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Volume 124, Number 42 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02 139 Tuesday, October 5,2004 Baker Resident Conkonts Thief in Her Room IS'ower By Jenny Zhang NEWS EDITOR This past Sunday, Baker resident Gita Srivastava '07 walked in on a Night man attempting to steal from her room, and then chased him partway through the dormitory, where two other students picked up the chase. Qukter The two students were eventually able to catch up to the thief and recover ~rivast&a's backpack con- Year taining her laptop and digital cam- = era. The thief escaped with fifteen By Jeffrey Chang dollars in cash. STAFF REPORTER Nathalie M. Pinkerton '08, one Despite efforts by the Office for of the two students who helped pur- Student Life to eliminate "shower- sue the thief, said that she and her ing," an MIT student tradition of roommate Tiffany L. Iaconis '08 I soaking their fully clothed peers chased the man tothe tennis courts = using showers, a number of fresh- along Amherst Alley, where she men showerings occur last Thursday managed to rip Srivastava's back- night, although the incidence of pack from him. showering this year was lower than Following the attempted theft, in previous years. Baker house manager Jonathan F. Freshmen are traditionally show- Nolan sent an e-mail to Baker ered by upperclassmen the evening describing the suspect as a white before the first 8.01 (Physics I) male of age 18 to 25 years with light 1 exam, which was last Thursday this BRIAN HEMONhTHE TECH Irish year. brown a and Two freshmen girls thwarted an attempted robbery yesterday at Baker House. The glrls chased down tattoo On the back of his . This was the second year of the thlef and were able to recapture the vlctim's backpack, contalnlng the stolen Items, as he fled. neck and calf. strict enforcement against the activi- The e-mail advised residents not Srivastava said the suspect was surprises thief than 5 minutes. She had closed her ty, said Dean for Student Life Larry to confiont the suspect if they saw wearing a bright orange shirt and Srivastava said that she confront- door but left it unlocked. G. Benedict. He said the instruc- him but to call the MIT Police baseball cap, and appeared to be ed the thief in her room after using tions forbidding showering were immediately. about 5'10". the bathroom across the hall for less Robbery, Page 16 similar to last year's, and the pur- pose was to reiterate that showering will no longer be tolerated at MIT. MIT Sues Alum Blackjack Experts Over Web Site Injuries led to ban By Keith 1. Winsteln success. The company has now switched er" in Mezrich's book, Irvine said. Benedict said that the strict pro- SEN/OR EDITOR One group - Beat the House its Web site to blac&ackinstitute.com Blackjq~lcinstitute~~corn gells a hibition on showering stemmed Four former members of the MIT LLC, started by David Irvine '95, and says it is close to settling the %me traiPii*%gco~~Tat $ZQO, a Eremi -acompla+&= Wo years ago Blackjack Team - the subject of Michael Aponte '92, and John H. lawsuit. "We're going to respect blackjack seminar for $700, and from the mother of a student who Ben Mezrich's 2002 best-selling Chang '85 - received MIT's wrath, MIT's opinion and make the "private instruction" starting at had been injured twice in separate book Bringing Down the House or at least a federal lawsuit, when it changes that we need to, to comply $3,000 for two days of training. The showering incidents. about MIT students who made mil- set up a Web site using the address with their position," said Irvine, who other Web site, blackjackscience.com, After learning of other injuries lions in the 1990s by counting cards mitblackjack.com and applied for says he played for the MIT club as was started by Semyon Dukach SM that had taken place over the years, at Las Vegas casinos - have started registered trademarks on "MIT "Mr. J" for five years. '93 and offers weekend seminars at Benedict said, he decided that MIT two Web sites to cash in on the Blackjack." Aponte, his business partner, $650 for one day of instruction or could no longer allow the showering team's notoriety. "This is a routine trademark won the Game Show Network's $1,100 for two. of freshmen or any other student. No longer permitted to play cease and desist action against an World Series of Blackjack earlier "We have kind of gone away He also said that showering was blackjack in Las Vegas them- infringer who has filed applications this year at the Mohegan Sun casino from the playing mode more into the "very close to being illegal under selves, the former students are sell- for trademark registrations that in Connecticut. training mode," Irvine said. "The Massachusetts law for hazing." ing training materials and private incorporate our mark," said Karin K. Aponte has gambled as "Mr. whole idea of being a card counter is Benedict said he had received tutoring to other gamblers who Rivard, the attorney at MIT's Tech- Kim" and "MIT Mike," and is repre- to go under the radar and not hope to replicate the MIT team's nology Licensing Office. sented by the character "Steve Fish- become notorious." Showering, Page 13 MIT Admissions Opens New Personalized Online Portal By Tiffany Chen expanding MIT's recruitment capa- bility. The Undergraduate Admissions The new admissions web site Office has recently revamped its was created in a joint project Web site for students interested in between two technology and design applying to MIT. firms. Jones said that the Web site The new admissions Web site, was made with consideration of which launched in early September, input from student focus groups. offers a more colorful look in addi- tion to new features including links Prefrosh approve of new Web site to MIT student Weblogs, tips for Prospective students have gener- writing application essays, and a ally been pleased with the new Web photo gallery. In addition, using site. portal registration called MyMIT, Madalyn Berns, a senior at prospective students can create their Chaminade College Preparatory own accounts and individualize the High School in California, said "I Web site. thought it was very informative. All Dean of Admissions Marilee the information I could ever want Jones, Dean of Admissions said the about admissions was at the tip of new Web site is designed to be my fingertips.". "dynamic" and should reflect the She said the layout and easy nav- "authentic nature of MIT." igation were pluses for the site. She also pointed out the useful- "Everything is covered pretty thor- ness of the portal system in identify- A branch of red and yellow leaves outside of BuildSng E25 announces the arrival of fall on campus. ing prospective students and thus Admissions, Page 14

SPoaTs Comics Men's Cross County takes third Why Kerry and Bush can't both World & Nation ...... 2 at PreNationals. be Christian and President. Opinion ...... 4 Sports . . - - - - ...... - - - . . . .20 Page 6 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH October 5,2004

Space Specimens Saved Shows From Wrecked Capsule Poll Bush, Ke By Warren E. Leary THE NEW YORK TIMES Dead Even Follom Debate Scientists think useful samples of all the many types of solar parti- cles collected by the Genesis space capsule survived its crash in the By Richard W. Stevenson including Ralph Nader, the Repub- nominating convention and then Utah desert almost four weeks ago, promising researchers years of and Janet Elder lican and Democratic tickets each declines somewhat. Both the Bush study into the origins of the solar system. THE NEW YORK TIMES won the support of 47 percent of and the Kerry campaigns have said Although many of the fragile particle collectors are banged or bro- Sen. John Kerry came out of his registered voters surveyed in the for months that they expected the ken, some survived the Sept. 8 crash surprisingly well, said scientists first debate with President Bush poll. race to be tight at the very end, no doing the painstaking work of extracting them from the crash debris. having reassured many Americans Last month, Bush led Kerry by matter what the polls showed along Dr. Eileen K. Stansbery, assistant director of astromaterials of his ability to handle an interna- 50 percent to 42 percent in a two- the way. research at NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Houston, said many of tional crisis or a terrorist attack and way race and 50-41 in a three-way But Kerry also scored notable the