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Volume 120, umber 57 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, November 14,2000 Bar Fight Leads to Shooting Near Donn By Rima Amaout but people are getting a little less EWSEDITOR tolerant about the fighting that goes A man was shot on Saturday out- on because of the Cambridgeport side the Cambridgeport Saloon, a Saloon," Cain said. Cambridge bar located immediately next to Random Hall. No MIT stu- Bar fights not uncommon dents were involved in the shooting. Cain said that there have been The assailant, Elvis Gonzales, several fights outside the bar in was arrested on Sunday for assault recent months, and the violence " with intent to murder. The victim, level may be escalating. "There are whose name has not been released, fights there pretty regularly around is in stable condition at Massachu- closing time. Over the last few setts General Hospital. months it seems to us that they have 'J For many students, the incident become more regular and more vio- struck too close to home. "A lot of lent," he said. us [residents] heard the shot and "Since the summer I've noticed looked from there," said Matthew S. ... a lot of rowdy behavior, harass- Cain '02, Random Hall president. ing of residents, and people urinat- "It is a little disconcerting having ing on the steps [of the dorm]," said ERIKA BROWN-THE TECH someone shot right outside your Random Hall Housemaster Nina In observance of Veterans' Day, MIT's ROTC units held a 24-hour vigil on the steps of the Strat- window." Davis-Millis. ton Student Center to honor American soldiers taken as Prisoners of War or pronounced Missing "I don't know necessarily if peo- On Sunday night, Cain, Davis- In Action. ple feel less safe because it wasn't a random shooting, it was a fight ... Shooting, Page 17 M1J3Sachusetts Charter Students Question Alcohol Policies Schools Spark Debate S~dents andAdmins . :I:' .' Discuss Issues at Forum By SanJay Basu school movement, courses in these STAFF REPORTER charter schools have tended, to be By Melissa Cain If the highly contentious educa- extremely standardized and much STAFF REPORTER tional plans proposed during this larger than their equivalent public Recent alcohol-related incidents election weren't enough to pit school classes. at MIT's fraternities and dormitories teachers' In fact, the success or inefficacy have led students to question the r;J t unions and of these schools has enormously Institute's alcohol policies in an r ea .ure "free-mar- high variability both in Massachu- attempt to reform them. ' keters" setts and across the nation. Charter Allison L. Neizmik '02, chair of against one another, recent assess- schools in some areas report record the Undergraduate Association Pub- ments of charter schools in Massa- test scores, while those in other lic Relations Committee, believes chusetts will likely fuel already fiery regions have outlandishly high fail- that "students are forced to make a debates about charter schools. ure rates. decision between the integrity of The schools, created with the their living group and the health and . intention of improving outcomes by Poor reports from some states safety oftheir friend." cutting costs and freeing teachers U.S. News reporter Warren Interfraternity Council (IFC) from local bureaucracies, are run by . Cohen recently visited charter Risk Management Chair Rory P. companies that contract to do the schools in Arizona and reported that Pheiffer '02 said that "the current work now performed by publ ic ''these companies take advantage of policy is too strict. I think people employees. the fact that Arizona requires high don't register parties because they But the schools are also given school students to attend only four don't want the IFC to show up and public tax, money without the hours of school a day." get them in trouble." accompanying oversight and regula- Cohen found that the schools Josiah D. Seale '02, the co-chair tion that public schools receive: a regularly targeted low achievers - of the UA Committee on Student fact that someteachers and citizens' particularly students with discipli- Life, believes that one of the main groups are finding hard to stomach. nary problems - and replaced their problems with the current policy is Proponents of the schools have regular classes with self-paced com- that the Campus Police act as Emer- nevertheless touted charters as dri- puter instruction a few hours a day. gency Medical Transport. vers of "competition-based" educa- Michigan charters were the sub- In the case that an emergency tional reform. Steve Wilson, CEO ject of recent litigation after a transport is made, the CPs are PEDRO L, ARRECHEA-THE TECH . of The Advantage Schools, a for- school received $14 million in state William M. Kettyle, head of MIT Medical, addresses students at an alcohol forum held last Wednesday in Walker's Morss Hall. profit charter management compa- tax money to provide education to Forum, Page 20 ny, recently cited that students in his 2,200 students. Only one-fifth of schools raised their scores on a those students, however, actually national test an average of seven continued to attend the school after Students Reflect on Presidential Elections percent. enrolling. The Michigan legislature By Vicky Hsu toral College. "The fact that the pop- Andrew M. Starr '02, Vice Pres- But what recent Massachusetts- has since outlawed enrollee-based and Jennifer Krishnan ulous can vote for one man and ident of the MIT Libertarians, based studies indicate is that while contracting, but other issues as var- STAFF REPORTERS another can win ... flies in the face of agrees that the Electoral College charter schools may be performing ied as the absence of desks or the Even at MIT, where the rigor of people's sense of justice," said David should be eliminated, but he doubts well in some cases, they aren't sure teaching of· creationism have classes and problem sets keeps most J. Strozzi G, member of the MIT that any significant changes will panaceas to America's education appeared in the state's charter students from get involved in much Greens. "The upshot of this is that a actually occur. "Initially people are problems. schools. else, the current presidential race lot of people are going to say we need going to get the idea to take another The Massachusetts State Depart- A Columbia University study of and the controversies over contested to get rid of the Electoral College." look at the Electoral College sys- ment of Education recently found charters in Michigan concluded that ballots have sparked interest in The Green Party advocates an tem," Starr said. that charter schools in the state have "when charter schools are compared issues ranging from voter fraud to automatic run-off system where vot- But in the long run, Starr scored, on average, at or below the to public schools with similar pre- America's electoral system. ers rank their preferences. "There is believes that the government will average public school on the MCAS charter characteristics, pupils in The potential discrepancy something deeply flawed with an maintain the status quo. "The two and SAT. charter schools score no higher, on between the popular vote and the electoral system that makes people major parties are going to realize According to Nancy Zollers, an electoral vote this year has led people uncomfortable to vote their con- academic expert on the charter Charter Schools, Page 7 to reconsider the status of the Elec- science," Strozzi said. Election, Page 21
SPORTS Comics A summary of the results from World & Nation 2 A review of Massachusetts ballot Questions Opinion 4 MIT's 1-8 women's soc- Features 7 cer season. Arts .. : 8 Sports 24 Page 22 Page 14 Page 19 Page 2 ovember 14, 2000
• GrisyFore ace e a e '"',,& ...... _"'8 LOS ANGELES TIMES KAPR • AUSTRIA eryC arge Forensic investigators delved onday into the grisly task of matching dental records and D A samples with the charred remains By David Lamb members of the House, or more than punched the House sergeant-at- of at least 159 people killed in a horrific ski cable car fire inside a LOS ANGELES TIMES half, had endorsed the move. arms. B GKOK, THAILAND tunnel under Kitzsteinhom mountain. Estrada's lawyers are expected Political analysts said Estrada As helicopters ferried the first 66 bodies to a morgue in nearby President Joseph Estrada of the to challenge the absence of a formal has support in the Senate and wide- Salzburg, the u.s. Army announced that eight young American from Philippines was impeached Monday vote, and Senate Assistant Majority spread backing among the Philip- military facilities in Germany had perished in the blaze. by his nation's House of Represen- Leader Gilbert Teodoro said that pines' poor and disenfranchised, Among the presumed dead were an officer from Texas, his wife tatives on charges of bribery and body might reject the complaint and may survive politically to serve and two small children; a newly engaged couple assigned to the 30th corruption. He has denied the accu- because of procedural flaws. out his term. Polls indicate the Medical Brigade and the husband and son of a civilian worker for the sations and said that a trial will Estrada will be tried by the 22- majority of Filipinos do not think Army who stayed behind while the others used the Veterans Day hol- prove his innocence. member Senate under guidelines Estrada should resign and do not iday to go skiing. Estrada, an actor-turned-politi- modeled after those used by the support street demonstrations simi- The Army also dispatched a five-member forensic team to assist cian, is the first Philippine president U.S. Senate during President Clin- lar to the movement that brought the Austrians, who were trying to identify corpses that have been to be impeached. News of his pend- ton's impeachment trial. To avoid down dictator Ferdinand Marcos in burned beyond recognition. ing trial sent the peso plunging to a conviction, Estrada must convince 1986. Shocked and grieving relatives have been asked for personal historic low against the U.S. dollar. at least eight senators of his inno- Already wealthy before taking effects such as hair brushe or razors used by the missing to provide The stock market fell 2.2 percent to cence. The trial may start as early as office in 1998 with the largest man- D A samples for identification, said Edith Tut ch-Bauer, chiefforen- a two-year low on fears the proceed- this month. date in Philippine history, Estrada sic pathologist for the Salzburg area. It will probably take four weeks ings could drag on for months. There was political maneuvering has scoffed at demands he resign. to complete the identifications, she said. But despite the political turmoil, in the upper house on Monday, as Although he acknowledges that he the emerging democracy in what is well, where the Senate president, was offered bribes, Estrada said he regarded as one of the freest coun- who had demanded Estrada's resig- turned down the money and has Russian edia Tycoon to Be tries in Asia appeared mature nation, was removed. The Senate never taken a peso illegally. enough to survive. voted to replace Senate President "I did not become president to Arrested for Embezzlement The 218 members of the House Franklin Drilon with Sen. Aquilino rake up money," he said Monday THE WASHINGTON POST did not take a full vote on the Pimentel, who is viewed as being before the House's action. MOSCOW charges because Speaker Manuel independent. The opposition to Estrada, led by Russian prosecutors Monday ordered the arrest of media tycoon Villar said more than the required While Estrada supporters jeered militant labor unions, business orga- Vladimir Gusinsky on charges of embezzlement, escalating anew the one-third of them had signed a peti- the decision, foes jumped with joy nizations and the powerful Roman battle between the Kremlin and the owner of Russia's only indepen- tion in support of impeachment. Vil- and chanted "Erap resign," using the Catholic Church, called a general dent national television network. lar is one of 45 congressmen who president's popular nickname. strike for Tuesday to press its The warrant was issued after the businessman, now in Europe, bolted from the president's coali- They embraced each other and demands that the president resign. failed to appear at the prosecutor's office for interrogation. The pros- tion, along with Vice President Glo- then surged toward Villar and On Saturday, an estimated 1 million ecutor's office said it would notify Interpol, the international law ria Arroyo, to join the opposition. hugged him. Filipinos rallied in Manila in sup- enforcement authority, that Gusinsky should be detained at any bor- Opponents of Estrada said 115 In the mayhem, one legislato~ port of Estrada. der. Gusinsky's lawyer, Genri Reznik, said Gusinsky refuses to return to Russia "to become a victim of lawlessness." He promised to file two lawsuits Tuesday accusing the prosecutor's office of misconduct. Palestinian Gunfire Kills Four; The precise allegations against Gusinsky were not immediately clear. The prosecutors did not show his lawyers the details of the charges. Reznik said that was a violation of Gusinsky's rights. A top prosecutor said the information was kept from Gusinsky because Israelis Expected to Retaliate Gusinsky's lawyers have not turned over documents that the prosecu- tors want. By Tracy Wilkinson Gaza's top Palestinian security offi- guards at a settlement. LOS ANGELES TIMES cial, Col. Mohammed Dahalan, who In the car, a Peugeot slowing at JERUSALEM had been evacuated to an Israeli an intersection to make a tum, a Postal Commission Recommends Four Israelis were killed and hospital for treatment - an unusual woman teacher from a nearby settle- eight wounded Monday by Palestin- move in the current tense climate. ment was killed instantly. Raising Stamp Price One Cent ian gunmen staging ambushes in the In nearly seven weeks of raging "A car passed me.when I was THE WASHINGTON POST West Bank and Gaza Strip, the riots and gun battles that have slowing down to turn, then he con- WASHINGTO Israeli army said. claimed more than 210 lives, Mon- tinued driving on the center lane The price of a first-class stamp will likely rise by a penny to 34 Israeli officials denounced the day marked the first day that more opening fire at us," the driver of the cents early next year, based on recommendations made Monday by killings as an escalation in Palestin- Israelis died than Palestinians. Peugeot, A vi Tzarel, told Israeli the independent Postal Rate Commission. . ian guerrilla warfare and promised Around dusk, Palestinian gun- television Monday night. "I looked A final decision on the exact timing of the hike will come next retaliation. Late Monday, the army men in a speeding Fiat Uno opened at the teacher sitting next to me and month at a meeting of the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Govemors, announced it was sealing off all fire in separate instances on a pri- I saw two hits and blood gushing' which also has the final word on the rate adjustments approved by the Palestinian towns and villages, bar- vate car and on a bus transporting out of her head. I understood that Rates Commission Monday. ring all travel in and out of the area. soldiers and settlers over an Israeli- nothing could be done and she died The price of a first-class stamp last went up, also by one cent, on Two Palestinian teens also were controlled road near the Jewish set- on the spot." Jan 10, 1999. killed Monday by Israeli forces in tlement of Ofra in the West Hank, The Fiat escaped toward the While the price of single first-class stamp will rise again, the cost Gaza, Palestinian officials said, and about 20 miles north of Jerusalem. Palestinian-controlled city of of 20-cent postcard stamp will not increase, nor will the cost of first a third died of a gunshot to the head Two soldiers died in the bus, which Ramallah, the Israeli army said, and class mail's second ounce. he suffered during demonstrations was punctured by about 50 bullet its troops blocked off West Bank on Saturday. He was the nephew of holes. The soldiers had served as roads to launch a search. WEATHER November Days Situation for Noon Eastem Standard Time, Tuesday, November 1.4, 2000 f)~ fS~ ~~. c:;~ iJ~ ..r:?~ o~ o~ Robert Korty "fl; "tV "'", ,,'-' ,,~ ,,\T Q)'5 ~ STAFF METEOROLOGIST I. A vigorous and persistent region of low pressure has brought deluges to Texas and much of the lower-Mississippi River Valley over the last few days. By this afternoon, a new surface low will have formed off the New Jersey coast, ushering the possibility of rain over Boston this afternoon. Tempera- tures will be below normal by late in the week, after the front pushes offshore. Residual snow showers will threaten much of the Great Lakes today. These snows are called "Lake effect snow," and are quite common in early winter. These showers are often very localized events, but may be quite heavy. As
cold air advects across the (relatively) warm water (water has a much higher 300N heat capacity than air), warm, moist air rises and condenses aloft. This results in locally concentrated snow showers on the lee side of the lakes. Lake effect snow, which owes its origin to the source of a large, warm body of water, diminishes abruptly in late winter as many of the lakes become partially frozen. 25°N Across Boston, signs of the season abound. The sun sets around 4:30 these days (it will be back to 4: 10 by mid-December). If that were not enough to mark the advent of winter, there also appears to be a chance of snow across parts of New England by next weekend.
