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Volume 121 umber 50 02139 riday, October 12, 2001 Chi Phi Faces New IFeSandions Punishments May Reduce Success in 2002 Recruitment Period By Kevin R. lang couldn't even theoretically know we hould have it oon." Dancy aid. EWSEDITOR we existed. Dancy said that Chi If hi Phi i granted the chance to In response to a erie of rush vio- Phi relie heavily on their rush appeal, they will a k Judicial Com- lation thi year, the Interfraternity book to draw potential pledges. mittee to reduce the sanction . Dancy ouncil has levied additional anc-' said that" 1500 is way out of left tions against the Chi Phi fraternity, IFC tried to negate an advantage field" in relation to fine normally including a 1500 fine and re trictions IFC President Rory P. Pheiffer issued for rush violations. He expect- on recruitment activities for 2002. '02 aid that the sanction that were ed the IF to propose one or two Under IFC Judicial Committee is ued as a way to ' level the playing punitive auctions along with a 'con- bylaws, fines must not exceed 500 field" for ne t year's rush. "What structive olution' that would benefit per incident. Chi Phi was originally occurred this past rush gave them an other FSILG. ince Chi Phi alleged- cited for multiple violations of rule unfair advantage over other hou - ly damaged rush for other house regarding wake-up times and jaunts. es,' Pheiffer aid. Dancy thought an appropriate sanc- , In addition, Chi Phi will not be Pheiffer admitted that the lack of tion would be to host an event pro- KAlLAS NARENDRAN THE TECH allowed to mail their rush book to summer contact "makes their moting other F ILGs, for example. Professor Wolfgang Ketterle talks about new technologies that may freshmen, and they will not be recruitment more difficult." Chi Phi plans to appeal on the develop from his research. Ketterle was one of three researchers allowed to contact freshmen over Vice President Bryan D. grounds that the sanctions represent who jointly received the 2001 Nobel Prize for their work with Bose- the summer. Chi Phi will also be Schmid '03, who served as facilita- "cruel and unu ual punishment' as Einstein condensates. prohibited from hosting registered tor for the executive review board, listed in the JudComm bylaws. events before rush begins in the fall. declined to comment. JudComm Chair Thomas B. . House President Isaac J. Dancy - Fisher '02 could not be reached for Ketterle Wms Nobel '03 said that despite the fact that Chi Phi to request appeal comment. none of the sanctions would take The IFC's executive review effect during rush itself, "it would board issued the sanctions on Sep- Admins leave work to IFe have a severe impact onour rush." tember 21, but Chi Phi is still await- According to Dancy, Chi Phi For Work inPhysics "It seems really harsh in my ing a hearing to ask for an appeal. opinion," he said. "Freshmen "We haven't had that hearing, but Chi Phi, Page 16 B.yEun J. Lee studies of the properties of the ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR condensates. ' The Royal Swedish Academy of "On behalf of the entire [physics] Sciences named MIT Physics Pro- department, this is an unbelievably fe or Wolfgang Ketterle as one of exciting occasion," said physics the 2001 obel Prize laureates in department head and Donner Profes- Physics on Tuesday for his work in sor of Physics Marc A. Kastner. experimentally discovering Bose- Bose-Einstein Condensate Einstein condensates (BEC), a new (BEC) were first theorized by Albert state of matter. . Einstein and Indian physicist Satyen- Ketterle hares this honor with dranath Bose in the late 1920's. two MIT alumni, Eric A. Cornell Es entially, Einstein predicted PhD '90 and Carl E. Wieman PhD that if a gas of certain types of '73. Four other 2001 obel prize atoms are cooled to a very low winners in the categories of Chem- temperature, all the atoms will istry, Economics, and Medicine also suddenly gather in the lowest pos- have close affiliation with MIT. sible energy state to form a new "This is testimony to the excel- state of matter. lence of students and faculty who "The primary impact of this dis- are attracted to MIT, and to our ded- covery is that it is one of the few ication to intense work in fields of developments in physics recently fundamental importance," said Pres- that has unified the different sub- ident Charles M. Vest. fields of atomic physics and con- In their press release, the Swiss densed matter physics," said Profes-
JONATHAN WANG-THE TECH Academy recognized Ketterle and sor David E. Pritchard. ,John E. Driscoll of the Campus Police (left) and Stephen D. Immerman, Director of Enterprise Ser- the two other winners "for the The main problem that physi- vices, await a protest against Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones in Lobby 10 on Wednesday. No achievement of Bose-Einstein con- cists had to solve in order to exper- students showed up for the protest. densation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental Nobel, Page 12 Administrators Develop Kenneth Locke Hale
New Policies on Alcohol MIT Professor of Linguistics Kenneth Locke what is called Univer al Grammar, the properties of Hale died on Monday, October 8 in his Lexington human language proper, not a result of accidental or Anonymous Medical Transport Appears Unlikely, home. He was 67 years old. historical reasons." _ Hale arrived at MIT in 1967 with a BA degree in The pre ervation of diverse languages was Calls for Emergency Help May Reduce Sanctions Anthropology from the University of Arizona, and a another focus of Hale s career. He argued that lan- By Richa Maheshwari However, Interfraternity Council Masters and PhD inlinguistics from Indiana Univer- guage is a key part of a culture. In a 1995 inter- STAFF REPORTER Risk Manager Andrew T. Yue '03 ity, Bloomington. view, Hale said "When you 10 e a language, a large Despite overwhelming student said that changes to MIT's alcohol Institute Professor oam Chomsky called Hale part of the culture goes, too becau e much of that support for anonymous medical policy represent a step in the .right "one of the world's leading scholars." In a MIT culture i encoded in the language." To combat transport, MIT has been unable to direction. . ews Office press release, Chomsky said Hale was this, Hale supported the rudy of linguistic by implement a system that complies "The new policy has accom- "dear to countless people, he was also one of those native speakers of indigenous languages. Paul R. with Massachusetts' underage plished two goals. It promotes stu- very few people who truly merits the term 'a voice Platero ' 3 and LaVerne Ma ayesua Jeanne PhD '78, drinking laws. dent responsibility [and] it also lays for the voiceless.:" avajo and Hopi, respectively, studied under Hale Massachusetts state law pro- out the actual consequences of an Hale tudied the theoretical concept of language for their graduate degrees. They are believed to be hibits possession of alcohol by any- alcohol violation.t'Yue said. universals through cross-lingui tic ,analy is. By the first ative Americans to receive doctorate in one under age 21. Given the .poten- Under the new policy, penalties learning many structurally diverse languages, Hale linguistics. rial for disciplinary or even legal for both first-time and repeat offens- could discover the laws that they all shared. Explain- Philip . Khoury, dean of the School of Humani- anctions due to underage drinking, es will be reduced if alcohol viola- ing this line of tudy, abine Iatridou, profes or of ties, recalled Hale' work to the MIT ew Office. Students who need medical assis- tions are discovered as the result of linguistics at MIT and Hale's colleague, said, "The "He had the ability to learn and speak languages by tance due to alcohol consumption a call for medical help. Sanctions idea is that if a particular phenomenon holds in a have historically been reluctant to variety of languages, chance are it is reflection of Hale, Page 18 call for help. Alcohol Policies, Page 13
Increased funding will make this Comics OPINIO World & ation 2 weekend's Fall Festival the Dan Tortorice argue that reli- Opinion 4 largest ever. gion doe not cau e terrorism. On the Town 7 Event Calendar 10 Sport 24 Page 11 Page 8 Page 5 o tober 12, 2001 WORLD & NATION B sh Urges Media to Avoid
BERL ~ g Laden Speec es hancellor Gerhard chro der declared Thur da that the coun- try' po twar role In rld affair econ mically po erful but militar- B en Fireman ob] ctive ill term of killing Ameri- h tever concern the government ily timid, ha irrev cably pa ed" and that Germany i read and VEWSDA} , bnn In harm t American or ha ," h aid. "If there I a com- illin to end troop abroad "in defen e of freedom nd human u in tho e me age v ay of pelling argument that amag could right ." The Bu h admini tr tion Thur - ending a code to their terrori t ." be don by publi hing methmg, peaking a ., Hie are- offering troop to th U .. -led oali- day e pand d it effort to ride herd . . network have greed not to e'Il li ten to it. But our goal i to tion again t terrori m, chroeder told th lower hue of Parliament on information bout th campaign air li e, un dited tape or transmi - gi e reader a much information a that hi country mu t bury the long-sacred prin iple of ri -avoidance again t terrori m, a king ne pa- ion of tat men from bin Laden we can." in foreign policy. per and all electronic media not to or l-Qaida, a they did on unda veral critic of ecrec ,in go - "The willingne to provide ecuri through the military i n run un dited comment by 0 ama and Tue day. ermnent complained that the Bu h important declaration for Germany' llies," aid chroeder. It bin Laden or spoke men f r hi al- e eral ne paper ran tran- admini tration wa u ing the cri i 'means a ne elf-conception of German foreign policy . .. void- aida n twork. cri t of bin Laden' taped t te- created by the terror attack to mg very direct ri k cannot and mu t not be th guideline of German hite Hall e poke man ri ment. Ho ell Raine , the executive clamp down inappropriately on the foreign and ecurity policy. Flei cher aid admini tration offi- edit r of The e ork Time flow of information to the public. chroeder poke after a flying vi it to the United tate thi e k. cial planned to contact new paper hi h rna tran cript of bin They cited e ample that have In ew York, he i ed the deva tation at the ite of the orld radio network and po ibl interna- Lad u' tatem nt received a call already occurred, uch a the Trade Center and appear to have returned home ith a renewed tional tele i ion channel to onvey from Flei cher Thur da morning, dmini tration ending a letter to ense f outrage the am reque t made on edne- according to Time poke oman comedian Bill Maher and hi recent " fter the end f the Cold ar, the re toration f German unity day to the five major T networ : Catherine athi. comment regarding merican tac- and the re overy of our fun overeignty, Germany need to ho a Do not run unedited tatement by "H ell' re pan e wa that in tic. ' 11 meric n ... need to new international re ponsibility," aid chroeder. "Ten year go, no bin Laden or hi repre entative ordinary circum tance ur practi e atch hat they do." aid Flei cher ne uld ha e expected anything more than econdary help-provid- bee u e they might contain inflam- i to fully inform our reader ," he regarding th deci ion. ing infra tru ture or funding. Thi era f German po twar hi tory ... matory propag nda or hidden aid. "He did ay that we would "The admini tration ha quan- h Irrevocably pa ed." in truction to upporter . certainly Ii ten to any information dered a good deal f it credibility The German government aid again Thur day that the United "The pre ident i pleased by the from the government that there wa on thi ubject by verreaching and tate hadn't yet reque ted Germany' participation in the trike on reaction of the network e ecutiv ," a pecifi danger involved and then uppres ing information unnece - fghani tan. But chroeder' government ha approved the ending Flei cher aid. "Ther will be orne make a judgment." sarily," aid teven ftergood, of five C reconnai ance plane ith German crew to the Unit- additional phone call made. . .. The nthony Marro, the editor of director of the project n govem-' ed tate to free up imilar U. . plane for u e in ia. me reque t that a made ye ter- ew day, hich al 0 ran a tran- ment ecrecy t the Federation of Politic I analy t here aid immediatel that Thur day's eech, day of the network executive will cript f the bin Laden tatement merican cienti t , a nonprofit building on the 1999 eci ion to nd Germans into combat for the al 0 be made to other media becau e aid he ou d deal with ny reque t public policy group. "They began fir t time ince orld ar II, repre ented n important broadening of of the arne principle '" WhICh i on a ca e-by-ca e ba i . 'We'll use with a pre umption in their favor Germany' international role. not allo ing Osama bin Laden or our be t independent new judg- that there i a legitimate need for 'This i a defining moment for Germ ny, and it role i being the terrorist to pro ide information ment in eighing the importance of operational ecurity. But they have fixed," aid arl Kai er, dir ctor of the German C uncil on Foreign that auld fa ilitate any f their the information to reader 'and , quandered a good bit of it." Relation . 