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..Volume 119, Number 44 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, September 24, 1999 Democratic Hopeful Addresses Students Bradley Discusses Education, Activism By Kristen Landino Knicks, he spent a great dcal of his ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR time travcling across thc country Democratic Presidential Can- with the team. According to didate and former New Jersey Bradley, this experience has helped Senator Bill Bradley spoke about him to bettcr understand the some of the primary issues related to American people and what they his campaign including racial unity, want. poverty, and health care before a "Throughout my life there has packed Wong auditorium Tuesday. been one continuum - me going up "The issue of racial unity is one . to strangers and asking them about closest to my heart. It is time to get their story. 1 feel through the accu- back to a time' when, in Toni mulation of these stories I have got- Morrison's words, 'race is there, but ten a sense of who the American it doesn't matter, ", said Bradley. people are," said Bradley. Bradley also voiced the need to Bradley explains unique campaign increase political awareness "I'm doing this campaign differ- throughout the country, citing mis- ently. I'm trying to respect people," trust of government as a major fac-
> '.\ MICHELLE POVINELU-THE TECH said Bradley. tor leading to the increased apathy jDemocratlc Presidential hopeful Bill Bradley addresses Issues raised by students and discusses his Bradley has a different past than of the American people to politics. campaign In Wong Auditorium Tuesday. most presidential candidates. A for- mer guard for the N ew York Bradley, Page 21 Permit Enforcement Cancels Parties Career Week Begins. Several Events at Fraternities Cancelled or Postponed after Bost~n University Complaint Leads to New Enforcement of Assembly Permit Regulations by BPD By Naveen Sunkavally NEWSEDlTOR By David S. Bailey start of the party to notify DTD that cane caused mail delays," DU For students' of all years interested in permanent or summer they would not be allowed to host a President Andres T. Hernandez '00 employment, Career Week begins Monday. Over the past two weekends, at party without the permit, Brosnan said, regarding DU's efforts to . Organized chiefly by the Class of 2000, the Graduate Student least four MIT frat~rnities have had said. obtain the appropriate permit. "It's Council, and the Society of Women Engineers, Career Week parties postponed or shut down due During the weekend of better to have fire safety than includes 'the MIT Fall 1999 Career Fair, which will consolidate the to Boston Police Department's new September 17, though some houses not ... but it's de,finitely not conve- three small career fairs usually held in previous falls. demand for MIT fraternities, sorori- were able to conduct parties unhin- nient. It changes the way parties More than 270 companies have registered for the fair, to' be held ties and independent living groups dered, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma can be run." on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Companies will focus on hiring graduate stu- to obtain an assembly permit before Nu opted to postpone parties that According to Assistant Dean dents on Sept. 30 and on undergraduates Oct. 1. In addition to the hosting large events. had been planned for Friday night. Neal Dorow, obtaining the assem- fair, Career Week will include several discussion panels and forums According to Delta Tau Delta On Saturday night, Boston bly.permit requires submitting i. featuring MIT alumni relating their experiences to students. Social Chair Damien A. Brosnan '01, Police shut down a party at Delta floorplans to the Boston DTD, planned a party for the night of Upsilon due to lack of assembly Inspectional Services to obtain an One fair better than three Friday, September 10 but were permit. assembly occupancy number, and - President of the GSC Luis A. Ortiz G. said that part of the reason unaware of the new restrictions. "The steps we've taken didn't for having one large career fair instead of three small ones is to take Boston Police arrived prior to the come into place because the hurri- Parties, Page 26 advantage of "economics of scales" by eliminating "duplicate costs." Hugo B. Barra '00, president of the class of 2000 and one of the lead organizers, estimates the cost of Career Week at $70,000. He said that Career Week will produce $250,000 in revenue, from com- panies' registration fees and by selling resume books. The revenue will be divided between the Class of 2000, GSC, and SWE. For com- parison, last year's Class of 2000 career fair, which attracted about 160 companies, cost around $40,000 and grossed $100,000, Barra said. .... The GSC career fair last year cost $10,000-$15,000, Ortiz said . Having one career fair also brings in a wider range of companies, who in previous years might not have gone to the smaller career fairs. In the past:"companies [in the past] did not know which career fair to go to," said Ortiz. "Companies definitely prefer to come once," said Barra. In addition, Barra said that having one large career fair provides a solid structure upon which to base other activities - the panels and discussion forums :- which make up Career Week.
Students will bave to plan abead For students, having one career fair is good in that it gives expo- '0.) sure to a gr~ater variety of companies than those present at smaller career fairs, said Ortiz, but he said that the timing of the Career Fair puts students in a "bit of a crunch." He said that in the future the fair ,may be moved a few weeks later in the term. "I would say that the reason why students would want more than one career fair is that they don't have a well established strategy" for approaching fairs, said Barra. He encourages students to "figure out a \'"' plan of action" and to prepare ahead in formulating questions. KRZrsz7rJF GAJOS-TlIE TECH "Don't think of a career fair as a place to get your next job - it's, . Binh Vo '03 and Bryan Crane G listen to Solar Electric Vehicle Team member Carla Pleknagura important just to make contacts, look at other fields," said Ortiz. '02 as she explains. the mechanics of their car, the Manta GTX. The team will be competing in "1 the 1999 World Solar Challenge this October. Career, Page 18
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Taiwan Declines Aid From China • TIlE II"ASfIISGTO.v POST Clinton Vetoes Republicans' I BEIJING The Chinese government offered Thursday to send rescue teams, tents and quilts to Taiwan to help victims of Tuesday's massive earthquake, but Taiwan declined, saying such aid is not needed at the 792 Billion Dollar Tax Cut moment. Taiwanese officials left open the door to a related Chinese By Edwin Chen and Janet Hook shut down, which the public blamed Still, senior White House aides offer of a cash donation, which it first suggested on Tuesday. LOS ANGELES TIMES on Gap recalcitrance. In 1997, a said that the standoff may not be WASHINGTON • It was a decidedly mixed response to unprecedented Chinese year-end budget deal blew a $20 bil- quite so intractable. overtures. While the mainland has received more than $50 million in President CI inton vetoed the lion hole in the budget ceilings - The Gap plans to draft a disaster relief from Taiwanese donors since the 1980s, China has S792 billion GOP tax cut Thursday, and was widely seen by Republican Medicare reforin bill in the fall a never sent aid to the island it considers to be a breakaway province. setting the stage for a high-stakes conservatives as a Clinton victory. move that White House Chief'of • Although tensions across the Taiwan Strait have abated since the showdown with Republicans in "Republicans feel that in past Staff John Podesta said could quake, there has been no symbolic breakthrough in relations akin to Congress oyer tax and spending pri- negotiations they have always come "begin to open things up" and pro- that seen by rivals Turkey and Greece following their shared grief orities - and a ripe political issue in second place," said Rick. May, vide "the framework" for a compro- and mutual aid in recent back-to-back earthquakes. Some in Taiwan . for the coming election year. former staff director of the House mise on an array of issues .. are finding it difficult to be gracious about accepting China's helping Speaking in the White House Budget Committee: "They perceive For now, however, Republicans hand given Beijing's bellicose rhetoric of the past two months. Rose Garden as he administered his that they do not do a very good job intend to concentrate on passing the After Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui declar)d in July that long-threatened veto, Clinton urged in these negotiations." 13 annual spending bills in time to Taiwan's relations with China should be on a "state-to-state" basis, his Gap adversaries to "work To be sure, the White House and adjourn for the year in late October. • the Chinese government warned of "catastrophe" if Taiwan did not together" with him by devoting the Gap Congress have reached If Republicans refuse to negoti- back down, and the military held a large-scale mock invasion of most of the budget surplus not to a significant compromises, such as the ate, Clinton is. prepared to chastise Taiwan. huge tax cut but to debt reduction 1996 welfare reform law, minimum the GaP-controlled Congress pub- • and long-term Social Security and wage increase and expansion of licly for behaving irresponsibly by Medicare reform - while settling. medical insurance coverage. quitting instead of doing the pub- NASA Blames Navigation Error for for a more modest tax cut of about But the GaP's deep and visceral lie's business. Such a bully pulpit $300 billion. distrust of Clinton remains. campaign, so the thinking goes, also $125 Million Missing Mars Satellite "We must put first things first," As House Speaker J. Dennis could help elect Al Gore president LOS ANGELES TIMES the president declared. Hastert (R-I1I.) put it Thursday: and put Congress back in the hands PASADENA, CALIF. The White House staged "One of the things we don't want to of Democrats. Heartsick NASA engineers strained for some whisper of hope Thursday's veto ceremony with a do is to get caught in a situation _ The bill that Clinton vetoed, the from a missing weather satellite at Mars Thursday, all but convinced festive air, complete with a brass where we're giving the American 26th of his presidency, would have that a last-minute navigation error caused the $125 million spacecraft band. The ambience seemed to people minimum tax cuts for maxi- cut inheritance and capital gains to disintegrate in the Martian atmosphere. reflect the belief among administra- mum spending." taxes, eased taxes on married cou- "We have a serious problem with the Mars Climate Orbiter and tion officials that Clinton again will While Clinton fervently urged pIes and reduced tax rates for the we may in fact be facing loss of mission," said Carl Pilcher, the get the better of his Gap critics. them not to "throw in the towel" lowest bracket from 15 percent to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's science director for In 1995-96, Clinton and and go hQme, Gap leaders scorned 14 percent. The tab was $792 billion " solar system exploration. Republicans were mired in such a his invitation as an empty gesture. over 10 years. Clinton has proposed A preliminary analysis left mission managers at the Jet Propulsion prolonged budget impasse that it "Never once has he offered any more targeted middle-class tax cuts Laboratory here with little doubt that the Mars Climate Orbiter itself forced parts of the government to constructive help," Hastert said. totaling about $300 billion: had performed properly during its rendezvous with Mars early Thursday but that a human reckoning error had plunged the space- craft too deeply into the Martian sky where friction from the planet's tenuous atmosphere either broke it apart or burned it up. Surgery May Restore Fertility . "A significant navigation error occurred," said JPL project manag- er Richard A. Cook, who was overseeing the Orbiter rendezvous with Mars. "It looks like something was wrong with the ground naviga- tion. We are, to put it bluntly ... surprised." Through Ovarian Transplants • By Rick Weiss father of her future child. newspapers in Britain, which touted House GOP Takes Up Spending Bill THE WASHINGTON POST The ballerina, who is now 30 the work Thursday in front-p~ge' THE WASHINGTON POST For the first time, doctors appear and went into early menopause after headlines declaring th~ "end of '. WASHrNGTON to nave restored fertility in a her ovaries were removed several menopause. " House Republicans Thursday began work on a giant fiscal 2000 menopausal woman by reimplantirig years ago for medical reasons, has Among the first to take adv'an- labor, health and education measure that roughly matches this year's into her abdomen several pieces of not tried to get pregnant yet, so it's tage .of the method will be young • spending but guts the Clinton administration's education and job- her ovaries that had been removed too soon to say she is. truly fertile. women undergoing treatment for training initiatives and relies heavily on creative budgetary tactics. and frozen when she a younger. But all indications are that her reim- cancer, Oktay said, which can poi- The bill, approved by appropriators along party lines, would tor- The experimental procedure, planted 'ovarian tissues are can pro- son the ovaries and render women pedo President Clinton's plan to add 100,000 teachers to the nation's performed on an American balleri- duce mature eggs on a monthly infertile. Scores of such patients in .. classrooms and eliminate funds for Goals 2000, building improve- na, could lead to greatly expanded cycle, her doctors said. the United States and England _ ments and a program to help youngsters prepare for college. Instead, reproductive options for women by "She actually ovulated and then already have had parts of their the Republicans trimmed and consolidated those funds in a block allowing them to become pregnant she menstruated," said Kutluk ovaries frozen in hopes that reim- grant program that has yet to be fully authorized. years or decades later in life than is Oktay of the New York Methodist plantation will someday be available . f": With only a week before the start the new fiscal year and a raft of now possible, doctors said. Hospital in Brooklyn, who led the and will work. Until now, however, difficult spending issues to resolve, congressional negotiators focused Currently that's an option gener- effort with Richard Gosden of the the method had been proven wholly on many different fronts: The agriculture bill was deadlocked over ally restricted to men, since sperm University of Leeds in England. successful onJy in a ~ingle experi- whether to lift sanction on Cuba; the defense bill was stalled over the can be frozen indefinitely but eggs The results are scheduled to be ment performed on a sheep. In the F-22 fighter aircraft, and the foreign operations bill was hung up over do not tolerate freezing well. Frozen presented on Monday at the annual long run, doctors expect a much international family planning. embryos can survive for many, meeting of the American Society for greater demand from healthy years, but that approach requires a Reproductive Medicine in Toronto women who want to become preg- w woman to choose in advance the but they were leaked Wednesday to nant later in life. WEATHER The Top of Fall Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, September 24, :1.999
By Peter Huybers STAFF METEOROLOGIST A high pressure system moving in from the east will bring some good weather along with it. Expect a sunny day today with highs reaching up to 80°F (2rC). Breezes this morning will develop into 20 to 30 m.p.h. winds later today. Tonight some clouds will develop after midnight, and we will experience lows of 55°F (13°C) to 60°F (16°C). This weekend should make for a sunny and mild introduction to Fall. Winds will taper off for the weekend, and skies will be mostly sunny. : Highs for both Saturday and Sunday will be from 75°F (24°C) to 80°F (27°C) and lows will dip to somewhere between 50°F (lO°C) and 55°F (13°C). On Monday a few more clouds will move in. Highs will still be near 80 but lows should dip only to the high 50s.
Friday: Breezes developing into 20 to 30 mph winds, high temperature of 80°F (27°C) and low between 55°F (13~C) to 60°F (16°C) . ..,
Saturday: Winds dying down, high temperature between 75°F (24°C) and 80°F (27°C), low between 50°F (10°C) and 55°F (13°C).
Sunday: Like Saturday, high between 75°F (24°C) and 80°F (27°C), low between 50°F (10°C) and 55°F (13°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols OtherS bols s..- : Rain _ Trough FoC Monday: Partly cloudy, high near 80°F low between 55°F H Higb Pressure - (27°C), Sbowen - • - n.Uftdenlorm ...... ~ W.-mFroal VV "R (10°C) and 60°F (16°C) . L Low Prcsoure Ugbl •!-- ex:> H_ ~CoIdFronI Modctale •• i Compiled by MIT ~ Hunicanc Meteorulocy Staff Occluded Fro ... Hcavy . .... Al .. ond 171, Tull , .... 'I r September 24, 1999 WORLD & NATION THETECH page':3'
Gore Seeks Pro-Environment Lockheed Martin Corp. Considers Downsizing to Improve Finances
THE WASHINGTON POST Business' Campaign Donations WASHINGTON By Cecl Connolly dent knew we appreciated his reached 10 fund-raisers so far. The board of directors of Lockheed Martin Corp, met Thursday to TIlE WASHINGTON POST efforts for the environmental com- "They believe Al Gore is solid and consider shedding businesses worth at least S I billion and removing I' WASHINGTON 1 munity over the years." has proven himself in the last seven at least one layer of top management at the suburban Bethesda, Md., Eager to fatten its bank account One environmentalist said Gore years." aerospace giant. before the third quarter ends next was "personally wounded" by the Initially, the Gore team planned Company officials refused comment on the options under review, week, Vice President Al Gore's decision of Friends of the Earth to an intimate soiree with the vice but sources said one possibility is selling a portion of the company's , campaign is promising pro-environ- back his rival for the Democratic president and environmentalists at suburban Manassas, Va.-based space and electronics unit. The busi- ment business leaders a special ses- nomination. Now his aides are eager the home of fund-raiser Peter ness makes radiation-r~sistant computers for use in space and is part sion with campaign Chairman Tony to reassure Gore - and the general Knight. The gathering was of a larger unit that employs 900 people, The other part of the opera- '-I Coelho if they raise $5,000 by next public - that he retains the support described as a chance to exchange tion, which has about 800 workers involved in undersea-warfare tech- Thursday. " ' of other environmental activists. views with the vice president in a nology for the Navy, is not believed to be on ,the block, The last,,:rninute money press Former Gore aides and adminis- sma II, informal setting, said one The board meeting was the final step in a previously announced plan reflects twin challenges facing Gore: tration officials working in the pri- invitee. The plans were changed to a to get the troubled company back on track. For more than a year now, " he needs to demonstrate as muc'h vate sector in recent days launched a session with Coelho - and a later the $26 billion company has been struggling with earnings shortfalls, fund-raising prowess as possible in round of coast-to-coast telephone reception with Gore - because of losses of key Pentagon contracts and the departure of a top executi ve, his next campaign finance report calls to a network that includes scheduling conflicts. Lockheed chief executive Vance Coffman has vowed to restore and he wants to prove that last environmental engineers, protectors I,/ - One environm<;ntal consultant the company's credibility with Wall Street, which was shattered last , week's endorsement of Bill Bradley of the Everglades and Californians who was solicited to raise the fall when he surprised analysts by announcing the company would by Friends of the Earth was an who care about the coast. money said he was offended by the fail to meet earnings predictions, barely weeks after it had said it anomaly, not the start of a trend "I am calling people I know who tactic of offering a meeting with would. ..,.,among environmental groups . have very strong environmental Gore on the condition that he come "It's admittedly a reaction to" beliefs but are not necessarily con- with checks in hand. the Bradley endorsement, said nected to an organization," said '" And by the way, it's $5,000 a . EarthLink, MindSpring to Merge Miami lawYer Mitchell Berger. "We John Garamendi, a former Interior pop,' " this consultant said, describ- LOS ANGELES TIMES ( .J wanted m ~ake sure the vice presi- Department official who has ing the call. In a surprise ~I1iance that creates the United States' NO.2 Internet , , access provider, EarthLink Network of Pasadena, Calif., agreed Thursday to merge with Atlanta-based MindSpring Enterprises in a .. v Republicans Attempt To Discredit deal that is expected to accelerate the deployment of high-speed Internet services. The combination will create a $3.9 billion company and catapult EarthLink - as it will be known - ahead of Internet access "Reform party Courting Buchanan providers CompuServe, Microsoft Network and AT&T's WorldNet By Thomas B. Edsall disagree strongly with his analysis has domi'nated all his numerous service, as well as fast-growing upstarts like Westlake Village-based TIlE WASHINGTON POST of history, I believe his comments appearances on television talk NetZero that offer free Internet access. , Key Republican and conserva- are grossly insensitive to those shows. In the book, Buchanan But with 2.8 million cl~stomers, the new EarthLink will still be far \). tive leaders have initiated a full- Americans who gave their lives and makes a comple'x argument that behind industly leader America Online, whose nearly 18 million cus- scale assault on Patrick 1. Buchanan those veterans who fought and suf- covers the history of U.S. foreign tomers make up approximately half of the Internet population. in an effort to discredit the renegade fered greatly to preserve freedom in policy and offers an analysis about Executives from EarthLink and MindSpring said the merger will (1.Jcandidate who fractur(;d the Gap in the world," Dole said in a statement. World War II that lends itself to improve their chances of catching up because the companies will 1992 ana 1996 and r.ow threatens to Forbes' campaign manager, Bill inflammatory interpretation. grow faster together than they would have on their own. For instance, boIt to the Reform Party. Dal Col, described Buchanan's He argues that in the latter part they have already planned a $300 million advertising campaign that Presidential rivals Jo~:n McCain arguments as "outrageous," of 1941, Germany under Hitler was they expect to help them reach the 5 million subscriber mark by the "~and'-Elizabeth Dole, along with Buchanan's questioning of the U.S. preoccupied on the Russian front end of next year. ,Steve Fo:~es' .;:ampaign manager, entry into the war "is out of and represented no threat to the Analysts said the merger is likely to be followed by others as declared Buchanan has placed him- bounds," he said. "We had an oblig- United States. He accuses President Internet service providers scramble to keep up with AOL. The bigger ( • se i~ far outside the acceptable ation "v destroy the most evil man Franklin Roosevelt of deceitfully the ISPs are, the better their chances of rolling out expensive broad- boundaries of Americ~n politics the w(,rld had known to date." encouraging pro-war and anti- band services like digital subscriber line and cable modem access. with, this week's publication of "A Texas Gov. George W. Bush, German sentiment. B,uchanan Jhe deal is structured ,as a merger of equals, wi~h ~hareholders Rep~blic, Not an Empire.," His book who leads the Gap race in'the polls implies, but does no~. expl,icitly from' EarthLink:and MindSpring o'wning equal parts: of the new: com- .
