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Volume 119, Number 26 Cambridge, .Massachusetts 02139 Friday, Februa~6, 1999
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By Susan Buchman said. NEWS EDITOR Intentionally pulling a fire alarm ." Five students are facing discipli- is a misdemeanor, said Cambridge nary proceedings following an Police Department Captain Henry unsanctioned party in Baker House Breen. £J Jan. 21 that ended with a false fire According to Watson and Dean alarm and a review of Baker's lodg- of Students and Undergraduate ing house license by the Cambridge Education Rosalind H. Williams, Licensing Commission. the Committee on Discipline has not ..: According to Baker housemaster yetset a date for the hearing. William 8. Watson, it appears that a partyer intentionally pulled a fire Baker has hearing before CLC al(irm. The Cambridge Licensing "A party was going on in a cou:' Commission, which issues and con- pIe of rooms ... and we have an trols Baker's lodging house license, ANNIE CHOI-THE TECH understanding that parties should held a disciplinary hearing Tuesday Goalie John Zeheren '99. and his teammates defend their net against an onsiaught of Springfield shut down at 1 a.m.," Watson said. evening at the. commission's office. College opponents Tuesday. MIT held off the Springfield offense and won the game 7-1. When the party extended beyond Campus Police Lieutenant 1fI1!;J the deadline, the night watchman . Stephen D. Joiner said the campus called Watson to inform him of the police responded to a fire alarm problem. Watson instructed the that was activated at 1:25 a.m. The "ChomskySpeaks About the Effect watchman to shut down the party. night watchman mentioned to the After the party was shut down, an CPs that the alarm might have been unknown person pulled a fire pulled as a result of the party that alarm. he had ended on the fifth floor. The 'Of Wealth on U.S. Foreign Policy Although it is unknown why a officer at the scene went~ to 'ro~ms By SanJay Basu He then discussed the recent the United States; after all, you have guest of the party would pull the 501 and 511 and found empty beer .4SSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR G-7 meetings, a series of interna- to give Alan Greenspan a~ least half alarm and draw attention to the cans and cases of beer, but the Institute Professor of Linguistics tiona I talks between representatives the credit." underage drinking, Watson said that occupants were not 'present. The Noam A. Chomsky addressed the of the seven richest economic coun- Though joking at times,. the motivation might have been CP then issued six level one cita- .influence of wealth over world poli- tries in the world. Chomsky maintained a serious line anger. tions for violation of alcohol poli- i'ics in a speech entitled "The rich and famous all come of thought as he.contrasted the vast "A fair number of [the partyers] cy. "Foundations of World Order: Fifty and tiock there," Chomsky said. press coverage of the G-7 meetings were not Baker residents ... and I Phillip M. Bernard, program Years of the U.N., World Bank, "You get people like Robert Rubin, think they were angry" that the JMF, and Declaration of Human who might be called co-President of Chomsky, Page 21 'party Had been shut down, Watson Baker, Page 18 Rights" Monday before a packed 11)-250. An author of several books on ~politics and world order, Chomsky Mani, Lin Campaign For. McGann, Nernzer Want has often been described asa public intellectual, having earned a reputa- ~,ionas a dissident against injustices by the U.S. government. In his most Increased School Spirit Students Involved in UA recent speech, Chomsky continued By Laura McGrath Moulton Man5 has served as the Junior By Kristen landino McGann and Nemzer bring to fulfill that role through his acute STAFF REP.ORTER Class Vice President and the chair STAFF REPORTER experience in the areas of Institute ,aiticism of the U.S. government's Continuing the recent positive oflast year's fall festival. Undergraduate Association issues, as both are significantly approach to foreign affairs. changes in the Undergraduate Lin, a member of the VA presidential candidate Matthew L. involved in campus committees. The 70-year old speaker Association is the goal of Karthik Social Board during her freshman McGann '00 and his vice-presi- McGann, a resident of Baker addressed the crowd with a personal M. Mani '00 and Rita H. Lin '00, year, said that the' dential running House, serves as chair o( the VA e .reflection upon what he called the runni ng mates for president and . UA must contin~e. TT A Electwns mate Lex Nemzer Committee on Housing and "three pillars of world order:" the vice-president. to playa role tn .un . '00 seek to Orientation and worked to gain Universal Declaration of Human Mani and Lin seek to create a campus social life. increase student student input on the design of the .Rights, the Charter of the UN, and UA that provides adequate fund- She said that the VA social board .involvement in the administrative new dormitory. He also served as the proposal of the Bretton Wood ing for student groups and fosters is currently "not as effective" as it decision making process at MIT. a full-time orientation intern and international economic system. social interaction on campus. should be. "Our primary concern is mak- logistics coordinator of the new "These are the pi lIars of the A resident of Baker House and Both Lin and' Mani said that' ing sure student opinions and per- orientation program last fall. 'human rights regime which was a member of the Delta Tau Delta increased funding for class coun- spectives are respected. We believe Nemzer currently serves as constituted 011 the wreckage of fraternity, Mani said that his cils is important, since the coun- people affected by administrative treasurer of East Campus and is a World War II," Chomsky said. "The breadth of experience will help . decisions should have input into plain question is, 'What has been him to truly represent students. Manl, Page 20 these decisions," McGann said. McGann, Page 20 the fate of the three basic pillars of world order?' And, perhaps more importantly, 'What has been the role ,~)f U.S. in all of this?'"
Speaker discusses wealth disparity Before addressing those central 4uestions, Chomsky "took a detour'" to discuss is~ues that he believed are relevant to the topic of world order.
• .J "First, I simply want to remind everyone of what we already know," he said. "These questions are not abstract. We're dealing with ...guestions of life and death, of pain and despair." Chomsky proceeded to describe how world politics revolve around '.che lives of the rich, leaving behind WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI-THE TECH poor individuals and impoverished Karthlk M. Manl '00 and Rita H. Un '00 Matthew L. McGann '00 and Lex Nemzer '00 countries.
Baker House residents return .~ Comics The Center for Bilingual and n World & Nation ., , 2 home to a flooded front desk Bicultural Studies opened this I I.:.:.:.'i::..•. Opinion .4 after a pipe bursts. I term with a lecture series and an ;: Arts ,.,.".,." . 6 I~ undergraduate class. n On The Town " , .10 H TechCalendar .14 Page 11 Page. 12 Page 17 . Ii Sports , 24 • .,...... T,," Page 2 THE TECH February 26, 1999'" WORLD & NATION Strong U.S. Economic Reports Clinton Praises Effort To Use Raise Fears of Interest Rate Hikes LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK Surplus to Fund,Social Secnrity~ A batch of strong business reports Thursday jarred investors By Elizabeth Shogren House Speaker 1. Dennis Hastert's, an across-the-board approach, such already worried about rising interest rates, and they provided evi- LOSANGELES TIMES R-Ill., embrace of the proposal on as removing the so-called marriage':" dence that manufacturing - long the only weak I~nk in a sparkling TUCSON,ARlZ, Wednesday. penalty in the tax code. U.S, economy - is reviving. President Clinton Thursday House and Senate GOP leaders, "There is, I think, some move- While many analysts said Thursday's reports probably overstated hailed a bipartisan consensus to meeting in early evening ment toward reaching some con: ... the current vigor of the economy, others fretted that the scenario earmark 62 percent of a projected Thursday, agreed in principle to sensus about the nature of tax cuts~' could lead to higher inflation and further increases in lending costs. budget surplus for Social Security, "put a lock" on 62 percent of all that they ought to be targeted and That, in turn, could put a damper on consumers' spending for houses, a proposal so novel when he intro- federal budget surpluses starting benefit people that need it most," cars and other goods. duced it during his State of the this year for Social Security. Clinton said. ,,<, "A somewhat slower growth rate would be a welcome relief for Union address last month that But the bipartisan agreement on Republicans lost no time in the financial markets," said Stan Shipley, an economist with Merrill many Republicans accused him of how much to earmark for keeping responding to Clinton's apparent Lynch & Co. in New York, budgetary sleight of hand. Social Security retirement program olive branch. Hastert issued a But on balance, the latest reports added to fears that the U.S. econo- "There seems now to be broad solvent for the baby boom genera- statement saying he was pleased~ my is maintaining its torrid expansion of last year, and thus might give agreement among leaders and tion does little to mask the policy Clinton "has started to come our the Federal Reserve cause to push interest rates higher, analysts said. rank-and-file members in both par- disputes still ahead. way" toward tax relief. ties of Congress to set aside the For one thing, Republicans and But congressional Republican~. lion's share of the surplus to save Democrats have not agreed on how are deeply skeptical of Clinton's' ' Social Security," Clinton told a to use the surplus funds. For anoth- plan to use another 15 percent of Russians Consider Primakov's partisan crowd of 2,000 at the er, they are still arguing about how the expected surplus to bolster Tucson Convention Center. muc~' of the anticipated surplus to Medicare, the health insuranc~ Plan to Curtail Democracy Basking in the relief of the end of use for tax cuts. program for the elderly and dis- LOS ANGELES TIMES his impeachment trial, Clinton Republicans want to use most abled, which could be insolvent MOSCOW received a warm welcome in of the remaining 38 percent of the within 10 years. Frustrated by disorder and hardship, Russians are asking whether Tucson. surplus for tax cuts, and conserva- "We don't yet have that kind ot the time has come to rein in democracy and effectively reinstate the Talking about his plans for tives in particular feel strongly agreement on setting aside some of Soviet system of strict, centralized state control. spending the projected surplus of about pushing through large tax the surplus for Medicare, and I Prime Minister Yevgeny M. Primakov opened the debate this $4.47 trillion over the next 15 reductions. think we should," Clinton said. ""- week by proposing that the constitution be amended to end'the free years, Clinton explained, "I know Before th~ speech, ,White "This is the threshold issue," election of governors and suggesting that they instead be appointed it would be a lot more popular to House spokesman Joe Lockhart the Democratic leader told by the president. say, 'We have got a surplus, it's said that Clinton would use the reporters. "If we can make this Primakov's proposal would significantly curtail democracy in your money, I am just going to opportunity to "tweak" decision in a'bip~rtisan way ... then'" Russia. But so far, few are speaking out against it. give it back ~o you.' And then you Republicans for' their tax cut pro- I think 'the stage is set to sit down ") am deeply convinced that until there is a solid and'reliable 'ver- could all che'er; 'and r could go posals. But he did not: and go through the other matters tical' power structure in Russia, the country will keep eking out a home. We'd gq 'watch baseball or Instead; Clinton cited positive that, have'to be lOOKed at to solvty, miserable existence," said Dmitry F. Ayatskov, .the governor of the do something else." 'movement targeting ''tax 'relief to further problems" involving Social Saratov region, who is generally considered liberal and pro-Western Clinton's remarks followed certain groups instead bf offering S<;.curity. - and whose power would b e curtailed under the proposal. ''40., "There's significant concern here that the c(j.Dteris collapsing and U' S 'l'1larns of Chin'ese MiJietary the regions are becoming more self-interested',"'said Alan Rousso, e 'e "i. "' director of the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank. _U._N._Rep9rt Sb_Q~_GJl~~!nttJ~l !~~U~(:'~:()I!~~~::,~!gh~;,~~~" .tted Most Rights A "'uses LOS ANGELES TIMES dents and its $60 billion annual approved by all 99 members pre? --- --. -C 'omnu " . ..11lJ ------.---"--- ..--WASHINGroN-U-adt:surptus-Witl1th~-t1nite GUATEMALA CITY one-two punch,- to China on Secretary of State Madele"ih'e: ' Port-the resolution, which is a non- I The Guatemalan government allowed the army to Cilll)' out "aj>oli- Thursday, with i~Pentagon report Albright leaves Friday fo~-a two..;ctay binding expression of congressional'. cy of genocide against Mayan Indians during the bloodiest :era of ~ detailing Beijing's missile and mili- visit to Beijing. Chinese Premier opinion and does not have the force Guatemala's 35-year'c-ivil war, a U.N. truth commission declared tary buildup near Taiwan and a Zhu Rongji is expected to visit of law. Thursday .. strongly worded Senate resolution Washington in April. The resolution accuses China of As a standing-room-only' crowd ":ept a~d cheered, the condemning China's recent human The 27-page Pentagon report, a "widespread and well-documented'" Commission for Historical Clarlficatiol) presented a report that found rights record. sanitized version of a classified human rights abuses in China and. the government responsible for a stunning 93 percent of the 42,275 The two moves are the latest evi- report sent to Congress earlier in the' ,'Tibet and .. ~ coercive implementa- human rights violations that the panel investigated in 18 -months of dence of the rift between week, warns that China's short- t . tion ot"family planning policies an~ interviews and other research .. _'Washington and Beijing that has. 'r"ange ballistic-missile force '~is the sale ofhuinan.organs taken from ,The country's Marxist guerrillas committed 3 percent of the viola- been-growing-in-the eight. months- - expected to grow-substantially" in executed prisoners." tions, and responsibility for 4 percent could not be determined, since President Clinton visited China the next several years. The report Clinton will not decide whether according to the 3,600-page report, "Me.mory of Silence." ~. in a summit that had appeared toheT'-'" sara 'China is"iikely :to in'ifodiIce' to 'push such' a.resohition, which~- Mo~e than 200,000 people; mostly' civilians, 'died dl;lri~g the co'o- aid a new era in U.S.-Sino relations. long-range, land-attack cruise mis- China has bitterly fought in the past, flict that ended ~ith a-'peace agreement in Decemb~r 1996. The Instead, ~eijing's)ncrea~ing.JTlil-,: sites as,p3:I1'oLa s~~epjng m04ef!1< until after Albright's meetings with Unit~d States, U.S. comp,anies ip O~~temala a.nd Cuba ~lso. played itary presence in the South China ization of its military. Chinese Presid~nt Jiang Zemin an<4, direct roles in prolonging the fighting, tne commission found. Sea, its alleged use of U.S. satellite In a separate move Thursday, the ,other leaders Monday and Tuesday,' technology. for military purpo~es, its Sena,te condemned China's human according to another senior adminis- recent crackdown on political dissi- rights policy in a resolution tration official. WEATHER Wmter weather' Finally Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, February 26, 1999 ~~ ~, Makes an Appearance ~.' •.:.,:':::~::::!:::i::!i;:;::~::400N By Bill Ramstrom STAFF METEOROLOGIST After keeping us in suspense for weeks, winter has finally come in full force this week, bringing both cold temperatures and a real snowstonn. Any snow still falling this morning should come to an end by early afternoon, with slowly clearing skies and cold temperatures. But there is good news for everyone from warmer climates without a big sweater collection - the cold will stay only into Saturday. By the afternoon, temper:a~res will warm into the 40s, with light winds and pl~nty of melting snow. Sunday will also be fair, with continued pleasant temperatures, though clouds will begin to filter in during the afternoon. A high pressure system in the wake of yesterday's snowstorm will build \A ...... \ across the Great Lake states today, slowly heading southeastward off the \, /. '\ ' 2~N coast o( South Carolina. A developing stonn will follow a familiar path for \\ r'\ \(/,/ this winter, moving northeastward from the Texas panhandle into the upper . \ () ...... \'''\. Midwest, then into Canada by Sunday ..This will again leave us on the warm, \ \. ~ ...,t)" 'I, .. ~ \ \ -'"'~ ..... \ \ eastern side of the storm, so we can expect rain showers and southerly winds i '\ :~,...