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Volume 122, Number 20 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, April 23, 2002 Application Deadline Extended After Few Apply for Segue Plan
By Jeffrey Greenbaum housing in the same dormitory for said that earlier this month her STAFF REPORTER their first year of graduate school. sorority committed to housing MIT's "Senior Segue" plan, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD '75 between 20 and .25 sisters in Sid- designed to alleviate the anticipated said the target number of students ney-Pacific. housing crunch next year, has thus necessary to prevent any crowding "There is enough of a shortfall far failed to attract enough juniors in undergraduate dormitories is unless something miraculous hap- from undergraduate dormitories between 120 and 150. pens," Clay said. into graduate halls. As of April 20, only 49 students However, he still supports the Accordingly, the members of have applied for this program, said crowding plan, which requires the Short Term Strategic Housing Denise A. Vallay, manager of some 15 percent of the junior class Committee have extended the dead- undergraduate residential services. to move. "We think that this is a line for juniors to apply for the Of the 49 applicants, 20 selected really good deal, and we do not Senior Segue option from this past The Warehouse, 13 chose Tang, 10 need a lot of people to make this Saturday for at least one week. opted for Sidney-Pacific, and six choice," Clay said. "I think that Under the plan, juniors who chose Ashdown as their first choice. fundamentally it is an excellent pro- choose to live in graduate housing In addition, Kappa Alpha Theta their senior year are guaranteed President Sheila Viswanathan '04 Senior Segue, Page 13 Aborted Harvard. Raid Academic Fails to Produce Paw Council By Dan Cho Patrick's Day, March 17. STAFF REPORTER The students gathered in front To Review A large group of MIT students of Building 7 at 7:00 p.m. on Fri- unsuccessfully attempted to recov- day. Dressed like vigilantes in AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH er the MIT mascot's stolen paw camouflage and face-paint, they A student Identified as Victor W. Brar '04 prepares to enter the Labor Code Friday evening. Approximately 25 sported enormous water guns and . room of a Harvard student he and other MIT students believed to students participated in a botched carried cardboard signs with defi- By Brian Loux possess the' missing paw from MIT's Tim the Beaver mascot cos- raid on an empty Harvard dormito- ant slogans. NEWS EDITOR tume. The students were unable to locate the paw. ry room, which ended abruptly The students traveled by bus to The MIT student group United when one of the room's inhabitants Harvard Square. From there, they Trauma Relief has petitioned Kirk D. New House Residents-Meet returned. walked to Holworthy Hall, where Kolenbrander, special assistant to the The excursion was organized the paw was allegedly being kept. president and chancellor, requesting by Rhett Creighton '02, who Although Creighton said at the standards for workers who produce Prospective Housemasters announced it through e-mail sent time of the raid that he did not MIT -licensed apparel. . to several dormitory mailing lists. .know the name of the Harvard stu- . Kqlenbrander has been in consis- By Helana Kadyszewski out the pancakes fast enough. Food Creighton bid students to take back dent or the alleged thief's exact tent contact with the group and has STAFF REPORTER seems to be the gravest concern, but the foot of the beaver costume that room number, Creighton was given voiced his approval for previous ~~ofessor Wesley L. Harris and he said. was stolen by an unknown drafts of the measure. H.e said he his wife Sandra Harris, potential can- Housemaster, Page 13 male in Harvard Square on Saint Paw, Page 16 would send the proposal to MIT Pres- didates for New House housem~ters, ident Charles M. Vest with his own met residents of the dorm Thursday. personal recommendations "by the The Harrises were invited by cur- end of the week." rent housemasters John M. Essig- The proposal requests that MIT mann PhD '76 and his wife Ellen M. join the Fair Labor Association, the EssigI!lann PhD '80, who will leave a Worker's Rights Consortium, and vacancy behind when they assume establish its own code of conduct for housemaster duties at Simmons Hall, licensees. the new undergraduate dorm sched- "This is exciting for us because uled to open for the fall. the WRC is a step most others have Though the selection process is not taken," said Sanjay Basu '02, one open and no official appoin~ent has of the principal authors of the propos- . been made, currently the Harrises are al. "Earlier, [administrators] were the only known .candidates being con- quite explicit that they were not sidered for the New House house- expecting any more than the FLA master position. Katherine G. O'Dair, membership. This move is really dif- .assistant dean of residential pro- ferent than our peer institutions." grams, expects that the decision Harvard, Stanford, and the California process will be wrapped up by May Institute of Technology' do not belong 1. to the WRC. Sandra Harris said that the event For the petition to officially reach was "a very positive exchange of the Academic Council, MIT's highest ideas and concerns." Her husband, a decision-making body other than the professor in the Department of Aero- MIT Corporation, it must first be nautics and Astronautics, was not accepted Kolenbrander and th~n available for co~ent. Vest. Each administrator has the . NATHAN COLLINS-THE TECH chance to make comments on the Diversity concerns residents Cadet Jude Verge of Salem State College walts as Army helicopters land on Briggs Field. MIT proposal; which will also be present- Harris said the chief concern she ROTC, which Includes cadets from Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley, and Salem State, took part in a vari- ed to' the Acad~mic Council before heard from students was "food - ety of field exercises, Including helicopter training and field drills, last weekend. whether or not we'll be able to turn Labor Code, Page 14
MIT held a Comics NEWS World & Nation '.2 memorial ser- Benjamin J. Zeskind '03 was , Opinion 4 vice for David elected Undergraduate Associa- Events Calendar 8 Epstein Sun- tion Council Speaker l~t night. day. Arts ' 9 Sports 20 Page 9 Page 6 Page 14 Page 2 THE TECH April 23, 2002 WORLD & NATION Socialists' Alliance Wms Majority French Politicians"Angered In Hungarian Parliament IIJS.I.WjU./:S n.\fES BUDAPEST. HUNGARY After Upset Wm For Le Pen A center-left alliance led by ex-Communists won a majority of seats in Hungarian parliamentary elections Sunday, setting the stage By Keith B. Richburg He said that if elected, he would sanctions against member state Aus- for Peter Medgyessy, a former finance minister and banker, to TilE II'ASIIlNGTON POST consider pulling France out of the tria when another far-right leader, become this country's next prime minister. PARIS 1992 Maastricht Treaty that set out Joerg Haider, made a strong show- "So, we have won!" a jubilant Medgyessy declared to supporters Saying democracy itself is in the continent's current economic and ing in legislative elections and his at the headquarters of the Hungarian Socialist Party. peril, leaders across the French polit- monetary integration. "I am not an anti-immigration Freedom Party During a harsh and divisive campaign, Socialist supporters com- ical spectrum Monday launched an enemy of Europe," Le Pen said. "I was invited into a coalition govern- plained that they were often described by Prime Minister Viktor emergency effort to prevent far-right am a partisan of a Europe of nations, ment. Those sanctions were with- Orban and other leaders of his center-right Fidesz-Hungarian Civic leader Jean-Marie Le Pen from turn- a Europe of homelands. But I am a drawn later that year and widely Party not as the opposition but as enemies. ing his second-place finish Sunday determined adversary of a suprana- viewed as counterproductive; there Medgyessy, 59, pledged Sunday night that he will serve all citi- into the French presidency when a tional, federal, federalizing Europe." was no serious talk Monday of zens. runoff is held 13 days from now. Speaking in triumphant tones, Le doing the same against France. "My conviction is that after forming the government, we must Leaders in other European capi- Pen suggested he might make an Haider was one of the few unify the country," he said. "I repeat what I said several times: It's tals expressed near universal dismay issue during the next 12 days of prominent Europeans speaking out my intention to be the prime minister of 10 million Hungarians, not at Le Pen's unforecast finish in th~ campaigning of the financial scan- for Le Pen Monday. In ap. interview two times 5 million. There are I0 million important people in Hun- first round of balloting, saying that dals that have dogged Chirac' s term with ORF radio, he said: "Anyone gary, regardless of whom they voted for." he must not get the presidency and in office. "If he was a company who speaks out against excessive that his views against immigrants chairman, he would leave his com- and uncontrolled immigration or the have no place in the new Europe of pany's annual meeting in hand- abuse of the asylum laws in the con- , President of China's Heir Apparent cooperation and falling. borders. cuffs," Le Pen said. text of center-right politics ~s"imme- At a news conference Monday, In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard diately branded as extremist. But as To Begin U.S. Trip Today an ebullient Le Pen promised a spir- Schroeder called it "regrettable that time goes on, our citizens are not IIJS..I,\'(iUIS TI.\ff:S ited campaign against incumbent the far right has become so strong." putting up with this anymore." BEIJING Jacques Chirac and said it will focus Political leaders in Britain, Spain With 99.11 percent of the vote The man expected to take over as leader of the world's most pop- on France's rising crime rate and the and Belgium said they were worried c.ounted, Chirac had 19.83 percent ulous nation leaves Tuesday on a diplomatic tour that will take him to number of immigraiIts in the coun- about the rise of extremism in a key and Le Pen 16.91 percent, with the Washington and a possible meeting with President Bush. try. He declared himself "the candi- European Union member state. rest spread among the Socialis"t Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao is scheduled to stop in Singa- date of the French people against In 2000, France pushed the 15- prime minister, Lionel Jospin (16.14 pore and Malaysia before traveling to the United States on Saturday the candidate of the system." nation ~uropean Union to impose percent), and 13 other candidates .. for a weeklong visit that will allow American officials to take further measure of the man nearly everyone believes will succeed President Jiang Zemin within a year. Hu's visit comes as Sino-U.S. relations, which enjoyed a revival Moussaoui Asks To Represent after Bush came to China in February, have hit another rocky patch over what Beijing perceives to be an alarming tilt by the Bush admin- istration toward Taiwan. The subject of Taiwan is likely to dominate Hu's agenda in Wash- Self in Sept. 11 Terrorism 1ljal ington, including an expected meeting with Bush, who invited Hu to the United States while in Beijing two months ago. The two men met By Brooke A. Masters lawyers of being part of a govern- said Eric Holder, a former top Jus-' for the first time then, chatting briefly over tea right before Bush TIlE WASHINGTON POST ment plot to "get this matter over as tice Department official. ''Now you WASHINGTON delivered a speech at Hu's alma mater, Qinghua University. quickly as possible.: . (because) the have the prospect of him oeflecting Zacarias Moussaoui, the only U.S. commander in chief wants me attention from the one opportunity person facing American charges in to be over quickly." the United States has to explain Microsoft's Gates Says the Sept. 11 hijackings, jarred a fed- Then he called for the return of what Sept. 11 was all about and eral courtroom Monday by telling a parts of the world to Muslim rule, what al- Qaida is. Now people .are Wmdows Hurt By Sanctions judge he wants to fire his court- including Spain," Kashmir and going to be" focused on the rantings eli/erGO TRIBUNE appointed lawyers and praying for Chechnya. "I pray ... for the destruc- and ravings of this zealot." WASHINGTON the destruction of the United States tion of the Jewish people and state Moussaoui's announcement In his first courtroom appearance during Microsoft Corp.'s and Israel. and the liberation of Palestine ... I derailed what was to have been .a marathon antitrust battle, chairman Bill Gates said Monday the soft- In a calm but fervent 50-minute pray to Allah the powerful for the short hearing to consider defense ware giant would effectively disintegrate if a federal judge accepted statement at the lawyers' lectern, return of the Islamic emirates of complaints about his confinement. the proposed judicial order by the nine states that refuse to settle the Moussaoui, 33, quoted extensively Afghanistan and the destruction of His lawyer had just started talking case. from the Koran in English and Ara- the United States," he said. when Moussaoui raised his arm, one Microsoft's opponents accused Gates of crying wolf, exaggerating bic as he explained that he wants to "America, America I am ready finger to the sky. Given permission the problems for the company, the software industry and consumers. represent himself and hire a Muslim to fight in your Don King fight .. , to speak, he announced in heavily The states are unhappy with a proposed settlement between the com- attorney as his legal consultant. He even both hands tied behind the accented but fluent English, "They pany, the Jl!stice Department and nine other states. faces the death penalty if convicted back in court." are not anymore my lawyers." Armed with PowerPoint slides to help make his case, Gates told on charges that he conspired with Moussaoui's request complicates Brinkema told Moussaoui she U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly the non-settling states Osama bin Laden and the 19 hijack- the case for the Justice Department, respected his constitutional right to would give competitors too much access to Microsoft's trade secrets. ers to carry out the terrorist attacks. which may now have to share the represent himself agaiiist charges of They could make their own versions of the Windows operating The French citizen told U.S. Dis- stage with an alleged terrorist, who . helping to plot the four hijackings system and applications, Gates said, making it impossible for trict Judge Leonie Brinkema that his would be able to make an' opening that killed more than 3,000 people, Microsoft to earn the type of profits necessary to fund the research lawyers "have no understanding of -statement, a closing argument and but would not make a"final decision' and development that leads to new products. terrorism, Muslim, mujahideen." He cross-examine witnesses. until a psychiatrist examined him also accused Brinkema and his "This is a nightmare scenario," for mental health problems .. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, April 23, 2002 The Wmds of Change r:J~.~ .~.~.~o~~ ~ By Michael J. Ring "tti "q"r:::, ,""5 "r:::, "r:::,"5 ,~ Oji:) OJ!!!. SJAF/-" .\fEJEOROf.()GIST The Boston area has experienced some wild swings in temperatures over the past week. Yesterday's raw weather, with daytime temperatures strug- gling to maintain 40°F (5°C) and periods of sleet in Boston, seemed unbe- lievable considering last week the city reached 93 OF(34°C), smashing an old record by over 10°F (6°C). The culprit for the swings in temperature is changes in the direction of pre- vailing wind. During last week's record heat, the wind was generally out of the southwest (except immediately along the coast, where a sea breeze occurred). After the passage of a cold front (manifested by the strong thunderstorms on 3O~N Friday afternoon), the wind shifted from the warm south to the cold north, and temperatures responded, falling to near-winter-like levels yesterday. With the wind shifting to the west tomorrow night and Wednesday, the weather should be dry and seasonably mild for the next few days. The next chance of precipitation is associated with a cold front currently over the Great Plains, which might bring showers Thursday evening.