principal solar collectors aboard the craft survived almost intact with a generally more favorable race. gains in several areas that could be and promised to yield useful results for researchers. The crash means image, but he failed to shake the The results, which parallel those vital in a campaign being fought that preserving, decontaminating, and processing the samples will be perception that he panders to voters of several other national polls in the largely around the war in Iraq and harder than first envisioned, but she said that that was a small price to in search of support, according to past few days, are likely to intensify the threat from terrorism. pay for the science that will be recovered. the latest New York TimesICBS interest in Tuesday night's debate Forty-one percent of registered News Poll. in Cleveland between the vice pres- voters said they had confidence in The poll also found significant idential candidates, Sen. John Kerry's ability to deal wisely with Wave Of Lawsuits Expected Against doubts about the president's poli- Edwards of North Carolina and an international crisis, up from 32 cies toward Iraq, with a majority of Vice President Dick Cheney, as percent before the debate. Thirty- Merck After Vioxx Sales Halted the public saying that the United well as the two additional presiden- nine percent said they had a lot of By Bamaby J. Feder States invaded too soon and that the tial debates over the next eight confidence that Kerry would make THE NEW YORK TIMES administration did a poor job think- days. the right decisions when it came to Last week's decision by Merck to halt sales of Vioxx, its popular ing through the consequences of the Aides to both campaigns said protecting against a terrorist attack, painkiller, could lead to an onslaught of lawsuits against the company. war. But Bush maintained an Monday that the running mates' up 13 percentage points from Hundreds and perhaps thousands of new Vioxx lawsuits are likely advantage on personal characteris- debate, which begins Tuesday at 9 before the debate last Thursday in to be filed, lawyers said, with many of them class actions that aim to tics like strong leadership and lika- p.m., was unlikely to have a major Coral Gables, Fla. represent large groups of Vioxx users who have taken the drug for bility, as well as in the enthusiasm impact on the vote in November. But on both scores, Kerry still extended periods. Indeed, radio advertisements seeking plaintiffs are of his supporters. That did not stop them, though, trailed Bush. Fifty-one percent of being broadcast and some suits were filed almost immediately after Four weeks from Election Day, from trying once again to set high voters said they had confidence in Merck's recall announcement on Thursday. the presidential race is again a dead expectations for the other side, as Bush's ability to deal with an inter- "Our lawsuit was in the works but the filing was accelerated by heat, with Bush having given up the each campaign pointed to the debat- national crisis, unchanged from the recall," said Don S. Strong, a lawyer who filed a suit against gains he enjoyed for the last month ing strengths of their opponents. before the debate, and 52 percent Merck on Thursday in U.S.District Court in Oklahoma City. following the Republican National Some of the drop in Bush's said they had a lot of confidence in "The recall makes our burden of proof easier," Strong said, Convention in New York City, the numbers appeared to reflect the tra- his ability to protect against a ter- "because it validates what our experts have been telling us for several poll found. In both a head-to-head ditional cycle in which a candi- rorist attack, up just slightly from months." The lawsuit says that Strong's client suffered ministrokes matchup and a three-way race date's standing surges after his 50 percent last month. and a number of heart problems from taking Vioxx. But some experienced product liability lawyers say a new wave of litigation may not necessarily be more distracting for Merck than the suits that are already working their way through the courts. Three Car Bombs Kill Over 26, Cambodia Approves Tribunal For Khmer Rouge Leaders One Explodes Near Iraqi H By Seth Mydans By Edward Wong car loaded with explosives rammed scraping those bits onto slabs of burnt THE NEW YORK TIMES THE iVE W YORK TIMES into a recruiting center for Iraqi plain- car metal to ensure proper burials. BAGHDAD, IRAQ After years of delays, the Cambodian Parliament ratified an agree- clothes police officers. The attack The third suicide car bomb ment with the United Nations on Monday to create an international Three powerful car bombs took place near a checkpoint to the exploded near a primary school in the tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for exploded across Iraq on Monday fortified headquarters of the interim northern city of Mosul, killing at least atrocities that took 1.7 million lives during the communists' four-year morning, killing at least 26 people Iraqi government and the American five people, including two children, rule in the late 1970s. and injuring more than 100 others in Embassy, and officials at one hospital Reuters reported, citing Iraqi police The ratification was the last major hurdle for holding a trial, a day of carnage that demonstrated counted at least 15 dead and 82 officers. The car might have exploded although no timetable was set and a number of technical and political the relative ease with which insur- wounded. prematurely since there were no issues lie ahead, including the raising of an estimated $57 million gents are striking in the hearts of The second car bomb exploded American soldiers or Iraqi security from international donors. major cities. north of the Baghdad Hotel, mostly forces in the area, the officers said. None of the aging Khmer Rouge leaders has been brought into A firefight between policemen occupied by foreign security contrac- The attacks are the latest attempts court to face justice for their actions between 1975 and 1979, when as and insurgents broke out in the mid- tors, after a red station wagon sped by insurgents to keep up pressure on many as one-fourth of the Cambodian population died from execu- dle of downtown Baghdad after one down a wide commercial street and the interim government of Prime tion, starvation, overwork and disease. of the explosions, according to secu- plowed into two sport utility vehicles, Minister Ayad Allawi. Gar bombs The law still needs approvals by the Senate and head of state, both rity contractors at the scene. witnesses said. At least six people have become the favorite - and of which are considered formalities. The United Nations and Cambo- The first blasts rocked Baghdad as were killed and 20 injured, an Interior most lethal - weapons employed by dia reached agreement in June 2003 after long and difficult negotia- two suicide car bombs exploded Ministry spokesman said. The explo- the fighters, with at least 35 having tions. Ratification was delayed for a year as Cambodia struggled to within an hour of each other, one on sion scattered body parts and pieces exploded in September alone, more form a government following an election. either side of the Tigris River. The of flesh across nearby blocks, and than in any other month since the war bomb in the west detonated after a men rushing to the scene began began.

Crisp and Clear Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, October 5, 2004 By Wikki Prive STAFF METEOROLOGIST Listen! the wind is rising, and the.air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves! -Humbert Wolfe

High pressure building over the Ohio valley will dominate the weather pattern in Boston for the remainder of the week. This high pressure will keep skies clear and temperatures brisk, with daytime highs in the 50s and 60s°F. Nights will be downright chilly, with temperatures falling near 40°F in the city, and close to freezing away from the coast. The coldest tempera- tures will occur today and tonight, with a gradual warming toward the end of the week. Although we will see the coldest temperatures of the season tonight, there is little chance of approaching the record low temperature of 3 1°F set in Boston in 1883. The earliest recorded autumn snowfall ever in Boston occured on Oct. 2, 1899, with a trace of snow. Oct. 10, 1979 saw the earliest measurable snowfall with 0.2 inches. The mean date for the first trace of snow is Nov. 4, just a month away.

