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~. Volume 1'19,Number 54 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, October 29,1999 ' ... Boston EVICts TwoFratermties One SAE House Closed After PKS Closed Following Inspection; Parties Cancelled; " Hearing on Drinking Incident Students May Face Criminal Proceedingsfor Blast By Omar Zurklya ing is "embarrassing to both the I, MIT administration and its stu- In a meeting that lasted just fif- dents," and that the fraternity has teen minutes, the Boston Licensing "shown no reason for MIT to rein- Board yesterday state its recogni- I revoked Sigma tion," Williams Alpha Epsilon's said. I dormitory license ~l. M I T has at 484 Beacon St. already suspend- in Boston arid ed SAE in res- ordered all occu- ponse to an inci- pants to move out dent on Sept. 2, by November 15. in which an un- 'The ruling derage Wellesley could be the death student was al- knell for the em- legedly served battled fraternity. alcohol at the "MIT does support house. During a the action of the follow-up inves- ':j Boston Licensing tigation, the Bos- Board," said Rosa- ton Police addi- lind H. Williams, tionally cited Dean of Students MICHELLE POVINELLI-TIIE TECH SAE for blocked 1:1 and Undergraduate Joseph Mulligan, member of the stairways _ and , Education. With- Boston licensing Board failure to correct- out MIT's assistance SAE is unlike- ly post its dormitory license. OAtAR ROUSIIDY-TIIE TECH ly to succcessfully regain its lis- A local news crew attempts to enter 77 Massachusetts Avenue while students evacuate following a cence. small explosion In Room 10-250 Tuesday. Three students were Injured in the blast. SAE's failure to attend the hear- SAE, Page 19 By Matthew F. Palmer The Middlesex District Court said PKS President Lanny R. Chiu STAFF REPORTER hearing is being requested on the '00. "We're ready to move on." Campus Police asked Cambridge grounds that the Phi Kappa Sigma Cambridge Police and both ..Asbestos Find Leads To District Court yesterday to hold a students illegally possessed and Boston and Cambridge bomb " , hearing to decide whether three Phi used fireworks and disturbed the squads evacuated Building 10 fol- Kappa Si~a students and an alum- peace, according to an MIT press lowing T!lesday's explosiop of an i.~-Bmton.Five.Evacuation t nus7woulq be-indicted in ~onnection release. The hearing is scheduled fOf i~cendiary device, Closing it.for . with 'Tuesday's explosion in Room Nov.12. most of the afternoon. ,- 29 Residents May Be Able ~ Return H6me SatUrday .. 10-250. In a prepared statement, MIT PKS brothers ordered to vacate 'p~ ~.\ BY Kevin R. Lang housing with friends. Boston's Inspectional Services President Charles M. Vest said, , ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Department had earlier closed the "The device that exploded caused The Boston ISD ordered PKS ' .. '~.\Twenty-nine Burton-Conner Residents had short notice to leave 'house, located at 530 Beacon Street injury and damage and endangered members to leave their house HOuL.~eresidents were forced to evac- Burton-Conner housemaster in Boston, for code violations. The others. We have no choice but to Wednesday due to "rodent viola- ,~ uate "t'he.ir roo,ms Monday after Halston W. Taylor said that students : house remains closed today while 'hold them responsible. I urge that tions, egress issues and illegal con- asbestosl tiles were found under car- were forced to evacuate Burton Five professional contractors repair the this decision be viewed in this con- struction," according to an MIT peting qn ,the fifth floor. quickly, especially those who were at violations. PKS' s Skuffle party, text. There was no malicious intent. press release. The students are cur- Ho}iise Manager Kenneth Dona- class when the asbestos was discov- along with all other Interfraternity It was an accident, pure and sim- rently living in other fraternities. ghey (said that the tiles were found Council parties scheduled this ple." only /m the main corridor of ~urton Burton, Page 22 weekend, has been cancelled. "It was an unfortunate incident," PKS, Page 25 Fiv.~; and that none _of the adjacent "• roqms or suites were directly affected Ho~ever, removing the asbestos reqUired blocking off the corridor. Cambridge City Council Election '99 ""I believe from what I understand .-,~,. yesterday, they're done cleaning," Donaghey said. Once the contractor tests the air in Burton-Conner, the Reeves an Outspoken Veteran Sullivan Stresses Education equipm~nt should be taken down, By Frank Dabek By Frank Dabek Donaghey said. Residents are sched- EDITOR IN CHIEF EDITOR IN CHIEF uled to move back in at noon on Ken Reeves is a ten year veteran of Cambridge's city council, a two Michael A. Sullivan brings two terms of experience to the Satui"day. time mayor and perhaps the most outspoken politician in an electoral Cambridge City Council election, in addition to a 'family history of The tiles came loose and cracked system. that usually breeds backslapping and number two vote trading involvement in city politics - Sullivan's grandfather, father, and uncle when the carpeting was removed as instead of dissent. were city councillors. part of maintenance to the dormitory. Reeves and his campaign staff will tell you Sullivan stresses education and quality of life how the press is against them (the Cambridge along with this year's standby issues of affordable Students find housing elsewhere Chronicle failed to endorse him this year), about housing and development. ' MacGregor House manager differences with City Manager Robert W. Healey Education is the "one opportunity that can't be Robert Ramsay notified MacGregor and with other candidates. Despite this directness taken away," Sullivan said. He noted the role of . residents on Tuesday that "There is ..:.- Reeves says understatedly that he "does try to volunteers from MIT and other universities in the an emergency need of temporary speak the truth as I know it" - he has retained a educational system as tutors, especially in the housing for residents of Burton- ; 'strong community following. This election, areas of mathematics and science. Activities such, Conner," and that lounges in the, Ken Reeves Reeves has been speaking stressing the bread and as these "build bridges between town and gown" M.ichael Sullivan high-rise would be set up if neces:' butter issues of affordable housing and education. and benefit both parties, he said. sary. Ramsay later notified residents Within the MIT community, Reeves felt initially that ','most people at Sullivan, however, makes a distinction between the role of students that nine students from Burt-on- MIT didn't know where Cambridge was." He became involved in the MIT and MIT as an institution. He applauded MIT's construction of a new Conner had been given temporary public service center and helped to integrate students into the city through dorm as a way to improve safety for new students. Coming to an urban housing in MacGregor: eight in high- the center's tutoring programs because he doesn't "believe in isolationist city like Cambridge can be a shock fqr some students and you "don't rise lounge doubles, and one in a , worlds." The situation is improving, he said, and "people are filtering" into want to go back in a body bag," he said, in reference to the several stu- low-rise single. -'I Donaghey said that the majority Reeves, Page 17 Sullivan, Page 18 of the displaced students nad found
,A bomb scare Comics FALL BACK! World & Nation 2 closed Daylight Saving Opinion 4 du Pont yes- Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. Set Arts 6 terday. clocks back one On The Town 8 .f., hour Saturday Sports 28 Page 16 Page 12 evening. October.29, 1999 ... Page 2 'f.HE-XEClI. WORLD & NATION FAA Announces Design Changes Armenia Seeking Terrorism To Avert Fuel Tank Vapor Buildup .vEWSDAi' The Federal Aviation Administration Thursday announced that it Charges Against Assassins will require design changes in aircraft built in the future to minimize buildup of flammable vapors in the fuel tanks, a measure that stems By Carol J. Williams ment read. "In such circumstances, bloodshed. The men demanded tele- from the 1996 explosion ofTWA Flight 800. LOS ANGELES TIMES the national army cannot stand idly vision air time to address the nation, MOSCOW And in a plan that will affect 6,000 commercial aircraft, the by." but put no political cbnditions .on agency wi II tell manufacturers to spend a year revalidating the Vowing retribution for the slay- Kocharian attempted to calm their surrender. designs of the fuel tank systems and developing mandatory inspec- ing of eight top pol itical leaders, fears of military intervention in the The killings also appeared unre- ""'_ tion and maintenance procedures to prevent fuel tank explosions. Armenian officials Thursday power vacuum, describing the lated to the protracted and passion- "This action represents a fundamental change in how fuel tanks announced they were seeking terror- Defense Ministry's ominous warn- ate dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, are designed, maintained and operated," said FAA administrator Jane ism charges that could carry the ing as "an emotional outburst" by an Armenian-populated enclave Garvey. death penalty against five gunmen officials respectful of the constitu- within neighboring Azerbaijan that The proposed rules, which are expected to take effect next year, who surrendered after attacking the tion but upset by the horrifying acts has proclaimed independence. will affect 36 models of aircraft made by a dozen manufacturers, parliament and holding hostages of vio lence that were aired on Armenia's ambassador to including most models of Boeing and Airbus planes - the most pop- overnight. national television. Russia, Suren Saakian, told Echo of ular commercial aircraft in the world. Manufacturers will have 12 Armenian President Robert Prime Minister Vazgen Moscow radio that there was no ~ months to do design revie\vs and come up with new inspection and Kocharian proclaimed three days of Sarkisian, a former defense minis- chance of "the so-called Karabakh maintenance plans, and all new aircraft - either on the drawing table national mourning that will begin ter, and Karen S. Demirchian, par- footprint" because the leaders killed . had been among the most vocal in or the assembly line - will have to comply with new standards to Friday and end with the burial of liamentary speaker and Armenia's t minimize fuel vapors. victims from Wednesday's slaugh- Soviet-era leader, were among the defending Armenian interests in the ter in th'e capital, Yerevan. dead. "region. Stunned and angry military lead- After at leas$40hostages from "It looks very much like a spon- u.s. Economy Continues ers demanded the country's police the all-night stan~rf between the taneous act of blind fury," politiCal -', and security chiefs be fired for neg- gunmen and government forces analyst David Petrosian of the Inflation-Free Growth ligence after the five men toting were freed early Thursday and the Noyan Tapan information agency LOS A.VGELES TIMES assault rifles gained entry into the attackers surrendered, Kocharian said in an interview from the WASHINGTON parliament building. Interior met with surviving political leaders Armenian capital. The irrepressible U.S. economy grew at a 4.8 percent annual rate Minister Suren Abrahamian was and was assured of support by oppo- However, Petrosian added, frus- last summer, its fastest pace of the year, and it did so without trigger- reported by Russia's Itar- Tass news nents as well as' allies. - tration with the country's enduring ing a new burst of inflation, the government said Thursday. agency to have tendered his resigna- But the motives for the assassi- poverty fails to explain how five Although part of the increase resulted from measurement changes, tion after the army threatened to nations remained as mysterious as heavily armed men could plot and the growth rate for the July-through-September quarter was still take action unless justice was done. the attack was shocking. Political execute such an attack. He speculat- greater than expected and faster than the sluggish 1.9 percent pace of "A treacherous and premeditated analysts and Armenian dipiomats ed that the assailants may have been the previous quarter. The news sent stock and bond prices soaring. crime was committed. It was a plot dismissed reports that the assailants contract killers hired by corrupt The economy is now on track for a fourth full year of 4 percent aimed at Armenia's statehood and were carrying out a coup, noting businesspeo'ple fearful of becoming plus growth, and by next February will have grown for nine consecu- against the future of the Armenian that the gunmen were obviously targets of a crackdown recently tive years, the longest expansion in U.S. history. nation," a Defense M.inistry state- unprepared to seize power after the threatened by Sarkisian. Perhaps even more remarkable is that there are still few signs of inflation, despite what most analysts consider the ingredients for it. The latest evidence came Thursday when the government reported that Americans' wages and benefits rose a less-than-expected 0.8 per- Chechen Bombing to Continue cent in the three months from July through September and 3.1 percent in the year ending in September. Clinton Defends Vice President Says Russian Defense Minister By Carol J. Williams The Chechen capital has been neighboring Russian republic of Despite Gore's Debate Snub LOS ANGELES TIMES under intense bombardment for Ingushetia, already bursting with MOSCOW THE WASlllNGTON POST days, and hundreds of civilians have nearly ..200,000 driven from their WASHINGTON Russian Defense Minister Igor been killed in the ,attack. Kremlin homes by the rekindled war. President Clinton strongly defended Vice President Gore D. Sergeyev on Thursday surveyed officials contend that the assault is Sergeyev and his commanders Thursday, praising his colleague's record even though Gore repeated- the deadly swath his federal forces aimed at Chechen rebels accused of predicted that they will have Grozny ~ ly has sought to put some distance between him and Clinton in his have cut through embattled raiding the neighboring Russian fully encircled within a few day~ . 