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Volume 123, umber 6 Cambridge Mas achu 02139 Friday, February 21, 2003 Record Snowfall ClosesMIT, Pops Bubble Jurassic 5
By Beckett W. Stemer ASSOCIATE EWSEDITOR Selected etting the record for the greatest snowfall in Boston since 1893, the storm this President's Day weekend For Spring dropped 27.5 inches and caused MIT to close for the first time in six years. The James B. Carr Tennis Center collapsed, as it had the previous time Weekend MIT closed for snow, on April I, 1997. By Nathan Collins Although Gov. Mitt Romney did NEWS EDITOR not declare the storm a state emer- Connoisseurs of hip-hop, gency, MIT decided to close mainly rejoice. The band Jurassic 5 will because of the weather predictions headline this year's Spring Week- Monday night that the storm would end concert in April. continue into Tuesday afternoon, The 2003 Spring Weekend said Laura Avakian, MIT's vice Committee heard Monday that the president for human resources. Los Angeles-based hip hop group In the meantime, many students would include MIT as part of a col- seized the prospect of a four-day lege tour, said Shannon E. Turner weekend to celebrate in the snow '06, a committee co-chair. Monday night. The Spring Weekend Committee has not yet made a bid for an open- Snow bursts heated tennis bubble ing act, but Turner said that they One deflating consequence of the will likely do so by Wednesday. snowstorm here at MIT was the col- Turner said she hopes to hear back lapse of the Tennis Center - or BRIAN HEMOND-THE TECH from a promoter in the next several "bubble" - covering the heated ten- The deflated James B. Carr Tennis Center lies on the ground after tearing under the weight of the snow weeks. nis courts on the athletic fields. from Monday'S storm. The "Bubble" Is expected to be repaired shortly. "We want to go with a rock Norman H. Magnuson Jr. of the fabric to tear. come next week to patch the hole. it difficult" for faculty, staff and stu- group ... just to balance it out," facilities department said that the "In a perfect world, what is sup- dents to make it to campus safely. Turner said. bubble had collapsed because snow, posed to happen is that the snow Snow forecast was factor for MIT Another concern, she said, was that melted by the heated air on the should slide off of it," he said, but in Avakian, describing why MIT there were "some forecasts that [the Group to get 530,000 inside, had pooled on top of the fab~ this case there was simply "too decided to close, said that on Mon- snow] would last through the day:' Jurassic 5 will be paid $30,000 ric, making a "dimple" by pushing much snow." He said that the manu- day night it seemed "the sheer for performing, a large but typical inward and ultimately causing the facturer has been notified and should amount of snow was going to make Snow, Page 16 chunk of Spring Weekend's $80,000 budget, Turner said. She said she expects an additional Dormcon Authors Orientation Schedule Pro osal $15,000 in ticket sales. The group's selection was the By Keith J. Wlnsteln plishment, its drafters say, is in E. Benson '03 of the Dormitory a schedule for orientation by March. culmination of a process that began NEWS AND FEA TURES DIRECTOR demonstrating how to squeeze in ori- Council, who helped draft the pro- He did not return a request for com- last December. The committee, The Dormitory Council has pro- entation programs - such as a par- posal. ment. which Turner said represented a posed a schedule for Orientation ent orientation coincident with fresh- Benson emphasized that Dorm- broad range of musical tastes, met 2003, featuring the return of Killian man arrival, and a string of official con's interest is in demonstrating the n.TFP holds tool-in for dorm ru h once a week to consider various Kickoff and more than two days of orientation-week activities from wel- possibility of a schedule that satisfies The proposal is also supported by options. dormitory rush. come dinners to advanced placement both students and administrators, and a newly-reconstituted IL TFP, or "I The committee conducted a sur- The proposal was issued yester- exams - alongside blocks of time that Dormcon is willing to compro- Love This Place:' a student group vey in order to understand student day and has been endorsed by the set aside for dormitory rush. mise on the particular details of the last active in 1999 that describes preferences. "We worked from the Undergraduate Association's Com- The proposed schedule ''has got- proposal. itself as "concerned that recent survey a lot," Turner said. mittee on Housing and Orientation. ten positive reviews from both stu- Larry G. Benedict, the dean for administrative policies are endanger- "We had to do stuff quickly" in The schedule's principal accom- dents and administrators," said Ross student life, is expected to decide on ing the aspects of MIT that we con- order to compete with other schools sider special, unique, and desirable." holding similar events near Spring About 50 students from the group Weekend, Turner said. sat and studied at a Lobby 10 "tool- After considering tastes and in" yesterday "to ensure that some prices - some bands demand in
Orientation, Page 18 Spring Weekend, Page 14 Pinker Mulls Hanrard Job After 22 Years in Course IX By Jenny Zhang makes MIT a special place," Sur ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR told The Boston Globe, saying Pres- Professor of Psychology Steven ident Vest has been involved in Pinker is mulling a departure from offering Pinker "whatever he felt MIT to Harvard University. would be needed" to keep Pinker at Pinker said he is expecting a for- MIT. mal offer from Harvard's psycholo- "It would be very disappointing" gy department, and plans to make a if he left, said Professor Nancy Kan- decision within a month of receiv- wisher of the Brain and Cognitive ing the offer. Science department. "I feel very welcome at MIT, Sur was out of the country and and would not leave lightly," Pinker could not be reached for comment. said. "It's a marvelous place for Professor Daniel Schacter, head of teaching and research. President the Harvard psychology department, Vest and [Professor Mriganka Sur, declined to discuss the matter. head of the Brain and Cognitive Sci- Pinker says he' still undecided JONATHAN WAN THE TECH ence department] have been Students protest In support of dormitory rush during Orientation with a "tool-ln" In Lobby 10 on Thurs- superb." Pinker said he is unsure of what day. The tool-ln protest, organized by ILTFP, lasted through the entire day as students sat In Lobby 10 "We certainly don't want him to doing problem sets and encouraging passers-by to sign their petition. go anywhere - he's part of what Pinker, Page 15
City oj God Comics OPOOO World & Nation 2 is a 'Pulp David Lepzelter discusses the Opinion 4 Fictimt importance of fighting for the Events Calendar 8 wannabe.' preservation of dorm rush. Arts 9 On the Town .12 Page 9 Page 6 Page 5 Sports 20 Page 2 T February 21, 2003
Justice Departmen Te o. Conviction umbers Inflated .S., Britain Soon to Present THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTO Council Disarmament Policy The GAO, the inve tigative ann of Congress, found that the num- ber of terrori m convictions reported in 2002 was inflated by 46 per- By aggIe Fartey the language. said in an interview with Radio cent because of inaccurate and unreliable information from U.S. nd Robin wrtght But after a 3D-minute phone con- France released Wednesday by the attorneys. At least 132 of 288 cases the GAO examined were misclas- LOS ANGELES TIMES versation between President Bush State Department. silled as terrorism-related, the agency told Congress. UNITED NATIO and British Prime Minister Tony Powell confirmed that the The numbers are an important tool for Justice and Congre in The United tates and Britain Blair on Wednesday, they agreed process will continue to unfold until assessing the performance of law enforcement in pursuing terrorism will present a resolution to the that a new resolution should compel chief weapons inspector Hans Blix cases. Security Council "in the next few the council to take action sooner makes another progress report at the 'We found that DOJ does not have sufficient management over- working day " authorizing force to rather than later. end of the month - and, he hinted, sight and internal controls in place ... to ensure the accuracy and relia- di ann Iraq along with a deadline The three basic elements of the possibly once again in mid-March. bility of its terrorism-related conviction statistic ," the GAO concluded. for the council to vote on it; U.S. proposed resolution are that Iraq is But the United States is reluctant to The Justice Department said it agreed with the GAO' fmdings and British officials said Wednes- in material breach; that it was make a decision on a further report and plans stronger oversight of terrorism conviction data sent to day. given one final chance and failed to from the inspectors, as the French Washington. British Ambassador Jeremy fully comply, which amounts to a have demanded, until it finds out The GAO examined the conviction numbers after the Philadelphia Greenstock said that the draft reso- further breach; and that it is time what the next report concludes, he Inquirer accused the DOJ of inflating them in its fiscal year 2000 per- lution also would set a cutoff date for members of the international said. formance review. for Iraq's compliance, "implicitly or community to move forward with "We can't just keep meeting as explicitly" to force the Security the "serious consequences" spelled foreign ministers to listen to reports Council to limit how much longer out in Resolution 1441, which about how Iraq is thinking about orth Korean Jet Briefly Enters inspections should continue without returned weapons inspectors to Iraq cooperating or is cooperating on Baghdad's full cooperation. late last year, U.S. officials said process," Powell told Radio France. South orean Airspace The resolution, which the admin- Wednesday. "It is not process that we are look- LOS ANGELES TIMES istration had been expected to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell ing for. It is compliance." EOUL. SOUTH KOREA unveil days ago, has been held up urged Germany and the veto-holding The White House said Wednes- A orth Korean fighter jet briefly crossed into South Korean air- by haggling between the United council members who oppose war - day that the tone and content of the space Thursday morning over the Yellow ea, prompting the South States and its key partner Britain on France, Russia and China - not to resolution are not "fmally settled" Korean air force to send six fighter planes of its own and put ground- its timing and the content, as well as be "afiaid" to take responsibility for and that Bush will work closely to-air missiles on alert. the growing antiwar movement enforcing the U.N. resolutions that with allies to press for a resolution • The two-minute incursion ended without incident, but nonetheless worldwide and opposition within call on Iraq to disarm. that will satisfy the common raised tensions at a time that nerves are already on edge over the the Security Council. "It cannot be a satisfactory solu- denominator on the deeply divided North's nuclear program and its threat to pull out of the 1953 Diplomats said that even this tion for inspections just to continue Security Council. armistice that ended the Korean War. week's East Coast massive storm forever because some nations are The goal is a "straightforward, The South Korean military said it was the first such incursion by slowed the pace, with officials slog- afraid of stepping up to the respon- simple resolution that enforces Res- since 1983 and that it would lodge an official protest. ging through snow-covered streets sibility of imposing the will of the olution 1441," White House "We are analyzing the intentions behind this incursion and plan- to reach a secure location to discuss international community," Powell spokesman Ari Fleischer said. ning to protest after the analysis is completed," said a spokesman for its joint chiefs of staff. Another spokesman said that the Soviet-made MiG-19 crossed the northern limit line that is effectively the maritime border between the Teenage Girl Undergoes Second Koreas at 10:03 a.m., flying seven miles into South Korea airspace before retreating. Search For Columbia Debris Transplant Following Mistake By Ken Ellingwood In a two-week span, Jesica for recovery were uncertain. Moves to Nevada ws ANGELES TIMES underwent a rare and complicated "She has a number of hurdles to THE WASHINGTON POST A 17-year-old girl who was left procedure twice. "The family is overcome," said Dr. Duane Davis, a HOUSTON near death after a botched heart and clearly very relieved, happy," said transplant surgeon who assisted in The Columbia Accident Investigation Board said Thursday that lung transplant at Duke University Kurt Dixon, a North Carolina attor- the latest procedure. "Our hopes and investigators are searching the area around Caliente, Nev., for what Hospital in Durham, N.C., received ney who has represented the family prayers are that she will overcome may be a piece of the space shuttle that was tracked by air traffic con- replacement organs Thursday in an since the first transplant. "It's a very all of them." trol radar as it fell to Earth on Feb. 1. operation that offered a coveted sec- extensive surgery, so they're wor- The widely publicized case The Civil Air Patrol began searching the rugged desert and moun- ond chance for both patient and doc- ried." brought embarrassment to Duke, a tain area, and other means may be used in the search, the report said. tor. Jesica was left gravely ill after a respected medical center that has No piece of the shuttle bas been found west of Fort Worth, and Jesica Santillan, whose parents Feb. 7 operation during which she been the site of thousands of suc- finding a piece of wreckage that separated from the shuttle early in its smuggled her from Mexico three received organs that were of a dif- cessful organ transplants. Duke offi- breakup, and was large enough to have been tracked by radar, could years ago in hopes of replacing her ferent blood type. Her body rejected cials accepted responsibility for the provide a significant clue as to what triggered the disaster. defective heart and lungs, remained the replacement heart and lungs mix-up and responded by putting Most wreckage has been located from Fort Worth to Louisiana so in critical condition following the almost immediately, forcing doctors into place new safeguards to prevent far, but witnesses and data suggest the breakup started much earlier, four-hour procedure early Thursday to place her on life support. similar errors in the future. perhaps as the shuttle crossed the California coast. morning. The operation was made The ordeal has resulted in dam- About 43 percent of heart-lung The investigation board's status report, released late Thursday, said possible when a heart and lungs age to other organs, and doctors recipients in her age group - 11 to trajectory and ballistics experts pinpointed the Caliente area by using became available overnight, even as warned that even though Thursday's 17 ~ survive at least three years, video imagery to analyze the trajectory of individual shuttle pieces. time appeared to be running out for transplant went as expected, Jesica according to the organ-sharing net- Jesica. The donor was not identified. remained so sick that her chances work. WEATHER Digging for Spring Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Frtday, February 21, 2003 o~ r.;~ o~ ~~ ~~ b~ o~ o~ o~ ~~ _c!!.~ '2~ o~ _c!!.~ ...~ ...1lI ...