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Intelligence Reformers In Senate Firm On New Director's Power By Carl Hulse THE NEW YORK l"IMEES WASHINGTON By John Schwartz we make history," said Peter Dia- space began shortly before 7 a.m. Senate authors of a plan to reorganize U.S. intelligence agencies THE NEW YORK TIMES mandis, the organizer of the X Monday morning, when it was car- on Monday defeated efforts to reduce the power of a new national MOJAVE, CALIF Prize. He called Rutan "a furry ried to an altitude of nearly 50,000 intelligence director as the leadership unveiled a separate plan on A private rocket ship shot into mammal among the dinosaurs of feet by its mother plane, the White how the Senate could better oversee intelligence and domestic securi- space on Monday morning and won the aerospace industry." Knight, and released at 7:49 a.m. ty activities. a coveted $10 million aviation prize As members of the thousands of The spacecraft's pilot, Brian Bin- With lawmakers hoping to gain approval this week for a measure for its creators. spectators who had gathered to nie, lit the experimental rocket based on the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, the back- SpaceShipOne, the sleek combi- watch the desert landing chanted, motor, which bums a combination ers of the legislation won a series of significant votes, including their nation of rocket and glider designed "Burt, Burt," Rutan took a jab at of rubber and nitrous oxide - also push to disclose the total amount of spending by U.S. intelligence by Burt Rutan and financed by the NASA - "the other space agency" known as laughing gas - and ran agencies. billionaire Paul G. Allen, reached a - and said he was determined to the motor for its full planned dura- "The public has a right to know at least that," said Sen. Joseph I. record altitude of 368,000 feet, or develop a commercial spacecraft tion of nearly 90 seconds. After its Lieberman, D-Conn., and a chief author of the bill that seeks to cen- 69.7 miles, blasting past the that was "at least 100 as safe than swift ride into the sky, Space- tralize intelligence gathering. 337,600-foot altitude record for pri- anything that has every flown man ShipOne returned to earth and The ability of the sponsors to hold off challenges fiom some of vate craft set by the same ship last to space and probably a whole lot touched down at 8:13 a.m. Pacific the most senior and powehl members of the Senate illustrated the week. more." The private race for space time. momentum behind the reorganization and the influence of the leaders That feat earned Mojave Aero- has captured the popular imagina- The flight also far surpassed the of the Sept. 11 commission and the relatives of those killed in the space Ventures, the company tion, with its promise of wresting previous flight altitude record for an attacks, who have been lobbying against changes to the legislation. formed by Rutan and Allen, the the dream of human space flight air-launched craft, 354,000 feet Ansari X Prize, a space competition away from what private space reached by the X-15 in 1963. modeled on the great contests of the boosters call a bloated and sluggish Binnie, a 5 1-year-old former U.S. Coordinates Efforts early days of aviation. Members of government monopoly. Even Navy pilot, stepped out, carrying an the rocket team and organizers of Google, the ubiquitous search American flag he had taken in the To Stop Counterfeit Goods prize jubilantly predicted that the engine, adorned its logo with a car- ship. Before unfurling it, he said, "I By Thomas Crampton flight, made on the 47th anniversary toon showing SpaceShipOne sail- thank God that I live in a country THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON of the first Sputnik launching, ing above the Earth with a flying where this is possible." The Bush administration unveiled an initiative on Monday intend- marked the dawn of a new age of saucer swooping in for a closer In two previous flights, Space- ed to combat piracy of intellectual property and the sale of counterfeit commercial human space flight. look. ShipOne had shown a tendency to goods by foreign companies. "Ladies and gentleman, today Spaceshipone's journey into roll at high altitudes. Presented by senior officials from four agencies, the plan calls for a coordinated effort to stop the importing of designer knockoffs and counterfeit products, which account for 7 percent of all goods in the Study How We Ide Smells global marketplace, the commerce secretary, Donald L. Evans, said. Although the announcement came less than a month before the election and in a week in which domestic policy issues have come to the forefront, Evans said politics had nothing to do with its timing. s UeSeScientists Nobe ze "I don't accept this notion at all that we are just now getting By Lawrence K. Altman also recall associated memories. working on it." around to it," Evans said. "We have had a lot of new initiatives." THE NEW YORK TIMES The molecules start a process by (BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM.) The measures announced Monday include a toll-free number Two American scientists who which olfactory cells send messages Axel credited Buck for coming aimed at making it easier for businesses to protect products from solved the enigma of how people can to the olfactory bulb, a structure in up with "an extremely clever twist" piracy as well as publication of a "name and shame" list of compa- smell 10,000 different odors and the front of the brain that is a clear- by making three assumptions that nies that make or trade fake designer products. recall them later were awarded the inghouse for the sense of smell. allowed her to zero in on a group of 2004 Nobel Prize in physiology or Information fiom the olfactory bulb genes that appeared to code for the medicine on Monday. is then relayed to other parts of the odorant receptor proteins. France To Reprocess U.S. The winners, who will share the brain where it is combined to form a The scientists discovered a large $1.3 million award, were Dr. Richard pattern in a system of smell that gene family, comprising 1,000 dif- Weapons-Grade U.S. Plutonium Axel, 58, a university professor at allows humans and animals to distin- ferent genes representing about 3 By Elaine Sciolino Columbia, and Dr. Linda B. Buck, guish good fi-om bad. percent of all genes in the body. The THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS 57, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer "A good wine or a sun-ripe wild olfactory genes give rise to an equiv- France is poised to take possession of 300 pounds of weapons- Research Center and a professor at strawberry activates a whole array of alent number of olfactory receptors grade plutonium from the United States for reprocessing into fuel, an the University of Washington in odorant receptors, helping us to per- located on 5 million cells in a small operation that its opponents contend creates a risk of nuclear terrorism. Seattle. ceive the different odorant mole- area in the upper part of the nostrils. Two vessels carrying the deadly cargo from South Carolina were Until publication of their funda- cules," the assembly said. The cells are highly specialized to expected to dock at a secure area of the French port of Cherbourg as mental paper in 1991, the sense of Buck, who was born in Seattle, detect molecules of a few inhaled early as Monday night. smell had been "the most enigmatic received degrees in psychology and odors. From there, the cargo - enough to make 20 nuclear bombs - is of our senses," the Nobel Assembly microbiology from the University of The ability to detect and identify to be taken to a secure plant at nearby La Hague. It will then be of the Karolinska Institute in Stock- Washington, and a doctorate in chemical substances in the environ- loaded onto armored, unmarked trucks and escorted by French securi- holm, Sweden, said in recognizing immunology from the University of ment offers an obvious survival ben- ty forces to a factory 700 miles away at the southeastern town of the discovery that Axel and Buck Texas Southwestern Medical Center efit. But the number of odorant Cadarache, where it will be turned into fuel for nuclear reactors. made while working together at in Dallas. Yearning to learn the tech- receptors varies among species. The project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into fuel was initiat- Columbia University in New York. niques of molecular biology, she said, For their studies, Axel and Buck ed by President Bill Clinton with an agreement with Russia in Sep- As the two scientists went on to she joined Axel's laboratory, working used mice, which have about 1,000 tember 2000 to neutralize 34 tons of plutonium from American and work independently, the assembly on the side to understand "how the odorant receptors. That is about 10 Russian weapons dating from the Cold War. said, "they have in several elegant, nervous system deals with the times the number in fish. Humans But that was before the Sept. 1 1, 200 1, attacks heightened con- often parallel, studies clarified the tremendous problem of diversity." have about 350 such receptors. cerns about the risks of other terrorist attacks, even nuclear-related olfactory system, from the molecular After "trying a number of crazy "Smell is absolutely essential for terrorism. Islamic militants have openly expressed their desire to level to the organization of the