2000 presidential campaign. Chechnya and warned that troops republic of Dagestan and carrying and will drive guerrillas into mqJln- Clinton acknowledged that his affair with Monica Lewinsky will continue pounding the southern out a spree of apartment bombings tainous areas to the south in .j'VnI:ml might hurt Gore with some voters, but he minimized the likelihood. republic with airstrikes and artillery in Russia last month that killed push to conquer Chec1rnya, a "The American people are inherently fair," he said, and able to judge until it is expunged of all "terror- more than 300. Russian republic that has be~n virtu- candidates on their merits. ists. " The army claims the attacks ally independent since rebel? defeat- At a White House news conference, Clinton said Gore "has a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 and Su-25 have destroyed the homes of two ing Moscow's forces in al Q94-96 T' great record and has been the most accomplished vice president in warplanes and Mi-24 helicopters Chechen chieftains, guerrilla leader war. ( history .... I gave him a kind of partnership and a level of responsibil- bombed villages near the capital in Shamil Basayev and former "We are here for the long haul ity never before remotely equaled in the history of this country, and I an intensified air campaign that President Zelimkhan A. and have the most serious in'ren- think that is worth something in an election because it shows what engulfed already shattered hamlets Yanderbiy~v. However, the scenes tions," Sergeyev told front-hne you can do." in flames, while ground troops tight- of mayhem broadcast back to troops during his visit, appare"n11y Twice in recent campaign settings Gore has made of point of ened the noose around the capital, Moscow from the region show designed to bolster the fighters' expressing concerns about Clinton. Grozny, in preparation for what mostly terrified women, children morale and public support. "No 'One . r. appeared to be a full-scale assault or and old men fleeing the bombard- should have any doubts about it. We siege. ment. Most have taken refuge in the have come here to stay forever." \ i
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The high pressure center which has brought us blue skies in the past days is slowly moving East of New England. This exposes us to a weak southerly • warm wind. Saturday may be a few degrees colder than today if the the winds take the 180 degree turn which the models are predicting. The extended forecast promises more of this beautiful fall weather, the next chance for any precipiation is not expected before Tuesday. Sunday and Monday's temperatures will be particularly nice, probably 10 degrees wanner than the average for the season. The National Weather Service's extended forecast for November has much of the interior Southwestern part of the Nation warmer than average. The upper Midwest is forecasted cold because of a strong buildup of cold air in Canada, air which is expected to make frequent excursions along the border. As far as the East is concerned, the forecast gives "weak or conflict- ing signals," with the caution that the forecast skill is "quite low for this time of the year." Wait and see!
Toda)': Sunny. High of 63°F (17°C). Tonight: Clear, low 41°F (5°C). Tomorrow: Sunny. High 57°F (14°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mbols Sunday: High around 65°F ( 18°C) Snow : ~.in _ Fog __ Trough Monday: Partly cloudy. High 65°F to 70°F (18-21 DC) H High Pressure Show.,. '\1• '\1 ~ TbwWenlunn L lAw Pn:uun: ~!!!~._... :!'_ .. ~._~-- 00 Hue Mode ..... •• i Cnmpilcd by MIT ~ Hurricane MclcOrolu&y StMT ..... Occluded Fronl H_y It. :; and TIt, Tub WORLD & NATION .' .,.HouseRepublicans Approach Japanese Prime Minister Pulls Back from Economic Overhaul
THE WASHINGTON POST Spending Debate with Clinton TOKYO By Janet Hook by contrast, is considered crucial to Republicans 'said during House Keizo Obuchi promised speedy overhaul of Japan's ailing econo- LOS ANGELES TIMES Democrats' drive to win control of debate, they will have liv~d up to my when he took over as prime minister here this summer. But just as WASHINGTON the House next year. their promise to pro'duce a budget Japan's businesses embrace that task in earnest, Obuchi appears to Capping a steady march to a The bill was approved, 218-211, that avoids drawing on the Social have lost his nerve .. final budget confrontation with with only a handful of defections Security surplus for the first time in First it was his new Cabinet lineup: key economic posts were President Clinton, the Republican- from party lines, and the Senate is decades. parceled out to old-fashioned party insiders; outspoken reformers got \. controlled House Thursday expected to follow suit as early as "We have brought ourselves the boot. Then it was his public criticism of Nissan Motor Co. 's deci- approved a spending bill that would Friday. today to that day they said we just sion to eliminate 21,000 jobs as part of its restructuring plan. cut funding for all government But Clinton has promised to veto couldn't get to," said House Now comes his pledge to "rescue" the nation's small and medi-
0:-' ,agencies by one percent ~ a last- the bill because of what he has Majority Leader Dick Armey, R- um-size enterprises by pushing a $96 billion package of government ditch austerity measure designed to called the "mindless" spending cut Texas. "Today we are proving we loan guarantees through the special session of parliament that opens help the-GaP meet its much-vaunt- in the measure, which would under- can fund the government without Friday. ed goal of not tapping Social cut his signature program to hire raising Social Security and without "It's a shame," laments Yasushi Kudo, editor of Ronso, a business / Security revenues for other uses. 100,000 new teachers to reduce raiding taxes." magazine that has provided a lively forum for the debate about how Far more was at stake in the bill class sizes. Democrats, challenging that to revive Japan's economy. "Just as businesses and the public are than just one piece of .the sprawling "I will veto it," Clinton told a claim, brandished a letter from the ready to do things differently, suddenly the government is putting on ,~,annual budget.. The measure is cen- group of educators Thursday, nonpartisan Congressional Budget the brakes." . tral to Repubhcan efforts to shed the ~ "because I think we need more Office showing that the spending Some observers offer. a more sympathetic view. "I think what party's image as hostile to Social teachers, more accountability and bills approved by Congress would you're seeing here is a two-pronged strategy," says John Neuffer, a Security, education and other social more inyestment in education." .result in a $17 billion drain on the political analyst for Mitsui Marine Life'Insurance. ., programs. Sidetracking that effort, Once the bill clears Congress, Social Security Trust F}lnd. Library of Congress to Pay ,House Gives ImQlJm~.tytoHuang . $20M for. King Papers THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON In Campaign Finance Testimony The Library of Congress has tentatively agreed with the family of By Lorraine Adams siy.,e statements to the FBI is any and don't live up to Republican Martin Luther King Jr. to acquire the civil rights leader's personal and David A. Vise guide; the most serious allegations expectations. papers for $20 million. The purchase of the 80,000 items, which has THE WASHINGTON POST against the White House may not be "For the last three years, the to be authorized by Congress, would be the most expensive in the WASHINGTON borne out by Huang's long-awaited Chairman and others have repeated- library's 200-year history. A House committee voted unani- testimony.' ly alleged that John Huang was at Officials there have been interested in King's papers since before mously Thursday to grant former The two allegations from Huang the center of a Chinese plQt to influ- his assassination in 1968. The collection is of drafts of speeches, cor- Commerce official John Huang that Burton, R-Ind., highlighted ence the 1996 elections," Waxman respondence and other jottings. that King made in the last six years of .~ immuRi~to-testify publicly about involved a 1995 congressional race, said. "There have even been allega,- his life. Negotiations became active this summer when Librarian of the .1996 campaign finance scandals. not the presidential campaign, and tions that he was a Chinese spy .who Congress James Billington reminded Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Huang, who helped raise $2 mil- new details about fundraising efforts abused his security clearance to the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, of the library's , lion for the Democratic National by Indonesian businessman James send classified information ~o eagerness to acquire the King documents. Clyburn arranged a meet- Committee during President Riady that had alr,eady been publi- China, and that he would have key ing in Atlanta with Dexter Scott King, head of the King Center for Clinton's 1996 re-election effort, cally known .. incriminating information about the Non- Violent Social Change and one of the leader's four children, and has long been considered a key wit- Democrats on the committee President and Vice President." .Coretta Scott King, his 'Yidow .. 1 ness who some believed could map supported the grant of immunity., Huang is slated to be questioned "Mr. Billington made his case,".clybum said Thursday, "and. he an illicit fundraising connection but ranking minority member Rep. by the committee in hearings during said he understood that Sotheby's auction house had appraised the from Beijing to the Oval Office. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., criti- the mid-November recess, which documents at. $30 million. The King family said right then they But if House Government cized Burton for not admitting that may be delayed by unresolved bud- would make a $10 million gift to the country." Sotheby's did a pri- Reform Committee chairman Dan th(( FBI reports on Huang contain get issues. FBI reports on Huang vate appraisal of the archive at the request of the King family. Burton's preview of Huang's exten- "significa~t exculpa~ory. materials" will be released early ne~t week .
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.... Page 4 TH E 'f.EGH --.. '"' OPINION For Cambridge City Council In recent months, there has been a political awakening Civic Journal, Winters cares deeply about the future of among Cambridge's student population. Many members of this Cambridge and is clearly committed to its betterment. As a formerly dormant bloc have come to realize the importance of Harvard lecturer and a former lecturer at MIT, we hope he will Chairman local political affairs. Issues of significance to students such as also be sensitive to students' concerns. Satwiksai Seshasai '0 I affordable housing and late-night In Cambridge's system of proportional repre~entation, vot- Editor in Chief transportation can be best ers rank candidates, indicating a first choice, second choice, third Frank Dabek '00 Editorial addressed through the political choice, and so forth. Once a candidate achieves the "quota" (the process. number of votes needed for ele~tion), the remaining ballots are Business Manager Joey Dieckhans '00 With this rationale in mind, The Tech is pleased to endorse 'distributed according to each voter's second choice. The process the following five candidates for Cambridge City Council. continues, with votes exceeding quota being tran.sferred to each J\1anaging Editor We recommend MIT student Erik C. Snowberg '99 as stu- voter's next preference, until nine candidates are elected. Ryan Ochylski '0 I dents' number-one choice. Snowberg has been the impetus for Most MIT dormitory residents who are registered to vote Executive Editor students' increased attention to Cambridge politics, both here at do so in Kresge Auditorium. Residents of MacGregor House, Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 MIT and at Harvard. Snowberg is uniquely positioned to bridge New House, Next House, Tang, Westgate, and Edgerton House the gap between students and residents, and his election to the vote at the Lafayette Square Fire Station at Massachusetts SEwssnFF council would give students a much-needed voice on that body. Avenue and Main Street. Residents of Random Hall vote at the Editors: Douglas E. Heimburger '00, Zarcclla Hussain '00, Jenni fer Chung '0 I, His strong support for increased affordable housing and late-night Salvation Army Headquarters on'Massachusetts Avenue. Those Naveen Sunkavally '0 I; Associate Editors: transportation services should earn him the support of students. who live off-campus may locate their polling place from the Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, While Snowberg is a former Tech staffer, we believe this Secretary of the Commonwealth at Kristen Landino '02, Kevin R. Lang '02. should not be a hindrance to our endorsement of him. Snowberg J Professor John Mack, an M.D. at Harvard Has any fan of magic, aliens, or any other designs" appearing in grain fields - i.e., hundred to elect a city co unci lor. There i~ Medical School, recently wrote an article in New Age belief ever demonstrated any super- "crop circles." Surely this is strong evidence; enough potential voting power at M IT alon< the Boston Globe that starts with fiction and natural power at all? Or are such beliefs there is no conceivable logical explanation for to elect the entire Boston and Cambridge Cit) goes progressively further away from reality. (when put to the test) indistinguishable from these designs except, perhaps, two guys drag- Councils. hi"" Long Live Magic pure fantasy? No one ging around a wooden board. Various crop- This power is important, as the residents 01 and Wizardry," Dr. has ever shown that circle creators have confessed; no aliens are Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Kappa Sigm2 Mack defends Harry there is any reliable among them. are finding out, because local officials exen P.