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Volume 126, Number 19 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 21, 2006 Marathon Still Thrills on 4th Trip Revisions Proposed By Brian Loux ate punk with the balls to even try the why. Having already completed three STAFF REPORTER race really are. Boston marathons, there was nothing There is a great desire to share This was the case when I began really to prove to myself anymore. your story when you finish your my training last winter for my fourth I had already done one for char- To Tenure Timeline first marathon. You’ve accomplished bandit running. I was far less con- ity and bested my personal record to something cerned about how I would train for Reporter’s few ever the marathon and much more about Marathon, Page 14 For Recent Mothers try, and from that By Marie Thibault sign of weakness or lack of confi- Notebook arises a NEWS EDITOR dence,” Tilghman said. great sense of purpose and a need to As universities nationwide ad- MIT is one of few universities relay your emotions. dress a gap between the number of that give tenure clock extension Every mile marker, every cos- tenured male and female faculty only to women who bear children, tumed bandit runner, every spectator members, MIT is considering ex- said Professor Lotte Bailyn, who that shouts some words of encour- panding its policies for extending presented the revisions at the April agement is unforgettable the first the tenure clock for female faculty 19 faculty meeting. The automatic time you soak in the experience. giving birth. extension also does not apply for Justifiably, these things become part A proposed policy, which MIT’s parents who adopt and may seem to of an epic tale that pours out of you Academic Council will vote on next enforce gender stereotypes, Bailyn in the coming days when people un- month, would automatically extend said, but “our purpose was to really doubtedly ask you to regale them the tenure clock by one year for advantage women.” about the race. female faculty giving birth. MIT’s Bailyn also emphasized that It’s a predictable story, but one current policy, created in 2001 as “adoptive parents and even men can you’ll enjoy telling. It will have the a five-year experiment, allowed a request this extension.” dramatic preparation, the anticipa- one-year extension of the tenure Extensions for some complicated tion before the starting gun, the con- clock, but not by default. situations, such as a third trimester fidence and the test of will, and final- Additionally, if a second child miscarriage, will be decided case- ly the glory and pride as you make is born during the tenure clock, the by-case, Bailyn said your final footsteps along Boylston new policies guarantee that a request Another revision to the 2001 Street. This will be followed by self- for another one-year extension will family care policies states that “in reflection, retelling to friends, mov- be granted by the provost. all cases, two years is the maximum ing on with your life. The policy was presented at extension allowed by this policy.” That’s not the case when your Wednesday’s faculty meeting, along Only Princeton University does second time becomes your third, or with an update from the Committee not have a cap on the number of your third becomes your fourth. Ga- on Discipline and Energy Research years given for extension, Bailyn torade will once again be spilled on Council. said. Princeton has a six-year tenure an innocent volunteer who didn’t see Under the current policy, women clock, compared to MIT’s eight- it coming. Santa Claus will return to faculty may be reluctant to ask for year clock. his post just before Wellesley Col- an extension for fear of hurting their Provost L. Rafael Reif wrote in lege. Heartbreak Hill will still be a chances of being granted tenure. an e-mail that “there seems to be frustrating crawl. DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH In a speech last October, Shirley concern that Princeton’s policy may There won’t be a lot to surprise Samuel A. Maurer ’07 and Mitra Lohrasbpour ’07 approach the Tilghman, president of Princeton create a situation in which a minor- you. It will be old hat. Routine, al- finish line of the Boston Marathon held on Patriots Day, April University, explained why Princ- ity of the faculty … those choosing most. It will serve to remind you how 17. See page 11 for additional photos. eton, which allows both male and not to have children during their far away your days as an undergradu- female faculty who are new par- pre-tenure years, would be the only ents (adoption included) a one-year ones NOT having their tenure clock tenure-clock extension, decided to extended.” make the extension automatic for GSC Secretary Position Still Unfilled women last August. Discipline report presented By Benjamin P. Gleitzman Both secretary and treasurer po- sociation elections, in which all un- “We discovered that men tended Associate Professor Margery ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR sitions were left vacant following dergraduate students may vote, only to take advantage of the tenure ex- Resnick, who has chaired the Com- The position of secretary for the the original GSC election held on GSC representatives, committee offi- tension more often than women, mittee on Discipline for the last two Graduate Student Council remains Wednesday, April 5, where Eric G. cers, and current officers are eligible who were afraid that requesting the unfilled following a sparsely attend- Weese and Shan Wu were elected to vote in the Council’s elections. extra year would be interpreted as a Faculty Meeting, Page 16 ed special election meeting of the Graduate Student Council president Council held on Wednesday. and vice president, respectively. Jehanzeb Noor G, a mechani- When asked to run for secretary cal engineering student, was elected following his loss as treasurer during treasurer, filling the third of four the special election meeting, Scepa- officer spots on the Council. Noor, novic said that he had not thought who was the only nominee to apply about running for the position but before the emergency election meet- would consider it. ing, beat Obrad Scepanovic G, an An election for the position of electrical engineering student, who secretary will be held at the next was nominated from the floor during meeting of the GSC. the meeting. Unlike in the Undergraduate As- In Second Term, Academic Flags for Class of ’09 Rise By Daniela Cako record grading, with only 18 percent STAFF REPORTER receiving flags. More than a quarter of students Why the increase in academic in the Class of 2009 have had aca- flags from last term? demic trouble in at least one class “We expect to have more issued this term, receiving warnings that during the spring semester because they were danger of failing a class generally the material is much based on performance during the harder and most students have not first five weeks. been exposed to it before,” said Ju- Last spring, 22 percent of stu- lie B. Norman, associate dean for LIANG HONG—THE TECH dents received academic flags after Academic Resources and Program- The MIT research project “Cool Japan” presented a two-day symposium titled “Violence and Desire the fifth week, making this year’s 26 ming. in Japanese Popular Culture” over the long weekend. Panelists included Professor Anne Allison of percent a slight increase. Prior to the fifth week the Aca- Duke University and John O’Donnell, founder of Central Park Media (not pictured), and Professor The Class of 2009 fared better Ian Condry and a guest, Kou Furukawa from Japan, author of the Samurai Champloo movie book. last fall during the period of pass/no Academic Flags, Page 17

