 1, 2: The Players of '99. new life into the Boston Arts Symphony No.2. Zemlinksy's coupons will be available at seniors, $5 for students with gallery, features primitive Both shows cancelled. community and to benefit the Lyric Symphony. Seiji Ozawa, Mobius during the Fort Point 10 ($3 on Wed.), free for chil- . masks dating from as far Oct. 2: Motown Express, AIDS Action Committee. The conductor; Luba Orgonasova, Channel Open Studios, Oct. dren under 18. back as 2500 B.C.; Featuring Wanetta Jackson twelve-hour event will feature soprano; Jose van Dam, bass- 16, 17. For more information The museum, built in the "European Decorative Arts and Frank Wilkins (one show). from 1950 to the Present"; live music (including the I,... baritone. Tickets available: or to make reservations, call style of a 15th-century Oct. 5: Annie Royer (one Alistonians, Jess Klein, and 617-542-7416. Venetian palace, houses "John Singer Sargent: Studies show). Oct. 7, 12: $31. $24. Oct. 8, others), visual art, readings more than 2500 art objects, for MFA and Boston Public Oct. 7: Carlos Malta + Trio da 9, Sold Out. from writers and poets, film, with emphasis on Italian Library Murals. " Paz. fashion, and interactive Renaissance and 17th-centu- Gallery lectures are free with Oct. 15. 16: Lieberson: Red Blue Man Group events. The event is co-spon- ry Dutch works. Among the museum admission. Mixfest '99 at Foxboro Garuda (world premiere; com- Charles Playhouse, 74 sored- by WBCN 104.1 FM highlights are works by Oct. 10, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 missioned by the BSO). Warrenton Street, Boston, and Tremont Ale. Tickets $15 Rembrandt, Botticelli, p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 available at the door or by 5. Seiji Ozawa, conductor, p.m. on Wednesday and Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. Museum of Our National Main Stage: Susan Tedeschi, Heritage . calling 617-868-0198. Six Pence None the Richer, Peter Serkin. piano. Tickets Thursday. at 7 and 10 p.m. Guided tours given Fridays at 2:30 p.m. 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, Luscious Jackson. Fastball, available: Oct. 15. 16: Sold on Friday and Saturday, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum 02421. (781-861-6559). The Pretenders, Natalie out. at 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Threads of Dissent and Bailey Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Merchant, Sugar Ray, Melissa Tickets $35 to $45. Call 426- Oct. 22 Through Jan. 30, Ticketmaster 931-2000. Etheridge, Blondie. Festival 6912 for tickets and informa- . 2000. Inspired by the Gardner Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m . .' Stage: Jah Spirit, Kendall tion on how to see the show Museum's extraordinary Admission free. On The Town, Page II .' Payne, Entrain. Merri for free by ushering. tapestries, this exhibition iIIu- The Museum presents an ____ ..... 0 - .. ~~- - --- .-- _ ,~r,\ It' ... t.j;J, ...., ~1'~IA ~r{HT l-t:'Y>l1' ..H-\T \'f ...,:?s'l 0," October 1, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11 On The Town, from Page 10 demonstration and participa- Oct. 12 from 5:30-7:15 p.m. The Jeff Robinson Trio will be at 5. Free. call Wordsworth tory workshop, with Charles at the John F. Kennedy Library performing their critically for more info. at 617.354. Oct. 15-24. uThe Greatest Garth, dancer and co-founder Rims of Marcello Mastroianni and Museum, Columbia Point. acclaimed CD entitled Getting 5201. , ... Show on Earth" is returning to of the Historical Dance Boston. Join retiring Kennedy Fixed, as well as hosting an the FleetCenter. Fun Jor the Foundation in New York in 8 1/2: by Federico Fellini Library historian Sheldon open mike poetry jam. The The Samaritans SK whole family! $35 (VIP), $25, 1979, and Musicians of the (Otto e mezzo, 1963, 135 Stern as he offers an inside trio is receiving wide acclaim Run/Walk $15 and $10. Old Post Road, winners of the min.). Fellini's Oscar-winning glimpse of, the Kennedy for its music and jazz poetry Oct. 16: At 10 a.m., first .!" American Musicological eighth film brilliantly connects administration gleaned from projects. Tickets: $5. Call annual Run/Walk along the . John F. Kennedy Library Society's 1998 Noah reality, fantasy, and memory more thqn 20 years of study (617) 547-6789 for more Charles River, designed to Public Forums Greenberg Award. 12:30 p.m. as Mastroianni plays the mae- . of White House documents, information . boost awareness about sui. All events willi occur at the in the Alumnae Hall Ballroom stro's. alter ego: a frazzled presidential recordings, and cide prevention. and to raise 1 John F., Kennedy Library and at Wellesley College, Free director named Guido. With a other historical materials, Chang-rae Lee Reading , funds for the only suicide pre- Museum, Columbia Point, admission. For more informa- string of critical successes including recent discoveries Riverhead Books is pleased vention center in Greater Boston and are free and open tion, call 781-283-2176. behind him, a wife, a mis- concerning the Cold War and to announce that C~ang-rae Boston. All proceeds from the to the public. For more info., call 617-929-4571. Film Festivals Ahmed Kathrada , At the Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 10 from 2:00-3:45 p.m: Boston, 02115. For tickets The author of Letters from and more information, call Robben Island shares his 369-3770. Tickets for each experience as a prisoner for showing are $7, $6 MFA 26 years on Robben Island o members, seniors, students, after being convicted of sabo- . unless otherwise noted. tage by the South African gov-' '. ernment in 1964, alongside Scandalous Cinema: The Nelson Mandela and Walter Rims of Catherine Breillat Sisulu. Kathrada, who was 5-film series through Oct. 15: elected to parliament in $20, $25. South Africa's first free elec- - .:,. tion and Romance (1998, 105 min.). appointed as Nelson The U.S. release of this film Mandela's representative to will certainly rekindle contro- parliament from 1994 through versy over when the artistic .~ 1999, will also share his expression of human sexuali- insights on the shistory of ty steps over the line into, apartheid and the ongoing pornography. Romance paints transformations of, South a prov'ocative portrait of F. Africa today. Marie, a young woman trying to gain control of her life. The Presidency in Perspective Claiming he loves her but has Oct. 12 from 5:30-7:15 p.m. ' lost his desire for her, Join retiring Kennedy Library Marie's boyfriend, Paul, refus- ,. historian Sheldon Stern as he es to engage in sexual rela- offers an ins'ide glimpse of tions, catapulting Marie into a the Kennedy administration desperate search for intimacy gleaned from more than 20 and erotic connection. Oct~ 1. years of study ot'White House documents, presidential Tapage Nocturne (1979, 100 recordings, and other histori- min.). Solange, a film director, cal materials, including recent mother, and wife in a stale discoveries concerning the marriage, is looking for mad , Cold War and the Cuban mis- love-and mad love is what she sile crisis. finds. She meets Bruno, a The violin seCtion of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. director like herself; and The Dance Complex' . quickly submits to her (I 526 Massachusetts Ave., reserved; manipulative, and tress, a host of other women the Cuban missile crisis. Lee, author of the critically event will be used to benefit Cambridge, MA, 02139, crafty lover. They set up who adore him, and a crew all Free. Formore info., call 617- acclaimed Native Speaker, The Samaritans' supportive (617) 547-9363 .. severe codes of behavior and ready to start filming, Guido is 929-4571. will be coming to Boston on and life-saving services. Oct. 15, 16 at 8 p.m. create a private, savage lan- stricken with "creative block" Friday, October 1 as part of a Prizes given to the top finish- debrabluth/jesterfly. A multi- guage where the word "love" as he tries to envision his Jeff Robinson Trio: national tour to promote his ers of various age categories, media performance event. is forbidden. He-tortures and next movie. Oct. 1. Performance and Poetry Jam. new book, A Gesture Life. and first 250 registrants will intoxicates her, and she Oct. 9, 8 p:m. at the Lee will read from the book receive complimentary t- Contredanse! weeps and breaks' down in. John F. Kennedy Library Cambridge Center for Adult at Wordsworth (30 Brattle shirts. Pre-reg. fee: $12. For , Oct. 4, Wellesley College pre-' this story of destructive, mer- Public Forums: The Education, Blacksmith House, Street, Cambridge) at 6 pm. more info., call 617-536- ("0' sents a baroque dance ciless passions. Oct. 7. Presidency in Perspective 56 Brattle, Cambridge, MA. 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All rights reserved lechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of 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 loss- TechCalendar es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event .. Contact information for all events is available from the lechCalendar web page .. :\. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday's Events group rings in the new school year with some delightful a cappella tunes. Come hear your favorite Logs tunes, mixed in with some pre- 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Mars Week @ MIT. 3 days of famous Mars sci- views of songs from the upcoming CD. 2 hours 30 minutes. 10-250. entists and engineers, with a writer and a Hollywood director thrown Sponsor: Logarhythms, MIT. in for good measure. Registration required - 9:00 p.m. - MILAN. Milan is an annual cultural dance celebration I ! ...... , ...... ' -:. ~ .. :...... :::.~ • • • . ... • • • •I • ... • , < ...~"~>:'-}:;k)'.~.~~~f«, ..~ ..'...... :..,....~.i:;; . ..,. x» ..... (0 "' •••• :.' ";;./';' ;: ... '.~..'. ;.'~~'" ,. '. .... ~ ..... ;::-.r:.:., ...... ":':.:~+". .t': •• ;, ,...... ~...... : . ....:: ..•:''';:.::- .. '.-:'.' .: .... :' . .:'..:.~~:~~~ffi~fJtTIti~:':,:." .< • - . .».- • ... . • • • : ...; ~ ....':::- .,:- ...... h',~ifIi~'.... ...... :::: Mil Sloan School of Management -, " Presentation 1st and 2nd Year Students Monday, October 4th, 6pm CREDIT FIRST Cambridge Marriott, Salon 3 SUISSE BOSTON www.csfb.com fr;o" i I Page 16 THE TECH October 1, 19.99 Watson Advocates Eugenics, Screening. By Aurora Schmidt said. the debilitation of young by birth student remarked, "This can't be STAFF REPORTER Watson also discussed an ethics defects - for not donating money what I came to see." .... Dr. James D. Watson, co-discov- committee he helped to organize to that would result in the termination Another Harvard undergraduate, erer of DNA structure, addressed a discuss the implications of sequenc- of pregnancies. Micheal Moss, enthusiastically packed lecture hall at the Harvard ing human genes. He insisted that a Watson continued by express- commented, "He is so unapologetic. Science Center Thursday. Watson's woman head this project because, ing his support of eugenics - the He just lets it go. It's great." .. 'Iecture was the first in a series to "Women like babies and men science that deals with the Watson's lecture also fostered celebrate the newly planned Center essentially want to avoid them," he improvement of hereditary quali- some heated discussions among For Genomics Research at Harvard said. - ties of the human race - in that it audience members. .... University. is the science of having better chil- "I didn't -anticipate .such a Genetic knowledge underused dren.. Watson describes himself as 'lucky' ~ crowd, but it's wonderful to see so Watson said that fear and igno- However, he tempered his sup- Early in the lecture, Watson also e- many people who like DNA," rance in society at large prevents port by acknowledging the negative discussed the early quest to eluci- Watson said after taking the podi- many beneficial uses of current consequences of state efforts in sup- date DNA structure. c um. genetic knowledge; For instance, port of eugenics including massive He said he felt lucky that Linus rrI At times eccentric, always unre- Watson staunchly supports the sterilizations at mental institutions Pauling, winner of the Nobel Prize -. strained, and never politic_ally cor- screening of all women for the in the United States and Sweden and for Chemistry and for Peace, hadn't - rect, Watson commented on every- Fragile X chromosome, which caus- the excesses of the German eugen- discovered it first. ." thing from his opinions on the es severe mental retardation in ics programs. He also supported pri- He asserted that all the evidence =--- ethics of genetic screening to the males who receive it from their vacy for personal genetic informa- was out there and was merely W"ait- sheer Iuck that befell him and mothers. He even made a call for tion. ing for a scientist to combine it all rtQ Francis Crick in being the first to Harvard to begin screening all When it came to the politics of and make the proposal as to the discover the structure of the blue- females students, faculty, and staff genetic research he dismissed poli- structure. C printof life. for this dangerous mutation of genes tics as unimportant. Watson said "We were incompetent." he gUid, .... Watson, a huge proponent of the which one out of every 273 women he is not in support of any legal all the facts in the literature were Human Genome Project and a key carry. He said, "If any good comes measures to protect people from "staring at us". figure in getting funding for the pro- out of this lecture, Harvard will the results of genetic information Relating genetic expression to a '< ject from Congress, recounted the screen its women." saying that the undertaking would play in which proteins were 'the -I C struggle to get support for sequenc- Watson further questioned why be too messy. His advice was to actors and DNA the book dictating ing the human genome which he more isn't done to make the public ,"keep politics out of it and always the action of the players, Watson undertook wi th others in 1986. aware of the discoveries concerning try to improve the quality of , took another jab at chemists sa)iing = Watson did not fail to criticize public health and genetics. He con- human life." they "were too concerned with the c: Harvard for not having supported cluded that, "Human geneticists actors while we wanted the book." sequencing early on. make so much money they've for- Audience reacts to speech Watson also recounted the origi- =- The project "was 'too dull,to be gotten about the public." There was a wide range of reac- nal negative reactions to his find- c done by Harvard people which is He also criticized organizations tions to Watson's very charged ings. "People were just fighting the < probably why it wasn't, but it need- such as The National Foundation for political views among audience obvious." . =e ed to be done by bright people," he Infant Paralysis - intended to stop members. One offended Harvard .~= :c t ' -I I» c: =- I» f ....~ < (iJ I ~~= ~/cr 0 I» -a =- rrI I»=- '< = .~ n I»- 0 Z •• ..oJ rtQ-. -a ....=- .• t rrI =-.- = CD.- .. .. \ . 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Development at Forum, By Naveen Sunkavally Planning Board to review large pro- the community," Snowberg said, be "downzoning, downzoning, Kirsch, who was among the audi- SEWS EDITOR jects for impact on the community; and "they're often pointing fingers downzoning. " ence at the forum, said, "The As the Nov. 2 election date an East Cambridge moratorium on at each other." Zoning refers to the process of Cambridge I live in now is not the '\ approaches. some of the biggest all development in that region; and He said that students generally regulating the type of development same Cambridge I moved into 30 isslIes getting play in Cambridge the balance of power between the support the community. He brought and the density of development that years ago." He said he supports con- politics this year are affordable City Manager. City Council, devel- . up the Residence System Steering can occur in different areas. trol of development, and, while a . housing. ovcrdevelopment. and opers. and neighborhood coalitions. Committee report, saying that if it Downzoning refers to the process of loyal employee of MIT, feels that'" open spaces. Wednesday night, can- were implemented students could be making re-zoning an area for resi- MIT has created some problems for didates for Cambridge City Council l\1IT -Cambridge relations dis- forced out of campus housing and dential development or open space the community. aired their views on these issues at a cussed into the community, adding further rather than industrial and commer- citywide development forum at the In his speech, council candidate pressure to the housing market. cial development. Galluccio defends his actions Cambridge Senior Center. and ivllT student Erik Snowberg '99 According to Snowberg, Cambridge Anthony Galluccio, a fourth Candidates fielded questions spoke about the need to bridge stu- needs a councillor who will tell MIT Councillors criticize universities' term councilor seeking re-election, abollt several issues including their dent-community relations in that "you can't do this." Many councillors at the forum defended his attempt' to tack onto a.a perspectives on the Interim Planning Cambridge. In East Cambridge, an area at the ex pressed the idea that M IT and recent bi 11 an amendment for a Overlay Petition - a temporary "On one side of the fence, center of development pressures, Harvard have several councillors in 50,000 square foot superstore in measure that requires the City there's students, and on other side is Snowberg said the sol,ution would their back pockets, and that the Area 4, a region in Cambridge, council is unresponsive to the needs known for its predominantly minori- of voters. ty population, high crime rates, and David A. Hoicka ' 77 said that impoverishment. He said that this current MIT planning provides for superstore would have given people:' "zero units of affordable housing" in Area 4 without bicycles and cars but constructs "luxury apartments." easy access to a store, much like He spoke of "cultural and economic . Star Market. cleansing" and the need for rent During Galluccio's speech,{ control and downsizing .. members of the audience hissed, Candidate Jim' Braude said that and one woman was told to be quiet Harvard makes $2.87 million a'day by the panel. .j from its endowment, and said that Shortly after Galluccio's speech, Harvard University President Neil a woman from Area 4 rose up to H. Rudenstine and other universities voice her dissatisfaction with in the area should give back to the Cambridge politics in general. i community. "There are only five colored peo- Incumbent Ken Reeves urged ple in this room. Do you wonder voters to send a majority of candi- why people of color never show u~\ dates to the council who would rep- to vote?" the woman said.