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Volurnel20,Nurnber18 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 7, 2000 C W Rules Dropped UAHalfJJ Following Protests Race For Prefrosh No Longer Restricted to Campus By Matthew Palmer "This was an errant judgement," President ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones Prospective students descended said of the admissions office's con- Council Elections 'lb on MIT yesterday for Campus Pre- tract, which stated that prefrosh can view Weekend amidst controversy only leave campus to visit an Continue as Planned over new rules requiring wrist- FSILG. bands for prefrosh and their signed "I eliminated the contract" agreement to stay on Institute Thursday morning, Jones said. Stu- grounds. dents coming later in the morning In response to discrepancies in the After meeting with residence were not asked to sign the agree- election process, the Undergraduate . leaders, Dean of Admissions Mar- ment, and there will be no written Association Judicial Board has indefi- ilee Jones announced prefrosh contract next year. nitely sus- would in fact be allowed to leave . The admissi ons office also dis- pended the campus and are not required to wear tributed purple wristbands, which' UA Presiden- their purple wristbands all day. prefrosh were told to wear in order tial and Vice Other college campuses are still off- to gain admission.to the many activ- Presidential limits. ities planned for the, four-day CPW. elections. The eleventh-hour changes Associate Director of Admis- JudBoard marked a drastic departure from the sions Zaragoza A. Guerra denied Jim Zavadoskl directs prospective freshman Maria Wang to 20 Chim- announced neys to wait for her host. Wang, who is from New York, arrived yester- CPW rules as they were issued on I. the suspension and the cessation of Wednesday. CPW, Page 19 day along with hundreds of potential members of the Class of 2004. campaigning for the suspended elec- tions in a statement released Friday morning. Students will vote again on Ro6erts Elected asDormcon President for 2000 a new ballot which will include aJJ L four candidates. By Frank Oabek best resource students have to Institute policy on pets which may be President, will focus his efforts on However, according to the state- EDITOR IN CHIEF improve their lives." finalized before the end of the term. "shaping the future of donn rush." ment, class council and Finance the Dormitory Council has . He promised to continue the Roberts will also be involved in He also noted recent improve- Board elections will proceed as elected Baker House resident Jef- . improvements current President "creating more student-designed ments to Dormcon' s stature: planned. frey C. Roberts '02 as its new presi- - Jennifer A. Frank '00 has made to and student-led resources" in the "We've started a lot of good things This decision to suspend the presi- dent by a wide margin over Bongo Dormcon, one of MIT's five student dormitory system, such as the pro- ... I want to carry them to fruition." dential election ovenules the election the gerbil, a resident of Bexley governments which represents the posed "FireLinks" who would over- At the same meeting, Brandy L. commission's prior removal of the . House. Matthew S. Cain '02, a resi- dormitory system. "Dormcon 'is on see fire safety inspections. He also Evans '01 was re-elected secretary Christopher D. Smith '01 and Patrick dent of Random Hall, will be Dorm- an upswing. I want to keep that, plans on continuing to work closely and Scott E. Purnell-Saunders '02 Kane '03 ticket from the UA ballot as con's next vice-president. . going," Roberts said. with the Interfraternity Council and treasurer. Andrew T. Singleton '02 a result of the team's excessive cam- Roberts, who .serves as a mem- Roberts said his efforts will focus other student governments. will serve as the next Dormcon judi- paign poster violations. ber of-the Founders' Group and. the on the continuing redesign of the res- "Dorm con is looking to the cial committee chairman. The social "There are good people on both Strategic Advisory Committee', idence system including dorm rush future," Roberts said. called the dormitory system "the and continuing negotiations on the Cain, who will serve as Vice DormCon, Page 19 Elections, Page 2 I Graduate Student Council Holds Presidential Elections By James Camp by a question-and-answer period PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR with the candidates answering as a In contrast to this year's UA panel. Questions occasionally elections, the Graduate Student touched on prior leadership experi- Council elections concluded ence, but candidates focused main- smoothly as Soulaymane Kachani lyon graduate student issues and G won the presidential race, with the various roles of the GSC. the office of Vice President going Kachani said his main goal to Ryan J. Kershner G. would be to improve communica- The remaining races were tions with the administration, grad- uncontested: Krishnan Sriram G uate departments, and the students was elected Secretary, and J. Alan the GSC represents. "The GSC Groff G won the position of Trea- needs to be the brain of the admin- surer. istration," he said. Kachani, who would otherwise To better communicate with have run uncontested, resigned his students, Kachani intends to nomination before the elections to improve the GSC's publication, give others a fair chance to run. the Graduate Student News, and to Kachani was then renominated at work more closely with MIT's stu- the meeting and ran against dent press. He also hopes to con- Christopher S. Protz G and J. Alan tinue last year's successful Orien- MING-TAJ HUH-THE TECH GroffG. tation week in order to help LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD INTERNS - Class of 2003 presidential candidate Sina Kevin Nazemi '03 graduate students get acquainted recruited Bill Clinton lookallke Jeffery Monk '03 to help attract student voters. Elections included debate with the GSC and help them get a The GSC elections featured a speech by each candidate followed GSC, Page 29
Habitat for Comics SPORTS World & Nation. , , 2 Humanity Women's tennis earns victories fundraiser hits over both Wesleyan and Vassar. Opinion, 4 snag in admin- Arts , 9 istration. On The Town , , .. , 11 Sports. , , .. ,., 32 Page 16 Page 12 Page 30 Page 2 THE TEe April 7, 2000 o · SaceS ·0 akis ani Premier Opens For Business LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW e ce to Life· Prison Hoping to give the Mir space station new life as a commercial venture, two cosmonauts entered the rundown station Thursday and By Kamran Khan urged the court to impose the death discuss a nationwide plan for peace- prepared to make it habitable again eight months after the last crew SPECIAL TO THE WASHl GTON POST penalty. ful protest rallies and marches. shut it down. KARACHI, PAKlSTAN Reading the verdict to a packed Besides the two concurrent sen- Foreign investors, working with the Russian government, want to Former Pakistani prime minister courtroom, Judge Rehmat Hussain tences, Sharif's property was confis- use the Soviet-era station for a variety of money-making ventures, awaz Sharif was spared the death Jafri said he had not sentenced cated and he was ordered to pay such as scientific experiments, advertising from space, Internet cam- penalty and sentenced to life in Sharif to death because "the lesser $18,500 in fines and $37,000 to era hookups and perhaps even a space hotel for wealthy adventurers. prison Thursday after being found punishment in this case would meet compensate the flight's passengers For the first time, private companies will be able to arrange to use guilty of hijacking and terrorism the justice." He added: "This is a and crew. an orbiting platform in space without having to get government charges stemming from his futile simple case of attempt to hijack." There is a growing perception in approval - as long as they have enough cash. . attempt to prevent a military coup As the verdict was read, Sharif s the legal community here that "Mir has in fact become a private business," said Sergei K. Gro- that ousted him from power last three daughters, who had been Jafri's decision would help the for- mov, chief engineer of state-run Energia, which built Mir. "Today, October. praying in the courtroom, wept and mer prime minister's case. . Mir is open to any commercial offers that may come along." An antiterrorism court cleared shouted. Sharif, 51: showed no sign "Today's judgment showed that Sharif of attempted murder and kid- of emotion and softly asked his the state wouldn't have a very napping charges in connection with daughters to calm down. strong case to defend in the appel- National Cancer Insti te eaches his efforts to prevent a commercial "This is a cooked-up judgment," late courts," said Abdul Hafiz aircraft carrying Gen. Pervez Sharif's daughter Marium Safdar Pirzada, a prominent lawyer and Out to Racial Minorities Musharraf from landing in Pakistan quoted her father as saying. "It was former federal law minister. LOS ANGELES TIMES on Oct. 12. Six co-defendants, more of a personal vendetta than a "Through this verdict the judge has WASHINGTO including Sharif's brother, were trial." already expressed dissatisfaction The National Cancer Institute on Thursday announced $60 million acquitted on all counts. Military authorities ordered state over the evidence produced against in new grants to large research institutions to help link them with The sentence was seen by some prosecutors to appeal the judge's other co-defendants and the con- community programs to better prevent, treat and study cancer among as a setback for Musharraf, who decision not to sentence Sharif to spiracy theory that the prosecution racial minorities. toppled Sharif s government hours death and to acquit the six co- constantly propelled." The aim is to reduce the unequal cancer burden borne by blacks, after the plane landed and remains defendants. In Pakistan, the hijack- Sharif's lead attorney shared Latinos and other minority groups. at the head of a military regime. ing and terrorism charges carry the Pirzada's opinion. "Under the pre- "It is designed to encourage people from the community to work Government prosecutors, who death sentence: . sent circumstance, it's a very satis- with scientists," said Dr. Richard D. Klausner, director of the insti- argued that Sharif had endangered Although there was little protest factory judgment," said Khawaja tute. the lives of more than 200 passen- after the verdict because the people Sultan Ahmed. "Had there been an Cancer is the second-leading cause of death for all Americans, but gers and crew members on the Pak- had tired of Sharifs corruption-rid- outright not guilty judgment the blacks have a cancer death rate about 35 percent higher than that of istan International Airlines flight den government, his Pakistan Mus- military rulers would have imposed whites. by refusing landing rights, had lim League i~ to meet Sunday to martial law immediately." ' Possible reasons include poverty, lifestyle, cultural differences and access to health care. Also, recent studies have suggested that health care providers often offer different treatments, depending on Officer ACCused· of Harassment race, and that whites fare better in this regard. "The question we are dealing with is why cancer affects ... groups differently," said Dr. Harold Freeman, chairman of a presidential Later Nominated for Top Post advisory panel on cancer. "The reasons for these disparities need to be investigated further." By Paul Richter specialist and the Army's highest- cer who requested anonymity. LOS ANGELES TIMES ranking woman, raised the issue Others close to the investigation, WASHINGTON with at least one superior in 1996, however, said. there is no evidence . Bush Makes His Pitch on A two-star general accused of then went to her superiors again to suggest that the leadership delib- groping a female peer later was informally last fall in hopes of qui- . erately ignored relevant allegations Education Field nominated for the Army's No.2 etly persuading -them that Smith was in proposing- -Smith for the inves- . LOS ANGELES TIMES investigative post, defense officials not suited for the investigative post,' tigative job. SACRAMENTO, CALIF. acknowledged Thursday, raising several officers said. . Army and Defense Department If there are two things that George W. Bush knows well and loves questions about whether military Though she hoped to avoid a officials continued to refuse com- to talk about, they are baseball and education. leaders had dealt appropriately with full-scale investigation, her allega-. ment ~n the case, citing privacy Friday night in Houston, Bush will indulge one of those passions the woman's explosive allegations. tions set off a formal inquiry by the concerns. when he presides over the Astros' home opener at Enron Field, the Maj. Gen. Larry G. Smith, a dec- Army inspector general. Smith, The disclosure of Smith's identi- team's new ballpark. orated Vietnam veteran, was nomi- meanwhile, has been assigned tem- ty is particularly embarrassing On Thursday, at Charles E. Mack Elementary School in Sacra- nated to be the Army's deputy porary duty at the Army Materiel because it is the second time in two mento, he indulged the other, presiding over a discussion with local inspector general last Aug. 27, even Command in Alexandria, Va. years that an officer' accused of sex- educators who batted about pedagogic principles and advanced learn- though Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy Some female Army officers said ual misconduct has been chosen to ing theories with all the gusto of infielders playing a game of pepper. had complained three years earlier Smith's nomination has raised con- serve as deputy inspector general. For 45 minutes, Bush leaned into the conversation, his arms fold- that Smith had touched her inappro- cern that the Army leadership Maj. Gen. David R. E. Hale was ed and brow furrowed, as the talk ranged over "diagnostic assess- priately during a brief encounter in remains an "old boy's club" in already deputy inspector general ments," "disaggregated" results and the virtues of phonics as a teach- her Pentagon office. which well-liked male officers can . when it was revealed that he had ing method. In the inspector general post, rise in rank, despite sexual miscon- had sexual relations with the wives "Education is a passion of mine," said the presumptive Republi- Smith would oversee investigations duct allegations. . of subordinates. can presidential nominee. "It should be a passion for America." of improper conduct, including sex- "This is the old way, and I'd hate Inspector jobs have usually been Education has become a cross-party calling card for Bush. ual harassment. to find out that it's the current way reserved for officers ~with records Kennedy, a military intelligence as well," said one female Army offi- above reproach, ~ne officer noted. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastem Daylight Time, Friday, April 7, 2000 ....~ -,11-" ...... "0 ...... " ....~"O ....~ ~<.5' ~ • t{> . q,f5 . ,,<.5 . "f5 • ro<.5~ rof5 • Changing Skies By Bill Ramstrom STAFF METEROLOGIST , The next few days will bring some sun and some clouds each day, with pleasantly warm temperatures. A series of small disturbances will continue to pass by our area, leading to variable conditions - some clouds and a few sprinkles at times, then clearing and sunshine other times. As a storm and its trailing cold front will approach from the Midwest today, clouds will thick- en and lower through the afternoon, with overcast conditions likely by nightfall. Warm air will be drawn northward ahead of this storm for milder conditions Friday night and Saturday. During the day on Saturday, some rain showers are likely. On Saturday night the cold front will pass through New England and much colder weather will sweep into the area, leading to a windy, party cloudy day for Sunday.