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For the first time, Russia indicated a willingness Monday to THE M1CHIGAN DAILY found Kim and another student, who "We know it is in our best inter- accept U.S. deployment of a national missile defense system, as long ARBOR, MICHIGAN was breathing, unconscious in the est to educate than not to educate," as that was accompanied by deep cuts in their nuclear arsenals. In the late 1980s, Byung Soo bedroom. she said. Diverging from previous Kremlin insistence that deployment Kim came to the University of Bowles began cardiopulmonary Heman Gomez, a toxicologist at would undermine the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 and shat- Michigan while his father, Ha resuscitation on Kim before para- the University Hospitals emergency ter the cornerstone of arms control worldwide, the commander of the Young Kim, was a visiting profes- medics arrived. The other student room, said that a normal-sized man Strategic Missile Forces Monday proposed a new formula for main- sor. When Byung Soo was ready to was taken to the hospital along with will register a blood alcohol level taining a balance of power. go to coJlege, he returned to Ann Kim and has been released. above the legal limit after two or Gen. Vladimir Yakovlev said the new formula should consider a Arbor. His parents said the incident was three shots of whiskey in an hour. nation's defensive and offensive capabilities: If one goes up the other The Engineering sophomore cel- not indicative of Kim's character Although the W ashtenaw Coun- must go down. Under the treaty, the theory goes, the peace is main- ebrated his 21 st birthday Friday and that he was more likely to be ty coroner has not officially ruled tained because each side knows if it launched an attack, the other night, a day late, at a friend's home the person taking care of drunken Kim's death alcohol related, Kim's could reciprocate with mutually assured destruction. A missile at Willow Tree apartment complex friends instead of vice versa. blood alcohol level of .39 percent is defense system, theoretically, undermines that balance because one near the university's North Campus. "This could happen to any stu- considered extremely high. side could strike and then defend itself against an attack. According to the Ann Arbor Police dent," University of Michigan "Above 0.3 percent is enough to "The main threat posed by altering the ABM accord is that it will Department he tried to drink 21 Provost Nancy Cantor said. "This cause severe respiratory depres- radically change the state of affairs in the sphere of strategic offen- shots of Scotch whiskey. was not a student who was normally sion," Gomez said. sive weapons," Yakovlev said Monday. He added that the United Kim passed out early Saturday drinking in excess this way." A university survey in 1999 States is likely to go ahead with such a system, no matter what Russia morning after the taking 20 shots in "The 21 st birthday celebration found that 45 percent of undergrad- says, and no matter who ends up in the White House. about 10 minutes. that has developed on other campus- uate students had reported an His time at the University of es has come to our own," Harper episode of binge drinking in the past Michigan ended tragically when he said, referring to the traditional 21 two weeks. us, Forest Plan Would died yesterday at 6 a.m. foJlowing shots expected to be consumed on "Binge drinking is the leading more than two days in intensive one's 21st birthday. cause of death among college stu- Protect 60 Million Acres care. Bradley McCue, a Michigan dents," Carol Boyd, the study's THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Kim's parents arrived from State University student, died after chief investigator said. South Korea on Sunday. His moth- drinking 24 shots in the span of two "These students have a sense of The U.S. Forest Service Monday unveiled its final proposal for er, Jung Sun Park, spoke at a press hours for his 21st birthday. invulnerability ," Cantor said. protecting nearly 60 million acres of the nation's pristine, roadless conference yesterday afternoon. Kim was resuscitated, but spent Kim was a member of the Kore- timberlands, including large tracts of Alaska's Tongass National For- They were joined by university offi- the weekend in intensive care and an International Student Association est that were exempt from controls in previous drafts of the plan. cials, wearing white ribbons in never regained consciousness. and was also a part of Korean tradi- The proposal, one of the major environmental initiatives of the memory of Kim, who addressed the The AAPD is investigating' his tional music ensembles. Clinton administration, would ban new roads and most commercial problem of "heavy episodic drink- death, but because he was 21 and A memorial service for Kim is logging in more than a quarter of the country's national forest area: ing." took the shots by himself, criminal planned for 7 p.m. tonight at First 49.2 million acres in the lower 48 states and another 9.3 million acres "We hope that all who knew our charges are unlikely. Congregational Church at 608 E. in Alaska. The plan would not take effect in the Tongass until 2004. son will remember him as selfless, Kyung Jin, Kim's roommate in William Street. Funeral arrange- "Our national forests are a precious national environmental trea- supportive, considerate, loving and University Towers, declined to ments are pending through Muehlig sure that we must preserve for future generations," said Agriculture kind. He had brought great joy to us speak to The Michigan Daily. Funeral Parlor. Secretary Dan Glickman, who will review the Forest Service recom- and was a loyal friend to many," The University currently pro- "We hope to establish a fund in mendation. Park said. vides information on binge drinking our son's memory that will serve President Clinton is expected to give final approval after a 30-day Kim passed out after the 20th at student orientation and has also international students with educa- waiting period that ends Dec. 18, but environmental groups and forest shot, and friends put him in a back conducted a poster campaign on tion and assistance on substance industry representatives announced Monday that they will continue to bedroom to recover. An hour later campus. issues," Park said. battle for changes. they discovered Kim was not When asked if the University's Counseling is available to stu- Industry and environmental sources said it is doubtful Congress breathing and called an ambu- initiatives against dangerous drink- dents by calling University Psycho- could review the new rules, but a Republican president could decide lance. ing have been successful, Vice Pres- logical Services and the Internation- to use his executive authority to alter them or set them aside. AAPD officer Eric Bowles ident for Student Affairs E. Royster al Center.
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Letters 70 The Editor Tech, In titute Mistreat incidents a "continuation" of the vandalism lives in all of its forms. Libertarians favor occurring the Friday before. This accusation is eliminating the income tax completely, repeal- Chairman ext House Residents further pronounced later in the article, when ing drug laws and ending the counterproduc- Satwiksai Seshasai '01 several residents of Next House blame all the tive War on Drugs, and reducing government Editor in Chief I feel compelled to respond to your inaccu- vandalism on "a few people," another apparent to its constitutional limits. aveen Sunkavally '01 rate and incomplete portrayal of the events reference to members of Third East. Clearly Harry Browne finished in a solid 5th place Bu iness anager related to the unreasonable and unfair sanc- the reporters were attempting to place the and won 85 percent as many votes as Huanne T. Thomas '02 tions imposed on all residents of the third blame for these events on members of Third Buchanan. I can only imagine how much bet- floor of my dorm [' ext House Pranks Result East, when the evidence for this claim is ter he could have done if the media hadn't anaging Editor nonexistent. In addition, the article is filled ignored him. Ryan Ochylski '01 in Sanctions," ov.7]. Many of the statements you made are sim- with factual errors that serve to reflect poorly Matt Craighead '02 Executi e Editor ply false. The window in the main lounge was on Next House Third East. These misrepresen- Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 not broken the night of the party, as you incor- tations lead to fwther unmerited blame cast on Partial Credit Useful NEWS STAFF rectly reported. In fact, it was not damaged Third East by this article. In Roy Esaki's recent article ["Close, But Director: Dana Levine '02; Editor : Laura until days later. The rewiring of the elevator Perhaps the most blatant negligence appar- McGrath Moulton '01, Rima Arnaout '02, buttons is another completely unrelated inci- ent in this article is the complete absence of No Cigar," Nov. 7] he made a mistake in dis- Mike Hall '03; ssociate Editor: Matthew F. dent that you wrongly attributed to partygoers. comment by a member of Third East. Instead, missing partial credit as merely some favor Palmer '03; taff: Daniel C. Stevenson G, Also, the damaged soap dispenser you men- all quotes are from residents of Next House given by nice professors. He was correct in Sanjay Basu '02, Kevin R. Lang '02, Karen E. tioned is located in the basement bathroom of who are far removed from the Third East cul- saying that partial credit is not a right. It's not Robinson '02, Efren Gutierrez '03, Vicky Hsu the dorm, not in the heart of Third East as ture. As no direct or indirect comment from the sort of issue to have human rights activists '04, Pey-Hua Hwang '04, ancy L. Keuss '04, your letter suggests. I was even more sur- any resident of the wing or attendee of the screaming and waving signs. It's not some- Jennifer Krishnan '04, Brian Loux '04, prised to learn that the "fish in the tank, locat- party is present in the article, these reporters thing that students should demand from pro- Shankar Mukherji '04, Shefali Oza '04, W.S. ed on Third East, all died" since I know there blatantly display their disregard for responsi- fessors as an inalienable right. However, par- Wang '04, Jennifer Young '04; eteor- tial credit is not a privilege either. ologists: Veronique Bugnion G, Rob Korty G, is no fish tank in the Third East lounge. The ble reporting by failing to even talk to any of Peter Huybers G, Greg Lawson G, Bill tank you referred to is actually located on the the people who are the central subject of the What partial credit is is an educational Ramstrom G. second floor of Next House. article. tool. It fits into the idealized philosophy PRODUCTION STAFF Perhaps as disturbing as the inaccuracies Rather than present an objective account of behind grades. Grades should serve as an Editors: Mary Obelnicki G, Eric J. Cholan- of your article are the important facts that the events last weekend, The Tech published a accurate indication of one's mastery in and keril '02, Ian Lai '02, Jordan Rubin '02; you failed to report. You failed to mention one-sided account making very liberal infer- dedication to a particular class. Grades should sociate Editor: Stacia Swanson '03; Staff: that every single resident of Third East is ences and blatant factual errors at the expense help to motivate a student to be serious about Gayani Tillekeratne '03, Vimal Bhalodia '04, being fined $35.00, even residents who did of Third East. This reflects a recent trend of his 01' her studies. It is unfortunate that grades Laura Boylan '04, Kasetta Coleman '04, Joel not attend the party and weren't even in the shameless, bandwagon-style reporting when- have become caught up in people's concept of Corbo '04, Joy Forsythe '04, Kartik Lamba '04, dorm that night. You also declined to men- ever a living group is implicated. In the future, their self-worth, graduate school and job Andy Leiserson '04, Andrew Mamo '04, Eric tion that the restriction on so-called parties please attempt to uphold some semblance of applications, and political maneuvering (e.g. Tung '04, Tao Yue '04. grade inflation to improve a school's image). OPINION STAFF applies to every resident of both wings, journalistic integrity and report based on the entire scope of information available, and When a professor writes up, say, an 8.01 Editors: Eric 1. Plosky '99, Kris Schnee '02; Third East and Third W est. You failed to Associate Editor: Veena Thomas '02; mention that the party restriction, as stated, confine transparent reflections of reporters' exam, he isn't thinking about how cruel he Cartoonist: Samia Mahjub '04; Staff: bans all third floor residents from even personal biases to the editorial section. can be or what fun little brain-teasers he can Matthew L. McGann '00, Michael Borucke '0 I, working on a problem set in a lounge with Zachary A. Apoian '01 come up with. He's trying to determine the Jason H. Wasfy '01, Philippe C. Larochelle '03, friends from other living groups. It also pro- level of knowledge that a student has. Philip Burrowes '04, Roy Esaki '04, Ken hibits Next House's Social Chairs, Treasur- Whether he will give partial credit depends on Nesmith '04, Jyoti Tibrewala '04. er, Secretary, and Facilities Chair from help- Libertarians Left Out whether he wants to emphasize reasoning SPORTS STAFF ing to organize any events in the dorm, since I was disappointed to see that The Tech skills or attention to detail. In many classes Associate Editors: Jeffrey Colton '02, Brian K. those officers live on Third East. Additional- failed to include Libertarian Party candidate knowledge of the material and proper reason- Richter '02; Staff: Alvan Eric P. Loreto '01, ly, the Association of Puerto Rican Students, Harry Browne in "Election 2000: The Issues ing are far more important than any missed Jennifer C. Lee '03. which frequently conducts meetings and in Review" [Nov. 7]. negative sign. You could learn to be a bean- ARTS STAFF hosts cultural events in the Third East Through most of the presidential campaign, counter anywhere; here we teach folks how to Editors: Rebecca Loh '01, Annie S. Choi; lounge, will no longer be allowed to do so the mainstream media mostly covered just four engineer the beans. Associate Editor: Fred Choi '02; Staff: Erik This is what Roy got wrong, when he Blankinship G, Karen Feigenbaum G, Bence P. because of this restriction. candidates: Bush, Gore.Nader, and Buchanan. Olveczky G, Roy Rodenstein G, Vladimir V. Understand that the residents of Third East However, as early as several months before claimed that "the point of any problem, is to Zelevinsky '95, Zarminae Ansari '97, are the victims of the recent vandalism and the election, Harry Browne was polling almost get the answer. right." While it's true that there Seth Bisen-Hersh '0 I, Bogdan Fedeles '02, property damage. We do not enjoy having to even with Buchanan, at about 1 percent. is something to be said for basic accuracy, Lianne Habinek '02, Jumaane Jeffries '02, sit on a dirty carpet because the chairs in the This is particularly amazing when Nader that is not the whole picture. The point of any Nick White '02, Jacob Beniflah '03, Daniel J. lounge are broken. We do not enjoy waking and Buchanan were both already well-known problem is to test the student. It's up to the Katz '03, Amy Meadows '03, Ryan up to find our personal items covered in shav- long before the election, and when Buchanan professor or department to choose What Klimczak '04, Jane Maduram '04, Devdoot ing cream. Some current residents, especially had over $12 million in federal funding as a should be tested, although we are paying them Majumdan '04. freshman, had no choice but to live on Third result of Perot's showing in the 1996 election. to be fair and intelligent about it. There are PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF East due to limited housing options. Now we Browne raised much more money on the cam- subjects where partial credit is inappropriate Editor: James Camp G; Associate Editor: are all being indiscriminately fined and pun- paign trail than Buchanan did, but neverthe- and there are subjects where correct answers Nathan Collins G; Staff: Erika Brown G, without correct derivations are marked wrong. Krzysztof Gajos G, Sephir Hamilton G,' Garry ished on top of it. That is the real story that less it's hard to compete when your opponents Maskaly G, Karlene R. Maskaly G, Wan Yusof should have been reported to the MIT com- are getting huge federal handouts. (Bush and Partial credit is neither a right nor a privilege. Wan Morshidi G, Michelle Povinelli G, Bob munity, the story you failed to report. Gore, of course, get even larger federal hand- It is an educational tool used by professors to Sumner G, Samudra Vijay G, T. Luke Young G, Dan Riordan '02 outs.) The Libertarian Party has been offered achieve their educational goals. For after all, Omar Roushdy G, Nii Dodoo '01, Ying Lee '01, federal funding but has refused on principle. educational goals should be the main goals of James Snyder '01, Minnan Xu '01, Yi Xie '02, Browne also was on the ballot in 49 states education. Roshan Baliga '03, Leonid Drozhinin '03, Next House Story and D.C., more than any other third-party can- Brad Ito '01 Wendy Gu '03, Pedro L. Arrechea '04, Charles didate, and he had been on all 51 ballots in Boatin '04, Brian Hemond '04, Boris One-Sided, Biased 1996, when he captured nearly 500,000 votes. Kozinsky '04, Ekaterina Ossikine '04, Max Slackers for Sluggy Planck '04, Jaqueline T. Yen '04. I write to express my extreme dissatisfac- The Libertarian Party is larger than all the FEA TURES STAFF tion with the story "Next House Pranks Result other third parties put together, whether in Hey don't be knocking slackahbeat. It's Editor: Katie Jeffreys '0 I; Associate Editor: in Sanctions" [Nov. 7]. terms of number of elected officials, number one of the more original and funny comics Aaron D. Mihalik '02; Cartoonists: Aaron The article makes the completely unfound- of candidates who ran in the 2000 election, or The Tech has had in the last 4 years. The writ- Isaksen G, Kenneth Lu G, Solar Olugebefola G, ed inference that the acts of vandalism taking in fundraising. ing style is simply a subtly blunt satire on the Jennifer Dimase '01, Grace H. Wang '01, Bao- place around Next House in the days following Harry Browne was the only real alternative culture being parodied, and the way they talk Yi Chang '02, David Ngo '02, Baris Yiiksel '02, the party on Third East were somehow the candidate. Gore wants the federal government and think (at least, I hope it's a satire). Lara Kirkham '03, Alison Wong '03, Guan-Jong result of this party. It is completely irrational to be quite a bit larger. 