~ resent their interests rather than "Everybody needs to wake up and MIT's or Harvard's. vote right." Senior lecturer at MIT Jordan Available at: Store24 Any 160z. FREE_ Veryfineilll Fruit20'w Lil Peach Retailer: VF.RYFINE rROOUCTS. 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By Cristina Roussel (those things can be in guys wallets 5.....!fthe guy refuses to wear a your partner have AIDs or an STD, This STD is easily treated, how- SI:~IF R/:POR fER for years before they actually use condom women have a lot of get tested. MIT Medical provides ever there is no practical way to e The key to having safer sex - if them). Open the package slowly options. There are. female condoms, testing for STDs and AIDs, as well know if you are infected and thl1'':; you choose to engage in sex - is to (preferably not using your teeth) which are available without a pre- as counseling. It is better to be safe the disease is so easily transmitted. inform and look for damage scription. They are made of poly- than sorry. Many people give it to their partners Deature yourself . (i.e. tears/holes). Press the air out of . urethane and can be used for those This information was provided without even knowing they have it. _1_1_~ Here are the reservoir tip and unroll over the who have latex allergies. They cost by Laureen Gray and Howard Herpes is the second most com: some help- penis all the way to the base. Failure about S12 for three and they are for Heller. Heller and Gray run "Safer- mon STD and Chlamydia is the i ful t~lcts to help you have safer sex: to take the air out can cause rupture one time use. Sex Jeopardy" in which they use the third most common. In women, I. Dental darns can be used for due to excessive pressure on the tip. Diaphragms must be prescribed format of the game show jeopardy Chlamydia can cause pelvic inftam .. safer cunnilinglls (oral sex \vith Condoms arc 99 percent effective if by a doctor and used with spermi- to test participants' knowledge and matory disease and infertility. vaginal and anilinglls (oral sex with they arc used correctly. cide gel. They are 85 percent effec- facilitate discussion about safe-sex Eighty percent of women infected anus). They can be bought at phar- MIT provides condoms for stu- tive. A smaller device, called a cer- issues. Gray is the director of nurs- don't have symptoms. All women macies. Saran Wrap can be used dents - they are available in all vical cap can be left in longer and ing at MIT medical. should have annual pap smears t~ instcad, as well as a condom cut dormitories, the MIT Medical provides the same protection. Heller is an internist at MIT med- check for STDs and other non-sex down the side. Center, and MedSTOP. MedSTOP Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are ical. She previously worked in the related diseases. There are many ways to to pre- is a self-service section located on another form of birth control, but! STD clinic at Massachusetts General Fact: A person infected witQ vent the transmission of sexually- the 5th floor of the student center they do not protect against STDs. Hospital. Heller points out that many HIV for less than 3 months will test transmitted diseases (STDs) and which has condoms as well as infor- IUDs are medically inserted and times people who have contracted an negative. The only 100 percent many different forms of birth con- mative pamphlets on STDs and effective for several years. However, STD have a tougher time dealing effective and reversible method of trol. AIDS. this form of birth control is not rec- psychologically with the problem birth control and protection from ths 2. Nonoxynol-9 is a spermicide Only latex condoms are effective ommended for young women then with the physical problems. transmission of STDs is abstinence. thaI can be used \vith a condom to in preventing H IV transmission. because they can ca'use infection, "Everyone has HIV on the brain, Not everyone is having sex and sex increase its birth control effective- Polyurethane and animal skin con- which can lead to infertility. but the incidence of HIV is relative- is not right for everyone. Make sure ness. M IT -provided condoms arc doms arc not. Water-based lubricants Depo-provera is a hormone shot ly low among your age group," to communicate to your partner not coated with nonoxynol-9. applied to the condom and inside of given every three months that pre- Heller said . your boundaries. J. The correct way to use a con- the vagina (or rectum) can help pre- vent pregnancy by inhibiting ovula- The most common STD on cam- . If you are raped, or feel as if you dom: Check the expiration date vent a condom from breaking. tion. It is 99.7 percent effective. pus and in the nation is the have been raped, you should report "''le Side effects include weight gain, Papillomavirus. This STD is trans- it to the campus police and go to osteoporosis, hair loss, and the mitted through skin to skin contact. MIT medical as soon as possible. appearance of male features' (i.e. It can cause warts, as well" as lead to They can make help prevent preg- facial hair growth) cervical and anal cancer, depending nancy, test for STDs and AIDS, and 6. Drink responsibly: In a on the strain. offer counseling and support. Fenway Community health study, gay males were tested every six months for AIDs and STDs. The Goal is Education Not ones who had contracted diseases had been ones that had made unwise decisions after having alcohol. 7. If you 'have unprotected sex Advocacy of I)~g Use' and are worried about becoming f pregnant, post-coital contraception DAMIT, from Page 1 against certain drugs. For instance, can be used. Also known as the it advises readers to "avoid heroin at "morning after" pill, this is 75 per- on street lore." all costs': but s~ys ')~/e~don't want to . cent effective if taken within the The recent death of Richard Guy sound preachy." It also discourages first day after sexual intercourse. '99 provided the immediate impetus alcohol use. ,c..._ '\, They are available at urgent care of for the publication. The author The pamphlet "certainly does'dis- the medical department. Side effects described MIT's attitude towards' courage the use of some drugs, like inc lude nausea and bleeding the Guy death as "punitive." .. heroin ... I took the route of trying to between menstruation periods. This MIT did not seem concerned with say [in the pamphlet] that there are<' form of birth control should be a the fact that a student died, he said, some recreational drugs that are quite last resort. but concentrated on asking '''where safe' and t~at produce tru)y mind- 8. If you are not sure if you or , else can we put the blame?'" bloWing experiences ... But you need "When something is prohibited,._ to ~Jls,ider .ff1l",the~fariIificatibi1~firsr it is driven underground rather than and decide for yourself," the author genuinely stopped. Declaring its said in a release. intent to crack down on drug use ... "From a medic~1 perspective, the MIT administration has those are dangerous drugs," he said., unequivocally and directly put stu- '" ,jo-' EGG DONORS NEEDED dents in a position of greater dan- Positive response to the pamphlet ger," the author of DAMIT said in a Several people have contacted'" press release received by The Tech. the pamphlet's, author via 'email- "The possibility of students suf- [email protected], saying upto $50,000.00 fering real harm or even death is "they are very happy that [the pam ..., greater than ever before" says the phlet] was finally written, and need- pamphlet. "People need to know -ed to be written." Loving Families Need the Help of how to be safe if they choose to use "I do not think there has ,been recreational drugs, and people need any encouragement or discourage-~' Compassionate Women to not fear legal repercussions if ment from any organized entities" to Start a Family they're saving the life of someone in perhaps due to the fear of drawing danger." "too much political and legal atten- tion." :' If you are 5' 5" or taller, physically fit and maintain a healthy Education vs. encouragement While the author said that he lifestyle, bave a 1400+ SAT score, possess no major family medical While the pamphlet strives to agrees with some of the views of educate it could be read as portray- drug advocacy groups such as the -f issues and want to help infertile couples, please contact us. ing drugs as "perhaps safe, perhaps National Organization for the worth trying," its author said .. Repeal of Marijuana Laws, he is not All hair and eye coloring needed The pamphlet is "designed for an active member of any group .. the person who has chosen to use He also said that he knew Rene drugs, and who is looking for gen- Ruiz '99 and Susan Mosher '99 and Free Medical Screening AU Expenses Paid uinely useful information on how to felt that it is a "shame that they are' minimize his or her risk when doing being prosecuted" but did not so," the authors said in the release. release DAM IT with the intent of DAMIT does not advocate or affecting their pending case. condemn drug use but "encourages The pamphlet is the work of a [students] to think about what is the single author who "received com-,' '. right thing" for them "rather than ments from a couple of other people dismissing it (drug use) out of regarding content and formatting.',' hand," he said. The pamphlet was xeroxed and dis- , "It would be terribly inappropri- tributed with the help of "eight peo- ," ! ate to to just come out and say, ple~' who were "actively involved in 'ecstasy is great! you should try it!' the project." - that kind of pressure is unaccept- Information for the project was, , able," the author said in a release. obtained from the world wide web and several books listed in DAMIT. For More Information Heroin use discouraged Frank Dabek contributed to the The pamphlet admits a bias reporting of this article. ,"'. , Please email Darlene: TomEsquire@aoLcom Or fax inquiries to; 1-619-234-8881 Hitt & Pinkerton, Attorneys at Law Tax info, toll-fre,e. (1-800-264-8828) Tax questions? 