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Volume 122, Number 52 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, November 1, 2002 Some Frosh Live in Fraternities Skuffle License Not
By Marissa Vogt move some of their belongings from so much time at their fraternities, STAFF REPORTER their on-campus residences to the many opt to spend the night at the Approved by Boston Some of the new pledges of MIT house. house rather than return to campus fraternities are spending the majori- "The freshmen who have late at night. Freshmen say that the ty of their time at their fraternity pledged are constantly coming over. fraternities encourage this so that Skullhouse's Event for Saturday Cancelled houses, sometimes even staying I think they are enjoying being a they can feel like they are part of the overnight, despite the fact that part of the house. They come to the house. By Brian Loux they would receive approval. freshmen are now required to live house, do their homework at the Edward M. Helvenston '06, a NEWS EDITOR "We've been spending months on campus. house, eat at the house; some of pledge at Pi Lambda Phi, says that The Boston Inspectional Ser- trying to get this done .... We Most houses have a special room them even spend the night at the the freshmen allowed to have beds vices Department cancelled Phi started this back in May," Frank set up for. their pledges to relax, house," said Chi Phi Rush Chairman at the house. Kappa Sigma's annual charity said. sleep, or study. In several fraterni- Kevin Nazemi '02. "Skuffle" event, scheduled to be ties, freshmen are encouraged to Because fresmnen are spending Freshmen, Page 11 held Saturday night, on account of Mayor's Office rejects license failure to obtain an entertainment On Thursday, the Mayor's license from the Mayor's Office of Office rejected the request for a Consumer Affairs and Licensing. license for unknown reasons. Broth- Phi Kappa Sigma, also known ers who were involved with obtain- as Skull house, planned to develop ing the license had heard from offi- a haunted house to benefit the cials within the office that they were Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, concerned the event would cause a the national charity of the fraterni- noise disturbance within the com- ty. munity. "In order to build a haunted Frank dismissed the charge, say- house, you need a building license," ing, "we are surrounded by five said Skullhouse member Matthew J. other fraternities and a [Boston Uni- Frank '03, one of the brothers in versity] dorm. Furthermore ... we charge of planning the event. Frank obtained signatures from our neigh- cited the fire and police departments bors that said they approved of our of Boston as two of the offices that event." had to approve the event before- However, according to Frank, the hand. Mayor's office "did not tell us this The final piece to the puzzle first. They called ISD to say that we was an entertainment license, to were rejected .... Inspectors entered be issued by the Mayor's Office the house, guns blazing, and they said of Consumer Affairs and Licens- we had three hours to take everything ing. "If you are charging admis- down. They threatened us heavily." sion, that makes it a public event, Deconstruction included the which gives it the need for a framework of the haunted house in license from the [Mayor's the basement and a large skull to be Office]," said Daniel F. Pokaski, placed above the door during the chairman of the Boston Licensing party.
DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH Board. Frank said that it was this action Three children attempt to brave a series of Halloween challenges In order to get some candy at Frank described the office as that was the most upsetting to the Simmons Hall last night. Among the things the children had to'do were touch "troll toenails." "dragging their feet" and "stringing house. Not only were "we told no, "brains," and "eyeballs." The challenge was organized by GRTs Robbin N. Chapman G, Marlo us along." Skullhouse did not we were told it in a very harsh way," Valenti G, and Trlcla Valenti. receive the license, though Frank said they had been led to believ~ Skuffle, Page 11 Some Students Disabilities Ramp Under Construction at Building 7 By Veena Ramaswamy ized, and construction of the ramp is Coordinated by the MIT Depart- basement corridor, close to the In 9.01 to Get STAFF REPORTER under way. The ramp, which is ment of Facilities, th_e ramp, Building 7 elevator. Plans for construction of a dis- expected to cost about $700,000, is referred to as the Americans with The ramp is part of a series of E-Tablets abilities ramp outside of 77 Massa- slated to be completed by the end of Disabilities Act ramp, will provide renovations geared at making MIT chusetts A venue have been final- the year. access to Building 7 through the more accessible to people with dis- abilities, said John B. Hawes, a For Class Use senior project manager in MIT's By Rlcarose Roque facilities department. The total cost STAFF REPORTER of these renovations is nearly $10 Some members of the Neuro- million. science and Behavior (9.01) class will be issued e-tablets for the Entrance comes after long wait remainder of this term, making it the Hawes said that the Institute has first class ever at MIT to integrate always been looking for a better these devices int9 the classroom. entrance to Building 7 for disabled "The e-tablets will allow a real people. paperless classroom," said 9.01 pro- "It's always been an assumption fessor Gerald E. Schneider. that we need something to allow A cross between a laptop and a people to come in directly," said hand-held organizer, the e-tablet Hawes. "We're doing it now simply combines the power and capability of because it took a while to get the a PC with the function of a notepad, funding together and the construc- enabling its users to write directly tion plan." onto the screen and rendering key- The ramp's function, in addition boards and touchpads obsolete. to making the building more acces- "Lectures are always throwing sible to persons with disabilities, [so much] material at students that will also make it easier to transport they just become passive large items and carts through the stenographs," said Ruthledge G. Building 7 entrance. Ellis-Behnke G, who has been lead- "It's such an important building ing the Paperless Classroom project. with so much coming in and out of "With the e-tablet, their attention is AARON D. MIl/AUK-THE TECH it that I definitely think its construc- Construction for a disabilities ramp outside of 77 Mass. Ave. Is underway and scheduled to be complet- E-~blet, Page 14 ed by the end of the year. Ramp, Page 16
SafeRide has Comics OPINION added buses Tao Yue ponders the politics of World & Nation 2 Opinion 4 to its fleet. this year's Senate race. Events Calendar - 8 On the Town 9 Sports 20 Page 13 Page 6 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH November I, 2002 WORLD & NATION Some Call Palestinian Suicide u.s. Has Won Votes Needed Bombings War Crimes
I.OS,./NGFI.FS TIMES JERUSALEM For Resolution, Officials Say A leading human rights organization charged Friday that Pales- tinians who order and dispatch suicide bombers are guilty of war By Maggie Farley lenger in the council on the Iraq said. "When the difference is war crimes and should be brought to justice. LOS ANGELES TIMES issue. and peace, you want to know if UNITED NATIONS In a comprehensive, I70-page report, the New York-based Human France so far has enjoyed the there is a hidden trigger." Rights Watch also said that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Preparing for the endgame on support of most of the council's 15 In weeks of negotiations, both Arafat bears "significant political responsibility" for the "repeated how to confront Iraq, the United members for its two-stage plan on sides say they have made many deliberate killing" of Israeli civilians in the last two years of blood- States claimed Thursday it has won disarming Iraq, which proposes that concessions. The first text the Unit- soaked conflict. two key swing votes on the Security the council pass a resolution ed States floated was so tough, :'The scale and systematic nature of these attacks in 200 I and Council - Ireland and Mauritius - strengthening the weapons inspec- many diplomats said it was 2002 meet the definition of a crime against humanity," the report giving it the necessary majority to tions regime but requiring that it "designed to faiL" The latest U.S. stated. "When these suicide bombings take place in the context of pass its resolution. would have to meet again to decide version has dropped demands for violence that amounts to armed conflict, they are also war crimes." "We're done," a U.S. official on action if Iraq is found to be in the use of "all necessary means". The report is a departure from most human rights investigations said. "Weare confident that we "material breach" of U.N. resolu- against Iraq, among other conces- into Israeli-Palestinian violence that focus on the Israeli army, includ- have a majority, and we are looking tions. sions. The French, in turn, have ing the killing of civilians, demolition of houses and other forms of to end the diplomatic process next This week, Secretary of State given up their demand for a second collective punishment. week." Colin L. Powell and his French and resolution authorizing the use of U.S. officials say they will pre- Russian counterparts have been in force against Iraq, settling instead sent a new resolution next week constant contact, sending phrases for a less formal Security' Council Louisiana Killing Linked incorporating council members' from the resolution back and forth decision. suggestions and that they hope to to try and reach a compromise. The latest U.S. concessions To Sniper Suspects' Weapon have a vote by the week after next. France and Russia have tentatively appear to be close enough for Irish I.OS ANGELES TIMES But they made clear that the United agreed to include the words "materi- diplomats, although they won't say WASHINGTON States will reserve the right to take al breach" as long as they do not for sure whether they have signed The fatal shooting of a store manager in Louisiana was linked unilateral action against Iraq even explicitly authorize automatic use of on to the U.S. side after weeks of Thursday by police to a weapon allegedly used by John Allen without fresh Security Council force. They insist on additional .waiting in the middle. Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo in a string of sniper attacks in approval. wording that guarantees that the "There' s on~y a phrase or two Washington. "Our bottom line has not Security Council decides if an separating' each side - although Baton Rouge authorities issued an arrest warrant for Muhammad changed," State Department attack is warranted, not the United small words involve big issues," and Malvo for the death of Hong 1m Ballenger, the manager of a beau- spokesman Richard Boucher said States alone. said Ireland's deputy ambassador, ty supply store who was shot while closing on the evening of Sept. 23. Thursday. "We think it's time to But although they are only a few Gerard Corr. Ireland has said it' Police said Ballenger, a mother of three, was robbed in the shoot- resolve these differences and it's words away from agreement, they wanted the United States to return to ing, although they did not indicate how much money was taken. Bal- time to pass a resolution." are still a world apart, observers say. the Security Council for approval lenger's husband later said in interviews that she would have been The announcement is meant to "The difference is knowing before taking military action. "The carrying as much as $1,500 in store receipts as she closed the store put further pressure on France, the whether the gun you are pointing is text as it now looks substantially for the day. United States' most vocal chal- loaded or not," a council diplomat addresses our concerns." Witnesses at the scene filed a description of a small, black male that matched Malvo, said Baton Rouge Police Chief Pat Englade. Witnesses said the man fled the scene and disappeared into a park. Englade said Baton Rouge police have not ruled out "the possibil- CIA Officials Tout Intelligence ity that other individuals may be involved or that the individuals cur- rently in custody may have committed other criminal acts." Labor Resignations Leave Sharon Successes to Counter Criticism By Walter Pincus against u.s. embassies in Rome an~ cials detailed these successes in a Without Moderate Partner THE WASHINGTON POST Paris, also were disrupted. series of public and closed.!door WASHINGTON THE WASHINGTON POST In 2000, the United States was appearances before Congress in JERUSALEM CIA Director George Tenet and able to break up planned attacks recent weeks. When the Labor Party resigned from Prime Minister Ariel other intelligence officials have been against U.S military and civilian In only a few cases did the Unit- Sharon's coalition Wednesday night, he lost more than the 25 Labor attempting to counter criticism of facilities in the Persian Gulf and ed States have access to informants votes and his comfortable parliamentary majority. According to polit- their failure to disrupt the attacks on Europe. The previous year, U.S. who provided the approximate time, ical analysts here, he also lost a traditionally moderate partner that for the World Trade Center and the Pen- agencies disrupted use of a chemical place or participants in a planned 19 months had helped his government avoid an extremist label and tagon last year by speaking more weapon in a planned Dec. 31, 1999, attack, according to the officials. provided a shield against domestic and international criticism. openly about successes in thwarting millennium attack in Jordan. More often, they said, information Sharon Thursday negotiated with small ultranationalist and what the government believes were In 1998, U.S. intelligence agen- leading to disrupted attacks came right-wing orthodox parties to help him survive a no-confidence planned terrorist actions. cies used information gleaned from from interrogations of suspected ter- vote scheduled for Monday. Members of his nationalist Likud Party Last year, for example, U.S. human sources and intercepted com- rorists, intercepted communications and other analysts said it is probable that he will survive that chal- authorities stymied plots to kidnap munications to prevent the hijacking and information provided by foreign lenge and establish a new government. If so, they added, Sharon Americans in. three countries by of a U.S. airliner that was designed police and intelligence services. and his government will have traded collaboration with Israel's using information from a captured to pressure the release from prison -An invaluable tool, they said, is large center-left party, and its image of openness to conciliation senior associate of Osama bin of Omar Abdel Rahman, who was the practice in which U.S. agencies with the Palestinians, for support from a small group of Israel's Laden, the al-Qaida leader. Attacks convicted in 1996 of conspiring to transfer individuals arrested in one most unyielding politicians, determined to retain the occupied West on U.S. facilities and personnel in bomb the Statue of Liberty and country to another allied country that Bank and Gaza Strip. Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the Incir- other New York landmarks. is able to extract information from lik air base in Turkey, as well as Tenet and other intelligence offi- them and relay it to the United States. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastem Daylight Time, Friday, November 1,2002
_c:.~ r:;~ ~~ After binging on Halloween candy last night, you may feel out of the holiday spirit for a while. But the holiday season has just begun and this 35°N weekend is the perfect example of fall weather: cold with a chance of flur- ries. A low pressure system from Northern Canada will elbow its way into New England, bringing clouds and a slight chance of flurries Friday evening. This system will also bring colder air for the weekend, so expect 300N temperatures in the mid 30s of. There is a chance of flurries Saturday night. The system will move out of the area by Sunday night, bathing Boston in starry skies. And if you give All Saints' Day (today) and All Souls' Day (tomorrow) a miss, make sure to celebrate Sandwich Day on Sunday with a triple-deck- .2S0N er turkey club or meatball sub. Extended Forecast Today: Cloudy. High of 49°F (9°C). Tonight: Partly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Low of 23°F (-5°C). Saturday: Partly sunny, cold. High of 38°F (3°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mOOls Sunday: Partly sunny and cold. Clear skies at night. Daytime high of Snow Rain Fog _Trough 36°F (2°C). Overnight low of 20°F (-7°C) H High Pressun: 0 - Showers - ...... - Warm Front VV* "R ThundcBlorm Ughl L low Pressure ex> Haze .& .& .& .&.& Cold Front Moderate * Compiled by MIT ~ Hurricane MeIromlollY Staff ...... Slaliorwy Fronl Heavy ** 0 '" 00 andTMTw. November 1, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Democrats Poised to Beat GO~ Civil Rights Groups to Use Voting Monitors in Some Areas NEWSDAY Gain Majority inGovernorships WASHINGTON By Nick Anderson toward a Democratic takeover - tens of millions of dollars of his Concerned about more election debacles on Tuesday, national LOS ANGELES TIMES including Illinois, Michigan and own fortune. civil rights groups are sending armies of monitors and lawyers to WASHINGTON Pennsylvania, all considered piv- Only in New York and Ohio, Florida and other key states to watch for irregularities that could For the last eight years, Repub- otal in presidential contests. among the major states, are Repub- once again disenfranchise voters. licans have held the governor's "You've got some heavy-hitter licans apparently assured of hold- Some have set up national command centers, where lawyers and office in more than half the 50 states" poised to turn over, said ing onto the governorship. voting rights experts will staff phones to answer questions about vot- states. Democrats are poised to John Kohut, an analyst for the non- Depending on its strength, the ers' rights at the polls. And some are already on the ground in states erase that edge next week - a partisan Cook Political Report. Democratic gubernatorial surge from Florida to Missouri urging people to vote and informing them shift that would reverberate across "The implications for 2004 are could produce another milestone. of their rights. the country in local and presiden- clear. Democrats have gained Among the party's nominees are But Florida, which recently came under fire again for its Septem- tial politics. some ground." nine women, all running competi- ber primary election disaster, remains the focal point. At minimum, Democrats are In all, 10 of the 15 most popu- tively. If four win, then at least six "Florida will forever be the poster child for how not to conduct expected to approach parity with lous states are expected to have governors next year would be an election," said Melanie Campbell, executive director of the .the GOP, winning enough of the Democratic governors next year. women - a record. National Coalition on Black Civil Participation, one of several 36 gubernatorial contests on Tues- That's a conservative projection. The lone Republican female groups setting up a hotline and sending in monitors. "In Florida for day to command the statehouses in Among the other five: nominee, Linda Lingle in Hawaii, sure, people are still very upset. ... We're doing everything we can two dozen states. The Democrats -Florida, where Republican also is running a strong campaign. so people are motivated to vote and to get their vote counted." also could gain a clear majority. Gov. Jeb Bush is in a tigh~race for Currently, there are five female Republicans now govern 27 re-election against Democrat Bill governors. states, Democrats 21 and indepen- McBride. Republicans face potential loss- Grand Jury Indicts Fastow dents two. But perhapsplore sig- -Massachusetts, where Demo- es in large part because they have nificant than the raw numbers is crat Shannon O'Brien and Repub- more seats to defend Tuesday - In Enron Case the size of the states each party lican Mitt Romney are in a dead 23 of the 36. Many of their THE WASHINGTON POST governs. heat for an open seat. warhorses, like Gov. John Engler A federal grand jury in Houston on Thursday indicted Andrew Not only is Democrat Gray -Texas, where GOP Gov. Rick of Michigan, were forced out by Fastow, the former chief financial officer at Enron Corp., on dozens Davis favored to win re-election as Perry, elevated when George W. term limits. Democrat Jennifer of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges, the latest move governor of California, but several Bush became president, faces a Granholm, one of this year's most in the active government probe into wrongdoing at the bankrupt other large states now led by tough challenge from Democrat prominent candidates, is favored to energy trader. Republican governors are tilting Tony Sanchez, who is spending succeed him. The charges against Fastow, who allegedly masterminded a com- plex web of partnerships that disguised Enron's financial woes and funneled millions of dollars into his own pockets, were filed four Yugoslav Ship Allegedly Carrying weeks after he surrendered to the FBI and was released on $5 mil- lion bond. He is the highest ranking Enron official to face criminal charges. The 78-count indictment closely tracks allegations that prosecu- Rocket Fuel to Iraq Intercepted tors leveled against Fastow in a sworn statement by an FBI agent at By Daniel Williams dam Hussein's continuing ability to technology that Yugoslavia sold to that time. The court papers also include a new claim: that Fastow and Nicholas Wood evade U.N. restrictions and import Libya ultimately was destined for attempted to block investigators by persuading his top aide, Michael THE WASHINGTON POST military goods and expertise, even Iraq and intended to provide the Kopper, to tamper with laptop and desktop computers in the late BELGRADE from a country such as Yugoslavia seeds to convert trainer jets into summer of 2001. That was shortly after Enron executive Sherron Earlier this month, a ship carry- that's nominally friendly to Wash- guided cruise missiles. Such a Watkins raised questions about Enron's accounting practices, but ing 14 containers of chemical pel- ington. weapon could avoid U.S. anti-mis- before the company's financial woes became public. lets sat in the'Yugoslav military port The Yugoslav government on sile systems and reach American The obstruction count is significant because it challenges Fas- of Tivat, preparing for a voyage. Thursday formally acknowledged allies in the Persian Gulf and Israel. tow's claim, as cited by his lawyer, John Keker, that he "never U.S. officials'believed that the cargo illegal military sales to Iraq. "These The news is potentially bad for believed he was committing any crime." was solid rocket fuel and bound for violations' concerned the repair and Yugoslavia's efforts to improve its Iraq, in violation of a U.N. ban on return 'of Iraqi jet engines for MiG- economy and foster closer relations Earthquake in Italy Jolts School, ~ deliyeri,es. r _ .•r ~ _. L .' " •. ' 2.1,and)vfi9,-73.~ghterjets an~ pr,o-;. with Western countrl~~.1t.~~w~s ~.:: " Ratlier-thiui..tel(the goven:men'fof the U.S. Congress,is considering a vidin¥ ~erta~1~~':'Y.