cells." ideas," she said, she became so fasci- a newborn mammalian pup to find secure material to make a nuclear weapon, and have even discussed Their work provides a molecular nated with the olfactory system that the teats of its mother and obtain stealing or attacking plutonium shipments in France. Critics say it understanding of how people who "I was totally hooked and obsessed milk -without the olfaction the pup would be far wiser merely to bury the nuclear material in the United smell a lilac in childhood can recog- in finding the receptors, and Axel does not survive," said the Nobel States than to ship it long distances for reprocessing. nize the fragrance later in life and provided the hnding so I could keep Assembly. Mount St. Helens Spews Ste Sends Mi@ ca But Many Anticipate A Bigger Blow By Sarah Kershaw TIfE Nt2W YORK 71iMES SEATTLE As May Get H Heightening the suspense around what a quivering Mount St. Helens By Ian Fisher flow of asylum seekers coming to largest number of African refugees, may do next - and delighting the thousands of tourists flocking there and Richard Bernstein Europe, mostly from Asia and announced its support several - the volcano on Monday morning spewed a giant column of steam TIfE NEW YORK TIMES Africa, many hundreds of whom weeks ago. Representatives of and then sputtered out another picturesque puff later in the day. ROME have drowned while trying to cross Spain and Portugal said after the But those events, coming after the mountain erupted Friday for Hundreds of migrants from the Mediterranean after being put meeting last week that the plan the first time in 18 years, were still less serious than what scientists Africa in rickety boats have landed into unseaworthy boats by human should be studied. closely monitoring the mountain had anticipated, and the scientists in the last few days on Lampedusa, traffickers. But officials from France, Bel- were still saying Monday that a more significant eruption was likely. a tiny Italian island, and the Italian In recent weeks, European lead- gium and Sweden have spoken out In 1980, a massive eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwestern government is responding quickly ers have been sparring over a plan against the idea, objecting that the Washington killed 57 people, dumped tons of ash on towns across the and contentiously, sending most of proposed by Germany's interior camps would be set up in countries region and set off one of the most powerful landslides in history. Sci- them back to Libya almost immedi- minister, Otto Schily, to stem the that do not have good records in entists say that even if their predictions, which have led them to issue ately, by airplane. flow of potential immigrants to the protecting refugees' rights. Human a "code red alert for an imminent eruption of the mountain, come The crossing to Italy is a treach- European Union by building hold- rights groups and the United true, any further eruptions would be far less devastating than the erous one for the thousands of poor ing centers in North Africa and Nations have warned that it could explosion of 1980. and desperate migrants who chance only allowing those whose asylum seal Europe off from legitimate "There may be some explosions, and some of those explosions no less than 70 miles of open sea applications are approved there to asylum seekers. may be relatively large, larger than we've seen," Jake Lowenstern, a on the Mediterranean each year. proceed to Europe. "We are not taking part in this volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said during a news Last weekend, at least 17 people "It's an offer to help those who plan," the French interior minister, conference on Monday afternoon. drowned off the coast of Tunisia are in danger," Schily said of his Dominique de Villepin, said after At 9:47 a.m. Monday, a steam plume soaring between 1,000 feet trying to reach Italy, the official proposal, arguing that his plan was the meeting in the Netherlands, and 2,000 feet above the lip of the mountain's crater - or about Tunisian news agency reported on aimed, among other things, at help- The Associated Press reported. 10,000 feet into the air - billowed into the sky. Scientists said the Monday. Another 47 people, in a ing to avoid the hazards of a sea In making his proposal for likely cause was "hot material" in the mountain coming into contact boatload of 70 Moroccans and five voyage. reception centers in Africa, Schily with glacier water, causing a boiling beneath and a burst of steam. Tunisians, were reported missing. Schily's idea, discussed last was reviving an idea first raised Ash is the greatest health concern for downwind towns, but little was These events underscore a seri- week at a meeting of European last year by Prime Minister Tony emitted during the steam explosion, scientists said. But anticipated ous problem that European govern- interior ministers in the Nether- Blair of Britain, but then quickly eruptions, foreshadowed by recent tremors and a steady swarm of ments have tried and, so far, failed lands, has gotten a mixed recep- dropped when most European earthquakes, could contain more ash, they said. to solve. It is what to do about the tion. 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Searching for Substance Chairman In the first televised presidential debate, who seemed to to say more than what we can read on their Web sites? The Hangyul Chung '05 have won depended a locon who you asked, or rather, whether obvious consequence is that style will be called in to replace the they listened in on radio or watched on TV. Those who heard missing substance. Moreover, hard questions are not difficult to Editor in Chief the 1960 debate between Kennedy come by: Asking Kerry whether he would allocate more money Beckett W. Sterner '06 and Nixon on the radio said Nixon to the war in Iraq, given that we are currently forced to choose Editorial had won based'on his words and between security and reconstruction, or asking Bush how he can Business Manager tone, while those who watched on TV saw Nixon visibly weak- justify using overwhelming force to protect soldiers' lives when Lauren Leung '07 ened by the flu and sweating in an overheavy suit, and hence the war's success depends on the cooperation and goodwill of preferred Kennedy. Unfortunately, in 2004, over forty years Iraqis, would each lead to more interesting answers than Managing Editor later, the media is still excited by issues of style and has yet to Kerry's "Yes, I do" believe I can do a better job. Tiffany Dohzen '06 create substantive debate on television. Ultimately, in any debate with a moderator, whether we learn Although there are many possible formats for a debate, any anything substantive about the candidates depends on the quality real debate must have an argument or a set of arguments at its cen- of the questions. The argument that somehow asking hard ques- News Editors: Kathy Lin '06, Jenny Zhang '06, ter. Given that this one forbade the candidates from cross-examin- tions would make the debate unfair or biased is simply false, Waseem S. Daher '07, Tongyan Lin '07; Associ- ing each other, and hence really exposing their logic and beliefs, because both candidates have gaping flaws, and asking questions ate Editors: Ray C. He '07, Juliitn E. Villarreal we were forced to depend on the quality of an outside moderator culled from the last three months of media coverage is no more '07; Staff: Kathy Dobson G, Michael E. Rolish for interesting questions. Jim Lehrer, of the "The NewsHour with fair or unbiased. Perhaps the greatest challenge to asking difficult G, Issel Anne L. Lim '05, Kelley Rivoire '06, Jim Lehrer" on PBS, is one of the most respected TV journalists in questions is the two minute time limit imposed on any response. Jeffrey Chang '08, Marie Y. Thibault '08, Jiao America, and hence a seemingly good choice as moderator. However, the key to developing any detailed line of thought is to Wang '08, Tatyana Lugovskaya; Meteorologists: The questions Lehrer asked, however, can only be charac- ask follow-up questions, something Lehrer rarely did in the Cegeon Chan G, David Flagg G, Samantha L. H. terized as weak, especially in how they failed to challenge either debate. Only by sticking with a particular issue will a moderator Hess G, Vikram Khade G, Robert Lindsay Korty candidate to depart from the cue-card platform running through force the candidates to speak substance and not platitudes. G, Greg Lawson G, Nikki PrivC G, William Ram- their head. Questions like (to Senator Kerry), "Do you believe In the end, we are still waiting for the national press to step strom G, Michael J. Ring G. you could do a better job than President Bush in preventing up and challenge politicians to have more than just style. It is another 911 1-type terrorist attack on the United States?" will unacceptable to be obsessed about things like choice of tie color PRODUCTION STAFF never receive anything more than a superficial, and obvious, when we are considering the election of the person who will Editors: Sie Hendrata Dharmawan '05; SM. Joy answer. What is the point of a debate unless it forces candidates command our army and set domestic and foreign policy. Forsythe G, Wanda W. Lau G, Kevin Chen '05, John Cassady '06, Jonathan Reinharth '06, Jennifer Huang '07, Yaser M. Khan '07, Y. Grace Lin '07, EunMee Yang '07, Sylvia Yang '07, Austin Chu '08, Michael McGraw-Herdeg '08, James R Pea- cock IV '08.