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Ila/~' 0.,\ \ftlfIUt'/1 J'''f'J{j"l~ ('" before the date of publication. World-Wide Web at http://the-tech.mit.edu. September 24, 1999 OPINION THE TECH Page 5 Ending the Clearing Up Creation Kansas School Board Decision Not the End if Evolution in Classrooms Blame just as much a science as Evolution Science ers (in the February 1998 issue of Scientific Guest Column is - although neither is technically 'sci- American) who say that there is no way the Glenn McMillon, Jr. ence' because it is impossible to repeat, complex lung of even the simplest bird Game observe, or measure either one. It is true that could evolve from the lungs of dinosaurs or ,, In Tuesday's issue of The Tech, Kris there is much evidence to support the theory any other reptile. J Guest Column Schnee wrote an column entitled "A Bridge of evolution, but it is also true that there is These hypotheses, and other Creation to the 11th Century." In it, Schnee writes just as much, if not more, evidence in sup- Science evidence, are not currently taught in Greg Donaldson about the new Kansas School Board decision port of creation as well. This is exactly the schools, but can be seen online at to reform the curriculum with regard to evo- point that the Kansas School Board is trying
By Vladimir Zelevlnsky away from him, then you lose - you're mere- ARTS ElJfTOR ly a human being. If, on the other hand, you Direcled hy Sam Mel/des (b) go and sleep with him, then you win - Wri(fCI/ hy Alan Baf{ you are a character in a Hollywood film! Wilh Kc\'il/ SiJ(Jcey. AI/llelle Bel/ing. Thora A mericall Beauty's tortured metaphors and flirch. Wes Bentley. Mel/a SIIWlri. Chris plot twists fail to give substance to these poor- Cooper ly developed characters, but instead end up pointlessly morphing one caricature into ream Works scems to bc Icarning another. Even worse, almost every plot thread lessons - but they're entirely the is a red herring intended to distract the viewer \\'ron~ kind of lessons. Aftcr somc from the fact that nothing much is going on. Dearly good-to-ll1lddllllg films dOing The acting in the film is also poor. Other good-to-middling business, it seems that the than Kevin Spacey and an occasional flash of stratcgy should be simple: makc bcttcr fire from Mena Suvari, it's simply painful to mo\'ies. Instead. thcy secm to be just making watch the actors. Thora Birch ends up being a bcttcr hype. while the quality of their movics poor person's Christina Ricci; Wes Bentley as LOREY SEBASTIAN-DREAMIVORKS PICTURES just wcnt down the drain. Americal/ Beallty the weirdo next door and Chris Cooper as his Lester Burton (Kevin Spacey) is enjoying the changes he has made in his life, to the comcs with an aura of dazzlingly positive father are sullen; and Annette Bening is even complete exasperation of his wife Carolyn (Annette Benning). rcviews - which, I presume, simply reflects worse. Bening is a great actress; she has such thc film critics' thirst for something original, an amazing gift of mimicry that it's frequently is precisely about looking underneath the sur- Spacey's great performance). This is a movie irrespective of quality. There is not much hard to even recognize her. This is also the case faces to discover inner beauty. Unfortunately, which wants to talk about inner beauty - and quality to be witnessed in this film: it's not the here: she delves into Carolyn Burnham with this is accomplished with such a stunning lack accomplishes it by the means of being insult- worst movie I've seen this year, but it's decid- complete commitment and concentration. But of subtlety that it's shockingly disconcerting. ingly obvious and forced, and by giving both edly the most annoying. the thing is, her character is intensely annoy- Nothing annoys me quite as much as the con- teen actresses topless scenes. So we have this: On the other hand, maybe even the word ing; therefore, each second she was on screen, I descending attitude on the part of filmmakers a high-minded philosophical-wannabe movie, original is too generous. Other than the film's felt like I was listening to the loud sound of fin- - and it's present in spades in American which succeeds only as a mediocre softcore tone - a deadpan black tragicomedy - gernails screeching on the blackboard. Beauty. flick. there's nothing remotely original there. Even All of these p.roblems make American For all its ambitions, when it works, it does ~he storyline can be, in true Hollywood fash- Beauty even worse than it sounds. This movie so only on the immediate level (excepting :on, summarized as a combination of two recent films: qlJice ,)'pace and American Pie. I STAGE REVIEW :-ealize I'm comparing a film which is ostensi- bly a work of art to two unabashcdly simplis- tic pop comedies. The thing is, Americal/ Uf3 Won'tPay! J#3 Won'tPay! Bculll)' is a laughable failure as a work of art, being pretentious, simplistic and self-impor- tant. A questfor food The story centers on Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), who has an eye-openillg By Vladimir Zelevinsky Oscar-winn~r Marisa Tomei, it is consistently The main suspect here is the lack of comic encounter. Saddled with a soul-sucking job, a ARTS EDITOR amusing - and nothing more. When it tries to timing: We Won't Pay! generally feels slow, shrill wife Carolyn (Annette Bening), and a Written by Durio Fo be funny, it usually succeeds, to a modest with almost each gag ,being obvious long sullen daughter Jane (Thora Birch), he Directed by Andrei BelgradeI' degree. When it tries to make a point, it fre- before the punch line (some gags take over an encounters a vision of grace and loveliness: With Marisa Tomei, Thomas Derrah, Will quently does so, with commendable lucidity, hour to develop). Numerous scenes require his daughter's cheerleader friend Angela LeBow, Caroline- Hall, Ken Cheeseman although it falls too much on the preachy side. that the characters behave like particularly (Mena Suvari). Instantly lust-smitten, Lester At American Repertoire Theatre through But the connections between these two dim bulbs, paying a 'Iot of attention ,to their" :." \.i looks at his life and decides to live it the way October 5 aspects of the play: are so tenuous that the environment and yet fastidiously mIssing' 11' . he wants to: he quits his job, starts smoking Tickets $24-$57 transitions from laughter to sociology feel what's directly in front of them. A" similar pot, and begins working out in a persistent More information at (6/7) 547-8300 or at abrupt and forced, tearing the play apart at its (related) problem is that the events generally hope to impress Angela.
By Daniel J. Katz "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen." The , ;STAFF WRITER closing track, "Neptune City," is rather anti- or the most part, electronic music is climactic; it has a restrained, gradually build- divided into two groups: music where ing feel to it that makes it sound like it should there's a lot to listen to, and fast-paced be followed by something big. Instead, every- ,F dance music where there's very little to thing simply ends. And it ends pretty quickly; listen to. OJ Richard Fearless and Tim while the album's nine tracks take up almost Holmes, aka Death In Vegas, have just fifty minutes of music, their long repetitive 'r..released an album that doesn't really fit into nature and lack of variety makes the CD seem either group; it's not very active, it's not very much longer than it actually is: dynamic, and'in fact, it doesn't even sound Death In Vegas try some really neat things particularly electronic. The Contino Sessions, on The Contino Sessions, as they did on their "which takes its name from the studio where debut album, Dead Elvis, Unfortunately, on most of the mixing was done, is an eclectic this album, their efforts aren't consistent composition of blues, trip-hop, rock, and other enough to pr~duce an album that I can whole-
r musical mentalities that impresses at first, but heartedly recommend. While songs like .~ . simply doesn't hold up as well as it should "Dirge" and "Aisha" are well worth hearing, over repeated listenings. this disc is likely to see a lot more shelf time Most of the songs on The Contino Sessions than stereo time. If you manage to find a ,,,eem to be Gased on neat initial concepts, friend who actually has The Contino Sessions, some of which are carried out remarkably borrow it before you buy it. well. The current single, "Aisha," features an infectious guitar groove, and a dark fore bod- CONCERT REVIEW 'ing voice giving cryptic twisted warnings like, "I keep a portrait on the wall / he's a serial killer / I thought he wouldn't escape / Aisha, " ~e got out ... " Without checking the liner Chemical Brothers at the Avalon notes, you would have no idea that the guest murderer is none other than Iggy Pop. Other Simply intense guests _on the album include Jim Reid of Jesus <'And Mary Chain, whose throaty voice By Daniel J. Ka~ melodies seem to surround you, and every- Siren," to'me one of the most irritating of the enhances the eerie "Broken Little Sister," and STAFF WRITER body moves around spasmodically regardless Chemical Brothers' songs, was enhanced by Bobby Gillespie from Primal Scream, who any people balk at the idea of of whether or not they can actually dance (I pictures of starbursts and bright lights that found time to appear on the new Chemical going to a concert to see DJs. confess the latter). made the shrill siren noises seem like they lBrothers album and still write 'and sing the What's the point of watching Several Chemicals tracks feature guest belonged. inane lyrics to "Soul Auctioneer." (Yes, tl1at is Msomething live which is essentially vocalists, and rather than carting lead singers After a brief break from the stage, the a cool name. Unfortunately, the name is the . recorded? Anyone under this impression from popular bands around with them, the Chemicals returned to their fans for a rendi- , •~ighlight of the song.) should have been in attendance at the Avalon duo recorded these vocals. Bernard Sumner tion of "The' Private Psychedelic Reel" (which "Dirge" provides another high point on the on September 14th, when the Chemical of New Order got full mike time during a was apparently requested, because Tom CD, opening with a jangly lone guit~r and Brothers opened their first wide-scale particularly long rendition of "Out of Rowlands looked at a fan in front and jokingly calm female voice, both of which continue American tour hi years. Despite advertising a Control," but Noel Gallagher of Oasis was a gave in, whining, "Oh, all right ... ") The I dIrough the track only to be swallowed up and 7pm door time and an 8pm start time the bit shafted, as "Setting Sun" was performed church organ chords of the song, normally buried by pounding drums, driving bass, and Avalon provided a mediocre house Dj who in a chopped-up fashion that eliminated most somewhat washed out by its other elements, screeching synthesizers. Silence al)d sounds of worked the stage until shortly after 9. To his of his .singing, and "Let Forever Be" was sur- were on at full blast, dominating the song and \'~he wind are utilized a lot on the album, giv- cr~dit, some of the material near the end 'of prisingly absent from the set list, considering creating a piece that was not only rhythmical- ing much of the music a feeling of isolation. his set was pretty decent, but at that point, its recent popularity. Other well-known tunes ly addictive, but which also had a grand, epic This effect is best achieved near the beginning, the bored crowd was ready to shove his that made an appearance included the flaw- feel. As the pair finally left the stage to adula- of the third track, where the wind itself seems records down his throat. • le~sly executed (and even improved) "Block tions, everyone in the audience waited, hoping 100 be bent and remixed into electronic whirrs All was forgiven, however, as the Rockin' Beats" an,d the frenetic opener, "Hey for a second encore (the Avalon doesn't turn until it. finally vanishes, ushering in "Death Chemical Brothers 'took the stage. The Boy Hey Girl." the lights on after a show; because it's a dance Threat," another of the better songs on the Chemicals are probably the most enthusiastic A lot of neat lighting effects were club, it never turns the lights on) but I was album. The problem with these songs is that, performers in electronic music, jumping employed, but the main- visual attraction was actually pleased that they went out with such 'l1lthough they have an interesting sound at around the stage, shouting to the crowd, and a set of three video screens which featured an amazing closing. first, nothing really happens as they progress, raising their hands in triumph with staggering various strange images pulsing with the The Chemical Brothers are not my favorite so once you know the routine, the spark is frequency. As songs were mixed together, music: silhouettes of a man carrying out vari- DJs in the world (that honor goes to the
I ~one. there were no breaks to chat with the. audi- ous actions, angry advancing. armies of Propellerheads) but they have without ques- Other tracks just seem altogether miscon- ence, just mind-blowing rhythms from start to robots, mathematical equations (I felt like tion, the best live electronic show going. The ceived. The bluesy "Aladdin's Story" is sur- finish. The duo opened with the same four such an MIT student when I realized they music is enveloping, the light show is intense, prisingly upbeat' in tone for a Death' In Vegas songs that appeared on their MTV "Live At were all laws for electric circuits) and a sun- the videos are thought-provoking, and it's '~ong, but its' guitar-saxophone call and answer Red Rocks" special, and they most likely rise which occurred at one of the few slow incredibly easy to just lose yourself in the gets old and repetitive long before the London . played the same set, but in person, the music expansive moments, only to explode into a experience. Put on something shiny and check Community Gospel Choir arrives to sing, is a totally different experience. Beats and rainstorm of drums. Even "Song of the them out next time they come around. ' Age of Empires Starcraft Total Annihilation Warcraft
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Stainless Steel Studios, Inc. Kendall Square, Cambridge Page 8 THE TECH \.THEARTS September 24, 1999 FILM REVIEW Illuminata All the movie's a stage By Zarmlnae Ansari the actors admit to the plagiarism of emotion STAFF WRITER in "real life." Directed by John Turturro The question is, What is real? All the, ~ Written by Brandon Cole and John Turturro world's a stage here, and all the characters seem' With John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, to be more than aware of that. The interplays in Christopher Walken, Susan Saran don, Beverly the movie (the farcical elements with real D 'Angelo, Rufus Sewell pathos, the essence of theater, and essential, truths about human relationship) are fascinating. IIuminata is an elegant and beautiful cine- Among some of the unusual techniques matic experience, but its many seemingly used in this film are beautifully crafted puppets meaningless and unresolved subplots are that introduce the different acts and scenes of' Ifrustrating. The film is redeemed, however, the film. A particularly mem,orable scene by fantastic sets and costumes, some beautiful occurs when Tuccio tens~ly observes the reac- writing and literary references, and a wonder- tion of the critics after his new play. Suddenly,
ful cast of actors. the characters burst into song - showing us &. The story revolves around a theater compa- Tuccio's imagination at work - and just as ny in turn-of-the century Manhattan. The com- suddenly return to their original positions. pany is led by Tuccio (John Turturro), a writer, II/uminata has a talented cast, but the only"., ABBOT GENSER-ARTlSON ENTERTAINMENT and his wife Rachel (Turturro's real-life wife actor who is really able to see his character John Turturro is Tucclo, the resident playwright of a struggling New York City repertory Katherine Borowitz). Tuccio has just written through is Christopher Walken, who played company In Artison Entertainment's ilium/nata. Turturro wrote and directed the film. the play lIIuminata, and is trying to get it pro- the eccentric and flamboyant critic Bevalaqua duced. The film Illuminata is a behind-the- with a strong Italian accent. • BOOK REVIEW scenes look at theater, and a comparison with The film is dissapointing in its lack of plot Shakespeare in Love is almost inevitable. resolution, underdeveloped characters, and the Here, unlike Shakespeare in Love, the line wasted talent of a fabulous cast. Scenes and sub- ~ Hearts in Atlantis between theater and reality is blurred to such plots seem to be raridomly strewn together and an extent that one never knows if the actors are not tied up even to the end, leaving one with are spouting theatrical dialogue to convey real a sense of great dissatisfaction. Not seeing the Past into present emotion or if the playwright is using real life .story and characters through was this otherwise t By Tzu-Malnn Chen The next novella, the weakest of the col- as inspiration for his play: on a few occasions beautiful and interesting movie's biggest flaw. STAFF WRITER lection, is "Hearts In Atlantis," set six years ntheauthor's note for Hearts In Atlantis, later, in 1966. In it, a group of colIege fresh- Stephen King writes: "Although it is diffi- men become hooked on the game of Hearts, cult to believe, the sixties arc not fictional; gambling a nickel a point and playing despite Ithey actually happened." Well, duh, one increasingly poor academic performance, might say - except did they, really? A person with the shadowing threat of expulsion - who grew up in the eighties and nineties, used and the draft~ "Hearts In Atlantis" details an to a dependable America, where the burgers awakening of another sort - a group of are always cheap and the politicians always young boys who become aware that they lie and nothing much ever really seems to can't afford to play simple card games any- change, might not really understand that there more, and that there is a much bigger, much was a period of time when everything in wider game out there in the real world, which America seemed to change. There was a time they will all be forced to play, whether they when the shining optimism left in the after- like it or not. The story is told with a point-to- math of the Second World War began to tar- point directness, with less complexity than nish and when almost everybody felt betrayed "Low Men In Yellow Coats." As a result, by America not keeping promises. "Hearts In Atlantis" feels simpler and less It is this period of our history that King powerful. chooses to explore with his latest book, a non- The last three short stories, "Blind Willie," horror collection of two novellas and three "Why We're In Vietnam," and "Heavenly short stories. Each is separate from the others, Shades Of Night Are Falling," all take place yet they share common characters and events. in the eighties and nineties, and each relates It's not historical fiction, though; King deftly the fate of one of Bobby's acquaintances - plays his strengths, letting the life of his char- and that of Bobby himself. Blind Willie is acters reflect the times, telling history through Willie Shearman, one' of the older boys who people. helped perpetrate a vicious act on one of The first and strongest story, the novella Bobby's friends way back in 1960's. Having "Low Men In Yellow Coats," is set in 1960. It lived through Vietnam, Willie is now making follows the life of an cleven year-old boy, penance for that act - and many others - in Bobby Garfield, as he lives through a summer his own strange way. At night, he lives as a that will change his life. When Ted Brautigan rich man, but during the day, he dresses as a moves into the third floor of the house that blind homeless vet, begging for money, trying Bobby and his mother are living in, Bobby to atone for the sins of his past. strikes up a friendship with the old man. As "Why We're In Vietnam" is a ghost story: Bobby grows closer to Ted, however, he one of Bobby's old friends, John Sullivan, is learns that his new friend has one point of living in the nineties, when the death of one of insanity - his fear of the otherworldly "low his old army comrades brings past shades men in yellow coats." flooding back into his brain. And the final "Low" here is used in a mental, and not story, "Heavenly Shades Of Night Are physical, sense, indicating a coarseness and Falling," comes full circle back to Bobby vulgarity of character. Disbelieving, Bobby Garfield. In 1999, Bobby, now fifty, comes disregards his friend's warnings in favor of back to his childhood town, and finds old his own problems, which include a sharp- memories and old friends - and proof that tongucd and dominccring mother and a group the past, can make way for the present, and of older boys who are trying to hunt him that it is possible to move into the future to down to avenge an imagined slight. But then find redemption. every aspect of his life flies apart, and Bobby These five stories weave perfectly into is helpless to stop any of it. The older boys each other; reading them as a whole lets one find him, the mothcr Icts loose ... and thc low find a completeness that cannot be found by men in yellow coats come for Ted Brautigan. reading them one by one. As the lives of the "Low Men In Yellow Coats" is a story characters unfold, one begins to finally under- about betrayals: those inflicted by others and stand what it might have been like to get those inflicted by oneself. In the end, Bobby is sucked into the black maelstrom that was forced into a bitter awakening of the fact that Vietnam - and what it might have been like his mothcr is right: life really isn't fair. to escape back into the light again. WantA Challenge?
