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Volume 124, Number 39 Cambridge, Massachusetts '02139 Friday, September 24,2004 Fischer IRents Riseso Dorms Pay for Own Eqenses By Jenny Zhang MlVS LDll'OR MIT has implemented a plan to Hired as gradually increase undergraduate dor- mitory rcnt over the next seven to eight years until dormitories are no Dean of longer reliant on subsidies, said Lany G. Benedict, dean of student life. Although the exact rise in dormi- tory rents has not been determined, Discipline the intent is to allow the prices to increase more quickly than-inflation By Tongyan Lln so that by the end of this period, ,tlCIY.S ED// OR housing costs are supported entirely Dean for Student Life Larry G. by student rent alone. Benedict announced this week that Benedict predicts that dorm William M. Fischer will fill the prices will rise by roughly five to Associate Dean for Student Disci- six percent per year. Assuming that pline position beginning Nov. 1. neit year's dormitory rent is In addition, Fischer will work in increased by five percent on the Risk Management, which includes current average cost of $4,900 risk from lawsuits, safety, and yearly according to the Financial health issues, Benedict said. Aid office, the increase translates Fischer will replace Steven J. to an average increase 'of 245 dol- Tyrell as Associate Dean for Student , lars for the year. Discipline, though ene edict said Graduate student dormitories Fischer's title would be modified. . will not undergo this rent increase Fischer has been Director of the because they have traditionally Office of Student Conduct and Con- been'more self-sufficient, said Simmons Hall, one of the most expensive dormitories on campus, adds a touch of "aesthetics" to the flict Resolution at Northeastern Uni- Stephen D. Immerman, senior asso- evening sky (according to the recent Fraternity, Sororlty and Independent Living Group report). Dormitory versity since 2000. He also worked ciate dean for student life. prices will be rlslng In the near Mure as a result of the MIT administration gradually phasing out subsldles. at Illinois State University and the University of New Hampshire. Financial aid to assist transition because financial aid would,be Removal of subsidy from the Such a practice means that money Fischer was one of three candi- Benedict said that extra rent adjusted accordingly for those who general MIT budget is necessary - for housing is "being taken from dates recommended to Benedict by would be "a buideny'but not a deter- would have difficulty bearing the because the Institute budget should a search committee led by co- rent to students coming to MIT additional cost, not be used on housing, he said. Rent, Page 10 chairs Barbara A. Baker, associate dean for student life programs, and Daniel Trujillo, associate dean for MIT Plans New Dorm, Renovations Endowment community development and sub- stance abuse. Benedict made the By Marlssa Vogt the extra housing would be used as close for renovation rn 2007-2008 final decision. CONTRIBU~INGEINI OR swrng space for MIT to close and and 2008-2009 and reopen one year Increases by MIT is considering plans to renovate several undergraduate dor- Iater respectively, with the residents Search committee praises choice develop a 600-bed graduate residen- mitones. of those dormitories being tem- Fischer "has a lot of expertise tral nerghborhood in the northwest The plan also gives a schedule porarily relocated to Ashdown 18 Percent and knowledge," Baker said. She section of campus, opening for the for both Random Hall and Bexley Dean for Student Llfe.Larry G. -said the committee looked for 2007-2008 academic year. closing as undergraduate dormito- Benedict said that he doesn't antici- somebody who could provide lead- The new graduate dormitory ries, potentially reopening as sorori- pate many problems with the tem- To $6 Billion ership and opportunities for cam- would then be used to Free up space ty housing and non-dormitory porary relocations of EC and Bur- L pus dialogue on establishing fair in the undergraduate system by . space, respectrvely. Random would tonConner resrdents. By Jeffrey Chang systems and processes. shifting the graduate dormitory close in 2008-2009, while Bexley "When you're movlng a hall s"frRrroRrrR - Trujillo said Fischer seemed to Ashdown to undergraduate housing. would close in 20 10-20 1 1. together.. . I don't think its going to MIT's endowment rose 18 per- have an "ability to relate with stu- Ashdown residents would move Also as part of the plan, East cent this past fiscal year from $5.1 dents." to the new graduate dormitory, and Campus and Burton-Conner would Dorms, Page 14 billion to almost $6 bllliotl after William Fowler '05, a student declining for the past three years. 'R. 1 member of the search committee, This makes it the fifth largest pri- said one of his top considerations vate university endowment in the was to make sure the new dean "had United States, said Treasurer Allan the same education philosophy as S. Bufferd '59 in an e-mail. MIT" and was "dedicated to the Declining revenues from the idea of student self-govcrnmcnt." endowment resulted In salary The committee also wanted to make freezes, a number of layoffs, and a sure the new dean would be "some- campus shutdown over winter break one who is willing to enforce rules" last year. The endowment this year but who also "understands MIT cul- was "much higher than expected," ture and embraces MIT culture," said Provost Robert A. Brown. He Fowler said. points *to the rebound~ngeconomy Fowler also said Fischer was as the main reason for the increase. "extremely intelligent" and has $35 million budget cut last year "the confidence to back it up." He Referring to an article in The said he was pleased with Benedict's New York Times, Brown sa~dthat decision of Fischer. MIT's 18.1 percent gain last year is Benedict said Fischer has above the median increase of 17.1 "extensive background in media- ' percent for the top 25 endowments tion." He also said he would like in the country. The endowment has for Fischer to have strong ties with "reached the bottom and IS golng the Committee on Discipline. He back up," though it will take a few said he would like to make Dormi- years to return to its peak of $6.5 tory Council Judicial Committee a billion m 2000, Brown said. "more active part of the campus." Normal budget planned Fischer: hacks 'build community' "We are budgeting and planning Fischer said some of his short- HHIANIILMONU-//it IL( H in our normal mode now, and pro- term goals were to establish "strong Yufel Wang G (left) and Ellsa Rah G speak to MIT graduate and Ernst & Young recruiter Helen jecting a conservative growth rate" Zhou '04 about job openings during the MIT career fair, held yesterday in Johnson Athletic Center. Dean, Page 15 Endowment, Page 11
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African Union To Send Ikoops In Bid To Curb Sudan Violence Bush, By Warren Hoge TIIE ,VEIV YORK n.wa .. UNITEDNATIONS hJ I Nigeria's president. 0l;segun ~bisanjo,said Thursday that the Despite Vii African Union, of which he is the chairman, had decided to send By ~lisabethBumiller ratic presidential nominee, seized Allawi, a former neurologist thousands of troops and monitors to help curb the violence in the 7FlE NEW YOM XUES on the visit to paint a bleak portrait with close ties to the Central Intel- Darfur region of Sudan that has killed 50,000 villagers and displaced WASHINGTON of Iraq and a Bush administration .ligence Agency, was selected as 1.4 million others. President Bush and Prime Min- in disarray. interim prime minister in May by a Obasanjo said he expected a force of 3,000 to 5,000 to be assem- ister Ayad Allawi of Iraq vowed in By the end of the day, it was U.N. envoy under heavy pressure bled by the fist week in October, but he added that millions of dol- the White House Rose Garden on clear that Allawi's visit to Wash- from the United States. He said in lars were needed to deploy it. Thursday that Iraq would hold free ington, his first as Iraq's interim the Rose Garden that every day he A U.N. Security Council resolution passed Saturday, which elections as scheduled in January, prime minister, was not simply a receives a threat on his life and that threatened Sudan with sanctions if the violence continued, gave the even though Bush acknowledged state visit but a politically