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Volume 121, Number 23 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, May 4, 2001 MIT Hosts Anti-Rape Science Program Advisers Added By Joel Rosenberg ADVISORY BOARD Orientation Activity In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a letter to Vannevar To Feature Survivor Bush, former MIT professor and then director of the Office of By Jennifer Krishnan Scientific Research and ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Development, asking what to do The administration announced it with the vast scientific knowledge will add a rape awareness program that had been gained through the to the mandatory activities for fresh- war effort. In his report, “Science: men during Orientation 2001. The Endless Frontier,” Bush sug- At a meeting yesterday, Associate gested the creation of what became Dean of Academic Resources and the National Science Foundation Programming Julie B. Norman (NSF), and thus began modern sci- informed student supporters that the ence policy in the United States. administration had agreed to every Science policy leaders discussed point of their proposal. the history and future of the field at “We’re all very excited,” said a symposium on Tuesday to cele- Radha K. Iyengar ’02, president of brate the 25th anniversary of the Stop Our Silence. “We were expect- White House Office of Science and ing to bargain a lot.” Technology Policy (OSTP). The two-hour program will begin From their remarks, several with a talk given by Katie Koestner, a themes emerged: that scientists see rape survivor, followed by a question- the horizon of the future, while and-answer session, Iyengar said. politicians can often only see to the Afterwards, the freshmen will be next election; that the technical edu- divided into 30 to 50 small groups. cation and understanding of our The groups will discuss the issues country, from kindergarten through raised during Koestner’s talk over Congress, is not keeping pace with lunch. the world’s increasing complexity; and that those who do understand MING-TAI HUH—THE TECH Program successful elsewhere science and technology (S&T) have Andrew V. Kolesnikov ’03 focuses on returning the ball during a doubles match against Babson at The new rape awareness pro- MIT on Wednesday. MIT beat Babson 4-3. Science Advisers, Page 21 Rape Awareness, Page 17 Official Discusses EU, Globalization Alpha Epsilon Phi Named Greek Minister Papantoniou Reviews Progress of Greek Economy IFC’s Chapter of the Year By Matthew Palmer introduced by the chairman of the well-coordinated, leading to eco- NEWS EDITOR MIT Media Lab Nicholas P. nomic growth. However, he added Grochow, Spieler Win Recognition at Awards Banquet The Greek Minister of Finance Negroponte, who is also of Greek that more cooperation and maybe a By Michael J. Ring IFC’s application to the Northeast and Minister of National Economy heritage. new unified governmental system is EDITOR IN CHIEF Greek Leadership Awards. Ioannis Papantoniou explored the The speech was timely as Greece needed. The Interfraternity Council rec- The IFC won two awards from the challenges of globalization in a became the 12th member of the “Europe is the prototype of ognized Alpha Epsilon Phi as its association. It received the Council speech Tuesday. Euro Zone at the beginning of this wider problems of globalization and Chapter of the Year at the IFC’s Management and Programming Audience members filled Killian year. As a whole, Papantoniou said, annual awards banquet Wednesday Excellence Award for its restructuring Hall to hear Papantoniou. He was the European Union (EU) has been Greek Minister, Page 19 evening. and administration. The IFC also won In presenting the award, IFC the Leadership and Educational President Rory P. Pheiffer ’02 Development Programming praised AEPhi for their charity Excellence Awards for its efforts with work, including their Phi Cup hock- new members and leadership retreats. ey tournament and their work with “[Grochow] has really set an the Greater Boston Food Bank. example for all future members of The IFC president also noted the IFC to follow,” Pheiffer said. that AEPhi held the highest house Spieler was honored for his work grade point average of all fraterni- as the IFC’s Judicial Committee chair. ties, sororities, and independent liv- Pheiffer said that Spieler was instru- ing groups, and that its members are mental in reaching an agreement with active in other campus activities. the Boston Licensing Board that “This particular organization allows the IFC wide latitude in han- epitomizes what a Chapter of the dling problems in Boston, a system Year should be,” Pheiffer said. which has been very successful. Rebecca M. Grochow ’01 and “The amount of respect I have Russell L. Spieler ’01 received the for [Spieler] is unparalleled,” Dean Frederick Garner Fassett Jr. Pheiffer said. Award, which annually recognizes an outstanding male and female Chapters, Immerman recognized member of the IFC community. Four chapters were recognized Grochow has served as the IFC’s with other IFC awards at the dinner. vice president of activities and orga- Theta Chi was recognized with nization. She also has worked on the the Order of Omega New Member council’s residence adviser committee Education award. The prize honors SEPHIR HAMILTON—THE TECH and the Cambridge Alcohol Advisory the chapter with the best new mem- Ioannis Papantoniou, Greece’s Minister of Finance and Minister of National Economy, meets with the Board relations. Additionally, Pheiffer audience at a reception following his speech in Killian Hall on Tuesday. noted that Grochow organized the IFC Awards, Page 21

The Gilbert Comics OPINION World & Nation ...... 2 and Sullivan The Tech reviews President Opinion ...... 4 players George W. Bush’s first 100 days Arts ...... 6 present The in office. On the Screen ...... 10 Grand Duke. On the Town ...... 11 Page 9 Page 12 Page 6 Events Calendar ...... 14 Page 2 THE TECH May 4, 2001 WORLD & NATION Bush Orders Cuts in Power Conference Panel OKs Plan Use at Some Sites NEWSDAY WASHINGTON To Expand Health Coverage Four days after Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed conserva- tion as little more than a “personal virtue” that bore scant relation to By Robert A. Rosenblatt years to low-income families to help with pushing its tax credit plan, has sound energy policy, the Bush administration Thursday announced and Janet Hook them buy health insurance. not signaled objections to the $28 with some fanfare a campaign to conserve electricity at federal facili- LOS ANGELES TIMES If the final legislative process billion spending proposal. ties in states facing serious power shortages. WASHINGTON produces the $99 billion in total out- A sense of cooperation among Managers of federal installations in blackout-plagued California Senate and House budget nego- lays and credits, it would represent unlikely political allies is helping will be asked to reduce power consumption by as much as 10 percent tiators agreed on a plan Thursday the biggest boost in the government move the issue of the uninsured to a at peak periods by cutting back on such things as air conditioning and that could lead to the biggest expan- effort to help the uninsured since higher prominence than at any time lighting, President Bush said in unveiling the plan at the White House. sion in decades of government fund- Medicare was created in 1965. since 1994, when the Clinton And government facilities throughout the nation, including the ing and tax breaks designed to pro- The ultimate fate of the propos- administration’s sweeping proposal White House, will be asked to prepare contingency plans for similar vide health insurance to the 43 als remain uncertain. The budget for universal coverage collapsed. cutbacks in the event their regions face power shortages. New York is million Americans lacking such resolution containing the health Oregon’s two senators — Gordon still a possible candidate for such a shortage, although it appears the coverage. insurance initiatives does not actual- Smith, a generally conservative state may get through the peak summer period unscathed, one Energy The provision, included in the ly implement the policies; it simply Republican, and Ron Wyden, a gen- Department official said. compromise budget resolution the sets broad spending parameters for erally liberal Democrat — joined negotiators have been working on spending and tax legislation that forces to include the $28 billion this week, reflects bipartisan enthu- Congress will enact later this year. spending proposal in the budget res- Russia, China Gear Up siasm for trying to significantly That means separate legislation will olution that Senate passed last reduce the ranks of people without have to be passed to actually accom- month. The House, which did not For ‘Strategic Partnership’ Pact health coverage. Extending cover- plish the expansion of health cover- have a similar section in its budget LOS ANGELES TIMES age has proved a stubbornly persis- age for the uninsured. plan, accepted the Senate proposal MOSCOW tent problem despite the recent The proposal to directly appro- during Thursday’s final negotiations At a time when Sino-U.S. relations are going through a rocky years of strong economic growth. priate an additional $28 billion for on a compromise budget resolution. phase, Russia and China are preparing to boost their “strategic part- Thursday’s agreement would such coverage is sure to be opposed “Oregon has a long and noble nership” by signing a treaty of friendship and cooperation. make available an additional $28 by some Republican lawmakers who tradition of taking care of those who After a four-day visit in which he met with Russian President billion over the next decade in fed- want to keep government spending have been left behind,” Smith said Vladimir V. Putin and other high-ranking officials, Chinese Foreign eral money to cover the uninsured. growth in check. And some Democ- Thursday. “I think that tradition is Minister Tang Jiaxuan flew home Tuesday carrying the draft accord Proponents advocate using it to rats in the closely divided Congress one the rest of the nation would do in his briefcase. Barring unforeseen events, Putin and Chinese Presi- extend health insurance to parents can be expected to question whether well to follow. In a time of surplus- dent Jiang Zemin are to sign the treaty at a Moscow summit in July. of children already covered by a Bush’s tax credit plan would go far es and tax cuts, the U.S. Congress The treaty will be the first full-fledged pact between Beijing and federal program for low- and mod- enough in helping low-income fami- can find a bit extra to help those Moscow since a 1950 accord between the People’s Republic and the erate-income households. lies obtain health insurance. who work hard, play by the rules, Soviet Union was allowed to lapse in 1979 at China’s request. This aid would be added to Pres- Still, many lawmakers have indi- but simply cannot afford health Both countries are being careful to stress that their aim is not to re- ident Bush’s proposal to give tax cated strong support for both pro- insurance for themselves and their create the military alliance embraced by Mao Tse-tung and Josef Stal- credits worth $71 billion over 10 posals. And the White House, along families.” in at the height of the Cold War. They also insist that the treaty is not directed against any country. Yet officials on both sides acknowledge that they see the relationship as a counterweight to the United States. Bush Attacks China on Religion Medicare Patients Can Sue HMOs, matur on a campaign to stop the China should become — an open President Embraces conduct of business as usual with society that respects the spiritual State Court Rules regimes that practice or condone dignity of its people.” LOS ANGELES TIMES Agenda to Increase religious persecution. His words par- Bush said that “intensifying SAN FRANCISCO alleled recommendations issued ear- attacks on religious freedom in Medicare patients in California may sue health maintenance orga- Religious Liberty lier this week by a bipartisan com- China” overshadow the advances nizations for denying necessary but expensive medical treatment, the By Norman Kempster mission on religious liberty, Beijing has made in recent decades California Supreme Court decided Thursday. LOS ANGELES TIMES although he made no direct refer- in economic liberalization, improved The 5-2 ruling clears the way for elderly and disabled patients and WASHINGTON ence to the report. personal mobility, more secure prop- their survivors to seek hefty compensation, including punitive dam- Vowing to make religious liberty Bush’s assessment of conditions erty rights and increased access to ages, from HMOs that improperly deny care. “a guiding doctrine of our foreign in China is sure to increase Sino- information. Many such suits in California previously had been dismissed on policy,” President Bush said Thurs- American tensions, already aggra- Bush said, “Churches and the grounds that federal law requires these complaints to be filed in day that China’s persecution of vated by the recent collision of a mosques have been vandalized or an administrative proceeding established by the Medicare law. believers will thwart that nation’s Chinese fighter jet and a U.S. Navy demolished. Traditional religious “The decision could not be better for Medicare beneficiaries,” said aspiration for becoming a great surveillance aircraft, as well as U.S. practices in Tibet have long been the Carol S. Jimenez, a Los Alamitos lawyer who represents the family power regardless of advances in mil- plans to sell arms to Taiwan. target of especially harsh and unjust of a now-deceased Orange County man in the case. “It means that itary and economic strength. “China aspires to national persecution. And most recently, their HMOs can’t deny care and escape the consequences.” Reciting a catalog of religious strength and greatness,” the presi- adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual Lawyers for PacifiCare of California, a defendant in the case, are repression, Bush also said his dent said in prepared remarks. “But movement have been singled out for considering an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. administration will never condone these acts of persecution are acts of arrest and abuse.” “The concern is: Do we want to have a situation where the abuses it says are occurring in fear and therefore of weakness. This Bush did not suggest economic Medicare process is bypassed and is replaced with what we believe is Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Cuba, Afghanistan persecution is unworthy of all that or political sanctions against unnecessary litigation?” said attorney Jon Z. Manzanares, who also and the former Soviet republics in China has been — a civilization regimes that persecute believers, denied that the man, George McCall, received improper case. central Asia. with a history of tolerance. And this although he pledged to focus inter- Bush put the White House impri- persecution is unworthy of all that national attention on abuses. WEATHER A Break in Sight Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, May 4, 2001

By Efren Gutierrez STAFF METEOROLOGIST After about a week of above normal temperatures, a break from the unseasonable heat is in sight. A system currently located in the Great Plains will move east and impact Boston on Saturday morning. However, before the system arrives, dewpoints will rise, and today it will be hot and muggy. The rain on Saturday will not be heavy, but just enough to give some needed rain to the area. There is no other major weather event on the horizon for the weekend, but after the rain passes, temperatures will be cooler and closer to normal.

Weekend Forecast

Today: Mostly sunny and muggy. High of 83°F (28°C). Tonight: Increasing cloudiness. Low of 54°F (12°C). Saturday: Early showers with partly sunny skies afterwards. High in the mid 50s F (12-14°C). Saturday Night: Partly cloudy and cooler. Low in the mid 40s F (6-8°C). Sunday: Mostly sunny. High in the upper 60s F (19-21°C). May 4, 2001 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3

United States Loses Its Place Earth Is Losing Self-Cleansing Ability, Study Says On Human Rights Commission LOS ANGELES TIMES The Earth’s atmosphere is beginning to lose its natural ability to By Maggie Farley has been growing resentment tion with the United States. remove air pollutants, a condition that could spread smog and accel- LOS ANGELES TIMES toward the United States among “This is their wake-up call,” erate the accumulation of greenhouse gases, according to a study UNITED NATIONS Western nations that are usually its Weschler said. “We hope this will published Friday in the journal Science. The United States was voted off allies, as well as among developing prompt a review of their policies.” The study documents for the first time a modest, two-decade-long of the U.N. Human Rights Commis- countries, because of recent Ameri- The 53 seats on the commission, worldwide decline of a key molecule that cleanses the air. Without sion on Thursday, marking the first can votes opposing key human- which are divided among member enough of the molecules, emissions that contribute to the greenhouse time since the world body’s incep- rights initiatives. states on a geographic basis, are effect, smog and the hole in the ozone layer do not get destroyed as tion more than five decades ago that “This has been coming. It should often the object of intense lobbying fast as humans release them. the Americans will not hold a seat. not have been a surprise to Wash- at the Geneva-based organization “This one molecule is very, very important. It is the critical clean- “It was an election, understand- ington,” said Joanna Weschler, the and at U.N. headquarters in New ing chemical for the atmosphere,” said Professor Ronald G. Prinn of ably, where we’re very disappoint- U.N. representative of Human York. The United States traditional- the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Prinn ed,” acting U.S. Ambassador James Rights Watch. ly does not engage in the flurry of led a 13-member research team responsible for the study. “If this Cunningham said. “This won’t at The United States has opposed vote-trading and politicking, one free-radical (molecule) is decreasing, it could add to global warm- all, of course, affect our commit- treaties to abolish land mines; it diplomat said, perhaps because it has ing.” ment to human-rights issues in and does not support the International never thought it would lose a seat. But the losses of the chemical, called a hydroxyl radical, are slight outside of the United Nations. We’ll Criminal Court; and it abstained The United States may have so far and are not currently cause for alarm, experts say. continue to pursue them.” from a vote to make AIDS drugs been further handicapped by its “There’s a number of research findings that demonstrate the glob- In a surprise result, the United more widely available. bare-bones mission, which has been al atmosphere is changing, but we really do not know the effect it is States came in last among the four Other recent unilateral actions by only partially staffed since Ambas- going to have on us in the long term,” said Terry Keating, environ- candidates up for the three seats the Bush administration, such as sador Richard Holbrooke and his mental scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. allocated to Western countries on pulling out of the Kyoto climate- team left in January. President Bush Indeed, some scientists say more research is necessary to under- the panel. Austria, France and Swe- change treaty and insisting on the has named John Negroponte to the stand the complex chemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere. den won the places instead. development of a missile-defense post, but the nomination has not yet Also, they say it is not clear whether the molecule’s decline is a tem- Human-rights groups say there system, have added to the frustra- been sent to the Senate. porary or cyclical event or one that portends a long-term shift. Tina Wesson Wins ‘Survivor’ North Korea Unilaterally Extends THE TECH Tina Wesson is the sole survivor. Wesson, a nurse from Tennessee, defeated automobile customizer Colby Donaldson by a 4–3 margin to win the $1 million grand prize Missile Test Moratorium to 2003 on the season finale of CBS’s “Survivor: The Australian Outback.” By Doug Struck day, Bush reaffirmed intention to negotiations following the Aug. 31, Series host Jeff Probst revealed the winner of the reality television THE WASHINGTON POST proceed with such a shield. 1998, launch of a Taepodong ballis- show live last night, ending months of suspense among contestants SEOUL According to Persson, Kim also tic missile that passed over Japan. and viewers. North Korea will launch no bal- said his pending visit to South The launch spooked Japan, sur- Sixteen contestants endured brush fires, unexpected floods, and listic missiles until 2003, its leader Korea, anxiously sought by Seoul, prised America and helped fuel dis- scant food rations during the 42-day contest, which was recorded last told European officials Thursday, will similarly depend on the next cussion of a missile defense system. October and November in the Australian state of Queensland. unilaterally extending a moratorium move by the American president, In the 1999 negotiations, the After every three days, the contestants voted out one member of on the missile testing that had rat- who has taken a hard-line approach United States said it would continue their tribe and continued the process until the final two contestants tled leaders in America and Asia to North Korea. to ease economic sanctions against remained. The final nine contestants, excluding Wesson and Donald- three years ago. “We have a clear message that North Korea, and Pyongyang son, made up the final jury. Kim Jong Il said he will “wait Kim Jong Il is committed to a sec- promised to stop testing missiles as CBS’s investment in producer Mark Burnett’s series has proven and see” if the Bush administration ond summit,” to follow the historic long as talks continued with the lucrative. The show defeated NBC powerhouse “Friends” head-to- wants to resume progress toward meeting between leaders of North United States. head throughout its second season, loosening NBC’s grip on Thurs- better relations before resuming the and South Korea last June, Persson But Bush put a freeze on those day night viewership. missile tests, Sweden’s prime minis- said. But he quoted the North Kore- discussions when he took office, “Survivor” came under fire from Australians after Donaldson stole ter, Goran Persson, told reporters an leader as saying he first wanted causing many analysts here to ques- coral off of the Great Barrier Reef, which is a criminal act. The Aus- after meeting Kim in Pyongyang. “to see what the (Bush) policy tion whether North Korea would tralian military was also criticized for wasting taxpayer money by Fear of a missile attack by North review ended up with.” resume the tests. Kim’s answer to transporting the contestants to the outback on a government plane. Korea or other small hostile states Kim’s promise to extend the those questions was given to Persson The show also drew complaints from animal rights activists, who has been a major factor in the pause in missile testing renews a and other officials of the European were offended after contestant Michael Skupin butchered a pig on administration’s interest in building pledge he made in September 1999, Union in the first visit by a Western camera. a missile defense system. On Tues- to the United States. That came in head-of-state to the Stalinist state. Page 4 THE TECH May 4, 2001 OPINION

