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umber 43 Cambridg 02139 Friday, eptember 14,2001 Community Gathers in Killia Forum Brings Thousand Tog ther for Reflection, DO cu sion
By Dana Levine deli ered a hort addre ,which was many of the international students EDrFOR IN CHTEF followed by brief peeche given by and faculty have lived through terror- tudents, faculty, and other mem- Undergraduate Association Pre ident ism in their home countries. "I know ber of the MIT community gathered Jaime . Devereaux '02 and Gradu- there are many international taff, on Killian ourt Wedne day to ate tudent ouncil Pre ident Dilan tudents, and faculty who have been reflect upon Tue day' tragedie in A. eneviratne. ew York, at the Pentagon, and in Seneviratne poke about how Killian Page 21 Pennsylvania. Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD '75 called the gathering in order to bring the MIT community together for the first time ince the tragedy. "At 3 :00 pm in Killian court, the entire JONATHANT. WANG-THE TECH MIT community - students, faculty, The word "peace" appeared Wednesday afternoon outside of and taff - is invited to assemble to Lobby 7, covering the call to "victory" erected overnight. share our feelings, support each other as member of the community, and draw trength from our common sense of purpose and caring" Clay Free Speech Debate said on Tuesday evening in a letter to the MIT community. The gathering began with the Focuses on Posters playing of a musical passage by Gus- tav Mahler, which was followed by a short peech delivered by Clay. "It is Decrying U.S. Policy important to share our thoughts, and to draw on the strength of a commu- By Eric Berry impact of U.S. policy on civil- nity united;' he said. "The greatest ians in other lands .... Our gov- benefit will come from your talking A Lobby 7 drop poster com- ernment's response must make to each other, and not from anything paring U.S. militarism against it clear that this nation will no coming from thi podium.' civilians abroad to recent longer target civilians. This Clay said that members of the attacks on the World Trade means an end to all military aid MIT community should take care not Center and the Pentagon has to countries like Israel, Colom- to sublimate blame for the tragedy on become the focal point of a free bia, and Turkey." each other. "There has already been a speech debate on campus. . The poster was subsequently small trickle of hateful communica- The poster, which was put put back up, and the group con- tion directed at members of our com- up by MIT's chapter of Refuse tacted the Campus Police, "who munity," he aid. "We have the and Resist, was tom down by a have been very supportive" of responsibility to support each other, local construction worker, said the group's right to free speech, and the diversity our community rep- Anton Van Der Ven, a postdoc- Van Der Ven said. resents." toral associate actively Brice C. Smith G, another Following Clay's address, Rev. involved in the group. active member of Refuse and Amy McCreath led the community in When a female member of Resist, defended the poster, a minute of silence honoring those MICHELLE POVINELLI-THE TECH the group who was guarding the saying that "a line has to be who lost their lives on Tuesday. Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD '75, Professor of Management and poster tried to intervene, the drawn between speech that is tephen C. Grave ,profe or of Chair of Faculty Stephen C. Graves, and UA President Jaime E. Dev- construction worker allegedly offensive and that which i management and chair of the faculty, ereaux '02 addressed Wednesday's assembly on Killian Court. told her, " 'We should kill them harassment." all, and kill you, too' ," Van Der Ven said. tudent reactions mixed The poster condemned Students passing by Lobby Students Get Laptops for Coursework Tuesday's attacks on New York 7 questioned the poster's By Shankar Mukherji According to Kumar, much of the d' rbeloff Fund for Excellence in City, the Pentagon, and Penn- appropriateness. "There's a ASSOCIATE SCIENCE EDITOR discussion surrounding pedagogical MIT Education. ' sylvania, going on to say, "This The MIT Council on Educational innovation centered around "more tragedy reminds us of the Free Speech, Page 17 Technology (MITCET) has initiated flexibility in educational delivery that Cour e tailor laptop u e to fit a program to distribute laptop com- supports collaborative education need puters to tudents as part of an e peri- active learning, and that is not reliant " tudents [except for tho e in the ment aimed at assessing the educa- on the phy ical location of Technology Enabled Active Learning tional impact of a mobile computing machines.' program] will get the laptop, a environment. The program is being jointly run wireless card a ca e and the "The desired outcome of thi by Academic Computing and the computers will be regi tered with experiment," says a document pro- Computing Practices Re ource Team [
JONATHAN T. WA G-THE TECH "The Council wa looking at "That add up to something like construction building project , and Students read notes written on the walls of Lobby 10. The ways the MlT educational experience half a million dollar of grant aid,' ultimately developing portfolios of paper banners' serve as a memorial for those lost in Tuesday's needed to change," aid Director of Pope said. "The remaining fund are their architectural work" said Phillip tragedy. Academic Computing . S. Vijay from ITCET, which [ultimately] Kumar. c.ome from the lex and Brit Laptops, Page 21
Pre ident Comics OPINIO Vest discus - ichael Borucke denounce the o ld & ation 2 e future ci- call for violent retaliation. Opinion 4 ence polic . Event Calendar 11 On the Town .12 Page 7 P ge 10 Page 5 Page WORLD & NATION ·0 on erica Powe Asks Pakistan for Help I 1...... rIo "'_T Offe i e THE WASHINGTO, POST JERICHO, WE T SA InFinding Fugitive bin Laden ith the world's attention diverted by terrori t ttac in ew ork and a hington, I rael ha launched a military offen i in By Steven ufson i m in general. ' citie . The nited tate doe not Palestinian-controlled territory in the e t Bank and Gaza trip that and Alan Sipress The focu on bin Lad n and hi re ognize the Taliban and does not ha killed a dozen Pale t.inians in the la t three day . THE »IISHl GTO. POST ba e in fghani tan ha driven ha e diplomatic relations with them. poke man for the I raeli army aid the operation, including much of the Bu h admini tr tion' But an aggre sive diplomatic deep incur ion by column of tanks, were intended to 'eliminate ter- ecretary of tate Colin Powell diplomatic effort to rally upport ampaign ha al 0 won the nited rori t activities," including drive-by hooting. But indep ndent Thur day pointed to wealthy audi for po ible military trike in retali- tates upport from a range of inter- I raeli analy t and Pale tinians aid I rael is taking ad antage of the e ile 0 ama bin Laden a a prime tion for Tu day attac . national organization including a terror attac in the United tate to carry out rai that might other- uspect in th att c on Tue day by Deputy ecretary of tate re olution of upport adopted 56-1 wi e have attracted critici m from abroad. airplan hijac er and later poke by Richard rmitag, meeting with by the U . General As embly. The ot only was there practically no condemnation om Europe or telephone with Paki tan' lead r to enior Pili tani official for th ec- curity Council has al 0 ig- the United tate, but the raid recei ed little att ntion in the I raeli in i t on hi help in hunting down ond day, made everal demand , naled its readine s to take teps in media as well. the fugitive militant and uprooting including that Pili tan clo e it bor- re ponse to the attacks. In the late operation, a column of I raeli t ompanied by hi ne or. der with fghani tan, cut off fuel De pite efforts to build an inter- infantry roared into the I epy Jordan alley town of Jericho b fore e are looking t those terrori t upplie to the Taliban and grant national coalition, Powell aid the dawn Thur day, triggering a mattering of oppo ition by Pale tinian OIg nizations that have the kind of o erflight right to U . military air- admini tration would not let this tie gunmen. The two hou e in Jericho hit by I r li tank: hell are capacity that would have been n ce - craft, admini tration official aid. it hands as it ought to pur ue ter- around the comer from the home of aeb Ere t, a top Pale tinian ary to conduct the attack that we The nited tate i also looking for rori ts and state that support them. peace negotiator. Erekat, a moderate who maintain clo relation a ," Po ell aid." e haven t yet intelligence cooperation. We will not do it in such a way that with a wide variety of high-ranking I raeli official, aid the I raeli publi ly identified the organization Though the Bush admini tration if the United States feels a need to attac as unprovoked. we belie e as re pon ible. But ha e pre ed grave concern about act alone by itself, we will not be He said I raeli Prime ini ter Ariel haron i taking ad antage of hen you look at the li t of candi- the afe haven provided to bin Laden constrained by the fact that we're ashington' focu on the aftermath of the murderou attac in date , one re id in that region." by the Taliban movement ruling working with others a well," he America. He' using thi for two things' Erekat aid.' First to do When a ked by a reporter Powell most of fghanistan US. officials aid. whatever he ants without anybody watching him. econd, he' try- confirmed he meant bin Laden. aid they were unaware of any offi- The ultimate goal is to build ing to package thi for the world as ifhe i fighting terrorism.' Powell aid that a oon a the cial American discu sions with the international momentum for a sus- By midday Thur day, the army had withdrawn it force from the nited tate i certain of the identi- Taliban about terrorism since the tained confrontation with terrorist centers of Jenin and Jericho but remained in positions on Pale tinian ty of the culprit in the hijacking , attacks on Tuesday. groups and governments that provide territory at the perimeter . We will go after that group that 'We have ways of talking to them them support and haven. "What we network and tho e that ha e har- and we're exploring those ways don't want to do is to have a quick bored, supported and aided that net- now," Powell said. State Department burst, while everybody is focused on e Trade Agreemen with exico work to rip that network up. officials said the administration what happened, and then lose sight He added, 'When we are through could contact the Taliban through of the fact it's going to take some o es China loser to he wro with that network, we will continue their representatives in Islamabad, time to root out terrorism," the LOSA GELES TIMES with a global a ault against terror- ew York or a few other foreign senior administration official said. MEXICO CITY One of the last ob tacIe to China's entry in the orId Trade Organization wa overcome Thur day when hina and exico reached agreement in Geneva on their trade difference . Officials in Arab States Pledge The principal remaining barrier i China' alleged preferential treatment of U. . in urance giant American International Group, which has provoked the European Union' ire. But trade expert are optimi tic it will be ettled by the TO ministerial meeting in Support for U.S. Investigation Qatar in ovember, when China's admission is expected to be for- malized. By Howard Schneider country in late 1999 foiled a plot by ment officials agreed there may be Mexico has been low to agree with China because of concerns THE WASHINGTON POST bin Laden associates.' But he added: limits to what Arab states can or are for its apparel, toy and shoe industrie , which will have a difficult if CAJRO, EGYPT 'We will need to exert effort to draw willing to do on America's behalf at a not impo sible time competing again t Chinese import on equal Officials in audi Arabia, Egypt lines between the issues terrorism and time when shock over the attacks is footing. and Jordan pledged that their intelli- the struggle for independence on the offset by anger over American sup- Term of the Thursday's agreement, which came during a WTO gence and police ervices will help part of different people." . port for Israel and what is seen as meeting in Geneva eem to indicate a exico victory. The nation can U. . inve tigators seeking to deter- Throughout the Arab world, unjust punishment against Iraq. keep duties in place for at lea t ix years, with an extension if it can mine who was behind Tue day's denunciations of the attacks have Even as they pledged help in fig- prove Chine e dumping persists. The exican government aid attacks in ew York and mounted in the last two days, with sec- uring out what happened in ew Thursday'S agreement gives exican companies better access to Wa bington. U . officials have said mar leaders, Muslim clerics and even York and Washington this week, China's market . their suspicion are focused on the fundamentalist groups denouncing regional allies stopped short of com- China's long-awaited admi ion to the 142-nation WTO has fghanistan-based network of the what happened as an offense to Islam. mitments for future military action. depended on bilateral accords with all major countries, deal that accused audi terrorist Osama bin ''If such attacks were carried out Dismantling bin Laden and his have followed rapidly since it and the United tates came to terms in Laden and according to U.S. by a Muslim ... then we, in the name organization or even toppling the pring 2000. reports, investigator are interview- of our religion, deny the act and Taliban would leave untouched groups Chinese negotiators must also contend with recent signs of ing men who are apparently of incriminate the perpetrator," aid like Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim domestic di satisfaction with the WTO. Employees of China's state- audi Arabian and Egyptian origin heik Yusuf Qaradawi, a Qatari- movement in Lebanon; or Damascus- owned companies are worried that the WTO deal that their govern- and may be bin Laden followers. based conservative cleric who has based organizations such as the ment has truck will co t them their jobs in protected indu trie that "We agree that thi is an attack been among the most outspoken crit- Democratic Front for the Liberation of will soon face competition. against us all," aid Jordanian Foreign ics ofU . support for Israel. Palestine that have contributed to ini ter Abdulillah Khatib, whose But regional analysts and govern- Pale tinian attacks on Israel.