~tter, wizard hero of a People who repeat the mantra ((1 way to learn about The, most interesting of Mack's examples much more influence over our lives thar popular new book series VUznt to Believe" tend to discount the world other. than is "experiments that demonstrate the capacity nationally elected Beltway wonks. The gov. by J.K. Rowling. Citing rationality and sci- of the mind to affect physical objects." ernments of Cambridge and Boston control c: a school principal in the value of scientific, rationf;ll ence . Presumably this means classic telekinesis, like nu'mber of crucial levers that greatly affect us .J1 J(;.y C.,;.eorgia who disap- But, Dr. Mack making large rocks levitate, and not the and the only way to have any input at all is t( proved of "exposing" thought, probably because there is no insists, science is brain's ability to control muscle fibers in the participate in local elections. children to books rationaljustification for their'beliefs, now proving that sci- arm by electricity. The latter is explainable; Housing is a local issue, as the Bostor involving magic, Mack ence does not work. the former is nonsensical. But if Mack really Licensing Board dramatically demonstrate( s~ys that the books are New research, he does know of people with proven telekinetic this week. More generally, the governments OJ exciting and appealing says, is "revealing a abilities, it would be much appreciated if he to a wide audience, and fulfill the goal of multitude of phenomena which, if not magi- would arrange a public demonstration in m;tking kids want to read. cal, seem not to be understandable by the' Cambridge to convince the skeptical. He There is nothing wrong with fantasy. It is methods of science as we have known them." could also contact-James Randi, who offers Take two minutes .from your admirable for its creativity, and harmful to no Let's be scientific and list the examples he $1 M for any such proof of the paranormal one - as long as fantasy is not confused with gives. (se'e Page 6 THE TECH October 29, 1999, I THE ARTS FILM REVIEW "TheStra~iJ!ttStory A Midwestern,0d:y.sS"ey ,;01 w By Vladimir Zelevlnsky mile journey. shots (the opening passage througl} the starry considering the general lack of meaning in Most ARTS EDITOR His journey - at least, its film counterpart sky, the elaborate crane shot that introduces modem films. Compared to them, ~e Straight Directed by David Lynch - is an odyssey, a pilgrim's progress, and it Straight without actually showing him, the sud- Story manages to be, in its small and measured Wrl/ten by John Roach and Mary Sweeney owes as much to Homer and John Bunyan as it den cut to the dark gothic view of a grain eleva- way, rather momentous. With Richard Famsworth. Sissy Spacek does to,the factual events. There's a direcbless tor) are startlingly effective. Even when he's to Lynch's film, symbolized by the endless working in the realm of a coffee-table picture RESTAURANT REVIEW ake a great story: In 1994, the seventy- stretches of mid westem highway. This is clearly book (you know, America the Beautiful, amber three year old Alvin Straight rode a a result of the careful whittling of the central waves of grain, etc.), Lynch manages to remind 1966 John Deere lawnmower from story from its messier real-life conterpart. The why the images like these became cliches in the , 'I first place: because the waves of grain are, Punjabi Laurens, Iowa all the way to Mount result is simple - but not simplistic, with at T indeed, beautiful. Zion, Wisconsin to see his ailing brother. least four story lines running parallel through Combine this story with the one of the directors the movie, adding heft and impact to each other. Sissy Spacek, in a supporting part as least expected to tackle it: the twisted maestro There's the road movie - Alvin's physical Straight's daughter is also quite remarkable. Dhaba David Lynch. The result: a rather amazing film, progress from point A to point B - along with Oh, and did I mention that this film is really especially considenng Lynch's prior works his emotIonal journey to reach an understanding very funny? The film, especially in its first half, (TWin Peaks, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet) and the necessary to make his journey complete. The consistently made me laugh out loud. In this Late Night Dining fact that The Straight Story is rated G and film also retells the story of the protagonist's aspect, The Straight Story somewhat resembles By Zarrnlnae Ansari released under the banner of Walt Disney. life in carefully measured increments and the Fargo in its ability to both be sympathetic to the STAFF WRITER Lynch isn't the first filmmaker who, after story of the Midwest during the harvest - Midwesterners' behavior and make it humor- 225 Hampshire Street. Inman Square. becoming notonous for his dark worldview, nature moving from growth to maturity. ous; on the other hand, it has more emotional Cambridge reached a new level of creative maturity by The The Straight Story works as beautifully heft, because there's real substance behind the Open 11:OOamto midnight making a G rated movie based on a true story. as it does is mostly because of two people. One humor. As a mater of fact, I'm surprised Disney (617) 547-8272 of The result is a remarkable movie, assured and of them is veteran actor Richard Farnsworth, doesn't advertise this one as a comedy; it V. , unhurried, yet full of actIon (internal as well as who plays Straight as one of the most naturalis- wouldn't be too much of a stretch. tisalways surprising to newcomers to the: external), that is amazingly beautiful to look at, tically flawless portrayals in recent memory. It's There's one problem with The Straight Boston area that there is such a lack of late-l and frequently emotionally affecting to the definitely not a showy perfo~ance; but it pos- Story, and I wish this was the problem with night eating options in the MIT/Har~ard I point of being mesmerizing. _ sesses an amazing texture, and it's impossible to most movies: sometimes, it's too meaningful. I Ivicinity - most places close their kitchens I' There's really very little to' the~story that I take one's eyes off him. By the'way, understand why almost every encounter by 10:00 or 10:30 p.m. Punjabi Dhaba is a new didn't mention above. Alvin Straight is 73; he Farnsworth himself also walks with two canes, Straight has on his journey ends with a moral. Indian restaurant in Inman Square that stays has a bad back, so he has to walk with two so his character's physical condition is not acted All of these have a relation with the film's sub- open late, serves great food, and is cheart~ In canes; his vision is so poor he can't drive; and - it's real. , text (strength of family), and each of them pro- other words: it is a student's heaven. his ambition is great enough to lead him on his The second person is, of course, David vides a mini-catharsis. But a good deal of them A "Dhaba" is a highway-side cafe primar- Incredible journey. After learning that his Lynch, whose direction here is nothing short of feel a touch too neat, and sometimes I wished ily patronized by truck drivers in the Pu~iab estranged brother had suffered a stroke, Straight remarkable. The pacing is assured and leisurely, for a scene which I could enjoy on its own, region of Northern India. Service is fast out builds a trailer, hooks it up to the back of his yet the film feels anything but slow, with some- without having its meaning spelled out for me. very basic. Fresh from the tandoori oven come I, riding lawnmower, and starts on a six hundred thing happening in just about every shot. Some Still, this is a rather minor quibble, especially bread and delicious spicy food; dhabas make up in taste what they lack in tastefuln~. ~ - Punjabi Dhaba has all these aspects. Punjabi Dhaba.is the fourth III a chain of xr.;'~:;:'7f?:~~1t~~~'.~iI~~'%F~1f~~~~irl1?il~{~~~~ ,~", :x ,< ,~ 11-.• :-i;# ,~Ir xl ':/ :/! 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But frankly I've never been able to figure out why Apollo 440 haven't W become a musical household name. For a while I didn't think anything could n6pe to match the band's breakthrough single, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout pub," a breakbeat reworking of Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love." Then along comes the high energy of "Stop The Rock," which is currently blazing up WFNX's top ten and getting added to rPJiio stations across the COWltry. Of the DJ acts making music today, Apollo 440 tend to be the most rock-oriented, and "Stop The Rock" is the kind of song that, like Fat Boy Slim's "Praise You," could seriously jwnpstart a career. Halloween offers quite a few concerts of varying relevance to the holiday, ranging from the dark music of the Damned at the Paradise Rock Club to the oddball stylings of ( Jim's Big Ego at Passim's (with Counting Crows a~ th~ Orpheum and Warren Zevon at 'Somerville Theater somewhere in between.) The most promising show of the weekend, however, occurs tomorrow night, as hometown favorites GuSter bring newfound national success (but no drwnsticks) to the Orpheum, accompanied by newcomers Jump Little , Children. Wednesday night, anybody who actually knows. the words to puilk songs ~an show up'at"the Midq.le East to croon with tpembers ofNOFX and Bad Religion under the moniker Punk Rock Karaoke. Other shows throughout the week read like a modem rock radio playlist, including" Matthew Sweet, Marcy PlaygroUnd, Iggy Pop, Type 0 Negative, MxP~, Blinker the Star, Fuel~ and Save Ferris. ",~ ' , In an odd turn of ~vents, J20 Minutes preiniered the new Tonic video Sunday night - flir "You Wanted More." Y~s,. Tonic's upcoming album,i~Stigar, is'6eiitg promoted on MTV as a "new" video that was in heavy rotation all swmher, but now without the clips from American Pie that actually made it entertaining. It's -a shame too, beCause the band's crn-eot radio singl~, "Knock Down Walls," continues their move back from Top 40 into rock and'serves as another step to' erase'the embarrassment of releasing the amazingly bor- ing "Soldier's Daughter" as a single. ' / . ~ .. Bush's ne~ albwn debute4 ~nsiores Tuesday. I haven't heard the music.y~t, but some ofthe.song titles ("Jesus Online:' "40 Miles From The Sun," "The Disease of the Dancing. Cats") ar~ actually edgier and more'creative.than'the entire lyripal content. of the band's first three~albums put together. Propelled by.a nwnber.one radio.single; the band's got a shot at debuting on top of the album charts, but they'll have to compete with two other r~tk allfums: Creed's continually strong Human Clay, and the current leader, Santana's Supernatural, the band's first nwnber album in 28 years. (Moral of the story: If at first you don't succeed, get the guy from Matchbox 20.) . , Tommy Lee's got a new band called Methods of Mayhem and a new single called "Get Naked" Guess he ... No, actually none of the fifteen wisecracks I can think of are really worth it. Come up with your own (for inspiration, wander around the Web for an hour or so). AndJinally, after a long series of rumors and controversies, bassist Melissa Auf Der t~~aur has departed from :the ranks of Hole. The bad news is that the b~d has' lost a great bass player, a wonderful vocalist, and'someone much less grungy than CoUrtney 'Love. ) The good news is that no..y there is no longer any reason to listen to, the b~d ever ,again. 1\u.fper M~ur is rwnored to be replacing D'Arcy, the departe4 bassist fr0l!l'the Sm3:8hing Pumpkins, whicl]. may"ruin the Pumpkins' current ingenious plan to.~e each of their . albums le~' ~uccessful.than'its p~edecessOr. '\ 't'; .. " t':..', , ' . ,,' ~,.... .i\i1d"'now it'~ that time again ... ~-mail ~tate of the AirWaves! Talk about yo.ur favorite,,: l~'hUl~,,,,,whfrildio irri!3te~ .you;or why you :want me to decl~ gray::b9x-~~y-box war. ',: ~rhn'TIie Essential fegeUirian. I make my home at put.~ige J?Y., m~sive stack of pro~lem sets 19 rea4.each'ai!d every"c?n~ ot:y~~:l~is.\ 01 Until.next week; happy PUmpkin Day and keep expanding your horizons. r. '(:.'... :,..~;,:': ~~~ ':..;:.€;.tt.: : "~" _.}'" .~.; '" .' .~•.".... -," , •/ •. ": ,'''~;} .. " ::: t.<{: .. ) '.. t'" II !'i I' Page. 8 ~.HE TECH THE. ARTS .. October 29, 1999 (800) 447-7400 for tickets. "! Popular Music The Nutcracker Nov'. 