Extended Forecast Today: Mostly cloudy with a few lingering sprinkles. High near 50°F (10°C). Tonight: Partly cloudy and cool. Low near 38°F (3°C) .. Wednesday: Partly sunny with more seasonable temperatures. Highs approaching 55°F (13°C). _ Trough - Fog \Vednesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows near 42°F (6°C). H High Pressure . - Showcn - - Thundenllorm Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with showers possible at night. Highs around ...... Warm Front \l* V ~ Ughl L Low Pressure ex::> Haze 58°F (15°C) and lows near 43 OF(6°C)...... Cold Fronl Moderate * Friday: Mostly sunny, with continued near-normal temperatures. Highs Compiled by MIT ~ Hurricane ** MeIeorol"llY StalT ~ Slationary Front Heavy . near 60°F (16°C) and lows in the lower 40s F (5° to rC). A .. and TIre T«h April 23, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3
Cardinals Meet in Vatican HP Trial Opens Thesday in Delaware u.s. c KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS WILMINGTON, DEL. For Historic Sex Abuse Summit At 9:30 a.m. here Tuesday, a Delaware judge will open the trial in a case that has transfixed Silicon Valley: Walter Hewlett's claim that By Carol Eisenberg American Catholics. " ... Bishops prospect of a new, national protocol Hewlett-Packard executives bought votes and lied to shareholders in NEWSDAY everywhere ... have expressed sor- for handling clergy sex abuse that their quest to win shareholder approval for the purchase of Compaq VATICAN CITY row for their poor judgment and for would be binding on all American Computer. Here in this ancient city-state their inactivity (on this issue). I bishops, and which likely would Walter Hewlett, son of HP's co-founder and a board member of where change is often measured in think people know we're sorry. require that all allegations of abuse the company, led the efforts by the Hewlett and Packard families to centuries, a dozen American cardi- What they want to know is what be reported to civil authorities. defeat the $20 billion deal. nals prepared Monday for extraordi- we're going to do about it." They're also debating a "one strike After shareholders narrowly approved the merger at a raucous nary closed-door meetings with top But galvanizing an institution and you're out" policy for removing shareholder meeting March 19, Hewlett filed suit in Delaware, where Vatican officials. accustomed to moving at a glacial abusive priests. And they're seeking HP is legally incorporated, asking the court to order a revote or The cardinals say they will press pace will not be easy. Gregory said authority from the Vatican to declare the merger defeated. for the authority to make changes American church leaders would defrock abusive priests more easily In the three-day trial before Chancellor William Chandler III, aimed at eliminating the scourge of seek Pope John Paul II's approval to than canon law currently allows. Hewlett's lawyers plan to argue that HP coerced at least one major clergy sex abuse and restoring the impose a set of standards for han- But their efforts are expected to shareholder, the Deutsche Asset Management unit of Deutsche Bank, credibility of the Roman Catholic dling sex abuse that would be bind- face at least some resistance by the to support the deal. leadership in the United States. ing on all U.S. bishops. Currently, Vatican, which is run by cardinals Hewlett alleges that HP threatened to withhold future business With dozens of U.S. reporters each bishop is essentially king of his more conservative than the Ameri- from Deutsche Bank if the investment bank did not vote its HP shares jamming the street outside the North own diocese, answerable only to the can prelates and which will want to for the merger. Deutsche is believed to have switched 17 million anti- American College where many of pope. ensure that the U.S. bishops do not merger votes to favor the deal in the final hours before the polls the cardinals are staying, the pres- While 'no such changes are endanger the church's historic closed. sure for them to produce concrete expected to be announced this week, autonomy or create problems for results from the hastily arranged a green light from the Vatican the church in other parts of the two-day meeting was palpable Mon- would mean the proposals could be world. Employers Quick to Use Court day. voted on at a June meeting of U.S. The pope is expected to attend at "We've passed the time of mea bishops in Dallas, when the entire least part of Tuesday morning's ses- Ruling to Deny Workers' Rights culpas," Bishop Wilton Gregory, American hierarchy is to meet to sion in the Sala Bologna in the LOS ANGELES TIMES president of the U.S. Conference of discuss a response to the sex abuse Apostolic Palace, but will not be Employers across the United States are testing the limits of a Catholic Bishops, said .in a news scandals. there for the entire session. The sec- recent Supreme Court decision to deny back pay to an undocumented . briefing when asked whether the In interviews in the past' few ond day of meetings will be worker, seeking to use the ruling to avoid minimum wage and work- group would produce an apology to days, several cardinals floated the Wednesday. ers' compensation awards, even asking for the documents of a worker who complained of sexual harassment, according to advocates for low-wage workers. Poll Finds American Public Wary The swift employer response, along with widespread misunder- standing of the court's intent, has heightened a sense of distress building in immigrant communities through months of recession and the war on terrorism, the advocates said. .Of U.S. Middle East Intervention "Everyone is reeling from this," said Della Bahan, a Pasadena, By Richard Morin ' about what, if anything, the United both Israel and the Palestinian . Calif., attorney representing immigrant janitors in a class-action law- and Claudia Deane States can or should do to bring Authority. More than four in. 10 suit alleging wage and hour violations. "It's created a lot of confusion THE WASHINGTON POST Israel and the Palestinians closer to believe Israel's goal is to seize con- and a lot of fear. However it's ultimately interpreted, the overall mes- As the Israeli military operation peace. Many Americans doubt that trol of the West Bank and Gaza. But sage is, 'You complain at your peril. '" on the West Bank winds down, the either side is truly serious about the public was equally suspicious of On March 27, the high court ruled 5-4 that because he was undoc- American public is wary of seeing reaching an agreement. . Arafat and the Palestinian Authori- umented, a worker at a Southern California chemical plant could not the United States continue to take the The survey also suggests that the ty: 43 percent percent said the goal collect thousands of dollars in back pay after he was illegally fired for lead in brokering deals between the , Bush administration will get little of the Palestinians was to "destroy union-organizing activities. The court determined that the worker's two warring sides, according to a new guidance from the public as it plots the state ofIsrael." violation of immigration law overrode the employer's violation of Washington Post-ABC News Poll. its next move in the Middle East. On These mixed, ambivalent views labor laws. A narrow majority - 54 percent the one hand, Bush would appear to also are reflected in' the public's - said the United States should have a relatively free hand in setting evaluation of Secretary of State stand aside 'and let Israel and) the poli~y.On.the other hand; most Colin Powell's trip laSt week to the Former Sotheby's Chairman Palestinian Authority take the lead Americans agree that the United Middle East. Barely four in 10 said role in crafting a peace agreement. States has a "vital interest" in the Powell's trip improved the prospects Jailed 'In Price-Fixing Trial Six in 10 say they want Israel to Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sug- of peace, while half said it' did not. LOS ANGELES TIMES negotiate directly with Palestinian gests the public could punish the But few blame Powell or Presi- NEW YORK leader Yasser Arafat to end the cur- administration if the conflict worsens. dent Bush for the mission's failure. A federal judge on Monday sentenced A. Alfred Taubman, the rent conflict - a move rejected by "I don't know that there can be a Among those who felt no progress 'former chairman of Sotheby's, to a year and a day in prison for con- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. resolution at this time. I think they was made, the overwhelming major- - spiring with his counterpart at Christie's to fix commissions on items A majority also fault both sides' both are so set in what they want, ity blamed either the Palestinians offered for auction. for failing to control the bloodshed and it's so opposite," said. Paula (31 percent) Israel (15 percent) or U.S: District Judge George Daniels also ordered Taubman to pay that has enveloped the -region in Schapp, 34, a homemaker in Tulsa. both sides equally (30 percent) a $7.5 million fine. recent months; the survey found. '''I am pretty open to see what (the rather than faulting Powell (Ii per- The collusion, which stifled competition between the two largest Most Americans blame Israel for Bush administration) tries next, cent). auction houses, cost customers millions of dollars. not doing enough to prevent Pales- because I don't know what I would Even more ambivalence is "Price fixing is a crime whether it is committed in a local grocery tinian civilian casualties during its do ifl was in control." apparent when Americans are. ~ked store or the. hall of a great auction house," Daniels said. military incursion into ."the West "I think we should be a little bit to look to the future. If Israel contin- "This was a deceitful, secretive criminal scheme whose whole Bank and Gaza'Strip. But an even more aggressive," said cruz Castro, ues to defy Bush and refuses to object and purpose was criminal profit. This was a crime motivated larger majority fault Arafat for not 45, a construction worker in Sacra- withdraw entirely from Palestinian not by desperation and need, but by arrogance and greed." doing more to end the wave of ter- mento. "The U.S. has already put areas it recently occupied, about Rejecting a probation report that recommended against prison rorist attacks against Israeli citizens . . itself up on the table as a leader for half of those interviewed said the time, Daniels saidTaubman ~ad failed to show contrition and had. In question after question, the peace. So it has to get involved." United States should withhold mili- tried to blame others while portraying himself as the victim of a poll suggests the American public is The survey found that many tary or economic aid from Israel - vicious scheme. frustrated and largely confused .Americans question the motives of but just as many 4isagreed. The judge said Taubman "clearly performed a supervisory and managerial role" in the conspiracy. "Regardless of what heights he has obtained in life, no one is Volker Says Andersen Needs Miracles above the law,"Daniels said. Yodeler Drops Lawsuit Against Yahoo To Save Embattled Accounting Firm LOS ANGELES TIMES By David S. Hlizenrath sion's investigation of its audits of chairman of a new governing board Yodeler Wylie Gustafson, a country-western singer from Dusty, and Carrie Johnson Enron. It hasn't settled -'or even. - if Andersen showed progress on Wash., said Monday that he was dropping a lawsuit accusing Yahoo THE WASHINGTON POST limited liability in -, a claSs action each of its battle fronts. Inc. of poaching his three-note vocalization following what may have WASHINGTON shareholders' lawsuit. ~ Andersen ~pokesman Dan Hill been the fastest settlement in the West. Former Federal Reserve Chair- Volcker said weeks ago that one said the firm is "committed to mov- News of Gustafson's $5 million lawsuit was carried around the man Paul Volcker, Arthur Ander- condition had been met - a core of ing forward with the plan he (V 01- world Friday, prompting Yahoo to put its top lawyer on a plane for a sen's'white knight in waiting, sug- senior partners had committed to cker) outlined." The plan calls for meeting in Los Angeles with the cowboy-poet's lawyer. His people gested Monday that it would take stay on and reforril the firm. Now, Andersen to divest much of its con- had a deal with their people by sundown Saturday. "miracles" to turn around the Volcker's 'group isn't so sure and sulting business, which Volcker's "I am the happy yodeler," Gustafson said Monday. "I was sur- embattled accounting firm. plans to ask Andersen for a status oversight board sees as incompati- prised. I said, 'Boy, that was fast.'" . And a report that Andersen had report, a source close to his reform ble with its auditing mission. - Gustafson agreed not to disclose how- much Yahoo would pay hired a bankruptcy specialist to help effort said. "There are a number o~ partners him. But, he said, it was "enough to feed my (10) hungry horses this its re~tructuring efforts added to Andersen appointC?d Volcker in within Andersen that want to vigor- winter" - and then some. speculation the firm was preparing February to head an internal over- .ously pursue Volcker's plan ... and "While both parties had a reasonable basis for their beliefs, as to file for reorganization, some sight board with broad authority to they're doing the things internally soon as Yahoo learned of the suit, the company responded promptly experts said. One month after offer- mandate changes in the firm's per- they need to do to make that hap- and fairly," Yahoo said in a statement. "The Yahoo yodel, performed ing to take charge of Andersen if the sonnel and business practices. At pen," Hill said. by Gustafson and known and loved by millions around the world, firm met four conditions, Volcker the time, the firm's leadership hoped As part of that effort, Hill said, will continue to ~ used in Yahoo advertising and marketing." issued a statement saying, "At this his prestige would help restore the New York turnaround firm Gustafson said he may even make appearances on behalf of the point those conditions have not been Andersen's credibility. Vol9ker was Alvarez & Marsal "is working with popular Web site. met, but we can always look for eager to use AnderSen as a vehicle Andersen to reform and restructure Lawyers said the suit may have been the first to attempt to enforce miracles. " to reform the audit business, which under the guiding principies of Vol- a copyright on a yodel. Andersen hasn't secured relief he saw as fraught with conflicts of cker." Hill said the outside firm, "Hopefully this will make artists more aware and companies more from the Justice Department's crim- interest. hired in late March, is helping the aware of the value of copyrights and the use of artists' creations," inal prosecution of the firm for In March, as he tried to prod firm cut costs to a,djust to a loss of. Gustafson said. "Anything with a musical melody is copyrightable. shredding records of its work for Andersen and its adversaries to set- revenue. Bryan Marsal is serving as It's not like I'm just yelling or screaming. There is a definite musical Enron Corp. It hasn't concluded the tle their differences, Volcker offered Andersen's "chief restructuring structure to that yodel." Securities and Exchange Commis- take on the more hands-on