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M!T's The Weather ,Oldest and Largest Today: Hot, muggy, 90°F (32°C) Tonight: Warm, muggy, 68°F (20°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cooler, 71°F (22°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 122, Number 38 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, September 10, 2002 Building Committee. Halts Lab Extension New Media Lab Building Awaits Donations By Lauren E. LeBon Inc. At the time, the donation was one of the largest ~n MIT history, Funding shortages have caused a the MIT News Office said in a press temporary halt to construction on release. the Media Laboratory's four-year- The new building will add old extension project. 197,000 square feet adjacent to the In late July, the MIT Building ,Wiesner Building, which houses the' Committee voted against hlUnching Media Lab and the List Visual Arts the project's construction phase Center. The extension is to include until more fundjng could be raised. the Okawa C~nter for Future 'Chil- Last week, the expansion project dren, ,at which researchers will managers asked the City of Cam- ' "rethink the design of digital tech- bridge for a 12-month extension for norogies to meet the needs of chil- construction. dren," the press release said. After a delay to solicit more Groundbreaking on the project donations, the new building is had been scheduled to begin last expected to be ready for occupancy June, but was cancelled after the in January 2006: said Gregory L. laboratory failed to meet its Tucker, the Media Lab's facilities fundraising goals in time. AARON D, MIHALIK-THE TECH New York City Fire Department safety director Michael Bellone, suits up eight-year-old Jamie Joyce dur- director. Two-thirds of the required Managers hopeful on fundraising Ing an, Mil comm~nity event last Sunday, commemorating the anniversary' of Sept. U, 2001. Activi- amount has been donated so far, "The Media Lab's fundraising ties marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -continue through today and Wednesday. said Alexandra L. Kahn, a Media record is strong," said Martha Lab spokesperson: Construction of Ondras -MAr '74, the project's the new' building will not continue senior manager. "There is a strong until MIT has raised the remaining ,interest in their programs." Trujillo Addresses UA at Meeting third, she said. Unfortunately, however, "it is difficult to 'get very large gifts at a Councilors Question Proposal on 'Confidential Medical Transportation Okawa donation started extension time when people are being careful " The extension project had been about money," she said.' By Kathy Un MIT's developing policy on the gency medical transportation from jump-started in 1998 by a $27- mil- 'In the meantime, "everyone is confidentiality of student-run med- the MITPolice. lion donation from the late Isao ' stuck in the same crowded condi- At its first meeting of the fall ical transportation on campus. , ' VA Councilors criticize proposal Okawa, the foim~r chairman of term, the Undergraduate Associa- Trujillo, the associate dean for C.SK Corp and Sega El!terprises _Media Lab, Page 15 tion Council sharply questioned alcohol education and community Council~)fs expressed disap- ,Associate D~~n Daniel Trujillo on development, was the guest speak- proval of the proposed second-use er at the meeting, addressing' the disclosure policy, saying they w~re council on the proposed policy that concerned that the lack of confi- Students ~aise Alp~e.Bagel's .Food, a student's first use of medical dentiality on the second use would transportation be kept confidential. discourage stud~nts from using the On a sec,ond use, however, "the service, putting student lives at But CrJticize .Resta.urartt's Long Waits appropriate dean and a peer jl,ldi- risk. cial board would be informed of In response, Trujillo said that By Veena' Ramaswamy "The best way to describe Alpine school,'" he said. the offense," he said. the policy "is still a work in right now is a work in progress," said Construction delays had set back Records would be kept by MIT progress" and that the administra- , Alpine Bagel Cafe opened to gen- Chris Sullivan? an Alpine represtmta:- the opening ~y tylo weeks, and the Medical to aid in treatment, and to tion is "working to find a balance eral acclaim last Friday, but students tive;, / rush to' open nas given Alpine grow..: enable the medical department to between confidentiality and safe- complained o[,interminable waits as MIT is Alpine's seventh college ing pains. The restaurant has started' inform campus authorities of a sec- ty." ,the new Student Center restaurant location, but its opening weekend' photocopying its menus. On Sunday 'ond use of medical transportation. Trujillo said he believed that continues to hire more employees to here "has been extremely busy, much The students who run the medical the