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What does this Bush and Keny have no qualms about order- ones whose government we happen to like at that solidified my ideas about the two suppos- mean? It means that a Christian seeking to Ing the death of another human being, or com- the time. edly Christian candidates. Each candidate said love God, and be close to him, cannot will- manding some people to kill others, they are The inevitable conclusion to all this: an that lie would hunt down Osama bin Laden ingly harm another human being, even in not being Christian, because they are not lov- effective president can never be Christian. and other terrorists and kill them, as political self-defense. ing thew neighbor or the~rGod. By promising Any candidate who claims to be both is either analysts will tell you should be the president's It is vitally important to understand this to hunt and kill the terrorists, they are already sadly mistaken or a blatant hypocrite, out to primary goal in the post-911 1 world. But that point. Christ makes ~t clear that his God is a promising that the mores of thelr society will get the votes of a mainly Christian country goal is contradictory to the morals demanded god of love, and that our lives should reflect hold more sway over them than God's laws, without making the sacrifices that come with of a Christian as written in the New Testa- the love that God shows us. This means that and that is not Christian. being a Christian. nient. Jesus's call to his disciples is to live a we shou1.d love constantly, without reserva- The contradiction between the presidency If this life of Christian pacifism seems stu- life of universal love for their fellow humans. tions; we should love all people regardless of and faith runs deeper than two rich politicos. pid to some, that's because politically, it is. A You cannot live that kind of life while vowing gender, station, race, creed, sexual orientation, It is obvious to anyone who has studied histo- Christian life guarantees you will always be to kill or harm another. But you also cannot or religion. We do this because all people are ry that you cannot run a country or survive as taken advantage of. To be Christian is to be expect a president to forswear the use of force God's creat~onsin his image, and all are pre- a nation among nations without the threat of the meek that get walked on, the last in the and still be a good leader. The sad conclusion: cious to him. To harm our enemies in any way force, from yourself or an ally. The military is race, the innocent on whom unscrupulous a Christian cannot be President, and anyone is to harm God and cause him pain, to turn as vital to our nation's survival as the econo- people feed. It is to be the humble servant and who tries will constantly and willingly dis- away from him and the forgiveness offered in my or democracy itself. A president who cate- lamb among wolves. Christians sacrifice their obey God while they are in office. his Son. Now, humans are not perfect. God gorically refuses to use force in any situation pride and power in this,world for the joy ' Promising to kill another person contra- knows this, and that is why we can always beg is not a president but a sitting duck. Some found in the next, and part of that sacrifice is dicts the lessons of God taught through Jesus. His forgiveness. But to knowingly, deliberate- people might argue that using force or declar- the requirement to show nothing but love to In the gospel of Matthew, chapter 22, verse ly disobey God and harm or kill another, all ing war does not guarantee that people will your fellow human. Any job that requires 0th- 39, Jesus states the second greatest com- the while telling your brothers that you love die, but that is just naive. Every major conflict envise, including the presidency of the United mandment: love your neighbor as you love Him and believe in Him, is either ignorant or is declared with the knowledge that lives will States, is not a job committed Christians can yourself. And who qualifies as your neigh- hypocritical. be taken, and every soldier going into major have. So if Kerry and Bush really are my bor? All the people created in God's image, This is why I was so interested to hear conflict knows that he may be called upon to brothers in Christ, I pray for them, that God or every human being, whether they have both John Kerry and George Bush vow to kill take another's life. Neither the soldiers nor the will bring them to their senses and convince embraced Christianity or not. Elsewhere in Osama bin Laden while also claim to be planners can say truthfully they thought they th~mto drop from the race. At least with two the Bible, Jesus states that "we should forgive Christian. Bush, in particular, takes pride in wouldn't have to disobey God. non-Christian candidates, threats, sanctions, our enemies not seven times, but seventy- basing some of his most important decisions And many tools of diplomacy, such as bloodshed and all the other normal functions seven times" (Matthew 18:22); that is to say, on his faith. He likes to justify his actions sanctions, also contradict the absolute paci- of government won't come at the expense of forgive them ad infinitum. "Do not resist an against others as protecting us from their evil. fism required by Jesus Christ: it is hardly lov- religious integrity. Affirmative Action and Perfect !! ,trangers reveal anything groundbreaking for Iraq. He Human Psycho Ravi Gupta said he would call a summit of allies and that that would fix everything. I guess Kerry just unwanted as a teammate; it was that my true The first presidential debate took place last plans to throw a bitchin' party and make the Nicholas Baldasaro abilities were obscured. The tragedy of a handi- Thursday between the perfect strangers, Bush world forget its troubles. But the best part of the cap is that it casts doubt on results from the and Kerry. Debates are necessary to advance debate was neither seen nor heard; it was know- Affirmative action was created years ago as proving grounds. Here is why: the campaigns of candidates and to give the citi- ing that Ralph Nader was standing outside the a way to integrate the minorities of the United When we first meet a person whose skills zens a chance to see which candidate is smarter, debate arena, quietly clutching the petition sig- States into its educational and economic infra- are tied to our success (teammate, co-worker, wittier, and better-looking, and who can feign natures of Republicans, all the while sporting a structure, and despite its warts, affirmative etc.), we look for signs that they are competent. compassion the best. We got all that last Thurs- stiff upper lip of which any Englishman would action has done some of exactly what is was This is complex and difficult; however, if we day and a little more. In the end, though, the be proud. created to do. I find, however, that one of the believe they have been given no resources that debate simply reinforced the notion that the two The two will once again spout rhetoric at most negative consequences of the institution is we ourselves lack, then we will at least not start candidates are big on rhetoric yet short on each other this Friday, and here are a few words rarely spoken of and poorly understood, to the them at a deficit. Affirmative action breaks this plans. of advice to the candidates. Merry needs tci cause of great mischief. The consequence I symmetry. If you allowed me that affirmative In the beginning it didn't look very good for sound more warm and fuzzy. Bush is a sea- speak of is the doubt that greets the talents of action allows some percentage of low talent Keny. First he showed up late on stage and then soned veteran of sounding like the common minorities who eventually integrate into the minorities to advance, more-on the basis of throughout the debate rarely looked at the cam- man. So what if he didn't know where Pakistan non-affirmative action world of employment, a being a minority than having useful talents, era, although it's understandable that he could- was in 2000? Neither did most of America doubt that can be summed then all minorities become n't turn away from the embrace that is Jim