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Urgent care still 24 hours a day / 7 days a week I every day of the year In light of recent e en ,John Re d' ttac the b nner of freedom and liberty mer ly on the political and economic foundations of be ause antagoni m is directed gainst us. e America hould erve as a warning t freedom- mu t tand trong, holding high the American loving people e erywhere. flag amidst tragedy, wearing our wor at ur The price of freedom is eternal .gilan e, 0 id and drawing them out to trike only when it i said. e in the U. . mu t remain ever vigi- we have ascertained our enemy. lant and ready to defend our el e not only The event of eptember 11, 2001 will be against foreign terrori ts but from our enemie remembered in our g neration. I will ne er for- within. I ee no defense against uch insanity other g t my disbelief right before taking a chemistry ichael E. Roli h '04 than to re olve to continu to try to do more quiz: a plane had flown into the World Trade good than harm on a day-to-day ba i and to Center. It eemed as if uddenly my existence Mike Hall' column in Wedne day's extra recommend fbi approach to others. had been en into an elaborate cien e fiction i ue of The Tech i way off the mark. While I Ed ard B. ldin plot, and yet it wa till reality. further ympathize wholeheartedly with ike' feel- T edical Chief of Oral urgery event of the day unfolded, I watched, ing , I cannot agree with hi call to arms. I w awe truck that this could be happening to this born and rai ed in ew York City and knew the I did not find out about the events in ew nation. affected area quite well, in fa t, my enior prom York, Wa hington and Pittsburgh until I arrived Thi attack was executed with amazing mili- was at indow On The orId thi p t June. at my lab in Building 1 late Tuesday moming. tary preci ion, triking two major targets within H i very unsettling to see tho e tower gone After b orbing the new from arious Web the pace of an hour, creating ha oc and hut- now. My mother and brother and the vast ite a colleague and I tarted to discuss variou ting down much of the go emment. The princi- majority of my friend all live in ew York. related thing , from the wisdom of U. . foreign ple aim of the terrorists, however, will not be ThankfulIy, they are all okay, but as ike say, policie to the general state ofhmnanity. our accompli hed. Ameri a wilJ not withdraw from some were not 0 lucky. I know what it i like con, ersation moved into the hall, we noticed a world affairs, wounded and wary, never to stand not knowing; I know what it was like to wait for bit of math, a deri ation of omething, neatly again as the light of liberty across the world. my mother to call me, to be unable to reach and purpo efully written on the hall whiteboard. Though the Towers molder in ashes and ruin, anyone in ew York by phone becau e all Our first reaction was to dismi s it as trite in Lady Liberty yet holds forth her torch, her eyes incoming call were rejected. I know what it light of the day's tragedy, but then we thought: filled with tear and her fists clenched in right- was like to it in cla , ondering what had if e eryone could touch such diaphanou beauty eousanger. happened, and to watch the TV feeling power- a we could, would all this have happened? It is very ea y to lose ight of the tremen- le s. The terror of not knowing. But I di agree adly, perhap it is only when mindles acts dous 10 s that our nation has taken. ''Thousand with Mike's conclusion. ow is not the time to occur that we mo t fully realize how precious of lives" is not just an expres ion for a number. trike back. It is not the time for vengeance, for and jewel-like the human mind is. The World Each of tho e lives was not merely a life; each that is the very thing that got us here in the first Trade Center was a tremendous Romantic sym- was a thread in the intricate web that is human place. I would venture to say that 'they" the bol: in purpose, a buzz of human energy as a existence. Each life taken was prematurely perpetrator of this unthinkable crime have nexus of commerce; architecturally, a sublime ended. merica 10 t an irreplaceable part of fir t-hand knowledge of 'not knowing, , of product of the aggregate blood, sweat, tears and itself on September 11, 2001. In dealing with waiting to hear about their family members. geniu of a great civilization, yearning skyward the aftermath, we must remember that these are Tho e dancing in the treets of everal .ddle - in other words, a temple to the human spirit innocent human beings who have been cruelly Eastern town certainly had a familiarity with in ew York, the exemplar city of American slain. not knowing that we cannot comprehend. ow value. The aggressors chose their target wisely. The options of our course of action must be is the time to look at what went wrong, to look In the coming time, we can expect much worry weighed carefully, yet we must not lower our- at what happened and what can be done to pre- and activity concerning national security and elves to the level of the terrorists. America can- vent such a catastrophe in the future. It is not, as retaliation. However, over the long term, per- not fmd true vengeance by slaying innocent some might claim, appeasement to the terror- haps we hould examine why that which is so pea ants whose government has given safe ists, for their goal were very much contrary to beautiful would be considered so ugly by orne. haven to terrorists. If we do so, then we are no peace. They wanted to instill anger and they've I submit that it is because freedom and intellect better than the terrorists: brutes who slay inno- done a marvelous job. In the memory of all are one and that those who are enemies of one cents without just cause. We are the most pow- those who have died 10 t their loved one , are enemies of the other. erful nation on earth. Our technology and force di or : De doot ajumdar '04, Annie . Choi; friends, jobs, memories and city landmarks, Sourav-K. Mandai '00 exceed that of anything else this planet bas ever ociate ditor: Fred Choi '02; taff: Erik much like my elf, let us now u e fbi di aster to seen. We have the capability to track down Blankinship G, Lance athan G, Bence P. inaugurate an era of peace, not of violence. Fir t of all, my prayers go out to all those those responsible, apprehend them and bring Olveczky G, onja harpe G, Vladimir V. Revenge is not the solution. Revenge is who have lost a loved one or are learning of the them to the fu1J force of our justice system. And Zelevinsky '95, Bogdan Fedeles '03, Jumaane appeasement; it is the re ponse of the cowardly whereabouts of their loved one . I my elf was so that new fanatics will not replace them, we Jeffries '02, Jacob Beniflah '03, Daniel J. Katz to the cowardly. We must show these terrorists numb all day until I could get through to my must destroy their operations and supply '03, Jane Madurarn '03, my eadows '03, and the world that we do not stand for violence. family and make sure that they were all safe and cache . We will erase their memory from the Jeremy Ba kin '04, Chaitra Chandra ekhar '04, That violence is the last re ort of the incompe- well. My deepe t sympathies for those still earth. This we can do. This we must do. This andra M. Chung '04, Izzat Jarudi '04, Chad tent. We mu t all tand together again t this unsure of the whereabouts of their loved ones. we shall do. errant '04, Joseph Graham. threat and ay we will not allow the destruction But more importantly, I want to thank the Dominik R. Rabiej '05 PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF to continue. Because killing more people is not professors and teachers for taking the tune out Editor: athan Collin G, Roshan Baliga '03, the answer. I understand the anger - I felt it to allow the students to ignore their academics, After the horrific events of Tuesday, we are Wendy Gu '03; t ff: Erika Brown G, myself - but I realize too that tho e who died for once, so they could take care of their emo- unfortunately beginning to hear of backlash Krzy ztof Gajo G, Garry Ma kaly G, Karlene would not want the world to be plunged into tional health and learn the whereabouts of their from people who are uninformed and unable to . R. Ma kaly G, Michelle Povinelli G, Bob chaos. What better memorial to them all than a loved ones. Likewise, I thank those who pushed contain their feelings. Such backlash has taken umner G, amudra Vijay G, Gregory F. Kuh- world of peace and security? us to live our lives in the aftermath of uch hor- place against Sikh men wearing turbans, who nen '00, Wan Yu of Wan Morshidi '00, ephir J.D. Zamfirescu '05 ror and, in turn, defy those who sought to terror- the perpetrators assume' are instead Muslim. Hamilton M '01, hade Boatin'O 1, ii ize us. Others immediately marched out to Sikhism is entirely different from Islam, and Dodoo '01, Kaila arendran '01, Jame ny- Caring for patients at MIT, a day does not metro-Boston blood donation centers to do their when you see a man in a turban in this country, der '01, Matthew D. Mishrikey '02, Yi Xie '02, go by during which I do not worry about the part to save lives, and I think the gratitude of he almost certainly is a Sikh, not a Muslim. He Leonid Drozhinin '03, Ekaterina 0 ikine '03, possibility of doing omeone a measure of harm thousands go out to them. "may have been born in India or here in the U.S., Matt T. Yourst '03, Pedro L. Arrechea '04; while performing surgery. Despite this constant The e tragedies are infrequent but serious, but he undoubtedly has the same feelings you Brian Hemond '04, Max Planck '04, Jacqueline T. Yen '04, isir Botta '04. concern, the truth is that I can potentially inflict and it' truly a great thing to see the Institute do: shock, horror, and outrage at the cowards a lot more harm behind the wheel of a car than I band together for trength and support. It was a who carried out Tuesday's attacks. There are can in the operating room where, at worst, I can warming reminder that MIT is not just an Insti- Sikh members of the MIT community, both in injure only one per on at a time. On the positive tute, but an entity made up ofhmnan beings. the faculty and staff, and in the student body. side of ledger, over 30 year of caring for Sandy M. Pae '02 Offer your hand of support to your Sikh neigh- patients one by one I like to think that I have bor, and allow us to offer ours to you. Please done some good, alleviated orne suffering, and The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. become informed, and know that the hearts and improved the quality of some people s lives. Terrorism aims to cause fear: paralyzing fear prayers of the Sikh community, American and anager: Rachel John on '02; Perhap I have even saved a few lives by diag- that immobilizes societies. Our society, Ameri- Indian alike, are with the families and friends anager: Jasmine Richards '02; nosing orne illne es still in a curable stage. ca, cannot submit to fear. We are a mighty peo- and with our country. - t thi moment, the work of a lifetime ple, the strongest the planet has ever seen. The Gurukarm K Khalsa seems trifling and insignificant in the face of the tenets of this nation dictate that we not abandon Biology Course Web Designer