'It didn't go unnoticed that hen (Pre ident) Bu h po e of the coalition around the he 'aid it a Britain, France, us- traha and Germany. And that ha enorm meaning." . Planes Continue to Strike obe Prize e o apa • LOS ANGELES TIMES LO DO Mghan Capital for Fourth Day aipaul, a master of pro e and controver ial interpreter of the developing world, won the centenary obel Prize for literature government is locked in a struggle by bin Laden, saying they could Thur day for "works that compel u to ee the pre ence of uppre sed with the rebel coalition known as incite violence against Americans hi torie . ' the orthern Alliance. Warplanes and might even contain coded The academy called the sometime prickly writer the heir to have bombed the city for three' instructions for terrorist acts. Jo eph Conrad "a the annali t of the de time of empire in the U .. warplanes unlea hed their straight days. Defense Secretary Donald moral ense: what they do to human beings." Hi tyle however i heavie t attack yet on the Afghan In Washington, President Bush Rumsfeld told reporters Thursday hi own. The academy ingled out his highly autobiographical novel capital of Kabul on Wedne day is ued a list of 22 "most wanted" that cave complexes, which he "The Enigma of Arrival" about a young Indian from Trinidad in night while the anti- Taliban opposi- international terrorists, headed by declined to further identify, had England, a a rna terpiece. He i "a literary navigator, only ever real- tion claimed that wholesale enemy Bin Laden, the Islamic extremist been hit by an array of precision ly at home in him elf, in hi inimitable voice," said the wedish defection had allowed it to sever a suspected of masterminding the sui- munitions. . Academy, which awards the prize. key north- outh highway. cide attacks that flattened the World While Rumsfeld offered no indi- The academy avoided mention of orne of aipaul' more con- On the fourth day of airstrike , Trade Center and part of the Penta- cation whether the caves may have tentiou work, uch a hi critique of I lamic fundamentali m U. . aircraft flying day and night gon a month ago Thursday. been occupied at the time of the "Among the Believer : An I lamic Journey," publi hed in the wake raid rocked the regions around Administration officials said strikes, destroying the complexes of the Iranian revolution. One reviewer aid the book ravaged the Kandahar and Kabul, including they hoped that publicizing the ter':' was an important objective, since religion with naked antipathy. area just west of the capital where rarists names and photographs Osama bin Laden, the terrorist aipaul ha alway portraye'd him elf a "a statele ob erver, , o ama bin Laden i believ.ed to would generate fresh intelligence leader U.S. officials hold responsi- Jaggi aid. He ee him elf a an objective truth-teller who i devoid operate terrorist training camp . that could lead to their capture. ble for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of any political or ideological agenda, a transcendent condition many The bombers also hit a Taliban The White House also called on on New York and Washington, has writer consider to be impo ible. garri on in the northern city of television networks to use caution in used fortified caves as residences ., Mazar-i-Sharif, where the Afghan broadcasting videotaped statements and headquarters. 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THE WASHINGTON POST Begin to Get Ready for Warfare SUE os AIRES, ARGENTI A By John Murphy with .. troop , who they hope to hum nitarian gesture of dropping Argentines vote unday in key legislative elections, and opin- THE BALTIMORE SUN defeat as hey did ovi t Union and . more than 100,000 daily rations ion polls how the country's 25 million registered voters are har- Briti h armie in the p t. in ide fghani tan s needy areas boring their deepest sense of disgu t with politicians since democ- If the United tates has been Afghans' comments at th bor- may be backfiring. racy was restored in 1983. Angry over what many call the succes fully destroyed l-Qaida der mimic ed tho e of the Taliban "Whatever id merica has governing coalition' ineptitude in dealing with rgentina' eco- terrorist training camps and crip- amba ador to Pakistan Abdul gi en through air we just set it on nomic crisis and petty bickering and corruption among all parties, pling airfields, it appear to have alam Z eef. During a news confer- fire," said ujahid Habid lIab,24, one in four Buenos Aires voters said they will cast a blank or failed in it public relations efforts ence Thur day, the ambassador w who had ju t arrived in haman poiled ballot. ationwide polls suggest the protest vote could to win the trust of the fghan peo- a ked about the po sible deploy- from Kandahar. 'The Taliban col- reach 15 percent - more than double the average in past elections. ple. After fi e days of bombings, ment of . . ground troop in lected them all and set them on fire. 11 72 seats in the opposition Peronist-controlled Senate are Afghans cro sing into Pakistan here fghani tan. He replied: "When the We don t need aid. Leave us - we being contested unday. Half the seats in the lower house now from Kandahar and other citie Americans enter Afghani tan, here want to grow our own wheat. We dominated by the governing center-left coalition, are up for grab . seem to be gearing up for a war that will start the real war - not now." want to have our own food. The Peroni ts are expected to post moderate gains. But one big has ne er been declared against U.. tate Department any Afghans complained of winner, according to opinion polls, may be a write-in candidate, them. Spokesman Ri hard Boucher this the uffering of their friend , neigh- Clemente a popular. Argentine cartoon character who has no arms 'We don't believe what America week said that Voice of America is bors and relative , who are trying to so that he cannot rob from the people. says. From the ery beginning, expanding its broadcast aimed at survive outside the city of Khandar, The entiment here repre ents what analysts call a growing America seems to be the enemy of Afghanistan, hoping to persuade the now half abandoned. fru tration among Latin Americans with their elected leaders. In Islam, , 32- year old Gul Moham- population that the U.S.-led military Each night in Kandahar, resi- countries as diverse as Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Colombia, opin- mad said at this border crossing in campaign is meant for terrorist dent have kept their nerve when ion polls show a sharp drop in public support for elected leaders. western Paki tan, about a two-hour only. The Embassy of Pakistan is the bomb start falling, said Sullah. Analysts say' the poll reflect not a rejection of democracy, but a drive from Kandahar. ' All the also making more material available Believe me when they come at profound disappointment with individual politicians at a time when Afghans are very angry." . to the news mediain Pakistan, nighttime to trike all the Afghanis the region eem locked in a pattern of economic downturns. They are burning the humanitar- where fundamentalist Islamic . ay, Welcome! Welcome! They are " 0 one wants a return to the (military governments) of the ian food aid dropped by U.S. forces. groups are threatening more anti- giving us bomb again. We are pa t," said Marita Carballo, president of the polling firm Gallup Men are encouraging wives and American prote ts. happy.' It's very sad that we don't Argentina. "This is not a rejection of democracy; this is a sign of daughters to train for battle. And But it is difficult to convince the have anything to hit the plane , but displeasure with the politician who have emerged thu far." many Afghans appear to relish the Afghan population of America's '?'Ie are ready for the land war, ' he owhere is that more true than in Argentina, where a deepening thought of entering a grou~d war intentions. The United State ' said. political crisis i partly to blame for a worsening three-year reces- ion that analysts said has increased the risk of a currency devalua- tion and debt default. Many Argentine object to some provisions Military Forces Using Pakistani in avallo' "zero deficit" budget plan, which was essential to obtaining the loans. It imposed deep cuts in pensions and government salaries to avoid a default on Argentina's 132 billion debt. ,Critics say that Bases for Campaign, Sources Say Cavallo, a Harvard-trained economi t who devised rgentina's By Tyler Marshall Pakistan has been vocally opposed The airstrip in Pishin is in an opening to a free market economy in the 1990s under former Presi- and Rone Tempest to allowing the alliance to retake the area with large concentrations of dent Carlos Menem has yet to come up with a viable plan to jump- LOS ANGELES TIMES capital. Afghan refugees who strongly up- start the economy. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Gen. Pervez Musharraf has said port the Taliban regime. For the first time since military the Northern Alliance must not be In Thursday's editions, the operations against Afghanistan's allowed to get any mileage out of Karachi-based newspaper Dawn Puerto Rico Governor Gets Taliban regime began, U.S. forces the U.S. military campaign. Other reported that Pakistani military are using at least two bases inside Pakistani officials have warned that authoritie had taken control of Support on Vieques Stance Pakistan, senior Pakistani intelli- a Northern Alliance triumph in four airports in Sindb, Baluchistan THE WASHINGTON POST gence and military sources said Kabul would tum into a blood bath. and Punjab provinces and suspend- Puerto Rico Gov. ila Calderon met with Vieques protest lead- early Thursday. Earlier ·this week, Pakistani" ed commercial flights at them. ers earlier this week and won at least grudging support for her According to these sources, U.S. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf Dawn reported that the other efforts to end the avy's use of the island of Vieques for bombing helicopters and other supporting air- said his country's participation in bases involved are in Pansi and exercises. She's in a particularly difficult situation now with law- craft have arrived at a Pakistani mil- the coalition efforts would be limit- Gwadar near a large Pakistani makers and defense officials arguing that Vieques is needed more itary base at Jacobabad in central ed to allowing use of its airspace, naval ba e, Panjur, 100 miles than ever for training as a result of the Sept. II terrorist attacks. Sind province and at a little-used sharing intelligence and providing northeast of Gwadar, and Dera Calderon supports the Bush administration's proposal to scrap airstrip at Pishin, northeast of Quet- logistical support. _ Ghazi Khan, about 100 miles east the November referendum on stopping the exercise and to impose ta only.a few miles from the Afghan "At the moment," Musharraf of Quetta and about 80 miles from a May 3, 2003, exit date for the Navy. But if Congress doesn't border. said Monday after the first round of the Afghan border. include a firm date in the defense authorization legislation, she A Pakistani military official who air attacks began, "whatever is In a telephone interview, Dawn would oppose killing the referendum. declined to be identified said the going on is not from Pakistan." But reporter Shamim Shansi said about According to the San Juan Star, Robert Rabin, one of the U.S. military presence is currently the Pakistan president left the door 2,000 Pakistan army troop had prote t leaders, aid they were now satisfied with Calderon's limited to the aircraft and their sup- open for possible further involve- sealed off the commercial airport at explanation of her efforts to press the Bush administration. porting crews and that no combat ment. . Jacobabad. "Without being more specific," the newspaper reported, "the troops are present. The arrival of u.s. military per- U.S. official have repeatedly governor explained that Republican lobbyi ts working for the "They seem to be preparing for sonnel on Pakistani soil is likely to sugge ted that the next phase of Puerto Rican government had (been) actively advancing the gov- low-flying operations, perhaps for add fuel to religious extremists military operations in Afghanistan ernment's po ition in the White House," said Rabin. reconnaissance purposes," the inside the country who oppose the could include the dropping of mall Some prote ters have faulted Calderon s lobbyists. One is Jose source said. The airstrip at Pishin is allied military operations. Since the Special Forces units to hunt audi Paralitici, who wrote that he didn't want "to take away their mer- only a few minutes' flying time airstrikes began Sunday, anti- exile Osama bin Laden, the prime its," but he wa critical of "lobbyists Charlie Black and others." He from Afghanistan and only about 20 American protesters have staged suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist proposed hiring Republicans Carlo Rodriguez of California, who minutes by helicopter from the Tal- demonstrations across Pakistan, attacks against the United States. Paralitici said i a clo e friend of Bush advi er Karl Rove. iban's spiritual capital Kandahar. with the largest and most violent in Pakistan military authorities Black's lobby hop helped organize Calderon' meetings in Tensions still exist between the the borderlands neighboring declined to confirm any of the Washington earlier this year, including one with Josh Bolton, Pakistan and the Northern Alliance. Afghanistan. .deployments officially. Bush s deputy chief of staff. Black hasn't lost his client, although he said Vieques "hasn't been a major lobbying assignment of Fahim May Attempt Struggle to Unite mine." Investor Schnabel Sworn in .MghWl Rebels After Taliban's Defeat As U.S. Ambassador to ED By Peter Baker . ment. During a crackdown against what had been a oviet puppet LOS A GELES TIMES and William Branigin the movement by leftist president government and eized Kabul in Rockwell "Rock" chnabel, founder and co-chairman of Palo THE WASHINGTON POST Mohammed Daoud, who had 1992, Fahim became security Alto, Calif.