confidentiality issues will be meet the ~expectedly high demand. more than we've seen at any other Alpine, Page 15 transportation service would not be res,olved. "In my vision for the responsible for reporting students' future, everyone knows, what to 'second 'use. expect and these issues aren't a , Student volunteers are current- ly taking over the role of emer- UA Meeting, Page 17 Police Release 2001 Report On Crime Incidents at MIT By Nathan Collins comprehensive statistics than MIT EXECUTIVE EDITOR does, but reported 27 robberies, 29 The number of serious crimes at aggravated assaults, and 32 sex MIT changed little in 2001 compared offenses, for a total of at ,least 88 with previous years, the MIT Police "serious crimes" under the MIT clas- disclosed in their' annual survey of sification. The University. of Califor- campus crime. MIT's level of report- nia at Berkeley reported .about 20 ed crimes was again dramatically "serious crimes." lower than that of Harvard Universi- ty. MIT reports four sex offenses The 2001 MIT report lists 3"0 The police report disclosed a total occurrences of ~'serious crime," of four reported "forcible sex offens- including rapes, robberies, and aggra- es" during 200 I, down from six inci- vated assaults. S~iiar,numbers were dents the previous year. Harvard reported in previous years, with 27 reported 32 forcible sex offenses in AARON D, MIHALIK-THE TECH 2001, while U.c. Berkeley.had seven. BUSY BAGEL BAR-Mark Austerlo hands 'a student her change at the Alpine Bagel Cafe on Monday se'rious crimes in 1998, 33 in 1999, night. Students said they like the food, but dislike ~he long walts. Alpine Bagel,Cafe is hiring new staff and 30 in 2000. _Harvard University reports less- Crime, Page 12 to cope with the high deman~. 8,uper Mario Comics OPINION World & Nation 2 Sunshine is Aimee L. Smith questions the Opinion '4 another fan- legitimacy of America's newest Events Calendar 7 tastic' game. heroes. Arts : 8 Sp<?rts : 20 Page 8 Page 6 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH September 10, 2~02 WORLD & NATION Public Confidence Think Tank Report Says Iraq In Charities Declines TIlE II'ASIUNGTON POST WASHINGTON Could Get.Nukes in 'Months' Not so many months ago, Americans were dipping into their pockets like never before, pouring more than $2 billion into charita- By Sebastian Rotella not a high probability, it has to be amounts to, compelling justifica- ble causes in the aftermath of Sept. 11. For a time, the nation's non- and Janet Stobart seen as a real risk that could dra- tion for an immediate military profit groups were riding high in the public's esteem. LOS ANGELES TlME:S matically and quickly shift the bal- strike, said Charles Heyman, editor LONDON No longer, though. An unfolding list of questionable dealings - ance of power," the study said. of lane's World Armies. from the financial irregularities acknowledged at the United Way of Iraq needs several years and Otherwise, it concluded, Iraq "It said there was no justifica- . the National Capital Area to the lavish spending of AIDS Ride pro- extensive foreign assistance to would require at least several more tion now, but further down the line moter Pallotta TeamWorks to the stumbles of the American Red develop a nuclear weapon, but it years 'and substantial amounts of there might be," Heyman said. Cross in attempting to use its Sept. II donations for other causes - could produce one "in a matter of foreign materials and equipment to "There was nothing startling, no has caused public confidence in charities to plummet. months" if it acquired raw materi- build a nuclear bomb. killer facts, nothing which says, The percentage of people who say they have no confidence in such als from foreign sources, according British Prime Minister Tony 'This has got to be done now.' I organizations has doubled since July 2001, to 16 percent, according to to a study released Monday by a Blair is striving to convince dubi- don't think the population in the nationwide surveys by the Brookings Institution and Independent Sec- British think tank. ous Britons of the need to confront U.K. or the U.S. would want.'to go tor, an association of nonprofit groups. At the other end of the scale, Welcomed by British leaders Iraq. His government Monday to war against Iraq with the evi- the proportion of those who say they have "a lot" of tmst in charities who regard Saddam Hussein as an cited the think tank's assessment dence we had this morning," he has slipped from one in four last July to less than one in five. urgent threat, the report by the as justification for the hard-line said. ' When the question is narrowed to just federated appeals such as the respected International Institute of stance taken by Blair and the Bush Research for the study began in United Way, the confidence level tails ofT even more abmptly: Those Strategic Studies was a grim por- administration.