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E52. sllspicious Aug. 31: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Boston, assist Boston Police with the arrest of two subjects activity; Bldg. 2, suspicious activity. for attempted larceny of bike; Bldg. NE20, keys stolen; 77 Mass. Ave., frat problem; East Sept. 6: East Campus, I) small fire in trash, extinguished by sprinkler system: 2) SUitcast: Campus, report of a death; Student Ctr.; unwanted person at BankBoston booth; severalloca- stolen, later recovered; McCormick past larceny of stereo, $300: Bldg. 18, laptop computer tions across campus, theft of 5,000 copies of The Tech; Amherst Alley, minor motor vehicle stolen, $3,000; New House, bike stolen from inside building, S99: Bldg. 54. report of suspi- accident involving a Facilities vehicle; Charles Gate East, Boston, SafeRide involved in cious activity; Steinbrenner stadium, complaint of frisbee playing: Bldg NW IO. check of two minor motor vehicle accident; East Campus, assist Cambridge Police with students bothering suspicious individuals; Bldg. NW61, report of homeless person, gone upon CP's arrival. the media; Beta Theta Pi, noise com'plaint. Sept, 7: Assist State Police with vehicle accident at Mass. and Memorial: Beta Theta Pi. Sept. 1: Bldg. 66, suspicious activity; Phi Beta Epsilon, cordless phone stolen and back- Boston, stereo system'stolen, $520; Bldg. E 19, safe stolen, unknown value: East Campus. pack stolen, $ 240; Theta Xi, Boston, complaint of frisbee playing and ensuing verbal con- discarded tank found; Astro turf, graffiti; Steinbrenner Stadium, wallet stolen S I0 cash plus frontation; Lambda Chi Alpha, noise complaint; East Campus, report of media bothering stu- credit cards; Bldg. E 15, suspicious activity. dents; McCormick, suspicious activity'; Mass. Ave. at Albany, suspicious activity. Sept. 8: Bldg. E 19, suspicious activity; Bldg. 16, laptop and computer stolen S3,930: Sept. 2: Alpha Phi, Boston, noise complaint; Boat House, suspicious activity; Memorial Bldg. E25, suspicious activity; Student Center coffeehouse, backpack stolen. unknown Dr. car vandalized; Bldg. 4, waist pack containing wallet; cash and credit cards stolen $50; value; Bldg. 14, speakers stolen, unknown value; Bldg. 68, pocketbook stolen containing Alpha Tau Omega, suspicious activity; East Campus, suspicious activity; Bldg. W31, suspi- $20 cash and credit cards; Bldg. 10, bag stolen containing cash, credit cards and jewdry. cious person, issued trespass warning; Mass. Ave. at Memorial Dr. assist State Police with unknown value; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Boston, complaint of trash from dumpster: Briggs Field. bicyclist struck by vehide .. three persons had money stolen from wallets totaling $215; Amherst St. by Ashdown. report Sept. 3: Sigma Nu, Boston, suspicious activity; Student Center, two suspicious' per- of domestic dispute; Nu Delta, Boston, laptop and bag stolen, $2,700. sons, trespass warning issued; Bldg. 3, computer screen stolen $800; Bldg. 5, Anthony Sept. 9: Bldg. E 19, food stolen $100; Bldg. 10, male taken into custody on an outstand- - Jones of 101 Charlane Court, Roxbury, MA arrested on outstanding warrant; Student ing warrant; Bldg. E25, suspicious person, identified and issued a trespass warning: Amherst House, Boston; bike stolen $160; East Campus, student problem; Bldg. 18, fax machine St. by WII, bike stolen, unknown value; Bldg. 4, Athena chairs stolen $1,260: Sigma Alpha st~len $680; Bldg. E51, on two separate occasions, report of suspicious persons, same Epsilon, Boston, assist Boston Police; Bldg. E38, bike stolen $1,000; 77 Mass. Ave., student checked out okay; rear ofNW30, three suspicious persons, issued trespass warnings; Bldg. problem; Bldg. '35, safety hazard in dumpster, same removed; Phi Lambda Phi, bike stolen E 19,- assist Cambridge Police with 911 hang u'p calt no ~ause found; MIl' officers $350; Amherst St. and Mass. Ave., three underage students issued alcohol citations for pos- ( , responded to a call from Cambridge Police regarding a vehicle leaving the scene in which session of alcohol; Ames St. Suspicious person, issued trespass warning. gunshots were fired. MIl' officers spotted the vehicle at 33 Mass. Ave. MIl' Officers Sept. 10: Next House, storage area broken into, tools stolen $2,260; Senior House, cash apprehended Mark Johnson, 380 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA Anthonio Montiero, 10 and passport stolen $15; Bldg. 14, office broken into and computer disc stolen $30; Ford lot, Wendell Street, Cambridge, MA, and Osvaldo Dacosta, 3 Walden Sq #113, Cambridge, hit and run damage to vehicle; Student Center, I) passport stolen, 2) employee problem at MA, and placed them under arrest. Technicuts, threatening phone call by former employee; DuPont, wallet stolen from fencing Sept. 4: Ashdown, intoxicated student transported to Cambridge Police and placed in room, $27; East Campus, fire between buildings, same extinguished self protective custody; DuPont gym lobby, I) $15 cash stolen from wallet; 2) $10 cash stolen Sept. 11: Bldg. 2; report of chairs being stolen; DuPont gym, wallet stolen $80 cash and from wallet; 3) $485 cash and $28 check stolen from waliet; 4) $80 cash stolen from wallet; credit cards; East Campus, annoying phone calls; Hampshire St., assist Cambridge Police 5) $31 cash stolen from wallet; 6) $4 cash stolen from wallet; McCormick, $50 cash stolen with a domestic situation; Bldg. 8, suspicious activity, checked out okay; Mass. and from wallet; Bldg. W 13, suspicious person, checked out okay; Phi Beta Epsilon, suspicious Memorial Dr. assist State Police with pedestrian struck; Student Center, check on suspicious person, had left area prior to CPs arrival; Bldg. 14, report of squirrel stuck inside building, vehicle, trespass warning issued. same escaped without CP's assistance, Sept. 12: DuPont, check and inquiry on person; Bldg. 7, report of suspicious person; Sept. 5: Assist Cambridge Police with report of suspicious person on Franklin St., same DuPont report of suspicious person" Jason 1. Reed, homeless, arrested for trespass. "Title IX,.Funding.Constraints Lead to.Limitations ! Cutbacks, from Page 1 teams after newly placed restrictions below 40 and to eliminate junior men are going to get experience" as to the Athletic Department." is 58.9 percent male and 41.1 and varsity teams. a result of the changes, she said. In None of the athletes contacted "Lots of costs are associated percent female. The population of Allen said that as a result of a addition the team "doesn't have cri- had been told that the changes were (~with squad size and travel size, athletes on varsity travel squads is requirement that the team only trans- teria for cutting members." in part the result of Title IX regula- including the cost of purchasing 58.4 percent male and 41.6 percent port 24 members to an away meet, She placed responsibility for the tions. uniforms, washing grays, and female. MIT's 1998 undergraduate the team can only field one alternate problem on the MIl' administration Frank Dabek contributed to the staffing sports medicine," Hill said. population was 59.4, percent male member per squad. "Very few fresh- which "hasn't paid enough attention reporting oj this article . ..."However, constraints with numbers and 40.6 percent female .. are an effort to respond to both In response to a poster campiagn .... financial and gender equity issues." alleging that the MIl' Athletic Title IX, signed into law in 1972, Department was failing in its own :t !SlDiG' is intended to prohibit. institutions stated mission, Hill said, "Reduction II i i II that receive federal funding from in varsity team size does not me'an a ~avigant- CONSULTING. INC. Strategic Decisions Group practicing gender discrimination in shift in philosophy and is in no way . .' educational programs or activities. a lack of ,effort to fulfill [the Since few JV women's teams at Athlet!c Department's] mission." . Navigant Consultingl MIT existed pr_ior to' the cuts, an, .