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Today: Sunny early, becoming cloudy by dark. High 63°F (l7°C). Tonight: Cloudy and mild. Low 48°F (9°C). Saturday: Some breaks of sunshine, but mostly cloudy with a few showers. High 62°F (17°C). Precipitation Symbols Other Svmbols Saturday Night: Few rain showers. Low 42°F (6°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Snow Rain Fog _Trough - Sunday: Mostly sunny with afternoon clouds. Cooler. High 53°F (l2°C). High Pressure H - Showers - - - Tbundetst011l1 Outlook for Monday: Mostly sunny. Continued cool. High 55°F (BOC). • ••• WannFront V* V "R Light Low Pressure . 00 Haze L ••••• ColdFroot * Moderate .. Compiled by MIT § Hwrieanc ** Meteorology Staff ...... Stationary Froo Heavy . '* .. and TMTech April 7, 2000 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Bribery Investigation Spotlights Rep. Davis May Have Solicited GOP Donations from Microsoft THE WASHINGTON POST Corruption of Israeli President WASHINGTON -By Tracy Wilkinson 300,000 and other gifts from a targeted a president. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas WS ANGELES TIMES French millionaire. Though a largely ceremonial M. Davis ill, of Virginia, came under fire from Democrats Thursday JERU ALEM Police investigators who con- post, the presidency is supposed to after telling Microsoft chairman Bill Gates the software giant had not Of the many political scandals ducted the probe presented a 120- represent a moral authority that been sufficiently supportive of the GOP. gripping Israel these days, perhaps page report Thursday tostate prose- stays above Israel's rambunctious Without naming him directly, Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) alluded none has been as unsettling as the cutors. Citing lack of evidence, they political fray. to Davis's actions in asking the ethics committee to clarify whether bribery investigation of popular recommended that Weizman not Since the scandal broke, and • House Republicans improperly asked Gates for campaign donations President Ezer Weizman. face criminal charges for bribe-tak- with his popularity plummeting, he during a closed meeting in the Capitol Wednesday. On Thursday, police closed the ing and tax evasion. . has steadily resisted calls from . According to several GOP lawmakers, Davis asked Gates why the case, recommending Weizman not Hardly an exoneration, however, political leaders and Israel's major party had not received as much "political support" from Microsoft stand trial. But the resolution quiet- the report said the president should newspapers to resign. despite its support for policies favoring the technology sector. He ed neither the calls that Weizman be charged with fraud and breach of Those calls were heard again also argued that House Democratic leaders were less supportive of resign nor the public angst over the trust but that the statute of limita- Thursday. At the Israeli parliament, the high-tech industry's agenda. tarnishing of a national leader and tions has lapsed. where a three-quarters vote can "Although House rules allow members to discuss campaign activ- the system he heads. "The bottom line," said Weiz- impeach the president, several legis- ities amongst themselves, it would appear to be a violation of both A former war hero and member man's attorney, Yehuda Weinstein, lators urged Weizman to take stock. House ethics rules and federal law for a private citizen, Mr. Gates, to of one of Israel's founding families, "is that the case is closed. How; or "The report is grave, and it does be solicited for funds, discouraged from donating to certain organiza- the 75-year-old president has been why, does not matter." ot clear him, certainly not morally tions, or to have to account for the level of funds donated to a politi- under investigation for the last three It was the first time in Israeli his- or publicly, and it cannot be cal party, by members in the House in the Capitol building," Snyder months for receiving more than tory that a criminal investigation has ignored," said legislator Ofer Pines. wrote to the top RS bli Democrat on the ethics panel. Republicans dismissed t e letter as a partisan stunt. "It's much ado about nothing," said John Feehery, spokesman for House Speak- Firiil Claims To Have Deciphered er Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). Council Threatens Russia with ~ntire Genome of a Human Being Sanctions over Attack on Chechnya By Paul Jacobs said that it will take another three to gaps, Lander said, Celera will have THE WASHINGTON POST and Peter G. Gosselin six weeks for his team to assemble to rely on the public database updat- MOSCOW LOS ANGELES TIMES the pieces for a complete genetic ed daily on the Internet and now The Council of Europe, a 41-nation human rights assemblage, A biotech company announced blueprint. If so, the company is about 75 percent complete. became the first foreign organization to threaten Russia with sanc- Thursday that it has deciphered the slightly ahead of its competition, the Deciphering the genome is a tions over the war in Chechnya Thursday when it launched proceed- genome of a human volunteer, publicly funded Human Genome expected to help medical ings to suspend Moscow from its ranks. claiming a scientific first that was Project. researchers unlock the secrets of The council, which met in Strasbourg, France, demanded Rus- greeted by both praise and skepti- The company's achievement is major illnesses, such as cancer and sia stop the war immediately and begin talks with elected Chechen cism from academic scientists who akin to taking millions of random heart disease, and provide new treat- officials. It also urged member govemments to take Russia to the point out that the job remains satellite photographs of small sec- ments for a host of ailments, and European Court of Human Rights for atrocities committed against unfinished. tions of North America. The next perhaps even forestall the effects of civilians. Celera Genomics, iti a race With step is assembling them into a com- aging itself. Russian officials reacted negatively to the council's action. a public effort to map the human plete map. The company's announcement Moscow has described its operations in Chechnya as anti-terrorist genetic code, said that it has decod- When it is done, Celera's draft is comes at a time of political and actions and denies abuses. ed millions of DNA fragments likely to have "zillions of statistical financial turmoil for the biotech The Foreign Ministry called it "cause for concern," and threatened extracted from an anonymous per- gaps," said .Eric Lander, director of industry. unspecified retaliation. Russian members of parliament who attended son ..:..-the first phase of its effort to the Whitehead Center .for Genome With biotech stocks soaring or the council's assembly meeting in Strasbourg walked out. Passions put together- a so-called "working Research, the largest government- swooning depending on the news of ran so high that a Russian delegate and a Chechen representative draft" of the genome. - funded gene sequencing center in the day, Celera got another boost came to blows outside the session. Celera president J. Craig Venter the United States. To close those from its latest announcement. ~t 11 1~ . . [
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4 Subject:.Prefrosh Violation Dinner Date: ~-hu, 06 Apr 2.:000 05: 28: 5-6 -0400 ~rom: '"Choomy'"
" , Prefrosh are not.eLl.owed to stray into Boston this weekend .•. t~a~'s why they are going to.have a helluva good time when we escort them to an illegal 'dinner Friday night at the Prudential-Food- Court.
Please infor~ your .prefrosh about the:
Prefrosh Violation Dinner
meeting at 77 Mass Ave
FRIDAY @ 6:00pm
Has MIT upset you by treating its undergraduates like children? We will not let the cycle continue, and we will treat the prefrosh to a wonderful andfmemorable evening in the process.
Tell everyone 'you know, and bring yo' prefrosh!!@!@!!$!A!*&!*&$A*
:'Let,'s do it. Page 4 THE TECH April 7, 2000
Prefrosh on a Leash In its latest display of administrative brilliance, the Institute might defect to those respected institutions is, frankly, a bit has made a mockery of Campus Preview Weekend, insisting much to swallow. Surely it's an unconvincing reason to discour- Chairman that prefrosh stay on campus, wear purple wristbands, and agree age visitors from experiencing firsthand MIT's surroundings; if Satwiksai Seshasai '01 to adhere to the other provisions of prefrosh can handle the Institute, they can probably stomach Editor in Chief a very contract-like document dis- Cambridge and Boston. Frank Dabek '00 Editorial tributed to prefroshby Dean of Jones acknowledges that the wearing of wristbands is Busines anager Admissions Marilee Jones. "goony," and suggests that prefrosh "stash" them until they're Jasmine Richards '02 Fortunately, quick, loud student anger brought this absur- needed to gain admission to CPW events. She facetiously sug- dity to campus attention. As many students have independently gests that giving prefrosh "MIT watches" would have been a Managing Editor Ryan Ochylski '01 pointed out, it is only reasonable to expect that prefrosh will better alternative. The Tech's preference would have been to behave reasonably during their visit to MIT - no underage distribute temporary ill cards (such as those freshmen receive); Executive Editor drinking, no outright debauchery, nothing that would seriously those are neither degrading nor expensive. Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 embarrass either MIT or the prefrosh. ot least, Jones wisely capitulated on the contract format. NEWS STAFF But tagging prefrosh with wristbands, and requiring them It's "not the MIT way," she concedes, She also denied rumors Director: aveen Sunkavally '0 I; Editor : to remain on campus? Ridiculous. that offending prefrosh would have their admissions pulled. Rima Arnaout '02, Kevin R. Lang '02; "Look, we took 15 percent of our applicant pool this year and Associate Editors: Laura McGrath Dean Jones was compelled to e-mail an explanation of her Moulton '01, Sanjay Basu '02, Dana 'contract' to several public mailing lists yesterday. As far as we want these students," she insists. Levine '02, Karen E. Robinson '02, Mike Jl .prefrosh leaving campus is concerned, Jones claims overprotec- That's good. But the only reason Jones retreated at all from Hall '03, Matthew Palmer '03; taff: Anna tiveness as a motive. Prefrosh should be discouraged from visit- her initial, outrageous position is because students were fast in K. Benefiel '00, Zareena Hussain '00, ing rival area schools, she says - but she names only Harvard, demonstrating 'their rightful anger at the administration's Jennifer Chung '0 I, Kristen Landino '02, David Bailey '02, Efren Gutierrez '03, Wellesley, and Brown as examples. Her concern that prefrosh attempt to treat students as sheep before they even enroll. Cristina Roussel '03, Aurora Schmidt '03; Meteorologist: Veronique Bugnion G, Peter Huybers G, Greg Lawson G,Bill Ramstrom G, A Fresh Startfor the VA Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski. PRODUCTION STAFF The suspension of the Undergraduate Association presiden- Since the election has been restarted, however, a clean start Editors: Mary Obelnicki G, Ian Lai '02, tial and vice-presidential elections brings a much needed fresh mandates that Smith and Kane return. The decision to restart the Jordan Rubin '02; Associate Editor: Eric J. start to an election whose credibility has been seriously eroded. election acknowledges that the rules were vague and suspect. We Cholankeril '02, Stacia Swanson '03; taff: By suspending these races urge the commission, given this opportunity, to reconsider their Caroline Chang '03, Bryan Guzman '03, ancy Kho '03, Linda Liang '03, Jane which have been tainted by poster- rules for the upcoming rerun of the election. In the next election, Maduram '03, Supriya Rao '03, Jennifer Editorial ing violations and the questionable the UA should allow candidates more freedom in campaigning Shieh '03, Gayani Tillekeratne '03. removal of Chris Smith and Patrick Kane from the ballot, the in order to encourage student body interest in the elections. In OPINION STAFF election commission has taken a positive step towards restoring addition, all candidates should return without the taint of sanc- Editors: Eric J. Plosky '99, Michael the faith of the student body in the UA in the wake of yet anoth- tions from the previous election. J. Ring '01; Associate Editor: Kris Schnee '02; Columnist: Veena Thomas '02; er election debacle. While starting the election for a third time As the UA has colossally fumbled web-based voting, it Staff: Michael Borucke '01, Philippe C. kills what little enthusiasm is left for this process, the suspension must now make the additional effortto go to the students and Larochelle '03. will help the UA return integrity to the electoral process. encourage voter participation. The UA should consider 'paper SPORTS STAFF Furthermore, allowing class council and FinBoard elections balloting - taking place over the course of several days - in Editor: Ming-Tai Huh '02; Staff: Ethan T. to continue is a valid decision as these races were not affected by order to rekindle some interest. A system of voting precincts Goetz '00, Amir Mesarwi '00, Nisha Singh '00, Deborah S. Won '00, Susan the missteps which plagued the UAPNP elections. Hopefully would help bring the electoral process closer to students. For Buchman '01, Alvan Eric P. Loreto '01, these races can salvage what little student interest is left in the example, west campus students and fraternity, sorority and .' Brian K. Richter '02, Jennifer C. Lee '03. electoral process. independent living group members could vote in Lobby 7 while ARTS STAFF The decision to suspend the elections also returns Smith and east campus students could 'vote in Walker Memorial. Or the Editor: Rebecca Loh '01; Associate Editor: Kane to the ballot. Inremoving the candidates the election com- UA could open polls in the lobby of each dormitory in order to' Fred Choi '02; Staff: Erik Blankinship G, Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. Millman G, mission was acting in accordance with its pre-defined rules. make voting easier for students. Bence P. Olveczky G, Roy Rodenstein G, These rules, however, are vague and of questionable merit. Had While this election has turned into an utter disaster, this Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, Zarminae the election continued, the election commission would have been decision represents the best choice given difficult circum- Ansari '97, Tzu-Mainn Chen '99, Mark justified in leaving Smith and Kane off the ballot because. the stances. Nevertheless, the next UA president will face a daunt- Huang '99, Kate Samrandvedhya '00, commission would have been enforcing predefined rules. Consis- ing task in trying to rebuild the beleaguered organization's pub- Francisco Delatorre '0 I, Amrita Ghosh '02, Jacob Beniflah '03, Daniel J. Katz '03, Amy tent enforcement of rules is a necessity for any well-run election. lic image and effectiveness. Meadows '03, Heather Anderson. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Editors: Karlene Rosera '00, James Camp G, Annie S. Choi; Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Krzysztof Gajos G, Sephir Hamilton G, Wan YusofWan Morshidi G, Michelle Povinelli G, Omar Roushdy G, Jelena Srebric G, R. Sumner G, T. 