26-Jan. 2, 2000. Tuf!f' Berklee Performance Center Fri. 7:30 p.m .. Sat. 2 p.m., Berklee College of Music 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 1 p.m .. , 1140 Boylston St. 5:30 p.m. Boston Ballet's Free student recitals and fac- 1999 Nutcracker feature, ulty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 new choreography by Anna- p.m. some weekdays. For info. Marie Holmes and Daniel on these concerts. call the Pelzig in Acts I and II, as well Performance Information Line as the usual lavish scenery, at 747-8820. speci al effects and cos;, tumes. Filled with the wonder Oct. 30: Paolo Conte. $28, $22. and magic of the holidays, Oct. 31: Eleftheria Arvanitaki, The Nutcracker follows a $50. $35, $25. young girl named Clara oQ Nov. 6: Irakere, $38-$30. her dream adventure. The Nov. 7: Bryan Ferry, $40, $50. ballet is set to the music of Nov. 13: Natalie MacMaster, A \Neekly guide to the arts in Boston Tchaikovsky and is choreo- $20, $25. graphed by Bruce Marks and Nov. 18: Keb' Mo', $19.50. Daniel Pelzig. $59-$12. '11: Nov. 19: Arlo Guthrie, $22.50- October 29 - November 5 $27.50. Film Festivals Nov. 21: Misia, $20, $25. Compiled by Fred Choi Send submissions to ottou.tech.mlt.edu or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W2G-483. At the Museum of Fine Arts" Centrum Centre Boston, 02115. For ticket~ Ticketmaster 931-2000. and more information, call Nov. 14: Bob Dylan, Phil Lesh "Laser.Depeche'Mode," Sun., 369-3770. Tickets for each' & Friends, $29.50. 8 p.m.; "Laser Offspring," showing are $7, $6 MFA mem- Thurs.-SaL., 8 p.m.; "Laser bers, seniors, student~ The Middle East Rush~" Sun., 9:15; "L'aser unless otherwise noted. Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Beastie Boys," Thurs:-Sat., Ticket prices vary. Call 354- 9:15~ p.m.; "Laser Floyd's World's Best TV Ads 8238 for more info. Wall," Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; 2-program series through NO~ Oct. 29: Marine Research "Friday Night Starga'zing," Fri., 6: $10, $12. Oct. 31: Archer Prewitt. 8:30 p.m.; "Welcome to the Universe," daily; "Quest for Part 1: British Advertising Orpheum Theatre Contact: Are We Alone?" Rims of 1997 " Ticketmaster: 931-2000 >, daily .. Oct. 29, 30: (100 min.). N0!ll Oct. 30: Guster, $17.50. .,"~ , in its 23rd year, this annual Oct. 31: Counting Crows. Commonwealth Museum collection of television ads $28.50. 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, reveals the British to be the Nov. 2, 4: Meat Loaf. $65, 02125. Located across from true masters of the advertisine $39.50. $28.50. the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9- film .. JI Nov. 13: Chris Cornell. $23.50. 5, S 9-3. Admission is Free. Nov. 16: Richard Thompson and For more info. or to arrange a Part 2: Cannes 1997 Lucinda Williams, $31, $26. tour, call 617-727-9268. Advertising RIm Festival Nov. 18: Live. $27.50. Oct. 29, 30: (75 min.) Cull~ Nov. 27-28: Sting. $125, $75, The Archaeology of the Central from some 5,000 entries, this $51. Artery Project: Highway to the compilation of ads from more Past than 17 countries represents Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA) The exhibit focuses on life in the winners of last year'_~ Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Colonial Boston as interpreted Cannes' Advertising Filtii Oct. 27: Kid Rock, $20. through artifacts recovered Festival, an annual event from the "Big Dig" before the showcasing some of the most construction began. Artifacts creative commercial filmmak- and information on display ing to be found,anywhere. J' Jazz Music examine leisure activities, tav- ern life, the life of three colo- Wizard of Oz on Ice Regatfabar nial women, and Native Nov. 4-7. Producer Kenneth Concertix: 876-7777 Americans. Feld presents The -Wizard of Ticket prices vary. Call 661- Oz on Ice. This cherished 5000 for more info. classic has all the charm of Oct. 29: Wallace Roney the original story in 'a ,brand- Quintet (two shows). JOSEPH ASTOR-SONY MUSIC new production that features Oct. 30-31: Fabulous Bud E. Catch the Black Crowes' at the Orpheum Theatre October 31st. Left to right: Eddie Other Events the latest in technical magi~ Luv and his Hollywood Harsch, Steve Gorman, Chris Robinson, Audley Freed, Rich Robinson, and Sven Piplen. all captured live on ice. Memories Orchestra (two The Somerville - Monster Olympic gold medalist Robin shows per day). Directed by Paul Daigneault . dren under 18. from 1950 to the Present"; Museum Cousins provides the show's $21-$23.50; $2 to $4 off for The museum, built in the style ." John Singer Sargent: .stars with brilliant. choreograi Scullers Jazz Club students and seniors depend- of a 15th-century Venetian Studies for MFA and Boston A Museum. - of .. Un.datural. ,phy. ".-Vocal virtuoso. ~obti'f Ticketmaster: 931-2000 ing on day and time. Call the palace, houses more than Public Library Murals." .~. " Mystery' .' McFe'rrin will win your heart Ticket prices vary. Call 562- SpeakEasy Stage box office 2500 art objects, with empha- Gallery lectures are free with as the'voice of all the key 4111 for more info. for tickets, (617) 437-7731. sis on Italian Renaissance and museum admission. Oct. 29-31 (at the Washington characters except Dorothy, (All performers have two 17th-century Dutch works. .Street Clubhouse, 181 who is brought to life througf, shows per day unless other- China Doll Among the highlights are Museum of Our National Washington Street, Somerville, the talented voice of Laurnea' wise noted) Oct. 29-30 at Adams House works by Rembrandt, Heritage MA, Between McGrath Wilkerson. $12.50. Call Oct. 29: Miles Evans & the Gil Pool Th eatre, Harvard Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, Highway and Union Square.) Ticketmaster for tickets. Evans Orchestra. University. Written by Whistler. Guided tours given 02421. (781-861-6559). Come visit the world's only ._ II Elizabeth Wong, directed by Fridays at 2:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Monster Museum, featuring a Improv-ice presented by Elizabeth Wong, produced by Threads of Dissent Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. stunning collection of mon- Mohegan Sun Flora Kao. Acclaimed play- Through Jan. 30, 2000. Admission and parking free. sters from the farthest reach- Dec.' 2 at the Centr.um Classical Music wright Elizabeth Wong comes Inspired by the Gardner Office), $25 Student Rush 1 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and tours~re also offered'Sat; af.' The Museum !~ature~ t~e.t~e-. ",ages you',to. bring Donations :~ ConceTt~ ... ' .. J ...... hour before curtain at the box at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m .. ;, at~rofelectnclty.(wlth,}naoor.' for:UNICEFJothe.Halloween~.,Oec. 10 at the ,Centrum office only, $35 rear of the Sunday. Tickets $30-34. Permanent Gallery Installations: thunder-and-Iightning shows'. Brunch:- Funds collected. help .. Centre. Let your holiday spirit theatre. To charge by phone, "Late Gothic Gallery," featur- daily) and more than 600 UNICEF provide emergency shine!:Join in for a night of hol- call Telecharge at 1-800-233- ing a restored 15th-century hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: relief to millions of children in iday magic' and country 3123. stained glass window from "Discovery Center";' more.than 160 .countries and favorites as Country 99.5' Hampton Court, 14th- and "Investigat~!." A" S.ee-Fo.r- territories.-For ":lore Hal!oween WKLB proudly presents 1 \ '''' )I• 1" ..... '" '1 Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS Oc"tober 29, 1999 o N THE SCREEN . - BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - 'The following movies are playing this week- end at local theaters. The Tech suggests using **** Excellent *** Good ** Fair * Poor American Beauty (* ~2) " An extremely annoying movie: this dead- pan black tragicomedy is a laughable failure as a work of art, being pretentious, simplistic, and self-important. Excepting a truly remark- able performance by Kevin Spacey (whose part is disappointingly small), there's nothing to this movie beyond tortured metaphors, cari- catures instead of characters, and a messy pile-up of red herrings instead of a plot. - Vladimir Zelevinsky Autumn Tale (***I/z) Veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer ') continues his gentle, thoughtful, and detailed studies of romantic confusion in this delight- ful comedy about a middle-aged woman's search for love and happiness. A vintage Rohmer film with all the sophistication, depth, and intricacy that makes his films so irre- sistible, Without doubt one of the best movies of the year. - Bence Olveczky Earth <****) Based on Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Cracking India, this film sees the partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan through a child's eyes. Haunting images, great sound- ", track by A. R. Rahman, and unforgettable per- formances. It's a romance, a tragedy, a histo- ry, and a comment on the human heart: its tenderness and the beast that hides within. This movie is not to be missed. - Zarminae Ansari MERRICK MORTON-1WENTIETH CENTURY FOX Fight Club (***) Edward Norton narrates' David Fincher's Rght Club, guiding the audience through an underground world of fist fights and' mayhem A complex screenplay, strong perfor- created by the mysterious Tyler Durden. " mances, and artistic direction make for an -' .. enjoyable filmgoing experience. The exces- two halves desperately fighting each other. - Runaway Bride <***> possessing an unstoppable sense of motion, sive violence and rhetoric at times cause the VZ Sparkling chemistry between Richard Gere and giving the visceral pleasure of seeing a pace to drag, but the film's subtleties will be and Julia Roberts saves Runaway Bride from . tightly~wound plot unfold. - VZ ;~. pondered long after the movie ends. Outside Providence (***) drowning in sappiness. The film tells the storY' Curiously, while Fight Club is comprised of It's Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in the '70s, of a bride who has left a string of fianc~s ~t The Sixth Sense many strong components, the film as a <***~2) _ and the Farrelly brothers are at it again. The the altar and the smug journalist who writes a Cole Sear is a young boy whose special whole feels slightly lacking. - Rebecca writers of There's Something About Mary show. story about her. While the setup is riddled power, "the ,sixtli sense," enables him to per- Loh, YZ a broader scope here, moving from visual com- with enough movie cliches to make a person ceive the ghosts which, unbeknownst to the edy to funny, affecting dialogue. Recreational sick, Gere and Roberts shine on screen, rest of the worlo, walk among us -every day. : An Ideal Husband (**) junkie Tim Dunphy's run-in with a parked affirming themselves as one 'of the more suc- Bruce Willis plays the psychologist trying to An Ideal Husband is an example of how police car nets him a transfer to strict Cornwall cessful screen duos of the 90's. - TH help him. The strength of tneir performances not to direct a movie. With such superlative Academy, where he makes a new set of goof- carries the movie past its' slight flaws, making resources at his disposal - star-studded cast ball friends. Dunph's old man (Alec Baldwin) Run Lola R~n <***> The Sixth Sense one of the best movies of the (Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Cate stays home with Tim's three-legged dog and Lola's boyfriend needs $100,000 in twenty summer. - Tzu-MainnChen Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver), his card-playing buddies, who try to be bigots minutes, or else he's dead. Lola's motorbike great source play, lush production design - but can't really pull it off. The precarious plot was just stolen, so she has to run if she wants The Straight Story (***~2) r. all that director/writer Oliver Parker manages leaves center stage to a clever dose of lowbrow to be there on time. A minor plot detail: she A great true story: in 1994, seventy-three to create is a particularly joyless, visually humor, perfectly delivered by a bunch of doesn't have the money. So she needs to run year-old Alvin Straight rode a 1966 John bland, narratively pedestrian, weird mixture of earnest simpletons. - Roy Rodenstein . really fast. The result is a streamlined movie Deere lawnmower from Laurens, Iowa, all the light comedy and somber drama, with these way to Mount Zion, Wisconsin, to see his ail- .. ,.~ ing brother. Directed by David Lynch (Twin if Peaks), this G-rated film is remarkable, ~ 1 assured, and unhurried, yet full of action (internal as well as external), amazingly beau- tiful to look at, frequently hilarious, and emo- tionally affecting to the point of being mes- merizing. - VZ The Thomas Crown Affair (***> A cross between a star vehicle ~nd an old-fashioned heist movie: a bored zillion- ", aire steals_priceless p~intings for fun, and a dedicated insurance investigator tries to trap qim, falling for hirri in the process. Excellent opening and ending sequences, largely expendable middle~ but that Monet- Magritt~-Escher inspired climax is spectacu- lar. - VZ, Three Kings (***~2) . , As one of the most creative films of the year, David O. Russell's third film Three Kings marks his strongest directing effort to date. When American soldiers set out to find Saddam's stolen gold bullion, they also find Iraqi citizens in need of their help. In their efforts to help, the characters are forced to .I- question the point of America's involvement in'the Persian Gulf. The creative use of the camera makes for powerful image~. that help MURRA Y CLOSE-WARNER BRa TIlERS drive the film's message home. - Michael :,,- George Clooney, Ice Cube, and Mark Wahlberg play three Gulf War soldiers in Warner Brothers' Three Kings. The film marks David Frakes O. Russell's third and strongest directing effort • • • .. • • - ~ .- .&- -- --_ ~ olio •• _ _ _ .. _ ~----. THETECH Page2l October 29, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11 '1 ..~ ) !-.. t .. t I i 1'. The October Tech 29, .1999 Pag~ 12 'j. , I-- 11"'5. L\~ I'M S\U.C.l<.. /'~ .. IN Sot04c N\a,H"M~e ~ re-ANU."T&~ CA~ . ;> oR .' c.ou.'-p ~ Z-z. 2:~ .. ~ M~ .•• I Co \.lL t> "RA\SE Q,o W\Ttt 01"nb~ ~ ~~ H~~\) A~'t> GeT ~ hS ~-stA.