\~e.s-.i~tpHi~~I?'iI Yugoslavia,~hic~ receives~i35 mil- technIcalcooperation,"a government measure :to;,normalize Yugoslavia's - :Kiiis SiX Children lion in annual aid from Washington, statement said. It promised to clamp trade relations with the United LOS ANGELES TIMES mistrustful U.S. officials called on down on futuresales. States, and when the United States ROME 11\._r".)' ~1~ neighboring Croatia to.intercept the That admission appeared to refer is promoting Yugoslavia for mem- An earthquake knocked down the roof of a school in central Italy ship',the Boka.Star,at sea. ''We were to claiJ)ls that U.S. officials made bership in the Partnership for Peace Thursday, killing at least six children and trapping dozens of others " ••• ~. 11'" I _~ ._ • uncertam what the respo~se o( the this month after NATO peacekeep- program of the NATO alliance.. during a party to celebrate Halloween. Yugoslavs would be if we had'asked ers in Bosnia raided a state-owned The fact that the Boka Star Two women were also killed in their homes in San Giuliano di them;"said a seniorU.S. official. military firm named Orao. Docu- passed through Tivat, a military Puglia, a medieval village of 1,195, about 50 miles northeast of The Croatians seized the vessel ments seized there indicated that port, indicated that the transactions Naples. The 5.4 magnitude quake struck at 11:33 a.m. The epicenter Saturday in the Adriatic Sea. Croat- Orao and Yugoimport, a Yugoslav weren't merely private deals but was reported to be in the nearby city of Campobasso.. ian and U.S. officials say they've government-run arms trading com- linked with the Yugoslav govern- About 50 people were initially trapped when part of the roof determined that the cargo was in pany, have been helping Iraq refur- ment and army. over the nursery and elementary school collapsed, authorities fact solid rocket fuel. It was labeled bish its antiquated air force. Iraq has The army is the country's most said. Rescuers said after nightfall that they could talk with two "active charcoal." used Yugoslav technicians to prestigious institution, according to groups of buried children, who had ducked under benches for The incident was one of a series _upgrade its aircraft. polls, and its commander in chief, protection. of recent high-profile discoveries of But Western officials contend President Vojislav Kostunica, is the Some of them were later rescued, including six dust-covered chil- suspected weapons-related products that the relationship is deeper. A country's most popular politician. dren pulled out from under floodlights and quickly sent to hospitals. and technology illegally bound for University of Belgrade professor Kostunica has distanced himself Onlookers applauded and called out "Giovanni! Giovanni!" when Iraq - at a time when the United with training in missile technology from the Iraq traffic, saying he knew one little boy was brought out on a stretcher. States is preparing for possible war has acknowledged visiting Baghdad, nothing, and in any case, the .trans- "As soon as he came out he called me 'Papi' like he always with that country. The revelations the Iraqi capital, in recent months. fers were of low-technology vari- does," Giovanni's father told state television, which didn't further threw light on Iraqi President Sad- The United States suspects that eties and not "state-of-the-art" sales. identify the man. "I immediately saw he was in good condition. He told me there are many other children still alive, a little shocked but still alive, so the hope is still there that they can save more. I thank Chechens Complain of Harassment, God for this gift he has given me." Arrests Under Anti-Terrorism Premise Zap Offers Ford $10 Million for By Sharon LaFraniere Mironov, a Russian official who separatist'southern republic. The Electric Vehicle Division THE WASHINGTON POST serves.as human rights ombu~man. government has set up hot lines for LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW ::They detain people, arf(~stpeople, complaints.. Zap, a small Bay Area manufacturer of electric bicycles and Chechen representatives and stop cars based on ethnicity. I am "It was 10 times worse three scooters that only recently emerged from bankruptcy reorganization, human rights officialschargedThurs- very concerned." years ago," Aslakhanov said. "This said Thursday it has offered Ford Motor Co. $10 million in cash, day that last week's seizure of 800' Eddy Isaye~, who heads t~e is much softer. However, it is still stock and warrants for its San Diego-based Think electric vehicle hostages by Chechen guerrillas has: Chechen government's Moscow going on." division. set off a campaign of harassment office, said about 200 Chechens Assa Vatsuyeva, 25, a Chechen Ford paid $23 million for Think three years ago and has invested against Moscow's Chechens, who have complained of mistreatment reporter for NTV television, said more than $100 million in the company, but pulled the plug on the they say are being falsely arrested since the rebels seized the theater police stoppedher on the street Satur- unit earlier this summer, citing poor demand. and shaken down for bribes under the eight days ago. Aides to Aslanbek day. They questioned her and her Think, originally part of Norway's Pivco Industries, makes cover of an anti-terrorismcrusade. Aslakhanov, Chechnya' s represen- family at her apartment,then detained electric bicycles, golf-cart style neighborhood vehicles and the In a still-jittery capital, federal tative in the Russian parliament, her brother Apti, 20, because he has . plastic-bodied two-seat Think City, which is certified as a high- and local police are on the lookout said about 10people complain to his no permit to live in Moscow. way-legal passenger car capable of a top speed of 60 mph and a for possible accomplices of the office each day. It takes only 20 minutes to pre- maximum range, at much-reduced speeds, of 60 miles between rebels, whose seizure of a Moscow Nonetheless, Aslakhanov and pare a temporary permit, Vatsuyeva charges. theater left 119 hostages dead, all other officials say the backlash is said, but the police kept her brother While Ford and General Motors Corp. have abandoned the bat- but two from effects of the gas used distinctly weaker than it was three for four hours. She said one officer tery-powered electric car market, DaimlerChrysler continues to by authorities to subdue the gun- years ago, after hundreds of people told her mother: "Your son is con- operate a subsidiary, GEM, that sells battery-powered neighborhood men. But human rights officials say were killed by explosions in apart- nected to rebels and terrorists. Don't electric vehicles that are legal on city streets posted for speeds of 35 they see a pattern of officers using ment buildings in Moscow and else- expect anything good." miles per hour or less. that pretext to intimidate and extort where in Russia that were blamed Apti said he's been detained 15 Zap has never been in the car business, but Chairman Gary money from law-abiding Chechens, on Chechen rebels.. ,times in the three years since police Starr said Thursday that the 8-year-old company's "sole business some of whom say they're afraid to President Vladimir Putin a~d- confiscated a certificate identifying is electric vehicles, and we can focus on them while they were go outside. ot~er officialshave warned Russians him as an athlete with the Russian just a sideline for the major auto companies." Zap's stock closed , "The militia are abusing their not to turn against Chechens, saying . military's sports club because he at $1.50 a share Thursday in over-the-counter trading, up 5 cents authority. They are very biased many of them risk their lives as couldn't pay the bribe they ~~~ . . now" against Chechens, said Oleg Russia's civilian appointees in the demanded. Page 4 THE TECH November 1, 2002 OPINION Chairman Sandra M. Chung '04 Editor in Chief Jennifer Krishnan '04 Business Manager Ian Lai G Managing Editor Joy Forsythe '04 Executive Editor Nathan Collins G NEWS STAFF News and Features Director: Kevin R. Lang G; News Editors: Keith J. Winstein '03, Brian Loux '04, Christine R. Fry '05; Staff: Dan Cho G, Harold Fox G, Naveen Sunkavally G, Jeffrey Greenbaum '04, Vicky Hsu '04, Richa Maheshwari '04, Flora Amwayi '05, Vincent Chen '05, Aaron Du '05, Sam Hwang '05, Torn Kilpatrick '05, Amerson Lin '05, Jing- Helen Tang '05, Qian Wang '05, Lauren E. 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Now he's back Politics can be interesting to watch when known (though not to our generation) for raising.money, putting some of his personal Guest Column funds into the campaign, and winning easily. you aren't personally involved in the issues. roundly defeating Bob Dole in the 1976 Arun Agarwal Take, for example, this year's Senate races. vice-presidential debates after Dole blamed The polls turn7d around almost immediately . Sure, the races are the American wars of after he stepped into the race. If anything, important. . Very the twentieth century news stories about the election seemed to War in the Middle East, hostages in important for the on Democratic presi- capture the whimsical notion that many New Moscow, snipers in Maryland, and plane nation, in fact. The This election deddes whether dents. Eight years Jersey voters hadn't noticed the switch and crashes in Missouri: the last two years have Senate is so close that later, he became the thought they were voting for Launteberg's been some of the biggest ever for news, with this election will or not we end up with t::l first major-party fourth or fifth term. breaking headlines every day, and stunning . decide who holds it. presidential candidate In New Hampshire, Republican Senator reports every night. The sheer volume of Doesn't look like the Rep'1blicdn president} a to choose' a female Bob Smith hasn't given up after losing the information given to the public has never been Democrats can take running mate, and his primary to John Sununu - he's running a this high, and the need to digest so much has the House this year, so Republican Congress} and a very "youth and inexperi- write-in campaign. Elizabeth Dole, once a never been so great. this election also con5e~ative Supreme Court. ence" succumbed to a shoo-in for the North Carolina seat, is now Somehow however, we still manage to decides whether or not pointed Reagan quip. facing serious pressure. live our lives. We manage to get up each day, we end up with it Ever since then, he And one state to the south, let us pause a do what we have to do, watch more news, 'Republican president, , hasn't made much of minute as we examine the race, where nei- and go back to sleep. This, of course, is a Republican Congress, and a very conserva- a splash on the national scene. But politics ther of the candidates happens to be Strom because people are becoming more and more tive Supreme Court .. has 'the strangest way of . Thurmond. Yes, desensitized. To prevent insanity, and to keep We'll know the results in a week. If you putting people back into indeed, Strom ourselves in sync with our own lives, we have care enough, you can either mourn the the limelight, and here he Thurmond,can- gotten to the point where we have to almost depths to which this nation has sunk or jump is again. didate for Presi- pretend the things around us aren't even hap- up and down in joy. But your vote can only .Speaking of old-timers if we don}t start paying attention dent in 1948 on pening, and that the stories we read in the count towards at most one Senate race. Why coming back to' save their to politics soon} everything else the Dixiecrat news are no different than those we read in a not take a tour of the other races going on, party's chances in an elec- ticket, old~st novel. as a curious observer? And since' we're MIT tion, in New Jersey the we learned in high school won}t Republican in In other words, we're becoming almost students and many of us live under a rock, Democrats have taken the' the Senate, third