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"average" Americans,' but at least they've But what the utopians miss is that neither Carelessness Pro-Gore seniors confused into voting worked through the existing local and state e-voting nor voting-by-mail does anything to Buchanan, mass ballot disqualification, law- political networks, hobnobbed with local and increase engagement among the electorate, an Guest Column suits over manual recounts - it's a mess down state bigwigs, and acknowledged local and attachment to the political process that creates Al Galbraith, Jr. there in Florida. Last week, in a conversation state concerns. With no Electoral College, genuine interest and concern among voters for before the election, I expressed my complete local and state identities would be total non- the issues and candidates. Indeed, e-voting faith in the federal electorial system. Now, factors in nationwide race . Perhaps the stage actually decreases engagement. The easier it Ballots are like vegetables: You can with Bush and Gore both hovering over the would then be set for the decline of states as is to vote, the less one has to know or care count on a certain percentage of loss due to Sunshine State like vultures, I'm not so sure. distinct political entities; eventually, they'd about it in order to be able to do it. spoilage. It happens every time. My grand- I do know, though, that two proposed elec- just be lines on a map. With that in mind, increased turnout could mother once thought she'd voted "straight tion reforms - abolishing the Electoral Col- And to those who dispute this, to those well be a disaster; millions of uninformed, rel- [party] ticket" until Dad pointed out it was a lege and replacing the poll-based voting sys- who claim that the Electoral College is just a atively uninterested new voters, "empowered" primary. "Oh," she said. "I guess I lost my tem - are not at all the way to avert future bygone tradition, I offer this example: If there bye-voting technologies, would carelessly votes." We never did figure out what she'd debacles. had been no Electoral College in 1972, Mass- cast ballots from the sofa between acts of done in the voting booth (with the old-fash- "The Electoral College is a loser and achusetts residents could never have distin- Friends - not based on a thoughtful analysis ioned voting machines that wouldn't let you should be voted out," shrieked the Boston guished themselves as citizens of the only of the issues, but probably for the candidates vote twice in a race). Globe in its lead Sunday editorial. Granted, state in the Union not to vote for Nixon with whose campaigns have the most ad appeal. What happened in Palm Beach County is the College is something of a constitutional bumper stickers reading, "Don't blame me; Wouldn't that be grand? fundamentally different than mere careless- relic, established for three arguably obsolete I'm from Massachusetts." Think about it If you think campaigns are all flash and no ness on the voters' part. A cynic might argue reasons: to insulate the presidential election Other pundits have demanded the replace- filament now, wait until the polling places that they have hit upon a new form of litera- from the hoi polloi, to discourage the margin- ment of our traditional poll-based voting system start to disappear. At least under the current cy testing. If you aren't smart enough to fig- alization of small states (as in the constitution- with something a little more cutting-edge. Ore- system, voters actually have to be sufficiently ure out which arrow points to which hole, al Great Compromise), and to promote politi- gon, for instance, now has voting-by-mail, and energized to go to the polls and stand in line. you are too stupid to vote and your vote cal balance between North and South (read: Arizona has begun to experiment with electron- This is just what Robert Putnam, another should be flushed down the toilet. I don't free states and slave states). ic voting. E-voting, especially, has excited tech- Harvard prof, talks about in his recent book think you would agree that we should bring But scrapping the Electoral College in nological utopians, who claim that if we abolish Bowling Alone - he posits that the postwar literacy testing back, although we seem to be favor of direct, nationwide presidential elec- paper ballots and eliminate polling places, voter decline in American civic life is largely due to tions would have several unpleasant effects. turnout will increase significantly and America the replacement of local social, church, and First, national politics would quickly break will move that much closer to true democracy. community group meetings by nationwide free of state and local affairs. No more will Plus, claim its proponents, e-voting would make mailings designed expressly to solicit contri- So, what do we tell the "presidential candidates court governors for obsolete ballot-counting controversies of the butions. Sure, political advocacy groups boast their endorsements, appear at rallies with local sort now exploding in Florida. millions of "members" - but most of them thousands of voters who lost political figures, [or] learn the names of state There are all the usual objections to e-vot- are not involved in group activities at all; they their votes because a ballot party officials," said Harvard law professor ing. It will be expensive to implement. Securi- just send checks to headquarters. of Charles Fried in Saturday's New York Times. ty and authentication are major concerns, par- The American electorial system has served layout unique to Palm Beach Furthermore, predicted Fried, national tele- ticularly given Americans' twitchiness about us reasonably well for over two centuries. vision would play an even larger role in national privacy and identification by the government. Ignore rash calls for the abolition of the Elec- County; who walked out unsure elections, "lead[ing] to a further Starbucks-ifica- Training people to vote electronically will toral College and for a stampede toward a tion of our political life, where every locality necessarily be painstaking and arduous, and e- non-poll-based method of voting. If we want whether they voted for their and region would slowly homogenize with voting may in any case discriminate against to contemplate electorial improvements, let's candidate or not? lOugh luck? every other into one undifferentiated mass." individuals or groups with low rates of com- move to enrich our civic life, not to further Our revered system of federalism, replaced puter ownership and literacy. Utopians breezi- impoverish it. Until then, a little controversy by McPolitics. ly dismiss these concerns, and they do have a now and again is a small price to pay. getting a similar result if the vote count stands after the recount without a new elec- tion in that county. Israel:Blaming the Victims There is precedent in Florida for the legal proposition that ballot format irregularity is UNCHR explicitly stated that Israel's killing consequences. Over six years later, in her not sufficient to order a new election. But Guest Column of civilians and children "constitutes a war November I op-ed piece in Ha 'aretz, Amira that came out of the Second District Court of Babak Ayazifar crime and a crime against humanity." Hass reminisced about the aftermath of the Appeals, and Palm Beach County is in the On November 9th, Israeti helicopters Hebron massacre for Palestinians: "curfews, Fourth District Court of Appeals, which "If Palestinians were black, Israel would strafed the civilian-pick-up truck in which closures, the shutting down of entire streets means the judges there are not bound to fol- now be it pariah state subject to economic Husayn Abayat, a PLO commander, was trav- and continual, hostile supervision by Israeli low that decision as precedent. The judge in sanctions led by the United States." Thus ran eling. As the occupants of the vehicle burnt to soldiers and police officers." Palm Beach County who gets the cases (they "Israel Must End the Hatred Now," an Octo- a crisp from the rocket attack, two Palestinian Now, fast forward to the recent murders of will be consolidated and will go to the judge ber 15 article in The London Observer. women bystanders were killed, from multiple two Israeli undercover agents in Ramallah. No who got the first one) may well take into Israel's public-relations campaign has shrapnel wounds, and scores of Palestinians doubt, the violence against the two was abom- consideration the significance of thousands painted the image of a nation that is "under were injured, many critically. Israeli General inable; after all, both divine and man-made of people losing their vote. This isn't a case siege," whose soldiers exercise "self-restraint" Yitzhak Eitan claimed that Abayat "was in laws stipulate ethics, even in times of conflict. of a few votes being lost due to some irregu- and "discipline" (as evidenced by over 200 possession of many weapons, like machine One cannot but categorically condemn that larity, or of the losers crying foul after the people killed and 6,100 injured, almost all guns" and "was targeted on the way to com- heinous act, regardless of whether or not the results are announced. Palestinian), and whose peace-loving, benevo- mit an attack on (Israeli) soldiers." victims were recognized as members of an There is no argument that thousands of lent leadership repeatedly has offered the Agence France-Presse. (AFP) reported that undercover Israeli death squad. voters did not express their will on Tuesday. olive branch to the Palestinians, only to be their "correspondent who inspected the burnt- Even before Israel's helicopter gunships Consider one precinct, made up mostly of rebuffed each time by that pack of philistine out shell of the vehicle immediately after the fired a single "retaliatory" shot into Ramallah, residents of Century Village, a huge condo Arab ingrates who refuse to accept a polka- attack, said there was no sign of weapons." its propaganda apparatus had embarked on an in Palm Beach County which is almost 100 dot collection of hopelessly disjointed cantons "The vehicle," AFP reported, "was heading effective public-relations campaign to ascribe percent occupied by retired New York Jew- as their "independent" state. I am befuddled deeper into Palestinian-run areas when it was savagery to the entire Palestinian people. ish Democrats - life-long, dyed-in-the- by how logic is twisted and decency trampled. bombed." Referring to the assassination as a Whereas in 1994 the world had been expected wool Democrats. They have been recognized Has the truth lost its meaning? Or has the bru- ''pre-emptive strike by intention," an unabashed to view Baruch Goldstein as a lone psy- as a power base in Palm Beach County for a tality of Israel's occupation become too bur- Israeli Defense Minister, Ephraim Sneh, told chopath acting on his own, in the recent inci- quarter of a century. That precinct cast a dis- densome for the collective conscience of its the Associated Press: "If the game is a guerrilla ~ dent the Palestinians were collectively por- proportionate number of votes for Pat proponents to bear? war, we are the champions of the world." So trayed as guilty of lynching two Israeli Buchanan. The likelihood of those voters Let us get the facts straight. Israel is the much for self-restraint and discipline! "reservists" who had "taken a wrong tum" voting for Buchanan in large numbers is occupier; the Palestinians are the occupied. Anyone who has seen the images of into Ramallah. Naturally, it was the Palestin- equivalent to the likelihood that the Sun will Israel has a military apparatus that ranks among Israel's victims knows that a fhousand words tan people, collectively, on whom Israel rapid- rise one hour early tomorrow. the world's most formidable (thanks to our tax of spin cannot counter the stark reality that ly unleashed its firepower. Why did they? A ballot design with one dollars), and 'it has used it unashamedly, as evi- even one of those pictures conveys. How can Noting that the total, month-long curfew row of small holes serving two columns of denced by its two-decade-long occupation of one counter the image of a Palestinian boy on 40,000 Palestinians in Hebron (to protect names. The design is similar to a busy one- Lebanon, three-decade-long, continuing occu- shot in the head, like 12-year-old Sami Abu 500 Israeli settlers in their midst) is an exam- lane city street being designated for two-way pation of the Golan Heights, and frequent raids Jazar or 13-year-old Muhammad al-Najjar, ple of a daily injustice that "is regarded as a traffic (and if you are in a head-on collision, on civilian infrastructure and population cen- just two of the umpteen children killed. How completely natural phenomenon in the eyes of you deserved it for being too stupid to look ters. Israel counters slingshots with tanks and can one feel anything but outrage at the mis- Israeli society," Amira Hass wrote: "The new ahead). helicopters. Israel erects colonies on occupied carriage of Malake Kafishe in her Hebron Intifada, which displays the characteristics of So, what do we tell thousands of voters, Palestinian territories, against international law. horne? Seven months pregnant and looking both a popular uprising and a quasi-military mostly average in intelligence, who lost Israel is a self-proclaimed "democracy" where forward to her second child, Malake heard one, is a final attempt to thrust a mirror in the their votes because of a ballot layout unique Arab suspects are detained indefinitely, without Israeli helicopter gunships. She started bleed- face of Israelis and to tell them: 'Take a good to Palm Beach County; who walked out trial or charge, for "security" considerations. ing, went into shock, and ran for the stairs. look at yourselves and see how racist you unsure whether they voted for their candi- Israel treats its non-Jewish citizens as second- The sounds of helicopter gunfire caused her to have become.?' date or not? Tough luck? I wouldn't tell class in all social-services spheres. On Mon- stumble and collapse by the doorstep. The I am bewildered by those who try to defend them that, and I hope the judge who has the day, October 30th, Arab lawmakers in the ambulance finally arrived an hour late, due to the indefensible, who deny the brutality that is case won't tell them that, either ... not for Knesset staged a walk-out to protest the killing an Israeli curfew and the insistence of two administered by the Israeli forces day after fear of being defeated whenever he runs for of over a dozen Arab citizens of Israel by the IOF soldiers to examine her. After five mili- day. And I am appalled at how the proponents re-election, but because the eyes of the civi- Israeli "security forces." tary checkpoints, she reached Aalia Hospital. of Israel attempt to rob Palestinian parents of lized world are on Palm Beach County, and In an October 5, New York Times opinion But it was too late; the baby was lost. their basic humanity by accusing them of everybody deserves to know whether the column, titled "Israel's Doomed Peace," And what of those Israeli settlers? They sending their children into the line of fire. will of the voters was reflected in the American-Israeli human rights lawyer Allegra brandish semi-automatic weapons as they It is morally distasteful for our tax dollars results. Even if he fears the political conse- Pacheco wrote: "Since 1994, Palestinians parade on confiscated Palestinian land over to be sustaining a state that conquers Palestin- quences, what's the worst thing he can do have seen the influx of 50,000 new Jewish set- which they arrogantly lay a birth-right claim. ian land and spills Palestinian blood, through but let the voters who voted on November 7 tlers into the West Bank and Gaza ... the To this day, throngs of settlers adorn and wor- not only a ruthless military apparatus, but also come back and reaffirm their votes? That arrest of 13,000 Palestinians, and complete ship the shrine of their fallen comrade, Baruch a virulent propaganda campaign. It is time to would sound like politics at its best to me. curtailment of freedom of movement." On Goldstein, who in 1994 walked into Ibrahim cease blaming the victim; it is time to stop The honorable Mr. Buchanan has dis- October 27th, the U.N. Commission on Mosque in Hebron and opened fire, killing sanctifying the oppressor. avowed the votes not intended for him. Why Human Rights strongly condemned "the dis- over 50 Palestinians. Of course, the world in Babak Ayazifar is a Ph.D. candidate in the should anybody else say otherwise? proportionate and indiscriminate use of force 1994 was expected to believe Yitzhak Rabin Department of Electrical Engineering and Al Galbraith, who has served as City in violation of international humanitarian law who characterized the incident as "a murder- Computer Science. The author acknowledges Attorney in two cities in Palm Beach Coun- by the Israeli occupying Power." In the same ous act by a psychopath." In shocking irony, the editorial assistance of Fadia Rafeedie, ty, Florida, is the father of Megan 1. Gal- scathingly-worded Resolution S-5/1, the though, it was the Palestinians who bore the Yale Law School class of2003. braith '01. Page 6 THE TECH ovember 14,2000 De • andwic es ith Extra Pickles Iam G4, ful and undecided, you're as desirable as a the latest news until sunrise the day after the