~L ... ~ ~lM ~ E.'t.?L...N N tf ) ~ ~ ""r:::, AI ~ ... 0 0 .. , } U - 0 - . GI .c r~: .. ~?;J 10 Z9 fc'.\~~ \o\A-M XIPPO REA05 t"WL S~N1 TO XlI'fOA""t. 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Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at htto:/ /tech-calendar.mit.edu Thursday's Events Whitehead Institute. Sponsor: RIKENjMIT Neuroscience Research Center. 8:00 p.m. - William Shakespeare's MTamlneof the Shrew". Shakespeare Ensemble's major production this fall is a 12:10 a.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. A social get-together of the MIT Gay, Bisexual, and Lesbian Employees and deconstruction of Wlliam Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew. directed by Michael Ouellette. Admission 6.00. Kresge' Supporters group. Contact David Fitzgerald at 258-0235 or [email protected] for more information about this month's lunch. Little Theatre. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. Send e-mail for location. Sponsor: GABLES. 8:00 p.m. - The Tamlne of the Shrew. Shakespeare Ensemble Fall major production, directed by Senior Lecturer Michael 12:00 p.m. - MIT Chapel Concert. The Robert Torresj Mark Small Guitar Duo. Works by Petit, Scarlatti, de Falla, Piazzola. Ouellette. Tix: $8, $6 students wjlD & senior citizens. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Admission O. MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 8:30 p.m. - MIT Guest Artist Concert: St. Petersburg String Quartet with David Deveau, plano. Shostakovlch's Quartet 7:00 p.m. - Close Encounters Across Cultures Film Series: Lone Star. This 1996 John Sayles murder-mystery explores No.8; Prokofiev's Quartet No.2 Dvorak's Quintet. Admission O. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. interracial tensions in Rio County, TX. Prof. Nicolas Wey.Gomezwill introduce the film, discussion and refreshments will fol. low. 4-237. Sponsor: Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies. Sunday's Events 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Close Encounters Across Cultures Film Series: MLoneStar". This 1996 John Sayles murder-mystery explores interracial tensions in Rio County, TX. Prof. Nicolas Wey-Gomezwill introduce the film, discussion and refresh- 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - MFam11yAdventures In Science and Technoloty" or MF.A.S.T.Sundays". Work with MIT students & staff ments will follow. Admission O. Rm 4-237. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. in interactive activities to explore the mysteries of science & technology. Free wjadmission. $5; $2 studentsjseniors; $1 7:00 p.m. - MEINaftazteca: Cyber Aztec TV for 2000 AD" and MGreat MoJaclo InvasIon (The Second US-Mexico Warr. children 5-18; free w/MIT 10. Admission O. MIT Museum. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Films shown in conjunction with residency by Abramowitz Memorial Lecturer Guillermo GOmez.PeOaand Roberto Sifuentes. 3:00 p.m. - MIT Alumni Concert: Neo Bubonic Bassoon Qua.rtet. Successor to the Bubonic and Buddhist Bassoon Admission O. Rm 2-105. Sponsor: Office of the Arts.. Ensemble of the 60s & 70s, presenting specially-arranged music In a humourous vein. Includes John Miller '64, principal 7:00 p.m. - An Evening with Paul Auster. MIT Writers Series presents the translator, novelist, essayist and screenwriter bassoon, Minnesota Orchestra. Admission O. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. whose work has been translated into 19 languages. Admission O. Rm 10-250. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 8:00 p.m. - The Tamlne of the Shrew. Shakespeare Ensemble Fall major production, directed by Senior Lecturer Michael 8:00 p.m. - William Shakespeare's MTamingof the Shrew". 'Shakespeare Ensemble's major production this fall is a Ouellette. Tix: $8, $6 students wjlD & senior citizens. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. deconstruction of Wlliam Shakespeare's -Taming of the Shrew. directed by Michael Ouellette. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Theatre. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. Monday'. Events 8:00 p.m. - The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare Ensemble Fall major production, directed by Senior Lecturer Michael Ouellette. Tix: $8, $6 students wjlD & senior citizens. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Pass/No Record Forum. The Institute is currently considering changing freshman PjNR. Attend this 3:00 p.m. (2 hours) - Experiences In Interactive Expression, TBAVisiting artists who use digital media and interactivlty or open forum and let your voice be heard. Presented by the UA Student Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP). 20 audience participation in their work, will focus in depth on one piece, with a QuiCkoverview of hisjher work, followed by dis- Chimneys. Sponsor: Undergraduate Association. cussion. Open. More info: Web: http://cavs.mit.edu/seminar/mas879/interact.html. MIT Museum Bldg, 390. 8:00 p.m. - UA Council Meetln&. Discuss the Institute's important issues and make effective change. W20-400. Sponsor: 4:00 p.m. (1 hour) - Dynamics of MSmall-Worid Networks", Duncan Watts, Postdoc:toral Associate, Sloan School of Undergraduate Association. Management, MIT.Refreshments to follow in Room E40-106. Open. Mo~info: Call Alp Muharremoglu at 253-7412. Email 3:30 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes) - Uquld Metal - Water Interfacial Heat Transfer Phenomena, Professor Michael Corradln/, [email protected]. Web: http://web.mit.edu/orc/www. Rm E40-298. University of Wlsc:ons&MHlson.Refreshments in Room NWl4-1112 at 3:00 pm. Open. More Info: Call Elizabeth 4:15 p.m. (1 hour) - Unlfylnl Threads In Membrane Studies - from Dystrophy to Synthetic Blood Cells, Dennis E. Parmelee at 253-3801. Email [email protected]. Rm NW14-1112. Discher, Ph.D., Biophysical Engineering Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Refreshments at 4:00pm; Talk at 4:15pm. Open. 4:00 p.m.- Mlcrofabrlcatlon and Its Applications In Tissue EnCineerinl. Dr. Mehmet Toner, Harvad Medical School- More info: Call Pat Cunningham at 432-1738. Email [email protected]. Web: http://hst-hu.mit.mit.edu/ . MGH, Shriner Burna Hospltal.Refreshments served at 3:30p.m. Open. More info: Call Prof. Peter Elias at 253-4193. Email .,1 Rm E25-111. [email protected]. Rm 34-Edgerton Hall. 4:15 p.m. (1 hour) - Mathematical models for the evolution of lan&uace, Martin Nowak, Institute for Advanced Frlday.s Events Study.Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM In Room 2-349. Open. More Info: Call Michael Brenner at 253-3661. Emall [email protected]. Web: http://www-math.mlt.edu/amc/faIl99. Rm 2.105 .. 9:00 a.m. - New Frontiers In Brain Science Symposium. Two day neuroscience symposium hosted by RIKENjMIT 5:30 p.m.- Self, Place, and the Discourse of Alterlty, Irvin Schick, Harvard University. Open. More Info: Call Aga Khan Neuroscience Research Center features 20 speakers from top neuroscience institutes in the area, and RIKEN,Japan. Program at 253-1400. Email [email protected]. Rm 3-133. Whitehead Institute. Sponsor: RIKENjMIT Neuroscience Research Center. 8:00 p.m.- Guillermo GUmez-PeOa:Abramowitz Memorial Lecture, Guillermo GUmez-PeOa, San Franc:lscHased Chicano 8:00 p.m. - William Shakespeare's MTamlneof the Shrew". Shakespeare Ensemble's major production this fall is a perfonnance artlst.Gomez.Pena who uses a web site (www.echonyc.comj-templej) to gather Information on cultural deconstruction of Wiliam Shakespeare's .Taming of the Shrew. directed by Michael Ouellette. Admission 6.00. Kresge stereotypes. Open. More info: Call Holly Kosisky at 253-8089. Kresge Auditorium, . Little Theatre. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Swine Nilht. Music by Mid.Life Crisis Jazz Band with Prof Jay Keyser on trombone. Sponsors: T.... day'. Events CAC Program Board. MIT Ballroom Dance Club. MIT Ballroom Dance Team. Graduate Student Council Activities Committee. Admission O. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Chi Alpha Campus Meetlnl. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will be sponsoring a series on the book of 8:00 p.m. - The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare Ensemble Fall major production, directed by Senior Lecturer Michael Revelation at our weekly meeting. There will be time for worship and fellowship as we study the Bible. PDR 3, Student Ouellette. Tix: $8, $6 students wjlD & senior citizens. Admission 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Center. Sponsor: Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship. 12:00 p.m. (1 hour) - Parallei Alteration of Tau Phosphorylation + APP Processing by Modulation of Intracellular 9:00 p.m. - UA Committee on Houslnl • Orientation Meetlnc. Save the residence system. Design the new dorm. Improve Signaling, Max Holzer, Ph.D., University of Lelpzlg.There will be 2 speakers from University of Leipzig in this time slot. Orientation. All this is little more than an hour. Come join one of the Institute's most Influential student committees. W20- Open. More info: Call Les Stein for Dr. Richard J. Wurtman at 253-6732. Email [email protected]. Rm E25-101. 401. Sponsor: Undergraduate Association. 12:00 p.m. (1 hour) - Comparative Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Associated Proteins. Focus on the Guinea Pig, 12:00 p.m. (2 hours) - Some Aspects of the Mathematical Exchanp. between China and the United States In Modem Michael Beck, Ph.D., University of Lelpzlg.Dr. Beck's talk will come right after Dr. Holzer's talk, approx. 12:30. Open. Times, Wenlln U, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Slnlca, ChIna.Please call if you plan to attend: 253-6989 OR Send r More info: Call Les Stein for Dr. Richard J. Wurtman at 253-6732. [email protected]. Rm E25-101. an email: [email protected]. Open. More info: Call Trudy Kontoff at 253-6989. Email [email protected]. Rm E56-100. 3:00 p.m. (1 hour) - Intellllent Objects: Monitoring and Control of Physical Systems, Prof. David Brock, Lab. for 12:00 p.m. (1 hour 30 minutes) - Ralslnl Blllnlllal Children, Suzanne Aynn, Ph.D., Professor of Unlulstlc. and Second Manufacturing and Productivity, M.I.T.Refreshments to follow in room 1.114. Open. More info: Call Beth Henson at 258- Lanluaee Acquisition. Open. More info: Call Family Resource Center at 253-1592. Email [email protected]. Web: 5807. Email [email protected]. Rm 3-270. http://web.mit.edu/personneljwww/frc/. Rm 16-151. 4:00 p.m. (1 hour) - Critical Beta for Onset of Neoclassical Tear Mode, Robert Lahaye, General Atomlcs.Refreshments 2:30 p.m. (1 hour) - Dynamic. and structure In a quasJ.2D non-brownlan .u.penslon, Dr. Florence Rouyer, Department served at 3:45 pm. Open. More info: Call Paul Rivenberg at 253-8101. Email [email protected]. Web: of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM In Room 2-349. Open. More_ http://www.pfc.mit.edu/. Rm NW17.218. info: Call Professor John Bush at.253-4387 ..Emall [email protected]. Rm 2-338. 4:15 p.m. (1 hour) - Linear probing and graphs, Donald Knuth, Stanford Unlverslty.Refreshments will be served at 3:30 4:00 p.m. (1 hour) - VLSI: I. It all about Intelratlon and Performance? Trends and Directions, Url Welser, 1-. PM in Room 2.349. Open. More info: Call Professor Sara Billey at 253-6544. Email [email protected]. Web: http://www. Intel. Refreshments In Room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Open. More Info: Call Debroah Hodges-Pabon at 253-5264. Emall 1 math.mit.eduj-combin. Rm 2.338. [email protected]. Web: http://www.mtl.mlt.edu/. Rm 34-101. 4:15 p.m.- Unsteady Characteristics of an Airfoil Passinl Throulh a Gas of NorHJnlform Density, Professor Frank Saturday.s Events Marble, Callfomla Institute of Teclv1oloey.Refreshments 4:15p.m. Lecture 4:30p.m. Open. More Info: Call Lori Martinez at 253-2481. Email [email protected]. Rm 31.161. 7:30 a.m .. 2:30 p.m. - Navigating the Money Maze: Funding Early-5taee Companies. October 30, 7:30 AM . 2:30 PM. 4:30 p.m.- Frameworks for the History of Chinese Mllratlon, Philip A. Kuhn, Francis Lee Higloson Professor of History, Conference on the rigors of raising money from venture capitalists and angel investors. Panelists include entrepreneurs Harvard Universlty.A session of the Inter.Unlverslty Seminar on International Migration. Open. More Info: Call Laurie and VCs. Admission 45.00. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Inc. Scheffler at 253-3121. [email protected]. Rm E38-714. 9:00 a.m. - New Frontiers In Brain Science Symposium. Two day neuroscience symposium hosted by RIKENjMIT 6:30 p.m.- The Reflective Architect, Henk D-II, architect, DeIft.Dept of Architecture lecture. Open. More info: Call Dept of Neuroscience Research Center features 20 speakers from top neuroscience institutes in the area, and RIKEN, Japan. Architecture at 253-7791. 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Dozens of stu- descended on the dll Pont Athletic dents waited outside du Pont and in Center yesterday evening to disarm the Student Center after simply an envelope containing historical being told to leave without explana- mcdals and buttons, tion. i\ IIT Spokesman Robert J. Sales Sales said that the bomb squad said that Campus Police received a tested the envelope and discovered white. business-sized envelope that it contained historical buttons. around 6:00 P,Jll, Thursday. CPs Sales did not know who the enve- scanned the envelope after discover- lope was addressed to, but it was ing somc red discoloration on the apparently intended for the MIT outsidc and detccted the presence of Historical Collections. The red dis- meta I. coloration was found to be dye that Campus Police then called had leaked on envelope. Cambridge Police at approximately By 7: 15 p.m., Campus Police 6: 15 p.m. Cambridge Police called and Cambridge fire officials had GREG KUHNEN-THE TECH in the bomb squad and fire depart- entered W31, and the buildings Special Operations vehicles from the Cambridge Fire Department respond to a bomb scare Thursday Jllcnt. were re-opened was given at 7:27. night in du Pont. A suspicious package turned ~ut to be historical buttons for the MIT Museum. HOW TO USE' Forel11nner. THE BATHROOM. Seeker. ,g;L're probably saying lD yourself. any four-year-old •• ' ,.J Big Picture Observer. knows how to ux the bath-• • room. But you may not know. : "I Clll1e to :\pple heCILIse (If the cool products, :\nd ['m still that you use more water in tm : I1l're ht'CIUst' of \\lw it ukes [() make those products-hig barhroom than anyplacr dsc in : ideas. compil'x pr(ljt'C[S and inm:dihly hright pl'opll'." )UUI' home. 