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Labels of Red Tape ./ Meeting Voluntary Industry Labeling the Way to Handle Genetically-Modified Food of the products. Here the total laissez-faire approach Unless we are going to start listing the geno- Kris Schnee to regulation actually would decrease individ- type of every species on the supermarket ual freedom, because it would result in an shelves, all a GM label will mean is that the Markets Last month's Bi02000 conference in Boston entire category of food being pulled from the product's ingredients are different in some drew an estimated 8,000 people to a discussion shelves. For the sake of shoppers who.don't unspecified way from the "natural" (actually of the future of biotechnology - eight thou- want to read labels, more informed consumers selectively bred over millennia) version. How Eric Plosky sand people, that is, inside the building. Thou- will be given fewer choices in what to buy useful would this information be to the public? sands more gathered in the streets for an event and what to eat. There must be a better way to And why would the government be Oh, east is East, and West is West, and never they called BioDevastation 2000, a demonstra- handle the GM issue than this. involved in controlling GM labeling at all? the twain shall meet, tion with picket signs and people dressed as How about immediately requiring, by fed- There are no known health risks associated genetical1y-modified "killer tomatoes." eral law, that all companies selling foods with with the techniques of crop modification, and Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Clearly, some United States consumers are genetically-modified ingredients add a green the FDA treats a potato as a potato so long as God's great Judgment Seat; beginning to take an interest "in the food on double-helix icon to their packaging? A push it is "substantially equivalent." Government- But there is neither East nor West, Border, their prate, echoing similar sentiment in for federal legislation would not create imme- run labeling could give people the idea that nor Breed, nor Birth, Europe. Europeans, having suffered through diate action, but a maybe, kind-of, someday .the FDA considers altered genes as dangerous When two strong men stand face to face, several recent food scares like the "mad cow as saturated fat or tobacco (or worse), need- tho' they comefrom the ends of the earth. disease" outbreak of 1996, have become lessly depressing the biotech industry. Worse, understandably jittery about the purity of their such labeling would create still more regula- - Rudyard Kipling, "Ballad of East and food. Now, Europeans are taking their griev- Genetic modification ofplants is tions and red tape for business to endure; why West," 1892 ances unreasonably far by attacking, some- increase government's power if the same times even physically, crops which pose them only a technique, not an goals can be met by private action? Federal Reserve Chairman Alan no harm. Can we expect Americans to follow ingredient. Unless we aregoing to A side note: While genetic modification Greenspan, that fearless dowager in charge of the example of European anti-biotech extrem- itself is safe as far as we know, specific prod- the nation's economic psychiatry, has over the I' ists, sabotaging fields and destroying property, start listing the genotype of every ucts made with its techniques may not be. past few months raised Fed interest rates five or will the. American debate remain peaceful? Michael Borucke, in last week's column times in an attempt to tame what he three Our policy towards genetically-modified (GM) specieson the supermarket ''What's That In My Milk?", charged the Mon- years ago called "irrational exuberance" in the foods today could determine whether we have . santo Corporation with concealing key scien- stock market. On Tuesday, predictably, any choice about our policy tomorrow. shelves,all a GMlabel will mean tific data about the effects of bovine growth Greenspan raised his eyebrows, claiming that One of the major issues surrounding the is that the product's ingredients hormone on rats, and with filing lawsuits the rate hikes were merely intended to prevent GM food controversy is the labeling prob- against farmers who label their milk as free of an "inflationary expansion of liquidity." v lem. In short, do we legally force all compa- are different in some unspecfied the hormone. If this is so, Monsanto's behav- That means inflation, I think. nies selling food in the United States to label ior has been highly suspicious, possibly even All I really know is that this week in par- their products accordingly if they contain way.from the 'natutol'vesion. criminal. And letting some companies block ticular, the markets have been bouncing like a genetically-modified ingredients, do we' voluntary "negative labeling" by others, so tennis ball on acid. Tuesday, the Nasdaq index encourage companies to do the same without longas the labeling does not explicitly say the plunge nearly 600 points - over 13 percent strong-arming them into it,' or do we just sit situation; we couldn't count on having a' missing ingredient/hormone/genetic modifica- - but then recovered to close only '75 points back and let Greenpeace and Monsanto coherent labeling system anytime soon. In tion is harmful, would simply be an oppressive down; the Dow Jones swung by 700 points "negotiate" on our behalf? fact, something similar was tried just a few act which keeps consumers uninformed about during the day. An isolated day, perhaps? No. Ifwe do nothing, what will happen? Amer- 'years ago-there was an attempt to establish a the choices they have at the market. Below-expected earnings at Procter and ican consumers will continue to not know national standard for "organic" .food, a defini- Do the biotech companies, or food manu- Gamble last quarter dragged the Dow briefly . exactly What they are buying, a foolish situa- tion which came to include food made from facturers, want to have their products shut below 10,000 for the first time in a year, a major tion regardless of the safety or danger of GM plants designed in a lab. out of stores completely, or to be forced to correction of the sort that historically signals a foods. Faced with a total unknown every time Even assuming we could quickly make and , deal with government labels and government bear market. The spooking of Nasdaq has been they visit the grocery store, at least a. vocal enforce a national GM labeling standard, bureaucracy? If their answer to both ques- attributed both to the growing realization of dot- minority of Americans will decide to elimi- would it make sense to do so? Currently; FDA tions is no, these companies must move corns' flaky business models and to the finding '.., nate their uncertainty in' a heavy-handed way labeling applies to aspects of a food known 10 quickly to develop an industry-run labeling of trust-busting Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson - by demanding that grocery stores and food affect health, like fat and vitamins. We also system of their own. Self-labeling would be a that Microsoft worked the wrong side of the manufacturers stop offering GM-containing widely accept labeling products for health haz- show of honesty to the American public, law. But come on - there's more going on. products. These demands have already sur- ards which affect only a tiny minority of the would give government one less excuse to Investors, day-traders, the press, and twits faced in England, with pressure being put on population (namely phenylketonurics ---'-see take control of the industry, and would who fiddle with margin deals all cozied up to supermarket chains to clear their aisle's (or at any soda can). But genetic modification of reduce the risk of a consumer backlash labeling the Dow the needle of the Old Econo- least their own generic. brands) of biotech plants is only a technique, not an ingredient. which would be in no one's interest. my and the Nasdaq that of the New. Naturally, most of the excitement was to be found in the New Economy, the sexy start-ups and the mys- A Third-Party Run for McCain terious biotechers, and dollars flooded the Nas- daq, running it up from less than 3,000 in Maverick Style, Broad Appeal Makes Senator Strong Candidate November to over 5,000 last month. But Old and New were interlocked. If a blue-chip fell, politically convenient to drop that notion, who The Reform Party will likely nominate the Nasdaq climbed further and faster - but if .... Michael 1. Ring courts the vote of bigots and hatemongerers either one of two candidates. - Ross Perot or a tech firm hit a snag or an IPO failed to clear and only apologizes for getting caught doing Pat Buchanan - for president this year. the launch tower, the Dow rose. The dollars had Former presidential juggernaut John- so, who claims to be a "reformer with results" Buchanan tries to make a pitch at reform, to go somewhere, after all. McCain has decided to focus his energies this when on his signature issue.. education, his condemning the practices of both major par- Now, Economies Old and New are begin- summer and fall on helping Republicans keep state ranks 45th or below in many key indices. ties, but ultimately he' is far from the ideal ning to dance in synch. Finally, some of the . control of the Congress after this November's Some results, wouldn't you say? messenger as his campaigns are divisive more important bow ties are declaiming that elections. . Looking at these two peas in a pod, it's rather than conciliatory and he is dogged by New Economy stocks are ludicrously overval- That's an unusual - and disappointing - hard not to hunger for the refreshing honesty his own statements of intolerance. Perot did ued. Was this not obvious? Was it actually tactic for someone whose pet project of cam- of McCain. Here is a candidate who says win almost 20 percent of the vote in 1992, but possible that every fool dot-com that ambled paign finance reform garners more Democrat- what he means and means what he says. Few he captured less than half that four years ago onto the scene deserved $100 million in ven- ic than Republican votes, and for' someone people agree' with all his proposals, but most and would probably' do even worse this year. ture capital and an IPO that quadrupled its who, during the primaries, resisted the siren agree with some of them and admire his Perot has been marginalized to the caricature stock value in the complete absence of any song of proposing a massive tax cut. . forthrightness on issues where 'they and the of crazy Texas billionaire, and the iron grip profits - or even a workable business model? . Of course, no one (except maybe George he keeps on the party machinery to serve his Maybe the initial successes of Yahoo! and W. Bush) has accused McCain of 'being a own interests (see how Minnesota Governor Amazon - businesses that actually look to be I. Democrat - not with his pro-military; pro- Jesse Ventura was chased out of the party) going concerns over the long term - muddled life, pro-gun voting record. John· McCain's politics don't fit boosts his own ego but does no good for dollar-clutchers just enough to think that similar John McCain's politics don't fit well into America. startups, with similar logos, could be just as the mainstream of either party', which is exact- well into either party, which But McCain has already shown he can successful even if they sold wicker baskets, or ly why he should fire up the Straight Talk is why he should fire up the build a political coalition from rubble. With personalized' something-or-others, or nothing at Express for a third-party run. his name at the top of the party, the Reform all. The line between Old and New is quickly Third parties have become an afterthought Straight Ialk Express fOr Party becomes instantly credible when recruit- vanishing; long-established corporate heavy- in American politics, and this columnist is not ing candidates for other office. A strong weights have finally muscled their way onto the below having a few pokes at the more esoteric a third-party run. Reform Party can even act as a regional sec- Web, and some of the harebrained startups are candidates ["The Other Candidates," January ond party in areas where one of the major par- being seen for what they are. At long last, the 19]. But in all seriousness,' a strong indepen- ties is very weak, with its candidates provid- Dow and the Nasdaq are learning how to dance dent challenge is just what the country needs senator disagree. Of the candidates in this ing checks and balances to incumbents who together. Mr. Greenspan, swing your rate-rising right now. year's primaries, only McCain showed he are now perennially unopposed. baton toward the brass section and cue the Consider the two men the major parties could appeal to Republicans, Democrats, A third-party campaign would have band: enter the Modem Economy . have decided to lay before us this November. . and Independents alike. John McCain is a tremendous risks for McCain. He would One has uncontrollable urges to exaggerate candidate who can reform politics and almost assuredly be stripped of his chairman- and embellish his alleged involvement in appeal to a wide range of Americans - an ship of the Senate Commerce, Science, and everything from the Internet to Love Story. argument the major-party nominees cannot Transportation Committee. It would also Aren't these Like his boss, AI Gore seems willing only to make. obliterate any chance of winning Republican take baby steps in forming new policy from A McCain third-party run would .also help support for a run in 2004 - something which columns crap? health care to the environment, an issue on build an alternate power to the Democrats and is certainly in the back of McCain's mind which AI Gore was once one of the most Republicans in American politics. Polls taken given the heavy wounds inflicted on Bush. trustworthy politicians in America. The vice- just after McCain left the race showed But McCain is one who's never been afraid of president has put his soul into new campaign- McCain commanded 25 percent of the vote in taking risks - making him the perfect candi- finance reform proposals, a curious change-of- a Gore-Bush-Mcflain matchup - a sizable date to try this bold step. ' Do better. heart for the man who visited the infamous percentage for a third-party candidate that But four years of either Bush's or Gore's Write a letter to Buddhist temple. early in the race. leadership would guarantee 'Continued partisan Of course, the Republican establishment McCain, a powerful advocate for change sparring and bickering in Washington at a has found a way to make Gore look credible in the business of politics and campaigns, time when a president who can foster unity is on campaign finance - it nominated George would fit naturally on the Reform Party ticket. needed now more than ever. John McCain W.' Bush, whose handle from the corporate The Arizona senator would help save the was the candidate who in the primaries fatcats is $70 million and climbing. Here is a party from itself, which is rapidly degenerat- demonstrated he could unite Americans of dif- candidate who chose to mask his hard-right ing into a cult of personality and in danger of ferent political ideologies. He should save us