RoyE aki canceled class during midterm week. election are weary and sleepy. Bow Down So the Electoral College is unfair, and peo- The confusing ballot, the close election, As it is now the fashionable thing to do for ple with bad vision and rather questionable and the media mistakes can't be changed. any columnist, analy t, and political junkie direction-following abilities are propelled into What can be changed is the public perception Before Me worth his salt to tirelessly and excitedly con- the limelight of the international media. and individual emotions; namely, we don't tribute his own Brine of Commentary to the That's a consequence of preexisting mech- have to be so angry and bitter. A couple weeks Pickle of Election Results, I, too, must don the anisms, and is relatively understandable. The ago, many citizens, and many more ader sup- Kevin Choi Calvin Klein Sanitary Gloves of Insight and real kicker is the torrent of legal semantics porters, complained that the candidates were make the Deli Sandwich of Political Analysis. and accounting gimmicks that the political essentially interchangeable. If that's true, MIT students are in love with technology. What this election needs, I dare say, is even parties - mostly the Republicans, I must say there's no reason to be emotionally distraught Take me for example. more controversy, finger-pointing, and political- - are using to sway what should be an objec- over who wins. Granted, there is an issue of I am the envy of all my hallmates. After ly expedient lawsuits. And, of course, we must tive, unequivocal answer to their favor. Gore justice, truth, and the principle of the will of all, I have a Panasonic 19" TV, a Panasonic not neglect more presumptuous and trigger- supporters, independent of the Gore campaign the people at stake. Past presidents, such as 4-head VCR with S- Video and automatic happy media coverage, more commentary ana- to be sure, filed suit because a confusing bal- John Q. Adams, have been chosen unfairly, commercial skipping, and a cable box with lyzing earlier commentaries, and, above all, lot allegedly deprived them of their right to however, and this injustice didn't destroy our Showtime and HBO. more caustic cynicism and mistrust of the demo- vote. Republicans filed an injunction against nation, or even the ideal of democracy. That's not all: I also have a Palm Vx (a cratic process! Whining, indignation, and the hand-counting the votes because manual Also, people consider the election outcome Palm V is just not cool enough), a Diamond American Way! Please note the subtle sarcasm. counting may be subject to bias. A most dis- a lose-lose scenario. But if each candidate has Rio MP3 player, a Nokia cell phone with Needless to say, this whole election appointing proceeding is Bush's claiming the egregious faults, then in some respects, each Sprint PCS service, a Sony V AlO PC laptop process is rather unfortunate. Because of the need for the nation to accept the results and candidate is better than the other. Thus, the with a 14.1" screen, an Iomega Zip drive, an antediluvian Electoral College, some poorly move on, while calling for recounts in states outcome can be considered a win-win sce- NEC Superscript laser printer, an Epson punched holes, and a few thousand blurry- where he barely lost. nario. Whoever wins, we could focus on the Perfection scanner, and a Sony DV Cam- eyed grandmothers who accidentally voted for It's a naive concept, perhaps, but now that benefits of the particular president-elect, and corder. ' Buchanan, the concept of democracy - that the vote has been cast and the decision be glad we avoided the faults of the other. Oh, and just last week, on Tuesday, my the government is chosen by all of the citizens unequivocally made, both parties should be This is not to say we should be complacent Apple G4 Cube arrived with its matching 17" - has been reduced to absurdity. seeking to ascertain the true victor, rather than and uncritical of the victor. Rather, I maintain monitor, featuring Natural Flat Diamondtron The fate of all that depends on the presi- to unjustly manipulate the results. only that instead of having diatribes and dis- CRT technology. dential election, from the health of Wall Street There's no good that can occur from all of courses, we should be united in pondering a As you can imagine, I was very excited to US-China military relations to the happi- this equivocation and squabbling. The reconciled, mutually amenable solution to the when the dorm's deskworker exclaimed that ness of SNL writers, now depends on fewer arguable illegitimacy that shrouds this election current and future problems. my Apple computer had arrived. I told him people than would occupy a high school foot- process, along with public discontent with This election crisis could have been handled I'd be back to get it after I cleared my desk ball stadium. Although it could be argued that either candidate, will very likely make the next more effectively by the parties, the media, and to make room for the arrival of my new the closeness of this election demonstrates the president not only a one-term president, but the citizens. Future US History students will be baby. importance of a single vote, it's more accu- also an ineffective and defensive one. The bas- forced to analyze what contributed to the Crisis I grabbed my friend and next-door neigh- rately stated that it demonstrates the impor- tion of democracy, the arbiter of justice, the of '00. Four years from now, the electorate will bor Seth Guinals-Kupperman '01 to help me tance of certain single votes in large swing nation on a hill that once was the United States be reminded of this year, and the importance of carry the system back to my room. The moni- states. Like the parent who tries to bribe the has lost some of its political authority abroad, the single vote. But in the vast context of a tur- tor weighed a ton and there was no way I unloving child with gifts and attention while as criticisms of questionable and fraudulent bulent history, and compared to the Yugosla- could carry it back to my room myself. neglecting the filial child, the current political elections in other nations would be hypocriti- vian or South African elections, the injunctions "Gee, this is really cool, Kevin!" said Seth. system .magnifies the importance of equivocal cal. The media, too, has lost credibility in its and picketing and indignant grandmothers and I smiled and nodded. "I know." states while snubbing and taking for granted eagerness to declare a victor. impartially removed chads are all part of a rela- Of course, as soon as Seth and I brought the loyal ones. If you live in a loyal state, your The citizens are weary, cynical, and indig- tively happy chapter of the Great American the monitor and computer back to my room, individual vote matters not; if you're mistrust- nant. Columnists who valiantly kept up with Experience. . everyone on. the hall stopped their studying and rushed over to gawk at my newest toy. "Ladies and gentleman! Let me unpack the system first and then you guys can all come back and test-drive it," I told my audi- ence. My friends then skittered away. Hav- Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) ing reclaimed my room, I closed the door is the leading software company dedicated and walked toward the unopened boxes. to helping retailers and .banks ~tsl~~~hze ~}k~,_ a lli~tle ki~ ...~o)l1~.pg, 9..Qwn~t~.ir.s (m~ Change Cp~!stm~~ njQrp!lig,;~Thanksgiving. edge technology is changing the way many "I'm busy right now, Mom. My App1e G4 well-known brands including Mrs. Fields,' Cube finally arrived! Can- I call you back later?" She grunted in response ana then we Shell, Texaco, Sara Lee, Lending Tree.com Business exchanged goodbyes. and eBags are doing business. "Ah," I thought to myself. "No more dis- tractions." As soon as I thought it, the phone rang' again. This time it was my friend Jeff APT is seeking dedicated coUegeseniors, calling to ask if I wanted to go grab dinner graduate students and doctoral candi .. with him. is Done. "Jeff, I can't do it right now. I want to set elates with excellent analytical, quantita- up my new computer," I told him. "Can I take ... ~-... ~ ... tive and technical skills who have a a rain check?" I then rushed him off the record of academic accomplish- phone. I felt bad, but that night, the main pri- .Campus~ Corporate. PreseniatiPn~ ..- . ority was the computer. I'd just call him back ment, preferably toward a degree in when everything was set up and take him out ,...... ,NJdiICIh,.11H" ...... computer sciences, finance, math- for dessert, I thought. ematics, marketing, statistics, I took the monitor out of its box and placed it on the desk. I stood back to admire economics or science to fill posi- it. "This is so beautiful," I drooled. I then tions on our client engagement and took the G4 Cube out of its box along with development teams in Washingfon, all of its accessories and connected them together. I stood back again. "Yep, looks DC. just like the poster," I said to myself, satis- • • Work with a high-growth fied . •• -.as, , software firm in a collaborative, Booting and configuring my computer was a snap. Seeing the G4 in action was my dynamic, non-hierarchical envi- thrill of the night. "Steve Jobs is a God," I ronment thought. "Now I know why there are so many loyal Mac users." I next put in the 256 MB of extra RAM I bought and attached the • Build your technical, develop- 80GB external hard drive. After all was said ment and business skills and done, four hours had passed. I had spent We invite you to submit your the entire time setting up the computer and playing with it. It was now midnight. I resume and cover letter to APT, turned the computer back on and popped "The Matrix" DVD into the top-loading slot. attention M. Keen, Recruiter@ I leaned back on my chair and grinned. Ab, Predictive Technologies.com for this is the good life. "Shit," I thought. "Jeff and Mom! Oh well, interview consideration. Inter- I thought, I'll just give them a call in the morning." Or maybe afternoon. I do still have views for business analysts and to install all of the software .... software engineers will be con- Washington, DC . New York MIT students are in love with technology. San Franc isco I'm in love with technology. due ted November 28 in off What's scary is that sometimes I feel we're www.PredictiveTechnologies.com more in love with technology than with peo- campus locations. ple. After all, I turned down interacting with two people I cared about to spend time with my computer. Scary indeed. ovember 14, 2000 THE TECH Page 7 FEATURES Clinton Vetoes Anti-Leak Bill Bill Would Have Made Release I think it's ridiculous. I don't think Of Classified Information to Media a Felony they're going to find a way to resolve it that will appease both By Shankar Mukherjl Opponents of the "anti-leak" measure met sides. I really think the ballot was STAFF WRITER President Clinton's action with praise. confusing for older people. President Bill Clinton vetoed legislation on "The president has taken an important step - Sharon Karackatter G November 4 which would have imposed stiff toward protecting the rights of all citizens to penalties on officials who release classified receive the information that keeps government information to the media. accountable to its people," said John Sturm, In his official statement reported to the president and chief executive of the Newspa- Reuters news service, President Clinton stat- per Association of America. The last election is really excit- ed, "Today I am disapproving H.R. 4392, the A controversial clause in the Intelligence ing because it shows the point 'Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001, insert- of view [of people in this coun- 200 1,' because of one badly flawed provision ed by the Senate Intelligence Committee after try]. They're enthusiastic. that would have made a felony of unautho- closed hearings, stipulates criminal penalties -Kim Son Thi Kom '01 rized disclosures of classified information." for an alleged whistleblower who "knowingly The measure, drafted in Congress and and willfully discloses or attempts to dis- passed through the legislature in October, close"any classified information: Penalties drew sharp criticisms from several leading include a possible $10,000 fine and incarcera- media agencies, which claimed that the mea- tion. Under current U.S. law, it is a crime to It is strange that the vote is so sure "simply went too far." release classified information if it helps a for- uniform. [parties in Turkey] usu- "For the first time in our nation's history, a eign power, exposes intelligence agents or ally tie at ten percent. law would criminalize all unauthorized disclo- relates to national defense. - Bilge Yildiz G sures of classified information - in effect President Clinton, while recognizing the creating an 'official secrets act' of the sort that need to protect vital secrets in the interests of exists elsewhere but that has always been national security, defended his veto as an rejected in this country," wrote top executives effort to protect First Amendment rights cen- from CNN, The Washington Post, The New tral to American democracy. York TImes and theNewspaper Association of "When the Congress returns I encourage it America in a joint letter sent on October 30 as to send me this bill with this provision deleted reported by the Associated Press. and I encourage the Congress as soon as pos- I just want it to be over. The measure was requested by the Central sible to pursue a more narrowly drawn provi- - Gabe Phifer '02 Intelligence-Agency (CIA) in response to the sion tested in public hearings so that those loss of several operatives and surveillance they represent can also be heard on this methods as a result of newspaper investigations important issue," said the president. based on leaks of classified information to the The issue of leaks to the media is not media. The CIA declined further comment. restricted to the United States. Senate Republicans reacted' negatively to The British Parliament passed, in 1889, the The democrats are crybabies. the veto. ' Official Secrets Act, which also punished Holy 'oDd (1111'he S1ID4Dw 0/TIte YQ/ky Of Detlth). Also. ... t approached popularity 0tYspring. previous megabit MPtetty Fly." you can • os for CoJupIracy Of One, their . out today s releases are albums from Ely ian FieJcls (Queen Of The Meadow) and Brian JOD- WIl (Zero). as well as an HP called Daneleetro from' • Yo La Tengo. A ago when College Fest came to the Hynes Co vcntion Center and I ran through the band lineup, J over one name Ihadn't heard of - James MichaeL then. I've realized Iignored one of tile most promising new artists that played the show. While Michael's press photo seem to pigeonhole him a tortured pretty boy . ~ -songwriter, his music is actually fairly loud guitar rock with some killer hooks and very clever lyrics. I recommend checking out the leading single. "Inhale," to determine whether you'll like the album ... and try to ovedook the mis- e that occurs on his CD as well as on Magnified's Stand In Traffic: a fairly lifeless and misconceived cover of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" That's aU I've gOt for you this week. As always I wel- come your e-mails, whether you want to correct me, agree with me, support or denounce vegetarianism, or write me a snappy poem of some kind. All correspon- dence is appreciated, and if your grammar is particularly accurate I might even respond. The address to use is t FI~ REVIEW * result, Bowman is left in the spaceship, which no 'source of food or water that is mentioned, she tries to fix by stripping to her underwear, in some of the most excruciatingly boring and the rest of the crew crash-lands on Mars. sequences ever committed to celluloid. Red Planet Inthe process, one character dies. First-time director Antony Hoffman man- This process - an out-of-the-Ieft-field cri- ages to frame a relatively exciting shot all of sis, followed by a death - is repeated five twice during this two-hour movie, and during .Mission to Mars 2 times, for the simple reason that there are five the rest, he is content to shoot the action people on Mars' surface (or, rather, four - through a thick red filter. Even this is not By Vladimir Zelevlnsky to one scene, where Bowman, upon exiting you know the top-credited actor has to perse- enough for scenery to look anything like Mars, STAFF WRITER the shower, asks Val Kilmer's character vere). The deaths are caused by lack of oxy- especially with large cumulus clouds in the Directed by Antony Hoffman (apologies for the lack of the character's . gen, Martian insects, one random character sky. In the final confrontation between a man Written by Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan name; they all sound the same anyway) to suddenly (and without any reason) pushing and a robot, the key object that will be used to Lemkin hand her the towel; he responds by staring at another off the cliff, and a homicidal robot on defeat the evil machine is shown in a tight Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Val Kilmer, Tom her fer an extended length of time. After this, the rampage. The last cause is particularly close-up not once, not twice, but five times. Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Ter- it is silently assumed the two are in love. odious: It is not just enough to have a robot on And that question of what was happening enceStamp During Mars landing, a solar flare (solar board to help planetary surveys, and it's not to the algae that was thought to have disap- RatedPG-13 flare? In Mars orbit?) completely wrecks the enough for it to suddenly go berserk during peared from the surface of Mars? Well, it did spaceship, and sends the landing crew to the landing, and it's not enough that this robot, for not disappear; in an, ahem, astonishing mid- idiculing terrible mOVie,s usually planet's surface in a badly crippled pod (why whatever reason, has a military behavior movie revelation, the crew finds all that algae, requires using at least some hyper- is it that the spaceship can be virtually mode built in - no, it also has to be well alive and flourishing, in the next valley. bole: For example, in the Mission to destroyed by a solar flare, and why does this versed in kung-fu. With all the excitement of Red Planet, the RMars review I recall writing that Tim particular flare happens during a six-minute Between the death scenes, the group is audience is almost as likely to perish like the Robbins does not move a single facial muscle landing interval of a half-year flight?). As a wandering the surface of Mars for days, with movie's characters - by being bored to death. throughout the film. Strictly speaking, this is not true: I believe he smirks once. Red Planet (second Mars movie of the year, managing the impressive feat of being worse than the first one) does not need any hyperbole to be ridiculed. Every single fact I mention below is taken from the movie without any kind of exaggeration, since this wretched thing, ulti- mately, ridicules itself much better than I would ever hope to. This is a kind of:film where the entire back story and character development are com- pressed into an opening voiceover. Captain Bowman, played by Carrie-Ann Moss with at least some charisma, explains: "We've been try- ing to plant algae on Mars because the Earth is all fouled up and we're flying there to see why this is not working and I'm the captain and this is my first mate who is a jerk and this is .... " It might be too much to ask for congent characterization (he entire cast, with two exceptions - one female, one old - looks and sounds exactly the same). It might be too much to ask for any meaning (one character declares, early on, without any reason, "I am going to Mars to look for God," and no men- tion is made of this further on). It might be too much to ask for anything resembling acting (with the exception of Moss, everyone is in the "give me my paycheck and kill me off' mode). But it would be really nice if "Red Planet" provided anything in the way of the story. As a free service for gentle readers, you can read the entire story of Red Planet below. Start with the spaceship's approach to Mars. Have a romantic subplot that is limited Carrl&-Anne Moss and Val Kilmer star in one of the most odious films ever committed to celluloid. ovember 14, 2000 the pre entation accordingly. The Voyage, commis ioned (and censored) by the Portugue e government, is a tudy in comparative art history. In telling about the The Films of Chris ian Boustani first encounter between the Portuguese explor- ers and the Japane e natives, it mixes the per- The GreatMaster ofDigital Cinema? spective-less art of the Japanese with the more involved European paintings of the time of By Jed Home Clearly knowledgeable of art history, Bous- storyboard, explored the theme of orthem Henry the avigator, and explores the differ- STA.FF WRITER tani used the fact that the early frescos were Renaissance art (Bruegel was used exten- ences in what people perceive as beauty. For painted before the invention of perspective to sively) to tell a short fictional narrative about example, a dragon is a fearsome creature to hristian Boustani' s promoter, create a surreal landscape, mixing 2-D and 3- bringing color back to a literally colorless the European explorers and almost swallows Hisham Bizri of the Center for D images about as effectively as possible city through painting. their boat, but, to the Japanese, it is an object Advanced Visual Studies at MIT given the technology of the day. Although Boustani used over one-thousand layers of beauty and is drawn on magnificently ren- billed him as 'the great master of slightly overdone (the cracks artificially in some shots, which sometimes cluttered dered kites and flown through the air. digital cinema" - quite a title. Boustani, a added over the entire sequence comes to them, but overall created an impressive Although his other works are politically neu- Lebanese native and French citizen, uses mind), Boustani has created some visually array of visual themes. Also notable is Bous- tral, a brief reference to the Jesuit priests who cinematography to explore the boundary interesting parallels between medieval and tani's eye for anachronism: the bicycles and were murdered when they tried to convert the between painting and movies. He had an modem revelers by switching between details motorbikes which glide through the city's natives slipped past the censors. opportunity to make his case for Bizri's of the frescos and the facial expressions of bridges during the filming are an interesting Despite the inadequacies of the media for- claim last Thursday in 52-390, and at the modem race goers. side detail. mat (the color distortion of VHS comes Harvard Film Archive on Saturday the 11tho More involved, more expensive, and The final work in the trilogy, Toledo, immediately to mind), Boustani's work repre- At the demonstration, Boustani displayed more impressive was Brugge, the second which uses the art work ofEI Greco and Tole- sents an interesting, if somewhat less than three pieces: the first two installments of his installment in the trilogy, produced in 1995. do's history as "the Jerusalem of Europe" groundbreaking, foray into experimental cine- still-to-be-completed trilogy, Cities From the Brugge, a medieval port in Belgium, is (because of the juncture of Christian, Jewish, ma. Effectively incorporating his surreal visu- Past, and a work commissioned by the Por- famous for two things: its status during the and Islamic culture that occurred there during al style with an equally unusual musical score, tuguese government entitled Voyages. middle ages as the "Venice of the North" the Middle Ages), will examine the interplay his work is important and entertaining. Does The first of the Cities From the Past trilo- (since then the ocean has receded); and the between these three cultures and their respec- he earn the title "great master of digital cine- gy, Sienna, was produced in 1992 on a budget myth that Brugge is where oil painting was tive takes on art. Ever the pioneer, Boustani ma"? Probably not. But that doesn't mean of around $10,000. Boustani superimposed developed. Using digital technology to bring has voiced interest in "interactive cinema," a Boustani isn't a notable and innovative artist Renaissance frescos over live action to tell the ocean back to Brugge, Boustani played process where the viewer will decide how he stretching the boundaries of his medium. The the story of Sienna's famous horse races. off these two themes and, working without a wants to view Toledo and which will change only thing he needs is a little humility. MIGUEL CALLES-THE TECH Fred Chol '02 plays the piano during last Tuesday's Open Mic AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH David Ngo '02 plays a strange, monkey-like creature during the debut performance of Trio, Night in the Coffeehouse. The student performance event was MIT's newest performing arts group. sponsored by the MIT Songwriting Club and the CAC. 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The work is part of the Media Lab expansion. Project completion: December 2003. ALBANY STREET GARAGE As part of the utility expansion, the walkway between buildings 42 WHERE? Rogers Building, Rm 8- 302 and 44 at the railroad crossing connecting Vassar Street to the WHEN? 11/15/00, 7pm Albany Garage will be closed to pedestrian traffic through early December. This information provided by the MIT Department of Facilities: web.mit.edu/facilities/www/constructionl ovember 14, 2000 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11 FI REV EW * Playing it up on the silver screen was truly a strategic mistake by Redford. Smith's per- fonnance was on par with Damon's, both of them displaying some great on-screen chem- TheLegend of Bagger Vance istry. And this was not traditional Will Smith - it definitely had the same sarcastic A Tiresome Tale of Two Caddies overtones, but it was far more sober, keen, and likeable than the bombastic Fresh Prince By Devdoot Majumdar Lemmon) remembering his younger days in because of hi success. we all remember. STAFF WRITER avannah, Georgia, during the Great Depre - The difference is this: Happy Gilmore Adele, on the other hand, was essentially a Directed by Robert Redford sion. The city, hosting an exhibition golf tour- was delightful, Bagger Vance was very despicable, Machiavellian whore. To add Screenplay by Jeremy Leven nament upon the prodding of golf-fanatic detestable. The worst thing about Bagger to that, Charlize Theron never really got the Based on a novel by Steven Pressfield Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron), finds Vance is that there was such shallow charac- Southern accent down, instead sounding like Starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize itself in a quandary, as the young Hardy (J. ter development. This ethereal "swing" that a Hollywood native disguising her voice for a Theron, Andrea Powell, Jack Lemmon, and J. Michael Moncrief) remembers it. Though the Junuh lost is all psychological - it's not prank call throughout the movie. She was a Michael Moncrief golf tournament features Georgia greats, the about lack of practice or lack of concept - tad melodramatic, but that of course can be Rated PG-13 city leaders were adamant that they needed a it is simply that Junuh lost his psychological partially attributed to the terrible screenwrit- native Savannite. balance or something of the sort. But ing. "m not a golf freak. I'm not a Matt Enter Randolph Junuh (Matt Damon). Junub's character lacks sufficient depth for Despite Theron's regrettable performance, Damon freak. I'm not a Will Smith That is, if you're still awake, given the men- the viewer to understand what's going on the audience still hated the hollow character freak. And so, devoid of any of these acing conflicts in this thrilling plotline. I inside of him. Aside from one confusing of Adele. qualities, I wholeheartedly hated The assure you, it only gets worse. Junuh, once flashback, Junuh is alien to the viewer, and Perhaps the only good point to the movie Legend of Bagger Vance. Aside from fea- engaged to Adele and the greatest, most the viewer can neither sympathize nor live was the cinematography. It seems to be a turing two monstrously expensive actors, promising golfer in all of Savannah, went to through the eyes of Junuh. skill of Redford to capture a moment on film the movie is little more than an incomplete, World War II and got severely psychologi- Damon's portrayal of Junub - everything almost magically. There were several memo- ill-devised, boring battery of golf glorifica- cally damaged, but most important of all he from his accent to his facial expressions - is rably unique point-of-view shots and one tion. lost his "swing." impeccable. The research and time spent in from a golf-ball-camera as the ball went I was ready to love it .... I was ready to sit One night, as if by pure Mary Poppins becoming Junub was well-spent. It is unfortu- soaring. However, sadly but surely, if you're there and enjoy the $9 I paid to watch a magic, a wily, young black gentleman came nate that the character itself was written so not a Damon, Smith, or golf freak, you're movie that flouted two very accomplished by while Junuh was playing golf. That was poorly. really out of luck with this movie. The plots actors. But no matter how much I tried to Bagger Vance, and he became Junuh' s golf- But Bagger's character is no better! He is on Saved By the Bell were more inventive enjoy it, no matter how much I rationalized philosopher/caddy. The rest of the movie a god! His presence is a deus ex machina, than the plot here. And, without giving any- the idiotic plot or corny spiritualism, I still could have been called How Junuh Got His and all of his advice is strangely prophetic to thing away, the ending was pathetic, leaving hated it. I suppose some novels - no matter . Swing Back. All the way through the rest of the plot, yet uproariously hackneyed. Things me wondering if they somehow messed up how good in print - weren't meant to be the movie, the inescapable parallels to Happy like "the golf course lives and breathes just in the editing room. turned into movies. Gilmore resounded through my mind. The like us" and centering of the movie on find- Despite some excellent acting by Damon Director Robert Redford and screenwriter white guy who needs to golf. The black guy ing Junuh' s "authentic swing" were utterly and Smith, the lack of character development Jeremy Leven penned the story as a frame who decides to be his teacher. They practice a ridiculous. Golf spirituality is drab and and corny golf spirituality demolished The tale, opening with an old Hardy Greaves (Jack bit, and then the white guy gets women corny - as are most sports philosophy. Legend of Bagger Vance. BOOK REVIEW Pobby and Dingan In Search of the Invisible Friends By Jane Maduram It is this search that is the crux of the book. STAFF WRITER Its counterpoint is Rex's ostracization from Written by Ben Rice the society, "due in part to the fact that the Published by Alfred A. Knopf accusation of digging in a neighbor's territory $16.00 cannot be easily denied by -the truth - that Rex was searching for his child's invisible yfirst-time author Ben Rice, Pobby friends. The family problems are augmented and Dingan, is a "bewdy" of a book. by the mother's remembrance of her easy life Set in the opal mines of Australia, it in the past and her frustration with Rex's Bdiscusses the politics of the adult and inability to find opals. Her side of the prob- child worlds with an unusual clarity of lem, however, is sadly underplayed and thus thought. The story centers on the simple misses the emotional heft of Rex's and premise that Dingan and Pobby, the invisible Kellyanne's problems. friends of Kellyanne Williamson, are exactly OveralJ, this book is written very well. that - real but invisible friends. Rice adopts a rich, metaphor-laden style when Ashmol, Kellyanne's brother, narrates describing people, terrain, and circumstances, the book with a skeptic's eye, convinced at and his observations are both accurate and first that his sister is a "fruit-loop." But charming. Sentences are filled with slang that when Ashmol's dad, Rex, accidentally walks a thin line between reality and exces- leaves Pobby and Dingan on the mining siveness; while the diction is believable for claim after work, Kellyanne makes the fami- the most part, it occasionally becomes tire- ly go back to the claim to find her friends. some. And it is during this search that Rex is fin- Similarly, cliches occasionally break into gered as a "ratter" and is accused of trying the text and disrupt the flow of the text. Aside to steal a neighbor's opals. That night, "my from these minor problems, though, this is a sister looked at me all pale and fuzzy-faced wonderful first book. and said: 'Ashmol, Pobby and Dingan are maybe-dead.' And she just sat there in her pyjamas all nervous and hurt. But I was half thinking of Dad and if he was in prison and how the whole thing was Pobby and Dingans fault. And then I tried to get my head round how it could be their fault if they didn't even exist. And I fell asleep think- ing about that." When Kellyanne becomes sick, con- vinced that her friends are dead, Ashmol initiates a town-wide search for Pobby and Dingan. Through the book, Ben Rice plays with the parallel plots of Rex's struggle to be believed and the search for Kellyanne's invisible friends. Kellyanne's seemingly trivial predicament becomes more and more important as she begins wasting away. In a funny twist, Rice details the people who come to claim the reward for finding two imagi- nary creatures, trying to prove the existence of something they don't believe in. At the end, though, no one is able to fmd the two friends, and Ash- mol must suspend his disbe- lief and fmd Pobby and Din- gan if he wants to save his sister. Page 12 THE T H. THE ARTS ovember 14,2000 FlL REV EW **}{ Little Nicky Sandler as Satan» Child By Erik Blankinship STAFF WRITER Directed by Steven Brill Written by Steven Brill, Adam Sandler, and Tim Herlihy Starring Adam Sandler, Harvery Keitel, Patri- cia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tom Lister Jr., Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Allen Covert, and Ozzy Osbourne RatedPG-13 dam Sandler's skits on Saturday Night Live provided him ample opportunity to endear himself to his audience. His songs carried his ami- cable personality onto radio stations, where "The Thanksgiving Song" is now played every year, a holiday staple we expect to hear just like "Grandma Got Run Over by a Rein- deer." Sandler's funny and innocent singing schtick would have run its course were it not for his studio releases on CD. With skits like "Everybody's Going to Laugh at You," "The Goat," and "The Severe Beating of a High School Spanish Teacher," Sandler found his way into the hearts and dirty minds of students (myself included). Almost never failing to please, except when he brought in talentless SNL peers, Sandler Talking pooch Beefy and Adam Sandler talk about Hell n' stuff In LIttle Nlclcy. secured himself a place in the upper echelons of "laugh until you cry and snort your bever- track vehicles like The Wedding Singer. extended scene wherein he can develop his sentimentality with Sandler pursuing a love age through your nose" humour. There have been few occasional moments of character enough to deliver any belly laughs. interest which never rings true. It almost It has then been a depressing trip through greatness, such as his musical number in Instead, the film diverts our attention with seems unfortunate for the film to have a plot his film career since his initial foray on the Billy Madison, which break the mold and countless cameos from film stars and SNL since it ties Sandler back. small screen. Knowing what he is capable of, allow us to revel in his absurdity for minutes would-have-beens and gives a starring role to Some funny Sandler motifs return in this we are aware that Sandler is always holding on end. a talking dog. This is all well and good, but I movie, including a man in a giant animal cos- back in his films, never leveling into the Despite its demonic premise, Little Nicky came to see Adam Sandler! Sandler doesn't tume with lascivious intent. And making an audience with full comic barrages. Instead, is yet another uninspiring film in Sandler's stay in one frame for more than half a minute appearance is Reese Witherspoon as a valley Sandler traps himself in formulaic narrative film career. Even with the potential the pitch - and never has an opportunity to really girl angel, entrusting Little Nicky with such templates, or even worse he stars in sound- "hell on earth" promises, Sandler never has an excel. Instead, Little Nicky lapses into shoddy truisms as "God is really, really smart." ,Written bj) Danny Fein '01 }lVIIi/able at KRZYSZTOF GAJ08-THE TECH Israeli film director Gur Bentvitch explains what makes a cult film In a talk after the screening of his "Planet Blue" last Friday. The screening was hosted by the Intematlonal Rim Club at MIT. ovember 14, 2000 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 13 Don't disappoint him. At Trilogy, we believe that an internship is an opportunity to challenge 20 ! 