~'We as a department acted in an overwhelming majority of the JV effort to make sure expenditure in Strategic Decisions Group .~ programs that were cut were from varsity doesn't cut. into dub sports, men's teams. According to Hill, the Physical Education, and other com- restrictions on team sizes cut back ponents' of athletics at MIT," Attention Graduating PhD's .• on men's teams more than women's Assistant Athletic Director John teams. Benedick said. For coIlege sports programs "Numbers were determined 'by Navigant's Strategic Consulting practice invites you to attend an there is a tripartite test to judge Title considering the number of varsity introductory information session.We will present an overview of our firm, " IX compliance - programs must" . athletes needed to compete' in a describe how we differ from our competitors, and discussour recruiting comply with one of,the tests: game and to run a practice," process. An institution may provide "sub- Benedick said. stantial proportionality" by creating Some teams were affected more opportunities for women to partici- than others by new restrictions, due We are a unique global strategy consulting practice working with pate that are proportional to their simply to preexisting team size rela- leading corporations to create, deliver, and protect shareholder value, enrollment. Programs which have a" tive to the cap imposed by the Our clients are typically Fortune 500 compani~s in industriessuch as ... "history and continuing practice of department. According to Benedick, Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, High Tech and Oil & Gas among program expansion that is respon- the relative per capita cost for ath- others. We help clients achieve positive, lasting change. Our roots in sive to the developing interests and letes on different teams wa's not abilities of the underrepresented considered. decision analysis give usdistinct capabilities in developing, evaluating t sex" are also in compliance accord- and implementing businessdecisions ranging from CEO-level strategic ing to "Title IX:25 years of Athletes displeased with changes agendas to R&D portfolio management. progress," a joint report by the U.S. Cross Country runner Chris S. .... Department of Education and the McGuire '00 said that the changes Office for Civil Rights. forced the team to reduce their 'num- Finally, Title IX "is satisfied bers from 24 to 12_ runners. when an institution is meeting the McGuire said that the change had r, interests and abilities of its female effected the team negatively - . To find out more about exciting career opportunities attend our: students even where there are dis-" "morale sucks." proportionately fewer females than Team mate Edward A. 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Goetz top of the 7th. A two-run lead by TEAM MEMBER WIT was hardly enough to hold the It was another weekend of come- Engineers. Goetz started the rally Conference Game of the Season / backs for the MIT varsity baseball with a hit by pitch and scored three team, as the Engineers won two of pitches later when Gilmartin tripled By Theresa K. Burlanek stant pressure and challenged their the abi Iity to play at the level of three games'in the MIT to center. TEAM CO-CAPTAIN opponents. The play was consistent- their conference competitors (as hosted Fall Classic. A passed ball scored Gilmartin, In recent action, the women 's ~ ly down in MIT's offensive third shown in the second half) but that On Saturday morn- tying the score at 6. WIT was a little soccer team has experienced both most of the second half. Off a penal- they must come out strong for the ing, the Engineers wiser when dealing with Piho this ups and downs in its level of play. ty, defender Hilary B. Carter '00 entire 90 minutes. were greeted with a time around, and he drew a quick Last Wednesday, in a sent the ball into Griffin who On Tuesday. MIT lost another cold constant drizzle, walk. Albrecht followed with a sin- game postponed due relayed it to Jennifer M. Fiumara heartbreaker to con ference ri va I but by game time the sun was out gle, putting runners at first and sec~ to Hurricane Floyd, '02, who was able to score in the Babson College. Xie scored Tech's . and UMass-Boslon was ready to ond. The game now stood in the the Engineers had an 57th minute . only point off a penalty kick late in • play. Brian Furgala '02 took the hill hands of Lembke-Windler, as he outpouring of offense The M IT defense also stepped the second half. Although they for the Engineers and UMass tried strode to the plate with the go ahead as they leveled Curry up its play and improved its com- played with much more finess~ for to rattle him early. With a few hits run at second. Windler proceeded to _ College 6-0. Goalkeepers Sarah K. munication, keeping Clark scoreless the entire game, they were over- • and poor MIT defense, UMass got double down the left-field 1ine, Perlmutter '02 and Kathryn M. in' the second half. However, the come by Babson and fell 3-1 . on the board first and threatened for knocking i'.1both Piho and Albrecht. Knopp '02 combined for the much improved play of the second The team continues conference a big inning. But two runners were McDonald then put the game out of shutout. . half could not turn around the 3 goal play at home tomorrow against thrown out at the 'plate on double reach with an RBI single, taking the The offensive action started out Clark lead. The final score was Springfield College at 4 p.m. They •. steal attempts, in large part due to score to 9-6. For the second straight early for the Engineers as Kelli A. Clark 3, MIT 1. will participate in a non-conference the great plate-blocking ability of weekend, Lembke-Windler (4 IP, 0 Griffin '03 scored just five minutes Head coach Melissa Hart said match next Monday at Westfield , Timothy 1. Gilmartin '01. ER) took a close game to the 7th, into the game off an assist from fel- she hoped the Engineers will learn State College. The score stood at 2-0 UMass in and again his vast repertoire of off- low freshmen Rebecca A. Clinton from this experience that they have the third when it looked like MIT speed pitches prevailed. Lembke- '03. Griffin then assisted Sarah E. would cut the lead. With one out, Windler mowed down WIT to pick Mendelowitz '03 in the 28th minute. back-to-back singles to left:.center up hi's second win of the fall in as Even though the Engineers led 2-0 • .- by Ryan S. Balter '99 and Ethan T. many decisions . at halftime, they did not let up on Goetz '00 put two runners on for the their opponents. Mendelowitz and , mid'dle of the Engineers batting Winning streak ends at 4 Griffin paired up again 13 minutes U YC,U can prell(~lt coI 011 order. Gi Imartin proceeded to The Engineers played their last into the second half to add to the canrC1; ellen beat it." J bounce out to second, but Balter game of the tournament Sunday Engineer's lead. Yi Xie '02 then .. HIlL ....RYRoOllAM CU!'HO':'" .. tried to score from second on the. morning, taking ,on Suffolk Univer- assisted Griffin to her second goal play and was thrown out at the plate, sity. With Jason E. Szuminski '00. on midway thru the half. . J ending the inning. In the fourth, the hill, MIT knew it would be a low Perlmutter switched from keeper UMass tacked on another unearned scoring affair. Szuminski's explod- to forward and quickly netted 2 run, but could not hold MIT in the ing fastball and hard-breaking de,,!cc goals for MIT. Perlmutter's first bottom half of the 4th. David M, sent Suffolk hitters quietly back to goal was unassisted and the second, ~.Piho '00 led off with a towering their dugout, ,until in the top of the just a minute later, was assisted by MAKE THE TI1\'lE TO GET A TEST THAT triple to right-center, and third when Goetz misplayed a Stephanie M. Shelly '02. COULD SAVE Y()UR LIFE .. Christopher 1. Albrecht '00 followed grounder deep in the hole at second, with an RBI double just inside the allowing a Suffolk baserunner to MIT drops first conference game Colon cancer is the second leading c-cl~~erkillerand everyone right field foul line. Albrecht was score. It didn't take long for the Things did not fare so well for aged 50 and older is at risk. More than 50,000 Anlcricans then driven in by a James R. Engineers to answer, as Klein sin- the team in their next game. On will die fro1tl colon cancer and 131,600 new (.41ses will be McDonald '0-1 single to left, cutting gled in Jason A. Poff '02, who had Saturday, M IT faced Clark diagnosed dtis year . •. the deficit to 3-2. Two batters later, led off with a walk and advanced to University in their first conference Brett K. Klein '03 tried to tie the third on a throwing error. The game game of the season. Colon cmccr is .10 (X1UJ] opportunity disease th:lt atleCl\ both score with a single to right, but stood tied at, 1 until the top of th~ It was a game of challenges and women and l1l~n. This silent killer ITt.qucntly begins \\-irhour symp- McDonald was thrown out attempt- 6th, when Suffolk reached lessons for the Lady Engineers. In toms and those with a Eunily history are :It even glXater 1-1.sk. '~I ing tQ score, ending the inning. Szuminski for three more, taking a the first half the Engineers did not Colon cancer L'ipr('v~nttble--even cllr.1ble \',:hen detected early. In Furgala was getting hot on the 4-1 lead. MIT was out of comebacks come out strong and were overtaken fact, if cancer is found early ('Hough, the patient hJS more than a 90 mound, continuously confusing on this day, though, as the Suffolk by speed and composure of the .percent (hanet" of sun'iv.1l. .1, UMa~s with a slew. of slid~I;; :HH:l •• rig~tjh.a]191r cpnsi~t9ntly. p~~n!..e~tl)e.. Clark team. Twice the Clark strikers changeups. The Engmeers .