UA Debates: candidates had been "engaging in illegal because you interpreted the wording of the American Community. It's refreshing to see activity" ["Postering Violations Taint UA joke in the most twisted and perverted and that the injustices that blacks suffer in this Tech Leads the Way Elections," pr, 4]. dirtiest way anyone (but you) could ever country are becoming less and less of an illu- I would like to thank The Tech for host- Scott asserts that posters have been tam- thought of. And maybe you are sexually frus- sion, and that people are getting mad and ing and coordinating last week's UA Presi- pered with - and that the tampering was trated, too. taking action. dential and Vice Presidential debates. The done by candidates. The first assertion is We should let art be free. Laughing is cool, Thank you for educating the public. turnout was higher than any in my four years based upon fact; the second assertion is ludi- and very healthy indeed. 100 percent natural. at the Institute. The debates also were crous, since no evidence has been presented • Patry Diaz'OO Zhelinrentice Scott '01 incredibly informative, even in a muddled that in any way shows candidates had any- field of candidates. thing to do with the violations. I would like to defend - to an extent - I would also like to thank The Tech for If you have ever put up posters on this "Fun with Clip Art." Unlike some recent criti- Ceci N' est Pas providing dinner at both debates, providing campus or watched a poster board evolve, cism, I think the cartoon is an original idea and much-needed sustenance for hundreds of MIT you know that random posters get ripped does have potential to be witty. I do agree how- Une Lettre students. Finally, I'd like to thank the audi- down all the time at the whim of passersby. ever, that recent ones I've read are "seventh I think that it might be interesting for peo- ence who attended the debates, as well as the The probability (without any evidence) that grade locker-room humor." With a little retun- ple to know that the last hack - pictured on candidates themselves. If the debates are any candidates tampered with UA posters is ing, it could be an incredibly funny cartoon. the cover of Tuesday's Tech - is a direct par- indication, I think next year will be a great absurdly small, especially in light of already ody of the painting "The Betrayal of Images" one for the UA. tight campaign regulation and general inter- Tim Poisson by Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte. The Matthew L. McGann '00 est in the election. The decision to subse- painting depicts what is definitely a pipe, and President, Undergraduate Association quently ban all Infinite Corridor postering is Please do not remove "Fun with Clip Art" is captioned "Ceci n' est pas une pipe." Trans- doubly absurd. by Aaron Isaksen from The Tech just because lation: "This is not a pipe." I think it's great a few students find it offensive. "Fun with that references to art, which is largely ignored Gabe Weinberg '01 Clip Art" is the most consistently funny comic at MIT, can be included in some small way in No Proof That in The Tech, and it brings humor to many peo- our school's culture. . ple. As the student newspaper of MIT, The Hua-yin Yu '00 Posters Were Illegal Tech should give voice to all of 'its students, It is unprovable and not even very prob- Keeping the 'Fun' even if a few people may take offense some- able that "illegal" campaign posters were times. Those students who find the comic actually put up by the accused candidates or In 'Clip Art' offensive can choose not to read it. Ring's 'Power' Play: their supporters. Under the current regime of I personally don't think it is fair for The Dave DiFranco '99 demerit points and automatic disqualifica- Tech to get rid of "Fun with Clip Art." u.s. Leader Not Tops tion, it is half an hour's work to take a can- I always thought the cool thing about the Michael J. Ring's excellentartic1e advo- didate's poster, make a hundred photo- comics section in The Tech was that there is a 'Buried Truths' cating reform of the American primary system, copies, post them illegally, and send cartoon for all sorts of people. I agree that ["Reforming Primary Politics," Apr. 4] was someone out of the race. Anyone could do some of us are perverted and have twisted Exposes Injustice marred only by its closing line, which stands this: rival candidates, bored saboteurs, or minds, so therefore we enjoy reading and In reference to Brice Smith's Mar. 31 col- as an amusing illustration of American navel- jilted Tech letter-writers. laughing at "Clip Art." Second, even though it umn "The Buried Truths of Martin and Mal- gazing: "Surely Democrats and Republicans Time to get ready for open season on UA is the cartoon that takes up the least space, it is colm," I wanted to commend The Tech on a alike would like to spend more than a month candidates. the one that causes the greatest impact on the job well done. I am glad that you published deciding who they wish to nominate for the Aram Harrow '0 I students, be it making them laugh or making this opinion piece that really brings out the most powerful leader of the world," them feel disgusted and embarrassed by it, facts about the injustices that ,such great lead- Here we learn that the President of the which for me happens to be even more amus- ers as Martin and Malcolm suffered. As an United States is not only the leader of the ing than the actual comic strip. African American woman, my parents raised world, but that he is the most powerful leader UA Poster Ban Besides, I disagree with the complaint that me with an awareness of the scandalous of. the world. (Is there a hierarchy? Is Kofi . it exploits the sexual innocence of children and things the police and the government do and Annan the least powerful leader of the 'Absurd' child porn and whatever you want to call it - are capable of. world?) Rest assured that this comes as news On Tuesday, The Tech reported that UA as far as I've seen the drawings, they're pretty It is about time that the public, my peers to the several billions of his 'constituents' Election Commissioner Zhelinrentice L. much simple: a dad and his son. Nothing (white, brown, yellow, etc.) see the injustices worldwide who are ineligible to participate in Scott '00 banned campaign postering in the naughty about that. However, if you think that have happened to blacks and how it is' the American primaries. Infinite corridor due to her assertion that you're being offended by it, maybe it-is appalling that such a thing happened in our Kevin Beach G
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solIllS ISRElllY' . lllWl~ April 7, 2000 THE TECH Page7 THE ARTS FILM REVIEW ***112 High Fidelity Hilariously Realistic
By Michael Frakes
Directed by Stephen Frears Written by Scott Rosenberg, D. V. Devincentis, Steve Pink, and John Cusack Starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, and Jack Black ce·the first time I watched Better Off Deadus grade school, I've always njoyed the eccentric, sarcastic roles Sof John Cusack and his infallible abili- ty to make me connect with the amusing plight of his characters. High Fidelity is cer- tainly no exception. Cusack co-writes and stars in this honest, witty comedy that gives us a delightful and unusually realistic look into the world of relationships and the love of music. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Frears, High Fidelity is based on a 1995 novel . by Nick Hornby. After previous unsatisfactory drafts, Cusack decided to help screenwriters Scott Rosenberg, Steve Pink, and D.V. Devin- centis complete the script, transferring the story to the city of Chicago. As he did with Grosse Pointe Blank in 1997, Cusack proves his ability to write an intelligent and humor- ous script, driven by quirky and easily identi- fiable characters. Cusack plays Rob Gordon, the romantical- ly unfortunate owner of a used-record store, Championship Vinyl. A musical know-it-all, Rob. has lived his entire life listening to one depressing love song after another. "Did I lis- ten to pop music because I was miserable; or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" he questions. At his financially strug-- gling store, Rob is assisted 'by Barry (Jack , MEUSA MOSELEY-BUENA VISTA PICTURES Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso), two young John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon, whose longtime girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) eventually walks out on him, causing him to guys who know even more about music and examine his failed attempts at romance and happiness in High Rdelity. pop culture than Rob does and spend all day quibbling over minute details of obscure Breakups. He takes us through each one of Liz (Joan Cusack), Laura's best friend, that to relationships. With one of his Top 5, he musical trivia and creating Top 5 lists, such as them, from the girl he first kisses under the Laura has moved in with Ian, a New Age con- was too sexually demanding. With another, he The Top 5 First Songs on the First Side of an bleachers to the beautiful and self-involved flict resolution expert played by Tim Robbins. wasn't exotic enough. In Laura's case, he had Album, or The Top 5 Songs About Death. Charlie (Catherine Zeta-Jones). At first, Laura Rob neurotically obsesses over the possibility trouble staying focused with the relationship After having just broken up with his latest does not make the list, but as his feelings of Laura being more sexually satisfied by Ian and making that final commitment. His girlfriend, Laura (Then Hjejle), Rob makes up unfold, this breakup becomes one of the and refuses to leave her alone. biggest problem, however, comes in dealing another Top 5 list: his all-time T?p 5 toughest of the bunch. When he learns from Rob clearly has difficulties when it comes with the breakups themselves. He never seems to like the girl too much until after she leaves, at which time all he can do is sulk. Even VIDEO GAME REVIEW though all of the breakups weren't his fault, he becomes obsessed with figuring out why he .... drives women away . Rob narrates the film for us. Instead of a Dead orAlive 2 typical voice-over narration, however, he talks directly to the camera. The technique works OnAny Player's Most Wanted List well here. Rob is a neurotic character who spends the entire movie trying to rationalize By Jumaane Jeffries er, "sting" of a five-story fall off a mountain in all directions while facing the opponent. his failures with relationships. He needs to of ice. . However, this optimization makes pressing talk things out, and he certainly isn't going to Tecmo, for Sega Dreamcast The detail on each character has a slight
I' from her,injury, a ruptured Achilles tendon .. Larissa Ponomarenko, who was to perform I' the role of Kitri on Friday night" replaced Koltun for the- third act of the ballet. She , showed great poise and appeared unfhistered ' as she danced the final act and traditional wedding scene pas de deux with Yanowsky, Ponomarenko's was a more delicate and ten- der interpretation of Kitri, but her dancing was close to perfection - clean, crisp, and beauti- fully executed, including the 3~ fouette turns during her solo in the third act. . The dancing overall was lively and energetic. Boston Ballet's dancers were able to smoothly transition from classical ballet into flamenco' and seguigilla, dancing with capes, shawls, tambourines, and castanets, which required a great deal of practice and coordination. . Of particular note was Simon Ball, who,' performed the role of Espada, a lead matador,.' and April Ball, who performed a stunning solo as a gypsy woman. Vadim Strukov almost 'stole the show as. the hilariously funny Gamache. His ability, to wield a cane, umbrella, and lace handkerchief caused giggles to ripple across the audience. The young girls from the Boston Ballet school who performed en poirite as cupids in the sec- ond act maintained perfect lines and demon- strated amazing young talent. In particular, the lead cupid, l3 year-old Janine Ronayne, shows great promise. The role of the lead cupid was originally performed by a young girl in the 1~69 Bolshoi Ballet production, but most ballet companies choose to,have the role perfonned by a woman. This is the first time Boston Ballet has chosen a talented young dancer from the schoo.l to perfonn the role. The costumes and sets, designed by Tuesday, April 11-- 4pm-5:30pm Nicholas Georgiadis, transported the audience into a world pf steamy Spanish taverns and Twenty Chilnneys, Stratton Student Center wild gypsy camps, with fi'ashy black and red Sponsored by Jewish Campus Service Corps costumes and handmade shawls from Spain. The bright costumes provided a sharp contrast To enter as a team, email Lisa at [email protected] by April, 10 to the beautiful rusty orange hues of the scenery and sets. This is an exciting and mem- orable new production of Don Quixote. April 7, 2000 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9 AI.BU 3Doors Down TheBetter Life
By Dan Katz cheesy, and the song structures, as above, are STAFF WRITER often brilliant. A couple of years ago, the bands to emu- The typical power ballad rears its ugly head late in modem rock were the likes of Match- on the album in the form of "Be Like That," box 20, Smash Mouth, and Third Eye Blind, and while it's not a bad song, it detracts from as alternative radio stations became flooded the momentum of the album slightly,especial- with wickedly catchy upbeat power pop tunes. ly since it follows two of the best songs on the However, in today's nee-metal-driven eli- album:" ot Enough," and my personal mate, even the tame end of the spectrum has favorite, "Duck And Run," an ominous track become heavier. The new ripoff du jour seems that benefits from a great bass line and excel- to be Creed, who surprised the world by lent use of backing acoustic guitars. debuting their new album at no. 1, ushering in "Down Poison" is a little overdramatic and a wave of straight-up rock bands. evokes comparison to Matchbox 20's "Bust- On their new album, The Better Life, New ed" (possibly a result of the vocal similarities York quartet 3 Doors Down (who make their cited above), while the fast-paced title track Boston debut tomorrow night at Axis) proves uses key changes and a speedy guitar riff to themselves among the best in the genre with create a nice frantic atmosphere, a mood also eleven tracks loaded with hooks for main- captured in the cut-time song "Smack." stream appeal, but with an energy and drive I The album finishes off with "So I Need that keeps them from sounding like mere You." At just under four minutes, the song is imitators. hardly an epic, but somehow it creates a great The opener "Kryptonite," which is current- feeling of resolution in its simplicity, making ly climbing the rock radio charts, is an inge- it the perfect closer for the album. nious construction of clean guitar arpeggios I don't have much that's bad to say about over a skipping swing-time drum line, bursting this album, except maybe that some of the into a hard-hitting chorus where distorted gui- songs sound very similar, to the point where I tars deftly snatch the focus from the' rhythm had to listen to the album several times before section. Drummer-vocalist (there's a novelty) I could remember which verses went with Brad Arnold evokes a bit of Matchbox 20's which choruses. The choruses themselves are Rob Thomas in his voice, and the music has all well-written and distinguishable, however. shades of Creed and.recent Metallica. 3 Doors Down aren't an innovative, cutting "Loser," most likely the album's next sin- edge group, but they know how to rock, and gle, is dark, brooding, and slow in the spirit of I'm inclined to call The Better Life the best Creed's "My Own Prison," with the exception guitar rock album I've heard so far this year. of a bridge that unexpectedly switches into The band has the infectious hooks necessary to 1- double time with the introduction of a crunch- pick up an audience, but plenty of bands have ing guitar. that. 3 Doors Down has an album full of good The band's melodies are gripping, the har- music to back it up, and that's what really CONCER:F REVIEW monies are well-executed without sounding counts. TheBetter Life is a recommended buy. RedHot .Chili Peppers Wi:thFoo Fighters
