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Volume 118 umber 10 Raises Tuitio , ecreases Self-He p By Krista L. Niece The undergraduate term bill, ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR which includes tuition, room, and At a meeting of the Corporation board, will be $30,800. This 3.9 per- Friday morning, MIT will publicly cent increase over last year will be announce its finalized tuition plan the smallest percentage increase in for the 1998-99 school year. tuition since 1970. This year's plan will include a Tuition covers about half of the 14 percent increase in scholarship cost to MIT ofa student's education. grants, a $1,000 reduction in the The'remainder of the cost is met by minimum expected student self-help earnings from the endowment and contribution, and a $950 increase in by various gifts and grants. Tuition' tuition. is one of the the primary sources of "I'm very pleased with it," said MIT's revenue, the others being fed- UA President Dedric A. Carter '98. eral and industrial research funds "Across the board, we see student and private support, primarily gifts . THOMAS E. MURPHY THE TECH packages improving [at MIT's peer and investment income. Members of the MIT Visiting Committee listen as students voice their concerns about current problems institutions], and we want MIT to on Wednesday In the Bush Room. remain competitive, not only acade- Students have mixed reaction mically, but in the kind of aid it can Marlon A. Osbourne '98, student offer its students." member of the Committee on ODSUE Visiting Committee Consults The self-help minimum amount Undergraduate Admissions and decreased to $7,600, compared to Financial Aid, attributes both the $8,600 for 1997-98. The self-help decrease in minimum self-help and Students, Prepares pe al Repo component is the amount students the small increase in this year's term are expected to provide through bill to the healthy economy. By Zareena Hussain the ODSUE is serving the student office after the massive reorganiza- work, loans, or savings. Even stu- Not all students were impressed CONTRiBUTING EDITOR body. The committee will make rec- tion that took place within UESA, dents granted a full scholarship by the idea of a "smallest increase," At today's meeting of the MIT ommendations to the Corporation as said ODSUE Visiting Committee must pay this minimum amount. For however. Corporation, trustees will be briefed well as to ODSUE itself. These rec- Chairman DuWayne J. Petersen Jr. approximately 100 families with "It's unfortunate that they raised on the proceedings of the Visiting ommendations will ultimately take '55. extremely low incomes, the self- tuition," said David Dunmeyer G. Committee of the Corporation the form of a written report that will help minimum requirement will be "I think it will bring more oppor- investigating the Office of the Dean be circulated around the Institute in Students, deans voice concerns lowered to only $4,100. tunity to a student who can't pay for of Students and Undergraduate addition to today's presentation to A variety of concerns were "I am particularlypleased that we [an MIT education]," said Ruilin Education. The ODSUE Visiting the Corporation brought to~he fore in the form of have been able to reduce the self-help Zhao G. However, loans, which are Committee came to the Institute Visiting committees visit every open meetings of the ODSUE requirement... MIT remains steadfast included in the lowered self-help Wednesday and left yesterday after- two years to report on a specific Visiting Committee with deans and in its commitment to need-blind contribution, only "push the prob- noon after meeting with students, department at MIT. Although the students. admissions and fmancial aid as the lem to graduation," Zhao said. deans, and faculty to examine how ODSUE Visiting Committee came Students decried the lack of best way to allow the best and bright- last year to evaluate what was then funding and support for student est young women and men to attend, the Office of Undergraduate activities, the under-staffing of the regardless of their financial status," Education and Student Affairs, mem- Office of Counseling and Support said President CharlesM. Vest. bers decided they needed to come Fifty-six percent of MIT under- back the next year to evaluate the Visiting Committee, Page 20 graduates qualify for financial aid. The average financial aid package this year is $21,350, including ReA Sets Timetable for $13,850 in MIT grants. It is estimat- _ ed that only about 29 percent of MIT students pay the full amount of tuition, room and board. President's GRT Mandate The median annual income for By Brett Altschul tions on the resident advisers. families that qualified for aid this NEWS EDITOR Without a waiver from RCA, the year is $53,500. About 200 families Last week, the Office of tutors would need to be enrolled in with incomes over $100,000 are Residence and Campus Activities an MIT or joint-MIT graduate- receiving aid as a result of having released a proposal for placing grad- level degree program. Moreover, multiple children in college or other uate student advisers in fraternity's all the resident advisers would circumstances that qualified them sororities, and independent living need to complete training orga- for need-based aid. ' groups. nized by RCA and satisfy any MIT -based scholarship grants The RCA proposal, submitted to other eligibility requirements set for 1998-99 are projected to be Dean of Students and by the Institute. . $30.8 million, an increase compared Undergraduate Education Rosalind The report also includes financial to the $27 million sp~ntthis year. H. Williams, Dean for Student Life recommendations. It calls on MIT to Tuition for the 1998-99 school Margaret R. Bates, and President reimburse the FSILGs for the loss of year will be $24,050, a 4.1 percent Charles M. Vest represents the first one MIT rooming contract. It also increase from last year. major step toward placing graduate recommends that the Institute pay Despite the increase in tuition, resident advisers in fraternities. Vest the resident advisers stipends to Carter sees the sum total of the called for tutors to be placed in cover their meals. changes to the term bill as "definite- FSILGs last December. Other proposals may also be ly having a positive impacf' on the The proposal recommends that forthcoming, Bates said. "There are student body as a whole. The every FSILG be encouraged to have a number of things in the works," Executive Committee of the MIT a resident adviser living in its house she said. Corporation, which approved the AMY YEN-THE TECH by August 1998. It recommends fur- It is too soon to see whether this figures on Thursday, was "clearly Stephen Tlstaert '98 performs on the trumpet In the Advar-ced ther that FSILGs be required to specific plan will be implemented, keeping the student foremost in Music Performance Recital on Wednesday afternoon In Killian have resident advisers by August Bates said. It is even too soon to say their thoughts" when they structured Hall. 1999. the package, he said. It also calls for several restric- Tutors, Page 23

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.8. La che LOS ANGELES Tl {ES • The U .. Agency for International Development announced Thursday a new initiative aimed at controlling the global em rgence a 0 of lethal infectiou di eases, saying it will develop program in tar- pie who gave it to The Post, if the geted countries to fight the escalating health threats po ed by bacteri- By Ho ard Kurtz • intend to seek appropriate judicial judge can find out who they are, can al resistance, tuberculosis and malaria. THE WASH1NGTO POST relief." WASHINGTO be sanctioned." Congress, recognizing the significance of infectious di ease over- Jone' lawyers responded in A leaker covered by the gag seas, awarded the agency an additional SO million for fiscal 1998 President Clinton Thur day their own statement that any "impli- order could be fined or imprisoned, specifically for control of infectious diseases. In re ponse, the agency denounced as "illegal" the passing cation" that Jones or her team Gillers said, and if that person is a is pursuing a 10-year effort that it hopes will reduce by at least 10 of information to The Washington leaked the deposition "i erroneous, lawyer, he or she could be suspend- percent the deaths cau ed by infectious disea e , excluding those Post that led to a highly detailed irre ponsible and fallacious." They ed or disbarred. Wright could also caused by AIDS, by 2007. The $SO million is in addition to the account of his sealed depo ition in said there were "obvious reasons to refer the matter to federal prosecu- agency's public health budget of $8S0 million, which i spent on the Paula Jone sexual hara sment su pect" that the White House or tors for criminal investigation. maternal and child health, family planning, and the control of AIDS case. Clinton allies leaked the material Presidential spokesman Michael and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes it. The lengthy front-page story, themselves to "pre-empt" Jones's USAID ha estimated that more than 17 million people world- which did not characterize its motion for summary judgment next McCurry said only four White House lawyers had access to the wide will die from infectiou disea es in 1998. This health problem ources, said among other things week, and "to educate prospective ha gotten wor e in recent years because of numerous factors, includ- that Clinton had acknowledged that grand jury witnesses" about transcript and none of them had ing rapid population growth, poor anitation, poverty, loss of trained he talked with Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Clinton's version of events before leaked it. He said that, "as a matter health personnel and decreasing resources available to public health about his friend's efforts to find a they testify. of journalistic principle, most news organizations take seriously the services in the poorest countrie , according to USAID. new job for Monica. S. Lewinsky. The key question, they said, i The new strategy will focus on developing programs that will dis- The article set off a heated round "in whose favor the deposition testi- responsibility to alert readers to the courage the indiscriminate use of antibiotic , which increases their of finger-pointing as each side mony was "spun' in the article." identity and motive of anonymous resistance, developing a global tuberculosis control plan, and devel- accused the other of leaking the U.S. District Judge Susan sources .... The Post chose not to do oping programs in Africa - where the mo t troublesome malaria sworn account for tactical advan- Webber Wright in Little Rock has this ... in this case, and you have to problems exist - to prevent and control spread of the disease. tage. It is the latest in a series of placed a gag order on all partici- ask them why." unauthorized disclosures in the pants and attorneys in the case, but Leonard Downie Jr., the paper's Jones case and the Lewinsky inves- selected parts of Clinton's deposi- executive editor, said: "We just 8e ate Fun aising Probe Ends tigation in which unnamed sources tion have leaked in the past. have to let the story speak for THE WASHINGTON POST have put out confidential material in Bennett, speaking to reporters, itself." At times, he said, "our WASHI GTO an effort to shape news coverage. called the disclosure "one of the agreements with sources are such The Senate committee investigating campaign finance finally An angry Clinton told reporters most reckless, reprehensible and that we're not able to go beyond agreed to disagree without partisan bombast, and Thursday quietly at the White House that "the court unethical things I've seen in this what a carefully written and edited released findings detailing widesprea~ abuses during the 1996 presi- has made it absolutely clear it is town for a very, very long time." A story says, but we are satisfied with dential contest. illegal to leak and discuss" the Jan. source close to the White House the accuracy and contents of the Eight Governmental Affairs Committee Republicans approved 17 deposition. said the president's legal team story. There are occasions when this.' the I, 100-page final report in a IS-minute meeting. Seven dissenting "I think ... I should follow the would attempt to learn how many is the only way we can publish Democrats issued their minority