was rather standard, and the surface wind field was blase. The combination 300N of an Arctic high pressure to our north (it was OaF (-18°C) two nights last week in Boston), copious moisture, and the storm's slow movement pro- duced the large volume of snow that fell across the Northeast. This weekend a new, potent storm will move to the East Coast. With the loss of the Arctic high, warm air in advance of the storm will cause most of 25°N the precipitation to fall as rain in Boston. With the large snowpack from Monday and the heavy rain this weekend, there may be some flooding. That sounds like spring, but the potential for snow returns on Monday.
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Today: Nice (for February). Sunny with a high of 48°F (9°C). !Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Svmbols Tonight: Cloudy, low of 32°F (O°C). Snow Rain _Trouab - Fog Saturday: Rain, heavy at times. High of 43°F (6°C), low 40°F (4°C). H Hiab PrcssIll'C . - - Showers - - VV Thunderstorm Sunday: Clearing, turning colder late. High of 40°F (4°C). • ••• WannFront * "R Ught L Low Pressure . ex:> Haze ••••• CoIdFront ModcraJe * .. Compiled by MIT ~ Hurricane ** M~taIf ~ Stationaty Front Heavy . A .. and TlNT«It ~ ------._------_._-- . February 21, 2003 WORLD & THE TECH Page3
Odyssey Probe of Mar S ow Defense Department Buys 80,000 Gas Masks for Workers Snow May Be Ca e of G~. es THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON By Rob Stein place to earch for vidence of ping out of th ground. But non The D fense Department has bought 80,000 "escape masks" for THE WASHINGTO POST e isting or extinct microbial life of the narios was fully accepted. p ople who work at the Pentagon and 46 other departmental build- WASHINGTO hen A A' ne t round of The n w conclusion come from ings in the Washington area, officials said yesterday. Mysteriou gullie on Mar unmanned Mar probe arrive in images from the Mars Ody ey The masks, which cost $180 each, help protect against biological appear to have been etched by melt- 2004. which was launched April 7, 2001, and chemical agents that might be used in a terrorist attack. The ing snow, a finding that offers "If you were to land on on of and is studying Mar from orbit. masks will be issued to Pentagon employees and others who work at promising new places to search for tho e and tick a hovel in the While examining an Odys ey image the military headquarters by the end of the month. Employees, who signs of life on the Red Planet, a ground, you'd be shoveling snow. of gullies in the wall of a crater, will be trained on how to wear the masks, will keep them at their scientist reported Wedne day. And if life ever exi ted on Mars, I Christen en noticed a nearby forma- desks. ew pictures collected by can't think of a more exciting place tion that appeared to be "pasted on" The di clo ure that the department had purchased the masks came ASA's Mars Odyssey space probe to go and look," Christen en aid at the terrain. at a ' town ball" meeting at the Pentagon and was reported by its in- show formations that eem to be a briefing at A A headquarter Further analysis indicated it house news service, the American Forces Press Service. remnants of thick snow packs that here - an event that was almost could be snow. When he looked at "With everything that is going on in the world, it's probably rea- once draped the slopes of crater , canceled by the terrestrial snow- gullies elsewhere in the mid lati- onable - and certainly sensible - to assume we may be targeted cliffs and other areas. torm that buried the East Coast this tudes of the plan t, he noticed the again," Ray DuBois, director of Washington Headquarters Services, The formations are near the gul- week. same kind of nearby formations. told employees. lies, which could have been carved The gullie were first spotted by "I saw it and said, 'Aha!' It when most of the snow melted, slic- another ASA spacecraft, the Mars looks for all the world like these ing channels into the ground. Global Surveyor, which sent back gullies are being exposed as this ter- Florida Professor Arrested "Mars seems to have quite a bit images of the formations in 2000. rain is being removed through melt- of snow," said Philip R. Christensen The gullies baffled scientists ing and evaporation," aid Chris- On Terror Charges of Arizona State University in because they appeared to be rela- tensen, whose findings are being THE WASHINGTON POST Tempe, who conducted the research. tively young and the planet has been published in the journal ature. WASHrNGTON "I think the young gullies of Mars too cold for too long to have had "Snow provides a wonderful . The Justice Department on Thursday accused a former Florida were actually carved by melting of large amounts of water. abode for life. The snow itself acts university professor of conspiracy to commit murder via suicide extensive snow packs." Scientists proposed several as a little miniature greenhou e," attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories, saying he has secretly If confirmed, the findings would hypotheses to explain ow the gul- Christensen said. He peculated that been a top leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist orga- solve the puzzle of how the gullies lies might have formed, including Mars goes through 1OO,OOO-yearcli- nization for years. formed and could provide the best that they were created by water mactic cycles. In a 50-count indictment unsealed Thursday in Tampa, Fla., Sami al-Arian and seven other people, including three Muslim activists arrested Thursday in this country and several top officials of PH still • u.s. Soon to Add Medium Security at large abroad, also were charged with crimes ranging from racke- teering to money laundering. Al-Arian was arrested at his suburban Tampa home Thursday. Detainee Detention Camp in Cuba Among those charged were Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, a close associate of al-Arian's in Tampa during the 1990s who now heads By Richard A. serrano relaxed atmosphere than the single have urged the administration to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) from Syria; and Abd Al Aziz Awda, a LOS ANGELES TIMES cells that detainees now occupy. free those who are not terrorists or founder and spiritual leader of PH. WASHINGTON Instead, Camp IV will be a gen- true prisoners of war, or to at least Federal agents have spent a decade developing a case against Al- The U.S. military will soon open eral population facility with large give them access to defense Arian, who was relieved of his duties as a computer engineering pro- a new medium security detention day rooms allowing detainees to lawyers. fessor at the University of South Florida in Tampa in 200 I. His case center in Cuba for detainees from play sports and games and to assem- Last year, the first group of is one of the longest-running probes into alleged terrorist activities in the war on terror in Afghanistan that ble. Construction of the facility is detainees was released, including U.S. history. will allow them much more free- expected to be completed by early four men from Afghanistan and one Attorney General John Ashcroft said at a news conference Thurs- dom, a move that could lead to the March, and about 200 of the from Pakistan. But then earlier this day that changes in U.S. law under the USA PA TRlOT Act, anti-ter- eventual repatriation of many of the detainees, or nearly a third of the month another group of some 25 ror legislation enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, allowed 650 captives held at the U.S. Naval current prison population confmed detainees was brought to Camp authoritie to make the criminal case again t Al-Arian. Base on Guantanamo Bay, officials under maximum security conditions, Delta. said Thursday. will be moved there, Costello said. Nevertheless, some advocates The decision to build "Camp IV" "It would permit some of the believe the opening of Camp IV sig- Female Air Force Cadets Allegedly comes at' a time when 19 of the detainees to have a little bit more nals that more releases may be detainees have attempted suicide in freedom to congregate with each imminent. Punished for Reporting Rapes recent weeks, mostly by trying to other, to pra together, to recreate Tom Wilner, a Washington THE WASHINGTON POST hang or choke themselves in their together," he said. . attorney, is representing 12 Kuwait- DE VER cells, and legal challenges are pres- "It's for those who are consid- is being held in Cuba and has asked A decade after a series of rape charges sparked a major effort to suring the Bush administration to ered less of a security risk and have an appellate court in Washington to protect female cadets at the Air Force Academy, the Pentagon on either release the captives or at least been cooperative in the interroga- allow them to at least meet with Thursday launched an investigation into a spate of new cases in allow them access to attorneys. tion process, and to prepare lawyers to fashion some kind of which female cadets said they were disciplined, ostracized or forced Army Lt. Col. Bill Costello, a detainees who may be identified for legal case for their defense. to leave the academy after reporting sexual assaults by fellow stu- spokesman for the military joint being returned to their home coun- "U.S. officials have privately dents . task force at Southern Command in tries." acknowledged for months now that Female cadets who reported being raped by male upperclassmen Miami, which is overseeing the He said the plan calls for inmates many people at Guantanamo, and within the past two year have said they were warned by fellow detention operation in Cuba, said in Camp IV who continue to behave the 12 Kuwaitis there, are inno- cadets that they could face official discipline for underage drinking • the new center will open in about and who show no security risks to cent," he said Thursday. "We hope and "fraternization" - that is, personal relations with a military two weeks and will house medium eventually "be on their way to repa- this is a step toward releasing them. superior - if they brought formal charges against the men involved. security prisoners who have already triation." "There is simply no legal or Some cadets said they were told that assault in a social setting, such undergone interrogation and inter- The fIrst detainees began arriv- moral excuse for jailing innocent as a date or a party, is so difficult to prove that charges against the views by U.S. intelligence officials. ing in Cuba a little more than a year people any longer," he said. men involved would be futile. The new camp will be located ago, and many of them and their Costello would not say which The new Pentagon probe follows news stories on Denver's inside the perimeter of Camp Delta, families, along with civil rights detainees would be selected for KMGH-TV and in the Denver weekly newspaper Westword. Both but it will have a vastly more groups in this country and abroad, Camp IV. outlets interviewed female cadets involved in a series of alleged assaults from early 2000 to last fall. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) chairman of the Senate Armed Services J.R Morgan Agrees to Pay $6 Million Committee, and Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., called on the Defense Department and the academy to investigate the specific cases report- ed and the general circumstances surrounding sexual assault at the Fine for Improper IPO Commissions academy. By Walter Hamilton November 1999 through March charges claiming that H&Q or any LOS ANGELES TIMES 2000, when H&Q was lead manager employee of H&Q ever demanded Congressmen Say U.S. Special NEW YORK on a dozen IPOs, including Immer- or requested payments for IPO IP. Morgan Chase & Co. agreed sion Corp. of San Jose, Calif., San shares," the spokesman said. "Some Forces May Be Used Thursday to pay a $6 million fme Diego-based Websense Inc. and clients may have placed more trades THE WASHINGTON POST for taking oversized trading com- PFSweb Inc. of Plano, Texas. with H&Q or voluntarily paid higher BOGOTA. COLOMBIA missions from investors who bought The allegations against IP. Mor- commissions in order to be viewed Three U.S. congressmen on Thursday called for a dramatic shares of initial public stock offer- gan are similar to those lodged as higher revenue customers, but not response from the Bush administration to track down three American ings through its San Francisco- against FleetBoston Financial Corp. at the company's request." civilians apparently seized by guerrillas after their plane crashed in a based investment bankers. in January and Credit Suisse First According to the NASD, the out- rebel stronghold last week. Securities regulators alleged that Boston, a unit of Credit Suisse sized commissions weren't paid on The congressmen - Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va), Rep. James Moran the country's second-largest bank- Group, early last year. FleetBoston the IPO transactions. Rather, (D-Va.), and Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) - met with Colombian and ing company improperly shared in paid $28 million to settle the probe investors buying IPO shares paid U.S. embassy officials during a two-day visit. The U.S. representa- the profits of its IPO customers by of its company, while CSFB shelled inflated commissions to buy other tives suggested Thursday that any response could go well beyond a accepting commissions of as much out $100 million. stocks that were more widely trad- rescue operation and might employ U.S. Special Forces based in the as 20 times the prevailing rate. The The fines grew out of a wide- ed. More than 90 customers forked country as part of a U.S.-sponsored training program. investors were primarily institutions ranging investigation by securities over commissions as high as $1.25 a "That's obviously a possibility, but it's up to the president," such as hedge funds. regulator NASD - formerly the share, compared with the normal Moran aid, noting that more than 100 Special Forces trainers are The alleged infractions were National Assn. of Securities Dealers rate of 6 cents, the NASD said. currently participating in the search-and-rescue operation. "They (the committed by Hambrecht & Quist, a - into whether major Wall Street In one instance, the NASD said, U.S. government) consider this to be extremely serious, and I think small San Francisco investment firms took kickbacks from investors J.P. Morgan's commission revenue it's fair to ay that they see it as an appropriate situation for a dramat- bank that J.P. Morgan acquired in seeking lucrative IPO shares. surged to $2.2 million on the day ic respon e." late 1999. H&Q was one of a hand- In its settlement, J.P. Morgan one IPO began trading, up from "Clearly rescue is in order," Moran said. "And the degree to ful of San Francisco-based technol- neither admitted nor denied guilt. 590,000 a day earlier. which that could be handled by the Colombian military is positive. ogy-investment firms that was A spokesman for the company One investor paid $575,000 in But I don't think rescue by itself is a sufficient response." bought out by much larger rivals in said customers were not asked to commissions that normally would The comments represent the strongest from U.S. officials about the late 1990s. pay inflated commissions. have been less than $85,000, the the kidnapping of Americans on government business in Colombia. The wrongdoing occurred from "The N ASD did not make any NASD said. Page 4 THE TEe February 21,2003 OPINION
Chairm n Jyoti Tibrewala '04 Editor in Chief Jennifer Krishnan '04 Du ine anager Ian Lai G an ging Editor Joy Forsythe '04
NEWS STAFF e and Features Director: Keith J. Winstein '03; ews Editors: athan Collins G, Christine R. Fry '05; Associate Editors: Lauren E. leBon '06, Kathy Lin '06, Beckett W. temer '06, Marissa Vogt '06, Jenny Zhang '06; tafJ: Harold Fox G, aveen Sunkavally G, Dan Cho '02, Jeffrey Greenbaum '04, Vicky H u '04, Richa Mahesh- wari '04, Flora Amwayi '05, Vincent Chen '05, Aaron Du '05, Sam Hwang '05, Tom Kilpatrick 'OS, Amerson Lin 'OS, Jing-Helen Tang '05, Qian Wang '05, Tiffany Kosolcharoen '06, Lakshmi ambiar '06, Veena Ramaswamy '06, Jennifer Wong '06; eteorologi t : Robert Lindsay Korty G, Greg Law on G, ikki Prive G, William Ramstrom G, Michael J. Ring G, Efren Gutierrez '03.
PRODUCTION STAFF Editors: Joel Corbo '04, David Carpenter '05; Associate Editors: Hangyul Chung '05, ie Hen- drata Dharmawan '05, icholas R. Hoff 'OS, Kevin Chen '06, Tiffany Dohzen '06; taff: Eric J. Cholankeril G, Anju Kanumalla '03, Andrew Mamo '04, Albert Leung '06, Jolinta Lin '06, Jonathan Reinharth '06.
OPINION STAFF Editor : Ken esmith '04, Andrew C. Thomas '04; Columni t : Philip Burrowes '04, Vivek Rao '05; taff: Ba il Enwegbara G, Kris chnee '02, Gretchen K. Aleks '04, Roy Esaki '04, tephanie W. Wang '04, Tao Vue '04, W. Victo- ria Lee '06.
SPORTS STAFF Editor: Jennifer DeBoer 'OS, Tom Kilpatrick 'OS; Columnist: O.B. Usmen '03.
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PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Letters 10 The Editor Editors: Brian Hemond '04, Jonathan Wang '05, from the truth. The record pork-barrel spend- trillion. If a $300 billion tax cut (cost spread oel Davi '06; Staff: Michelle PovineUi G, PINR Was Once PIF ing that he decries amounts to less than 1 per- over five years) can produce a $1-$2 trillion Dong Wang G, Stanley Hu '00, Yi Xie '02, Dan cent of federal budget spending, which is cur- dollar impact "in the shortest of short terms," Bersak '02, Wendy Gu '03, Scott Johnston '03, The "experiment" ("Died: Pass/No Pedro L. Arrechea '04, Miguel A. Calles '04, Record, 34," Feb. 14) began in 1968 as Pass! rently a little over $2 trillion. as Nesmith seems to be saying, it's not that Dalton Cheng '05, Annie Ding '05, Roger Li '05, Fail, not Pass! No Record. I'd have had a sig- Indeed, even the claim that the largest hard a stretch then to imagine that the govern- Michael Lin '05, Timothy Suen '05, Amy L. Wong nificantly higher cumulative GP A if it had single item is defense is seen to be false on ment can "by the redistribution, create more '05, E-won Yoon '05, Melanie Michalak '06, been P/NR! perusing the federal budget, summary tables than they've taken in the first place." Edward Platt '06, Omoleye Roberts '06, Sandra Yu William H. Roberts '72 of which are available at
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Kennedy had to defend him elf against accu- Hi panic Heritage Month is just such an Philip Burrowes ations of being a puppet of the Pope, quota unfortunate occurrence, at least on it face. Fight again t Jewi h students and faculty were Putting all Mexican , Puerto Ricans, and One of the many problems resident of u ed within the nation's leading academic uban in the ame group b ed on one-time this country have with race is that the dis- institutions, and Russians were popularly language seem like lumping Canadians, For Dorm course was constructed largely around a depicted as enemies well into the nineties. American , and Guyanese together as Ang- dichotomy that informally excludes large Today, that same discrimination has turned lo . Each Hispanic nation ha its own idio- (indee~ growing) segments of the popula- against Arabs and Arab-American (whom syncrasies, be it the Dominican rivalry with tion. Such people could take issue with the the U.S. Census regards as white"). Haiti or the near-nativ less Costa Rica. Then Rush presence of Black History Month in the Although the history of discrimination again, the term Hispanic is a convention of absence of any similar racial or cultural cele- between and against immigrants is certainly th United tates government it elf. Ameri- bration for other groups, which are arguably a vital portion of the American legacy that can history is tied inextricably to the history Da",d Lepzelter even further marginalized in the American probably deserves more att ntion now than of Latin America, from its existence as a role annals. It must be remembered that there are 'Blackness," the solution here is obviously model in the revolutionary period to the hege- In my years at MIT, I have heard a truly peculiarities to the creation of the "Black" not the creation of some ort of "White His- monic presence of the Monroe Doctrine. Still, frightening number of people say that they identity in the United States that sets it apart tory Month." more than any other immigrant "group," the would have killed themselves if they bad not from all others. While this is no excuse to let or is an Asian Awareness Month of such intrastate variance of Hispanics eems to mat- found a place where they belonged at the others remain unnoticed, the call for attention critical importance. It may be disappointing ter once they arrive here. Million of Hispan- beginning of freshman year. This is why, even
simply cannot be couched in equivalent to hear at firstt especially offensive given the ic think of themselve as ''white,'' the tradi- with my mind dwelling on the possibility of terms. relatively high tionally assimilationist war, I can not abandon the cause of Rush. Blackness arguably emerges in this proportion of "Black" community Recently, several high-level administrators country not from the bonds of slavery, but Asians and attempt to co-opt those have made statements that residence selection from the segregation laws that spread Asian-Americans R.iue, which arguably does not Hispanics descended of is no longer an important part of Orientation, throughout the nation following the Recon- attending the laves, but more and more and that disturbs me. If they believe that struction. Slaves and Freedmen, after all, Institute, but exist biologiaJlly, Hispanic are classifying Dorm Rush's purpose is served by 13 videos, lived drastically different lifestyles, howev- there is no and themselves as unclassifi- pamphlets, and Web sites, they are badly mis- er much individual members of each group should never be was thus sodally branded. able i.e. "Other." Putting taken; these can never substitute for real inter- felt an affinity towards each other. With the an Asian identity aside the political benefits actions with the re idents of dorms, especially rise of Jim Crow, states and the federal gov- worth address- (which we have een since when all of their content has to be controlled ernment effectively made concerted efforts ing. Rather, vari- the last Census), can we to keep out parts that overprotective parents to keep all people deemed "Black" within ous forces in U.S. history have positioned sincerely put all Hispanics in one group? would send complaints about. Nothing can be only certain sectors of society. Despite geo- numerous Asian groups in opposition to other Another of the many problems residents graphical dispersion, then, a common expe- facets of the population. From Chinese in the of this country have with race, as evidenced rience of herding and exclusion was lumped middle of the nineteenth century up through by the Hispanic-lead growth of the "Other" • upon a group of people. Race, which Koreans during the LA riots, one tactic has racial category, is that at some point you run Real diversity is not the token arguably does not exist biologically, was been to "triangulate" groups as model minori- out of boxes. Do we put native Hawaiians thus socially branded. Moreover, the immi- ties: not quite white, but better than the rest. with Native Americans, with Asians, or black person and Latino with a gration of those people who might identify At the other end of the spectrum, however, lie group them (as the Census does) with Pacif- themselves as Black but privy to another the subjugation of Filipinos and the numerous ic Islanders? Is putting all Native Americans few Asians living on every hall existence were historically kept low by (if discontinuous) flare-ups against Japanese- in one category as much a di service to them immigration quotas. Americans. The difference between this as it would be to Asians? What about Aus- with a group of whites. Real "Whiteness," on the other hand, is much "Eastern Asian" experience, and that of tralian Aborigines, the various indigenous