By Naveen Sunkavally and Aaron Mihalik worth th~ ticket price - the Chili Peppe~s , STAFF:REE(JRT-j;RS ~:;f, t,;i { , • : :>!' "J •• ' F '. 0;> '('were the stars oil Sunday. While the Fighters ~fte' ~feakitig; out'neatly ten'y~ars' ag 'H were enjoyable to watch performing on with their 'albumBlood Sugar Sex Magik, the .. stage, the Peppers a-ctually engaged the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still breaking new' crowd, bringing them to their feet, making ground with their most recent album Califor- them dance, and making them sing. The nication. The album has gone triple platinum, Peppers'. opening song, "Around the the single' "Scar Tissue" took a Grammy for' World," their second radio release off Cali- Best Rock Song, and the 'single ~'OtherSide" fornication, was better than the entire Foo is currently: at the top of the Billboard Modem Fighters set, and it set the stage for the rest Rock charts for the eighth straight week. of the night. Now' combine the Peppers with the Foo Instead of focusing on old material, the Fighters -'another modem rock band com- Peppers' set focused primarily on material ing off the successful album release There is. from Califomication, sometimes giving the ~ Nothing Left to Lose - and you've probably songs a completely new meaning and sound. got the best summer concert possible this' For example, in their performance of "Other year (July 16 at the Tweeter Center). Don't . Side," by far the best song of the night, miss them: . John Frusciante' s supporting falsetto was The- Peppers and Fighters tore the roof brought out much more than it had been in '. off the sold-out Mullins Center last Sunday, the album. The crowd was singing through their seventh concert appearance in support the entire song, from start to finish. Songs of their albums. From the opening Foo like "Right Time" and "Californication" and Fighters song "Monkey Wrench" to the Pep- "Scar Tissue" were so good in' concert that pers encore "Soul to Squeeze," the concert another immediate listening of Califomica- was 'pure' guitar rock and hard core funk tion was mandatory. The Chili Peppers also
'l bliss.' , . played some older favorites, the highlights The night began with the Muse, a trio of' of which included the delicate "Soul to nearly' 20 years from the United Kingdom, Squeeze," and the blistering funk rock mas- that sounded a lot like Radiohead with less terpieces "Give It Away" and "Suck My melody. The performance suffered, as lead Kiss." singer Matthew Bellamy could never quite The Peppers also were not afraid to delve really separate himself from Radiohead singer into material from other bands. After all, Flea ., 'Thorn Yorke. Although they played a variety explained, for the first three years of their of songs in their short set, most of them existence, the Peppers mainly played Top 40 sounded w,aytoo distorted to be enjoyable in a songs. Accordingly, the Peppers paid tribute concert environment. with a bit of Elton John, some.David Bowie Six Muse songs later, theFoo Fighters ("Five Years" off Ziggy Stardust), and some took the stage, and the difference between an Led Zeppelin too. In covering, Led Zeppelin's opening-opening band and an opening band. "Ramble On," the Peppers gave it a whole became all too clear. The Foo Fighter's open- new dimension, busting out into hardcore gui- ing song, "Monkey Wrench," brought the tar funk in the harmony parts. house down, and the usual radio favorites, Perhaps the only down side of the Chili including "This' is a Call," "I Stick Around," Peppers set was the lack of any pieces from "My' Hero'," and "Everlong," followed in One Hot Minute, the album before Californi- quick succession. The highlight of the Foo cation. The apparent explanation is that Frus- Fighter set was the tender Dave Grohl solo ciante is not familiar with the material off "Big Me." One Hot Minute. Dave Navarro, currently It was somewhat surprising, however, working on a solo album, had written and that, for a band touring to support a new played the guitar tracks to One Hot Minute album, the Foo Fighters didn't play much off while guitarist Frusciante had taken a leave There is Nothing Left to Lose - only the because of a heroin addiction. Frusciante radio songs "Learning to Fly" and "Stacked returned to the band after Navarro's departure Actors." Instead the set focused on the Fight- for Califomication. er's eponymous debut album, with decent But that's only a minor quibble, at best. songs like "Breakout," "Alone + Easy Tar- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are awesome in get," "Weenie Beenie," and "For All the concert, and the Foo Fighters aren't too bad Cows." themselves. If you're sticking around MIT For all the Foo Fighter's crunchy whole- this summer, be sure to catch them July 16 at some modem rock riffs - they were well the Tweeter Center. Page 10 April 7, 2000
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Matthew Perry (left) and Bruc.e Willis in The Whole Nine Yards. The following movies are playing this week- structure, and thus, loses some of its impact. story and characters. The film is stunning as it story; High Fidelity offers a realistic look at end at local theaters. The Tech suggests using While some wrestling fans will enjoy Beyond follows dolphins as they play and hunt, but is the world of relationships. - Michael Frakes
American Beauty (*~2) fulfillment fable. Erin Brockovich makes use I great visual verve, and the climactic sequence An extremely annoying movie: this dead- The Cider House Rules <***) of actress Julia Roberts' .and director Steven is simply the most wildly creative bit of film- pan black tragicomedy is a laughable failure Despite the fact that the protagonists' . Soderbergh' s strong points and uses them to making of 1999, even though ithas nothing to as a work of art, being pretentious, simplistic, name is Homer, this film ends up feeling less complement each' other, creating a movie do with the rest of the movie. - VZ-
and self-important. Excepting a truly remark- like a Homeric epic and more like a Norman where story and characters matter and where <"! able performance by Kevin Spacey (whose Rockwell painting: hardly great art or even art the visuals are handsome and stylized at the Mission to Mars <*) , .>-, part is disappointingly small), there's nothing at all, but something with instantly recogniz- same time. - VZ This latest Brian De Palma movie borrows to this movie beyond tortured metaphors, cari- able humanity and an overall impact that can so much from such space ~1DJ.~, as COfl!/l,ct;, catures instead of characters, and a messy hardly be ignored. Credit this mostly to lumi- High Fidelity <***~2) Alien, and 2001: A Space Odyssey·that the, pile-up of red herrings instead of a plot. nous acting' and the screenplay's understated John Cusack co-writes and stars as Rob result is BOt'Only poor - it's laughably J>09r. I -Vladimir V. Zelevinsky emotional complexity. - VZ Gordon, owner of a semi-failing used record Mission to Mars relies heavily on computer store, in this honest, witty romantic comedy. graphics andinsults its audience with bad writ- Beyond the Mat <* *) Dolphins <***) When his longtime girlfriend Laura (Iben Hje- ing. The final product would do better as, a, This unauthorized documentary about the Like most OmniMax movies, Dolphins is jle) walks out on him; Rob is forced to exam- , piece foiMystery Science Theatre 3000. ---"VZ people of the world of professional wrestling strong on visuals, filling the screen with eye- ine his failed attempts at romance and happi- tackles some major issues, but seems to lack popping images, but falls somewhat short on ness. But don't expect a sugar-coated love The Next Best Thing, <**}, Madonna and Rupert Everett star as best friends who accidentally have a baby ..togeth- er. While Madonna and Everett are convinc- ing in their roles, the premise of a gay man getting drunk and having sex with' his female best friend is too far-fetched to swal- low. Furthermore, the complicated custody battle that takes up the final' third of the movie destroys the flow created by. the first
part of the film. - Fred Choi 'J
The Whole Nine Yards <~2) There are films that are bad, and there are films that are so bad they are good, and then there is The Whole Nine Yards; which- is so bad it's not even so bad it's good, and there's no point about writing" anything about this stillborn, humorless, sexist, vio- lent piece of garbage, not. even worth decid- ing if th~ word "sucks" or "stinks" applies better, and since I already killed an hour and a half of my life watching this abomination, I'm not going to write more than a single sentence about it, so there. - VZ
Wonder Boys <***) Wonder Boys, director Curtis Hanson's first film since L.A. Confidential, is an endear- ingly offbeat comedy that takes its sweet time developing, though most of that time it is a delight. Michael Douglas stars as the unshaven, over-the-hill writer and professor Grady Tripp. Tobey Maguire and Katie Holmes play Tripp's students, with Maguire stealing the spotlight as a darkly enchanting would-be Poe. Also enjoyable are Robert Downey JI. as Tripp's loony editor, and Frances McDormand. Though overlong and overstuffed, the plot is always amiable and amusing, and the cast makes this one worth watching. - Roy Rodenstein Rupert Everett and Madonna in The Next Best Thing. April 7, 2000 T EARTS
Sat., 9:15 p.m.; "laser Floyd's WalV Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; "Fri- day Night Stargazing," Fri., 8:30 Popular U Ie o.rn.: "Welcome to the Uni- verse," daily; "Quest for Contact: AXIS Are We Alone?" daily. Next: 423-NEXT, 617-262-2437 \ 13 lansdowne St. Commonwealth Museum 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, Apr. 8: 3 Doors Down. 02125. located across from the Apr. 10: Methods of Mayhem. JFK library. Hours: M-F 9-5, S 9- Apr. 18: Tracy Bonham, $10. 3. Admission is Free. For more Apr. 20: MXPX, $12 in adv., $14 info. or to arrange a tour, call day of. 617-727-9268. May 13: Petra, $20 in adv., $25 day of. The LIving Room Through Apr. 30: Born in Taiwan, Avalon lee Mingwei's practice as an 617 -262-2424 artist is to create installations 15 lansdowne St. that involve personal exchanges between the viewers and the Apr. 11: Tower of Power. artist. lee will create a modern- Apr. 15: Violent Femmes. A vveekl.yguide to the arts in Boston day version of the salon life of Apr. 26: Deep Banana Blackout. Isabella Gardner used to enliven Apr. 27: Joe Satriani. April 7 :14- her collection. lee and museum staff will act as hosts to the Berldee Performance Center Compiled by Fred Choi museum, spending the day inter- Berklee College of Music acting with visitors who enter the 1140 Boylston St. Send submissions to ottOthe-tech.mlt.edu o~ by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20.483. special exhibition gallery. Free student recitals and faculty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.rn, some Lynn Beach Painters Through Aug. 20: The exhibit, weekdays. For info. on these con- Apr. 11: Stacey Kent. hilarious and unnerving. Directed subtitled "Art Along the North certs, call the Performance Infor- Apr. 12: Maria Muldaur. by Kara-lynn Vaeni. Tickets are Shore, 1880-1920," presents 60 Apr. 13: linda Eder, Sold Out. $15, $10 students and seniors. mation line at 747-8820. works of the seven lyrical and Apr. 14-15: Jon Hendricks & Call 617:625-1300 for tickets or evocative painters that com- Annie Ross. more information. Apr. 14: New Friends live Dance prised the school of American Performance. Apr. 19: Humberto Ramirez. Marine Impressionists. The exhi- May 5: Alex Fox Guitar On Fire Apr. 20-22: Bobby Short And His Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse, 74 Warren- bition focuses on the signifi- Tour 2000. Orchestra. cance and cohesiveness of the May 6: lorie line. Apr. 25: Ray Vega. ton Street, Boston, indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Wednes- group placed within the context May 7: New England Bodybuild- Apr. 26: Carol O'Shaughnessy. of the period of American art. ing Championships. day and Thursday, at 7 and 10 May 14: Maynard Ferguson and p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Arturo Sandoval. at 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tick- May 20: Regina Belle. ets $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 Classical for tickets and information on Other Events how to see the show for free by Centrum Centre ushering. John F. Kennedy LIbrary Public Ticketmaster 931-2000. Forums At the John F. Kennedy Library Apr. 7: Andrea Bocelli, limited Music Shear Madness and Museum, Columbia Point, Red Carpet Patron Tickets: Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 $350, $195,$135,$85, $55. Boston Symphony Orchestra Warrenton Street, Boston (426- Boston. Free. For more info., call 617-929-4571. May 2: Nine Inch Nails, $45, Tickets: 266-1492. 5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Robert Frost: The Nation's Poet $39.50, $29.50. Performances at Symphony Hall, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Satur- Apr. 2, 2 to 4 p.m.: In his recent May 29: Blink 182 with Bad Reli- 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, gion and fENIXtx opening, All day, and at 3 and 7:30 p.m, on biography, Robert Frost: A life, 'unless otherwise noted. For MIT Sunday. Tickets $30-34. seats $25; Floor is gen. Jay Parini analyzes the conflict S,tudents: Tickets are offered for admission. between Frost's artistic need for- Thursday evening concerts (8pm) solitude and his desire for expo- and Friday afternoon concerts Club PassIm sure to the general public. After (1:30 p.m.) and are available on 47 Palmer St, Cambridge. viewing clips of Frost's recitation Ticket prices vary. Call 618-492- the ,day of the 'concert only at the Exhibits at JFK's inaugural, Jay Parini, 7679 for more info. BSO Box Office at Symphony Hall poet, novelist, and professor at (301 Massachusetts Ave. Open Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Middlebury .College, will offer his Apr. 7: les Sampou. 10 a.m. - 6.p.m.). Two tickets 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566- analysis of the final years of one Apr. 8: David ~allett. may be obtained with two current 1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 ($11 on of this century's greatest poets. valid MIT student IDs, subject to weekends), $7 for seniors, $5 ReetCenter availability. For updated MIT stu- Ticketmaster: 931-2000. for students with 10 ($3 on Women in Massachusetts Politics dent ticket availability, call 638- Wed.), free for children under May 1, 1 to 2 p.m.: For over four Apr. 13: Mariah Carey, Resched- 9478 after 10 a.m. on the day of 18. decades Betty Taymor has been uled. Sold Out. concert. The museum, built in the style of Jun. 8, 9: Tina Turner, Sold Out. a 15th~century Venetian palace, an outspoken advocate of Jun. 21, 22: Ricky Martin, $95, Apr. 20, 21, 22: Pamela Frank, houses more than 2500 art women's candidacy for elective $75, $55, $39.50. violin; Andre Previn, conductor. objects, with emphasis on Italian office. In her new memoir Running Previn: Diversions for orchestra Renaissance and 17th-century Against the Wind, she weaves Dutch works. Among the high- The Uzard Lounge (1999): Barber: Violin Concerto; together the fascinating story of lights are works by Rembrandt, 1.6.6J:'.Mass~e. ,.-.,.,' - .Moz~rt .• SY'!lP~ony No; 39. Pre- CHRISTIAN STEINER her own experience in politics ->i :'. _ ' ., '.' • iJ I concert talk given by Marc Man- J Botticelli, Raphael, Titian,' and ~! ~~7- 07 ii' •• ' '1(11 • rll' ...... - del on Apr. 21 and 22. '11 • -Selji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Or~h~stra music director. Whistler. Guided tours given Fri- (including her work With John F. , . days at 2:30 p.m. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Apr. 5: Wide' Iris. Gall, countertenor, Richard counts are available. For tickets, Adlai Stevenson) with a blunt nar- Boston Pops Clement, tenor, and Mark performance times, or more Apr. 13: Say Zuzu. Museum of FIne Arts rative on women's deplorable lack Tickets: 266-1492. 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Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 10:00 p.m. - Princess Mononoke. Prince Ashitaka must find salvation from a curse 5:00 p.m. - AMP (Advanced usic Perfonnance) Student Recital. Ole Mattis Nielsen placed upon him by a rampaging demon. Animation and screenplay by Neil Gaiman and '00, flute; Yukiko Ueno, Jaemin Rhee, piano. Poulenc's Sonata for flute and piano; voice talents of Minnie Driver, Claire Danes and Billy Bob Thornton. Admission 2.5. 26- Brouwer's La region mas transparente; Ibert's Aria; Mozart's Quartet in D. Admission O. 100. Sponsor: LSC. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 7:00 p.m. - Chasing Amy. Romance through the eyes of director Kevin Smith. Holden Sunday's Events (Ben Affleck), a comic book author, meets and falls in love with Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), a comic book artist who happens to be a lesbian. Admission 2.5. 26-100. 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. Sponsor: LSC. MIT, BU, Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river.. 7:30 p.m. - Sent Down Girl, Asian Rim Series: China A young teen girl is sent away to a Tufts. Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association. remote comer of Tibet for manual labor in 1975. A year later, she agrees to go to even 2:00 p.m. - Princess Ida or The Castle Adamant. MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players produc- more remote spot. Admission 0.10-250. Sponsor: LSC. tion. $9, $7 MIT community/other students/children/seniors, $3 Prefrosh w/Prefrosh 8:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Tickets: $5/$6 for students in advance/at 10. Admission 5.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. the door; $6/$7 for non-students in advance/at the door. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little 2:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Tickets: $5/$6 for students in advance/at Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. the door; $6/$7 for non-students in advance/at the door. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little 8:00 p.m. - MIT Jazz Combo Be MIT Wind Ensemble Concert. Fred Harris, music direc- Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. , tor. Admission O. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the 'Alts. 2:30 p.m. - Movements In nme Spring Show, Ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, & hip-hop 8:00 p.m. - Princess Ida or The Castle Ada • MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players produc- dance & a slide show of the works in the making. Photo exhibit of the performers and tion. $9, $7 MIT community/other students/children/seniors, $3 Prefrosh w/Prefrosh works by featured photographers also on view. Refreshments. $5, $3 MIT. Admission O. 10. Admission 5.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 10:00 p.m. - Chasing Amy. Romance through the eyes of director Kevin Smith. Holden 7:00 p.m. - Chasing Amy, Romance through the eyes of director Kevin Smith. Holden (Ben Affleck), a comic book author, meets and falls in love with Alyssa (Joey Lauren (Ben Affleck), a comic book author, meets and falls in love with Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), a comic book artist who happens to be a lesbian. Admission 2.5. 26-100. Adams), a comic book artist who happens to be a lesbian. Admission 2.5. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. Sponsor: LSC. 12:00 p.m. (1 hour 45 minutes) - Emotions and Leamlng: Innovative Model-based Rea- 10:00 p.m, - Princess Mononoke, Prince Ashitaka must find salvation from a curse soning Machines, Dr. Barry Kort, Visiting Scientist, MIT. Room E15-054 at 12 noon. placed upon him by a rampaging demon. Animation and screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Open. More info: Call Rob Reilly - Affective Computing, Media Lab at 253-0611. Email voice talents of Minnie Driver, Ctalre.Danes and Billy Bob Thornton. Admission 2.5.26- [email protected]. Web: www.media.mit.edu/affect. Media Lab, 054. 100. Sponsor: LSC. 2:00 p.m. - Nuclear Power in Asia, Mr. Katsuya Tomono, Tokyo Electric Power Com- pany (TEPeO). Open. More info: Call Michael Messina at 253-7407. Email Tuesday's Events [email protected]. Rm 3-133. 4:00 p.m. - Bulk Solids handling/granular flow, Tony Royal, Jenike Be Johanson, Inc. 7:00 p.m. - Bilingual Reading. Andre Makine, author of "breams of My Russian Sum- Refreshments at 3:30. Open. More info: Rm 1-350. mers." Part of the Global Writers Series in collaboration with the Program in Writing & 6:00 p.m.- Artificial Intelligence and the Soul, Professor Rosalind Picard, MIT Media Humanistic Studies; co-sponsored by the Kelly Fund. Admission O. Rm 4-237. Sponsor: Lab. Dinner and discussion afterwards. Open. More info: Call Donald Crankshaw at 253- Office of the Arts. 4699. Email [email protected]. Web: http://web.mtt.edu/mitgcf. Student Center, 491. 7:00 p.m. - "Clockwafchers", Women's Studies Student.Programming-Screening of Monday's Events the film followed by discussion. Admission O. Rm 4-231. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 12:00 p.m. - Children and Sleep, Faun R. Zarge, Creative Leaming Strategies. Open. 11:00 a.m. - Smith-Purcell Radiation in the Relativistic Regime, 'John Walsh, Dart- More info: Call Family Resource Center at 253-1592. Email [email protected]. Web: mouth College. Refreshments served at 3:45 pm. 0pen. More info: Call Paul Rivenberg http://web.mit.edu/personnel/www/frc/. Rm 16-151. at 253-8101. Email [email protected]. Web: http://www.pfc.mit.edu/. Rm NW17- 6:00 p.m. -10-250 Case Presentation Monthly program for entrepreneurs with speak- 218.· , ers and technology-oriented companies focused on the issues of building and growing 12:00 p.m.- Singie-moleCule'lmaging, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics of Biological Sys- the business. Students: Free; $10/Forum members; $15/non-members. Open. More tems, Sunney Xie, Harvard University, Refreshments' served following the seminar. . info: Call MIT Enterprise Forum/Camb at 253-8240. Email [email protected]. Web: Please see web.mlt.edu/spectroscopv/www for more detail. Open. More info: Call Alison http://www.mitforum-eambridge.org. Rm 10-250. Hearn at 253-4881. Email,heam~mit.edu. We9: http://web.mit.edu/spectroscopyjwww/. Rm 37-252. Saturday's Events 2:30 p.rn. - Adding a Dimension to Cochlear Mechanics, Elizabeth S. Olson, Depart- ment of Physics - Princeton University. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 Pfy1,in 9:30 a.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. MIT, BU, Har- Room 2-349. Open. More info: Call Professor John Bush at 253-:4387. Email ~ ' vard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river. Tufts. Sponsor: [email protected]. Rm 2-338. MIT Nautical Association. 3:00 p.m.- Mind: From Underdetennination to Potentiality, Zdravko Radman, Fulbright 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - 5th Annual 5K Road Race. Run the 5K Road Race to benefit Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Philosop~, UC Berkeley. Open. 'More info:~Call Chiis·~~tes at \ The Shepherd Center! Register at Kresge Oval from 10-10:45 AM. Race starts at 10:30 253-4084. Email [email protected]. Rm E51-275. ' AM. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories. Refreshments provided. Admission - 4:00 p.m. - Factor Graphs, Belief Propagat~on Algorithms, and Analog Computation, 15.00. Kresge Oval. Sponsor: Chi Phi Fraternity. Andi Loelig~r , Endora Tec~ AG.A short reception will follow in the Osborne Room,v(35- 12:00 p.m. - Fire in the Alley. Saturday, April 8th, noon to 3pm. A barbecue for the , 338). Open: More info: Call soosan beheshti at 253-2832. Emai'l soosanemlt.edu. Rm entire campus on Amherst Alley in front of Baker House. Organized by Baker House and 35-225. ,,' . Pi Lambda Phi. Sponsored by Weekends@MIT, Dormcon and IFC. Baker House 362 4:00 p.m. - Non-Genetic Individu~lity and Multicellular Behavior of Bacteria, Dr. Memorial. Sponsor: Baker House. Phillipe Cluzel, Dept. of Physics Be Biology, Princeton University. Open. More info: Call 4:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Tickets: $5/$6 for students in advance/at Donna wilker at 253-2021. Email [email protected]. Rm 5-234. the door; $6/$7 for non-students in advance/at the door. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little 4:00 p.m. - The Limit of CMOS Scaling: How far Can We Extend it?, Yuan Taur, IBM Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Research. Refreshments in Room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Open. More info: Call Debroah 7:00 p.m. - "Pragati: The .COMing of Age": Annual South Asian Culture Show. MIT's Hodges-Pabon at 253-5264. Email [email protected]. Web: 'http://www-mtl.mit.edu/ . South Asian culture, from Bengali songs to Gujurati folk dances performed by students. Rm 34-101. The show will be projected on Kresge Oval. Doors open at 6:30pm, when free food will 4:30 p.rn, - Role of Endwall Flows on Compressor Stabiltiy, Mr. Huu Due Vo, MIT-Gas i be served. Admission O. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Turbine Laboratory. Refreshments served 4:15pm. Open. More info: Call Lori Martinez 7:00 p.m. - Princess Mononoke. Prince Ashitaka must find 'salvation from a curse at 253-2481. Email [email protected]. Rm 31-161. placed upon him by a rampaging demon. Animation and screenplay by Neil Gaiman and 4:30 p.rn. - Role of Endwall Flows on Compressor Stabiltly, Mr, Huu Due Vo, MIT-Gas voice talents of Minnie Driver, Claire Danes and Billy Bob Thornton. Admission 2.5. 26- Turbine Laboratory. Refreshments served 4:15pm. Open. More info: Call Lori Martinez 100. Sponsor: LSC. at 253-2481. Email [email protected]. Rm 31-161. 8:00 p.m. - MIT Chamber Orchestra. Dante Anzolini, director. Schoenberg's Verklarte 6:30 p.m.- Ughting Sydney's Olympic Boulevard using Mirrors and Translucent Photc.- Nacht, Op. 4 and other works. Admission O. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. voltaics, Barry Webb, lighting engineer, Sydney; Visiting Professor, MIT. Dept of Archi- 8:00 p.m. - Princess Ida or The Castle Adamant. MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players produc- tecture Lecture. Open. More info: Call Dept of Architecture at 253-7991. ~m·10-250. tion. $9, $7 MIT community/other students/children/seniors, $3 Prefrosh w/Prefrosh 7:30 p.m. - The Challenges and Rewards of Interracial Dating, Nonna Lopez and 10. Admission 5.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Mark Tracy, Residential Life and Student Ufe Programs. Snacks and refreshments will 8:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Tickets: $5/$6 for students in advance/at be served. Closed. More info: Call Van Chu at 258-0691. Email [email protected]. the door; $6/$7 for non-students in advance/at the door. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Web: http://web.mit.edu/arc/tnb/tuesdays.html. Baker House, Dining Hall, April 7, 2000 THE TECH Page 15 JOB , JOB A 0 EVE MORE JOBS! · Work at Lastyear,your contributions helped 37 000 recQVeJing alcohol and drug abusers. This year,. your help will be needed more than ever . Commencement or Reunions this June! oos and Moo How Nutrients can Elidt Physiological Depending on the posi· n, you could: 'Changes in the Brain Earn some money! See your friends graduate! Have some fun! Network with alumni! Be a student leader! Meet and greet important people! Be a an evening with Richard Wurtman, camp counselor! Add something interesting to.your resume! Participate in Director, MIT Clinical Research Center the most dignified events at MIT! Eat free food! To apply, you need to: APRIL I I • Get an application at 10-140, the Source or the Information Center 7-121. 5PM • Sign up for an interview on the board outside 10-140 ROOM 6-120 and submit your application by Friday, April.21. OGo to an interview on Tuesday, April 25 or Wednesday, April 26. For job descriptions and more info: http://web.mitJeduLalurnlreunions6obs bar-be-cue:' (transitive verb) tq roast or' broil on a rack over hot coals or on a revolvinq spit before or over a source of heat; (noun) a social. g~thering especially in the Open air at which barbecued food is eaten. Page 16 April 7, 2000 owd azards Force a odify Fundraiser By Sanjay Basu by eliminating the boxtown idea, the ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR group faced concerns about crowd Fear sparked by past protests control, noise, and a 1 a.m. curfew and fire hazard concerns have ham- on campus events. pered MIT's chapter of Habitat for "We decided to fence off the Humanity efforts at hosting a com- oval and use wristbands so we can munity service event. keep track of who belongs there." On May 6, Habitat organizers Although MIT took measures to will sponsor 100 members of the change the event, they nevertheless MIT community, including faculty support Habitat, according to Assis- members and administrators, who tant Dean Katie O'Dair. "We are will sleep on Kresge Oval and kick very supportive of this idea and off Habitat's "Eight Months to think that the students have done a $80,000" campaign, an effort to wonderful job in responding to raise $80,000 for poverty housing some of the concerns we had, development by ew Year's Eve. including non-Ml'I' access to the Habitat's original idea for the event, noise levels for abutting resi- event included having participants dences and events, safety of stu- sleep in boxes in order to gain sym- dents participating, logistics, and pathy for the experience of a home- rain plan," O'Dair said. "We want : less person. Now participants will to be particularly aware of safety sleep on the ground. issues as students will be outside all "The Cambridge Fire Depart- night." ment just told us we can't use Those participating in the sleep- boxes," said Catherine K. Foo, an out will collect pledges to sponsor organizer for the event. The Facili- the building of both 'one Boston ties Use Committee agreed. "They home and two houses overseas. were worried that people would be During the fundraiser, speakers will WENDY GU-THE TECH sitting in their boxes, smoking and discuss poverty housing and the. Rebecca Berry '95 cuts lumber to size for the MIT Habitat for lighting candles ... [The Committee homeless. . Humanity Campus Build held last Sunday In front of the Student was also] worried about strangers Habitat for Humanity is a service Center. 85 Student volunteers built 62 frames in six hours, raising wandering off the street and joining group known for building and spon- over $1,400 in the process. our event," Foo said. soring housing development pro- While fire hazards were rectified jects for the homeless, . . . ~ Past box town event disrupted MIT- - In 1990, MIrs Coalition against. Apartheid erected a shantytown on ~ the Oval to protest' the Institute's - investment policJes .. 