charged in the last month he has learned of lead peacemaking role in Darfur to the 53-nation African Union. It the "persistent violence" in some moment with the debate on the four conspiracies to kill him. currently has about 90 military observers in Darfir and 300 troops to parts of the country and Allawi course of the war intensifying. Bush, in his enthusiasm to por- protect them. conceded that the elections "may "I stand here today as the prime tray what he called progress in They are monitoring a conflict that began in February 2003, when not be perfect." minister of a country emerging Iraq, went so far as to say that polls two rebel groups from Darfur's black African population rose up Similarly, Defense Secretary finally from dark ages of violence, there asking people whether the against perceived discrimination by the government in Khartoum, Donald H. Rumsfeld spoke openly aggression, corruption and greed," country was on the right or wrong Sudan's capital. In response, the national authorities armed and for the first time on Thursday about Allawi told a joint session of Con- track showed more positive results equipped Arab militias known as the Janjaweed, which retaliated the possibility that the January gress before his appearance at the than similar polls in the United with a campaign that the United Nations has termed ethnic cleansing elections might be held only in White House, using language that States. and the United States has called genocide. parts of Iraq. echoed Bush's campaign speeches "I saw a poll that said the right "Let's say you tried to have an about Iraq. ';Like almost every tracklwrong track in Iraq was better ' election, and you could have it in Iraqi, I have many friends who than here in Amer.ica," Bush said, Antarctic Glaciers Quicken Pace three-quarters or four-fifths of the were murdered, tortured or raped chuckling. "It's pretty dam strong. country, but .some places you by the regime of Saddam Hussein." I mean, the people see a better To Sea; Warming- Is Cited couldn't because the violence was In the Rose Garden two hours - firtye." By kndrew C. Revkin too great," Rumsfeld said at a hear- later, Allawi and Bush continually A Kerry campaign spokesman, 7'11.5 .\'.YIV YORE; 7%blCS ing on Capitol Hill. "Well, that's cited progress in a nation that has Joe Lockhart, responded that Bush . Spuked by warming coastal air and whters, some of Antarctica's sobeit. Nothing's perfect in life." been plagued by an emboldened must be "unhinged from reality" to glaciers have accelerated their seaward march, fresh observations But on a day when both Repub- insurgency, suicide bombings and cite such a poll. show, suggesting that ocean levels might be irreversibly on the rise licans and Democrats used Allawi the recent beheadings of two Kerry, at a news conference in for centuries to come. to reinforce starkly opposed cam- American hostages. "You can Columbus, Ohio, said that Allawi Global warming from smokestack and tailpipe emissions of heat- paign messages about Iraq, Bush understand it's tough and still be was not making sense, pointing in trapping gases could well be contributing to the changes, but some and his ally presented, overall, a optimistic," Bush said. "You can particular to his assertion to Con- of what is happening is probably a delayed reaction to the long rosy picture of the country. In con- understand how hard it is and gress that the terrorists in Iraq were warm-up since the last ice age, glaciologists said Thursday. trast, Sen. John Kerry, the Democ- believe we'll succeed." on the defensive. Overall, Antarctica still holds a mix of conditions, with some spots cooling and others warming, but the new observations, described this week in three scientific papers, confirm that warming along the coast, as it causes fringes of ice to melt, can release bigger Pentagon Report Says ice sheets to flow faster to the ocean, where they will inevitably
melt. ' The changes were detected by separate satellite and aircraft sur- veys of small glaciers along the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the rugged, sharply warming arm reaching toward South America, and along giant ice sheets feeding into the Amundsen Sea. By Thom Shanker . his top commanders, Reed said he numbers of U.S. troops" and "a lack TllE NEW YORK 7'1.WE.S found the study "provocative and of long-term endurance." WASHINGTUN startling." He quoted the report as saying Bank Of America Putsunit In Hub A Pentagon-appointed panel of Rumsfeld said the report was an that unless the United States scaled By Sasha Talcott outside experts has concluded in a "excellent piece of work," and that back its stabilization operations, it TllE I1OSTO.V (;1.0/3E new study that the U.S. military he had ordered briefings on its would have to reshape its forces to Bank of America Corp. confirmed Thursday it will locate its does not have sufficient forces to findings for senior military and "trade combat capabilities for sta- wealth management division in Boston and said it will move about sustain current and anticipated sta- civilian officials. But he cautioned bilization capabilities". or depend 100 high-level jobs here: bility operations, like the festering after the hearing that the section on contributions of troops from The decision comes after weeks of heated criticism from elected conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan read by Reed was not a compre- allied countries or the United officials upset the bank had laid off hundreds of Boston workers and and other missions that might hensive synopsis, and that the Nations. ' womed the bank had broken its promises on job commitments to the arise. authors of the study may not be "If everything we recommend is region. This is the first time since Efank of America acquired Fleet- Portions of the study, which has fully aware of steps under way by implemented over the next five Boston Financial Corp. in April that it has laid out specific plans to not been officially released, were the Pentagon to lessen stress on the years but we continue our current create a large amoht of high-level jobs in Boston. read into the public record on force, and actions taken specifical- foreign policy of military expedi- The bank's decision to move the top leaders of the it's wealth Thursday by Sen. Jack Reed of ly by the Army to increase the tions every two years, we will begin management arm and much of their support staff to Boston will Rhode Island, a leader of Democrats number of available combat forces two more stabilization operations position the city as a center of power in the bank and ultimately who want to expand the size of the without further expanding the mili- without sufficient preparation or could generate hundreds of more jobs for the region, b.d execu- military. . tary. resources," Reed said in describing tives said. During testimony by Defense Reed said the Defense Science the findings of the board, a high Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Board study found "inadequate total level advisory group.
Come on Now, Blame the Meteorologists! Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, September 24, 2004 By Cegeon J. Chan STAFF ,\IETF.~OROI.OGI.YT Delivering weather forecasts for over a handful of years now, I've had to forecast a fair share of both pleasant and unpleasant weather. Every time a forecast of frigid temperatures, or soggy rainy days comes around (like this past Saturday), someone will undoubtedly blame it on the person they hear it from - the meteorologists. As for "good" weather, we, the meteorolo- gists, are often forgotten. But don't despair! You still have time to thank your local weatherman because this weekend's forecast will be sensational. Now that we are just entering the fall season, the solar rays heating the ground isn't likely strong enough to initiate any convective thunderstorms. Also it's not late enough in the season to expect strong temperature gradi- ents across the U.S. to develop any strong low-pressure systems. Thus, we can expect the sunny skies, dry conditions and high temperatures generally in the mid 70'S°F (24°C) to last through the weekend. (This would be a wonderful opportunity to explore the fall foliage in upstate New England.) These pleasant days will last until Tuesday, but by then, we may be under the influence of Hurricane Jeanne. In the meantime, be sure to enjoy the great weather!