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GOLF EVENTS? ) SOMETIMES 1CAN MAKE THEM MISS PUTTS ON TV. ) TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. Tee Cae ar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TecbCalendar online at bUp; (ftecb-ca1endar.mjt.edu 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Molecules In a Bose-Einstein Condensate. free. Room: Marlar Lounge 37-252. Spon- sor: Research Lab of Electronics, Spectroscopy Laboratory. Rowland Institute for Science. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Telephone and Voice Mall QUick Start. If you are new to MIT or want to learn more about the features on your telephone and voice mail, this class is just what you need. Instructors will explain features which will help you get the most out of these useful tools and talk about the most common problems and where to go for help. Attendees will learn what features are available on different phones and classes of ser- vice. You will also be able to try features on telephones in the classroom. · free. Room: E19-732. Sponsor: Information Systems. 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. - How to Study for 8.01.,1.8.01., etc •• Learn from experienced MIT students how to study for the Science Core Subjects. free. Room: 6~168. Sponsor: Academic Resource Center. 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Mathematics at Ur In the Old Babylonian Period. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloqui- um. free. Room: E5~100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Eudora Quick Start. This session shows how to configure Eudora, create messages and address lists, send and receive attachments, and sort incoming e-mail. · free. Room: N42 Demo Center. 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Jet Engine Component Development Process sor: Information Systems. · free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory. 12:00 p.m. - Noon Chapel Concert. S.tlu-ra: Takae Ohnlshl, harpsichord and Ritsu Kotake, violin •• Bachis 4:30 p.m. - "Inter-Regional Links Between India and the GUlf, ca. 1.900-1.939". free. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Sonatas for Violin and harpsichord Nos. 1-3. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. Center for International Studies. 12:00 p.m. - Molecular Studies of Ion Channel Structure and Function; Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - "Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Contemporary Iran". free. Room: E51-095. Spon- In the mammalian brain. Prof. Steven A. Siegelbaum of Columbia University, shares his current research. Title of sor: Center for International Studies. lecture above will be updated when available. More information on Prof. Markus can be found at can be found at 4:30 p.m. - Lecture 6: "Bott periodicity for C*-algebra K-theory, continued." free. Room: Room 4-231 at Thursday, Nov. 16, 6 pm MIT 34-101, 50 Vassar Street, GamPridge 'Nature' is widely regarded as the antithesis of technologies such as railroads and the Information Superhighway. Yet these, as well as the telescope, telephone, and webcam, were developed to help us reach and better 'know' Nature. We-navean increasing appetite for reality-based television and tele-robots that allow us to participate in the action. But as our reach is extended, we're increasingly vulnerable to error, deception, and forgery. What is the status of nature, knowledge and reality on the Internet? The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the ~ of the Internet is an anthology of 16 essaysfrom artists, philosophers, engineers, and critics, published by MIT Press in summer 2000. Editor Ken Goldbe'B of UC Berkeley will briefly present examples of Internet telerobots and lead the distinguished panelists in a dialogue with the audience. authors@mit™ is a series cosponsored by M IT Libraries and The M IT Press Bookstore SAMUDRA VIJAY-THETEeH Info: 617 253.5249 • [email protected] • http://mitpress.mit.edul.bookstore/events/ "RICH'MmlA, POORDD1OCItACY"· - ·Author- Robert ..McChe. ney (right) talked about his new book, voicing his concerns over increasing agglomeration in the media and Its potential impact on. democ~y. The talk was organized by the Technol- ogy and Culture Forum at MIT, hosted by Christopher Lydon (left)...... ,r.. ..'Jj)·CClIYZI1 a: Ms. Elaine Sciolino Book Signing - The Mystery of the Aleph: New York Times Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Searchfor Infinity Washington Bureau Amir D. Aczel,Ph.D., is a VISitingProfessorat Baruch Collegeand the author of severalacclaimedbestsellers, includingFermat's Last Theorem andProbability 1. His newbook, The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity is the intriguingstoryof one of the mostbrilliantmathematicians in history. Georg Cantor's greatestaccomplishmentwas his pioneering understandingof the nature of infinity. Althoughhis ground- breakingdiscoverycontinuesto shape our world today,at the end Tuesday, November 14, 2000 of the 19thcenturythe mathematicalgenius languishedin an 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. asylum. 1be Mystery of the Aleph takesa look at Cantor's lifeand E51-095 his deeplyphilosophicaland mysticalwork. 70 Memorial Drive As part of the AuthorSeriesat the M.l.T. Coop,Amir D. Aczelwill signcopiesof his book IbeMystery of the Aleph on ~nesday, Cambridge November15thfrom 12:00Noonto 2:00p.m. Pleasejoin us. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Sponsored by the Center for International Studies 3 Cambridge Center • Kendall Square • Cambridge • 617.499.3200 • www.thecoop.com THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. 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Academics, Research & Careers Committee . brings to you lil,Illf'llllllllifll.t"'!illillllill'lll " BY November • SDHUND DUNN DR. ~ Academics, Research and Careers CEO, MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM 14 Committee Meeting* Wednesday, November 15th, Housing and Community Affairs 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 22 Committee Meeting* Room 35-225 All graduate students are wek:ome. Food is proVided. • • *@ 5:30 jn 50-220 (above the muddy) ovember 14, 2000 THE TECH Page 19 Ballot Questions 1-8 Divided Mass. Voters By Matthew Palmer felons imprisoned in Massachusetts ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR from voting in state elections, Although the winner of the pres- passed by a comfortable margin. idential race has not yet been decid- Two other tax issues were ed, results for the eight Massachu- brought before state voters. Ques- setts ballot questions were tion Seven, allowing tax deductions announced just hours after the polls for charitable donations, passed by closed. over a million votes. Some of the most controversial Voters struck down Question questions, which included banning Six, which would have allowed peo- greyhound racing and providing ple to deduct tolls they paid from universal health care, were decided their income tax. by extremely close margins. Question One passed by 40 per- cent. An amendment to the state Dog racing survives constitution will now redraw the Question Three, which would district boundaries to elect state have prohibited all commercial dog politicians two years earlier than racing in Massachusetts and closed under the current system. two tracks, failed by a margin of 51 to 49 percent according to the Asso- Voten uninformed on issues ciated Press. Some students believed that vot- Proponents of the initiative criti- ers were not well educated when cized race tracks for poor treatment they decided how to vote on these of the dogs, backing their claims ballot questions. with emotional television advertise- "I think most people just ments. "I saw the commercials on guessed," said Kim. He added that television ... Ibelieve [the dogs] are voters probably decided on the spot being abused," said Susan J. Yudit- rather than coming to the polls with Save a few bucks and catch a ride home in Billy's car! •••With Jason, Thomas, sleazy Andrew, skaya '01. an opinion. crazy Jennifer, Kevin and smelly Bob. Oh, and Billy needs the car back on Sunday. Be sure to Audrey L. Snyder '03 agreed, Smith agreed, saying that, "the saying that she thought the dogs vast majority were blindsided by the bring fifty bucks for gas and tolls •••~I How 'bout some personal space? Maybe were being "treated badly." questions." He commented that he leaVing on your own time, With some ale, more leg room, a bathroom •••and on someschedules, However, other students dis- made up his own.mind in advance even a movie. Take your next ride homewith· Peter Pan/Greyhound. And leave smelly Bobbehind. agreed with this, saying the ban was and was not influenced by the unwarranted because race dogs were protests. treated well and were not abused as Kim said that she was partly in other states. influenced by others who discussed the banning of dog racing. Marijuana reforms rejected The ballot questions will be the Voters also defeated Question topic of a debate after Thanksgiving GREYHOUND. Eight by a margin of 53 to 47 per- by New Horizons, a campus group Hafer .&In cent. The initiative would have used which discusses current events. www.peterpanbus.com www.greyhound.com money seized from drug-related arrests to increase funding for drug @2000 InfoRocket.com. Inc. treatment programs, and would encourage treatment over jail time for drug offenders. "Instead of going to police offi- cers, funding should go to drug treatment solutions," said Jasper 1.:. Vicenti '01, a member of the MIT Hemp Coalition (which supported Question Eight). : Vicenti believes that drug treat- ment programs would be more effective th~ ja~l for, drug offend- ers. - "What good would [jail] do for anybody?" asked Snyder, who sup- ports drug treatment programs. Question Five was also voted down, 52 to 48 percent. This would have created a Patient's Bill of Rights and provided universal health care in Massachusetts. The debate questioned whether the initiative would provide better health care or just increase costs and bureaucracy. On this question, Yuditskaya said that .."1don't like the way it's being run: the doctors are doing 'whatthe'businesses say." Tax cut approved Question Four, which will lower the state income tax from 5.95 per- cent to five percent over three years, passed by over 100,000 votes, pro- viding a big win for Governor Paul Cellucci, the initiative's chief pro- ponem. . Many supported this measure because they said the legislature had reneged on its promise nearly a decade ago to roll back taxes when the economy improved. Opponents said the state could not afford the tax - cut, and the money should instead - go to education or the Big Dig. - While voters approved Question / Four, some students opposed it. Visit the local Paul H. Kim '01 said that the money Get paid Tor the used for the tax cuts could instead sperm bank until be spent on reducing class size in st uf'f you know. you turn blue. public schools. or Jadon C. Smith '02 said that after spending time working for the I government.he realizes that "having more money for municipal projects" "L.:.._ ~~...... -:-- \\9ikeli,,-----.- ...... -.I is more important than a tax cut. Question Two, which prevents Nightline: 7pm-7 am x3-8800 Answer questions. Earn cash. www.inforocket.com/mit ovember 14, 2000 I:Je edict for listening to Concerns Fa , from Page I with one which rehabilitates offend- Many of the living groups who result of all those incidents." the enemy." He believes that faculty ers. 'I would like to see a policy attended the forum have had prob- On the other hand, regarding the and students should work together to required to alert the Licensing that educates violators instead of lems with alcohol violations in the situation at Kappa Sigma, Benedict develop the new policy, an attitude Board in that city. "Students feel imposing punitive damages on past. Members of both ext House was very supportive of the actions which tudents are responsive to. uncomfortable calling the police them:' he said. and Kappa Sigma said that the harsh that the residents took to help an Spieler said, "I mistrusted past when they need medical help," sanctions which were imposed after intoxicated peer. He said, 'we did decisions made by the administra- Seale said. DL pOD ored alcohol forum they requested medical transport not and will not punish the house." tion, but I have every reason to trust IFC Judicial Committee Chair In an effort to olicit student during alcohol-related incidents Benedict also said that he will be Dean Benedict.' Russell L. Spieler '0 I would like to input on MIT's alcohol policies, the may dissuade them from calling for at the hearing with the Cambridge eale said that he has been "very replace the current punitive system IFe, VA, and the office of the Dean help in future incidents. Licensing Commission, "to support impressed" with Dean Benedict's for Student Life sponsored an open Dean for Student Life Larry G. Kappa Sigma." willingness to listen to students. forum which allowed students to Benedict responded very differently Students have commended Zeta Psi brother Todd W. voice their opinions. A panel con- to the statements by the two groups. Benedict and his staff for their will- Nightingale '01 said that the process sisting of eizmik, Pheiffer, Seale, He stood behind the sanctions on ingness to listen to student's opin- of forming new alcohol policies will Spieler and several key MIT admin- ext House saying that "a lot has ions. take too long. "What are we sup- istrators listened to students' con- been going on this year [at ext Benedict attempted to show stu- posed to do this weekend?" he cerns. House], and the sanctions are a dents that the administration "is not asked. A leading finance and economics consulting firm Resume Drop lAlI !HIllr. A dynamic culture of growth Career Services Office tAil A 'S. Deadline: November 17, 2000 lAllA tAB. and collegiality SIAID. On Campus Interviews December 1, 2000 Send Cover Letter, fRlfNOS DON'T lET fRlfNOS Resume, Transcript to: Recruiting Coordinator DRIVE DRUNK. Cornerstone Research Learn more at 360 Newbury Street www.comerstone.com . r!!I u.s. Deplment ofTIlIIlSpIr1lIiOn . Boston, MA 02115 This space donated by The Tech Burchard Scholars Pr All MIT Juniors and Sophomores The Burchard Scholars Program brings together distinguished members of the MIT faculty and promising juniors and sophomores who have demonstrated excellence in some aspect of the humaniti s, arts, and social sciences. 