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THEATER REVIEW attempts at mas- tering the cock- ney accent sadly Mrs. Warrens,Profession overshadow her otherwise decent performance as Tho little, tOolate Mrs. Warren. Thankfully, Kate By Bence Olveczky from her mother, and chooses to be "perma- Goehring's Vivie ,i ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR nently single and permanently unromantic." is much smoother Writ/en by George Bernard Shaw The play was bann,ed in Britain for more and her portrayal Directfd by Michael Bloom than 30 years due .to its failure to condemn of a happy and With Mariet/e Hartley. Kate Goehring. Jared Mrs. Warren and her profession. Today, its carefree young Reed. 1. Michael Flynn. Jordan Charney. shock value is all gone, yet the play has lost girl's transforma- Munson Hicks none of its importance. Great plays age wel1, tion into a serious At the Huntington Theatre through Oct. /0 and 'Mrs. Warren's Profession raises issues and independent Tickets $/0-$52 and questions that are as pertinent today as career woman is Call (6/7) 266-0800 for more information they were a hundred years.ago: Can economic both believable and social factors foster immoral people? And and gripping. ericanshave always had a soft spot if so, does society have the right to reject The rest of the for George Bernard Shaw and the emi- them? And more specifically: has Vivie the cast is ma~e up of nently quotable Nobel laureate knew right to condemn her own mother? Is wealth Vi vie's suitors Ns much. "They adore me and will go and social status more important than personal and' Mrs. on adoring me until I say something nice integrity? And what exactly does "personal Warren's '.~, about them," he once uttered. I fear he never integrity" mean? While femaining critical of "friends" - all did endorse anything American, and had he capitalism and moral hypocrisy throughout representatives of seen Huntington Theatre's dull and disap- the play, Shaw provides no clear-cut answers the male stereo- u. pointing production of Mrs. Warren's to these questions, leaving us to ponder their types that the Profession - one of his best plays - he relevance long after the play has finished. feminist Shaw would have kept his stance even more reli- Unfortunately, director Michael Bloom loved to critique giously ... doesn't match Shaw's genius, and he fails to and ridicule. Penned in 1893 in a predominantly puritan provide this rich and multi-layered play with Munson Hicks Britain, Shaw's play examin~s the social and the invigorating staging it so clearly deserves. plays Reverend economic roots, of a woman's "immoral" Bloom decided not to make a naturalistic'pro- Samuel Gardner, behavior. It centers around Mrs. Warren, a duction out of Shaw.'s naturalistic play, but a clergyman with businesslike woman, who cultivates the having discarded the obvious and traditional a past, and Jordan world's oldest profession with utmost secrecy. interpretation, he has failed to replace it with Charney portrays Rather than becoming a poor factory worker anything coherent or authentic. As a result, the cynical capi- \'.. in newly industrialized England, she manages the Huntington production is a messy mix of talist Sir George T. CHARLES ERICKSON Kitty Warren (Mariette Hartley, right) shares a fleeting moment of to escape .her low class and join the social half-baked ideas. Take Russell Parkman's Crofts. But their reconciliation with her daughter Vivie (Kate Goehring) in a scene elite. She is even able to send her illegitimate . fairy tale-like stage design: with its two- exaggerated per- from Mrs. Warren's Profession, by George Bernard Shaw. daughter to study at Cambridge ,University. dimensional cutouts of trees and houses and formances brush When the play starts, Vivie Warren - its wal1paper backdrop radiating fake pastoral over much of the self-confident, high-spirited, and oblivious of idyll, the set would be right on target if sarcasm and dry wit implicit in the play. Jared daughter conflict in all its complexity. But this her mother's profession - has just returned Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger were to ' Reed tries to improve on this by playing last heartfelt moment only makes the short-
I .. home from Cambridge with high honors. She emerge on stage. But they aren't. Rather, this Frank, Vivie's boyfriend, in true John Cleese comings of the previous hour and a half more is pondering her'future while also trying to strange and kitschy wonderland is inhabited style, but the result is uneven at best. obvious and regrettable. find a good match .among the 'string of suitors by Shaw's characters in period costumes, The production is not without its strengths: In the end, the evening is a testimony to that surround her: Curious and critical, Vivie causing a bizan:e dissonance. somewhat redeeming is the play's last scene, missed opportunities. This could have been a .t soon learns about her mother's 'past, and as . Even the usually' competent Huntington in which Mrs. Warren is trying to reconcile good production of a great play. Now your the truth sinks in, her attitude and outlook on actors give inconsistent and mannered perfor- with her daughter. Played out in Vivie's new best bet is to read the play. Satisfaction guar- life change dramatically. She distances herself mances. Mariett~ Hartley's painstaking office, the scene brings to life the mother- anteed.
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The result is a streamlined movie listing o/times and locatiolls. possessing a'n unstoppable sense of motion, and giving the visceral p.leasure of seeing a * * * * Excellent tightly-wound plot unfold. -:- YZ *** Good ** Fair The Sixth Sense (***'ll) * Poor Cole Sear is a young boy whose special power, "the sixth sense," enables him to per- American Beauty <* 'h) ceive the ghosts which, unbeknownst to the An extremely annoying movie: this rest of the world, walk among us every day. deadpan black tragicomedy is a laughable Bruce Willis plays the psychologist trying to failure as a work of art, being pretentious, help him. The strength of their performances simplistic, and self-important. Excepting a carries the movie past its slight flaws, making truly remarkable performance by Kevin The Sixth Sense one of the best movies of the Spacey (whose part is disappointingly summer. - Tzu-Mairi'n Chen small), there's nothing to this movie beyond tortured metaphors, caricatures instead of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut characters, and a messy pile-up of red her- <***~z) rings instead of a plot. - Vladimir An R-rated animated musical comedy Zelevinsky adventure satire, starting when four kids sneak into an R-rated movie, and steadily increasing Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me WALT DISNEY PICTURES in scope and barrage of satirical barbs. Don't <***) After rescuing Jane from a pack of irate baboons, Tarzan's curiosity Is piqued when he be deterred by the fact that this movie features Hardly a sequel but rather two hours of hears gun shots In the distance In this scene from Disney's latest animated film copious amounts. of profanity, full-frontal completely indulgent Austin Powers fun. This Tarzan. nudity, and giant glowing talking sex organs film succeeds because it's well aware of what combining cyberpunk ethos with anime style, - it's probably the funniest movie in quite a a farce it is and it doesn't try to be anything Eyes Wide Shut <***~z) The Matrix breathes new life into the genre of while, and it's definitely the best animated more than purely entertaining. It seems to be Enjoy the great, nearly forgotten feeling of sci-fi action films. - YZ musical of the last several years. - YZ too much of the same, with very little new being in the hands of a master storyteller, with material, but there's enough pure slapstick, him guiding a story that is paced just right, The Muse <***) Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom absurd comedy, and gross humor to satisfy the and with surprises lurking behind every cor- A comedy about a modern Muse, the .Menace <***) fans. - Teresa Huang ner. A gradual descent into a half-comic, half- immortal daughter of Zeus, inspiring a This simplistic motion picture with lumpy surreal nightmare - and then a period of washed-out screenwriter, this is essentially storytelling, inane dialogue, wooden acting, Autumn Tale (***Ih) awakening and attempting to recall the dream. one elaborate and consistently funny and poor editing is one of the most exciting Veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer A visual, excellently acted, and often funny Hollywood in-joke. Features a great perfor- experiences to come in quite a while to the continues his gentle, thoughtful, and tale. A frequently self-indulgent auteur work. mance by Sharon Stone in the title role and a movies. By firmly adhering to the world-view detailed studies of romantic confusion in The most optimistic of all Kubrick films. All wonderful Mozartesque score by, of all musi- created in Episodes 4 through 6, and by utiliz- this delightful comedy about a middle-aged of the above and more. - YZ cians, Elton John. - YZ ing the best special effects and art direction woman's search for love and happiness. A money can buy, writer/director George Lucas vintage Rohmer film with all the sophistica- The Haunting <*) Mystery Men <***) succeeds, despite the film's obvious shortcom- tion, depth, and intricacy that makes his Not your usual garden-variety bad movie: Part Batman, part Blade Runner, part ings, to take us once again to that galaxy far, films so irresistible. Without doubt one of it does not merely cause the viewers cringe in Naked Gun, part something entirely new and far away, and provide an adventure-filled the best movies of the year.'- Bence pain and abject anguish at the sheer awfulness original, Mystery Men is both a spoof of an playground for our imagination. - VZ Olveczky of It; no, it squarely lands into the "so bad it's over-directe.d over-produced over-merchan- good" area, being not merely terrible but dized superhero genre and an attempt to gen- Tarzan <***) . Big Daddy <* * ~z) laughably so. This supposed horror movie is uinely thrill and wow the audience. It is A good, solid, workmanlike moyie fro~;Jhe Adam Sandler attempts to grow up as an not horrifying for a second, and its ineptitude enjoyable, funny, rather sweet, and very Mouse Hoilse; just about as good,.as anything actor playing a complete loser who gets trans- is much more broad in scope. It shows the inventive - but rarely exciting, ana'some- .. they made in the last few years, and not better. formed into a more respectable and lovable total misunderstanding of even basic facts of what hampered by the by-the-numbers story. The overall story of the orphaned boy Tarzan loser when he adopts a five-year old kid. The filmmaking and storytelling - and the result - YZ who's brought up by the African apes is so tired film starts out strong with great humor and is wretched, from its very first to its very last that it really doesn't matter much. What ling~rs some genuine acting from Adam Sandler, but minute. - YZ Notting Hill (***) in the memory is the more than us~ally affect- eventually spills over the top with sappiness. A rare case of an intelligent romantic com- ing love story and the amazing visuals. - VZ -TH An Ideal Husband <**) edy, this is a noteworthy - but not exception- An Ideal Husband is an example of how al - tale of romance in adversity. Julia The Thomas Crown Affair <***) The Blair Witch Project (***) not to direct a movie. With such superlative Roberts plays the world's most famous movie A cross between a star vehicle and an old- A nearly brilliant character study of three resources at his disposal - star-studded cast star and Hugh Grant is the owner of a small fashioned heist movie: a bored zillionaire student filmmakers getting lost in the woods (Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Cate and unprofitable bookstore. The pair's meet- steals priceless paintings for fun, and a dedi- while shooting a documentary about a local Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver), ing is followed by a series of wonderfully cated insurance investigator tries to trap .him, legend - and a solid but hardly outstanding great source play, lush production design - awkward encounters and the expected bud- falling for him in the process. Excellent open- horror picture. The horror is good but super- all that director/writer Oliver Parker manages ding of a romance. Richard Curtis's script ing and ending sequences, largely expendable fluous, and it only distracts from the heart of to create is a particularly joyless, visually only occasionally rises above formula, but middle; but that Monet-Magritte-Escher. the picture, but that heart remains highly bland, narratively pedestrian, weird mixture of when it does, the results are astounding and inspired climax is spectacular. - VZ affecting and haunting. Contains probably the light comedy and somber drama, with these memorable.-Fred Choi and VZ best performance of the year so far by Heather two halves desperately fighting each other. - Trick (***~2) Donahue. - VZ YZ Outside Providence <***) At last! A queer romantic comedy in It's Pawtucket, Rhode Isla'nd, in the '70s, which the main characters are simply regular, Bowfinger <***'lz) IIIuminata <***> and the Farrelly brothers are at it again. The well-adjusted gay people going about their Bobby Bowfinger has an eager cast, a A beautiful and elegant movie about a the- writers of There's Something About Mary everyday lives. A stellar trio of main charac- script about an alien invasion, and no star. ater company that is set in turn-of-the-century show a broader scope here, moving from visu- ters and an excellent supporting cast, along Unfazed, he decides to film action star Kit Manhattan - and a mess of seemingly mean- al comedy to funny, affecting dialogue. with thoughtful pacing and a wonderful, Ramsey on the sly, sending his actors out to ingless and unresolved subplots. Largely Recreational junkie Tim Dunphy's run-in with quirky script, make this not only one of the interact with him. With a quick-witted script redeemed by fantastic sets and costumes. - a parked police car nets him a transfer to strict best gay flicks in a long while, but also a that skewers Hollywood and actors alike, Zarminae Ansari Cornwall Academy, where he makes a new romantic comedy that can hold its own against Bvuligner is a very entertaining ride. set of goofball friends. Dunph's old man any straight comedy. - Fe Murphy in particular is grand in a second Island of the Sharks <***) (Alec Baldwin) stays home with Tim's three- role as the meek Jiff, and Bowfinger's dog Is/and 0/ the Sharks is a remarkable legged dog and his card-playing buddies, who Wild Wild West <**) Betsy is not to be missed. - Roy achievement on the visual front, providing try to be bigots but can't really pull it off. The WWW tries to be absolutely:_ everything to Rodenstein some sequences which feel hyper-real, out of precarious plot leaves center stage to a .clever absolutely everyone. It's a western, a parody this world, and literally larger than life. This dose of lowbrow humor, perfectly delivered of James Bond. movies, a sci-fi adventure, an Deep Blue Sea (***) solid Omnimax documentary puts the viewer by a bunch of earnest simpletons. - RR action flick, a buddy film, a slapstick comedy, Deep Blue Sea may be Hollywood junk, right in the middle of shark-infested waters, and a dark rumination on, the American histo- but it is Hollywood junk at its finest. While without even a danger of getting one's feet Runaway Bride"(***> ry. It ends up, of course, being none of the the plot, cditing, and visuals are somewhat wet. It succeeds as a travelogue, showing the Sparkling chemistry between Richard Gere above - just an extravagant way to spend its lacking, the film nonethcless captures the sights that most of us would never get a and Julia Roberts saves Runaway Bride from gargantuan budget. - VZ audience in the momcnt with its excitement chance of seeing otherwise. If you aren't satis- drowning in sappiness. The film tells the story and suspensc, and it pleasantly surpriscs with fied with just looking, but also want to learn of a bride who has left a string of fiances at , The Winslow Boy <**1/2) its rcfusal to usc scasoncd 1110vie cliches. something, I suggest looking elsewhere, how- the altar and the smug journalist who writes a For all of its dramatic intensity and clarity, Though sevcrcly lacking in quality, this movie ever. - YZ story about her .. While the setup is riddled visual elegance and .beautiful shqt composi- III a k c s 1'0r I;0 0 den I e rt a i nl11en t. - VZ, with enough movie cliches to make a person tion, intricate multi-personal conflicts, and Rebecca Loh The Matrix <* * *~l) sick, Gere and Roberts shine on screen, stylized dialogue, ihis David '~amet film A wildly imaginative ride. The plot is nice- affinning themselves as one of the more suc- doesn't ql)ite fulfill the pro,-nise of its opening Dick (**Vl) ly complex, the visuals and the special effects cessful screen duos of the 90's. - TH half hour: This is probably the fault of the f\ tlctional story of two h:cnag.c girls gel- arc out of this worlc!. As the computer hacker source play, which ~idn.'t age -very .wel1. and ting. mixed up in the Nixon-Watergatl.? scan- Neo (Kcanu Reeves) dashes through a succes- Run Lola Run (***) which seems to be co'ntent to be merely dal. Poor p,H:ing. and an undenkveloped script sion of interlocked dreams in the quest to find Lola's boyfriend needs SIOO,OOO in twenty engaging and entertaining. in a low-key way hlllder what ("nuld have been the ne.\t Wag fht' true reality, the film launches into a full-throt- minutes, or else he's dead. Lola's motorbike than to go'for either shattering ?rama or pene- /)og. - I leather Anderson tle mode of invcntive action sequences. By was just stolen, so she has to run if she wants trating social critique. - YZ ,; " r " ,. September 24, 1999 ~' Boston, 02115. For tickets and more information, call Popular Music 369-3770. Tickets for each showing are $7, $6 MFA mem- Bank Boston Pavilion bers, seniors, students, Ticketmaster 931-2000. unless otherwise noted. Sep. 26: Ben Folds Five, G Love Special Sauce, 311, Scandalous Cinema: The Films Buckcherry. $25 for non-stu- of Catherine Breil/at dents, $10 for students. 5-film series through Oct. 15: $20, $25. Berklee Performance Center Berklee College of Music Romance (1998, 105 min.). 1140 Boylston St. The U.S. release of this film Free student recitals and fac- will certainly rekindle contrq- ulty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 versy over when the artistic p.m. some weekdays. For il)fo. expression of human sexuali- on these concerts, call the ty steps over the line into Performance Information Line pornography. Romance paints at 747-8820. a provocative portrait of Oct. 2: Chick Corea & Origin A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston Marie, a young woman trying ',..j with Gary Burton. $27.50, to gain control of her life. $22.50. September 24 - 31 Claiming he loves her but has Oct. 16: Cesaria Evora, $28, lost his desire for "her, $24. Compiled by Fred Choi Marie's boyfriend, Paul, refuses to engage in sexual Oct. 23: Yolanda Adams, Send submissions to [email protected] or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483. $27-.50-$32.50. relations, catapulting Marie Oct. 24: Clint Black, $42.50. into a desperate search for Oct. 30: Paolo Conte, $28, intimacy and erotic connec- $22. Sculler's Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday Museum's extraordin,ary tapes- 8 p.m.; "Laser Rush," Sun., tion. Oct. 1. Ticketmaster: 931-2000 through Friday, at 6:30 and , tries, this exhibition illumi- 9:15; "Laser Beastie Boys," 'I' Oct. 31: Eleftheria Arvanitaki, $50, $35, $25. Ticket prices vary. Call 562- 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and at nates the permanent collec- Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 p.m.; "Laser Tapage Nocturne (1979, 100 Nov. 19: Arlo Guthrie, $22.50- 4111 for more info. 