report, to be attached to the larger law. I have nothing else to say. I'm people on the Jones side were given something that is really important." document when it is presented to the full Senate Tuesday. going to do my job. I'm going to fol- access to the deposition. James Naughton, president of "It is clear we are going to have two reports," Committee low the law. That's what I wish The Post story, in addition to the Poynter Institute for Media Chairman Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.) said. "We could revisit all everyone else would do. Somebody being unusually detailed, described Studies and a former Philadelphia those old heartaches and throw some more stones if we choose to." in this case ought to follow the law." Clinton's mood during the five-hour Inquirer executive editor, said: "The But they didn't, and the short meeting put a subdued ending to an Clinton's private attorneys - deposition as "generally sober" and obligation is to be as helpful to the enterprise that began almost exactly one year ago as an investigation Robert S. Bennett, David E. Kendall noted that he was asked to speak reader as possible in understanding of serious fund-raising abuses by President Clinton's 1996 re-election and Mickey Kantor ~ called the louder at various' times. the motivation of the source, but campaign and lurched through 3i often vituperative and partisan pub- leak a "reprehensible and unethical Legally, said Stephen Gillers, a sometimes that's not feasible" lic hearings at a cost of $3.S million. act." In a statement, they accused New York University law professor, depending on the ground rules set The issuance of the report, held up for more than a month while "antagonists of the president" of "people at The Washington Post by. the person furnishing the infor- the Republicans negotiated its contents with the intelligence commu- leaking his deposition and said they cannot be sanctioned. But the peo- mation. nity and with each other, allowed neither Republicans nor Democrats to claim credit for substantial accomplishments. , ASA Spacecraft "MayHave Sen. Leaders Back Transit Increase LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON Discovered Water on Moon Senate leaders agreed Thursday to boost federal funding of mass transit programs by an additional $S billion over six years to help By K.C. Cole Such a giant step would not question, although there appears to cities buy new buses and finance construction projects. LOS ANGELES TIMES come easily, however. For one be twice as much at the north pole MOUNTAIN VIEW. CALIF The extra transit funds were negotiated behind closed doors as thing, the ice crystals probably lie as at the south. the full Senate continued to debate a $173 billion, six-year highway A NASA spacecraft has discov- deep inside dark craters in the The findings, presented at spending bill. The measure could pass the Senate as soon as next ered what appears to be ample moon's coldest crevices - areas Thursday's news briefing, were the week, with House action expected to follow shortly. amounts of water on the moon - with permanent temperatures well first from the Lunar Prospector, The transit breakthrough was announced at a Capitol news confer- suggesting the specter of moon below minus 200 degrees which has been orbiting the moon ence by a bipartisan group of senators from states with large metropol- colonies, complete with refueling Fahrenheit. "One problem is getting for nearly two months. itan areas. It was blessed by both the Republican and Democratic lead- bases for solar system exploration. machinery to work at such low tem- Researchers ar~ till in .the_ ers of the Senate, and will be incorporated into the highway funding Scientists at the National peratures," said Binder. process of analyzmg the fITst - bill."The additional transit funding is good news for the nation's infra- Aeronautics and Space Another obstacle is convincing month's worth of data. Until two structure, good news for our environment and vital to our cities," said Administration's Ames Research the public to fund such a project. As weeks ago, said Binder, they were Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.) one of the architects. Center, the human power behind the Binder pointed out, plans were convinced that there was no water The agreement would essentially double the amount of new discovery, were ecstatic over the already afoot to put a science base on the moon. But after collecting money earmarked for mass transit, bringing the total to $41.3 billion dramatic data sent from the Lunar on the moon after the Apollo land- more data and learning to under- over six years. That represents an increase of nearly $10 billion over Prospector spacecraft, which is ings 2S years ago. "If we'd wanted stand their instruments better, the the existing $31.S billion funding level, according to Sen. orbiting 60 miles above the moon. to, we could already be there," he scientists came to a quite different AID' Amato (R- .Y.) chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, "It's a wish come true," said said. "It's a matter of interest and conclusion. which has jurisdiction over mass transit funding. William Feldman, co-investigator priorities." If the current interpretation is Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici (R- .M.) on several instruments carried by Lunar Prospector did not direct- correct, there could be enough water vowed to make cuts elsewhere in the budget to pay for the additional the spacecraft. ly observe water molecules, or even on the moon to sustain thousands of mass transit funding. "That's not going to be difficult," he said. "I can hardly contain my joy," its component atoms - two hydro- people for a hundred years. Scott Hubbard, mission manager at gens for each oxygen. Instead, one Naturally bone dry, the moon Ames, said Thursday at a news con- of the six instruments on board the got its water, scientists think, from ference. 4-foot long, 633-pound craft mea- comets that crashed into its surface WEATHER While the water is frozen into sured ratios of nuclear particles over the past 2 billion years. Most ice crystals sprinkled sparsely in the called neutrons moving at different of that water immediately evaporat- frigid north and south poles of the energies. ed into space. The moon's gravity is Fair Friday moon, its potential for boosting Since neutrons pack the same too puny to hold onto an atmosphere By Marek Zebrowski space exploration within the solar mass as hydrogen nuclei, a neutron that could contain water. STAFF METEOROLOGIST system is enormous. Mainly, it colliding with hydrogen would slow Apollo astronauts, who landed An area of high pressure floating down from the northern Great means that astronauts could distill down abruptly, like a billiard ball near the moon's equator, brought Lakes will bring a short improvement in our dreary weather regime. moon water into liquid oxygen and hitting another billiard ball of the back moon rocks bearing absolutely Alas, the respite will be brief - nasty storm is a-brewing in the mid- liquid hydrogen fuel - "like mak- same size. By measuring the relative no signs of water. sections of the country. Copious rains are forecast for the Southeast, ing moonshine," said principle amounts of slow neutrons to faster However, water molecules that late-season blizzards for the Plains and the Mid-West. Over the next investigator Alan Binder - provid- ones, the researchers deduced that somehow hopped over the dry sur-.- few days this system will slowly move towards the Ohio and then St. ing energy for a return trip without they saw the distinct signature of face to land in permanently shad-. Lawrence valleys, bringing us stormy and wet conditions late in the carrying fuel from Earth. hydrogen, suggestive of water. owed craters in the lunar poles weekend and into early next week. "For the first time, we can go to In order to be 100 percent cer- could have stayed and stuck. Today: Becoming mostly sunny and seasonable, with highs near another planetary body and fuel up," tain it is water, Binder conceded, Pinning down exactly which 4soF (7°C). Northerly winds may turn onshore in coastal locations he said. robots would have to land on the craters hold the ice will have to wait during the afternoon. Moreover, the water - tenta- moon's surface, scoop up soil sam- until the end of the mission, when Tonight: Clear and cold, with lows near freezing. Light, variable tively estimated at between 10 mil- ples, heat them up and see if water the Lunar Prospector will lower its winds. . lion and 300 million tons - could evaporates off. Still, he said he was orbit for a closer look. For now, the Saturday: Sunny start with increasing clouds. Onshore winds and be used to support permanent space certain enough of the results to bet scientists are looking at "a huge thicker overcast by nightfall. High near 42°F (SOC) colonies. "That's an awful lot of his house on them. area," said Binder, about a hundred Sunday outlook: Cloudy and becoming windy, with rain likely. water," said Binder. "What it means "We have found water at both miles across. "We will not be able Highs in the mid 40s (6-7°C), lows in the upper 30s (3-4°C). is that human life can expand to the lunar poles," he said. Exactly how to isolate individual craters until the moon." much water, however, is still in extended mission." March 6,199 WORLD & THE TECH Page 3 • e--- AID 'Failures' May Be Successes LOS ANGELES TIMES Many apparent 'failure " in the treatment of HIV -positive indi- vidual with new drug regimens may actually be unrecognized suc- ~".'III""'.""'''''' ce e, according to Swiss researchers. By Craig Turner Ritter's in pector would try to Iraqis consider sensitive, including Combinations of three or more drugs now used to treat such LOS ANGELES TiMES enter any of the eight ' pre idential intelligence facilitie . patients have been highly effective, but many cases are considered NEW YORK compound " that were the ubject of On his January trip, Ritter was failure because the level of virus in their blood does not fall below More than three dozen U. . Annan's negotiation with Iraqi inve tigating reports by Iraqi oppo- the limits of detection. weapon inspectors led by a contro- President addam Hu ein. Detailed ition group that Iraq had tested But the Swiss team reports Friday in the medical journal Lancet versial former U. . Marine landed procedure for in pecting those ites chemical weapons on pri oner dur- that such patients actually derive major health benefits by continued in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thur day, set- were till being worked out at U. . ing the mid-l 990s. treatment with the drug combinations. ot only do their levels of the ting up what could be the first test of headquarter here Thur day. They Aziz vehemently denied that Iraq AIDS virus remain steady over the long term, their levels of CD4 the new in pection procedure nego- call for the in pectors to be accom- had conducted any human experi- cells - an indicator of immune system health - increase. tiated by Secretary-General Kofi panied by diplomats during visits to mentation. Because the Iraqis "This observation challenges our understanding of the mecha- Annan. the presidential sites, and U. . offi- refused to fully cooperate, Ritter's nisms of immune damage due to HIV, and opens the door towards American Scott Ritter's team, cials said it was not certain that the investigation of the charge was not new therapeutic approaches," said Michael P. Glauser, chairman of reportedly including 40 to 50 logistics of the new system would completed. the Swiss Commission for Research on AIDS. inspectors, specializes in exposing be completed before Ritter's team Iraqi official downplayed Some American researChers said they had observed such results Iraq's efforts to conceal illegal leaves Iraq. Ritter's arrival. The official Iraqi themselves, but apparently no one had previously reported them in a weapons programs. Baghdad's The sensitive and invasive nature news agency quoted Maj. Gen. publication. refusal in January to cooperate with of Ritter's investigations, as well as Mohammed Amin, liaison to the "It's a hopeful message," said Dr. Robert T. Schooley of the Ritter's previous inspection trip his admittedly confrontational inspectors, as saying Ritter's team University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. "It should helped trigger the recent confronta- nature, has made him