~ooked to corners to throw a complete.lgame we;e ~pen at the j top o"fthe 18 yard Colon cUlccr screl..'ninf,'SaI\.~safe and dfective :llH.i are now covered tie the game in the bottom of the 5th .three hitter. In a game. that took just line and connected with the back of by Medicare and an increasing number of other healch pro"id(>T'S. . and did just that when Gilmartin 1 hour and 40 minutes, Szuminski the net. There's even a test that em be used in the pri,,'dcy of your O\'\'n 'I.' scored on a wild pitch after singling pitched well (6 IP, 3 ER) but took Clark increased it's lead to 3 as a home. . and swiping a bag." Furgala took the the loss to fall to 1-1. high shot outside shot arced into the Talk to YOUT doctor ahollt gettillJ! tested. momentum and shut down UMass in .The Engineers will finish up their top of the net in the 25th minute. the 6th and 7th~ MIT went quietly as fall schedule this weekend with However, in the second half MIT well, and the game went to extra three games. On Friday at 3 p.m., completely changed their attitude. SPONSURF.U BY THE N,\TIONAL COI.()RF.C:T,'\I. innings. Furgala wasn't done yet, as MIT (5-2) takes on the heavy hitters Sparked by an inspirational half CANCER ROlJ"'[)TAlII.F. he froze hitters left and right to finish of Ma~sassoit Community College at time quote from assistant coach FOR MORt'. INfOR~\AT10N, CALL TIl£ lo, the 8th. It looked like the 'game was home, and on Su'nday at' noon the Alyssa Sadowski, it appeared as if a AMl?RJCAN CANCl:R SOCIETY headed to the 9th, as MIT's first two Engineers will travel to Bentley new team took the fiel~ after the "-I' 1-800-ACS-23-l5 batters went down. But McDonald College to face off against the break. There was renewed confi- (2-4, 2 RBis) took matters into.his Division II squad in a doubleheader. dence as every player applied con- This space donated by The Tech or, own hands, and with two outs in the bottom of the 8th, homered.to left- center winning the ballgame in dra- .> matic fashion. The dugout erupted as McD<;>nald rounded the bas,es. Furgala (8 innings pitched, 1 earned run) picked up the complete game ... victory for his first win of the fall:. Engineers master the comeback In game two on Sat~rday, MIT ' •. ~squared off against Wentworth Institute of .Technology. Whatever momentum the Engineers had from game one wore off during a 3 hour break between g~mes, as MIT came out flat and fell behind fast. The scored stood 5-0 WIT after .v., 3 innings and it would have been more if not for a phenomenal throw by Piho on a relay nailing an WIT baserunner at the plate. Ahren Lembke-Windler -'00 relieved Juan Zayas '02 to start the bottom of the 4th, but even Cifter WIT reached Windler for one run in the 4th, the Engineers knew they were still in the game. The 5th inning began with a r -\ sense of urgency. Goetz led off with a groundball through the right side, and Gilmartin followed with a single _ to right. With two runners on, opposing pitchers do not want to see Piho stroll to the plate. And stroll he did, whacking a monstrous three run .... homer half way to Burton-Connor, c u tt in g the de fi c itin h a If. M IT stayed hot and one out later, Lembke- Windler singled and got into scoring position on a wild pitch. Jason C. Andrews '03 then drove him in with a single to left field. ,_ ~e-'st:nre"5tood-ar6.:4-until the---- Page 34 TH E TECH SPORTS October 1, 1999 Women's Volleyball Reaches Semis of MIT Tourney By Paul Dill against rival and nationally ranked MIT did not let the lead slip and chosen to the All-Tournament Team. Huang decided enough was III I/J ("(J.IClI Wellesley College. After surprising they took the third ~ame 15-10. In On Tuesday Engineers travelled enough and served 10 straight The MIT women's volleyball Wellesley early in the first game and the fourth game, Wellesley took to Wheaton College for a confer- points to demoral ize Wheaton. t~am postcd a 3-0 rccord before reaching an R point advantage, MIT charge early as the emotionally and ence match. After falling behind 0-6 After closing out the third game, I\l sin gin t h c s c m i- fi n a Iso I' the failed to hold Oil ':!1d lost the first physically drained MlT squad tried in the first game, MIT woke up and M IT never looked back as they took MI T 111\' ita t ion a I game 14-16 . in vain to stem the tide losing the took charge of the game winning . the fourth game and the match 3-1 Tournamcnt this past Disheartl;ned after failing to put match 1-3 (14-16, 5-15, 15-10,5- 15-13. Another second game let- (15-12,6-15, 15-12, 15-7). Dobson weekcnd. Wellesley away in the first game, 15). Margetts again led the way with down saw Wheaton serve the led all hitters with 21 kills. This win The Engineers first M IT lost the second game without 19 kills while Kathleen L. Dobson Engineers off the court as they took put the team's record at 4-0 in the took on Colby College too much of a fight. Their backs to '03 added IS digs to the effort. the game 15-6. It looked to be more NEWMAC Conference, and 10-3 and rollcd over them the wall, the Engineers fought back Wellesley went.on to win the of the same in the third game as the overall. The Engineers' also casily in threc games (15-g, 15-5, with a fury which again caught tournament beating Bates College in Engineers found themselves down remained in the fourth spot in the 15-5). Outsidc hitter Amy W. Mok Wellesley by surprise. This time the finals 3-0, and setter, Huang was 3-10. New England regional rankings. '02 kd all hitters with 12 kills whilc Parisa N. llabibi '02 added I() digs to the defensive effort. Next M IT faced a very tall and athletic Eastern Football Readies for Homecoming vs. Curry Connecticut State University. receiver Charles A. Toye '00 at behind the improved MIT defense, is Greg Jacobs is a key contributor, After winning the first game eas- Football, from Page 36 backup quarterback. Toye scored the former head football coach at averaging nearly 12 yards a catch. ily (15-6), the Engineers stumbled in the second Beaver touchdown on a Curry, not to mention one of its more Senior quarterback Steve Santos is the second game giving up a large field. one yard plunge late in the game well-remembered alumni. There is no the leader but may have been rattled lead to lose ( 12-15). However, led and completed several nicely doubt that Coach House and the rest by an 89-yard, three interception by the dominant playaI' middle hitter SRU stays strong in second half thrown balls to the MIT receivers. of the Beaver coaching staff will performance last week against FSU. Kelly A. Martens '03 who had 15 Leading 30-7 at halftime, Salve The Beaver option attack, which bring their troops into battle fired up On defense, Curry runs a basic kills, and the setting of Alarice came out even stronger in the second has showed too much inconsistency and well-prepared. 4-4 and 5-3 geared to stop the run- ...... Huang '00 who had 40 assists, M IT half. DiBiasio's 7-yard touchdown this year, again showed flashes of its A longtime conference cellar- oriented NEFC teams. They are led took the next two games to win the run early in the third quaner drenched potential in a few nice runs from dweller, the Colonels are now a team by talented senior linebacker Chuck match 3- I (15-6, 12-15, 15-6, 15-10). any hopes of a Beaver comeback. In Maik C. Flanagin G and Enrique J. on the rise. Second-year head coach Israel, the NEFC Defensive Player Having won their pool, MIT addition, a 30-yard touchdown run by Villavicencio '00. And not surpris- and former New England Patriots' of the Week for September 18. The faced Western Connecticut State Anthony Pirri on the very next series ingly, co-captain Nikolas Kozy '00 linebacker Steve Nelson has rejuve- secondary is young (all freshmen University in the quarterfinals. ensured quality playing time for the played superbly at his defensive end nated the Curry program, instilling and sophomores) but quick. The WCSU played a very similar style Seahawk reserves. position. As a team, though, the confidence and a new attitude in his defensive line, led by 235-pound of volleyball to ECSU and the Yet despite the Salve dominance, Beavers were thoroughly outclassed team, as well as attracting more tal- senior tack~e Aubrey Beavers, is big Engineers had an almost identical M IT did more than its share in con- by the talent and tradition of the ented players from local high schools' but slow, s'o the Beaver game plan match against them, winning the tributing to the demoralizing defeat. Salve football program, which main- through his NFL experience. The should favor running to the outside. first game easily, dropping the sec- Two lost fumbles, an interception, tained its perfect lifetime record over Colonels rebounded from a dismal For the first time this year, MIT ond, and then taking charge of the and two errant punt