Chairman Jordan Rubin ’02 Editor in Chief Michael J. Ring ’01 Business Manager Huanne T. Thomas ’02 Managing Editor Eric J. Cholankeril ’02 Executive Editor Dana Levine ’02

NEWS STAFF Editors: Naveen Sunkavally ’01, Rima Arnaout ’02,Matthew Palmer ’03; Associate Editors: Nancy L. Keuss ’04, Jennifer Krishnan ’04, Brian Loux ’04, Shankar Mukherji ’04; Staff: Daniel C. Stevenson G, Frank Dabek ’00, Sanjay Basu ’02, Kevin R. Lang ’02, Efren Gutierrez ’03, Vicky Hsu ’04, Pey-Hua Hwang ’04, Pallavi Naresh ‘04, W.S. Wang ’04; Meteorologists: Véronique Bugnion G, Rob Korty G, Peter Huybers G, Greg Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G. PRODUCTION STAFF Editor: Satwiksai Seshasai ’01; Associate Editors: Gayani Tillekeratne ’03, Joel Corbo ’04, Joy Forsythe ’04, Tao Yue ’04; Staff: Mary Obelnicki ’98, Ryan Ochylski ’01, Ian Lai ’02, Anju Kanumalla ’03, Vimal Bhalodia ’04, Kartik Lamba ’04, Andy Leiserson ’04, Andrew Mamo ’04, Shefali Oza ’04, Eric Tung ’04. OPINION STAFF Editors: Kris Schnee ’02, Mike Hall ’03; Associate Editor: Veena Thomas ’02; Columnists: Philip Burrowes ’04, Roy Esaki ’04, Ken Nesmith ’04, Jyoti Tibrewala ’04; Staff: Matthew L. McGann ’00, Michael Bo- Letters To The Editor rucke ’01, Kevin Choi ’01, Christopher D. Smith ’01, Jason H. Wasfy ’01, Matt Craighead In the Name interpretation whether the words used consti- busy performance schedule? Wasn’t he even ’02, Philippe C. Larochelle ’03, Gretchen Aleks tuted racial abuse. the slightest bit curious about the wide array ’04, Akshay Patil ’04. Of Brotherhood Given these facts, it is not President Vest’s of equipment used by Ben Recht? I cannot SPORTS STAFF I’m shocked that the editorial board of The place to set himself up as judge and jury and help but wonder if he attended Beast Roast at Editor: Aaron D. Mihalik ’02; Staff: L. M. Tech didn’t think that Kevin McDonald ’00’s broadcast his own interpretation of events. His all, Ten Degree Chill’s performance aside. Hughey ’01, Robert Aronstam ’02. involvement with the Krueger affair should action can only prejudice the ongoing investi- At best, Baskin’s article was lazy. At worst have disqualified him from any sort of role gations and any future disciplinary proceed- it runs the risk of being construed as con- ARTS STAFF Editors: Devdoot Majumdar ’04, Annie S. that involved residential supervision of under- ings. The damage has already been done, but trived. Either way, it is a disservice to the Choi; Associate Editor: Fred Choi ’02; Staff: graduates. Certainly if other administrators if President Vest cares at all about due many members of the MIT community who Erik Blankinship G, Bence P. Olveczky G, Roy had been aware of that connection previously, process, he should withdraw his statement and take time out of their busy academic sched- Rodenstein G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky ’95, Seth McDonald would have never been hired. apologize. ules to practice, perform, and to simply play Bisen-Hersh ’01, Katie Jeffreys ’01, Rebecca Dorow certainly knew that, but facilitated the Given the prejudice displayed against them music. Loh ’01, Bogdan Fedeles ’03, Lianne Habinek ’02, hiring anyway, to make life easier at Delta by the head of our university, the prospective Jumaane Jeffries ’02, Jacob Beniflah ’03, Daniel Upsilon. What the IFC types who wished defendants might want to think about contact- Farhad Ebrahimi ’00 J. Katz ’03, Jane Maduram ’03, Amy Meadows Dorow fond farewells failed to mention was ing the ACLU or the Foundation for Drummer, School of the Americas ’03, Ryan Klimczak ’04, Izzat Jarudi ’04. that Neal had a long and dangerous history of Individual Rights in Education for support. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF covering up facts and incidents of all kinds, in Editors: Nathan Collins G, Sephir Hamilton G; order to protect the MIT fraternity system. Paul Elbourne G Rap music, the chief element of the broad- Roshan Baliga ‘03; Associate Editor: Wendy Whether this was done in the name of fraterni- er hip-hop culture, is an important art form to Gu ’03; Staff: Erika Brown G, Krzysztof Gajos ty solidarity or some misguided sense of many people. Based on the crowd’s reaction to G, Gregory F. Kuhnen ’00, Garry Maskaly G, responsibility to reduce crowding at the Musical Malady Friday night’s The Roots performance, it Karlene R. Maskaly G, Wan Yusof Wan Institute, I’ll probably never know. But it is a I’ve just finished reading Jeremy Baskin’s appears as though many of these people are Morshidi G, Michelle Povinelli G, Bob Sumner human tragedy that it has taken so long for “Concert Review” of Ten Degree Chill’s show students right here at MIT. G, Samudra Vijay G, Charles Boatin ’01, Nii this trail of corruption to be finally exposed to at Beast Roast this past weekend, and I must To call the The Roots performance, which Dodoo ’01, Kailas Narendran ‘01, James Snyder public view. say I am quite disappointed. included live keyboards, bass, drums, and ’01, Yi Xie ’02, Leonid Drozhinin ’03, I’ve often hoped that The Tech would take vocal percussion, “the standard rap perfor- Ekaterina Ossikine ’03, Matt T. Yourst ‘03, Christopher D. Beland ’01 an authentic interest in the handful of bands mance,” is just flat out inaccurate. To further Pedro L. Arrechea ’04, Brian Hemond ’04, Max working out of MIT, but Baskin appears to classify “the standard rap performance” as Planck ’04, Jacqueline T. Yen ’04, Sisir Botta have taken a step in the wrong direction. Of one in which the artists were “grabbing their ‘04. Judge Vest the five MIT-based groups that played at crotches” while they “screamed garbled rap FEATURES STAFF I was disturbed to read President Vest’s Bexley on Saturday, his review made mention into the audience” is not only inaccurate, but Associate Editors: Melissa S. Cain ’04, Eun statement about the recent events at ATO. In it, of only one. To focus on a single group is rea- disrespectful to those who appreciate and cre- Lee ’04; Staff: Diana S. Cheng ’04, Sonali he refers to “an ugly and totally inexcusable sonable, but to totally ignore the preceding ate the art. Mukherjee ’03; Cartoonists: David Abrameto incident” and says, “Totally offensive racial four hours of live music is simply shoddy By attributing these actions to rappers, the G, Aaron Isaksen G, Kenneth Lu G, Kara S. epithets were reliably reported to have been journalism. authors would lead you to believe that Meredith G, Raj C. Midha G, Solar Olugebefola shouted at visitors to our campus from the The narrow scope of his article raises Madonna, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, or G, Jennifer Dimase ’01, Grace H. Wang ’01, roof of the Alpha Tau Omega house.” questions as to the depth of his research (or Prince have never touched themselves on Bao-Yi Chang ’02, David Ngo ’02, Lara Kirk- It is my understanding that the incident is even interest?) in the subject of live music at stage, or Korn, Limp Bizkit, or any other ham ’03, Alison Wong ’03. still under investigation by the IFC and the MIT. Was Baskin even aware that Chris group regularly covered in “State of the BUSINESS STAFF Campus Police. The fraternity said, “We fully Rakowski ’02 performed in two separate Airwaves” have never shouted incomprehensi- Advertising Manager: Rachel Johnson ’02; understand how the statement was construed bands at Beast Roast? Or that School of the bly at their fans. And please do not call Limp Operations Manager: Jasmine Richards ’02; as racially offensive.” They do not admit, then, Americas has also won MIT’s Battle of the Bizkit “rappers.” Staff: Kedra Newsom ’02, Dashonn Graves ’03, that any “totally offensive racial epithet” was Bands, in the remote and hazy year of 1999? Joey Plum ’03. used; they seem to think that it is a matter of Has he been following Tristan da Cunha’s Matthew Dawson G TECHNOLOGY STAFF Staff: Kevin Atkinson ’02. EDITORS AT LARGE Senior Editor: Eric J. Plosky ’99; and phone numbers. Unsigned letters will not be accepted. No letter Contributing Editor: James Camp G. Opinion Policy or cartoon will be printed anonymously without the express prior ADVISORY BOARD Editorials are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written approval of The Tech. The Tech reserves the right to edit or condense Paul E. Schindler, Jr. ’74, V. 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If students want to get out of their class- employees.They also have three other major work, they should drop out of school. The Progressive Student Labor Movement demands. Simply put, the PSLM is a terrorist group. Christopher D. Smith (PSLM) has unlawfully occupied a Harvard First, they demand that Harvard not use A terrorist, after all, is a person who uses vio- building for almost two weeks, yet Harvard subcontracting to outsource labor and bypass lence or threats of violence to further a politi- I admit it. I do not like the idea of residence- shows no sign of taking forceful and decisive the living wage. cal cause. For example, the Unabomber and based advising one bit. As a second-term senior, action against them. And while Harvard dal- Second, they want a board to enforce the Timothy McVeigh are terrorists. Some of the the proposed RBA system reminds me too lies, the protest picks up steam; the supporters living wage policy, with binding authority recent FTAA protesters could also be consid- much of past battles lost to the administration. It of the PSLM include Sen. Ted Kennedy (D- over Harvard (including Harvard’s finances); ered terrorists. Remember that violence need also strikes me as fully unnecessary given the Mass.), Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert the board would not be appointed by the not involve killing or injuring others.The very common tendency for upperclassmen to Reich, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, and administration and would contain workers, unlawful use of private property is also a vio- lend helping hands to freshmen in need. Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.). union representatives, faculty, members of the lent act. As a freshman in La Maison Française, I Harvard students not in the PSLM are PSLM, and “an administrator.” Violence is not an acceptable way to was luckily befriended by three juniors who split; many students disapprove of the Finally, they want workers in factories who resolve political issues in a civilized society. quickly imparted to me their accrued, Course PSLM’s methods, but most appear to approve produce Harvard goods to also be covered by Worse, this is not really a political issue; VI-flavored wisdom. The next year, I recipro- of its goals. In the meantime, more tents this policy. This is a power grab and an wages are an issue between Harvard and its cated that good deed to the next crop of LMF appear on Harvard Yard every day. attempt to wrest control of Harvard from the employees. froshlings, and onward the cycle continued. In The Harvard administration The right way to respond to fact, as Darius G. Jazayeri G remarked in a has conceded the moral high terrorism is to adopt the stated recent letter to the editor [“FSILGs Already ground to the PSLM. Harvard set policy of our government — the Provide Benefits of RBA,” March 16], the up and implemented the recom- Fundamentally,this is not a debate United States does not negotiate FSILG community functions as a quasi-RBA mendations of a committee to with terrorists.This rule can system for hundreds of freshmen each year. It look at ways to improve the lot of about the living wage. It is a debate cause hardship; not negotiating almost seems absurd to try to “program” this lower-paid Harvard workers. Its about who runs Harvard — may cause innocent people to annual exchange of goodwill. recent statements do not attack die. But the alternative is far The ironic thing about the proposed new the PSLM’s aims; they merely the administration or a mob. worse, because giving in shows residence-based advising system is that it is an beseech the protesters to return to the world that you are weak and old idea. Almost ten years ago, MIT’s last for- more civilized means of commu- that anyone can bully you mal attempt at residence-based advising nication. around. imploded from declining enrollment, disorga- Harvard need not be so timid. After all, the administration.There are no proposed limits Harvard can take a few simple steps to nization, and lack of diversity. The residence living wage movement itself is not a moral on the power of the board or on the level of resolve this situation. It should categorically advising system was essentially overtaken by cause. Wages are a matter of negotiation financial control it could assume. reject all of the demands of the PSLM and the the then-rising popularity of the freshman between private individuals, and work is sim- The administration would only have mini- living wage movement. It should officially advising seminar program as first-year stu- ply a mutually beneficial transaction. Harvard mal control over the board, and it would not state that it will never, under any conditions, dents decided that they preferred the intellec- is free to fire workers, and workers are free to be able to use other means (such as subcon- negotiate with protest movements that disrupt tual spice of the advising seminar to the bland, quit their Harvard jobs and find other jobs in tracting) to work around the board’s arbitrary learning, student life, or research. It should aimless taste of residential advising. Cambridge. No one has a right to a “living power. Fundamentally, this is not a debate then identify and immediately expel, without Unfortunately, the lessons from the last wage.” about the living wage. It is a debate about who refund of tuition, the leaders of the PSLM. attempt at residential advising do not appear A living wage is also arbitrary; no one can runs Harvard — the administration or a mob. Finally, Harvard should immediately send to be motivating administrators. define exactly what constitutes one. If Harvard The mob that is the PSLM is certainly not in police to disperse both the camp and the sit- It’s important to remember that most workers have a right to $10.25 per hour, why peaceful. It wasn’t good enough that they have in and authorize the use of any force neces- recent origins for residential advising were do they not also have a right to $11 per hour, continually plastered the entire campus with sary to do so. Any student who resists should rooted in student misbehavior, not construc- or $20 per hour, or $100 per hour? their demands. The PSLM has also dumped be arrested and jailed. tive experimentation. Three years ago, hous- Remember that freedom of speech and trash on the statue of John Harvard, broken There can be no compromise on these ing administrators, under the direction of assembly have boundaries. “Freedom of into offices while secretaries are working and issues. If Harvard grants a single demand, it President Vest, revived the idea of residential speech” is not a right to say anything, any- shouted slogans at them, and prevented many will serve as an announcement that it will advising by forcing it on the FSILGs as a part where, at any time. “Freedom of assembly” is administrators from doing their work. Their cave to any group that uses violence to make of the post-Krueger crackdown. Last year’s not a right to gather any number of people incessant chanting and rallying are distracting, its point. decision to institute pilot RBA programs in anywhere, at any time. For instance, you can- to say nothing of what the students living in This is a battle between right and wrong, McCormick and Random Hall was driven by not shout death threats at people. Similarly, Massachusetts Hall must feel. but “right” is not a “living wage” and “wrong” a desire to prepare for the expected social and you cannot use private property without per- The tent encampment on the Yard and the is not corporate “greed.” What is wrong is that academic dislocation that will be the mission. The owner can set terms and condi- sit-in themselves are well beyond what students are violently disrupting Harvard. inevitable product of housing all freshmen on tions for using his property, and he may Harvard should tolerate. The sit-in is also What is right is to stand up for Harvard’s campus in the fall of 2002. This is not to say forcibly