diversity is what we have. more fluid, even more ill-defined concept. Western or South Asians, was only briefly Malagasy, or other such groups that have Bhagat Singh Thin~ a Punjabi by birth, was addressed before, but it suffices to say they almost no "constituents," within this coun- granted U.S. citizenship at a time when natu- have only just entered the public eye to any try; does that allow us to be ignorant of their ralization was only possible for "white per- significant degree. Long story short: attempt- existence? When we get to the point, howev- an adequate substitute for real, honest conver- sons" and Blacks; it took the Supreme Court ing to fabricate an Asian identity does a dis- er, that "Blackness" can be broken down in sation, and that can only happen once the to decide that he was not "white." "Ethnics" service to the marked diversity of Asians, a a manner of more importance than a century frosh arrive on campus. from Europe have long endured resentment criminal subsumption of cultures akin to the of segregation, may we be glad that it has othing could replace the amount of from the domestic population; John F. effects of slavery. reached obsolescence. friendship between upperclassmen and frosb during Dorm Rush, either. Other colleges have to pay upperclassmen to interact witb fresh- men, and show them the ropes; at MIT, we Healing An Ailing Democracy have people of all kinds who want to spend their own money, through their house taxes, to Brad Friedman dates. The voters who ranked the eliminated transferred to Gore in a second runoff they feed and entertain the freshmen. Dorm Rush is candidate as their first choice have their votes would have comfortably covered the 537 vote not a gigantic kegger, as some administrators and Gregory DeJl!lis transferred to their second choice. Again, if gap between the two front-runners. It would seem to think; it is a giant event where upper- any candidate now has a majority he or she be healthy for us to remove this fear from the classmen and freshmen meet each other. I have Our nation is suffering an epidemic of wins; otherwise, another "instant runoff' is electoral process merely for the sake of open- seen friendships between freshmen and upper- electoral apathy. Voter turnout in recent local, held by eliminating the bottom candidate and ing our national, state and local debates to classmen that would never have been made , state and national elections has reached record transferring those votes to the next-ranked new voices. without Dorm Rush. These friendships have lows - in 1996 some cities and towns in candidate. This process of instant runoffs con- But perhaps the most appealing aspect of helped freshmen with everything from know- Massachusetts had single-digit turnouts for tinues until a candidate has a majority of votes IRV is that it ensures that the winner has a ing that the first 8.01 test is not the end of the primary elections. In 2000 the statewide pri- and wins the election. true majority of the votes. This aspect is more world to finding a way through the bureaucra- mary election drew less than 10 percent. Take the 2000 presidential election as an prominent in primary election where there cy of MIT Medical. If any administrators think • Nationally we also face problems; during the example. What result would IRV have yielded are many candidates, no two of which are that Dorm Rush is not important, we need to 1998 midterm elections less than one third of in that election? Recall that there were 4 main obviously front-runners. In that case, it is pos- let them know that it is. eligible voters went to the polls. Despite all candidates: Bush, Gore, Nader, and sible for a relatively unpopular candidate to There is another possibility, one that I fear the hubbub surrounding the 2000 presidential Buchanan. Since no candidate had a simple win with the support of a small number of even more. It is possible that these administra- election, only 51 million people, less than one majority of #1 votes, a series of instant voters. This is what we saw in the 2002 Mass- tors think that MIT's dorm communities are quarter of all eligible voters, voted for the runoffs would ensue. Let us suppose that achusetts Democratic gubernatorial primaries. unimportant, or worse yet should be broken winner of the popular vote Buchanan's The progressive vote was split between Tol- apart in the name of "diversity." Real diversi- (AI Gore). It's a sad fact: supporters man and Reich, permitting the bland O'Brien ty, though, is not the token black person and the average American largely ranked to steal the nomination despite weak support. Latino with a few Asians living on every hall thinks it's not worth taking Bush as #2 Under IRV, Tolman's and Reich's supporters with a group of whites. It is being able to walk time from a busy workday Under IRT{ voters can support and that could have ranked them #1 and #2, preventing into French House and hear French in use in to exercise this basic their preferred candidate Nader's sup- a transfer of their votes to O'Brien and ensur- everyday conversation; it is a white person democratic right. porters ranked ing that one of the candidates they liked was walking onto a floor and seeing that everyone Spend some time without fear that they Gore as #2. nominated else is black, and finding out for himself what querying non-voters about Bush took Finally, IRV will discourage negative cam- being a minority is like. It is diversity in more their apathy and you'll are indiredly supporting 47.87 percent paigning. If you believe that campaigns are a than just the racial sense, too: the ability to go hear the same reasons reit- a distasteful candidate. of the popular time for the public and its potential leaders to up or down a floor at East Campus and find a erated time and again. vote and Gore engage in a dialogue about goals and ideals completely different way of thinking, or to go Many say their vote does- took 48.38 then you probably find the mudslinging and from MacGregor to Senior House and find out n't make a difference. Oth- percent. extensive dwelling on non-policy issues very how similar and different people can be at the ers see little distinction between the positions Buchanan and Nader took 0.42 percent and tiring and useless. IRV would rein in negative same time. Real diversity is what we have. of the two front-runners. More than a few sup- 2.74 percent respectively. In the first round, campaigning because candidates looking for Our dorm system is the dream of other col- port a candidate that is behind in the polls but Buchanan would have been eliminated since #2 votes would not want to alienate the sup- leges. We have interesting people in interesting don't bother voting since that candidate has . he had the least # 1 support. In the second porters of their opponents. This means more dorms, not bland buildings with bland random- little chance of winning. Still others are turned round, Buchanan's votes would be redistrib- time for substantive debate and less time for ized combinations of people. It makes MIT off by endless negative campaigning that ren- uted, mostly to Bush. In that round Bush tabloid dirt. even more famous than it would be otherwise; ders all the candidates unappealing. would then have 48.29 percent, Gore would If you are intrigued by the idea of using for instance, my high school physics textbook Instant Runoff Voting (IRV, also known as have 48.38 percent and Nader 2.74 percent. IRV to elect our officials, you'll be happy to mentions East Campus. It gives us an edge preferential voting) could be part of an ensem- Since no candidate has a majority, Nader know that IRV is not just a dream. Right now over places where freshmen and upperclassmen ble of reforms directed at healing our democ- would be eliminated and a third round would there are three pieces of legislation in the ignore each other, and places where people racy and involving citizens more directly in ensue. We can suppose that most of Nader's Massachusetts statehouse that would make never meet anyone other than their roommates the electoral process. IRV is a method of 2.74 percent would rank Gore over Bush, so IRV the method of voting for many elections and a couple of random people down the hall. electing single-winner offices like those of that his votes would be transferred to Gore in in Massachusetts. The Web site MIT is unique. We should be proud of governor or president. Under IRV, each voter the next round. Then Gore would have 51.12
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mind). Many of my friends think I actually hibernate during making sure we're not wearing it inside-out by mistake. thewipterbecause thq< haven' me.lp reality, I've been Something just looks inanely wrong about us as we romp 11 i ly -tryjng me locked in my room trying to figure out what I hould wear around displaying our little beanie for all they're worth - requires us to wear hats. while trying to battle frostbite with style. 5.95 according to the tag sticking out of the top, Well, it doem't require us to wear hats - ther wasn't an Ski masks are out. The only think that looks sillier than Which leaves us with our last option -glorified head- official memo from the season dic- wearing a hat that covers a head, is a hat that covers every- bands. A piece of over priced elastic-y cloth that founs a ring Co l u m n tating the use of headgear or else, thing. Plus, you tend to run into problems when you go for around our head and clamp our ears again t the sides of our but Darwin's Law concerning the your daily walk with that knife you always carry. As dreamy heads. These would almost be perfect if they didn't lead to survival of the a,tted dictates that in order to graduate, some- as your eyes may be, the cops aren't going to be gazing lov- the troll-doll effect. thing better cover those ears. .. ingly into them when they book you for looking like a serial- The troll-doll effect for those of you who haven't caught The problem is, some of us (ahem, ahem) just don't look killer. on) is when your hair looks like that of a troll doll. You good in hats. Plain and simple. For some reason, our face is Perhaps I could wear one of those big Fargo-like hats. know tho e little naked people with jewels in their tummies just unacceptable unless our hair is present in its fullest and Because an the characters in the movie looked so stylish run- that gave them magical powers which involved their hair finest glory. No matter what fonn of cranial apparel we try to ning around with their accents - I mean hats. And instead turning a variety of neon colors and becoming really huge. don, we always come out looking silly . of being mistaken for a serial-kilJer, I could just run the risk And when I ay huge hair, I mean it. If a troll-doll were to The sad thing is, I used to look good in hats. This was of being kiUed by a serial-kiJler. Like I said, not a good sea- use any sort of shampoo or conditioner that added body to back in the days when I was cute (six years old and son for fashion. their hair, they'd end up with a iamese twin attached to younger). Back then I could put anything on my head and it Then there's the knit top - with or without some them. • looked good; course I was far more interested in pouring emblem on the front. A knit top is no help, because it is pre- Anyways, the troll look is not a look that I strive to sand into my hair, but when I actually did put on the occa- cisely the wrong possible thing to wear, a hat. On hat-people, achieve in my daily (failed) forays into fashion. For one sional hat or tuna fish, it looked good. But those happy days these hats can look good, even stylish; on the rest of us it thing, I'm not a keen fan of personal nudity and I'm thinking are over. Now people don't recognize me when I wear any- looks like something's wrong with our heads. We fidget with a jeweled belly button might actually be painful. But then thing (on my head that is, shame on you and your dirty little it, trying to get the damn thing at the right angle, periodically again, so are frozen ears - so cry tal power, here Icome.