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Enure contents 0 2 I The T • Printed on recycled poper by Charles RIVer Publishing. eptember 14,2001 QPI 0 THE T CH Page 5 An Eye for an Eye Don't Fight Fire With Fire th t they will not f: e any consequ nee for easily. 0 missile defense sy tern could possibly their action , encouraging future attacks. .chael Borucke have stopped the attacks. My que tion is how Therefore it i very clearly in our intere ts to will spending more on what didn't work in the Recent event have unfolded like a terri - puni h tho ere pon ible. It eems that everyone who appears on TV first place help to ensure that this doe n't happen ing cene out of aTom Ian y no el. Ameri- The moral argument directly challenge wants war. The media, the congre men the mil- again? ca has been atta ked, and thou ands of Ameri- the claims of pa ifi m. for the fir t part of itary officials are calling for immediate retaliato- can citizen have been died. s a the claim - that the damage has already been ry actions. Before the people of thi country have consequence the American ideal of freedom done - I fully agree, but that i not the is ue. begun to mourn, before we even know who was and capitali mare under attack a well. e Pacifi m attempt to lend a moral equivalence responsible for the attacks a large military Congressmen are already cannot it and do nothing. In tead, we mu t to the initiation of force and the use of force to response seems in vitable. eek out those re ponsible and punish them re pond to another initiation of force. But It doe n't matter where or who or how much pushing for more spending with the full onslaught of all our might. th e are entirely different in nature. It i the to trike; just something to cause pain to cause Con ider the target: the World Trade en- differen e between unprovoked attack and more destruction, 0 that we may feel better. But on missile defense. The U is ter and the Pentagon. The World Trade enter elf-defen e. Pacifist claims of moral equiva- if you think about it, you know that no good can the most heavily armed was not merely an office building; it was the len e are an in ult to tho e of us who value come of more violence. I'm not speaking about preeminent ymbol of American capitalism. It our own li e . turning the other cheek or taking the high nation in the world, ymbolized the tunning wealth accumulated Remember also that the moral answer to ground. imply on a rational level, there i no in merica over the last two centurie as a terrori m i to recognize that our proper tan- way that more violence will solve anything. but no missile defense system result of the Indu trial Revolution. The Penta- dard of value is our own lives. person who Emotionally, only time can heal our collec- could have possibly gon, likewi e, is not just a military office value his ov n life above all will ne er tive grief. The 10 s that thousands of families building. or is it merely one of the largest become a uicide bomber or an airplane have recently endured cannot be assuaged with prevented the attacks. manmade tructures on the planet. It repre- hijacker. Only omeone who accept the the 10 of more lives. 0 one will feel better if ents our country's unmatched military power, viciou doctrine of altrui m the idea that we we annihilate another culture. and our trength and re olve in defending our must place the interests of other above tho e trategically, the call for more violence has interests both at home and abroad. of our own, will do uch a thing. If the e no merit. First, we don't know who was respon- It's not altogether a surprise that attacks of The e attacks were no two-bit operation. hijacker had -placed their live as their high- ible for the attacks. There is no hard evidence as this sort could happen again. That' where our Terrorism and intelligence experts have specu- est value, they would never have acrificed fear and our insecurity come from. What do we lated about who might have the nece sary their live for their' twi ted cause in the way a a ociety do to ensure our ecurity? Do we re ources and the li t i hort. The name at the they did on Tuesday. support more violence? Do we find security in top, of course, i Osama bin Laden, who e Likewise, we must recognize that those the suspension of our civil liberties? Do we okay group has been re pon ible for many of the arne standards apply to our country and the reallocation of education and social secu- attacks against America over the last decade. to our shared interest , such as our rity funds to defense? We have to do (Bin Laden claims national securi- something to feel safe, it's a natural that he is not ty. We should human instinct, but is bombing responsible, but he not li ten to another country the answer? supports the Jilk should certainly put some the critics Maybe we can begin by attacks.) who tell us trying to understand what But terrorism diort into investigation, but this that we ought happened, and why it hap- is rarely just the not engage in pened. If we can under- work of private is really the least of our unilateral stand the motivations individuals. Ter- problems. The fact of the matter action. We behind the crimes we may rorists often also must decide find a peaceful and affective have the backing is that this is a declaration of on a rational way to stop future attacks. of governments course of To do this, we cannot sim- which provide war against America. Jilk've action, and we ply demonize tho e we per- them with the mil- should consider our ceive to be our enemy. We itary resources- appeased these terrorist nations allies' thoughts on cannot point and say, they need, as well for far too long) and its time to military proposals. But "EVIL," because that's not as the most essen- once we act, if others understanding; that's simply tial ingredient of change that. criticize us, we must propaganda meant to make all, money. The hold our resolve. We killing a whole lot easier on the greatest sponsor of must never allow the conscience. Instead of asking terrorists was once complaints of other .what kind of monster could do the Soviet Union, but with its collapse, new nations to endanger our country's interests. something like this, we hould ask regimes have stepped in. The countries who The choice is clear. We must ask ourselves what could drive another human being - sponsor terrorism consist mostly of familiar - do we value our own lives? Do we value to act with such deplorable behavior. names: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, America, the freest country in the world? Do Understand that I'm not trying to justify etc. What they have in common is that they we value the fundamentally American and of yet, and no one has claimed respon ibility. Tue day's attacks. They were despicable acts of hate America and everything America stands moral economic system of capitalism, sym- This has not stopped peculation and the subse- human behavior, and those perpetrators who are for, and their support .of terrorism is a direct bolized in the World Trade Center, that has quent preparations for retaliation. If the persons still living should be brought to justice. or do I consequence of this. led to the unprecedented creation of wealth responsible are found, and the U.S. doe retaliate, mean to lessen the importance of the suffering of Investigating which groups and what coun- worldwide? Do we value the American mili- it will no doubt co t the lives of many innocent the victims and their families. I still feel sick tries are involved or complicit is a di tinct tary, the strongest military in the world, a mil- people, as it has in previous wars. econdly, about what happened to those people. But the issue from the question of retaliation, and I itary that has crushed the oppression of so many politicians have said we must use force as current atmosphere of war and death is simply will leave this to others. We should certainly many dictators and so many threats to our deterrence "to make ure people understand the not the path to healing. put some effort into investigation, but this is nation over so many years? U.S. will not tolerate this." At home the cul- really the least of our problems. The fact of If our answer is ''yes'' - and I hope that How can a person or group ture of fear and vio- the matter is that this is a declaration of war we all would answer thusly - our reaction ready to commit suicide lence that could against America. We have appeased these ter- follows as a direct consequence. Whoever did possibly be deterred by The 1055 that thousands potentially erupt rorist nations for far too long, and it's time to this to America, and whoever is responsible violence? They can't be. because of hard-line change that. Yes, we should attack whoever is for or complicit in the attacks, must be killed. The only effect of U. . offamilies have recently endured actions abroad is responsible for this specific attack, but that's Whatever government is behind the attacks, retaliation will 'be to pro- very disheartening. 1055 not enough. We need to declare·war on and we must bomb into submission with the full voke further attacks. cannot be assuaged with the Already I've heard destroy any and all nations that are responsi- might of our military, and replace with a gov- It's obvious that we of thousands of more lives. tories of Americans ble for terrorism against America, and end this ernment dedicated to freedom, democracy, and can't defend against these being attacked threat for once and for all. capitalism. Whatever governments have done attacks either - even with because of the color Some pacifists among us might suggest that this to us in the past - we must do the same. our enormous arsenal, we of their kin. At this we should not undertake any military action. The co t will be great. American lives will could not top the attacks. evertheless, con- school, e-mails expre sing racism and hatred "We cannot change what is already done," the be lost. I fear that this war will escalate gressmen are already using this tragedy to push have begun circulating. -We have to remember pacifist argument goes, "and by retaliating, we beyond our intentions. Indeed, war i never for more spending on defense, and specifically how insignificant and at the same time, how merely lower ourselves to the level of our glorious. But, in the words of Julius Caesar, on missile defense. But greater defense as a important we all are. We all live on a this plan- attackers." But the paci.fist argument falls short the die is cast. The lines are drawn. The war deterrent is ludicrous. The criminals knowingly et together, surrounded by the vacuum of on both moral and practical grounds. has begun. All that is left i for you to pick and intentionally attacked the United tates, the space, and in the end we are all we have. It The common sense practical argument for your side. You are either with America or most heavily armed nation in the history of sounds novel and trite, and there' little chance retaliation is simple. If we do not retaliate, we against us. I urge you to ide with America mankind. ot only did this not deter the crimi- anything can come of it, but I don't know what send a mes age to potential future terrorists and support this war. nals, but their heinous acts were carried out quite else to say - peace. In the Name of Self-Defense I have visited ew York City many, many Even if it turn out that tho e re pon ible for this attack. But the suspicion and bitterness Guest Column times. My brother used to live there till about these attacks were "Muslims ' they were not left by this treatment was hard to forget. After ida Rizwan Farid a year back. In fact, I was in the city a couple practicing Islam. I lam i a religion of peace; the American Embassy bombings in East of weeks ago, visiting my uncle, who wa in Muslims are only allowed to fight back in Africa, not enough time was given to investi- Let me state at the start that I, my friend , from Sri Lanka. He had rented an apartment self-defen e. nd self-defen e doe not gation. The next thing we knew the U. . had and my relatives, completely condemn the e' half a block away from the twin tower . I was include killing innocent . There were many ent planes to bomb factories in udan which attacks. They were brutal, cary, and com- in the towers daily, window-shopping with women (some pregnant), and children in that turned out to be chemical factories, killing