25 Burchard Scholars are invited to a series of dinner- seminars throughout the year to discuss topics of current research or interest by faculty members, visiting scholars, and Burchard Scholars. The 2001 program begins in February. For information or an application, contact: Dean s Office, SHASS,E51:..255 (x3-8961) or the HASSInformation Office, 14N-408 (x3-4443). PLEASE NOTE - Application Deadline is December ~, 2000 Sponsored by the DEAN S OFFICE, SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ovember 14, 2000 THE TECH Page 21 Technologist: Come Meet A Company That Will Change and Industry! Students Question Who: nano When: Thursday, November 30th, 2000 Where: Room 4·270 Validity of Election nano (www.nano.com) is a pioneering technology company located in Silicon Alley. Founded in 1999, nano addresses a fundamental market need: more closely align Election, from Page I to account for them is to count them supply and demand in any networked marketplace. With a solution based on by hand." its patent-pending, distributed software architecture, nano allows that it is in their best interest to keep However, Cannady asserted that this system because it helps keep the recount is "illegitimate" and will e-businesses to better utilize their existing digital assets to create and third parties down." not improve the validity of the elec- enhance revenue channels. By automating the capture. delivery and "People are already starting to tion results. Starr supports this integration of an e-businesses' digital assets, nano allows businesses to rethink the Electoral College sys- belief and said that "counting by create relationships that previously could not exist. tem," said Charles Stewart ill, Pro- hand is less reliable and will just drag the process out unnecessarily." fessor of Political Science and A privately held company, nano was founded in July 1999 after the McCormick Housemaster. "Howev- er, I would argue that the outcome Positive effects projected realization that e-businesses could become more profitable by creating an [of this election] actually argues. in Despite the confusion surround- intelligent market space that could enable dynamic relationships in real favor of the Electoral College. Once ing this year's presidential election, time. The Company was founded by four ex-Wall Street investment bankers people look at the actual dynamics some think that this will have a pos- from DLJ, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley who hand-selected an executive of the election, they will see the itive impact on future elections. team with management experience from IBM. PepsiCo. Procter & Gamble, Owest, advantages" of the current system. "It will be harder for people to Reuters, Sony and other businesses to lead their new venture. "Any electoral system is arbi- believe that their vote doesn't mat- trary, and there will always be an ter" after the closeness of this year's incentive to challenge ballots in election, Stewart said. He also noted close elections," added Stewart. that this may draw a larger voter With the Electoral College system, turnout for the next election. he argues, ''we can localize contro- Smith thinks that this year's con- versies. Can you imagine a recount troversies will cause people to re- of the entire United States?" examine the fairness of the elections Presley H. Cannady '02, Acting process. "The one good thing that Chairman of the College Republi- has come out of this is that the ) cans, said that the Electoral College underbelly of the electoral process . is a "timeless institution. Republi- has been exposed," Smith said . cans and Democrats have both "Voter fraud happens on a wide scale defended this system throughout in every election, and now people are United States history." realizing it. There's going to be a call "The Electoral College was to standardize the election process, designed to protect minority popula- which will help improve the integrity tions in the country," said Christopher of the elections." D. Smith '01, treasurer of the College Democrats. ''Though it has an elitist tint, its fimction is still valid." 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Co-captain hali- On Wednesday, October 25th next four opponents. In the home of the field and especially trong per- her game, and the Lady Beavers had ni Agarwal mounted the first suc- MIT's women's soc- opener versus Ea tern azerene, formances off the bench from left- many scoring opportunities. In the cessful attack by laying up a nice cer team ended a MIT dominated, but only managed back Laura Waller '04 and midfielder thirteenth minute of the second half baU from the midfield across to Can- sweet season on a to put two in the goal; one was from Sharon Cohen '04. however, Springfield broke away dace Wilson, who blazed by her semi-sour note, Becky Clinton '03, whose selfish After the disappointing loss, MIT with a 1-0 lead, and that lead defender and swiftly put the ball past falling 3-2 to Clark in bending comer kick tickled the back regrouped, and the team packed into remained unanswered at the horn. the keeper. the first round of of net before anyone could touch it, the vans on September 23 to meet The loss brought MIT's conference MIT's second goal of the game NEWMAC playoffs. It was an even- and one was from Kelli Griffin. The Clark University in Worcester for its record to under .500. was yet another result of the Griffin- ly matched game and de pite having solid defensive lineup of halini first conference match. The Clark to fight back from a two-goal deficit Agarwal, Sheila Saraglou, Helana game was an impressive display of in the second half. the Lady Beavers Kadyszewski and Becky Clinton team coordination and determina- kept the pressure on till the very end. assisted keeper Connie Yang with tion. Time after time MIT bombard- Unfortunately it was too little too her shutout. ed the Clark keeper with shots, late. ext against Emmanuel, MIT put while the Beaver defense held off However, the 2000 MIT on a freshman exhibition of sorts. any organized Cougar attacks. Late women's soccer season was one of Recording their first collegiate goals in the game, MIT had a chance to the most successful in Beaver histo- in a 3-0 rout were rookies Candace score when stopper Sheila Saraglou, ry. Here's a recap: Wilson (off a cross from Jen Wagn- who had an exceptional perfor- In 1999, the Beavers had gone 7- er), Sharon Cohen (off a throw-in mance, drew a foul near the Clark 9-1 on the season, and had graduated from Morrison), and Shirley Chan. goal. Becky Clinton, undeniably the valuable defensewomen Hilary Yang also snagged her second team's best "foot," teed up for a Carter and Theresa Burianek. As a shutout of the season. direct kick and launched a powerful result the 'team forecast for the 2000 ext to be demolished was Elmi- shot that just skimmed the top of the season was uncertain. evertheless, ra. Sarah Mendelowitz put the crossbar. senior captains Jen Wagner and Beavers on the scoreboard in the With less than five minutes to go, Shalini Agarwal returned confident- fourth minute after she and Griffin MIT went into full offensive mode ly to lead the 2000 squad and to slithered through the Elmira defense and was caught off guard by a quick anchor the midfield and backfield, with a series of passes. Soon after, Cougar counterattack that put Clark respectively . Elmira snuck in a goal off of a cor- up by one. The Beavers were unable Rounding out the junior class ner kick, but it proved to be their to find the net before time ran out, were scrappy midfielder Sarah Perl- only one. Griffin later knocked in a and had to record an "L." The score mutter, MIT's littlest attacker with comer kick from Clinton, and then was hardly an accurate representa- big moves, Cze-Chao Tam, and assisted Monica Morrison on her tion of the game: MIT had clearly outplayed the 6th ranked team in New England. No matter, this loss would not prevent the Lady Beavers MAX PLANCK-TECH FI/..E PHOTO from making history in their next Monica Morrison '04 traps the ball away trom an opponent during match. MIT's 4-1 win against Elmira College on September 16. Tuesday; September 26th, 2000. An icy drizzle set the scene for what October blew in and MIT met Mendelowitz connection; this time it in years past had been a losing battle new conference opponent U.S. Coast was Mendelowitz from Griffin. In a for the MIT women's soccer team. Guard at home. Early MIT domina- bloody fury, the Westfield girls used The MIT Beavers hosted the Babson tion set the tone for the game, but a series of trick plays that included Beavers in the battle of the large Coast Guard managed to put the first tripping, elbowing, teeth gnashing semi-aquatic herbivorous rodents. goal in the net. Team high scorer and head-butting to steal a lone goal MIT proved to be the better Beavers Kelli Griffin evened the score late in from the Beavers. All hopes for an in a decisive 3-0 victory, the first the first half, capitalizing on a Owl win were crushed however .victory against Babson in MIT scramble in front of the Coast Guard when junior Sarah Perlmutter women's soccer history. goal. The second half was scoreless aggressively herded a cross from The key player in this match was for both teams despite the fact that Griffin into the net. The game sophomore Sarah Mendelowitz, the Beavers outshot their visitors 24- against Westfield was a blatant whose relentless pursuit of the ball 8. The whistle announced the first rebuttal of the age-old saying, ''Nice was a driving force behind the MIT period of overtime and the Beavers guys finish last." attack. Kelli Griffin opened the scor- were in top form. Strong defensive The 3-1 win over Westfield ing in the third minute of playoff a efforts were again seen from stopper brought the Beavers' record to 8-3, cross by Mendelowitz that was redi- Sheila Saraglou, Shalini Agarwal, putting the number of wins one up rected by junior Sarah Perlmutter. Laura Waller and sweeper Becky over the 1999 season total, with still Candace Wilson owned MIT's next Clinton. Meanwhile, it was only a six games left to play. Bolstered by two goals. Her first was assisted by matter of time before the efforts of' the win over Westfield, MIT trav- fellow freshman Monica Morrison. attacking machines Griffin and eled to Pioneer country to avenge For her second goal, Wilson beat the Mendelowitz, delivered the game- last year's loss to Smith College. final defender one-on-one and ending goal (Mendelowitz from Battling the bumps and bruises from popped a shot past a panicking Bab- Griffin) and sent the Coast Guard the Westfield match, MIT got' off to son goalie for her second goal of the girls to their bus for the long journey a rocky start. Before the Beavers game.The win against Babson put home, and undoubtedly, for several could blink, the Pioneers had capi- MIT at 5-3 on the season and sent hundred sets of pushups. talized, and the score was 1-0 at the the Babson Beavers home with their MIT's next opponent, the West- end of the first half. Still sluggish, tails between their legs. field State Owls, brought the Lady the Beavers let up another goal, and MIT's next match was against Beavers their most vicious match of the score was 2-0 with thirty minutes Emerson College. After a long and the season. Before the final hom, to go. With the Smith fans at full tilt speedy forward Jennifer Li. A solid first collegiate goal. Griffin then arduous ride, MIT came through to Westfield had collected 15 fouls and the score as it was, tensions core of sassy sophomores returned punctuated the win with an impres- win the match 5-1. Becky Clinton in their were running high. to the ranks this season as well, sive header off yet another beautiful opened the scoring early, launching effort to Swift-footed sophomore including wily Irish-born keeper comer kick from Becky Clinton. . a rocket of a shot off a comer kick bully Sarah Mendelowitz decided to Connie Yang, sweeper and comer- On the road against Curry, MIT play. After Emerson's lone goal, get things rolling. She received a kicking-sensation Becky Clinton, continuing its winning streak. MIT scored again when a Mende- pass in the final third from fellow feisty forwards Sarah Mendelowitz Despite the gloomy weather, MIT lowitz-header soared across the forward Candace Wilson and deftly and Kelli Griffin, stopper Sheila didn't have an ounce of trouble. mouth of the goal where KeJli maneuvered her way around the Saraglou, and clutch forward Male- Before the first half ended, MIT was Griffin met it and authorita- final Smith defenders and made easy na Stiteler. up 3-0, thanks to solid efforts from .fively butted it to the, back the work of the Smith goalie. Met by Rookies were the flavor of the the Beaver backfield and goals from of the net. Mendelowitz Beavers off high fives at midfield, Mendelowitz season, and Coach Melissa Hart was Griffm, Mendelowitz, and Wilson. then ended the half with the field. How- had ignited a fire within her team- happy to welcome a talented group Ten minutes into the second half, , a goal off of a pass ever MIT ral- mates. Fellow sassy sophomore of freshmen and newcomers. The Wilson netted her second of the from Shirley Chan. In lied behind its Becky Clinton made the next charge, class of 2004 included the indefati- game to bring the score to 4-0. the first two minutes of own brute rocketing a shot from outside the 18 gable and versatile Shirley Chan, Shortly thereafter, Shirley' Chan the second half, it was squad, led by on which freshman Shirley Chan midfielder Sharon Cohen, Candace caught a pass from Jennifer Li and Mendelowitz again who put Monica Morri- decided to' ,Put a little extra oomph. Wilson, Laura Waller, Larissa buried it in the net. MIT's sixth, MIT up 4-1 off a pass from son, Sarah Chan intercepted the shot with her Egloff, Toni Ferriera, and Monica final, unanswered goal was a text- Candace Wilson. Junior ; head before the goalie could snag it, Morrison. Other valuable newcom- book header by Becky Clinton off of Sarah Perlmutter added a and buried it in the back of the net. ers included indispensable practice a throw-in by Monica Morrison. The little icing to the cake with a The Smith fans were outraged, goalie May Lim '03, German defen- Curry game brought attacker Kelli late goal from outside the 18 which and when, the whistle blew at sive specialist Allison Johnson '02, Griffin to 9th in the NEWMAC con- blazed past the keeper to the upper the end of regulation it was and the team's training-room junkie, ference scoring stats, and keeper right comer of the net. Contributing anybody',s game. But the Helana Kadyszewski '03. Connie Yang climbed to the top of to the' second half shutout of Emer- Beavers were out to claim the conference with the lowest son were Allison Johnson, Larissa this one fo~ their own! In Team jumps out to 4-1 record "goals against average." Egloff, and keeper Connie Yang. ROSHAN the first six minutes of over- In the first match of the season, Next, MIT met regionally BAUGA- time, co-captain Shalini MIT met NCAA-tourney veterans Team drops next two, rebounds ranked Springfield in its third TECH FILE Agarwal secured a comer kick for Gordon College and fell 1-0 in the On September 21 st MIT was conference game of the sea- PHOTO the Lady Beavers. MIT's final moments of sudden death. Hard- again away, this time at Bridgewater son. As expected, it was Forward Marla deadliest weapon' ,a comer ly outmatched, the Lady Beavers State. Unlike Curry, Bridgewater a close match, and out- E. Stiteler '03 < ' kick from Clinton" led to a were simply out "tenacitized" by engaged the Beavers in a real battle, standing efforts by evades a defender In commanding finish by Kelli Gordon but nevertheless displayed and game stayed scoreless throughout Sheila Saraglou, Shali- the women's soccer Griffm. T e jumping header was great potential. Keeper Connie Yang regulation. However, in an unfortu- ni Agarwal, Laura team's 3-0 win against Mount had 12 saves on the day. nate replay of the Gordon loss, MIT Waller and Becky Clinton Holyoke College on Oct 14. Contin- ovember 14, 2000 SPORTS THE TECH Page23 Continued from previous page Yang kept MIT in the game. Both Had the Beavers played to their true teams entered the second half score- potential from the first whistle in the Tennis Ends Season not her first of the season. but most less and the scoreboard would remain October 25th NEWMAC quarterfi- likely, it was the sweetest. Jubilant fixed until there were only 50 sec- nal game against Clark, it is likely chaos erupted from the MIT bench onds left in the game. It was then that that the win-record would have been and assi tant coach Alyssa Sadow ki Sarah Perlmutter beat her defender broken. With Strong Showing made her way to the top of the pig deep in WPI territory. She then sent a However, MIT came out with a pile in front of the mith net. Moni- lofty cross toward the goal, the kind slow start and had to fight back from .By Ann Hsing At sixth singles, Ruby Pai '04 ca Morrison was a strong candidate of cross that finishers Shirley Chan a 3-1 deficit in the second half. TEAM MEMJJER faced tough matches. After an easy for the Chevy Player of the Game and Kelli Griffin drool over. Chan (MIT's lone goal was a miraculous The MIT women's tennis team win against Babson 6-2, 6-0, she Award for her solid endline-to-end- made the first touch volleying the ball shot by Kelli Griffin off of a finished their season two weekends fought her way through Smith 7-6 line efforts. toward Griffin. Griffin then tore through-ball, placed by co-captain ago at Smith College with an impres- (4),6-4. Despite the length and rigor The Lady Beavers were on the through the WPI defense and struck Shalini Agarwal.) The second half sive showing at the of the Smith match, Pai faced the road again to face nationally ranked the rebound emphatically past the was a physical and mental battle for NEWMAC Tourna- longest match of the day against soccer powerhouse Wheaton Col- keeper to end WPI's season. the Beavers. A slight glimmer of ment, winning six of Wellesley in the finals. Winning the lege. A slow start allowed the Lyons With the win over WPI, MIT hope came when freshman standout the nine flighted first set easily 6-1, Pai quickly to capitalize quickly and at the end of had moved into position to secure a Shirley Chan lined up for a Clinton rounds. dropped the second set 6-2. Staying the half it was 4-1, the lone Beaver home berth in the conference quar- comer-kick, with less than 6 minutes Entering with high tough, Pai did not let her guard down. goal belonging to Kelli Griffin. The terfinal. Standing in the way was to go. Clinton lofted the ball in close hopes and expectations,the ladies of In a nail-biting third set, Pai pulled Beavers gained a bit of momentum Wellesley. The Wellesley Blue reach of Chan, and she slammed it MIT tennis displayed poise and preci- out the victory and the title of sixth in the second half despite an home with a brilliant sion both on and off the court. At first singles NEWMAC champion, win- early Lyons' goal. They header. MIT raced back singles, Kelly Koskelin '02 faced a ning a tie-breaker 7-4. then took it to the Lyons to half-field and fought tough first round against the number The MIT doubles team proved assertively for the next 45 back gallantly as time one seed from Clark. After dropping their strength in the tournament, with minutes, holding Wheaton ticked away. At the the first set 6-4, Koskelin rallied back all three teams advancing to the scoreless and putting in a final whistle, it was still to an easy 6-1 win in the second set. finals. The first doubles team of few of their own. 3-2. Fighting for every point, Koskelin Koskelin and Davis -showed no Shirley Chan and Kelli A disappointment, lost in a close third set 7-5. mercy to any of their opponents, Griffin attacked