~,. \ , ~ ,~" , \ for Sunday night. Clouds and showers seem likely to continue into the day on ~ _...,..t'~"""" \ ~ Monday as well. ,,-'-("'"$ -"""'., \, \ O'\''' \./ Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Today: Early flurries, then slow clearing. High 33°F (1°C). : Snow Ram __ Trough Tonight: Clearing early, and cold. Low 24°f (-4°C). H High Pressure Saturday: Sunny and warming. High 43°F (6°C) ...... Warm Pronl Saturday Night: Fair and cool. Low 28°F (-2°C). L low Pressure 00 Hau A..A~ Cold Front :=.IIr~.: Mr(lerale 1 **! .. Compiled by Mrrr-" Sunday: Sunny early, then clouding up. High 42°F (6°C). ~ Humcane ~_ Occluded Froal Meteorology SlaIT Sunday Night and Monday: Rain showers. Low upper 30s; high lower 40s. ~~~~"'r.i-'I"'~~'~'"and Tlt, T,ch . ------...------.-...-- - ...------..------.- -- THE TECH Page 3 L F:ebruary 26, 1999 WORLD & NATION .NRA Proposes Legislation To Researchers Link Bacterial Infection to Heart Disease Protect Gumnakers from Lawsuits LOS ANGELES TIMES ONTARIO By Sharon Walsh hold gunmakers liable for what the olous, the courts have a right to THE WASHINGTON POST ci~ spends on police and county hos- sanction .... But we don't threaten Researchers say they have for the first time demonstrated a direct NEWYORX pital services because of gun violence. people with jail," he said, noting , link between bacterial infection and heart disease, confirming a suspi- Moving swiftly, the National It would also prevent suits from at that the Florida bill could lead to cion that has been floating through the cardiology community for the Rifle Association has succeeded in least two other Florida cities, Tampa jailing the mayor of Miami. better part of a decade. getting legislation under way in at and Sl Petersburg, that are consider- Gun-control activists have said The proof of a link suggests that at least some of the 961,000 ,least 10 states that would preclude ing taking gun manufacturers to court. that some of the state bills are likely deaths from heart disease in the United States every year could be local governments from suing gun "We are responsible for the to be challenged in court. prevented by treatment with antibiotics or, even better, by immuniza- manufacturers and' distributors. The Florida legislation," said James J. Encouraged by the passage in a tion against the responsible organisms. latest bill, proposed earlier this Baker, chief lobbyist for the NRA, matter of weeks of a bill to prevent In the new study, to be reported Friday in the journal Science, 'Week in Florida, is the toughest so which has joined hands with the gun gun suits in Georgia - and worried researchers, including Dr. Josef M. Penninger, from the Ontario far, making it a felony for any local industry to fight the lawsuits. by a recent landmark jury decision Cancer Institute in Toronto found that injecting mice with proteins official to file such a lawsuit. "We think this is an outrageous in Brooklyn where gunmakers were from chlamydia bacteria can produce heart disease. As many as 95 . The Florida bill, expected to attempt to prevent Miami-Dade successfully held liable for negli- percent of people are exposed to chlamydia during their lives. advance rapidly, would make it a from asserting-the legal rights of its gence in marketing handguns- the The chlamydia protein, which sits on the bacterium's surface, is crime punishable by up to five years in citizens," said Dennis Henigan,. NRA and others have moved quick- virtually identical to one found in healthy heart tissue. When the jail and a $5,000 fine for any local legal director of the Center to ly to head off more lawsuits. mouse's immune system gears up to attack the protein, it also dam- 'bnverninent official or employee to Prevent Handgun Violence, a non- Legislation also has bee~or is about ages the heart and coronary arteries. file suit against gun makers. The bill profit organization that is helping to, be introduced in Texas, The results do not mean that high cholesterol, smoking, obesity and includes a retroactive provision that Miami in its lawsuit. "We allow Michigan, Kansas, Vermont, hypertension are not important factors in heart disease, said Dr. Paul w!;>uldquash a suit filed by Miami- ordinary citizens and cities to assert Wyoming, Louisiana, Minnesota Ridker of the Harvard Medical School. Rather, the findings add one Dade County in January that seeks to their rights in court. If a suit is friv- and Alabama. more risk factor to the constellation of health problems that lead to heart attacks. Livingston Sounds. Conciliatory Note Rudder Movement Suspected in Emergency Landing Incident While. Leaving Congress For Good THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON By Juliet Eilperln Government is not inherently evil." speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. THE WASHINGTON POST Livingston's conciliatory address "I really haven't let myself dwell Investigators believe the MetroJet Boeing 737 jet that made an WASHrNGTON seemed to capture the mood of a on any of this stuff," he said. "I've emergency landing Wednesday at Baltimore-Washington • Rep. Bob. Livingston, R-La., Congress that is struggling to move always treated politics as a gamble. International Airport experienced a rudder movement, but they don't largely silent in the two months past impeachment and forge at least When you're riding high and the know why and have expressed frustration that they will get limited since he shocked his colleagues by some meaningful legislative com- dice are rolling sevens and elevens, help from the plane's older flight data recorder. announcing plans to resign rather promises. His'words were also strik- life is good. When they come up . A preliminary reading of the jet's recorder indicates that the rud- than stand for House Speaker, ingly bereft of the kind of bitterness snake eyes - well, then you've got der movement may have occurred slowly in the seconds before the emerged Thursday to made a final one might expect from this chief to make other decisions.". crew noticed the problem and took action. Both crew members had plea for'moderation and consensus casualty of the impeachment Having given up the' chance to recently been trained in recovery techniques for just such situations. as he ended his 21-year legislative process: Livingston resigned the serve as the third-highest officer in Sources said the plane made no abrupt movements that would have career. same day the House impeached the nation, Livingston is preparing shaken passengers. "Politician is not a dirty word, President Clinton last December, to enter Washington's exclusive The National Transportation Safety Board is particularly interest- a,nd compromise is the glue that ren- following his admission of his own lobbying realm, making little pre- ed in what happened to MetroJet Orlando-Hartford Flight 2710 ders democracy 'possible," extramarital affairs. tense of his desire to make good because a rudder malfunction is suspected in the Sept. 8, 1994, crash Livingston said in his valedictory_ Indeed, in a subsequent inter- money after years of occasional of USAir Flight 427 at Pittsburgh, which killed 132 people. address on the House floor. "To my view Thursday afternoon, grousing about the difficulties Analysis of the recorder began Wednesday night, and investiga- f.iends on the left: Government left Liv~ngst~n oijered few regrets 'about ' making ends meet in Congress by- tors also began an examination of the rudder power control unit that unwatched can lead.to injustice. To his brief and tumultuous. tenure as : opening his own company with his was removed from the plane after it landed late Wednesday morning. my friends on the right: would-be successor to former House two top aides. - .. -. ~(\ .- .. t __ ' .r ~., Undergraduate Association '.t ,MIT's Undergraduate Student Government I think the curriculum~~.w~~' needs Some work? med-center not responsive enough? ...and UA candidates Tell them what you really think ...... then do something about it ! The UA Nominations Committee is currently seeking active, enthusiastic student~ to Join us for 2 more represent ~he UA on all faculty and study breaks! wesidential ~ommittees Meet the candidates: Applications ava"ilable in W20-401 and, online at. March 1 7-9pm http://we'b.n;lit.edLJ/ua/www in Burton-Conner ,Due March 10 at ,.5pm Prez/VP Debates:, A list of committees is available in W20-401 or online at: March 9 7-9 pm http://web.'mit.edu/committees location TBA questions? email .. ------.. ------.. ------.. ------.. - - - - -.. - - - .. ------...- - - - .. - .. - - - - .- - .. Page 4 TH~ TECH February 26, 19~9 '- j -. OPINION- Letters To The Editor world-renowned institution like MIT, the fol- Finally, 98 percent of students feel that Disturbing Senior lowing results stand out: their time at MIT has moderately or greatly .. " -62% of students feel that four years at improved their analytical and problem-solv- Survey Results' MIT improved their ability to write not.at all ing ski lis. For some reason, and despite Chairman As a relatively new member of the MIT or only a little. being an engineer myself, I can't seem to get Josh Bittker '99 community and one anxious to learn more -65% of students feel that four years at up and cheer. Editor in Chief about the overall educational environment of MIT improved their creative ability not at all Scott D. Sewell Zareena Hussain '00 the Institute, I read with great interest the find- or only a little. Academic Adminsitrator ings of the recent 1998 Senior Survey, con- Business Manager -70% of respondents feel that four years at Departmen't of Earth, Atmospheric' and ~ ducted by the Office of Academic Services. MIT improved their appreciation of literature, Planetary Sciences Joey Dieckhans '00 While the survey saw only 35 percent par- art, music and drama not at all or only a little. Managing Editor ticipation by the senior class, the 460 respon- -74% of students feel that four years at Ryan Ochylski '0 I dents provide sub~tantial evidence that the MIT improved their ability to place current The Value of Style Executive Editor Institute is failing to educate properly its stu- problems in a historical, cultural, or political Douglas E. Heimburger '00 dents. I am specifically concerned with the perspective not at all or only a little. In the column "Trendy Tailfins and iMacs" student responses to the questions, "How -75% of students feel that four years at this Tuesday, Eric Plosky says "consumers ~. important to you personally are each of the NEWS STAFF MIT improved their awareness of ethical .must educate themselves to make sure the' Editors: Frank Dabek '00, Susan following types of knowledge and abilities," issues not at all or only a little. computers and other high-tech goods they buy Buchman '0 I, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Krista and the follow-up question, "To what extent -82% of students feel that four years at aren't unnecessarily laden with chrome." L. Niece '0 I; Associate News Editors: has your MIT education improved the follow- MIT improved their awareness of social anq . I disagree; If I eve'r have a chance to buy'~ _ Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, ing types of knowledge and abilities?" political issues not at all or only a little. high-tech goods laden with unnecessary Neena S. Kadaba '02, Kevin R. Lang '02, At first glance, the findings from the first There are some signs of hope. I am aware chrome, I'm going to jump ~t the opportuni- Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: Shawdee question appear mundane and predictable: 100 of movement within the Institute to change, ty. The same goes for goods laden with arti- Eshghi '99, Eric Sit '99, Dudley percent of respondents feel that analytical and and hopefully improve, the way writing is ficial fur, translucent plastic, and exotic ..... Lamming '00, Katie Jeffreys '0 I, Laura problem-solving skills, writing skills, and aca- taught, at least with respect to the current, wood veneers. McGrath Moulton '0 I, Dalie Jimenez '0 I, demic self-confidence are important or very Phase II requirement. I also applaud articles Computer hardware becomes obsolete in Jane Yoo '01, Gitrada Arjara '02, Alex important to them. MIT seniors overwhelm- like "Does Poetry Matter?" by Professor John months or we'eks. Isn't it time to move on;) . lanculescu '02, Steve Hoberman '02, Payal ingly express the importance they place on Hildebidle (MIT Faculty Newsletter, from the cheap beige box as well? Kohli '02, Kristen Landino '02, Priya good writing, public speaking, an artistic aes- November/December 1998), the initiative of Abie D. Flaxman '00 Prahalad '02, Michael M. Torrice '02; thetic, awareness of social issues, and the body the recently organized New Horizons Group; Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, politic. Awareness of ethical issues, evaluating and similar organizations at MIT and their Greg Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G, Gerard the role of science and technology in society, efforts' to spur socio.;.political discourse Roe G, Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski . and placing current problems in a historical, . between students, staff and faculty. I see chal- Erratum cultural, or political perspective were rated lenges for the entire. MIT community and par- PRODUCTION STAFF lower, but still over 80% of responde'nts called Editor: Brett Altschul '99; Associate Editor: ticularly the central administration. The for- An article in Tuesday's issue ["Hip- Ian Lai '02; Staff: Erica S. Pfister '00, Agnes these goals important or very important. mer must engage themselves more overtly in Hop Artist Busta Rhymes to Headline' Borszeki. The unsettling part of the survey is the seeking and espousing the ideals of a liberaf Spring Weekend Events"] incorrectly students' response to the question, "To what education, as this will engage and entice oth- stated that Rhymes last album 'was OPINION STAFF extent has your MIT education improved the ers to similar breadth of discovery. The "When Disaster Strikes." His most Editors: Michael J. Ring '01, Naveen following types of knowledge and abilities?" administration must produce the leadership recent album was in fact "E.L.E. The Sunkavally '0 I; Columnists: Julia C. In what I would consider a great failure of any and resources necessary to alter the staid envi- Lipman '99, Eric J. Plosky '99, Elaine Y. FInal World Front." Wan '01, Veena Thomas '02, Kris Schnee uoiversity and egregious in the case of a ronment which has produced these statistics. '02; Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, Dawen Choy '00, Seth Bisen-Hersh 'ai, Andrew J. Kim '01. SPORTS STAFF Editor: Shao-Fei Moy '98. '.~ ,f ...4IJ'" _~. t", ~:: .', ~.'i': . ' •• ".' I ' .....~ .,Ir, ~ ..,,':."" ...... :i ....! f ..~:l.'.,;1 .... 1"'1 ARTS STAFF . , Editors: Joel M. Rosenberg '99, Satwiksai Seshasai '01; Associate Editor: Bence 'P. Olveczky G; Staff: Thomas Chen G, Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. Millman G, Roy Rodenstein G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, Teresa Huang '97, David V. Rodriguez '97, Mark Huang '99, Kate Samrandvedhya '00, Fred Choi '02, Daniel J. Katz. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Editors: Gregory F. Kuhnen '00, Rebecca II", Loh '0 I, Annie S. 