-ba ed Trident Capital, was worn in this week as the JABAL·US-SARAJ, AFGHANlST AN deposed the Afghan monarchy· in . minister in the Rabbani govern- U.S. ambassador to the European Union, serving as the nation's A taciturn man with none of 1973, Fahim fled to neighboring ment and became actively chief liaison with one of the nation's key trading partners. the late Ahmed Shah Massood's Paki tan, where he teamed up in olved in military operations. Schnabel, 64, who was ased in Los Angeles, said his first mis- magnetism, Gen. Mohammed with another young exile and fel- He stayed by Massood' s SIde sion when he arrives at his new office iri Brussels, Belgium, will be Fahim, 44, will be· hard-pressed to low ethnic Tajik Mas ood. when the Taliban drove them to assist in the multinational fight against terrorism. Beyond that, match his mentor's ability to con- He later returned to from Kabul in 1996. ow Fahim he said that he will coordinate between the United States and the trol the orthern lliance's quar- Afghanistan with Mas s o o d to appears confident he can achieve EU on matters ranging from trade to the international response to relsome factions over the long organize' politically against the late commander'.s dream of AIDS. term. Daoud. Then, after a bloody com- recapturing Kabul without the A native of The etherlands, Schnabel served as deputy Com- "Fahim doesn't have the facili- munist coup in. April 1978, he widespread de truction that rav- merce secretary for former President George H.W. Bush. He was ty to get the parties together," said began helping Massood build his aged the capital during past power recently considered for ambassador to Italy. a Western diplomat. Compared to guerrilla army of I lamic muja- shifts. Between 1986 and 1989, Schnabel served as the U.S. ambas- . Massood, "he doesn't have the heddin, or holy warriors. Accord- "We will try our best to ... pre- sador to Finland. The White House cited his background as both an . tanding and will never have the ing to Northern Alliance officials, vent looting, revenge and other international financier and a diplomat in nominating him to the standing." Fahim served as Ma sood's intel- problem when we take Kabul," post. ' Built like a fireplug and with a ligence chief and worked mainly he told the Reuters news agency ' chnabel who was confirmed in September and sworn in by face like a boxer, Fahim is a 'man on political issues for him often recently. 'We will make ure that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, served on the Lo Angeles fire of few word and not much formal journeying to provinces beyond the bitter experiences of the past and police pension board from 1993 to 1996. He also was a mem- military training, those who know the Panjshir to meet with other are not repeated.' ber of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the him say. Born in orthern resistance factions on his behalf. ew confidence and poli ies 1984 Games. Afghanistan's Panj hir Valley, the 'He was not a military per- could give Fahim the credibility Founded in 1993, Trident Capital invests heavily in information son of a Muslim cleric, he went to son" aid ohammed aleh Reg- he currently lack , but there are technology and Internet-related companies and was an early Kabul to study Islamic law in the istani, the alliance's military other senior generals who could inve tor in MapQuest and C G ystem. The company has more 1970 and joined Burhanuddin attache in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. emerge as leading figures in the than $1.4 billion under management. Rabbani's Jamiat-i-Islami move- When the mujaheddin defeated post- Taliban world . ,-• Pa Opr ION C RlXs! I'M PRODUCTIO STAFF ditor : Gayani Tillekeratne '03, Joel Corbo '04, loy Forsythe '0; ociate Editor; ndrew Mamo '04, hefali Oza '04; taff: Ian Lai '02, nju KanumaJla '03, ur ida bduJ Rahim '03, Eri Tung '04, Tao Vue '04, Hangyul Chung 'OS, Jennifer Fang '05, Jame Harvey 'OS, Jean Lu '05, Mandy Yeung '05. OPINION STAFF ditor : Kri chn e '02, Jyoti Tibrewala '04; oJumni t : Veena Thoma 02, Daniel L. Tortorice '02, Philip Burrowe '04, Roy Esaki '04, Ken e mith '04, kshay Patil 04; t ff: Ba il Engwegbara G, Michael Borucke '01, Kevin Choi '01, Christopher D. mith '01, Jason H. Wasfy '01, att Craighead '02, Christen M. Gray '04. taff: Robert ARTS STAFF Editor: Devdoot Majumdar '04, Annie Choi; 0 late ditor: Fred Choi '02, an- dra M. 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Is this even attempting to influence corporate behavior to gi e the pre entation. worth dis ussing? through divestment; it's much more fundamen- oon after hi u pen ion, member of Of course it i . The ties that link universities tal. It' about the range of expre sion that a It would eem that tuden are able to a MIT ocial Justice ooperati e began letter to industry are al 0 the tie that encourage us to member of the T community is capable of pretty much whatever we want at MIT. e can writing and media campaigns to attract attention remain ilent about corporate behavior. If this without fearing attac on his or her livelihood. criticize the Pre ident, we can write e po e on to the incident. I ould mention the dubious behavior should fall short of decent then we Today, administration can't allow an employee faculty and their CIA connections, we can even legal ground upon which the su pension was have a problem. to raise awarene s of corporate behavior, even if complain about meal plans. But the e tent to handed out, but it s no a moot point. President As current policy tands, hell can be com- done on his own time, in collaboration with an which this institution protects freedom of Ve t relea ed a tatement this pa t Tuesday, plicit in the murder of igerian Writer/Activist official student group, and in a "re pectful" peech is perhap be t demon trated by what notifying the community of terr tt' full rein- Ken are- Wiwa, and hell can extract millions manner. The reason for this repression? Current T has done to one of its employee who tried tatement. of gallons of oil, devastating the environment in active agreements between MIT and Shell are to exercise his freedom of speech. E en though everything eem to have the proces and leaving the igerian population worth over two million dollars. Here i a condensed ver ion of the tory: turned out fine, thi incident points to a couple is as poor as ever. However, the company till While it's true that every workplace needs Last Thursday Hatch terrett, an MIT employ- of larger problem at MIT and univer itie in remains a legitimate body that is able to elicit its employees to maintain an effective level of ee who work at the DuPont- IT Alliance general: one is the increasing influence corpora- workers and re earch from the Mas achusetts cooperation and respect for the purposes of their located in the Chemical Engineering Building, tions have on campuses; another i the Institute of Technology. But when a socially job , the atmosphere at MIT has gone well handed out flyer at a Shell Oil presentation on encroachment of the univer ity on employee's conscious MIT employee tries to point out this beyond that, to induce fear and self-censorship. campu . The e flyers called into question tights. type of de picable beha ior to students, that is There is widespread class condescension hell' claim to social respon ibility. During MIT's love affair with indu try is no ecret. not accepted. What in the hell kind of totalitari- expressed in off-hand remarks, which support the question and answer period of the pre enta- They give us money, we give them the fruits of an tate is this? and service staff must bite their tongues and tion, Mr. Sterrett asked the hell representatives our re earch; they give us a new building, we What's possibly even more distressing is bear. about their company's social responsibility. The pump out some workers that know how to pro- that more and more, it' not the corporations MIT would really benefit from a culture of next day, Mr. terrett received a memorandum gram. It's a give and take relationship. The that are threatening to sever university ties; it i openness and dialogue - about political and notifying him of his suspension and potential que tion is, when does thi cozy symbiosi self-censor hip on the part of the university in challenging questions - so we learn how to dismis al from his job. I was explicitly stated in break down and assimilation begin? Will we an effort to not aggravate the large benefactors. increase our hope and our morale. If this Insti- the memo that his activities the prior night were recognize that point when we (the university During Apartheid then-Provost John Deutsch tute is really to fulfill the spirit of its great com- the reason for his suspension. Individuals from community) lose our autonomy and become wouldn't divest MIT funds from corporations mencement speeches and its earnest crisis pro- the department of chemical engineering had fully inserted into the matrix? Have we already with holding in South Africa for fear of driving nouncements, it needs to take some lodged complaints with administration. Unbe- passed that point? re we now completely away corporate in e tment from MIT. character-building risks in support of its mem- knownst to Mr. terrett, it was the chemical dependent on and subordinate to the power that But the current i ue isn't even about bers-all of them. The Reality of Faith Rationality ofVarious non-existence of God, for such a proof would Dan Tortorice be the philosophical achievement of the 21st Worldviews century, and Craighead would be doing more In last Friday's edition of The Tech, Matt important things right now than writing for The Gue t Column evolution. As Carl Sagan said, "The Cosmos is Craighead argued that religious belief undoubt- Tech. More likely, he has surveyed different all that i ,or ever was, or ever will be." All that edly leads to evil, and that religion is to blame views on the issue and concluded that it is rea- Brian A. Bucher exi ts i matter and energy, and is described by for the recent terrorist tragedies. Such an sonable to believe that God does not exist. He some completed form of phy ics. We may not extreme thesis is as wrong and dangerous as it has taken a position on a question that is In the October 5th issue of The Tech, Matt yet know what this physics consists of, but with is shocking. It has no defense and insults and unknowable. In short, he has faith in God's Craighead wrote an article entitled "Religion is each scientific advance we move closer to this threatens the many members of the MIT com- non-exi tence. to Blame," in which he makes several sweep- final form. God does not exist, miracles are not munity who are also people of religious faith. We all know that some questions can not be ing and unsupported assertions about the irra- po sible, and people are physical beings with- It is remarkable, that in a piece devoted to answered simply by logical reasoning. -In fact, tional nature of religion and how "belief in any out an immaterial soul. ow, if man is purely the power of reason, Craighead is willing to one of the intellectual achievements of the 20th sacred religious text will undoubtedly lead to physical, and all matter and energy acts accord- commit a clear logical error while defending his century, Godel's incompleteness theorem, tells evil." I must say that I was both saddened and ing to the laws of phy ics, then it follows that idea. His logical error results from equating the us that any set of premises from which one is amused by his article - saddened because of man acts according to the laws of physics. This actions of a small group of individuals with the capable of deriving all truths of modem mathe- his poor portrayal of the Christian faith in par- is determinism. "Free will" on this view is illu- larger group of which they are a part. He argues matics is insufficient to prove all true statements. ticular, which I take as being made in igno- sory. To quote Mr. Craighead, "man is con- that "belief in any sacred religious text will The sophisticated man of faith says simply rance and not willful trolled by destiny and undoubtedly lead to evil," his evidence a few thi : science can tell me how the physical word mi