remove anyone who violates those interfering with the purpose of the institution property rights, including its fundamental that the administrators charged with imple- conditions. So Harvard has every right to kick and what these students are at Harvard for in right to set its own terms for employment menting the system do not have a genuine the PSLM out. the first place — learning! Some professors without interference by violent student desire to see student life improved by the What do the protesters want? Their have wasted no time in letting students out of groups. change; better community life remains the far-end goal. The immediate goal, however, is unmistakably to enhance the Institute’s con- trol over undergraduates. The attempt to place Home Economics and Happiness a residential coordinator in Senior House, of all places, stands as sturdy proof. (6.451), Argumentation and Communication es under XIII and replace it with Non As there is a silver lining to every cloud, so Philip Burrowes (11.225), Competition in Telecommunications Sequitur. too, is there a diamond in this rough. The RBA (14.28), Communication for Managers Purple monkey dishwasher. system could potentially prove to be a boon to Usually MIT’s course catalog covers such a (15.280), Communication Systems Don’t even try to learn about making maps improving academic performance among fresh- wide range that it tends to overlap; nearly a Engineering (16.36), Workshop in here, either. Geography, topography, and geol- men. Although MIT prides itself on the fire- third of the departments are just different Professional Correspondence and Electronic ogy — not counting Course XII — only get hose-like qualities of the freshman core curricu- ways of saying “engineering.” There is, how- Communication: English as a Second token mentions in the course catalog. Maps, lum, too often this induces a desire among ever one field that is historically a staple of Language (21F.231), Telecommunications however, are vital for getting around places freshmen to merely survive; this survival ethic academia but totally neglected here. No, not Modeling and Policy Analysis (ESD.127), The with which you aren’t acquainted. The admin- often becomes the dominant factor in students’ creative writing, but home economics. Physics of Information Technology istration is obviously sending us a message: approach to their future encounters with MIT Sure, it’s so “high school.” It’s also very (MAS.862) … Alright, Get Lost. Hahaha. But academics. If ever there is to arise a genuine television-show-written-by-Lampoon-alums- there are a few. There’s seriously, folks. intellectual community among students here, who-have-long-been-unaware-of-the-actual- still no degree in it, which A few Course XV this must change. There must be a shift towards high-school-experience. Given the rigorous means none of the invalu- Who among us had majors are probably shak- an academics founded on creativity and pro- class schedules most MIT students put them- able and intimate faculty ing their heads, thinking, found curiosity. The RBA system, if structured selves through in high school in order to get mentoring one finds in, the time to stop and “Of course we learn about properly, may prove instrumental in bringing into Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh? What were say, Course VI. the Modified American about this change because it will provide needed we thinking?), however, who among us had Even more unnerving, smell the roses that are plan.” Or maybe they support and organization to the group studying the time to stop and smell the roses that are there is no class in under- home ec? We were aren’t. Sloanies are a which occurs naturally among MIT freshmen. home ec? We were too busy padding our tran- water basket weaving. whole different breed, you Freshmen group-studying as it occurs now often script with useless AP Statistics or American Once merely an overused too busy padding our know? seems to be little more than answer-sharing ses- History classes to look for immediately useful (and inexplicable; it Back to the point at sions. A decent residence adviser could trans- opportunities (not counting Cisco certifica- sounds difficult to me) transcript with useless AP hand, MIT doesn’t even form these sessions into opportunities for stu- tion). metaphor for fluff classes, Statistics or American have that staple of numeri- dents to embrace their learning material more Our sacrifice should be repaid and in ironi- the basketry department at cal nomenclature, the 101 tightly and in spirit which encourages students cally rapid fashion. The food sciences mini- MIT is being far surpassed History classes. class. There are indeed to push their intellects to new plateaus. department must be resurrected. At the very by such innovative institu- X.101 classes, but they’re Still, the RBA system has other potential least, give us one class. Wait, Kitchen tions as the University of not 101 in the universally pitfalls. It does not require a very inventive Chemistry (5.S15) sort of counts. Arizona simply because it accepted introductory imagination to foresee the residential advising Well, there are still lots of perpetually does not exist. For those unsure of how such a sense. 17.101, the sole nominally intro X.101 system devolving into either of two unsavory passed-over scholarly sectors. Let us not for- class would be integrated into the Institute’s class — not counting 6.101 as it has prerequi- outcomes. Some residential advisers could get communications, a field often monopo- rigid course system, I present an arbitrary sites — is not even being offered. Instead, end up becoming babysitters, an outcome per- lized by elite Division I athletes. Such a merit- assortment of acronyms: IAP; STS; ESD; and departments use a less obvious, more intuitive haps secretly desired by some in the adminis- based oligarchy is unbecoming of any BEH. That doesn’t even mention the fact that X.x01 system, where “x” may not exist (Cf. tration but ultimately poisonous for communi- university in a country with historically far there is an entire division of, yes, Naval 1.001 and 8.01). That still may be eschewed ty and student life. Other RAs could become more irrational academic traditions, let alone Science, which is just begging for random for X.000 or X.01x. Course XVIII actually one-person social committees, always there to one this close to Harvard. No doubt, given the classes. has the audacity to make 18.101 the second in throw an impromptu party or sponsor a day- opportunity legions of students would opt to Speaking of military science, why is there a series. trip to New Hampshire, but never really on follow in the steps of their professional athlete an Aerospace division? Isn’t that Course XVI? Why all of this iconoclasm? True, any scene to provide real and lasting guidance. idols by acquiring a substantively useless All those AS.x classes are unnecessarily tak- leading institution must have a degree of I have to admit that the results from degree of nominal value. Yet does MIT pro- ing the place of valuable, previously unex- uniqueness. Nonconformity for its own sake, McCormick’s pilot RBA program are encourag- vide any communications classes? plored studies. What about Apparition however, is paradoxically conformity. If that is ing. Having experienced it first-hand, I think it Urban Spatial Structure, Transportation, Scrutinizes with department head Ray Parker the true purpose behind the course catalog’s was a real success. Still, not every dorm is and Telecommunications I (1.213J), Jr., or Appropriate Solecism starring John eccentricity, it would not only fail to achieve McCormick, and I fear that should MIT attempt Information and Probability (2.162), Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins as Mario and that purpose, but do so to the detriment of a broad implementation of residential advising, Principles of Digital Communications II Luigi? While we’re at it, let’s shift NS.x class- underwater basket weavers everywhere. it will find this out sooner rather than later. Page 6 THE TECH OPINION May 4, 2001 Economy, Environment, and Escalation: Tax Cut, Small Man? A Step in the Right noticeable effect on their consumption today? Dan Tortorice While it is of course possible, the Democrats could have easily argued that a Direction The Senate’s vote for tax cuts estimated at five-year tax cut would have an almost identi- $1.2 trillion over the next decade has sealed cal effect on consumption today as a ten year loopholes for wealthy people, unions, and big this country’s fate. With the House having cut. Yet, as is true in most times of hysteria, Jason H. Wasfy corporations to influence the democratic already voted for a $1.6 trillion tax cut, the this logical observation got lost amid reces- process, and Bush has been less than enthusi- United States will see a tax cut of roughly sion panic. Those of us who are concerned about the astic about meaningful reform. $1.4 trillion over the next decade. This was Supplementing the economic argument, influence of big money in politics have seen Meaningful reform is precisely what the truly a victory for George W. Bush, for not Bush also argued that the government two welcome developments during President McCain-Feingold bill promises — including a only did he convince 15 democratic senators had taken too much from its citizens Bush’s first 100 days. Bush resisted one of ban on unregulated soft money. In the past, the to transfer 14 percent of the yearly production and now it was time for the United those developments, but he deserves bill had faltered in the Senate because of fili- of the whole United States to, for the most States to return what it has taken. credit for the other. busters, which require only 40 senators to main- part, the country’s wealthiest citizens, but he The silliness of this argument is What we should praise Bush for is tain. But in the 2000 election, a few senators did so with incredibly simplistic arguments epic. Does this also imply when the the new sense of ethical hostile to reform lost their seats and Sen. Thad that, not surprisingly, are false. government runs deficits, it is taking responsibility that he has Cochran (R-Miss.) thrust his support behind the That the economy is slowing down, but a too little from its citizens brought to the White reform bill over the winter. John McCain and tax cut will put money back into the hands of and should start raising House. In the days fol- Russ Feingold were finally able to navigate consumers, reviving the economy, was a taxes? Of course not. lowing the inauguration, reform through the Senate’s complicated parlia- familiar antiphon as Bush attempted to garner The United States was when we all thought we mentary process. That’s the good news. support for his tax plan. While the statement it running huge deficits heard the last of the Although Bush hasn’t ruled out signing true enough, it is far from a conclusive reason before 1998, accumulating awful corruption McCain-Feingold if it ever passes the House to endorse tax cuts. For while tax cuts can much debt. Governments can- that tainted the and arrives at his desk, it’s safe to say that he’s spur forth the economy, so too can govern- not run deficits forever. Clinton adminis- not fond of the bill. The Republican Party ment spending, and government spending is, Eventually, the money tration, news elders who designated Bush as their favorite perhaps, a preferable plan. needs to be payed back, reports began to for the party’s presidential nomination last If Bush’s real desire is to pump money and this can only be bubble out that spring are dead set against the bill. And the into the economy and increase consumption, done when there are Clinton had par- big donors that supported Bush’s campaign it is better to have the government spend budget surpluses. doned international throughout don’t want to lose their ability to money directly. In that case, the money is Thus, far from a budget criminal fugitive sway elections. ensured of going into the economy in its surplus meaning the Marc Rich. The key to achieving real reform over the entirety. If money is returned through tax United States has taken too Although Rich had next 100 days and beyond will depend on cuts, directly to consumers, part of it is saved, much from it citizens, a budget surplus is a been fleeing justice abroad for some time, a some of Bush’s natural allies — conservatives especially if given to the wealthy, and since necessity in light of past budget deficits. hefty sum paid to former White House council that want to strengthen our democratic system, banks need to keep a fixed percentage of sav- Bush also clearly ignores that a large por- Jack Quinn and a helpful word from Rich’s people concerned about labor unions spending ings in reserve, the whole tax cut does not tion of the budget surplus is from payments ex-wife — a major Democratic Party donor their members’ dues on political activities that enter into the economy. into the Social Security system and into the who donated generously to Clinton’s presiden- many of those members would oppose, and But even if this point was not well under- Medicare system. These funds are not sur- tial library — were enough to gain Clinton’s Republican lawmakers who are just sick and stood by those Democrats who voted for the pluses at all, for they entail future monetary sympathy. tired of raising money when they could be tax cut, it is more amazing they were not obligations. If the economy weakens, and the I don’t think that we’ll see any more of talking about issues. How much leverage swayed by a second, perhaps more tangible surplus predictions fail, as predictions often this. Pardons won’t be for sale in the Bush those groups and others have over the presi- argument. For if the government spent more of do, the government will not be able to afford administration because Bush brings to his dent’s thinking will determine the fate of cam- the tax cut, it probably would spend this both the tax cut and its Medicare and Social office an emphasis on integrity that Clinton paign finance reform. money on education or social welfare pro- Security obligations. The result will be either sorely lacked. And in any case, the vocal out- Bush’s first 100 days have signaled the end grams like job training. Besides reviving the a repeal of the tax cut, which makes one rage from Republicans and Democrats alike of illegal and improper fundraising by the economy more effectively than a tax cut, gov- wonder why it was passed in the first place, about the Rich pardon will likely ensure that Clinton/Gore team. The next important chal- ernment spending has the added benefit of or a reduction in the services provided by chief executives will be careful about selling lenge that reform advocates now face is to actually helping needy people directly, a bene- programs designed to help the needy, the pardons for some time to come. convince the new administration that better fit that is not accrued with a tax cut that goes later being a transfer of wealth from the poor But trading pardons for cash isn’t the only laws separating big money from political deci- mostly to people with incomes over $50,000. to the rich. problem with big money in government today. sions are the best choice both for George W. It is clear enough that tax cuts are not the Let no one say that the passage of a $1.2 Our campaign finance system is riddled with Bush and for the nation. sole legislative action the government could trillion tax cut through the Senate was not a take to revive the economy. Yet there is one political victory for George W. Bush. For with more obvious rebuttal to Bush’s argument incredibly simplistic arguments, he managed that, to the Democrats’ discredit, was not to convince 15 Democrats to support a tax cut given due consideration. If ones reason for a which disproportionately aids wealthy tax cut is to revive the economy now, why sup- Americans. Either Bush is an incredibly sim- port a plan which cuts taxes not just now, but ple man who believes in his own silly argu- every year for the next ten years? Do people ments, or a man with substantial political acu- honestly believe that increasing an individual’s men who just scored a slam duck for his income nine or ten years from now will have a constituency.