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Today: Sunny and slightly warmer than today. Highs in the mid 70s°F (24°C). Tonight: Mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s°F (12OC). Tomorrow: Partly cloudy and warmer, with highs reaching 80°F (27°C). Tomorrow night: Mostly clear with lows mid 60°F (17'C) Sunday and Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s°F (22°C) and lows in the lower 50s°F (10°C) September 24,2004 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Tests Show Airport Screenings Cancer Survivor Gives Birth After Removal And Return Of Ovary By Denise Grady Still Misses Knives, Explosives Tllr Nrlv YORh 11\41 S By Matthew L Wald progress, the aide aid, because the Homeland Security, Clark Kent A 32-year-old woman in Belgium has become the first woman 1YIE NEW YORK TIMES test had become more difficult, with Ervin, compared the success of ever to give birth after having ovarian tissue removed, frozen and WASHINGTON the weapons "more artfully con- government screenerswith the per- then implanted back in her body, doctors are reporting. Covert government tests last cealed." formance by private screeners, She had the tissue removed in 1997 in hopes of preserving her fer- November showed that screeners "It's improving but it's got a used at five airports in a pilot pro- tility, because she had Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, and were still missing some knives, long, long way to go," said the aide, gram. :They performed about the was about to undergo chemotherapy with drugs likely to damage her guns and explosives carried thiough who asked not to be identified same, which is, to say equally ovaries and cause premature menopause and infertility. She and her airport checkpoints, and the reasons because he was describing details poorly," he said. doctors hoped that once she was cured, the ovarian tissue could be involve equipment, training, proce- that were not made public. . This week Ervin issued a final thawed and returned to her abdomen to produce eggs. dures and management, according Of the objects that screeners are report on the tests, including rec- The strategy apparently worked. The woman, Ouarda Touirat, to a report by the inspector general supposed to detect, the explosives are ommendations. A declassified. got pregnant the natural way and gave birth on Thursday to an 8 Ib. of the Homeland Security Depart- the most.difficult, the aide said. Con- abbreviated version of the repoi 3 oz. daughter, Tamara, at St. Luke's Hospital in Brussels. A hos- ment. cern over explosives has risen since was publicly released Wednes- pital spokeswoman said that both the mother and baby were A' congressional aide who has the destruction of two Russian airlin- day. healthy. been briefed about the report, ers by Chechen suicide bombers in One recommendation was for The case reflects a success story in cancer treatment: Cure rates which is clas'sified. said that it August. recurrent training for the screen- 'for cancers in children and young people have increased enough so showed the test scores were roughly The test results were first ers, but the report noted that the that it is realistic to worry about whether survivors will be able to the same in November as in earlier given to Congress in April. In a Transportation Security Admin- have children of their own one day. tests. hearing on April 22, the inspector istration began doing that last This might actually represent general of the Department of fall. Florida High Court Rules Against Governor In RighGTeDie-Case W By Abby Goodnough Sell Field Services ItIEhtll YOHA IIIILJ wrton to MIAMI Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to keep a badly brain-damaged woman alive against her husband's wishes all but collapsed Thursday, when Unit Amid Losses, Controversies the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the law allowing him to order By Simon Romero able asbestos claims. Making mat- this year's presidential election. her feeding tube reinserted violated the separation of powers yaran- TIIE hrEW YORK TlMfT ters worse, KBR's work in Iraq has Lesar has lamented Halliburton's teed by the state's constitution. HOUSTON not been as profitable as other activ- prominence as a target for critics of A spokeswoman for Bush said his lawyers were exploring When Halliburton was awarded ities and has contributed to a public the Bush administration's handling options, like requesting a rehearing of the case or appealing to the contracts worth more than $12 bil- relations nightmare for its parent. of the war in Iraq, and repeated U.S. Supreme Court. She said the governor had 10 days to seek a lion for work in Iraq, critics said All of this has happened while KBR some of those concerns on Thurs- rehearing, during which the woman. Theresa Schiavo, 40, must con- that the company was using its is seeking to emerge from bankrupt- day. tinue to receive nourishment. political connections to reap big cy protection. Controversy is nothing new for Yet there were signs that Bush, who resolutely inserted himself in profits. But now, in a sign that those The announcement by Hallibur- the company that was run by Vice the thorny case last fall, might accept the high court's judgment. contracts are not providing the boon ton, the nation's largest energy ser- President Dick Cheney for five "The governor was disappointed in the ruling, and his prayers go executives had expected from a sub- vices company, indicated that years until 2000. KBR has long out to Terri's family," the spokeswoman, Jill Bratina, said. "At the sidiary weighed down by other KBR's problems have kept a lid on been associated with the coziness of same time, the governor respects the role of the judicial branch on problems, Halliburton said Thurs- Halliburton's stock price and hin- politics and business in the oil issues such as this and the rule of law. And he recognizes the Florida day that it was considering a sale of dered its ambitions to benefit from industrv in Texas and has become a Supreme Court is the final arbiteron state laws, and as such recog- the business. ' elevated oil prices. symbG of the reach of American nizes that the options before us may be limited." The unit, KBR, which provides In a meeting here with investors, -energy conglomerates into mafiy The seven justices ruled unanimously, writing that "Tem's Law," military and oil field services, has Halliburton's chief executive, David politically unsavory'areas around hastily passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature last fall, was been plagued by disappointing loss- J.'Lesar, said the company had the world. Halliburton acquired "an unconstitutional encroachment on the power that has been es, investigations into its activities become part of a "vicious cam- Brown and Root, the corporate reserved for the independent judiciary." in Nigeria and Iran as well as siz- paign" of political attacks ahead of ancestor of KBR, in 1962. - -
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Legitimacy is Missingfrom UA Senate ' * Chairman Something was missing from last week's Undergraduate Association Panhel, independent living groups, and off-campus residents, but their Hangyul Chung '05 elections, even beyond the lack'of enough official candidates to fill all senators are not tied to specific houses. While ideally each dormitory the empty positions. To wit, a significant portion of the UA Senate was would be able to field a number of energetic candidates who are well- Editor in Chief elected without an official platform. educated and opinionated about problems in student life, the past elec- Beckett W. Sterner '06 Even the registered candidates were tion shows this approach simply leads to a lack of debate and last- Editorial ' quiet on cmpw fife issues. For the leg- minute candidacies. Business Manager islative body supposedly charged with In other words, the dormitories seem to get drawn arrd quartered as Lauren Leung '07 representing the interests of all undergraduates, this is a serious blow to they scramble to fill every slot, and as a chain is.only as strong as its its legitimacy, especially given that it's happened for multiple years. weakest link, so the Senate is only as tough as its most indifferent Managing Editor The most obvious sign of trouble lies in the number of candidates members. Of course, the benefit of having a representative in each dor- Tiffany Dohzen '06 who were elected as write-ins, and that three dormitories failed to field mitory, accessibility, is clear. There's a good chance everyone knows a even one official candidate. Bexley Hall, McCormick Hall, Next House Senator or lives within several hundred feet of one, even if they're not . Nb"EIYSJTAI.