snaps by the MIT for yet another year. 1997 campaign to post a 6-4 (6-3 has the edge over its opponent in . third and fourth games to win the Beavers, all in their own territory, led NEFC) record in 1998, an achieve- terms of player-to-player match ups. match 3-1 (15-9,9-15,15-10,15- to 30 Seahawk points. In addition, a Beavers look forward to Curry ment that earned Nelson NEFC the key to victory is remaining disci- II). Barbara J. Schultze '02 was key fourth-down penalty on the MIT Tomorrow marks the homecom- Coach of the Year honors. The 1999 plined, playing assignment football, in the victory as she picked up 17 punt-return team for having twelve ing for MIT, and quite fittingly they version is coming off a tough 20-16 and cutting down on mistakes. The digs defensively to keep the men on the field extended another host the Curry College Colonels in an loss last week to Framingham State, costly penalties of last week must be Engineers in point after point. Jill R. SRU offensive drive that ended with NEFC Blue Division matchup at who MIT defeated in Week 1. eliminated against the Colonels. If the Margens '00 hit her stride in only a touchdown. Regardless, credit Steinbrenner Field. The rivalry with The Colonels run a pro-style Be~vers play to their potential on her second match back after being remains with the Seahawk defensive Curry (1-2, I~I NEFC) has become a offense that, although predictable, is both sides of the ball, the sheer out with an ankle injury. After unit, which stuffed the Beaver run- heated one over the past few years, as capable of both running and passing advantage in talent should carry them : reaching the 1000 career kill mark ning game and pressured Skordal's cheap shots, gloating, and on-the- the ball effectively. The biggest to the .500 mark this Saturday. . against ECSU, Margetts tallied 12 passing attempts all day. field chatter from both sides were vis- weapon is sophomore running back Beaver Injury Report: LB Brian more kills against WCSU. The positives for the Beaver ible in both the 1997 31-0 MIT victo- Tony Giannetti, who is a good run- L.' Licata '01, ~and, probable; G football team were sparse on this ry and the 1998 28-7 Curry victory. ner but even a better pass catcher Alexander W. Oeneui '03, hand, M IT fights hard against Wellesley nightmarish day, but a solid perfor- Not all of the rivalry is unfriendly, out of the backfield (two receiving ques~ionable; RB Ryan B. Whitaker In the semifinals, MIT went mance was turned in by starting though; Chris House, the mastermind TO in '99). Freshman tight end '03, arm, probable. .... How will the RSSC proposal affect you? Undergraduates Graduate Students Current Theme House Residents (Chocolate City, Language Houses) Upperclassmen will no longer be guaranteed rooms on Yourneeds will continue to be ignored. campus . ... we acknowledge the lack of substantive attention Your voice in the process of choosing whom you live with In the fall of 2001, there will be enough beds in the in this report to the graduate student community. will disappear. residence halls to house the freshmen on campus. (p.8) ... no student or group of students shall approve the There will not, however, be enough to house the ... we were not able to make the substantive admission of an individual freshman to a.specific upperclasspersons .... some of those students must contributions to improving the graduate student room or floor. This constraint extends to I/theme leave the system. (p. 11) residence experience ... (p. 18) houses" that exist with~nMIT residence halls. (p. 14) Freshmen will no longer be able to make informed decisions Ashdown will be taken away-from you piece by piece, about where-they wish to live. Indep~ndent Living Groups . We note that while Ashdown Hall is and should ... we recommend that freshmen establish their remain a graduate residence hall, it does provide One Third of the FSllGs will fold, according to the Strategic residence hall preferences by July 1 in the summer some very attractive spaces for the freshman offices Advisory Committee to the Chancellor. The committee rec- preceding their arrival. (p.12) ommends that MIT allocate $25 million to incorporate the and for programming .... we suggest Ashdown be abandoned houses into the dor~itory system. Dorm culture will be destroyed when the administration de- considered as an appropriate location. (p. 11) http://web.mit.edu/advise/capita/-expend. txt liberately creates instability that will undermine the commu- nity already present in dorms and place undue burden on 1henewgraduatedorm will continue to be delayed, while a new undergrad dorm will be built at a cost of about twice as Face it: there is no longer any doubt that President Vest is sophomores starting their first year on grades. much per bed. planning to destroy MIT FSILGs over the next decade. The It is therefore the norm that students will move long term plan is to gradually relocate houses to "Theme between their freshman and sophomore years, (p.12) Houses" in the dorms; which, like all Theme Houses starting Fa~ulty in 2001, cannot select their residents. The unique spirit of Freedoms tl.; 0U now enjoy will slowly be taken away under your IlG, fraternity or sorority will be destroyed. T enure wi IIbecome even harder to get. the { . of improvements to student life. Salary and promotion decisions for faculty and staff We invite the cross-river FSILG's to consider how The {student] governments cannot accurately their long-term viability might be enhanced through may be explicitly linked in part to activity within reassess their position, however, without a clear set a move that allows them to reset their physical the residence system. (p, 5) of expectations and limits from MIT The Institute facilities in a location more closely aligned with MIT. owes its students a dear set of boundaries, and the The Quality of Research at the Institute will degrade: as MIT Of particular interest would be housing systems that real flexibility to craft appropriate experiences within continues to display a stunning lack of concern for housing its allow for the natural changes in population in a those boundaries. (p. 76) graduate students, the top prospectives will choose more ac- given FSILG by creating adjustable boundaries commodating institutions. between adjacent FSILG units. (p.ll) President Vest neither understands nor values MIT's i.mique culture. He is setting out to make the Institute look like just another state school. MIT is a leader for ~ number of reasons, but its student and residential culture is chief among them. Anything that threatens this culture threatens MIT's excellence. vVhy is the administration spending so much money on committees, administrators, and the construction of a dorm for a housing system that already has one of the highest satisfaction rates in the country instead of scholarships, research grants, faculty, and an oft-promised and much needed graduate dorm? Get upset. Get'angry. 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By Alvan Eric Loreto there was no one star that hurt the By Nisha Singh fLU/.II/-:,I/HU< Beavers. Rather, it was a strong bal- TEAM CO-CAPTAIN Hours before the opening whistle anced team effort that led to the The women's tennis team played of last Saturday's football contest Beavers' destruction. Seven differ- four matches this past week. On between Salve Regina and MIT, a ent SRU players scored to comple- Saturday, they travelled to late-morning shower lasted about 20 ment an outstanding effort from the Worcester to play minutes before yield- swarming Salve defense. Clark University in a ing to beautiful SlimlY Salve's first touchdown, a 16-yard conference match, -.... skies. pass from Jeff Wright to Ron Casper, winning 8-1. On Hours after the was quickly matched by MIT on a ;Jt!;ili1 Sunday, they went up opening whistle, how- nifty 13-yard TD run by David R. to Maine to face non- ever, the young Beaver Skordal '02. Then the floodgates conference opponents Colby football team found itself swept opened as the Seahawks proceeded to College and Bates College, winning away by the downpour of a perennial score 46 unanswered points, includ- both matches 5-4. On Tuesday, the New England football powerhouse. ing 6 touchdowns on the ground. The women hosted WPI in conference In front of a rowdy home crowd M IT defense was left with no clash, again winning 7-2 to remain at Tappa Field in Newport, RI, the answers to Salve's confusing Wing-T undefeated. Seahawks swamped the visiting attack, which also mixed in the pass In doubles action against Clark, Beavers 53-14, dominating all phas- effectively despite being a run-based Julie J. Koo '03 and Jessica Hall '02 es of the game to pick up their first offense. Averaging a whopping 7.0 won 8-2 at first doubles, as did victory of the season. Salve (1-2, I- yards per carry, SRU had little need Doana Cecan '00 and JessiCa M. I NEFC) exploded for 440 yards of to go to the air, but they found suc- Yeh '0 I at third doubles. offense, 303 of them on the ground, cess in rare third-down situations by Co-captains Mealani K. while holding M IT (1-2, 1-2 NEFC) hitting wide-open receivers on cross- Nakamura '00 and Nisha Singh '00 to 158 total yards. Senior running ing routes over the. middle