Pretty Darn Good policy towards China in an interview, glibly policy relations, seems to stem from being an reaching philosophy, “I think the president can Roy Esaki saying that the United States would “do what- average American, happy to deem the United either help or not help a situation,” has guided ever it took” to help Taiwan defend itself States to be above the fray of the rest of the Bush to striking popularity during his first In the past hundred days, President George against China — a brash and over-simplified world. Bush Sixpack quite nicely represents hundred days, as he continues to either lead or W. Bush seems to have fared fairly well in the stance. us, being quick to passionately defend not lead our nation. minds of Americans, especially considering As imprudent as the remark may have American inter- the tumultuous elections ordeal. Bush viewed been, the staunchly anti-Chinese stance res- ests and securi- his work thus far as “pretty darn good,” and onated with American public opinion. Bush’s ty when need Americans seem to agree. A recent shifting of America’s relation with China from be, coming up CNN/Gallup poll gave Bush a 62 percent that of “strategic partner” to “strategic com- with strong- approval rating (compared to 55 percent for petitor” jives with the patriotically anti- minded decla- Clinton and 58 percent for Bush the Elder in Chinese Americans; the number of Americans rations, but their respective inaugural years), even though who view China as an ally dropped from more eager to leave only 50 percent believe Bush won fair and than 50 percent in March of last year, to just the task of square. This impressively high esteem of 27 percent after the incident. After the Sino- devising a Americans for a president nationally mocked U.S. staring contest and evasive semantics, the workable solu- for his incompetence in intellectual concerns, United States did get the crew back without tion to the especially in such complex matters as foreign technically apologizing (at least in our lan- experts, and affairs, perhaps reflects the prevalence of guage). This success led to a 71 percent otherwise eager American-hegemonistic thinking in our coun- approval rating of Bush’s handling of the spy to keep his try. plane incident, a remarkably high number hands off of Consider Bush’s reaction to the reconnais- considering the relative lack of experienced such distant sance-plane incident in China. Following Chinese-relations analysts in the White House concerns as China’s reticent behavior, Bush unilaterally — and Bush’s personal inexperience with foreign international and seemingly without much thought — relations. affairs. The departed from more than two decades of U.S. Overall, Bush’s success, at least in foreign astute and far- May 4, 2001 OPINION THE TECH Page 7 President Bush’s First 100 Days Bush’s 100 Damaging Days Bush has been focusing heavily on what he scientifically proven to be safe for people, one occasion, to make public statements Katie Jeffreys perceives as an energy crisis in the United especially children, the elderly, and pregnant asserting the president’s commitment to an States, especially in California. As a result he women. However, shortly after taking office, environmental issue, only to be made to look a Of all policy areas, perhaps the one over has proposed opening drilling in the ANWR. Whitman announced that she would propose fool a few days later when Bush changes his which George W. Bush has received the most While Alaskans see this as a positive contribu- to withdraw the rule. At a minimum the stan- policy to contradict her statements. She is a press is the environment. He has made deci- tion to their economy, environmentalists hope dard would be delayed several months, and at puppet of the administration, with no funding sions criticized by many politicians and citi- to preserve what is considered the last remain- worst the affordability of drinking water or power to set positive environmental regula- zens as being harmful to the environment. In ing wilderness in the United States. Senators, would take precedence over its safety and the tions. It is clear that the goals of the Bush addition, these decisions were in many cases including John Kerry (D-Mass.), are fighting law will be rescinded altogether. Critics of the administration are not in line with her own. based on pressures from industries which con- the proposed drilling as a solution to the more stringent standard say that it is unfair to For example, as the governor of New Jersey tributed heavy financial support to the Bush California energy crisis, citing that less than states with high naturally occurring arsenic she lowered the arsenic standard for drinking campaign. Bush, on the other hand, cites one percent of the state’s electricity comes concentrations, but there is a parallel proposal water to 10 ppb. It is unfortunate that the EPA unsound science, ignorance, and that many of from oil, and that oil from the ANWR would to increase funding to those states to allow cannot act as an autonomous body, setting the policies he has rescinded were promulgat- not be available for at least 10 years. By that them to install treatment facilities. regulations appropriate for the preservation of ed at the eleventh-hour by Bill Clinton. time alternative energy sources could be pro- The single individual most injured by of the health and safety of humans and the In just three months, Bush has passed or viding the same amount of energy as available President Bush’s decisions is probably environment, rather than the prerogatives of proposed anti-environment policy or delayed from the ANWR without adversely impacting Whitman. She has been forced, on more than industry and politicians. pro-environment policy in many areas. Some the environment. of the most prominent are the arsenic standard Bush is often mocked for his in drinking water, regulation of carbon dioxide ignorance of issues, and quite often as a greenhouse gas, the energy crisis in this criticism is valid. Bush made a California and the proposed drilling in the strong campaign promise to regu- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In late carbon dioxide emissions to the addition, debate has arisen over the preserva- atmosphere to reduce the green- tion of roadless lands in national forests, the house effect. However, after taking elimination of new mining regulations, the use office he realized that CO2 was in of snowmobiles in National Parks, and citi- fact not already covered by the zens’ rights to sue the government if it does Clean Air Act, a fact that both he not list species under the Endangered Species and his advisers apparently failed to Act. In addition, his proposed budget cuts notice when writing his campaign funding to departments with an environmental platform. His decision came just focus, including the Departments of Interior, days after EPA head Christie Todd Energy and Agriculture, along with the Whitman announced to the world Environmental Protection Agency and the that the United States was commit- Army Corps of Engineers. ted to the Kyoto Protocol. This It is said that stores sometimes raise their international treaty would set global prices so that they can later put their products standards for CO2 emissions and, as on “sale” but still make the same profit they scientists increasingly agree, effec- would have at regular prices. I wonder if Bush tively reduce global climate change. figures he can make policy which is bad for Bush’s decision came in response to the environment now so that later he can make the perceived energy crisis, as coal- more progressive policy with an end result of fired power plants are major con- little or no tightening of environmental regula- tributors to CO2 emissions. tions. However, this would let Bush complete On January 17, the Clinton his term with a pro-environment reputation. If administration lowered the standard this is the case he will be able to take advan- for arsenic, a known carcinogen, in tage of the fickle public, who will likely not drinking water from the 1942 stan- recall this initial wave of anti-environmental dard of 50 parts per billion to 10 policy come election time. ppb. This is a standard they felt was Sacrificing the Environment for Profits and Politics compliance. The environment, though, has well over $1 million to the Republican party corresponding budget subsidize oil explo- Ken Nesmith suffered more of the injuries inherent to this last year. Their own attempts to fund counter- ration, the auto industry, and in the near philosophy. studies suggesting that arsenic is not as harm- future, the construction of more power plants. The Republican Party has never been con- Showing us exactly what the honor and ful as thought have failed repeatedly, as those Rather than cutting already exorbitant demand sidered exceptionally friendly toward the envi- integrity of the Oval Office inevitably boils scientists employed explore the extensive or pursuing efficient production methods, we ronment. Whenever a dispute arises over some away to, President Bush, his coffers flush with research on the subject and fail to draw any look to the same ineffective and destructive regulation or law that will protect the environ- oil-industry funding, reversed a campaign other alternative conclusion. One Harvard solutions that force us to wish pollution away ment by limiting pollution or restricting the promise and chose not to regulate carbon researcher, Dr. Richard Wilson, was hired by and to dabble militarily at great cost in the exploitation of resources, the party fights dioxide emissions, despite the increasing evi- ARCO Mining Company to demonstrate that Middle East far more than we might like. valiantly against the increased costs that busi- dence that indicates that carbon dioxide emis- the high levels of the substance were accept- Disturbingly, these fatuous but determined ness will face as a result of the government sions from human activity are directly respon- able, but upon studying what he now calls the efforts to find more oil and make more energy mandate to act responsibly and to not poison sible for amplifying the periodic warming of “unequivocal” science, he instead recom- hold the American “way of life,” marked by or destroy habitats. the earth. mended that an “emergency” arsenic reduc- single-minded greed and destructive con- Unfortunately, this opposition is some- Others within Bush’s own administration, tion of at least 60 percent be implemented sumption, as a sacrosanct institution that must times grounded not in any understanding or including Secretary of the Treasury Paul until further comprehension of the problems we can create O’Neill and Environmental Protection Agency research could be for ourselves by disrespecting the environ- director Christine Todd Whitman, were forced done. ment, but rather in a reflexive action to defend to do some verbal gymnastics to rectify their These poor the abilities of entrepreneurs to maximize own statements on the dangers of global choices have cast profits however they may be able. The greatest warming in light of the President’s altered the President in the crime is regulation, in any form. stance. public eye as one In that context, the actions of the Bush The president’s high-profile snubbing of who is not espe- administration within the first fourteenth of the Kyoto protocol, which would just begin to cially sensitive to, their four-year tenure are understandable but address excessive greenhouse gas emissions, or even aware of, no less disappointing. The president has elimi- angered the international community — as it the catastrophic nated OSHA ergonomics standards in order to should have, given the excessiveness of U.S. problems we can save businesses the costs of keeping their consumption and corresponding pollution, traipse into when workplaces in line with the regulations, even along with our unwillingness to make even the we blithely ignore though the medical costs saved by construct- slightest change in our habits. the long term con- ing a safer workplace far exceed the price of On the issue of arsenic in drinking water, sequences of our Bush overturned an EPA actions. ruling that would lower Vice President the legal amount of Dick Cheney, a for- arsenic in water from 50 mer oil industry parts per billion to 10 executive, revealed his own ignorance of not be altered. Somehow, those currently in ppb, a standard first pro- destructive American gluttony in a recent dis- power have become blinded to the necessary posed in 1962. The EPA cussion of national energy policy. Rather than common sense that demands that we find a took 17 years to careful- finding ways to reduce our inefficient and way to live in dynamic equilibrium with the ly research the matter excessive consumption, the United States — environment, carefully living off of it while and arrive at an appro- which uses several times the resources per not destroying it. priate standard, but capita of any other nation, industrialized or While Clinton faced endless and some- intense lobbying by not — will seek to increase its energy supply times deserved criticism for his habit of sacri- industries the make use through methods that will do nothing to solve ficing moral virtue for the sake of personal of the carcinogen suc- the problems we face. gain, Bush has shown that he prefers to sacri- ceeded, and the imple- Instead of researching viable alternatives fice not moral virtue, but the environment mentation of a new stan- to fossil fuels, inefficient transportation, or itself in the name of profits. Discouragingly, dard was put on hold ineffective power transmission systems — the young among us are the ones who will pay pending further research. funds for each decline dramatically under the the greatest price for these decisions. One These industries gave Bush budget — the new energy policy and the hundred days, and all is not well. Page 8 THE TECH May 4, 2001 THE ARTS MUSIC REVIEW Getting ‘Sinomatic’ With It New Band, Produced by 3EB Veteran, Puts Out Generic but Catchy Rock By Roshan Baliga solo that sounds just like the guitar solos of ing this song that we first hear the subtle tracks, including “Seven Days,” are more orig- PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR other bands. nuances of flange and background distortion. inal, and show promise to actually redefine Sinomatic (Self-Titled Debut) “Candyskin” reminded me of Third Eye However, since “Girlfriend” is one of the rock as Sinomatic claims to desire. The addi- Atlantic Records Blind’s work, which isn’t surprising since album’s weaker songs, it probably won’t get tion of a violin in this song is a nice touch, $11.97 Sinomatic’s producer, Eric Valentine, did pro- any airplay. though the song probably won’t get any air- duction work for Third Eye Blind’s debut The most likely song to make Sinomatic play until the unlikely event that Sinomatic rom the CD’s opening chords, I knew it album as well. Valentine, who also produced popular is “My Time.” Though the lyrics gains a large following. was going to be different. “Sinomatic,” four albums for Smash Mouth, has clearly aren’t very meaningful, the softer guitar riffs Sinomatic’s weak links seem to be their an alternative rock band from lyrics and slower songs, such as “Leave Me FYoungstown, Ohio, released their self- Tomorrow”. I would expect the band to show titled debut CD two weeks ago to little more musical skill in these slower numbers, fanfare. However, their CD caught my ear but they don’t. While most of the positive because from the beginning it sounded far aspects of their CD might very well be to the more refined than many other of the credit of their producer, I would expect “undiscovereds.” Sinomatic to put on a good live show. With The band, which consists of three gui- three guitarists, their live performances should tarists, a bass player, and a drummer, has be able to match the effective layering heard recorded an energetic debut album that seems on the CD, and as a new band looking for made for radio. Their heavily-produced sound attention, they should be energetic. can be heard first on “Bloom,” Sinomatic’s Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be coming first single. The song, which showcases lead to Boston anytime soon. However, if you hap- singer Ken Cooper’s vocal abilities and the pen to be around the midwest during the next band’s upbeat guitar work, was clearly made month, you can find them touring with to attack the airwaves. From a catchy chorus Buckcherry. to a catchy guitar riff, “Bloom” exemplifies Despite Sinomatic’s shortcomings, I the album’s desire for mainstream acceptance. wouldn’t count them out yet. Their music In fact, “Bloom” and the next track, “You’re may mature on future CDs, as they branch Mine,” sound exactly like the rock I would out and write lyrics on topics other than their expect to hear on the radio. girlfriends. It’s also possible that their music If these guys are hoping to be the next could become mainstream. While many peo- band on WBCN, they’ve got a fighting ple will deny liking mainstream music chance. However, if they actually hope to because it’s mainstream, it’s clearly not the “shake up the current state of music,” as their ROY ZIPSTEIN—ATLANTIC RECORDS worst thing that could happen to a band. I’d promotional materials state, they’ve got a way Sinomatic members Rick Deak (left), Dave Markasky, Ken Cooper, Bryan Patrick, and rate Sinomatic as my best random find since to go. Matt Lawrence launch their debut self-titled album. Unified Theory’s debut CD last August. If Sinomatic’s guitar work is their strongest you’re looking for quality lyrics, look else- facet, though it reminds me of a mix of older influenced the sound of this album. That’s not and repetitive chorus should appeal to a where, but if you’re looking for catchy alter- Collective Soul and newer Goo Goo Dolls. to say that the band isn’t talented, but it never broader audience. native rock to accompany those late night Sinomatic’s interesting guitar layering can be hurts to have a good producer on board. Like most debut CDs, the first few tracks problem sets, look no further than heart on the fourth track, “Candyskin.” Valentine’s production skills can clearly be seem more refined than the tracks near the end Sinomatic. Unfortunately the song also features a guitar heard on the sixth track, “Girlfriend.” It is dur- of the album. However Sinomatic’s later