ACROSS 45 Author of "Nausea" 25 Dismay: var. G) 1 Forest clearing 46 Edge 26 Paper units 6 Way to Rome 47 Vent 27 Quick 10 How soon? 48 Dad-gum bug? 28 Islands in the Seine N 14 Copland or Burr 57 Tilt 29 Spoke angrily - 15 "I 58 Pour profusely 30 Passed with flying Know Why the N Caged Bird Sings" 59 Muse of poetry colors writer Angelou 60 Singer Redding 31 Push upward :::I 16 Abhor 61 _ Stanley Gardner 32 Like a big brother 17 Helsinki populace 62 Monica 33 Bridal path . 18 Parroted 63 Digestive fluid 35 Polynesian amulet D. .. 19 Skin-cream 64 Bribes 36 Fly high ... ingredient 65 Twillweave 38 Wood-eating pests 20 Culinary gem? 39 Superlatively fatigued 23 Wonder DOWN 44 Intention 24 Capp and Gore 1 Barbed spear 45 Militaryaddress 25 Get there 2 Den 46 Hose off 29 Merit 3 River of Florence 4 7 Top points 31 Fluffyscarf 4 Bell sound 48 Daub 34 "The Power of 5 Simon Legree, e.g. 49 Himalayan legend Positive Thinking" 6 Likeness 50 Hoosegow author 7 Light knocks 51 Notorious fiddler 35 Tex-Mex choice 8 Looked over 52 Kennel sound 36 Arias, often 9 Car cooler 53 Crop of a bird 37 Not-so-tough golf 10 Thuds 54 "Citizen clubs? 11 Circle of light 55 Diminutive ending 40 French friends 12 George Orwell's alma 56 Warty critter 41 Scraped (by) mater 42 Stand in a studio 13 Require 43 Leary's acid 21 Lamb's mom 44 Sere 22 Public house pint Page 8 The Tech February 21, 2003
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Friday, February 21 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Bible Study. Is there more to life than grad school? We believe the answer is ~YESI." Come study the word of God with us. There will be dinner provided and games afterward. free. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - UA Elections, P perwork Due. Candidates running in the Spring 2003 UA elec- Room: 1-150. Sponsor: Asian Baptist Student Koinonia Graduate Division. tions must tum in their paperwork by 5pm. Petitions, signed statements of candidacy. and volunteer 8:00 p.m. - Hands On'Sembie. Contemporary percussion quartet devoted to the art of hand drumming. lists should be turned in at the UA Office (W20401). Candidate photos will be taken for those without John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Andrew Grueschow, Austin Wrinkle. free. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Spon- access to a digital photo or camera. Platform statements and photos are due by 5pm via e-mail to ua- sor: Music and Theater Arts section. [email protected]. free. Room: W20401. Sponsor: Undergraduate Association. 8:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. - Sang.rt Movies. Screening of popular movies. free. Sponsor: Graduate Stu- 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Blood Drive. Come help save lives by donating blood or volunteering to help dent Council, Sangam. with our drive! See our web page for more information or to make an appointment to donate. free. Room: 10:30 p.m. - Dersu Uzala. Russian with English subtitles. $3. Room: 2&100. Sponsor: lSC. Student Center - la Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: American Red Cross Team and Network. Blood Drives. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - 14th Annual Diversity Career F r. AISES. MAES. NSBE, and SHPE will host Saturday, February 22 their 14th Annual Diversity Career Fair. free. Room: Dupont Gymnasium. Sponsor: AISES, Mexican-Ameri- can Engineers and Scientists. National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engi- 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Science and Conflict. free. Room: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard neers, Office of Minority Education. University, 79 JFK Street. Sponsor: Student Pugwash USA, The Mil Chapter of. Harvard Student Pug- 10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. Student led Campus Tours are approximately 90 minutes long and provide wash, BU Student Pugwash. Student Pugwash USA, and the Harvard Institute of Politics. a general overview of the main campus. Please note that campus tours do not visit laboratories, living 11:00 a.m. - Men's Indoor Track & Reid New England Division III Championships. free. Room: John- groups or buildings under construction. Groups over 15 people need to make special reservations. Cam- son Indoor Track. Sponsor: Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation. pus tours start at the conclusion of the Admissions Informations Session. The Campus Tour begins in 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Spoken Word Workshop WIth slam poet/activist/playwright Letta Neely. lobby 7 (Main Entrance lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). free. Room: lobby 7 (Main Entrance lobby at Organized for students in the Freshman Arts Seminar Advising Program (FASAP)and the Arts Scholars, 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: Information Center. all members of the MIT community are also invited. First half will be a writing workshop followed by a 12:00 p.m. - Men's Indoor Track & Reid New England Division III Championships. free. Room: John- provided lunch after which participants will practice performing the written work and ultimately record the son Indoor Track. Sponsor: Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation. performances. CD recordings of the workshop performance will be distributed by the Office of the Arts to 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - RleMaker Pro Quick Start. This class introduces users to the FileMaker envi- all participants. Enrollment limited. free. Room: Rm 4-153. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Special Pro- ronment and its functions using an existing database as a model. Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor: Informa- grams. tion Systems. 1:00 p.m. - Women's Gymnastics vs. Rhode Island College. free. Room: duPont Gym. Sponsor: Depart- 1:10 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Muslim Friday Prayer. Weekly congregational prayer for Muslims. People of ment of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation. other faiths welcome to attend. Email [email protected] for more information. free. Room: Wll-ll0. 7:00 p.m. -Igby Goes Down. Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content. $3. Room: 2&100. Sponsor: Muslim students' Association. . Sponsor: lSC. 2:45 p.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: lobby 7 (Main Entrance lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Spon- 8:00 p.m. - Faculty Concert: David Deveau, plano. Anton Webern's ~Variations for Piano"; Beethoven's sor: Information Center. ~Piano Concerto No.4," composer's chamber version (1807; discovered in 1995); Schoenberg's ~Piano 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - LP.Qrlentatlons of Cubes and CrossPolytopes. Refreshments will be served at Piece, op. 33a"; Brahms' ~Piano Concerto No.1 in d minor." arranged for piano 4 hands, with Jonathan 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Department of lee (G). free. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. Mathematics. 8:00 p.m. -11:30 p.m. - Sangam Movie Special. free. Room: 2-105. Sponsor: Graduate Student Coun- 4:30 p.m •• 5:30 p.m. - PSFC seminar. living with ELMS in Tokamaks. free. Room: NW17-218. Spon- cil, Sangam. • sor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center. 10:00 p.m. -Igby Goes Down. Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content. $3. Room: 2&100. 6:00 p.m. - Gallery Talk. 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By BrIan Loux Priest: My son, you should not kill like ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR this. Daredevil Affleck: But I must, because I can. I'm not Wrinen by Bill Everen and Brian Helgeland the bad guy! Directed by Mark Steven Johnson Loux: Justification. It's like the Boondock Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Saints, but worse. Michael Clarke Duncan, and Colin Farrell John Gfrom Memento: I will find the truth RatedPG-13 behind this superhero! Right, Lenny? Loux: A New York Post reporter with jour- otice: This review is just the script nalistic integrity? Where's the realism? obtained from Marvel Pictures. This Comic Relief' Hey AfBeck! I'm your wise- was done with the intent of ruining cracking pal! N the movie for you so you will not Loux: Just like in every action movie ever. have to endure the hell that my friends and I But funny. did. The only way to get through watching it Affleck: I can smell a hot girl coming near. is to count the silly cameos. As well, this I love my powers. movie taught me the dangers of not having a Enter Jennifer Garner (Alias), a billion- date for Valentine's Day. aire princess with a heart of gold. AjJleck: I am going to develop a romantic Mark Steven Johnson (Director): Aw, interest with you on the most whimsical of man, we're on the heels of Spiderman. Every- premises. . one's going to compare Daredevil to that and Loux: It's like Star Wars II. But worse. other action movies . Somehow. Brian Loux (/'he Critic): Yes, yes we will. Garner: Fight me first. Johnson: Then fine! I will rehash every single action movie • ever, water it down, and put it out on screen! Opening scene shows a church with a stained-glass Virgin Mary bleeding. Daredevil (Ben AjJ1eck) is atop the church bleeding down onto the glass, clutching the cross, apparently signifying he is the sec- ond coming of Christ.