a loose ball to say the least. At second singles, Shima Rayej beating Wellesley in the finals 8-5. - in front of the Wheaton net According to Coach '04 faced her toughest match in the The third doubles team of Hsing for MIT's second goal. Melissa Hart, the quar- first round against Babson, winning and Tien also rallied through each of Sarah Mendelowitz capital- terfinal match against 7-5, 7-5. After Babson. Rayej knew their opponents, with a tough semi- ized on a Wheaton mistake Clark was clear proof, she could handle anything that the finals against Wellesley. Entering the and abused the Lyons' that even on' their not- NEWMAC tournament would throw tie-breaker against Wellesley, Ann goalie to bring the score to so-good days, the MIT her way. She breezed through Hsing '02 and Tien knew they would 5-3. With 20 minutes Lady Beaver soccer Wellesley in the semi-finals 7-5, 6-1, have to play hard and aggressive. remaining Wheaton still led, team can hang with the and shot by Smith in the finals 6-2, 6- With this, they gave Wellesley no and visions of the Smith best of them. 1, crowning her the second singles time to breathe, winning the tie- game filled each Beaver's Unfortunately, the winner of the NEWMAC tourna- breaker 7-0. They then clinched the head - unfortunately time Lady Beavers will have ment. third doubles flight by defeating ran out before MIT could do to do the "hanging" At third singles, Victoria Davis Smith in the finals 8-4. any more damage. Never- without two of their '04 barely broke a sweat in her quar- At second doubles, Hall and theless, the second half finest next year. MIT terfinal and semifinal rounds against Rayej had no trouble making it to the effort by the Beavers had waves a sad goodbye to Babson and Wellesley, defeating finals. Facing an unknown Wellesley put Wheaton in an unfamil- the skilled and seasoned them 6-0, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-1. Facing team, Hall and Rayej fought long and iar position: their defense duo of co-captains Smith in the finals, Davis recognized hard, making each point count. In the had let up not one, not two, Shalini Agarwal this had been one of her tougher last match remaining in the entire but three goals. (Rockville, MD, matches from the season. Even tournament, Hall and Rayej lost in a In their next match, the defense) and Jennifer though she put forth a valiant effort, close tie-breaker 8-6. Beavers faced local rival Wagner (Rochester, Davis lost in the finals 6-1, 6-1. "I was so proud of how everyone Brandeis. Slow adjustment NY, midfield). Coach At fourth singles, Caroline Tien competed this weekend, win or lose. to the turf seemed to be Melissa Hart remarks, '04 blasted through all her opponents They all did a great job of keeping MIT's biggest handicap, "Shalini and Jen are one by one. In the quarterfinals, she their focus, encouraging each other, and the game was at best, BRIAN HEMOND-TECH FILE PHOTO members of the first defeated Springfield 6-2, 6-2. In the and maintaining their poise," said sloppy. Connie Yang how- Monica Morrison '04retums the ball to play In MIT's class I coached through semifinals, she faced an opponent Coach Carol Matsuzaki. "This is a ever held firm ground in the 2-1 overtime win against the U.S. Coast Guard Acade- all four of their under- that gave her trouble during the sea- very young team, and I am very net helping to keep Brandeis my on Oct 3. graduate years. They son. After winning a close first set 7- excited about their future." Not only scoreless in the first half. have been instrumental 5, Tien cranked her game up a notch did MIT clean up at the NEWMAC The second half looked a little better (1999 conference champions and in changing the atmosphere and the to sweep the second set easily 6-2., tournament, Jess Hall, Ruby Pai, the and the' Lady Beavers dominated. NEWMAC NCAA representatives) level of the MIT women's soccer pro- Ignoring the sideline chants from doubles team of Koskelin and Davis, Candace Wilson, in the prettiest play traveled to MIT to battle it out for gram. Wheaton in the finals, Tien won the and the doubles team of Hall and of the game, beat her' defender and the home field advantage on Octo- "While they will both be sorely fourth singles flight 6-3, 6-1. Rayej earned all-conference honors. served up a beautiful pass to Kelli ber 21st. Parents filled the stands to missed, I am already looking for- At fifth singles, Jessica Hall '02 In addition, for the second year in a Griffin for MIT's first goal. watch what is typically, a David- ward to next season because we are easily won her quarterfinals round row, the women of MIT displayed Sophomore instep-specialist and-Goliath match-up. Not this returning a very dedicated and tal- against Mt. Holyoke 6-1, 6-0. In the grace and dignity, indicative in their Becky Clinton decided to play it year: for the most part, the match ented group of student-athletes that semis, Hall faced a familiar opponent winning of the sportsmanship award. stingy again, and beat the Brandeis was even; the Beavers and the care, about each other a great deal. from Wellesley who she has played With snow falling, the MIT keeper on another one of her knuck- Wellesley Blue both had many With even more experience under each year. Knowing that not only her women's tennis team drove back to leball comer kicks. Defensive stand- . opportunities to score, but superior our collective belts, we will not only physical but mental game had to be at school, away from the world of the outs Saraglou, Agarwal; and Chan goalkeeping and defense by both be more competitive but we will its full potential, Hall pulled out a NEWMAC tournament, ending their shut down, shunted, showed up, and teams kept the game scoreless until continue the tradition of commit- victory in a three-set match, 6-3, 3-6, season happily and satisfied. What shrugged off the Brandeis attack. In late in the first half, when Wellesley ment and enjoyment that the seniors 6-2. Hall then defeated Wheaton in awaits the future of MIT women's addition, Sarah Mendelowitz once scored off a header. - have helped foster." Shaleenee and the finals fairly easily 6-4, 6-2 to win tennis? Tune into the spring season to again shed her "nice girl" image and The Beavers did not let up. In Dr. Wags, we salute you. the fifth singles flight. find out! helped to keep the referees busy. the second half they dominated The 2-0 win brought MIT's record play, time and time again encroach- to 10-4-0. ing upon the Wellesley keeper. Junior forward Cze-Chao Tam and Team goes 2-1 in next three games freshman midfielder Monica Morri- Rucking Beavers End up 3rd On October 14th, MIT engaged son each threatened with powerful another pride of Lyons, facing con- shots that unfortunately rebounded ference opponent Mount Holyoke. from the crossbar, and sweeper In Division III New England Rugby MHC has brought the Beavers to .Becky Clinton missed by just mil- By samuel D. Mertens a 7-0 opening score. Another great run by 0' Sulli- overtime on more than one occasion limeters on a direct kick. By no TEAM MEMBER van setup Fabio Dalan G for the second try of the in years past. But this season, MIT means was MIT outmatched; Last Saturday MIT's rugby team playedin the day, giving MIT a 12-0 lead. was happy to swiftly dispatch the Wellesley simply had the better New England Division ill Championships in Attitash, For the rest of the game, MIT played with a solid, Lyons during regulation. Sarah bounces on the day, and scored one NH. The task ahead for the Rucking Beavers was brick-wall defense. The tackle on the line that Kevin Mendelowitz put the Beavers up more before the final whistle leav- tough, as they had to face the undefeat- Frye G made on the storming Berkshire lock was early, and very soon after, midfield- ing the score at 2-0. ed Albany Knickerbockers. Regret- especially impressive. Minutes before the end of the ers Sarah Perlmutter and Jen Wagn- The loss to Wellesley capped tably for MIT, the undersized field took game Berkshire did manage a try for a final score of er connected, respectively crossing the regular season, a season charac- away their chief weapons of speed and 12-5, but MIT went on to win and eam the third rank and finishing for the second goal of terized by close matches, fierce youth against the experienced and in the division. the game. opponents and superior efforts oversized Albany team. MIT then played a friendly against the hosting The teams leading scorer Kelli from the Lady Beavers. Individual- The game started off well for the men in gray. At Mountain Valley Rugby team. The game started off Griffin decided to add goal #3 to ly, MIT had some conference stars. one point MIT earned a penalty kick but missed it. well for the Beavers as Steve Murray PhD '00 MIT's tally and goal #12 to her per- Midfielder Kelli Griffin finished The game stayed even for the rest of the first half, as crashed through several defenders to put them ahead sonal collection, finishing on .yet her season as NEWMAC's second MIT came away luckily tied with Albany for a 0-0 by 5-0. Minutes later, John Paul Shen '02 also scored another comer kick by Becky Clin- leading scorer (13 goals, 6 assists.) half-time score. At the start of the second half, how- a try, which was converted by Murray. In the second ton. It was 3-0 at the half, and Alli- Sarah Mendelowitz placed sixth in ever, MIT's iron defense finally relented and allowed half, the home team scored a try, but MIT matched son Johnson, Toni Ferreira, and the league (9 goals, 3 assists), and one converted try after enormous Albany pressure. that try with another one of its own: when Shen made Laura Waller secured the shutout for freshman Candace Wilson was six- For the rest of the game, great play by the MIT another great crash, he dished off the ball to the sup- the Lady Beavers. Junior forward teenth (6 goals, 3 assists.) Sweeper forwards, combined with good backline support, porting Samitha Samaranayake '02. Murray convert- Jen Li and freshman midfielder Lar- Becky Clinton was also a thrust for allowed MIT to pressure Albany in their half. But ed again, for a final score of 19-5. isa Egloff were key in supporting the Beavers offensively with 4 this was to no avail. Small mistakes kept MIT from Coach Steve Wilhelm, in his 8th year here at MIT's second half attack, but goals and 6 assists on the season. scoring, and a heartbreaking 7-0 loss was a result MIT, with a 90-53-3 record, said after the match, despite tile barrage of shots, MIT Goalkeeper Connie Yang finished of this first game. Albany went on to win the "The boys played their hearts out. The Rugby was waS held to~three. the season with 7 shutouts and over championship. fierce, and they were able to stand up to it. We played Next the Beavers headed to 130 saves. After the loss to Albany, MIT made sure to win hard, running Rugby. I am very proud of them and Worcester to face the women engi- the consolation finals against Berkshire. Here MIT look forward to our tour of Europe in the spring." in final neers of WPI. In the tradition of slow Team battles Clark game did not let themselves get shut out. Man of the match Captain Dionicio Siegel G had the following to and sloppy starts on artificial sur- As a team, the Beavers finished Cornelius O'Sullivan SM '99 had a great run on the comment on the 13-4 season: "Our season has been faces, MIT had to fight extra hard 12-6-0 on the season, 5-4 in the con- side, assisting James Partridge G for the first MIT try like a Monet painting; in detail several flaws can be against an aggressive WPI team. ference, tying the mark for most of the day. William Kreamer '98 converted the try for found, but in the end it is something to be proud of." Excellent efforts from keeper Connie wins MIT's ~omen's soccer history. Page24 THE TEe ovember 14, 2000 ~ ...... ,.~"'", By Alvie Loreto on its first two possessions, courtesy Tech defense went to sleep, allowing STAFF REPORTER of touchdown passes from quarter- UMB 13 unanswered points to bring After acing tests against three back Philip M. Deutsch '04. Deutsch the visitors back within striking dis- quality conference opponents, the found favorite target Robert R. tance. With each of the eight Beaver MIT football team expected an easy Owsley '02 twice on scoring plays of senior defensive starters savoring final exam from con- 8 and 46 yards, boosting Owsley's their last chance to make memorable ference cellar-dweller TD catch total to an NEFC-Ieading individual plays, the concept of UMass-Boston. For the eight. Tech Kicker Kevin M. Fergu- swarming team defense that had second straight year, son '02 made good on both extra spurred success in Weeks 6 through 9 the assignment was all points for the early 14-0 lead. gave way to a lack of cohesiveness that they could handle, However UMass-Boston and missed assignments. As a result, and the Beavers were lucky to be able answered early in the second quarter UMB clawed their way to two touch- to say they passed. with an efficient 12-play, 58-yard downs in the third quarter. In front of a homecoming crowd scoring drive. Freshman receiver The first came on a Mike Bissanti of 1,200, the Beavers started strong, Brian Deptula caught a 13-yard 5-yard touchdown reception at 7:49 then weathered a furious comeback touchdown pass from quarterback in the third, which capped a bruising from the Beacons to pull out a har- Kevin Wiley to put UMB on the 14-play, 55-yard drive for the Bea- rowing season-ending 33-26 victory. board. The extra point was hooked cons. The second UMB score, a MIT (4-5, 3-3 NEFC Boyd) battled left, keeping the Beacons two scores Frank Campo 10-yard run that overconfidence and a lack of defen- from taking the lead. brought the score to 21-19 with 2:06 sive focus, especially among the The UMB touchdown generated in the third, followed a botched MIT departing seniors. some defensive energy, and on the fake punt that gave the Beacons the They allowed UMB (1-8, 0-6 ensuing sequence they held the ball in Beaver territory. NEFC Boyd) to rack up more total Beavers to three yards on three To make matters worse, Ferguson offense (271 yards to 234) and more downs to force the punt. With new- broke his collarbone on the play, ren- first downs (19 to 11) while retaining found confidence, the Beacon offense dering the Beavers without a kicker ball possession twice as long (40: 10 took the field at their own 27. Just for the rest of the game. Yet despite to 19:50). And strangely enough, MIT two plays later, though, they were his impressive touchdown, Campo AARON D. MIHAliK-THE TECH did not convert a single third- down or deflated by a 33-yard interception could not find the end zone on the Daniel J. Bush '01 (#12) and James C. Jorgensen '01 (#34) take fourth-down opportunity (0 for 9). return for a touchdown from Tech ensuing two-point conversion down a UMass-Boston player in MIT's homecoming game against The game was reminiscent of free safety Brian D. Hoying '03. attempt. A sure tackle near the goal UMass-Boston. The Beavers defeated the Beacons 33-26. 1999, when a winless UMB squad The momentum-shifting play, line by outside linebacker James C. took MIT to the limit before the game which gave the Beavers a 21-6 lead Jorgensen '01 kept the slim lead to reestablish a comfortable lead. game. slipped away from them in the last going into the half, was only the start intact. Fullback Kip M. Johann-Berkel But after getting shamefully bul- two minutes. Similarly, in this year's to a spectacular aU-around game for '02 rumbled in from two yards out at lied by the conference'slowest-rated contest it seemed as though whenever Hoying. The St. Henry, OH native Beavers hold on in fourth 12:43, and Deutsch earned a spot on offense for most of the game, the momentum would start to swing wound up recording nine tackles (six Sensing the never-say-die mental- the NEFC Weekly Honor Roll on the MIT defense finally returned to form toward the Beacons, the home team solo), two pass breakups, and a ity of" their opponents, MIT jolted strength of his shifty 28-yard TO run when they were needed the most. provided a huge play to protect, and school record-tying three intercep- back to life in the fourth quarter. Cap- at 7:58. Forced to go for two both . Apparently the desperate circum- ultimately preserve, their advantage tions, earning him selection as the italizing on two tide-turning pass times due to Ferguson's injury, the stances magically restored Tech's on the scoreboard. NEFC Defensive Player of the Week. interceptions by Hoying and Alvan Beavers twice came up empty-hand- defensive team unity: the Beacons' EricP. Loreto '01, the Beaver offense ed, leaving the score at 33-19 with final drive for the upset, starting at Hoying makes key interception UMB shock Tech in 3rd quarker struck quickly, generating two rush- time winding down. their own 25, ended in just four plays The first quarter saw MIT score At the start of the second half the ing touchdowns in 2:33 of possession As expected, though, the gritty, and nearly ten yards back from where nothing-to-Iose UMass-Boston squad it started. still had some life left in them. Going In addition to Hoying's heroics, to the air, the Beacons took just under linebackers Brent M. Schreiber '03 4 minutes to drive 50 yards for a (14 tackles) and Brian L. Licata '01 touchdown. At 4:03 Wiley weaved (12 tackles) cleaned up well on the into the end zone from 5 yards out, inside. Daniel 1. Bush '01 (8 tackles, and Bissanti' s extra point kick left the one pass breakup) and cornerback underdog Beacons down by only 7. Angus Huang G (8 tackles, 2 pass Moreover, UMB stopped MIT in breakups) also registered notable three plays on the next possession to individual performances. However, it get the ball back with 2:57 left in the was the classic lesson in teamwork that remained the sole reason that the eleven Beaver seniors could ride into Solution to Crossword the sunset atop high horses. 65 M.t. Auburn St. 617.576.4623 .TRAVELI www.statrave I. com