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. tion in the light of Floyd's Wall," Fri.-Sat., 10:30 min.). Solange, a film director, $27.50. (All performers have two Tickets $30-34: contemporary social, political, p.m.; "Friday Night mother, and wife in a stale shows per day unless other- and aesthetic issues in the Stargazing," Fri., 8:30 p.m.; marriage, is looking for mad wise noted) II> Centrum Centre 1999 Out on the Edge work of living artists. 'Six works "Welcome to the Universe," love-and mad love is what she Ticketmaster 931-2000. Sep~ 24-25: Rebecca Parris Festival of Lesbian & Gay in the special exhibition gallery daily; "Quest for Contact: Are finds. She meets Bruno, a Sep. 28: Family Values Tour: and Friends. Theater by the contemporary artists We Alone?" daily. director like herself, and quick- Limp Bizkit, DMX, Filter, Sep. 27: Brad Conner (one Presented by the TheaterZone, Edward Derwent, Leon Golub, ly submits to her reserved, show). Crystal Method. $34.50. 100 Captains Row #306, 'Wojciech Jaskolka, Jorge Commonwealth Museum manipulative, and crafty lover. Oct. 9: ZZ Top & Lynyrd Sep. 28: John O'Neil and Jan Chelsea, MA 02150, (617) Pardo, Lilian Tyrrell, and 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, They set up severe codes of Skynyrd, $38.50, $29.50. Peters (one show). 887-2336. All performances Murray Walker will be related 02125. Located across from behavior and create a private, Oct. 18: Jimmy Page & The will be held at the BCA to six tapestries from the col- the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9- savage language where the Mlxfest Foxboro Black Crowes, $38.50, '99 at Theater, Boston Center for the lection. 5, S 9-3. Admission is Free. word "love" is forbidden. He $29.50. Oct. 10, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 Arts, 539 Tremont Street, For more info. or to arrange a tortures and intoxicates her, p.m.: Main Stage: $usan accessible by both the Orange tour, call 617-727-9268. and she weeps and breaks Tedeschi, 'Six Pence None the Reet Center and Green MBTA lines. Call Museum of Rne Arts down in this story of destruc- Richer, Luscious Jackson, Ticketmaster: 931-2000 theater for reservations. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. The Archaeology of the Central tive, merciless passions. Oct. Sept. 24: Celine Dion, $75, Fastball, The Pretenders, (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 Artery Project: Highway to the 7. $59.50 and $39.50. Natalie Merchant, Sugar Ray, Preaching to the Perverted a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 Past Melissa Etheridge, Blondie. Oct. 8: Bette Midler, $100.50, Holly Hughes returns to The a.m.-9:45 p.m.; ThurS.-Fri., The exhibit focuses on life in $75.50, $50. Festival Stage: .Jah Spirit, Theater Offensive with a brand 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 Colonial Boston as interpreted Films of Marcello Mastroianni Oct. 12: Elton John, $65, Kendall Payne, Entrain, Merri 'new piece that encompasses a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing through artifacts recovered $49.50, $39.50. Amsterberg, Angry Salad, family values, lesbian chic, open ThurS.-Fri. until 9:45 from the "Big Dig" before the 8 1/2: by Federico Fellini (Otto Citizen King. Call Oct. 29: Monster Jam (pre- and the American judicial sys- p.m. Admission free with MIT construction began. Artifacts e mezzo, 1963, 135 min.). Ticketmaster, (617) 931- sented by Jam'N 94.5, with tem. In Preaching, Hughes 10, otherwise $10, $8 for stu- and information on display Fellini's Oscar-winning eighth 2000, $15-$35. Jay-Z, Jah Rule, guides us on a tour of the dents and seniors, children examine leisure activities, tav- film brilliantly connects reality, Destiny's Child, Ginuwine, dark side of democracy with a under 17 free; $2 after 5 p.m. ern life, the life of three colo- fantasy, and memory as Naughty by Nature, Shaggy, stop at the Supreme Court, a ThurS.-Fri., free Wed. after 4 nial women, and Native Mastroianni plays the mae- trip backstage 'with the Mr. Vegas ana Blaque. Sold p.m. Americans. stro's alter ego: a frazzled Out. Teletubbies, the Clinton Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks director named Guido. With a promises, and a delicious sal- through all collections begin at string of critical successes The.Mlddle East Classical Music isbury steak supper at the 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; behind him, a wife, a mis- , local Kiwanis Club. Sep. 29, '. Ticketmaster: 931-2000. "Asian, Egyptian, and tress, a host of other women West Meets East .3icket prices vary. Call 354- 30;.Oct. 1 and 2. Classical Walks" begin at Other Events who adore him, and a crew all 11:30 a.m.; "American I 8238 for more info. ready to start filming, Guido is Sep. 25 at 8 p.m. The Sep. 24: Deep Banana Painting and Decorative Arts Looking Forward, Looking stricken with "creative block" Blackout. ' Chinese Arts Exchange and Walks" begin at 12:30 p.m.; Back: The Three Apples as he tries to envision his next Harvard University Chinese Sep. 25: Betwixt. "European Painting and Storytelling Festival movie. Oct. 1. / Students Scholar Association Sep. 25: Freakwater. Exhibits Decorative Arts Walks" begin present 'contemporary classi- Sep. 26: Men at Work. at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory Sep. 24-26. The 15th Annual John F. Kenne,dy Library cal music at Sanders- Theater,' "Sargent Summer" In Boston tours are 'also 'offered Sat. at \J 'Sep~ 27: North'Street. Festival will be held in Public .Forums: The gIOCt;ll: Verbeha.~l. 1!,; '. ~ Haniard" University ....Ohinese. Local cultural institutions pre- 11,a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Harvard, Massachusetts. Each Presidency In Perspective 'mu'sicians will perform: a pro- r Oct: 1: Angry Salad. sent exhibitions ,and 'pro-., Permanent, ,Gallery year New England's largest - - 'Oct: 12 from 5:3():,'7:15 'p:m. gram including Ct)inese Art Oct. 2: Count Zero grammes about the ma'stertul Installations:" Late Gothic storytelling festival features at the John F. Kennedy Library . Oct. 3: Cat Power. Songs and Opera Arias and American artist John Singer ' Gallery," featuring a restored over 20 different tellers with and Museum, Columbia Point, , Oct. 7: Les Savy Fav. the "Yellow River" Piano Sargent (1856-1925). 15th-century stained glass performances for all ages and Boston. Join retiring Kennedy Oct. 7: Down Low Connection. Concerto with the Newton window from Hampton Court, interests. Sponsored in part .Library historian Sheldon Stern Symphony Orchestra, conduct- Oct. 8: Chelsea On Rre. Isabella Stewart Gardner 14th- and 15th-century stone, by grants from local cultural as he offers an inside glimpse od. 9: FuzzY. ed by Jeffrey Rink. Tickets Museum alabaster, and polychrome councils, the festival draws of the Kennedy administration ,$30, $25, $20. For tickets Oct. 9: Two Ton Shoe. Through Sep. 26: Sargent: wood sculptures from France, over two thousand people gleaned from more than 20 . and more info. call the Oct. 11-13: '~Jonathan The Late Landscapes: The and the Netherlands; "Mummy each year to hear stories in years of study of White House Chinese Arts Exchange at 627- Richman. eX,hibit represents the first in- Mask Gallery," a newly reno- the beautiful New England fall documents, presidential 965-2078 or Sanders' depth exploration of an over- vated Egyptian gallery, fea- setting. For tickets and more recordings, and other histori- Theater's Box Office at 627- Orpheum Theatre looked aspect 'of the artist's, tures primitive masks dating info .. call (617-499-9529. cal materials, including recent 496-2222. '., Ticketmaster: 931-2000 career. Late in his life, from as far back as 2500 Prices start at $7 for adults discoveries concerning the Sargent began refusing por- Oct. 1: Linda Ronstadt and B.C.; "European Decorative and $4 for children per pertor- Cold War and the Cuban mis- Emmylou Harris. $50, '$35, Boston Symphony Orchestra trait commissions to paint Arts from 1950 to the mance, with some free pertor- sile crisis. Free. For more landscapes professionally. $28.50. Tickets: 266-1492. \' , Present"; "John Singer mances taking place through- info., call 617-929-4571: ' Performances' at Symphony The: fourteen paintings and Sargent: Studies for MFA and Oct. 11-12: Widespread Panic. out the weekend. Discount Hall, 301 Massachusetts. TBA. watercolors are taken from Boston Public Library Murals." 'family day passes also avail- Jeff Robinson Trio: Ave., Boston unless otherwise Oct. 21: Elvis Costello. $46, collections throughout the Gallery lectures are free with able. Advance sales tickets Performance and Poetry Jam noted .. $36, $26. United States and Europe. mus~um admission. receive 20 percent discount. Oct. 9, 8 p.m. at the Oct. 30: Guster, $17.50. Venues are handicapped Cambridge Center for Adult Oct. 1,2. Mahler: Symphony Museum of Rne Arts Nov. 2, 4: Meat Loaf. $65, accessible, and Saturday adult Education, Blacksmith House, No. 2, "Resurrection.~ Seiji Through Sep. 26: An exhibit of $39.50, $28.50. Museum of Our National performances will be Sign 56 Brattle, Cambridge, MA. Ozawa, conductor; Paula 160 Sargent works, including Language interpreted. ' Nov. 18: Live. TBA. , Heritage ' The Jeff Robinson Trio will be Delligatti, soprano; Florence his finest oils, watercolors, Nov. 16: Richard Thompson 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, performing their critically . Quivar, mezzo-soprano; and studies for murals - some 02421. (781-861-6559). The End of the World hosted and Lucinda Williams" $31, acclaimed CD entitled Getting Tanglewood Festival Chorus;' $26. never before exhibited. In col- Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; by Crash 22 Fixed, as well as hosting an John Oliver, Chorus conductor. laboration with the Tate Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 2, 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. open mike poetry jam. The trio Paul E. Tsonagas Arena Jickets available: Oct. 1: $70, GallerY, London, and the Admission free. at The Revolving Museum is receiving wide acclaim for $34, $27. Oct. 2: Sold out. Lowell, MA ' National Gallery of Art, The Museum presents an exhi- (288-300 A St., Boston, MA) A its music and jazz poetry pro- Oct. 2: Oleander,' Our Lady Washington, the exhibit will bition of 93 rare and beautiful millenium-end arts explosion jects. Tickets: $5. Call (617) Peace, Creed. $24. Oct. 7~9, 12: Beethoven's feature portraits of influential photographs drawn from the to benefit AIDS Action. Boston- 547-6789 for more informa- Symphony No., 2, Zemlinksy's figures of the time, including celebrated collection discov- based band Crash 22 will host ~ion. Lyric Symphony. Seiji Ozawa, Monet, Rockefeller, Robert ered in the attic of the a charity event at the conductor; Luba Orgonasova, 'Louis Stevenson, and Isabella Medford Historical Society in Revolving Museum 'designed Chang-rae Lee Reading soprano; Jose van Dam, bass- , Stewart' Gardner. To coincide 1990. One of the most exten- to infuse new life into the Riverhead Books is pleased Jazz 'Music baritone. Tickets available: , with the exhibition, the MFA is sive and well-preserved collec- Boston Arts community and to to announce that Chang-rae Oct. 7, 12: $31, $24. Oct. 8, The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra restoring its famous Sargent tions of Civil War photographs benefit the AIDS Action Lee, author of the critically 9, Sold Out. murals, begun in 1916. For to survive, the Medford pic- .Committee. The twelve-hour acclaimed Native Speaker, Oct. 2 at the Central more info., call 267-9300. tures are nationally known for event will feature live music, will be coming to Boston on Oct. 15, 16: Lieberson: Red Congregational Church, 85 their breadth and depth of (including the Allstonians, Friday, October 1 as part of a Garuda (world premiere; com- , Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain, The Boston Public Library subject matter. Through Nov. Jess Klein, and others), visual national tour to promote his missioned by the BSO), MA at 8 p.m. The Aardvark Continuing each Sat. through 14. art, readings from writers and new book, A Gesture Life. Lee Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5. Jazz 'Orchestra .begins its Fall Sep.:,Tours of Sargent's poets, film, fashion, and inter- will read from the book at Seiji Ozawa, cond,uctor, Peter r Season with a concert of murals in the library and talks Museum of Science active events. The event is co- Wordsworth (30 Brattle Serkin, piano. Tickets avail- music by Duke Ellington, on his life. Science Park, Boston. (723- sponsored by WBCN 104.1 FM Street, Cambridge) at 6 pm. able: Oct. 15: $34, $27. Oct. Abdullah Ibrahim,' Ernie 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Tremont Ale. Tickets $15 Reception open to the public 16: Sold out. Wilkins, and Aardvark music Isabella Stewart Gardner Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., available at the door or by call- at 5. Free, call Wordsworth Museum. director and MIT music profes- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission. free ing 617-868-0198. for more info. at 617-354- sor Mark Harvey. The concert 280 The Fenway, Boston. with MIT 10, otherwise $9, $7 5201. will benefit the work' of the (566-1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 for children 3-14 and seniors. Ringling Bros. and. Barnum Arts Program of the Central a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 The Museum features the the- and Bailey The Samaritans 5K Run/Walk Congregational Church. Theater ($11 on weekends), $7 for ater of electricity (with indoor Ticketmaster 931-2000. Oct. 16: At 10 a.m., first Blue Man Group Tickets $8, for more informa- seniors, $5 for students with thunder-and-lightning shows Oct. 15-24. "The Greatest annual Run/Walk along the Charles Playhouse, 74 tion call 617-524-3343. 10 ($3 on Wed.), free for chil- daily) and mor~ than 600 Show on Earth" is returning to Charles River, designed to Warrenton Street, Boston, dren under 18. hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: the FleetCenter. Fun for the boost awareness about sui- indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 Regattabar The museum, built in the style ," Discovery Center"; whole familyl $35 (VIP), $25, cide prevention, and to raise p.m. on Wednesday and Concertix:' 876-7777 of a 15th-century Venetian "Investigatel A See-For- $15 and $10. funds for the only suicide pre- Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on Ticket prices vary. Call 661- palace, houses more than Yourself Exhibit"; "Science in vention center in Greater Friday and Saturday, and at 3 5000 for more info. 2500 art objects, with empha- the Park: Playing with Forces The Dance Complex Boston. All proceeds from the and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets Sep. 24: Mili Bermejo & sis on Italian Renaissance and and Motion"; "Seeing Is 526 Massachusetts' Ave., event will be used to benefit , $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 for Claudio Ragazzi: Argentine 17th-century Dutch works. Deceiving. " Cambridge, MA, 02139, (617) The Samaritans' supportive tickets and information on how 547.9363 ... ' Fantasy (two shows) .. Among the highlights are Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of the and life-saving services. to see the sho~ for free by Sep. 25: Tiger's Baku (two works by Rembrandt, ," World"; "living on the Edge." Oct. 15, 16' at 8 p.m. Prizes given to the top finish- ushering. shows). Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Admission to Orrini, laser, and debrabluth/jesterfly. A multi- ers of various age categories, Sep. 28: Laslo Gardony and Whistler. Guided tours given planetarium'shows is $7.50, media performance event. and first 250 registrants will Shear Madness Garrison Fewell Quartet .• Fridays at 2:30 p.m. $5.50 for children and . receive complimentary t- Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Sep. 29: Bill Bruford's Threads of Dissent seniors.' Now showing: "Laser RIm Festivals shirts. Pre-reg. fee: $12. For Wau..enton Street, Boston Earthworks (two shows). Oct. 22 Through Jan. 30, Depeche Mode," Sun., 8 p.m.; more info., call 617-536- (426":5225), indefinitely. 2000. Inspired by the Gardner "Laser Offspring," Thurs.-Sat., At the Museum of Fine Arts, 2460. The September Tech 24,1999