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OPER ~I------~-October 29, 1999 THE TECH City Should Spend More on Housing Reeves, from Page I ure to invest $20 million to purchase industrial sites at the end of rent me Cambridge community from the control as one source of the current Institute. crisis - Reeves was a supporter of Reeves encouraged students to the plan. The city manager tells the become more active in Cambridge's council what to do, Reeves said, and 60litics, however. Students at a rally Healey is not in favor of additional he ld earlier in the year at M IT funding. ATTENTION M.I. T. STUDENTSI "exhibited a profound amount of Increasing home ownership and All YOUR ElECTRONIC NEEDS ClOSE BY! (\1isinterest," he said. Such apathy is expanding the amount of housing disconcerting especially since MIT owned by non-profit organizations is such an important institution in are Reeves' other plans to improve Cambridge, Reeves said. the housing" situation. "!,. As an institution, MIT must On the issue of development understand it's impact on the com- Reeves claims a neutrality - "I'm munity and be responsible member not pro or anti-growth [but] support ~f that community, he said. That community enhancing change," he impact can be felt in areas such as says. The city must manage growth the contentious debate around and economic transition lest it over- ~ affordable housing. whelm the city in traffic, height, or ~ 1 Reeves says that Cambridge is environmental impacts, he said. He ~ experiencing a "very real crisis" in questions, however, the so called ~ housing. He opposes rent control "nostalgia party" of those such as \ not on philosophical grounds but James Williamson. t"ft's a difficult b"ecause its return is politically. way to talk about pragmatic poli- unfeasible. "I support it 100 percent tics," he said. but don't see the constellation in the Reeves is not running under the \,~~~. sky that will bring it back." Reeves' banner of the Cambridge Civic As- pragmatism may be, as he acknowl- sociation, the traditional stronghold 73 First Street, Cambridge, Mass., 02141, edges, bad politics. of progressive city politics whom he Tel: (617) 864-3588 I Fax: (617) 864-0855 In Iplace of rent stabilization calls "lip service liberals," and bills www.activestores.com r~easures, Reeves proposes budget- himself as one of the few true pro- ing additional city funds to create gressive candidates on the ballot. 2ND lOCATION ACTIVE WOBURN: II Cummings Park, more units of affordable housing. Reeves' own credentials include Woburn, Mass., 01801 liis belief that the city. should spend ten years on the council including Tel (781) 932-0050 t Fax (78\) 933-8884 more than its current $4.5 million two terms as mayor. Reeves came to on housing is one of the areas where Cambridge as a student at Harvard he comes into conflict with city (and is still a student, 'he says) and rllanager Healey. Reeves has also went to law"school at the University raised questions about Healey based of Michigan. He studied in Africa on the number of discrimination and Sweden's social welfare state as suits being pressed against the city. well as at MIT as a Department of c. Reeves points to the city's fail- Urban Studies and Planning fellow. THE TE~H NEWS HOTLINE 253-1541 Dear Class of 2002, This is what the class"of '98 said about their MIT experience freshman year: "MIT is a unique place. Nowh~re else can you get the aca- "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. I called MIT demic and social environment you find here." ''The Dream Crusher." I felt my creativity and dreams were being crushed out of me by the weight of a thousand problem sets. But, I "MIT has the lSmartest of the smart when it comes to stu- did enjoy my classes in general." dents. While it has taken me a lot of adjustment, I have gained a "lot and will gain a lot. It challenges me to perform "I'm not as math/science oriented as I thought. I miss humanities at my best." with papers instead of problem sets. The. workload is too heavy so it detracts from my enjoyment of a su~ject as well as inhibiting extra- "MIT is the greatest place to be in terms of academics, op- curricular activities." portunities to take part in real "research (DROPs), anq ex- tracurricular activities. And it's full of interesting people!" . ~ " What's your opinion? Tell.us on the 1999 Freshman-Year Survey! ------Look what you could win if you co,,!-plete and return the survey! .Grand Prize: A Palm Pilot VI Plus gift certificates and merchandise/rom: • Tower ~ecords • Technicuts • CopyTech Center • Spinnaker ;I:talia Legal Sea Foods • Royal East Restaurant • MIT Press MITCoop • Kendall Square Cinema • MIT Computer Connection • MIT Museum • Bertucci's • Cambridge Sail Loft • Networks Raffle drawing in December. web.mit.edulodsue •. [email protected] Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education Page 18 T"I-i ET EC H October 29, 1999 . , Sullivan Opposes Rent Control, Urges New Spending Sullivan, from Page I for the Stata Center "really cooL" Harvard's collection of deans. they eventually decrease the supply Sullivan gives Kendall Square as While relations between the city Quality of life issues boil down of housing by removi~g incentive to an example of a how not to develop dent deaths in recent years. and M IT are often marked by con- to clean and safe streets - MIT stu- construct new housing units, he an area. While the Kendall develop- The new dorm wi II reduce flict, Sullivan says that Cambridge's dents would most likely see these hopes to improve access to afford- ment consists almost exclusively: of crowding in the. Cambridge housing relationship with MIT is better than issues in improved safety and light- able housing. office space, the ideal development market by "taking students out of the with Harvard. -"There is an arro- ing along the Charles riverfront Cambridge is in danger of would include retail, office, residen- mix." Sullivan isn't a fan 01' Steven gance at the other end of the river" becoming a city composed of only tial and open space. '; Holl's proposed "sponge" design, that doesn't exist at MIT, he said. Sullivan against rent control the very rich and the working poor Sullivan feels that it is "important which he described as ugly. He did MIT's centralized administration is While Sullivan opposes rent con- unless the city is able to 'provide to keep small businesses" and that it however, (lnd Frank Gehry's design also easier to negotiate with than trol measures because he feels that housing subsidies to middle income is possible for small business to com- residents currently not eligible for pete with larger, national businesse\. assistance. Such assistance would He says that despite efforts to come largely in the form of govern- 'save' Central Square, the area is ment spending of tax dollars - "we not in its heyday. and should move., Pixie Anne Pennwright should all bear the price" of afford- towards becommg an area that 'Can SJwkt.'scritic • The "CrazY" Aunt • Vegas Showgirl able housing, he said. support a neighborhood - complete Cambridge has spent mo~e than with additional supermarkets and $80 million towards affordable hous- retail clothing outlets. /t ing in the last,five years and, while he Sullivan supports some morato- said the city could to better, Sullivan riums against development to allow believes that the city is ."light years co'mmunities to review development ahead" of other communities. which will affect their neighbhr- Debates over development have hoods. gone hand in hand with housing Aside from his experience on. the questions this election. Sullivan sup- council Sullivan has served as-~n ports limited, planned development in assistant attorney general, and ran-Jfor Cambridge. "You can't have it both district attorney in Middlesex County ways," he saH.l~ new housing can't last year. He is a Cambridge native be created'Without new development and was educated at Boston College. songs and strings dance fancy and fetching upon the tawny tip CHRIS MCENIRY-THE TECH Battista Mlnola (Brian Keller '01) gives away bls daughter~ I of the guilt ..edged sword ... Katarlna (Kortney Adams G) to the wealthy Petrucchlo (Sean Austin '99) in' Michael Ouellette's adaptation of Shake- speare's The Taming of the Shrew. The MIT Shakespeare En- semble performs Shrew this weekend and next In Kresge: little Theater•. Jimmie's Chicken Shack ATTENTION ... UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE .STUDENTS WORLDWIDE ENTER.COM Jimmie's Chicken Shack Static X Bring Your Dum Stereo VVisc~in IJeath lrrip Features "Do Right" Fe~tures "Push It" PURSUE JOB AND. INTERNSHIP .OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPAN T.HE GLOBE fJ~ .. .&~' ~<:: CampusCareerCenter.com ~ ... The world's largest campus job fair ." THE TECH PaQe 21 October 29, 1999 THE TECH Page 19 ; . J~ational, MIT Plan Investigation into SAE Incident SAE, from Page I suspended all undergraduate mem- stipulated that a full hearing must be for SAE, raising the possibility of vidually. bers and placed all affairs of the conducted with the permission of reinstating the license after Nov. 15. The alumni commission will Second residence also investigated MIT chapter under sole control of the board before the license for 484 MIT is unlikely to take such vote on each person to determine if . In addition to discussing the the alumni. commission. Beacon can be reinstated. They also action at this time, Williams said. he is "worthy of continued member- cited violations, testimony at the ':We thought that we demonstrat- said that such a request would not Currently, all undergraduate ship in the fraternity." No one BLB hearing held on Tuesday ed that we were committed to be granted before the end of this members of SAE are under suspen- responsible for the incident. and "no ~ncluded c~mplaints of disruptive addressing the concerns of the academic year. sion by their national fraternity. house officer found to have con- behavior submitted by residents board," King added. Commissioner Michael J. According to a statement released doned the availability of alcohol neighboring SAE, which has houses MIT is currently conducting its Connolly indicated that the by council representing the corpora- within the fraternity house, wi II be at both 480 and 484 Beacon St. own investigation and will convene "Institute may take responsibility" tion, members must reinstated indi- reinstated. " ,.I As a result, the board summoned a hearing panel "probably within SAE to a hearing on Nov. 16 one to two weeks," said Betty H. regarding the house at 480 Beacon Sultan, who heads the Office of ~t., which holds a separate dormito- Student Conflict Resolution. ry license. A head of investigation has been Educator. "We are of course disappointed," appointed and "if the charges are said Carl K. King, counsel for the substantiated, they will be grounds Massachusetts Iota Tau Association, for revoking MIT's recognition of Inspiration. the corporation that owns both SAE SAE," Williams said. buildings. "Our first priority now is The -Interfraternity Council will to not revoke the license at 480 conduct its own inq~iry after the Lionheart. ,Beacon.': MIT investigation is complete, but "Apple cares anOUlilSusers. especiallv educllion. I(s whv We want the students to under- is not currently active' in the I joined. I've never been disappoinreci. Mdellow . stand that "there are repercussions process. "We have relinquished employees reflecl excellence. dedicllion ;md COl1lll1ill1lelll that come from their behavior," said control of the investigation to the baniel F. Pokaski, chairman of the Dean's office," said Michael V. 10 lhal idea. In lUrn. CUSlOl1lerSareslill supporling our licensing board. He also repeatedly Trupiano '00, President of the IFe. superior producls." . expressed his disappointment at the "It is the policy oJ tJh,~ IFC to sup- JP .~'Iack of response" shown by SAE port fraternities a~r.much as possi- members by not appearing at ble." WebObjects Tuesday's hearing, and indicated The SAE freshmen will move that similar sanctions may. occur 'for into campus housing so that upper- BAE's second house if undergradu- classmen can remain at 480 Beacon www.apple.com/jobs ate students are not present on Nov. St, King said. That address is 16. licensed to hold 30 residents. The Meet Apple employees and be lhe firsl 10 hear aboul .,} King said that while he does not. license at 484 Beacon was for 24 our new products and lechnologies: represent th~ students of SAE, he students, but also contained the. Infonnation Session did advise them against appearing kitchen' f~cilities, which will now . on Tuesday since it is the corpora- have to be shut down. November ISI .