role of manager," he added. Page 4 THE TECH April 23, 2002 OPINION No More Limits on International Students Proposals currently being discussed by the Bush adminis- from MIT and other U.S. universities. Truly sensitive research remains under tighter control, as it should. Chairman tration may severely restrict university course offerings avail- Even with a complete ban on foreign students, what is to Rima Arnaout '02 able to some international students. Students from countries deemed potential threats would be prevent the next John Walker Lindhe from studying at MIT or Editor in Chief Caltech, learning basic technologies which could be applied to. Kevin R. Lang ,02 Editorial forbidden from taking courses judged to have possibilities for weapons of mass destruction, and then "exporting" that Business Manager assisting in the production of weapons of mass destruction. knowledge? Perhaps the Bush administration might argue that Rachel Johnson '02 However, The Tech believes that any proposal which would stricter background checks for all American students would be Managing Editor limit the course work available to international students any further necessary - even then, the system is not fool-proof. By Joel C. Corbo '04 than do existing regulations would only damage American univer- attempting to extend the definition of sensitive knowledge Executive Editor sities, without providing any real benefit to national security. beyond already well-established limits in defense-related Jordan Rubin '02 While programs such as nuclear engineering are often cited research, academia would be pushed ever-closer to the prover- as potentially dangerous fields of education in the wrong hands, bial slippery slope. NEWSiFEATURf.'S snFF one could easily argue that any technical course of study might While most of the implications of further restrictions on News Editors: Jennifer Krishnan '04, Eun J. Lee international students would be felt at universities around the '04, Brian Loux '04; Associate Editors: Keith J. be used to develop weapons systems which a hostile state or ter- Winstein '03, Christine R. Fry '05; Staff: rorist group could use against the U.S. Students in mechanical country, any such proposal would severely conflict with MIT's Harold Fox G, Vijay Shilpiekandula G, Naveen engineering might help develop firearms or artillery systems; goals of open research and knowledge. The OpenCourseWare Sunkavally G, Dan Cho '02, Dana Levine '02, cancer drugs from chemistry or biology labs might be devel- program strives to make an MIT education freely available Helana Kadyszewski '03, Jeffrey Greenbaum oped into biological weapons. If the Bush administration can around the world; would the Bush administration seek to shut '04, Vicky Hsu '04, Richa Maheshwari '04, argue that one field of study is a threat to national security, the down programs such as this if publicly available material were Flora Amwayi 'OS, Vincent Chen '05, Jennifer DeBoer 'OS, Aaron Du 'OS, Sam Hwang 'OS, argument could surely be extended to exclude some internation- deemed a threat to national security? Tom Kilpatrick 'OS, Amerson Lin 'OS, Jing- al students from any field of study in science or engineering. International students from every comer of the globe have Helen Tang '05, Qian Wang '05; Meteor- In addition, MIT's stance that on-campus research is open made immense contributions to MIT and to the world's body of ologists: Robert Korty G, Greg Lawson G, Nikki -and non-classified applies directly in this situation. Sensitive scientific knowledge, and the potential loss of a pool of these Prive G. William Ramstrom G, Michael J. 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Wcdrtc speak of undemocratic-actions on the part of the as the legitimate president of Venezuela. The Michael Borucke Venezuelan president and point to Chavez's fir- official responded, "He was democratically Remix ing executives of the state-run oil monopoly, elected ... Legitimacy is something that is con- Doesn't it figure? Petroleos de Venezuela. One official from said' ferred not just by a majority of the voters, how- . Just when the U.S. thinks it's got itself a fair corporation asserted that the output of oil ever." Lucky for George W. Bush. Philip Burrowes and honest coup in South America, the ignorant should be set accordi~g to market conditions There are a few lessons the U.S. can take masses have to return their democratically elect- and not OPEC quotas. from this debacle for the next time the opportu- Album credits for the video to the "I Need a ed leader to power. I suppose the days of overt , Unfortunately for the oil importers of the nity to depose a democratically-elected leader Girl" remix proclaim "P. Diddy & Bad Boy U.S. manipulation of foreign leadership in Latin world, Chavez doesn't agree; he has kept to comes around. Presents ... We Invented the Remix." Whether America'is over - for now, anyway. production quotas. Propaganda: If U.S. mainstream media and this is mere braggadocio or the title to some Quick to blame Venezuelan President Hugo With Chavez back in the presidency, the White House are going to float the line that forthcoming album, it begs the question - is Chavez for shooting' deaths at a demonstration Venezuela will most likely continue adhering to Chavez supporters shot and killed peaceful anti- this something to be proud of? Shouldn't remix- in Caracas (the Venezuelan capital), and eager OPEC quotas on oil production, forcing prices government protesters, then photographs of ing be considered akin to putting new wine in to work with the new government, headed by to return to pre-coup levels. A look at the oil murdered National Guardsmen - Chavez sup- old skins, wasting a different beat or artist on an Venezuelan business leader Pedro Estanga Car- section of the Times shows that prices of oil are porters - aren't going to help the cause. exhausted lyrical theme? mona, the U.S. government probably expected already above $25 per barrel. In addition, Double-checking: Make sure the client you Let's examine the aforementioned song. clear sailing for its client regime a la 1953 Chavez will almost certainly continue sending favor is going to listen to you. It doesn't look Originally, Mario Winans and Loon collabo- Guatemala or 1967 Chile. But it would appear oil to Cuba. Doesn't he realize the threat Cuba good when you embrace a "democratic" gov- rated with Puffy in another testament to his we crapped out this .time. represents to the world? To top it off, as head of ernment whose first act in power is to dissolve inability to get over Jennifer Lopez. While the Looking at the April 16 New York Times the National Assembly, the Constitu- song was a nice break from other tracks on article "Bush Officials Met With Venezuelans tion, and the Supreme Court, against "The Saga Continues," with lyrics like "Strip Who Ousted Leader," one tends to get the your wishes no le~. clubs, sit buzzed spend twenty Gs" and "Diddy impression that the U.S. knew something 70 the question of why the US. doesn't Strategic positioning: Make sure all be chillin' with the Prada mamis," it seemed about the attempted coup beforehand. It of the key military people are on board the rappers couldn't commit to too much would seem U.S. officials urged anti-Chavez like Chavez, and really to the question with the plan. Too many Chavez sup- humility. people to use constitutional means, rather than of why the US. likes or dislikes most any porters in key military installations were In the remix, Mario Winans gets replaced to overthrow the Venezuelan president. They able to stop the coup. with Usher, the chorus skips the part about didn't want to be too rough, too,over-the-top nations leader,the answer, tp put it Support: It's obvious that the people needing a girl who would "lie to the industry," in bringing this guy down, but U.S. officials had too much voice in determining who and we get a smoother beat. PutTy being Puffy, plainly admit, "we don't like this guy," so, bluntly, is US. interests. their leader would be. Future U.S. atten- we still get stuck with his line about being "like almost by definition, he should be removed tion to Venezuela might be focused on brothers" with his ex, but he does ,drop the ran- from office. _ neutralizing- that ele'ment. Providing dom pseudo-Spanish phrases and instead of To the question of why the U.S. doesn't like- Venezuela, Chavez continues to oppose a war funds to opposition forces, and outright threat- "nothin' that's broke that we can't fix," we get Chavez, and really to the question of why the on Afghanistan. Terrorista ... ening the populace into compliance, has worked "you're the one that I will always miss." Don't. U.S. likes or dislikes most any nation's leader, U.S. officials also showed concern at the before .. worry, Sean; time heals all wounds. the answer, to put it bluntly; is U.S. interests. shooting deaths caused by pro~Chavez support- Whatever the response, U.S. involvement in Point being, this remix was almost an entire- What then are the U.S. interests in Venezuela? . ers during an ant~-government protest, although Venezuelan politics is far from over. Chavez ly different song, and even the verses that were Oil, or more properly, the U.S. desire to control who started the gunfire is still rather question- may have Caracas, but the U.S. has got the mostly preserved had key words changed, alter- it - and Chavez's unwillingness to let this hap- able. World Bank, the IMP, and potentially the Free ing the meaning ,significantly. Similar things pen. The U.S. imports 1.5 million barrels a day Despite all his faults, it appears that Wash- Trade Area of the Americas. Chavez might happened in the song's musical antagonist, from Venezuela. If Venezuela were to increase ington is going to let Chavez have another . stick to OPEC quotas, but improving the lot of "Ain't it Funny," where Jennifer Lopez went production it woul~ precipitate a drop in prices, chance, but not without veiled threats. National the majority of Venezuel~ns - 85 percent of from thinking some unnamed person set her and I don't think ouf government would mind Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said that whom are in poverty - without aid from the heart free to laughing at him while he plays the that so much. Unfortunately, Chavez adhered to the White House hopes "[h]e takes advantage of . international financial institutions will be an fool in the remix. It was a total shift in theme, it .production quotas for too lQng. Time to get this opportunity to right his own ship ~hich has uphill climb, no doubt. The U.S. may choose to brought in a new artist (Ja Rule, even though someone else in the hot seat. . been moving, frankly, in the wrong direction for apply still harsher measures. For any given the J/Ja thing is getting old), and had a different . Like every other aspect of foreign policy, quite a long time." I assume here she is speak- country, the U.S. can still "make their economy beat. The remix's author, Ashanti, knows a supposed concerns about democracy and ing metaphorically, as Chavez is a former para- scream"; for if the treaties don't work, the U.S. thing or two about remixes herself, having done human rights mask the U.S.'s true motivations, trooper, not a sailor. Another U.S. official was can always slap sanctions on Venezuela. Just a "sequel" to her own Ja duet with "Always on albeit not very well. Administration officials asked if the U.S. finally recognized the Chavez .look at Iraq and Cuba. Time Part 2" and going from "Foolish" to "Unfoolish," all in one album . Here's where things get a little hairy. "Unfoolish" features pretty much the same beat .Where. .. to.. Go "From Here? as "Foolish," the main difference being an anti- theticallyrical theme and the inclusion of Big- especially since he turned down the "generous Netanyahu, .his Likud competitor, who has all gie rhymes (mostly from a previous team-up Khoon Tee Tan 'offer" at Camp David in 2000. Arafat and many along called for stronger military action against with R. Kelly). Said beat was furthermore -Palestinians on the other hand believe that Israel the Palestinians, there is a limit to which he can already sampled on the remix to Biggie's hit So in its attempt to uproot Palestinian "ter- is to blame' for the current' intifada due to its . make concessions even if he was willing to. "One More Chance." Were Ashanti herself on rorists'" and destroy the "terrorist infrastruc': ..contiilUed encroachme,nt and land poaching The recent military strikes would likely lead the Bad Boy label, the mix couldn't be more ture," the Israeli .army has managed to rocket from Palestinians ..Each is partly in.the right. to further radicalization of the Palestinian cause. incestuous. Even songs where the new arti~ts and bulldoze the "cities of terror" irito submis- Much of the negative p~rception of Arafat Arafat, if he still holds office, will reject any aren't so closely related, like every So So Def sion, while making thousands of arrests of sus- ~ong Americans and Israelis stems from Clin- notion of Israeli sovereignty over the West remix ever, tread a fine line between a fresh pected militants. On the other hand, the'Organi- ton and Barak; both blamed Arafat for the fail- Bank and Gaza settlements without at least a spin on an old hit and a cheap attempt at leak- zation of Islamic Countries (Ole) haS made its ure of'the Camp. David talks. It was said that fair swap of land, a likely position of any Pales- ing more money out of a depreciating com- stand clear: Palestinian suicide attacks and those Arafat had' !Ufned down the best offer he could tinian leader with political legitimacy anyway. . modity .. of others fighting against foreign occupation possibly get, and was hence a fanatic with no And in the wake .of its withdrawal, the Israeli What makes the status of these types of should not be linked to "terrorism." 'real intention for peace. There are several rea- army leaves behind what is now even less Qf a -remixes so ambiguous is their hybrid nature. The OIC stand is understandable, but not sons why such political caricaturization pro- state than it was before .. Rap music can get away with just throwing a necessarily right. Political expediency aside, the vides.less than half the story; the main reason The Palestinian Authority no longer has any new artist onto an old background, because member governments of the OIC' have been being that Barak's offer actually required security apparatus or infrastructure to bring that's how rap started, and, quite frankly, quick to recognize that under present circlim- Arafat's acceptance of Israeli' sovereignty over order to Palestinian society. There is still..some because sampling is so rampant. Listeners of . stances, there is no better way to gain American otherwise illegal settle~ents in the West Bank, uncertainty as to which organization Will carry rap have conditioned themselves to accept a diplomatic and even military- support than by' and in effect meant giving .up large swathes of the 'Palestinian flag in future negotiations with new voice over the same beat. Singers, on the framing the rhetoric of one's fight in the context occupied Jerusalem to Israel, something strong- Israel. Sharon refuses to negotiate with Arafat, other hand, rarely utilize identical tunes, and of fighting terrorism. This is what' Sharon was ly rejected by both Palestinians and Arabs. whom he deems "irrelevant," and has been haven't gotten their bread and butter from doing very swift to pounce on in the immediate after" Arafat's blame for. Israel, on the other hand, encouraging his military commanders to negoti- covers' since Frank Sinatra sang "It's Not Easy math of Sept. But is he entitled to calling his a masks severe corruption and-incompetence in ate with their local Palestinian counterpcUts, but Being Green." This is why Fabolous (and yes, "war on terror"? Yes, and no. -' his admini~tration of Palest'inian territory. this could well lead to a fracture in Palestinian that's how he spells it) is palatable on the Yes, because one should not confuse means While raw executive power may be needed to leadership and legitimization of militia groups, ''Boottee'' (and yes, that's how they spelled it) and ends: Acts of terror constitute. means that secure stability in times of strife, Arafat has ~ausing more confusion and greater uncertainty . .remix but out of place when he pops up in "Oh serve the ends ofits-perPe~tofs, and there is ~o failed t~ put in place any framework for even - And as fQr the Arab League's offer of a land for' My"; the list~ner is either different or in a dif- doubt that they are repugnant and appalling local. democratic elections, and is likely to peace deal? Sharon has suggested a regional ferent mindset. means, irrespective of what the ends are. So leave behind a succession problem. He has also peace conference, which the AmeriCans should Our last type of remix banks on that, and killing civilians is "terrorism," and engaging contributed to the pool of resentment and host; several moderate Arab countries would be that makes it the least respectable, maybe even such militants'in combat is rightly called a "war hatred by encouraging the intifada from time to' invited, as would, Palestinian representatives, downright seary. They are of the "dance remix" on terror." time; something that may seem politically .. but not Arafat. A change of tack and mood in an variety, where a song's background is. simply No, because rather than attempt to address expedient, but also damages his credibility as a avowed loather of the Oslo peace process and a replaced with that of another genre. Should the the issues that contribute to Jerrorism, Sharon statesmari.