pletely heartle s. I can't imagine the state of my cousin and aunt . Over the past 2 1/2 building. It i mentioned in many places in the many innocent civilians. mind of the poor passengers who were on year I have visited the sky lobby at lea t 4 Holy Quran, that whoever kill an innocent Under tandably, the outrage at the e acts is those planes. The terror, hopele sness and times with my friends. I have 0 many memo- believer will gotraight to hell in the afterlife. trong. Everyone around the world is out- de peration that must have been in their hearts ries associated with tho e buildings and the And there were many, many believer us- raged a am I and all my Muslim friend and when they saw their planes aimed head on for urrounding area . And to ee tho e beautiful lim and others) working in those buildings relatives. Do not take this act of cold-blooded the world trade center. Whenever I hear the building crumbling to the earth was heart- and theurrounding areas. Under no circum- killers to be ynonymous with IsI~, or even account of the couple who jumped from the breaking. It i hard to accept that the World stance would an action like this ever be mo t Muslim . My prayers are with all those towers holding hands I break down crying Trade Center is no more. acceptable in I lam. who suffered los es in the e attac . May God thinking of how defeated they and the many I know the popular opinion is that Mu lim It is also important that thi ituation be help us through this horrible time of grief and other people who jumped from the towers to terrori ts were responsible for this attack. contained. In the aftermath of the Oklahoma mourning, with patience and forbearing. God' certain death must have felt, to jump from a While we don't know yet if that itrue or not bombing many u lims suffered hara ment ble you all. 120 floor building knowing that there wa no it is very important for people to realize that at the hands of other civilian . It wa later dis- ida Rizwan Farid is a member 0/ the chance of urvival. whoever did this was not doing it for Islam. covered that uslim were not re pon ible for Class 0/2001. \ Page 6 OPINIO eptember 14, 200 1
hou ing lott ry to ond mn it in print. It i Gue t Column a y to 10 eight of th pricele int ngibl Jonathan T. e po e and be om 10 t in the tangible ant of life. It i a hame that it ta orne Readers, I ha e a conf sion to m . This large trag dy to jo tl into thinking about i not the column I had in mind hen I claimed the grand h me of thing . pace in today Tech. Originally, I had writ- 1 have lived a very h ltered life. In ju t ten ven hundred ord ondemning the two wee at IT, I have e ond hou in lottery and moaning about the learned mor about the 'r al incompetence of the Office of Residential world" than I ha e in the pa t Life and tudent Life Programs. But a I at e enteen e . I am here The point if this . to draw attention to the down Tue day to revi e that column, I could- thinking that I had e n it all n't continue in light of the gro elf-cen- after living on my 0 n for thing that we take for oranted in life. For me) teredne s taring at me from th page. three y ar in boarding It i easy to be orne 10 t in the a of chool, but I wa adly mi - it took a mas ive tragedy to draw attention to mi fortune and inconvenience of everyday taken. The p ople who I ha e the et iness of orne of my concern . life. There are infinitely many pede trian m t in thi hort time ha e trouble that eem all-encornpa ing when hed orne light on what the they occur. They may merely annoy u - , real orld' i like. having a cla s s heduled at 9 , or a La t wee ,I r ali zed that I have been for- date rape wa an academic ubject to me. roommate habits, or rude driver oblivious tunate enough to alwa receive the uncon- Clearly it wa not my problem a I didn't to pede trian in a cro walk. They may be ditional upport and love of my parents, ow anyone who wa affected. arnings di appointment or imperfection uch a ornething that I had al ay ta en or grant- about Rohypnol (roofie) eemed to be the many complaint I e heard about the ed. That day - and thi wa n't a coinci- extreme and unneces ary paranoia. eeting quality and price of ram ark food. They dence - I met orne one at IT who e par- omeone with a tory to tell -. and I don't may be the tre e of IT, the dreaded fir t ents were unlo ing, critical, and mean Katie oe tner's peech during Orienta- .0 I exam, or the next problem et. In my domineering. I watched helple ly, a my tion - humanized and brought full orce to ca e, I felt ufficiently injured by the econd friend cried, earching fruitle Iy for ho he the heinou crime. Rep Like Robots An Inappropriate Response
Gue t Column encouraged to take a tep back and con ider Gue t Column edly the situation and factors involved in that how thi will affect all of u and hat thi scenario are different. Yet how different are handon Hart ay about merica and the world we live Philip H. Tang they? And how different would it be if these in. MIT ha never been a very nurturing or events took place somewhere else, like Los eptember II, 2001, wa a day that will caring in titution, and we houldn't expect I am appalled 'at the way the leadership of Angele or Chicago? It's scary to even think be indelibly marked in our memorie . of that IT can how its tudent how to grow thi univer ity ha handled it affairs after the that the leaders of our school would allow us the writing of this letter at 11 A on ep- and mature. That i not MIT' job. tragic events on Tue day. It has sent the me - to isolate ourselves like that. tember 12, many still do not comprehend the But IT can make the choice to give its age to all faculty, tudent, and staff that one The most compelling example of what the heer magnitude of the trage that has tudent orne time to reflect, and to interact day of it normal operations supercedes the administration has allowed, and perhaps ere- occurred. It i ad that for many IT stu- with peer or loved one 0 that we may importance of grieving with and sharing in the ated, came after it released an announcement dent, eptember 11 will be remembered a a develop and learn in our own way. Today, experience of our fellow Americans. for Wednesday's plans. By accident I day when busine carried on as usual. It i more teps are being taken to provide time Once I heard the news of the terrorist received an e-mail directed to a professor not my primary intent to criticize the admin- for mutual support and reflection. How attacks, I, like 0 many others, was moved by from a freshman, concerned that because the i tration for its actions in this confu ing time, should we use thi time? hould we ju t deep feeling of sorrow, fear, and anger. Were class was not meeting the following day, her but rather to encourage each of u indi idual- treat it a a fun day off? Again, it i not my we supposed to put a ide the e feelings for an registration status in the class would be com- Iy to look inward and reflect on our own .primary intent to criticize the detail of the hour or an hour and a half at a time to learn promised. Considering the events that had feelings and reaction to this stunning event. admini tration' action but rather to about how rigid bodies behave, how mole- just occurred, our class schedules, course The hi tori cal significance of this event address the larger que tion of how we cules interact, and how mathematical expres- requirements, and homework should be the ha been compared to that of Pearl Harbor, hould u e thi time and how our reaction ions can describe our world. least of our concerns. This incident empha- and this is one ca e where the media is not show 'Our true character. If there is fault in As I left school that morning, I peeked in sizes to me the notion that this school is com- being melodramatic. The one-day death toll our respon e, then it lie with each of u the window of some classroom . To my cha- posed of predominantly self-interested, ins en- will likely dwarf the number of people who individually. Our character i not defined by grin, they contained a multitude of students, sitive workaholics, and is led by the same have been killed in the ongoing conflict in how well we follow the rulebook. Our char- all concentrating on some teacher writing furi- type of people. Whether this i true or not, the the iddle East over a period of many acter, individually and collecti ely i ously on a chalkboard. As I walked through impression remains. months. We are inundated with new drama defined by how we re pond to situations for the hall , I found students shepherding them- Compared to the scope and magnitude of every day, but we must not let that desensi- which there are no et rules, situation selves to their respective classes - some in the terrorism we have faced, one day of work tize u to truly important event when they which are unprecedented. 0 far, many of us an obviou state of unease, other seemingly and class is meaningless. The school should occur. This may very well be on of the five have revealed our elve a automatons, oblivious to their surroundings. This is not the have immediately cancelled all classes on. most ignificant walking com- picture of caring and con- Tuesday, instruct- events in the hi to- puters who have cerned citizens, and the ing all non-essen- ry of the United little feeling MIT admini tration is at tial work to dis- tate. V1k are too proud to admit how much about things that fault for supporting that On Tuesday, I saw students continue, and While my own don't directly behavior. :IJ e nco u rag i n g ob ervation of this will eiffrct all of our lives. VVhat affect our petty It is al 0 not con true- shepherding themselves to classes) everyone to gather tudents have experimen ts. tive for our leaders to with friends, been Iimited, the many may prefer e are unable send u a mixed message. some in an obvious state of workrnates, and/or indifference that I to see as bravery, as' carrying on to proce s the At the vigil service that unease) others seeminaly oblivious loved ones to have een among enormity of an evening, one speaker
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Plus, it' allet ized. three line of te t around 6 char- Te h Book Review, from Page 7 e tern people to break the e t- pirit. trinity, hermeneutics, "I-Ching" (the ern rationality of Descarte ew- The other conjunction of science Chinese clas ic "The Book of the collective con ciou ne . From ton, and Kant. To de cribe and rep- and magic considered by Jung was hange"), and so on. inve tigating myths, alchemy, trol- re ent the new orld view properly, man's fascination with numbers. Indeed, a Pauli relates in the let- ogy, and other ancient or medieval Pauli propo ed a quaternary" Both modern physic and ancient ters, his dreams were filled with the religiou ritual, he di covered that chema a emiotic device frequent- mathematics or a tronomy are the icon of his profession uch as omecommon patterns (be they ym- ly u ed by lung for thinking and ciences of number and quantitie. atoms and spins, but equally abun- bol , figure or numbers) prevailed reasoning [page 57]. evertheless, many ancient and dant with esoteric figure - a black in the dreams and fan- In the quaternary synchronicity' medieval mathematicians and woman wearing a white gown, the tasie of hi patient. refer to the relation between phe- a tronomers thought about numbers number four, dead relatives. The Therefore, he argued, nomena coinciding in time and space not merely for their instrumental image of the man uncovered from the mentality of the Both Jung and Pauli were against for which there is no cau al explana- value . The Greek numerological Meier's archival wor is much more human being consists the Cartesian viewpoint that the tion but hi h have a meaningful tradition as early as Pythagoras diverse and incomprehensible than of fundamental and