Comics SAAS’s Culture ARTS Show was last Natania Antler is impressed World & Nation...... 2 Saturday. by Dance Theater Ensemble’s Opinion ...... 4 Rocking the World: Women in Arts ...... 12 Science Sports ...... 18 Page 6 Page 10 Page 12 Page 2 THE TECH April 21, 2006 WORLD & NATION Google Posts Bush, Hu Pledge Cooperation 60 Percent Gain in Earnings By Saul Hansell THE NEW YORK TIMES As Protester Mars Ceremony Google returned to favor among investors Thursday as its profit for the first quarter increased 60 percent, well above expectations. By Joseph Kahn terrupted Hu’s address and upset the eign territory, as the biggest irritant Three months ago, the company disappointed investors, even though THE NEW YORK TIMES elaborate choreography the Chinese in bilateral relations. Even minus- its profit grew 82 percent, and its stock sagged. This time, Google’s WASHINGTON delegation had regarded as the most cule changes in the wording of dip- ascent was enough to satisfy. President Bush and China’s pres- important trophy of Hu’s visit. lomatic statements on the subject “Investors, surprisingly, acted rationally this quarter and had low ex- ident, Hu Jintao, pledged to cooper- Screaming, “President Bush, are often viewed as transformative pectations,” said Safa Rashtchy, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. ate more closely on fighting nuclear make him stop persecuting Falun on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Google’s stock rose about 8 percent in after-hours trading after the proliferation and reducing trade im- Gong,” the middle-aged ethnic While it is unclear whether the announcement, recouping its losses since the last earnings report. balances on Thursday, but broke no Chinese woman partially drowned Chinese will interpret the two inci- Pointing to particulars behind its successful quarter, the company new ground on the most sensitive is- out Hu. She continued shouting for dents as simple mistakes or as overt said its market share of searches continued to grow around the world, sues that divide the two nations. more than a minute before security efforts to embarrass Hu, there was as did the money it earned from advertising for each search result dis- The meeting, the first at the officers removed her. no indication that the matter derailed played. White House between the two men Bush later apologized to Hu for the private discussions between the Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, said the market share in- since Hu became China’s top leader the incident, White House officials presidents that followed. crease might be related to the use of some of the company’s new prod- in 2002, was plagued by gaffes that said. But Chinese foreign ministry The two men emerged from the ucts, like Google Video, Google Earth and Google Maps, as well as the upended months of painstaking di- officials traveling with Hu canceled Oval Office and agreed to accept introduction of Google News in several countries. plomacy over protocol and staging. an afternoon briefing. One delega- several questions from the media, a These services attract people to Google’s site, where they may also Though administration offi- tion member, speaking on condition rarity for Hu, an aloof leader who conduct searches, he said. “They drive the branding,” he said in an in- cials said significant progress was of anonymity because he was not almost never interacts with the terview, referring to the new services that the company is steadily roll- made, especially on the economic authorized to discuss the subject press. ing out. “All of a sudden Google is top of mind again, over and over front, the session also underscored publicly, described his superiors as Bush said the countries would again.” the intractable nature of a long list outraged by the breach. “deepen our cooperation in ad- of grievances between the world’s Compounding the gaffe, a White dressing threats to global security, richest country and its fastest rising House announcer introducing the including the nuclear ambitions of Security Concerns Raised rival. No new agreements were an- national anthems at the same cer- Iran, the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, nounced after Oval Office negotia- emony mistakenly referred to China the violence unleashed by terrorists About Memorial at Ground Zero tions and a working lunch. by the formal name of its arch-ri- and extremists and the proliferation By David W. Dunlap The occasion was disrupted val, Taiwan, the Republic of China. of weapons of mass destruction.” THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK when an activist of the Falun Gong Mainland China is the People’s Re- He acknowledged that the two Gov. George E. Pataki’s senior adviser for counterterrorism has con- spiritual sect, accredited as a republic of China. men “do not agree on everything” cluded that the design for the memorial at ground zero leaves it vulner- porter for a sect-run publication to China treats American support but said, “We’re able to discuss our able to a terrorist attack and has called on the architects to consider cover the morning ceremony on the for Taiwan, a separately governed disagreements in a spirit of friend- revising several critical aspects. South Lawn of the White House, in- island Beijing claims as its sover- ship and cooperation.” Calling the 9/11 memorial a potentially attractive target, the adviser, James K. Kallstrom, expressed concern in a recent letter about the threat of bombs or a chemical release on the ramps or in the two im- mense open-air voids at the heart of the memorial. Thousands of people Iraqi Prime Minister Withdraws are expected to gather every day within the tower footprints. Kallstrom’s findings were laid out in a confidential letter to the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., dated March 3. A copy of the His Nomination for a New Term six-page letter was mailed anonymously to The New York Times and received this week. There was no way to assess the sender’s motives. By Kirk Semple rent stalemate, daunting political cleric who controls the largest bloc “The memorial complex possesses an elevated level of risk and tar- and Richard A. Oppel Jr. challenges lie ahead as leaders battle of seats in the main alliance. But his get attractiveness, as a result of its international stature and large public THE NEW YORK TIMES over remaining high-level posts and nomination brought a groundswell assembly capacity,” Kallstrom wrote. BAGHDAD, IRAQ the government seeks to revive a of opposition among Sunni Arab, Under intense domestic and moribund civil sector and restore Kurdish, secular and even some American pressure, Prime Minister confidence in public leadership. Shiite politicians, who said he had Moussaoui Claim Acknowledged Ibrahim al-Jaafari dropped his bid to Moreover, the likely candidates to failed to improve services or stem retain his job on Thursday, removing replace al-Jaafari lack political stat- the violence. As Bogus a major obstacle to forming a new ure, raising questions about whether Leaders of the Shiite bloc, the By Neil A. Lewis government during a time of rising they will be any more effective than United Iraqi Alliance, met through- THE NEW YORK TIMES ALEXANDRIA, VA. sectarian violence. he in leading a struggling govern- out the day to deliberate new The prosecution acknowledged Thursday that even the government’s Leaders from each of Iraq’s main ment at a time of spiraling violence. nominees; as the largest bloc in chief investigators do not believe the claim of Zacarias Moussaoui that factions, Sunni Arab, Shiite Arab Shiite politicians have in recent Parliament, the alliance has the con- Richard Reid, known as the shoe-bomber, was to help him fly a jetliner and Kurd, publicly hailed the deci- days mentioned two possible re- stitutional right to name the prime into the White House on Sept. 11. sion, calling it a breakthrough. placements for al-Jaafari: Jawad al- minister. Members said a meeting The jury that is considering whether to order either the death penalty “I believe that we will succeed Maliki, an outspoken and highly vis- of the full membership — 130 rep- or life imprisonment for Moussaoui was presented a document saying in forming the national unity gov- ible member of Parliament, and Ali resentatives — had been called for that Federal Bureau of Investigation analysts agreed that Reid was never ernment the people are waiting for,” al-Adeeb, a longtime party official Saturday as has a meeting of the 275- meant to be part of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The document, read to Adnan Pachachi, the acting speaker and aide to al-Jaafari. member Parliament. jurors by one of Moussaoui’s court-appointed lawyers, was a “substitu- of Parliament, said at a news confer- Al-Jaafari won the nomination President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, tion” agreed to by prosecutors rather than having Reid brought from ence, held at the Convention Center in February by a single vote in a suggested at a joint news conference prison in Colorado where he is serving a life sentence for his attempt to inside the fortified Green Zone. ballot among Shiite political lead- with other leaders that the opposition ignite a bomb in his shoe on American Flight 63 on Dec. 22, 2001. But while al-Jaafari’s capitula- ers, in part because of support from blocs would not oppose the Shiites’ tion could indeed resolve the cur- Muqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American next nominee. WEATHER Dry Today, Rainy Sunday Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, April 21, 2006