completely desensitized to the world perhaps it'd be fun tolook at it from the per- lead in .the Senate race be true anymore. in line for the around us. When hearing about another spective of someone who knew a bit about after trailing by do'uble- Presidency dur- shooting we sort of shrug it off, leaving it politics .;. back in high school. Then the digits. How? After scan- ing much of Bill only to our curiosity to figure out what hap- race changes from one with the nation's fate dals sunk the chances -of Clinton's term, is pened. The news, in effect, has become hanging in the balance, to one where famil- incumbent Robert Torricelli, he dropped out finally retiring from the Senate. If we don't nothing more than another form of enter- iar names and curious developments pop up. .of the race and former Senator Frank Laut- start paying attention to politics soon, every- tainment to many . Start with Minnesota, which has been in enberg took his place. Lautenberg, a proven . thing else we learned in high school won't The pn;>blem with all this is that when we the news lately. So we all know that Walter winner, kept one of New Jersey's Senate be true anymore. lose our perspective on reality and subse- quently expect the media to provide us with a show, the media then turns to tactics of sen- sationalism to keep us happy. When was the What MEA Programs Are Worth . last time a big story hit, and you didn't see dramatic pictures of the scene? Or more tomers. Perhaps MBA programs, while to teach the student also everything, the importantly, when the press didn't call some Basil Enwegbara enhancing quantitative and critical thinking "business school. denied the student the abili- about the ~ld industrial economy, failed to ty to build upon his or her own strengths? Once it was philosophy that reigned. serve the practical needs of industry. The frustrated 'students are now feeling Architectun~, science, law,. and medicine at The problems are numerous. First, the restless. As globalization drives industry yye're beco11'ling desensitized some time also each had. their own glory .. student's individual thought-process was deeper and deeper into the battlefield, stu- Business management education did not replaced with a flawed and disconnected dents are frustrated that their expectations to the world around us. make its way into the professional dictionary group-think system, merely because of the are not being met as businesses look for peo- VVhen hearing about another untiL several decades after industrial revolu- , notion that, business successfould only ple who. think differently, behave different- .tio~. Before tlie~,' busln~ss .skills were come through collaborative efforts. ly, and make quicker and better judgment in shooting uJe sort .if shntg it <1£ learned thro,ugh master-apprentice relation- Se,cond, the profes~ors were evaluated today's risky business world. ships. It also neither needed specialized sci- _ In such hypercomp'etition, industry leaving it only to our curiosity entific qualifications nor a class of men with expected to find business schools less ana- tofigure out what happened. managerial sophistication other tha.n or.di- lytical and more practicaily, oriented. They .nary literacy, practical experience, and per- _ 'As the deman4for MB4 expected MBAs to have more interpersonal News has become nothing more , .. son.al initiative. But as industries became -communications skills, more resistance to more and mOJ.:,ecompetitive and complex,. graduates out,?umbered the stress, a better more perception of threshold than another fon11 the industry inevitably professionalized,' suppl~, more business schools cues, and a .greater ability to understan~ of entertainmen't to many. , business management. . technological leadership. In fact, while This transition was a slow one, full of trio: emerged to-take advantage industries looked for formidable leaders of als and errors. But the arrival of globalization empires as well as 'conquerors of a chaotic . at. the end of the twentieth century changed \ of this shortage. N~t only battlefield, all they found were fewer issue- expert on from some top college to tell you not only the pace, but also the manner in .did this proliferation lower the based curriculums and fewer future-oriented what he thinks very well could happen? .:which competition is conducted within indus- MBA programs. Reports such as this are not only somewhat tries. Now that the battlefield had broadened~ standar~ of education; but it also So to survive in today's environment, of a drain on the public's time, but can easily , professional 'warriors were required to win business schools must undergo the needed lead to misinterpretation of the news. An the war. Since MBA graduates were recog- resulted in an overproduqion transformations. First they must question the expert consultant's opinion becomes fact nized to understand the battlefields, industry . of MBA graduates. current relevance of their programs; that is, when one person tells it to another. Some- did not hesitate to seek them out...... - what values do MBA students carry along tiines this type of reporting even goes so far These' best warriors cost a lot' of money, . with them to the marketplace? . as influenCing the way people think, see the and industries, did.not'hesitate to.pay the The second question they have to ask world, and make decisions in their everyday bills and in most. cases overpaid greatly. As not based on their teaching or on the perfor- themselves is the relevance of the present life. the demand for MBA' graduates outnum- mance of their students, but on their. publica- strict. pedagogical sequence, with progress Take, for ex~mple, the recent sniper bered the supply, more and more business tions and ability to attract money from ruled by examinations. Shouldn't the present shootings in Maryland. Within hours of the schools emerged to take advantage of this industry. So teaching became peripherat'as dominant role of exainination be at least two men's being arrested and taken into shortage. Not only did this proliferation professors'faced these uphill tasks that could' reduced, if not eliminated? police custody, there were numerous inter- lower the standard of education, but it also ' only mak~. them relevan~ in' academic poli- Why should the professor, the student, views with military experts and other con- resulted in an overpr~duction of MBA grad- tics ... and the practitioner not think of themselves sultants, judging as to whether or not they uates. Third,business schools assumed that as permanent learners whilt:' taking into believed the men possessed the necessary But how ,did most business school come , teaching and learning were the same thing. account their differing competencies? What skills to commit such atrocities. There were to accept lower standards as a way to be in Thus they_filled their programs with all sorts' about the quest of focusing learning on the also interviews with' family members, try- the market?, How was it that well'established- of courses for the student, even when it was student's way of organizing knowledge and ing to craft a profile for who the men ~ere uniyersities did not resist the temptation to clear that what the professor wa~ teaching defining problems contextually? What about at home. Now, as much as this may seem - join the bandwagon? Could it be becau~e it was not nec.essarily' what the student was .understanding that getting the stud~nt think relevant and interesting, does it really all started without a well-defined ground? learning. about 'issues and situations in novel ways mater at all? How is what one man's ex- Could it be because business /schools What the student was interested in learn- , could help e!lhance student's capacity to wife thinks of him important for the public assumed learning rather than promoting it? ing might be far from what the professor think and act creatively? Shouldb't the knowledge? All it does it help create a bias Perhaps MBA programs' did not question was interested in teaching. This set the stu- importance of leadership training be rein- against him. because she may have thought whether the structures and processes -' dent and the professor further apart. Wasn't .forced? One thing is clea~, and let us put it he was a bad husband. If anything, reports including the courses,' class, grades, exami- Frederick the Great right in saying "he who this way: industry may decide to bypass like this simply make it harder forjustice to nations, classroom, credit hours, and lectur- defends. everything defends nothing?" In business schools by setting up the type of take its path and for the accused to receive ers - were meeting the needs of.the cus- , other words, is~'t it obvious that in wanting business e~uca~ion that it actually needs. a fair trial. So what's the solution to all this? Obvi- ously we can't all go out there and cry for every person who's killed in the Middle Always wanted to write the Eas.t, or force ourselves to 'acknowledge many of the world's other problems. (We have enough to worry about here with our p- sets, right?) But we can be more careful Great American Column? about what we read, or what we watch on television. The burden, however, should be mostly on the press, to make sure that they report Join Opinion@The- Tech! facts responsibly and that opinions aren't skewed simply to increase ratings. Page 6 \-oh ... M.'1 NAME \S.~ . T\-U\'P~OK~ t>EA~1 VOU ... M.rI\Y N t\M~ 's ,C.EC.\L\~ ~-~N" \IM ... "OON'T AA'lE To SA.'I \T' (e~\l ..\A ... ~N~ VM \'MA. ... A. ... yoUR t=\R~T 'DAY WE ~ (;t:£~ ... UN OE'RSTAN P. ~~ t,4{ ~~.F!-~~!:r PILED ~I&~ER AND DEEPER o'm Homemade By Akshay Patti Snapn' Pops COLUMNIST . It's that time of year again. The thermostat is low, By Michael Short the humidity is lower, and the air is charged like COLUMNIST n01:>ody'sbusiness. WARNING: While the other tricks have involved fire or explo- sions, this one involves particularly unstable products. Perform this experiment in q safe, open, well-ventilated location, s,uchas a labora- Column tory. Follow all warnings on the ,labels of chemical products. You must wear safetY goggles, apron, gloves, and closed shoes (not san- dals) when testing this one. ' Materials: Household Ammonia Iodine crystals (only a few grams), Q-tips Styrofoam 1;>lock Pyrex test tube B Paper towel What to do: This trick makes use of the instability of ammonium tri-iodide. Watch out, because iodine sublimes in!o harmful vapor, and the final product can go off with the slightest breeze or heat. This being MIT, the materials shouldn't be that hard to ,find. Fill the test tube 1/4 full with ammonia. Then slowly add iodine crystals while swirling gently. Th~ iod~ne should dissolve in the' ammonia. Keep adding crystals very slowly until no more diss9lve. Then pour the mixture onto the paper towel. Discard the liquid in a SAFE PLACE - a lab sink for example' -with copious amounts of water. Take the Q-tips and coat one end in,the sludge that remain~ on'the paper towel. Set the 'dry end of the Q-tips in the styrofoam block to dry. The'next day, with gloves and goggles worn, car~fully remove the Q-tips and drop them on the ground. If they don't go off, try stepping on them. Important notes: The stronger the ammonia, the more unstable the product. House- hold ammonia will make relatively stable ones, while using lab-grade ammonia can cause the Q-tips to explode just by yelling at them! Do this in a well-ventilated area, as both the iodine and ammonia fumes are very harmful. , Do not eat the iodine. D~ not drink the ammonia. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball. November 1, 2002 The Tech Page 7 FoxTrot by Bill Amend Dilbert@ by Scott Adams I THINk HA HA. QUINCY I I WILL PROVE THAT OR, FAILING IN BARFED MY CLIENT IS TOO THAT, I'LL PROVE 0lI/ YouR DUMB TO PILLoW THAT YOU'RE TOO EMBEZZLE. A&AIN. DUMB TO KNOW HE DID IT. I WISH 1'0 I FEEL 1I1CE A FATAL AAA~! ' THE cuRRENT AAAA! PRiSS lliOUGtfT of I SHoULD WE FIND THE DEFEN- OKAY, SO, WHAT I'M EXCEPTIOlI/ . "- APPuCA T\oN '- ANY ICE"/' DRESSING SEND MlCRo- DANT GUILTY AND WE HEARING IS THAT WILL BE To AS A BLuE SoFT SoME OE HAS SENTENCE HIM TO LENO'S MONOLOGUE OCCURRED. TERM\to&A TED. COlI/TlNuE. SCREEN of of THIS. \ f DEATH. I DEATH. IS NOT EVIDENCE? \ I ")J " J'ASoN. WILL YOU C\..EAN DOGBERT THE ATTORNEY ~ AFTER HEARING THE i UP YOUR STuPID FAICE '0 ~ I EXPECT SOME coBWEBS?! THEY ICEEP EVIDENCE, I LJANT YOUR HONOR. 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Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University and the author of 4:00 p.m. - Carnatlc Vocal Concert. Featuring T.M. Krishna, vocal; Ganesh Prasad, violin; J. Vaid-, "Irrational Exuberance" (2000), which received the Commonfund Prize and was a New York Times hyanadhan, mridangam. Presented by MITHAS (MIT Heritage of South Asia) in cooperation with; _ , nonfiction bestseller. Shiller's suggestion to Greenspan in 1996 that the market was dangerously Sangam. $18, $l4-members, $l0-students. Room: Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: MITHAS. 1" ,.,' overpriced inspired the Fed chairman to utter the phrase that was heard by investors around the 7:00 p.m. - Blade II. Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, .some drug use and sexual I world. free. Room: Wong Auditorium (Building E51). Sponsor: Undergraduate Economics Association. content. $3.00. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. , ~ (.' 5:00 p.m. - UROP Supervisor Sponsored, Credit & Volunteer Paperwork Deadline. 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ATat (arts and technology at tech event). logical Innovation. hyperCOLLlSION takes place Oct 31-Nov 4. $5 for adults, $2 for non-MIT students, seniors, and chil- 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Scholarly Communication In the DIgital World. A symposium to celebrate dren 5-18. and free with an MIT ID. Room: MIT Museum. Sponsor: ATat, Arts and Technology at tech. the worldwide launch of DSpace, an open source institutional digital depository developed by the 5:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - lAP 2003 Print Guide Deadline. In order for lAP activities and subjects to be MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company. free, but RSVP by 10/30/02 to [email protected] included in the print version lAP 2003 Guide, activity and subject descriptions must be posted to the or 617-253-9323. Room: Bartos Theater, El5-070. Sponsor: MIT Libraries Communications Pro- fAP web site by 5PM Friday, November 1, 2002. The print lAP 2003 Guide will be available in Decem- gram. I ber 2002. free. Sponsor: lAP. 9:00 a.m. - Open Enrollment Period. Open Enrollment period for all faculty and staff to change 6:00 p.m. - Aga Khan Program Plano and Clarinet Recital. Kinan Azmeh, clarinet & Rami Khalife, their 2003 benefits selections. free. Room: Web. Sponsor: Rnancial Systems Services. Benefits piano. Program includes works by Bartok, Brahms, Poulenc, Khalife and others. free. Room: Killian Office. Hall. Sponsor: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture. 10:00 a.m. - Admissions Infonnatlon Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 7:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. - The Third Annual MIT Hatian Cultural Night. There will be: an art show, Hat- 10, Room 10-100. Sponsor: Information Center. ian food, dance performances by Fantazi Kreyol Dance Company, Pwezi Kreyol, Guest speaker: 10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). speaking about the beauty of Haitian Kreyo, live performance by DEKWOCHAY, one of New York's Sponsor: Information Center. hottest konpa bands. $5. Room: La Sala de Puerto Rico, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, CAMBRIDGE, 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - Excel Quick Start. This course presents an overview of Excel's basic func- MA 02139. Sponsor: Association of Student Activities, MfT Haitian Alliance. Office of Minority Educa- tions, as well as some of its more powerful features and capabilities. Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor: tion, RLSLP. Information Systems. 7:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. - MIT Anime Club: Costumes, Cosplay, showing Vandread, NTHT. Watch 2:00 p.m. - Admissions Infonnatlon Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building a selection of new and classic animation from Japan, as well as take advantage of our extensive 10, Room 10-100. Sponsor: Information Center .. library of Japanese animation. Vandread (the war of the sexes meets an alien invaSion) and Now 2:45 p.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). and Then, Here and There (a dystopian look at life in a world gone mad [NOTE: Mature Content]); Sponsor: Information Center. also, at the intermission we'll admire each others' costumes and cosplay outfits [NOTE: IMMa- 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Rainbow Lounge Open. MIT's resource lounge for lesbian, bisexual, gay, ture Content]). Best costumes will be awarded prizes. free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Anime Club, and transgendered members of the community offers a place to hang out, various activities, and a MIT. lending library during its open hours. free. Room: 50-306. Sponsor: Ibgt@MIT .. 7:00 p.m. - Blade II. After the events of Blade, a mutation has occurred within the vampire commu- 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - SPECIAL RLE SEMINAR. Are there New Physical Mechanisms Associated nity, creating vampires called Reapers who prey not only on humans but on fellow vampires. Blade, with the Anomalies in Metal Deuterides? free. Room: Grier Room B, 34-401B. Sponsor: Research Whistler, and an armory expert named Scud are summoned by the Shadow Council, and asked to Lab of Electronics. form an alliance with the Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - "Spectral curves of 2-torlln the 4-sphere." free. Room: 2-143. Sponsor: defeat the Reaper threat. Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexu- Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics. al content. $3.00. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Perils of Science Journalism: Legal, Ethical and Artistic Conundrums. 7:30 p.m. - Film Screening: Eve's Bayou. Kasi Lemmons' first film as both writer and director. In STS Colloquium. free. Room: E51-095. Sponsor: STS. steamy 1960s Lousiana, the Batiste family leads a prosperous existence, but all is not well. The 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Climatic Responsiveness In the Traditional Islamic Houses. free. Room: title character discovers her womanizing father (Samuel L. Jackson) with a guest, and finds her inno- MIT 3-133. Sponsor: Building Technology Program:. cence shattered at the age of ten. Deep emotions come boiling out as sexual tension mixes with 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - America at War? A Conversation with Helen Thomas. Long-time White black magic. The film opened to rave reviews, with Roger Ebert giving the film four stars and propheti- House correspondent Helen Thomas discusses the state of journalism as America ponders war with cally noting, "If it is not nominated for Academy Awards, then the Academy is not paying attention." Iraq. free. Room: Bartos Theater, Media Lab. Sponsor: Communications Forum, Comparative Media Kasi Lemmons will speak at MIT on November 7th. Funded by Office of the Arts Special Programs Studies. and the Program in Women's Studies. Rated R for sexuality and language. 3.00. Room: 10-250. 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Reconsidering Environmental Standards. Part of the COlloquium REGULAT- Sponsor: Office of the Arts, Women's Studies Program. Counseling and Support Services, LSC. ING PLACE: STANDARDS AND THE SHAPING OF URBAN AMERICA. free. Room: Room 10-485. Spon- 8:30 p.m ..-10:00 p.m. - "Alphavllle." HTC Rim Series; Rim directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Starring sor: Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Eddie Constantine, France, 1965, 99 mins. 7:00 p.m. - $50K Teambulldlng - Nanotech/Materials. free. Sponsor: MITEntrepreneurshipCenter. Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His 9:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. - Monday Night Football at The Ear. Watch the game on The Thirsty Ear's big very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has screen lV every Monday night.Tonight: Miami vs. Green Bay. Hours:Monday: 9 p.m. -1 a.m. Tuesday outlawed love and self-expression. free. Room: 7-431. Sponsor: History, Theory and Criticism of - Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Friday: 4 p.m. - 1 a.m. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the basement of Architecture and Art. Ashdown House. Enter through the courtyard. Must be over 21. Proper ID required. Free. Room: The 10:00 p.m. - Blade II. Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. November I, 2002 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9 ning play about "birth, love, mar- riage, and death in early 20th cen- Clubs tury New England .• Playing at the Tremont Theatre, 276 Tremont Axis Street, Boston. For more informa- 13 lansdowne St., 617-262-2437 tion, call 617-939-9939, tickets Sundays: See Avalon below. $20 (students) - $25, Mondays: Static. Gay, casual dress. $5,18+. Thursdays: Chrome/Skybar. Pro- Smelling a Rat (Nov. 1.0) gressive house, soul, disco; Nora Theatre Company premieres dress code.$10, 19+; $8, 21+. Mike Leigh's 1999 play, At the Fridays: Avalandx, with Avalon. Boston Playwright's Theatre, 949 Saturdays: X-night (rock, alternative, Commonwealth Ave, Boston, For techno, hip-hop) downstairs and more information, call 617-491- Move (techno) upstairs. 2026, tickets $25. "Pay what you can at the Oct. 26 Matinee and Oct. Avalon 31 evening performance: 15 lansdowne St., 617-262-2424 Sundays: Gay Night (with Axis on A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston long weekends). Featuring hard- Blue Man Group (Ongoing) core house and techno. $10, November ::L - 7 21+. Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Thursdays: Intemational Night. Euro- Compiled by Devdoot Majumdar Street, Boston, indefinitely. Curtain house. $10, 19+. is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Send submissions to ~W1l~~ ~.. -. • ~ml~ PRICE: $5 '" November I, 2002 THE TECH Page II MIT May Punish Frats, Frosh Local Businesses GalJe Freshmen, from Page 1 his ~elongings out of his dormitory [room~ t~ey can't really do anything M' fi ~ t E t and mto the house. about It. oney or ....,. ven "In our house, all pledges are Those who have not already "We expect people to sleep over . I lAI welcome to stay whenever they moved out of their dormitories plan on a weekend, to crash, and to eat at would like .... The only difference on doing so next semester. the house," said Rogers. "We need Skuffle, from Page 1 MIT officials were unavailable is their technical residence is on "A bunch of freshmen are going to be wary when the freshman lives ------for comment. campus," Nazemi said. to move over second semester per- more at the fraternity house than in he said. "If you tell us no, tell us no." Many freshmen say that because manently," Helvenston said. him own dorm room." Director of Consumer Affairs Frat disappointed with decision they spend so much time at the and Licensing Patricia Malone, Esq. President Andres A. Tamez '04 house, the fraternities are offering to Action may be taken against frats Pledges content in dormitories could not be reached for comment. said the house was disappointed to move some of their personal David N. Rogers, assistant dean Freshmen will technically con- On Thursday night, an ISD hear about the cancellation. belongings into the house. and director of fraternities, sorori- tinue to live in the dormitories for squad car was parked outside Skull- "Despite our best efforts to cooper- "I go over for dinners a lot. We ties, and independent living groups, the rest of the year, though many house monitoring the activity inside. ate with Boston, we were unable to have this room - you can do what- says that in instances where fresh- pledges plan to continue spending a The unidentified officer said he was put on this event," he said. ever you want to it. They said you men are not living in their assigned lot of time at their fraternity houses. "just watching the property" and Tamez said there were no plans to can move your stuff in if you want," dormitories, action could be taken Some, like Douglass, plan to asked that other questions be direct- host another event this weekend. "It said Nathan P. Douglass '06, a against both the fraternity and the continue living in dormitories next ed to the licensing office. is very hard to do on the fly," he said. pledge at Delta Upsilon. ~ individual, but only in extreme term. He mentioned that the house will try "Everybody randomly spends cases. "I think people would rather just Skuffle supported by MIT officials to stage a charity event sometime in the night every once in a while, but Helvenston says that the general live in the comfort of the dorm for The event was heavily supported the future. "We have a lot of support there are two or three other guys attitude of the fraternities is that one more term. And plus, you're by MIT and the community. Frank from the MIT community." that stay more frequently," said one "MIT says you have to live on cam- paying to stay in the dormitory," said Weekends@MIT gave $700, In October 1999, during an freshman who has moved most of pus but as long as you have a dorm Douglass said. the Class of 1997 Students Promot- attempt to advertise the annual party ing an Improved Campus Experi- in 10-250, an accidental explosion ence (SPICE) fund gave $1,000, and caused Building 10 to shutdown for $600 was donated by community the rest of the day as the Cambridge businesses, in addition to personal Bomb Squad and Fire Departments checks. investigated the incident. Three of Frank said, Skullhouse itself spent the brothers were fined and sen- upwards of $2,000 on the event. tenced to eight hours of community "MIT administrators were very service each. helpful in supporting us," Frank Reacting to the event, Boston's said. "[Frank S. Council) of the Stu- ISD searched the house and closed it dent Life Office was a great help and because of building code violations, John Haas from MIT design and forcing the cancellation of the event. construction came to inspect our Nonetheless, the house donated haunted house. We had all of their $14,267 of raised money to the backing and that of the MIT Police." Leukemia Society of America. CAttCflt( • ACAWlLCO • JAMAICA Italian Egg Donor Needed! BAHAMM • MiiDA Ages 21-30. Height ranging from 5'4" to 5'8" with brown eyes and dark brown/black hair. Fair complexion. Thin-medium build. College back- ground. Healthy and attractive. Compensation $5,000. PROMOTE TRIPS AARON D. MIHAUK-THE TECH AT M~I.:!"I. EARN UQII, .Bushes are. waiting to be planted near Kresge, one of many campus beautification efforts. GO FREE!!! 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Amherst Alley Steam Repairs Most of the steam repairs are complete. At two locations on the east and $1 off the featured west end of W4, repair work on a condensate return line will be repaired. Four parking spaces will be left open for excavation and mechanical lunch entree of the day! vehicles while work is in progress. Building 7 ADA accessible entrance Lobdell Food Court - Stratton Center Construction of an ADA accessible entrance to Building 7 is underway. Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-3pm Shrubs and trees on the north side of the 77 Mass. Ave. steps (behind the bus shelter) have been removed to make room for installation of this MIT COMMUNITY DINING entrance. Shrubs and trees have also been removed from the south side of the steps so that both sides can be replanted in balance upon completion I Please present this coupon to the cashier at the beginning of your transaction. I of the project. Faxed copies or otherwise duplicated coupons will not be accepted. 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The buses are able to fit 22 seat- "I'm looking forward to putting ed passengers and some additional I-Campus into action as soon as standing passengers, as opposed to possible; they're working on it. I vans, which can only seat approxi- was hoping it would be in sooner," mately 15. Brutti said. "We have about 200,000 riders a I-Campus projects are sponsored year each for SafeRide and Tech by Microsoft. Shuttle; that's a lot," said Lawrence R. Brotti, operations manager for Students support changes parking and transportation. "Eventu- Riders say SafeRide's service ally, we would like to put buses on would be greatly improved by the 1- all SafeRide routes so there will be Campus project and increased bus room for everyone, especially when use. demand goes up in the winter .... "SafeRide has been late many Right now, we have four vans and times. You never know when it's three buses." going come, and the vans are not Over the past summer, MIT pur- always large enough to fit every- chased buses to use during both the one," said Alice A. Savage, '05. SafeRide and Tech Shuttle hours. SafeRide has put one of its older GSC van donation . vans up for sale with the MIT prop- The Graduate Student Council BRIAN HEMOND-TIlE TECH erty office. has raised $15,000 toward buying a Students board SafeRide on Sunday night. MIT is now using new Tech Shuttle buses on some SafeRide SafeRide van to run routes more GPS to locates vans often. routes. The I-Campus GPS project is "I think $15,000 more must be currently being developed to allow raised before a complete van can be riders to see online whether buses bought," said H. Sanith Wijesinghe have passed a certain location and G, president of the GSc. "Another get a prediction of when a bus will $100,000 in addition is necessary reach a desired stop. for operating costs, basically main- "I-Campus is' a kind of research taining the route and paying drivers. project. Hopefully; by the end of "Currently, there's been efforts this semester we'll be done. If it's to put that as a request into the not completed by then, our team's upcoming MIT SafeRide budget. It still going to stop working on it. In hasn't gone in this year's cycle so that case, others would have to fin- we're trying to advocate that going o ish it in order to make this work," in for next year," Wijesinghe said. said Salil Soman G, one of the "It would be wonderful if the original meinbers of the GPS pro- GSC could donate a van to us," ject. Brutti said. N ,0' def.tuy-tUy-oper-oper .~f-tUy~til!~"M)~~.1 ,: ~. ',' '. _: _.:. J.". l). I., -'" VI''', H ~II '''ldef:tuv~tu~!oper.opetGlI1U Y '!, ~i ',' 'b~=" " ,; , " ";'.; def-t~~-tuY-oper-oper H. l.d~~~~r~~~~per-oper - ,", , T 1 ';,n;':" ,; : ,,' Idef.tuy-tUY-Oper-ope_ ;'" f ~.J ,4M 'j~def.tuy-tuY-oper-oper N ef.tuy-tIiY~ H r: ' , E Have you Made Your Nomination for. Membership on the MIT Corporation? If you expect to receive an undergraduate or graduate degree in JUlJe2003, go to: , http://web.mit.edu/alum/mitcorl2L to learn more;about this unique opporluni~' and to submit your nomination. 2001 and 2002 graduates are also eligible. Self-nominations are welcome Nominations must be submitted by November 8, 2002. Questions? contact Bonnie Jon~s at 3-8212 or [email protected] Page 14 THE TECH November 1, 2002 9.01 Students Eager to Use E-Tablets in Classroom E-tablet, from Page I the classroom, the paperless class- ability to write directly onto Adobe manufacturers such as ACER and both Ellis-Behnke and Gilliland will room project aims to eliminate the Acrobat PDF files, allowing stu- Compaq for tablet donations and evaluate the actual usefulness and taken away from copying and onto use of paper hand-outs, lecture dents to annotate handouts. price reductions. effectiveness of the tablet to stu- the lecture." notes, even textbooks. "We also plan on including addi- And "Adobe has also agreed to dents. Due to budget constraints, the "Part of the cost of textbooks tional software to increase the tablet's reduce the price for their tablet pc "We want to see that if we actu- introduction of the e-tablet to 9.0 I [arises] from shipping, publishing, usefulness to students," said C. Jor- software from $62 to $28," Ruth- ally remove paper from the class, if students, originally set for the begin- and binding," Ellis-Behnke said. dan Gilliland G, the designer of these ledge said. it will actually maintain or increase ning of this term, has been repeated- "You can deliver all that informa- "tablet-friendly study tools" who has student performance in the class- ly postponed. In addition, not all of tion with the tablet without that also been working with Ellis-Behnke Tablet to compete with laptop room," Ellis-:Behnke said. the students will receive tablets. cost." and Schneider on the project. In introducing e-tablets to stu- Ellis-Behnke hopes that once the "Hopefully, we'll be able to get The use of color in the otherwise In eliminating paper handouts dents and to the rest of the MIT tablet is introduced that students these tablets into the hands of stu- black and white diagrams and visu- and "passive stenographers," Ellis- community, the group hopes that the will eventually consider purchasing dents in two weeks," Ruthledge said. als in student handouts is another Behnke believes the project will e-tablet will grow in popularity and their own devices. "I hope I get one," said 9.0 I stu- added bonus for this class, which increase learning as well as student- pervasiveness like the laptop. "We're thinking that MIT can dent Farhan I. Merali '05. "It's studies anatomy. teacher interaction. "They're not as powerful as the set up a loaner program, where stu- going to take some getting used to, "Color is especially important to "Less time will be spent on laptop, but they're almost there," dents who can't afford their own but it seems like it can become a this department," Schneider said. menial tasks and students can focus said Ellis-Behnke. "These tablets can still use one," Ellis-Behnke valuable tooL" "We can't afford it though. It costs more on these digitized handouts certainly don't have 1.6 GHz, but said .. us a dollar per page to print in instead of constantly copying and you can do almost anything on Despite all the features and Tablet to enhance learning color." writing," Ellis-Behnke said. these." potential that Ellis-Behnke claims By integrating the e-tablet into The e-tablets also feature the Ellis-Behnke and Schneider also "When I first started out in the Paperless Project possesses, fur- plan to extend the use of e-tablets to March, I didn't think using these ther integration and funding of this quizzes and tests. tablets would be a feasible idea," project depends on the outcome of "We've already tested the idea Gilliland said. "But with this first test. on our [teaching assistants]," said Microsoft's backing with their new "If this e-tablet turns out to be Ellis-Behnke. "Students will take operating system and further quite useful and they can identify the test on the tablet and e-mail it advancements in technology, more where it's useful, then there's a back to their professor." and more manufacturers are being potential for a large implementation encouraged to produce these of this project," Long said. Funding enables project launch devices." With the help of Gilliland, the The increased participation of Project goes beyond the classroom Paperless Classroom project has gar- manufacturers has also led to lower In