connection. The dichotomy of ener- occulted a set of" acred" numbers we have anticipated. That makes predetermined formal physical world and the human -gy and pace-time on the one hand, for their beautiful arithmetic proper- Pauli a real human being, a contra- factor , known a mind are essentially different and indicate the mutual convertibility tie. The e numerologi ts consid- dictory, enigmatic, and hence archetypes, bet een energy and matter in the ered numbers not only a tools but charming human being. revealed in the e independent and therefore should be phy ical pace. On the other hand it al 0 a my teriou , esoteric, and But the opposite of this pro is an recurrent patterns. His is analogous to the pair of energy and acred entitie which inevitably unavoidable con: this book is not preoccupation was to considered separately. time fluctuation in the uncertainty relate to the elf. easy to dige t. Most likely, the read- give interpretive principle. The quaternary i suppo ed lthough they no longer connect er will find a large part of this book meaning to psycho- to be both the description of the ______the knowledge of the world with the ambiguous, confusing,ing, and even unconvinc- incom- logical and cultural phenomena in interpretation" of a number of world picture and the indication of terms of these archetype . "physical symbolism' [page 11-12]. the psychic archetype of human prehensible. Both Although the relationship between Ac ording to this table, mall being that construct this picture. The image of the man uncovered authors frequently these two people began with lung' dipoles arranged in parallel fashion lung looked from a lightly dif- referred to the terms psychiatric consulting for Pauli's are interpreted as many people men- ferent angle. He was al 0 intrigued from Meier's archival work ismuch in psychoanalysis, mental problem, the book is not about tally aligned together with an uncon- by Pauli's bold proposal of "unify- medieval Christian Pauli's individual personality or psy- scious ense of identity, the plitting ing" modern physic and hi psy- more diverse and incomprehensible philosophy, l-Ching, chic trajectory. All the letters collect- of spectral line as process of differ- chological theory. But for a holar than we have anticipated: That alchemy, or Indian ed in this book are concemed with a entiation, radioactive nucleus as self, who had focused on mythology for religion without clar- general theme: how to provide a Jun- and re onances a archetypes. Thi decade , the most valuable fruit of makes Pauli a real human being ... ification, which gian psychological foundation for the direction looked heuristic at the first thi proposal was to extend the ter- [an] enigmatic human being. inevitably causes dif- knowledge of modern physics. But sight, but Pauli was soon aware that rain of myth to the discourses of ficulty to reader not what does this mean? pure analogy could ascertain no modern science. By doing so, one well versed in these Both lung and· Pauli were more than the apparent similarity of can analyze energy, field, force, iso- areas. Worse, in a against the Cartesian viewpoint that the two term sets. 8'0 he switched to tope , or radioactivity in the ame number of places, it the physical world and the human work on another direction. manner by which one analyze knowledge of self nor contemplate i very hard to figure out what the mind are essentially. different and From Pauli's understanding, the myths and rituals. But how does one on the intrinsic meaning of num- author mean, or, if we could under- independent and therefore should be Copenhagen interpretation of the connect these two realms? bers, the atomic physicists were the stand what they mean, where the considered separately. For them, uncertainty principle destroyed the lung noted two conjunctions of modem priests, holding the power arguments could lead to. . according to the letters, objective Cartesian distinction of the subjec- science and myth which dated back of material transmutation and The impatient reader may stop at and subjective cannot be sharply tive and the objective, relativity to the Ancient and Middle Age : manipulating numbers. Jung thus page one hundred and begin to distinguished. Because the knowl- smeared the absolute independence alchemy and numerology. To lung, hoped he could, at least partially, accuse Pauli of being superstitious edge about the physical world is between space and time in the New- the medieval alchemists and the comprehend the language of modem and lung speculative, or vice versa, produced by human beings, the pat- tonian-Kantian cosmos, and the twentieth-century atomic physicists physics in term of a discourse and both too vague. However, there tern' of this knowledge must reflect had amazing similar- about the self, just as the alchemists is a good reason for these shortcom- the psychological states of the ity-- they both were and the numerologists did hundreds ings - Pauli and Jung never expect- knowledge producers. Therefore, Pauli was soon aware that pure able to transmute one or thousand years ago. ed someone else to read these texts. one can read modern physics not kind of material to Though putting together these Their letters were written not for a just as a text describing the regulari- analogy could ascertain no more the other: the former primary sources i no doubt quite book, a paper, an e say, or any type ty of the world in its literal sense, through magic and valuable archival work, it value lie of publication but for their own but also as a subtext reflecting and than the opparan: similarity of two the latter through more in understanding Pauli than in communications. They had no representing ,the psychic archetypes term sets.-So he switched to work on radioactivity. The understanding Jung. The most obligation to clarify the vagueness of modern people's collective peculiarity of the notable value is to overturn the in their writings, because we were unconscious. Physics and psycholo- another direction. medieval alchemists cliche about the image of a scientist. not supposed to understand. gy are ''united'' in such a discursive is' that they were not The master of quantum mechan- For those who might criticize manner, as long as we interpret only seeking magical ics, Wolfgang Pauli was far from Pauli and Jung for cro sing the bor- quantum mechanics and relativity probabilistic nature of quantum recipes to manipulate the character- concerned only with tangible, mate- , derline between science and non- like we interpret dreams and myths. mechanics challenged the belief of istics of quick silver, sulfur, rial, provable, or "objective" mat- science, there i another defense. This bold claim is not totally definite causality. Modern physics philosopher's stone, and other sub- ters. He dared to think of those Pauli and lung were careful not to groundless, at least according to was deeply questioning the philo- stances. Along with the materialistic things which had been delegated by publish their peculations. In partic- Pauli and lung. In Pauli's dreams, sophical world view built in the Age practices, the alchemists developed the positivist philosophers since ular, Pauli never let this part of his terms, symbols, and concept in of the Reason. The radical implica- a particular way to proceed from the August Comte as metaphysical or life enter his physics work and that quantum mechanics frequently tion of modern physics reflects pre- investigation of the external world theological and therefore worthless is why the tory of Pauli this book appeared as unforgettable motifs. cisely the inner drive of modern toward the inspection of the internal to think: E P, telepathy, "animus" revealed is so unexpected. For instance, he describes group of dreams in which some figure of authority keeps on explaining to him the dispersion of a degenerated spectral line of an atom into a dou- blet, or the separation of a chemical element into two Isotopes. Spectra Empty room? Get Art. lines, degeneration, and isotopes in Pauli's dreams must not have identi- cal meaning as they have in his lab- oratory or conferences. Once these physical concepts are present in a person's imaginative world, they are in the same category as unicorn, leviathan, and phoenix. 0, how could one advance the hermeneutic game to uncover the psychic meaning of the modern physics? lung and Pauli discussed this at length. They agreed with each other in pursuing the "arche- typal implication" of the physical knowledge under a Jungian frame- work. 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All rights reserved. September 14, 2001 _HIJ The Tech Page 11 TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. The * Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es. including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact Information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendaronline at http://tech-calendar.mlt.edu Friday September 14 ring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, and Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan Kenobi. If you've never seen it, you 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - MIT Annual Vendor Fair. Office Suppliers, MRO, Furniture, absolutely must. If you've seen it a hundred times, see it once more. Come to see it Temp Help, Computer Vendors, Internal Providers, and Event Calendar Coordinators. in the only way it can truly be e perienced - in widescreen 35mm on a gigantic free. Room: McDermott CourtjTent outside buildings 54 and 18. Sponsor: Confer- screen, surrounded by 6 channels of DTS Digital Sound. $6 for all three films tonight. ence Services. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 12;~0 p..m. - ~:OO p.m. - Mac OS Quick Start. Get started with managing Macintosh 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Patrol. Shoot your friends! Travel to strange, new class- applications, files, and folders efficiently. Obtain an overview of new features provided rooms; meet interesting, unusual people; and kill them. A team game of shoot-em-up; by the newest Mac operating system. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Infor- guns provided. free. Room: Building 36, First Floor. Sponsor: Assassins' Guild, MIT. mation Systems. 9:30 p.m. - LSC Presents: The Empire Strikes Back. The LSC Star Wars Marathon 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - On the Combinatorics of G2. Refreshments will be served at continues with the second film of the original trilogy, in its restored Special Edition. 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. The Death Star has been destroyed, but the battle against the Empire has hardly Department of Mathematics. been won. Consumed by his hatred for Luke Skywalker, Lord Darth Vader attacks the 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. -,Opening Reception: The MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. Rebel base on the icy planet of Hoth. Our heroes escape, but are separated, and Opening reception for an installation of glass pumpkins - all for sale Sept 15-16 while Imperial Star Destroyers chase the Millennium Falcon, Luke Skywalker must from 9am-5pm - to support the MIT Glass Lab. free. Room: Kresge Oval. Sponsor: train to become a Jedi. Presented in the theatrical glory of 35mm with DTS Digital MIT Glass Lab. Sound. $6 for Empire and Jedi. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - How to Succeed at MIT and Have a Ufe Tool. Prof Picard 11:59 p.m. - LSC Presents: Return of the Jedi. The LSC Star Wars Marathon con- shares her insights on how to balance your life and faith at MIT. free, Room: Student cludes with the final film of the original trilogy, in its restored Special Edition. Leia Center Room 407. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship. - must rescue Han from the clutches of the vile ganster Jabba the Hut, and the Rebel 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Falun Gong Exercise workshop. The Falun Gong exercise is Alliance faces an even more terrifying threat - a second Death Star. Awesome spe- an easy and effective way to relieve stress and improve physical and mental health. cial effects, intense battle scenes, and epic plot. Presented in 35mm Panavision, Millions of people in over 40 countries practice these 5 sets of gentle movements. with crystal-elear DTS Digital Sound system. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. free. Room: 1-242. Sponsor: Falun Dafa Club. 7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: Star Wars Marathon. Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Sunday, September 16 Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. These films of the original Star Wars trilogy 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - MIT Swapfest. Buy/Sell/Swap All Things High Tech. $5. marked a breakthrough in science fiction and special effects. Making over a billion Room: Albany St. Garage. Sponsor: MIT Radio Society. dollars in revenues, the Star Wars franchise is still going strong today. There are no 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - The MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. Sale of handblown plans to release the original trilogy on DVD, but you CAN see them at LSC. All films glass pumpkins in support of the MIT Glass Lab. free. Room: Kresge Oval. Sponsor: presented in their 35mm theatrical glory, with 6-ehannel DTS Digital Sound. Come MIT Glass Lab. relive the Star Wars saga as all three films are presented back-to-back! There will be 2:00 p.~. - 5:00 p.m. - Healing Society Forum. A Lecture on how Brain Respiration, breaks in-between films. See 7:00, 9:30, and 11:59 listings in tonight's TechCalen- a technique to improve the capabilities of the brain, relates to Individual, Social, and dar, or visit http://lsc.mit.edu/ for more details. $6. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. Global Peace. $20, students $8, Groups over 5 people 20% off (After August 15th, 7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents Star Wars: A New Hope. The one, the only, the Soecial $25, students $10). Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Hansori, Dahn Yoga Club. Edition of Star Wars. A landmark film that brought together myth and science fiction, Boston Dahn Centers. revolutionized special effects, and left a lasting mark on popular culture. The Galactic 4:00 p.m. - LSC Presents Star Wars: A New Hope. The one, the only, the Special Empire has developed a terrifying new weapon that can destroy entire planets, and Edition of Star Wars. A landmark film that brought together myth and science fiction, it's up to the Rebel Alliance to defeat it before freedom is gone from the galaxy. Star- revolutionized special effects, and left a lasting mark on popular culture. The Galactic ring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa, Harrison ~mpire has developed a terrifying new weapon that can destroy entire planets, and .Ford as Han Solo, and Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan Kenobi. If you've never seer) it, you It's up to the Rebel Alliance to defeat it before freedom is gone from the galaxy. Star- absolutely must. If you've seen it a hundred times, see it once more. Come to see it ring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Rsher as Princess Leia Organa, Harrison in the only way it can truly be experienced - in widescreen 35mm on a gigantic Ford as Han Solo, and Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan Kenobi. If you've never seen it, you screen, surrounded by 6 channels of DTS Digital Sound. $6 for all three movies absolutely must. If you've seen it a hundred times, see it once more. Come to see it tonight. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. in the only way it can truly be experienced - in widescreen 35mm on a gigantic 7:00 p.m. -12:00 a.rn. - MIT Anlme Club Weekly Screening. Most screenings are screen, surrounded by 6 channels of DTS Digital Sound. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: subtitled in English. The MIT Anime Club is a non-profit MIT student organization dedi- LSC. cated to increasing the awareness of Japanese animation (ani me) on campus .. free. 4:00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers. (Carnatic vocalists). Sesha Chary and Raghava Room: Rm 6-120. Sponsor: Anime Club, MIT. . Chary with Delhi Sundararajan, violin and Srimushnam Rajarao, mridangam. Sesha 7:30 p.m. - LSC Classics Presents: Harvey. A classic 1950 comedy about the power Chary and Raghava Chary learned music from their father Sangeetha Sahitya Vidwan of the imagination. Jimmy Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, a mild-mannered man who Late D. Ratnamacharyulu. Their mother D. Sulochana Devi is also a very good musi- sees an invisible six-foot tall rabbit named. Jqsephine Hull plays Veta Louise Sim- cian. Later, Raghava Chary had training from Vidwan Late Susarla Sivaram. They have mons in a role which won her an Acadeny Award for Best Actress. $3. Room: 10-250. perfor~ed duet programs in all reputed Sabhas all over India including All India Radio Sponsor: LSC. and Television for a very long time. Hyderabad Brothers have evolved for themselves 9:30 p.m. - LSC Presents: The Empire Strikes Back.· The LSC Star Wars Marathon a compact pattern of presentation and their mutually blending voices make a deep continues with the second film of the original trilogy, in its restored Special Edition. impact on the listeners. They have received numerous awards in India including the The Death Star has been destroyed, but the battle against the Empire has hardly title of "Sangeetha Kalaimamanis." They have toured worldwide giving concerts and been won. Consumed by his hatred for Luke Skywalker, Lord Darth Vader attacks th'e this is their fourth tour of the U.S. and Canada. $100, $50, $30 $20 (and $10 for Rebel base on the icy planet of Hoth. Our heroes escape, but are separated, and MIT students). Room: Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: MITHAS (MIT Heritage of South while Imperial Star Destroyers chase the Millennium Falcon, Luke Skywalker must Asia). train to become a Jedi. Presented in the theatrical glory of 35mm with DTS Digital 7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: The Empire Strikes Back. The second film of the original Sound. $6 for Empire and Jedi. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. trilogy, in its restored Special Edition. The Death Star has been destroyed, but the 11:59 p.m. - LSC Presents: Return of the Jedi. The LSC Star Wars Marathon con- battle against the Empire has hardly been won. Consumed by his hatred for Luke Sky- cludes with the final film of the original trilogy, in its restored Special Edition. Leia walker, Lord Darth Vader attacks the Rebel base on the icy planet of Hoth. Our must rescue Han from the clutches of the vile ganster Jabba the Hut, and the Rebel heroes escape, but are separated, and while Imperial Star Destroyers chase the Mil- Alliance faces an even more terrifying threat - a second Death Star. Awesome spe- lennium Falcon, Luke Skywalker must train to become a Jedi. Presented in the theatri- cial effects, intense battle scenes, and epic plot. Presented in 35mm Panavision, cal glory of 35mm with DTS Digital Sound. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. with crystal-elear DTS Digital Sound system. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. ~O:OO p.m. - LSC Presents: Return of the Jedi. The final film of the original trilogy, in Saturday, September 15 Its restored Special Edition. Leia must rescue Han from the clutches of the vile ganster Jabba the Hut, and the Rebel Alliance faces an even more terrifying threat - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - The MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. Sale of handblown a second Death Star. Awesome special effects, intense battle scenes, and epic plot. glass pumpkins in support of the MIT Glass Lab. Presented in 35mm Panavision, with crystal-elear DTS Digital Sound system. $3 . . free. Room: Kresge Oval. Sponsor: MIT Glass Lab. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 1:00 p.m. - Field Hockey Alumnae Game. free. Room: Barry Turf Reid. Sponsor: Department of Athletics. Monday, September 17 1:00 p.m. - W. Volleyball vs. Mt. Holyoke. free. Room: DuPont Gymnasium. Sponsor: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mac Tech Partners User Group. MIT Macintosh Partners is Department of Athletics. a group of MIT employees who help computer users in their department with Mac- 1:00 p.rn. - Men's Soccer vs, Rhode Island College. free. Room: Steinbrenner. Spon- related issues. A representative from Apple Computer attends many of the meetings. sor: Department of Athletics. Topics include reviewing new hardware/software from Apple and third party vendors 4:30 p.m. - Women's Soccer Alumnae Game. free. Sponsor: Department of Athlet- and changes in the MIT computing environment as well as discussing general Macin- ics. tosh industry trends and news and issues facing MIT Mac support people. free. 7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: Star Wars Marathon. Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. These films of the original Star Wars trilogy 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - UStrong cosmic censorship for the spherically symmetric marked a breakthrough in science fiction and special effects. Making over a billion E~nstein-~axwell-Scalar field equations.". free. Room: MIT Room 2-143. Sponsor: dollars in revenues, the Star Wars franchise is still going strong today. There are no Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics. plans to release the original trilogy on DVO, but you CAN see them at LSC. All films Today - UCutaneous Grooves". A showcase of the research on tactile composition presented in their 35mm theatrical glory, with 6-ehannel DTS Digital Sound. Come conducted by graduate student Eric Gunther at the MIT Media Lab. Essentially a con- relive the Star Wars saga as all three films are shown back to back! There will be cert for the skin, it is a dance you feel instead of see - by hearing music and feeling breaks in-between films. See 7:00, 9:30, and 11:59 listings in tonight's TechCalen- choreographed vibrations against your skin. The concert includes pre-composed musi- dar, or visit http://lsc.mit.edu/ for more details. $6. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. cal / tactile pieces as well as a real-time improvisational sonic-tactile performance. 7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents Star Wars: A New Hope. The one, the only, the Special This project has been made possible in part by the Grants Program of the Council for Edition of Star Wars. A landmark film that brought together myth and science fiction, the Arts at MIT. Seating is limited; tickets issued on a first-eome, first-served basis. revolutionized special effects, and left a lasting mark on popular culture. The Galactic Shows will take place evenings at the MIT Media Lab (E15). Info/ticketing, go to Web Empire has developed a terrifying new weapon that can destroy entire planets, and Site. free. Room: Media Lab (E15). Sponsor: Media Lab. it's up to the Rebel Alliance to defeat it before freedom is gone from the galaxy. Star- THE Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. A Is (267-9300), on.- Tues., 10 13 Lansdowne sr., 617-262- a.m.-4:45 p.m.; ed., 10 2437 a.m.-9:45 p.rn.: Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 Sundays: See Avalon below. a.m.-5:45 p.m. est ing open Mondays: Static. 