FILM REVIEW ★★★ CONCERT REVIEW Chamber Skills & Thrills Liv Tyler’s Male Bait By Andrew Wong ‘One Night at McCool’s’ Shines Like a Gem By Sandra Chung help her transform Randy’s shack into the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra; Scott Yoo, Music Director home of her dreams. Pavanes & Symmetries by Dan Coleman, Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss, The Directed by Harald Zwart Most of the film hops between the three American Seasons by Mark O’Connor; Elizabeth Ostling, flute; Mark O’Connor, Violin Written by Stan Seidel male leads relating their personal Jewel stories Jordan Hall, April 29, 2001 Starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, to their respective counselors — Charlie con- John Goodman, Michael Douglas fessing his Jewel-related sins to a tipsy priest, n Sunday evening, the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra gathered in Jordan Rated R Randy sharing his tale of woe with a sleazy hit Hall to deliver an emotionally charged final performance of the season. The man (Michael Douglas), and Carl seeking program wrapped up a phenomenal concert season with high quality night at a seedy bar named McCool’s advice from a psychiatrist (Reba McEntire — O musicianship and an eclectic repertoire. is the kickoff point for the three apparently she’s the expert on cheatin’ hearts). Metamorphosen, a group of aspiring string musicians, has given four concerts this interweaving storylines — the place As the plot takes shape and the three sepa- year, all of which have demonstrated the power of combining talented musicians for a A where Jewel (Liv Tyler) busts into the rate storylines begin to bleed into each other, string orchestra. The orchestra maintains its freshness for every performance by rotating lives of all three male leads in the new film, it becomes apparent that Jewel is eventually members’ positions in an almost random sequence between pieces. This practice, similar One Night at McCool’s. While Randy (Matt going to have to deal with all three men simul- to that of European orchestras, not only demonstrates the musical prowess of each player, Dillon), the shiftless bachelor-bartender, takes taneously. Sure enough, the characters head but also maintains a homogeneous mixture of quality throughout the section. a shot out of a plunger to entertain some frat toward a denouement in which all three story- The night opened with the world premiere of Dan Coleman’s Pavanes & Symmetries. boys, his lawyer-cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) lines converge. Besides the three men and Coleman, composer-in-association of Metamorphosen and winner of the Aaron Copland catches an eyeful of Jewel scoping out the Jewel, an unexpected guest, a hit man shows Award, composed the piece specifically for flutist Elizabeth Ostling, the soloist that night. joint. Later, while a hammered Carl dozes up at the last confrontation. Make sure you The piece opens with a mysterious cadenza that is supported by a “rustling” section in the nearby in his posh car, Randy “rescues” Jewel pay close attention to all three stories so this strings. Much of the piece is written for the lower range of the flute, but Ostling main- from a violent altercation with her tough- final scene makes sense. I was eating up the tained clarity and expressiveness in bringing out the delicate pavane theme. looking boyfriend (Andrew Dice Clay, an symbolism. The next piece, Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss (the work after which the chamber unfortunate leftover from the 1980s). Kudos to the casting agent for nailing all orchestra is named) seemed to almost degrade the pastoral setting laid by Coleman with dark Jewel easily convinces Randy to take her the main roles. Dillon easily pulls off his type- clouds of mourning. Strauss wrote the piece in 1945, after the bombing of Dresden and two back to his dilapidated house for a romp in the cast role and Goodman plays the upright years after the destruction of the Munich Staatstheater. As the name suggests, the piece is sack. In lieu of postcoital bliss, however, she detective with the correct notes of pathetic about the internal development of ideas over time. reveals that her seduction is a ruse to get into loneliness and dreamy infatuation. Reiser runs Scott Yoo, the music director of Metamorphosen, dived into the podium and stretched his his house so her “boyfriend” Utah can rob happily amok with the shameless lust of Carl arms to all ends of the orchestra, as if grabbing the strings off of the instruments, and him. Utah shows up with a big gun and is agi- while even eliciting some sympathy for the churned the melancholic chords in an almost deliberate gesture to leave the audience in awe. tated to discover that there isn’t much to steal soulless lawyer’s morally questionable redis- This urgency magnified the depression rolling off of the cellos and basses in references to the at Randy’s place. Jewel mentions the bar safe covery of his humanity. Marcia funebre of Beethoven’s Eroica symphony. By the end of the 30 minute precession and they journey with Randy at gunpoint to But the standout is Tyler, who (pardon the towards utter despair, the orchestra members almost had a painful visage. A thick silence retrieve the cash from McCool’s. Somehow play on words) truly sparkles as Jewel. She enveloped the Jordan Hall after the final chord, until finally Yoo lifted his head and brought Utah ends up dead on the floor by the bar … injects her own trademark babydoll charm into the “deceased” orchestra back to life. and Jewel holds the smoking gun. her fabulously ruthless character, gracing Violinist Mark O’Connor ended the concert with a Boston premiere of his composition, A shaken but infatuated Randy decides to Jewel’s outrageous lifestyle with a luminous, The American Seasons, a concerto for violin and chamber orchestra. The piece is constructed call the cops and then somewhat reluctantly romantic quality and rescuing the character around the idea of the stages of life and personifies these with the seasons. O’Connor tanta- agrees to cover for Jewel. Charlie (John from the typical manipulative whore role. I lized the audience with his simple, yet lively philosophy to playing the fiddle. A former stu- Goodman), the police detective, arrives on the enjoyed tracing the storylines to their bitter- dent of Stephane Grappelli, O’Connor is currently on the forefront of a new resurgence of scene and unsuccessfully covers the crumbling sweet and/or funny conclusions and discovering American music and folk tradition. His unorthodox violin technique breaks the barriers of of his professional cool at the sight of Jewel. how various events or imagery allude to others. the traditional classical school of playing, and brings a new meaning to the term “virtuoso.” For the time being, though, she goes home Every square inch of this movie’s plot has While O’Connor shined with his casual swing tunes in “Summer,” the orchestra had a with Randy. Their relationship becomes more a purpose; each tuck and fold is carefully hard time keeping the style alive. The clash between dozens of Julliard-trained string players and more twisted as Randy is forced to partici- planned and contributes neatly to the polished and an Irish fiddler became especially apparent when O’Connor began tapping his foot to the pate in Jewel’s seduce-and-steal schemes to neatness of the finished product. Such gift- beat with little response by Yoo. The ending cadenza in “Winter” extinguished much of the pay for her extravagant alterations to his house. wrapped scripts often taste saccharin, but skepticism in the hall as to whether this new rocker for American classical music had any Her ultimate goal is not money but the McCool’s manages to be extremely satisfying true musical virtue. Every stroke of the bow gleamed with confident elation in a linear, yet house of her dreams — and she’ll use whatev- without suffering from excessive cuteness. innocent manner. After a standing ovation from the audience, O’Connor finally ended the er means (or men) necessary to reach it. When One Night at McCool’s is like a fine dessert — concert with an encore of Appalachian Waltz. The rendition of this soulful chamber work by Randy’s usefulness runs dry, she branches out very pleasurable and not too sweet, with a both O’Connor and Metamorphosen was a spectacular end to a sensational season. and uses her formidable skills of seduction to refreshing blend of flavors captivating enough persuade Carl and Charlie to unknowingly to stand alone. May 4, 2001 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9 THEATER REVIEW ‘Grand Duke’ A Charmer True To its G&S Roots, Play Is Well-Acted & Directed By Lance Nathan the perfect way to add some lighthearted STAFF WRITER silliness to a weekend. The Grand Duke, Presented by MTG Set in the Grand Duchy of Pfennig Produced by Garry Zacheiss ’00, Directed by Halbpfennig, the operetta centers around a David Jedlinsky ’89 conspiracy by an acting troupe to overthrow Starring Jonathan Weinstein G, Gregory Baker, the unpopular and miserly Grand Duke Andrew Sweet, David Michael Daly, Michael Rudolph (Jonathan Weinstein G). But when Spitznagel ’99, Arthur Dunlap, David Poland Ludwig (Andrew Sweet) gives away the plot, ’04, David Euresti ’01, Ana Albir ’04. solicitor Tannhäuser (David Michael Daly) advises him and theater manager Ernest n May 3, 1901, MIT produced the Dummkopf (Gregory Baker) of a way to keep American premiere of Gilbert and them both from a treason conviction: fighting Sullivan’s final operetta, The Grand a “statutory duel.” Two duelers each pull a O Duke. Last night, exactly 100 years card from a deck, and the one drawing the later, the current incarnation of the Gilbert lower card is legally considered dead, with the and Sullivan Players once again opened The other assuming his position and responsibili- Grand Duke. This most recent production is ties. Since the law expires the next day, the loser will soon come ERIKA BROWN—THE TECH back to life, unpun- Ludwig (Andrew Sweet) and Lisa (Dawn Perlner ’01) dance in celebration of their ishable after death imminent wedding while the chorus sings “Won’t it be a pretty wedding?” has wiped him clean of crimes. least of which are Gilbert’s puns and private ensure with over 30 people to work with. Ludwig wins, jokes. In a play about an acting troupe, there is Sweet’s Ludwig shows all the discomfort and, finding the no shortage of theater jokes. In some cases, and low breeding of a man more fit for Duke in the town the humor borders on the inscrutable: while comedic acting than ruling a duchy, looking square looking to none of the German natives speak with an further and further out of his depth as the end his life, offers accent, the English actress Julia does — but second act progresses. Weinstein gives the Duke the same with a German accent, not an English one. Yet Rudolph a perfect snivel, and his agony deal. The actor thus even at its most enigmatic, the script on its upon learning of the conspiracy contains just becomes the new own is enjoyable. the right amount of larger-than-life emoting. Grand Duke, and What makes this production even better Particularly fine, too, are Daly, charming inherits not only the than the script would have it be is the direc- and full of presence, and Albir, whose depic- positions but the tion by David Jedlinsky ’89. To Gilbert’s tion of the ideal “grand duchess” role is not obligations of his verbal jokes, Jedlinsky has added visual to be missed. dueling opponents. puns and humor. To take a typical example, The production is admittedly not without In particular, though Duke Rudolph is removed not only from the its flaws. Many of these are musical; the he himself is scene after his death but from the stage orchestra, though typically competent, seemed betrothed to Lisa entirely, and he spends part of the second act to miss a few notes. And while the chorus (Dawn Perlner ’01), trying to force his way back into the produc- sings well and most solos are strong, not all of he must honor tion. Other such moments, more visual in the leads mesh well: the quintet that ends the Dummkopf’s nature, simply must be seen; describing first act, fine when one person sang alone, lost promise to cast lead- them would ruin the joke. volume and confidence when all five sang ing lady Julia (Ana These succeed in the end because of the together. Albir ’04) in the talents of the cast and production staff. The The choreography tends to be fairly sim- lead female role of chorus is frequently kept busy with stage busi- ple, and while skipping in lines across the the new production ness during the longer monologues and songs, stage or moving in wide circles lends a frivo- — that is, as Grand executed with amazing comedic instincts, par- lous air that matches the tone, it also loses its Duchess — as well ticularly by the chamberlains and supernumer- interest quickly. Of course, with as large a cast as Rudolph’s own aries. (Sometimes this backfires; more than as this one, the stage inevitably ends up filled engagement to the once, the chorus pulls the focus away from the to capacity with townspeople; the choreogra- Baroness von main action. On the other hand, missing plot phers didn’t have much room to work with, Krakenfeldt (Ishani points doesn’t typically impair one’s ability to and indeed the dances sometimes feels a little Radha Das ’03) and follow a Gilbert and Sullivan play, and seeing cramped. to the Princess of the chorus in action makes up for it.) The cos- But these are not reasons to miss The Monte Carlo (Elicia tuming of the court of Monte Carlo in red and Grand Duke. With as much fine acting, direc- Anderson ’01). black, with one in green, would never work tion, costuming, and set work as this produc- Whimsical, yes. without Jenna Lourenco’s excellent costume tion has, the occasional weakness is easy to Primarily, this plot design, of which this visual joke is only one overlook. If you go see the show, be prepared ERIKA BROWN—THE TECH serves as a vehicle small element. for silliness; but surely this close to the end of Ana Albir ’04 plays Julia Jellicoe in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The for large amounts of Moreover, most of the cast give fine per- the semester, a little silliness is a welcome Grand Duke. silliness, not the formances, not an easy thing for a director to break. Certainly silliness of this quality is. FILM PREVIEW ‘AI’ In the Works … Haley Osment, Media Lab Bigwigs Discuss Film

By Erik Blankinship ue work on the film. STAFF WRITER In the dialogue of the scene, actor William tudents and press were treated to a Hurt described building a “mecha” who could frothy discussion on artificial truly love to a crowd of suits. His lines pro- intelligence (AI) in adulation of vide the loose scientific exposition for the SStephen Spielberg’s latest movie, AI. film, in a manner similar to Jurassic Park’s In attendance were longtime Spielberg animated “Mr. DNA.” collaborator producer Kathleen Kennedy and I also saw a hint of the soft-seeping light- Sixth Sense actor Haley Joel Osment. ing of Professor Henry Jones’ college library Under a very large banner for the film, the in Raiders of the Lost Arc. This isn’t a com- press event was introduced by Professor plaint that the film looked derivative — I hap- Rodney Brooks as a discussion about AI the pen to like Spielberg’s repertoire. The science movie, AI the reality, and AI the future, fiction visuals were introduced when Hurt “which none of us know a damn thing about.” opens the mechanical face of a “mecha” to Despite this opening claim, Professor remove her computer brain, which prompts Kurzweil predicted that by 2030 that there will one tear to fall from her eye onto her titanium DAVID JAMES — DREAMWORKS be no distinction between human AI and cheek (a nod to Blade Runner?). Still in production, AI (Artificial Intelligence) combines the skill of Director Steven machine AI, as researchers will reverse engi- The clip ended, and the audience was free Spielberg (center) with actors Haley Joel Osment (left) and Jude Law. neer the human brain. to question Kennedy and Osment about how Spielberg delivered a videotaped apology MIT’s research influenced the production but has heard “good things about her.” Before “Lurker,” and plays like what gamers’ antici- on Tuesday for missing the lectures of four (“nothing” said Kennedy). Osment described leaving, Kennedy mentioned she would leave pate from Electronic Arts’ Majestic. It was MIT artificial intelligence (AI) professors. how he played a robot as “basic, simple, delib- Dr. Salla’s business cards for the audience. recently revealed that Microsoft is behind the Students and press were in attendance for the erate … not robotic, but not human … some- For those not “in the know,” Dr. Jeanine game which didn’t seem quite right, until a director’s recorded remarks and a first-ever thing you’ve never seen before” and also com- Salla is listed in the credits for the film with the few remembered that Microsoft recently look at his new film AI. mented that he never blinks once in the film. title “sentient machine therapist.” In the last acquired super talented gamer makers Bungie, Professor Sherry Turkle gave a brief histo- One member of the audience questioned the few weeks, some web surfers uncovered her makers of Myth and Marathon. ry of how children have described artificially need for another “robot” film, citing the personal web site at “Bangalore World The evening after the AI presentation, the “alive” things, citing research from Piaget on Terminator, D.A.R.Y.L., the Data Analyzing University” and links to her students’ web sites, Cloudmakers had contacted me via email how children in the 1920s described moving Robot Youth Lifeform, and Small Wonder as robot liberation organizations, and news stories requesting a copy of Dr. Salla’s business card. things as “alive” and how these conceptions evidence of an over-saturated market. The about the death of colleague “Evan Chan.” A few challenged my identity in online news have changed with the advent of digital toys question prompted hissing from the audience An online organization quickly formed — forums, claiming I was not a real student but like Simon, and more recently, the Furbie. and a response from Kennedy to “see the film the Cloudmakers — to solve the puzzles sur- rather a Warner Bros. plant. Needless to say, it A brief clip from AI the movie was intro- and decide for yourself.” rounding Chan’s death. The puzzles involve was a bizarre experience to become a charac- duced by producer Kennedy, who apologized When asked what it was like to work with web site passwords, voice mailbox systems, ter in the game for a day … did the for its roughness and announced she was the mysterious “sentient machine therapist” and hidden HTML links. The AI online game Cloudmakers perhaps know about my previ- returning to California that evening to contin- Jeanine Salla, Osment said he had not met her is similar to an old M.I.T. Media Lab project, ous work experience with Dr. Salla? Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS May 4, 2001 ON THE SCREEN — BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF —

The following movies are playing this weekend sion show, which is essentially duplicated in the at local theaters. The Tech suggests using movie. — Sandra Chung for a complete list- ing of times and locations. Heartbreakers (★★) ★★★★ Excellent Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt ★★★ Good star as a devilishly crude mother-and-daughter ★★ Fair conning team. The mother hooks a rich bache- ★ Poor lor, marries him, and catches him in a compro- mising position with another woman (her ★★★1 Amores Perros ( ⁄2) daughter). Acted poorly, written decently, the A horrific car crash ties together the lives of only merits of the movie stem from its unortho- five emotional refugees in what is certainly one dox and frighteningly unbelievable theme. — of the most important cultural and stylistic Devdoot Majumdar movies to ever come out of Mexico. Beautifully ★★★1 shot (and gut-wrenchingly violent), Amores Memento ( ⁄2) Perros is a must-see for devotees of Christopher Nolan’s Memento is a puzzle international cinema, and for anyone interested box of a movie, breaking up its narrative and in, or familiar with, Latin American culture. shifting it in time, and is superbly successful Look for more good things from a director in putting the audience in the same frame of hailed as the Tarantino of Mexican Cinema, mind as the ticking bomb of a protagonist, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñiarritu. — Jed Horne who is pursuing a criminal while suffering from memory loss. Top-notch suspense, dark ★★1 American Desi ( ⁄2) comedy, and abundance of meaning make this MIT alumnus Deep Katdare stars as a movie to be remembered. About half of the Krishna “call me Kris” Reddy, a young cast of The Matrix appears in colorful Indian-American so deeply assimilated by supporting parts. —VZ American culture that only a cute Indian- ★★1 American girl can lure him back toward his The Mexican ( ⁄2) native side. Writer/director Piyush Dinker The quest for a sought-after object is usu- Pandya sketches some hilarious portraits of ally filled with excitement and heartbreaks kids caught between cultures, but ultimately along the way. The Mexican is filled with Julia the film seems to settle for being a very Roberts, a gay kidnapper, and Mexican lighthearted and fairly uninteresting romantic thieves. Overall, it is a great comedy that is comedy. Any serious issues surrounding light on an action-packed plot and character cultural conflict are left entirely untouched. In development. Though full of laughs, the film the end, the film will only entertain those with will leave you wanting more. — Jacob a healthy appetite for Indian in-jokes. — Beniflah Amandeep Loomba One Night at McCool’s (★★★) Blow (★★★) Liv Tyler shines as a seductress with an Johnny Depp plays George Jung, the unexpected ulterior motive who brings pas- ambitious young capitalist responsible for sion, crime, and happiness into the lacklus- creating the Colombian cocaine drug trade. CHRIS HELCERMANAS—BENGE ter lives of three very different men. — SC Tom Green plays Gordon (not Freddy) in his glorified television show of a movie, Nick Cassavettes’s and David McKenna’s script Freddy Got Fingered. ★★★1 seems to overly sympathize with Jung and omits Snatch ( ⁄2) the ruthlessness commonly associated with enjoy the third installment as long as nothing Enemy At The Gates (★★★) Madonna’s new hubby Guy Ritchie, bol- cocaine trafficking. However, director Ted new is expected. — JG stered by the runaway success of his first fea- Demme’s biopic does rise above its own This movie is a combination of an epic war ture film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking shortcomings. With a great lead turned in by Driven (★★) story and a tense game of the hunter and the Barrels, can hardly be blamed for sticking to a Depp and a wonderful supporting role from Ray Director Renny Harlin mixes stock footage, hunted, as Jude Law and Ed Harris play successful formula — take roughly six Liotta, Blow does deliver and is one of the better choreographed stunt driving, and computer gen- opposing Russian and German snipers, Tarantino-esque criminals, throw in a touch of films available in current release. — Joseph erated effects with very impressive results. respectively, in World War II. Joseph Fiennes wry British humor, and mix. This fantastical- Graham Unfortunately, Sylvester Stallone's screenplay acts as the Russian press officer who makes a ly entertaining movie, which deftly mixes a lacks any kind of convincing human drama. legend of Vassili Zaitsev (Law) and brings him botched diamond heist with the chaos of ★1 Blow Dry ( ⁄2) Driven provides plenty of action while the story to the attention of the German army, as well as underground boxing, is a must-see, especially As a national hairdressing contest invades and characters take a back seat. — JG forming part of a love triangle between Zaitsev for anyone unfamiliar with Ritchie’s first film. a small town in Britain, ex-national champi- and female sniper Tania (Rachel Weisz). This is — JH ★★1 on Phil sharpens up his scissors for the fight Down to Earth ( ⁄2) a tale of trust, tragedy, and tension. Those ★★★1 of his life against his former rivals in Simon Chris Rock plays Lance Barton, an disturbed by graphic violence will not want to You Can Count On Me ( ⁄2) Beaufoy’s (The Full Monty) new movie, Blow aspiring stand-up comedian who meets an see this movie. — PH Winner of the 2000 Cannes Grand Jury Dry. Unfortunately, it is a feckless mish- untimely death. He strikes a deal with Prize, this is a poignant film about a sister mash of oddly restrained campiness, sappy heavenly angels Keyes (Eugene Levy) and Freddy Got Fingered (★★) and a brother. Offering provocative writing, sentimentality, and ’80s-teen-movie rivalry. King (Chazz Palminteri) to be reincarnated as A bizarre, incompetent son, Gordon (Tom sincere acting and engaging editing, this — JH a rich, white business tycoon. Chris Rock Green), encounters lame jobs, love, wild ani- film treats you like a friend who’s been inad- plays his character with genuine enthusiasm mals, and shocked people in his hilarious, vertently asked to sit in the living room as a Bridget Jones’ Diary (★★★) and sincerity, and does not even utter a action-packed quest to please his slightly dis- family drama begins unfolding. The charac- Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, and naughty word, conforming to the film’s PG-13 turbed, controlling father (Rip Torn). Fingered ters are real and their challenges tangible. — Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones’s Diary is an enter- rating. — Erik Blankinship makes for a must-see for fans of Green’s televi- EB taining screen adaptation of Helen Fielding’s novel. For any girl that has ever struggled with weight, cooking, or men, this movie is a good laugh and shows what one often would like to say but refrains from saying. However, if you’re in the mood for a large amount of action or very deep drama, don’t choose this movie. — Pey-Hua Hwang