- rejectionist of American and UN intervention? listener like one version, the. other ones are and his 'pred~cessors have' instead exacerbated There can he no telling for sure what will Well, more like 'wily political sidestepping of either considered horrible, or they detract from Palestinian anger by expanding Israeli settle- happen next, following the recent military cam- the Arab peace offer, rather than conspicuous the enjoyinent of the first. If you like "Only o-ments throughout the West Bank and Gaza with - paign. But certain political trends hint at what silence or outright rejection, in order to avoid Time," you probably don't want to hear the impunity, claiming security anq religious'rea-' the future holds under the present leadership, being' branded a hardliner by the international dance version. Nor are you expected to; such soris. Dehumanizing military rul.e continues to. and it doesn't look very rosy at all. community. -Sharon even softened his-tone on variance is crafted to attract otherwise over- be ~imposed on occupied Palestinian territory. Sharon. intends to withdraw.the military to Arafat later on, saying it was not for him to. looked audiences. Unlike the rap or hybrid How is one to fight terrorism without removing "9uffer zones," which lie within striking dis-: decide whom the Palestinians choose as their' rap/singing remix, there will be no Puffy to its immediate causes? tance of Palestinian towns while protecting representative. point out that "this-is ... the remix." The 'ends that most Palestinians seek to Israeli settlements; in effect, further annexation If progress is to be made towards a Middle , Maybe you prefer things that way, but in a achieve are deserving: self-determination and of Palestinian land. Being a champion of Jewish East peace, it. is obvious that some things have world of Nellys and Nelly Furtados, the line an internationally recognized Palest~nian state settlements himself, he has called for the return to give and compromises have to be made in between the hip and the pop is growing ever on land whic,h is legally thei~. If the Israelis of a'million overseas Jews to expand the Israeli order to reach an acceptable solution for. both smaller. While there may always be markets call the forcible confiscation of Palestinian land population, perhaps also to counteract the 20% sides. Both Sharon and Arafat, nimble and foxy that never cross over (let's all just pretend that in 1948 the "war of independence," then the Arab minority in Israel that is growing faster politicians as they are, have failed to prepare Wyclef/Kenny Rogers song to a Pharoahe [sic] Palestinians are surely entitled to call their pre- than the Jewish population. He is likely to reject their people to make necessary compromises Monche beat never happened), we're running sent-day struggle a struggle for independence the right of return of Palestinian refugees as it and worse still, have augmented the extremist out of niche genres to hide in. The Neptunes are from Isra~li encroachment. But this, of course, would erode Israel's Jewish identity. But it sentiments in their own societies. Perhaps the remixing Destiny's Child covers of Angelina as hardly mitigates targeting Israeli civilians. remains to be seen if he will negotiate a com- time has come for someone to nudge both sideS they go gospel, while Christina Milian does So where do they go from here? Sharon and pensation deal with the Palestinians to solve the towards agreement and peace, and to enforce some J-pop with Sword for Def Jam Japan. If a majority of Israelis are skeptical, cynical and Palestinian refugee problem once and for all. the peace and provide th~ security the Israelis Puffy really invented the remix, he may have . even contemptuous of Arafat's peace intentions, Given Sharon's intra-party fight with Benjamin and Palestinians crave for? . some serious royalties coming his way. The April 23, Tech 2002. Page 6 the crass rat \'H ~\-t\~ Q\~S\,~s. t\A.~ 1'M StA~e. YoU1i!. veop.....e l'~ CA L..l.' tJ Ct -1t\~~-n> ~ ?>'6\...~ , W Il,l- ~y~c.\~~ \1. IT Ilit: '5\~ UN\~ H \l s~,t..\ s ~ve-n\€ .-tt\€;~. u.... Wl.J1Z.S~' P A--n-\~\ } ~-r5 ko~~ - tT's O\A~ 1300~ of <1 ~1;: L'~ A Giot>. ~V ~$2... ~ \.N\-\€~ t:>A\6 \N 1'\\t SUN! All\61~~ . ~ ~ ~ , ~} ~J @( ) INTEGRAL~ AHWONG 60 li\ " " AJO. J-I£l" ME." I Pic JrSE? ~~ FoxTrot by Bill Amend Dilbert@ by Scott Adams IT'S CALLED HOW ABOUT i PRECISIotII YOU HAVE THE -u= DOES' IF I COULD !CITE FLYING. ANY TUESDAY HIGHEST RATIO OF THAT THIS YEAR? - NO. 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Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at http://events.m/t.edu Tuesday, April 23 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - SMA HPCES Seminar. MLifting and Projection in Combinatorial Optimiza- tion." Free. Sponsor: Singapore-MIT AlliancejHPCES. Egon Balas, Camegie Mellon University. Free. 10:00 a.m. - Admissions Information Session (Followed by the Campus Tour). Following the Room: 3-133. Sponsor: AeroAstro. Admissions Information Session is a Campus Tour which begins in Lobby 7 (Entrance Lobby of 77 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Building Uniformly Random Objects. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 Massachusetts Ave). Free. Room: Meet in Lobby of Building 10. Sponsor: Information Center. PM in Room 2-349. Free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Department of 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Blood Drive. Come help save lives by donating blood or volunteering to Mathematics. help with our drive! See our web page for more information or to make an appointment to 'donate. 4:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. - Exploring the Many Dimensions of Sustainable Development: Trade, Envi- Free. Room: La Sala. Sponsor: American Red Cross Team and Network, Blood Drives. ronment, and Employment. Fourth in a series. Free. Room: E51-149. Sponsor: The Technology and 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - "Migration" between Social theory and Natural History? The Case of Culture Forum at MIT. Lamarck. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquium. Free. Room: E56-100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute. 5:00 p.m. - Emerson Fellowship Advanced Music Performance Student Recital: Mary Tslen '02, 12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Real Deals: The Challenges of Urban Mixed Use. The developer of soprano. (Student of Pamela-Wood). Works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Faure, Joy Howard Swanson, Belvedere Condominiums at the Prudential Center, Boston will discuss the strategy and financial of Charles Kingsford, Hale Smith, Thomas H. Kerr, Jr., Undine Smith Moore. Assisted by Jon Yi G, this project comprising 65 luxury units priced at $1 million and up. Free. Room: W31-301 Blakeley piano, and Youssef Marzouk G, harpsichord. Free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Lecture Hall. Sponsor: Center for Real Estate. Arts Section. 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Mellon-MIT Program on NGOs and Forced Migration. MDivided They Con- 5:30 p.m. - Reading from "Song of the Water Saints." Nelly Rosario '94 will read from her debut quer: The Success of Armenian Lobby Groups in the US" and MTheTies That Bind: Cross-Border novel. Introduced by Brenda Cotto-Escalera. Free. Room: 4-163. Sponsor: Women's Studies Pro- Refugee Ties and Their Effects, The Cuban Experience." Free. Room: CIS Conference Room-E38- gram. MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, Council for the Arts, Department of Civil and 615. Sponsor: Center for International Studies. Environmental Engineering, Counseling and Support Services, Chocolate City and NSBE. 2:00 p.m. - Admissions Information Session (Followed by the Campus Tour). Following the Admis- 7:00 p.m. - Shall We Dance? Charming and humorous film about a middle-aged businessman who, sions Information Session is a Campus Tour which begins in Lobby 7 (Entrance Lobby of 77 Massa- secretly yeaming to break out of the rigid conformity of his daily life, discovers the world of ballroom chusetts Ave). Free. Room: Meet in Lobby of Building 10. Sponsor: Information Center. dance. (Director Masayuki Suo, Japan). Free. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC, Comparative Media 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - "Islamic Movements in America and Europe." Gilles Kepel is a French Studies. political analyst and sociologist. He is one of Europe's leading specialists on Middle-Eastern soci- 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Greens Film Night: Hemp. FREE showing of "The Hemp Revolution," a doc- eties. He offers a compelling account of the resurgence of religious beliefs in modern Christian, umentary on the many uses of hemp, and "Hemp for Victory," a US Gov't WWII film promoting Jewish, and Muslim societies. His controversial study of the rise of what he has called Mfundamen- hemp. Free. Room: 2-105. Sponsor: MIT Greens. talist" religious movements throughout the world is now considered a classic. Gilles Kepel holds 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - IRLM Film Seminar. Screening of an intemational movie accompanied by degrees in Arabic, English and Philosophy, a diploma from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris a discussion about it. Free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, Intemational RIm (IEP) and doctorates in sociology and political science. He is a member of the research faculty of Club. the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Poli- 9:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. - Grad Student Night at The Ear. Every Wednesday is Grad Student Night tiques of Paris where he heads the post-graduate programme on the Arab and Muslim worlds. He at The Ear, featuring live music. Tonight: Kelly Buchanan and Kyler England perform a dual acoustic was Visiting Professor at New York University in 1994 and at Columbia University in 1995-96. Free - set from 9-11 p.m. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the Ashdown House basement. Enter through Refreshments will be served. Room: E38-714. Sponsor: Center for International Studies, MIT the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tuesday - Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Friday: 4 p.m. - 2. France Program. a.m. Must be over 21. Proper ID required. This event is funded in part by the Grants Program of the 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering Info. Session with Prof. Council for the Arts at MIT. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, Kamm and Prof. Mark. Biological Engineering Division, Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engi- The Thirsty Ear Pub. neering (MEBE) Informational Session. Juniors in the School of Engineering or Science are eligible to apply to this program and applications are due May 31, 2002. Learn about the program and how Thursday, April 25 to apply. Tuesday, April 23, 4:00 and 5:00pm, 56-614. The info. session is sponsored by BE and HST. Refreshments will be provided! Please note, there would be two sessions! Free. Room: 56- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Antonio J. Ricco, ACLARA BioSciences Seminar. Plastic Microfluidics 614. Sponsor: HST, Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Health. with Integrated Multiplexed Assays: Disposable Chemical Microsystems for the Life Sciences. Free. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - GTL Seminar - Dr. R. Sondergaard. Boundary Layer Control in LP Turbines. Room: 56-114. Sponsor: Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Health. Free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory, AeroAstro. 12:00 p.m. - MIT Chapel Concert. Eric Haas, flute/recorder and Chris Henriksen, lute. 17th cen- 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - GTL Seminar. Boundary Layer COntrol in LP Turbines. Free. Room: 31-161. tury works of Ortiz, Dowland/Schop, Bassano and others. Free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Music Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory. and Theater Arts Section. 6:00 p.m. - Ernst Mach: A Remarkable 19th Century Physicist. Dr. Laurence R. Young, Apollo Pro- 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Conversational English Class. Join us for a free conversational English gram Professor of Astronautics and the former director of the National Space Biomedical Research class for intemational students and spouses at MIT. Most attendees are women able to speak Institute, will present a talk on Ernst Mach at this Spring 2002 HST Dinner Seminar. Cocktails at freely who desire to increase their English skills. Class covers a variety of topics including American 6:00 pm, dinner at 6:30, and Dr. Young's talk to follow. Reservations required. $10 reservation culture and holiday descriptions. Free. Room:,W11 Board Room. Spo'nsor: Baptist Campus Ministry. deposit will be returned at dinner. Room: Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., Cambridge. Sponsor: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Weight Watchers at Work meetings at MIT. New and retuming members HST. Kieckhefer Foundation. are always welcome at this weekly meeting on weight control. Friendly, relaxed lunch hour meetings. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Toastmasters@MIT Evening Meetings. Room 5-134. Free. Sponsor: Toast- More info: [email protected]. Room: Building 8-219. Sponsor: Information Center. masters. 1:45 p.m. - Neural Coding of Visual Information in the Tl1alamus. Dr. Reinagel is interested in how 7:00 p.m. - Dr. Lynn Amowitz's Experiences Interviewing Women in Afghanistan. Dr. Amowitz is a information is represented and transformed by sensory neurons. She uses a ,combination of experi- health and human rights fellow at Brigham, connected with Physicians for Human Rights. Hosted by ments and theory to study how the Mrelay" neurons in the thalamus respond to dynamic visual stim- Professor Phoebe Schnitzer. Free. Room: 3-270. Sponsor: Women's Studies Program. uli. In her talk, she will describe novel methods she has developed to analyze neural'data, and will 8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. - LIVE MUSIC at The Ear. Tonight: Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer show how these methods were used to determine the role of spike timing in the neural code. She Incentives. The show starts at 8 p.m. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the Ashdown House base- will also show data from ongoing experiments with natural visual scenes and multi-electrode record- ment. Enter through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tuesday - Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 ings, and will discuss some active theoretical interests that arise in analyzing these data. Free. a.m. Friday: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Must be over 21. Proper ID required. This event is funded in part by the Room: 37-252. Sponsor: EECS, HST. Grants Program of the Council for the Arts at MIT. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Understanding Asian atmospheric pollution - the NASA TRACE-P experi- Thirsty Ear Pub. ment. Free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - On Certain Unions of Polyhedra. ORC Spring Seminar Series. Seminar fol- Wednesday, April 24 lowed by reception in the Philip M. Morse Reading Room (E40-106). Free. Room: E51-145. Spon- sor: Operations Research Center. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Recycled Products Mini-Vendors Fair. Information, giveaways, snacks, 4:15 p.m. - Physics Colloquium. "Origin of Astrophysical Jets." Free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: surprises and the latest in environmentally responsible products available to the MIT community. Physics Department. Free. Room: Lobby 13. Sponsor: Environmental Programs Task Force. 6:00 p.m. - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. An ancient Ring thought lost for cen- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Advances in Blue and Near Ultraviolet Semiconductor Ught Emitters. turies has been fouod, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit EECSjRLE Optics. Free. Room: RLE Conference Room, 36-428. Sponsor: Optics. named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Cloudy Skies: Assessing Public Understanding of Global Warming. Sur- Frodo must make an epic Quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not veys show most Americans believe global warming is real. But many advocate delaying action until go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragom; Boromir and his three there is more evidence that warming is harmful. The stock and flow structure of the climate, howev- Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers' er, means Mwait and see" pOlicies guarantee further warming: to reduce radiative forcing, GHG con- and plains, facing evil and danger at 'every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their Quest centrations must fall. To reduce GHG concentrations, emissions must fall below the rate at which to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign! $3. Room: 26-100. GHGs are removed from the atmosphere. Anthropogenic C02 emissions are now roughly double the Sponsor: LSC. , ' removal rate. Emissions must therefore fall by half even to stabilize C02 at present levels. Such 6:00 p.m. - Caribbean Women Artists:Expresslng/Reslsting Globalization. Panel includes: artist reductions greatly exceed the Kyoto targets, while the Bush administration's Clear Skies Initiative Marilene Phipps, Brandeis Professor Faith Smith, novelist and Harvard lecturer Patricia Powell, calls for continued emissions growth. Does the public understand these physical facts? We report and novelist and MIT alumna Nelly Rosario ('94). Moderated by Professor Odile Cazenave. Free. the disturbing results of experiments assessing highly educated people's intuitive understanding of Room: 3-270. Sponsor: Women's Studies Program. climate change. We discuss implications for education and public policy. Free. Room: E40-496. 6:00 p.m. - Caribbean Women Artists: 'Expressing/Resisting Globalization. Panel di,scussion by Sponsor: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. artist Marilene Phipps, Brandeis Professor Faith Smith, novelist and Harvard lecturer Patricia Pow- 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - Orientation to Computing at MIT. This seminar provides basic, non-tech- ell, and novelist and MIT alumna Nelly Rosario. Moderated by Professor Odile Cazenave. Free. nical information about the MIT computing environment. Topics include: help resources operating Room: Rm 3-270. Sponsor: Women's Studies Program. systems supported software and recommended hardware the campus network security telephones 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Spring Film Series "The Funeral." Juzo Itami's "Funeral" is a series of joy- and voice mail computer-related health issues. Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor: Information Systems. ous contradictions. Here's a robust comedy whose subject is death, a film that is Quintessentially 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Blood Drive. Come help save lives by donating blood or volunteering to Japanese though it recalls (without in any way imitating) the work of the Quintessential French help with our drive! See our web page for more information or to make an appointment to donate. Jean Renoir, and a tough-minded satire that is almost always sweet. Free. Room: 10-250. Spon- Free. Room: La Sala. Sponsor: American Red Cross Team and Network, Blood Drives. sor: MIT Japan Program. 12:10 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminar. Free. Room: 54-915. Spon- 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - China, Korea and U.S. Missile Defense Polley. A panel discussion on the sor: Physical Oceanography. current U.S. missile defense policies with panelists Dingli Shen, Deputy Director of the Centre for 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Disposable Smart Labs-on-a-Chip for Clinical Diagnostics using Microflu- American Studies, Fudan University, China; Martin Wa.lker, Chief International Correspondent, UPI; idics and BioMEMS Technologies. Free. Room: Marlar Lounge, 37-252. Sponsor: Boston Area Randall Forsberg, Executive Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. Free. Room: MEMS. ' 6-120. Sponsor: The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Dr. Daniel Barry - NASA Astronaut. Free. Sponsor: AeroAstro, Massachu- 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - BioStrategy Seminar and Networking Reception: Steven H. Holtzman. setts Space Grant Consortium. Steven H. Holtzman will speak on strategic issues in biotechnology businesses. Steve Holtzman is 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - spouses&partners@mit: Strength training and conditioning. Come and founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infinity join us as our own Katrina Montesanti shares her expertise and wisdom on the latest trends in Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From early 1994 through mid-2001, Mr. Holtzman served as the Chief Busi- strength training and conditioning. She will give us her professional opinion on what really works, ness Officer of Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNM) where he had responsibility for and show us how to Do It Right! Childcare provided. Free. Room: W20-400. Sponsor: spouses&part- the Company's activities in business development, M&A, licensing, intellectual property and corpo- ners@mit. rate law, human resources, finance, public policy, and corporate communications. Free. Room: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Perception and Electronic Imaging. Guest speaker from the Visual Analy- E51-315. Sponsor: BioStrategy. sis Group at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York and traveling lecturer for the Society 8:00 p.m. - One Rea Spare.. Dramashop production of play by Naomi Wallace. Directed by Guest of Imaging Science and Technology. Dr. Rogowitz will examine the demand for more intuitive tools Instructor Daniel Alexander Jones. $8, $6 students wjlD. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: for searching, retrieving, and browsing large image libraries, and for finding pattems and relation- Dramashop. ships in large, multi-type data archives. Solving these problems involves building electronic imaging 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - IRLM Rim Seminar. Screening of an intemational movie accompanied systems that are matched to the visual and cognitive capabilities of their human users. Free. by a discussion about it. Free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: International Rim Club. Room: MIT Media Lab (Building E15) Bartos Theatre, 20 Ames Street. Sponsor: Media Lab. 10:00 p.m. - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. April 23,2002 THE TECH Page 9 THE ARTS DANCE REVIEW flawlessly performed with passion and emo- the male dancers perform together on stage tion by Sabine Challand and Gael Lambiotti, by themselves for a time, instead of just in who portrayed a couple moving from tender- pairs with the female dancers or in solo acts, ness and passion to anger and hostility and although those aspects are also present in the Conternporary Dance back to reconciliation and tenderness once piece. again. Although each piece was superbly per- An Enchanting Blend ofModern and Ballet The historical piece, "Sonata Pathetique," formed, the Boston Ballet Grande Studio was was choreographed in 1919 by Ruth St. not the ideal setting for displaying such tal- By Sonja A. Sharpe first four vignettes, set to new age music, Denis as an example of "music visualiza- ent. Resembling a converted gym, the stage STAFF WRITER focus on the women's preparations for the tion." Set to Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C area is flush with the audience members, and Boston BaUet Company events. They emphasize contained strength Minor, the piece accurately depicts the emo- the studio lacks true stadium seating. Thus, Choreographed by Rebecca Rice with Viktor and power, with the dancers moving slowly, 'tions invoked by the music. It is somber, those who did not arrive early enough to sit Plotkinov crisply, and deliberately. Feathers, discusses, dark, and even accusatory at times. A mix of in the front ~ows were forced to constantly Sound by Oliver Hammerle' and bows are used as props to emphasize the modern and ballet, "Sonata Pathetique" shi ft from side to side to see around the April 13-14, 2002 athletic forms and shapes assumed by the repeats simple movements and is not techni- heads of the people in front of them. This women as they prepared for the events.' cally challenging for the dancers, but the was quite distracting and prevented some ans of ballet and modem dance were In the final vignette, called "Run," the piece draws from this simplicity to create a from appreciating the full flow of movement treated to a wonderful melange of both contained energy displayed in the first four powerfully dark, focused atmosphere. displayed by the dancers. of these dance forms when choreogra- vignettes is released to music that could have The showcase's finale, "Illuminations," is Despite this small distraction, "Contem- Fpher and dancer Rebecca Rice present- come straight from the Gladiator soundtrack. an ensemble piece choreographed by Rice in , porary Dance" was a thoroughly enjoyable ed examples of her choreography at the Caitlin Novero shows amazing grace" 1999 and set to Handel's Concerti Grossi, exhibit of Rice's thoughtful, inspired works. Boston Ballet Grande Studio this past week- strength, and flexibility in the lead role of a Opus 6. Primarily ballet but with some mod- Students in Rice's MIT Class and the MIT end. The compilation of her works; entitled renegade female participant in the Games, ern influences, it is an energetic, graceful Choreography Group wi // perform a free "Contemporary Dance," also featured the pre- which she helped choreograph with Rice. movement work devoted to the theme of cre- showcase on May 7 in La Sala de Puerto miere of a contemporary work choreographed Two of Rice's other works, "Deep Hori- ating light. The work is also unique in that Rico. by Boston Ballet Company Principal Viktor zon" and "Mirage," are Plotnikov, as well as a historical piece choreo- less celebratory than "Altis graphed ,in 1919 by Ruth St. Denis. Ballet." "Deep Horizon," Rice has been teaching modem. dance and primarily a ballet piece choreography at- the' Boston Ballet School with a few modem forms, since 1992, and is currently a faculty member shows the falling apart of a at MIT. This semester at MIT she is teaching strong, structured entity a ballet and modem dance class, and also a and the emotions that arise technique and choreography class. She is also from the crisis. "Mirage'! is in the process of creating a new dance project an empathetic tribute to called "Kinesthetic Engineering." loved ones lost on Sept. 11. The showcase at the Boston Ballet Grande Although the solo cello StUdio, "Contemporary Dance," exhibited five music used in the piece of Rice's works, each drawing to different seemed too slow and plod- degrees on her strong background in both bal- ding at times, it set the let and modem dance. The first work, "Para-' overall mood of the piece. digm," set to a Bach concerto, is a fluid, ener- Desiree Reese Parrott, getic mix of ballet and modem dance, with' a Dean Vollick, and Sara significant amount of creative floorwork. This Knight superbly brought to piece shows off the amazing strength and flex- life Rice's inventive chore- ibility of the dancers, who clearly seemed to ography. be enjoying themselves. \ Viktor Plotkinov's pre- The second piece, "Altis Ballet," was defi- miere piece, "Sketch of a nitely one of the highlights of the: show. The Couple," is also'set to a work is strongly modem and consists of five solo cello score and short vignettes choreographed in January emphasizes' form and -2002 specifically for a .photography eXhibition shape. "Sketch 'of a"Cou-' by Martin Cooper. "Altis Ballet" is an inspir- pIe" is a modern piec'e ing piece of modem dance that .illustrates about the mood changes in -BLALOCK/FARNSJVORTH Rice's talent in translating seemingly static the lives of a romantically Boston Ballet Company dancers perform ~lIIuminations," choreographed by Rebecca Rice. forms "into.ones ~ith en~rgy ~d purpose. The involved couple/ It was INME~OR~ '04, Andrew L. 