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He then muttered government" in society is really "the role of Kris Schnee that because "we're a more civilized society," the people", any move to shrink the federal Housing we Americans don't treat our own "disposable government is actually undemocratic, and the I was excited when I first saw the posters people" the way other nations do - "we just current attacks on our "era of big government" advertising Noam Chomsky's upcoming throw 'em in jail on various fraudulent [crimi- are little more than a corporate conspiracy. ( . Failures speech. I'd heard of him before, as the author nal charges] instead of sending out the death I found Chomsky's positions so intriguing of some brilliant work on linguistic theory. I squads." I was so startled to 'hear this and that I looked up more of his work online. I was eager to hear him speak on these topics. write it down that I missed his analysis of read through an interview titled "Expanding Dan McGuire But his speech's topic was "Pillars of World "what the Cold War was really about." My the Floor of the Cage." "There is a very com- Order: Fifty Years of the U.N., World Bank, guess is that it was not, for Chomsky, about mitted effort," he argues in it, "to convert the The Undergraduate Association and the IMF, and Declaration of Rights." A friend defeating communism. U.S. into something which has the basic struc- Interfraternity Council inaugurated the begin- explained to me that Chomsky doesn't pub- The idea that the United States encourages ture of a Third World society," with many ~'''ning of the new term by tacitly acknowledg- licly speak much about his main field of study freedom and democracy throughout the world "superfluous people." Whoever is behind it is ing the collapse of the student government's these days. Still, a celebration of fifty years of reminded Chomsky of "medieval and my tho- using crime, making people worry about it role in the ongoing debate about MIT's hous- "world order" sounded interestil)g, so I went. logical dogma." He argued those who believe specifically to make people "hate and fear one ing system. The move was not unexpected, At the lecture, I pushed through the in American benevolence ignore the obvious another" so that "they don't notice that some- • but depressing nonetheless. crowds to a table selling some of Chomsky's facts. The facts, of course, were that America .thing is wror.g and do something about it." Last fall, Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow books. There were several criticizing routinely acts in underhanded and even I realized that I now know the origin of an '72 announced that MIT would hold a public_ American foreign policy or the American malevolent ways. Specifically, he says the old stereotype: the ivory-tower professor, a ""contest to determine the future form of MIT's economy, one about "thought control in U.S. government has tried to overthrow demo- man who spits on the country which pays his undergraduate residence system. MIT made democratic societies", and an aptly named cratic elections in Third World nations salary, invents things on which he relies, and almost no pretense of going through the bod- biography called "Life of Dissent". Strangely, because they chose to elect "parties of the allows him to speak out without fear. But I ies that ostensibly represent s~dents: the IFC, I saw no sign that MIT's Institute Professor of poor" (a phrase he used repeatedly, probably wasn't ready to condemn him entirely. • Dormitory Council, and the VA. Members of Linguistics studied linguistics at all. Next to as a euphemism for "communist parties"). Despite his apparent view of America as the the UA and the IFC, instead of trying to create that table was another table covered with non- Chomsky said the International Monetary root of all evil, he is a valuable contributor to a more active role for their organizations in Chomsky political tracts for sale, with an Fund is also a tool for manipulating govern- the ongoing national debate. It is worth think- ,..the design process, instead jumped ship and anarchical bent. There was an interesting ments, and that President Clinton even per- ing about problems with our foreign policy, formed teams to tackle the problem as free- bumper sticker on display telling me that, "If sonally orchestrated the overthrow of for instance. If our country really is guilty of lancers. voting could do anything, it'd be illegaL" Indonesia's former President Suharto for dis- unscrupulous deeds throughout the world, we The administrators' decision to go to the When I found the professor's speech on obeying IMF orders. need people to publicize them, so that we can . students directly rather than work with the TV, he was talking about the global economy . Routinely, Chomsky said,. the U.S. disre- root out this corruption and wrongdoing. I student government is easy to decipher. In He mentioned a recent meeting of the "G 15" gards "international law" passed by the United respect Professor Chomsky for that, at least. past meetings, the UA, the IFC, and [sic] nations, sixteen semi-powerful countries Nations and ignores the decisions of the But then, what does he hope to accomplish Dormcon have proven themselves to be sin- trying to plan their own economic health and World Court. Somehow, these laws apply to with his work? Does he act out of civic duty? ~gularly ineffective. The IFG effort opposing growth but, he said, being deliberately kept us whether we have agreed to be bound by the He declares: "The federal government. .. is Vest's decision has petered out. The UA down by American investors working in con- U.N. or not. What does our defiance in foreign fundamentally illegitimate ..." A true patriot, decided to bring out the big guns months cert to suppress market reforms. I was even policy make us? Says Chomsky: "We are a then! I after the issue had already been decided and more surprised when he discussed the eco- violent, lawless, criminal rogue state." Noam Chomsky may be a brilliant linguist has yefto develop a .coherent plan on where nomic class structure in many nations: a There was some material about domestic and will continue to improve our understand- it wants to go after getting back the results of small, wealthy elite, a lower class of "dispos- politics as well. I found most interesting his ing of how we speak. But as for how he the referendum it held in the fall. Dormcon, able people," and a group between them analysis of the reason behind modem conserv- speaks, as for his strange brew of socialism &as always, is absent. So why should busy wfiich was "somewhere between survival and atives' attempts to reduce the power of the fed- and anarchy - I think I'll stick to something administrators take timil'out to deal with suffering"- the strangest phrase I'd ever eral government. He argues since "the role of more moderate. groups that can't offer any particularly com- pelling ideas or promise to whip their con- I stituents into. line if a sufficiently sweet com- promise solution is offered? Pennies from Hell The reps' figuring is similarly easy to 'i-read. Early on, they managed to create hand one penny over to the cashier. This works picked up were still sitting in my change jar. noisy, undirected student protests. But noth- Veena Thomas for an extra two cents, perhaps even three. Four And good luck? I wasn't going to get good ing came of them, and the average 'student ------pennies becomes a little trickier. If I need to' luck from a piece of metal. And why were all decided that his or her time would be better Cleaning out my room, I came across pay $2.39, either I can dig out nine pennies and ' those pennies on the street anyway? No <;me 'spent elsewhere. The most recent joint IFC?, .something.innocentl)11.ying in the comer. But ....ris!4incurring the wrath of both the cashier and ever sees.a ,ten dollar bill lying arpund .in. the UA protest 'consisted of one rep thru~!i!lg •. r~n clpser irf~IlI~tio~tHe smhU, .circui?/-~ th'; people in line behind me, or I can swallow street. Just.pennies. orange ribbons at passing students while a object turned out not to.?e ,.~o)npofent after my pride, spend four dimes, get one penny Those take-a-penny-leave-a-penny jars are few other politicos hung out near a table all. It was a penny.' back, and appease everyone but myself. a good idea for some, but I don't like them holding hot cocoa to refresh the crowd that I can hear you scoff, "A penny? A penny is I didn't realize how obsessed I was over either. I suppose they provide a way for me to never materialized. innocent! ,What has a penny ever done to eliminating spare change until I went to a get rid of the pennies I receive in change by The student government members have you?" I could have forgiven one penny. But as store with my sister. We waited in line togeth- leaving them in the jar. But in addition to -"decided that their organizatio~s are politically I continued to clean my room, I found another er as she stood there with a pile of spare being obsessive-compulsive, I'm also cheap. bankrupt. The best thing to do, they figure, is one in the opposite comer. change in her hand. The bill required thirty.- Why should I give a~ay my hard-earned to simply go through the motions ,of gover- Both were heads up, which to some people six cents in change,- which I noticed she could penny just so a total stranger can take it? I ~nance while trying to effect real change on the might mean good luck. But to me, there is easily pay exactly with what she had in her might hate my penny, but it's still mine. side by forming design teams. We may well nothing lucky about a penny. Pennies are the hand. But instead, she handed over two quar- I vividly recall my proudest penny be the only institution in the country where most useless form of currency. Even the ters to the cashier, and received a dime and moment. It was a seemingly ordinary after- the real decisions are made by student govem- strange and inconvenient Susan B. Anthony four pennies back. Four pennies? Oh, no! noon in January when I headed to the Coop . ...ment reps moonlighting from their jobs as dollar can be forgiven because it's worth a As we left the store I realized that I was After presenting my purchases to the cashier, representatives of the student body. dollar. It can buy a soda. A penny can't buy practically shaking. She didn't have to get she told me the total came t,o be $12.13. I These events are symptoms ...of.a more anything anymore. Even penny candy costs those pennies! She could have gotten rid of a immediately found the twelve dollars, but serious set of problems. The first is that the more than that nowadays. penny, instead of acquiring more. I tried to then said the words that I say so often, the 'administration seems to have decided that I hate change in general, but pennies are explain this to her. She told me, in no uncer- words that every cashier dreads: "Let me see the official organs of student governance do the worst. I am so anxious to get rid of all of tain terms, that I was insane. if I have some change." There was no one in not have any credibility, either on their own my change that I carry around some of it with When I was younger and the world seemed line behind me. I fished around in my wallet, ,.or as representatives of the student body at me, and I attempt to pay for everything in br:ighter, I believed in the power of a lucky in my backpack, and in my spare change large. exact change. I don't mind receiving a quarter penny, especially one found hea '1student input in this matter is important. In order to get student input, it's providing An End to Political Correctness everything from staffers and money to she was sexually harassed by a painting or the wisdom of the day. It's accepted without Judges for the contest. Julia C. Lipman six-year-old boy thrown out of class for sexu- question that offending everyone is a desirable What will happen when the administration al harassment. goal, that anything else is dishonest or sani- decides to take up less earthshaking issues I still remember that day in 1990 or 1991, Sometimes, PC humor can be innovative tized. But every third-grader knows, or should that involve student's welfare? The answer when Newsweek arrived in the mail bearing and funny. But far too often, humor based on know, that tossing a few barbs at the popular 'twill probably be nothing. The idea of a dire warnings about a new McCarthyism that poJitical correctness becomes unfunny and, kids doesn't make it okay to taunt the shy kid "housing design contest" is un'precedented, threatened free speech on college campuses, a well, strident. It's hard to read James Finn in the comer. and is a product of the extraordinary times new thought police that could have you boot- Garner's bestseller "Politically Correct And sometimes, being "politically incor- ,that we're going through. It's doubtful that ed out and thrown into sensitivity camp for' Bedtime Stories" now without embarrassment rect" is seen as a substitute for judgment or similar programs will pop up every time a any act of thoughtcrime. As' a First that we thought it was so funny back in '94. insight. Bill Maher, who has built an entire dean needs to make a decision about student Amendment absolutist 13-year-old and an The same goes for those countless lists of "PC career around the term "politically incorrect," welfare. Orwell fan besides, I thought this "political terms," fo'rwarded over e-mail or sold as uses the title of his show to deflect every criti- It While these problems.are not new, the correctness" movement was about the most books. The fact that most of them were cism of it. He summarizes, "Politically incor- housing issue has highlighted the rot that doubleplusungood thing to happen to free invented by right-wing humorists rather than rect means not flinching from saying what permeates student government. We are speech since the Chicago police attacked earnest left-wing academics doesn't help. actually is." going through one of the most intensive ~emo~trators at the '68 Democratic conven- So why isn't a lot of anti-PC humor actual- By making fun of liberals for insisting on "redesigns of housing in 50 years. Student hon .. ly funny? One view, held by many liberals, is terms like "differently abled," the right wing reps recognize this and are participating in Since then, I've figured out that there real- that satire is meant to be used by the power- has come up with the most effective and pop- it. But the student government as an' orgarii- Iy isn't a "PC movement" and that complain- less against the powerful, and when the order ular euphemism of the decade. Nothing is ever .zation has yet to rouse itself into action. A ing about your fellow studen(s prominently is reversed it's no longer true satire. But this racist, or sexist, or needlessly raunchy, or just government that cannot address its con- displayed Confederate flag doesn't constitute view fails to explain, among others, H. L. plain cruel anymore; it's "politically incor- stituents' most important concern' - hous- a violation of the First Amendment any more Mencken and Ambrose Bierce, who managed rect." No longer even just a rallying cry for ing - is not one that can address the other than complaining about your neighbor's to be great satirists in spite of their misogyny, the right, the phrase has devolved into a ''\-issues that pop up over the course of the prominently displayed plastic flamingo does. anti-Semitism, and utter contempt for the meaningless term that simply cries, "Look at year. This state of affairs ~annot continue. New stories about PC gone awry have been common people. The real problem is that a me! I'm being daring and provocative!" It's Students deserve effective government. If ,s~arce these days, leaving the anti-PC crowd true satirist must,also be an individual, fight- time to scrap this tired phrase ,that has more ..th,e existing structures cannot deliver it, they to rely on tried-and-true standards, like the ing the conventional wisdom of the day. PC- than served its purpose, and the mentality that should eitlier be ref Godmother She is surrounded by warring factions, both words, one glance, speaking volumes. that by the end of the film his mere presence By Vladimir Zelevlnsky political and religious, and has to sutTer treason This strategy - withholding the epic in a scene speaks volumes. Another STAFF REPORTER and backstage machinations, all while trying to scope and telling the story via minute details Shakespeare in Love thespian, Joseph Directed by Shekhar Kapur. survive attacks from France, Spain, and the - is paramount in the visual aspect as well. Fiennes, is very good as well, but it took me a . Written by Michael Hirst. Vatican, not to mention domestic foes. Kapur rarely gives master shots, instead keep- while to stop thinking about him as Will With Cate Blanchett. Geoffrey R{lSh. Joseph What Elizabeth goes through is similar to ing them tight and perfectly framed, once in a Shakespeare. Fiennes. Richard Attenborough. Christopher what Michael Corleone has to go through: while even keeping the main action blurry in' I was somewhat less than riveted by,! Eccleston. Her transformation, from the trusting young the background while focusing on an object to some scenes in the second halfof the movie; girl who dances in the fields with her friends the fore. The cinematic techniques work quite since I knew how the Virgin Queen fared in Ottoknock Merchant and Ivory, but the to the cold and calculating monarch, is the well with the narrative flow, better than most real life, and the narrative became pre- best period dramas are the ones directed main storyline. And the climax - a series of recent movies. dictable, the only things that kept the movie /~ by those who can provide the artistic cruel deeds cut with scenes of the master- And this camera work helps save the day going were acting and direction; at least, Nsensibilities complementary to the his- mind praying in church - feels like a direct when the narrative falters. Elizabeth is some- until the very finale. torical setting. The results were superlative when quotation. To be fair, I'm not accusing what overwritten and overplotted, a rare prob- The finale is stunning. When Elizabeth Martin Scorsese directed The Age of Innocence Elizabeth of creative pilfering, since the lem in modem films, with the entire middle sec- finally morphs into the historical person we . and lain Softley did The Wings of the Dove. scene is still quite original. tion devoted to many characters scheming know her to be - one of England's two most This fall saw the release of another movie which Kapur's style of directing is fresh, and against each other. It's always lucid and usually important rulers, the woman who built the falls into this category: Elizabeth is directed by provides an eyeful even when the story hits a interesting; the problem is that it's never really country into a dominant world. power - the ; Shekhar Kapur, primarily known as the director weaker spot. Elizabeth is concerned with epic profound. The characters don't seem to matter ending achieves dazzling brilliance. It's per- of the Indian outlaw story Bandit Queen. And events, grand on scale and importance. It much, at least when compared with the events fectly clear that what we're witnessing is noth- while I didn't see it when it was first released, I would take a film twice as long and five times they participate in. This happens because the ing else than the creation of future - the rise got a second chance after it received a Best as expensive to put all of the historical hap- screenplay attempts to tell about actual events of absolute monarchy from the ruins of reli- > Picture Oscar nomination. The attention this film penings on screen with at least some degree (or a reasonable facsimile of such) and creates gious and territorial squabblings. Both is getting is very much deserved. of authenticity. Kapur does it the opposite the characters to fit the storyline. This is a rather Blanchett and Kapur nail the scene, but the Kapur brings to Elizabeth visual inventive- way, by emphasizing telling details, most of complicated task, and doesn't quite feel natural. most important element in it is the ethereal ness and a sense of historical immediacy, which them throwaway, all of them rewarding. A The actors do much to hide this fact. music by Mozart. I can't think of a better ., helps keep this historical drama from feeling good deal of plot and character motivation Blanchett, on screen almost every minute of musical choice than his Requiem to end this like a historical drama. Instead, Elizabeth feel rides on unspoken thoughts, communicated the film, gives a totally seamless perfor- story. The music bridges from the sixteenth more like The Godfather, since the similarities through brief glances. I especially liked when mance; I believed she was the true ruler of century to the eighteenth, and by extension, to _f are remarkable. This is the story of innocent one of the characters, after a sudden wave of .England. Supporting cast fares almost as the twentieth. This is really why I like good . young princess Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), who poisonings in court, courteously refuses a well, with the real standout being Geoffrey historical dramas: At their best, they are not J is suddenly thrust into the throne of England. glass of water offered by a potential foe - no Rush, who c~eates a characttH. so' powerful about their time, but aoout ours. J t.