%' and Senior House each elected o6e senator by aware of it. But easy accessibility does not out- write-in votes, while East Campus elected both weigh the drag indifference makes on the Sen- News Editors: Kathy Lin '06, Jenny Zhang '06, by write-in. This means that six of the 27 elect- ate's ability to influence the administration. Waseem S. Daher '07, Tongyan Lin '07; Asmi- ed UA Senators were write-in candidates. Reovganizini the UA Senate By allowing all dormitory residents to vote ate Editors: Ray C. He '07, Gireeja V. Ranade MIT students are notoriously busy, so it's no for the same pool of candidates, the competi- '07, Juliiin E. Villarreal '07; Staff: Kathy Dobson surprise some did not register on time and ran as ~~~ldproducea better and Wlore tion would increase and hence the effectiveness G, Michael E. Rolish G, Issel Anne L. Lirn '05, write-ins. But such a high percentage of elected of elected senators as well. Simple steps, like Kelley Rivoire '06, Jeff Chang '08, Marie Y. write-in candidates only underscores a deeper legitimate legislative body. , requiring each candidate to answer a set of Thibault '08, Jiao Wang '08. Tatyana Lugovskaya; problem, which is that too many senators have - _ questions on student life and then posting Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan G, David Flagg G, been elected without substantive knowledge of copies on each floor of every dormitory, could "Samantha L. H. Hess G, Vikram Khade G, Robert or opinions on critical issues in student life. This has led to an increas- easily allow students to judge which candidates they thought best. Lindsay Korty G, Greg Lawn G, Nikki Privk G, ing irrelevancy of the Senate to both undergraduates and the adminis- Although every dormitory would not have a senator, candidates could WtUiam Ramstrom G, Michael J. Ring G. tration, as witnessed by the Senate's resolution on the flag ban last year conceivably run on platforms relevant to multiple or even individual that went unnoticed and unheard by MIT. The Senate is nominally sup- dormitories, such as developing more dinner options for students on PRODUCTION flAFF posed to advocate for students' interests in MIT's policy decisions, but east campus. The burden of maintaining effective communication with right now it is the UA President who holds most of the power, influ- students would be on the Senators, with being voted of out office the Editors: Sie Hendmta Dhannawan '05; Staff: Joy ence and knowledge of administration decisions. The President is price of inaction. Forsythe G, Wanda W. Lau G. Kevin Clien '05, directly elected, of course, but the role of the Senate as a representative As it stands, the UA Senate is ofteri dismissed by students as irrel- John Cassady '06, Jonathan Reinharth '06, Jennifer body reflecting the multiple viewpoints of students cannot be replaced evant to their lives. Given that MIT is currently reevaluating its Huang '07, Yaser M. Khan '07, .Y. Grace Lin '07, by a single office. philosophies for student life and academics, students need effective EunM* Yang '07, Sylvia Yang '07, Austin Chu 'In order to remedy the Senate's growing irrelevancy, we propose representation to the administration more than ever. Reorganizing the '08, Michael McGraw-Herdeg.08. that it should shrink by close to half and allow all dormitories to vote UA Senate to be smaller and making dormitory representatives cam- on a single group of candidates. As it currently stands, every dormitory pus-wide would produce a better and more legitimate legislative is represented by one or two senators based on its total residency. The bopy. ~ditors:Vivek Rao '05, Ruth ~iller"07;Staft- same resident-to-Senator ratio applies to the Interfraternity Council, Vivek Rao has recused himselffrom.this editorial Basil Enwegban SM '01, Ken Nesmith '04, W. Victoria Lee ?06, Daniel Barclay '07, Chen Zhao '07. SPOR75STAI;T: Correction on FSILG Table Editors: Phil Janowicz '05, Brian Chase '06; Following an article .published last Friday, Sept. 17 ["Report the data must also be discarded. Staff: Yong-yi Zhu '06, Alisha R Scher '07. Details FSILG Problems"], it became clear hmmany e-mails that Unfortunately, it seems that none of the student FSILG govern- the table going with the story, purportedly giving the number of resi- ments, or MIT, have a readily available table giving the equivalent ARZTSIAFF dents in FSILG houses over the past ten years, did not reflect reality. or similar data over the ten year period. Dean of FSILGs David N. E,ditor: Amy Lee '06; Associate Editor: Kevin Ultimately, it seems that the table simply measured a less than use- Rogers was able to compile a table for years from 1992 to 2002 G. Der '06; StaZF: Bogdan Fedeles G, Xian Ke G; ful statistic, the number of students in the registrar's database who list- using data his office had gathered on house occupancy. However, at Ruby Lam G, Sonja Sharpe G, Fred Choi '02, ed a given address as their residence. Ri Romano, statistician for the . first glance this table contained at least one number that was off by Chikako Sassa '02, Jed Horne '04, Pey-Hua Registrar's Office, said that a large source of error for the table was 100 percent when compared with the group's own records, implying Hwang '04, Josiah Q. Seale '04,Petar Simich '04. that MIT never automatically "closes" the address listing of a student this table also' is untrustworthy. In the meantime, it's impossible to living off-campus. In other words, an FSILG member could enter his recreate the two accompanying graphs. I'llU~X;RAPINS7'AFF or her address into the database, and that address would remain for Also, as many noticed, the lettering on the graph giving change Editors: Brian Hemond G, Jim Kim '06; Associi perpetuity unless the student changed it. This is in contrast to the dor- In membership since freshmen on campus was incorrect, and ate Editor: Daniel Bersak '02; Staff: Stanley Hu mitories, where MIT automatically "opens" and "closes" the address Romano also noted that the years in the table had been shifted, so '00, Andrew W. Yip '02, Scott Johnston '03, of each student at the beginning and end of the academic year. that what was labeled as 2004 should have been 2003 and so forth. Jimmy Cheung G, Frank Dabek G, Wendy Gu G, Given that some of the numbers in the table are drastically However, given that none of the data is accurate in the first place, it Drnihy Portrlyagin G, John M. Cloutier '06, Grant wrong, such a$ the number for Alpha Delta Phi, which was at times is not worth reprinting a corrected version. Jordan '06, Stephanie Lee '06, Edward Platt '06. over twice the liouse's capacity, the only conclusion one can draw is -Beckeft W.Sterner 'to not use the data at all. This means that the two graphs made using Editor in Chief c4ICfPUSUFErnfF Editor: Akshay Patil G; Associate Editor: TifFany Kosolcharoen '06; Columnists: Kailas Narendmn '01, Mark Liao '06, Rose Gnbowski Litters To The Editor '05, Danchai Mekadenaumporn '05, Alex Nelson '06, Zach Ozer '07, Dan Scoln~c'07; Cartoonists: Jason Burns G, Brian Loux G,Jumaane Jefhes An Open Letter ing this, perhaps the answer lies not in exclud- with the Americans with Disabilities Act, '02, Sergei R. Guma '04, Sean Liu '04, Jennifer ing these students from the applicant pool, but which prohibits discrimination based on med- Peng '05, Nancy Phan '05, Qian Wang '05. TO Marilee Jones in reworking the mental health services at MIT ical conditions. Dear Ms. Jones [MIT Dean ofAdmissions], and the general atmosphere that students live Depression is also not simply a reaction to
BlJSlNESSS7'AFF , , I read your statement in Newsweek in an in. I ' article ["Dealing with Depression"] relating to Depression is an episodic disease. People Continued on Page 5 Advertising Manager: Chris Ruggiero '07; mental health issucs on university campuses. suffering from depression are not constantly Operations Manager: Y. Grace Lin '07; Staft You don't seem to understand mental illness depressed any more than people with heart dis- Lynn K. Kamimoto '05. very well, and I would like to take this opportu- ease are constantly in cardiac arrest. During the ECHNOLoG'YSlilFF nity to tell you some things I hope you will remission times, these people can hction just take into account when considering potential as highly as anyone else. I am sure that you Errata Ditor: Jonathan T. Wang '05; Staft Lisa Wray students. would never keep a deserving student out of '07. First of all, the main kind of mental illness MIT because of a condition that will only flare ' An article in the sports section on Sept. you deal with as a university is depression. . up occasionally. After all, students who have EDITORS ATLARGE 21 YThe Magic of Long, Curly Hair"] Depression has reached epidemic rates and is other medical problems face the same issues, stated that Red Sax player Johnny Damon Senior Editors: Satwiksai ~dshasaiG, Keith J. . now one of the top causes of death among 19- and I know that MIT does not discriminate had a OBP of .477 instead of the correct Winstein G, Jennifer Krishnan '04,Contributing 24 year olds. To me, this indicates that the against them. I see the many walkways and ele- number of .386. Also, the series of games Editor: Marissa Vogt '06. problem lies not with the individual students, vators around the MIT campus and so I assume between the Yankees and Sox in July was but in the society that surrounds them. 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The phonetic pro- This would be all fine and good, except For those MIT students wlio are suffi- newscaster and all senior officials at CBS nunciation of its acronym is a little ironic, these pledges can't move into their houses ciently content to live in the bubble that is News hand in their resignations. This is "the because that's what it does to everything it yet. They made the conscience decision to college and not pay any attention to what is worst media coverage in CBS News histo- touches. move out of their dorm, but can't do so for a happeningintheworldaroundthem,letme ry," according to a petition from Nothing quite stirs up the blood like dis- whole year. They're being forced to live review the events of the past week or so: http://www.rathergate.corn, calling on the cussing this iiber-controversial policy. The there against their will, and come to see it as Something of a journalistic debacle has network to fire its top people. "We're sorry, FSILGs have had their turn lacerating this a holding pen - keeping them from the awe- taken place. On the news program "60 Min- but you have to go," writes Cliff Kinkaid of policy for a few years, and it's high time some life that awaits them. utes," CBS News broadcast a story on Presi- the conservative Accuracy in Media organi- someone looked at this from the other side of These pledges don't consider themselves dent Bush's service in the National Guard zation. the fence: the dorms. to be part of the dormitory. Given the excite- during the Vietnam War. Essentially, CBS Now, let's look at another man who "Dorms." What connotation does that ment of Rush, bids, and pledging, "I didn't alleged that Bush had used the influence