representation, and not by his own free Islamic terrorists and a' few abortion clinic operates, but I am also interested in the meta- amused because of his will." We are destined bombers. While these actions are abhorrent, physical world. I am interested in knowing if attempt to characterize By "eliminating the capacity to believe what we they are the acts of a few members of a much there is a God out there who can effect my life, the theistic religions as believe, not because larger group. IfCraighead'sthesis had any cred- I am interested in knowing why I exist, I am not reasonable while for independent judgment/) we evaluated evidence ibility, then we would live in a world of con- interested in knowing if my life has meaning, arguing from the atheis- and came to a decision stant evil and violence, for there are over one The man of faith confronts these questions and tic worldview. What I atheism fails to meet by using our cognitive billion Muslims on the world, and even more accepts answers. He accepts these answers, not would like to do is this necessary criterion faculties, but because Christians. If religion undoubtedly leads one to because he has abandoned his reason, but briefly address his as biochemical become an evil person, then why do we not see because he knows there is no definitive answer, assertion that all faith for rationality. Since all beliifS machines we act evil acts from all these people as well? The and he finds joy in the answers he accepts. (and specifically, bibli- according to the laws answer is that only a very small number of peo-, This is truly what faith is. It is a re ponse to cal faith) is "the oppo- formed on this belief system are of physics. Our ple of religious faith pervert the faith to the the uncertainty that is intrinsic in life. It i not site of reason" and irrational) belief in atheism 'beliefs" are truly just degree where they reverse its teachings to justi- just any re ponse, but a powerful response that examine his implied the result of chemical fy the killing of innocent people. can transform one's life. The power of Faith claim that atheism is is as well. reactions, no more What puzzles me is that Craighead refers to gave Mother Teresa, a small woman from Croa- rationally superior. I do "rational" that A plus the people in his examples as fanatics. Does he tia, the strength to care for lepers of the streets not feel qualified to B yields C plus D. But not know that fanatics are not good indicators of of Calcutta. It sustains the many Christian mis- speak for Islam or other if we are not self- a group at large? Using the same level of evi- sionaries caring for people throughout the religions, so my comments might accurately determined and cannot use our cognitive facul- dence Craighead offers, I might as well con- world, and it provides hope to the American reflect only the Chri tian worldview. ties to evaluate evidence, we are, by definition, clude that reading The Catcher in the Rye will soldiers who are about to fight a war in Contrary to Mr. Craighead's assertions, the not rational. By "eliminating the capacity for undoubtedly lead one to shooting a member of .Afghanistan. When cognizant of the power of essence of biblical Christianity is not faith in an independent judgment," atheism fails to meet the Beatles. faith to truly transform ones life, is there any unknowable God, but a God who can be this necessary criterion for rationality. Since a11 But it is true that Craighead attempts to doubt as to why people will choose faith over, known through self-revelation and a per onal beliefs formed on this belief system are irra- defend his extreme view in another way. He doubt when it comes to those life questions for relationship. This biblical faith, of course, tional, belief in atheism is as well. The conclu- quotes a particularly vivid section of the Koran, which reason's answer is ambiguous? walks hand-in-hand with rea on, and not sion to be drawn i that belief in atheism under- claiming that the section proves Islam is a reli- Finally, I want to express regret that Craig- against it. While not all Christians exemplify cuts itself and is rendered irrational. gion bent on destruction of innocent people. He head's article appeared in print at all.. He is the model, nevertheless the model remains that As a side note, appealing to the indetermi- claims that if people just read the Koran they using the attacks of September 11th to promote Chri tianity is an intellectually robust belief nacy of quantum mechanics does not help the would realize this. This is just silly. While his own personal viewpoint. He has entered the system. "Faith" based on nothing and against atheistic cause. Even if we grant that this inde- Craighead may be right to suggest that many ranks of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell who the evidence is simply illusory or self-decep- terminacy is ontological (real) and not just political commentators have not read the Koran, have chose to blame certain group for the tion. Perhaps Mr. Craighead's faith is the oppo- epistemological (indeterniinate because we many other people who have read the Koran attacks. Though Robertson and Falwell blame site of reason, but biblical faith certainly i not. can't predict given insufficient knowledge), we believe that Islam is a peaceful religion. They homosexuals, and Craighead blames religious - And it is this issue of Mr. Craighead's (and are left with man being ultimately indeter- are called Muslims. Craighead must explain people, make no mistake that they are both others) atheistic faith, 0 to peak, that I would mined, not elf-determined, and self-determina- why only a very small number of the one billion exploiting national tragedy to advance their like to examine. While reading his article I tion is required for rationality . . Muslims in the world resort to violence if he own views. Such men should have the tact to found that two of his comments stood out. Of course, Mr. Craighead can appeal to really wants to claim that Islam is not a peaceful wait at least until the dirt has settled on the vic- First, in regards" to faith he says that "man is his own 'faith' at this point. If he chooses to religion. tims' graves, before exploiting their deaths. controlled by destiny and not by his own free simply believe that he is self-determined even Craighead's final claim against religious More importantly though Muslims have will" and second "faith leads to ruin ".. by in the face of a deterministic universe, he is faith argues that faith is intrinsically opposed to been the victims of violence all across our eliminating the capacity for independent judg- free to do so. Unfortunately for him, this reason. But this is such a superficial view of nation. A member of the MIT community has ment." What I find amusing is that he applies would require the very blind faith he casti- faith that his argument is not applicable to real publicly said that, "[Muslims] better be 100% these statements to theistic, religious faith gates religions for. From my perspective, life. To him, the man of faith is a man who American or they will get what is coming to when they more properly belong to his own until Mr. Craighead can supply adequate jus- shuts off the reasoning part of his brain. Who them." At a time when Muslim in the MIT atheism. ow, I don't think for a moment that tification his belief that he is a free agent takes the answer to every question, from what community fear for their afety, it i even more the reader will blindly accept my assertion over capable of rational thought, he may want to color socks he should wear to whether or not wrong to attack them as a group. When Craig- Mr. Craighead', 0 I'll explain why I believe recon ider his attacks on the rationality of there is a God, on faith. 0 one lives like this. head write that Islam is a dangerous religion, this is the case. religious belief systems which do supply such The man of faith does not abandon his reason he is implying omething about the people who" A generally accepted foundational belief of ju tification. but recognizes that some truths are unknowable practice that religion. But these people are not atheism is that the natural world is all that . Brian A. Bucher graduated in 1999 with a and, after encountering an idea on a certain to blame for the attacks, nor are their beliefs" to exists and man is the product of naturali tic Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering. unknowable truth which he feels i reasonable, sugge t so i immoral and irre ponsible. On the excepts it as true.on faith. off chance that anyone is convinced by Craig- Under this reasonable definition of faith it head's article and on the off chance that that become clear that Craighead i a man of faith. person decide to seek revenge against tho e Do you have an opinion on military action in Afghanistan? He write "Faith means [you] shut your eye Craighead blame , we will know who will be and pray that a non-existent God ..." Why is re ponsible then. [email protected] Craighead so sure that God does not exist? Cer- At that time, Mr. Craighead will be to tainly, he does not have a logical proof of the blame. .. Page 6 OP o 001 ilencing Dissent common epithet i the er-popular un- tow rd the iddle Ea t? h ing people into the a enting Am rican anti- American." The ord 'un-Am rican" i con- 500,000 Iraqi children und r the g of fi e terr ri t on one ide and th di enting un- i tently u ed a a blank t term to criticize ho ha e died from malnutrition or lack of merican pro-terrori t on the other. Th y anyone ho di agree with nited tate medical attention a I EF e timat , thereby hope to categorize an one wh di- In hi ddre to ongre on eptember policy. Thi blanket i u ed to mother oppo- ince the .. - upported Iraqi anctions wer gree ith the un- merican and 20th, Pre id nt Bu h fervidly threatened th ition and conduct a witch-hunt ag inst tho e imposed following the Gulf ar? Could it pro-t rrori t. These are clear tacti al mea- nations of the world with thi memorable ho di ent. If' Americani m i uppo ed ha e had anything to do with the .. ' eco- sure de igned to keep the Am rican public admonition: 'Either you are with u , or you to refer to anything, I thought it wa to the nomic and military upport of I rael, who from any eriou debate of th i ues at hand. are with the terrori t .' I could not help but alue of freedom and democra y. On the maintain a brutal military occupation of On hi eptember 1 th how,' Politically think hi threat wa directed, not only at for- contrary, the word it If i being u ed to Pale tinian land? ot according to the war- Incorre t' ho t Bill aher dared to violate eign leader , but at me as well. I it true that cru h di ent and to promote an unque tion- monger . Their explanation for why the ter- the rule of non-debate. In a comment to one if I disagreed with hi action, I would be no ing upport of authority and an ob cenely rori t committed the e horrible atrocitie i o hi gue t aher noted, ' We have b en better than the terrorists them elve ; that I the coward lobbing cruise mi iles from would be dare I say... 'uri-American?" 2,000 mile away. That s owardly." When Maybe ew York City ayor Rudolf w. y SVS£' a ed about the comment, hite House pre s Guiliani could shed orne light on the ecretary Ari Flei cher responded, "It' a ter- an wer. In a speech to the United ations, rible thing to say, and it s unfortunate. These Guiliani echoed Bush's comment. You re are reminder to all merican that they need either with civilization or you're with terror- COMPl.U G to atch what they ay, watch what they do, ism," he stated." We're right and they're and thi i not a time for remarks like that; wrong. It's a simple as that." Are Bush and ERROR! there never i ." Beware merica, watch what Guiliani correct? Do we live in a two-dimen- you ay, watch what you do, and plea e bid sional world of good guy and bad guy , ter- ~ CJd". POlalGY farewell to your civil liberties. Bill Maher rori ts and non-terrori t ? criticized U.. foreign policy, and he was Are you familiar with the logical fallacy IF 4 Pi chasti ed for it, becau e according to AIi known as 'bifurcation?" One commits bifur- THEN AMEItICAN, Flei cher "There never i ' a time for such cation when he or she pre ents a ituation as criticism. In translation..' Be American: Keep having only two alternatives, when in fact fiLSE your mouth shut." other may exi t. It i the same fallacy at 1E~0«IST; In e sence, the term "Americanism" i a work in Bush' 'with u or with the terror- tool to keep people in line. The powers-that- it' remark. If his statement were correct, it be have made a deci .ion; if you agree with it, would mean one could not be against both you are "with us" and are "American." And U. . foreign policy and the terrori ts at the if you disagree, you are "with the terrorists" arne time.The problem with thi logic is that and are "un-American." But labeling some- . million of people around the world, includ- one "un-American" is simply not an argu- ing the million of peace prote ters around ment unto itself. Far from con tituting any the world, do stand opposed to both. Their cogent line of reasoning, the word "un- mere exi tence reveal the fallacy in the American" is at best a' cowardly