Cast Away (★★) All the physical courage and technical accomplishments of Cast Away are not enough to balance its unwieldy structure and make it anything but an extended catalogue of human misery. Just like the central Tom Hanks perfor- mance, it is courageous and elaborate — and surprisingly joyless and little fun to watch. — Vladimir Zelevinsky Chocolat (★★★) A nomad opens a chocolate shop during Lent in a small French village. She fights the puritanical mayor while serving her friends a heavenly slice of sin. Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, and Johnny Depp score in this scrump- tious tale of romance and food. A word of cau- tion: make sure you watch this movie on a full stomach, because you’ll want to gorge yourself on Godiva afterward. — Mike Hall

1 Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (★ ⁄2) Paul Hogan returns as the Outback’s famous Croc-hunter Mick Dundee and the only thing different this time out is the film’s setting. Mick deadpans his way through all the LA hot spots HOLLY STEIN—PARAMOUNT PICTURES like the proverbial fish out of water, again. Fans Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee stars in the latest incarnation of the Crocodile Dundee saga, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles. Here of the popular original Dundee flick(s) may he is again with Linda Kolzowski as Sue Charleton. May 4, 2001 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11

thunder-and-lightning shows daily) and more than 600 hands- on exhibits. Ongoing: “Discovery Clubs Center”; “Investigate! A See-For- Yourself Exhibit”; “Science in Axis the Park: Playing with Forces 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262- and Motion”; “Seeing Is 2437 Deceiving.” Sundays: See Avalon below. Ongoing: “Friday Night Mondays: Static. Gay, casual Stargazing,” Fri., 8:30 p.m.; dress. $5, 18+. “Welcome to the Universe,” Thursdays: Chrome/Skybar. daily; “Quest for Contact: Are Progressive house, soul, We Alone?” daily. Admission to disco; dress code. $10, 19+; Omni, laser, and planetarium $8, 21+. shows is $7.50, $5.50 for chil- Fridays: Spin Cycle. Progressive dren and seniors. house, 80s. $12, 19+; $10, 21+.

Avalon 15 Lansdowne St., 617-262- 2424 OnA weekly The guide to the artsTown in Boston Other Sundays: Gay Night (with Axis Ousmane Sembene on long weekends). Featuring May 4 – 11 Through May 8: The Harvard hardcore house and techno. Film Archive is deeply honored $10, 21+. Compiled by Fred Choi to welcome Ousmane Sembene, Thursdays: International Night. this year's recipient of the Eurohouse. $10, 19+. Send submissions to [email protected] or by interdepartmental mail to “On The Town,” The Tech, W20-483. fourth Genevieve McMillan and Fridays: Avaland. House. $15, Reba Stewart Fellowship Award 19+. for Distinguished Filmmaking. Saturdays: Downtown. Modern The foremost figure in the evolu- house, club classics, and Top tion of African cinema, 40 hits. $15, 21+. Ousmane Sembene remains, at seventy-eight, its most provoca- tive and fiercely independent Circle spirit. Hailing from the former Every Tuesday, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. A French colony of Senegal, small but energy-filled place to Sembene'S work often centers hear local DJs spin a range of on identity problems encoun- techno/trance. No age restric- tered by Africans caught tions, no dress code. At the between Africa and Europe, tra- VFW, 371 Summer St, dition. and modernization. The Somerville (take the Red Line to concentrated realism of his Davis Square). $5, $1 before early classics evolved into a 9:30. rich, wide-ranging mixture of black comedy, political allegory, Karma Club sophisticated satire, traditional 9 Lansdowne St., 617-421- African forms, and biting social 9595 criticism. All festival films will be Sundays: “Current dance screened at Harvard Film favorites” by guest DJs. Cover Archive, located at the lower varies. level of the Carpenter Center for Tuesdays: Phatt Tuesdays. With the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. Bill’s bar, modern dance Cambridge 617-495-4700 for music. $10. more info. or visit for a com- house. $15, 21+. plete schedule. Tickets $7, $5 Thursdays: Groove Factor. students, seniors. Tickets may House. be purchased at the Harvard Fridays: Pure. Drum and bass, Box Office, located at: Holyoke guest DJ. $15, 19+. Center Arcade, 1350 Saturdays: Elements of Life. Massachusetts Ave., International House. $15. Cambridge, MA. For ticketing info. call 617-496-2222 or TTY: ManRay 617-495-1642. 21 Brookline St., Cambridge, May 5, 6 p.m.-7 p.m.: Public 617-864-0400 reception for Ousman Sembene at the Carpenter center. Wednesdays: Curses. Goth. May 5 at 7 p.m. (Dir. in atten- Appropriate dress required. dance), May 7 at 7 p.m.: Faat- $5, 19+; $3, 21+. Kine (Dir. by Ousmane Thursdays: Campus. Popular Sembene, Senegal, 2000, tunes + House. Gay, casual 35mm, color, 118 min, French dress. $10, 19+; $7, 21+. with English subtitles). Fridays: Fantasy Factory (First Ousmane Sembene's latest and third Friday of the month. release is a warm, often funny Features kinky fetishes and story of a single mother, the industrial music.) Hell Night MICHAEL HALSBAND—3AM manager of a sparkling new gas (every second Friday. 19+. station, who drives an elegant Includes Goth music.) Ooze The Psychedelic Furs, the band which started “modern rock” back in the ’80s, play at Avalon on Saturday, May 12. car, lunches with fashionably (the last Friday of the month.) dressed friends, and worries $10, 21+. reduced prices for subject to availability. For updat- six very unique characters - both 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. about her children passing their those wearing fetish gear. Orpheum Theatre ed MIT student ticket availabili- male and female - who present (267-9300), Mon.–Tues., 10 high school finals. But Sembene Saturdays: Liquid. Disco/house 1 Hamilton Pl., Boston, 617- ty, call 638-9478 after 10 a.m. their stories in a series of mono- a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 contextualizes his heroine's + New Wave. $15, 19+; $10, 679-0810 on the day of concert. logues. The play is a celebration a.m.–9:45 p.m.; Thurs.–Fri., 10 thoroughly modern triumphs and 21+. Ticketmaster: 931-2000 of gay sub-cultures and the a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat.–Sun., 10 anxieties within the complex cul- May 4: Mahler: Songs from Des deviants who have risen above a.m.–5:45 p.m. West Wing open ture and politics of Dakar, with May 6: Alejandro Sanz. Knaben Wunderhorn; the stereotypes to tackle adver- Thurs.–Fri. until 9:45 p.m. its contrastive architecture of May 25: Robert Plant. Shotakovich: Symphony No. 5. sity head-on and survive in their Admission free with MIT ID, oth- shantytowns and high-rises, Popular Music Jun. 9: Lil Bow Wow. Thomas Hampson, baritone; own way. Tickets are normally erwise $10, $8 for students and streets crowded with cattle and $10, (Monday and Tuesday is seniors, children under 17 free; Mercedes, and women whose Axis Seiji Ozawa, conductor. Sold Out. pay what you can). 20 percent $2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.–Fri., free lives have been shaped as 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262- Tsongas Arena much by tribal custom and male Lowell, MA off for members of the MIT com- Wed. after 4 p.m. 2437 munity with MIT ID and group prejudice as by their twenty-first Next: 423-NEXT Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Boston Pops century aspirations. An exami- Tickets: 266-1492. rates are available for 10 or Mon.–Fri.: introductory walks more for any night. nation of the changing roles of May 14: Kottonmouth Kings. May 20: Royal Hanneford Performances at Symphony Hall. through all collections begin at women in Senegalese society. Circus. Call for ticket prices. 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; 17th Annual Boston Gay & Avalon Jun. 22:Green Day. Performances conducted by Comedy Connection “Asian, Egyptian, and Classical Lesbian Film/Video Festival 15 Lansdowne St., 617-262- Keith Lockhart unless otherwise Mon.-Wed. at 8 p.m.; Thurs. Walks” begin at 11:30 a.m.; May 2-20. Tickets $9 (students, 2424 Tweeter Center for the noted. The Pops performs most 8:30 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., “American Painting and seniors, members $8). Tickets for Performing Arts (Great days starting May 8, generally at 10:15 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. The Decorative Arts Walks” begin at opening night films on May 2 and May 4: Dave Waxman. Woods) 7:30 p.m. on Sundays and oldest comedy club in Boston 12:30 p.m.; “European Painting 3 are $12 (students/ May 10: Blues Traveler. 885 South Main St., Mansfield, Mondays and at 8 p.m. other showcases big-name, national and Decorative Arts Walks” seniors/members $10). Tickets May 11: Jonatha Brooke. MA 02048 days of the week. Check comedians on weekends and up- begin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory for "Chrissy" on May 20 are $5. May 12: DJ Keoki. Ticketmaster: 931-2000 for full schedule. and-coming local talent during tours are also offered Sat. at 11 Festival highlights include: Julie May 12: Psychedelic Furs. the week. At 245 Quincy Market a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Johnson (May 2), starring May 13: Government Mule. Jun. 11: The Black Crowes and May 8 at 8 p.m.: Opening night Place, Faneuil Hall, Upper Courtney Love and Lili Taylor; the May 18: Sandra Collins. Oasis. at the Pops. John Lithgow, spe- Rotunda, Boston. Admission Permanent Gallery Installations: world premiere of All Over the Guy Jun. 22: The Allman Brothers cial guest; Mayuko Kamio, vio- $10-$8 (weekend prices vary). “Late Gothic Gallery,” featuring (May 3), with visiting director Julie Berklee Performance Center Band. lin. A special tribute to the Call 248-9700 for more informa- a restored 15th-century stained Davis; Southern Comfort (May 5), Berklee College of Music Jul. 25: Bon Jovi. Symphony Hall centennial, tion and a complete schedule. glass window from Hampton winner of Best Documentary at 1140 Boylston St. Aug. 8: Ozzfest 2001. including a new film about the Court, 14th- and 15th-century the Sundance Film Festival, with Free student recitals and faculty Boston Pops at Symphony Hall Blue Man Group stone, alabaster, and poly- visiting director Kate Davis; concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. accompanied by the orchestra. Charles Playhouse, 74 chrome wood sculptures from Hedwig and the Angry Inch (May some weekdays. For info on The program also includes Warrenton Street, Boston, indef- France and the Netherlands; 10), winner of the Sundance Film these concerts, call the "Harlequin's Journey" — com- initely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on “Mummy Mask Gallery,” a newly Festival Audience and Director Jazz Music posed by Pops conductor Max Performance Information Line at Wednesday and Thursday, at 7 renovated Egyptian gallery, fea- awards; and Nico and Dani (May 747-8820. Regattabar Zach, and performed in May of and 10 p.m. on Friday and tures primitive masks dating 18), winner of the Youth Award at Concertix: 876-7777 1901 when the Pops appeared Saturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m. from as far back as 2500 B.C.; the Cannes Film Festival. May 5: Comics 4a Cause - Brett 1 Bennett St., Cambridge for the first time in Symphony on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45. “European Decorative Arts from Pacific Northwest Ballet - The Butler. 02138, 617-662-5000 Hall. Tickets $135-$80. Call 426-6912 for tickets and 1950 to the Present”; “John Sleeping Beauty information on how to see the Singer Sargent: Studies for MFA Through May 20, at the Wang Club Passim May 4-5: Mike Stern Quartet. May 9 at 8 p.m.: Same program show for free by ushering. and Boston Public Library Center (270 Tremont St., 47 Palmer St, Cambridge, 617- May 10-12: Gonzalo Rubalcaba as May 8. Murals.” Boston, Mass.). Spectacle rules 492-7679 Trio. when Pacific Northwest Ballet Gallery lectures are free with unleashes the Seattle premiere Tuesdays: Open Mic at 8 p.m. Scullers Jazz Club Exhibits museum admission. of "The Sleeping Beauty," PNB's (sign up at 7:30). $5. DoubleTree Guest Suites, 400 first new full-length story ballet May 4: Cliff Eberhardt, Kate Soldiers Field Rd., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Museum of Science in five years. Choreographer Wallace. 617-562-4111 Theater Art Science Park, Boston. (723- Ronald Hynd, formerly a princi- May 5: Willy Porter. 50 Dalton St., Boston. (266- 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., ple dancer with the English May 6: Carl Cacho and Alastair May 4-5: Shirley Horn Trio. Les Miserables 5152), Wed. & Fri: 12 p.m. - 5 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.- Royal Ballet, has worked exten- Moock. May 8: Wesla Whitfield. Through May 20: The classic p.m.; Thurs: 12 p.m. - 9 p.m.; 5 p.m. Admission free with MIT sively in America with the May 9: Storytelling Concert with May 10: Ronnie Earl Duo. Broadway epic returns to Sat. - Sun: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. ID, otherwise $9, $7 for children Houston Ballet and American David Massengil. May 11-12: David Fathead Boston. At the Colonial Theatre Admission $6 adults, $4 seniors 3-14 and seniors. Ballet Theatre. Call 482-9393 to May 10: Clandestine and Newman. (106 Boylston St., Boston). and students, free Thursday make reservations or for more Pamela Morgan. May 16: Geoffrey Hicks. Show is at 8 p.m. except for after 5 p.m. The Museum features the the- information. May 17: Sabor De Cuba. Sundays (shows at 1:30 p.m. ater of electricity (with indoor Fleet Center May 18-19: Roy Hargrove. and 7:30 p.m.), matinee Apr. 21 Isabella Stewart Gardner (2 p.m.) and no show Mondays. Museum Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Tickets: General: $24, $54, 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566- Anna Myer and Dancers Jun. 5-6, 8-9: U2. Sold out. $64, $69, $74. Call 1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 May 4, and 5 at 8 p.m., May 6 at 6 p.m. At the Green St. Ticketmaster to make reserva- p.m. Admission $10 ($11 on Studios, 185 Green St., Cambridge. Since its inception in The Middle East tions (617-931-2000). weekends), $7 for seniors, $5 K

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May 10: Miricle Ochestra, offered for Th. evening concerts Copley square. The Ubiquity sis on Italian Renaissance and C guage of movement is a fusion of classical, modern, and 17th-century Dutch works. I Amusia, Gideon Freudman, (8 p.m.) and Fri. afternoon con- Stage presents the world pre- P post modern approaches to dance; it is the outcome of