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"I promised myself to go into Boston this weekend" despite the Restrictions cause student uproar previous rules, said prefrosh "Prefrosh are not to go off cam- Matthew Richards. pus except to go to FSILGs:' Guer- Many FSILGs had canceled reg- ra wrote in an e-mail Wednesday. ular off-campus events because of "No tours of Boston, no tours of the regulations. Cambridge, no tOUTSof Tower • Jones said the on campus rule Records." was created in response to concerns IFC President Damien A. Bros- over safety and litigation. Most par- nan '01 said this interpretation of ents agree with it. "off campus" Was not what the IFC "It's a good idea, especially for expected when FSILGs signed off girls," said Barbara Sunter, the • ROSHAN BALlGA-THE TECH on prefrosh rules in February. mother of a prefrosh. Teresa Kim (left) and Karen Ritter (center right) walt with their hosts Eileen segall '00 (center left) and Among the-admission office's Prefrosh are still banned from Vicki Un '01 (right). Teresa and Karen will be staying at the Alpha Phi house along with other visiting rules was one asking hosts to visiting .other colleges during the prefrosh. "refrain from ta; prefrosh off' weekend. Jones said her job was to campUs throug~~ut ine weekend." . recruit the best people forMl'I', nor wear a wristband at a Cornell Uni- and eat in Boston. planned include a dance, UROP Whe~n·the:lFC adopted a similar other schools. versity wrestling camp 'mostly for Lieberman said the dinner is tours, panel discussions, and resi- rule; they expected prefrosh to be . As for the wristbands, Jones said meals." now about prefrosh meeting each dence tours. allowed into Boston, but not onto they don't need to be worn all the A letter by the grass-roots other and is not a protest. "We stood In addition, Comparative Media other campuses. time. She said they were needed for protest group I Love Fucking Place up to [the admissions office] and Studies Professor Henry Jenkins, Hearing of the' discrepancy, the party Thursday night: she had to urged students to cross out parts of accomplished the goals." Professor of Psychology Steven Brosnan and Dormitory Council make a decision between wristbands the contract and keep the wristband Pinker, and Assistant Professor of President Jennifer A. Frank '00 met or metal detectors. in their pockets. Tours, talks planned for weekend -Material Engineering Christine with Jones yesterday morning. Guerra says they're needed for "So don't worry about breaking Despite the wristband scandal, Ortiz will be lecturing today. Speak- Jones called the 'old rules "too security reasons. "We can't have a few rules this weekend," the letter CPW has gotten off to a strong start. ing Saturday is Associate Professor rigid. You can take prefrosh to din- strangers walking around," he said. said. "Just ... don't do anything stu- 714 prefrosh are on campus this of Architecture Wellington Reiter. ner or a tour." "Or else, you'd have to.be question- pid." weekend - 45 percent of the admit- Prefrosh can start to plan their Guerra maintains, however, that ing people." Students, who had vehemently ted class compared to last year's 43 next four years at academic, athlet- the spirit of the rules has not Many prefrosh dislike the opposed the new rules, were gener- percent. ics, and activity fairs. changed. "This is what we've been bracelets. Richards calls them ally pleased with the changes. Jeff I. Campus Preview Weekend is Festivities will conclude with a doing all along," Guerra said. He "childish. I feel like a kid at the mall Lieberman '00 was planning a held to show prefrosh "a true expe- dinner Saturday, featuring keynote .called it~'irresponsible" to let hun- 'on a leash."· protest "Prefrosh Violation Dinner" rience of MIT, with a range of acad- s eaker Chancellor Lawrence S. dreds ofprefrosh.intoBoston. Others didn't mind.Prefrosh so prefrosh could break the rules emic and social activities." Events Bacow'72. ;.~Brosrian 'said the old rules "hurt Micnaeriambert said he also had to Tax info,to' -free. Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information on about 15Q~·t?pics, 24 hours a.day. r"", Department of the Treasury W/llnternal Revenueservice http://www .us treas. 9 OV This space donated by The Tech .Rush proposal discussed Prior to his.election, Roberts pre- sented a preliminary proposal for dorm assignments and dorm rush. Under the proposal, which is the product of residence system implementation forums held in the UNITED '~TATES NAVY SERVING AMERICA TWICE l·800·USA·NA VY www.navyjobs.com This space donated by The Tech ( . Page 20 April 7, 2000 • . ROSHAN BALlGA-THE TECH SCREW FOR CHARITY - Cynthia Johanson '01 votes for Assistant Dean Neal Dorow in the 2000 Big Screw contest, sponsored by the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. The annual contest awards the "Big Screw" to the person, class or event students elect (cash des- tined for charities is used as votes) •.The. contestant with the most - money on Friday at 5 p.m. is awarded the 4 foot tall screw and the right to choose the charity to which the m~ney will go. Organized by MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship (web.~it.edu/mitgcf/) COMPUTERS HI TECH - THIRD StlNDA~ of· EACH MONTH ALL SUMMER'. BARGAIN ELECTRONICS - COMPUTERS· - RADIO PARTS SOFTWARE - HARDWARE ay pri 16:t.h - uy.Sell S ap - 9' AM to '2 PM lba y a d ain.Streets, Cambridge MLG TE OOM .OR· ftR zoo SELLERS ain or Shine - Garage Available BUYERS s 4 FREE!· $1 011 with MIT m Ba,-en Parldag.- VENDORS SELLERS $1 . IromaDo! per space lael.des 1admiss- OD MewEDcla •• ponsored 1XM/R April 7, 2000 THE TECH Page 21 Suspension Decision II Returns SmitblKane c ,-, Elections, from Page 1 against. the spirit of the campaign," said Scott D. Schneider G. He cited the election commission and Jud- 'red tape" as the primary reasons for Board. This is how government the team's removal. works," Smith said. "They did 'make us aware of the Judboard decided to begin the rules. If we had done those things, election anew with Smith and Kane then they would be justified in kicking COllle bt'eet 0 on the ballot, but sanctions will be us out," Smith said. S Ur levied on Smith and Kane and possi- tUde1J.t8~ bly other candidates. . Rule violations led to removal Judboard took over the decision Under the current system, candi- process as a result of an appeal by dates are given points for each poster- FaCulty!! Smith after his removal from the bal- ing violation that they commit. The lot. Smith stated that he was surprised election code and point system was i by the commission's findings that he detailed in a packet given to each can- 1 can\n & was in violation of the election code. didate at the beginning of the process. :: eteatn\ Pizza!! "The other candidates had been Candidates are notified of the accused of putting their posters in the nature of each violation and the num- wrong places. To the best of our ber of points assigned. Most viola- WEDNESDAY, A'RIL 12TH knowledge, we didn't have any prob- tions are assigned a predetermined lerns with our posters," Smith said. number of points, but the election commission decides how to assign 4:00 - ':OO'M Poster provoked punishment points for unexpected violations. "If there was a way of keeping When a candidate has more than them on the ballot while maintaining seven points, the election commission THE lUSH ROOM 10-105 the integrity of the rules, we would votes on whether or not to remove have done it," said election commis- him from the ballot. Smith and Kane sion member Sarah L. McDougal '00. were charged with 11 points for pos- According to McDougal, the elec- tering violations and the election com- tion commission's major reasons for mission decided to remove them from removing the team were excessive the ballot. postering of Next House.and Smith's use of his name at the top of posters .Poster tampering raised concerns advertising a speaking engagement by This year, candidates raised alle- Congressman John Linder from gations of poster tampering. "I never Atlanta, Georgia. thought that a candidate would try to . Vice Presidential candidate Jason sabotage another candidate's cam- H. Wasfy '01 also felt that the Linder paign," said McDougal . . posters were particularly egregious. "Jennifer and I have been penal- "Chris Smith shouldn't have tried ized a few times for violations which I to disguise his campaign posters as' didn't think that we were responsible advertising a speech with Congress- for," Wasfy said. man Linder," said Wasfy. "That was Presidential candidate Peter Shul- deceptive and that was wrong." . man also noted that several posters of .Wasfy emphasized that candidates his were moved in an attempt to earn are given seven chances before being them campaign violations. thrown off of the ballot because every "Personally, I saw posters that candidate will inevitably make a few were put up for Peter and Mendel that mistakes. had obviously been taken down. Who Wasfy believes that Smith and. did this and why they did it is Kane's postering violations were unknown," McDougal said. ample reason for them to be thrown As a result of this poster tamper- off of the ballot. ing, election commissioner Zhelinren- . "I think that it's a hard situation tice L. Scott '00 declared that all can- . because we need to have rules, but I didates must remove their posters by hate to see people thrown off the bal- 12 a.m, Tuesday morning. Candidates lot because of a few simple viola- who neglected to remove all of their tions," said Wasfy. He said, however, posters were penalized one point. that he did not believe that many of Wasfy strongly agreed with the the violations committed by Smith mandated removal of VA campaign and Kane were small issues. posters. "In some ways posters-hinder Other students did not agree with a meaningful discussion of the Smith and Kane's removal from the issues," he said. ballot. "I think that these were only Rima Amaout contributed to the minor infractions, and were not totally reporting of this story. Page 22 , "t. April 7, 2000 , FREELO • Former MIT student Lori Berenson is in prison in Peru, She is a human rights activist and journalist who has worked with refugees in EI Salvador and Nicaragua, and among the poor and dispossessed of Peru, In 1995, she was arrested by the Peruvian government for alleged involvement with a terrorist organization, Lori has consistently maintained her innocence. EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STARTS FRIDAY,APRIL 7 Lori was convicted by anonymous military judges, In her "trial," See Film Ustings lor Showtimes • She was not allowed to testify • She could not present evidence • She could not call or cross-examine witnesses Boston Phoenix Thursday, 4/6 Amnesty International and other human rights organizations 47/8" x 31/2" Landmark Theatres protest that Lori has not received a fair triai and has been subjected to cruel and degrading punishment. Want to' Work for a Leading College Internet ,Site? Join us as Lori's parents speak at MIT: FOUR YEARS OF A LIFE SENTENCE MARK and RHODA BERENSON Monday, April 10 7:00 PM MIT Room 10-250 Co-sponsoredby: . MIT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MIT SOCIAL JUSTICE COOPERATIVE . , Formoreinformation,visit: www.freelori,org :====www=,=m=it,=ed=uI=-=am=n=e=sty=,======:!.!====::::::::::::=Co:' :::~~:.~~J~!J~BS~...~.@~MA~.~I~~.C~~~M~.P§::~~_.~.~C:§O~M~==::::::::~_..J Princes-s Ida or The Castle Adamant Stage Director. 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Groff is a student in the Harvard- ties with other student organizations MIT Division of Health Sciences and provide social events for gradu- Officers begin in May and Technology (HST), has served ate students in addition to continu- According to current GSC pres- the GSC .as HST Representative, ing the GSC's tradition of focusing ident Luis A. Ortiz G, the new and has participated actively in the on key issues such as housing and officers will not begin their terms Shakespeare Ensemble and Gradu- graduate advising. for another month. Officers-elect ate Christian Fellowship. Kershner sprinkled his speech will take their offices in a brief with buzzwords such as empower- ceremony at the May general ment, visibility, and sustainability, council meeting. noting that the administration's will- Several new committee chairs ingness to ask the GSC for guidance will begin their duties in Mayas depends on maintaining the Coun- well. Committee chairs have been cil's strong membership and reputa- selected for three of the GSC's tion. standing committees, with tire "I have a strong interest in main- Activities committee scheduled to taining a legacy of involvement," boos new co-chairs Monday. Kershner said, pointing out that the Council offers its members the Officers represent diverse fields chance to make a difference. Kachani, an Operations Sriram noted that the GSC's Research student, is a long-term basic problem is a lack ~f 'commu- member of the GSC and served as nication with the students it repre- chair of its Academics, Research, sents. As secretary, he said, he and Careers committee during the intends to reach out toward stu- past year. '-'- dents through more aggressive Kershner, of the department of publicity and features on the GSC Materials Science and Engineering, web site. has served the GSC as a representa- . Groff says his main goal as trea- tive since October, during which surer will be to provide accessibility time he organized a variety of joint to funding for GSC-sponsored stu- GSC-Sloan acitivities. dent groups. As. part of this goal, Sriram is a Mechanical Engi- ," JAMES CAMP-THE TECH GSC Presidential candidates Christopber S. Protz G, Soulaymane Kachani G, and J. Alan Groff G (left to right) respond to a variety of questions during the GSC's election meeting Wednesday. Kachani won the office of President, while Groff was 'elected Treasurer and Protz will serve as Orientation Committee Chair. . ..... !AIE !HElJ tAll A tn !AIEA tAB. SlAIn. fRlfNOS DON'T Hl fRlfNOS URIVf DRUNK. ~"'-.1 IIus, D8pnlelt 01 TranspDI1IIOn wmbr- .mlt.edu Warning: Listening to WMBR is known to cause musical malady. Common symptoms include groove-bustin', persistent foot tapping, and overactive' bladder. Expectant mothers and French-eanadian pop stars should consult a physician This space donated by The Tech before listening. Page30 THE TECH April 7, 2000 Worne S ries for Tennis Women's Tennis Defea Both Wesleyan and Vassar by One Match FieldBe By isha Singh Koskelin won 6-4, 6-2 at second her opponent off in the first set, TEAM CO-CAPTAIN singles. Koo finished off her oppo- winning it 7-5, and then showed no The women's tennis team faced nent very efficiently, garnering a 6- signs of mercy in the second, Engineers Win by More Than Thirty Points two non-conference 1, 6-1 victory. The fourth, fifth, blanking her opponent 6-0. Koske- Burianek ets triple jump record opponents this and sixth singles matches didn't go lin's match at second singles By Theresa Burianek weekend. The team as well for MIT. Hall lost 6-2,6-0, proved the crucial fifth point that TEAM MEMBER Leading the Engineers in the defeated Wesleyan Rao lost 6-2, 6-3 and Singh lost 6- MIT needed for the victory. After The MIT women's track and throwing events was Princess at home 5-4 on Fri- 1,6-1. losing. the first set 7-5, Koskelin field team kicked off the outdoor Imoukhuede '02, who won the dis- day. The following At seventh singles, Ayako Tana- gathered herself together, winning season with the cuss and hammer setting a new day,: they beat Vas- ka '00 had the longest match of the 12 of the last 15 games for a deci- traditional Engi- school record of 136'5" in the latter. sar College in another close 5-4 day. After losing the first set 6-4, sive 6-2, 6-1 win. Koo simply blew neer's Cup against Also a driving force for MIT was win. she won the second 6-3. A tie- her opponent off the court, drop- WPI and RPI last multi-event specialist Theresa Buri- breaker was determined the out- ping only one game in a 6-0, 6-1 Saturday. MIT anek '99. Burianek brought in 28 eslayan match competition come of the match, which Tanaka romp. Hall faced a difficult match won 13 of the 20 points for Tech by placing in all 6 In doubles play against Wes- lost, but only after having played for at fourth singles, losing 6-2, 6-1. events contested, concluding with a events she competed in, including a leyan, the top two doubles were two hours. Rao had an exciting three setter at final score: MIT 185, RPI 153, and victory in long jump and a school extremely competitive. First doubles fifth singles. After winning the WPI71. record of 33' 6" in triple jump. co-captain Meal ani Nakamura '00 Vassar match competition first set, she lost the second 6-2, Regina Sam '02 dominated the Stephanie orris '02 also started the and Kelly Koskelin '02 toughed out Against Vassar, MIT performed and the final set 6-3. Singh lost 6- sprints with victories in the 200 and season exceedingly well with a an.8-6 win, while Julie Koo '03 and welt overall in doubles. Nakamura 4, 6-1 at sixth singles despite 400. Sam's 400-meter was in a national qualifying victory vault of Jess Hall '02 fought back from a 5-2 and Koskelin had another close jumping out to a 4-2 lead. Tanaka school record time of 59.49 sec- 10' 6" in the pole vault. defecit, reeling off 6 straight games match, winning 8-6. Koo and Hall lost by the same score at seventh onds. Senior Alyssa Thorvaldsen With outstanding performances for an 8-5 victory. Third doubles, executed to perfection at second singles. Lastly, Cheng pulled out a '00 captured wins in both the 100- all around from veterans and rook- Tara Rao '02 and Nisha Singh '00 doubles, cruising by a score of 8-1. satisfying 