a special tar- was "expected to undertake surprise make patients feel better to know that they are going to benefit from tion that nearly led to warfare get of Iraqi complaints. visits to a number of sensitive the therapy even if the virus is not completely suppressed." between the United States and Iraq. Deputy Prime Minister Tarik sites." The United States and Britain Aziz has accused Ritter of spying Alan Dacey, aU. . spokesman have kept a strong military force in for the United States, an allegation in Baghdad, said Ritter had arrived China to Downsize Government the Persian Gulf and have threat- denied by Ritter, the United States, for a "normal inspection." . LOS ANGELES TIMES BEIJING ened to use it against Iraq if its gov- and the United ations. Even if On Monday, the U. . Security ernment refuses to honor a Feb. 22 Ritter's inspectors do not seek to Council cautioned Iraq that it would In a bold move to reduce the size of government and wean the agreement with Annan to cooperate enter presidential palaces and their face the "severest consequences" if country from state meddling in business, China plans to eliminate 11 fully with the inspectors. outlying buildings, they are likely to it fails to adhere to the pact signed ministries and layoff government employees and civil servants, It was not immediately clear if show up at other places that the with Annan. adding as many as 4 million bureaucrats to the swelling ranks of the unemployed here. The unprecedented downsizing scheme, outlined in a speech by Clinton Proposal to Increase IMF outgoing Premier Li Peng before the National People's Congress on Thursday, represents China's attempt to avoid the economic crises affecting other Asian countries by reducing the role of government in the private sector of its economy. At several points in his speech, Li Resources Passes First Hurdle bluntly informed government employees that, for the first time in the By Art Pine 1999. representative to the IMF to push history of modem China, their jobs were no longer secure. LOS ANGELES TiMES Clinton has cited the IMF legis- aggressively for policies that pres- "The incompatibilities of government institutions to the develop- WASHINGTON lation as crucial, both to help deal sure borrowing countries to foster ment of a socialist market economy have become increasingly appar- President Clinton's controversial with the Asian financial crisis and to labor rights and force banks to ent," said Li, a Soviet-trained engineer who had been an earlier bill to increase the resources of the maintain U.S. economic leadership shoulder more of the burden when champion of the centralized economy. "Unwieldy organization and International Monetary Fund around the world. The IMF, with their loans to developing countries failure to separate the functions of government from those of enter- cleared its first - and easiest - ] 82 countries as members, is coor- turn sour. prises have given rise to bureaucracy, promoted unhealthy practices congressional hurdle Thursday, but dinating the global rescue effort for The legislation was crafted by and created a heavy financial burden." strategists said the measure still Asia. Republican chairman, Rep. James Although the plan was announced by Li - who next week con- faced an uphill fight on the House The biJI would provide $18 bil- A. Leach of Iowa, and Rep. John 1. cludes his final term as premier, a position he had held since 1989 - floor and in the Senate. lion in lines of credit to the IMF as LaFalce of New York. it is clearly the br-ainchild of China's economic chief Zhu Rongji, In a first-round victory for the the U.S. share of a $90 billion The committee action came as who is expected to be announced as Li' s replacement. administration, the House Banking increase in the IMF's overall finan- the IMF and Indonesia continued to Committee overwhelmingly cial resources. wrangle over that country's efforts approved a compromise version of The money is not used until the to overhaul its domestic economy, Israeli Court Assailed for Ruling the bill that essentially would pay IMF decides to tap the U.S. credits, and amid increasing concern that LOS ANGELES TIMES JERUSALEM lip-service to Democrats' concerns and the organization pays market the IMF won't agree to provide about improving worker rights in interest rates on the portion of the more money unless Jakarta makes Human rights activists and legal experts Thursday sharply criti- countries that receive IMF loans. money it uses. more of the reforms it has promised. cized an Israeli Supreme Court decision permitting foreign nationals The vote was' 40-9, with all Although the IMF does not need IMF officials disclosed to be held as "bargaining chips" for use in securing the freedom of committee Democrats voting for the the increase immediately, officials Thursday that the organization's Israeli prisoners of war. bill. Eight Republicans and Rep. say it might - and quickly - if the hierarchy already has postponed a The court acknowledged that imprisoning Lebanese guerrillas, Bernard Sanders of Vermont, Asian crisis worsens. IMF authori- March 15 target date for Indonesia many of whom have not been tried or have served their sentences, is Congress' only independent, ties also want to assure the financial to receive a second $3 billion a "painful" violation of human rights. But such abuse is outweighed opposed the measure. markets that the organization has installment of its $10.1 billion loan by Israel's security concerns and the desire to retrieve missing or cap- The bipartisan biJI, one of enough resources on hand if it needs package - if only because of pro- tured Israeli soldiers, the court said in a ruling made public on Clinton's top legislative priorities them. cedural delays. Wednesday. for this year, now goes to the House Besides the money, the measure Although the IMF has made no "The high court has legalized hostage-taking," Elizabeth Appropriations Committee, which is would establish an advisory panel decision on whether to disburse the Hodgkin, a senior analyst with Amnesty International, said in Tel expected to attach it to a must-pass with representatives from labor, second $3 billion, officials said the Aviv. "This is a terrible decision .... If an armed group takes money bill later this month. But agriculture and private charities to turnover among top officials of the hostages, it is universally condemned. And now it's OK for a state to conservatives may seek to hold the consult with the Treasury Indonesian government as a result behave like an armed group? It's OK for a state to hold hostages?" legislation hostage in a battle over Department on U.S. policy toward of elections last Sunday has made it The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by an Israeli lawyer anti-abortion provisions in another the IMF. difficult to nail down future policy representing 10 Lebanese who have been held for up to I I years in bill, one approving foreign aid for It also would require the U.S. objectives. Israeli-controlled prisons. In the lawsuit, Rish petitioned for release of the 10 men, who were identified as members of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah or its Largest Attempted Hostile Takeover allied organizations. In a split 2-1 decision, the court denied the request, saying the release would "cause real harm to national security" and "fatally InComputer :Indtmy History in Doubt damage" efforts to free Israeli POWs. By Mark Lelbovlch with high-level Chinese officials, shares rose $1.37. THE WASHiNGTON POST including President Jiang Zemin, Some analysts speculated that Pentagon Official Urges Bypassing Computer . Associates would make his company unfit to Thursday's announcement didn't In~ernational Inc. announced inherit CSC's contracts with U.S. necessarily mean the end of the Congress in Base Closures Thursday that it would let its $9.8 intelligence agencies. Wang, anatu- takeover attempt. Wang, they said, LOS ANGELES TiMES WASHINGTON billion hostile bid for Computer ralized U.S. citizen, emigrated to the made his announcement to enhance Sciences Corp. expire March 16, New York City borough of Queens his negotiating position with CSC. Trying to force the issue of military base closures back into the possibly scuttling what would have with his family when he was 8. "What Computer Associates did public agenda, a top Pentagon official has proposed that the military been the biggest merger in the com- Computer Sciences, an El today, whether they meant it or not, act on its own to consolidate bases even if it means ignoring objec- puter industry's nistory. _. S~un~

Oppold, eUy 10 UA Pre ident, VI? The Tech upport Paul T. Oppold '99 and Jennifer A. Kelly group. In particular, tep 'mu t be taken to e tablish clo e ties '99 for the po ition of Undergraduate A ociation Pr ident and with the Donnitory Council and the Interfraternity Council. Vice Pre ident. Oppold, in particular, ha proven to be a compe- The VA hould al 0 b prepared to utilize powers that it tent legislator and has d mon trated already hold, uch a the ability to nominate student to variou Ch irm n Shang-Lin Chuang '9 initiative. He ha effectively wield- committee. It i not unfair to reque t report from the e corn- Editorial ed the power of hi po ition a VA mittee member, and the VA hould be able to advi e them on Editor in Chief Floor Leader to make his pre ence known on campu . what it feel i the proper action. The current policy of appoint- Dan McGuire '99 The incoming pre ident and vice president will inherit an ment followed by ilence i a wa te of good resources. Bu iDe aDager organization that has made some great stride forward over the Thi doe not mean that the VA should try to administer as Joey Dieckhan '00 course of the pa t year, but still has orne way to go. The VA' many things as pos ible. It must limit itself to concrete, achiev- new leader need to gain respect of the undergraduate body by able goals. Perhap most importantly, the VA must avoid get- anagiDg Editor building a solid Ii t of achievements in important areas. Before ting bogged down in internal issue that do nothing to improve Josh Bittker '99 the new pre ident and vice president initiate major new pro- its function or image: the VA Constitution does not need to be E ecutive Editor gram , they need to prove their competence through a con i tent rewritten. Jennifer Lane '98 record of re ponsible progress. uch a vi ion of a student government is not impossible to Among other things, the VA should act as a major commu- fulfill. The MIT community does have some effective student EWSSTAFF nications channel between tudents, admini trators, and faculty. government organizations. The Graduate Student Council, for Editor: Brett Altschul '99, May K. The VA and its leaders need to establish themselves as finn example, ha demonstrated the ability to make important quaJi- T e '99, Frank Dabek '00, Douglas E. advocates of the student body by taking visible roles in debates ty-of-life improvements, such as lowering long distance calling Heimburger '00; ssociate Editors: Carina on all ignificant is ues, and they need to take the e po itions in rates. The IFC also proved to be a force to be reckoned with Fung '99, Jean K. Lee '99, Jennifer a timely manner. Taking a position weeks after the debate is when it re ponded to the public relations crisis thrust upon the Chung '0 I; taf(: Orli G. Bahcall '99, hawdee Eshghi '99, Eric it '99, harm in over, a in the recently delayed resolution on randomized hous- Institute last year with some astute policy changes and an effec- Ghaznavi '00, tuart Jackson '00, Dudley ing, is not acceptable. tive public relations campaign. W. Lamming '00, usan Buchman '01, The VA should also be prepared to cooperate with other Only after building a concrete record of achievement can Katie Jeffreys '0 I, Dalie Jimenez '0 I, tudent organizations. It has a wider base of members than any the VA earn the re pect now accorded to the IFC and GSC. Of Kri ta L. iece'O I; eteorologi ts: other student group on campus, and a such is capable of being the candidates running for the highest positions of the OA, The Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, Gerard Roe G, a central figure in any discussion. But this can only happen if it Tech believes that Oppold and Kelly are the most able to Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski. can effectively communicate and cooperate with other student achieve this goal.