'Wong '04, Jennifer Grucza, caught scowls and worse from members of the and Peter Jung '01, and of three songs from , orchestra in the Infinite Corridor after laying David Epstein's The Seasons, sung by Mar- 'out my opinion in The Tech. David, however, DaVid Epstein garet O'Keefe, with Htmg-Jin Park on piano. wa~ ever supportive, gently going over my David's concerts'ahyays held a special comments with a smile in his voice and using place for me as The Tech's music critic. I put the occasion to teach me about music. Recalling A Great COnductor ' attendance at them first priority not only David Epstein, just awarded the presti- By Jonathan Richmond tor.of the MIT Sy~phony Orchestra for 33 because they provided a display of MIT talent, gious Conductors' Guild Max Rudolph Award ADVISORY BOARD years until, 1998, Epstein built. up an institu- but because David's performances offered posthumously, brought greatness to music at' Celebrating David Epstein 1930 - 2002. tion whose amateur members were led to give special insights on music, and on countless MIT, and in doing so enriched many lives. A Wong,Auditorium, April 21,2:00 p.m. performances that were often professional in occasions would send me home feeling ani- great human being as well as superb musician, stature, and which at times reached levels of mated by their revelation. he made friends in many circles, and will be ne of the advantages to being a' great intensity and revelation that placed them David was always free to discuss music remembered with joy and missed with sorrow, artist is the immortality 'of one's among the great orchestras of the world. with humor as well as insight. On a few occa- at MIT and many places and communities .work. Professor David Epstein died David not only'brought discipline to his play- sions I felt the orchestra performed badly, and ,beyond .. Oon January 15 this year - far too ers; he fired their imaginations with his at early at the age of 71 - from somplications times idiosyncratic interpretations, and of lung, and liver disease, but members_of the demanded and achieved exciting results. _ audience remarked that his spirit" was present Institute Professor John Harbison pointed as the memorial to his remarkable life ended to Dav,id's multifaceted contributions as a with the playing of a recording of the Andante great performer, original composer and influ- from Mozart's G major piano concerto, K. , ential theoretician. David linked his activities 453 .. ' together, using his practical experience in , David was conducting the New' Orchestra making music to inform his theoretical contri- of Boston, which he founded, and in the time- butions. less perfoimance we could not only appreciate John P. Ito ~93, a former student of David his scholarship on the subject of tempo and Epstein now completing doctoral studies in musical structure, but his understanding of the music theory at Columbia University, spoke very- essence of Mozart. The strings played , of his teacher's "generosity in helping with a natural serenity, the ~inds app,eared younger colleagues," and how he continues to and blended in with the most intense of feel his influence. As a member of the MIT mournful gentleness; the eloquence of the Symphony Orchestra, he recognized David's piano playing of Manfred Eigen was made all special relationship with music: "David could the more compelling by the natural flow of get inside the score, and get the score inside of sonorities produced by David's orchestra. No him." matter that his chosen tempi were slower than In addition to speeches by several of those demanded by modem performance prac- David's music colleagues, and friends who tice and its' claims of "authenticity." David described his great humanity, his daughters was taking us to depths of profundity and, other family members remembered him unknown by pedantic musicologists; he was fondly. Beth Epstein-Hounza described her bringing to life that element of music which pleasure. at wandering up and down the aisles exists in no other medium, which relates . of Kresge Auditorium when her father was sounds to time to create deep, but indescrib- rehearsing, and how she would "curl up in a ,able meaning. David had produced work at chair and let my father's music carry me once grief stricken and life-affii-ming: in his away." ability to do so, he was one of the few to share The afternoon included three live music the legacy of Mozart; and in those beautiful performances, including the Andante from solemn moments both Mozart and Epstein Mozart's Symphony No. 3,8 played by mem- seemed present, hand in hand. bers of the-MIT Symphony Orchestra, and A large group of David's colleagues and moving renditions of the second movement of friends gathered in Wong Auditorium on Sun- Brahms String quartet No. 1 in C minor, Opus MIT NEWS OFFICE day afternoon to celebrate his life. As conduc- 51, No.1, performed by Philip N. Springmann David Epstein Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS April 23, 2002 ALBUM REVIEW ALBUM REVIEW harmonies that grace the CD. The Logs have refined their shading and blending, to pleasing effect. The classic "If I Ever Fall in Love" is a beautiful example of how the group is maturing. David S. Kong '01 Superlogs and Jordan M. Alperin '02 blend perfect.ly, and the balance is heaven- Boards of ly on the soft, heartfelt track. Energetic Logs Keep Harmonies Tight The CD is an extremely slick package, unified and presenting the current finesse of the Logs. The only song that doesn't satisfy on the Canada By Dan Robey CD is "Heavenly," by Harry Connick Jr. It doesn't fit in with the gen- ARTS EDITOR el CONCERT REVIEW the second half were reminiscent of thatori the Coltrane recording. It was obvious that LCJO had done their homework, as each Marsalis Scorches Symphony Hall member demonstrated his uncanny ability to replicate the spirit of A Love Supreme. The group empathy was superb as the music Taking Boston to '30s, '60s, and Back intensified to extremes. Most memorable were the solos of bassist Rodney Whitaker, By Jorge Padilla tenor saxophonist Walter Blanding, Jr., the second half, Marsalis and LCJO chose to pianist Fredrick Sanders, drummer Herlin STAFF WRITER fiery trombonist Ron Westray, and the Monk perform an orchestral rendition of John Riley, and of course Wynton Marsalis. Wymon Marsalis reincarnate Fredrick Sanders. ' Coltrane's pivotal 1964 album, A Love All the musicians scattered onto the band- Symphony Hall After the second tune ended, Marsalis Supreme. The group performed all four stand for the encore. They performed "Happy April}2, 8:00 p.m. took a few moments to talk about the pro- tracks: "Acknowledgement," "Resolution," Birthday" with main soloist was Ryan Kisor. gram when he noticed quite a. few latecom- "Pursuance," and "Psalm." The band played After Kisor, baritone saxophonists Joe Tem- ast Friday night, The New York-based ers. He told them, "Ah, don't worry about in a manner that captured the essence of the perley took a few turns, as did Vincent Gard- Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra being late, we're still here, we're not leaving album from the very beginning. The sound ner. The night was concluded by Marsalis, a (LCJO), directed by Wynton Marsalis, ... we start right at eight and we'll be here and expression LCJO conveyed throughout fitting end to a truly gre~t concert. Lblew the roof off Symphony Hall in a when you show up ... spectacular two hour performance. The band you know what's hap- was on that night, as they took the Boston penin' ." After the public from the Duke Ellington 1930s to the laughs, Marsalis intro- John Coltrane 1960s in two. intense and elec- duced a completely trifying sets. new jazz style with the The band, led by the ever-popular trum- Afro-Cuban "Havana peter Wynton Marsalis, played Symphony Blues.".Not surprising- Hall as part of their most extensive twenty- ly, the group superbly four-show, cross-country United in Swing executed the Latin tour. The concert was dedicated to Jelly Roll. style of jazz playing. Morton, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, The piece intensified . Thelonious Monk, and to the later works of ' over time, and each such characters as Charles Mingus, and the solo was ,greater than legendary John Coltrane. Each night of the the last. Gardner laid tour, LCJO played a completefy different set down the groove in his to recall and reiterate the beautiful music that solo, playing patterns' spans the history of jazz. Needless to say, the to show how well Boston set the band chose to play was no less acquainted he was with .. than extraordinary . the style of music. His. Marsalis, known for his hip, jazzy person- sound was very bluesy, ality, was charismatic in greeting the au~i- his licks sounded like 'ence and introducing the band members to something Sonny the sound of a medium swing blues. The first Rollins would have tune LCJO played that night was the famous played; and his ideas Duke Ellington Big Band standard, "Harlem were well-structured Air Shaft." The group couldn't have picked a and melodic. better piece to kick off the night. It wasted The mood of the no time in setting up its groove - a groove concert changed again that grew groovier as the night progressed. with a move to the The saxophone section was the first to stand music of Ralph Bums. out, filling horns with a huge, woody, raspy The composition, writ- sound 'that was perfect for the tune. The ten for Woody Her- gutsy trombone section was tight as a knot .man's "First Herd," on all the pops Duke wrote, complimenting consisted of a beautiful the .melody in .the saxes and trumpets. Then ballad and a medium birthday boy (as Marsalis jokingly put it) swing. Marsalis soloed Ryan Kisor improvised astorm on trumpet to on the second part of add'to the growing intensity 'of the tune. The .the piece, gliding all crowd was going crazy at the end of the first over his horn like song - and the concert was just beginning. nobody's business. Immediately after the swingy, medium- The first half con- paced opener, the group really laid back on a cluded with what Thelonious Monk chart. Only the most Marsalis called "the mature jazz musicians possess the ability to most American of all change moods so drastically. Wynton things - the s.low. Marsalis took his amazing first solo of the blues." Most of the night on this tune. He began with sparse band members took a ideas, but then picked up the pace a.bit and solo on this slow blues, swung with such ease that he sounded like a . each one carefully CD-quality recording. In fact, the band mem- crafting his simple bers were so precise and crystal clear that ideas with so much they, too, sounded recorded. Other soloists expression. on the tune included the cool" easy-playing In the incredible Wynton Marsalis jazzed up Symphony Hall on April 12. GAMEREVIEW costume, it is time to adjust his stats m terms Sometimes thugs would attack the group I of strength, speed, agility, endurance, and wasn't paying attention to. An additional energy. Then give him one of over fifty attrib- problem is that some areas are too dark. I had utes like wall climbing, soljd skeleton, and to brighten my monitor to view "the under- Freedom Force claws. Add a few customized attacks to make ground areas. a powerful guardian that will catch Freedom This writer has been waiting for quite Stand Tall and be Praud Force's attention . some time to see an enjoyable superhero . While testing the game, I had difficulty game. Irrational Games promised to make a By Chad Serrant issue commands at their own pace .. with the user interface. Although the camera superhero game no one would be ashamed of. STAFF WRITER The adventures involve a group of four is excellent and covers several angles that I The gameplay and customization easily out- Freedom Force heroes entering one of our urban areas. They would want.to use, a map was sorely' needed. weigh the minor user interface flaws. I Published by Electronic Arts have nUssion objectives that must be complet- When Freedom Force broke into parties I encourage all PC gamers to stand tall and Made for the PC ed. Defeating villains, protecting citizens, and could not follow them both very efficiently .. thank Freedom Force for a job well ~one. Rated Tfor Teen preventing disaster are all in a day's work. $39.99 They must be ,careful and not destroy build- ings or hurt the innocent, or they lose prestige. elcome fellow citizens. I am here . Prestige is used to recruit new characters to introduce you to the group 'of into the Freedom Force. The more powerful guardians who fight for justice, characters require more' prestige, so don't. W and liberty: The Freedom Force! expect an army of Supermen joining our - You can purchase a game containing their beloved protectors anytime soon. Besides, the journeys and adventures and it is_well worth Freedom Force is already strong enough to . it. The gameplay is to'p-notch and the cus-. cover all of our powers: mental control, explo- tomization options have won this writer's sives, energy beams, super strength, duplica- heart. Besides, who can resist the classic tion, and teleportation ... the list is long and appeal of comic books? . diverSe. Freedom Force will need all of those Come watch Minute Man, EI Diablo, Lib- powers in order to succeed. erty Lad, and several others as they beat bad Each member of Freedom Force has a guys and keep this country safe for regular cit- unique style and personality. Minute Man is izens lik~ you arid me. My sources tell me the patriotic defender of this fine country. "Freedom Force" is directly related to "energy Man-Bot lived in the lap of luxury until his X," which allegedly gives people extra~rdi- foolishness cost him his brother's life. And nary powers. ' then there is the mysterious Mentor. It seems This game has a good blend of strategy. obvious that he knows a lot more than he says. , and real-time action. The "stop and go" time Fortunately, several heroes are willing to mechanism of Baldur's Gate has been bor- show their_ secret origins through 1960 comic rowed so people can issue commands while book style cut scenes dispersed throughout the the game is paused. Some people say that game .. stopping time has made them feel a little too Customized heroes may join the Freedom disjoint from the action, so Freedom Force Force. Choose a mesh and skin for the charac- allows the player to slow down the game. This ter. These are available through the Internet or CHADSERRANT-THE TECH way, citizens can still view projectiles and can be created. Once he has donned the right Minute Man and the rest ~f Freedom Force prepare for another battle. Page 12 THE TECH THE ARTS April 23, 2002 Sugdf Ray' Spin J)odor~ • April 2(), 2002 • MUSIC REVIEW "Mmm Mmrri. Something smells good baby!" ~rnng W ...... kend • MlT • 'S J 2 • Johnson Athle!l\." in an animated country twang. 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[that people would not be guaranteed been on all year," Clay said. "This Nonetheless, Flora M. Lee '03, a single] it caused people to be misin- [Senior Segue] option has only been posal." who is considering applying for the Juniors want to live in singles formed." When juniors found out presented during the last two and a M.Eng program in Course VI, said In last year's continuing student later near the deadline, "some half weeks." Segue deadline extended that her "impression of graduate graduate lottery, approximately ten changed their minds," Cassa said. Singh said that "this is a new type Barun Singh G, chair of the housing is that it is secluded." She percent of the applicants were given However, Clay said that "the issue of program and that stUdents might Graduate Student Council Housing added that "she wants to stay with. graduate housing, in either Ashdown of getting a single is not a problem if be nervous about being the first ones and Community Affairs Committee, [her] friends, and it seemed like it or: Edgerton House. Singh said that they request one." to try it." said that the committee wanted the would be harder to Iive near her because very few continuing graduate Singh said that the Housing and remaining undergraduates to come friends" in the graduate dormitories. students who apply receive housing Juniors move into Simmons also Community Affairs committee pro- from the Senior Segue plan. Crystal Shih '03 thought that the in Edgerton that most M.Eng students In addition to these four graduate posed to Clay the idea of providing "We would really like for it to Senior Segue plan "was intriguing receive housing in doubles or triples , dormitories, 73 juniors have currently further "financial incentives to juniors succeed," Singh said. "Our objec- and that [she] heard some good in Ashdown for their first year. applied to live in Simmons Hall, said willing to participate [in the Senior tive is to make this plan viable." things about the graduate dorms, like - By participating in the plan, Singh Vikash Gilja '03, co-chair of the Sim- Segue.]" These incentives would be Singh said the committee mem- the kitchens." However, she did not said that a junior "would probably mons Hall steering committee. graduated based on one's particular bers therefore decided to extend the think that she would be a graduate receive either a single or double for "The whole Simmons push has dormitory and room type. deadline by at least a week and that student at MIT and would like to con- his senior year and would be much they will continue to heavily adver- tinue living with her friends in her more likely to get a single their fol- tise this option to juniors. undergraduate dormitory. lowing year, especially if he is active Christopher