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Inc. 9124199 (.) All rlgnts reSCr'/ed shadow lechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the Mil community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the lechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday's Events Admission 2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.. 10:00 p.m. - A Midsummer Night's Dream. LSC transforms room 26-100 into an on- 3:00 p.m. - Production System Design - Prof. David S. Cochran, MIT, Dept. of campus movie theater, complete with previews, popcorn, and surround sound. Mechanical Engineering. Sponsored by ME Seminar Series. Rm 3-270. Refreshments Admission 2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. in room 1-114 to follow. More info: Call Beth Henson at 258-5807. Email [email protected]. Sunday's Events 4:15 p.m. - Level-restricted generalized Kostka polynomials - Anne Schilling, Department of Mathematics, M ,LT. Sponsored by Combinatorics Seminar with 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - "Family Adventures In Science and Technology" or "F.A.S.T. Department of Mathematics. Rm 2-338. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Sundays". Work with MIT students & staff in interactive activities to explore the myster- Room 2-349. More info: Call Professor Sara Billey at 253-6544. Email ies of science & technology. Free w/admission. $5; $2 stUdents/seniors; $1 children [email protected]. electronics - insects - ultimate frisbee - perl scripting - calculus The EMILE BUSTANI covalent bonds - horticulture - boolean algebra dancing - lambda - x-ray astronomy - radiation Middle East Seminar @ MIT Got a number theory - interest rates - chinese food ~ public speaking - French - human cognition o y ~ magnets - psychoacoustics - roller-blading sponsored by the h bb • gender roles - chess - modern Christianity Center for International Studies .. stage makeup - baseball - painting - sewing - protozoans - Java coding will host its first lecture on chocolate G movies - complex variables Sesame Street ot an frogs ~ genetic alg~rithims Tues., September 28, .1999 solar energy musIc - paper airplanes human anatomy b · ~ Fermat - hopscotch pnp vs. npn 0 sessIon ~ poetry - juggling Guest Speaker: Dr. Bernard'A vishai combinatorics • celestial navigation of KPMG Peat Marwick essay-writing - cooking - diffraction gratings - watercolors - polymers methane emissions - improv comedy - forgery - benzene rings - yoga topic: "Elections in 1999: Israel's First Post-Zionist government?" ~~~~~ i~o~i~~I~~~frs. ~~ Talk begins at 4:30pm in [email protected] ~---===. -~-~-- Bldg. E51-095 (Dining Room) web.mit.edu/ edsp/www A project of the MIT Educational Studies Program. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC September 24, 1999 THE TECH Page 15 New Donilitory Construction to Begin this Wmter By Jeremy Smoler what Vassar Street might look like" in the future, said Curry. Architect Design for MIT's new under- Olin Laurie will work on improve- graduate dormitory, to be com- ments to the street, extending all pleted for 200 I, continues to the way to Main Street. move ahead, as MIT finalizes Improvements will include widen- plans for several related capital ing sidewalks, adding bike lanes, projects. planting trees, and removing the According the ,Executive Vice chain-link fence next to the athletic President John R. Curry, additional fields. drawings must still be made and According to Curry, some of contractors m~st still be found. these changes wil(take place dur- Curry said construction of the dor- ing the construction of the new mitory should begin this dorm, as the street is dug up for November or December. work on utilities. Curry said "It The residence project is current- kind of depends on how it goes," ly on schedule, but is "extremely but he would like to see a "major fast-track" according to Curry. portion" of the work on Vassar Curry said the admin(stration is Street done by the time of the developing options to house fresh- opening of the new residence in men in case the dormitory is not 2001. completed in time for the 2001 Curry said construction in the school year. future will be the most "intensive" "Stephen Holl, the architect, near the undergraduate residences. describes. this building as a sponge The condition of the campus during because it is porous both horizon- future construction is "something tally and vertically," said to worry about." He said that Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow detour signs will probably be put '72. "He has created some very up to guide pedestrians, bicycles, exciting interior spaces through the . and cars .. use of small atria throughout the MIT 'plans to eventually build a building that vertically connect row of dorms on Vassar Street, but STEVEN flOLL adjacent floors, and also bring light Curry said this will probably not Steven Holl's proposed sponge design for the new undergraduate dormitory incorporates horizontal and and air into the interior of the happen in the near future. vertical open spaces to create a porous interior. .I I' h Id t Students respond to building plans building. " Bacow mentioned such construc- ch anges t0 the rat mes s ou no Lael Odhner '03, a student in The dorm will be located on tion may not happen for ten to twen- effect the planned changes to The new undergraduate dormito- Random Hall, said his dorm was "a Vassar Street, across the athletic ty years. Vassar Street. ry will be across the athletic fields fairly tight-knit community," partly fields from MacGregor House, Whether the freight line moves from the other West Campus dormi- due to its isolation. Railroad changes planned according to Chancellor Lawrence underground may depend on the tories. The new dorm would still be Emily W. Brosi '02, a student S. Bacow. It will be a long, narrow Farther in the future, changes MBTA's Urban Ring project, "definitely closer than East Campus" living in MacGregor, said she building, sandwiched between the are planned for the Grand Junction scheduled for construction in the to visit, said Deanna J. Chou '01, a would be reluctant to move to the street and raitroad freight lines. It Railroad, which runs next to the next twenty years, said Simha. The student living in Next House. new dorm. She said, "you live with will house about 350 in double and planned site for the new dorm. The MBT A plans to build a subway When asked whether she would the same people in an entry for • at, single rooms for about 320 under- railroad is currently the only lines circling the city, connected to visit the new dorm, Meghan four years ... you wouldn't want to classmen of all years, five apart- freight rail connection across the major transit lines. One transit line McLemore '00, a student living in move away from that." ments for visiting faculty, and two Charles River. O. Robert Simha, will run under or along the current East Campus, said, "I don't go to The new dorm is needed to 'I faculty housemaster suites. Director of Planning at MIT, said railroad right of way. visit people in West Campus very house the additional freshmen the future of the freight line is still As part of the Urban Ring pro- often." East Campus students men- pulled onto campus by the new resi- Improvements planned for Vassar uncertain. It may be relocated or j ect, two to three subway stops tioned they were happy with their dence policy for the 2001 school MIT has "just begun to look at moved underground. Simha said may open near MIT, said Simha. proximity to Senior House. year. '1 I• Pa~e Two Page Two A Record of \ ~-.,...::--;., .. ~~ ~ Official New • c-t.iaaou. \" . '.' '. '.- ....:::-..- . Or._ of tbe N... Serrice U .... r~ .... te. 43 VOL. LXXI FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1\)61 NO.2 for Year. \ &table I .• of T.clo.olo." , (l IIAIf&ODlO M&JlD EstDbJf MANAClNC aoAaD , OFFICES OF THE TECH D. A. Bead.r 'ZS --- .. GaeraI ~,~.ws aDd Editorial-Room J, Walker M. ]. P. IUms.y. Jr - -- Editor moriaI T.lcpboa. Ual. ,. ~~;;:.~~.: ~~:':'::::~:'~:;<::'~;;:':i:.::ii~I:~>~:'~t~:;:b~~~~~ there's 11.0 guarantee lthat A. K. Wonb,al1"". Jr. '25.: Buainc .. JihDa~ Busln ... -Rom:. Ja2, Walker M~ EDITOD ASSOCIATE BOAaD T.lepboa". Ual •• 7415 T. W. Oweu '16. N.... Editor S\;BSCRIPTION PRICE. $2.50 PER YE.Aa , . 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YFor course descriptions: see the oppositr> page or web.mit.edu/minidevl YAll IllllllCourst"s taught in Room 3-343. Minicourses are one hour each. How TO REGISTER FOR A MINICOURSE: You Can t! They re flce! YNo Ppo-registratlon Needed ... JUST SHOW UP FOR THE CL'\SS. Q" \\ l1Y walt? Take them noli'. Do you tlunk your year Wlll get less busy later on? liS Athena Trdlnlng Grollp All Classes In Room 3-343 "controversial and disturbing art'" CRISTINA ROUSSEL Undergraduate Association Vice President Lex Nemzer '00 speaks ., at the ASA General Body Meeting Tuesday. By Cristina Roussel all groups putting in forms describ- " the internet drawings of justin k ing what they want and need. Office Elections were held for requests are due December 9, 1999 Treasurer and Member at large at and the decisions will be announced the Association for Student January 31, 2000 .. _~J_'. Activities General Body Meeting on Wiese warned that current rooms Tuesday. Philip B. Tan '01 was will be spot-checked and groups elected Treasurer and Ariel E. will be evaluated on how efficiently Segall '02 is the new Member at they are using they space they have. large. There will be an appeals process, at "The meeting went wonderful- but Wiese asked groups to "be real- ly," said ASA President Jocelyn L. istic about what you need, what you Wiese '00. "It only lasted an hour." want, and what you are willing to Wiese ran the meeting,. which cov- deal with." ered issues such 'as mailboxes and The re-rooming policy is the funding. result of a shortage of space for stu- At the meeting, representatives dent groups, As a result, some stu- of the Finance Board announced dent groups have no offices or they that student groups will now be able share a space with other groups. ~totgto ;1ltf[tlan~alltrp to access their account information "The ASA helps student groups on Athena through the new SAP by coordinating their information finance system. There will be work- with the administration ... holding shops to teach student grdup trea- large scale publicity events like the ".1 surers the new finance procedures. Activities Midway and freshmen Student groups also have. an mailings," Wiese said. oppoI1unity to gain funds from the The ASA is the official body SPICE fund - which is a class gift which recognizes, governs and rep- On the Public Gardens at 1Arlington street from th'e Class of 1997 to help fund resents all student groups at MIT. student groups on campus. Every student group on campus The re-rooming policy for stu- sends a representative to attend the dent group offices was also dis- meetings where issues pertaining to Boston, Mass 02116 cussed. All student groups must re- student group finance and facilities apply for rooms even if they usage are discussed. The ASA gen- presently have a space. The process eral body meeting is held once a email [email protected] is much like the housing lottery wi~ semester. 617.437.7500 .., DO YOU HAVE ANOREXIA? * Low weight women ages 18-45 Sept.l1-Oct 11 free admission are at risk for bone loss (osteoporosis) * 9-month study for new bone. loss treatment * Free test of bone density * Stipend of $50~ ..... Call Lisa Thomas, NP .. . . at 61.7-724-7393 " for more information. .• September 24, 1999 THE TECH Page 17 ATHENA@ MINICOURSE INDEX .,Letter Polls Parents AtheDa: Flnt CoW'lle(bt Coune) Information Re.ourcea ODAthena (Info Rea) Our new introduction to the Athena academic com- A survey of the communications. help. and other puting envtronment: what you can do on Athena. resources avaUable on Athena. your account, finding help. and other basics. Also Suggested pre. requisites: 1st Course. Worklng Includes E-mail. Zephyr. WebSIS. and Residential Serious Emac. (Ser. Emaca) Computing. The text editor Introduced In First Course has ,On Records Access Suggested pre-requisites: None many useful features not covered In that coursc. WorldD. ODAthena: FUea and uniX (Work1DeJ This course Is a must for anyone who uses Emacs By Efren Gutierrez Most concerns from parents Flies. directories. setUng permissions. job control. more than an hour or two each week. and more. What every new user should know about Suggested pre-requisites: 1st Course. Working. Emacs tulortal involved MIT's limited ability to Unix. Athena's operating system. (on-Une).some.Emacs exper1ence Few parents of MIT undergradu- communicate directly with parents Suggested pre-requlslle: 1st Course CustOmlzatiOD ODAtheDa (DoWlea) Word ProcenlD. Optiona: (WPO) Intended for the intermediate-level Athena user. ates responded to an informal letter about the children's student A sUlVey of the text-edlUng and word-processing this course wtll discuss the Athena login sequence in which Dean of Students and records. Williams suggests that packages avallable on Athena: FrameMaker. Latex. and the user-c,onfiguration files (dotfiles) that affect EZ. Emacs. Pick the right tool for the r1ghtJob. It. as well as changes the user can make to those Undergraduate Education Rosalind parents inquire directly with their suggested pre-requisites: 1st Course. Working and other files to customize theIr working environ. .- ment. 1:-1. Williams discussed a wide array son or daughter about his or her Advanced Word ProceulDg: EZ (EZ) Suggested pre-requisItes: 1st Course. Worklng. some Athena exper1ence of issues ranging from parental performance in classes. She con- An Introduction to EZ. a combination text editor ~ and formatter. with text-editing commands that are Math Software Overview (MSO) . 1 involvement to student life at MIT. cludes her lette~ by addressing the s1m1larto Emacs. As a formaller. It Is menu-dr1ven A SUlVeyof major mathematics and graphIng pack. The letter addressed the possible need for a partnership between and easy to learn. in the popular style of the -What ages available on Athena. You See Is [pretty much) What You Get- packages. Suggested Pre-requisites: Is1 CoW'S<:.Working Suggested pre-requisites: 1st Course. worklng conflict between parents' desire for MIT and parents since students are Matlab (Matlab) Advanced Word ProceaalDg: Latex (Latex) information about their son or connected to both. Together, both An Interactive program for scientific and englneer- An Introduction to Latex. a wtdely-used text format- lng numer1c calculation. Applications Include: ... daughter through school records MIT and parents will continue ter. used for converting a text file lnto an attractive. matrtx manipulation. dIgital signal processIng. and and legal mandates barring the helping the s'tudent's education. professional-looking document. Ills a powerful and 3-dlmenslonal graphics. flexible program. with the capability to typeset Suggested pre.requisites: 1st Course. Worklnlt many foreign characters and very complex mathe- release of student records without A previous letter was sent to stu- Xe •• (Xeu) matical text. student consent, also known as the dents prior to Williams' letter by Suggested pre-requisites: 1st Course. Worklng A powerful and easy-to-Iearn spreadsheet. with a full range of mathematical. statistical. matrtx.. and ( Buckley Amendment. Williams Dean for Students Margaret R. Advanced Word ProceulDg: FrameMaker (Frame) strtng functions. Il will be useful for selentific and FrameMaker Is a powerful word-processing and englneer1ng computations. as well as to general and requested that parents become Bates, Office of Students and document-preparation package now available on financial users. Athena. Suggested pre-requisites: Is1 Course. Working involved in their son's or daugh- Undergraduate Education. The letter Suggested pre. requisites: 1st Course. Working Maple (Maple) " ter's education by talking with them' was addressed to all incoming fresh- t.tex for your Thesbl (Latex Tha) A mathematics program that can perform numeri- about college life issues such as men and intended to inform them Using the Latex text formatter to produce a fully- cal and symbolic calculations. Including formal and featured thesis that meets all Mrr format require- numer1cal Integration. solving algebraic or tran- alcohol. about MIT's regulations regarding ments. scendental systems and differential equations. and The letter has received varied the subject of alcohol. Williams has suggested pre-requisites: Latex. some Latex cxpertence ser1es expansion and matrtx manipulation. It also FrameMaker for your The." (Frame ThaI has extensive graphics capabilIties. • responses. One parent said, "I can't said that the two letters are not con- FrameMaker. wtth a special template. can be used Suggested pre-requlslles: 1st Course. Worklng (or olhu X Win. to produce an MIT thesis that meets all Instllute dows) exper1ence believe that I don't have the right to nected .. formatting requirements. know how.my child is performing Suggested pre-requisites: Frame..- some FrameMaker cxper1ence Origins of the letter j when I'm the one pitching in all of HTML: MaklDg a WWW Home Pale (HTML) Covers the basic features of H"Th1L["Hyper-Text the money." William's letter was created Mark-up Languagel the language of the World- Student leaders such as mainly in r~sponse to the death of Wide Web. as well as the steps needed to post your own Web page on Athena. Undergraduate Association Scott S. Kreuger '01 last year. The Suggested pre-requisites: 1st Course. worklng .. President Matthew L. McGann '00 letter that Williams sent out last and Dormitory Council President year received quite a substantial Jennifer A. Frank '00 have objected response, and led to the continua- _to moves on the part of the Institute tion of the practice this year. CAth ...... rellla'e ... d lr1odemarl< or the Masaachuwtla wWute orTechnoJo&y.1oc oped1led Yalue.o or ... -. ,( to act in loco parentis, or in place of parents, by informing them of stu- dent problems. McGann '00 said, "It's not wise to report one-tiI1le instances but when if it becomes a problem it' should be reported [to parents]." The Colleges Aren't The Only Places In Williams wrote, "You (parents) should also know that fed~ral law prohibits colleges and universities. , ,. form sharing academic or other stu- Cambridge Where -Really Smart People Go. dent records with parents; except in unusual situation." /' She also urges parents to remind () students that if they f!~~ support or advice, there is always help at MIT in the form the knowledgeable and experienced staff. It also encouraged '"' parents to work with the Institute-in helping move a student from adoles- cence into adulthood. "MIT's core educational princi- ple is 'learning by doing,' and there. is no substitute for experience in learning to behave as an adult," (~, Williams writes. Her main message is to remind parents that MIT con- siders students as individual's who '. are also responsible for their own actions and decisions. She also wrote about the Task Force on Student Life and Learning report ,4 issued last year. The report empha- sized the importance of MIT com- munity life as an important element of the student's overall education. One drawback of this year's let- ter was that it was sent out when most freshman students were arriy,- ., ing at MIT for Orientation ' 99. Despite poor timing Williams said that there were a few parental responses to the lette'r during Parent Weekend, most of which were thanking her for sending a frank letter about parental involve- ment in their son's or daughter's education .. (I With Cheesecake Factory, Houlihan's~ Papa' Razzi and a' waterfront Commonly Food Fes~ival, CambridgeSide Galleria is the place for those in the know. Plus, with and over 100 terrific stores like Sears, Filene's, , Unbearable. . Steve Madden Shoes, Thunder - The Sports Source; Lechters, Dan~erously Sam Goody and World Foot Locker, the reasons to'shOP here really Believable. add up. So be sure to stop by CambridgeSide Galleria and take a class in s~opping 101. Subsequently Patal. 100 CambridgeSide Place • Cambridg~, MA • 02141 • (617) 621-8666 www.cambridgesidegalleria.com -:, _' '.t Open Monday-Saturday 10am-9:30pm • Sunday 11am-7pm ~ UNTREATED CambridgeSide Galleria is located at the Lechmere T on the Green Line, GAL LERIA or take our FREE shuttle bus, "The Wave" from Kendall Square T on ... DE PRE SS/ON http://ww\'J.save.orq the Red Line. Across from the Museum of Science. -ICambridgeSide ThiS space donated by The Tech Page 18 THE TECH .September 24, 1999 Tax info, toll-free. Student Groups Organize Joint. Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information on about 150 tax topics, 24 hours a day. Career Fair For Student Body, Career, from Page I to hire for permanent positions, non- fro carry out more specific plans. ~ ~ Department of the Treasury ~&1/1lnternal Revenue Service seniors will also have the opportuni- Career Week was helped out by And after going to the career ty to discuss summer internships, a large number of other student" http://www.ustreas.gov fair, it's important to follow up and said Barra. groups on campus, including: the establish closer contacts, said Barra. Each of the three chief organiz- Career Services Office, Eta Kappa This space donated.by The Tech ers, SWE, the Class of 2000, and the Nu, the Sloan Undergraduate~ I Career fair for all students GSC (the three who usually hold Management Association, the ~'rl I)Y Ii\ Students, from freshmen to career fairs each fall), had a repre- Biomedical Engineering Society, seniors and graduates, should con- sentative for organizing the event., the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, sider attending the career fair. said Ortiz. And within each group, SOK, the Society of Hispanic~ OXFORD Although companies will be looking there were several functional groups Engineers, and Tau Beta Pi. Live with British students in the center of Oxford as an Associate Student of an Oxford college at an affordable cost $8,600 a semester Tuition, Housing, Tours, Meals Summer term option Oxford Study Abroad Programme 52 Commarket Street Oxford OXI 3HJ England Tel & Fax: 011 44 1865 798738 Email: [email protected] Web: www.studyabroad.comlosap The Council for the Arts at Mil offers FREE TICKETS for Mil students for the following events: The Soul 09 Mbira The mbira (thumb piano) has been used by spirit mediums for more than 500 ye~rs and is still an important part of the spiritual life in Zimbabwean communities today. Featuring five of Zimbabwe's foremost mbira masters, this concert show- cases three distinct genres of mbira music. Ethnomusicologist Paul Berliner will give a pre-performance discussion. ' Friday October 22 Somerville Theater/Davis Square Pre-performance discussion at 6:00pm Performance at 8:00pm •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dtl'ViD SEDtl&iS Author of Barrel Feverand Naked, Sedans first came to promi- nence through his essay The Santaland Diaries, which detailed his hellish experiences as a Macy's Christmas elf. Saturday October 16 8:00pm Sanders Theaterl Harvard Square •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• CHRIS JONES HEMP TODAY, BONG TOMORROW- Around 40,000 people showed up at the 10th annual Freedom Rally on the Boston Common Saturday. While organizations like the Massachusetts Cannabis IVANOV Reform Coalition passed out Information and collected signatures for the decriminalization of mar- t.'" ijuana, others spent the day perusing hemp-related products and listening to the various bands by Anton Ivanov, considered the Bee CI~a ekhov's • plays,• is and speakers onstage. a dazzling po . ~ 0 in Igent and too bored to endure ~r . cted by Yuri Yeremin, Artistic Di- rector a n heatre. \- Sunday December 5 2:00pm Ame rican Repertory Theater 64 Brattle Streetl Harvard Square Sign up for tickets IN PERSON ONLY at E15-205 Satwik at 253-1541. with your MIT student 10 and a $5 ,,~eposit which will be returned to you when tickets are handed out. No experience necessary! . September '24, 1999 THE TECH Page 19 .. THE 'BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP Invites all interested MIT Ph.D. students and Post-docs to .,~ submit a resume and cover letter to one of the following geographic regions by ,. -- -" Monday, October 4, 1999 I Please indicate geographic preference in your cover letter .. t North American Australia,. New Zealand Offices Contact: Latin American Offices Contact: Ms. Susan DiTullio ' Ms ..Hania Rios Phone 617-973-6030 Phone 52-5258-2029 ') The Boston Consulting Group The Boston Consulting Group- Exchange ,Place, 31st Floor 200 South Wecker Drive, 27th Floor '''r Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Chicago, IL 60606 European Offices Contact: Asian Offices Contact: Ms. Lisa Lyons Ms. Carolyn Scanlon Phone' 617-973-6042 Phone 617-973-1224 0" The Boston Consulting Group The Boston Consulting Group Exchange Pla~e, 31st Floor Exchange Place, 31st Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Amsterdam • A~ta • Auckland • Bangkok • Berlin • Boston • Brussels • Budapest • Buenos Aires • Chicago • Copenhagen • Dallas Diisseldorf. Frankfurt • Hamburg • Helsinki • Hong Kong •Jakarta • Kuala Lumpur • Lisbon • London • Los Angeles • Madrid • Melbourne Mexico City • Milan • Monterrey • Moscow • Mumbai • Munich •New York • Oslo • Paris • San Francisco • Sao Paulo • Seoul • Shanghai • Singapore. Stockholm • Stuttgart. Sydney. Tokyo. Toronto. Vienna. Warsaw. Washington. Ziirich ,. "'- • Page 20 THE TECH September 24, 1999 Mil Sloan'School of Management Presentation 1st and 2nd Year Students Monday, O~tober 4th, 6pm >, CREDIT FIRST Cambridge Marriott, Salon 3 SUISSE BOSTON www.csfb.com September 24, 1999 TtiE TECH Page 21 Jr.. .,Bradley Encourages ~'t-)'.: NoVi Open.,! ,Collegiate, Activism ~fj~. Bradley, from Page I operating at 90 percent of capacity," @ 795 Main Street t,:e Bradley said. '. "Take college campuses: volun- Bradley did, however, acknowl- Cambridge - (next to i'rtucci's) • teerism has never been higher, but edge there was a problem with edu- political activism has 'never been cation in America. He used his 617-3S4-3600r ~~ lower. We need to put the service experience as a Senator in New 'back into politics. 'People need to rec- Jersey as a frame of reference for ~v ognize it as a way to help their coun- his knowledge of the desperate situ- r .' try and fellow men," said Bradley. ation in public schools. He stressed 1 the importance of the quality of edu- Distribution of wealth a top issue cation and criticized the lack of Bradley described Jhe preserva- good teachers in America. tion of the current economic pros- "If you really want to make an '~erity as his mo'st pressing cam- impact, then you should consider JvtnL&I.p~~&' paign issue .. teaching. There is. no more impor- "We need to man.age economic tant job for someone graduating .{undamentals in order to continue from college than being a teacher," the current economic prosperity and Bradley said. 1 have it more broadly distributed," ~~tt~::21?AN said Bradley. , Audience raises concerns h Bradley' also discussed his views One audience members raised .on campaign finance reform. He the issue of ethanol subsidies and side " would like to eliminate soft money their effed on the environment. contributions which allow corpora- Ethanol, otherwise known as grain Engineering Major tions to Influence policy through alcohol, is used as an additive in financial means. Bradley also said such necessities as gasoline. that general elections for the House On this 'particular issue, Bradley (~nd Senate should be partially pub- has switched his stance in the past. lically financed .. He now does not support subsidies JVI,~~q~'I~~ ...>., r '.,a~,~, Di"xie land In a side note, Bradley men- for ethanol use to corporate entities. tioned that for his own campaign, he In particular, Braaley cited the Di,~h1g:~~~~"?~,;Mo.nda~ thru "''foundthe intemeJ to be a useful tool "dying family far~s" and their for campaign fundrais,ing. He takeover by large corporate farms. $u,,~~~Y)~~,I:,.~,~~~.-:ch ':;\!Jnd .~Inner. claimed to have raised the most Bradley described the factors lPoney of any presidential candidate which motivated his change in ,. ::-::~'.~\:i::'" '\~~f,~::?'7f';;S:~'~,;"".'.. ~.. in history through his website. thinking, and mention_ed that his time spent in Iowa before the caucus _ . Education an important focus helped to change his mind . .... Educational issues raised by the Bradley' also touched upon evtmSH y~~SH It)J{Jb{~ audience included school vouchers immigration issues and noted the as well as the importance of teacher need to regulate tile system. He quality in public schQols. cited the "sweatshop conditions" ~t)ts4BttLe4.i""" r;"rtrviS ~~ J{~~t - . "Vouchers aren't the answer to . that illegal immigrants often work, p,roblems in 'our publi~ schools. under in,the United States. Why? There are simply too many "Immigration is what this coun- G-hild!en in the current private try is all about, but it must be regu- school system to handle an influx of lated. You mUst enforce the laws on new students from public schools. the books to preserve the rights of Most, private schools are currentlt these' people," Bradley said. ( , 'S e p t em b e r The Graduate Student Coun~iI presents the 1999-2000 , Professional Development Seminar C' , PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS ~ Graduate Career Fair "MANAGER, RESEARCHER, OR PROFESSOR?" - Q talk by Professor Lloyd Baird UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL Sch~1 of Management, Boston University DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS . Wed., Se~tn 29 · Room 2-1~O 5-6pm "WHY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRMS HIRE PODS' ALAN. M. KANTROW, Ph.p. ) Have you thouqht about how to ~valuate the best 'career o.Dtions Chief Knowledge Officer, Monitor Group for you? Do you reali~e how much work-environment suitablli~ is Mon., Oct. 4, 5-7pm tied to yol(r per.sonality? 'Professor Baird brings his' popular Room 6-120 seminar Dackto MIT this fall. "WRITING A WINNING BUSINESS PLAN" ~u~~t~~~~a~3-1'~~IIl~~e~~~fo;1~W,~~~t~~gfe!s~~Va~?~~Vfs DR, EDMUND DUNN' If a prqfes.sor at 8Qston University of Management studying Executive Director organizational behaVior.. ". MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc. Wed., Nov. 10, 6-7:30pm !'.' The Professional Development Seminars are co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Counciland the Offic,e of Career Services and Preprofessional Advising. Room 3-133 It The event is also part,of the Class of ZOOO.fAREER WEEK co-sponsored by the Society of Women Enginurs, "COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION SKILLS" and the Graduate Student Council.. - PROFESSOR LORI BR,ESLOW Director, MIT Teach,ing and Learning Laboratory ..,. ttlie 9dlltfa) C'arks fPu6is now pkasea to off~r Senior Lecturer, S(oan School of Management Wed., Dec. I, 6-7:30pm q.,,4Gty WlRBS 6] the 8(assl Room 3-133 ~ )1$ a(w4Ys, nlery W,tfnesday ntiJlit tliere is free J4r.Z For description of each neD~ and 5peaker profile rehr to the web pace at 'the !Muaa] C6Qr£es' fPu6 too! .. httP':lIwww.mlt.edu/aetlvltles/gae/Commlttees/ARC/PDS/pds.htm I Page 22 THE TECH Sept.e!TIb~~.24,.1999 ~ Youcould WIN A'Ski Trip to Vail, Colorado Or a Casio@ CASSIOPEIATM I E-100 Color P~lm-size pc] ,~.;.;. .. l Play the /, COOL~.' FROM Nestea HOTFACit '-:<> GUI• /,," EJ•U .• ;.u:.:}1'l'~:';:::,. 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Mandatory orientation meeting $10/hour \Tuesday, Septemb_er 28 5: 15 PM, N42 Demo Center (starting salary) (211 Mass., Ave.) Please bring: 1) Your resume M1Tirnforffiaiion Systems questions? email hd-hiring@mit .edu 2) 2 References Page 24 THE TECH September 24, 1999 Lippard Discusses Cancer Therapy at TBP Lecture By Zareena Hussain \f:WS I:DITOR Chemistry Department Head Q). Stephen Lippard discussed his lab's ro~ I: 0 n trib uti 0 n s tow a rd the fi g h t passive J-1 against cancer at the inaugural diffusion ~ hydrolysis annual Tau Beta Pi lecture titled • Q) • "Drug Discovery From S Serendipity to Rational Design in the Hands of Chemists." Lippard's research has recently formed the basi.s for a Phase I clini- cal trial that will likely begin late Cisplatin, pictured at left, passes the cell membrane and Is subsequently this fall in conjunction with the hydrolyzed within the cell. This metabolite of clsplatln Is then able to bind DNA. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Patients will undergo a combination report in the scientific literature of the effect on cell division in E. Coli formed into long filaments. The cancerous cells. therapy that will include cisplatin - increased levels of HMG I (the first by an electric field. In what Lippard celIs grew but could not divide. "It's not iike the lock and key a Platinum containing anti-cancer HMG domain protein ever isolated) pointed out in his talk as a striking However, as Rosenberg's mechanism of an enzyme," said drug - progesterone and/or estro- in estrogen induced cells. HMG I acts example of serendipitous discovery, group first postulated, it was not Chris Zeigler a postdoctoral associ- I gen. The exact details of the clinical as a chaperone that helps form the researchers found that the cells the electric field itself that caused ate working with Lippard. Cisplatin trial have yet to be hammered out. active estrogen receptor. While not this unusual result but acts by binding adjacent guanine For instance instead of cisplatin, an studied, a feedback mechanism could chemicals formed as a nucleotides (GG) in DNA. GG < FDA-approved analog - carbo- be at work in which an an increase in result of the apparatus repeats occur often in DNA gene platin - may be used. Clinicians estrogen levels increases production set-up. The sequences. also have yet to decide whether they of H MG I to help in formation of researchers used plat.., The. clinical studies of cisplatin will use estrogen or progesterone or active estrogen receptors. inum anodes directly hormone combination therapy have • so combination of the two. Cisplatin was first discovered to applied to the cell culture a two fold purpose: to assess the Cisplatin has formed part of be effective in arresting cell divi- media to create the electric possible toxicity of combining the Lippard's research since the 1970s. sion - and thereby a possible field. Reactions between the treatments and to assess HMG lev- .. "It would be a very rewarding weapon in stopping the prolifera- platinum anode and this els in patient biopsy tissue, accord- experience if many years of funda- tion of malignant tumors - by broth resulted in the ing to Lippard. StUdy of the HMG mental research were to have a physicist Barnett Rosenberg of formation of cis- levels will help to assess the validity practical consequence in the treat- Michigan State University. platin. of this particular model of cisplatin • ment of some forms of cancer," Rosenberg came across a picture of Rosenberg action in humans. Lippard said. dividing cells which resembled the isolated this cis- Phase I clinical studies in gen- A metabolite of cisplatin acts by pattern produced by iron filings in a platin and used it eral represent the "initial introduc- ~. inducing a conformational change in magnetic field. to test lab mice tion of an investigational new drug DNA. A working model for the This observation led to studies of with malignant into humans," according to the mechanism of action of cisplatin tumors. Mice Food and Drug Administration. postulates that the induced bend who did not The number of subjects in Phase I~ allows binding of proteins which clinical studies generally range contain the HMG (high mobility from twenty to eighty. group) domain. Binding of the HMG domain protein in turn may Cisplatin analog search continues • prevent repair mechanisms within The search for cancer treatments, the cell that would otherwise however, has not ended with this remove cisplatin from the DNA. By Phase I trial. Lippard also discussedt: limiting this process, according to his lab's efforts toward the _high- the model, DNA replication and throughput isolation of platinum- consequently cell division will not containing cisplatin analogs that occur. Blocking of replication sets might also be effective in cancer~ off signals within the cell that lead treatment. to programmed cell death. In the course of this past sum- "Just binding to DNA is not suf- mer, researchers in his lab have iso~:~ ficient" due to repair mechanisms in lated about 3,600 such compounds. 1 the cell, Lippard said. According to scientific literature, in Rationale for the concomitant clsplatin's 30-year history, about administration of the hormones 3,000 analogs have been isolated.f progesterone or estrogen and cis- and characterized. Lippard platin came from the idea that over- described these efforts as ~'planned expression of HMG in cells would serendipity, but where serendipity is increase the efficacy of cisplatin in beat by numerology." ~ the treatment of cancer. "We can match in three months" Unpublished work from Lippard's what took place of over the course laboratory confirmed a previous of 30 years, said Ziegler, who is in~ ! charge of synthesizing the combina- tori ally produced compounds and assaying for their activity. Cisplatln acts through binding DNA at adjacent guanine The technique has provided th~1.' nucleotldes and inducing a bend In the DNA strand. basis for a patent application, According to the model proposed by Professor of Chemistry according to Zeigler. Researchers Stephen Lippard, the clsplatln-modified DNA strand has a may use the production and. high affinity for HMG domain proteins. screening process of the cisplatin ....., analogs to start a company. HMG domain proteins bound ..... to clsplatln- modified DNA DNA is repaired can block nor- mal DNA repair ,s mechanisms ~ithln the cell. This may In turn trigger - . programmed cell death. Repair complex ... x .• Repair is blocked STEFAN CARP-TlfE TECH Professor of chemistry Stephen Lippard speaks at the Inaugural Tau Beta Pi - Leonardo Da Vinci Dinner Wednesday. In his lecture, "Drug Discovery - From Serendipity to Rational Design In the Hands of Chemists", Professor Lippard discusses his research Into anti-cancer medications. GRAPHICS COURTESY OF STEPHEN LIPPARD I~e~tcmber 24, 19.99 THE TECH Undergraduate and Graduate Students You are Invited to join the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee on •Institute-Wide Affairs (CJAC) and the Corporation Screening Committee for the Nomination of Recent Graduates for a dinner meeting on I Thursday, September 30, 1999 6:30 - 8:30 pm Ashdown House - West Dining Room I(This meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the process to elect a recent graduate to the MIT Corporation. This year, all 1998, 1999, and 2000 graduates are eligible to be ;0 nominated. 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And incredible benefits including flexible schedules designed to respect your quality of life. or, So you can still show off all those great qualities of you;s outside of work, too.' We'll be visiting your campus soon - contact your career placement office to schedule an v. interview. If you are unable to meet with us, please e-mail your resume to: resumeOrayjobs.com (ASCII '-ext only; no attachments), or mail to: Raytheon Company, Attn: National Staffing Data Cent~r, P.O. Box 660246, MS-201, Dallas, TX 75266. U.S.dtizenship may be required.We are an equal opportunity employer. Bringing, technology to the edge ""hean J\ I ::. f (. f' • J' Page 26' tfIE TECH S~ptember 24, 1999 Visit the BPD Now Asks FSILGs to File Assembly Occupancy Permits Parties, from Page 1 posted on public property, and, August, at which point Dorow noti- advertising an event open to the fied Boston FSILGs of the require- then submitting floor plans and public. ments they. would have to meet. MIT occupancy number to the Boston "At this point,- MIT approached. However, Dorow was unable to pro- Fire Department. the city of Boston wanting to talk vide instructions until Tuesday, "BPD came to the DU party for about the big picture concerning all September 7, three days before the reasons unknown to me and shut it 25 ILGs in Boston," Dorow said. first Friday night of the term when down because they exceeded their The Mayor's Office of Consumer several fraternities had registered 1isted occupancy of 42 persons," Affairs and Licensing agreed to dis- with the Interfraternity Council to Dorow said. cuss, and the AEPi situation was not have parties, and the night OTD's Sukkah In previous years, BPD has not further pursued by the BPD. party was shut down. ' asked that MIT FSILGs have After MIT informed the city of Inspectional Services was unable assembly occupancy permits to con- Boston of the nat'ure of various to process the volume of assembly duct large events. types of events at FSILGs, the occupancy requests in time for the The city of Boston first became Mayor's Office of Consumer weekend of September 17, and sug- concerned when Boston University Affairs and Licensing wanted to gested that MIT grant FSILGs officials filed a complaint with the require large events to be registered leniency for another week . .... BPD that MIT fraternity Alpha with the city, but backed down The Mayor's Office of Epsilon Pi postered for a smali when MIT offered to share party Consumer Affairs and Licensing, social event in public areas near registration information collected however, would not agree to grant their house at 155 Bay State Rd. by the MIT Campus Police with the houses a grace period to obtaion an The BPD issued AEPi a license BPO. Assembly Permit. premise violation and charged them An agreement between the city Mike Hall contributed to the for unlicensed entertainment, flyers and MIT was only reached in mid- reporting oj this article. ' Sept. 24 - Oct. 2 Kresge Oval For the MIT community Open for meals and visits Sponsored by MIT Hillel #253-2982 September 24, 1999 THE TECH Page 27 Lehman Brothers cordially.invites you to attend a presentation on career opportunItIes••• In r• . . ' .. Sales, Trading, Research & Origination • '1~ , ..... ,) . J .Tuesday~Septtimber 28, 1999 "I .. 