according to some surveys. Bush is the com- up in the thought "How suspect in the eyes of non- Lehrer's eyes. There were instances when mon man with the common mind and that's goed are you, really?" J meH,, that minorities, as a simple mat- Keny the bobblehead kept nodding whenever what people like. Note to Keny - don't sound propose that despite ~ts ter of prudence. Each minor- Bush said anything as if he was agreeing, or too smart. And note to Bush - Karl Rove isn't positive effects, affirmative there is even the sl~htest ~tymust now prove himself maybe he was just rocking out to some hldden going to run in and tackle Kerry; say something action curses all its recipi- or herself time and time headphones. But the debate was surely Dubya's substantial. My advice to the readers would be ents with the negative stig- ChdYlCe that dY1 USSOC~~~~again to each new person, to brightest moment and the English language's to do your civil duty and watch the upcoming ma of belng both untested dispel the suspicions that darkest day. It was alniost mischievous that debates, especially if you missed the last one and less skilled compared Or col'eagueis unworth% naturally arise against those Kerry made such a point of nuclear prollfera- (so you'll know what the hell I'm talking about to those who did not belle- we not trust tilem who are not yet proven - is tion; he knew Bush would fall into the in the future). But if you think debates are too fit from affirmative action. it the handicap or talent that "nuculear" trap. But I digress, since both candi- boring then make a (drinking) game out of it. ~f you will allow me until they auepuoven. has gotten them this far? dates made some very good points. For exam- See how many times Keny says "Vietnam" and that affirmative action This is bad for all. ple, both implied that they would never waver, how many times Bush makes up a word. And enables some natural per- No clear way exists to hunting down and kill terrorists, fighting for go easy on the word "values" because that's centage, no matter how small, of low talent both provide the benefits of a system so intrin- freedom, securing the homeland, and not giving going to be thrown around like Colin Powell's individuals (whom I define as those who even sically based on handicapping without causing any concrete plans. There were a few differ- integrity. were they a non-minority of average education- all the harm of which I have spoken. Yet gut- ences in how they would handle North Korea. Speaking of integrity, Dick Cheney and a1 and economic means would still be of less ting it wholesale and abruptly might cause such Kerry would prefer bilateral talks and Bush John Edwards will have their vice presidential than average performance at school or on the bitterness as to defeat good intentions. I pro- would prefer a six-party talk -talk is talk. debate tonight. You can paint whatever allusion job) to achieve equal educational or job status pose the following middle ground - allow As the debate progressed you could tell that you want with these two opposites - David with those who did not benefit from affirmative affirmative action, diversity outreach programs, Bush was running out of slogans. So he decided versus Goliath comes to mind. What could be action, then I will show you how the abilities of and other government mandated racial or gen- to emote and emote he did. I felt bad for him - better than seeing the young take on the old; the all minorities are undercut in people's minds. der relatedhandicaps to persist where competi- being a president is hard work, no really, it's energetic, handsome, optimistic, compassionate Let's start small. I taught myself how to tive stakes are lower and reduce or remove it hard work; George needs a hug. As Bush rural superstar Edwards will have his chance at play tennis with my friends at age 13. I was ter- entirely where competition is much more declared, you "have to be right 100 percent of the fat, sneering, shady, blunt, mean old Mr. rible. My serves were always wild, so wild that important, like the workplace. Suspicion of the time" (give or take a war). It's important to Scrooge. Finally some real differences between in order to play against others with better expe- one's talents in college is annoying; in one's stay on the same stubborn path and not listen to the candidates. We're bound to get some enter- rience, I was given a handicap: I could miss workplace, the same suspicions can ruin a "these people" (our allies). tainment out of this and that's what counts. three times, rather than once like everyone else. career. Additionally, the removal of such pro- But during the middle of the debate, a huge Debates can make or break a candidate. With this leg up, I could play about as well as grams after a finite deadline, that of education, burden was taken off my soul. Bush repeatedly They made Kennedy, Reagan, and Clinton and the others. would send a strong message to everyone - declared, "I know Osama Bin Laden attacked destroyed Nixon, Carter, and Mondale (actually As time went on, 1 got better with experi- that at the end of the day, personal mer~tis all the U.S., I know that." Thank god! I thought I running against Reagan was what initially ence, and started to win more than half my that can be relied upon to advance oneself. This was the only one.. . oh, what a relief. Bush also destroyed Mondale). Bush and Kerry are run- matches. It became evident to me that I was as act of turning a permanent crutch into a tempo- proved his mastery of Machiavellian strategy by ning neck and neck; the debates are pivotal to good a player as anyone else. As long as I had rary one would do well to decrease all the sus- once again chastising Kerry for criticizing their success; Karl Rove smells blood. So enjoy my serving handicap though, I got zero respect. picions, ill wills, and negative attitudes men- Allawi and alas, undercutting one of our very the debates, which are everyone's to watch and Tf I won, even by good stroke play and not by tioned previously - both in the minds of important allies! Good call, Dubya - we don't criticize. Because come election day, if you good serves, it was because I had an advantage. non-recipients, and eventually, in the recipients want our allies to get pissed at us. But in the end don't live in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Ari- No opponent would give me credit. and no tlien~selves,who when they succeed, will never I have to empathize with Bush. It is hard work zona, New Mexico, or the Midwest then your friend wanted me on his team in doubles. My wonder why it happened. to transform a country where you go from get- opinion doesn't really matter. handicap had scared away the success it was suspicion cai be used judiciously, and one ting your hands cut off to getting blown up on But how could I not mention the climax of supposed to enable. I ditched it before I was may remained unprejudiced even in the face of the streets by a mortar shell. Staying on course the entire debate.. . the fact that Teresa Heinz really ready to, and lost much more often, but requiring others to prove themselves. Those is a nice plan, but not when the road is foggy. Kerry and Laura Bush both wore the saine at least when I won or lost, it was awarded to with ability will prove so in time. But as long Most polls indicate that Kerry won the dress! Uh oh! At the same time, though, how my talent, and not to my advantage from the as social handicapping exists, every woman, debate. There wasn't a clear winner and decid- fitting. The way the candidates presented them- past. It was dignity rather than none. African American, or Hispanic must live with ing the victor generally came down to one's selves seemed to reek of the desperation of My childhood experiences have clear expla- the unfortunate but inevitable thoughts that personal beliefs, but I'd have to agree that pointing out differences; however, there were nations. Handicaps are meant to give people dance behind the eyes of white men who last Kerry won. He seemed more confident, better only a few. You can see what their slogans are time to catch up entirely to compensate for a time I checked, were still in most positions of prepared, and had a better hair stylist. He also - Keny wants allies, Bush is fine the way he tough beginning, bad luck, or unfair prejudice. authority. These things are not for the world had a few good lines like when he accused is. But that's not a big difference or anything The problem is that human nature rarely allows that I want, either for a daughter, or for my Bush of "outsourcing [the hunt for bin Laden] striking so it's more of the same old politics. us the time, will, or cleverness to consider or friends. to Afghan warlords" or when he criticized Bush Oh wait, I "forgot Poland." appreciate a stranger's life so objectively. It Nicholas Baldasaro is a member of the for making a "colossal error in judgment." Now Ravi Gupta is a member of the Class qf was not that I had a handicap that made me Class of'200.5. as far as plans are concerned, Kerry didn't 2008. The October 5, Tech 2004