of should be held accountable for spreading carry for you? It probably depends on where want to join a FSILG so I'm staying in the his congressman father to get a spot in the false information to the American people. you live. If you've lived out your undergrad- dorm" doesn't stand a chance. Guard, while many others his age were sent The parallels between "Rathergate" and uate career off campus, your perception of So when dorms try and organize activi- to southeast Asia - once in this "champagne "Bushgate" are striking: dorms is probably very different than some- ties, guess who doesn't come? Half the fresh- regiment", Bush did CBS News relied one who lives on campus, and if you live on men guys are nowhere to be found, having not fulfill his duty on Bill Burkett, who campus, your perception is likely different been whisked away by the wild and crazy and essentially didn't ended up admitting to than someone that lives somewhere else on frat life. Who can blame them? These show up a 10; of the CBS makes the Rather that he knew campus. pledges have no reason to invest their time or time. CBS's informa- men the documents had not I live in Burton-Conner, and our nine energy into the dorm - it's just temporary tion came from docu- over 1;OOO ~me&mns been genuine when he floors provide a pretty decent cross-section housing. They don't need to meet these peo- ments purportedly passed them on to of the rest of the system. We've got the out- ple, because they won't ever see them again. written by Bush's andco~ntlessIraqisdon'tlosc CBS.Bushreliedon going floors that spend a lot of time with There's no incentive to establish even a tem- commanding officer. their livesfoy it. Ahmed Chalabi, an each other,. the quieter porary relationship, Unfortunately for Iraqi dissident who floors that stick to because they have CBS, it turns out that lied when he told the themselves, and indi- another place to go the memos were not administration that vidual suites .that are with other adequately vetted by the network's fact- Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass obsesied with various The pledges are F°C is an ex~llentjob * - checkers and were, in fact, cheaply done destruction. things (sports, explo- - of dividing the student body. i~iconvenienced,and forgeries provided to CBS by a dubious ex- Opponents of CBS argue that it ignored sions, etc.) their ghosts haunt the Guard nieniber with a long-standing hatred conflicting evidence for the story because it In short, dormitory --. dorm; until they of President Bush. After standing by their was motivated by tlie liberal nledia's obses- life offers variety. The move out. story for nearly a week, CBS embarrassingly sion with bringing down the President. FSILGs do as well, but Of course pledges reversed itself on Monday, with their nightly Opponents of Bush argue that he ignored where I just have to walk up a flight of stairs are always welcome at dorm functions, and it news anchor Dan Rather apologizing person- reports that Iraq did not have weapons of to get to a different subculture, off-campus may be in good spirit for the FSILG to ally and on behalf of the network for the use mass destruction, nor did it have ties to al- living groups aren't nearly as close-knit. encourage.the pledges to spcnd more time in of the invalid documents. Qaeda, because he was motivated by person- It is an unfortunate flaw in the design of their dorm, but it's not in the best interest of Now, read again what I just wrote - al feelings of revenge against Saddam and the housing system tliat dor~iiitoriesand the FSILG to let them get too cozy. Housing does this sound familiar? A sensational story by personal gain in 'acquiring Iraq's oil FSILGs must compete so directly over who inertia may set in, and if they have too much that has the potential to cause a huge change reserves. they consider to be the "good" freshmen, fun, they could always de-pledge. It's in the in public opinion, sources which turn out to When faced with overwhelming evidence because it seems these groups could work best interest of the FSILG to keep their be unreliable and wrong, prociding the against them, both Bush and CBS stood by together to have even more fun. Regardless, pledges out of the dorm as much as possible. American people with a case before ade- their increasingly unbelievable stories. Now, the dormitories and FSILGs both need occu- Basically, FOC is doing an excellent job quately scrutinizing all of the evidence ... at least for CBS, tlie truth has comc out and pants, and the opportunity for cooperation is. of dividing the'student body. Before, ;he where have I heard this song beforc? the story has blown up in their face. forsaken in a fight for survival. The dormito- onloff campus rivalry only lasted until the This episode, which may come to be The intelligent reader is no doubt think- ries will live on, but FSILGs are dependent freshnien moved into their houseat the end known in the pantheon of great American ing: "Now wait a minute. Surely there are on getting pledges. As a result, stereotypes of Rush, and then everyone had several political scandal as"'Memogate" or "Rather- big differences between the forged CBS are created. I don't have to explain those months to be friendly. Now, the stakes stay gate" after the unfortunatc news anchor, memos and the flawed intelligence which here, I'm asking for enough hate mail as it is, high until the end ofthe year, just before the illustrates the brazen hypocrisy by which the the Rush administration used to take the except to say the dorms are cast as the lamer next class of freshmen arrives and the whole radical right wing lives in this country. Sup- country to war, right'?" I couldn't agree of the two options. cycle starts all over again. posedly outraged at this latest example of more. The annual fight for freshmen ignites Thank you, FOC, for forcing people into terrible liberal media bias, conservative talk When you read the vitriolic columns of whenever a FSILG feels threatened. If orien- my house against their will. It makes us all radio hosts, internet bloggers, and even sup- right wing pundits at places like tation is a hurricane, FOC is a pound of sodi- very proud to live there, too. posedly mainstream political figures, were kttp://www.townhall.com, who call for , Rather's blood to be shed, you'll see what a ' ridiculous double-standard the right has for Letters To The Editor. Continued 1 determining when to "eet outraged. When I CBS makcsYa mistake (and no one has pro- Continued from Page 4 other physically handicapped people were dis- Australia, which was accused of distributing ' duced any evidence to prove that it was not criminated against because it was easier to keep the motion pictures "Grind" and "Twisted," : an honest mistake), they "must be held stress. People suffering from depression will them out than it was to accommodate them. when in fact it was distributing two open- accountable" for its "gross incompetence or not simply "crumble the first time they do Thankfully we have changed that view. The source packages - a Python framework willful deception!" However, when Bush poorly on a test," as you are quoted as saying in same consideration should be extended when called "Twisted" and the memory debugger invades the wrong country out of gross Ncutsweek. If given the proper care, they will dealing with mental illness, and in fact legally "Valgrind" which they had abbreviated as incompetence, it's an honest mistake. Even respond to stress quite healthily. Therapists can must be. I hope that having read this, you can "grind." I11 both of these cases, sanity and if the error took place on his watch, it isn't remind students of all the options they have apply your knowledge both to assessing appli- reason were able to intervene before the his fault - it's the CIA'C~, FBI's, Con- and put the bad grade in perspective for them. cants and to making MIT a better place for plug was pulled on these Web sites, but 0th- gress's, American people's; in short, as Students in therapy are also already more everyone to work and live. ers were not as lucky. some left-wingers like to say, anyone but accustomed to reaching out for help when they The MPAA is also on a mission to con- Bush! are in trouble, and so they likely are more able Sincerely, trol what you can and can't do in your own Furthermore, when CBS makes tht niis- to take advantage of the many academic sup- Lisa Silverman home. DVD "Regional Coding Enhance- take, Dan Rather goes on the air and apolo- port structures in place at MIT. MIT Center for Cancer Research ment" is a creation of the MPAA, which pre- gizes for it - the President, in contrast, Being on medication is also not an indica- vents a Region 1 DVD disc from playing in seems prouder every day that we had no rea- tion of an inability to deal with the world. The a "region free:' player. In the MPAA's view, son for invading Iraq; tlie only mistake medication is helping these students do just Questioning there is no reason for a region free player we've made there, Bush-contended in a that. While I absolutely agree that all students other than to v!ew pirated discs. This of recent interview, is tliat our success was should be warned of the high stress environ- The Tech's Choice course fails to take into account the large "catastrophic" and too fast! The day the ment of MIT, I believe it is up to the student to number of expatriates who wish to purchase Bushists actually apologize for anything is make a dccision as to whether or not this In Advertisers and view DVDs from their home countries, the day that Bush and his whole cibinet con- school is the right one for him. Your statement I question the wisdom of allowing the or the ever-growing nunibcr of fans of vert to Islam and make the pilgrimage to also creates the image that MIT discriminates MPAA to take-out a full-page ad on page 13 Japanese Anime, which is not always avail- I Mecca.