~ion that technically holds the dor- After the board's decision, King Be sure to drop by your Career Placement Center mitory license. "We thought it said that "we will be here on the for lime and localion. would be a show of disresp.ect to 16th with the students to address On-campus Interviews bring undergraduates when we are neighbors' concerns." '~ot contesting that an incident took 'Williams said that MIT "will November 2nd-3rd & November 18th-19th place." ~ work with the fraternity to deter-' mine a response for the Nov. 16 .t~ation~d, M~T plan investigation hearing." King also represents an "invol- SAE President Christopher J. Think different. untary alumni commission" com- Albrecht '00 could not be reached Appk COl1lpull'f Iu.' J llllpOf'Jll'lllllllnilllll'nIIO• till' pril1<:ipll' of din-NlY. In thJI ,pirit. \\l' \n-I. prised of members of the corpora- . for comment. mnll' appliGlliol\.' rr'KlI all indiliduals. t'l1C)'}) App\~ uKnpull'f. lnc All ri~lI' 1'I.",,-'lYl'll.API'k- 'tion and formed t~ conduct an and till' Appk'I"!:,, all' R'!(i"l'fl"" trJdl1l13rk., of Appil' UHnpUll'f. In.... investigation into the incident. On MIT unlikely to assist with license sUnday, the' national SAE fraternity As part of its decision, the board I \. A m~age to t~e MIT .community from .C~ambridgeCit)' Councillor Ken Reeves: '.., I .• "I believe that MIT students are members of the Cambridge community, and, as such, you are an impoitant part of a village which is responsible for raisirig and educating its children. We need you to help send goodpeople to the Carn- bridge City Council, to ensure the approval ofa school budget that serves all our children. Many people who have made their homes in Cambridge are former MIT students who have devel- oped a legacy of s~ivice to the government and people of Cambridge." t ' If you are interested in public +. service, and value the role of public servants, please vote Kenneth E. Reeves #1, for Cambridge City Council, on -Tues- day, November 2nd .. With your help we can re-elect Ken! .. Ken Reeves has served on the Cambridge City Council since 1990, including two terms as Mayor ofCambridge from 1992 to 1995. ~e attended the MIT Department ofUrban Studies and Planning Community Fellows Program, gra4uating in 1998. Ken ~sendorsed by.N.D. W., the.Cambridge .Progressive Forum, and the Cambridge Lavender Alliance. Paid for by the Committee to Be-elect Ken Ree~s, Bernard Hicks, Treasurer. ,I I• ~~):):yr 'J..),] ,L)(} Page 20 THE TECH October 29, 19~9~ ~. jj If computer scientists designed the ., world, things would be diHerent." " David Shaw, Wired Magazine* D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a securities and investment firin f~unded by a former Columbia University computer science professor. It started , w' )j, in 1988 with seven employees, an initial investment of $,28.million, and a plan for applying quantitative and computational techniques to the securitie~ business. Today, the D. E. Shaw group encompasses about a dozen closely rel~ted entities With approxirriately.$l billion in aggregate capital. At the core of our business are systems and algorithms that move hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and the ,. \ extraordinarily gifted programmers and systems architects who build them. 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"It \\'asn't \'l:ry much tllne," placed students through the GRT. asbestos tiles 'existed elsewhere in tor of the office of residential life and Taylor said Siutknts had approxi- "People worked together very well the residence, "!t's tough to say, The 5tudent life programs, said that MIT Similar incident occurred in EC Inall:ly t\\n III thrl:1: hours In pack for on thiS unfortunate incident." doml is carpeted in different areas," would likely take a more cautious An almost identical incident tilL' \\l:l:k. Taylor said hl: wanted to ensure Donaghey said, approach in the future. The MIT occurred last fall, when II East 11ll\\'I:\l:r, T;iylor :-aid Ihal "thl: that students would not suffer acade- Burton-Conner mechanics are Environmental Medical Service will Campus residents had to be relocated stlltklltS (' \ I: [alkl'd In Sl:l:1ll tn hI: mically becausl: of the relocation. aware of the potential for finding most likely start inspecting tiles when because of asbestos tiles found under umkrstandlllg." The (jraduak Rl:sl- Donaghey said that carpeting in more asbestos, and they will check carpets are replaced, Bernard said. Fifth East carpeting when students dellt Tutor Oil thl: hall and his wik other areas of Burton-Conner had for the tiles before ripping up more "EMS has a better idea of where all removed the carpet. the asbestos is, but I would expect Material containing asbestos is that as we pull rugs up we should be generally considered harmless unless testing the tiles underneath." it releases dust or fibers into the air Believer. Taylor said that MIT should take where they can be inhaled or ingest- more precautions to prevent such ed. Asbestos'floor tiles will not incidents in the future, "It could be a release asbestos fibers unless they are .., Stanclarcls bearer. continuing problem. The Institute damaged or broken. Agitator. Monday, November 1st at 7:00pm ',"1 l II/ok ,II IIll' grl';lIlIJ;lllgl" ukillg pLlll' ill llur illdlhll'\ ;llld 'IT 1'111\ pi>"ihilil\, lltll' \\ Itlt :\ppll' pn ,..idl" 1I11', ll1l' 11'L'u/! >Ill-I Ill' plhh-[( l «1I11nlilt Antonio R.. ll1;1Il,~l"ill ,I hl'lll'r, l'lllirl'i\ Ill'\\ \\;1\, \\ l' ;d'I1l;lh';1 dilkrl'llll' 1\ l'l'\ d;1\," Damasio Book Reading ,and Signing Antonio R. 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Chiu said the investigators found and that anything happening at an and released from the MIT Medical opened later that afternoon.' Tuesday's incident received "turPentine and old soda bottles." FSILG will be circumspect." Center. Chiu said that the device that national media coverage. Television Bill Lee, a member of PKS's "It was an individual event," said Campus Pol ice closed off exploded was "store bought" and news vans lined Massachusetts alumni board, said the board has Trupiano. "We won't deal with it as Building 10 for most of the after- that other fraternities have used sim- A vcnue until late in the evening. hire<;ta contractor and exterminator a fraternity issue." The I FC noon while the Cambridge Police ilar devices in advertising thei r ''I'm sure [the media coveragc] did- to correct the problems. He hoped Executive Committee met Thursday and Fire Departments aided in the events. The Cambridge Police n't help," said anne-Johnson. "MIT members of the fraternity could to discuss the PKS incident. investigation. The Cambridge Bomb searched PKS' s house Tuesday is in an intense spotlight; it has becn \ mo:c back on Friday ... A rally is being planned for Squad found a second device simi- afternoon, looking for explosives. reality for over two years now." ''''MIT shares the City'S desire to Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. on the \ assure safe housing for these stu- steps of 77 Massachusetts Avenue. dents. All of the violations cited are Benjamin K. Chun '00, Vice , casi1,y corrected and the Institute President of the IFC Activity Commllnicator. I will move swiftly to assist the fra- Organization, said the event ~ill ' ternity in correcting them," MIT support PKS, help raise money for I said in a press release. the charity that Skuffle would have Innovator. "MIT has tried to be as support- supported, and show that MIT stu- ive as possible [of PKS] while not dents are responsible and support- ~ condoning unacceptable behavior," ive. Strawberry lover. said Assistant Dean and Director of "What makes it in the headlines Mediation Carol Orme..;Johnson. is not what-we're about," Chun said "Passion. energy and creatirity are uniquely perrasi\t' "The Campus Pol ice has an of MIT students, at Apple. J"mfascinated by the brand. attracted by the obligation to pursue crimes that they The IFC has invited city and open culture. :.lI1c1 I lore my stra\\'berry il\lac" :Ire ;lware of. The administration MIT officials to the rally. They hope can't do anything about that," to raise $2,000 for the Leukemia Lorraine Orme-Johnson said. Foundation of America. ' Human Resources !... FSIl_Gs cancel Halloween parties Police investigate exploi,on PKS's bi-annual Skuffle As part of an extensive advertis- t, Halloween' party, along with all fra- • ing campaign for "Skuffle," the fra- vlww.apple.com/jobs ternity parties for this weekend, ternitY's bi-annual Halloween party, have been called off. Interfraternity PKS students were planning to Council President Michael V. interrupt Tuesday's Circuits and Meet Apple employees and be the first to hear ahout Trupiano '00 said IFC officials Electronics (6.002) lecture in Room our new products and technologies. spoke to fraternity presidents warn- 10-250. Robert H. Lee '02 walked Information Session ing them of the potential dangers of into the lecture dressed in a grim November 1st holding a party this weekend. reaper costume. After speaking with the IFC, "As part of the disruption, one of Be sure to drop by your Career Placement Center Theta Chi President Philip W. Juang them was holding a device that they for time and location. '00 decided to cancel their Under thought would go up in a puff of On-campus Interviews l the Sea party planned for Friday. smoke ... it exploded," said MIT November 2nd-3rd & No\'ember 18th-19th "[T~e IFC said] it was a bad time to Spokesman Robert J. Sales. have a party. It would d(aw atten- Previous interruptions had been tion and you might be evicted," conducted without incident. Juang said. Lee was taken by ambulance to l.h addition, a letter from the IFC Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee was sent to with injuries to his hands. the fraternities saying that the Chiu said Lee was released from Think different. explosion, the revoking of Sigma the hospital later that day in good Appll' u.npUll'f It!.,,, l'Oq)OI'JIl' n.nmilnll'llIlO tilt' prindpIL' (~. din-rsity. In Alpna Epsilon's license, and other condition. "He was a little shaken t1UI "Pin!. Wl' wdn.llt' "ppliGllion' fmm "II indi\'idm". {W) All Majors Welcome! . (Math, Science, and Fo,:,eign Language enco".raged) Current Seniors • Grad Students • .Mid-Career Professionals Invites MIT students to attend a presentation about Information Session career opportunities in our .1 '~. Tuesday, November 2 • 5:.30pm INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPAR1MENT Room 4-149 Thursday, Novelllber 4 Application D~adline: February 2, 2000 Building 7 ' Room 4,163 6:00 p.m. ' 8:00 p.m. ...., Massachusetts Signing Bonus Program for New Teachers Website: www.doe.mass.edultqe . ,a. i Call: 781.338.3231 Page_~6 ,THE, TE~.H Register at www.jobtrak.com .. Worcester State Next for MIT NATIONAL SPORTS NEWS 1=ootball, from Page 28 Bulldogs Try to Create a Real Stir with a 15-play, 71-yard TO drive, ,put a missed extra point left the LOS ASGELES TlAIES score at 7-6 going into halftime. Martini, please, shaken, not stirred, This annual game played in The second Bison score, a four- Jacksonville is known as "the world's largest cocktail party" for its yard run by Fox, opened the second traditional pregame tailgate festivities, but it's usually the straw that ii:alf of play. Then the Beaver stirs the drink in the Southeastern Conference. defense buckled down while the. No exception this year. offense awoke from its lull. For the By winning, Florida can knock Georgia out of the Eastern divi- ,J}ext four Nichols offensive drives of sion race and all but box out Tenm:ssee from the SEC title game. The the game, MIT forced a turnover on .Gators hold the tiebreaker over the Volunteers by virtue of their downs, two punts, and a fumble. early-season win over Tennessee and will finish the SEC season with Meanwhile, Villavicencio brought- phone-ins against Vanderbilt and South Carolina. ,.is team to within two on a I-yard "If you look at the history of the University of Florida, every year TO run with 8: 18 left in the fourth. we've won the SEC we've had to beat Georgia," Florida Coach Steve The two-point conversion attempt Spurrier said. failed, leaving the Beavers ne~ding . Spurrier used a week off to put the psychological hammer on ~another score to draw even .•. ' . Ooug Johnson, threatening to include Jesse Palmer in the quarterback A big interception by cornerback .' J.11ixif-Johnson doesn't start making the coach look like the offensive' Angus Huang '00 on the ensuing .