~~ t ...... t~ ••~. If.'.,...... MOVIE REVIEW appealing in a low-key role, but her subplot is entirely superflu- ous. The lead is utterly forget- · Office Space table, with his only feature being funky-looking eyebrows. But it's the second half , .Judge's bite toothless where Office Space start disin- By Vladlinlr Zelevlnsky tegrating quite rapidly, after it ~.. STAFF REPORTER becomes clear that Judge isn't Written and directed by Mike Judge. even interested in satire, spin- With Ron Livingston, Gary Cole, Jennifer ning instead an obvious and Aniston. tedious plot about his charac- ters attempting some kind of a atire closes by Sunday night, 'and that payback on the company by doesn't bode well for movies. Perhaps uploading a computer virus. . this is why satire is the most underrep- This results in [shudder] the t' f • resented genre in modern filmmaking. characters Growing, Maturing, S and Learning Important Life Last year, we had the relatively unnoticed (and, notably, financially underperforming) Lessons. Hugging commences. • ' Wag the Dog and Bullworth, and that's about The narrative falls apart . it. Now Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead, Even then Judge manages King of the Hill) tries his hand at it, and flunks two rather neat sequences, the it. Judge displayed his skill at creating exciting only ones which display some characters in King, and healthy viciousness visual wit, namely the upload with B&B. And while you'd think he'd do a of the said virus, done like a good job with the trials and tribulations of the Mission: Impossible segment, .' office space minions, Office Space is just replete with slow motion and , entirely too nice. sound effects, and a brutal Ron Livingston stars as a computer programmer In Office Space. The story is that of corporate drone Peter revenge which the characters Gibbons (Ron Livingston), who gets a major first half, Office Space bubbles merrily along, rather pointless sequences. Still, the first half exact on a faulty fax machine. •• attitude change at the hypnotist when stressed content to point out the ridiculous details of its is rather agreeable, buoyed by an excellent The ending is rather obvious and not very and panicky existence segues into a nirvana milieu; but it never reaches the boiling point, performance by Cole, who already demon- engaging, and the story really feels like a . state. Now he sleeps in, skips meetings, thus remaining realistic. strated his amazing talent for mimicry in The squandering of a great idea. The most interest- ignores dress code, pays zero attention to his My question is: Why? Sure, I could easily Brady Bunch Movie (he played Mike) and A ing plot tangent - when Peter mentions that boss (Gary Cole, amusingly deadpan), and relate. to the workspace drones of Judge's cor- Simple Plan. Here, with his delivery droll and from now on he won't be doing anything he skips work to romance Joanne, a waitress in porate anthill, but it all makes for a rather uninflected, each line starting with drawn out doesn't want to, like paying bills and such - is the diner next door (Jennifer Aniston). low-grade hilarity, with smiles of recognition "Yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhh," continuing with not developed at all. The heart of Office Space t f Judge has a sharp eye, and his recreation aplenty, but with real laughs coming only some inane request, and ending with "that'd is, of course, entirely in the right place, but the of the cubicle universe is note-perfect. The. once in a few minutes. Satire can't pull beeee just greeaaaaaaaat" he .is a shrewd execution is listless. This movie ends up being minor details (the boss who never parts with punches; it can't be mild, and it certainly can't comic creation. cute and easy, and that's not the best choice for his coffee mug, the fight for a better stapler, leave the impression of being loose and limp. The rest of the characters are rather bland, what cries out to be a ruthlessly funny satire. I• the pink-slip-wielding consultants, the point- This movie does. looking rather like lifeless cartoons, with no As a postscript, I'd like to mention that I less morale-building slogans) are great, and At 88 mi~utes, is feels long and under- more than two character details to distinguish wrote this whole review without mentioning herein lies a certain problem. For most of itS cooked, with undercranked tempo and many them from each other. Jennifer Aniston is very Dilbert even once. Uhh, until now. Oops. ~,-MUSIC REVIEW hummable pop tunes, including the stum- album: Seven is another peaceful ballad, one bling rhythms and distortion of Birthday that doesn,t sound quite as empty Crucible, Girl, and the fourth track, Lipstick, which and my favorite track, Hooray, only features ·Imperial Teen manages to be driving and restrained at the about five lines (including "Hooray for you, same time. hooray for you, looking black, turning blue") After these four songs, however, comes which are repeated in various orders for ~...Catchy tunes and pleasant mrprises the first surprise of the album, as a mysteri- seven minutes. At fir~t glance, this would ~y Daniel J. Katz opportunity for success has come, in the form ous flute sample ushers in Alone In The . seem like overkill, but the addition of over- STAFF REPORTER of their new album What Is Not To Love Grass, seven minutes of eerily muffled driven guitar noise and screaming vocals here's a Rretfy g~d chance that these (London/Slash) and' an opening slot on the grunge with a menacing bass line and inter- develop the song into a delectable piece of .' ~ '\. lyrics",ri~,g ~ beq,,.~~! y~,!~c:~m:!\Fon- ~a!ily'p-.M!lnso}~IH~~e !o.u_r,.,~hi~~ .w~ll. t~ll mittently piercing guitars. Imperial Teen's organized chaos . . n~ct.a bano',s na,me to ~hem: "You're into the Worcester ~entrum on April 9.. vocals are tender and harmonic, and the The majority of What Is Not To Love is Tone, y~u're one, peace and love anq Most of the publicity for this album effect in this song is wonderful, as whispers made up of inviting three-minute pop songs empathy ... " ... should come from its first single, Yoo Hoo, a and echoes of lyrics like "the animal bites that 'set in with a riff, verse, and chorus, and Imperial Teen's You 're One became a steadily grooving toe-tapper which can cur- only if. you provoke it, are delicately laid get out before you have the chance to get minor alternative radio hit in 1996, but rently be heard in commercials for the movie over the instrumentation." The vocals are bored (a style that reminds me of Elastica, despite critical acclaim for the band's debut Jawbreaker. Any listener expecting more of also nice in the next track, Crucible, but whose new album sadly was never released .•; album, Seasick, they never .really broke into the same on the album will be pretty much while the song is very pleasant and relaxing, last year). But the deviations from this norm the mainstream. Now ImperialTeen's second unfazed by its first four songs, all quick and it breaks the momentum of the album som~- are a breath of fresh air, creating an enjoy- what, and might have been better placed at able album which functions well for casual the end. listening, but which draws you in at the same There are more intriguing moments on the time . ..' "J • f IJ •••• l'l~' ~1 ..It I l', 1; ~ I 't ~ ; t .' .. .~ f. ,1 I' • Page 8 THE TECH THE ARTS February 26, 1999 .t. VIDEO GAME REVIEW Gauntlet Legends Hours ofju~for everyone By Josh Blttker allows the accumulation of experience, levels, ( HAIRJIAi ... and completed missions. Each player can The success of a video game can be mea- select initials and a password, which allows sured by how much money it brings in and by characters to be built, improved upon, and how enjoyable it is to play. Gauntlet Legends saved for later. One of the reasons this game is wins on both counts. It has action that is as such a great money maker is that it becomes addictive as many of the other well know hits easier the more you play, since your character around today. Unlike some modem simulation becomes more powerful and can more easily games that require an investment of dollars at defeat the lower levels of the game. a time and provide 45 seconds worth of play, Saving characters reveals special abilities Legends provides the feeling that something is as each character gains more experience. The I. being accomplished while pulling the coins four basic characters are the same as the origi- from your pocket. nal Gauntlet, warrior, valkyrie, archer, and A remake of the original Gauntlet from the wizard, each with its own advantages and dis- 80's, Legends is another great example of advantages. However, at higher levels, each how far video game design has come. The becomes more powerful and unique. The wiz- best features from the original game, includ- ard can become a mage at level 10, and at ing 4 player cooperative play, the omnipresent even higher levels, characters such as the war- voice providing advice (and imploring you to rior and valkyrie can become a minotaur or sink more money into the game), and enemies tigress. Individual ability.points like strength such as Death are all revisited in this version. or magic can also be purchased with gold col- (Death steals 100 points if you don't use lected during play. magic on it. and each 50 cent credit buys 500 Even without playing for hours to reach health: in what other game can you say that these levels, Legends is much more involved Death costs 10 cents?) In addition, there is a that the original Gauntlet because of the many rich storyline and a great improvement on powerups and special attacks available. game play and involvement. Unlike the original. where each player could The goal of the game is to collect the 4 only have one powerup at a time, Legends keys required to open the Altar of Skorne. as allows multiple powers and attacks. It is pos- well as the 12 rune stones to defeat the enemy sible to be an invisible, invulnerable mage found there. There are 4 realms to choose with five way shot and acid breath. from, each with several levels. The rune Special attacks have also been upgraded. '.I stones are hidden throughout the realms, Magic can be used to form a longer lasting GREG KUHNEN-THE TECH John Plourde explores a desert city In Gauntlet Legends. - - while the keys are held by tire bosses at the shield to kill enemies in addition to blasting .end of each realm. everyone on the screen. Even more impressive argue when items are stolen. Some of the sary to stand sideways to play with four peo- There are several more subtle themes are the turbo attacks, controlled by a power more interesting powerups are anti-Death ple, resulting in more confusing control. throughout the game. Each player control cor- meter that slowly regenerates. Allowing three power, which lets you steal life points from Clearly, however, a lot of people are Will- responds to a color (red, blue, green, and yel- levels of power; these special attacks are Death, and the Pojo egg, which lets you ing to spend a lot of money on this game, as low) and each color corresponds to one of the unique to each character, allowing attacks become Pojo, the fire-breathing chicken. indicated by the fact that there is often a., four realms (mountain, castle, forest, and such as the wizard's demon skull or the There are some problems with the game crowd around the game, both playing and pyramid). The appearances of each character archer's amusing BFG (a well known play of the arcade version. One of these is the watching while waiting to play. Fortunately varies depending on the color being used; for acronym to assassin types). difficulty in coordinating all four players at for all of our wallets, this game is coming out example, yellow characters have an Egyptian Other humorous elements have also been once. The screen will zoom out as players for Nintendo 64 and Sony Playstation this" look to them. added to make for interesting play. To play on move apart, but there is a limit to this, after spring. Sony will only support two player One of the best and most attractive the common problem of one player stealing which players can be trapped on opposite simultaneous play, eliminating one of the 'best improvements to the game is the ability to save the treasure in a chest another player has sides of the screen. While this encourages features of the game, but Nintendo will sup- \ characters and return to them later on. This opened, the voices of the characters now cooperation, it makes the reality of the game port four player play, tqe .way the game is " FOOD REVIEW less impressive. Another difficulty is in using meant to be. The anticipated release date for the joysticks for the two outer players on the Nintendo is May, 25: Fortunately for students, game. The sticks are calibrated such that this is after finals\this year-='or(many grades, .' )....., l ~l • towards the screen is forward, but it is neces- would ~doubtdtiy~uffer.; ~\ .. Burdick Chocolates' " . Chocolate to diefor By Kate Samranvedhya you return again and again. STAFF REPORTER Everything about Burdick Chocolate L. A. Burdick reminds me of the best-quality French small Handmade Chocolates chocolate producers. They are good, rare, and, 52 Brattle Street for a chocolate fan like I am, to-die-for. And Cambridge, MA now, chocolate of such quality is right here in Harvard square, not New York, not Paris. s I was looking for a perfect place to To sample his chocolate, make sure you write on a cold winter night during get one of the inch-high mice. Each mouse Valentine's weekend, I saw a petite comes with almond ears and a silk tail. The A Chocolate shop on Brattle. street. It dark chocolate mice have the orange tint, reminded me of a' small artisan shop in while the milk ones have dark chocolate with Europe. I knew then, I'd found my romantic mocha, and the white chocolate mice are filled Valentine's place. with dark chocolate and cinnamon. They are I went in for a cup of certainly one of the cutest edible mice. hot chocolate. This past Valentine's, Burdick made a Mr. Burdick special selection of stacks of hearts. Three was not I' _ .. ---- wooden heart-shaped boxes were filled there for/ \ ..... ~ with dried fruit: dipped in chocolate in the an inter- \ largest heart, assorted chocolate in the view, but his.' middle heart, and three chocolate mice hot chocolate /. ;::K in the small heart. The stack was tied spoke for the \: ;'/1 with sheer red ribbon. The stacks of fine quality of \ l' hearts were sold out quickly. Yet, I Burdick choco- am sure that Burdick will present late. Topped with l his chocolate lovers with some- the foam of ~' thing more exciting each time. I steamed milk, his \ h ..r ...... --... ~. can't wait for Easter. hot chocolate was t~.' .---- -..-...... Other than assorted rich, thick, and ~ ( '-.... '_. chocolate, which I rec- creamy. Each sip \ ~ ommend, Burdick '~f'..~;.- '\ ..' filled my mouth i--:.~~~..: . \ chocolate offers with the fullness . ~. " hot chocolate of chocolate, . ~.'"'!'~. mix with unlike any hot ~ , ~ . ,-<> ' .. ~ •.•. Burdick cup chocolate I had ever '~. :' ~ ~ , :.t.: \ and saucer, .. ~ ?y,c:'.' . ' .. 1 J Linzer torte, ~~~e ~~~at~:::s~;:-/ ~ 'Yo '~~ ':"'~~:' . .'~~-' .•••. 'a'wv~OOred~eun:b~o:x,~a- fect ~or such a cold winter night. $£'.. LIke any other cafe, BurdIck ~'Cz~ lii:l: _-_-. ~,~ .... _M_' box of 16 mice, Chocolate offers a variety of fine tea, many chocolate-dipped forms of coffee, a choice of fruit salad, and dried fruit, or even a picnic basket of chocolate. perhaps a plate of green salad with prosciutto. The only thing I would recommend is The main attraction, however, is Burdick more tables in his Cambridge branch. I find it Chocolate. Each little piece of Burdick hard to get a seat, especially on a cold night Chocolate is made by hand. Each ingredient when everyone seems to want a cup of hot that goes into his chocolate is of superb quali- chocolate. If you are lucky enough to be seat- ty, such as Valrhona from France. If you think ed, treat yourself with some pastries, which Godiva is good, Burdick has a different, high- are equally good with the chocolate. Drink the er stan~ard. ,\}'hen you have tried his choco- hot chocolate to the last drip and you will see' late, the.taste will linger in your mind, making what lies on the' bottom' of Burdick chocolate . .. ,) 11.