against students who do take medication, a of the Sept. 21 issue of The Tech. While I able on Region 1 discs. In short, the MPAA I Most importantly, when CBS niakes tlie dangerous image to propagate. believe that downloading movies is wrong is telling you that you should really only be mistake, over 1,000 Americans and count- Many people with mental problems still do and that one should pay for entcrtainment, I watching content "approved" for the United less Iraqis don't lose their lives for it. outstanding research. One such case is John strongly object to the methods the MPAA States and Canada (Region I). I do hate to say this, but maybe this Nash, the Nobel Prize winner featured in the uses to combat the issue of digital "piracy." Finally, the MPAA has a track record of time Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the movie "A Beautiful Mind," who battled schizo- The MPAA (along with the RIAA) uses its attempting to stifle technological innovation right-wing noise machine is right - Dan phrenia. I would hate to think that people like enornious power and wealth to run - peer-to-peer networks are only the most Rather should be held accountable for this this, with such potential to offer the world, roughshod over the rights of people both in recent example. In testimony before Con- major lapse in journalistic integrity. As would be passed over by MIT because of a dis- this country and around the world. Their gress in 1982, Jack Valenti, wlio this year should George W. Bush, for his abject fail- ability. automated Cease & Desist letters are creat- stepped down as MPAA president, said: "I ure of leadership and his neglect of the Given the large numbers of people suffering ing a "guilty until proven innocent" environ- say to you that the VCR is to tlie American , Presidential duty to prevent the needless from depression and other mental illnesses and ment on the Internet, as many ISPs will sim- film producer and the American public as ' loss of American lives. While I don't the terrible reality of suicide if the disease is ply terminate a user's service upon receiving tlie Boston strangler is to the woman home I expect either Dan Rather or the President left untreated, I think that MIT and institutions one of these notices, and the burden of' proof alone." More than twenty years later we see / to resign anytime soon, we can hope that across tlie country and the world would be bet- is placed on the user to denionstrate that in that instead of killing off the movie industry, , the people they both serve, the American ter served by looking at what they can do to fact the MPAAIRIAA made a mistake. the VCR has spawned a multi-million dollar public, will make their displeasure known. help alleviate the situation rather than how to Witness the case of Professor Pcter video rental industry, and provided a new If network news watchers come away from screen out people wlio miglit have these prob- Usher, in the Astronomy Department at distribution mctliod of "straight to video" "Rathergate" believing the credibility of lems. With sensitive therapists and knowledge- Penn State, who published an MP3 file of an for films that can't hold their own at the box I Rather and the rest of the CBS crew to be able psychiatrists, places like MIT have the a cappella song recorded by some office. I find it ironic and distrcssing that the I seriously damaged (and rightly so), they opportunity to help their students immensely. astrorioriier acquaintances. He had the mis- newspaper of one of the foremost technolog- I will vote with their rembtes and tune in to But this can not be achieved if mental illness fortune to name the file "Usher.mp3" and ical and scientific learning institutions I other channels. Likewise, if the American continues to carry a stigma. Students cannot subsequently received a DMCA Cease & would have anything to do with an organiza- ' public finally wakes up to the fact that their take advantage of the support around them if Desist letter for distributing the works of the tion so bent on stifling innovation to save a absolutely no credibility left they are afraid to admit to having a problem. R&B artist also named "Usher." Or the failing business model. after Iraqgate, the people will have a It used to be that people were judged by the recent case of Linux Australia, Inc, a Linux chance to "hold him accountable" on external problems they had. Blind, deaf, and user group and advocacy organization in Jonathan Reed '02 The September Tech 24,2004
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What's On Your iPod? , I Worlds NO^ in Your wallet) . . Beyond the By Mark Liao that maybe it is alright to know all the words to Mark Liao is a Junior at the Sloan School of / COLUMNIST , "I'll Never Break Your Heart" by the Backstreet -.Management. His most prized music posses- Since Al Gore invented the internet, we've Boys. And if all goes to plan, this will solve that sions are his autogmphed Matt Nathanson CD, seen Napster, Audiogalaxy, and Kazaa all come, age old problem of not remembering,that song -the Mamon Spick he was given after a concert strive, and fall. Music is an essential part of the from that day when you were doing that thing. at the Paradise (which is currently MU), and Mackerel life of your typical college student and I'm sure And now, before I humbly open myself up his cheap Ximaha guitar that he can only play'- every one of us knows some music snob or and admit what songs I'm currently obsessed Tears in Heaven on. another who's entire self-esteem revolves with, I would just like to insert this friendly Plant Plight around the fact that he knew about Maroon 5 reminder: if you think your music should be W'hat's 0n~o~r~od:~ndrew~teh~ad back when they were just Kara's'Flowers: Hell, heard, if you want to embarrass that cocky 1. The Day of the Phoenix -AM - By Akshay Patil we'll condemn someone equally harshly for lis- numbnut from down the hall, or if you want to 2. Ocean -John Butler Trio CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR tening to Ashlee Simpson as for wearing Von make people realize that maybe you're not so 3. Can't Stop Thinking ~bout~ou-~ar& Well, here I am - spending the day sitting Dutch trucker hats -, different after all, feel free to submit your Sexton - on my futon, appreciating the greenery-of my And this is why I figured I'd start this col- playlist to [email protected] (yes, I'm 4. Chem SixA-Switchfoot room on *anotherpseudo sunny day in Cam- umn, "What's On Your iPod?", because let's face that guy too) and keep checking back weekly to 5. Automatic Flowers - Our Lady Peace - bridge. As I sit here, soaking in the wonder it, iPods are taking over the world faster than - see if its yow time for five seconds of fame. 6. Soma -Smashing Pumpkins -. that is the two floor plants in my dorm room, I , - Lindsey Lohan is becoming a skank-monger. 7.. Beer -Real Big Fish - - ' 'can't'help but feel a little sad because I know - Don't worry all of you mp3 fiends out there, I .What's on Your (nosexistent) Pod: Mark 8. Little Wing -Jimmy Hendrk it's only a brief matter of time between both won't be discriminating against you for nut Liao 9. Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink "jolly giant7'and "spiw die. shelling out $300+ for those signature -white 1. Pretty The World -Matt Nathanson .. Floyd Now, now, try to get a grip. I know that's earphones -these little articles will be nothing 2. Follow Through - Gavin
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Rent, from Page 1. dence hall living," the report says, I and the increase in house bills will somewhere else" more appropriate, "keep the playing field level" Benedict said. between dormitories and FSILGs,' "It is not fair for the Institute to making the prices comparable. be subsidizing student housing," Josiah D. Seale G, former Benedict said. Undergraduate Association presi- He said that this had been occur- dent and member of the FSlLG task ring simply because nobody had pre- force, said the issuc of dormitory viouslv noticed and looked into it. ~"ing was "seriously discussed for ~dhitionalreasons for the rent H long.timeWand it was not just a increase include the desire to push question of fairness but also of "get- BOSTON value for major renovations in the near ting housing costs in line with what future, the need to pay for rising they should be." CHICAGO bills for utilities, and ultimately to The cost increase is unfortunate, increase the amount of undergradu- but important to the responsible fis- EVANSTON ate housing available on campus. cal management of the dormitories, Seale said. He said he "really liked FRANKFURT FSlLG task force report concurs the task force" and thought that Independent of the Office of the "nobody felt that their ideas" were LONDON- respect Dean for Student Life's decision to not being listened to and consid- remodel payment for undergraduate ered. MILAN dormitory housing, the Fraternity, Until rent is increased to become Sorority and Independent Living level with actual housing costs, the NEW YORK opportunity Group Task Force report agreed deficit is being supported by with the decision. increased MIT Housing debt, accord- ing to the FSILG Task Force report. PARIS g rowt h "MIT is undercharging for resi- PRINCETON How Do You SAN FRANCISCO Measure the Growth of A Child?