1 t ~~ I I I 7:{>,0 p.m. .Ca~bridge.Center Marriott l ,!) I Salons 1-2 • \ ..... ~ c , , ... •I Page 28 THE TECH September 24, 19~ ...... ------.------September 24, 1999 THE TECH Page29 ''1 Barclays Capital's Information Technology Division This time next year..... You 11 be in a different tax bracket Please Join Us For A Presentation &Reception Massachusetts Instituteof Technology Tuesday, Septe.mber 28th JAMES CAMP-THE TECH t. Professor Emeritus Michel Baranger sh,ares his experiences as 5:30pm - 7:00pm a graduate student working with Richard P. Feynman during Tuesday's authors@mlt lecture. His talk opened a panel dls- ~ cussing The Pleasure of Rndlng Things Out, a posthumous col- Room 4-145 lection of Feynman's short works. BARCIAYS Satisfy your craving for fresh perspectives. authors@mit presents 0 .:' with MIT Women's Studies Helen Elaine Lee reading from' Watermarl 1 . authors@mit isa series sponsored by Mil Libraries and The Mil Press Bookstore. 5i~ne9t FREE. Open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. Info:617.253.5249 or [email protected] 20 sidney street, cambridge complimentary valet parking available .. Page 30 THE TECH SPORTS September 24, 1999 .' ow • IS asse mana ement • Putnam's assets have grown by 253% over the past five years. With the people, the expertise, and the infrastructure, Putnam Investments is strategically positioned to compete in the global capital markets. 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Their scores draining day, the coaches had soml: , TESTThe women's cross coun- although their average time was a team travelled to play Mt. Holyoke were 6-1, 6-1; 6-2, 6-2; and 6-0, 6- L thoughts. Head coach Carol try team continued its early season second faster, despite not having ,College in a New England Women's respectively. Hall lost at fourth sin- Matsuzaki saId, "It was a good win success by placing 7th out of 35 one of its top runners, Patricia M. and Men's Athletic gles 6-2, 6-0, and Cecan lost a over a much unproved Mt. Holyoke teams, 21 of which McAndre~ '03, due to injury. To Conference match. In marathon match 7-5, 7-6 (6) at fifth team. More Importantly, many of fielded a full scoring have their top 6 runners, not includ- the past, this team had singles. Singh had the most roller- our players got much needed plaYll1g team, at the UMass- ing a few currently injured runners, iT not given MIT too coaster match of the day at sixth SIl1- experience." Dartmouth all in the mid-20s or faster is an much difficulty. gles. After dropping the first set 6-0, First-year assIstant coach Roxann Invitational last llt~ indication of a very strong team. However, after acquir- she bounced back to win the second Blanchard agreed. "We lost some Saturday. Each team The hard training and dedication of ing some talented freshmen, they set 6-3 after having a 3-0 lead evap- close ones which is always tough. was allowed up to 8 entries in the the Tech harriers is already paying gave MIT aJun for their money. orate to 4-3. However, to the credit but it was a great team win. I was ,varsity race, and all other entrants off and is not about to stop. MIT did pull out the match, staying of her Mt. Holyoke opponent, she really impressed With everyone's 'competed in the open race, in which undefeated, winning 5-4. was simply outplayed in the third set attitude and effort." six Engineers represented MIT. Junior varsity team performs well In doubles play, the top teams losing 6-2. Her doubles partner, MIT's varsity competitors lined Even with some setbacks in the won easily while the others strug- Cheng, rolled at seventh singles, Another sweep against Babson ~up at the start for a very competitive past few weeks due to back spasms, gled. The first doubles team of co- winning 6-1, 6-1. On Tuesday, the women's tennis race against many strong cross- Leah G. Nichols '00 led MIT's JV captain Mealani K. Nakaumura '00 Yeh lost at eighth singles 6-2, 6- team travelled to Babson for a country teams, including top New team with a time of 21 :57, while and Kelly 1. Koskelin '02 easily won 0, and Yang lost at 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1 England Division III schools Colby Kimberly 1. Seluga '02 came in at 8-2, while the second team of Julie despite playing for three hours. Tennis, Page 34 '"College, Springfield College, and 22:47. Chi-An Wang '01 and Alison J. Koo '03 and Jessica Hall '02 Wellesley College, as well as some R. Wood '01 worked nicely together blanked their opponents 8-0. Division II schools. throughout the race to finish in However, the third doubles team of PARTY , With the excitement of a large, 23:41 and 23:43, respectively. Nisha Singh '00 and Yi-Ning Cheng EVE.:R.V WEE.x STA:X77NG competitive field, as well as the Showing great determination, espe- '02 lost 8-6, after coming back from anticipation of a quickly narrowing cially in the last mile, Farheen deficits of 6-3 and 7-4. The fourth SE'PTE.MBf.7(. 19 path at the start, the race began with Quadir G completed her first race of doubles team of Doana Cecan '00 '\1 sprint for the first 100 meters. the season in 24:57. In her first and Jessica M. Yeh '01 lost 8-4, and MIT's pack got caught slightly far- cross-country meet ever, Jean M. the fifth doubles team of Jean C. ther back in the crowd of runners Barnwell '03 crossed the line at Yang '00 and Ann Hsing '02 hung SALVATION ~han expected, but their first mile 26:48. tough but lost 8-6. House - Funk - Disco - Classics - Soul - Rare Groove 'split was right where they wanted it They will be competing at the Leading 2-1 going into the sin- SUMJAV £Vf.JVlNG J:R-0),( sPM -JO'P:M to be. They fearlessly pressed on to Codfish Bowl at Tufts University on gles, MIT knew that the match was 20 ]fUDSON ST. C}fJN;mJ}f1N pick off opponents for the remain- Saturday. - far from over. Nakamura, Koskelin, (,ler of the race-most notably mov- ]VX INftJ CONTACT - (78J) 668 - 2392 ing up in place was Crystal A. RusseI"1 '03, who passed over 20 runners after the first mile. The oth- ~rs in this powerful group include Marissa L. Yates '03, Margaret F. Nervegna '0 I, Jantrue Ting '00, and ft..,imee R. Ginley '03. Meanwhile, Deborah S. Won '00 stayed with the lead group for the first mile and broke away during mile 2 to keep ap with a Springfield ri val. However, she was unable to catch her opponent and finished 7 seconds behind the winner for a 2nd place nnish with a new personal record of 17:39. I ,~unners finish together The Engineers took advantage of the very flat course and great com- petition to run fast races, and for sbme, the fastest races of their lives. Yates not only finished as the first freshman among the 158 finishers, .:')he cut an amazing 45 seconds of ller previous personal record to run a 19:22 and finish 15th overall. Tech runners once again finished with a formidable pack which included Russell, Nervegna, Ting, and Ginley all finishing within 21 seconds of each other at 20: 15, lio: 18, 20:35, and 20:36, respective- ly. The 20: 18 mark was a hard- fought and well-deserved personal ~ecord for Nervegna. 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GETransportation Systems. NBC "311/99 Q Page 32 THE TECH SPORTS September 24, 1999 Men's Cross-Country Earns an BasebaD Wms Three Unexpected Wmvs. Thfts, Bates glf!!!t FO~h~~:IIY' By Sean P. Nolan n u m erous hills to form the the Keehr and Twiest were in a struggle TEAM MEMBER Szuminski proved too much to handle, _If_:.,'_,\/_.\_/f:_.\/_Rf._:R lead group. Two Bates runners for 4th place. Montogomery and MIT varsity baseball started its \ as he finished with a complete game The ivllT men's cross country lurked close behind the lead group Loiselle were racing well but were fall schedule on September 11 with win, 4-3. S~inski's blazing fastball team travelled to Maine on and about 20 seconds behind them no longer able to gain ground on some timely hitting, solid defense, and the Engmeers' superb defense Saturday prepared to do battlc was the main pack, consisting ofa Tufts' and Bates' number 3 runners. and top-notch.pitch- were key factors in the victory. against nationally mix of MIT, Bates, and Tufts run- However, Johnston, Guo, McGuire, lilill1:1 ing, a recipe that will In game two of the doublehead- ranked teams Tufts ners. and Nolan were gradually pulling '~(1,~..);" usually lead to victory. er, Worcester jumped on the srore (12th) and Bates Around mile three, the lead away from Tufts' and Bates' 5th ~/ On a beautiful board early, with three home runs in (19th), The Engineers group began to string out, with runner. tlfB Saturday morning, the first three innings. They tacked had only a slim Danahy leading, Feldman in sec- The positions remained the MIT squared off on three more and by the fourth chance of winning ond, and Lyons in third. Edward same through the finish, with against a solid Worcester State squad. inning, the score stood 8-2. Rob the meet, but this did not discour- A. KechI' '0 I, and' Scan Feldman 2nd, Keehr 5th, Remembering a 6-4 defeat at the Wieker '03 threw a scoreless 5th age the Tech runners. Also to Montgomery '01 were close on the Montgomery 9th, and Loiselle hands of Worcester St. last spring, the and 6th, and Windler finished the M IT's advantage, the numbers 2 heels of All-American miler Matt I I tho Through four runners, the boys were anxious to get on the board 7th. But the Engineers kn.ew ,pey and 3 runners for Tufts and the Twiest of Bates, and were them- score was Bates 24, MIT 27, and early. The Engineers took an early had the bats to rally, and tned to. do number 3 runner for Bates were selves closely shadowed by one Bates 27. The outcome of the meet lead on a first inning sacrifice fly just that. Windler opened the bottom out with injuries. Bates and two Tufts runners. from David M. Piho '00, scoring half of the 7th with a double to left- was still in question. Johnston was The course was populated with Another battle was going on in the Ryan S. Balter '99. Worcester St. bat- center. Two quick outs lefh)he the 5th runner for MIT, and Guo, quad-burning hills and was slight- third group, consisting of two MIT tied for 2 runs over the first 4 innings, Engineers at the top of the order McGuire, and Nolan all finished Iy long at 5.05 miles. Due to rain runners, Phillip J. Loiselle '01, and and the score stood at 2-1 until a two- with nothing to lose. Balter drew a from Hurricane Floyd, a section of Liyan Guo '0 I, two Bates runners, ahead of both opposing teams' 5th out single to left center by Ahren M. walk and Goetz singled up the mid- the course was under water so a and two Tufts runners. Meanwhile, runner, helping to secure a one Lembke-Windler '00 tied the game. dIe, loading the bases .. last minute course alteration was a group of three MIT runners - point victory over Bates. Starter Jason E. Szuminski '00' Timothy J. Gilmartin '01 then made, adding uncertainty to an W. Frank Johnston '00, All the Tech runners gave a gained momentum and mowed came through with a two-run single already tough course. The Christopher S. McGuire '00, and great effort in this grueling race, down Worcester in the 5th and the to left, and after Piho drew a 4-Ritch Engineers handled-the difficult Sean P. Nolan '03 - were gaining and thanks to strong performances Engineers took the lead for good in walk, Christopher J. Albrecht ;'00 terrain well, and in the end MIT ground on the other teams' fourth from the team's top runners and the bottom of the fifth. Balter, the doubled in two more. Worcester St. won the meet with a close final and fifth runners. The race was good strategy implemented by the quintessential lead-off man, started then brought in their closer to extin- score of 40 to Bates' 41 and Tufts' turning out to be very evenly entire team, MIT was able to defeat the inning with a single to left and guish the fire, and he did just that, 44. matched. rivals Bates and Tufts. This quickly got into scoring position inducing a ground out to second Daniel R. Feldman '02 of M IT, Saturday the cross-country team with a stolen base. A double by base to end the game. Mike Danahy of Bates, and Matt Teams fight for a difficult win competes in the Codfish Bowl at Ethan T. Goetz '00 knocked in Lyons of Tufts sped through the At mile four, the top three posi- Grafton, where its teamwork will Balter, and Piho followed with an Engineers sweep doubleheadert first mile in 5:03 despite the tions remained unchanged, while again be tested. RBI single to right. One week later, on September 18th, the Engineers battled from behind again, this time against Endicott. In game one, the always- WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL reliable Windler took the hill, but the Engineers got behind early and the situation looked dim. Endicbtt's righthander was mowing down our boys, until the 5th when three con- secutive singles by Albrecht, James your career today! R. McDonald '0 I, and Jason A. Poff '02 produced a run, cutting the deficit to 5-1. at WITI's... Windler silenced Endicott in the top half of the 6th, and when Endicott made a pitching change, the 1 999 Engineers took advantage, Brian Furgala '02 opened the inning with a walk, and Windler followed with an infield single. Balter loaded the bases EAST COAST with a perfect bunt single, and qoetz knocked in two with a single up the middle, cutting the score to 5-3. TECHNOLOGY Gilmartin then tripled into the left- centerfield gap, driving in two more .and tying the score. After reaching on an error, Piho then stole second and SUM M I.T induced a poor throw, aIlo\Ylng Gilmartin to score from third. McDonald (2-3 in the game) proceeded to tack on an insurance run with a single to left scoring September 27-28 Piho. With the game now 7-5 in favor of MIT in the top of the.,7th, John B. Hynes Convention Center the momentum was in the arm of Lembke- Windler. 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Patton Boggs llP • Polaroid Corporation • PriceWaterhouseCoopers • Raytheon Tourney next for Engineers \$/ Rockwell Collins • Romac International • SC Johnson • Sun Microsystems, Ine. This weekend the Engineers look Sybase, Ine. • Teradyne • Texas Instrument. TYCO Submarine Systems to continue their winning streak as The Vanguard Group • Women's Business they host the annual M IT RaIl Classic. On Saturday, MIT will compete against UMASS-Boston at 10 a.m. and Worcester Institute of Discount cannot be combined with any other offer except WITI membership discount Technology at 2 p.m., and Sund'J'y the Engineers will square off against w WWW.WITI.COM w T Suffolk University at 10 a.m . ... ., a ~ - - •• - -• ...... c •• ~" .. ~ .. aj,4 .. , \ ( .. ~Septem15er 24, 1999 SPORTS THE TECH Page 33 SPONSOR OF CAREER WEEK CLASS OF 2000 Want to find the perfect employer? Our CEO can show you how. Meet our CEO, Jeff Daniel How to get your Dream Job: Experiences that Pay Off Tuesday, September 28th 8:00 - 9:30 pm Rm.6-120 .... I' \1 '\ .. &' '" • ... " .' ,'- Pagc34 THETECH SPORTS September 24, 1999 Rugby Tourney Raises Money for Cancer Research By Steven J. Murray Illty . .11111 dIed ofc,lncer III 1996. Hampshire, that set up a deCISive forcIbly removed from the match by Olonyslo SIegel H 'G shut down the I I I II If!: \/HF R r h e to Urn ,un e n t fe a t Ured SIX mdtch with Beacon HIli, WIth the hIS WIfe, the Old Boys came back loose play around the scrum and the limier hnlll,lllt sklCs, the Be.lcoll tC,II11S.Illcludll1g the M IT ;\ Side and wlllners advancmg to the final. The With a tl)' m the closing mmutes to tIe back Ime was applymg consistent J 11111 DIIWs,IUIS rugby club \\011 the .Ill \ II I ,IiUl11ll1 SIIIe t h .1t c a 111 e s Old Boys started strong with an the score at 10 apIece. Unfortunately pressure. Seacaost was able to score Lloscst cOlltest III tlK hl"tor) of the togcthcr c,lch ) CM lor the tourna- unconverted tl)' to go up 5-0. Beacon for the MIT alums, Beacon Hili full- two tnes m the match, but never con- .11111 C ulll tOil to u rn ,I - mCllt I hc t\ Side. struggling thIS se Ilt thc 11Igb) Lilib III ,I gre.lt loss to strollg performdncc ,lg,\1nst .1 Se,lCost come out swmgll1g, you can't come defense Iemallled strong the entIre Dmosaurs refused to let the younger thc rughy cilib .Irllithc i\111 commu- "Ide from Portsmouth. New b,lCk shovmg" After havmg a player game as forwards .lohn Shen '02 and team past the try-hne. WIth three penalties called near> ... ~.. ::x ..... the posts m the second half, Qmmpac never elected to kIck for pOInts, always attemptmg to punch It m for the try. Alas, the whIstle blew for full tIme, and WIth the tournament tIebreaker of trtes scored also matched at 4 apIece, the tournament . came down to a sudden death klckmg match. Gtvmg a notion as to why they had not elected to kIck before, the Quinmpac kIcker hooked the fIrst kIck to the nght, and Beacon Htll's fullback put the tournament m the. bag by slotting the next kick. QuestIoned about the win against the athletIC young SIde, Dmosaur full- back Gmness SImply SaId, "I'm glad we don't have to do that agam." As the sun dropped below the honzon, the tournament trophy was. presented to Beacon Hill, and all involved praIsed the quality of play, and were pleased to have raised so ,- ,. much for a good cause. -' • =:. -- I Clark U. NeXt For I Tennis Tennis, from Page 31 NEWMAC conference match. Despite threatening skies, the match <, was completed, with MIT eam'ing a 9-0 sweep and remainmg undefeated for the season. In doubles play, Koo and Hall simply overpowered their oppo- nents, winning 8-1 at first doubles. I Singh and Cheng struggled through' a match that saw many lead changes and ties. They used grit and determi- nation to grind out a 9-7 victory. The j I third and fourth doubles team both ",. won easily. Cecan and Priscilla P. < -~- 1/ -- ~: Cheung '02 won 8-2, as well as ~ Phebe Y. Wang '02 and Yang. ~~ Gomg into singles, conditions were rough. It looked like the skies were going to open up at any minute, and it was already dark. The Babson . courts had no lights, so MIT wanted to play well and claIm the victory. They did just that, WIth Koo and Hall winning their matches WIthout drop- ping a game (6-0, 6-0) at first and sec- ond singles. Cecan had a difficult first set at third singles 7-5, but once she got through it she was m the home- FOR stretch, winning the second set 6-0. Singh had no problems at fourth singles, racking up a 6-2, 6-0 win. Fifth and sixth singles were both very competitive. Cheng dropped r------,------, her first set 6-1 at fifth, but pulled DISPOSABLE CONTACT LENSES 20% Off herself together, blanking her oppo- ONLY $16~95 PER BOX COMPLETE PAIR OF EYEGLASSES nent 6-0 in the second and winning the third set 6-2. Cheung had the WITH COLLEGE 10, WITH COLLEGE ID longest match of the day, outlasting Acuvue • OptimaFW • Ultraflex 7/14 • Encore Prices start as low as $59.95 her opponent into the dark with a 6- 4, 6-4 win. Wang and Yang were IFOR~ IFOR~ unstoppable at seventh and eighth singles, both winning 6-0, 6-0. Head coach Carol Matsuzaki seemed pleased. "Once again we had Harvard Square: 876-6031, L. Phillips a.D.