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May 11: Mr. Lif. able on the day of the concert Aloof, a candid look at gay life, by Rembrandt, Botticelli, D American Ballet Theatre as well as her performance histo- Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. E May 11: Johnny Wishbone. only at the BSO Box Office at detailing the very personal lives R ry with the Boston Ballet and various modern dance com-

May 12: Am Stereohigh Symphony Hall (301 Mass. Ave. of some of society's deviants, Guided tours given Fridays at F panies. Tickets $15, children $10, $7.50. For reserva- Ceilings. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.). Two tick- misfits, and social outcasts. In 2:30 p.m. tions, call 617-864-3191. For more information, visit May 13: Cappadonnaremedy. ets may be obtained with two the style of Lily Tomlin and John . May 16: Truckerpsychotic Larry. current valid MIT student IDs, Leguizamo, the piece focuses on Museum of Fine Arts May 4, 2001

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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 losses, 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 TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday, May 4 Worchester. free. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: Women’s Studies Program. Council for the Arts, Student Life Now, Peter De Florez Fund for Humor. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Spring Craft Fair. Technology Community Crafters’ annual sale of original gifts and wares (pottery, jewelry, knick-knacks, baby goods, artwork) by local artists to raise funds for the Sunday, May 6 Women’s League Scholarship Fund. free. Room: Lobby 10. Sponsor: Technology Community Crafters. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Informational Session with Dell and Intel. Representatives from Dell 12:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholar Student Recital. Concert by students who have been awarded Computer and Intel will host an informational session. Topics include Storage Solutions using scholarships for private music study. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts FibreChannel Technology: P4 Technology by Intel and Front End Server Technology by Intel. free. Room: Section. Bush Room. Sponsor: MIT Computer Connection. 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Ballroom Dance Lessons. Int. Fox Trot 1 at 1 p.m., Bolero 2 at 2 p.m., 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Al-Anon Open Discussion: Al-Anon Meeting. free. Room: E25-101. Sponsor: V.Waltz 3 at 4:30 p.m. Free social dancing from 3:30-4:30 p.m.. $1 to $5. Room: Sala de Puerto MIT Medical. Rico. Sponsor: Ballroom Dance Club. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Two Legends: Dietrich and Piaf. Bilingual Cabaret for Foreign Language and 2:00 p.m. – The Grand Duke. MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players production, celebrating the 100th Literature Majors, Minors and Concentrators. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Foreign Languages & anniversary of the show’s U.S. premiere, on May 4, 1901, at MIT. $9, $7 MIT affiliates and senior Literatures. citizens, $6 students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, MIT. 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – A Universal Approach to Quasisymmetric Generating Functions. 7:00 p.m. – LSC Presents: Cast Away. Tom Hanks gives an Oscar-nominated performance as Chuck Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m. in Room 2-349. free. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Nolan, a Fedex engineer who is stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes during a storm. Department of Mathematics. With only a volleyball for companionship, he constructs a makeshift boat and leaves the island, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Personal Vision Statement. Kevin Ford, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship staff hoping to return to his sweetheart Kelly (Helen Hunt) and resume his life. $2.50. Room: 26-100. member, and Todd Hastings, GCF President, will speak on what it means to have a personal vision Sponsor: LSC. 8:00 p.m. – MIT Concert Band Spring Concert. Thomas Reynolds, Director, Robert statement — in terms of your relationship with God and how to help others in their walks with God. Rucinski ’99, Assistant Conductor. Performing works by Ives, Bernstein, and Grainger. Free. Room: Afterwards, there will be free pizza and a movie. free. Room: Student Center (W20-407). Sponsor: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Concert Band. Graduate Christian Fellowship. 8:00 p.m. – Not So. Workshop performance of a play written and directed by physics senior Aaron 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. – MIT Anime Club Showing. Kare Kano, library checkout distributions, feature Santos. Author notes that this is the story of a family living in the perfect house and the troubles that anime. Check out http://anime.mit.edu/ for complete details. free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Anime enter when the door won’t lock. Who knows what evil will enter the house? Famine? Murderers? Club, MIT. Ballerinas? Who hasn’t dreamed of having a dust free house? free. Room: Stratton Student Center 7:00 p.m. – LSC Presents: Cast Away. Tom Hanks gives an Oscar-nominated performance as Chuck Room 491. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. Nolan, a Fedex engineer who is stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes during a storm. 10:30 p.m. – LSC Presents: Traffic. A compelling drama from Oscar-winning director Steven With only a volleyball for companionship, he constructs a makeshift boat and leaves the island, Soderbergh, weaving together four separate tales of lifes affected by the War on Drugs. Starring hoping to return to his sweetheart Kelly (Helen Hunt) and resume his life. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Michael Douglas as the nation’s drug czar, whose daughter becomes a heroin addict, Catherine Zeta- Sponsor: LSC. Jones as the wife of a drug trafficker facing prison, and Benicio Del Toro as a Mexican constable. 7:30 p.m. – MIT/Wellesley Toons at Wellesley College. Co-ed a cappella ensemble. free. Room: Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Del Wellesley Chapel. Sponsor: Toons. Toro), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. 7:30 p.m. – LSC Classics Presents: The Manchurian Candidate. One of the most thrilling spy movies ever made. Starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey as Korean War soldiers who are brainwashed Monday, May 7 into becoming sleeper agents, and Angela Lansbury as Harvey’s mother. Returning home after the war, Harvey rises to high political office, while Sinatra is haunted by dim memoriesof the 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Eudora Quick Start. This session shows how to configure Eudora, create brainwashing. A tantalizing glimpse into the paranoid mentality of the Cold War. $2.50. Room: 10-250. messages and address lists, send and receive attachments, and sort incoming e-mail. free. Room: Sponsor: LSC. N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. 8:00 p.m. – Bhoma. Play by Badal Sircar. Directed by Sudipto Chatterjee. $8, $6 students and 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Web Publishing Overview. This three-hour lecture/demonstration session seniors. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Dramashop. 8:00 p.m. – MIT Concert Choir. William gives an overview of the electronic publishing process as it works at MIT, focusing on: how to code Cutter, director. John Harbison’s Der Abend (premiere); Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs; files using HTML tags (HTML is the HyperText Markup Language, the standard for publishing on the Maurice Durufle’s Requiem; Beethoven’s Elegischer Gesang. With Tara Shankar (MIT), mezzo-soprano; Web), how to upload files to the Athena system for delivery through MIT’s primary Web server, Brian Church (New England Conservatory), baritone; Adam Smith (MIT), baritone. $2 at the door. web.mit.edu. Special attention is paid to issues affecting websites at MIT (MITnet rules of use, Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Concert Choir. Athena file conventions, special services available on web.mit.edu, etc.) free. Room: N42 Demo 8:00 p.m. – The Grand Duke. MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players production, celebrating the 100th Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. anniversary of the show’s U.S. premiere, on May 4, 1901, at MIT. $9, $7 MIT affiliates and senior 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Mellon-MIT Program on NGOs and Forced Migration - research presentation. citizens, $6 students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, MIT. Rafael Bonoan, MIT political science department, will speak on “The Cessation Clause: Principles and 8:00 p.m. – Not So. Workshop performance of a play written and directed by physics senior Aaron Practice of Terminating International Protection,” and Ms. Stichick, School of Public Health, Harvard, Santos. Author notes that this is the story of a family living in the perfect house and the troubles that will talk on “Promoting the Rights of Children in Emergencies: A Case Study of Child and Community enter when the door won’t lock. Who knows what evil will enter the house? Famine? Murderers? Participation in the IRC’s Non-Formal Education and Psychosocial Support Project in Ingushetia.” free. Ballerinas? Who hasn’t dreamed of having a dust free house? free. Room: Student Center Room 491. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Center for International Studies. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – ”Energy quantization for Yang-Mills fields and Harmonic maps.” free. Room: 10:30 p.m. – LSC Presents: Cast Away. Please see 7:00 p.m. listing. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Room 4-159. Sponsor: Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics. Sponsor: LSC. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – The weak temperature gradient approximation for tropical atmosphere dynamics. free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. Saturday, May 5 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – “Polaritonics.” CMSE Colloquium Series. free. Room: 13-2137. Sponsor: Center for Materials Science & Engineering. 12:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholar Student Recital. Concert by students who have been awarded 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. – Investigative Bible Discussion. Wanted: Students who are curious about Who scholarships for private music study. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts is Jesus?, and How is He relevant to my life today? If that’s you, join us for an interactive search Section. through the Bible about Jesus’s life and teachings. free. Room: Student Center Private Dining Room 2:00 p.m. – The Grand Duke. MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players production, celebrating the 100th 2. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship. anniversary of the show’s U.S. premiere, on May 4, 1901, at MIT. $9, $7 MIT affiliates and senior citizens, $6 students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, MIT. Tuesday, May 8 7:00 p.m. – LSC Presents: Traffic. A compelling drama from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, weaving together four separate tales of lifes affected by the War on Drugs. Starring 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Telephone and Voice Mail Quick Start. If you are new to MIT or want to Michael Douglas as the nation’s drug czar, whose daughter becomes a heroin addict, Catherine Zeta- learn more about the features on your telephone and voice mail, this class is just what you need. Jones as the wife of a drug trafficker facing prison, and Benicio Del Toro as a Mexican constable. Instructors will explain features which will help you get the most out of these useful tools and talk Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Del about the most common problems and where to go for help. Attendees will learn what features are Toro), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. available on different phones and classes of service. You will also be able to try features on 7:30 p.m. – MIT/Wellesley Toons. Co-ed a cappella ensemble. free. Room: 10-250. 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Dilbert® by Scott Adams May 4, 2001 THE TECH Page 15 Page 16 THE TECH May 4, 2001 May 4, 2001 THE TECH Page 17 Students Surprised By Institute Support Rape Awareness, from Page 1 intended to catalyze discussions about various issues, including rape, gram will be provided by Campus but the skits were removed from the Outreach Services, Inc. The organi- Orientation program in 1996, zation, which is dedicated to Iyengar said. increasing rape awareness among Orientation 2000 included two students, provides similar programs similar programs, addressing the for first-year students at several issues of sexuality and alcohol. The other colleges as well. alcohol talk, the older of the two, was Iyengar hopes the program will introduced in 1998; the sexuality talk both reduce the occurrence of rapes was first included one year later. and increase the rate at which they are reported. Students, faculty support plan According to a U.S. Naval Over 600 members of the MIT Academy study of schools that used community, including Dean of this program, immediately after- Science Robert J. Silbey and Institute wards, there is usually a “dramatic Professor Noam A. Chomsky, signed increase in the number of rapes a petition early this term asking for reported,” Iyengar said. After that, mandatory rape awareness program- she said, the frequency of reports ming during Orientation. flattens out to a lower level. “Statistically, rape peaks in the “It will make an environment f irst three months of college,” where survivors can come forward,” Iyengar said. While many issues are Iyengar said. important to address during orienta- “Among the top 10 colleges in tion, Iyengar feels that a discussion the country,” she said, referring to of sexual violence would potential- the U.S. News and World Report ly have the greatest impact. rankings, “the only other school that “I’m glad to see the administra- doesn’t have some kind of rape tion putting this amount of impor- awareness program [for first-year tance on sexual violence,” Erwin students] is Caltech. Everyone else said. “It shows they take sexual vio- has some kind of program.” lence seriously.” The cost of the program will be about $1,000, plus the cost of train- Koestner more than expected ing students to facilitate the discus- “Katie Koestner is more than we sion groups. All of the funding for expected we’d get, because she’s a the program will come from the very expensive speaker,” Erwin said. Orientation budget. “Since we were kept in the dark [about the administration’s plans], we Two years of work pays off were kind of expecting the worst.” Jennifer A. Erwin ’02, a member A victim of date rape during her of Stop Our Silence, said the effort to freshman year at the College of include rape awareness programming William and Mary, Koestner went in orientation began two years ago, in public with her story soon after- conjunction with the Social Justice ward. She is the founder of Campus Cooperative. The effort was revived Outreach Services. Her presentation this year with the participation of includes an account of her experi- several other interested students. ence and a discussion of rape and Orientation used to include skits sexual violence. Page 18 THE TECH May 4, 2001 Read the Tech