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The first class to graduate under subscribed, a random lottery will the BE major would be either the determine which students may enter Class of 2008 or the ~fassof 2009, the major. depending on the official approval Dean for Undergraduate Educa- date. tion Robert P. Redwine said that a To become an undergraduate lottery would be "counter to MIT's degree program, the major must be way of doing things," but necessary approved by the Committee on the to adequately support students in thk Undergraduate Program, the corn- maior. I Order couple dozen through the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club mitteeon ~urricula,-theFaculty Pol- Virtually all subjects besides the I icy Committee, the faculty, and the sophomore laboratory subject would for your suite, your lab group, or yourself! MIT Corporation, said Griffith. continue to be available to non- At the earliest, she said, the majors, said Kamm. degree program could be approved Contact Rene Chen ([email protected]) to pre-order from now to in December, but more likely this Strong student interest in major will occur in the spring. She said Alexis R. DeSieno '05, president Sunday, 9/26. or she does not expect any difficulties of the Biomedical Engineering Soci- in obtaining approval at any stage. ety, said students have expressed Stop by our booth in Lobby 10 on Monday. 9/27 to place an order Depending on the date of strong interest in the major. At the approval, students in the Class of Activities Midway this August, of 2008 could possibly enroll in the 134 freshmen who signed up to Don't want a dozen? Stop by our booth in Lobby 10 and buy a few, major at the end of next fall, she receive e-mail from BMES, 23 per- said. cent were interested in the BE major' Only $.50 each or $6.00/dozen and 24 percent were thinking about Biological Engineering Discipline the major, according to statistics Monday. 9/27 - Wednesday, 9/29 from 9am-5pm The proposed major differs compiled by the BMES Co-Vice markedly from biomedical engi- President Campus Relations Nupur neering majors at other universities, Garg '07. which focus on the application of "A lot of people want to major in engineering to medical problems, it," said BMES Student Advisor Lili said Professor Roger D. Kamm PhD X. Peng '05, though she said that '77, co-chair of the biological engi- many students are still uneducated neering undergraduate programs. about the major. MIT considered establishing an Many students "still try to use undergraduate program in biomed- bioenginering, biomedical engineer- ical engineering ten years ago, but ing and biotech interchangeably," because of its applied nature, we she said. could "not convince ourselves it's a Students also contributed input real discipline worthy of a degree," into the development of the major. said Griffith. Peng said that members of the Rather, biological engineering is BMES executive board have met a "whole new discipline af biologi- extensively with faculty to.discuss cal engineering" focused on the the program. molecular and quantitative aspects In addition, Kamm said that of biology, said Griffith. graduate students in BE have given Kamm said the discipline of bio- feedback about the new major and logical engineering -has come proposed curriculum. togcther in recent years as a result of advances in biology, particularly Faculty mostly in place Bright, enthusiastic in the computational tools available. The BE faculty has been mostly in place since the creation of the BE New curriculum designed Division in 1998,said Griffith. According to a report available Many strong co-teaching rela- Tech staffer wanted on the BE Division Web site, the tionships with other departments are proposed curriculum includes two already established, she said, which laboratory classes and core BE sub- will make the transition to the new jects in statistical thermodynamics, undergraduate program simpler. . programming, computation, biome- As students progress in the Requirement: Free time >O chanics, biological systems, and major, BE "may incrementally hire kinetics and dynamics. new faculty" who would possibly be In addition, Thermodynamics needed for senior design subjects, and Kinetics (5.60) and a spring said Griffith. version of Genetics (7.03) would be co-taught by BE. Program could influence others Compensation: free food Griffith- said that the committee The MIT program will serve as a has discussed the curriculum with model program in biological engi- members of industry, who have neering, said Griffith. plus our undying gratitude expressed interest in hiring gradu- "Other schools are looking to us ates of the MIT program. for leadership," she said, as Stan- The undergraduate minor in bio- ford is developing a new program medical engineering will continue, similar to the MIT major and Johns Please contact our representatives at and a new "more focused" minor in Hopkins is considering restructuring biological engineering may be creat- their biomedical engineering under- [email protected]. edu ed as well, said Griffith. graduate major to more closely resemble the new MIT degree pro- or call x3-1541 Enrollment possibly limited gram. Enrollment in the new major Grifith said that her goal is for may be capped in its early years if the program to become the nation- more students show interest in the wide leader. Page 14 THE TECH September 24,2004
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The Bison were ill-equipped to God-is-that-actually-football stink. stay in for the long haul and justify and looking there favors Green Bay. evened up their record to 3-3 on deal with the stronger Engineers and - Almost as my Super Bowl pick. If the defense that shut down the Tuesday with a 3-1 trouncing of looked a bit stunned by their defeat. Column bad as the . 3. The AFC West is by far the Carolina Panthers in week one Nichols college. The only quality performance Arizona weakest division in the league. The shows up, the Colts might be in They demonstrated from Nichols was by the goalkeep- Cardinals. AFC North might be the closest, but trouble. If it's the egg-laying squad their power on both er, Kellie Fitzgerald, who had an The problem, it seems, is that all of their teams are probably ahead that lost to the Bears last week, defense and offense amazing ten saves, but she couldn't changing the defensive coordinators of where any of the West teams are maybe not. . by destroying the do it all. did nothing for the Chiefs' defense. right now. The Chargers have made I'm going with Manning and the Lady Bison with thir- Despite their power in this They still make poor tackles and all a reputation off being bad recently, Colts, because he doesn't lob that teen shots on and allowing appearance, the Engineers are a rel- kinds of mistakes, and have the the Raiders are too old on offense to many interceptions (though Favre them just two throughout the entire atively young team, with just one worst run defense in the league. get anything done (even if their does) and this isn't a playoff game game. senior and 15 underclassmen. But And at this point, the blame has to defense has improved significantly), he's liable to choke in. Colts win, During the first half, the Engi- Coach Cheryl Silva does not see this be laid at the feet of the players. and the Chiefs have no run defense 28-2 1. neers resolutely kept the ball in as a major setback. "We may only But the real problem this year: is or passing offense. The Denver 2. How mad are the Oakland Bison territory, showing indis- - have one'senior, but we have nine that the Chiefs have no quality Broncos have a good defense and Raiders? Two years ago, Jon Gru- putable -dominance-on the field. On returning players," she said after the receivers. None. They had some, at well-run offense, but because they den beat his former team in the the rare occasions when a Nichols game. one point, but they are all now cannot pass the ball other defenses Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay attacker ventured into MIT territory, S$e did concede that there are injured, and the ones playing are th? simply stack against the run, like Buccaneers. That team was the Oak- midfielder Cheryl A. Texin '06 pro- improvements to be made: "One of definition of