- Back Bay: 536-4896, S. Sharma 0.0. a couple of close matches that we Natick: 879-2040, D. Gollinger 0.0.- Nashua: 888-8700, M. Ernst 0.0. managed to pull through. It is impor- Saugus: 231-2288, D. D'Angelo O.D. - Boston: 523-3420, C. Kao 0.0. tant that we stay focused as we go into the heart of our season as well Boston: 261-1813, C. Frank 0.0. - Newton: 928-0770, S. Kolnik 0.0. as deeper into the academic year." South Weymouth: 337-0753, M. Kim 0.0. MIT travels to Worcester to play National health care plans, HMO's, and vanous VISion programs welcomed. 1-888-FOR-EYES, www.foreyes.com Clark University on Saturday in a conference match. They then travel Eye Exams Available by Independent to Maine to play Colby College and Doctors of Optometry Bates College in a non-conference doubleheader on Sunday. . September 24, 1999 SPORTS THE TECH Page 35 ,.Several Engineers Earn Weekly Honors By Roger Crosley end Nikolas O. Kozy '00 and Maik DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION Flanagin G were each selected. In With fall sports moving into full MIT's victory over Framingham '1 . swing, several MIT athletes have State College, Kozy had 10 tackles received conference recognition for including two quarterback sacks accomp Ii sh- for losses of 23 yards. Flanagin ran ments in their the ball ten times for 101 yards. Sport respective The following week, in a loss to sports. Mass Maritime Academy, line- Shorts In the New backer Brian L. Licata '01 earned England the honor roll slot. Licata had 19 Women's and Men's Athletic tackles, including. twelve solo Conference, tennis player Mealani stops. K. Nakamura '00, MIT's number The MIT sailing teams are off to one, was the player of the week for a tremendous start. In the latest the week ending September 12. rankings by Sailing World maga- "Nakamura, defeated her opponent zine, the Engineers are ranked " from Springfield College 6-0, 6-0, fourth in the nation in the co-ed var- and teamed with her doubles partner sity, and are the eighth ranked to defeat the Springfield number one women's team. Last weekend the doubles pair 8-2. co-ed varsity captured the "Hatch" MIODRAG C1RKDVIC-TlIE TECH MIT also had the player of the Brown Trophy. MIT captured both Forward Rto Louis '00 pushes the ball upfield in Thursday's match against the Curry College week in NEWMAC volleyball and the A and B Divisions in the regatta. Colonels. The Engineers won 3-0. women's soccer. Setter Ali C. In the A Division senior Sean C. Huang '00 was the selection in vol- Fabre '00 and Erin K. Shea '02 leyball for. the week ending combined to defeat the field by a September 19. In two conference margin of 55 points after 18 races. wins, Huang averaged 11.5 assists Alan A. Sun '00 and Mandhulika .. and had a hitting percentage of .875. Jain '00 captured the B Division by Football Hopes for First Wm Over A first year student earned hon- 36 points. ors in women's soccer. Forward MIT water polo team is currently ~ Kelli A. Griffin was co-player of the ranked seventh in the nation in NEFC Powerhouse Salve Regina week with an athlete from Wheaton Division III by the College ,Water College. Griffin scored two goals Polo Association. Football, from Page 36 the Burrill's talent. His slippery ning back and GTE/coSIDA and added two assists in a 5-4 victo- In women's volleyball, the moves and breakaway speed hurt Academic All-American Mark , ry over Emmanuel College. Griffin Engineers have climbed to fourth in , and numerous pressures that the Beavers, particularly in medi- DeBiasio. DeBiasio finished 1998 scored the tying goal and assisted on the New England Division III poll. harassed the MMA punting game um-range third down situations. ranked 2nd in the NEFC in rushing the game winner. MIT field hockey coach Cheryl into a paltry 29.4-yard average. Burrill consistently made first tack- yards (1294) and had eight 100- In the New England Football Silva and her program have recently However, although the Beaver lers miss, earning two to three extra. yard games. The Seahawks also '" Conference three players have been been featured on an internet web defense ~ccomplished its game plan yards per run before being brought have a weapon in speedy wide named to the Weekly Honor Rolls. page called J College. Emmanuel started out the back with two goals of their own, to ing up a game that was postponed defending NEFC and ECAC last week. scoring with two goals off of break- lead MIT 4-3. last week due to Hurricane Floyd. Northeast Division III Champions. The key to the Beavers breaking ways in the first half. MIT managed Griffin came through' again for The Lady Engineers then open This may be the year for the their long spell against the ~ to counter with one of their own as' MIT with a goal with only six min- New England Women and Men's Beavers, as this year's Seahawk Seahawks is slowing Salve's :vaunt- Tam scored off a cross from utes remaining. ,~ith the score tied Athletic Conference play at home squad is a far cry from last year's ed Wing- T attack by gang tackling Burianek. Down 2-1 coming into after 90 minutes' of regulation, the on Saturday, September 25 against amazing unit that finished 10-0. DeBiasio and reducing the yards he the second half the Engineers domi- teams entered sudden death over- Clark University at 1 p.m. Currently SRU is 0-2, having suf- gains after the initial hit. The fered tough losses at the hands of Beaver defensive backs, who have Plymouth State (whom they beat shown proficiency in stopping the last year in the championship game) pass this year, must be willing to Me-sarwi Doubts Plummer's Excuse and nationally-ranked Bridgewater come up to contain the run despite .~ Picks, from Page 36 will be looking to upset on the road, The Pats are on' fire, overcoming a State. giving up 50 or more pounds to the , but the Raiders will win a close one. 21 point deficit against the Colts to This week's game is sure to be a strong Salve blockers. On offense, Philadelphia at Buffalo: Local Edge: Oakland pull it out in Week 2. In the Giants, gut check for the Beavers, as SRU Skordal must be able to stand in the favorite Doug Flutie pulled out a Minnesota at Green Bay: A they get a, considerably easier is a big, physical team on both sides pocket this week and use his strong great efforf to beat the Jets. He battle between the two teams cost- matchup. Edge: New England of the ball. On offense, the arm to find the MIT receivers. The won't need' a similar effort against ing me a 10-5 record after my first San Francisco at Arizona: Jake Seahawks play smash-mouth foot- Beaver offensive line has been the Eagles. They suck. Edge: week. This will definitely be a fun, Plummer has thrown 7 interceptions ball executed to perfection. For excellent in run blocking; this week ... Buffalo offensive oriented game, with two in this young season. His QB rating years they have run the archaic they have to be able to give their Indianapolis at San Diego: good teams out to avoid 1-2. The is under 30.'To his credit, he's been Wing- T offense, a tricky scheme quarterback the time to showcase This will be a fun game to watch. Packers have the home field edge, playing with a sore thumb. A sore that places 10 men in the near his talent. OK, it won't, but it'll be interesting which means a lot to Packers fans. thumb? Gimme a break. Only one vicinity of the ball and dares the Beaver Injury Report: LB John to see who wins. After totally blow- Edge: Green Bay way to get a sore thumtr- stick it 'up defense to stop the run. The Salve R. Boyer '0 I, knee, doubtful. DT ing it against the Patriots in histori- Tennessee at Jacksonville: your...YEAH! Edge: San Francisco offense is led by tough senior run- Gene F. Mehr '0 I, hand, probable. cal fashion, the Colts will be com- Jacksonville has been arguably the -~_ ing out with a vengeance against the best team in the league so far Chargers, who beat the Bengals despite winning a squeaker against Programmer soundly iast week. Edge: San Diego Carolina. 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' Tufts University School of Medicin~ This space donated by The Tee. •• Page 36 THE TECH September 24, 1999 SPORTS ~ Volleyball Sweeps Past Bab~on,Smith By Paul Dill to fall victim to Babson's erratic TF.AMCOACH style of play. Babson caught up and The women's varsity volleyball the score went back and forth until team improved their con ference it was 13-13. After a decisive side record to 3-0 and their overall out, Habibi served the final two record to 6-2 this points of the game to see MIT win 15-13. In the second game, 11;~~~~~"1'~voe~~w~~ t~ve:~~~~ Christina Almodovar '02 was given College and Babson command of the offense, and the College. setter tallied up 6 assists as MIT Inth e ir ma tc h rolled to a 15-3 victory. The third against conference rival Smith game was more of th~ same as the College this past Saturday, MIT Engineers won it by an identical. got out to a quick start scoring the score of 15-3 to wrap up the victory first II points of the match and 3-0. winning the first game 15-1. It was Dobson and Martens Although the next two games were again who led the charge with 13 somewhat closer, the Engineers and 11 kills respectively. Dobson remained in control of the match also added 3 service aC.es and II KARISSA PAITERSON the entire time winning the next digs. Despite the constant drizzle, Hillary Carter '00 avoids the slide tackle of her Curry College opponent in two games 15-10, 15-10 to take the These. victories helped to propel Wednesday's 6-0 win. match 3-0. Kathleen L. Dobson MIT to 4th plac"e'in the New '03 led all hitters with 10 kills, England regional raIlkings out of 61 while Amy W. Mok '02 and Kelly teams. The Engineers continue their A. Martens '03 added eight kills home stand this weekend as they ~ Soccer Hosts the First Tourney each to the effort. Defensively, host their annual 16 tea!fl invitation- Barbara J. Schultze '02 dug up 17 al tournament. balls while defensive specialist The field will include all of the InProgram's History, Finishes 1-1 Parisa N. Habibi '02 dug up 10 best teams in New England. Play balls. will begin in duPont Gymnasium By Theresa Burianek nament, M IT had its hopes for Savanah defeating Framingham In their second match of the and Rockwell Cage on Friday TE.Hf CO-C4PTAIN championship dashed by a Saturday State 4 to 2. Named to the week, the Engineers took-on another September 24th with game times at The Engineers started the season loss to Savanah College of Art and Tournament All-Star Team were conference foe, Babson College. 4 p.m., 6 ,p.m., and 8 p.m., and will with a dominating 5-1 defeat of Design. The Engineers started out After taking. control of the first continue all day on Saturday, Eastern Nazarene College on slow and conceded two goals to Soccer, Page 35 game and going up 8-2, MIT started September 25. September 9. Yi Xie SCAD in the first half. In the second '02 started the scoring half it appeared as if a new team had 15 minutes into the taken the field, as M IT dominated game on a pena 1ty SCAD. However, in an ever con- Week 3 Is Completely Unpredictab~e kick after Cze-Chao stant struggle, they were only able Tam '02 was taken to find the back of the net once, as By Amir A. Mesarwi points a game, you're bound to win a few games. down from behind in the penalty Mendelowitz scored off a feed from COLUMNIST Vinny's the difference in NY. They have to'rely on area. The score was then tied in the Xie with 15 minutes remaining in Elway, then Sanders, Testaverde, Anderson ... the their defense which got hammered last .week by a 27th minute as the Engineers failed the game. hard luck list keeps growing this season. It's pretty weaker team than the Redskins. Edge: Washington to quickly clear an Eastern The Engineers returned to the much a given that this Seattle at Pittsburgh: The Steelers rush offense Nazarene corner kick. field on Sunday determined not to flolu'mn Super Bowl will line up and the Seahawks rush defense complement each The Engineers responded quick- lose again in their tournament. lJl very differently from the other well. Bettis and Kordell will have good days ly with a pair of goals in the next Emerson (who had lost 4-1 to ------last with several key play- running the ball. Edge: Pittsburgh 10 minutes. These two goals came Framingham State on Saturday) had ers out with injuries and retirement. Who will last? I Cleveland at Baltimore: The last tim-e 'the courtesy of forwards Sarah E. the unfortunate fate of meeting this can't tell you - I was only 8-7 last week. Browns went to Baltimore, they didn't come baCK: Mendelowitz '03 and Paola Nassar determined squad. From the begin- Here are my picks anyway. This time, maybe they'll just give up football alto- '0 I, with assists by Rebecca E. ning, MIT controlled the field of Atlanta at St. Louis: No Chris Chandler, no gether. Though they scored .their first points against Clinton '03 and Mendelowitz, play. At the 30 minute mark, Jamal Anderson. The Falcons are doomed from the Tennessee, they're still not good enough to' w.in a respectively. The score remained 3- Medelowitz found the back of the start. The Rams luck out and go 2-0 to start the sea- game, even against the lowly Ravens. Edge: I until midway through in the sec- net off a corner kick, assisted by son. Edge: St. Louis Baltimore ond half, when defender Theresa Tam. Detroit at Kansas City: From out of nowhere; Denver at Tampa Bay: Denver's good enough K. Burianek '99 attacked forward Tam found the net herself on a Barry Sanders leaps from the stands and scores the to win some games this year, even without Elway. and scoreQ her own pair of goals. breakaway in the 34th minute. go ahead touchdown in Arrowhead, and the Lions . This won't. be one of them - Tampa Bay's defense is The fi rst was off an assist from Using controlled passing and the are 3-01 Not. Edge: Kansas City too good. Terrell Davis will wait another week to Shalini Agarwal '00, the second off width of the field MIT forced Cincinnati at Carolina: Who cares? I can't break out of his slump, and the Broncos will contin- a free kick from Annika K. Sutton Emerson to run chasing the ball. believe one of these teams has to win a game. Edge: ue to slide. Edge: Tampa Bay '00. With 5 goals in the first game, With only three subs, Emerson soon Carolina . the Engineers are hopeful that past tired from the Engineers' constant Washington at NY Jets: When you score 42.5 Picks, Page 35 seasons' scoring problems are his- possession of the ball. MIT clearly tory. set the tone for this game, out- On September II and 12, M IT shooting the Lions 26 to 4. hosted its first tournament in the his- Sophomore Sarah K. Perlmutter '02 tory of the women's soccer pro- recorded the shutout in goal. Football Falls to Mass. Maritime Acad. gram. In the single elimination tour- The tournament concluded with By Alvan Eric Loreto efforts. Maik C. Flanagin G rushed MIT's effort was full of positives, TEAM MEMBER seven times for .64 yards (9. I-yard particularly on the defensive side of Carried by the momentum of a avg), while Enrique J. Villavicencio the ball. For the second week in a big season-opening victory into '00 carried 13 times for 62 yards row the Beaver pass defense UPCOMING HOME EVENTS their 1999 home ~opener at (4.8-yard avg). However, the bulk sparkled, holding MMA quarterback Steinbrenner Field, of MIT's rushing yardage occurred Joe O'Malley to only four pass f.&rwm"w'r$.$~ [email protected]¥. the M IT football team early in the game. The failure of completions on 16 attempts for a Saturday, September 25 m~ .•. t'< :' ~ was warmly greeted MIT to get its passing attack going total qf 58 yards. Standout Bascball vs. UMass-Boston. 10:00 a.m. ~ by cheerleaders, a doomed the 'offense to seeing eight Buccaneer wideout Dan Reading Baseball VS. Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2:00 p.m. M6 band, and a feisty man MMA fronts dedicated to stop- was blanketed all day by fleet- cor- Watcr Polo vs. Queens College, 10:00 a.m. bYk home crowd -' then ping the run throughout most of the nerback Angus Huang '00 and fin- Watcr Polo vs. SI. Francis, 2:30 p.m. rudely treated by an upstart second half. The Buccaneers thwart- ished with zero catches. MIT line- Water Polo vs. Boston College, 7:00 p.m. Massachusetts Maritime squad. ed the Beaver ground game consis- backer Brian L. Licata 'OJ ended The surprising Buccaneers, field- tently during the latter part of the the afternoon with 19 tackles (12 Sunday. September 26 ing their most talented team in game up until the second of solo), a blue-collar effort that earned Baseball VS. Suffolk University. 10:00 a.m. recent years, put together a solid Burrill's TD plunges in the fourth him a. place on the NEFC Weekly Watcr Polo VS. Harvard University. II :30 a.m. effort on both sides of the ball to quarter put the game out of reach. Defensive Honor Roll. hand the young Beavers a 20-2 loss. MIT's best chance to score came And perhaps the brightest spot Tuesday. September 28 Sophomore tailback David Burrill late in the second quarter. Behind for the Beavers was the play of its Men's Socccr vs. Tufts Univcrsity, 4:00 p.m. earned spotlight honors, rushing for the strong running of Kip M: special teams. After Burrill's touch- Women's Soccer vs. Babson College, 4:00 p.m. 178 yards and 2 touchdowns on 36 Johann-Berkel '02 and efficient down early in the first quarter, the l\lcn 's Tennis vs. Dartmouth College B, 3:30 p.m. carries (4.9-yard avg). Burrill's sec- scrambling of quarterback David R. Beaver front line blocked the extra Women's Tennis VS. Worcester Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m. ond 100-yard effort in as many Skordal '02, the Beavers moved the point, setting off a wild chase for weeks boosted MMA's struggling ball down to the Buccaneer 2-yard the rolling ball. The ball squirted Thursday, September 30 offense, but it was an excellent line. However, a first-down mis- out of the arms of several MIT play- Women's Socccr vs. Bridgewater State College, 4:00 p.m. effort by the tough M MA defense judgment by Skordal resulted in an ers before being picked up by Kyle Womcn's Tennis \'S, Tuns University, 4:00 p.m. that brought victory for the MMA interception and a touchbaCK. Marti '03. Behind fantastic blocks Buccaneers (2-0, 1-0 NEFC). It was a game of growing pains for from Yoshitaka Nakanishi '02 and Friday. October I MIT (1-1, I-I NEFC) put togeth- the young Skordal, who felt the Daniel J. Bush '0 I, Marti rumbled Baseball vs. Massassoit Community College, 3:00 p.m. er a valiant team effort, but the pressure from the Buccaneer defen- 79 yards for a safety, MIT's only offensive juggernaut from Week I sive front all day.and finished 3 of points of the game. Marti also Saturday, October 2 all but disintegrated in the face of a 15 for only 26 yards. blocked a punt later in the quarter, i\'1en's Soccer VS. Alumni, 2:00 p.m. stronger, faster MMA defensive one of two Beaver blocked punts Women's Soccer vs. Springfield College, 4:00 p.m. unit. The Beaver running backs con- Special teams continue to shine tinued their trend of posting solid Yet despite the 18-poin~ loss, Football, Page 35