PRODUCTION STAFF Editor: Erica S. Pfister '00; sociate Editor: Mok ha Rana inghe '99; taff: Letters To The Editor Kevin Fu G, Saul Blumenthal '98, Kevin students feel unwelcome. While I sympathize with those students who Chao '01, Roxanne Lau '01, Steve K. Department Takes The Department does not adhere to any spe- were offended, I also think that they should try Lim '0 I, Ryan M. Ochylski '0 I, Agnes cific definition of what may be included in to understand Abelson's point. The world con- Borszeki. Steps After Incident instructional material. Instead, we rely on the tains a great many things that are offensive, and if one cares about them, then one must try to OPINION STAFF The Tech received a copy oJ the this letter good taste and judgment of the teaching staff. change them. Ignoring them and pretending' Editors: Anders Hove G, Dan Dunn '94; addressed to members oj the Jaculty oj the Only rarely does this practice lead to any prob- ssociate Editor: aveen unkavally '01; Department oj Electrical Engineering and lems. The responsibilityto exercise good judg- they don't exist is certainly easier, but hardly Staff: tacey E. Blau '98, Mitali Dhar '99, Computer Science. ment will remain with you, the faculty. If at ideal. If people are offended by the free avail- We ley T. Chan '00, Jim J. O'Donnell '00, any time you are unsure ab9ut something you ability of pornography on the Internet, they eth Bisen-Her h '01, Andrew J. Kim '01, You may have read in The plan to present, you are encouraged to show it should first accept that it exists and then act to Michael J. Ring 'OJ. Tech["Pornography Display in 6.001 Provokes firstto someone else whosejudgment you trust. change the situation. Hiding one's head in the Debate on Decency," Feb 27] about the dis- Paul L. Penfield, Jr. ScD '60 sand has never helped the world. SPORTS STAFF play of indecent material in the 6.001 lecture Head of Electrical Engineering Aidan N. Low '98 Associate Editor: Shao-Fei Moy '98; Staff: on Thursday, Feb. 26. This letter will bring and Computer Science Chris Brocoum '00. you up to date about this incident and actions ARTS STAFF taken by the 6.001 staff and the department. Editor: Joel M. Rosenberg '99; Staff: Social issues are often used in 6.001 to Offensive Does Not MIT Lacks Adequate Thomas Chen G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky G, motivate technical discussions. On Thursday Teresa Es er '95, Teresa Huang '97, David the topic was data structures, and the PICS Meari Inappropriate Computer Tools V. Rodriguez '97, Mark Huang '99, Yaron project was used for motivation. PICS will let Many things in this world are offensive, Recently, J authored a web page for my Koren '99. Internet users prevent access to sites they but this does not make them inappropriate for own personal use. As part of this project, I

PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF judge not to be suitable. Pornographic sites educational use. Indeed, their offensiveness wanted to scan in a few small images. While Editors: Gabor Csanyi G, Gregory F. are among those which many people may can often be a powerful tool for education. inquiring around as to where I could do it, 1 Kuhnen '00; taff: Rich Fletcher G, wish to avoid, or have their children avoid. To For example, the movie Schindler's List came to the slow realization that MIT is vastly Jonathan Li G, Wan Y. W. Morshidi G, introduce this discussion and illustrate the displays some of the most horrid and repre- under-equipped in computing resources. Gabriele Migliorini G, Thomas E. need for a system like PICS, the 6.001 staff hensible actions ever shown in film, and yet I know that this is a bold statement to Murphy G, Arifur Rahman G, T. Luke di played the home page of one easily has been a critical part of many classes on the make, considering the hundreds of Athena Young G, Tiffany Lin '97, Dennis accessed site. . Holocaust over the last few years. And a polit- workstations on campus, but I am taking the Yancey '97, Adriane Chapman '98, Ahmed This page included two images of nude or ical science class discussing the Chinese gov- point of view of a nonnal, average member of Ait-Ghezala '99, Dan Rodriguez '99, David semi-nude women. The page was displayed ernment may be shown horrible films of the the student body. When it comes to blazing Tarin '99, Wendy Fan '00, Rita H. Lin '00, from about 10:00 until a few minutes into the Tiananmen massacre. speed and power, Athena is great. We as stu- Karlene Rosera '00, Cornelia Tsang '00, lecture. Many students found this indecent When students are directly exposed to dents even have access to supercomputer Chun Hua Zheng '00, Ajai Sharadwaj '0 I, display to be offensive and inappropriate for something personally offensive, they become time, if you think you can use it. But how Courtney Clench '0 I, Ying Lee '0 I, 6.00 I. On Friday, I personally visited all fif- more aware of how real it is than if a profes- much of this speed do we really need? Rebecca Loh '01, Amy Yen '01, Miodrag teen 6.001 recitation sections and apologized sor simply speaks of it. Only after offensive I rarely use Athena for anything besides e- Cirkovic. to those who were offended, on behalf of the material is presented directly can students mail, web surfing, zephyring, or Matlab - department. Professor of Electrical know how they really feel about this material. things that don't require nearly the power I FEA 7VRES STAFF Engineering and Computer Science Harold In the case of the 6.001 lecture, Professor- have access to on just about every box in the Anthony R. Salas '91, Pawan Sinha SM '92, Abelson PhD '73 also visited each section and of Electrical Engineering and Computer school. What I could use, however, is access Hugo M. Ayala G, Calista E. Tait G, Katy explained the pedagogic intent of the display, Science Harold Abelson PhD '73 believed to some public scanners, color printers, image King G, Zachary Emig '98, Solar and reassured students that they were right if that students should be aware of the problems processing tools, desktop publishing, and Olugebefola '99, Jessica Wu '99, Jennifer Dimase '01. they had been offended. of pornography on the Internet, which is other such tools. At March 4 lecture there was another apol- freely available to minors and sometimes dif- I'm sure that a couple of those Sparc 5s . BUSINESS STAFF ogy for the benefit of those who missed recita- ficult to avoid even for those not looking for could be sold to come up with enough money Advertising Manager: Jennifer tion on Friday. It is not acceptable for EECS it. Had James S. Miller '76, the lecturer that to put a nice PC addition in one of the current Koo '00; Operations Manager: Satwiksai subjects to use instructional material that day, instead opted to make a few comments labs, and color prints could be charged to a Seshasai '0 I; Staff: Amy Cai '0 I. needlessly offends. about pornography at the beginning of lecture, student's bursar account just as over-quota

EDITORSATLARGE Indecent material, sexually explicit or those few students actually paying attention laser prints are charged. But right now I have Contributing Editors: David D. Hsu '98, other pornographic material, or any material might have understood his point, but most of to pay $12 an hour plus $2-10 a print at Venkatesh Satish '98, Ja on C. Yang '99, that denigrates or devalues people, is seldom the class would have missed it entirely. CopyTech. Actually, instead, I just have a Zareena Hussain '00; Color Editor: if ever appropriate in a classroom setting. All Because Miller presented his demonstration in friend at Wellesley who does it for me at the Indranath eogy '98. MIT students are welcome to take EECS sub- this direct (and offensive, to some) way, stu- computer lab there, which carries all this stuff jects. Use of such material would undennine dents now have a greater understanding of the as a standard. 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Page 5 Fir t Amendment Supports Drudge Markets Will against GOP media operative Don Sipple to and the Vice Pre ident about thi , who told Michael 1. Ring damage Republican interes . them that they support him if he wanted to Dethrone Drudge did not present a unilateral opinion proceed along the e line," aid White House Last month Sidney Blumenthal, an aide to in his article. He quoted' one influential spokesman Joe Lockhart. Pre ident Clinton, walked into Washington Republican, who demanded anonymity," as Bill Clinton would probably like nothing Microsoft courtroom after being ubpoenaed to give tes- aying, "There are court records of more than to see the Drudge Report shut timony in the Monica Blumenthal's violence against his wife," he down. Matt Drudge has been a relentless critic Lewinsky matter. It is also quoted an anonymous White House of the Pre ident, and it was the Drudge Report Dan Dunn rumored that source who called the allegations completely that first broke the Lewinsky matter. In the fol- Blumenthal has been fal e, noting: "This story about Blumenthal lowing weeks the dispatch has contained addi- I am a long-time Macintosh devotee. I have leaking information to has been in circulation for years." tional damaging detail of the alleged affair. long believed that William H. Gates is a major the pre s about the staff ccording to the report, Drudge tried to But these are not slanderous attacks on the demon incarnate visited upon the unsuspecting of Independent contact Blumenthal everal times but was President; the Clinton-Lewinsky connection and undeserving com- Coun el Kenneth Starr unsuccessful. And Drudge's word choice in has become a very serious matter indeed. puter users of the world in an attempt to dam- the dispatch, including such words as "accusa- They are now a focus of Independent Counsel You can imagine my age Starr's investiga- tions" and "allegation ", served again to note Kenneth Starr's investigation. Certainly the glee, then, at seeing him tion of Clinton. this story was not to be then taken as incontro- public has a right to know why its head of state on CNBC testifying Blumenthal told the vertibly true. The allegations were indeed is under investigation. before the Senate this Associated Press that Starr demanded informa- false, and there were no court records. Drudge Perhaps no persons' experience can better week. tion about every conversation he had with unequivocally retracted his statements the very demonstrate the White House's opinion of the I enjoy seeing the members of the press. The White House aide next day, but the Blumenthals were unsatis- Drudge report than that of Susan Estrich. A pain that Billy G. must termed the subpoena "an assault on the first fied. former Dukakis campaign manager, Estrich is have gone through, but amendment." They demanded, among other names, the hardly a conservative. Yet after a column in I don't think that there On the l] th of March Blumenthal will be "influential Republican, who demanded USA Today in which she defends Drudge's is a real case for anti- back in court in another matter raising first anonymity" and the "White House source" in right to free speech, the editorial board of that trust action against Microsoft. The company is amendment questions. This time, however, he Drudge's article. In short, Sidn~y Blumenthal publication received a complain; not from very powerful, but it has not ended the competi- will be a plaintiff. Blumenthal and his wife are was engaging in the very same activity that he Blumenthal or his attorneys, but from the tion that will one day bring it down. suing Internet journalist Matt Drudge and now finds so reprehensible. President's Deputy Press Secretary. Microsoft does have the power to be anti- America Online, mainly over Drudge's refusal The 1964 case New York Times vs. Sullivan In a second column, Estrich perfectly char- competitive. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch to disclose his sources after printing scan- would seem to protect Drudge. That Supreme acterized the worrisome situation: "If this is a from Utah repeatedly asked about Microsoft's dalous rumors about Blumenthal. Court decision protects the publication of all private lawsuit pursued in a private capacity, brutal tactics: "You've been somewhat hard to Drudge, 30, has skyrocketed to the top of statements, including false statements, sur- why is the White House calling to complain?" nail down. Do you put any limitation on content the media world with his widely read Drudge rounding the behavior of public officials, so Most likely the President wants no part of the providers for advertising or promoting Report, which can be accessed through long as the author of the article does not act lawsuit but feels obliged to back his friend and Netscape?" America Online or the Internet with malice. confidant Blumenthal. But if there are other Gates finally admitted that web sites fea- at http://www.drudgereport.com. From his By noting the allegations were not his, but motives for Clinton, one shudders to even tured by Microsoft are prohibited from promot- Hollywood apartment, Drudge vigilantly mon- those of another, and seeking White House think of the implications. ing Netscape or even being listed on Netscape's itors news wires and makes calls to his net- comment on the situation, Drudge attempted to Matt Drudge presents his news hard, raw, pages. "On those pages, you don't promote work of insiders, always searching for a scoop. report the view from all perspectives. He cer- and fast. He is bound to have some faults upon other browsers," he said. And he most definitely gets them: the Drudge tainly was not acting with malice. the way, report a mistaken rumor, and uninten- Clearly, the government needs to watch the Report offers its readers the breaking news and A lawsuit that threatens the rights and lib- tionally give his readers a piece of incorrect company like a hawk. If competition is what is hot rumors that have become the essence of erties of our press is a very serious and fright- information now and then. But it these very American politics in the 1990s. ening affair. And perhaps the most threatening qualities of immediacy and importance that The controversies swirl from the August thing about it is that the Chief Executive of the have propelled the Drudge Report to its cur- 11th issue of the Drudge Report, in which the country may be on board. Apparently rent level of success. The company is very poweiful, journalist reports a story entitled, "GOP: The President Clinton has approved of So long as Drudge reports sincerely and but it has not ended the Blumenthal Option?" It states that the Blumenthal's decision to sue Drudge though without malice, the first amendment is on his Republican brass was considering using alle- nothing in the fateful report of August 11th side. So too, then, should be every American competition that will one day gations of spousal abuse -against the presiden- even hinted at accusations against Clinton. who cherishes the rights afforded under our tial aide if Democrats used similar allegations "Mr. Blumenthal did talk to the President Constitution. bring it down.