•. "" ~ .. "i' ,i ..... , ...l\r ::;" ...... '1 -. c. ,-'February 26, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9 DANCE REVIEW a pretty obvious idea." Tan also relates that were familiar with turntablism who cheered p.m. when four girls began dancing in forma- the idea for showing Anime in the background the DJ as he performed his feats (like tion, "a choreographed dance which often came from a practice gig MITDMC had at taking normal 4/4 tracks and involves i'dentical movements which concen- 'SP@MIT East Campus where it worked well, and that warping them into different trate on the precision of the preformed he got in touch with the Anime club after that. time signatures), most steps." The four (J en Hammock G, Although SP@MIT was scheduled to people stood around Yen-Hong Lim G, Wendy Luo G, and ,Celebrate- begin at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19 and fairly bored as they Vikky Kheifets '00) immediately Maggie Oh '00, the first OJ of the night, start- waited for the dance drew attention and people stopped ~ don~. inebriate ed her set at that time, the doors to La Sala de music to come back dancing to watch them dance to a By Fred Chol Puerto Rico, where the event was being held, on. The final DJ of the latin house track. The routine was STAFF REPORTER didn't actually open until around 9:20 p.m. evening, Shwilly B originally choreographed by Russel he signs for SP@MIT first appeared Even though it made sense for the DMC to (from the Boston area), Jackson of the Fred Astair's Dance . '. around campus a few weeks ago. They wait until there was a decent-sized crowd played a more hardcore Studio of Boston, but was modified to were rather enigmatic, consisting of an before letting people onto the dance floor so techno set which I person- fit the event. Tan says that, "The T"SP" followed by a picture of a cute that the place didn't look dead as people trick- ally enjoyed the most out of Ballroom Dance Team dancers worked ,cartoon character wearing headphones (the led in, many of the people who had come itch- all the music played that night. very hard on this piece and in t ~ITDMC~s logo, "Mixie," creat- ing .to dance had complaints about having to However, there were quite a few peqple who close cooperation with ed by president and founder wait. Fortunately this was the only real did not find the music to their taste, and left the M IT Dance Philip Tan, '01), followed cause for complaint for what turned soon after the start of his set. Mix Coalition. It •ey "MIT." People won- out to be a fun and unique event. Along with playing great music, there were was a unique dered what the picture By the time 1 arrived at La Sala also 4 large platforms, a few feet high, that experience for had to do with "Stupid around 9:30 p.m., there was a .provided extra entertainment. These were set all of us." People @ MIT," the large circle of about 30 people up around the dance floor and those who were Kheifets , phrase usually associat- dancing, as well as the expected feeling particularly inspired to show off their agrees, that ed ~ith the acronym number of wallflowers hanging moves could dance on them. As the evening although the "SPAMIT," but it didn't around watching and drinking went on, more and more people danced on the dancing was t.ake too long for the word soda. Things quickly picked up, platforms in large groups. In addition to the different from .,to be redefined in its new though, as more and'more people platforms, there was,also a screen set up what she normally context. All last week the came. By 10:30 p.m. the dance floor was behind the tables where the DJs were set up. does it was "very MIT Dance Music Coalition, a comfortably full. The evening's DJing was The screen featured various slides, such as the interesting," and that the f group formed to provide opportunities for lead by Maggie Oh, who made her MITDMC one which featured Mixie and the words, transition between their dance and the rest of MIT's student disc jockeys to interact musical- debut without batting an eye. Paragon "Celebrate - Don't inebriate," a point that Tan the dancing was very smooth. The crowd was ly and socially, played music in Lobby 10 and Productions, made up of Dan Wang, an MIT and the DMC feel strongly about. There were extremely appreciative of the Ballroom Dance I{assed out flyers advertising their "Sudden alum, and George Hu (OJ Envy), from the also slides for the DJs names as they per- Team members' exhibtion, and many would 'Party." The flyer described the"event as being Boston area, followed, and then Jeremy formed their sets, and throughout have liked to have seen more from them and a "multi-media spontaneous spinning specta- Warner, '99, performed. The music was a the night anime, provided by other campus dance groups. (Due to unforeseen cle" that would involve the Anime Club, the variety of electronic music, including the Anime Club, was shot circumstances, the Dance Troupe was unable to ~Dance Troupe, the Ballroom Dance Troupe, as progressive house, euro, electronica, up ~n the right side of perform as scheduled). well as two guest DJs. However, the publicity bubblegum, and house/rave techno. the screen. Many of the Overall I found SP@MIT to be very confused more than one reader as to how much To break the possible monotony videos shown were enjoyable. The worst complaints that I had of the event would be dancing as opposed to there were also some hip-hop from compilations were that the music was a little louder than it Iwatching other people dance. Regardless, a tracks played during the night. from the Anime Club, needed to be, the coat situation wasn't ideal, . good number of people turned out for the A notable event of the evening which showcased a and there weren't any snacks to munch on. event, approximately 400-450 in total, and at was the 5 minute turntablist perfor- broad spectrum of gen- The lights, music, and space were club- i.tspeak about 200-250 people at one time. mance of DJ Obi-l (Isaac res, ranging from recent esque, but the variety of music, anime, and t The inspiration for SP@MIT came to Tan Murakami, MIT Alum), based in anime TV series such as Ballroom Dance Team's appearance made last December. He said, "the idea was to have Washington DC. Turntablism, a rela- Neon Genesis Evangelion, the event a truly unique and fun experience. [a first year] anniversary party for the MIT- tively new DJ style, showcases a DJ's abili- to a fantasy movie called, For those of you who like dancing and DMC. Then some of my friends who do ball- ty to manipulate the turntables rather than on Dragon Half. The videos provided missed SP@MIT, we can only wait and see room dancing showed me how some of my producing actual danceable music. Although entertainment for people taking a break from if next year the MITDMC will organize music could be used for ballroom dance, and there were a few people dancing to Obi-l's dancing. another great campus-wide event like this },t,heidea stuck. From there, Dance Troupe was music an~ there were several people who A pause in the dancing occurred at 10:00 one. LECTURE REVI~ lessly aside and raised his .Jt f C ,'" ~'ll ' arms like a career politi- .,1': .a. /}'}I) O~::." _ ;'" l~.oy" " .n cian after a speech, The 'II f/{/O-. I .l I ... audience burst into tumul- tuous applause. TiJ1l n l , ~.nnlVll nlM, Tln.. ls' Crime Wave is a col- £itJ roy n,U es. v/WlllAilllY VI'OO • lection of stories and By Tzu-Malnn Chen time in jail. 'Finally, in 1975, Ellroy was near- essays that were published ly driven insane through drug overuse .. It was in GQ magazine between n the back of James Ellroy's latest then that he decided it was time to clean up. 1993 and 1999. The book ;- book, Crime Wave (Vintage Books, "I'm happy with the way things turned is divided up into four sec- 288 pages, $12), the publisher out," he said. "I turned my life around when I tions, the first which is Odescribes the collection as "written was 29 years old." The cynicism that can be titled Unsolved. It contains ~n prose as wounding as an ice pick." Those found in his books isn't in him. He told me; three non-fictional essays, who have sampled Ellroy's stories know that "There was a leftist pundit, I think, who once each detailing the investi- this description is apt: He writes clearly and said 'Who are we to give up hope?' I'm a gation of a different forcefully, frequently repeating words and hopeful... very happily married guy who tries unsolved murder, includ- 'phrases until they stab straight into the mind. hard to live a decent life." ing that of Ellroy's moth- Ellroy looks like a man who might very On Monday evening, the night of Ellroy's er. Ellroy describes each .well decide to take after somebody with an ice reading, I saw a large group of people stand- case. in a detached and .,pick himself. In the photo on the inside of ing in Lobby 10, looking up at a television clinical fashion, creating a .Crime Wave, he is a large, intimidating pres- screen that, for the moment, was flashing a stark depiction of the har- ence, hunched forward with eyes glaring up at black-and-white advertisement for Networks.' rowing nature of police the viewer. After seeing this picture, one can I found out later that these were people who work. Ellroy makes sure ~easily understand how Ellroy received the had failed to arrive early enough to fit either readers understand what moniker of "Demon Dog of American in the lecture hall where Noam Chomsky was happened in each Literature." scheduled to speak, or in the overflow room unsolved crime. As a I His first novel, Brown's Requiem, was that had been alloc~ted for that talk. As a result, he makes it very published in 198 I. Since then, he has written result, these people were forced to wait for easy for readers to grasp ten other novels dealing with crime and cor- Chomsky's speech to appear on MITV. '-- his.own obsession with his James Ellroy, author of Crime Wave. ruption, including L.A. Confidential, which Ellroy's reading was well-attended, but at mother's death. ,was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. nowhere near the full capacity of 26-100. No The second section is titled Getchell. It onto Contino as a key to his own past. The He has also written a memoir, My Dark matter; immediately after being introduced by .contains two stories, Hush-Hush and Tijuana, result is Hollywood Shakedown,. which fic:.. Places, about his mother's unsolved murder, Associate Dean Perelman, Ellroy strode to the Mon Amour, set in a fictionalized version of tionalizes Contino as its hero. Shakedown which happened in 1958 when Ellroy was blackboard. He picked up a piece of dark pink L.A. in the '50s. Getchell is the caricaturized contains a much different atmosphere than "only ten. At that time, his parents were chalk and proceeded to write in proud letters, anti-hero of both, -telling tales of corruption any of the Getchell stories; this world is dark- divorced, and despite his desire to stay with "Ellroy Rules! Chomsky Drools!" The audi- among the celebrities of that era. His style of er and more serious in tone. Unlike Getchell, his father, Ellroy was forced to live with his ence cheered wildly. ~at set the tone for the narration is more than distracting; Getchell Contino is a three-dimensional character, and .tmother for the majority of each week. As a rest of the evening. has a nasty habit of thinking in alliterative through his explorations, Ellroy again man- result, he grew to resent and even hate Jean Ellroy extolled the virtues of his books in a form, with lines such as, "The truth is my ages to travel the corrupt side of Hollywood. Ellroy. Her death was initially a relief, an act manner not unlike that of a quack doctor moral mandate. Dirt digs define my devotion The final section is titled L.A., and con- which finally gave him the freedom to move preaching his wares. "These books cure to that difficult discipline." It may be difficult tains scathing indictment of 0.1. Simpson, a pinwith his idolized father. AIDS!" he shouted. "These books cure can- for some readers to slog through the sticky wonderfully human look into the workings of However, Ellroy gradually came to realize cer, the common cold and the creeping crud!" morass of words. But if one can accomplish the Homicide Department of the Los Angeles that his life was being molded by his mother,. Holding up a copy of Crime Wave, he that, what's left are two highly entertaining Sheriffs Department, an article about the whether he liked it or not. His obsession with promised, "If each and every one of you buy stories that sketch out an alternative world filming of the movie adaptation of L.A. Ilcrime can be easily traced back to his mother's one thousand copies of this book, you will be where everyone in L.A. has gone comically Confidential, and an affectionate look back at death. "My mother's murder mandated my , ,able to have unlimited sex with each an.d insane with greed. Ellroy's junior high sci1001,\yhich he intellectual agenda. for the next forty years," every p~rson on !his Earth that you desire, Contino is the third section, and cont~ins describes as "my own Camelot." The essays' .?e told me during our interview. As for his every mght for the rest of your lives!" an ~ssay and novella. The essay, "Out of the are wri~ten with'a great deal of passion, and it father? "I became disillusioned with my father Next, Ellroy read an exc~rpt from Tijuana, Past," relates the true history of Dick Contino, is very clear that Ellroy has accomplished over time," Ellroy said. "I understood that he Mon Amour, one of t)le novellas that can be who, in 1947, at the age of seventeen, found more than a simple recounting of fact; was a pathological liar. He doesn't have much found in Crime Wave. Taking. place in the national fame as an accordion player. His rep- imbued in each essay are pieces of Ellroy .allure for me, he doesn't hold any surprises." '50s, the satirical 'story is narrated by Danny utation was tarnished, however, when he was himself. His father died when Ellroy was seven- Getchell, the fictional editor-in-chief of a drafted into the Korean War and fled boot But this should come as no surprise. teen. Ellroy was already a high school sleazy Hollywood tabloid named Hush-Hush. camp out of pure, simple fear. Contino did Whether speaking or writing, James Ellroy is dropout, and he had just dropped out of the Ellroy's grandiose and booming voice match- eventually make it over to Korea, but, the a direct man who allows his actions to be hon-. '~army as we~l. H~s life quickly spiraled down- es that of Getchell perfectly, perhaps because damage had been done. After the war, he estly driven by strong emotion. "The Demon wards i.n a whirlwind of drugs and alcohol. ~e both are exqu~site perform<:!~u~lio J~!l9w how nsy<:r.~ga~n re&~ine~1his ful~t~I~}>gt¥,\~~,Ws.LJ: Dog of American Literature" is not a sham. w.as eVIcted from several apartments~ commlt- to grab attentIon. When Ellroy fimshed read- I EllroY'rjwho faked his way outtof army ser- N-e'itg~r ~~~ rlisfstoti~s 'and iri that 'facr-lies~ :J :. iC,' r .0'1/(['1 10 I 1.1 :"J~n I hVi .;....J)J ~l'J .. J~f ..ted petty crimes-;-and-ended iipooing-som-e- ifig from-liisexeerpt;hellung-the b<50k-~are-.J vice~sl¥ortly befcir~the Vietn~htw~ litci-i~a' tJi elr power. Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS February 26, 1999' tours are also offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. I. Popular Music Permanent Gallery Installations: ~Late Gothic Gallery," featuring a Avalon restored 15th-rentury stained glass Next: 423-NEXT. window from Hampton Court, 14th- I Mar. 4: Soul Brains. $15. and 15th-century stone, alabaster, Mar. 13: Better Than Ezra. $15. and polychrome wood sculptures Mar. 17: rubyhorse. $12. On sale from France and the Netherlands; Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. "Mummy Mask Gallery," a newly Mar. 18: Salt-N-Pepa. $17.50. renovated Egyptian gallery, features f Mar. 19: The Corrs. $15. primitive masks dating from as far Mar. 20: Buffalo Tom. $16. back as 2500 B.C.; "European Mar. 22: Stabbing Westward + Decorative Arts from 1950 to the Placebo. $15. Present"; "John Singer Sargent: • Apr. 3: Love + Rockets. $18. On Studies for MFA and Boston Public sale 2/27 at lOam. Ubrary Murals. " Apr. 9: moo. $15. On sale Feb. 27 Through Feb. 28: "Traveling at 10 a.m. Scholars." Through March 31: "I'll ;-:.. A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston Make Me a World: A Century of The Orpheum Theatre African-American Arts. " Through May Ticketmaster: 931.2000. February 26 - March 5 9: "French Photography: Le Gray to Mar. 13: Jonny Lang. $27.50. Atget." Feb. 14-May 9: "Mary Mar. 20: Jeff Beck. Sold out. Compiled by Joel M. Rosenberg Cassatt: Modem Woman." Feb. 17." May 4: Sheryl Crow + Semlsonlc. Send submissions to ott@th~tech.mJt.edu 01 by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20483. April 11: "Abelardo Morrell & the $32.50, $27.50. On sale Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. Camera Eye." Ongoing: "The Art of Africa, Oceana, and the Ancient Americas"; "Egyptian Funerary Arts . Reet Center Mar. 24: Hepcat. Feb. 26-27: Vivaldi, -The Four Ragtime "People and Computers: Milestones and Ancient Near East Galleries." Tlcketmaster: 931.2000. Mar. 25: Gov't Mule. Seasons.' Stravinsky, Suite from Broadway in Boston at- the Colonial of a Revolution," explores a number Feb. 28: Jimmy Buffett and the 'Pulcinella.' Sold out. Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, of ways computers impact everyday Gallery lectures are free with muse- Coral Reefer Band. Sold out. Axis Mar. 4-6: James Conlon, Boston (931-2787), through March life. In the Smart Machines Theater um admission. Thurs. 11: at 11 Ticketmaster. 931-2000. Conductor. Sarah Chang, violin. 28. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday a multi-media show features NASA's Mar. 3: Rod Stewart. $85.25, a.m., "Baroque Decorative Arts," 1 $50.25, $38.75. Feb. 24: Deejay Punk Roc + Barry Hindemith, 'Konzertmuiik' for through Friday, at 2 and 8 p.m. on Mars Rover, R2-D2, Shakey, Sea presented by Joyce Geary Volk. Mar. 16: 'N Sync. Sold out. Ashworth. $8. strings and brass. Bartok, Piano Saturday, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Rover, and other robots. Through Sat.: at noon, "17th-Century Dutch' Mar. 22-23: The Roling Stones + Mar. 6: Low Fidelity A1lstars. $6. Concerto NO.2. Prokofiev, Suite on Sunday; there are midweek Nov. 30: "Wizards and Their Painting," presented by Amy Goo Goo Dolls. Sold out. Mar. 23: Kid Rock. $9. from -Romeo and Juliet.' matinees on March 10 and 24. Tix Wonders: Portraits in Computing." Daughenbaugh. Sun.: at 2 p.m., "A Mar. 27: Jay-z + DMX + Method Mar. 24: Vast. $7. $15 to $75. Ongoing: "Virtual FishTank: Valentine for Lupercalia: Lovers in " Man. Sold out. Art," presented by Henry Augustine Shear Madness Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Tate. Wed.: at 6 p.m., "Maritime The Roxy Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566- America," presented by Guy Jordan. Warrenton Street, Boston (426- 1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m ..5 p.m. Ticketmaster. 931-2000. Theater -I. Mar. 16: Sebadoh. $13. Jazz Music 5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 Admission $10, $7 for seniors, $5 Museum of ScIence Worcester Centrum Centere Blue Man Group p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at for students with ID ($3 on Wed.). Ticketmaster. 931-2000. Regattabar Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, free for children under 18. Science Pari<, Boston. (723-2500), Mar. 22: Jay-Z + DMX + Method Tickets: 661-5000. Street, Boston, indefinitely. CUrtain and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. The museum, built in the style of a Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-9 Man. $35, $25. Feb. 26-28: The Elvin Jones Jazz is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Tickets $30 to $34. 15ttH:entury Venetian palace, h0us- p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. I Apr. 9: Marilyn Manson + Hole + Machine. Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on es more than 2500 art objects, with Admission free with MIT 10, other- Monster Magnet. $29.50. Mar. 2: Matt Gordy Quintet. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 and 6 emphasis on Italian Renaissance wise $9, $7 for children 3-14 and Mar. 3-6: John Scofield Quartet. p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $35 to and 17th-century Dutch works. seniors. Great Woods Mar. 9: The Riverboat Stompers. $45. Call 426£912 for tickets and Among the highlights are works by The Museum features the theater., Ticketmaster. 931-2000. Mar. 10: The Fully Celebrated information on how to see the show Exhibi~ Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, of electricity (with indoor thunder- Mar. 24: 'N Sync. $39.50 pavilion, Orchestra. for free by ushering. Titian. and Whistler. Guided tours afld./ightning shows daily) and more given Fridays at 2:30 p.m. $24.50 lawn. eompiIter Museum than 600 hands-on exhibits. ScuIIef's Valptnlso 300 Congress St., Boston. (423- Through April 25: "Josiah Ongoing: "Discovery Center"; The Middle East Tickets: 562-4111 American Repertory Theatre at the 6758 or 426-2800), Daily, 10 Mc8heney: The Story of Glass. " "Investigatel A See-For-Yourself \- Ticketmaster. 931-2000. Feb. 26-27: Mari< Murphy & Sheila Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle a.m.-6 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for Exhibit"; "Science in the Park: Feb. 26: One Fell Swoop Jordan. Street, Cambridge (547-8300), in students and seniors, free for chil- Museum 01 Rne Arts Playing with Forces and Motion"; Feb. 26: Psychotic Larry Mar. 4: Victor Mendoza Latin Jazz repertOry through March 17. Curtain dren under 5. Half-price admission 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. (267- "Seeing Is Deceiving." Feb. 27: SchIeigho. Sextet. is at 8 p.m. March 4, 12, 13, 16, on Sun. from 3-5 p.m. Tours daily 9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 Through Feb. 28: "K'NEXhibition.".' Feb. 27: Everything + Heavy Metal Mar. 5-6: Roy HafgrOYe Sextet. and 17, and at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and of "Walk Through Computer 2000: p.m.; Wed •• 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of the Horns. Mar. 13-15: Jimniy Scott. March 7; there are matinees at 2 a working two-story rnodeJ of a PC. Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; World"; "Living on the Edge." Feb. 28: Get High. p.m. Feb. 28, and March 7 and 13, The world's only computer museum; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Through May 9: "Cats! Wild to Mar. 1: Jon Pousette-Oart. and at 10:30 a.m. on March 16. Tix features a collection of vintage c0m- Wing open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 Mild." Mar. 5: Lee 'Scratch' Perry. $23 to $55; discounts for seniors puters and robots with over 150 p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, -. Mar. 18: Blue Oyster Cult. and students. hands-on exhibits illustrating the otherwise $10, $8 for students and Admission to Omni, laser, and plan- Classical Music evolution, use, and impact of com- seniors, children under 17 free; $2 etarium shows is $7.50, $5.50 for ParadJse Rock Club The Master Bu/Idet puters. Featured exhibits Include: after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed. children and seniors. Now showing: Next: 423-NEXT. Boston Symphony Orch6stTa American Repertory Theatre at the "The Hacker's Garage," a recreation after 4 p.m. "Laser Depeche Mode," Sun., 8 Feb. 26: The Nields. Tickets: 266-1492. Tuesdays, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle of a '70s hacker's garage with such Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks p.m.; "laser Offspring," Thurs.-Sat., Feb. 27: Gigolo Aunts. Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Street, Cambridge (547-8300), in items as an Apple I and Pong; "The through all collections begin at 8 p.m.; "Laser Rush," Sun., 9:15; Mar. 8: Eagle Eye Cherry. Fridays, 1:30 p.m. $23-$71; rush repertory through March 21. Curtain Networked Planet: Traveling the 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; "Asian, "Laser Beastie Boys," Thurs.-Sat., Mar. 11: Max Greek. seats $7.50 day of concert. on sale is at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 and March 2, Information Highway," an electronic Egyptian, and Classical Walks" 9:15 p.m.; "Laser Aoyd's Wall," Mar. 12: Rufus Wainwright. Fridays from 9 a.m., Tuesdays and 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 18, 19, and 20, tour of the Internet; "Robots and begin at 11:30 a.m.; "American Fri.-5at., 10:30 p.m.; "Friday Night.~ Mar. 13: Entrain. Thursdays from 5 p.m .. Free tickets and at 7 p.m. March 14; there are Other Smart Machines," an interac- Painting and Decorative Arts Walks" Stargazing," Fri., 8:30 p.m.; Mar. 19: Dance Hall Crashers. for Mil students Tuesday evenings matinees at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 and tive exhibition of artificial intelli- begin at 12:30 p.m.; "European "Welcome to the Universe," daily; Mar. 20: Bany and the Remains. and Friday afternoons, call 638- March 6, 14, and 21, and at 10:30 gence and robots; "Tools & Toys: Painting and Decorative Arts Walks" "Quest for Contact: Are We Alone?" Mar. 23: Silverchair. 94 78 for availability. a.m. March 19. Tix $23 to $55. The Amazing Personal Computer"; begin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory daily. "i-"ebruary 26, 1999 THE TECH Page 11 .Uninsulated Pipe Freezes, Bursts at Baker House By Dan McGuire warm. don't expect the fire alarms and alarms could be a safety risk. "False responded to Wednesday's alarm. CONTRIBUTING ED/TOR Watson said that a permanent solu- smoke detectors to malfunction alarms ... breed false confidence in "When the alarm sounded every- A . sprinkler nozzle burst tion would probably need to wait until because its all very new," he said. "I students,"he said. "lfwe have a real one responded promptly to it. Wednesday evening in Baker the summer to be implemented. 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'" .: ~ •• f. ., ;.{ : !• t (. 1:--;. 1~,1" t I"" Spring 1999' Workshops Include: / - S:PR'ING WORKSHOPS Get a Job: Navigating OCSPA's New On-line System for Campus Recruitment Smart Resumes, Cover Letters, and CV's Offered weekly or bi-weekly throughout the semester Winning Interview Techniques Navigating the Job & Internship ,Market: Effective Job Search Strategies Sponsored by the Office of Career Finding a Place to Start: Self-Assessment Services' and Competencies that Build Leaders in the New Millennium Preprofessional Advising Special presentation for graduate students by Dr. Peter Fiske "To Boldly Go: .Career Planning for Scientists and Engineers", April 9 at 2:00pm http://web. mit.edu/careerl www/calendar. htmI For additional information or to register for one of the workshops, please refer to the OCSPA website. http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.htm I - ..J~ 'to t .. ,., _ .. The February Tech 26,'1999 Page 12 ~MM ... HEY Z\.P?O, OkA"!} BUT "NO FOOD OR.. 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REPRoDUCE ;' GUICI ~ ( f., NoW I HA'IE To STIck A~ 'YoUSURE DADDY,IF MY ARM IN ANO FIX IT. 'nioSE ARE SAY You MAKE TALk ABouT SHEER AGoNY. GoPPI~? 'iliFf No THAT I Look likE MoRE.JokE oNE ... BABY PIRANHA I MoRE o FISH To ME. TIME ... t . I ~ >Co 1.1. .S . '.., Page 14 The Tech (GlIJ(fI)[l)(C(SJ EJlIHRJ IIHIIHSHEB February 26, 1999l- * TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the Mil 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. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at htfp:/ /tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday's Events 8:00 p.m. - The Bala Ensemble. Laxmi, Bharat Natyam dance; T. Viswanathan, flute; '<-" 12:10 p.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. A social get-together of the MIT Gay, Bisexual, D. Knight, mridangam. MITHAS (MIT Heritage of S Asia) & the New Eng Hindu Temple and Lesbian Employees and Supporters group. Send e-mail to [email protected] for loca- presentation. Admission $15, $12-MITHAS/NEHT members/students. Kresge Little tion. Sponsor: GABLES. Theater. 3:00 p.m. - Simulating Molecular Transformations over Catalytically Active 10:00 p.m. - Meet Joe Black. Stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. Surfaces. Matthew Neurock, University of Virginia, Department of Chemical 178 minutes, rated PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. Room 26-100. Engineering. Reception held before seminars at 2:45 p.m. Room 66-110. Sponsor: LSC.. 3:30 p.m. - The "Chunnel" Are: Thermal Spalllng due to chemoplastlc softening In 11:59 p.m. - Chorallarles Annual Concert In Bad Taste. The Chorallaries of MIT step rapidly heated concrete. Franz-Josef Ulm, Professor, CEE. Engineering and out of their a cappella shells for an evening of raucous entertainment lightly sprinkled Environmental Mechanics Group Seminar Series. Refreshments at 3:30. Room 1-350. with raunchy spice. Room 10-250. 4:00 p.m. - Associate Advisor Information Session. Required session for all new appli- cants. Refreshments will be served. Room 5-233. Sponsor: Academic Resource Center. Sunday's Events 4:00 p.m. - Sediment Subduction and Consequences for the Continents. Professor 7:00 p.m. - The WaterBoy. Starring Adam Sandler and Kathy Bates. 89 minutes, rated Terry Plank, University of Kansas. EAPS Department Lecture Series. Refreshments, PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 3:30 p.m., Ida Green Lounge. Room 54-915 Sponsor: EAPS. 10:00 p.m. - Meet Joe Black. Stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. 178 5:30 p.m. - African American and Latlnajo Uvlng History Museum. Asst Profs minutes, rated PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. Thomas Defrantz & Brenda Cotto-Escalera direct a staged pageant celebrating Black History Month (Feb) & Latin American History Month (March). This year's theme is Monday's Events artists & writers. Bush Room (10-105). 12:10 p.m. - Variability of Deep-Ocean Mass Transport: Spe~tral Shapes and Spatial .\.. 7:00 p.m. - The WaterBoy. Starring Adam Sandler and Kathy Bates ..89 minutes, rated Scales. Jin-Song von Storch, GKSS, Germany. Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. Room 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. Seminars at MIT. Room 54-915. 7:30 p.m. - Raise the Red Lantern. Cosponsored by the Women's Studies Program . . 3:30 p.m. - Inertial Confinement Fusion. Riccardo Betti, Associate Professor, 126 minutes, rated PG. 1991. Admission 2.50. Room 10-250. Sponsor: LSC. University of Rochester, N.Y. Refreshments in Room NW12-222 at 3:00 pm. Room 8:00 p.m. - MIT Guest Artist Concert: Avalon String Quartet. Haydn's String Quartet NW12-222. Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering. Op 1, No.1; Schuller's String Quartet NO.3 (1986); Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 4:00 p.m. - Asia's Coming Energy Wars? Energy as a Source of Conflict or 130. Kresge Auditorium. ',- Cooperation. Robert Manning, Director of Asian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations. 10:00 p.m. - The WaterBoy. Starring Adam Sandler and Kathy Bates. 89 minutes, A session of the Working Group on Asian Energy and Security. Room E38-615. rated PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. Room 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. Sponsor: Center for International Studies. 4:00 p.m. - Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing. Prof. Raphael Saturday's Events Reif, MIT, EECS and MTL. MIT-EECS 1999 Spring Semester Colloquium Series. 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Lunch Meeting. Come help us finish up the 1999 yearbook! Drop Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m. Room 34-101. Sponsor: EECS. by and help out, or come see who we are. Lunch provided as always. Elections are coming up, see if you'd like to participate in the 2000 book. W2D-451 (4th floor). Tuesdays Events Sponsor: Technique Yearbook. 4:00 p.m. - The Development of the AMI).K7 Multimedia x86 Processor. Fred 6:00 p.m. - Meet Joe Black. Stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. 178 Weber, Advanced MicroDevices. MTL VLSI Seminar Series. Refreshments in lobby of minutes, rated PG-13, with DTS Digital Sound. Admission 2.50. Room 26-100. room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Room 34-101. Sponsor: LSC. 4:30 p.m. - Macro-Scale Gas Bearing Experiments for the MIT Micro-Engine Project. 7:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. - The Other Y2K: An Ebony Affair. A semi-formal evening of Mr. D. J. Orr, MIT/GTL:Gas Turbine Seminar Series. Refreshments 4:15 p.m. Room drama, comedy, music, and dance sponsored by the Black Graduate Student . 31-161.-Sponsor:" Gas Turbine Lab .... - j:F , - "'- of 1 '. Association. Admission ).2. Walker M¥mori~1 - Mo~s~. Sponsor: £~Iac~~duate " • . 