I Christians everywhere: We are offended! Ben Affleck: Who am I? You sure you wanna know? Loux: This sounds a lot like Spiderman, but worse. ZADE ROSENTHAL-MARVEL CHARACTERS, INC. Begin quick and choppy expla- Daredevil (Ben Affleck) constantly makes sure that nation of hero's history. Justice Is served. AJ Soprano: Murdock, you're a wuss just like your dad! My dad is cooler! Justice is again served by the two violently Young Matt Murdock: My dad's a great fighting in typical Matrix style in front of man! ... Oh no! Now 1 see my dad for the impressionable inner city youths on a play- drunken alcoholic thug he really is! ground. Enter Michael Clarke Duncan (Green Dad: Egads! I'm hideous! Mile) dressed as a pimp with the tune "I'm an Murdock runs away from the scene and Outlaw" in the background. into some barrels conveniently marked with Black people everywhere: We are offend- the vague ldbel "biohazard," loses sight but ed! . strengthens every other sense. Duncan: 1must kill Garner's dad so 1can Loux: Wait, the scene shows us you can establish myself as a bad guy. Fetch Bullseye. hear the slightest of noises and that this can Enter Colin Farrell (fhe Recruit) as a lead to sensory overload, yet somehow it drunken ill-tempered Irishman with the ability only happens at inconvenient times in battle to throw any projectile dead on. and the sounds ofthe New York streets don't Irish people everywhere: We are offended! .' faze you. I'd also like to remind you that Loux: But this guy is the best character! your new senses don't allow you to do 36- He is a loveable, witty, anti-hero who does not story jumps or defy other laws of physics. answer to his boss, and has much better pow- Why do- ers than Daredork over here. Give Farrell Loux struck violently with blind man's some more household objects! They should cane and karate chops. call the movie Bullseye! Murdock: 1know Kung Fu. Duncan: So Bullseye, how do you kill a Loux: Oh God. The Matrix, but worse. man without fear? AjJ1eck's Dad murdered; Affleck vows to Bullseye: By putting fear into him. fight for justice and emote boyish charm even Duncan: WoW'. That would work. What though he's supposed to be a dark crimefight- does it say about my character, the kingpin of er with a tormented soul. Flash forward 20 New York city, when I couldn't think of that years. myself? Bartender at bar full of evil people: What Justice is yet again served by AjJleck and do you want? Garner having pointless sex, with much expo- AjJleck: Justice! sure of Garner's cleavage. Bullseye kills Gar- Justice is served by Affleck brutally mur- ner's dad but frames AjJ1eck; Garner seeks dering a bar full of people and throwing a guy revenge. on the train tracks. Silent Bob: Hey, John G, I have a clue for you about Daredevil's identity. Snoochie boochies! Garner dresses in leather and mortally wounds AjJ1eck, but then but worse. Blackpeople everywhere: We are offended! learns the truth about AjJ1eck and Bullseye fight in the church. AjJleck: Duncan! Let us fight in a climactic AjJleck's identity and her The CGI is reminiscent of Tron. During the ending where 1 show how I've grown as a father's death. Bullseye fight, a sniper shoots Bullseye through the character and how we can both defy the laws kills Garner. hands, thus giving him the stigmata. of physics. Loux: Everyone's Christians everywhere: We are offended! But the fight never comes. For mobs of dying. It's like Hamlet, Bullseye: Aflleck, 1 have you in a tempo- offended Christians, Irish, Blacks, and most but worse. A lot worse. rary bind. Here I will tell you that thi was all importantly moviegoers rush the set. AjJleck is Justice is served by part of Duncan's master plan and he killed sent running back to J-Lo, only tofind she has Affleck not dying and your father. divorced him already. James Earl Jones and returning to the church. Loux: Like James Bond. But worse. Sidney Poitier chide Duncan for setting back We are now back at the Justice is served when AjJleck miraculous- black actors 40 years. Males aged 14 to 100 first scene in the movie, ly gains the upper hand and defeats Bullseye run Johnson out on a rail for killing off Gar- but we are very near the by demolishing everything of value in the ner. God joins the ACLU in smiting the reels end. church, he runs off to kill Duncan. of film for being so pointlessly sacrilege. Jus- ZADEROSENTHAL-MARVELCHARACTERS.JNC. Affleck: I still can't Duncan: This fight will be one-on-one, tice is served. Elektra Natchlos (Jennifer Gamer) and Bullseye (Colin Far- think of anything. just like when 1 grew up in the streets of Hulk: Crappy comic movie set up less rell) play supporting roles In Daredevil to pique the primal Loux: Flashback Bronx. 1 also like to eat fried chicken and draw for Hulk's upcoming comic movie! urges of both males and females In the viewing audience. humor. Like Fight Club, drink malt liquor, massuh. Aflleck make Hulk angry! Page 10 T TECH THE ARTS February 21, 2003 The Vagina Monologues
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City of Ghosts and Confidence fVinners at 2003 Sundance Film Festival Not the Biggest Names open in April, while Buffalo Soldiers is to be relea ed in May. By Julie H. Hong Lola Run, You Can Count On Me, and ext en e Award went to Tom Mc arthy's The Other undance films that found distribu- Stop Wonderland. You know you recognize Station Agent. Whale Rider, directed by iki tors are Pieces of April (UA) and Thirteen, 2003 SundanceFilm Festival and probably have een at least one of the . Caro of w Zealand, Jan. 16-26 Though independent, big Hollywood took the orld inema Park City, Utah names appear a well. Parti ipating thi year Audience Award. were: Joaquin Pho nix, Ed Harri , and Anna Jarecki's first feature hat do a candalous Jewi h fami- Paquin in Buffalo Soldiers; Edward Burn , film captures the Fried- Complete list of 2003 undance Film Festival Independent ly, comic book writer Harvey Rachel Wei z, Du tin Hoffman, and Andy mans, a seemingly ordi- Feature Film Competition Award Winners: Pekar, special-needs children, a Garcia in Confidence; Jeff Bridges, P ne- nary Jewi h family W dwarf passionate about train , lope Cruz, Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Je - accused of sexual Documentary ~d Jury Prize: Capturingthe Friedmans and whales possibly have in common? All sica Lange and Luke Wil on in Masked and de iance, u ing their Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: American Splendor subjects were awarded top honors at last Anonymou ; Robert Downey, Jr. Robin own video footage. My Documentary Audience Award: My Flesh and Blood month's Sundance Film Festival. Wright P nn, Jeremy ortham, Katie Flesh and Blood looks at Dramatic Audience Award: TheStationAgent For anyone unfamiliar, the annual Sun- Holmes, and Mel Gib on in The Singing the relation hip between World Cinema udience Award: WhaleRider dance Film Fes- Detective; and Don eleven physically and Documentary Directing Award: Jonathan Kar h My Flesh tival is a mecca Cheadle, Chris mentally disabled chil- and Blood) for upcoming Klein, and Kevin dren and usan Tom, the Dramatic Directing Award: CatherineHardwicke (Thirteen) independent pacey in The woman who cares for E cellence in Cinematography Award: filmmakers, United States of them. On the contrary, Docum ntary: Dana Kupper, Gordon Quinn, and Peter offering them a Leland. Matt Dil- American Splendor has Gilbert (Stevie chance to lon and alma a more comic theme, Dramatic: Derek Cianfrance (Quattro Noza exhibit their Hayek also tried narrating Harvey Freedom of Expre ion Award: What I Want My Words To work and their hand at Pekar's life as he goes Do To You allowing dis- directing, with from working at a ho pi- Waldo alt creenwriting Award: Tom McCarthy (The Sta- tributors a City of Ghosts - tal to writing comic tionAgent) chance to bid. which Dillon also books in hi own tyle. pecial Documentary Jury Prizes: The Murder of Emmett But don't let co-wrote and stars The Station Agent i a Till and A CertainKind of DeDJh "independent" in - and The Mal- character study of Fin- pecial Dramatic Jury Priz for Outstanding Perfonnance fool you; donado Miracle, bar McBride, a reclusive to both Patricia Clarkson (The Station Agent, Pieces of April, Steven Soder- respectively. dwarf whose sole pas- All the Real Girls) and Charles Busch (Die Mommie Die) bergh, Quentin But at Sun- sion is trains as he and pecial Jury Prizes for Emotional Truth: All the Real Girls • Tarantino, dance, big names two fellow loners seek and WhatAlice Found Kevin Smith, don't necessarily isolation together. horts Jury Prize in hort Filmmaking: Tenninal Bar and Darren mean big winners. Whale Rider focuses on Honorable Mention in hort Filmmaking: Ocularist,Earth- Aronofsky all Among documen- the quest of finding a quake, Pan With US, Asylum, The Planets, The Freak, Fits & got their start taries, Andrew successor to become Starts, and From th 104th Floor from Sundance Jarecki's Captur- chief of a small village, Online Film Fe tival Viewers Awards: Broken Saints (Ani- with Sex, Lies, ing the Friedmans with the twist being that mation and One (hort ubject) and Videotape, took the Grand one of the potential suc- undance HK International Filmmakers Award: Yesim Reservoir Jury Prize, and the cessors is a girl. U taoglu, Waitingfor the Clouds (Europe; Juan Pablo Rebella Dogs, Clerks, Audience Award However, while big and Pablo Stoll, Whi Icy (Latin America); Michael Kang, The and 1t respec- went to Jonathan names don't lead to big Motel United tates); and Mai Tominaga, 100% Pure Wool tively. Gems Karsh's My Flesh wins, they do lead to (Japan) featured in and Blood. For landing deals; among Alfred P. loan Feature Film Prize: Dopamine recent years dramatic features, these five films, only OUR 'E' UNDA E INSTITUTE include Secre- JEFF VESPA-WlREIMAGE.COM the Grand Jury The Station Agent was tary, The Andrew Jarecki, the director of Capturing the Prize went to Amer- able to find a distribu- Believer, In the Friedmans, enjoys the festivities in January's Sun- ican Splendor, . tor (Miramax). The aforementioned Buffalo which is co-written by and stars 14-year-old Bed roo m, dance Film Festival, held in Park City, Utah. directed by Robert Soldiers, City of Ghosts, Confidence, and Nikki Reed (Fox Searchlight Pictures). Sony Memento, The Pulcini and Shari Masked and Anonymous have been picked also picked up and just released last Friday Road Home, The Blair Witch Project, Run Springer Berman, while the Dramatic Audi- up by United Artists, Lions Gate Films, All the Real Girls. Give Life • • • • Give Blood. 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Weekend ha featured t r -to-be Spring Weekend concerts in the 'Who?' orne tudent ay past have featured prominent bands "I've never heard of them," said and some bands that would later Katie Weiss G, echoing a common become superstars. reaction. Aimee Mann's fonner band, 'Til But some students were more Tuesday, played in the Johnson familiar with the group. After hear- Athletic Center in 1989. Fishbone, ing the news, Tarik Ward '03 took a Belly, and They Might Be Giants moment to cheer, then said, "That's have also played during pring a good choice. It's about time." Weekend, and in 1985 stars-to-be Shervin Fatehi '04, while more REM performed for MIT. muted than Ward, was pleased. AARON D. MIHAL/K-THE TECH Past hip-hop acts include Busta "I've never been to a Spring Week- DUDE, WHERE'S Y CAR?-eambrldge resident Matt Unk uncovers his roommate's car on Tuesday Rhymes and The Roots. end concert before - this is one I'd afternoon. Boston received 27.5 Inches of snow Monday night. 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"Right now, want to do in the next ten years," he Pinker was an a sistant profe - I'm undecided because I don't have said. or at Harvard from 1980 to 1981. ge.~~saying the offer [from Harvard]," he said. I left because Harvard' p ycholo- lD )'OUI'XU: my fuur-year-old •• 'At this point, I'm tom because I Po ibillty of Harvard not rent gy department wa n't a trong as like MIT and have spent 22 years For Pinker, the possibility of it i now, and did not offi r tenure knows how to use !he bam-• here." joining the Harvard psychology • to a sistant profe sors," Pinker room. But ~ may not know : Pinker said the choice is very department is not new. Pinker aid. . difficult because each place has dif- received his PhD in p ychology He taught at tanford for a year, that ~ U!le more w.aur in!he : ferent strengths. ''MIT is very strong from Harvard m 1979. and then returned to Cambridge baduoom INn anypba dsc in• : in linguistics, computer science, and , I have a lot of friends at Har- joined MIT's faculty. }OJf horne. Infact. bttMm me : )OUi:t ~ language," he said. 'Harvard tradi- vard, and they have mentioned this Pinker is well known for his tionally has a broader range in the before," Pinker said. 