Teaching Uncle Sam the A, B, Cs and 1, 2, 3s going to bring Microsoft down, it cannot be per- mitted to engage in anti-competitive practices. Frankly, I don't think we should worry Furthermore, the whole current world There are a lot of reasons to fear Microsoft. Naveen Sunkavally much abollt this study or any other similar trend is away from nationalism. Trade barriers Think about just how powerful Gates is: with study. The United States has always prided such as tariffs and quotas have .been annihilat- the financial power of Microsoft, he has the Yet another study has riseI) from the murky itself on upholding values such as freedom and ed as countries have tuned their ears to the market power to buy General Motors, Ford, and swamps of statistical analysis to condemn liberty, and, by God, it has every right not to siren song of free trade. Communism, a major Chrysler. All this was built on the power of American education. This one calls itself the educate the members of its country. No one factor in inducing nationalistic fervor in this something as crappy as DOS and Windows 3.1. "Third International really wants a good education. Do you want to country a decade ago, is virtually dead as That financial power can be used to squash Mathematics and a good education? I don't want a good educa- democracy has gradually become the standard new competitors. How do you finance a start-up Science Study," and it tion. form of government. People are migrating that can compete with those pockets? If has the audacity to As the leader in this global economy, and as physically and through that "information Microsoft is not forced to play by the rules, you claim that our best the single technological superpower, the United super-highway" to and from more countries simply can't. American high school States doesn't really need to worry about its than was ever possible before. So why should And there is plenty of evidence of rule students in math and educational system - it can always import tal- we strive, out of some foolish impulse, to be breaking. Michael Dell of Dell Computer testi- science - those stu- ent from other countries. America has always better than other countries, when the whole fied on Gates' behalf, but under questioning, it dents in Advanced been the promised land, and people will contin- world trend is toward the gradual extinction of was revealed that his company won't sell com- Placement classes - ue to migrate here until the universe implodes countries. puters with the Netscape browser because of its are less proficient than upon itself. Indeed, we should applaud the The true solution to a deficient American relationship with Microsoft. advanced students from efforts of countries such as Greece, Latvia, and education: buy Japanese! Buy German! Buy This is exactly the type of behavior that the all other countries participating, including less Cyprus. They are producing human resources Indian! Buy Cypriot! While driving down the government should be trying to regulate. When well-off nations such as Greece, Cyprus, and for our country to use. road your Ford may collapse like a child's Microsoft takes actions that prevent competition Latvia. It should be noted that the Asian coun- There is certainly no denying that any cardboard wagon under your weight. And don't based on the merits of the products, it is going tries, probably lonely and tired from being at attempt to reform the educational standards in dare climb that American ladder or cross that to far. the top of most educational studies, did not par- this country is based squarely on nationalistic American bridge - God knows what will hap- Some would argue that the anti-competitive ticipate in this one. sentiment - the urge to make our country bet- pen. And when you find yourself drowning in damage is already done, but on this point, I Similar studies in the '60s, '70s, and '80s ter than others. And what has nationalism the river after having fallen through that agree with Gates: "Another sign of a healthy, produced virtually similar results but were dis- brought people in the history of this world: American bridge in your American car, don't competitive industry is lower prices. The statis- missed. The argument was that societal differ- war, death, poverty, blood, and destruction. In dare take a hold of that American life-preserver tics show that the cost of computing has ences, such America's greater diversity com- the crests and troughs of cyclical history, someone has thrown you from the distance. It's decreased ten million fold since 1971." pared to other nations, made such comparisons nationalism has only brought us empires, better to drown knowing your fate for sure than I am a firm believer in the power of markets. meaningless. blood, and death. cling to a flawed, inflated hope. So long as the market can reasonably function, Apparently all those minorities in the Microsoft is not guaranteed to win. The drop- United States, who receive the same educa- ping prices mean that the market is working in tion as the majority, are responsible for some way. It is very difficult to argue that diluting statistics because of their inferior Microsoft is making monopolistic profits with- intelligence. And never mind that some of out fear of competition as the prices on products those minorities had to immigrate here first that do more continue to drop. from other nations - nations that have tra- We still have time to see if Microsoft is truly ditionally done better than the United States capable of preventing any competitors from in educational studies. arising. If it turns out that Microsoft has stifled These less-than-enthralling results, competition, we can just rip it apart like we did which have been reproduced a number of Ma Bell. We can break Microsoft up into the times over the decades, came as a monu- Word Co., the W95 Co., and even the NT Co. mental shock to leading officials of the We can watch prices fall even further. country. The news must have traveled up But we may not need to take such dramatic through the ranks and landed even on the action right now. There is precedence for the President's desk, for shortly after the report market triumph of the small over the large. In was released, Bill Clinton said: "There is the early 19708, no computer maker was more something wrong with the system and it is feared than IBM. Many observers feared that our generation's responsibility to fix it. We IBM was creating a monopoly. Clearly, IBM cannot blame the schoolchildren. There is was no where near nimble enough to evolve no excuse for this." with the market, and its dominance ended. Meanwhile, conservatives, disregarding Have you seen the film yet of Gates getting ..the fact that the most educated nations have hit in the face with a cream pie? Some day, a centralized system of standarqs, decided someone is going to build the better operating to run around in circles praising the usual system. They are going to copyright it it, and deities of regional accountability and fami- we are going to see a big pie explode in the face ly. of Gates and his company. • g Sa e a t 13th, (Mon. - Fri.)

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'ZeroEffect'OVIE REVIEW an Unfortunately Appropriate Title

i If th t keep us from conne ting emotional- where Arlo threaten to leave Zero in or even as a serious detective story. Instead it is ly to any of th character, and, by exten ion, exchange for a tab at a normal life. While the nearly as schizophrenic as it's subject, trying to t the center of Zero Effect are the caring about what happen to them. Between cene credibly how how the e two radically' deal with too many thing , including a smatter- my tery- olving pair of Daryl Zero the emi-maniacal Zero and the confused and different temperament an grow attached to ing of tepid pop philosophy about the impossi- (Bill Pullman) and teve Arlo (the demoralized Arlo, there i n't enough to like one other, it turn out to be too little, too late. bility of objectivity. It doe n't really get any of alway -entertaining Ben tiller). We about the pair to gi e the toryline energy. The Zero Effect would have been more ucce - them right, ending up being about as fulfilling first meet Zero a he's trumming a horrible movi come close at time, uch a the cene ful a a traight comedy or a a character study, as a meal of tuna and Tab. ong he ha wri~en for his guitar, and later we ee his cupboard, overflowing with nothing but tuna and Tab. He' a brilliant detective but a failure as a human being, unable to connect with other becau e of his need to remain a detached ob erver of people (or maybe just becau e he' nuts). Arlo is his befuddled a sistant, who deals with Zero's clients direct- ly, due to his boss' need for seclusion. The low-budget movie follows the pair a they tackle their latest case in which a desper- ate millionaire named Stark (a pasty Ryan 0' eal) is being blackmailed by a tranger who knows a great deal about Stark's mysteri- ous, sordid pa t. During the investigation, Zero meets Gloria (Kim Dickens), an attractive, risk-taking young woman who seems connect- ed in many ways to the mystery. She and Zero form an instant attraction: he 'to her normality and her ability to defy his astute observational capacities, and she to his, well, this part isn't quite made clear, although the fact that he looks like Bill Pullman certainly couldn't hurt, This budding love story is easily the weak- . est part of Zero Effect. The intention is clear: to explore what happens when the an observer with a keen critical eye falls in love with his ubject, and loses his objectivity. But the chemistry just isn't there, and since Zero is never forced to make a difficult moral deci- sion as a result of his newfound love, we don't know if he has learned anything from it. Plus, every minute of the couple together is another minute without Ben Stiller, and that can't be good. It's nice to see an updated take on the Sherlock Holmes legend. Unfortunately, there CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT is something lackluster in the direction. Or Bill Pullman (left) and Ben Stiller star In Jake Kasdan's Zero Effect. perhaps it's a fault inherent in the premise

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powerful grip on the theater-going public? ting to ee the play many time , observing The answer is, I think, in its ever-changing how it change with time, and thinking about n ture. A couple of year ago ewt Gingrich the characters as old acquaintance. While not i8-Jears i joke abounded; now it's the humor about ex the worst ocial activity I can think of, you in Oval Office. The audience-interaction part definitely don't get your money's worth ( 28 By Vladimir Zelevl ky ome quite funny Hent vi ual activitie . The turn 'hear Madness into ome ort of improv a pop). An evening with friends will prove STAFF REPORTER jo are very simple (the as istant tri to pick tand-up comedy, with the actors improvi ing more entertaining. Granted, the chances of a At Charles Playhouse Stage IL 74 Warren/on up the ringing phone without smearing h r nail (frequently amusing) respon e to the view- murder happening upstairs are slim, but St., Bos/on. Call 451-0195 for information. poli h, the flamboyantly gay owner make a ers' questions. This, I pre urne, makes it inter- you're Ie likely to feel cheated in the end. Written by Paul Portner Directed and designed pas at the customer, etc.), but the easygoing, by Bruce Jordan With Mark S. Cartier, off-hand manner in which all of thi is pre ent- Chandra Pieragostini, Patrick Shea, Richard ed make the proceedings quite endearing. election , but the heart of Herrell's is the Snee, Michael Fennimore, Ellen Colton. Then the dialogue starts and lowly but sure- premium ice cream. Indulge your elf. ly things go downhill. The infusion of crude sian Travel alue. The value of the Here's a pop quiz for you: what i the topical humour (for example: "If I wanted to U.S. dollar is way up in Asia. orthwest longest-running non-musical play in kill her, I'd ...take her skiing!") is fine at first, By Teresa Huang Airlines is responding by offering a slew of American theater history? Choices are (a) but quickly grows wearisome. The acting is Parting is such weet sorrow, but alas, special deals for travel to Asia. Hamlet, (b) A Streetcar Named Desire, (c) pitched way