retort "with us or with the terrorists" logic. employed by those incapable of debating a Bu h' goal in ignoring these glaring dissenter on the merits of his or her argu- counterexamples to hi logic is not hard to ment. deduce. By plitting the world into two I now invite the reader to revisit the justi- camps, the good guys who agree with U. . fication for this so-called "war on terrorism." foreign policy, and the bad guy who do not, We're told that we are going to war to the Bush administration. hope to lump all the blind nationalism; all the idea 0 antithetical no more complicated than "they're the bad defend freedom and democracy. However, di sidents in with the terrorists. In doing so, to freedom and democracy are the values guys, that's why." Unfortunately, this black- we're also told that anyone who exercises they intend to ostracize those who voice Americanism" is purported to represent in and-white, good-guy-bad-guy explanation their freedom of speech to voice opposition oppo ition to the United tates and thereby the first place. seems better suited for a Jerry Bruckbeimer to such a war should shut their mouth. This engineer a ilent obedience amongst the pub- In the hands of the right-wing jingoi ts, action flick than it is for American foreign is why I have at lea t some reason to remain lic. And it has proven effective. Fewer peo- this word" mericanism" i a dangerous policy. . optimistic. The logic behind this "war" is so ple will risk dis en ion when it could mean weapon. It i a weapon they use to blind peo- My argument is not that the war advo- flawed, and the justification so weak, it being labeled a terrori t supporter. ple from the faults of their own country. cates .are failing to engage the public in a dis- seems bound to collapse under the weight of Of course, the dis enters aren't alway Could the horrendous terrori ts act that cussion of U.S. foreign policy, but that they its own hypocrisy. labeled 'terrori ts." ometimes they hear the occurred on eptember 11th be a response to are actively working to prevent such a' dia- Gregory D. Dennis is a member of the word "traitorous,' as welL But the most year and years of misguided foreign policy logue. They are doing so by illogically divid- Class of 2002. Freedom Under Fire' he seemed not to pay attention to any of here with all the usual stereotypes of frater- Tao Yue their main arguments. We gathered last nities, but discarded all those stereotypes Wednesday for a forum on the dining issue within twenty minutes after Killian Kickoff. IT occupies a unique position among and discover that, seemingly miraculously, That's the greatest part about the freedom American college . As one tudent pointed three-quarters of the plan gets dropped. But that MIT provided - it allowed us to step out to Richard Berlin at last week's dining the mandatory plan remains intact for next beyond the narrow limits of our lives to forum, amidst much cheering and applau e, year' freshmen, who won't find anything date, to discover all the options that the "You keep talking about what our peer strange about being forced to pay for meals world held for us. in titutions are doing. As far as I can tell, that they may not eat. Divide and conquer. During Rush, I wrote a column about the we have no peer in titution ." In fact as About a week ago, Dean of Admissions battles that we keep fighting over and over IT edical ' s advertising proudly pro- Marilee Jones' article in a faculty newsletter again, pointing out, in fact, that mandatory claims, 'At MIT, we do things a little dif- was di tributed by students via e-mail lists. meal plans were tried in the 1980s but even- ferently." This article presented a frightening view of tually discarded after years of student oppo- Other colleges do not weigh down tu- how the MIT administration views its stu- sition. Little did I know that someone would dents with such punishing loads of work. dents. Again, thousands of e-mails flew bring this harebrained scheme back. An MIT MIT treats its students as though they do not around. student remarked to me recently that if we need to leep, contrary to the approach of Freedom iswhat were to dig through many other college . But in return for that MIT is all about. archives of The Tech hard work, we were also given a level of That's what students from as far back as autonomy that no other college grant . were defending with the 1960s, we could We get to choose where and with whom protests and petitions About a week ago) Dean of read many of the we live. At least, we used to. - not just our right Admissions Marilee Jones) columns and marvel We get to spend a year transitioning into not to be saddled with at their relevance. the MIT environment, exploring the various a meal plan, but the article in afaculty newsletter This is sad. majors, and experiencing the many extracur- freedoms that MIT As Veena Thomas riculars that MIT and the Boston area offer granted to us as stu- was distributed by students wrote in her column without the pressure of grades. At least, we dents. . via e-mail lists, on the mandatory u ed to. About three weeks meal plan, she has Other college student are stuck with ago, I was in the east This article presented a written so many "bad- meal plans. When I visit them, they invite student center eleva- administration-idea- me to their dining halls, the rationale being tor, going up when frightening view of how the needs-to-be-protested- something like, "I have so many extra meals two people in busi- a n d v d e f e a t e d " left on my card that I'll have to eat ten meals ness attire got in. The MIT administration views columns that she's a day for the rest of the term to finish them, two were in the mid- its students. tired of rehashing the so you might as well help eat one of them." dle of a conversation same points. I haven't When I told them of the MIT system of and continued it as written that many yet, fully-refundable declining balances, not a we went up. Some- but I'm already tired. single one wasn t amazed at our luck. where between floors two and three, I heard We need change. And perhaps President ote: "were," not "are" - next year's them say, "MIT students have too much Vest's idea, in his letter to Chancellor Clay freshman class won't get that freedom. freedom. And you've got to control it right and Dean Benedict, of forming a centralized There's been a trend recently of reducing now because it'll only get harder to take it office to take input from students and apply freedom granted to students at MIT. Three away for their own good." them more directly to decision-making, will years ago, the fre hmen-on-campus deci- That is the attitude that MIT students make some difference. But harmony on LETTERS to THE TECH· sion. La t year, the ending of second-term were defending against. Many of us have campus must begin with respect - respect au'-.UL LOJ.H) l'JJ.l1HV}J'-{.l4 \. 'v vxy pass/no-record. This year, the imposition of gotten into many fine colleges, yet we still for administration, faculty, staff, and stu- letter @the-tech.mit.edu_ / mandatory meal plans, su pended for upper- chose to come here. We may not have dents. Without any of these, there's no clas men because of fierce opposition. known how great residence choice was, we Mas achusetts Institute of Technology. The '1 (l 1 L g r uopqr uvwxy That plan came out ju t two week ago. may not have known how convenient it attitude that I encountered in the student abcdefghi.jklmnopqr tuvwxyz Thousand of e-mails to administrators flew would be not to have a mandatory meal center elevator has to be the first to go. from student' computers. orne students plan, but we quickly di covered it. I know Because this is no way to run the best Insti- met with Chancellor Clay and reported that many people my elf included, who came tute of Technology in the world. THE ARTS THET H Page 7 Walks· begin at 11:30 a.m.; "American Painting and Decora- Club tive Arts Walks" begin at 12:30 p.m.; "European Painting and Axis Decorative Arts Walks" begin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory tours are 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262-2437 also offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and Sundays: See Avalon below. 1:30 p.m. Mondays: Static. Gay, casual dress. $5, 18+. Permanent Gallery Installations: Thursda s: Chrome/Skybar. Pro- "Late Gothic Gallery," featuring a gressive house, soul, disco; restored 15th-century stained dress code.$10,19+; 8, 21+. glass window from Hampton Fridays: Spin Cycle. Prog. house, Court, 14th- and 15th-century 80s. 12,19 ; $10, 21+. stone, alabaster, and poly- chrome wood sculptures from Avalon France and the Netherlands; 15 Lansdowne St., 617-262-2424 "Mummy Mask Gallery," a newly Sundays: Gay Night (with Axis on renovated Egyptian gallery, fea- long weekends). Fea uring hard- tures primitive masks dating core house and techno. $10, A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston 21+. from as far back as 2500 B.C.; "European Decorative Arts from Thursdays: International Night. October 12 18 1950 to the Present"; "John Eurohouse. 10,19+. Singer Sargent: Studies for MFA Fridays: Avaland. House. $15, Compiled by Fred Choi and Boston Public Library 19+. Send submissions to [email protected] or by interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W2Q.483. Murals.· Gallery lectures are free Saturdays: Downtown. Modern with museum admission. house, club classics, and Top 40 hits. $15, 21+. Museum of Science Science Park, Boston. (723-2500), Karma Club Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m-s 9 Lansdowne St., 617-421-9595 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. . Sundays: "Current dance Admission free with MIT 10, other- favorites" by guest DJs. Cover wise $9, $7 for children 3-14 and varies. seniors. Tuesdays: Phatt Tuesdays. With Bill's bar, modern dance music. The Museum features the theater $10. of electricity (with indoor thunder- Wednesdays: STP. Gay-friendly, and-lightning shows daily) and house. $15,21+. more than 600 hands-on exhibits. Thursdays: Groove Factor. House. Ongoing: • Discovery Center"; Fridays: Pure. Drum and bass, "Investigate! A See-For-Yourself guest OJ. $15, 1~+. Exhibit"; "Science in the Park: Saturdays: Elements of Life. Inter- Playing with Forces and Motion"; . national House. $15, "seeing Is Deceiving." ManRay Ongoing; "Friday Night Stargaz- 21 Brookline St., Cambridge, 617- ing: Fri., 8:30 p.m.; "Welcome 864-0400 to the Universe," daily; "Quest for Contact: Are We Alone?" Wednesdays: Curses. Goth. daily. Admission to Omni, laser, Appropriate dress required. $5, and planetarium shows is $7.50, 19+; $3, 21+. $5.50 for children and seniors. Thursdays: Campus. Popular Current Laser Light shows: Laser tunes + House. Gay, casual Beastie Boys, Laser Regetest 3, dress. $10, 19+; $8,21+. Leser Pink Floyd: Dark Side, Fridays: Fantasy Factory (First and Laser Aerosmith. third Friday of the month. Fea- tures kinky fetishes and indus- trial music.) Hell Night (every -second Friday. 19+. Includes Goth music.) Ooze (the last Fri- Other day of the month.) $10, 21+. A Dynamic Duo: Jules Dassin and reduced prices for those wear- Melina Mercouri ing fetish gear. Oct. 4-0ct.24: The Harvard Film Saturdays: Liquid. Discojhse. + Archive presents a selection of New-Wave.$15,19+; $10, 21+. CHAPMAN BAEHLER Megadeth members (from left) Jimmy DeGrasso, Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, and Marty Friedman hit Avalon films examining the works of director Jules Dassin and Greek tonight with guests Endo; tickets $25.25. actress and singer Melina Mer- Central Square, 354-8238 Oct. 11-12: David Sanchez. abeth Peabody House Theatre, 277 Quincy Market Place, Faneuil Hall, couri. aver the course of an Popular Music Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Oct. 16-17: Russ Freeman & the Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145. Upper Rotunda, Boston. Admission eclectic directorial career that Oct. 12: sctssorngnt, Roadsaw. Rippingtons featuring Paul Tay- For ticket reservations and more $10-$8 (weekend prices vary). Call spans some forty years: Jules Axis Oct. 13: Sleazegriders Wedding lor. info., call 617-625-1300 or visit 248-9700 for more information and Dassin has worked in Hollywood, 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262-2437 Party. Oct. 18-20: Rita Moreno. Page 8 AF\Pt\ ...\\. we. c.cx'-\- ~\fen 00 'l- w\fo SO LO -the e.L6Ldrtbr\ here) \~ LA ~ -tra.-t ~\rt. ,'K()()w ~ o.two.~,:> *'ex~ l use ~I~ ~("Q. 0-. d.~~ro<'E..~ (7::J9~? 60 I 5CA'~~~~ @tJ)Ci_lX1 ~f! ~ov Slff)v L.P "'''LL Y SfA111' ~~SflN{,. 'oS 06t~" '(ouA ('(~(/'(f/C()1 fllo6UMS· ON PAPfI.. 11 &JOUU> ~ USS i;XP/;NSlve. "Permanent Crescent" , .. 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The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this in ormation, and The Tech shall not be hel liable for an loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an e ent. Eve s Calendar Contact information for all events is a ailable from the Events Calendar web page. Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at .http://events.mit.edu Friday October 12 music. Seven pesformers synthesize the imaginary and the everyday, the traditional and the avant- 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - BOOKSALE. IT Libraries' Booksale. garde, he Eas and the est. Bang on a Can AIl-S ars includes MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, clarinet. Books in economics, business, management, political and social science. Works performed include ne compositions by Professor Ziporyn. Post-concert discussion with Prof Proceeds benefit IT Libraries' Preservation Fund.. free. Room: Dewey Plaza, Rain or Shine. Spon- Ziporyn and I ayan Wija. sor: MIT Libraries Gifts Office. The group is in residence at MIT Oct 9-14 .. $15, $10 MIT faculty/staff, $5 MIT students and children 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Eudora Quick Start. This session shows ho to configure Eudora, create 12 and under. Room: Kresge Uttle Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Music and Theater Arts Sec- messages and address lists, send and receive attachments, and sort incoming email. . free. Room: tion, 42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Designing Heterogeneous Catalysts - How Far Are We? Department of Sunday, October 1.4 Chemical Engineering, orthwestem University. free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: Chemical Engineering. 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Ballroom Dancing Workshops. Beginner ballroom dance steps will be 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - echanical Engineering Seminar. "On Reduced-Order odels of Distributed- taught. There ill also be a new focus on developing techniques as well. Open to everyone. No expe- Parameter Systems with Quadratic onlinearities". free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: E Seminar Series. riences necessary. 0 partners required .. Visit our website for pricings. Room: Visit our website for 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - seminar: The Observatjonal Method - Learning from Projects. The talk will venues. Sponsor: Ballroom Dance Club. describe recent developments in the use of the- observational method through appltcations on four 2:00 p.m. - World Premiere of Shadow Bang. Visually stunning and delightful, Shadow Bang brings major UK infrastructure projects including the Channel Tunnel and the Heathro Express. It will together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost Bali- describe how simple measurements ere central to resolving comple ity and controlling risk. Applica- nese puppet master. Together, they create a world of larger-tnan-llfe shadows and elaborate theatri- tion of he method through the technique of "progressive modification" will be explained. This ill cal forms that take audience members of all ages on a magical journey with light, shadow and show how this approach successfully addressed both technical and contractual constraints that oth- music. Seven performers synthesize the imaginary and the everyday, the traditional and the avant- erwise would ha e prevented the opportunity to achieve substantial cost and time savings .. free. garde, the East and the West. Bang on a Can All-Stars includes MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, clarinet. Room: 1-134. Sponsor: Engineering & Environmental Mechanics Group. Works performed include new compositions by Professor Ziporyn. / 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Playing Games with Algorithms: Algorithmic Combinatorial Game Theory. The group is in residence at MIT Oct 9-14 .. $15, $10 MIT faculty/staff, $5 MIT students and children Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combi- 12 and under. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Music and Theater Arts Sec- natorics Seminar. Department of Mathematics. tion. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer and Praise ight. Come join MIT-GCF for an e ening of prayer and 8:00 p.m. - World Premiere of Shadow Bang. Visually stunning and delightful, Shadow Bang brings praise followed by dinner.. free. Room: Student Center - 20 Chimneys. Sponsor: Graduate Chris ian together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost Bali- Fellowship. nese puppet master. Together, they create a world of Iarger-than-lite shadows and elaborate theatri- 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Falun Gong Exercise workshop. The Falun Gong exercise is an easy and cal forms that take audience members of all ages on a magical journey with light, shadow and effective way to relieve stress and improve physical and mental health. Millions of people in over 40 music. Seven performers synthesize the imaginary and the everyday, the traditional and the avant- countries practice these 5 sets of gentle movements .. free. Room: 1-242. Sponsor: Falun Dafa Club. garde, the East and the West. Bang on a Can All-Stars includes MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, clarinet.' 7:00 p.m. - MIT Anime Club Weekly Screening •. Feature film TBA. Most screenings are subtitled in Works performed include new compositions by Professor Ziporyn. Post-concert discussion with Prof English. Japanese animation is a unique visual artform for all ages .. free. Room: Rm 6-120. Spon- Ziporyn and I Wayan Wija. sor: MIT Anime Club. The group is in residence at MIT Oct 9-14 .. $15, $10 MIT faculty/staff, $5 MIT students and children 8:00 p.m. - Uthunlan Chorus: Aukuras. Styles range from classical, to modern, to popular. free. .12 and under. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Music and Theater Arts Sec- Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. tion. 8:00 p.m. - World Premiere of Shadow Bang. Visually stunning and delightful, Shadow Bang brings together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost Bali- Monday, October 1.5 nese puppet master. Together, they create a world of larger-than-life shadows and elaborate theatri- 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mac Tech Partners. Join with Macintosh users who - officially or otherwise cal forms that take audience members of all ages on a magical journey with light, shadow and - help others within their departments make more productive use of computers .. free. Room: N42 music. Seven performers synthesize the imaginary and the everyday, the traditional and the avant- Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. garde, the East and the West. Bang on a Can All-Stars includes MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, clarinet. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - "Stable manifolds and Kahler-Einstein rnetrics". free. Room: MIT Room 2- orks performed include ne compositions by Professor Ziporyn. Post-concert discussion with Prof 143. Sponsor: Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics. " Ziporyn and I Wayan Wija. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - A. D. Uttle Lecture In Physical Chemistry-I. The Nature and Significance The group is in residence at MIT Oct 9-14 .. $15, $10 MIT faculty/staff, $5 MIT students and children of Protein Folding. free. Room: MIT Room 6-120. Sponsor: chemistry headquarters. A. D. Little, Inc .. 12 and under. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Music and Theater Arts Sec- 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Leaders In Technology Lecture. A Century of Innovation: 3M's Contribution tion. to Viewing Information in the Internet Age A reception will follow the lecture .. free. Room: MIT Faculty Club. Sponsor: Office of Corporate Rela- Saturday, October 13 tions/ILP. 1:00 p.m. - Field Hockey vs. Mt. Holynke. free. Room: Barry Turf Field. Sponsor: Department of Ath- 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - EECS Colloquium Series. Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechan- letics. ics. free. Room: 34-101 (Edgerton Hall). Sponsor: EECS. 1:00 p.m. - en's Soccer vs. WPI. free. Room: Steibrenner. Sponsor: Department of Athletics. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Continuum Seminar Series: Towards an Efficient Meshless Computational 1:30 p.m. - Football vs. Nichols. free. Room: Steinbrenner. Sponsor: Department of Athletics. Technique: The Method of Finite Spheres. Abstract: In the traditional finite element technique, a 2:00 p.m. - World Premiere of Shadow Bang. Visually stunning and delightful, Shadow Bang brings great deal of effort is associated with the generation of a good quality mesh. Moreover, the simula- together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost Bali- tion and analysis of certain types of problems (like dynamic crack propagation or machining) require nese puppet master. Together, they create a world of larger-than-life shadows and elaborate theatri- an expensive remeshing operation. For these reasons there is much interest in the development of cal forms that take audience members of all ages on a magical joumey with light, shadow and so-called meshless techniques. We have introduced the method of finite spheres as a truly mesh- music. Seven performers synthesize the imaginary and the everyday, the traditional and the avant- less technique with the goal of achieving computational efficiency andreliabiltty. The efficiency of garde, the East and the West. Bang on a Can All-Stars includes MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, clarinet. such a technique depends on the proper choice of the computational subdomains, the interpolation Works performed include new compositions by Professor Ziporyn. functions, the techniques used to impose the boundary conditions and perform numerical integra- The group is in residence at MIT Oct 9-14.. 15, $10 MIT faculty/staff, $5 MIT students and children tion. In this presentation all these issues will be discussed in the context of the method of finite 12 and under. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Music and Theater Arts Sec- spheres. The pure displacement-based method is observed to "lock" when incompressible tion. or nearly incompressible deformations are encountered. Stable and reliable displacement/pressure 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Screening of DOING TIME DOl G VIPASSANA.-Winner of the Golden Spire mixed interpolation schemes will be-presented that overcome this problem.J will conclude with an award at the 1998 San Francisco International Film festival and winner of a 1998 NCCD PASS Award interesting application of a special version of the method of finite spheres, using point collocation, to of the American National Council on Crime and Delinquency. This extraordinary documentary takes virtual surgery simulation .. Room: 3-370. Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering Dept .. viewers into India's largest prison - known as one of the toughest in the world - and shows the dra- 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - MIT Teach-Ins on the Crisis. Middle Eastern Perspectives matic change brought about by the introduction of Vipassana meditation. Discussion led by Professor Joshua Cohen, Chair, MIT Department of Political Science (Informal dinners for interested students, faculty and staff will This is the story of a strong woman named Kiran Bedi, the former Inspector General of Prisons in follow each Teach-In) Sponsored by the.MIT Center for International Studies in cooperation with the New Delhi. It tells how she strove to transform the notorious Tihar Prison, once a hellhole of crime, Political Science Department, Boston Review, Foreign Languages and Literatures Section, Science, and turn it into an oasis of peace. It is a story of an ancient meditation technique, Vipassana, which Technology, and Society Program, Comparative Media Studies Program, Economics Department,· and helps people to take control of their lives and channel them towards their own good and the good of the Dean's Office, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences .. free. Room: MIT Bldg. 26, others. But most of all it is the story of the prison inmates who underwent profound change, and who Room 100. Sponsor: Center for International Studies. . realized that incarceration is not the end but possibly the beginning of a new life. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Speaks on "The Philosophy of Conflict Resolu- . free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Sangam. tion". Ford/MIT Nobel Laureate Lecture featuring Mr. John Hume who was awarded the 1998 Nobel 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Patrol. Shoot your friends! Travel to strange, new classrooms; Peace Prize for" ...efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.". free. Room: meet interesting, unusual people; " Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Community Services Office. . and kill them. A team game of shoot-ern-up: guns provided .. free. Room: Building 36, First Floor. 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Monday Night Football at the Ear. Watching football at the Ear makes Sponsor: Assassins' Guild, MIT. Dennis Miller a little more tolerable. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the Ashdown House basement. 