'The first over- research and teaching, and is the and me : And just because schools of psychology, law, and ture came more than a year ago, in author of several award-winning . ~ can use up :}OJf sIlower evolutionary biology. Several Har- January of 2002. I had dinner with books including "How the Mind . lD 55 gallons a day. : sounds like vard departments are more relevant some Harvard professors from the Works" and 'The Language to my work," he said. English and African Studies depart- Instinct." He is currently on sabbati- ~~~~. .... mJ If Mulriply that by!he: an opea. 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In fact, as reported by the ew ajors, SEVIS ;;g::~:::okeptherOad after the cancellation of a pre con- Boston Globe, the storm did not ference planned to announce MIT's even have the intensity to qualify as By Marissa Vogt should be introduced or how pro- The tr ts of Boston were quiet filing of a brief supporting the Uni- a blizzard. ASSOCIATE EWS EDITOR posals should be completed. enough, said hang C. Chou '04, versity of Michigan' affirmative onetheless, the 27.5 inches that Members of the faculty held The faculty was given a propo - that during the toon, tudents were action policy before the Supreme fell cost the city about $2 million their monthly meeting on Wednes- aJ for the approval of new under- able to run out ide and play snow Court. dollars and between $7 and $8 mil- day to discuss two new degree pro- graduate degree programs as out- football in the middle of Beacon lion statewide. There was only one grams and MIT's cooperation with lined in the Guidelines for the Street, although he personally decid- Storm buts down Boston, MIT death reported from the storm, the government's tudent and Approval of New Undergraduate ed a problem et was more impor- While last weekend's stonn beat involving a man and snowblower Exchange Visitor Information ys- Degree Programs, which will be tant. the last truly terrible blizzard in breaking through a grating in the tems, or SEVI . brought up again and voted on at In the end, it was President 1978 based on the amount of snow- ground outside Massachusetts Gen- Professor of Geology Kip V. the March faculty meeting. Charles M. Ve t who made the deci- fall, it lacked the high winds and eral Hospital. Hodges presented an update on the recently approved Course IlI-C, a F culty updated on E Bachelor of Science in Archaeolo- Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook gy and Materials. The program had and Penny J. Ros er from the Inter- been proposed by the Department national Students Office presented of Material Science in 1998 and the faculty with an update on reviewed by the Committee on the SEVIS and MIT's efforts to com- Undergraduate Program in ply with Immigration and atural- 2001-2002, which found it ''wildly ization Service rules. successful" with the exception of Guichard-Ashbrook outlined the being unable to attract more than program and its effect on MIT, about three students per year. emphasizing that MIT is "legally "Part of the perspective of the responsible for these students, not department is that the measure of only while they are here at MIT but the success of the degree problem for up to three years afterwards." should not be based solely on the Rosser expressed an "increasing number of students," Hodges said. discomfort with fields that SEVIS "They're hoping that when the fac- is requiring," and said, "we feel ulty reviews it they'll also look at that thi is putting us in an enforce- the program as a whole." ment position we don't want to be Hodges said that the program in. We don't want to be agents of will be reviewed again in the the IN ." • spring of 2004, at which time the "We wish we didn't have to CUP will make a recommendation comply, but if we want this diverse to the faculty regarding its future. population, we have to," said Ross- er. C a major beginning in fall Faculty members expressed Hodges also presented to the their support for international stu- faculty a report on the Compara- dents and their concern for making NATHAN COLLINS-THE TECH tive Media Studies degree program sure students remain in compliance Elaine Anderson sweeps more than a foot of freshly fallen snow off of her car Tuesday morning. that will be offered in the fall of with immigration rules. Tacoma Park, Md., and the surrounding areas were paralyzed by the Inclement weather. 2003. Guichard-Ashbrook and Rosser The program, Hodges said, wi]] said that the tougher security mea- be offered on an experimental basis sures will be difficult for students for five years, with an interim as we]] as faculty, who will be review after three years and a final responsible for insuring that docu- review after five. Review criteria ments are turned in on time. will include appropriateness, stu- " tudents are going to have to dent interest, program infrastruc- learn to be more vigilant about ture, and sustainability, although checking their documents," there are no specific performance Guichard-Ashbrook said. parameters, Hodges said. "More advance notice is needed Hodges also mentioned some by both of our offices to bring concerns with the current practice international students [to MIT]," of accepting new majors without Rosser said. "It's going to take clear guidelines on how they some time." The Council for the Arts at MIT presents FREE TICKETS FOR MIT STUDENTS!!!!!! 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Orientation, from Page I for future generations, because it was crappy for mine," aid Darlene E. IF ru h cheduled for pt 5 sort of dorm residence selection Ferranti '06. "We're in support of a On Race, Prejudice The proposed schedule for donni- occurs during Orientation," said dorm rush during orientation." tory rush come on the heels of a By Jessica zaman two tudent had di tinctly unique Christopher P. Pos inger 'OS, who "The re idence system is one of deci ion to move fraternity rush, sep- STAFF REPORTER profiles - one was a tall, white spearheaded the drive to resurrect the best things about MIT, and we arated from dormitory ru h for the Human right activist Jane blue-eyed male and. the other was a ILTFP. don't want to ee it deteriorate," said first time last year, earlier in the year. Elliott addres ed the MIT communi- black female of nonnal tature. Members of the group said they Jacob W. Faber '04. The Interfraternity Council "has ty in room 10-250 last night on the Elliott asked audience members were alarmed that dormitory rush, ILTFP is collecting signatures on been working with the admini tration topic of racism and other forms of to list physical differences that dis- already severely curtailed la t year, a petition in support of dormitory to get the dates for fall' rush moved di crimination. tinguished each tudent. Height, would continue to decline in promi- rush. More than 600 students signed more towards the beginning of the Elliott emphasized that even color, and gender were mentioned. nence as more freshmen keep their the petition yesterday in Lobby 10, term," IFC President Lawrence W. today, discrimination is still a large When asked about his height, the housing choices made over the said Grace E. Kenney '05. 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BRIAN HEMOND-THE TECH Jane Elliott polls th audience about their racial prejudices Thursday night In 10-250. Elliott gained nationwide notoriety after her thlrd-grade "blue-eyed, brown-eyed" discrimination experiment. February 21, 2003 SPORTS THE TECH Page 19 MIT Finishes Season MIT Beavers 1raining for 2003 ros , Reed, Matthew J. Krueger With_ OvIn.J-:'WaIfj ~ TJ:,..f-"",.,I Football, from Page 20 '05, Benjamin F. Povlich '05, and f:/I l1li1 Iti J'h.JfAI. ~ and the conference' fourth-ranked Justin M. elson '04 will need to Yds/Gm pas er. tay healthy. By Christopher P. Anderson throughout the playoffi . But at that Wide receiver Tom Kilpatrick On defen e, hard-hitting line- ANNOUNCER point the fire ignited in the Engi- was Kamal' fa orite target. and th backers . Danny Lovell '03 and The MIT Women's Basketball neers a they began an amazing only Asian named All-Conference. Jerimy R Arnold '03 will graduate. team just wasn't ready to end their comeback. He finished the year as MIT' lead- In the secondary, Hoying will need seniors out with a los . The Engi- ing receiver, catching 37 passe for to be replaced at safety, along with neers roared back from a 22-point Comeb ck start with defen e 437 yards. He was also on the punt two-year tarter Corey D. Carter '03 second-half deficit to force over- Wiping clean memories of their team, executing an excellent fake at cornerback. time, then dominated the extra runaway home loss to Babson the again t Framingham tate on ept. Fortunately, there is much rising period for a 64-51 win over New previous week, MIT went on a 14. talent in the program looking to step int England powerhouse Springfield 23-{) run that finished with Hidal- up and fill some of the e hole : 1. Brent Sdftiber 56.0 loS 0 College last Saturday. go's off-balance jumper with 32 Preparing for 2003 Kevin M. Yurkerwich '06 finished 2. Corey .0 0 1 Junior Maria E. Hidalgo '04 seconds to go, giving Tech their In December, Reed, Deut ch, second in the conference with 7.0 3. Brian Hoying 34.S 0 2 scored a game-high 19 points, first lead of the afternoon. The Schreiber, and Dan Relihan '04 sacks, despit mi sing two game to . Mart Boudreau 34.0 0 0 including the late-game basket that offense was patient, often pa sing were named captain for the 2003 injury; receiver Warren Chia '05 . Dan Lovell 32.0 0.5 0 gave MIT its first lead, and Rayna three or four times, waiting for an eason. All four bring different scored four touchdowns and aver- 6. Kevin Ywkcrwicb 30.0 7.0 0 B. Zacks '05 and Crystal A. Rus- opportunity and then capitalizing. qualities to the table. Relihan aged 17.2 yards per catch; R Matt 7. Michael Terry 29.5 4.5 I sell '03 both recorded double-dou- The ferociou rebounding of Rus- deserves mention for being one of Ramirez '06 was the NEF 's fourth- 8. Jerimy Arnold 28.0 LO 0 bles, but it was the stifling second- sell and Zacks. who combined for the team's most versatile athletes. ranked placekicker; fullback Ryan J. 9. ark. Jury 27.0 2.5 0 half defense and incredible team 37 total boards, paced the superb He played in the offensive back- Lanphere '06 a eraged 4.5 yards per 10. Dan Relihan 25.5 2.5 0 poise that stole the show. defensive effort, which held field, defensive line, and special carry; and Mark D. BO_u.:.:dr=ea::u:...... :.0:.:5_======::;::=: The Springfield Pride rolled into Springfield without a field goal for teams, and even practic d at wide was solid in hi sec- .. Saturday's game with a 16-5 record the final eleven minutes of regula- receiver. ond season as a start- and the number one spot in NEW- tion. The off-season conditioning pro- ing cornerback amc, hool cateheslgm yards TDs MAC play, at 5-1. But MIT's (12-9, The score stood at 47-46 in gram has rec ntly gotten under way. The wild card, of I. au Yvon, tfi~Jd 6.6 993 12 5-2) monumental upset creates a MIT's favor when Springfield's with weightlifting several days each cour e, will be the 2. Ben Karter. ichols 4.7 64 8 four-team logjam atop the confer- Kacey Wunsch was fouled with 14 week. The Beavers have been incoming freshmen. 