too high, with more screaming than this will be the last Scoop column written Unfortunately, the deals don't apply to trav- Our Town, (d) none of the above. I care for. The characters are defined in very by your truly. Thanks to everyone who el to Taiwan, but if you've ever wanted to The correct an wer is (d). The play in que - broad troke, and only a couple of them really sent e-mail to tell me that ye , they actually visit China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, tion is Shear Madness - a comedy/murder feel interesting (the hop owner and the mala- read this thing. Enjoy the re t ofthe term! Korea, or the Phillipines, now is the time to mystery, which has been running in more than propping Boston Police officer, in particular). Free music for the listening. Li ten to go. Purchase a full-fair ticket to Asia and thirty cities around the world since it Boston But these flaws aren't what made me dis- songs from a variety of artists like The you can bring a friend for a mere $299 premier in January 1980. The Boston produc- like the show as' much as I did - it was the Toasters, George Winston, The Spice Girls, round trip. Northwest World Vacations is tion, by the way, is in the Guinness Book of play itself. Written by Swiss playwright Paul Ethel Merman~ and Wu Tang Clan for free offering a round-trip airfare and three hotel Records, with more than 7,500 performances. Portner as a serious murder mystery and then over the web. I'm not talking about MP3 nights in Hong Kong for as little as $629. It has shattered the records and has garnered a reworked into a comedy by American produc- files - visit Audio et at http://www. For details on these and other great deals, cult-like following. in fact, The Tech has ers, Shear Madness completely fails as a mys- audione/.com for a jukebox of albums you visit the orthwest Airlines Web site at already reviewed it three times. All three older tery by ignoring all rules of the genre. The can listen to in their entirety with the aid of http://www.nwa.com. reviews praise the show; let me now pitch in murder it elf is off-stage, with the murder vic- the RealAudio Player, which you can also You go, girl! If you're feeling a little with a markedly different take on the matter. tim never even appearing (which makes it download for free. In addition to over 2,000 porky these days, don't feel guilty. People When a play (or a novel, a movie) proclaims quite impossible to care a smidgen for her). full-length CDs available, AudioNet also tend to eat more during the winter and_it's it elf a murder mystery (and Shear Madness The ending of the first act - the recon truc- offers a huge array of other audio program- tough to be active when it's so dam cold. doe 0 openly with its tagline "Bo ton's hilari- tion of the events that preceeded the crime - ming, including live daily radio shows from ot satisfied with that justification? For a ous whodunit"), it places itself quarely into an is tedious and ultimately pointless, since it all over the world, audio books, and televi- burst of inspiration to get yourself into establi hed genre niche, and certain genre con- basically replays the entire first act again, ion broadcasts. Li ten to Jay Leno' s mono- exercise mode, check out Go! Girl vention are expected. For example, I'm looking which the audience has just finished seeing. logue if you missed The Tonight Show the Magazine at http://www.gogirlmag.com. for a number of intriguing character, all- or at The pace picks up a bit with the second night before, or do your problem sets to the This online magazine offers articles, pro- least most - of whom have hidden motives; a act, where the audience gets a chance to inter- sounds of waves crashing from the nature files, and news for sporty women. Resolve spectacular murder; an brilliant detective, who rogate the suspects (my favorite bit: one sus- sounds channel of the CD jukebox. There's to follow just one of editor Melissa should spend the bulk of time locating the care- pect claims he was brushing his teeth when no music like free music. Joulwan's 98 resolutions for healthy living fully placed clue and unraveling the mystery; the murder took place, and, when asked to Save room for ice cream! Why do we and you'll feel better already. and the conclusion, which should both be com- confirm, takes out a toothbrush and flicks it at go to J.P. Licks on Newbury Street in So long! Farewell! Auf weidersehen! pletely surpri ing and make me feel like a total the audience, to prove that it's really wet). droves when there's an ice cream experi- Adieu! What have you learned from reading C idiot for not discovering it earlier my elf. The finale, though, is a crushing disappoint- ence that's just as enjoyable at Herrell's Ice this column? Hopefully you've learned the Shear Madness has another aim in mind, in ment. A good mystery explores the conse- Cream & Frozen Yogurt on 15 Dunster following: Student discounts are a privilege that it wants to double as a comedy, which it quences of minor events and plot points, some Street, near Au Bon Pain in Harvard you must learn to appreciate; The Full Monty nearly pulls off. The set is a barber hop (com- of which are red herrings, and some are Square. A vacant bank vault was refur- is the funniest movie ever made; Harvard plete with running water in the sink), eye-catch- expertly disguised clues. Shear Madness, on bished into this cozy spot, for people who and Central Square are just as interesting to ing and ugly in a very realistic manner (yellow the other hand, revel in its complete inconse- prefer not to be seen when eating. A must- explore as Newbury Street in Boston; expen- wallpaper, anyone?). The ten minutes before the quentiality - nothing that happened on stage try is the Herrell's smoosh-in, which mash- sive food isn't necessarily better food; TV is play it elf starts are by far the funniest, so arrive has any bearing on the resolution whatsoever. es candy, chocolate, nuts, and dried fruit good unless it includes Kirstie Alley; and early if you decide to go. For these ten minutes, ow, for the real mystery: why does this toppings of your choice into rich, all-natur- long live Fox Mulder. Now take what you've three characters - the shop owner, his assis- show, so lightweight that it evaporates from al ice cream. There are low-fat yogurt learned, go forth, and share the wealth. tant, and a hapless customer - are engaged in memory even before it's over, have such a

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and Marisa Tomei star in this Broadway-bound revival of Popula Frederick Knott's 1966 thriller U Ie about a blind woman menaced by a real scary guy. Leonard (Master Avalon Class) Foglia directs. 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. Tickets: 931-2000. Info: 262- The Male Intellect (An 2424. Oxymoron) Mar. 67: Sandra Bernhard: One 57 Theatre, 200 Stuart Street. Woman Show - Aim Here ... Damn Boston. 426-4499. Playing It. $35 general admission. through March 15. Curtain is 8 Mar. 11: Ben Harper and The at p.m. on Thursday and Friday, at 7 Innocent Criminals, with Finley and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and Quaye. $12. Sold out. at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $29.50 to $34.50; $20 on Berld .. PerfonntIce Cent., Wednesdays. 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston. Tickets: 931-2000. Following successful runs in Denver and Chicago, playwright Mar. 21: Victoria Williams. with Chris Stills. $19.50. A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston and actor Robert Dubac settled into Boston with his one-man com- edy about a recently jilted guy try- The Palladium March 6 :1..3 ing to answer the Freudian query 261 Maln Street, Worcester. "What do women want?" in order Tickets: 423-NEXT. Compiled by Joel M. Rosenberg to get his girl back. Dubac strad- Apr. 11: Squirrel Nut Zippers. Send submissions to ottetu.tech.mIt.edu or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W2G-483. dles the genre, if not the gender, $17.50, on sale Mar. 6 at 10 gap with a piece that hovers a.m. somewhere between theater and Mar. 18: Everett Harp. stand-Up, as he plays not only Somerville Theate, Mar. 19: Carol O'Shaughnessy, new lonelyheart Bobby but also a Davis Square, Cambridge. Tickets: Jan Peters. and John O'Neil. quintet of chauvinist mentors who 628-3390 or 931-2000. Mar. 20, 21: Jimmy Scott. have contributed to making him a Mar. 7: 9th Annual Winter Folk Mar. 25: Carol Akerson, with Bob candidate for remedial romance. Festival, featuring Moxy Fruvous, Winter and Herb Pomeroy. The premise is pretty silly and the Jim's Big Ego, June Rich, Peter Mar. 26, 27: Monty Alexander and development schematic, but Mulvey, Kevin So, and Jess Klein. Yard Movement. Dubac is a witty, likable performer $16 and $15, students and Mar. 29: Fatal Mambo. whose routines about male think- seniors $2 off, add $1 day of Apr. 1: Bo Winiker Band, with ing are amusing if not profound. show. Harb Pomeroy. Mar. 21: 6th Annual Festival of Apr. 5: Fairport Convention. The Taming of the Shrew Women Songwriters, featuring American Repertory Theatre at the Mindy Jostyn, Mica Richards, Faith Apr. 18, 19: Chuck Mangione. Loeb DramaCenter, 64 BratUe Soloway, Elizabeth Von Trapp, and University Lutheran Church Street, Cambridge. 547-8300, Eddie from Ohio. $16 and $15, 66 Winthrop St., Harvard Square, through March 21. Curtain is at 8 students and seniors $2 off, add Cambridge. Info: 87~3256. p.m. on Mar. 12, and 17 through $1 day of show. Mar. 15: Evening Prayer, featUring Blue Note recording artist 21, and at 7 p.m. on Mar. 15; there are matinees at 2 p.m. on Providence Civic Cente, Makanda Ken Mcintyre, with Mar. 15 and 21 and at 10 a.m. on 1 LaSalle Square, Providence. Makanda Ken Mcintyre, reeds; Mar. 18 and 19. Tickets are $22 Tickets: 931-2000. John Kordalewski, piano; Brian to $52; discounts for seniors and Apr. 4, 5: Phish. $25. Both shows McCree, bass; Bobby Ward, students. sold out. drums. Andrei Serban, who helmed such memorable American Repertory Theatre outings as "The Three The O",heum Theatre Sisters" and "The King Stag", Hamilton Place, Boston. Tickets: makes his mark on the Bard's 423-NEXT. Information: 679- Film politically incorrect comedy in 0810. which mercenary wooer Petruchio Mar. 19: G. Love and Special Lecture Series Committee "tames" a headstrong wife. Sauce, with Alana Davis. $18.50. Surprisingly, Serban does not Apr. 3: Steve Miller Band. $36, The Man with the Golden Arm send up the play's most trouble- $26. (1955). Mar. 6, 7:30 p.m., 10- 250. some speech, ex-shrew Katharina's 44-line ode to female The RoJCY abasement; instead he makes it 279 Tremont Street, Boston. Kiss the Girls. Mar. 6, 7 & 10 part of a rite of mutual surrender Tickets: 931-2000. Information: p.m., 2~100. Mar. 8, 7 p.m., 2~ and marital complicity. Kristin 281-6946. 100. Randers and Don Reilly, who first Apr. 1: An evening with unleashed their combined Life Strangefolk. $14. On sale 3/3 at Tomorrow Never Dies. Mar. 7, 7 & Force locally in last season's Man 10a.m. 10 p.m., 2~100. Mar 8, 10 p.m., and Superman, are a well- Apr. 5: Reverend Horton Heat, 2~100. matched Kate and Petruchio, but with face to Face & The Mighty even a pair as talented as they Blue Kings. $16.50. have trouble establishing them- Apr. 10: Spring Funk Fest, featur. selves as the headliners of this ing Uquid Soul and Brooklyn Funk zany circus of Shakespearean sex- Essentials. $20 advance, $23 Theater ism and directorial invention. You door. Blue Man Group may be incensed, but you won't be bored. Tsonga. A,ena Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Boston sallet Lowell, 27 miles northwest of Street, Boston. 42&6912. Playing "Body Electric," features Lila Boston. Tickets: 931-2000. indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. York's thunderous Irish tribute Mar. 6: Swatch Sno-Core 98 Tour on Wednesday and Thursday, at 7 "Celts," Twyla Tharp's "Waterbaby featuring Primus, Blink-182, Tha and 10 p.m. on Friday and Bagatelles," and a world premiere Alkaholiks, The Aquabats. Saturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m. on by Boston Ballet principal dancer $22.50. Sunday. There are additional per- formances at 4 p.m. on February Laszlo Berdo. Through Mar. 12, at the Wang Center, 270 Tremont Paradise Rock Club 20 and 21. Tickets $35 to $45. Street, Boston. Tickets: 931. 