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- T join@the-tech. miteedu October 5,2004 SPORTS THE TECH Page 19 Team Depth Needed For X-Country Wins By Ben Schmeckpeper Khatchadourian finished just 7 sec- TEAM MEMBER onds behind in 18th place. The MIT Men's Cross Country Trailing that duo, Carlos A. Ren- team ran to a third place finish at jifo G was hanging tough and trying this past weekend's NCAA Division to get Kevin F. Brulois '07 to move III PreNationals meet. up-with him. Renjifo eventually The meet, hosted took off alone and moved up ;Aw by University of Wis- through the field over the final miles I consin-Eau Claire was to finish 26th overall. Fivos G. Con- the team's first oppor- stantinou '06, also running in just tunity to compete on a his second race of the season, ran national stage against quality com- well over the final two miles, even- petition. The team was eager to size tually overtaking Brulois to finish as themselves up against top teams in MIT's fifth man in 45th place. the nation, including second ranked Following up the top six Fers UW-La Crosse. Despite the cold, was Chris Wong '08, running the rainy weather the nine harriers who best race of his short MIT career made the trip to the Midwest confi- and barely outrunning fellow fresh- dently waited for the gun. man Chris M. Bruce '08. Closing Ben A. Schmeckpeper '05, rac- out MIT's day was Spencer C. Dud- ing for only the second time this ley '07 finishing the five mile course Deanna M. Lentz '06, left, flghts for control of the ball during MIT 5-4 overtime loss to Clark Uni- season, worked his way to among in 27:34 after a long week of acade- versity on Saturday. the leaders after the first 1000m, mic work and not much sleep. with teammates John A. Brewer '05 MIT needed a higher finish from and Eric A. Khatchadourian '06 their fifth man to have a chance at close behind. After the first mile winning the meet, but finished third mark Dan Winder, the eventual win- out of the 23 team field, just one Baseball Returns to Washington ner from Loras College, took the point behind second place UW-La By Yong-yi Zhu found another way to compensate ators will also need to draw a large lead and built a gap that could not Crosse. This being the first race this COLUMNIST Angelos. If the Orioles do not make a crowd, ideally from a new market. be erased. Schmeckpeper was left to season with the top nine MIT run- Congratulations Washington, set minimal revenue, the MLB will We know that the DC team will defi- fight with a runner from Emory and ners competing at the same time, baseball is yours again. After 33 pay Angelos out of its own pocket. In nitely draw a larger crowd than the a runner from Bethel for second this weekend's results confirmed years of migrations to Baltimore, the addition, if Angelos wanted to sell current Expos. Montreal home games place. Schmeckpeper would wind what the team had suspected all city will the team and nobody bid a certain on average drew 9,077 this season, up with a third place finish and a along: this team could be among the minimal value, MLB would once which is dead last in major league final time of 25:49. top in the nation if a strong fifth Column F; ; again pay for difference between that baseball attendance. In fact, they Brewer and Khatchadourian place runner emerges. League Baseball team all to -itself minimal value and what the highest have been dead last in that category began picking their way through the The MIT cross country team once again. bidder is willing to pay. They are cur- for quite a while: in 2003 they aver- field and Khatchadourian made a returns to racing in New England There were many other locations rently hashing out how much that aged 12,662, in 2002 they averaged strong move after the 3 mile mark, with the All New England champi- that wanted the MLB team currently minimal value is and how long this 10,025 and in 2001 the average was a which moved the tandem into excel- onship on Friday, Oct. 8, a chance known as the Montreal Expos, plan will go in effect for. pitiful 7,935 attendants per game. lent position. Brewer was able to for the entire team to run against including Northern Virginia, Las Soon, we will see if bringing With the games being played in stick with .Khatchadourianuntil just Division I, I1 and I11 competition, Vegas Norfolk and Monterrey, but more baseball to an area which RFK Stadium for the next three years lOOOm remained in the race before with the varsitycteam angling for a our nation's capitol won the bid. The already has one team will hurt atten- and the new stadium being built just pulling away to a 13th place finish. top ten finish. city is at or above the average in most dance of both. Angelos has voiced 12 blocks south of the Capitol, D.C. of the market statistics compared this opinion throughout Washing- baseball will be easily accessible via with the other baseball teams. The ton's bid for the team. True, Balti- public transportation, something that 'Itvins and Yankees Still area's population is 13th and the more is not doing too badly in terms the Orioles clearly did not provide for median income is 8th amongst all the of ticket sales, but they are-not among D.C. and metro area. 27 current baseball markets. the top ten leaders in terms of atten- The question is: will the transition Play on DifEerent-kvels The move did not come easy; it dance. In addition, having a team just from Montreal to D.C. bring more wasn't as though Peter Angelos, the an hour's drive away will hurt their people to the new team than it will Yankees, from Page 20 kees have their greatest advantage: Baltimore Orioles owner, simply market tremendously. take from the Orioles fans? hitting. While the Yankees pitchers caved in. In fact, there were sugges- The Orioles are currently 12th in Baseball in D.C. will be profitable advantage against the Twins? rate behind the Twins' staff by only tions for the Orioles to move to the average game attendance, right to baseball in more than just the mon- And it's not as if this Yankees a few spots, the Twins' batting sta- National League because of the sup- behind the Red Sox, but the Orioles etary sense. It will bring legitimacy team is made of a bunch of slouches, tistics are 10th in the AL, while the posed "better rivals" in the national only fill up 70 percent of their stadi- back to one of their teams, which the either. True, everyone has heard of Yankees are second. That offensive league. It would allow the Orioles to um. With a clear division between the Expos severely lack. With the rev- the Yankees' problems with starting power, combined with homefield play more big market teams with a Orioles and the DC team, that 70 per- enue that can be generated from the pitching, but it looks like their play- advantage and the postseason jitters better chance of making the postsea- cent could drop even lower and the nation's capitol, the team can be an off pitching will be just fine: Mike that the young Twins team will be son. Eventually, though, the league average attendance might become actual contender for the NL East, not ' Mussina pitched beautifully his last feeling and the veteran Yankees will decided the move wasn't worth it. one of the lowest in the league. just a spectator. Besides, it would be game out, and Orlando Hernandez not, will win the Yankees this series. Therefore, Major League