incorporating course material nered enough support and donations prices for tablets with prices ranging on the Web for use in the e-tablet, from both manufacturers and MIT. from $600 to $6000, said Ellis- Ellis-Behnke plans on giving access "This project follows a sound and Behnke. to this information to outside par-. useful approach to academic comput- Currently, there are three types ties, such as alumni. ing that may be helpful to study," of tablets available. One kind has "We want to help alumni contin- said Senior Strategist of Academic no keyboard but allows infrared ue with their education and to main- Computing Phillip D. Long. connection to a portable keyboard. tain. their bonds with the Institute," Along with the grant from Acad- The second type features a detach- Ellis-Behnke said. emic Computing, the Paperless able keyboard, while the third type The "digitized information" can Classroom project also receives has a non-removable keyboard that also be assessed by collaborative funding internally from the Brain can still be converted to a tablet. projects that span across other and Cognitive Sciences department. Gilliland and Ellis-Behnke have nations. "Classes like this [9.01] rely decided to use tablets with detach- "This project has the potential to heavily on color diagrams and real able keyboards, with pens that have run along the lines of what President to life pictures for their study," said active digitizers instead of pressUre Vest said, of bringing the world. to Mriganka Sur, BCS department sensitive sensors. The e-tablets will MIT," Ellis-Behnke said .. EDWARD PLAIT-THE TECH head. "This is a really novel and also feature the Microsoft operating Alongside the Paperless P,ro-. C. Jordan Gilliland G (right) holds an electronic tablet. He and Dr. interesting idea that I believe has the system Tablet XP with built-in ject, Ellis-Behnke also plans to Rutledge G. Ellis-Behnke (left) have been working with Professor of potential for long term success." wireless and standard ethemet con- extend the use of e-tablets in MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Gerald E. Schneider to create a paper- Gilliland and Ellis-Behnke have nections. libraries for browsing Web jour- less 9.01 classroom. also made deals with various tablet "Each tablet will also have a two- nals. gigabyte network backup," Ellis- "When you look, around MIT is Behnke said. "You won't have to always constructing new buildings, worry about the system crashing." but none of them will have new libraries," Ellis-Behnke 'said. 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Democratic candidate and current The CL T does not endorse any State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien one of the five candidates, but their and Republican candidate Vf. Mitt only suggestion to members is to Romney, was moderated by Tim . not vote for O'Brien. Russert, moderator of the TV pro- gram "Meet the Press." It did not Abortion endorsement questioned include the three other candidates, The'two candidates also discussed Libertarian Carla Howell, Jill Stein abortion and the death penalty. of the-Green Party, and Independent Specifically, they argued over a Barbara C. Johnson. .proposal to allow women over the Romney and O'Brien answered age of 16 to have-an abortion with- questions posed by Russert in a heat- out parental consent. Currently the ed argument whicft often devolved cut-off age is 18.. into accusations of dishonesty. Superficially, both Romney and "Y ou don't tell the truth about O'Brien seemed to agree on a pro- what you believe," O'Brien said .. choice platform. Romney replied that she should "Access to .these health services raise the discussion "a\ notch" .and is very important, and I will fight for called her behavior "unbecoming:' it at every step, " O'Brien said. She ELIZABETH ZELLNER-THE TECH Nonetheless, the candidates pre- later said that Romney had no .Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker promotes the release of his new book The Blank Slate in sented distinct differe~ces between record on abortion, becausejt was _ 10-250 last night. His appearance is part of the authors@mit series sponsored by the Mil Press their declared policies' on issues just "waffling." O'Brien also Bookstore and Mil Ubraries. '.. including abortion,. the likely budget accused Romney of accepting an shortfall, new taxes and the death endorsement from Massachusetts penalty. _ Citizens for Life. Romney responded that he had Candidates spar over bu~get, taxes never accepted that endorsement One of the most publicized and that he "will preserve and pro- and exception "V entertaining issues facing Massachu~etts in the tect if woman's right to choose ... I coming year is the possible. $ 1.5-2 will not change any provisions in 01 the J/IIarbe een the sexes" billion budget shortfall. During. the Massachusetts'.pro-choice laws;" Andrew Johnston.. US WBflkly debate, both candidates presented The Executive Director for lists of savings they could find in MCFL Marie Sturgis said that her the current state budget: Both, how- group had never offered an. endorse- IIFascinating eyer, refused to take a pledge to not ment to Romney. Romney is "not shockinglY FunnY' introduce t:tew taxes durjng their pro-life. and 'does not meet their Peter Rlliner. N_ Yo" MlI9l1zine term if they were eJected ... requiremepts," Sturgis said .. But "I'Will not sign a tax increase passed 'by the legislature- .... I will Death penalty debated not in my budget next year have any O'Brien and Romney also debat- "Dylan Kidd brings tax increases," Romney said .. ed over whether it is better to spend lIIIit and ideas to a o 'Brien in' response promised i"" money oii"p~eve'ntirii(drlim~S' 6r story of se., the city that she "would not sign a tax bill enforcing the death penalty, , until I was convinced I had wrung O'Brien focused more on pre- and the successful" every bit of savings ~ut of our' bud- . vention, while' Romney 'thought the .Jllmie Mllillnowski. The New Yo" Times get." She also said that her "numbers expense of maintainmg the punish- have been backed ~p;'Mitt Romney's ment was worthwhile. have been pulled out of the air." "I don't think the death penalty MWickedly lunny" O'Brien ~rid Romney each pre- has anything to do with cost," Rom- Mllrshall Fine. Journlll News sented several departments which, ney said. "It has everything to do they said would fa~e budget cuts if with "dete!Tence. You commit these they were elected, none of which' crimes and you're going to pay the MSearingly lllll'if:ten and acted'" included education .. ultima~e price." Owen Gleibennlln..EntfH"tlllnment Weekly O'Brien's main suggestions f<;>r - O'Brien countered by asking saving money are purchasing Med- Romney if "it's okay to spend mil- icaid drugs in bulk and conserving lions of dollars to put someone .to "Campbell Scott is energy in government buildings. death, but it's not okay to prevent Romney said he wants. to consoli- the crimes in the first place." sensationally good" Pet. T~ Roiling s-. date 15 of the government health and Currently, she is-advocating for services agencies into only fouragen-. a new forensic technique known as. des, thus saving about $245 million: "ballistic fingerprinting," which _ Each candidate's proposals may be able to uniquely link a bul- MA deft, totaled approximately $500 mill.ion, . let to a specific gun. The method, cutting edge comedY' well short of the $1.5-2 billion nec- . however, has not been fully backed essary to break even. by scientific evidence, and .Rom- "If you're just talking about cut- ney will not consider endorsing it ting [the budget] the way the legis- until it has. R~GER DODGER Jennifer Heals ~ Elizabeth Herkley Jesse Eisenberg • Campbell Scott . Isabella Rossellini m OOIIIOO.1D.IIImIl1IJ. mIIIffil' KIM _.~.~IWIIlfM.mlm_.,./If •• llWJmN ~~.II1N1Im ~~ •• !il1I1lm ... ~~.JWIDlIWAlIJ rmD~ Mlil~ !Iti,.lnHJ~MnM~lIAHAf&11II ,.IIBlMM OlII1~Wllllllilllllli~IMMOIl ItUT';tc:nD L~:~~ j Olll ... t$ut.u ...... R -~-::.:=:-•• [ART I SA NI SEXUAl COIITDfT AND LAllGUAGE . ~ ' .. , I • , A I .... I .. r Although m:e fighters do everything they can to prevent bums, more than 2.5 m~rlOl1bum Injuries occur In North America each year. Most could be prevented. To leam' more abOut our "Don't Get Burned" LOEWS LANDMARK'S campaign, please visit www.lAFFBumFund.org. EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS COPLEY PLACE EMBASSY ~ 1lis message Is brought to you by !he ~emalional ~ of Fhl Fighters. 100 HUNTlNGTON AVt, IOSTON 16 PINE ST., WALTHAM W Harold A. ~, GenetaJ President . START FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1ST!-' 800-555- TELL 781-893-2500 Page 16 THE TECH November 1, 2002 Ready To Quit? Ramp Funded by ADA Account The American Cancer Society Can Help. Ramp, from Page 1 new entrances, ramps, and eleva- the ADA account have been tors. achieved, the funding has recently •Tips for quitting smoking tion is worthwhile," said Punita ".We've spent close to $10 mil- decreased. There remains, however, • Up-to-date information on cessation methods Bhansali '04. Iion over the last seven to eight about $400,000 in the account for years for ADA improvements," further projects. • Contacts for local support resources ADA account pays for ramp Hawes said. The funding for the $700,000 Ronald J. Catella, senior pro- Plants to be replac~d You can double your chances of quitting ramp will come from the MIT ADA ject manager for MIT design and In order to construct the ramp, 1.800.ACS.2345 account. '. construction, emphasized the fact trees and shrubs were removed from "The ADA account was set up in that the money for all ADA pro- the building's entrance. www.cancer.org _ 1992 to address problems of acces- jects does not come from the Insti- "We will ... re-plant many of the Thursday, November 21 sibility, in response to ADA laws tute. trees and shrubs that were removed passed in 1990," Hawes said. "All of the money in the ADA for the construction. It should be an At this time, Hawes said, the fund is supported by a percentage improvement when it's all done," Institute set up a "tax" on all reno- of t~e construction projects, and Hawes said. vation projects, usually about 20 the Mass. Ave. ramp is being fund- The ADA was passed in 1990, The Tech percent. The collected money was ed entirely with ADA money," he. and requires all public facilities to used to pay for making buildings said. - . be made accessible to people with more accessible, such as through Because the main objectives of disabilities .. ' 1tSale. r------Pete's Arena Pizza & Pasta. "Your Neighborhood Pizzeria" Buy one slice and get a second for half-pric~! All New-Walker Dining - Building 50 Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-3:00pm MIT COMMUNITY DINING . DANIEL BERSAK~TllE TECH Please present this coupon to the cashier at the beginning of your transaction . The MIT Concert Band gives its annual Halloween concert yesterday night in the Student Center. . 