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Lay, Skilling’s co-defendant in the counsel as part of the continuing shake-up of the West Wing, an influen- For eight days on the witness stand, also saw a side of him that had increas- case, is counting on the more human tial Republican with close ties to Bolten said Thursday. Jeffrey K. Skilling fought to preserve ingly bothered managers at Enron. portrait of Skilling that emerged in his The Republican, who was granted anonymity to talk openly about his freedom and to salvage his tattered This was a man who did not like to be testimony to persuade jurors that he is sensitive internal White House deliberations, said Bolten had floated the legacy as a chief executive whose questioned, to be told he was wrong, not a criminal. Instead, his lawyers are idea among confidantes, but that it was unclear whether he would follow company collapsed in ignominy not to be asked, even, just to listen. hoping, Skilling showed that he was through or if the move would be acceptable to Bush, who has a longtime long after he left it. And whether Skilling ended up a flawed figure who loved Enron too personal bond with Miers. The portrait of Skilling that helping himself on the stand more much to have risked its failure by do- “It’s a reflection of Josh’s thinking,” the Republican said. “It’s not a emerged in his criminal fraud trial here than he hurt his defense will ultimately ing anything illegal. prediction that he’s going to get it done.” was more complex than the caricature depend on how the jury weighs those At the same time, however, the A senior White House official denied that Bolten was considering frequently drawn of him as the greedy, two sides of his personality. issues raised during an often-sarcas- such a step. “It’s not the case,” said the official, who was granted ano- arrogant executive with a Darwinian “At the end of the day a trial like tic but skilled cross-examination by nymity to get around the administration’s policy of not commenting on view of the world that transformed this is a morality play,” said Mark C. prosecutor Sean Berkowitz, legal ex- personnel matters. Enron from a humdrum pipeline com- Zauderer, a white-collar criminal law- perts said, could sow doubts in jurors’ The shakeup continued on another front, with Republicans saying pany into an renowned energy-trading yer with Flemming Zulack William- minds about whether they should trust that Tony Snow, a commentator for Fox News and a former speechwriter colossus. Instead, Skilling showed son & Zauderer in New York. “It is Skilling’s blanket insistence that he for Bush’s father, was in active negotiations for the job of White House himself to be a vulnerable, emotional, not just what happened, and who said never participated in any schemes to press secretary. He would replace Scott McClellan, who announced even affable character who saves his what to whom, but who is an honest manipulate Enron’s earnings or cover Wednesday that he was resigning, as the new public face of the White hostility, these days, for the govern- person.” up losses. House. JP Morgan to Pay $425 Million Contradicting Scientists, FDA Says To Settle IPO Suit By Eric Dash and Jenny Anderson THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Marijuana Has No Medical Value JP Morgan Chase said Thursday that it would pay $425 million to By Gardiner Harris an approved medical treatment.” She supporters of medical marijuana have settle its part of a class-action lawsuit that contends that dozens of banks THE NEW YORK TIMES said that the FDA was issuing the each tried to enlist the FDA to sup- cheated investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars from initial pub- WASHINGTON statement because of numerous in- port their views. Rep. Mark Souder, lic offerings during the 1990s market boom. The Food and Drug Adminis- quiries from Capitol Hill but would R-Ind., a fierce opponent of medical JP Morgan is the first to settle of the 55 investment banks named as tration declared Thursday that “no likely do nothing to enforce it. marijuana initiatives, proposed legis- defendants, and its agreement may prompt other Wall Street firms to sound scientific studies” support the “Any enforcement based on this lation two years ago that would have follow. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs are among medical use of smoked marijuana. finding would need to be by DEA, required the FDA to issue an opinion largest investment houses involved in the case. The statement, which contradicts a since this falls outside of FDA’s reg- on the medicinal properties of the But with only a small fraction of the overall damages at stake, JP 1999 review by top government sci- ulatory authority,” she said. drug. Morgan’s eagerness to settle early on may reflect the lessons learned last entists, inserts the health agency into Eleven states have legalized me- Souder believes that efforts to year from paying $2 billion, the most of any bank, as the last to resolve yet another fierce political fight. dicinal uses of marijuana, but the legalize medicinal uses of marijuana a class action stemming from the collapse of WorldCom. Susan Bro, an agency spokes- Drug Enforcement Administration are “a front” for efforts to legalize “It’s probably safe to say JP Morgan learned a lesson from the World- woman, said that the statement re- and the nation’s drug czar, John Wal- all uses of marijuana, said Martin Com settlement which encouraged them to settle the IPO litigation early sulted from a combined review by ters, have opposed those efforts. A Green, a spokesman for Souder. on,” said Robert Heim, a former enforcement lawyer for the Securities federal drug enforcement, regulatory Supreme Court decision last year al- Tom Riley, a spokesman for Wal- and Exchange Commission who now works for Meyers & Heim. and research agencies that concluded lowed the federal government to ar- ters, hailed the FDA statement, say- The size and timing of Thursday’s announcement seemed to catch that “smoked marijuana has no cur- rest anyone using marijuana, even in ing that it would put to rest “the bi- some securities lawyers and other big banks by surprise, and it could set rently accepted or proven medical states that have legalized its use. zarre public discussion” that has led the stage for a multibillion total settlement. use in the United States and is not Congressional opponents and 11 states to legalize the drug’s use. Page 4 THE TECH April 21, 2006 OPINION Letters To The Editor resemblance to a “jumble of instruments.” The review mentions a distinct “punk rock” style Chairman Everyone Wins at event organizers spent several months choos- of the bands. In response, it should be made Zachary Ozer ’07 ing the ten best bands out of the seventy that clear that over half the bands would qualify Battle of the Bands applied. The result of all their hard work was as ska/rocksteady bands. Of the remaining Editor in Chief The review last week of Battle of the Bands a diverse group of talented, experienced, and bands, I didn’t hear a single one that reminded Jenny Zhang ’06 (Concert Review: No One Wins in Battle of entertaining performers representing different me of The Ramones, NOFX, The Buzzcocks, Business Manager the Bands, April 14, 2006) displayed a lack styles of rock, ranging from Medicated Kisses’ Pennywise, Minor Threat, The Clash, or any Jeffrey Chang ’08 of knowledge of rock music. While we cannot hardcore punk to the reggae/funk sounds of of a thousand bands associated with punk speak for the 511 prefrosh and students, the Spiritual Rez. Even Tim the Beaver couldn’t rock from the late 1970’s through the 1990’s. Managing Editor brothers of Zeta Beta Tau, and the perform- resist the urge to crowd surf to Sweetfist’s fun Coincidentally, I did find that High Volt- Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08 ing bands who attended the concert on April music. age Research Lab reminded me a bit of good 8, 2006, we thought BOTB was a great show- Finally, we would expect more fact-check- Green Day, which by a slight stretch might NEWS STAFF case of rock talent from the Boston area and ing — the person who yelled, “Thanks for ad- even be classified as punk, but still, but they Editors: Kelley Rivoire ’06, Marissa Vogt ’06, beyond. mitting me” to Marilee Jones was not a pre- were compared to Neil Young. While Neil Marie Y. Thibault ’08; Associate Editors: Ben- The main complaint was that BOTB was frosh, but an MIT senior. The joke about Upper Young has assumed many different sounds jamin P. Gleitzman ’09, Angeline Wang ’09; “too loud.” OK, we won’t argue with that. Hand’s song, “Difference between you and and styles in his career, few would argue he Staff: Curt Fischer G, John A. Hawkinson ’98, However, this complaint is equivalent to go- quantum physics,” was also inappropriate since has ever sounded like High Voltage Research Brian Keegan ’06, Waseem S. Daher ’07, Ray ing to an opera and complaining about the only the lead singer attends MIT; the rest of the Lab. High Voltage Research Lab’s songs are C. He ’07, Tongyan Lin ’07, Hanhan Wang ’07, lead soprano’s glass-shattering notes. It is an band is from New Jersey. The criticism of alter- more complicated, faster, more hard-rocking, Michael Snella ’08, Jiao Wang ’08, Daniela inherent property of the music. In fact, we must nating stages at BOTB was clearly missed the less lyrically involved, and much, much lon- Cako ’09, Mei-Hsin Cheng ’09, Gabriel Fouas- admit to taking a short break outside to regain point of the event — Would it have been better ger than even the hardest songs Neil Young non ’09, Hannah Hsieh ’09, Diana Jue ’09, our hearing. But we know that a difference be- to have one stage and a six-hour show? It’s also ever produced — including his late eighties Laura Nicholson ’09, Kirtana Raja ’09, Yi Zhou tween attending a rock concert and listening to difficult to review a concert while you spend rock album, Freedom. In contrast, for most of ’09; Meteorologists: Cegeon Chan G, Robert an uncomfortably loud CD is the atmosphere half of it outside — you can’t critique a movie Neil Young’s career, his sound straddled the Korty G, Jon Moskaitis G, Michael J. Ring G, that accompanies it. Atmosphere includes without watching it. We were able to appreci- melodic sensibility of country music while Roberto Rondanelli G, Brian H. Tang G, Tim mosh pits, pounding speakers, crowd surfing, ate MIT’s 4th annual Battle of the Bands and we displaying the stripped-down nature of folk Whitcomb G, Angela Zalucha G; Police Log and the overall mayhem that inevitably occurs look forward to BOTB 2007 next year! music. Compiler: Marjan Rafat ’06. when fans get into the music. People will not Melis N. Anahtar ’08 and Anna Teytelman ’08 Of course I do agree with the review in get energized if the music is played at levels some regards. I agree that the event, three PRODUCTION STAFF appropriate for a country club luncheon. Bot- hours in length, was very long, and there was Editors: Tiffany Dohzen ’06, Austin Chu ’08; tom line: the music was played at a comfort- BOTB’s Music was little seating. And when Marilee Jones sang, it Associate Editor: Rong Hu ’08; Staff: Sie Hen- able rock concert level. was pretty awesome. drata Dharmawan G, Valery K. Brobbey ’08. In addition, the critique did not offer insight Misinterpreted Bill Supplee is a member of the class of OPINION STAFF into the quality of the music, besides caustic and The Tech’s review of the music of ZBT’s 2007 and The Hong Kong Regulars, a band Editors: Beckett W. Sterner ’06, Ruth Miller unsubstantiated comments about some bands’ CPW Battle of the Bands was off-target. The that performed at BOTB. ’07; Associate Editor: Aditya Kohli ’09; Staff: Hector H. Hernandez G, Barun Singh G, Josh Levinger ’07, Justin Wong ’07, Ali S. Wyne ’08, Krishna Gupta ’09.

SPORTS STAFF Editors: Brian Chase ’06, Travis Johnson ’08; Associate Editor: Yong-yi Zhu ’06; Staff: Chris Bettinger G, Caitlin Murray ’06, Albert Ni ’09.

ARTS STAFF Editors: Jacqueline O’Connor ’06, Nivair H. Gabriel ’08; Associate Editor: Jillian Berry ’08; Staff: Bogdan Fedeles G, Andrew Guerra ’06, Yao-Chung King ’06, W. Victoria Lee ’06, Kapil Amarnath ’07, Tony Hwang ’07, Nikhil S. Nad- karni ’07, Mirat Shah ’08, Natania Antler ’09.

PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Editors: Stephanie Lee ’06, Christina Kang ’08, Omari Stephens ’08, Ricardo Ramirez ’09; Associate Editor: Yun Wu ’06; Staff: Melanie Miller G, Stanley Hu ’00, Scott Johnston ’03, Liang Hong ’06, Grant Jordan ’06, Edward Platt ’06, Fred Gay ’07, Dmitry Kashlev ’07, Stepha- nie Dudzic ’08, Scot Frank ’08, Tiffany Iaco- nis ’08, Nicole Koulisis ’08, Mary-Irene Lang ’08, David M. Templeton ’08, Kenneth Yan ’08, Connie Yee ’08, Sally E. Peach ’09, Eric D. Schmiedl ’09, Yalu Wu ’09.

CAMPUS LIFE STAFF Editor: Bill Andrews ’05; Staff: Bruce Wu G, Kailas Narendran ’01, Sarah Buckley ’06, Nikhil S. Shenoy ’06, Elizabeth Zakszewski ’06, Victor Cabral ’07; Cartoonists: John Da- vid Payne G, Emezie Okorafor ’03, Juan Pablo Mendieta ’06, Josie Sung ’06, Jia Lou ’07, Ash Turza ’08.

BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Managers: Cokie Hu ’08, Tai Ho Kang ’08; Operations Manager: Jennifer Wong ’07; Staff: Fan Yu ’06, Julia Ye ’09.

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EDITORS AT LARGE Contributing Editors: Rosa Cao G, Brian He- mond G, Kevin G. Der ’06; Senior Editors: Keith J. Winstein G, Jina Kim ’06, Lucy Li ’06.

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Letter to these plans include pulled from the Infinite mid-day and asked for According to Walsh, the poll results gath- the destruction of the feedback. Walsh said the reactions were gener- ered by Martinez were strongly considered, the Editor popular dollar bill ally positive, though no plans were presented but were not sufficient to keep the dollar bill mural, which has been part of student culture that included the preservation of the dollar bill. mural from destruction. Many students, it is since the 1970’s, students have mixed feelings Shortly after, the working group met with important to note, either approved of the plans about the renovations. Here is more informa- the Class of 2005 Senior Gift Committee and of the working group or did not care about its tion on the topic, brought to you by the Under- decided that the class gift would be used to removal. Results can be found at web.mit.edu/ graduate Association’s Student Committee on make contributions to the new lounge. Be- tevin/Public/Survey%20Results.pdf. Administrative Transparency and Relations. cause money had already been allocated for To respond to the poll, the working group Chancellor Phillip L. Clay commissioned construction, the gift would instead be used for included memorialization of the mural in its re- a working group just before the spring term the maintenance of the space after construction vised plans. The mural came out of a time of of 2005 with the goal of creating community was completed. A representative of the Class of protest and was painted in 1971, one of two mu- space in the Infinite. This followed a recom- 2005, John Velasco, was added to the working rals from this movement to survive (the other is mendation from the Committee for the Review group. the multicultural mural between Lobby 10 and of Space Planning (CRSP) to use the cashiers The working group now consisted of three Lobby 7). Chancellor Clay tracked down the office as a space for student social interaction. undergraduates: Wyne, Lukmann, and Velasco, original artist, who expressed surprise that the The original working group included Phillip J. and three administrators. mural was still there and indicated he was fine Walsh, Director of Campus Activities Complex; Planning for renovations continued through- with “letting go of the piece as it has served it’s Deborah Poodry, Director of Campus Planning out Fall 2005, and Facilities began taking high purpose at MIT.” Gathering of history and in- & Design; Tracy F. Purinton, Assistant Dean quality digital photographs of the dollar bill in formation about the mural is ongoing, and talks for Student Activities, and two undergraduate late December. This sparked alarm from many with the MIT Museum about the possibility of students, Ali S. Wyne ’08 and Sharlina Hussain students who, up until then, did not know that recreating the mural using the high quality pho- ’07. Hussain was later replaced by Andrew T. the renovations would include the removal of tographs have begun. Lukmann ’07. the mural. Estevan Martinez ’08, Dormitory To address the issue of transparency, the The framework for the new space included Council liaison to the UA, conducted an in- working group asked the architect to include the removal of the dollar bill mural, replaced formal poll to gather student opinion about the etchings in the glass wall at about eye level. The by large glass walls. This allowed students pass- destruction of the dollar bill. The Undergradu- etchings would include the history of the dollar ing by in the Infinite to see friends as well as ate Association also passed a bill during the bill, a small etched recreation, and information Killian Court, and let sunlight into the Infinite last session of the term asking for a hiatus in about the 2005 Class Gift. from Killian. The dollar bill could not be moved construction until more information could be Walsh, in response to the controversy, ad- intact because the plaster it was painted on was gathered. The reprieve was granted, and Mar- mitted that some mistakes had been made by too brittle. Lukmann said he voiced concern tinez was appointed as a special member of the the working group, but that he plans to learn over the removal of the dollar bill. The work- working group. from those mistakes. For instance, students ing group decided, however, that leaving the Two meetings were conducted after the win- need to be presented with final plans before mural in would block sunlight and reduce the ter break. The issue of transparency was brought construction begins. “I’m going to try to re- effectiveness of the space as a social area, since to the attention of the working group for the first member that.” passersby could not as easily see friends inside. time. The results from Martinez’ poll, though By the Undergraduate Association’s Com- At the time, there were no plans to preserve the admittedly biased, nonetheless emphasized a mittee on Administrative Transparency and Re- dollar bill beyond high-resolution digital im- strong aversion to “another fishbowl” and “be- lations. April 21, 2006

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Culture Show Presents Many Different Acts

The MIT South Asian American Stu- dents held its annual culture show on Saturday, April 15 in Kresge Au- ditorium.

Clockwise from right:

Deepa Mokshagundam ’09 performs an Indian-themed stand-up comedy titled “Laugh, Please: Musings on Being Brown in the 21st Century.”

Maneesh Anand (Harvard ’06) sings a medley of Indian ﬁlm songs with tabla and harmonium accompani- ment.

Shakeel N. Avadhany ’09 plays high- speed rela on the tabla, a classical Indian drum, accompanied by Saikat Guha G on the violin.

Ashvini Thammaiah ’06 strikes a graceful pose with a fan during a se- quence by South Asian fusion dance group MIT Chamak.

Photography by Yun Wu

The Tech Production Department’s bird of the day is the

double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus

Right: A double-crested cormorant bit off more than he could chew when he snagged this fish between crew races at the Charles River on the morning of Saturday, April 15. The fish wriggled free, and the fisherman dove down to find a new meal a few minutes later. April 21, 2006 THE TECH Page 11 Thousands Run in the 110th Boston Marathon

DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH TEMPLETON—THE DAVID GRANT JORDAN—THE TECH

Thousands of people com- peted in the 110th annual Boston Marathon, held this Monday.

Clockwise from left:

With a time of 2:23:38, Rita Jeptoo of Kenya was the ﬁrst woman to ﬁnish.

Runners celebrate as they go the last half-mile.

Kyle A. Vogt ’08 and YiOu

Wang ’07 wave to a crowd RICARDO RAMIREZ—THE TECH of cheering MIT students. The couple crossed the ﬁn- ish line together with a time of 3:28:36.