Baseball The other problem is that the Sen- cool to have a stadium right next to has been great for the entire second The more things change, the the Anacostia River. It codd be like half of the season. Add to that the more they stay the same. The Yan- 'IfYins May Be '04 Mmlins, the MCCOV~Y' s cove of the EM. most powerful bullpen in the majors, kees may be down, the Twins may If this move works, at least Bud and the Twins will have to hit plenty be up, but they are still the Yankees Selig will have made one good deci- to get past these Yankees. and the Twins, and the outcome is J& Need World Series Wj sion in his time as commissioner. And that's finally where the Yan- still the same. Twins, from Page 20 Twins will not make mental mis- 1 1 takes on the field. Torii Hunter is Defensive backs in the American League with 44. one of the best, if not the best center Richard H. Park However, if a starter does leave fielder in the game. Shannan Stew- (#11, early, the bullpen can hold up with art is coming back from injury. Lew '05 center), , and David A. Blau pitchers like J.C. Romero, Juan Rin- Ford is playing well offensively. con and Jesse Crain. The only knock on the Twins is '06 (right), break up a pass intend- In fact, just sending Santana that they have not been winning ed for Curry Col- would be enough for a five game recently. But they can get away with lege's Emmanuel series. Consider: he has the lowest not playing intensely considering Parent during ERA of all American League pitch- they are already in the playoffs. MIT's 32-0 loss ers at 2.61. The next closest pitcher They would rather rest physically on Saturday. The is Curt Schilling in a distant second and mentally after winning the divi- loss brought the of an ERA of 3.26. Santana also sion and reheat at the very end of team to 2-2 for leads AL pitchers with 265 strike- the season. They may not seem hot the season. outs, 38 ahead of Pedro Martinez. now, but just wait until Santana (Man, the Red Sox love finishing makes that first pitch this week. second in everything.) Santana will It's time to stop saying the win both of his starts, meaning that Twins are cold and it's time to start Radke and Silva need to just win hailing them as the Marlins of the one of theirs. 2004. With those three starters on With catcher Henry Blanco call- the mound and their consistent clos- ing the game and holding vnners er, the Twins wlll go at least to the on, the pitchers will have lots of ALCS. But I guess you can't hail confidence to just throw their best them as the newfound Marlins stuff. Also, with great defense unless they win the World Series. behind those terrific starters, the I believe they will. . Brown's Rally 1bo Little to Win Water Polo, from Page 20 came to nothing; Malconian was effective in goal and stopped the ed in a goal, leaving the Engineers Bears from taking the lead. up by three. The Bears attempted to This win brings MIT's Colle- rally in the last period with a goal by giate Water Polo Association record Brown's Paul D'Avino, a sustained up to 2-1, tying Brown for second attack on goal, and a breakaway by in the Northern Division, with St. Brown's Luke Samson, but it all Francis leading, 5-0. 1* s ---* -.- -<* - - *. *a ------Page 20 THE TECH October 5,2004

Men's Water Polo Beats Brown By Caitlin Murray The game started off slowly, to his teammate, only to have John STAFF WRITER with neither team clearly on top. H. Rogers '06 lunge in for a beauti- The MIT men's water polo team Both goalkeepers, Daniel R. Mal- ful steal, pass it up the pool to gave the animated crowd on the side- conian '07 of MIT and Jay Fantone Kevin C. Amendt '07 and from lines (complete with a snare drum) of Brown made key saves during the there back to Jacobs, who threw a something to cheer first period. goal into the comer of the net. about as they improved The first goal was scored by MIT In the first minute of the second their record to 10-7 two minutes before the end of the period, MIT got possession on a overall on Saturday first period. Fantone blocked an penalty on Brown, only to have the with a 5-4 win over attack by Dan R. Jacobs '05, got ball stolen within seconds. Brown's Brown University. control of the ball, and passed it up Thomas Payton broke away from

TIFFANY IACONI>THE TECH Evan W. Tindell '06, flrst seed for MIT Men's Tennis singles, serves to Nate Edmunds of Middlebury College in the final match of the New England Regional Championships, held at MIT last weekend. Tindell lost to Edmunds in three games.

L UPCOMINGHOME EVENTS Tuesday, October 5 David D. Lohrey '05, back, shoots during a water polo match by ~ohrk~and one on ipowerful against Brown University on Saturday at the Zesiger Sports and Fit- attack by MIT that ultimately result- Varsity Women's Soccer us. Coast ness Center Pool. MIT defeated Brown, 54,and will host Haward Guard, Steinbrenner Stadium, 4 p.m. this Wednesday. Water Polo, Page 19 Varsity Field Hockey vs. Regis College, Jack~BarryField, 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 6 Varsity Men's Soccer vs. Brandeis University, ~teinbre@g$tadi- um, 3:30 p.m. Varsity Women's Volleyball vs. Clark University, Rockwell Cage, 7 p.m. Thursday, October 7 Varsity Men's Water Polo vs. Harvard University, Zesiger Center Pool, 7 p.m. Investment I I The Series Wnner is? lhro Tech Columnists Argue For and Against By Brian Chase By Yong-yi Zhu SPORTS COLUMNIST COLUMNIST In honor of the baseball playoffs, The clear choice for the Division Yong-yi Zhu and I are writing head Series winner between the New to head articles where we both take York Yankees and the Minnesota sides on one issue. This week the Twins is the Twins and the reason is question is: Can the Minnesota pitching. . . & THE CbnEER OPPORTUNITIES THH OFFER Twins win their postseason series Pitching in the regular season .- tC - .! .. .,+ a - '. against the Yankees? can win you a playoff spot, but ; <." 1. , 4% My answer is no. A lot of peo- pitching in the post season will win A, ple think that this is the Twins' you the World Series. Just look at Whdnesdnv, October 6, 6:06 - 8:00 pnl year, because they have the best Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling Hyatt ~e~el~c~Cambridge pitcher in the American League, in 2001 and Josh Beckett in 2003. -< - Johan Santana, and they have the (And did you notice that both of most consistent closer, Joe Nathan. these teams beat the Yankees by - I So what if their offense struggles silencing all their big bad bats?) Harry Arora, the Managing Director of Amaranth Group at times? Good pitching wins As a pitching staff, Minnesota lnc., will be discussing the hedge fund industry and the championships. has the lowest ERA of any'team in There's a problem with all this the American League. They held career opportunities it presents for students of MIT. optimism, though: this team is the opposing teams to 4.09 earned runs Amaranth and its affiliates manage in excess of $6 billion champion of the AL Central, and so per nine innings. The next closest and are widely recognized as a leader in alternative invest- they aren't really used to the compe- team was the Oakland A's at 4.19. ment strategies. They have been nominated for the Alternative tition they'll be facing in the play- With a starting rotation of Johan Investment News 2004 "Hedge Fund Leader" Award. offs. Most of their stats are inflated Santana, Brad Radke and Carlos by the fact that they play an unbal- Silva, they send three of the best anced schedule that lets them chew pitchers in the AL into a short Come .for a chance to.win a MInC JPW! up the other anemic teams in the series. Not only do their big three Note: You must be present at the drawing to win. Central Division. What happens have low ERA'S but they also eat up when they go against a quality team a lot of innings, meaning that Ron like the Yankees? . Gardenhire can rely on them for the We saw the answer to this one majority of any game. It also means last week, when the Yankees swept that they will keep the bullpen fresh the Twins at home. Did I mention and get to Joe Nathan to save the that the Yankees have home field game, who has the third most saves Amaranth is an equal opportunity employer. Yankees, Page 19 Twins, Page 19