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Once he gets sick The MIT Card Office is consid- assistant director of enterprise ser- reported only minor technical diffi- "awesome," and that although the of that, he moves on to another ven- ering expanding the number of ven- vices. But "getting there has been culties, such as the system crashing opening of Arrow St. Crepes has dor. Similarly, Reynolds said that dors that accept the MIT card somewhat difficult." over a weekend earlier in the year. taken the rush off at lunch, it has not she alternates between La Verde's (TechCASH) as early as next McDonald said that the card sys- really affected Alpine business. and Alpine for dinner. semester. Among the possible new Card helps La Verde's business tems run on phone lines, and relia- "Alpine is blowing Nehyorks Certain factors, however, do vendors are local restaurants and the The student ID card is being bility of the phone lines' has been and Courses out of the water. influence students' decisions. For barber shop in the Student Center. " accepted at LaVerde's Market this the biggest issue. They're doing twice the business," example, Malik said that he prefers The Undergraduate Association year for the first time. Laverde's Occasional problems similar to McDonald said. Alpine Bagels to LaVerde's because "is finding out which restaurants business this year is "better than last those that arise with old or scratched Auterio noted that Alpine is find- it provides fresh food and is less students want to see on the card," year by between 10 and 15 percent," up credit cards have also occurred ing that faster service is important at expensive. Reynolds commented and will then provide MIT with a said store owner Frank La Verde, because of worn-out student cards, MIT since people are in a hurry, and that the lines are usually shorter at list of restaurants that students have and he believes that the change "is said LaVerde's Store Manager Jay that people want more variety. He Alpine than at LaVerde's. expressed an interest in, said definitely related to the card." Wayshak, who also added that such said that Alpine will be conducting MIT students can use the card at Reuben L. Cummings '04, the chair As MIT's only on-campus gro- problems are rare and affect less focus groups to find out what cus- many venues, including campus of the UA subcommittee on campus cery store, LaVerde's has always than one half of one percent of cus- tomers want and will be adding dining, residential dining, Domi- dining .. benefited from its central location. tomers. items to the menu. noes, LaVerde's Market, MIT Press Cummings has been receiving Now, the new MIT card policy has Bookstore, and Quantum Books. In comments from the student body via increased student willingness to Arrow St., Alpine also doing well Choices based on moods addition to serving as an identifica- e-mail and hopes to get more feed- shop there even more. "I'm hearing Arrow St. Crepes and Alpine Many students seem to lack tion and access card for various back at next week's UA kickoff. comments from students who do use , .Bagels are also doing well. Accord- strong preferences for any particular MIT facilities, the card entitles card- the card that they are very happy ,ing to Arrow St. co-owner Noel food venue. Instead, many prefer to holders to various MIT -specific dis- Plans for card uncertain that MIT is allowing students to use Ancarini, business at Arrow St. rotate between the various vendors counts. Uses of the card can be Plans for adding new vendors to the card," said Store Manager Mark Crepes has been growing ever since in the Student Center. found at For 30 ways to help the environment, write Earth Share, 3400 International Drive,~ Suite 2K (AD4), goes out of style Washington, DC 20008. Earth Share This space donated by The Tech THE STUDENT DENTAL PLAN at Boston University School of Dental Medicine The quality, affordable, convenient way to take care of your teeth in Boston. 617/638-4698 www.dentalschool.bu.ed u/sdp Page 18 THE TECH November 1, 2002 Are you a Puzzle Solver? November 1, 2002 SPORTS THE TECH Page 19 Teams Battle Nature, Atlanta Poised for Playoff Run Game 6Enth in Drcuv Fanatic, from Page 20 In the end, Vick drove Atlanta 60 Vick stays healthy and continues yards in 2:20 to set up the game- to develop, Atlanta has a good defense. winning 47-yard field goal by Jay chance of sneaking into the play- Ultimate, from Page 20 enough and Smith took the win, Feely. Vick showed great poise, offs. 6-4. Atlanta looking good especially considering he pulled these turnovers to scores catching The final match, against Amherst The Week 8 matchup between himself out of the game on the Fantasy pick of the week: QB for two goals. Regional High School, was not only Atlanta and New Orleans wasn't next-to-Iast play of the drive out Tommy Maddox of the Pittsburgh MIT faced Cornell for the first a fight with the opposing Frisbee supposed to have major playoff because he was feeling nauseated. Steelers. Since replacing Kordell time this year in their fourth game players, but also against the freez- implications, but it did. New With this win over New Stewart, Maddox has thrown for of the tournament. sMITe dominat- ing-cold wind and the onset of dark- Orleans (6-2,) one of the top teams Orleans, Atlanta appears poised to nine touchdowns and a passer rat- ed, displaying a seamless offensive ness. Both teams played zone so far, lost to the streaking Falcons make a playoff run. Their defense ing of 94. Pittsburgh's resurgent effort and tremendous team defense. defense for the entire game. Meryl (4-3) 37....:35. The game was a has been solid; they are ranked in offense has a lot to do with Mad- Kathleen L. Dobson '03 played as if R. del Rosario '05 was one of the shoot-out between two "new- the top ten in six major categories. dox 's play. she saw no defense from the other main forces for sMITe, moving the sch'ool" quarterbacks, cousins The offense lives and dies with team and contributed five MIT's disc up the field by popping and Aaron Brooks and Michael Vick. their iiber-talent, Vick. As long as seven points. Angela Tong '05 also finding the holes in the defensive Smile, it's Friday! helped, throwing one goal and cup. Mendel followed through on catching two. sMITe won the game del Rosario's efforts and threw two 7-6. goals. In the end, both teams lost to Don't just sit there! In the fifth game,M:IT met nature and had to quit at 4-4. Smith College. In this game, This coming weekend, sMITe Keenan fought hard for two goals will head to Seakonk, Mass. to play Write Sports for the Tech. Want a cheaper and Genevieve G. Ricart '06 made a in the annual Huck-a-Hunk of Burn- spectacular block despite her injured ing Pumpkin Tournament hosted by knee. Unfortunately, this wasn't Brown University. TheUAComniittee on Student Life Ant/Student Life'Programs Present... • .. Saturday, November 2nd • Kresge Oval wAt..'\\\' ~ tI~'~, -. \".... a.'# , IN THE TENT , .. FellirelllJ: JIIVc~. , AID MOREl Page 20 THE TECH November 1, 2002 SPORTS UltimateGoes 3-2-1 At Amherst Tourney By Angela Tong In the second game, sMITe faced TEAM JfEM8ER Amherst College. They proved to be The MIT Women's Ultimate no match for sMITe's Daphna Team (sMITe) went 3-2-1 at Wil- Buchsbaum G, who contributed four son Memorial Tournament last Sat- points by catching two goals and urday. The tourna- throwing two. Elizabeth S. Kim G ment, held at also fought through Amherst's UMass-Amherst, was defense to catch a goal. sMITe took '; : a round robin tourna- the game 9-3. , ment wIth seven other The third game was a rematch • teams from the New against UMass-Amherst, who had England region. nearly shut them out in the teams' After a first-round bye, MIT last meeting. With only a week's faced Tufts in gusting winds. The practice to prepare, sMITe nearly conditions did not intimidate Chris- turned the tables on UMass, but ulti- tine B. Dobson '03 as she confident- mately lost the dogfight, 9-7. The ly threw two goals. Yelena Gorlina defense was anchored by Lily '06 also stepped up and caught two Huang '06, Lucy R. Mendel '06, goals. None of the scoring could and Dobson, who sprinted hard to have been possible without the hard smack the disc down several times. MELANIE MICHALAK-THE TECH The MIT fencing team held its first competition of the season, an alumni match, last Saturday. defense played by Darlene E. Fer- Christina R. Keenan '03 converted The competition consisted of several informal matches, the one pictured above in the "foil" cate- ranti '06. sMITe took the first game gory. Tomorrow the team will travel to Smith College for a major individual competition. 6-3. Ultimate, Page 19 Freshmen, Grads Waltz to Awards By Miriam Sorell among the team's newcomers. In and second for Cha-Cha. TEAM .HEMHER Rhythm, Jeschke paired with Ver- The competition also featured The MIT Ballroom Dance Team beke, for fifth place in Rumba, while several "fun dances," in which kicked ofT their season on Oct. 19 at Ovadia and A verbukh came in dancers spontaneously partnered-up the the Cornell Dancesport Spectacu- placed eighth for Rumba and third in for silly variations of standard lar. The team traveled Swing. dances. Setyawati and Liteplo came to Ithaca, NY for their In Latin, Ovadia and Jeschke in third in Reverse-Role Rumba, . first of four straight placed sixth in Jive and second in while Judd made it to the semifinal weekends of competi- Cha-Cha. At the bronze-level, Daniel round of "Robo-Cha" with her sister tion. and Lesnaia came in first for Rumba Stephanie Judd. MIT did fairly well Tover all, with the most impressive performances coming from David A. Do a Little ance and connection with his Ovadia '06, Ekaterina V. Lesnaia G frame. and Luca Daniel. Ovadia placed in Dance Presentation - does the cou- every one of the "newcomer" divi- If YOli 're want to move like the ple sell their dancing to the audi- sions, after less than two months of pros on the Ballroom Dance ence, or do they show strain or lessons. Meanwhile, Lesnaia and Team, here are afew key points ... introversion? Daniel placed first in one of the Shape is turn and sway to cre- largest categories, the Bronze Inter- How a Competition is Run ate a look or a position. For national Rumba. Most competitions are run in instance, in Paso Doble, does the In Smooth, newcomers Ovadia several rounds. For each round, man create the appearance of and Catia S. Verbeke '06 came in the judges are asked to call a cer- maneuvering a cape? Does the fifth in Tango and second in Foxtrot. tain number of couples back. In lady simulate the billowing flow Eric D. Nielsen G and Michelle the final, each judge ranks all the of the cape through space? Goldhaber placed third in gold-level finalist couples from first to sixth, Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, and Viennese and then the scrutineer tabulates Fine-Tuning Waltz. the marks to determine the order Particularly for the rounds Ovadia came in fourth in both of of the finalists based on median before the final, the biggest prob- the newcomer Standard Styles, danc- ranking. lem is to get the judges to notice ing with Anne Jeschke for Waltz and you. It helps to wear clothes that Yana Averbukh '05 for Quickstep. In Important Terms wilJ make them look at you. Red silver-level standard, Chen Ling and Floorcraft refers to avoiding is the best color for ladies' dress- Tilke M. Judd '03 came in sixth bumping into others and the abili- es, until you're in a category place for Waltz and Viennese Waltz. ty to continue when boxed in. where costumes are allowed. At the gold-level, Nielsen and Gold- Timing - the music is boss; (Rhinestones and feathers are haber placed fourth for all five dance in time. even more visible than red fabric.) dances: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Poise is the stretch of the Men may find that shirts come Quickstep, and Viennese Waltz. Also woman's body upwards, out- untucked during the course of a doing all five, Bill Liteplo SM '00 wards, and leftwards into the swing. (The simplest solution is to and Ika Setyawati placed third. man's right arm to achieve bal- pin the shirt to your underwear.) Switching partners was popular UPCOMING HOME EVENTS Friday, Nov. 1 Men's Ice Hockey vs. Springfield, 7 p.m. Football vs. Salve Regina Uni- versity, 12 p.m. T Saturday, Nov. 2 Women's Volleyball vs. Bab- son, 1 p.m. Women's Volleyball - Alumnae Tourna- ment, 3 p.m. STANLEY HU-THE TECH Lauren E. Tsai '04 dives forward for a shot on goal in Tuesday's 8-0 rout over WPI. Tsai scored Sunday, Nov. 3 one goal, helping give the women's field hockey team their biggest margin of victory this year. Women's Soccer vs. Coast Guard, I p.m. ., The team has compiled a 5-11 record heading into tomorrow's NEWMAC Championships.