6:30 p.m. -: Certainty~of Context. JoseQh M. Noero. architect. Wash.!bgton University, Student Association, St. Louis. Architecture Lecture Series. R?om 10-250. ,Sponsor: Architecture. Hey Seniors! Hang in there, 'cause Spring E.vents: .. it's only 3/5 Foxwoods 3/12 Senior Friday 3/16 Ragtime 3/30 Bruins Game 99 DAYS 4/2 Senior Friday • 4/7 Celtics Game UNTIL 4/9 Senior Friday 4/16 Senior Friday GRADUA TIONI 4/18 David Copperfield 4/22 Senior Thursday' 4/25 Senior Ball Cinnabons and coffee this 4/30 Senior Friday L. morning in lobby 7for all seniors 5/7 Red Sox Game 5/21 Star Wars 6/2 Dessert at the Aquarium -fit Foxwoods tickets on sale now 6/4 Graduationll * look for new events throughout the terml * at the source -1 -- '" - -- - '------~...February 26, 1999 THE TECH Page 15 .,' . D'Arbeloff Discusses Her Life And Defiance of Gender Roles By Steve Hoberman with over five hundred patents. "My degree in 1961, D' Arbeloff worked (. \ STAFF REPORTER father was not a talker ... he was a for over ten years in the heating No one can accuse Brit thinker and a doer," D' Arbeloff industry. "We were the experts in D' Arbeloff SM '61 of holding said. heat transfer," she recalled. "But it back. Her parents discouraged her was frustrating when all those for- As the first woman to graduate from pursuing a liberal arts educa- mulas I learned to faithfully in with an engineering degree from tioh, worrying that it would not pro- school didn't work." Stanford University, she pursued vide her with the necessary job She then took time off to raise I...... careers in the space, heating, and skills. D' Arbeloff felt her options her children. During this time, she retail industries, and raised four were "to be an engineer or a wrote five yet-unpublished novels children .. teacher." Uninterested in teaching, and enjoyed the adventures of chil- As this year's third Department she decided to major in engineering drearing. "Every one of our children of Mechanical Engineering at college, and received her degree was an individual from day one," Distin'guished Alumni Lecturer, she in 1957. "Stanford was wonderful," she said. "One had the ability to gave a lively but unblinking account she said. swallow yellow veggies but not of the challenges facing female After college, she began to work green." engineers. with rockets: Unfortunately, there She returned to work in 1983 as Gender was an obstacle through- was little progress and even less a systems analyst. "Programming out her career, including her college money'. However, the 1957 launch was the nearest thing to instant grat- and graduate years. "I chose a of the Russian spaceship Sputnik ification I ever experienced," she man's field when there were few changed the industry. Panic about joked. women in it," D' Arbeloff recalled. American inferiority in space-age D' Arbeloff then moved into the "Many of the practices when I start- technology flooded the defense retail industry as a part-owner in a t : ed are now illegal." Despite the fact industry with money. "The space clothing store. Now retired, she that she was first in her class at industry came to my rescue" she lives with her husband, Alexander Stanford, D' Arbeloff was' frustrated said. V. D' Arbeloff '59, who serves as by the failure of so many in her field D' Arbeloff then left for graduate Chairman of the Corporation. to take women seriously or respect school at MIT to work in the field of Although progress has been made their ideas. "Finding a job was heat transfer. Attitudes toward with women in science and technol- DEBBIE CHANG hell," she said. women were not much better than ogy, D' Arbeloff is still adamant International bestselling author James Ellroy gave a talk In those in the workplace. "I was about the need to open the field to 26-:100 Monday. Ellroy Is the author of such bestsellers as D' Arbeloff faced gender bias unable to find [academic guidance] more women. "We must inspire LA. Confidential and Crime Wave. See story page 9. D' Arbeloff grew up in Chicago, here," she said .. them or we will lose them," she the daughter of a Swedish engineer After completing her graduate said. ... CAREER FAIR T [] D A y WANT' TO WDRK F'CJR A STARTUP DR RAPID GROWTH COMPANY? COME MEET COMPANIES THAT ARE SHAPING NEW INDUSTRIES. J THIS IS AN CPCRTUNITY 'YOU DO NOT ~ANT TO MISS. -http://web.mit.edu/necc/ Sponsored by : MIT School of Engieneering II MIT Entrepren eu shl p Cen tet -NEC'C MIT SLOAN .. ..... ... - Page 16 THE TECH February 26,1999 . Former Air Force Head Named Institute Professor By Neena Kadaba The title of Institute Professor, tual life of the Institute or wider aca- Astronautics, all at MIT. She was wings and bodies, acoustics and AssoaaE NEWS EDITOR given to a professor that has "demon- demic community," is the highest the first woman appointed to the aerodynamic noise and aerospace In December, Professor of strated exeeptional distinction by a honor awarded to faculty at MIT. MIT engineering faculty in 1964, vehicle vibration. Aeronautics and Astronautics Sheila combination of leadership, accom- Professor Widnall received her and became the first woman to chair "Being an Institute Professor is a E. Widnall '60 was named an plishment and service, in the scholar- BS in 1960, her MS in 1961, and the faculty in 1979. She was great honor," said Widnal1. She Institute Professor. ly, educational and general intellec- PhD in 1964 in Aeronautics and appointed as the Abby Rockefeller expressed excitement with the Mauze Professor of Aeronautics and opportunity to "go beyond her disci- '.. Astronautics in 1986. From 1992 to pline in fluid mechanics to explore 1993, she served as Associate the policy and system aspects of her Provost. research" and "the increased free- ; From 199:3 to 1997, Widnall dom and flexibility that comes with served as the Secretary of the Air the position." Force. She was the first woman Widnall also plays an active role president of the American in women's groups on campus. ," Association for the Advancement of. Personally, she "welcomes being a Science and is currently the vice- role model, if it will help," and president of the National Academy wants to share her own successful of Engineering. experiences. As Secretary of the Air Force, As one of the leaders in the cre- Widnall worked on a variety of ation of the new ROTC program, affairs of the Department of the Air Widnall commented that the goal of.:.. Force. Dr. .Widnall was also changing the program was to take involved in research prescribed by advantage of all of the resources the President, the Secretary of available. By making it "open to all Defense, and co-chaired the students, the Institute can focus on I Department of Defense Task Force promoting leadership." As someone on Sexual Harassment and who ste'pped forward to expand the Discrimination. approach to ROTC programs, new \ changes are helping to bring parts or" . Research continues at Institute it together, Widnall said. Since returning to her faculty "MIT is uniquely positioned to position at MIT, she has been active play a leading role in national" in the Lean Aerospace Initiative, a affairs. People here work very hard ANNIE CHOI-THE TECH consortium which focuses on in diverse careers." The Anlme Club, Dance Troupe, Ballroom Dance Team, and Dance Mix Coalition joined forces to streamlining the aerospace industry. Widnall described the Institute put on SP@MIT In La Sala de Puerto Rico Friday. The dance featured professional and student Widnall is an expert in fluid dynam- as one of the only places where fac-' .' DJ's. ics and teaches courses in dynamics ulty have the ability to travel and and aerodynamics, aerodynamics of connect to all aspects of their indus- try all:d then share their experience, . with students, creating a different kind of education. When asked about the new EGG DONOR NEEDED Institute-wide changes to the resi-'" dence system, she said "MIT always changes, it is never the same. The fact that it is always changing makes .. it such an innovative place, and I have confidence that MIT is choos- ing the right path for the future." Widnall said that it was a great'.:. honor to be in the company of the other distinguished Institute Professors . . Current Institute Professors'" include Noam'A. Chomsky, linguis- tics; John M. Deutch, ~hemistry; Mildred'S. 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Robinson Various projects planned ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Eventually,. the center plans to 1'\ The Bilingual and Bicultural invite visiting professors and host Studies Series, "Living in Two conferences on bilingualism. Languages," is the first event hosted Next fall, there will be a lecture by the new Center for Bilingual and series given by researchers studying . Bicultural studies, a division of the the bilingual brain, said Professor Department of Foreign Languages Suzanne Flynn, who heads the and Literatures. department. ...: The series includes five lectures De Courtivron said that the cen- from held b~tween Feb. 17 and ter is also hoping to develop oral April 29. Speakers are bilingual histories, such as those collected by authors who have written memoirs the Department of Women's 1 . describing their "discoveries, set- Studies, probably by pairing stu- backs, etc., in going from one lan- dents with bicultural alumni. guage and culture to the next," said "We have lots of ideas which . " Isabelle de Courtivron, professor of link up with lots of other places Foreign Lang~iage and Literatures around MIT," de Courtivron said. and organizer of the Center for She hopes to do cross-disciplinary Bilingual and Bicultural Studies. work with researchers in Women's Eva Hoffman spoke on her expe- Studies, Anthropology, and riences coming to Canada from Linguistics, to name a few. Poland as a 14-year-old Wednesday. "There will be lots of interdisci- On Mar. 11, Nuala Ni plinary fertilization," Flynn said. ... 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New Bilingnal Center Will Provide Baker Reconsiders , . !!~~~ti~~ra!~!g,!!!~P"!~~~~~lPolicy MOOr Incident Pinker, director of the Center for of thinking about how to reach the Baker, from Page 1 ceedings, he said that Baker House Opportunities Program, but will Cognitive Neurosciences. triad; we feel this is a good area to is developing a set of guidelines for , grow quickly in the next few There has been work done in the instantiate it. It fits well into the director for residential life, said that residents who wish to hold parties. ' months and years, Flynn said. It will department with different media for MIT vision of undergraduate educa- the five students cited were current- The guidelines would distinguish incorporate research at muliiple lev- about 15 years, and there are well- tion. " ly involved in the Baker disciplinary between parties held in individual's els, including much cross-discipli- developed web-based programs for "MIT has a large number of stu- process and had been "required to rooms, lounge areas, and the dining nary research, and create a commu- learning several languages already dents who were raised in families attend a two-hour education [ses- hall. nity of undergraduates and other in existence. The center is "building where English was not the first lan- sion] on the use and abuse of alco- "We're trying to facilitate people researchers studying bilingual}sm. on that to some degree," de guage, in this country or outside of hoL" . having fun without stepping on each Courtivron said. She expects it to it," de Courtivron said. "Many are Breen said that he hoped the other's toes," Watson said. '. Course aimed at undergraduates always include "a lot of ongoing interested in finding out more about police take "proactive ... not reac- He said that he is talking to stu- The lectures also serve to com- interactive projects in learning a their heritage so they're very inter- tive" involvement curbing danger- dents to "bring them to an under- plement the coursework of the cen- second language." ested in this." ous behavior because "we don't standing of what their responsibili- , ter's undergraduate class, Currently all the UROP students want something serious to hap- ties are." . Bilingualism: Language, Culture, Student participation sought working in the center are bilingual, pen." The current q;aft of the guide- and Experience (21 F.018), which A major goal of the center is get- but bilingualism is not a prerequi- Watson said the residents of lines is before the Executive explores many aspects of bilingual- ting undergraduates involved in site, Flynn said. Baker "work hard to build a strong Committee of Baker House and will . ism. Students read memoirs by empirical research in linguistics, In a world of globalization, sense of community" and "incidents probably be voted on at the next many authors and "go back and Flynn said. where students may need to speak such as this are rare." house meeting. However, because forth between the scientific and his- De Courtivron referred to the several languages and move Cambridge Fire Chief Kevin the guidelines are non-binding, . torical aspects," said de Courtivron, recommendation of the Task Force between cultures, students will Fitzgerald reminded those present Watson said he is unsure whether who teaches the class along with on Student Life and Learning to increasingly look for opportunities that drinking is flot the only issue. the guidelines have to be voted upon Flynn. Students also study aspects incorporate teaching, research, and such as those offered by the center, "Public safety is the primary issue," to exist. from cognitive science of the bilin- community into learning at MIT. de Courtivron said. Fitzgerald said. The false alarm is the second .. The commission met yesterday major incident at Baker in five morning to decide Qn a course of months. In October, a 20-year-old ...... :..••...... ,...... •.•...... , ..•...... " . action. Executive Officer Richard Simmons College student was taken ...... n ,_ - .0_. . ... ; .. Scali said that the commission has to Massachusetts General Hospital .::.IOtII.::_.!~!III~!.::.:::::.;!: decided to postpone adjudicating the early Saturday morning after issue until MIT has completed its allegedly consuming alcohol at a disciplinary proceedings. "We asked . party in Baker House. [Co-director of the Office of The student was found vomiting Government and Community in a fourth floor bathroom at Relations] Sarah E. Gallop to report approximately I :30 a.m. Campus back and we'll make on decision Police were notified, and after find- then," Scali said. ing her ill but conscious they called Also present at the 'meeting were an ambulance. She was 'taken to Dean for Student Life Margaret R. MGH, where she was treated and Bates; Kenneth F. Winsor, Baker. released, said Kenneth D. house manager; and three Baker Campbell; director of the News House residents . Office. .According to sources at Baker: Baker reconsiders policies House, alcohol was served at the Although Watson could not third floor party, with a number of comment on the disciplinary pro- underage p~ople drinking. 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EM AIL: MAE5-REQUEST8MIT.EDU .. -. .... Page 20 THE TECH February 26, 1999 McGann, Nemzer Will Centralize Mani, /in Attempt To Government and Group Funding Create Friendlkr UA McGann, from Page ] Student Council, and other student streamline the way students are rep- Mani, from Page 1 Mani agreed that events like group meetings. resented in both communications Spring Weekend are vita] to the executive board member of the "With this kind of information and allocations," Nemzer said. cils currently must spend much of campus. He said that this year's' .- Association of Student Activities. available at one place, students McGann and Nemzer also fee] their time fundraising. concert will be "on a par" with He was also integral in the organiza- would be more likely to become that the medica] transport issue is "I don't want funding to be an events at peer institutions. tion of the orange ribbon campaign informed about the issues that affect also an important one. issue" for student activities, said protesting housing freshman on them," McGann said. Currently, the Campus Police are Mani. He hopes to raise student Ticket neutral on alcohol policy campus. McGann and Nemzer also strive only transportation available to the groups' awareness of the UA fund- Mani and Lin do not have a spe- to change the way student groups medical center in the event of an ing and resources available to them. cific platform regarding alcohol poli- Ticket would make VA accessible get funding from the Institute. emergency . Unfortunately, the cies or housing decisions. Lin said' . "We would like to create an "We want to assure the process Campus Police are required to Pair pledges to improve VA that the UA cannot promise "mira- Undergraduate Association that is of receiving funding from Finboard report any suspected illegal activity Mani hopes to develop a more cles." Rather, Mani and Lin want to more student accessible," McGann is fair for all student groups. We involved in the ,incident. "user-friend]y" UA, a process he make sure that students are fully rep- said. plan to increase the flexibility stu- "This sets up a a conflict said current UA President Paul T. resented as the administration makes I McGann and Nemzer plan to cre- dent groups have with allocated between health and lega], issues Oppold '99 began. He supports alcohol and housing decisions. ate a central web site which would money, and we hope to decrease the which should not exist. We believe Oppold's efforts to expand opportu- Last October, Mani ,was person- include information on issues dis- bureaucracy involved in reimburse- that privacy is the best way to nity for student involvement in the ally involved with the riew alcohol., , cussed at UA, faculty, Interfraternity ment," McGann said .. ensure student safety in this situa- UA and said that despite the serious policy as an organizer of an unregis- Council, Dorm Committee, Graduate "Essentiall y, we would like to tion," McGann said. work required, UA participation tered party on the third floor of shouldn't be a "completely non-fun" Baker House during which an experience. underage Simmons College student I •• , He said that he would like to was taken to Massachusetts General have a UA where students would Hospital after allegedly consuming Tax info, toll-free. feel free to "come in and chat with alcohol at either that party or anoth-" , the president." er on the fourth floor of. Baker. In an Echoing this sentiment, Lin said e-mail advertising his' party, Mani Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information the work of the UA Program Board, had offered "all the Fiji punch you of which she is currently a member, can drink." ' I, on about 150 tax topics, 24 hours a day. is moving in the right direction. She At that time, 'Mani said that said that the Program Board's activ- while the party was crowded, the ities, such as the "Take Your crowd was kept under control by Professor to Lunch" program and strict supervision. ~~ Department of the Treasury Spring Weekend, help to unite a Mani said that the incident is ~/linternal Revenue Service campus often divided by living "not relevant to my campaign for http://www. ustreas .9'9v groups and cultural affiliations. the UA." ?1tieaIe, ~~i4~~ tpJ«-. ',~aftIuI 0He tp!4't. ') ttJue tpJ«1 T TRAVEL SERVICES ' a-IcI'.11...... 