Bruna Genovese of Volpago Del Montello, Italy came in 29th overall. Page 12 THE TECH April 21, 2006 ARTS DANCE REVIEW ‘Rocking the World’ with Striking Choreography MIT Artist in Residence Addresses Problems Faced by Women in Science By Natania Antler all of the heavy lifting — literally. The piece STAFF WRITER seemed to be about power and abuse, especially Rocking The World: Women in Science and of women in partnerships. It left a bad taste in other works my mouth, but I think that may have been its MIT Theater Arts and Dance Theater Ensemble purpose. Choreography by Edisa Weeks The title work, “Rocking the World: Women Performance by Hortense Gerardo, Mona Hus- in Science,” was well worth the trip to the the- sein ’09, Luciana Pereira G, Lily Tong G ater. In this piece, three female dancers knocked April 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. on a closed door and pounded on an unrespon- Little Kresge Theater sive wall at the back of the stage. They donned lab coats and gloves, and danced to music and omen in science is a challenging recorded audio of interviews with many varied theme to express in dance form, women scientists. One at a time, they made it and it proved an intriguing title to the other side of the wall, either by sneak- Wpiece for a showcase of works by ing through the door, getting a boost up over the Elisa Weeks. Weeks, MIT’s guest artist in resi- top, or finally pushing the wall over entirely. At dence, presented her creations at Little Kresge one especially touching point, soloist Lily Tong Theater last weekend, and “Rocking the World: G danced on the wrong side of the wall with a Women in Science” created much anticipation. see-saw prop — to the recording of an interview What resulted was a powerful piece that made with a woman who had juggled having children its point clearly, yet with finesse. The entire and attending graduate school for science. performance was short and sweet, consisting At first I wondered how someone could cho- of three compact works. While the second two reograph a dance to address such a complex dances were occasionally rough in technique, YUN WU—THE TECH theme without either hitting the audience over they compensated admirably for that with style Artist-in-residence and choreographer Edisa Weeks holds a Q&A session after the per- the head with obvious symbolism or becoming and enthusiasm. formance of “Rocking the World: Women in Science” last Saturday night in Kresge incomprehensibly abstract. Weeks, however, The performance opened with “Between an Little Theater. The work portrayed the experiences of women in science through an tackled this challenge with humor and style. Arrow and a Fall,” a striking solo danced by integration of dance and text. Above all, this was because her dancers were Weeks. She was accompanied by a video projec- Liubo Borissov, the designer of the multimedia the piece to enjoy the dancing. This may have actually real, live women in science; if they tion of her dancing that would sometimes shift, component of the dance, the additional projec- been the point, as it was not a fluffy dance. In were anyone else this dance might have struck distort, or obscure her movements, depending tion remained only a partner and did not steal this duet, Weeks danced with Jeffrey Petersen, a false chord. on the mood of the music. Weeks’ training was the show or become undue distraction. and they executed many unusual lifts and part- Weeks has proved, with style, that she can evident in this solo, as she danced beautifully. I was a bit less thrilled with the second nering moves. In an inversion of the traditional lead her audience to contemplate both her cho- The choreography was varied and interesting, piece, “Sound of Bound Wings.” Though this gender roles, Weeks opened the dance by walk- reography and subject matter. If MIT is ever and took full advantage of its multimedia part- work again featured striking choreography, I ing on stage carrying a much shorter Petersen. graced by more of her works, I recommend go- ner. As a testament to the skill of Weeks and was too busy trying to figure out the message of This theme ran through the dance as Weeks did ing to see them. CONCERT REVIEW POETRY REVIEW Robert Adamson: Wolf Parade Packs the Master of the Punch Promising Canadian Band Gives Dynamic, Language of the Wild Energetic Performance By Andrew Lee like an indie Lennon-McCartney, but Boeckner Australian Poet Reads Patriotic Works, Describes Wolf Parade was center stage Friday. In between amusingly April 7, 9:00 p.m. polite stage banter (“You guys are super-nice Beauty of Homeland Paradise Rock Club …”), Boeckner weighted his voice with resig- nation in the piano-laden “Modern World” and By Martha Angela Wilcox anadians — they give so much, yet with hoarse desperation in the band’s second Robert Adamson ask for so little in return. Unfortu- best song, “Shine a Light.” His best of the night, poetry@MIT Series nately, instead of truly thanking them however, was the despairing album closer “This April 13, 2006, 7 p.m. C for satiating our desire for maple Heart’s on Fire,” a track that borrows from the 32-141, MIT Stata Center syrup, beaver pelts, and Alex Trebek, we’re left ironic lyrics of the Beatles’ “Getting Better.” 32 Vassar Street with no choice but to give them crap for talk- Driven by an insistent keyboard riff, the song’s Cambridge, MA ing funny. I also heard they eat crêpes up there. matter-of-fact despondency conjured an image The past two years in music, however, have of an ambulance making it to the scene way too aving never been to a real poetry reading, the content of this poetry@MIT event was a made an ample case for re-evaluation of North late; even so, it was strangely danceable. mystery to me. According to the poorly dispersed advertisements, “Robert [Adamson] America’s pecking order. The most consistent, During Krug’s songs, Boeckner was peri- is one of Australia’s national treasures” (John Ashbery). That endorsement begged the satisfying rock album in each of the past two odically freed from his microphone to stagger H question: what does it mean to be a national treasure, anyway? I soon found out. years has been from bands based not in New back and forth while furiously drilling away at The room, 32-141, was far too large, lacking the tight-knit homeliness I expected. Most of York but in Montreal. The Arcade Fire turned his guitar. The slow-tempo “Dinner Bells” al- the attendees were not even students, and one student who did wander into the room quickly heads everywhere in 2004 with their almost lowed Boeckner to demonstrate his distorted left, probably to find the true location of his review session. Indeed, if I hadn’t committed to at- universally acclaimed debut LP “Funeral,” and sense of balance, which could’ve either been tending this event I would have left too, since the thirty people in attendance were all clearly and Wolf Parade’s 2005 debut “Apologies to the attributed to an extreme focus on his instru- intimidatingly from MIT’s poetry geek crowd. Nothing happened for the first ten minutes, but I Queen Mary” is every bit as deserving of the ment or acute inebriation. Luckily, like Torgo awkwardly waited anyway, busying myself by reading the uncleaned chalk board. same accolades. from MST3K, he stumbled but never fell. An enthusiastic welcome revealed that Adamson, a well-known Australian poet recently in- The Arcade Fire comparisons will crop up The reason “Shine a Light” can only be vited to publish his works in the United States, was promoting his newest book, “Gold Finches because the bands occasionally collaborate (for Wolf Parade’s second best is Krug’s “I’ll Be- for Baghdad.” example, Wolf Parade drummer Arlen Thomp- lieve in Anything.” Krug’s keyboard leads and Adamson took the podium, and began in a soft Australian accent, describing the native birds son played on The Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up”), his quivering, almost terrified voice are at the and the gorgeous landscape outside his home in rural Australia. He said he “feels the presence of but more importantly because they share a core of the band’s unique sound. “I’ll Believe the native people of Australia” — but I wasn’t sure if he meant the original people who shaped song-writing maturity that’s well beyond what in Anything” will probably be the best song such a beautiful country, or the native creatures of his backyard wilderness. This image of an un- it should be after just one full-length record he writes in a long time, and many (like me) touched world served as an anecdote for his first poem, and he used such anecdotes to bring new and an EP. As with many “Funeral” standouts, would want to make the case that it was the best life to each of his poems throughout the night. I expected that he would arduously explain each Wolf Parade’s songs are outstanding enough at song of 2005. I can safely assume that it was crafted line of his poems, but he instead only set the stage and then let imagination do the rest. the onset to convince you of their ability — but the song everyone was waiting for the band to Adamson’s speaking was never formal, but his strong voice and graphic, modern, national- then reach a whole new level. This is what play, and just as confidently, I can say nobody istic poetry captured the audience’s attention. One of my favorite poems of the night was a piece makes Wolf Parade such an engaging live act; was dissatisfied. The only reason it didn’t turn from Adamson’s “most optimistic poems … [his] bird poems.” He described the Bush Stone they always have another ace up their sleeve, out to be the standout of the show (like it was Curlew, a bulky, ground-dwelling bird of Australia whose defense mechanism is his ability to and they’re not content to keep it there. on the album) is because there was simply no freeze in place. Adamson wondered what it was like to be inside this strange bird’s head, and his Because of the superior quality of the al- higher place to take the song than the one ev- wondering led to a beautiful poem: “I am not the bird itself, only its passenger …” bum they’re touring behind, Wolf Parade has an eryone had already heard. Another of my favorites was one of four sonnets written for the late Robert Duncan (1919- easier job performing than most. A lot of credit Like The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade is go- 1988), an American poet whom Adamson greatly admired, to commemorate “Duncan’s handwo- for that is due to “Apologies” producer Isaac ing to be saddled with almost unreasonable ven songs.” “I don’t know if you can actually say there’s a tune in a poem, but this is as close as Brock (frontman for Modest Mouse) for main- expectations for their next album. But unlike I can get,” Adamson said. taining a dense instrumental mix that gives the that band, they never seem to be overreaching. In fact, tunes are what first inspired the former delinquent to write. He heard Bob Dylan on impression of a band crammed together on Judging by both their current and newer mate- the radio and had to stop the car because he was so moved. After trying his hand at folk music, a tiny stage. That’s exactly how they looked rial, Wolf Parade has an uncanny control over his Jesuit friend told him that in fact what he was writing poems, not folk songs. Six years later, Friday night — a four-piece and their touring their sound. For a band that’s only been around Adamson was President of the Poetry Society of Australia, and the rest is history. guitarist on a platform with floor space only for a couple of years and has only one album Though the choice of room and lighting was poor, Robert Adamson’s moving poetry and his slightly larger than that of an undergraduate to its name, Wolf Parade inspires an impressive ability to capture his audience overcame the setting. I was impressed with the presentation, and double. Luckily, that physical restriction only level of confidence and trust. They also seem to though there will not be a repeat of this poetry reading, I encourage more student attendance at served to underscore the concentrated intensity have a sense of how much better they are than the next poetry@MIT event. Adamson is indeed truly a treasure from Australia and an ear-open- that is Wolf Parade’s trademark. reason would dictate: Boeckner playfully told ing pleasure to hear. Dueling songwriters Spencer Krug and Dan the crowd that it was their “first show ever.” Ly- Boeckner trade vocalist duties on the album ing Canucks. April 21, 2006 ARTS THE TECH Page 13 RESTAURANT REVIEW You Better Not Try to Order Coffee Here Tealuxe Serves up Great Tea and Dishes, and Even Better Prices By Jillian Berry fee — there isn’t any. menu. 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(Beckett a masked Hugo Weaving delivers his lines Whether you’re Danny Johnston’s biggest is lost without the daily routine and liter- Sterner) with great success, and as far as cinema- fan or have no idea who he is, this docu- ally freaks out — so in order to reclaim his tography and special effects go, direc- mentary will both enlighten and entertain sanity and the admiration of his son (Jamie ★★ V for Vendetta tor James McTeigue doesn’t disappoint. you with the tale of his troubled life and Sives), he attempts to swim the English Three great things about Alan Moore and However, it’s a far more difficult task to beautiful music. A talented artist, filmmak- Channel. Though “On a Clear Day” starts David Lloyd’s graphic novel “V for Ven- tell a good story, and this movie doesn’t. er, and musician, Johnston is also a manic- strong, around the halfway point it starts to detta” are that it’s a collection of bril- (Nivair H. Gabriel) depressive who spends significant emo- drag and completely loses its charm. It tee- liant character studies, it’s not like any tional effort trying to fight off the demons ters on the line of decency; depending on other dystopian story, and the connection Compiled by Nivair H. Gabriel he thinks are constantly pursuing him. The your mood, you will either way his story is told here is touching, and love or despise this movie. the use of Johnston’s original recordings (Alice Macdonald) makes the film genuine — the only thing that’s difficult to watch is its lack of orga- ★★½ She’s the Man nization. (Yong-yi Zhu) Starring Amanda Bynes, this movie is an unim- ★★½ Ice Age: The Meltdown pressive, medium-qual- This sequel begins where “Ice Age,” the ity modern adaptation of first film, left off; the animals have found the Shakespeare comedy a warmer paradise and discovered that the “Twelfth Night.” There are ice age is coming to an end. More appeal- two kinds of humor, witty ing to a younger audience, “Meltdown” has and situational, and “She’s a straightforward plot — and unlike recent the Man” only excels at the animated features that dabble in pop cul- latter. It could have been ture — doesn’t require viewers to be hip to much more than just a tee- get a good laugh. Despite the second-class nybopper movie with some graphics and predictable story, the movie is awesome Shakespearian filled with creative humor, and it accom- references, but that’s just plishes one goal with ease: entertainment. not what they wanted for (Hendrata Dharmawan) this picture. What a tragic ending for this comedy! ★★★½ Lucky Number Slevin (William Andrews) A boss, a rabbi, a man in a purple-flowered towel, a cop, a perky neighbor, an assassin, ★★★½ Tsotsi and a missing friend: sounds like a recipe Destruction — of people, for total disaster. Somehow, though, this lives, and community group of misfits comes together in one of — is a fact of life in the the most brilliant films of the year. Director ghetto. What sets “Tsotsi” Paul McGuigan pieces together the stories apart as a film about the of all these characters to make a disorient- life of an urban gangster ing dark comedy about a man who just hap- is its message of hope. pens to be in the wrong place at the wrong From the start, viewers time — all the time. In a strong male cast, experience the slums of Lucy Liu steals the show, and the superb Johannesburg, South Af- acting is crucial; it makes this film come rica, through its music, Page 14 THE TECH April 21, 2006 The Race is Finished But Marathon Tales Will Remain Forever Marathon, from Page 1 can accomplish the things I do. Not in the in the supportive coach way or boot, so that got rid of those twists. in the “I want to be like my favorite Add to this the fact that after MIT I superstar” way, but more in the “If had a job that kept me in an office this schmuck did it, why can’t I?” and in transit for nine hours a day way. It is my gift.) and a draconian time-off policy that As I had expected and feared, keeps most employees with ailments everything felt routine. The jets short of sucking flying overhead chest wounds at and the long work, and running The scenery is routine, lines around the did not seem like port-o-johns of a good idea. but running the marathon athletes who had But I fell back never gets old. consumed far too on the least logi- much Gatorade cal argument: tra- just didn’t seem dition. I did it before, and I’ll do it to have any impact anymore. (This again. So I trained almost every year did bring one new experience, day and weekend. And this Mon- however: getting kicked out of the DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH day, I threw myself in a car with two runners’ corrals. My two friends Partygoers groove to a live DJ and local band, The Blanks, during Dance ’Til You Drop XXXVII, an friends who had been inspired by my insisted that we would be able to annual party hosted by the Burton Third Bombers. The event, held in the Porter Room of Burton previous marathons to try it with me. sneak in, and twice we encountered Conner on Sunday night, was sponsored by the dormitory and the Large Events Fund. (I’m apparently the type of person irritated volunteers in blue jackets who makes other people think they who promptly told us how we were ruining it for the real runners.) This is very bad for a person trying to get psyched up for a multi-hour run. When our group of bandits finally made its way to the starting line, I began to question whether this would be the last attempt at this endeavor. What I didn’t realize was how much that feeling would help. Focus- ing on the experience, expectable as it may have been, essentially took my mind off the task laid before me. And much to my surprise, this unin- tentional Zen master trick kept me on my 10-minute pace for almost the entire race. I was not trying to slow down at the water stations. My girlfriend jumped in at mile 16 with me and I kept her at a steady jog. I didn’t even break down and stretch on Heartbreak Hill. Come the final stretch, I could no longer contain myself. “You don’t know about the tradition, do you?” I asked my girlfriend. “What tradition?” she replied nervously. “The afterburners!” I shouted as I ripped off my running shirt and mus- tered what I could to demi-sprint the last fifth of a mile. This was techni- cally now a routine, too. But it didn’t matter anymore. For now, half-naked to the world, there stood a very tall, very un-tan, very large hairy white man hurtling freely through the center of Boston with a stupid grin plas- tered to his face. And like that, I was back to the kid who had never run it before. Every experience felt original. I began to catalog every horn blast and noise-maker whirl. I passed by two of my friends and I briefly flexed for them. A man told me to put my shirt back on, and so I screamed back “NEVAAAAAAAA!” His friends promptly laughed at both of us. I once again got to experience the overwhelming thrill of crossing into Copley with a new personal best, and somehow it was again a new and improved experience. It’s not really that much of a mystery why. Marathons are supposed to evoke that raw emotion out of people. And that will never get old. It can’t. Because if it did, why would we ever come back? Solution to Bonus Crossword from page 7 April 21, 2006 THE TECH Page 15