6-2, 7-5 win at eighth meter and 400-meter hurdles, ies, Tech Track looked strong in played well, but lost 8-3 due to a . Rao and Singh lost 8-2 at third singles. despite an uncharacteristic stumble this first outing of the spring. slow start. doubles, though they played some Head coach Carol Matsuzaki had over the last hurdle in the 400. Come watch for yourself this In singles play, the top two play- good points. Tanaka and Yi-Ning the following to say about the two Senior Debbie Won also ran a weekend as MIT hosts the Univer- ers both had close first sets, but Cheng '02, playing in their first matches, "We did not play our best splendid 10K by setting a new sity of Southern Maine this Satur- once they claimed them, their match together, won 8-4 at fourth tennis, which gives us some things school record and qualifying for the day at 12 p.m. at Steinbrenner Sta- games picked up, and they cruised doubles. to work on at practices before we All New England Championships. dium. for the rest of the match. Nakamura Nakamura had an interesting travel to Vermont for the Middle- won 7-5, 6-2 at first singles, and match at first singles. She fought bury Tournament." Women's Track and Field Men's Rugby Club Vanquishes Lowen Meet Scorecard By Samuel D. Mertens nice run through Lowell's leaky run the ball in for a certain try. TEAM MEMBER - defense. This was followed by out- MVP .of the day John Paul Shen '02 Long jump 4 Theresa Burianek 29.65 On April Fool's day the men of side-center James Partridge stepping had to comment "The A-side 1 Theresa Burianek 15-7 [PR,NE] Jen Selby 32.41 [PR] MITRFC started their season with through Lowell's back line and brought its A-game today, 'no won- 6 Mia Heavener 13-0 Annemarie Sheets 33.76 [PR] two victorious games against Low- dishing off the ball to Johnny derwewon." • Rui Tang 12-4 1/2 [PR] Sofy Tarud 36.08 [PR] elL A successful Robinson who scored on wing. This B-side team rookies surprise Lowell Pole vault 400-meter practice campaign was only the start of the Partridge 1 Stephanie Norris 10-6 [PR,NCAA] I Regina Sam 59.49 in Spain during show as he managed to score two The B-side also had its first 2 Barnwell, Jean 8-0 [PR,NE] [PR,VR,ANE] Spring Break more tries before the half dummy- . game and it proved more of a nail High jump 4 Stephanie Norris 67.97 [PR] proved very valu- ing his way to the try-line. Lowell biter. This inexperienced side suf- 2 Theresa Burianek 4-10 [PR] 400-meter hurdle$- able as the rucking managed to answer with one try sec- fered a setback when Lowell 6 Mia Heavener 4-6 I Alyssa Thorvaldsen 71.34 beavers showed great 'form and onds before the half-time. signal scored on a penalty, but the B.' s Sofy Tarud 3-8 [PR] 4 Melanie Harris 78.69 [PR] readiness. This allowed them to bringing them back to 20-12,' but came back with a try from Robin- Triple jump 800-meter dominate all aspects of the game this was the last time the. visitors put son. Lowell came back with two 3 Theresa Burianek 33-6 1/2 I Chi-An Wang 2:24.82 [PR, NE] despite a large size disadvantage. up a fight. tries of its own to regain the lead. [PR,VR,EC] 6 Christina Cosman 2:43.84 After the kick-off MIT drove MIT was happy to control the But two late tries by Samitha 5 Rui Tang 30-1 3/4 [PR] 1500-meter ' Lowell hard, but did not get com- game, certainly after Thomas Samaranayake '02, who flashed Mia Heavener 28-6 3 Robin Evans 5:l2.27 [PR] pensated by a try. Instead, a judg-: Leurent G scored a try putting Low-. past Lowell's defense, settled the Shot put 300O-meter ment error on a drop kick, caused an ell more than two tries behind. score in favor 'of the beavers. Trei 3 Princess Imoukhuede 37-9 3/4 4 Helen Huang 13:48.84 [PR] interception resulting in a converted Stephen Lasher and Adam Golden, Fleming '01 converted one of the [PR,EC] . 10k race try for Lowell against the run of '03 managed to extend the' lead by tries to secure the win at 17-13. 4 Akua Asa-Awuku 31-8 [PR] I Debbie Won 39:43.26 play. This invigorated MIT and it finishing two perfectly executed The B-side showed great fighting 5 Miquela Vigil 28-1 3/4 [PR] [PR, VR,ANE] was clear that the visitors were not back-line moves .. spirit and the rookies looked like 6 Diana Bolton 25-4 [PR] 2 Jantrue Ting 43:25.94 [NE] going to be able to hang onto their William Kreamer '98 managed weathered vets after only one half Hammer throw 4 Marissa Yates 45:42.31 [PR] lead. The beaver back line was as to convert the last try bringing the /" of playing. .' I Princess lmoukhuede 136-5 400xl meter relay fiery as the hair of its serum-half final score to 37-12 in favor of the These victories show that the [PR,VR,EC] 1 (Adeline: Regina, BB, Alyssa) Marc Ueberle G. So it did not take home team. This could have been a tucking beavers have the talent and 5 Akua Asa- Awuku 99-4 [PR] 50.69 [TB] long before fly-half Stephen Lasher far more decisive victory as one of heart to make it during this, their 6 Diana Bolton 77-10 [PR] 400x4 meter relay '99 opened the MIT score with a the .substitution wingers forgot to 50th anniversary season.· . Miquela Vigil 67-6 [PR] I (Regina, BB, Chi-An, Alyssa) Discus throw 4:22.83 [TB] I Princess Imoukhuede 92-10 400x8 meter relay 2 Jennifer Underwood 90-3 [PR] 2 (Melanie, Jan, Deb, Robin) 3 Akua Asa-Awuku 88-9 [PRJ 10:45.26 [TB] 5 Miquela Vigil 78-11 [PR] Team Scores Diana Bolton 75-6 [PR] MIT 185 Javelin throw RPI J53 3 Theresa Burianek 91-5 [PRJ WPI71 5 Sofy Tarud 64-11 [PR] Annemarie Sheets 62-5 [PR] Jean Barnwell 52-9 [PR] 100-meter dash 1 Afua Banful13.49 [PR,NE] 3 Adeline Kuo 13.89 6 Jen Selby 15.55 [PR] Pay Rate is $15~OO-$16.50Ihour Annemarie Sheets 15.76 [PR] 100-meter hurdles I Alyssa Thorvaldsen 16.68 [EC] depending on location 2 Theresa Burianek 17.71 [PR] 5 Jen Selby 20.42 [PR] Census 2000 needs hundreds of part-time weeknight and weekend 200-meter dash people to help take the Census in all of the neighborhoods of I Regina Sam 26.69 [PR, ANE] Greater Boston. Most C~ jobs will last approximately six to eight 3 Adeline Kuo 28.50 weeks. This job offers paid training and 32.5t per mile mileage reimbursement. Applicants must pass a half hour written test. Call the Local Census Office at (617) 494-5501 or toll free. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS 1-_-325-773:1 Friday, April 7 Women's Softball vs. Smith College ~cellSUs.govijobs200!J (double header), 4:00 p.m. TOO 1-800-341-1310 Saturday, April 8 The Census Bumw is an Eqwl Opportunity Em,Aoyer Men's Baseball vs. Wheaton College (double header), 1:00 p.m. Women's Outdoor Track, MIT Showdown, 12:00 p.m. All IMPORTAIIT JOB.~. Women's Sailing, Emily Wick Trohpy, all day (starts at 9:30 a.m.) Men's Lightweight, Joy Cup vs. Yale University, 7:QO-9:00 a.m. ••• THAT PAYS April?2000 SPORTS THE TECH Page 31 Youmigh' be waking. your hos' up 5.or 6 hours earlie,· 'han normal. . '"" if"! be, . ,.,-. worth n. .~ Meet The Tech's editors. Have some food . .'. . . '. Get all your questions answered. And if you wont,.we'li even assign you a story or photo. [email protected] . . 617.253.1541· http://the-~ech.mit.e·du News .Proauciion • :Opinion ~ Sports • Arts • Photography • Features • Business • Technology Page 32 T TECH April 7, 2000 ea Alumni CUp May Return to the Beavers By Brian K. Richter when both the freshmen boat and TEAM MEMBER Riverside pulled ahead by a few Varsity heavyweight crew opens seats to upset the varsity and cross its spring racing season in ew York the finish line first with a more com- City this weekend. The Engineers posed sprint. The Lions return most face the light blue of their squad from last year's victo- Lions of Columbia ry over MIT, whereas MIT returns on the Harlem only three oarsmen to their varsity River in the annual boat. Alumni Cup regat- MIT's freshmen squad is enter- ta. The Alumni ing this race with a lot of well- Cup's long history has been one of deserved confidence. So far this intense competition, with the victo- spring in practices and scrim- ries being split almost evenly mages, the freshmen have proven between the two schools. No school they can upset their own varsity has ever held the Cup for more than squad. They also surprised the a few years (Columbia has held it the past two years). The Alumni Cup is arguably one "Columbia is a worthy appO- of the most important regular season PETER AHUMADA neni; and I think that this is a races for MIT all year. Columbia Lead Raymond Szeto G throws a guard rock while sweepers Wendy Chien G and Brent Yen G look on. has become a strong team recently, great apportltnitgjorU$. Ifeel The team won 13-2. placing 11th at Eastern Sprints last that we've been gettingjaster spring with a ophomore-loaded and stronger with f!Veru prac- boat. Just last weekend the Lions tice, and I am confident that we Engineer's Curling Team DeButS showed their increasing strength by finishing ninth at the prestigious San can perform at a level that will Future of Curling Looks Good After A Crushing Victory Over Williams Diego Crew Classic, just seconds allow 11$ to win some more light off sixth-ranked Yale. blue shirts" By Peter Ahumada get). Raymond's effective sweeping Consistency across the board Coach Hamilton said, "This may and Joyance Meechai also helped draw the rocks out. helped the first team to its victory be the fastest Columbia boat in over - Eugene Weinstein '00, TEAM MEMBERS Vice skip Brent Yen G kept the along with excellent individual play, 40 years." .' captain The newly formed MIT Curling Williams' rocks out with his strong like a crucial double takeout by B The Engineers have been train- Team defeated Williams in its first takeouts. The A team was lead by team vice skip, Chad Keever 'Olin ing all winter with Columbia in their intercollegiate curling tournament skip, Joyance Meechai '00, who addition to the ultimate robbery, a minas. The addition of double ses- Harvard first freshmen boat with last Friday. With consistently drew into the house and hit-and-stay takeout on the hammer sion workouts this last week make their speed; Harvard's freshmen only three months secured extra points, delivered twice by team skip, John strong hopes of stealing the race this proved to be the fastest freshmen of curling experi- MIT's second team played Viloria '00. weekend. MIT recently has chosen in the country by winning the Head ence, the novice Williams and lost 4-8 after six ends. The victory marks a great to focus on starting fast and sprint- of the- Charles by nearly fifteen MIT team took on a The MIT B team gave a good fight, beginning to curling at MIT. The ing well as. these are parts of the seconds last fall. The freshmen veteran Williams lagging Williams by only one stone team hopes to expand in following race that must be executed perfectly squad this year is graced with five team. The MIT A team routed after the fifth end with a score of 4-5. seasons. for the Et:tgirieers to upset the experienced rowers and a number Williams with a final score, 13-2 stronger Columbia squad.> of very strong novices who have after six ends. Curling matches are played on a 148 foot sheet of ice. picked' up the sport quickly and in The Engineers took every end Two teams compete for 8 innings or ends by alternating throwing "rocks" the Scrimmage hints work is needed many cases proven to be stronger until the last when the Williams length of the rink towards a target known as the "house. " The "hammer" is The varsity. learned that their oarsmen than their experienced . skip, Eric Katerman took out a rock the final rock of an end. sprint needed a lot of work last Sun- teammates. The freshmen look'for- and rolled in with the hammer. One team can score per end. A point is awarded for each rock closer to the day in a scrimmage against River- ward to winning their first inter:' Throughout the afternoon, team center of the house than any rock from the other team. side Boat Club and MIT's first collegiate race this weekend, as a Curling strategies include sweeping to change the path of rocks, placing lead Raymond Szeto G and second freshmen heavyweights. preliminary step towards their rocks in front of scoring rocks to guard them and, conversely, knocking oopo- Wendy Chien G guarded and domi- Three boats were nearly even goals of beating some of the fastest nents'rocks out of scoring position. nated the top of the house (the tar- through the last few hundred meters boats in the country. Pheiffer Picks Favorites InNational League East Only the Braves and Mets Will Play for the Title By Rory P. Pheiffer injuries makes the Braves again SPORTS COLUMNIST unbeatable. Spring isn't here yet, but base- The Mets made some nice off- ball does not wait for spring any- season acquisitions, especially for more. Baseball seems to start earli- their pitching staff where they will er and earlier each year. Spring be able to move Al Leiter back to training starts in February, exhibi- the second spot in the rotation and tion games the first days of March, make newly acquired Mike Hamp- and opening day in late March. ton the staff's ace. They also have This year Major League Baseball the potential to be potent on offense, decided to conduct opening day in with the likes of Ricky Henderson, " Japan, forcing the Mets and Cubs Darryl Hamilton, Mike Piazza, to travel to another country to open Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile, and their baseball season. As much as Eric Bell. I don't think they can I'd like to tell you that all the signs compete with the Braves because that indicate baseball season has Atlanta has more depth and consis- ~ ~ - ~ arrived are apparent, there aren't tency. If the Mets were going to FIONN s. DAMDAR - THE TECH really any signs to indicate as such. make it to the World Series, last Team captain Alexandra Pearlman gets a hit In Friday's game against Wentworth Institute of Regardless, as much as it may not year was their year. Their time has Technology. MIT lost the game 3-6. seem like it, it is time to grab your come and gone. As for the rest of sunglasses and a few dollars for a the teams in this division, don't look hot dog and pop (or soda if you for any of them to give Atlanta or prefer) and make our way to the New York too much trouble. The ballpark (well, don't forget a warm Phillies have too many holes in their Women's Rugby Club Loses Tough Game coat too). line-up and the Expos increased By Kristin Brodie MIT~ They assisted MIT in tackling, gaining yardage their spending this year, but did so TEAMMEMBER and keeping possession throughout the entire game. ational League East by only concentrated on pitching, The women's rugby team had their first game of All players in the game seemed to be performing The Atlanta Braves owned the leaving their offense and fielding the season against Springfield College last Saturday. strong, well-timed tackles right and left. Barika National League East during the still less than desirable. Lastly, the The Engineers made a good effort, but lost the Poole '01 single-handedly stopped many of 1990s, and I don't expect anything Florida Marlins, a team just three match 15-10. the opposing team's girls from scoring by to change in this decade. They still years removed from being crowned Despite the loss, the team is looking better completely. knocking them off their feet - have a solid pitching staff and their World Champions, will continue than ever this season. There are many return- even the other team's spectatojs began cheer- batting order now has more solid their recent trend of fighting to ing players as well as some new, experienced ing Poole's performance. hitters at the top with Reggie remain out of the National League players joining us for the first time. With all the athletes the team is fielding, Sanders and Quilvio Veras. A team basement. Several of the rookies played great on Saturday. the spring season looks very promising for the with Javier Lopez and Andres Look for NL Central and more Lee Knight '00 and Heather Sites '03 both scored for women's rugby team. Galarraga coming back strong after division previews in upcoming issues.