~ 'genius, he is.. ~ison drive set the stage for Jo~~nn- :~ , After sputtering most of the s~ason, ,and sury.iving,one-point vieto:.. Berkel's heroics, and another. pick 'ries over. Central Florida and Louisiana State, Georgia -played its 'best by cornerback Kevin Richardson game last w.eek in a 49-34 win over Kentucky in Athens, Ga. '0 I on the final drive of the game Qi:tarterback Quincy Carter passed for 304 yards and two touch;- '~unctuated MIT's dominating downs, and rushed 'for 87. defensive performance. ' " Georgia has become good again in the SEC under Coach Jim With the victory, MIT raised its Donnan, but the Bulldogs can't become a national power until they ...all-time record against Nichols to 6- find a way to beat Tennessee and Georgia in the SEC East. J '2 and avenged last year's 35-27 Georgia is 1-18 against those schools in the decade, the only \vin a road loss to the Bison. victory over Florida in 1997. Georgia's only Joss this season? To Tennessee. "Worcester State next for MIT . MIODRAG ClRKOVIC-THE TECH Spurrier seeks his 100th victory as Florida's coach, but those Tomorrow the Beavers make a Running back Enrique Villavicencio '00 gets tackled as he gains things aren't important.to humble guys like him. 42-mile trek along Interstate 90 to control of the ball during Saturday's game against Nichols College. "Personal accomplishments are not all that important right now," visit the Worcester State Lancers. The Engineers upset the Bison 18-14. he said. "Maybe when my coaching days are over I can look back and ~he Lancers are a tradi tionally reflect. But we've got plenty of reason to beat Georgia this weck, not strong program that has fallen on performance last week carried'WSC will mark the first time ever they worry about that number in my coaching career." hard times recently. Last year's to their improbable victory. have played on artificial turf. This p1ediocre 4-6 record has been fol- The Worcester State defense pre- surface is faster and harder than grass lowed by a disappointing 1-6 start sents its opponents with a basic 4-4 and will present MIT with new chal- Oct. 29, .1960: Cal Poly San Luis (1-4 NEFC Red) this year. That one defense. Defense has been a major lenges in stopping the Lancer attack. win, however, came last Saturday problem for the 1999 Lancer squad, In addition, WSC will surely come Obispo Air Tragedy Remembered '~n a thrilling 27-26 double overtime as no true leaqers have emerged, to after the Beavers a bit more sharply LOS ANGELES TIMES victory over Framingham State. break thein from their current slump. than usual the week after tasting their It has been nearly 40 years now, so the wounds have healed over, On' offense, WSC runs mostly Evidence o(their'Struggles lies in the first victory of 1999. Execution of like an old Sequoia growing steadily around an old bum .. I basic two-back, three-receiver sets. fact that free safety Mike Paladrino fundamentals and aggressive play on Thirty-nine years ago on Oct. 29, 1960, a brooding Cal Poly San I ~1iowever, they lack the athletic talent leads the team in tackles with 70. both sides of the ball will be the key Luis Obispo football team boarded its chartered C-46 airplane at that the MIT defense has seen for Paladrino is tough and athletic, as is in the young MIT team taking yet Toledo, Ohio. The Mustangs had been beaten that afternoon at much of the season. Running backs senior linebacker Jarrod Steele, last another step up the NEFC ladder. Bowling Green University, 50-6. ([odd Daskowski and Eric Swedberg week's NEFC Defensive Player of Beaver Injury Report: WR Shortly after takeoff, the plane lost power in the left engine. It 'split the rushing load evenly, and an the Week(l3 tackles, seven solo, Charles Toye '00, tom ligaments in lurched downward and to the left, crashed, cartwheeled, broke ih two average offensive line protects fresh- one fumble r:ecovery). The rest of the knee, out 2-3 weeks; RB Enrique and burst into flames. Twenty-two of the 46 on board died, 16 of man quarterback Mike Weiss. Weiss, WSC defense, though,' has been Villavicencio '00, strained ham- them players. At the time, it was the worst sports air disaster in histo- -'Who has steadily improved over the inconsistent for' much of the year: u. - string;-doubtful~ Db-Alex -DeNeui - ry; - ..--- ~ ------• - - •. - course of the season, has a strong '03, sprained knee, uncertain; For weeks, San Luis Obispo was a familiar dateline, with news arm but limited accuracy. Unfamiliar turf might be a factor DB/KR Alvie Loreto '01, strained organizations reporting on how the little Central California town bore ~. ~he. lo~e La~cer offe!lsive stand- For most of the Beaver football calf, probable; DB Geno White '01, its grief .. 'out IS JUnIor WIde receIver J~remy team (especially roster players from broken ankle, out for season; OLB . One of the survivors was Gil Stork, now 59 and a vice presiaent Frisch (3rd in NEFC in receiving warm-weather parts of the nation), John Boyer '01, dislocated shoulder, of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He suffered multiple broken , yards), whose 7-reception, 13~-yard Saturday's contest at Worcester State out 2-3 weeks. bones. :\ "All things considered, it's changed my life for the better," he said recently of the experience. "I'm able to more sharply focus on KooWms today's events, and my relationships with people close to me are bet- ter. I don't think of (the crash) every day like I used to, but I do every time I read about a crash." Also on Oct. 29: In 1960, Olympic light-heavyweight champion NEWMAC Cassius Clay made his pro debut, stopping Tunney Hunsaker in six: rounds. In 1973; Mark Donohue, 37, won The Times Grand Prix at. Riverside, then made a surprise retirement announcement. However, Honors he returned to racing in 1975 and died in a Formula One crash while practicing for the Austrian Grand Prix. Tennis, from Page 28 No. 1 Florida State Feeling th~ fell short, losing 8-3: (Nakamura- Koskelin were seeded third). Heat of Runner-Up Penn State In the second doubles flight, Koo-Hall were seeded fourth. They LOS ANGELES TIMES crushed Connecticut College 8-2 in 1..Florida State, 8-0; Rankman cuts plea bargain with attorneys to the first round, and USM 8-3 in the keep Seminoles in top spot. second. But they ran into Tufts, 2. Penn State, 8-0; Paterno thinks Kramer's BCS is the worst idea who had beaten them during the since FOR's WPA. season, in the quarterfinals, and 3. Florida, 6-1; Look out, Georgia, Spurrier is messin' with his QB's lost 8-3. head again. The third doubles team of Singh- 4. Tennessee, 5-1; Rankman thinks Vols may be bcttcr this year than Yi Ning Cheng '02 had to play the last. number two seed from Williams in 5. Virginia Tech, 6-0; Third place in BCS rankings is sort of like. the first ,round, and though they third guy on a two-man bobsled team ..... played well, they lost 8-1. 6. Georgia Tech, 5-1; School's new promoter, Don King, demands a M IT went undefeated in the rematch with Florida State. NEWMAC conference this season 7. Kansas State, 7-0; This team has more heart, guts ... jeez, what is and won the conference tourna- Rankman saying? ment, as well as the conference 8. Nebraska, 6-1; Third consecuti ve loss to Texas has Cornhuskcrs sportsmanship award. For her seeing red-headed Major Applewhite. effort, Coach Carol Matsuzaki was 9. Marshall, 7-0; School buys sophisticated equipment in attempt to named NEWMAC coach of the become blip on BCS radar screen. year. Koo was named NEWMAC 10. Mississippi State, 7-0; BCS schedule rank of90 a grcat sclling . rookie of the year, and MIT was point to recruits. all-conference at the first, second, II. Georgia, 6-1; QB Quincy Carter pitchcd a complete game last and fourth singles and first and sec- week against Kentucky. ond doubles positions. 12. Texas, 6-2; Looks like those "one year away" projections m~y "It was quite a season for MIT have been 12 months off. ' women's tennis, not just in terms of 13. Wisconsin, 6-2; Runaway Oayne lumbers his way back into results but in terms of playing and Heisman race. practicing as a team and making 14. Alabama, 5-2; Loss to Vols turns team into Alexander's DASIIA 1.Y.\fAR-TIIE TECI! tennis and each other an important Ragtime band. Kelly Martens '03 leaps for the kill during Tuesday's game part of our lives. I am proud to be 15. Brigham Young, 6-1; Looks from here as if Cougars are playing against Wellesley, In which the engineers were defeated 3-2. part of such a great team," King of the Mountain (West). Matsuzaki said. Page 28 THE TECH October 29,1999 ------:j- SPORTS Football Engineers Another Comeback MIT Defeats New England Top Ten Squad By Alvan Eric P. Loreto into piles time and again to collect 1E.U/ .\/D/HER blue-collar yardage for first downs. All season there have been whis- Led by Johann-Berkel and pers around the New England Enrique Villavicencio '00 (19 car- Football Conference that young ries, 82 yards, 4.3-yard avg), MIl' MITis one of the hammered out 13 out of its 16 first more improved foot- downs on the ground. Linebackers ball teams in the con- Brian St. Peter (14 tackles) and ference. On Saturday, Chris Burun (12 tackles) and safety the 8eaver was let out Courtenay Jackson (13 tackles) of the bag. were statistical leaders for the tired In front of a sparse home crowd and shcllshocked Nichols defense, at Steinbrenner Field, the MIl' foot- which surrendered 217 rushing ball squad made its loudest state- yards for the afternoon, ment of the year with yet another Following an MIl' fumble in the come-fram-behind victory, this one second quarter, Nichols struck first an 18-14 tally over Nichols on a I-yard run by sophomore quar- College. Fullback Kip Johann- terback Nate Stawiecki. The Beavers MIODRAG C1RKOVIC-THE TECH Berkel '02 rumbled into the end answered quickly and emphatically In one of his 19 carries totalling 82 yards, Enrique Villavicencio '00 dives over the end line to score the zone on a 3-yard smash with 25 first touchdown for MIT in Saturday's game. seconds remaining in the fourth Football, Page 27 quarter to complete the latest nail- biting Beaver comeback. With the loss Nichols dropped to 3-2 in Women's Tennis Finishes.Stellar Season NEFC Blue play (4-2 overall). The Bison entered the game with By Nlsha Singh In the first singles flight, co-cap- semifinals, and she fought her for Tufts was the only team to beat MIl' a tenth place ranking in the NCAA TEAM CO-CAPTAIN tain Mealani K. Nakamura '00, every point, especially in the first this season, everyone knew they Division III New England polls, but This past weekend, the women's seeded third, advanced all the way set, losing 6-41..6-1. were going to have a tough matc)1 if neither coaches nor players in the tennis team wrapped up their fall to the semifinals. She faced a tough In the second singles flight, Kelly they played them. MIl' camp viewed themselves as the season with the annual New England Middlebury College opponent in the J. Koskelin '02 blanked 'her Smith In the fifth singles flight, Doana underdogs. As predicted, defense Women's first round, winning 8-5. She then opponent 8-0, but lost to Tufts in the Cecan '00 had the misfortune of. was the story of the game. However, Intercollegiate Tennis faced Tufts in the second round, a second round (the only player she drawing the top seed in the ~rst the much-heralded Bison unit was ~ Tournament. MIl' fin- player that she had struggled against lost to all season) 6-4, 6-0. round, and she was unable to win a finally outshined by the defense of "\ - ished 6th in the field of during the season. She had no prob- In the third singles flight, Julie game, losing 6-0, 6-0. its o'pponent. ~j) Twenty-four Division lems this time, winning 6-4, 6-1. In Koo '03 advanced all the way to the Singh faced Brandeis in the tirst MIl' (3-4, 2-3 NEFC Blue) III teams from all over the semifinals, Nakamura crushed finals. Seeded third, she also faced round, a woman that had beatenl"her handcuffed the Nichols offense, New England, The finish is the sec- Mt. Holyoke for the third time this Tufts in the first round. Having had in a close match during the season. holding them to only 93 yards on ond best in the history in the program season, 6-2, 6-0. She faced the top a close match with Tufts previously, It. was even closer this :time, but the ground and 76 in the air. The (the team was 5th in 1996). seed from Amherst College in the Koo knew it was going to be a Singh was unable. to come-up' with only two Nichols scores came from struggle. She came through in three the victory, losing in the three sets a first-half Beaver turnover deep in sets, winning 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1, after 6-3,4-6, 6-1. their own territory and a recovered fighting back. from 5-1 in the second In the first doubles flight, onside kick to start the second half. set. Koo then breezed through her Nakamura-Koskelin faced a tough In addition, the Beavers held match .with Salve Regina, winning Middlebury team, winning 8-5. They Nichols to 2-for-ll on third-down 6-0" 6-1. Koo also faced Amherst then played Endicott, a team that conversion attempts. (the number two seed) In the semifi- although overmatched, fou~ht All New-England defensive end nals. She played to perfection, walk- extremely. hard and kept it cl()se. Nikolas O. Kozy '00 was once ing away with the 6-1, 6-4 upset. Nakamura-Koskelin won 8-6, and again a one-man wrecking crew, Facing the top seed from Williams then beat Brandeis 8-4. They faced registering 10 tackles, including in the final, Koo fought hard, but the top seeded team from Amherst in three tackles for a loss. Kozy (who lost 6-2, 6-2. the. semifinals. Since they had lost to was selected to the NEFC Defensive them in a third set tie;.breaker during Lowers singles take tough draws a tournament a few weeks ago, they Honor Roll this week), tackle • ;! Thomas 1. Hynes '02 (six tackles), In the fourth singles flight, knew that they were capable of and the entire MIl' defensive line Jessica Hall '02 beat Brandeis, 8-2 pulling off the upset. However, they performed beautifully, stuffing All- in the first round, but lost to Tufts 6- NEFC running back Matt Fox. A 1, 6-1 in the second. Considering Tennis, Page,.27 frustrated Fox finished with only 84 yards on 22 carries (3.7 yard avg). Bison defense couldn't hold MIT UPCOMING HOME EVENTS ~ The Bison defense, which came Sat1:trday,October 30 into the contest allowing only 6.8 points per game this year, was even- Men's Soccer vs. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1:00 p.m. tually worn down by the bruising north-south running of Johann- Monday, November 1 Men's Hockey vs. Jr. Clippers, 7:00p.m. Berkel (21 carries, 86 yards, 4.1- MIODRAG ClRKOVIC-Tl!E TECl! yard avg). As part of the deceptive Midfielder Jesse Gutkowski '02 steals the ball from Gordon Wednesday, November 3 Beaver option attack, the hard- College's Kris Elvgren'during Tuesday's match. MIT lost 0-1. nosed sophomore plunged forward Men's Hockey vs. Bridgewater State, 7:00 p.m. M oviI'1g.1~:/...: hard W()~~~, Make ..•.:.it',... a little easier. on yourself~ boxes for ... moving, storing, organizing, protecting