3. Holt, . Maritime 4.3 455 4 ence in the fight for playoff seeding. seconds left in the game. With the enjoying private use of the old At MIT they always 4. Tom 'Ipatrick, MlT 4.1 437 2 where the top four teams host a first- crowd of over 300 in a mixture of DuPont weight room, now reserved playa significant role, S. Canny Cesaire Jr., Fitchburg 3.1 570 4 round game. It was a fitting end to suspense and disbelief, Wunsch' s for varsity athletes. and Coach Dwight 6. Joe Sabina, UM -Dartmouth 3.7 50 2 Senior Day, where Connie Yang '03 first attempt rattled out of the bas- As the team looks ahead to next Smith and the team 7. Levon Cuyler, Worcester t. 3.3 706 7 and co-captains Megan C. Daugher- ket. She successfully sunk the sec- year, holes need to be filled all over can only wait until itb Battoccbi, MIT 3.0 324 o • ty '03 and Russell were honored ond to tie the game, and after MIT the depth chart. On offense, Kamal August to see what 8. PbU Deutsch, MIT 3.0 263 o prior to tipoff in their final regular- junior Lauren Tsai's long-distance and Battocchi will need to be the full squad will season home game. three-pointer caromed off the rim. replaced, and returning linemen look like. SOURCE:NEFC the clock was reset to five minutes Tech digs big hole early for overtime. The first half looked inauspi- MIT scored more points in cious. MIT missed their first eight overfime (17) than they did in the l\UT Ballroom Dance Team Perfonns shots of the game, continuing a first half, racing past an exhausted recent offensive slump, and their Springfield squad that had by that knack for turning the ball over point simply run out of gas. Fitting- Well at Boston University Competition helped Springfield to a 26-16 half- ly, Daugherty scored the final time lead. The Pride shot 40 per- points and Russell grabbed the By MIriam Sorell Swing/Mambo and first for Cha Olivier G and Goldhaber took fifth, cent from the field and held Tech's final rebound, dribbling off the TEAM MEMBER Cha/Rumba. Hershberg and Ahlers Brad Morrison and Irina Medvedev "twin towers" Russell and Zacks to fmal 18 seconds to a standing ova- If their success at the Boston also came in fourth in the Open took fourth, and Sola Grantham and 10 total points. tion. After the fmal buzzer, the rau- University Ballroom Dance Compe- Standard competition. Jessica Wong came in third. The second half started just as cous crowd refused to leave as the tition is any indication, the MIT As usual, MIT couples com- In Latin, MlT couples made the poorly, and when Springfield fresh- team gathered on the court with Ballroom Dancing Team is set for a pletely swept the Bronze and Silver finals at every level: in Open, Filip man Kim Lipinski' converted a families and friends. dazzling semester. MIT's best cou- levels of the Standard and Smooth Ilievski '03 and BU student Rita three-point play with 11:06 remain- The Engineers' work is not ples outshined dancers from Harvard divisions. In Bronze Smooth, the Kraner took fifth place. In Gold Cha ing to extend their lead to 22 points, done; they travel to New London, University, Tufts University, Boston top three fmalists were from MIT: Cha/Rumba, Todor Stavrev G and it looked as though the Pride would Connecticut tomorrow to play con- University, and other local schools, David A. Ovadia '06 and Catia S. Sofya Raskhodnikova G took sec- be one step closer to clinching the ference co-leader Coast Guard, and dancing in any of the 4 styles and at Verbeke '06 in third, Wei An G ond, with Olivier and Aliya Satterlee regular season NEWMAC title and the NEWMAC tournament begins all levels. and Susanna Wagner in second, took fourth, and Christopher L. Dou- gaining hom~-court advantage Tuesday, Feb. 25. In the American Style events, and Tyree W. Harris 0 and glas G and Judd took fifth. In MIT couples placed highly in the Nadezdha Belova '05 in first place. Samba/Jive, Ken Siu and Goldhaber Gold and Open events, the most In Silver, Iuliu Vasilescu G and took seventh, Douglas and Judd took competitive levels. In Open BU stlJdent Jill Krupnik took fourth, sixth, and tavrev and Raskhodniko- Smooth, Eric Nielsen G and and Chris Stratton and Aurora C. va took fourth. In Silver, George Michelle Goldhaber took first Schmidt '03 came in third. In Henes '04 and Wellesley student place. In Open Rhythm, Mark Bronze Standard, Ovadia and Ver- Lilia Wood took second, and in Hershberg and BU student Jessica beke placed econd, and Harris and Bronze An and Wagner took sixth. Ahlers took second, and in Gold Belova took first once again. In il- MIT took first place in the Amer- Rhythm, Nielsen and Margaret A. ver Standard, Luca Daniel and Tilke ican Team Match, and second place Wong '02 took second for M. Judd '03 took eventh, Jaques P. in the International Team Match. Marcil 21. 28, 2003. C bID FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT lit IClrrlUIII II ••• I C.ICOI B Ich I.t I AGENCY REQUESTS INTERNS The Postal Inspection Service, one of the nation's oldest federal law enforcement agen- S198 S91 cies, would like two interns to assist with its per person based on quad per person based on quad per person based on triple AII-Inclusivel AII-Inclusivel AII-Inclusivel money laundering and mail fraud investigations. 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MIT women have By Tom Kilpatrick ow a Course VI (Electri- season meet of the year, the MIT qualified to compete in the ew Eng- TEAM MEMBER cal Engineering and Comput- women's indoor track team defeated land Division III Championship in The L Pro Bowl was ju t a er Science) graduate tudent, the California Institute of Technology every arena of track and field, from few weeks ago, but colJege football he wa honored for his acade- 104-45, improving their season sprints and jumps to throws and dis- has been over for several months. mic achie ements with the record to 19 wins and 3 losse . tance events. MIT played its last game in October conference cholar Athlete Head Coach Paul Slovenski and is already gearing up for a Award. More than a formali- expressed his amazement with the Record bro en promising 2003 eason; the Beaver ty, this award actually does team's final record, saying, "the Several MIT varsity records were conditioning program has been in not always go to an MIT smallest indoor team ever garnered broken this season. alini Gupta '05 wing since lAP. player. the most wins in the history of Tech became the highest scorer in a single MIT football finished 2002 only Kamal was the quarter- track." meet in Tech Track history, earning a 4-5, but earned respect in the 13- back and emotional leader of The easy victory over Caltech this total of 36 1/2 points at the Coa t team ew England Football Con- the Beavers. In only his sec- past weekend was preceded by the Guard Invite on Feb. 1. Julia C. Espel ference after a campaign that ond year at MIT (after trans- MIT women's victory over all six '05 shattered the previous varsity included a near-upset of conference ferring out of Swarthmore in schools in the Coast Guard Quad Cup record in the one mile run by fOUT champion University of Massachu- 2001), he switched positions on Feb. 1 and MIT's third place fin- seconds, running a 5:14.81. De pite a setts at Dartmouth. This was from linebacker and fmi hed ish in the Greater Bo ton Champi- nagging injury, Clarissa Y. mith'04 reflected at the NEFC awards ban- fourth in the EFC in total onship on Feb. 8, behind only CAA broke the varsity record in the long- quet in December, when eight offense, with 159.1 yards per Division I schools ortheastern and jump with a leap of 17' 3". Emily Beavers were named All-Confer- game. A true field general, he Harvard. chwartz '05 broke the varsity record ence. settled many doubts in his Although the numbers on the MIT in the high jump, clearing 5' 1.75". Safety Brian D.' Hoying '03 and first significant time at the women's team are smaller than last MIT women's track also boasts tight end Keith V. Battocchi '02 position since high school. year, their competitive drive more three provisional national qualifiers. were first-team selections. Second- Schreiber led the Beaver than makes up for it. Many of the Co-Captain Catherine A. Tweedie team picks were linebacker Brent defense after missing the MIT women have been asked to run, '04 qualified for nationals in the pole M. Schreiber '03, tackle Keith G. 2001 season because of an jump, or throw in as many as five vault, clearing 11' 3.75", which is Reed '04, guard Spencer M. Cross injury. In an impressive • events in a single meet, sometimes currently the ninth best mark in the '05, and tailback Philip M. Deutsch comeback, he was first on the even competing in events that are not nation. Co-Captain Akua Asa-Awuku '04. Quarterback Alex T. Kamal team in tackles, with 56, and their specialties. '03 and Adrienne M. Irmer '04 both '03 and wide receiver Tom Kil- was named NEFC Defensive Last meet, middle distance runner qualified provisionally for nationals patrick '05 were honorable men- Player of the Week for his Alisa P. Lehman '05 stepped in for in the weight throw with throws of tions. play against Salve Regina on an injured teammate and anchored 48' 0.75" and 48' 9.75" respectively. It is telling that all three captains Nov. 2. He also served as the the 4x200 meter relay, running an This Saturday the MIT women (Hoying, Battocchi, and Karnal) team's social chair. amazing 29-second leg, helping to will be traveling to Maine for the were named All-Conference. Offensive linemen Reed narrowly defeat Caltech. ew England Division In Champi- Hoying anchored the defensive and Cross were part of an In addition to the strong team onships at Bowdoin College. secondary in an eight-man front indestructible line whose five scheme. His play at safety caused members played every snap opposing quarterbacks problems all of the season. Reed was the year long, as he finished the year inspiration for the unit, never with 34.5 tackles and two intercep- getting down in moments of tions. Also seeing time as a punt and adversity. With his trademark kick returner, he was rewarded with strut he established himself as his second straight first-team selec- a force at right tackle and was REED SCHREIBER tion. half of the "Right-Side Fort," Battocchi is actually in his fifth the other being Cross. At 6-foot-4 finished eigth in the conference in year at MIT, but retained eligibility and 280 pounds, Cross used his size rushing with 83.6 yards per game. after taking a medical redshirt sev- and knowledge of quasi-legal He also tied for eighth in recep- eral seasons ago. In addition to wrestling moves to provide vital tions, with 27 on the season. It is a often displaying his spectacular protection for MIT's undersized measure of his versatility and value catching ability in practice, he backs. He also played on the defen- to the program that just one season snagged 27 passes for 324 yards sive line. ago, he was the starting quarterback from his tight end position, good for Deutsch, at 150 pounds proba- eighth in the conference. bly the NEFC's smallest tailback, Football, Page 19 MIT Figure Skaters Collect 11Ribbons, Medals at CorneU UniJJersitg Competitinn By Diana Cheng intense, quick footwork covering '03 and figure skating team captain TEAM MEMBER the length of the rink and double Delphine Dean G placed seventh Nine MIT figure skating team jumps. and eighth in the same level Group members garnered 11 individual Cecile E. Le Cocq G, a former B event. medals and ribbons at the United varsity gymnast who now also com- Jonker skated to "A Day in the States Figure .Skating Association's petes in taekwondo, and Jessica A. Life," a program she has used since intercollegiate figure skating com- Eisenstein '05, placed third and high school and with which she is petition last weekend at Cornell fifth, respectively, in the Pre-Inter- very familiar. Dean skated to the University. Medals or ribbons were mediate C free skate Group A. Le music of "Siesta in Granada," which awarded to entrants placing fifth or Cocq said she was "shocked" to she found online and choreographed higher in a given event. receive a medal, especially consid- this year specifically for the compe- As a whole, the team entered 11 ering she was sick for the past week. tition. Her extension on her spirals events. Each MIT skater entered Eisenstein's expressive free skate to has been positively influenced by two events. Spanish music was choreographed her ballet training. Derek L. Bruening G won the by classmate Jessica R. Huot '06 In the Pre-Intermediate B indi- DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH Junior men's free skate event and and features fancy footwork. vidual compulsory moves Group A Gary R. Atkins '06 eyes the basket, under pressure from his also placed second at the ovice ice Adriana Tajonar '06 placed fifth event, Dean placed seventh. Cheng WPI opponent during last night's game. MIT won 53-44, dance event, where the dance was in Group B of the same level. and Eisenstein were awarded 4th bringing their record to 15-8. the foxtrot. Barbara M. Cutler G Tajonar's upbeat program includes and 5th place ribbons respectively placed fourth at the Novice ice several jump combinations and an in the same level Group B event. dance, where there is no separate elegant layback spin. Jonker earned a silver in the competition for men and ladies. Cutler, Le Cocq, and Tajonar Pre-Intermediate A individual com- Lindsay Kuo E. '06, who was placed fourth, seventh, and ninth in pulsory moves, which was no sur- the only MIT skater to compete at the Pre-Intermediate C individual prise because she medalled last year SomeIhino the intercollegiate competition at the compulsory moves event. Original- in the Pre-Intermediate B event, a to University of Delaware in Novem- Iy, the event was scheduled to be level higher, at Boston University's feel goodafJoul ber, placed sixth in the Junior short held on half-ice, but skaters were intercollegiate competition. program and earned a fifth place rib- given the full ice for their moves. On Saturday, March 1, the team bon in the Junior free skate. Her free Diana S. Cheng '04 placed sixth will compete at the intercollegiate skate to the music of Kriesler's in the Pre-Intermediate B free skate figure skating competition at Boston un d y Tambourine Chinois features Group A event. Kristin M. Jonker University. - News meetings Sunday at Spm Have a story idea? 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