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. It would be difficult and unfair to ARTS, $12.50 to $69. Tickets: 423-NEXT. Information: catalogue fUlly the antics of the "Ode to Joy: featuring Ula York's 562-8800. Drama Desk Award-winning trio of uplifting premiere of same name, Mar. 6: Chantal Kreviazuk. cobalt-painted bald pates who set to Beethoven's celebrated Mar. 7: Rustic Overtones, with have settled into long runs Off choral work, George Balanchine's Everything and Canine. Broadway and at the Charles "Capriccio for Piano and Mar. 13: Jen Trynin, with Gravel Playhouse. They begin their Orchestra," and Daniel Pelzig's Pit. delightful and deafening evening "Cantabile." Mar. 1~29. Mar. 15: Sawdoctors. of anti-performance art beating Mar. 17: rubyhorse. drums that are also deep buckets Dance Umb,ella Mar. 19: MBand 2 Band Combat" of primary paint, so that sprays of "Jazz Tap/Hip-Hop: Cool Heat with featuring Entrain, Heavy Metal color jump from the instruments Horns, Rippopotumus, Jiggle The Moxy Friivous returns to Boston at the Somerville Theater on March 7. like breaking surf, and end by an Urban Beat," born out of an understanding that a stage can Handle. Brooklyn Bums, The Agents . noons. Call 638.9478 for ticket engulfing the spectatorship in tan- share rapid fire taps with hand- Mar. 20: Fat Bag, with Epileptic availability. gles of toilet paper. Mar. 19: Mors Syphilltica , The stands, heads pins and splits, by Disco. Mahler's Symphony No.3 on Mar. Moors, Reflecting Skin, Sabot. artistic director Jeremy Alliger. Mar. 22: Joe Satriani, with The Folk Music In the Jungte of Cities 6,7,10 at 8 p.m. Mar. 20: Rocket From The Crypt. Mar. 19 at 7 p.m., Mar. 20 and Derek Trucks Band. American Repertory Theatre at the Mar. 21: The Damned. Tura Club"...", 21 at 8 p.m .• Mar 22 at 2 p.m. at Mar. 25: The Aware Tour featuring Boston Lyric Opera Loeb Drama Center, 64 BratUe Salana, Man Will Surrender. 47 Palmer Street, Harvard Street, Cambridge. 547-8300, the Emerson Majestic Theatre, Gibb Droll. Thanks to Gravity, Emerson Majestic Theater. 219 Mar. 22: John Brown's Body. Square, Cambridge. Tickets: 492- through Mar. 14. Curtain is at 8 219 Tremont St., Boston .. Train. Tremont St., Boston. 542-0PRA. Motion, The Mighty Charge. 7679. p.m. on Mar. 6, 7, 10, 13, Tickets: 824-8000, student rush Mar. 27: Space Monkeys, with Tickets: $25-$98. 11, Mar. 25: 'Lagwagon, Ducky Boys, Mar. 6: Lucy Kaplansky, 7pm & and 14; at 7 p.m. on Mar. 1 and on day of sho~. Info: 482-7570. Ivy.door. Jules Massenet's Werther on Mar. Carpet Patrol. 10pm. 8; and at 2 p.m. on Mar. 1, 7, 8, Mar. 28: Splashdown, with 6, 10 at 7:30 p.m., Mar. 8 at 3 Betwixt. - Mar. 7: Jules Shear. and 14. Tix $22 to $52; senior Mar. 26: Hypnotic Clambake, p.m. Apr. 1: Whiskeytown. Smokin Grass. Acoustic Mar. B: Billy Novick & Guy Van and student discounts available. Apr. 3: Percy Hill. Syndicate. Larry Keel Experience. Duser. Robert Woodruff, who directed the Mar. 9: Anatolia with Najeeb Apr. 4: Babaloo, with John Browns Mar. 27: Canine, Viper House, premieres of several Sam Exhibits Shaheen. Army. Miracle Orchestra. Shepard plays and staged a stun- Mar. 10: Open Mike. Museum of Sdence Mar. 28: Helium, Sleater.Kinney, ning 1991 Baal at Trinity Rep, Mar. 11: Raelinda Woad performs Jazz Music helms this production of Brecht's Science Park, Boston. 723-2500, The Middle EJI8t Fan Modine. Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 472 Massachusetts Ave., "And Single People Ale From Earth play in a new translation by Paul Mar. 29: Sleater-Kinney, Helium. Regattaba, a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday through Cambridge. Information: 497- (A One Woman Show About Being Schmidt. Written in 1922 and set Mar. 31: Rorshack Multi-Media Charles Hotel, Harvard Sq., Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission 0576. One Woman)" in the playwright's idea of a seedy Event wi Roger Miller of Binary Cambridge. 661.5000. $9, $7 for children 3-14 and Mar. 6: Chelsea On Fire, Victory at Mar. 12: Deb Pasternak. Chicago, the play is billed as "a System, Jake Trussle of Toneburst Mar. 6, 7: The Eddie Palmieri seniors. Free with MIT Sea, Juneau, Claymore, Los Mar. 13: Ratsy (CD Release), with poetic meditation on the ideals 10. Collective. Septet. Admission to Omni, laser, and Conquistadors. QUintaine Chris Elliott. and harsh realities of the Mar. 10: Crosscurrent, Luciana Americana, Scissorfight, Porter, Apr. 1: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Mar. 14: Howard Almstrong. American dream.. The cast planetarium shows is $7.50, Souza. $5.50 for children and seniors. Los Conquistadors. Cathode, Cherry Poppin' Daddies. (617) 492-7679. includes that Click and Clack of Mar. 11: The Odeon Pope Trio. Beef. Apr. 2: Skatalites, Let's Go the ART, Alvin Epstein and Jeremy The Museum features the theater Mar. 12: Sergio Brandao and of electricity and more than 600 Mar. 7: LettlJce, EKG, Elements, Bowling. Geidt, as well as The Bacchae's Manga-Rosa. hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: Sammy. Apr. 4: The Charlie Hunter Randy Danson. Mar. 8: Toy Dolls, Showcase Quartet, Galactica. Mar. 13, 14, 15: The Jazz "Discovery Center: "Investigatel Passengers, with special guest A -See-For-Yourself Exhibit," Showdown, 30 Seconds Over Apr. 6: The Promise Ring, Jimmy Classical Music Walt Until Dark. vocalist Debbie Harry. "Welcome to the Universe." Tokyo. Eat World. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Boston Symphony Ol'Chestra Street, Boston (423-4008), Through Apr. 26: "Balancing Mar. 11: Mephiskapheles, Apr: 11: TR3 (featuring Tim Symphony Hall, 301 Sculle,'s through March 22. Tickets are Acts." RacketbalJ. Reynolds). Mar. 12: The Ventures, The Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 400 Soldiers Field Rd., Boston. $35 to $62.50. Curtain is at 8 Through May 3: "liVing on the Apr. 24: Dick Dale. Fathoms. - 26~1492, 266-1200. Tuesdays, Tickets: 931-2000. Info: 562- p.m. Tuesday through Saturday Edge." Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.: Apr. 29: Nashville Pussy, Gaunt, Mar. 13: Slipknot. Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; 4111. (except Thursday March 5, at 7 "Reminiscences: McKinley- Cosmic Psychos Matterhorn-Everest," lecture by Mar. 14: Allstonians, Big Bad Fridays, 1:30 p.m. $23-$71; rush Mar. 6, 7: Stanley Turrentine p.m.), with 2 p.m. matinees on BolJocks, Conehead Buddha. seats $7:50, day of concert, on Quintet. Saturday (excepting February 28) Bradford Washburn. Mar. 16: Blanks 77, Against All Gl8at Woods sale Fridays from 9 a.m., Mar. 11: Annie Royer. and Sunday; there is an additional Now showing in the theaters: Authority. Razorwire, Saturday's Tickets: 423-NEXT or 423-6000. 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ando I and om dr m big Both candidates have many large, long-range projects that they hope pur ue. One of the e mo t ambitiou i to overhaul MIT's advising yste.m. Currently, faculty and administrators who erve a freshman advisors get no finan- cial support from the Institute. Whether profes or are compen- WA YVSOFWA sated for their commitment, such Eric H. Prebys '99 (left) and Andrew W. Sparks '99 WA YU OFWA as with a reduced workload June Kim '00 (left) and Sandra Sandoval '00 placed on them by their depart- By Dan McGuire stream of bad jokes," he added. ment, i at the di cretion of indi- EDITOR IN CHIEF While Prebys said that the social '1 vidual departments. Presidential candidate Eric H. atmosphere was a primary focus, he The candidates hope to get adviser funded, so Prebys '99 and Vice Presidential said that the VA also had a role to andra andoval '00 and June Kim '00, if elected that faculty are compen ated for volunteering their candidate Andrew W. parks '99 play in academic decision making. Undergraduate Association President and Vice time to advise students. "A recent survey indicated have made improving the social "In the case of big issues ... the VA President, plan to focu largely on building commu- that most seniors had poor to mediocre advising lives of undergraduates their top is a great way to get [ideas] out to nity. In addition, they plan tackle issue such as stu- experiences. That's about two-thirds of the clas ," priority. the community," Prebys said. dent advising, problems with the academic calendar, Sandoval said. "We looked around [and noticed "Ideally, the VA would playa and increasing the quality of social events open to Kim has had ex~erience organizing social events that] the MIT social scene looked big role in making statements about the entire undergraduate population. as social chair, and plans to do more as VAVP. Kim like hell," Sparks said. "Nobody's what the student body feels and The primary goal, though, is to "bring the MIT hopes to arrange a formal homecoming at MIT, doing social events and that's what being a union for students," he said. community together," andoval said. hopefully for next fall. "We might have a semifor- we'd like the VA to do," he said. However he said that "to get there "The MIT community is so fragmented right mal or formal dance afterwards. I've spoken to the Prebys and Sparks hope to stage and be a real voice for the student now; undergrads, grad students and faculty," deans, and they were really for it. We want to make events such as barbeques and body, it needs to be in better contact Sandoval said. 'We really want students to have a the community more involved," Kim said. parties. They also hope to have a with what students feel." positive educational experience, not ju t academic." Sandoval is also considering having the VA tak- concert at the end of the year. Prebys said that additional soci Sandoval, currently the VA vice president, said ing over the Infinite Buffet. The hope it to alleviate Sparks said that the pair wanted to programs would. allow the VA an that she believes that the most important goal the VA some of the problems that plagued it in its first year, "try things out ... appeal to the more the campus to develop a unified should have is to "be useful" to the student body. she said. middle-of-the-road interests." voice. "It increas~s the cross- Sandoval has been involved in student government "We might make it a barbeque, and put it out- Prebys said that the V A's campus conversation," he said. ince the Freshman Leadership Program during her side," she said. "The deans have expressed interest in existing social programs were a Through those conversations one freshman year, and has tried to take an active role in funding this," she added. good start. "One of the things I can "figure out how the campus getting manpower for UA projects. One proposal Sandoval and Kim espouse is using noticed most about the VA is the really feels about an issue," he said. For a lot of work, "the manpower just isn't the VA to advocate the lengthening of the reading heart-to-heart" online compatibility "The VA can do things for the there," something that ''we managed to alleviate last periods before finals week. test which matched students with student body once it gets in better year." The pair is also interested in bringing a speakers other students of similar interests touch with them," he said. ' series to MIT. "It might be funded by corporate who filled out the test, he said. "I'm doing this for the purpose ocial Chair running for VP sponsorship, and it would help expose students to of entertaining people, but I do take Kim, the current UA social chair and executive controversial issues. Students would be expected to Student input.high priority it seriously and I think that the VA vice-chair, has been interested in student government attend," Sandoval said. Prebys said that he did not want can do serious thmgs," he said:' since she was a freshman. Kim describes herself as a "We're different from the others because we have to set a firm agenda. "My platform "I want the vote of people who "very hard worker," who can do the internal working more sensitivity to the student class, and we've had a is pretty flexible," he said. "I don't want to be represented as MIT that's needed to make programs run. Kim also orga- lot of experience in student government," they said. want to go in there and have a set students but I also want th~, vote of. agenda - that distances me from people who don't care because I'll the student body," he said. "I want give them something to do on the to keep going back to the student weekends," he said. body" and getting their input, he . Prebys does not have any said. government experience. "I have Prebys said that the best way to eiperience throwing parties and get that opinion was to go out and talking to people and dealing them directly talk to students. "I think them," he said. personal contact and word of Sparks is the station manager of mouth" are the best way to reach the WMBR. The experience "hasn't student body, he said. . prepared me completely to leap to "1 can't promise to change the this'role ... but I think we're ready," e? 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UA to work with IFe,Dormcon Oppold and Kelly said that they wanted to have the UA work with • Nutrition Information Booth the Interfraternity Council and the Dormitory Council, but said that they did not want the UA to merge with those councils. • Play Nutrition Jeopardy "1 would really like to see the VA cooperating with the IFC and Donncon," Kelly said. A great deal of progress could be made "through win fresh fruit working with them instead of against them," she said. Oppold said that the UA thus far had been supplementing work being • Cookbook Raffle - . done by the residential governments. He said that the Housing and Orientation committee, which he restarted, has been "I ,000 Low Fat Recipes" "looking at the details" of Orientation '98, including "which statistics should be reported" in the housing guide that gets sent out to • Food, Prizes, Fun! incoming students. "They're also '- Page 20 TH