A. Cassa '03, howev- in his dorm community." Juniors like their communities; er, said that he liked "that you are However, Cassa said that "seniors Although juniors are often already guaranteed housing" through the , would have singles in the [undergrad- considering MIT graduate programs, Senior Segue option. Cassa applied to uate] dormitories," rather than the Clay said that many juniors did not move into The Warehouse. "The potential of having a double. see the benefits of moving through rooms seemed pretty nice," Cassa For example, Cassa said that the Senior Segue. said. "I wanted a single, and it some students were not considering Singh agreed, saying that juniors seemed like it was pretty close to Sidney-Pacific because they wouldn't "do not realize the advantages of campus." be guaranteed a single. Senior Segue." He said that he wants Despite moving out of his under- Cassa said some juniors "were juniors to understand that the gradu- graduate community, Cassa said that misled about Sidney-Pacific." ate students will invite the undergrad- he "feels like [he] can still be a part Because "they did not make it clear Students Express Their Concerns As Essigmanns Leave New House Housemaster, from Page 1 Essigmanns, but also said, "They assembly in mid-March. "We invited seemed like nice people. She [Mrs. the Harrises to our home as an oppor- the students were also very interested , Harris] is _an interior decorator so tunity for the students to meet them. in knowing how we, would champion ~aybe she could get New House We were incredibly delighted, and in th~ir causes to the administration." spiffed up." a sense, relieved to see them received Besides the food issue, another Santarelli said that the Essig- so warmly," Essigmann said. major student concern is the preser- manns' decision to move to Simmons Ellen Essigmann said, "We've vation of diversity at New House. came as a surprise, "especially after been at New House since we've been New House consists of nine sub- they [the Ess,igmanns] had initially at MIT and New House is such a communities, each with a different advocated that the GRTs should stay great dorm. We never thought we'd cultural and social identity. at New House and not move to Sim- leave, honestly. It's almost like we .."We want to be sure that the new ,mons." He added, "Things happened are parents abandoning our children." housemasters will work to preserve rather quickly. though and I think: that The" Essigmanns moved into New the diversity," said Keith R. Santarel- had a lot to do with it." House in 1995. li G, who is a member of the selec- Santarelli also said that he would Professor Harris was a faculty tion committee and one of several miss the Essigmanns. "I think I, can member at MIT from 1972 to 1985, graduate resident lJItors at New' speak for all the GRTs when I say and rejoined the faculty in 1996. Dur- House. ,.:>' that they will be missed. They were ing his time away fromMIT, he Harris said that the diversity at wonderful to, work with' and they served as Dean of Engineering at the New House is ''very stimulating." really got to know the students per- University of Connecticut, the Vice sonally." . 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Mental He~lth T31k1us &17.253.2916 It's smart to n!ach ool Page 14 THE TECH April 23, 2002 Zeskind UA Speaker Student Efforts Produce Proposal In Uncontested Race To Join Labor Standards Groups By Kevin R. Lang dates stepped forward this year, but Labor Code, from Page I pioneer institution [for this cause] ... conduct for which it searches, but it EDITOR IN CIIIEF he credited a year of working as vice and is a benchmark for us to use," also permits organizations to add The Undergraduate Association chair with Anderson, whom he said they make their decision. Kolenbrander said. "Of course our upon their own if they see fit, which Council elected Benjamin J. Zeskind had "done a great job," for giving institutions are different and so our UTR opted to do. The code of con- '03 as speaker for the 2002-2003 aca- him an edge to be the next speaker. Project has long history codes wilJ be as well, but it is nice to duct for both the FLA and the WRC demic year last night by a unanimous In addition to vice chair, Zeskind UTR's project began approxi- have the comparison." include fair wages and working vote. has served as MacGregor House's mately a year ago after Assistant Pro- The University of Iowa's code hours, adequate health and safety Zeskind was the only candidate UA representative for the past two fessor of Urban Studies and Planning calls for a living wage and voluntary standards, nondiscriminatory prac- on the ballot. Only ten councillors years. Zeskind will step down as Dara O'Rourke, a noted expert and overtime for all workers, while tices, and the ~eedom to collectively attended the meeting, which began MacGregor's UA representative; a researcher on factory conditions MIT's proposal does not. MIT's pro- bargain. after a long delay while waiting for special election will be held to fill abroad, released his findings on the posal however does define Iowa's "The WRC will do more but has quorum. that position. However, he said he practices of factories that produce somewhat vague terms on discrimi- less power, while the FLA has more Also elected last night was Yun- will remain involved in Club Z, MIT apparel. "Most of the conditions nation and health standards, using access and resources but we don't Ling Wong '04 as vice chair of the which he founded. Zeskind said he he reported were just atrocious," definitions from the Occupational expect the quality to be as high," council and Joshua T. Ouellette '04 was confident the club would keep Basu said. "We began to look at what Health and Safety Administration and Basu said, explaining why the orga- as Coordinating Committee Member going even with his reduced involve- we were doing to solve the problem the International Labor Organization. nization pushed for inclusion in both At-Large. Both candidates also ran ment. "We have a pretty strong team and we noticed that MIT did not have "The plan will primarily do two groups. unopposed. of underclassmen," he said. any policy." things," Basu said. "It will immedi- The vice chair is responsible for In the spring of 200 I, UTR mem- ately allow inspection into factories Parties hail cooperation , assisting the speaker at council meet- Seale hopes to improve attendance ber Julia R. de Kadt '02 also under- which wilJ allow us to have informa- Both parties were satisfied with ings, but he or she is most directly Next year, Zeskind will work took a research project looking at the tion about the factories which is very the way the discussions unfolded responsible for organizing the UA most directly with Seale, with whom policies for MIT and companies difficult to obtain. It also provides a and with the final draft .. retreat each year. The Coordinati.ng he has served as a councillor. Seale licensed to manufacture MIT apparel, concrete mechanism with which to "I've been' quite impressed with Committee is responsible for decid- was in attendance last night in his last such as Jansport, Champion USA, resolve health and safety issues. the ability we were able to work ing on UA action between council full meeting as councillor from and Barnes & Noble, which manages Those were the two main things we with the administration OIi this," meetings and over the summer. Senior House. At the next regular store operations for The Coop. She were looking for." Basu said. '''People at other schools .Incoming UA President Josiah D. council meeting, he will be inaugurat- found that very few companies "I don't expect it will immediate- have taken over buildings to talk Seale '03 said he was "happy with ed as president. belonged to labor rights associations ly bring about change," Kolenbrander about this issue, but we only had to the people who were elected," and One of Seale's campaign goals or actively enforced the company said, "but it will greatly change what have meetings. It is testament to the that he thought Zeskind would be a was to increase student involvement standards on labor. we expect from vendors and also our- fact that we can work this over in a very successful speaker. and representation in the UA. He said Working with O'Rourke and selves. The code would help guide rational and civilized way.;' he was not very surprised by the poor Kolenbrander, the organization began institutional decisions." "There is a very positive story Zeskind prepared for new role attendance at last night's meeting, to discuss policies that MIT could here and that is the work of the stu- After serving with outgoing UA saying it was a particularly bad week employ. "Kolenbrander was support- WRC inclusion seen as victory dents; great leadership was shown Council Speaker Victoria K. Ander- in many classes. He said that in his ive but pretty much just wanted to UTR was pleased to see Kolen- on their part," Kolenbrander said. "I son '02 for the past year as vice experience, the delay while waiting join [FLA ]," instead of the WRC as brander's support for including the think many universities are showing chair, Zeskind decided to run for for quorum had happened "on occa- well, Basu said. According to UTR WRC in the proposal. The WRC and this issue respect, but at the heart of speaker. "I've seen how the council sion." Next year, he said, improving members, Kolenbrander later warmed FLA are two organizations whose the issue at MIT is one about appar- operated the past two years, so I attendance would be one of his goals. up to the proposals, even attending a purpose is to inspect factories and el. At a university like Ohio State, it think I have a pretty good idea of "The quorum we're definitely going conference for college administrators remedy any infractions that they would be an issue that focuses on a what works and what opportunities to have to work on," Seale said. discussing how to address and define observe on site. Critics have often big source of income." there are for improvement," Zeskind One possibility Seale mentioned human rights, allowing for more charged the FLA for being an indus- The Academic Council, compris- said. "1 think it's really important to was to change the way UA Council compromIse. try front and that more organizations ing all of MIT's deans, vice presi- try to bring as many people as possi- seats are distributed, giving seats to Over this past weekend, UTR are apt to join the association dents, Chancellor Philip M. Clay ble into the council and into the UA what he thought would be more rec- revised the proposal to include a because the rules are more lax. PhD '75, Provost Robert A. Brown in general." ognizable communities such as dor- comparison of their proposed code of A total of 174 universities are and Vest, usually does not know the Last year, four candidates ran for mitory floors, rather than entire hous- conduct to that of the University of part of the FLA,. while only 94 are agenda of its weekly Tuesday meet- UA Council Speaker. Zeskind said he es. Such a plan, however, would Iowa's at the request of Kolenbran- part of the WRC, most of them also .ing more' .than a -,few days in did not know why no other candi- require revising the UA Constitution. der. "The University of Iowa was a belonging to the FLA. ~'In the past, . a(fvance, said :Dean for" Student Life factory inspections could be done by Larry G.Benedict. . company employees, so of course "We talk on a wide variety of they fo~d no violations," Basu said. issues each time, includin,g issues "Only last week did the association like [labor rights]," Benedict said. change to unannounced inspections Basu said he was optimistic that done by an external agent." proposal would be, approved. In her announcement of the uni- "Kolenbrander has always been hon- versity's new policy, University of est with us and has said very explic- • Iowa President Mary Sue Coleman itlythat the [council] may accept Don't Bsca/aIB... said that she was "disappointed with this kind of measure," Basu said. the FLA's slow pace of implement- "They've been so 'open that we ing its code of conduct" and had' expect they would bring any reser- "concerns about its structure." vations to our attention and discuss Don't ,rocraslinaIB ... The WRC has its own code of them." The Fan.nie and. John -B8:rU Foundation . t.e.ke.s greAt pl.!:(t;$u:ce ~n anne.ufieir.9~ MEDlliTEI its Fal~ 2002 Fellowship Awards. Mr. an•• t••i08 Bart Gradu~te student, in Mechani~.aJ. 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"I was kind of pissed route. off." directions to the room by another Gilligan demanded that the Student loses paw, MIT loses face MIT student who said she had met MIT students leave the room The foot-from the Tim the the paw's thief in Harvard Square. immediately. Creighton, in turn, Beaver costume was lost on Saint Once the crowd arrived at Hol- demanded the return of the paw, Patrick's Day by a group of MIT worthy, a student later identified as which the students were unable to students cavorting in Harvard Victor W. Brar '04 reinoved the find in the room. After arguing Square. An unknown male stole the first-floor window screen and with the Harvard freshman for sev- foot after Amal K. Dorai '04, who climbed into the targeted room. eral moments, the MIT students was wearing the suit, removed the Brar then opened the door so the filed out of the room and back into costume's hands and feet to climb a others could enter. Harvard Yard. statue of John Harvard and left the The MIT students searched the No one reported seeing the paw paws unguarded on the ground. room for approximately one in the room. Because the Campus Activities minute before they were confront- Complex had already purchased a ed by Paul Gilligan, a freshman Panic seizes raiders new set of paws for the mascot, resident of the dormitory room. While milling about in Harvard retrieval of the paw would not have Yard, the students became nervous saved the $650 fine which the CAC Posse flees from freshman wrath when a Harvard caqIpus police car charged to Dorai and the 2004 Ring Gilligan, who was nearby and stopped nearby. The students dis- Committee. witnessed the entire scene outside persed, fleeing in separate direc- "This is not about anything prac- his room, said he was "a little tions. tical or cost-effective," Creighton upset and confused" by the stu- Gilligan said that he did not wrote in one of his rallying mes- dent's actions. phone the police. sages. -"This is not about doing right AARG,\' D. MIIIAUK-TJlE TECf{ "I was just standing over there, The driver of the police car was where a wrong has been done. This MIT students, led by Rhett Creighton '02, entered a Harvard dormi- trying to get a lemonade and I see observed giving directions to a is about exercising some irrational tory in order to recover the missing paw from the Tim the Beaver my screen get kicked open," Gilli- pedestrian before continuing on his school spirit." mascot costume. The attempt was unsuccessful. Gilligan asserts innocence Gilligan lives in a, suite. with MIT::Ciu';&; Seven other Harvard freshman. Though he had heard about the theft CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE of the beaver paw, Gillig~ said the Sbsta Cenler paw was not iri his possession. 6eglmlng Monday, Aprl 22, the Pid'e~n pQ1htMt 1ei.ld5 trom n~ Creighton, however, suspects Lnd.f.!!rpa~ a1 Btalding 2.6 ;and heads east aroum the! Stabs C(J~ion that Gilligan or one of his room- trailer wil be c1o&ed to slow klr crane acceea to \he area. Srgna y;J]. be mates took the paw. "He obviously irGt.1llcd to d~ur pcdcstrii1nS to tt:ci- dcstin..tiorno, knew something about it because Ze~jger Sports & FiLnMIS Center anybody else would have probably Coordln9tion -and ~Btala1kmoo ceiling mechiJnlcal6'j6temi t5ln , spazzed more," Creighton said. lX'C\greB&. Dry 'A'iSI tmrning work 2100toUgh plumbi1g are in pcngressoo en lloora. Paw hunt over for now • Stress Reduction Exercises Orcyfus. Clu::miSitry Buikl ing Creighton said the Harvard Ft.S11e' hood testing 2Ind rep. y.