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Had thi been a nucl ar atta k up with the danger ycle of vio- Pre man aid. 11 Tab are not e'd be having to f e that e len e,' ac rlane aid. u lim and vice er a. plastic. metal and glass that Yor r ity did not e i t at an 0 I ha en't been impre ed Pre man tre sed that limita- the con equence could be a Jot about what ha com ut of many tion of ci il libertie might come in wor e' aid enior Re earch 0- politi ian mouths for rea on to the form of new interpr tation and you've been recycling. ciate li on a Farlane, who fight other than revenge," amu Is trict r enforcement of tanding pecialize in nu lear weapon aid. law rather than the the pa age of But to keep recycling tudie . One option of retaliation for the new one. 'Ther is no way to top t rror- nited tate that wa propo ed by Politi al cience Profe or Ken- working to help protect the i m 100 percent of the time, and if Profe or an E era a a a i- neth . Oye made a poignant tate- we are to fight thi , we mu t ubor- nating individual leader who ere ment from hi eat in the audience, environment. you need to dinate other goal in ubmi ion to re pon ible for the act, rather than hich wa met by wide pread e urity,' aid political cience killing innocent citizen . applau e. graduate student Jeremy Pre man. I am per onally in favor of ill we ha e the trength to buy those products. I 'Terrori m i a lot more about p y- lifting the as a ination ban enact- re i t the kind of indi criminate chological arfare than an actual ed by Pre ident Carter,' Van E era acts of iolence that have been part de eat on a battlefield." aid. "On an ethical tandpoint, of our de tructive legacy in the § a a ination in thi ca e ha a pa t?' Oye a ked. Will the U.S. udience tae part in discu ion tronger moral grounding. If be able to resist uch temptation?" Following a tatement by ea h you're going to retaliate, you member of the p nel the audience houl d punish tho e who were tudent react to discu sion wa allowed to ask que tion . directly re pon ible rather than fter the forum, many stayed The audien e included not only killing innocent ." around to continue the discu ion tudent , but a1 0 alumni, faculty Howe er, an Evera pointed with the pane) members. member par nt of student and out that political a sa ination ha "It wa great MIT was able to , other ommunity member . The not been effecti e when it ha been put this together so quickly," said ND SAVE. ...: p rt pre nt per nal opinion top con ern e pre ed from the u ed. Victor K. Mallet '02. "The speak- Each panel member gave a hort audience wa the re pon e to the any of the panelist a serted ers were good but I was not it peech about the implication of incident by the nited tate gov- tbat the event will catalyze a funda- impressed with the variety of So look for products made ill Tue day' events before opening ernment. mental change in the way the U.S. viewpoint expressed on the panel up the floor to que tions from the The pre ident ha a difficult hape its foreign policy .. and lack of Arab or Israeli angles." from recycled materials. and ill audience .. deci ion to make, 'Pre man aid. "What happened [Tuesday] has He also said that "it was a great ~ 'Thi attack is going to cost u To mo e to retaliate, you mu t a lot to do with how the U.S. has effort by MIT to spark more dis- buy them. It would mean the a lot of i il tibertie ; we are going have omeone to retaliate again 1." behaved in the last few years," cussion and awareness about this to have to change the way we live There wa speculation at the MacFarlane aid. "We need to pay event." our live " aid Political cience forum about the possible culprits of attention to other countries' reac- Thomas P. Kotwal G said, "The world to all of us. Profes or tephen . Van Evera the crime. 1 0 di cu ed was the tion to U.S. behavior." statement that we should expect to who pecialize in international po sible U .. re ponses to the cul- Panelists suggested that the U.S. see a weapon of mass destruction For a free brochure. write ! affair and ecurity tudie . prit and whether the blame hould reevaluate its role in globalization used in our lifetime was frightening The forum' introduction pre- be placed on a state or an organiza- and its effects on different cultures and definitely eye opening. It was Buy Recycled. Environmental I sented the audience with three key tion. throughout the world. Some also very interesting to hear their points que tion which the panel member If there' going to be any suggested missile defense projects on assassination versus a more Defense fund. 2S7 Park Ave. were e amining: y did thi hap- action, it's going to have to be a should not be a priority, since they widespread attack." pen? ho might be re pon ible? u tained long-term action by would not have prevented Tues- At the conclusion of the forum, South. New York. NY 10010. What hould the United tates do mean of intelligence covert and day's disaster. Professor Samuels promised to now? non-co ert operations," Posen said. , Whatever measure is agreed reconvene the discussion with "1 think the post-Cold ar 'It's best to think of this as a grind- upon needs to be seen as legitimate another panel from the Department or call1-BOO-CAll-EDf world ended [Tuesday],' aid Polit- ing attrition kind of war that will by the rest of the world, and this of International Studies in the near ical cience Profe sor Barry R. last for a long time." may save us from further conse- future. EN lIIEIlTALEBF OffENSE flNl Posen. 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Ford aid that e ryone needs to fur ugh thi before, he aid. make ure that th ir nfusion doe - n't turn them against oth r people on roup at Killian. di cu in.cid nt campus. 'Particularly in a e her Following eneviratne' add:re , you don't knox who to be angry at, it the community plit up into group of i ea y to mi direct your bad feel- ten to fifteen people, each of will h ings " he said. was led by a faculty facilitator. em- Wu tneck worn that our nation ber of each group di cu ed their may react be or w ha e time to feeling about the tragedy, and told truly think about who b ars the full per onal tories about people they re ponsibility for Tue day's even . knew who were involved in Tue - , I'm really afraid that we a nation day's events. are going to react too quickly," he For some, thi ceremony w the said: fir t chance that they had to truly reflect upon the incident. Re erend a ailable in. coming da John Wuestneck a protestant chap- The chaplaincy has arranged ev- lain, said that his work schedule had eral ervices which will upport stu- not given him much time to think dents in the coming days. A bulletin about the significance of this tragedy. board containing a list of upport "I've been working so hard, it re ource and uggestions for ways to didn't really sink in until the music at help victims and their families has the beginning of the ceremony," he been placed on the :fir t floor of the aid. Wuestneck aid that most stu- student center. JONATHANT. WA G THE TECH dents who he ha talked to felt that The chapel will remain open thi FBI agents stonned the Westin Hotel in Copley Square Wednesday afternoon, and removed three they benefitted from Wedne day s weekend and chaplains will be avail- people suspected of having involvement in Tuesday's terrorist acts. The three men were later discussion groups. able on Friday and Monday to pro- detennined to be uninvolved. vide counseling ervices to students. Chaplains discuss student concerns The main dining room of building . Kevin M. Ford, chaplain of the Wl1 will also be open, allowing peo- Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, ple to continue di cu ion. said that many students are still numb Several religious groups have Pilot Program May Pave Way from the experience. 'There is a lot planned services for today, which of shock about what the future is President Bush has proclaimed a going to bring," he said. national day of prayer and remem- "People are afraid, feeling dis- brance. At 12:30 p.m, an Interfaith For Larger Computing Changes tracted, angry ... I don't think it has Prayer Service will be held in the really sunk in for a lot of people," MIT Chapel, and at 5:15 p.m, the D. Long, senior strategist 1D computing since the completion of till, no concrete plans for Wuestneck said. "Some students reflecting wall at MIT will be dedi- Academic Computing. Project Athena in June 1991. expanding the program are currently went to school there, passed by that cated. Meanwhile, students enrolled in , The idea is to accommodate being discussed. "The outcome has 1.00 will be paired up and instructed different goal," Kumar said. "We. not been determined," Long said. to "figure out how to hare the want to move the computing Among the issues yet to be laptop," Long said. environment to a stage where resolved are the availability of the Students taking part in the TEAL education i not reliant on the infrastructure necessary to upport program, the version of Physics II physical location of computing such a wirele network and the basic (8.02T) which ha replaced the equipment, for example Athena question of whether students need the standard electricity and magnetism clusters." laptops at all. course usually offered in the fall, will "One-to-one computing is the "It's not like this is a step to orne interact with their laptops as part of vision we are trying to paint, , Kumar master plan," Long said. "We realize their laboratory equipment. Each said. "We envision a transformation that the program is not for everybody. team of four to six students will be in the clusters to a much more We are instead using this in the true assigned a computer for use in a mobile, heterogeneous environment." sense of inquiry." project-based setting. Project an educational experiment If the laptop program succeeds NATHAN COLLINS-THE TECH during initial tests it could usher in Members of the MIT community gathered in Killian Court o-n the largest changes to campus Wednesday afternoon to discuss Tuesday's attacks. We would like to thank Chon Ng Justin Paluska for their lasting contribution as 2001 Summer Interns. independent of nationality or religion. Every ~~ . SKY's THE LIMIT community - local, national ~"-.. ~ Don't Just Find A Job. Start A Career. ~a and global.- needs , ~ Join one of the world's leading developers of eBusiness solutions. 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Starts off ithout any azarene goalkeeper olid play, as she hu tIed to receive a well placed cro from Katrien Brak Meet Israel's leading pofiticaI gures and policy makers orri on oupled with a number of MIT near see the land and its people firsthand cored gain 1 th n minute mi es, ept the game corele until O. lau sen then staved off a Explore the depth and relevance of l1aditlonal JudaIsm Strong later. orri on beat a number 0 the 2 nd minute. Griffin put in a defender and rocketed a shot the January 2 - 12, 2002 defende on the dribble b fore her rebound off of a Perlmutter hot that keeper could not handle. Apply online www.goisrael.org or call: Sports Shorts, from Page 2 pIa ement pa t th eeper. ric cheted off the po t to core the The MIT defense held strong all 1 800 FELLOWS The ore at halftim w 3-0 in fir t goal of the mat h. game, and didn t allow any sho on of the tournament there i a repeat lthough MIT till controlled the MIT goal. The final core was 7- application deadline: October 5, 2001 fa or of the Engineer . Yang re ord- ThIS _ BIIltv1Itt prognom 1.0 beO>g run In .."