UA Publishes Fall and Spring Minutes on Web In response to an inquiry from The Tech, the Undergraduate As- sociation has published minutes from UA Senate meetings for the current academic year. Those minutes are available at http://web.mit. How often are edu/ua/www/senate/currentsess.html. In prior years, the UA Senate has published minutes on the Web shortly after each meeting. In contrast, this year, no minutes had been students hospitalized publicly available for the Senate after November 2005, until they were put on the Web on Wednesday evening. The recently-posted minutes cover meetings from November 2005 for mental health issues? through April 2006. The UA Senate meets every other week. This year’s minutes are available only in the proprietary Microsoft Word format, rather than the standard HTML or PDF format. Mental health hospitalizations are unusual at MIT and result only from The most recent minutes, from April 10, 2006, feature: ¶ Election of Members of the UA Finance Board. careful assessment of the student and his or her supportive environment. ¶ Bill passed to fund “Campus MovieFest” with $2,300. There were more than 11,200 visits to MIT Medicalʼs Mental Health ¶ Bill tabled to “create negative preferential voting.” Service by students in 2005; only 23 (0.2%) of those resulted in hospital- ¶ Bill passed to formalize the “Senate Committee on Financial Review.” izations. Most of those hospitalizations were voluntary: the patient agreed ¶ Bill to fund Steer Roast (no dollar ﬁgure listed). that he or she was at risk and would benefit from intensive treatment. Minutes for two of this academic year’s meetings, however, are not yet available online, because the UA secretary was not in attendance, according to an e-mail from Senate Speaker Andrew T. Lukmann ’07. “Those minutes should be posted as soon as I have a chance to type When is someone hospitalized involuntarily? them up,” Lukmann said. Lukmann said that he would also be posting lists of current legisla- tion “within the next few days.” In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a person can be hospitalized —John A. Hawkinson involuntarily only if he or she poses a probable risk of serious harm to his or herself or to others. The clinician's assessment of risk is based on statistics and factors such as the person's current situation, past history and mental status. For example, someone exhibiting the signs and symp- toms of major depression is more likely to commit suicide than someone who is not depressed, and someone who has attempted suicide in the past is more likely to make an attempt now than someone who has never made one. Clinicians also consider factors that reduce risk, such as the availability of social supports. The bottom line is always the individual's safety and the safety of others.