-ork to e:d~r ool'lCte1~ talfade 'are ., excursion failed. becaUse the alleged pt"09relia Ouring the "lee;); April s.i(Vice to 'Or 2:2-2$, eklctricsJ thieves did not display the paw • Time Management Techniques laborab:lI)' oL6!1!5 yii! be !5tu olI be'tlNeefl '6 and 9:30a.m.. "Tl1'S WOlf( is .openly in their room; as he had mQulred to transfer ffttrvk:ie frOm eJ(ls1lng temporary Feedere Ii) the hoped. - • Mind-Body Awareness permanent distributiOf1 system. "We didn't have anything to ~8-ar St. Utilities charge up the people,. Creighton Sewar~pfBoemenc wor1( conCfU.Kc&on ViliJ8ilf St 'rom eufkU~4:2 Groupmt'ets for thr~ co~utP,'e said. "If he had just had it hanging V\l'edr1€$ooysl 4-5:30 p.rn heading WJe!5l Traffic, fkJw andp.ki~ wiI b~ a&cted neat the \Wrk z-one. OrlIln C1:'JnablJCtlOn[8. I6lcfeJWay rn froM or stsl8eU&. Truck anl1 on his wall, obviously' we would mach.,~ movcmcrrt mil}' CliILSC: delilY"-. T'1J~p;lnmg kJt between. have gotten it." Next group begins April 24 Buikling!> 4.5 md 48 i$ t1~d to 1I11owrorutility oonstruetioa.for the stata Alfred C. Ashford '04, who par- EnroEJrrenl rsGn9Jmg ~1)f'.Tht8 phase of conitJlJetkm vlfl extG.nd I~ June. Parking ticipated in the recovery attempt, Co- k::£J oc>r,; cue MClJ9cHTi'1. Zr.;k and lOdy lea OC.Jf ~ ydJ ~ ~e OW8i21ble in tbe eRA lot on the cotner of Main and . attributed the group's failure to "tr?i- falnes 8lmet&. tors in our midst." . Mcmori;1l Drive Traffic Signats Creighton said he has "no other The Traftio Ugt't!i ~t Wadsworth and Endb:rtt saeet& ate fLiJ~ irustatecL plans" to reclaim the beaver paw .. For more iBformation T~ilg 0' U\til slana/8 1& nOf.'t urQIrway. LtlndsCap9 wort( wtl be;" Gilligan, however, said he would later in ~ apli1g .. not be surprised to see the MIT stu- email [email protected] [email protected], dents return to look for the paw. "I 1,,,,'1 guess I'll just live my life in fear," MIT Medical or cafl617/253-2D16 F," InfcltlMf'i(lllJ "" MlT', bulIdfng~, ,."., MQ:t~,M1q.~otvf"" This lnfo.rruDon proWdtHI by "", MrT Dwpet1'nlwnf m I!M:fNtJft. Gilligan said. Simple Fact: . ~.e...... D.epression is treatable ...... - . .,.. Get out of the dark~ • It . + • ~ 4: _ .... if • 4 .. , ••• :- ,..- >t T31kin 9 "nt h someo n e cQ-ofidelltiaily might be all you need. It's sm art to rea ch. out. Make anappOitltnlent. It's free .. Prompt appointments including eveningS. 24 hour urgent care indudin 9 weekday 2-4 pm walk-in hourS. Mellt at Health Send ce 611.253.2916 Ifs smart to reach out. April 23, 2002 THE TECH Page 17 DAN BERSAK-TJlE TECH ~ MIT alumnus Kate ,. - Stohlman and Ross ... 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His shot caromed off the net Augustyn broke serve in the "- cord and past two unsuspecting third game of the first set and held Bowdoin players before dropping the margin for the remainder of the into the court. MIT capitalized on set. He capitalized on a game in this lucky break (no pun intended) which his Springfield opponent, with another hold on Augustyn's Jake Logan, double faulted twice. serve. This game, which included a In the following game, Logan rarely seen ace on a serve into the forced three shots long and body, tied the match score at 6-6. Augustyn smashed an overhead Bowdoin followed with a service winner. Logan jumped to a 40-0 hold 011 the next game, bringing lead in the next game as Augustyn the score to 7-6. overhit three forehands. However, Kolesnikov came up with a big Augustyn kept swinging for the serving game in game # 14 and fences and the strategy worked. He denied Bowdoin's first chances at forced short replies and took claiming the match. On their first advantage of such opportunities. match point, Bowdoin hit a wide He was aided, by Logan's low 1st volley that sent the score to deuce. serve percentage. On the second Bowdoin match With Augustyn up 4-1, the STANLEY HU-TIlE TECH point, Kolesnikov hit a bold ser- momentum swung in Logan's Theresa Cheng '02 shoots and scores during last Saturday's 13-4 victory over Smith College. vice winner on a second serve. favor momentarily. First, Logan Later, he added two more consecu- broke Augustyn's ,serve and then tive service winner to finish the wisely modified his own serving game. style. Instead of always going for In MIT's next service game, big 1st serves, Logan began 'occa- Win a Palm m130! - Augustyn and Kolesnikov were sionally slicing 1st serves in safe- quickly faced with triple match ly. He held his serVefor the second point. They forced two Bowdoin time, sending the score to 4-3. errors, but finally lost on the next Serve was held for the remainder point Bowdoin's fifth match point. of set, so Augustyn won 6-4. Augustyn finished the match with At the ~eginning of the second two aces and 12 winners, while set, Augustyn remained in control. Kolesnikov added three aces and He, pounded deep forehands to i0 winners. Both players had three Logan's backhand that forced double faults 'in the match. The errors and short balls. Clinging to 'Information Systems would like to hear from you doub~es team fought ,off four a 2-1 lead, a light rain forced a matches points before losing the short delay in the action and appar- regarding Windows XP at MIT. Complete a survey at match. ently dampened Augustyn's game. Uncharacteristically, Augustyn http::/lmitedu/discovery/winxpjsu rvey .htm~ Kolesnikov claims singles match began hitting many of his shots off Kolesnikov was MIT's sole vic- the mark. In the first three games to be entered to win a Palm m130. tor in the Bowdoin match. He won -after the rain delay, Augustyn sent Survey ends on ApriI30/~2002. his #2 singles.inatch~in three.:sets.....'..~ix'balls pastthe'baseline and three .- .,,-. -. ~(r~drC$'MIT per$Qrt~ ~ijfi""llbrt) after losing the first set.- others wide of the sidelines. In the, #1 sin'gles match, .Augustyn dealt with his base- Augustyn lost a close match, line slump in the eighth game of which at times could have easily the set by approaching the net become a lopsided Bowdoin win. twice for winning volleys ..These Have you ever In the first set, Augusty~ was winners helped him break serve down 1-4, 0-40, but recovered to and tie the score at 4-4. He held force a 1st set tiebreaker. He came serve at love in the following had trouble communicating . up short 7-5 in'the tiebreaker. In game. Logan did the same in the the second set, Augustyn fell' next game. Logan then broke serve behind by two breaks and only again in the next game by adopting with someone . managed to win one of them back. a defe~ive strategy. Rather than Augustyn finished the match with shooting for winners himself, 21 winners. The final score was Logan put the pressure on of a different race 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Augustyn. In one particularly . exciting point, Logan saved two Doubles sweep Springfield Augustyn overheads and forced or culture? MIT began the Springfield Augustyn to het a volley. Logan match on Saturday by winning served out the set in the next'game three doubles matches. The top to win 7-5 ...... doubles team of Augustyn and The rains began coming down come to Kolesnikov jumped out to a 5-0 before ~he third set began, so the lead. During this stretch, Augustyn players were forced to finish the " and Kolesnikov combined for six match in the indoor tennis center. overhead winners. They controlled Augustyn broke early in the set the net and served well enough to and went up 3-0. That was all he deny any break point opportuni- needed to clinch the set and the ties. However, the duo was unable match. Serve was held for the ~~Race,Ethnicity to maintain their dominance and remainder of the set and Augustyn lost four of the next five games. In won by a score 'of 6-3. Augustyn the final two 'games, Augustyn showed good patience in' the final and the Mil Community" took over the match and ended all games of the match. He maintained ' , • ~ ... 1>'1 t - Springfield comeback hopes. Serv- his aggressive style of play without ing up 6-4, he delivered two aces, forcing too many shots early in the one on a second serve. The final points. This allowed him to create game began with a return winner, opportunities for winners. In fact" Tuesday, April 23 6:00- a:OO pm' 1;..190 backhand volley winner, and over- he finished the match with .two'. head winner from Augustyn. volley winners. In the three sets, Springfield's last breath of life was Augustyn ,produced 32 winners snuffed out as, their final volley along with' one ace' and nine double found the net. Augustyn finished faults. DiscusSion moderated by. plembers of the group the match with three aces and Augustyn was joined, by the "Not Just~lacks and lewsin Conversation"- NJBJC is a program eleven winners. Kolesnikov added other five singl~s players, each of anace and eight.winners. whom won' their matches in composed of a group of New York Stale Supreme and Appellate The other MIT doubles teams straight sets,. The number two court judges (of ditTe~nt ~s and clhnicities) dedicated to fighting aJso had easy wins. The second through number six singles match- rdCism aiJd all forms of bigotry on and_off campus. doubles team of Eric C. Makhni es were won by Kolesnikov (6-3, '05 and John G. Bloomsburgh '03 6-3),- Ogrydziak (6-0, 6-0), won by a score of 8-4. The third Makhni (6-2, 6-2), Lin (6-2,6-2), This c\'enl is co-spoasorcd by Ibc Connnittce on Campus Race RdDlioDS) the School of doubles team of Michael H. Ogry- and Bloomsburgh (6-0, 6-4), Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Stndent Activities Off'ICC through the "Student Ufc No",llf fund. dziak '04 and Walton W. Lin'04 respectively. the Political Scicnce Deportment, ATO, the Black Gmd~c Stud.c=ntAssociation. ' HiUcl;AXO. the Black Student Union, Cboco~e City, the Chinese Students aub, the S~' for Hispanic Engincc:rs. LUChA, [email protected] Pangaea, Sangam: The Indian Stwknts Association and the International Students Associmion.. it's one more reason to put off your problem set fa' more infoonntion ocoact Tcbie Weiner (iguanatw@miLedu,617253-3649) cr Ene BrcxJer (cbroder@milt.'du). \ , \ Page 20 THE TECH April 23, 2002 SPORTS Men's Tennis Stretches Unbeaten Streak By Robert Aronstam STAFF WRITER The men's tennis team is on a six match winning streak thanks in part to a 7-D win over Springfield STANLEY HU-THE TECH College on Saturday.' MIl's novice heavyweight eight sprints against Harvard and Princeton in the Compton Cup, held on the Charles River Saturday. The However, the team crew placed third, clocking 6:39.1 over the 2000m course. Pictured, from left to right: Frederick D. Wang '05, Timothy D. Heidel '05, " got ,off to a rough Luke G. Zimmerman '04, Jacob J. Ornelas '05, Robert A. Figueiredo '05, John J. Cooley '05, An~rew G. Baines ,'05, Raymond A. Hill start with three losses '05, Craig J. Rothman '05 (coxswain). out of their first four T matches. Two of the losses came to Northeast Regional foes: Tufts University and Bow- STANLEYHU- doin University. -MIT is' 4-0 THE TECH against New England Women's - Shortstop and Men's Athletic Conference Erin L. Hult opponents. '04 tags out a WPI runner Bowdoin sweeps doubles on a steal MIT fell to Bowdoin College attempt at 6-1 on. April 10, when MIT failed second base to win a doubles match. Of the in last Satur- three doubles contests, the pest day's double- effort came at the #1 position. header. MIT MIT's Jeffrey P. Augustyn '03 and won both Andrew V. Kolesnikov '03 fought games, 9~1 an uphill battle for the entire and 10-2. match. They dropped the first three games of the match and were unable to recover. They managed to tie the score three times, but did not take a lead at any point. The final score of the match was 9-7. At the start of the # I doubles Track & Field match, Bowdoin held their first 'two service games. Additionally, Bowdoin broke MIT, on Kbles~ikov's first service game. '_ Several loose volleys and a double fault led to the service break. Augustyn served in the fourth game, the first won by MIT. The game featured an overhead winner, DAN BERSAK-THE TECH service winner, and ace from Rachel A. Sharp '02 tackles one of her opponents from Bentley Col- Augustyn. In the following game, lege during Saturday's rugby game as Julie L. Goss '05 looks on. Augustyn blasted a passing shot Mil went on to beat Bentley 25-0. winner on the first point: The Bowdoin server then double fault- ed twice. An unforced error from _Bowdoin on the next point"brought the set score to 3.;....2. Women's Rugby Beats MIT claimed the first point of the sixth game after a vicious vol- ley exchange that resulted in an Bentley for First Augustyn overhead winner. After a Wm Bowdoin passing shot winner, By Catherine Faa As the clock ran down to the last Kolesnikov fired two consecutive TEAM MEMBER seconds of the half, scrumhalf Sarah aces out wide. The match was tied MIT's Women's Rugby team L. Daigh '03 pulled the ball from at 3-3 after a Bowdoin player recorded its first victory of the sea- the scrum for a quick weakside missed a routine volley on the next son Saturday, beating Bentley Col- play, scoring a try and bringing the point. lege 25-0. halftime score to 15-D. After Bowdoin held serve, Returning players Augustyn displayed his brilliance from the fall season MIT keeps Bentley scoreless at the net on his own service game. . were joined by several MIT kicked off the second half, With the score at 15-15, he rookies, including and started moving towards the try punched a cross-court volley for a T Erin L. Alexander '04, line with strong runs by f1yhalf winner off of a tough, low return. Nayeli A. Dault '04, Uchechukwu Vanessa Li '02 and Gilbert. Prop On the following point, a short, U. Enuha 'OS, Elizabeth A. Smith Rachel A. Sharp '02 led the for- weak MIT shot appeared to set up 'OS, Lisa M. Walters '04, and Mall- wards on a drive across the try line, an easy Bowdoin winner. Howev- ma r. Wolf '03. but was held up by the Bentley for- er, Augustyn surprisingly managed The half started out strong with wards, who were awarded a 22m to fire back a volley. This shot good tackling and rucking by the drop-kick. Rookie wing Enuha drew a weak reply, which MIT mggers. Julie L. Goss '05 stole recovered the ball and regained Augustyn finished off with an a hook in a scmm midway through much of the lost yardage. The next overhead winner. the first half, starting a strong offen- try was scored by eightman Kristin In the next game, BO\ydoin held sive play that allowed fullback R. Brodie '03, who was assisted by serve easily. In the tenth game, Danielle M. Gilbert '05 to score her Gilbert and Sharp who brought the Kolesnikov hit a very timely and a second try of the season. Fueled by ball within a few feet of the try line. very untimely serve. Both serves an early lead, MIT played aggres- With only a few minutes left in came on break points and neither sively off the Bentley kick, and a the game, Tech drove towards their was touched by the Bowdoin strong dri ve by the forwards try line yet again. Uche scored her returners. However, only one of allowed rookie inside center Dault first ever try to end the game at the crucial serves landed in the ser- to make a long nm down the side- 25-D. vice box, so MIT went down by a line. At the tackle, the forwards MIT Women's Rugby's next two STANLEY HU-TlIE TECH break for the second time in the cleaned up the ball. Second row home games will be this Wednesday Karen M. Keller '04 just barely clears 4'08.00" In the, high match. Leah K. Premo '04 broke through at 5:00 p.m. against Nichols Col- jump to tie for second place (above). Jennifer A. Gaugler '05 Kolesnikov redeemed himself the Bentley forward pack, allowing lege, and this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. lands in the steeplechase water pit with a spectacular splash. in the very next game by hitting an Goss to make her first try of her against the University of New She placed third in the 3000m steeplechase (13:22.61) dur- career. Hampshire. ing Saturday's 110-98 loss against Springfield College. Tennis, Page-19