....e:tian winner at the Union ollege en' play, they did not ore again until o IT. IT goe into the second the .letuUlem Fellowlhlpo and AI'*' HaT otah ed three ave for the Engineer in "1'"", rotrdr1>. et to I..... trom the NY area occer Invitational, and that team i th fir t half and the oIid defensive almo t 20 minute later when week of the season with a 2-0 the MIT Engineers. oach alter play of the ba k unit of Paola B. ilson and Joanna t io '05 record. Ales i's team followed up 'on it win a er G, linton, and Lydia took a quick com r ki before the in 2000 with a 1-0 defeat of Helliwell 'OS and Airi Yonekura OS ru ader 'defense a organized. Ren elaer, and a 2-0 victory over held 0 trong the keepers aw no Griffin wa a alv ay alert and in Tax info, toll-free. the host. ichola R. e tle 04 more action in the game. the right place to olley at ios's cored the only goal in aturday's The second half coring wa hot into the net. Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information contest with Raul 1. oral-Pinto '03 opened in a moment of deja vu as Le s than a minute later and with on about 150 tax topics, 24 hours a day. pitching the shutout in goal. Griffin found anoth r Perlmutter only a fe minute left in the half, unday' game winner wa scored corner. Thi goal wa different eridelowitz gathered a lovely ~.,& Department of tn Treasury 'BD!Ilnternal ReYenue Service by Robert Pilawa ' OS on assists from th ir fir t connection howev- through ball from om on to ore http://www.us reas.gov from e tle and Robert M. Reed er, as Griffin's finishing touch w the third and final goal of the half. '02. Reed tallied the in urance goal, a dri en header. The econd half scoring for the This space donated by The Tech a Morgan Mills '05 earned the The coring was rounded out by Engineer b gan early a orri on hutout. Sweeper Rory E. Foster '04 Helliwell first collegiate goal as he dribbled by a pair of defender on Be II Til/Or. Be II Men/o,Xh B.E.L.L. Foundation was ingled out by Alessi for his blasted a low ball through a eem- her way to coring MIT's fourth goal provide academic after- chool tutorial de igned to outstanding play all weekend, and ingly impenetrable mass of player in the second minute of the half. increase th educational opportunitie and achievements of was named the ew England on the ground. The final core read Ten minutes later, ze-Chao Tam urban minority children. We are currently hiring college Women's and Men's Athletic 5-0 in MIT' favor. '02 lead Perlmutter with a well erved tudents to work afternoon for up to fifteen hours a week Conference Player of the Week. pas into the box. Perlmutter finished at a rate of 9-11/hour depending on experience. We • The MIT women's volleyball Engineers beat Eastern azarene just out of the goalkeeper' reach at operate everal ite in Roxbury Dorche ter, and one in team has opened the 2001 season Saturday MIT traveled south on the lower far post. Another ten min- Mattapan and Allston with strong efforts in two tourna- 93 to Quincy to face Eastern utes later the favor was returned to For more information pie e call (617) 2 2 1567. Or send ments. The Engineers took the azarene College. From the first Tam from Mendelowitz, as a re orne and cover letter to: Mendelowitz ent a through ball that championship of the Gordon College whistle MIT controlled play by The B.E.L.L. Foundation Tam shot past the keeper near po t. Invitational Tournament for the first passing the ball swiftly around the 60 Clayton t time in the four years in which the field and hammering the Eastern Stephanie A. Claussen '05 Dorche ter, MA 02122 Engineers have competed in the tournament. Kelly A. Martens '03 was named to the tournament most valuable player. Teammate Christina Almodovar '02 was an all-tourna- ment team selection. Both Martens and Almodovar were also named to the all-tournament team at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational, where the Engineers took second place. Martens recorded her 1,000th career kill in the Gordon Tournament, and was named the NEWMAC Player of the Week. • MIT men's cross country cap- tured the first three spots, and eight of the top eleven finishers in run- ning its way to the tenth win in the previous eleven years of competi- tion for the Engineers' Cup with WPI and Rensselaer. Sean Polan '03, was the individual winner com- . pleting the .5.1 mile course in 27:04. • After 28 years of not defeating Brown University in water polo, MIT has defeated the Bruins twice in the past two years. The Engineers eked out a 5-2 victory in the Harvard University' Invitational last weekend. Goalie Peter D. VanBuskirk '04 was the standout for MIT with 14 saves 4 steals, and blocked a penalty shot. • The summer proved to be uc- cessful for two members of the MIT coaching staff. Assistant sailing master Mike Kalin took third place .of 111 competitors at the Canadian Olympic-training Regatta at Kingston (CORK, ONTARIO. CORK is one of several regattas in which sailors earn points to qualify for the world championships, which will be held in San Francisco next year. 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Univer ity 3-1 in a trophy at the ordon Throughout the day, it wa the scrimmage match, ollege Invitational, teady play of right ide hitter they then tallied two IT fir t victory Barbara J. hultze '02 and out ide decisive victorie 0 er ince it began attend- hitter my W. ok 02 that pro ed non-conference opponent Fit hburg ing in 199 . too powerful for opponent to tate ollege and Eastern azarene IT began the day o er orne. Also out ide hitter College. again t Bate ollege who IT ydia M. Clayton 04 found way On Tuesday, eptember IT had not beaten in their pre iou to puni h the oppo ition, po ting 9, faced the 2000 ational Tournament our matche . After a bac and forth 16 and 14 kill respectively in runner up, Tuft University in fir t game, MIT found them elve each match. edford, ass. .dway through the down 20-24 before taging a come- Howe er it wa etter Christina fir t half, Kelli . Griffin '03 ba k to win 30-27. fter that, the lrnodovar 02 and middle hitter opened up the coring by :fini bing a Engineer never looked back, win- Kelly A. Martens '03 who tole the corner kic from team co-c pt in ning the ne t two gam s fairly ea i- how, as Almodovar earned Al1- Rebecca E. linton '03. Griffin ha ly (30-20 30-1 ) to win the match Tournament Team honors and been IT's top corer 0 er the p t 3-0. Martens earned the tournament's two easons. IT tumbled in the fir t game Most Valuable Player award. Tufts triker answered with an against Wheaton College 29-31 Marten's performance also earned una isted goal off the econd half after failing to convert the first her the ew England Women's and ickoff, tying the match 1-1. oon game point. fIT gathered them- Men's Athletic Conference Player thereafter arab E. endelowitz '03 elve however, to win the next of the Week award. found forward Candace il on three games (30-26 30-22, 31-29) MIT now enter their confer- '04 in the penalty bo. il on tar- and the match 3-1. ence schedule with a 6-1 record geted the back of the net a he In MIT' final match of the day, under their belt. The Engineer fought off a Tuft defender. Within MIT faced the hosts, Gordon will face Mt Holyoke College on ten minute Wil on cored again College .. Steady play by the Saturday in DuPont Gymnasium at after beating a defender one on one Engineers throughout the match 1:00 p.m. and fini hing with a hot pa t the produced another 3-0 win (30-23, goalkeeper. The out tanding play of goal- . keeper Connie Yang '03 fru trated Tufts in the first half, as she had 11 UPCOMING HOME EVENTS save for the Engineers. IT's oelani K. Kamelamela '05 added ix more ave in the second half, Saturday, September 15 continuing Tufts' lament. Men's occer vs. Rhode Island College, 1:ODpm The re ult, although it will not AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH Women's Volleyball vs. Mt. Holyoke, 1:OOpm count to ards IT record, could Candace N. Wilson '04 dribbles past a defender during the Women's Field Hockey, Alumnae Game, 1:OOpm be a harbinger of good things to soccer game against Fitchburg State. The Engineers racked up a Women's Soccer, Alumnae Game, 4:30pm come for the 2001 season. flawless 3-0 record over the past week. Tbursday, September 20 take op ner at borne of the chasing Fitchburg players. an unorthodox fashion. Though a Women's Soccer vs. Bridgewater State, 4:30pm On Thur day, eptember 6, the It i no big urpri e that Griffin throw-in i indirect and a team can- Engineers opened their regular ea- cor d the first goal of the ea on for not core directly from it, on with a home game against vi it- MIT, as he onnected off a comer om on's mighty throw found the ing Fitchburg tate. Though it too kic from co-captain arah K. goal off of a unwitting Fitchburg fifteen minute or 0 for MIT to set- Perlmutter '02. defender. s if to prove she could tle in they moved the ball adeptly Eight minutes later midfielder around the pitch and out of the reach onica F. orri on '04 cored in Soccer, Page 23 Estrada Wms Prize, Soccer Team Shines Tennis Starts Season By Roger F. Crosley Scholarship. Estrada is one of only yards and ran for 57 more yards and DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION six Division ill women's basketball a touchdown to lead the MIT to its • Cri tina Estrada '01, the 2000- players nationwide to receive the first victory ever over the With Flawless Wm 2001 women's basketball most valu- honor. Buccaneers. The Engineers rushed able player was named winner of a .. Philip M. Deutsch '04, a quar- for 269 yards in the game: It was the Tech Defeats Wheaton, 9-0 prestigious terback was named to the New highest rushing total for the team By Caroline Tlen ational England Football Conference since October 19, 1996 in a victory TEAMMEMBER Sports Collegiate Weekly Honor Roll for his play in over Curry College. The IT Women' Tennis Team began their eason with a 9-0 thletic the Engineers' 29-12 victory over • For the first time in the history flawles win la t aturday. Wheaton proved to be no match for this Shorts Association Mass Maritime Academy. Deutsch eemingly invincible team of girl , who did not drop any ets. Postgraduate completed 12 of 19 passes for 167 Sports Shorts, Page 23 The beautiful aturday afternoon was favorable to the MIT women a they quickly took the lead, win- ning at all of their double matches. Julie 1. Koo '03 and Lari a . Egloff 04 overpowered their opponents on the court with an -3 victory. hima Rayej '03 and nn H ing '02 wept through their match with an -2 win at econd double. Caroline Tien '04 and newcomer Jaclyn E. Cichon '05 also shut out their opponent -1. t fourth doubles Jes ica Hall 02 and Jennifer . Hipp '04 10 t only one game. "Thi was a good tart for us" aid Coach Carol Matsuzaki. "We did well implementing the things we've been working on in double. Double should be a trength for us this year if we keep working hard at it." Eager to win her singles match, Koo used aggressive ground- trokes to win 6-2 6-2. Similarly, Rayej howed the same tough- nes with a 6-0 6-3 win. At third ingles Egloff deci iveJy blew her opponent away with a 6-2, 6-2 victory. On the next courts over Tien and Hall showed no mercy, with 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-1 wins. While Hipp faced a tough 7-5 first set, she easily won the next et 6-1. Likewi e, although Cichon sweated through a 6-4 win in the fir t set, her 6-2 victory in the second set was a breeze. Alongside her, Hsing pulled out a quick 6-3, 6-2 win, and Ruby 1. Pai 04 bad a clean -1 pro-set victory despite her prained ankJe. the women' tenni team enter their packed fan season, vision of another ew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference title optimistically float through each of their minds. Thi Friday, eptember 14, they will head off to Babson in the hope of another win and on aturday they will battle it out with mith College on the MIT borne tennis courts. AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH Quarterback Philip M. Deutsch '04 dodges a tackle from a Mass Maritime player during the 29-1.2 win on Saturday. Deutsch compfeted 12 of 1.9 passes for 167 yards and ran for 57 yards to a touchdown.