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WENDY GU—THE TECH Stefan Milenkovich mesmerized a full audience in Kresge Auditorium on Sunday night with violin solos by Bach, Beethoven, Bloch, Paganini, and Dvorak. Greek Economy ‘Success Story’ Greek Minister, from Page 1 “National balances must be pre- its national identity. served,” Papantoniou said. He The lecture, which was followed democracy,” Papantoniou said. In stressed that even though the coun- by a brief reception, was presented his speech, he tried to extract tries of the EU are growing together, by the MIT International Science lessons from the EU’s experience, each should be allowed to maintain and Technology Initiatives. and the economic reforms Greece made to join it. From 1974 to 1994, Greece’s economy was “in a pathetic state,” Papantoniou said. Its inflation rate and budget deficit were high, and annual growth was only at one per- cent. Through a series of economic reforms, Greece has been able to eliminate its budget deficit, lower inflation, and its economy has been growing at five percent annually. This turnaround has allowed Greece to join the EU. “Greece can be seen as a success story ... but it has been an uphill struggle,” Papantoniou said. While some nations have been prevented from joining the EU by economic reasons, other countries such as Turkey and the Ukraine have not been able to join because they have not made adequate civil rights reforms, he said. EU faces several challenges “The challenge for Europe is to be more than the addition of its components,” Papantoniou said. “There’s the danger of uncoordi- nation” within the EU, he said, since there are 12 governments and national banks instead of one. “The more integrated [the participating countries] are, the faster reform will move.” The EU may also help standard- ize its member nations’ practices as well. One problem with European business are the high labor taxes, Papantoniou said. Uniform stan- dards may help ease these taxes and promote growth. Papantoniou proposed a solution that would promote consistency and coordination within the many gov- ernments of the EU. He said he wanted to see a European Commission, a Council of Ministers, and a European Parliament with enough power to speed along decision making. Papantoniou said that “[the cur- rent] European Parliament does not have real legislative power.” The strengthened Parliament would be similar to America’s House of Representatives, the Commission to our executive branch, and the Council to our Senate. The central government, which would include politicians from all member nations, would enhance the efficiency of decisions and increase its democratic legitimacy, he said. “The direction of political change should go to homogenization,” but making one European super-state is going too far, Papantoniou said. Instead, making the EU more like a federation of states would be an appropriate move. Page 20 THE TECH May 4, 2001 EMC Chief Ruettgers Talks on High-Tech Business By Matthew Palmer op a wide variety of products. That NEWS EDITOR year, EMC had a $20 million loss. In a time of growing doubts The company decided to aban- about the economy, EMC don some of its markets and focus Corporation Executive Chairman on others, even though the Michael Ruettgers gave an upbeat changeover was difficult. speech about the future of high-tech “Each time we made a transition, business. we lost some people,” Ruettgers About a third of Wong said. Auditorium was filled to hear He said it is important for busi- Ruettgers apply the lessons he has nesses to stay focused and yet be learned from managing information aware of the future. That is why storage company EMC to other new EMC has a rolling planning process economy businesses. instead of just compiling one annual “Lots of people left business budget, Ruettgers said. school to make their fortune … like a gold rush,” he said. While some of Finding skilled employees difficult these people have become rich, he One of the main challenges added, the dot-com industry as a Ruettgers named in running EMC is whole has been struggling lately. finding committed and competent Many of the technology compa- employees. nies that fail, Ruettgers said, follow He said that the difference the downward spiral of growth, sur- between the best employees and prise, panic, and then decline. average employees is 50 to one. The Even EMC, which had $8.8 bil- challenge, then, is to find those lion in revenues last year, has been exceptional people. careful to manage its success, he said. Ruettgers said it is not enough “Always examine your successes for employees to be smart and to and your failures,” Ruettgers said. work hard. Instead, EMC has devel- Many dot-com companies became oped a 12 point list of qualifications profitable early on, but did not know SEPHIR HAMILTON—THE TECH that their employees must have, how to maintain it and fell into what Michael Ruettgers answers questions after his speech in Wong Auditorium. Ruettgers, the Executive including a sense of urgency, initia- he called the “graveyard of the com- Chairman of EMC Corporation, spoke to a small crowd Wednesday afternoon. tive, and adaptability. placent.” Ruettgers also advised future Ruettgers, who graduated from which are hardware and software nologies could “allow virtually storage. Ruettgers said some com- employees to choose their employ- Harvard Business School, was data storage devices. everybody on Earth to access infor- panies tell him that their storage ers carefully. “The first one or two recently named one of Business As technologies have evolved, an mation,” Ruettgers said. needs have been doubling every bosses you have will greatly affect Weekly’s top 25 executives. increasing number of people have In the future, people may not year and are expecting to maintain your career,” he said. gained access to information, connect to the Internet in the same that pace. The lecture is part of the Storage needs increasing rapidly Ruettgers said. The move from way. “We believe in the future, most Industry Leaders in Technology and The need for information storage mainframes to personal computers of the way to access information EMC focused, redirected efforts Management series, which is co- is increasing rapidly as companies to networks has dramatically will not be through personal com- In 1989, Ruettgers said he real- sponsored by the MIT Office of use more and more digital data, increased the amount of information puters, but wireless,” Ruettgers said. ized that EMC was spreading itself Corporate Relations and The Center Ruettgers said. From this he predicts available and the number of people This explosive growth leads to a too thin. It was spending too little in for Technology, Policy, and large growths for EMC’s products, who can see it. In the future, tech- greater demand for information research and development to devel- Industrial Development. May 4, 2001 THE TECH Page 21 Advisers Discuss Government’s Approach to Science Science Advisers, from Page 1 Representatives John Porter (R-Ill., many help make the world under- engineering ethics are similar to that big, the 1990s were spent commer- 1980-2001), gave his perspective on standable and give their life and of doctors (cause no harm), no such cializing it, and that the 2000s will a growing responsibility to explain science in the federal government. work meaning, those people feel cut guidelines exist at the macro level concern making sure the Web oper- it to those who don’t, particularly in He could only think of Thomas off from human memory. (how to distribute limited resources ates in the public interest. Clark said government. Jefferson and Herbert Hoover as To that end, Shapiro believes like organs, medicine, and time). he was unsure why many of his col- presidents with a scientific back- there must be “serious conversations Wulf believes such guidelines will leagues believe that a hard technical History of the future ground. Porter calculated that only between people who understand sci- be increasingly necessary as more problem that deals with a social The morning was filled with for- 15 of the 435 members of Congress ence, and people who are anxious.” systems become complex beyond issue isn’t as “good” to work on. mer Science Advisers to the and three of the 100 members of the When he says “serious,” Shapiro predictable behavior. President, including William Senate currently have a scientific said he means that both sides go in Calling for a revolution in acade- Vest in hot seat Golden, who first recommended the background. He also noted that open to changing their mind. mia, Daniel Hastings, Professor of Finally, Ronald Prinn, head of the creation of the position to President President George W. Bush has not Aeronautics and Astronautics and Department of Earth, Atmospheric, Harry Truman. yet named a science adviser, despite Future perfect director of the Technology and Policy and Planetary Sciences at MIT, Golden set the tone of the day having already made decisions on Rita Colwell, director of NSF, Program, gave his vision for training made the last and possibly the most with his opening remark: “We are several scientific issues. opened the afternoon program by interdisciplinary engineers to cover dramatic presentation of the day. concerned with the history of the “All of this leads me to my con- addressing the failure of the U.S. the technology/policy interface. Predicting global climate change, he future, rather than the history of the clusion,” Porter said. “If MIT Biology said, requires “intelligence, compu- past.” Indeed, many of the descrip- Congress and at times Professor Phillip A. tation, and arrogance,” all of which tions of the ups and downs of sci- the executive branch — Sharp expressed con- MIT has in abundance. ence policy in Washington that fol- if government — will not “If government will not come easily to sci- cern that federal Prinn showed two “probability lowed were framed as lessons rather come easily to science, ence, science must come to government.” research money for the distribution functions” of possible than just narratives. science must come to life sciences had dou- temperature increases due to global Edward David (adviser, 1970-73) government.” He then — Former Congressman John Porter bled in recent years, warming — one based on “no poli- explained how only around half of explained the need for while money for other cy,” and one based on changes all governmental S&T initiatives can scientists to take a more basic research had “beyond Kyoto,” the 1997 climate be expected to succeed, and how for active role in civic society, and called education system to encourage stu- remained stagnant. While this was change agreement not currently many, the success or failure is politi- on “all good scientists to come to the dents to go into science and engi- noted by several others throughout being considered by the United cally – not scientifically – deter- aid of their country,” he said. neering. She mentioned one pro- the day, Sharp noted the close con- States. The latter chart showed the mined. H. Guyford Stever (1973-76) gram, Graduate Teaching Fellows in nection between science research range of probable temperature com- expanded on that thought, saying Science and meaning K-12 Education, where graduate and technological advances, and pressed by about half. that the president’s understanding of The keynote address was given students can receive substantial con- how the latter can end up a bottle- President Charles M. Vest was S&T policy can affect whether the over lunch by Harold T. Shapiro, tinuing grants to work with K-12 neck for the former. then invited up to spin “The right initiatives even get considered. President of Princeton University math and science teachers and serve David Clark, one of the chief Greenhouse Gamble,” a wheel of Philip Smith, who was associate and member of PCAST from 1990- as a role model for the students. architects of the Internet at the fortune based on the “no policy” director of OSTP under Frank Press 1993. Shapiro explained that often William Wulf, president of the Laboratory for Computer Science, distribution. Prinn reminded the (1977-1980), told of how a poor rela- the basic human need for myths and National Academy of Engineering, explained how the 1970s were spent audience, “The world has one spin.” tionship between the White House stories is overlooked. When science spoke of need for a new engineering getting the structure of the Internet Vest spun an increase of 2-3 degrees and Congress can be a weakness in disrupts those myths, which for ethics. While at the micro level right, the 1980s were spent making it Fahrenheit, and the crowd cheered. establishing a science agenda. And G.A. “Jay” Keyworh II (1981-1986) narrowed it to problems with other White House offices as a limiting factor for OSTP effectiveness. D. Allen Bromley (1989-1993) discussed the creation of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) in 1990 and its important role in bringing industry and academia into the political process. John H. Gibbons (1995-1998) gave a blunt perspective on how science in the White House is perceived by com- paring it to a bastard at the family reunion. Neal F. Lane (1999-2001) concluded the morning by stressing the important need for increased public participation by the “citizen scientist.” A Congressional perspective In the middle of the morning, former member of the House of Interim Adviser Praised IFC Awards, from Page 1 ber education program. Phi Delta Theta received the James R. Killian, Jr. Community Service award for its commitment to volunteering. Alpha Epsilon Phi won the Kenneth R. Wadleigh Faculty Relations Award for their close work with their adviser, Associate Professor of History Anne E. C. McCants. Phi Sigma Kappa received the D. Reid Weddon, Jr. Alumni Relations Award for its work to maintain strong ties with alumni. The IFC also recognized Director of Project Development Stephen D. Immerman for his work as interim FSILG adviser this year. Immerman took on the duties after the resignation of former FSILG adviser Neal H. Dorow. Finally, the IFC introduced David Rogers, who will serve as the new Assistant Dean for FSILGs. Rogers, an administrator at the University of Connecticut, is one of four recently hired by the Institute to assist FSILGs. Rogers expressed optimism as he begins his duties next week. “Together we can have a successful year,” Rogers said. Page 22 THE TECH May 4, 2001

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By Boris Berdnikov comer (those with ballroom experi- theatrical, à la Fred Astaire and Gin- TEAM MEMBER ence limited to four months) to the ger Rogers); International Latin The MIT Ballroom Dancing Open (the highest category in which (Rumba, Samba, or Paso oble); and Team held its fifth annual dance the choreography is often breathtak- American Rhythm (Swing and competition at Du Pont gymnasium ing and the skill of the dancers are Mambo). last weekend. astounding). Continuing its recent winning The competition, with almost In each level, dancers competed streak, the MIT team performed 400 participants, is one of the in any of the four styles: Interna- extremely well. Mark Sheldon ’90 largest collegiate ballroom competi- tional Standard, (Waltz, Foxtrot, and Didi von Deck, a couple ranked tions in the country. and Tango); American Smooth third nationally who have represent- The MIT competition spans (same music as International Stan- ed the United States in world cham- every experience level, from New- dard, but less rigorous and more pionships several times, claimed a clear victory in the Open level of the International Standard. Men’s Tennis, Track In the same event, Igor V. Pavlovsky G and Yanfeng Lin G, one of MIT’s rising couples, placed third. In International Latin, the MIT Take NEWMAC Titles team also dominated the field. Iakov Y. Bart G and Stephanie L. Shaw G Several Athletes Are All-Conference Picks won the Open level while Pavlovsky and Alexandra Frangi G By Roger F. Crosley the 110 high hurdles covering the placed second in Cha-Cha, Rumba, DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION distance in 15:18. and Samba, and first in Jive. Two MIT teams returned from In the field events, Craig D. In both American-style Open their respective New England Mielcarz ’03 high jumped 6’7” for events, Michael Posner and Reena Women’s and Men’s Athletic Con- the victory, while Christopher J. Freedman represented MIT to grab ference Championships this past Khan ’01 threw the discus 141’11” first place. weekend with to earn his NEWMAC champi- In a separate team-match event, first place hard- onship. MIT fielded two teams of four cou- Sports ware. For the ples each. These teams captured first third consecutive Women’s track takes second and second place out of 14 teams WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI—THE TECH Shorts year, the men’s The MIT women placed second from other colleges. The first MIT Michelle Goldhaber and Bill Liteplo ’00 perform the Cha Cha during tennis team won in the meet. Princess Imoukhuede team earned a perfect score, win- the MIT Ballroom Competition, held last weekend in the Du Pont the both the regular season and tour- ’02 led MIT with two first place fin- ning all four dances. Gymnasium. nament championship. MIT swept ishes. Imoukhuede won the discus to the title with 4-0 wins over the throw with a heave of 111’3”, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy and took the hammer championship with Babson College. The Engineers did a throw of 141’2”. Martha W. Buck- Men’s Ultimate Team Finishes Third, not drop a set in the Championship, ley ’04 was the only other MIT and in three years have surrendered woman to earn All-conference hon- only one set to any NEWMAC foe ors with a victory in the 3000 Will Head to Regionals at Dartmouth in either the regular season or cham- meters. Buckley covered the dis- day, playing with only two subs and pionship tournament. Coach Jeff tance in 10:47.57. in heavy, changing winds. After Hamilton was named the Coach of Both of MIT’s head track and coming out flat against a tough the Year for the third consecutive field coaches were named NEW- Boston College team and losing year. MAC Coach of the year. Men’s 13-1, the B team played tough In All-Conference balloting, coach Halston W. Taylor won the against Boston University. With hot MIT continued to shine. The Engi- honor for the second time in three defense by Jacob W. Faber ’04 and neers took five of he six singles years, and Paul Slovenski of the Daniel B. Turek ’03, the team positions led by number one player women’s team won his first NEW- stayed close throughout the game. Jeffrey P. Augustyn ’03. Augustyn MAC honor. However, BU pulled head and put was named the NEWMAC Player of down the Engineers 13-6. the Week for his three straight set Cheng takes All-Conference MIT’s B team went on to play wins during the week ending April In women’s lacrosse, Debbie Harvard’s A team. Despite great 29. Cheng ’04 was named to the NEW- play by Ronald C. Li ’03, Chwanhai MIT’s number two player, MAC All-Conference team. Cheng H. Hsiung ’04, Colin A. Cross ’03, Andrew V. Kolesnikov ’03, was leg MIT in scoring with 50 goals and Roshan B. Baliga ’03, Harvard also a NEWMAC player of the and five assists. quickly defeated MIT, 13-1. Week during the season and occu- For the final Saturday match, pies the number two spot on the All- Loreto is an All-Conference pick MIT’s B team took on Tufts’ B team. Conference team. Rounding out the Baseball outfielder Alvan Eric P. Because of mental mistakes MIT team are Luke D. Tomycz ’02 at Loreto ’01 was selected as a NEW- ROSHAN BALIGA—THE TECH dropped the first half 7-1. The Engi- number four, Michael H. Ogrydziak MAC All-Conference pick by the Hunter B. Fraser ’01 skies a Northeastern opponent during the Metro neers rallied during the second half ’04 in the fifth singles, and number conference baseball coaches. Loreto Boston sectionals tournament this weekend. MIT won the game 13-6. behind the strong arm of Samuel A. six singles player Anish S. Parikh led the Engineers in hitting with a Schweighart G and only lost 13-5. ’01. .405 average, 34 hits, a slugging By Dean Bolton 12-11 lead. With a chance for MIT With two more people and a percentage of .571, and two triples. TEAM MEMBER to win the game, a lucky Brandeis whole lot more determination on Men’s track upsets Springfield Loreto also tied for the team lead in This past weekend, the MIT player got a block, and the two Sunday, the B team came out hun- The men’s track and field team RBI (15) and doubles (7). He is cur- men’s ultimate frisbee teams played Brandeis superstars were able to gry for a win. The Engineers started outdistanced defending NEWMAC rently ranked 16th in the NCAA in their sectional tournament at steal the game 14-12. The loss setup late against an undermanned Har- Champion Springfield College by with .75 steals per game. Tufts University. Both the A team a game to go for MIT with the vard B team and defeated Harvard 56 1/2 points to take the champi- and the B team competed against much-hated BC team early Sunday 10-9. The Engineers were led by onship. Five Engineers took individ- Lindholm takes Coach of the schools from around Boston, with morning. great defensive play from Gary C. ual titles in the meet to and were Year the top five teams advancing to the On Sunday, the team came out Lee ’02 and Andrew M. named All-Conference. MIT women’s crew coach Sue regional tournament next weekend strong. Elisha W. Hopson G was a Goldsweig ’02. In the running events, the Engi- Lindholm was named the NEW- at Dartmouth. The A team ended the menace on the field, playing amaz- The next game was against neers’ Sean Nolan ’03 won the 5000 MAC Coach of the Year after lead- tournament with a 3rd place finished ing defense and throwing for a few Northeastern for eighth place. With meters in a meet record 15:15.39. ing her team to both the Varsity 8 and will advance to regional compe- scores. The turning point in the strong winds facing the Engineers, Sean J. Montgomery ’04 took the title and the Smith Cup trophy for tition. game was a sweet layout D by Win solid defense from MIT and great title in the 1500 meters with at time having the best overall showing at The A team fared well on Satur- Chevapravatdumrong G on one of grabs from Michael T. Bolin ’03 led of 3:57.37, while Richard F. Rajter the NEWMAC Championship day, going 2-2 in pool play. The day the BC handlers. MIT got pumped MIT to score the only upwind goal ’03 was the NEWMAC winner in Regatta. started with an easy game against up and rolled to a 13-6 victory. of the first half and to finish the half Harvard’s B team. MIT made quick The win over BC setup a 7-4. The Engineers came out hard work of Harvard and took the match rematch against the Tufts team. MIT in the second half, and refused to let 15-7. The Engineers were led by came out strong with hot grabs by Northeastern back in the game. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS great play from Henry Y. Wong G Krzysztof J. Fidkowski ’03 and MIT’s determination led them to and Andrew Y. Wong ’01. Aaron Moronez, but the Tufts team take the three upwind points. MIT Saturday, May 5 The next challenge was top- came back strong and won 13-6. won the match over Northeastern Heavyweight Crew, Cochrane Cup ranked Tufts. Despite great individ- After the disappointing loss, MIT by a big score of 13-4 and took 8th Women’s Crew vs. BU and Radcliffe ual effort by Won S. Chun G, had a rematch with Brandeis for third place in the tournament. Men’s Tennis vs. Williams College, 1:00 p.m. Edmund M. Chou ’02, and Benjie place. Not content to let them steal Next weekend, the MIT A team Chen G, the team could not get the another win, Jay F. Bacow ’02 and travels to Dartmouth for Regionals. job done and fell to Tufts 13-3. Matthew B. Greytak ’04 anchored After their play at sectionals, they After an easy victory over the team and shut down their offense. earned the 10th seed out of the 16 Northeastern by the count of 13-6, Daniel P. teams, and a national ranking of 66. the team had to go up against the Parker G was unstoppable on offense If they can defeat Middlebury, Har- Write sports for The Tech! tough Brandeis team. Hunter B. and defense, and the MIT team won vard, and Brown, the defending Fraser ’01 came out strong by scor- easily 13-6 to take 3rd overall. national champions, they will earn a ing two quick goals and throwing spot at Nationals. Nationals will be for a few more. The team was able B team ends tournament in third held from May 25-27 at Fort to continue trading points up until a The B team went 0-4 on Satur- Devens, Mass.