mediocre (or bad). So, Jacksonville did last Sunday, limit- land Raiders, and they promptly vided a human wall, preventing any the areas where we're young is that the Chiefs' offense, which carried ing running back Quentin Griffin to went on a 5-1 1 dive the next sea- shots on the MIT goal in the first we have a freshman goalkeeper, them through games, now cannot 66 yprds and a 2.5 yards per carry son. They're on the road to recovery period. Alexa Herman. It's hard to step in carry them, and the defense, which average. now, with many of the same old MIT's first goal was scored on a as a freshman and play keeper at the was supposed to get better, did not. If things persist like this, the players that lost in the Bowl, and penalty corner taken by Captain college level. But she gets better This is nowhere near a playoff AFC West might end up winning now they face that Tampa once Noelle J. Kanaga '06 and knocked every game." . team, and given their tough sched- the "Worst Division this Decade" again. Can they get vengence? into the net by Deanna M. Lentz MIT's thorough defeat of ule, I'll be surprised if they finish award. Probably, because the Tampa '06, the other team captain. Resist- Nichols makes their .500 record a more than 1 game above .500. Bay Bucs really stink this year. They ing the temptation to rest on their bit incongruous, but Silva expressed 2. The Minnesota Vikings are What we will learn: changed up half their roster over the lead, the team continued their the hope that they are just getting still the Vikings. Remember last 1. Which team is the inheritor of offseason. The upshot of this is their aggressive attacks, leading to anoth- started, saying "We want to build year, when the Vikings had this the Chiefs' "Most Potent Offense" defense is still good, like it has been, er goal fourteen minutes later, this for our conference starter." wanderful offense, but always title? The two top contenders, the but their offense is slow and ugly. one by Kanaga, with an.assist by The team hopes that the control seemed to give up the big game Green-Bay Packers and the Indi- Which, surprisingly enough, Texin. demonstrated against the Lady (cough.. . Arizona . .. cough) on anapolis Colts, meet on Sunday to could be a description of the Raiders MIT lost some momentum in the Bison will hold up to closer inspec- turnovers and dumb penalties? try to find an answer. as well. 1mean, any offense that has second half, making only four shots tion when they meet Babson on Sat- Well, they're still around. These teams both have aseputa- Rich Gannon, Jerry Rice and Char- in the last 35 minutes and allowing urday for their first New England Last Monday night's game tion for a powerful offense whether--lie-Garner as the main offensive the Lady Bison three shots. But Women's and Men's Athletic Con- against the Philadelphia Eagles fea- running or passing. The Colts have playmakiisiisn't that young. But it MIT managed to pad their lead with ference (NEWMAC) game of the tured wide receivers Randy Moss young MVP quarterback Peyton does trump anything-Tampa Bay a beautiful sequence started at mid- season. and Terrell Owens, but also featured Manning and running back Edgerrin _ has to offer. Raiders win, 17-6, .. field with 20 minutes to go in the game. Texin drove the ball up the field, dribbling around four defend- Women's Vol levball Dominates Wheaton Matchu6 ers before passing to Anna E. Ayuso By Paul Dill '07, who turned it over to 'Lentz, TEAM HEAD COACII who flicked it into the goal. It was The Women's Varsity Volley- teamwork at its apex. ball team added another win on Nichols fought valiantly to come Tuesday night by defeating back from a three point deficit, Wheaton College to keeping the ball in MIT territory for boost their record to , the remainder of the game, but still 8-3 overall, and 3-0 only managed to get two shots on in the NEWMAC goal. Conference. With seven minutes left in the The Engineers game, the Lady Bison managed to took control of the match early and score their first goal of the game, never looked back. After handling made by Stephanie Magni and Hol- the Lyons pretty easily in the first game 30-14, MIT pushed even harder in the second game behind the serving of Joy N. Hart '06 and UPCOMING completely dominated all aspects of the game, winning 30-7. HOME , In the third game however, an inspired and enthusiastic Wheaton team came out of the gate on fire, EVENTS taking a 12-7 lead. But the Engi- Friday, Sept. 24th: neers never lost their composure Varsity Women's Volley- and pushed back hard to eventually ball MIT Invitational, Rock- take the game 30-24 and the match well Cageldu Pont Gymnasi- 3-0. um, 4 p.m. Caroline D. Jordan '06 had a Sgturday, Sept. 25th: solid showing against Wheaton, Varsity Rifle Open Match, leading the way with eight kills, two Caroline D. Jordan '06 spikes the ball over th6 net last Tuesday night in Rockwell during a game du Pont Pistol and Rifle solo blocks, and three assisted against Wheaton College. The MI1women won 3-0, bringing their season record to 8-3. Range, 9 a.m. blocks. She also added three aces digs. Ellen E. Sojka '08 posted '05 tallied eight digs and Austin - The Engineers will be hosting Varsity Women's Sailing and seven digs. Hart registered a seven kills in one game while Zimmerman '06 dished out 32 the MIT Women's Volleyball Invi- hosts Women's Singlehanded team-best eight aces and 14 digs Frances M. Rogoz '07 totaled seven assists and contributed three assisted tational on Friday, Sept. 24 and Sat- Elims, Charles River, 9:30 while Arlis A. Reynolds '06 had 13 kills in two games. Alice H. Chou blocks. urday, Sept. 25. a.m. Varsity Women's Soccer vs. Babson College, Stein- Woods, Mickelson'Walk Tall, Fall Hard in Ryder Cup brenner Stadium, 1 p.m. Varsity Women's Volley- By Yong-yi Zhu they lost more ground and the Euro- turn the heat on Sunday afternoon, During his great years of 2000 ball MIT Inviational, Rock- COLUMNIST pean lead increased to 11-5. This they would be able to take the cup and 2001, Tiger's scoring average well Cageldu Pont Gymnasi- Embarrassing. Pathetic. Awll. forced the Americans to try to stage home, as they did five years ago. was phenomenal. He was first in the um, 4 p.m. Those are just a few of the won- one of the greatest comebacks in What happened back then rein- rankings both years, but what was derful adjectives that I can use to Ryder Cup history to win. forced the notion that one can show telling were his scoring averages describe the However, unlike five years ago, up one out of three days of a tourna- before and after the cut. Column American when the Americans successfully ment and take the win. In 2000, his average before the Ryder Cup pulled off a similar comeback, the There are other examples of this cut was 68.31 while his average on team's effort over this past week- Europeans took control of the Sun- kind of attitude in the golfing world. Saturdays and Sundays was even end. Not only did they lose the cup day matches, won 6 arid tied 2 oth- Take the American Ryder Cup better, at 68.02, despite more diffi- once again to the Europeans, but ers. They won the cup the right way, leader, Tiger Woods. He is known cult pin placements on the week- they were never really in it to begin by winning every day. for his huge Sunday comebacks and ends. In 2001, this trend was even with. They might as well not have The European team was the for dominating on the weekend. more evident: his scoring average shown up in the first place. uiderdog. The European team sup- However, if he played better on the before the cut was 69.26, while after After day one, the European lead posedly didn't have the talent to weekdays, he wouldn't have had to the cut it was 68.47 on Saturdays was 61/2 points to lln. Tiger compete with the Americans. But make all of those comebacks. True, and Sundays. Woods and Phil Mickelson lost both the American team suffered from Tiger has not missed a cut since the It feels as though Tiger sleep- of their matches and the team something far worse: procrastina- Stone Age, but it's when he puts on walked his way into the weekend, looked like it was trying to score as tion. his Sunday red that he takes it to few points as possible. On Saturday, They thought if they could just another notch. Ryder, Page 19