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He then described to the audi- who openly declared that the United • showing that 95' percent of candi- "The rich are not ordinary per------:"l to the poor coverage received by the ence what he called the "classic States would act alone in military dates who win political office are sons, they are immortal and power- G-15 meetings, a similar series path" of U.S. policy toward other action without United Nations those wi th the most money. ful, and they demand national treat- including powerful but less mon- countries: "you're 'our kind of guy' authorization and even without the "Notice that it's 95 percent in the ment a right that no , 'eyed countries. if you have control, but when you approval of allies. U.S.," he said. "It's not like Russia, flesh-and-blood person can "These are not minor countries," stop following orders and you lose Chomsky quoted a U.S. officer where you can predict the winner demand," Chomsky said. he said. "And you could read about control, you're out." who testified before the World Court with 100 percent certainty." "General Electric can 'function in .~hem, if you subscribe to the leading Chomsky described the United saying, "We cannot accept World Though he joked about the mat- Mexico," he said, "but no Mexican -journal in Egypt. Elsewhere, the States' role in Indonesia toward Court jurisdiction, because other ter, Chomsky made it clear to the can function in New York." media thinks it just isn't important President Suharto as a classic exam- countries do not agree with us." audience that current policy makers The businesses "have a right and enough to report on." ple of U..S. policy. "The flat rejection of the charter yield to the demands of business- responsibility to take over the role rr' Chomsky then explained that "Right as Suharto continued to was blatant but secret in the 1940s," men. of government," Chomsky said sar- what many have called an economic massacre peasants and kill students, Chomsky said. "Now, under He then quoted David castically. "Otherwise, you'd have boom has really been a boom for the the U.S. declared that he was 'OUT Clinton, it's lost all secrecy. Rockefeller, who, when comment- democracy. " rich and an economic failure for kind of guy'," said Chomsky. "But Frankly, the first pillar of world ing on the low number of "Internally, they are tyrannical. everyone else. then he apparently committed a order no longer remains." Americans participating in govern- Quite apart from their continuing "It's a globalization of the Third crime in the mind of the United ment, said, "While the reduction of assault against all good things. these World Model," Chomsky said. States. he apparently just lost con- Government and business con- democratic participation is discour- tendencies, if tolerated, could lead ; '.'You get societies with small trol and allowed for democracy to verge aging, someone has to fill the role of to catastrophe." groups of extremely wealthy peo- come in. Then the U.S. advised that In addition to his talk on U.S. government, and business seems "That's speculation," he said. ple." he give up his power." policy, Chomsky discussed the likely to do it." "What isn't speculation is that these "Greenspan attributed this 'fairy- Chomsky also discussed United Bretton Woods international eco- "That's the opinion from the left tendencies do not have to be tolerat- • tale' economy to greater economic States foreign policy toward Iraq, a nomic system, a system designed to side of the line," Chomsky said, ed. That's a choice." insecurity: a system in which work- mirror of U.S. policy toward deregulate capital flow. ers are afraid to ask for benefits and Indonesia, and the refusal of the Chomsky only briefly reflected , the like for fear of losing their jobs. Pentagon to help clear mines in on the purpose of the system and its < And that contributes to what they Laos. eventual dis,mantling since 1970. call 'economic growth'," he said. "All of these facts are represen- "This has a lot to do with rich "Some of it is just straight corporate tative of the hideous atrocities com- people - rich, powerful people," he , crime ... which is especially strong mitted by the United States," he said. "We thought we had an eco- when it is supported by a crooked said. nomic miracle. Then rich people state." started getting hurt like others, and Pillars of world order are falling it turned into an economic crisis. ': Chomsky criticizes foreign policy In his diatribe against U.S. for- The real crisis is much more funda- Chomsky then began a long crit- eign policy, Chomsky declared that mentaL" icism of the U.S. government's role the charter of the United Nations Chomsky then gave the audIence j in foreign affairs and the claim that had 'virtu~lly been destroyed. with two quotes, one from the presi- the United States supports democra- He described the refusal of the dent of the New York Stock tic movements in other countries. United States to abide by United Exchange and the other from David "The norms and conventions of Nations rules, specifically in the lat- Rockefeller. .... discussing U.S. politics suggest that est bombing of-Iraq, as a key turn- He first quoted the stock the goals, intentions, and purpose of ing point. ex~hange president, who, when at a the U.S. government are good, high, "The threat or use of force is reception to support President ~nd benign," said Chomsky. "That banned unless under Security Clinton during the Monica "is true, independent of fact." CounCil authorization," said Lewinsky scandal, remarked, "Dr. Chomsky quoted an article writ- Chomsky. "In the U.S., there is vir- [Martin Luther] King is surely smil-. ten by a leading Middle East schol- tually no discussion of this. If there ing down on the President, recog- .sr. The scholar wrote, "The United is, it is portrayed as a technicality." nizing how Clinton has showered States should more energetically Chomsky declared that our many benefits on my little corner of promote its central policy themes nation's for~ign policy officers are Manhattan." such as democracy and human determined to prevent others from "His little comer of Manhattan," - irights." getting m tnewayofU.S:--j>olitics. said Chomsky, "had purcliasea~ffie~ ."Notice," said Choms}(y,-"that .- "We say that we are a violent, presidential candidate. The other TECH FILE PHOTO this is established as truth. "It's like criminal, rogue state, and that is parts of Manhattan did not fare so Professor Noam Chomsky discussed the politics of wealth and Its Jieclaring, 'God is great.' It must be just," Chomsky said. well." effect on world politics In a speech given In 10-250 Monday. nSOMEWHERE, .• SOMEONE Is YOUR SOULMATE. · -collegestud~nt .com- E-PER50nAl5 "IT'S A GOOD PLACB TO START THE SEARCH.... 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The perfor- The women were unable to Mammoth Mountain, California TEAM MEMBER The !l1en's team, coming off of mance of the day went to Garnett, field an official team, but Kleiss for the USCSA national champi- ".. This past weekend, the men's a huge win the previous weekend, who took a ten second deficit at and Hung, racing on an unofficial onships, and women's cross-country ski hoped to extend the streak.' Sam the first hand-off and turned it into team, turned in strong individual Coach Jessie Donavan is confi- teams travelled to Osceola, New Coradetti '02 turned in a strong a commanding 40 second lead by performances . dent as the team enters its last two • .York for a Mid-East Conference performance, earning himself sec- the time he finished his lap and The team is gearing up for this meets. meet against seven other schools. ond place, a mere 25 seconds off tagged Coradetti. MIT's second coming weekend's Mid-East "We've been improving all year The event was hosted by Cornell first. Derek Southwell '01 wasn't team of Southwell, Andrew Grimm Conference regional championship and we're ready to take regionals," University. far behind with a fourth place fin- '01, and Karl McLetchie '02 also in Bennington, Vermont. The fol- she said. "Above all, we ski for ..,. Saturday's race was a IOkm ish. Tim Garnett '02, stepping up fared well, placing fifth overall. lowing week they travel to fun. Winning is fun." freestyle event. Conditions were to the challenge in the absence of cold and icy. The course was diffi- standout Jeff Doering '99, rounded What they gave wasn't money...... ~ult, with many steep uphills and out the team score with a personal- several treacherous downhills. Up best ninth place. Unfortunately, the It was tinle. first were the women. Jessica .combined team score of 15 was not They volunteered their skills to people who needed help doing Kleiss '00 screamed to a first-place enough to beat the close competi- :"rfinish, obliterating league rival tion from Clarkson, which their taxes. And it made thelTI feel great. Katie Johnson of Clarkson squeaked out a victory with 14 They weren't necessarily accountants. They were people, like you University by a decisive 50 second points. and your club or group members, who have a basic aptitude for math margin. Freshman Teresa Hung Sunday's race was a classic- '"""':'....'02 also turned in a gutsy perfor- style 3x5km relay. With revenge and a desire to help others.' mance, finishing fifth overall. on their minds, the men's team of You know, you can help make someone's tax season less taxing. "I could hear Coach yelling that Coradetti, Garnett, and Jim Berry I was beating [Johnson], but I tried '99 left the other schools for dead, And you'll be amazed by the return you'll get from helping people • to push it out of my mind," noted finishing a full 40 seconds ahead with what taxes them. . Kleiss. "I just tried to concentrate . of the second-place team from To find out about the free IRS training program that will teach you and your organization the ins fJj Im..-na' AP~lic ~~e of rm1. Revenue »Engineers Qualify For and outs of preparing taxes, call1-80Q-424-1040 now. ThIs PublICatIOn & ~ Servloe "NewEngland Div. ill's This soace donated bv The Tech Ow • Makt Mooty. Talk • tuvc Fun • Call ~ Women's Track, from Page 24 9.04. Thorvaldsen is ranked sixth going into Division Ill's. $9.00/hour '02 who cleared 10'0". Instead of competing in the Championship expectations for 4x200m, the four legs of MIT's ')these two vaulters are high, as they relay opted to run the open 200m. enter the New England Division III Each member ended up running a . LOOKING FOR A JOB? Championships ranked second and personal best, raising expectations c: "..,third. Princess Imoukhuede '02, for the relay's performance at e Part-time Student Telethon Fundraisers Needed <" MIT's top thrower, was somewhat. -,Division Ill's. French and Kay disappointing with her 3ir6 '1/4'~ I Sulliv~n '02 both easily won their performance in th~ .~~ight throw., heats with times of28.88 and 29.15, Qualifications: articulate; excellent telephone" ~..eut she put tliat"behind her and respectively. Chen broke the varsity came back in the shot put with an record with an' ECAC-qualifying communications skills; performance and outstanding 37'3 112" toss. Fellow time of 27.61. Adeline Kuo '02 thrower Rebecca Mays '02 set per- broke the rookie record with 27.67, goal oriented. "sonal records with a 29' 1 3/4" in just 0.03s short of qualifying for ttle weight thro~ and a 24\2(1/2!~ rEGA€s~ ~l lit: ,£4 i)t"'" ~.". r .... ' rt:...-:..,..(~..,"""" .: intheshotput. ;'f\..J{ J.Ji.};)iJ.J. li\.lTlie~nl}/athlete~epr~~~nti~gMITJ,,, ",1.;"'; !"'-. ":jOIN THE Sunday - Thursday evenings ...., Elaine Chen '99.broke the-van;i- in'~e400m, Stephanie Hon~\ran a t A1I; MN~ASSOCIATION - .:J" """fj. ;'t""10'\" "'c.'~J~"r-~ -'nr. I (r"lr' 1~rT I 6 hour weekly minimum ty record with aU 5"'1.3 1/.2K long.: personaldx~srof:68.59 to com ortably'''':" 11. ~_ oJ,u. , .... ~. , 1(1 jump. Theresa Buriahek\.'99 was wi,n her heat. Yety Oke '02 ran well TECH CALLER . flexible schedule n9t far behind, jumping a personal in the SSm, finishing in 8.84.: .•. : f.' i ' .f of , P.R'OGRAM" -..record of 15'2 114". Following in In the last individual evhit'of . CALL TODAY the triple, Burianek came heart- the day, Patry Diaz. '00 defined the TO DAY breakingly close to qualirying for meaning of a "last chance" meet by the second week in a row. Her' qualifying for Division Ill's in the 252-1608 -"30' II" jump tied her personal 'best, 3000m. With teammates cheering but was just one inch sl!~rt TUESDAY,. 12NOON-7PM WEDNESDAy,.11AM-5PM MARCH 2 MARCH 3 AT THE BOSTON PARK PL-AZA CASTLE .. Corner of Arlington Stre.et and Columbus Ave., Boston ~ Take the Green line to the Arlington stop and walk down Arlington Street two blocks . ~ POWER PROFESSIOHALS TO SPEAK • F~@MPANY Biz Kids: How Entrepreneurs under the age of 30 are changing the face of business. RON UEBER, SENIOR WRITER Cool Careers In New Media: How to turn your Internet addiction into a paying gig. AUn SHERMAN, PRESIDENT OF CYBERGRRL, INC. ' Page 24 THE TECH February 26, 1999 ,t.) SPORTS Men's Fencing Wms New England Championships By Evangelos Efstathlou consecutive second place finishes to University, Boston College, and each weapon advancing to the advancing. TEAM CAPTAIN Boston College. University of New Hampshire. In finals. "In all my years here, just once " This weekend, the men's fencing Ten schools competed at the the team event, the format matched The MIT men trailed Boston I wanted us to be champions," said team won the New England championships, including rivals up A, Band C fencers from each College for most of the day, sabre fencer and squad leader Championships, following three Brown University, Tufts school, with the top nine fe":cers of despite key victories against their Bower, summarizing the sentiment NCAA counterparts. Going into of the upperclassmen. Bower lost the final three rounds, team cap- only one bout throughout the day, tain Evangelos Efstathiou '00 and went undefeated in the finals challenged his fencers to "win 27 to become the New England Sabre " straight bouts, and we can go Champion'. Bower has won New home as champions!" Facing Englands three out of 'the last four Worcester Polytechnic Institute, years, and this was the fourth time Hampshire College, and in six years that an MIT fencer has Dartmouth College, the men won the sabre championship. stepped up to the challenge, win- The foil squad had a brilliant ning 26 of the remaining 27 bouts finish, placing third among the to secure the men's fencing team's New England squads. In the finals first New England Championship Van Horn, took" third place, title in ten years. Vandiver placed fourth, and In an incredible display of depth, Ibrahim placed sixth. In the sabre ", Ben Vandiver '00 (foil), Curtis finals, Efstathiou finished third, Wade III '01 (epee), and Phil Miller and Miller finished sixth. Epeeist '01 (sabre), MIT's C strip fencers, Curtis Wade III '01 finished sev- were undefeated in the team event, , enth in the finals. advancing to the finals. MIT fencers also brought home Foilists Andre Van Horn '01 three freshmen championship titles. and Ali Ibrahim '01, and sabre Richard Burstein '02 (sabre), Alan fencers Bri'an Bower '99 and Asbeck'02 (epee) and Eric J. Efstathiou also advanc'ed to the Cholankeril '02 (foil) all won gold finals. Epeeists Matt DuPlessie medals in their respective weapons. '99 and Michael Krypel '01, The men's team will travel- to despite solid performances against Cornell for the Intercollegiate MIT Fencers pose with team coach Jarek Konlusz after winning the New England Championships on top ranked epee fencers, were Fencing Association championships Saturday at the Boston College Athletic Center. each one victory away from on Sunday. Women's Indoor Track .Races at Smith Meet , " By Adeline Kuo and Elaine Chen tion of the regular season, making TEAM MEMBERS it the last opportunity for athletes On Saturday, members of the to qualify for Division Ill's. women's indoor track team trav- The highlight of the meet was eled to compete' at the Smith in the pole vault, where the whole College "Last Chance" Invitational fieldhouse watched while Lila meet. Some athletes took the meet French '99 win with a vault of off to rest up for the New England 10'6". The height not only tied Division 111Championships, while French's personal best, it also set others went into the non-scoring the.Smith College Fieldhouse meet hoping for a few more quali- facility record. In second place ••.• A fying marks and some personal was teammate Stephanie Norris records. The meet was the final competi- Women's Track, Page 23 '.. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS :... Friday, February 26 Men's Basketball, NEWMAC Tournament Semi-Finals Saturday"February 27 Women's Gymnastics vs. Rhode Island College, 2:00 p.m. Squash, NISRA Individual Championships Pistol, Pistol Open ' Sunday, February 28 Men's Basketball, NEWMAC Tournament Game Squash, NISRA Individuals Championships .1. AMERICA'S FUTURE i ~.', UNITED STATES NAVY SERVING AMEllICA TwICE 'J l-SOO-USA-NA VY www.navyjobs.com RITAUN-THE TECH Nlkolaos Mlchalakls '01 sets up for a powerful spike In Wednesday's game against Daniel Webster College. MIT won the match In five games.