8:00 p.m. - World Premiere of Shadow Bang, Visually stunning and delightful, Shadow Bang brings Enter through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 8 pm - 12 am, Tuesday - Thursday: 7 pm - 1 am, Friday: together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost Bali- 4 pm - 1 am. Must be over 21. Proper 10 required .. free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The nese puppet master. Together, they create a world of targer-than-llfe shadows and elaborate theatri- Thirsty Ear Pub. cal forms that take audience members of all ages on a magical journey with light, shadow and Tired of reading dumb MIT jokes? Then draw comics for The Techl join@the - tech. mit. edu October 12 2001 THE TECH Page 11 Fall Festival Funding Increases unique job opportunity Student Life Office Donates more than $100,000 to the Festivities By Brian Loux need more funding than they are pregame tailgate party before the flexible hours, minimal earn up to time commitment $600 per month ASSOCIATE EWS EDITOR currently re eiving" Benedict aid. home oming game," You if aid Preparations are omplete fOTone e also hope that tudents will 'but we realized it would be ea ier I you're male, in college or have a college degree, and are interested in a job where you can earn up to S600 per mon1h of the large t Fall Fe tivals in MIT be intere ted in planning more large if we joined with Fall Fe rival. The on your own schedule, call 617-497-8646 for informatio~ hi tory, which begins thi e ening. e en at MIT becau e of thi year cia donated money to the fund on our anonymous sperm donor program, Only in this unique job can you earn extra income ,ndhelp infertile Thi Fall Fe tival recei ed ig- festi al aid udeb . Dalai. '02, which then gave us acce s to larger couples realize their dream of becoming parents. nificant funding from the office of the la oun il Pre ident for the funding for our planned e ent . ' Dean for tudent Life Larry G. enior Class. The la of 2004 worked with Benedict. With 'the traditional Festival fare MacGregor Hou e and Delta Tau Dean Benedict and other uch a activitie on Kre ge Oval Delta to create aturday' Okto- administrator gave u a lot, and igma Kappa' Late ight, a berfe t fe tivities. though none more than Benedict:' free concert has been added to thi igma Kappa' late night ha Stretching said adjia M. You 1 '04 ocial year' lineup. not been affected by the other Chair for the la f 2004. "Peo- The idea for a concert wa event . The comedic talent how is ple are trying t mak 11 Fe tival purred by the la s of 2002 almo t till run olely by the orori ,and' a big a's pring ekend. The half a year ago." e were inspired the proceed will be donated to boundaries, Residential Li an tudent Life la t year by the aughty by ature 1zheimer , research. Programs oftic and our committee Concert for Humanity and its abili- wanted thi to e bi hich wa ty to rai e 0 much money for char- Weekend feature football am why they gave mu h " ity," Dalai aid.' We began plan- ' Thi weekend also mark the expandi g ning a oncert for the fall, but w homecoming football game. MIT's Benedict fund all e oval later converged with Bryan chmid Engineer hope to tum their eason • Benedict said that hi depart- on the idea of a concert for Fall around with their fir t conference ment donated 10 ,000 to Fall Fe tival. e tarted fundraising 'win this aturda at the homecom- o mg game. MIT now 1- for the ea- e Festival and other pecial activi- much like [Habitat for Humanity] ties around cam us. Benedict aid did with the aught by ature on, has not yet been able to capital- that this fall' vent s arger concert. an we had a ot of hel tze on a promi in win early in the because of th eff rts of peo le from th adrmrustration.' ea on agam a sachu ett Mar- rna like Fall Festival committee chair The entire plan for nda' s con- itime Academy. Bryan D -.Schmid '03 an Interfra- cert changed after eptember 11. "Offensivel we mu t control V' esse, we're actueving a standard 10 commumcatrons ' ternity Counci re dent Rory . The lin up wa originalf xpected th ball and decrease our wn mi - techn ogies whic th cornpetrtron ca n to Pheiffer '02, bega working to dra headliners u h a yclef takes s- sai Coach Dwight E. imitate. We are see jng extremely motivated profe S on- on this event ast s ri g. "They Jean and Eve, but with the threat of mith, commenting on hi plan als to join our team. and others have been actively terrorism looming, arti t became for thi weekend's game. This fundraising and have been very reluctant to perform in cities. T e week the Engineers face a strong Record sales, record profits, recor growth and b eak- successful," he aid. council was able to nab two local ichol College team with a through products in the high-speed communications Tracy F. Purinton, Assistant bands, Missing Joe and One People, record of 3-2. ichols remain Dean for Student Activities, and made the concert a free e ent, and undefeated m the ew England ar ets mean success. Vitesse, with its ever-faster J(s, Linda D. Noel, P ogram Coordina- changed the venue to La a a de Football Conference. is the dominant player supportmg the htg growth tor for Stude t ctivi res, also Puerto Rico in the Student Center. "The key to toppmg their te ecommunications and data communications revolution. helped to coordinate the weekend's "We decided that it would be better offense is to contain their 11Con- We enjoy an impressive and high profile track record. activities. to assist the tNew York firemen] ference QB," aid Coach Smith. relief effort ," Dalai said." e are "Last year we beat ichol keep- Events may riva pring Weekend raising money for a good cause that ing them out of the Championship To lear ore abou our exciting opportunities, Organizers hope that this Fall is of immediate need." game. They will be looking to Co e to our On-Campus interviews on Festival will be equal in magnitude The 2004 Class Council had keep their record perfect in the to Spring Weekend. 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The Council for the Arts at MIT w II be MIT handing out special passes Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar for SSO tickets from a booth in Lobby 10, Presents from 10am - 4pmon: Professor Denis Sullivan Political Science Department Northeastern University Wednesday, October 3 Thursday, October 4 "PROCESS WITHOUT P~E I Wednesday, October 10 ISRAE~ALESn Eft Thursday, October 11 Tuesday, October 16, 2001 Tuesday,October16 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. E5 -095 Wednesd~y October 17 7 Memorial Drive Thursday, October 18 Cambridge OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Students must present a va id MIT student Spon ored by the Cen er for International Studies 10, and may only present one 10 each October 12 2001 Atom Coo...... g Enab es Prizewinning Work up r- 0 ling 0 o t rle obel Re ear h on Bo e-Ein em Condensates univer e' which i "matt r m de of conducted on BE e are now Prit hard aw much potential in matter wave ." able to u e opti al trap a transport etterle \ h n he invited him to work imentally produce BE wa that E entially when BE form the me hanism or BE ,'etterle aid. with him in 1990. Pritchard with- of de eloping the technology to avel ngths of the e atoms begin to He de cribed the pra tical appli- drew from the field 0 that Ketterle upercool atom down to micro tep in uni on." Thi formation of cation of thi di co ery a being could do re ear h in the field without • HIll RY RODH M CLl TO • and nano el in . BEC in a gas was realized in 1995 by twofold. First he e1u idated the value a comp ting faculty member. Pritchard be t d cribed the etterle through the combined tech- of thi re earch on it fundamental "The rea on Ketterle wa uc- MAKE THE TIl\-tE magnitud of thi problem in the nique of la er cooling, developed level to under tand nature. econdly, ce ful i becau e he' the only ci- following ynop i : The a erage highly by Pritchard, and e aporati e BE are teaching dentists how to enti t l' e ever met who i ' +' at TO GET A TEST room temper ture i about 300 cooling through a magneto-optical manipulate atoms with an unprece- e erything,' Pritchard aid. "Your THAT COULD SAVE I in . If you de rea e thi tem- trap, developed by profes or dented amount of preci ion, which mo t important + ability is your YOUR LIFE. perature by a factor of ten, you Thoma J. Greyta and Daniel may one day be the building blo ks value a a colleague and friend" rea h the temperature of inter teUar 1eppner. The method of forming for fields u h as nanotechnology and aid Pritchard to Ketterle at the end pace. The temperature needed to BEC w later improved by u ing a quantum computation. of his introduction. produce BE i ti U more than a 'cloverleaf trap,' which is now the , The field has e plo ively grown 'I can't imagine anyone better million time Ie than that, where method by hich MIT produces mo t and it' brimming with e citement" uited to repre ent thi di covery f5 the average elocity of each atom i of the BE u ed in experiments. aid Ketterle. ' I think there is more than Wolfgang, who not only has a ~ mea ured in millimeter per condo t the time, Ketterle and his MIT to orne." pa ion for cience, but can convey Q) lab w re in a race to form BEC with it beautifully," Kastner said. s L etur bed light on B ueee ha man father In the pa t 30 years, the Phy ic >0- th Boulder group scienti t with .0 -0 Colon cancer is an equal opportu- Ketterle gave a lecture on Thurs- whom he hare the obel Prize. Prior to Ketterle' pre entation, department has produced five nobel "* nity di ease that affect both women day e ening in 10-2 0 to an audi- The race went on, and it was he wa introduced by three other prize winners. g and men. This ilene killer frequently ence packed with profe or tu- the mo t exciting race of my life- members of the physics department. -0 begin without, ymptoms and tho e dent and other member of the time," aid Ketterle. The recent potlight on Ketterle even laureates come from MIT ~ with a family hi tory are at even MIT community. Although the Boulder lab wa brings to light the manyaccom- In total, seven of this year's ~ greater ri c. en 'I m glad to see the 'usual' audi- the fir t to form BEC, Ketterle and pli hment and clo e-knit relation- announced - obel Prize winners ~ Colon cancer i preventable-e-even ence at our phy ic colloquium,' hi lab al 0 formed BE on eptem- hip between many member of the have direct connections with MIT. r- curable when detected early. In joked Kastner in re ponse to the ber 20, 1995. physics department faculty. Five of the laureates are alumni, one fact, if cancer is found early enough. large crowd. " e worked the whole night and " ucce s has many fathers and i a former professor, and one is a the patient ha: more than a 90 Ketterle began hi pre entation I had to teach .012 the next morn- some grandfather ," Kleppner said. current profe sor. percent chance of survival. by describing Bo e-Einstein on- ing " said Ketterle. "I am happy to be a grandfather." K. Barry harpless was an MIT Colon cancer reenings are afe and den ate as "the colde t matter in the Ketterle' major accomplishment "An awful lot of the route to chemistry professor for 17 years effective and are now covered by lay not only in forming BEC, but in BEC was paved here at NHT - fir t until he joined Scripps Research Medicare and an increasing number Crossword Solution re earching the qualities of the con- by the work of [Profes ors] Kleppn- Institute in 1990. He was chosen to of other health providers. There' -den ate. Using two eparate BEC er and Greytak in evaporative cool- share the 2001 Nobel Prize in chem- even a test that can be used in the from page 9 which were all 0\; ed to expand into ing and also by the contributions of istry with two other researchers. privacy of your own home. one another, he obtained very clear my group in laser cooling," After leaving MIT, Sharpless and Talk to YOllr doctor about interference patterns which howed Pritchard said. - his wife contributed $30,000 to gettittg te ted. that the condensate contained entirely "I feel I was privileged to finish establish a Undergraduate Research coordinated atom . Ketterle also pro- what these people have started," Opportunities fund for students in duced a ' laser beam" using matter Ketterle said. • organic chemistry. instead of light, which was made of a Pritchard has had six proteges go Leland H. Hartwell Ph.D. '64 stream of small BEC drop falling on to become obel laureates. shares the 200 I obel Prize in under the force of gravity. "Dan [Pritchard] began the physiology or medicine for his dis- BEC i about the creation of establishment of what is now a great coveries of key regulators of the cell atom with laserlike propertie ," school of atomic physics," aid cycle. Two of the three Nobel Prize aid Ketterle. Kleppner. "To me, this example of honorees in economics, George A. mentoring is in the very best tradi- Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, both BEe re eareh continues tion of science, teaching, and hope- earned PhDs from MIT in econom- AT 1- 00- C -2345 More re earch is currently being fully of MIT:' ics in 1966. E u TE EC E SE IE Prize. f r uti n t c n rc In rn d." r Oct ber 12, 2001 THE TE H Page 13 MIT May Punish First Offense ust Learn of iolation During Transport to Reduce Punishment Alcohol Policy, from Page I Ho ever Yue thought that tu- it but we didn t realize that there dent might till take their chance wa a bigger picture." for multiple offen e can include when reporting an alcohol offen e fines formal complaint to the becau e the poli y is not compl tely aG till face har b penaltie Committee on Di cipline, and note confidential. In the ca e of fraternities, orori- to parents. , anction for second offen e ties, and independent living groups, will h are quite rare, are de igned to Yue aid houses do not fear MIT as tudent till reluctant to get help get the tudent to take the i sue eri- much a they fear the ambridge Yue said that IT students ously," Orme-John on aid. Howev- Licensing ommi ion or the continue to avoid calling for med- er, ue aid that econd time Boston Licensing Board. The two ical a i tance for alcohol inci- offenses are often not reported due licensing groups can enact e ere dents. 