of the teamed up at second doubles for the back Mark DiBiasio led the way first time, and had a slightly more with 90 yards on 10 carries, but Football, Page 34 difficult time, winning by a score of 8-4. In singles, Nakamura and Koo lost a combined total of one game Homecoming Ming between them at first and second singles, with Nakamura blanking By Ming-Tai Huh her opponent 6-0, 6-0, and Koo ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR winning 6-0, 6-1. Hall faced a So it's finally arrived: the MIT homecoming. Now what are we to tenacious opponent at third singles, CIIENGWEI PEl do? Looking back to our high school days, when we would go watch but fought her off 6-4, 6-4. Cecan Jessica Hall '02 returns a ball during Tuesday's match against WPI. the football team crush an underdog, then enjoy an amazing finger-lick- and Singh cruised at fourth and She won her singles match 6-0 Be 6-1 adding to MIT's 7-2 team vic- ing barbeque, play some outdoor games, and go fifth singles with 6-2, 6-0 scores. tory. home and get psyched up for the big dance, all Fighting both illness and the con- of this seems so nostalgic and old-school. ditions, Yeh lost 7-5, 6-1 at sixth came through, winning the third ferent stage in her own tennis devel- . But if you remember the feeling of being singles. set easily 6-1. opment and a match is' almost back at home, imagine what it's going to be Cecan and Singh dropped their always a good test of how well ,\J./e like this weekend with the whole MIT commu- Team knocks off two in Maine matches at fifth and sixth singles, can execute under pressure. It was a nity. Exactly-this weekend there wiIl be the On Sunday morning, the team with scores of 6-4,6-1 and 6-1, 6-3. good opportunity for us." closest thing to full MIT participation since faced rival Colby, a team they had- Cheung won easily at seventh sin- Orientation/Rush, but this time I believe its going to be bigger. On n't beaten in three years. MIT got gles, while Hsing had to go to the WPI fall on MIT's home courts ,', Saturday, alums and graduate and undergraduate students will be out off to a strong start in doubles, with distance at eighth singles, winning On Tuesday, the women finally there having a good time enjoying MIT's one-time splurge. the team of Nakamura-Kelly in three sets. got a welcomed return home against Never again wiIl there be a time to go into MIT's pockets. Koskelin '02 winning 8-0 at first The team then faced Bates WPI.' The doubles results were doubles, and Koo-Hall winning 8- I College on Sunday afternoon. The mixed. Nakamura-Hall won 8-4 ~t Greedy intentions at second doubles. The third and 'match was played indoors and the first doubles, while Singh- Yi-Ning The celebration surrounding homecoming stands in stark contrast fourth doubles teams weren't as for- surface proved challenging, but the Cheng '02 lost 8-5. The third dou- to the recent topic of the shortage of funding for MIT athletics. I am tunate, with Cecan-Priscilla P. MIT women were ready, drawing bles team of Cecan-Cheung blankf;d pretty sure that I am not only one fiercely annoyed by the cuts of Cheung '02 and Singh-Ann Hsing on their experience and determina- their opponents 8-0. junior varsity teams and shortening of varsity squads. When I applied '02 both losing 8-6. tion. The doubles matches were Most of the singles matches to this school, M IT had the huge bragging right of 41 varsity sports, The singles matches were closer than in the morning against were fairly routine. Nakamura and the most of any coIlege in the country. What they failed to mention unpredictable, as Colby had many Colby, with MIT using the same Hall dropped a total of three gamt:s was that we have most underfunded teams of any school. I bet your freshmen and strong singles play- lineup. The first and second doubles between them, winning 6-0, 6-2 high school footbaIl team gets more money that MIT's does. ers. Nakamura suffered a rare 6-3, teams were both victorious, winning and 6-0, 6- I. Cecan lost a heart- Athletes at this school deserve more. You pour out your time and 6 -2 10s sat fi rs t sin g Ie S, w h iIe 8-4 and 8-6. The third and fourth breaker 6-3, 7-5 at third singles in your dedication, all on top of the hellish education. That's the way I see Koskelin and Koo cruised at sec- doubles teams fought hard, but lost the longest match of the night. it, but MIT sees it like this: "Well, they (athletes) are excellent students ond and third singles 6-1, 6-2 and 8-5 and 8-2. Singh and Cheng bounced back so they really shouldn't be playing a sports anyway. We can save some 6-1,6-0. Going into singles with the 2-1 from their doubles defeat, cruising . money by cutting some teams which people join for fun and not real Hall had the match of the day at lead, MIT was prepared for tough at fourth and fifth singles 6-2, 6i.} competition, but then again real competition doesn't exist here at MIT." fourth singles. After winning the .matches, and there were many. and 6-0,6-0. Cheung and J~an This is a discussion to be continued and continued. I want to hear first set 6-2 she dropped the sec- Nakamura won 6-2, 7-6 at first sin- Yang '00 did the same at sixth and from teams and players that feel they have been deceived by MIT's ond 4-6. With the overall match gles, while Koskelin was victorious seventh singles, winning 6- I, 6-0 athletic program. score 4-3 at the time, a victory by 6-4,6-3. Koo had the easiest match, and 8-0. In the meantime. have a great Domecoming weekend. Show me Hall would clinch the victory for winning up 6-2, 6-1 at third singles. "We showed g'ood poise in beat- the money! MIT. As she has already done Fourth, fifth, and sixth singles were ing WPI," said Matsuzaki. "We before in her M IT carecr, Hall all Bates victories, with Hall losing have some very tough matches com,- 6-2, 6-3, Cecan 6-3, 6-3, and Singh ing up - Tufts, Wellesley, Smith. 6-4,6-4. We need to show them what we're Women's XC Runs Without JV 'at Tufts Head coach Carol Matsuzaki had made of by excelling under pres- some thoughts on the busy week- sure. We need to play some gocd By Deborah S. Won where the path slightly narrowed in rest of the Tech pack came through end: "This weekend was a great and solid tennis." TEA ,II ,IIE,IIBER the beginning of the race. Nor did with a delta of only 45 seconds experience for us both as a team and . The team hosts Wellesley on The M IT women's cross coun- they anticipate winding up at the between runners 3 through 7. as individuals. Everyone is at a dif- Tuesday. try team travelled to Tufts very back of the crowd of runners Patricia M. McAndrew '03, Crystal University's horne course in after these first 100 m. A. Russell '03, Jantrue Ting '00, Grafton for the annu- The mighty -Tcch pack had to Aimee R. Ginley '03, and Margaret fight their way through the swarm F. Nervegna '01 finished in 21:26, of opponents, weaving their way in' 21 :37, 21 :39, 22:04, and 22:09, UPCOMING HOME EVENTS q lr~~~~~~:i~:;~~;'t:~;~;and out and running on sloped, respectively. Molly Jones '03, con- m 0 reo f the fi e rc e uneven edges of the paths. And tinuing to inspire teammates with Friday, October 1 New England despite ~his slow first mile, they did her improvement, ran a 22: 14, Baseball vs. Massassoit Community College, 3:00 p.m. Division III competition they have work their way past opponent after while her training partner and four- been and will be up against this opponent. None of the Tech run-- . year veteran Leah Nichols '00 fol- Saturday, October 2 season. The team finished tenth out ners let either the other runners or lowed close behind with a time of r ,~ of 17 tcams. the bumpy, uneven, and hilly ter- 23:38. Chi-An Wang '01 and Football vs. Curry College, 12:00 p.m. The team unfortunately had to rain from running tough, strong Farheen Qadir G showed they Men's Soccer vs. Alumni, 2:00 p.m. leave some of their teammates races. could push themselves without Women's Soccer vs. Springfield College, 4:00 p.m. behi nl! due to the new MIT regula- teammates nearby and finished with tions restricting the competing \\'on finishes first for !\'lIT times of 24:35 and 27:3 I, respec- Tuesday, October 5 squad to twelvc members, but were Having a Tufts opponent never tively. Men's Tennis vs. Harvard University B, 3:30 p.m. still able to keep up their spirits and far behind helped push Deborah S. Most ran very even splits, but in Women~s Tennis vs. Wellesley College, 4:00 p.m. motivation. Won '00 to win the race in 18:35. hindsight would have opted for Having seen the hi lis of the sec- Finishing second for the MIT harri- faster first miles to get better posi- Thursday, October 7 tioning. MIT placed 10th out of 17 ond and third miles during their ers. Marissa L. Yates '03 once Field Hockey vs. UMass-Dartmouth, 4:00 p.m. again showed the amazing spirit scoring teams but will have the walk-through of the course prior to Women's Tennis vs. Brandeis College, 4:00 p.m. ," .•' the gun, the Tech runners planned and mental strength characteristic opportunity to take on some of Water Polo vs. Harvard University, 7:00 p.m. on a conservative start. However, of this year's freshmen and placed those other top 10 teams again later they did not anticipate a bottleneck 33rd with a time of 20:31. Then the in the season.