This is one of a series of mental health FAQs developed by SHAC (Student Health Advisory Committee) with input from MIT Medicalʼs Mental Health Service. More questions and answers on mental health issues are available online.

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Top 10 reasons to visit a Medlink: 10 reasons Top condoms 1) Free 2) Who else is up at 3 a.m.? 3) Ask confidential questions 4) Find out about useful resources pamphlets and handouts 5) Free funny isn’t 6) Depression is your friend 7) Procrastination about sex 8) Talk about anything 9) Talk 10) Staying healthy following questions:

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years, gave a report on the committee’s actions during the 2004–2005 school year. That academic year, 23 cases, six non-academic and 17 academic, were reviewed before the committee. The cases were for a freshman, five sophomores, eight juniors, six seniors, and three graduate students. During the 2004–2005 school year the committee also put in place an initiative that ensures a student’s advisor, housemaster, Student Sup- port Services, and the registrar’s office are immediately notified once sanctions are imposed, so that students who receive disciplinary action cannot load up on unblemished transcripts before the sanction is indicated on them, Resnick said. Nominees for officers of 13 faculty and standing committees were also presented at the faculty meeting. The nominations will be approved at next month’s faculty meeting, and until then faculty members can make additional nominations. A list of nominated faculty is available online with MIT certificates at https://web.mit.edu/dept/libdata/ libdepts/d/archives/facmin/060419/ 0604b.pdf After Resnick completes her term on the discipline committee this year, Professor Suzanne H. Cor- kin will be the only female faculty member (of six total) on the committee, Resnick said, though it will still have female deans and undergraduate students. Gender balance is important, as cases of sexual mis- conduct often come before the committee, she said. Professor Mary C. Potter, who presented the report from the Com- mittee on Nominations, said it “wouldn’t have had any consider- ations for [the COD] any more than any other committee. Perhaps we Platinum Sponsors of the Special Olympics Present: will think about [gender equality] next year.”

Energy Forum in early May The 4th Annual Kick-A-Thon At the Wednesday meeting, President Susan Hockfield encour- Wednesday April 26, 2006 at 7:30PM aged the faculty to attend the Ener- gy Forum on May 3, which she said will mark the end of Phase I and the DuPont Basketball Court 2 beginning of Phase II of the energy initiative. To Benefit: Professor Ernest J. Moniz and Professor Robert C. Armstrong, co- Special Olympics and the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club chairs of the Energy Research Coun- cil, will present the council’s report, which will address strategies to improve old technologies and ways to implement new technologies, Hock- field said. The report, which will show that new technology needs to be interwoven into smart, insight- ful policies, is “enormously broad- reaching, deep … and practical,” she said. Solution to Super Bonus Crossword from page 8 April 21, 2006 THE TECH Page 17 Flags Give Freshmen Opportunity to Seek Academic Assistance Academic Flags, from Page 1 around,” said Norman. 18.024 (Calculus II with Theory) demic Resource Center has class Professor Kiran S. Kedlaya PhD ’00 rosters and sends letters to all the said that in small freshman classes instructors asking them to flag or “students are less likely statisti- warn the students who are in danger cally to get flags.” Kedlaya, who of failing the course. The instructor joined MIT’s faculty in 2003 and notifies the student, his or her advi- also taught 18.014 (Calculus I with sor, and the ARC. Theory) this fall, said he has only Students are provided with a list ever issued one flag and that student of sources of help, including tutor- ended up passing. ing, a meeting with their advisors, What do students think about the or MIT Medical treatment. warning system? “I think it’s a good 18.02 (Calculus II) Professor thing,” says George J. Courtsunis David S. Jerison said that “the key ’09, who received a flag in 8.02, BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH message of the flag is to tell the “because it told me to get my stuff Craig R. Forest G (left) discusses the finer details of massively parallel capillary electrophoresis student they are failing and if they together and it encouraged me to set with Nathan B. Ball G last Friday at an Easter-themed version of the Graduate Association of Me- do the same thing for the rest of the up meetings with the professor and chanical Engineers’ (G.A.M.E.) weekly Coffee Hour, open to students and professors alike. semester it’s not good, which means become more focused.” they need to change something.” He Ebrahim K. Balghnaim ’08 re- said that there is not one single issue ceived a flag his freshman year in that affects freshmen. biology. “It didn’t really matter to “The students need to advocate me because I knew I wasn’t a bio for themselves and show that they person so I didn’t care … the flag HISPANIC, SPANISH or ITALIAN EGG can be successful and turn things was mildly helpful,” he said.