'Every weekend there are to the tiffer punishment . puni hments for alcohol violation probably five or ix incidents in It i really about re ponsibility including eviction. which tudent do not go to Med- and accepting the con equences for Although MIT anctions for ical when they hould becau e of your actions. We want a tudent or living group have not changed, fear of getting in trouble," Yue living group who makes one mis- they are now officially stated by the aid. MIT keeps track of the names take to learn from that experience office of Residential Life and Stu- of underage people taken to the and not repeat it," said Dean for dent Life Program . medical center. tudent Life Larry G. Benedict. "A 'We have penalized living Under the new policy, first time tudent or house making a second groups that violated the policy offenders are no longer issued an violation, however, will be held before, and these sanctions are in MIT alcohol citation. The first responsible for that behavior." line with the sanctions we took over offense will be treated as a medical the last year. ow houses will know rather than disciplinary matter. MIT forms alcohol safety group what to expect," Benedict said. However, ifMlT learns of underage orne 600 student signed the However, IFC Judicial Commit- drinking by orne means other than petition calling for anonymous med- tee chair Thomas B. Fi her '02 a medical call, such as a noise com- ical transport last year. In response, believes that the new policy repre- plaint, "there may be disciplinary MIT formed the Alcohol Education sents a significant step in recogniz- sanctions for the first event," said Work Group. ing elf-governance of fraternities, Assistant Dean Carol Orme-John- "Confidential medical tran port ororities, and independent living son, of the office of Student Conflict was a small part of a scheme to groups. KATHY CHEN TIlE TECH Resolution. address alcohol issues on cam- "The Dean of Student Life may David Jones, Nature magazine's "Daedalus," shows off his "Once students see how minimal pus," said Undergraduate As ocia- defer to IFC and not impose sanc- chemistry experiment during the Ig Informal Lectures on Sat- the penalties ate I don't think they tion Vice President Allison L. tions on a house if he determines urday, October 6 in 26-100. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor people will take the risk not to call tMIT] Neizmik '02. 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Benedict regarding the A are ult of thi final jaunt vio- anction . While Benedict aid that .olation ended ru h earl lation the IF Ru h Committee he had di cu ed the fine and wa hi Phi' fir t major violation of decid d to close down Chi Phi's aware of Chi Phi s effort to appeal rush rule re ulted from problems ru h. There had been complaints h aid he was unaware of the um- with wake up times. On two consec- filed against Chi Phi by over 17 IFC mer onta t and III h anctions. utive day Chi Phi Ii ted all fre h- member hou e . To th MIT tud nt Body: The Council for the Art at MIT' till pon oring a free ticket program in conjunction with the Bo ton Symphony Orche tra. Howe er, the BSO changed the method of ticket distribution this year, introducing the "College Card" which allow MIT tudents a chance at free ticket to a pecific number of concert , the fir t of which is on October 26. The BSO Sent u 1,050 "College Card 11 which were immediately napped rip at our booth at Lobby 10. 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E pel 05 fall eason in a row,' Coach (19: 4). loven ki predicted after the invita- The pread between the fir t tional at Franklin Park. MIT fini her and the fifth wa 1:06, Re ult proved him right, as much maIler than in recent meet Wel}(~sley, who came into the meet and a factor in the team's victory, with their top even runner an aver- Sf. LEY HlJ--THE TECH ac ording to Coach Paul loven ki. age of ten econd of ahead of MIT, Philip • Deutsch '04 looks for an open receiver during overtime in last Saturday's home game against eronica . Andrew 'OS, Lynn captured three of the top five pots, Bridgewater State. Deutsch connected with Gregory . elson '02 for a touchdown. MIT lost 14-13. K. Kamimoto 'OS, and Margaret F. yet fell short in the final point total. er egna G ' pack attacked" for "I'm still peechle ," Slovenski place i through eight, rounding said. "This i quite a respectable out MIT's scoring runners. achievement for so young a quad." 00 ball Falls in Overtime, 14-13 The win over Wellesley comes Slovenski was also impressed after last Friday's unexpected victo- because of Wellesley' home course Tigh Defen i e atch Come Down to Extra Point After Touchdown ry in the four-team "Mini- ewmac" advantage. By Thomas Kilpatrick and chi '02 were controlling the line of one pos e sion to core; whoever held at Franklin Park. The team fin- "They had the home field advan- Spencer Cross crimmage, and paving the way for gets more points wins. ished with a total time of 101:52, tage with all those people dressed in TEAM fEMBERS 26 total ru hing yard . MIT lost the coin flip, and was the third fastest time ever for their blue and wearing "W's," he said. In the most emotional and evenly s the score would indicate, it thu forced to take po es ion fir t. home course. Coming from a 27-29 deficit at matched game of the sea on, the wa a defen ive contest. T held fter three play failed to convert a Before the Franklin Park meet the two-mile mark, MIT finished Bea ers parred against the defend- Bridgewater to 265 yard on 69 plays first down, the Beaver faced fourth the Engineers were ranked fourth in trong to flip the balance. All of the ing conference champion, Bridgewa- (3. Iplay) of total offense. The and six from the Bridgewater 21- the ew England Women's and MIT team members finished the ter tate. Beaver got great performance from yard line. Quarterback Philip M. Men's Athletic Conference. After course in under 25 minutes. The MIT offen e faced two ene- defensive ends Thomas J. Hynes '02 Deut ch '04 who had struggled the win over number two ranked Again, Slovenski is pleased with mie : Bridgewater tate and the and Lars . Gronning '03, who com- throwing in the inclement weather, Coast Guard, Mount Holyoke, and the women's performance but is elements. The Beaver were greeted bined for 30 tackle and two forced rolled out right and threw a perfect mith College, MIT came out just looking to the next meet. by a monsoon during warm-ups, fumble , which were recovered by pa s to wide receiver Gregory - behind Wellesley. , Staying ahead is the hardest which lowed to a drizzle by kick- tackle Spencer . Cross '0.5 and elson '02 in the 'corner of the end "This was my proudestmoment task to do in all of athletics becau e off. But 30+ mile per hour winds linebacker Jerimy R. mold '03. zone. elson beat double coverage with the women' _ cross-country all contenders rise-up to try to be and the wet field prevented e tab- The defensive backs only allowed and leapt, making a pectacular catch program' said Slovenski. "That spoilers when they meet the top Ii hment of the passing game, as Bridgewater to complete four pa e to put the Beavers up 13-6. Unfortu- was a big deal knocking off three dogs," said Slovenski. "We've made only two passes were completed for 33 yards. afety Mark D. nately, they failed to convert the respectable foe at once, something our move and there's no looking both to elson. Quarterback Boudreau '05 had five unas isted point-after try. MIT hasn't done in quite awhile." back. The competition is on to us." Deutsch ironically made his biggest tackles. Cornerback Corey D. Carter When Bridgewater received the contribution on the ground, as the '03 had a touchdown-saving tackle ball, they drove to IT's 8-yard Beavers' leading rusher with 90 in the first half when he caught line before similarly facing fourth yards. He scored the sole touch- Bridgewater tailback Andrew Brem down. They al 0 completed a pas down in regulation, on a scintillat- from behind. Carter also broke up a into the corner of the end zone, ing 60-yard sprint in the 3rd quar- pas and levitated a Bridgewater tying the score. However, they con- ter. Tailbacks Kale D. caney would-be tackler while blocking on a verted .the extra point to win the '05 and Temitope O. onuyi '05 elson punt return. game 14-13, dropping the Beavers added 77 and 73 yards, respective- fter an agonizing fourth quarter to 1-5 for the season. . ly. They would be quick to point where both teams defen es After resting over Columbus Day out that that the offensive linemen bunkered down and prevented each weekend MIT football gears up this atthew 1. Krueger 'OS, Fernando other from entering the red zone, the week for FC Boyd divi ion-lead- Ceballos '02 Bradford . Lassey game went into overtime with the ing ichols College. The Beavers '03 Justin elson '04, Keith G. score tied 7-7. If CA football will try to play spoiler in the 1:3.Opm Reed '04 and end Keith V. Battoc- game enters overtime, each time has home contest this Saturday. Heavyweight Crew Wms MIT Sweeps. Open Four Race in Ohio Tournament By Brian Kelleher Richter second margin over second-place Volleyball Tops Conference . TEAM MEMBER University of Pitt burgh (16:01), The IT varsity heavyweight who was rowing on their home By Paul Dill crew team returned to Boston with cour e. TEAM COACH gold medals in-hand after winning MIT' econd four-atthew G. After having their 16 match win- the Open Fours event at the Head of Richards '04, atthew C. Waldon ning streak broken last week against the Ohio regatta in Pittsburgh last '03, ichel . Rbeiz '04, Ian pringfield College, MIT bounced aturday. The Beavers also compet- Hein '02, andra . Chung '04 back and won five traight matche ed in an Open Eights race and a 500 (cox)-managed to fini h sixth in the this past weekend to win the Eastern meter sprint in an Eight. The Head of field of seventeen boa despite ev- Connecticut State University Tourna- the Ohio is the econd largest head- eral lingering cold . They finished ment for the second straight year. race in the nited tates, surpas ed only one-minute behind the winning The Engineers did not lose a sin- only by the Head of the Charles in four in a time of 16:35. gle game as they rolled (3-0) over number of competitors. T did not fare as well in the Lasell College Plymouth tate Col- The Open Four event was the Open Eight head race which they lege, Endicott College, Babson Col- Beaver' second race of the day. The hot-seated into immediately after the lege and ho t Eastern Connecticut team's top eight rowers split into two fours race. The Beavers finished tate University to earn the champi- fours after hot-seating from the tenth out of eleven crews in that race, onship trophy. eights sprint. due in part to exhaustion from the Middle hitter Lauren E. Frick '03, oach Gordon Hamilton wa previous race and also missing con- had a trong weekend anchoring the very pleased with the effort. "It was fusion stemming from missing the offense with 33 kills, while Amy W. gratifying to finally capture the tro- official start-time. The team' focus Mok '02 served up a team high of 16 phy, having come in second once at the regatta, however.iwas on the service aces for the tournament. and third numerou times.' said Open Four, as they plan to make that Co-captain Barbara J. chultze Hamilton. the priority boat for the upcoming '02 earned II-Tournament Team The race marked the first time the Head of the Charle regatta. honors and setter Christina Almod- members of the winning four- The Bea er Crew now looks for- ovar 02 was named the tournament's ichola K. bercrombie 03 ward to the ew Hampshire tate ost Valuable Player. ( troke , Jo hua G. Kubit '03 Championships this coming weekend This was the fourth straight tour- Collins P. Ward 03 Brian K. as their final preparation before the nament that the Engineer have won Richter '02, and Jonathan L. Berkow Head of the Charles in two weeks. this eason, pushing their record to a DALTO CHENG-THE TECH 03 co )-had rowed together in a " y immediate goal and that of staggering 23-2 for the season. MIT AJrls Yonekura '05 maneuvers around her opponent to head four all fall. It was al 0 the Beaver my boat is to win a 'medal in the remains the number one in the ew the ball In Tuesday's game against #1 ranked Wheaton Col- first race of the eason. MIT (15:35 Championship Four event at the England region and number 20 in the lege. MIT lost 6-1. pounded out a running twenty-six Head of the Charles," Kubit said. Division ill national ranking.