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Both liams to cross the plate and complete games went down to an improbable two-out, bases empty the wire, and Tech put comeback to take game one. In the on a different display process, Matthew D. Loper ’09 added of skills for each. In the first game, it to his perfect season, improving to 5-0 was clutch hitting in the bottom of the by picking up the win in relief. final inning that quickly reversed En- WPI tried to regain the momentum gineer fortunes. In game two, a couple in game two with a solid four-run third of righty-lefty calls to the pen closed inning off of five hits, a walk, and an DAVID TEMPLETON—THE TECH the door on a budding WPI (10-16) error to pull ahead 4-2. Tech respond- Gheorghe Chistol ’07 (left) and William R. Garthwaite ’08 of the heavyweight men’s 1st varsity rally in the bottom of the ninth. ed with three runs of its own in the eight team race in the Compton Cup against Harvard University and Princeton University on Satur- After falling behind early in game fourth, keyed by a Jason T. Witzberger day, April 15 on the Charles River. one, Tech was able to pull in front 3-1 ’07 triple. after three innings. WPI struck back Having already singled and dou- quickly with three runs in the top of bled as well, Witzberger stepped into the fourth off of a timely pair of hits to the box for his fourth at bat of the day go with a walk and three wild pitches a home run short of the third cycle Men’s Lacrosse Routs Cadets 19-3 by Christopher M. D’Annunzio ’09. in Tech baseball history. Clearly see- By Mindy Brauer mark of the third quarter. Three min- board with an unassisted extra-man WPI added another run in the fifth ing the ball well all day, Witzberger ASST DIR. OF SPORTS INFORMATION utes later, Drew Caplin picked up a goal at the 13:18 mark of the second and seventh innings and seemed to be roped a shot deep to center which was Competing in the final home groundball and after a successful clear, period. The Beavers responded by on its way to victory with a fairly com- flagged down by the WPI center field- game of their careers, the members set up C.J. Hamilton for Norwich’s notching the next three goals. Peter- fortable 6-4 lead with two outs and the er just in front of the center field wall of the MIT men’s lacrosse Class of second point. The Cadets recorded the son registered back-to-back scores, bases empty in the bottom of the sev- in the deepest part of the ballpark. 2006 tallied 11 final goal of the game when Pearce the second with a man-advantage. enth, the final inning of the first game Overall, Witzberger turned in a goals en route converted a feed from John Lighthall Nick Fessenden ended the spurt with of a doubleheader. Then the wheels superb performance, providing 3 runs Sports to a 19-3 victory with 12:09 left to play. what proved to be the game-winning fell off. and 5 hits on the day from the criti- over Norwich In total, Zach E. Brewer ’07 collect- goal at 8:41. A quick pair of singles by rookies cal leadoff spot in the lineup. Kevin R. University on ed five saves for the Engineers. Devin Less than a minute later, Stolmei- Thomas M. Phillips ’09 and David Wheeler ’08 added what would turn Shorts Saturday. Jona- Collins made six stops in the first quar- er posted his first of four unassisted M. Nole ’09 set the table for Greg R. out to be a critical insurance run by than P. Stolmeier ’07 led all scorers ter and Joe Phelan finished the game goals for the game. The Wellemeyer- Williams ’06, who lined a shot into leading off the fifth with a shot to left, with seven points, totaling two goals for Norwich with eight saves. O’Connell connection returned with right. What should have simply been a giving him a team-leading four home and five assists. Scott Pearce paced 43 seconds left in the half, giving hard-hit RBI single to pull Tech within runs on the season. the Cadets (0-8, 0-4 Pilgrim) with Men’s Lacrosse vs. Babson Babson an 8-2 advantage at intermis- a run turned into a game-tying gift tri- WPI took its final gasp for life two goals. Eight first-half goals by Babson sion. ple when the WPI right fielder elected by adding a run in the bottom of the Scott T. Purchase ’06 opened the College propelled the team to a 12-6 A pair of goals from Stolmeier not to take an angle and cut the ball ninth, but George “Mike” Vasquez ’08 scoring 1:08 into the contest, connect- win over MIT in men’s lacrosse action during the first five minutes of the off, but rather dived for the ball. He and Wayne P. Duggan ’06 closed out a ing on a pass from Ryan W. Ballen- last Wednesday. Stolmeier paced the third quarter brought MIT within four missed, and the ball got by. 6-5 MIT victory in the “nightcap”. All tine ’09. The Engineers (5-3, 3-2 Pil- Engineers (4-3, 2-2 Pilgrim) with four (8-4). This was as close as it would It was an inexcusable mistake in a in all, with a pair of one-run thrillers grim) went on to score 17 consecutive goals while Jason Wellemeyer tallied get for the hosts as the Beavers went situation where “no-doubles” defense on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the goals. a game-high five points on four goals on another three-goal run. Fessenden is played specifically with the intent of team didn’t have much else to ask for. Purchase along with classmate and an assist for the Babson Beavers posted an unassisted goal, followed Brennan P. Sherry ’06 both finished (2-7, 2-1 Pilgrim). by Harrington setting-up Wellemyer. with a hat-trick. Stefano Young ’06, Babson wasted little time getting O’Connell tallied the final goal of the Tyler G. Sorba ’07, Patrick J. Bossi on the scoreboard as Mike O’Connell frame at the 1:16 mark. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS ’06, and Paul J. Steiner ’07 each scored connected on a pass from Mike Maher Brennan Sherry ended Tech’s 17- Saturday, April 22, 2006 two goals while Ballentine, Robert J. within the first minute of play. Welle- minute scoring drought by capitaliz- Varsity Sailing – Metro Series Five 9 a.m., Charles River Baranowski ’06, and Dylan F. Roden meyer recorded the next two goals ing on a pass by Robert Baranowski. Varsity Men’s Heavyweight Crew vs. Boston College and University ’09 contributed one apiece. with O’Connell and Maher earning Stolmeier notched his final goal with of Cincinnati 9:12 a.m., Charles River Tech notched eight goals in the first assists. E.J. Peterson capped the first- 3:34 to go and Harrington closed the Varsity Baseball Doubleheader vs. Springfield College quarter, followed by four in the second. period scoring when he converted a scoring a minute later. 12 p.m., Briggs Field MIT scored six more times, but its run feed from Matt Harrington with 40 Zach Brewer collected a total of 12 Varsity Track and Field Co-ed Invitational came to an end when Pearce’s low shot seconds left. saves for MIT while Max Owen made 12 p.m., Steinbrenner Stadium found the back of the net at the 4:57 Tech’s Sorba put his squad on the six stops for the Beavers. Varsity Softball Doubleheader vs. Springfield College 12 p.m., Briggs Field Varsity Men’s Tennis vs. Wheaton College Softball Struggles With Runs, Loses 3 1 p.m., du Pont Tennis Court By Mindy Brauer at-bats. Jason paced Tech with a 2- extended their lead again. Andrea Sunday, April 23, 2006 ASST. DIR. OF SPORTS INFORMATION for-3 outing and Texin went 1-for-2 Cartullo reached on an infield single Varsity Baseball vs. Wesleyan University 1 p.m., Briggs Field A strong performance by Erica with an RBI. Bogsted picked up the and Lantz was walked. Gaskell then Bailey in the circle and at the plate loss for MIT while striking out five loaded the bases with another in- helped Tufts University to win 3- and allowing 12 hits. On the year, field single and Erica Barry scored 1 over MIT in her record stands at 3-17 while Bai- Cartullo with a sacrifice bunt. Bab- softball action ley’s ledger was raised to 3-4. son broke the game open in the fifth Sports on Tuesday. inning by scoring a pair of runs and Bailey hit 4-for- Softball drops two to Babson then added three in the sixth, and Shorts 4, including two Babson College capitalized on one in the final inning. RBI, and fanned several MIT defensive miscues en Gaskell hit 5-for-5, including 10 batters while scattering five hits. route to a 9-1 victory in the opening two doubles, and posted a pair of With the win, the Jumbos improved game of a NEWMAC softball dou- runs and two RBI for the Beavers. to 19-10 on the year while the Engi- bleheader and another win by the She also earned the win by strik- neers fell to 3-18. same score in the six-inning night- ing out nine and allowing five hits. Alison Drobiarz of Tufts posted cap last Wednesday. With the wins, Barry went 2-for-3 and totaled two a single in the game’s first at-bat the Beavers improved to 19-6 on the runs and two RBI. and then moved to second on a sac- year and 7-2 in conference play. The In the second game, despite rifice hit from Annie Ross. Follow- Engineers’ ledger dropped to 3-15 loading bases with no outs, Babson ing a walk issued to Danielle Lopez, overall, 2-8 NEWMAC. came away scoreless at the end of Bailey hit a two-out RBI single that In the first game, Darcy Lantz the first inning when MIT converted plated Drobiarz and put runners on of Babson posted a single and ad- back-to-back fielder’s choices and the corners. Samantha Kuhles’ sin- vanced to second on an error in the grabbed a pop-up. gle scored Lopez and gave Tufts an opening frame. She then scored on The Beavers opened the scoring early 2-0 lead. Meghan Gaskell’s double to left in the third when Cartullo registered The Jumbos tacked on another center. Babson tacked on another an infield single, advanced to third run in the third inning. Megan Cu- run in the second inning after Jess on Lantz’s ground-rule double, and sick hit a one-out triple to center Cohen reached on an error, was crossed the plate on Gaskell’s single field and then crossed the plate on moved over on a sacrifice bunt by through the right side. Babson came Bailey’s single to left field. Robyn Woodruff, advanced to third alive beginning in the fourth inning MIT ended the shutout in the on a wild pitch, and scored on Jess with three runs, followed by four in bottom of the sixth. Amanda M. Ja- Bryn’s groundout to second base. the fifth, and one in the sixth. son ’08 singled, advanced to second Tech retaliated in the bottom- The Engineers got on the score- on a hit by Leah A. Bogsted ’08, and half of the second inning when Tex- board in the bottom of the fourth. then moved to third on the throw. in received a lead-off walk. A bunt Texin led off with a walk and Kait- Cheryl A. Texin ’06 singled down by Bogsted moved her into scoring lyn G. McCartney ’09 was awarded the right field line to bring Jason position and a single up the middle first after being hit by a pitch. Helen home for the Engineers’ lone run. by Corinne E. Vannatta ’08 brought C. O’Keefe ’09 grounded out to first Drobiarz bolstered Tufts’ offense Texin home. by notching a hit in all three of her In the third inning, the Beavers Softball, Page 19 April 21, 2006 SPORTS THE TECH Page 19 Babson Defeats Softball 9-1 Twice Softball, from Page 18 base but moved both runners into scoring position. Then Katherine C. Bankert ’09 walked, loading the bases, and an error on a Stephanie V. Brenman ’09 infield hit gave Texin enough time to reach home. Gaskell had another strong performance at the plate, finishing 3- for-4 with three RBI. Lantz went 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run. Lazar hit 2-for-4 and recorded two RBI as Byrn and Kaitlyn Clark tallied three and two runs, respectively. Stacy Schlicht fanned seven in four innings of work while Byrn struck out two and scattered three hits to close the game. For MIT, Bogsted picked up her second loss of the day as she shared pitching duties with Bankert.

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