1997- 99 Ja e .-...£..&..&. .&. a , ., d ec e ts Fac ty Ac eve------ee, from Page 1 not have the pace to hold large events and admini trative assistance ervice , the faulty tudent advising in planning events is sometimes ystem, the lack of openness in the lacking, he said. administration to student input, the One committee member said that failure of the committee system in from what he was hearing he en ed integrating students into the deci- that there is no central place for stu- sion making proc sse at the dents to go and no central source of G Institute, and the vulnerability of support. mall populations of underrepre- Undergraduate Association sented minorities at the Institute. President Dedrit A. Carter '98 Germeshausen Professor of Chemical Administrators focused on agreed. "It's not clear who is there MIT's competitiveness with peer to support me to help plan this in titution and financial aid, along event," he said. . and Biomedical Engineering with quality of life issues. The committee was also asked to rec- CP inconsistency discussed ommend solutions to several thorny Another issue brought up by questions, such as the role the another student was the lack of con- office should play in defining guid- sistency with regards to Campus ing principles for residential and Police detail at parties on campus. campus life. In addition, the com- Specifically, the student stated that mittee was also asked to consider there was an unfairly large number "BIOMATE IAL A DHOWTHEY what role ODSUE should take in of police officers at parties held at academic programming. ODSUE Chocolate City. also asked the visiting committee Current policy states that there WILLCHA GE OUR LIVES" to recommend how it could must be one campus police officer increase the resources allotted to per 125 students attending a given the office in order to change the event. While Chocolate City limited system. attendance at all events 125 stu- dents, police presence at Chocolate Students invited to meetings City parties have ranged from a low Students concerns were voiced of four officers to a high of eight in an open forum held Wednesday officers. March 11, 1998 night. The forum was closed to "Sometimes it feels there are deans so that students could feel more police at our parties than stu- free to voice their opinions candid- dents," he said. 4:30 pm ly, Petersen said. Another student added that in A variety of student opinion was general the "dean's office seems represented at the meeting. very capricious in how they enforce Huntington Hall, Room 10-250 However one large issue was not certain rules ...Groups they like are brought up for discussion in great given essentially preferential treat- detail. "I was really surprised that ment." Massachusetts Institute of Technology nobody talked about alcohol," said Another issue that was raised by Noemi L. Giszpenc '98, who attend- several students was the dearth of ed the hearing. counseling deans. "I was pleasantly surprised that "When students go to make an we didn't spend the entire evening appointment, the "counseling deans talking about [it]," she said. are overbooked," said Giszpenc. Students say events not advertised Puja Gupta '00 described a feel- ing of disconnectedness from Many students who showed up Counseling and Support services. late to the open forum voiced con- She said that the only way for her to cern that they were not informed reach a counseling dean is through that the ODSUE Visiting e-mail and that although she has THE HAROLD AND ARLENE Committee was coming to MIT. been into the office three to four "It's pretty counterproductive to times this week, she could not shed- have a meeting where you solicit ule an appointment with a counsel- SCHNITZER student input but most students ing deatl until three weeks from PRIZE don't know what's happening," said now. Anupama PiHalamarri '00. IN THE VISUAL ARTS Dean of Students and undergrad- Students appreciate committee uate Education Rosalind H. Amidst complaints that not Williams responded that students enough students were informed that were invited to meetings through the ODSUE Visiting Committee advertisements in The Tech, infor- was meeting with students in an mation given to student leaders, PRIZES open forum, students who did man- information given to housemasters, age to attend the meeting said that and advertisement through academ- that committee members were ic departments. For the first time receptive to their concerns. meetings of the visiting committee in addition to the open forum were "I could tell they cared," Gupta open to students, Williams said: said. "What more can we say than "They were asking very good everyone is invited?" Williams said. questions," said Duane H. Dreger '99, Interfraternity Council presi- Activities funding discussed dent, "They are with it. They know One large area of student con- what's going on." cern raised at the meeting was lack "I would encourage students to $600 of funding for student activities as come to visiting committee meet- well as lack of administrative sup- ings," said Alan B. Davidson '89, port for student activities. an outgoing member of the corpora- $400 "The money is important," said tion who served on the ODSUE Russell S. Light '98, president of Visiting Committee. The Student Art Association invites registered MIT students to the Association of Student "Most people at the Corporation Activities. In addition, MIT does want student input," Davidson said, compete for prizes in the third annual Harold and Arlene Schnitzer "The reason they do this is because Prize in the Visual Arts. they love MIT." Typically a Visiting Committee of the Corporation consists of 17 members, five are members of the Deadline Applications Corporation, six are nominated by The completed application form, written statement Student Art Association the Alumni Association, and six and supporting works should be submitted on: Stratton Student Center-Room 429 are nominated by the president after consultation with several April 6, 1998 departments, said Susan A. Lester, Campus Activities Complex associate secretary of the NOTE: Applications should be picked up in Stratton Student Center-Room 500 Corporation. advance. Members of the committee also Office of the Arts tried to stress to students ways they A show featuring the winning artists will open in Weisner Building-EI5-205 could get involved directly. the Weiner Art Gallery on May 12, 1998 Five out of 70 members of the Corporation are recent students who are voted upon by their graduating More Information class, said Chairman of the The Student Art Association / W20-429 / 253-7019 Corporation Alexander V. D' Arbeloff '61. Currently, five per- cent vote in any given election. Hacking is an MIT tradition. Photography is a Tech tradition. Come and join the ~hoto Department: we also do it in the dark. Call 253-1541 or stop by our darkroom (W20-474), ask for a Photo Editor. Page 22 T March 6, 1998

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Tutors, from Page 1 The ag nda for the Graduat tudent Coun il meting last for certain that there will be graduate ednesday in Iud d a motion call- students living in FSILG next fall ing on the administration to larify 'The proposal is till subject to the legal responsibilities of re ident revision, of course, before it i actu- advisers in F ILG . ally implemented," aid Assistant When the propo al was released, Dean for RCA and adviser to G C lead r met with Dorow to di - FSILGs eal H. Dorow, who wrote cuss it, aid Geoffrey J. Coram G, the proposal. president of the G C. The plan dealt with many of the Employment question not settled problems that the resolution The proposal provides no firm addressed, Coram said. plan for who should employ the res- The resolution would have ident advisers. It suggests that it forced the GSC to oppose placing would be feasible for MIT to graduate students in FSILGs until employ all of them, like it does the MIT produced a ' specified list of graduate resident tutors in dormito- duties for the resident advisors that ries. However, it also says that it explicitly excludes all law-enforce- would be workable for some or aU ment duties not already applicable of them to be paid and supervised to every resident of the by their living group. Commonwealth or'Massachusetts." The proposal notes that both The sponsor of the resolution, possibilities have their advantages Omri chwartz G, withdrew it vol- and disadvantages. untarily after the meeting with The plan recognizes that by Dorow, said Michelle K. employing the graduate students, McDonough G, GSC vice-president. MIT is opening itself up to greater The GSC felt the resolution liability. However, it notes that MIT would prove counterproductive at has an established system for hiring this point, Coram said. 1. G dormitory GRTs. "We felt that if we asked MIT to Professor of Anthropology Susan Slyomovics speaks at a presentation of Algerian women's prison If FSILGs hire their own gradu- clarify it any more, they would have poetry sponsored by the MIT Program In Women's Studies. ate resident advisers, on the other to clarify it in favor of making the hand, they will better be able to tai- graduate students more responsi- lor the position to their specific ble," he said. needs, the proposal says. However, One fraternity, Phi Beta Epsilon MIT will lose a great deal of influ- took independent action before the ence over the tutors,' who may feel plan was released. The' fraternity more beholden to their employer, requested the resumes of GRT the FSILG. applicants, with an interest in hiring their own graduate residence advis- Grad students respond favorably er, said Carol Orme-Johnson, assis- Vest's original call for placing tant dean for RCA. RCA sent the graduate students in FSILGs wor- resumes to the them, she said. ried many graduate student leaders PBE officers could not be at the outset. reached for comment. Page 24

a By e dy Yu e ch school divide their women's eighth out of twelve team and the called the game "a learning experi- Champion hips. Both fencing teams team into four level of ability rang- men's squad finished last in their ence." "It's an honor to participate in wiJ] head to the CAA regionals MIT hosted the annual ing from A through D, and their pool of eleven teams. the IFAs with the caliber of fencers Saturday. The top two fencers from Intercollegiate Fencing Association men's team into three skill level . "There wa a lot of tough com- that were there," he said. DuPlessie each of the three weapons of the Men's and Women' Fencers in each kill level competed petition at the IF As. Many of the pointed out that both the men's and men's team qualified for the region- Champion hips this weekend. The with each other in round robin com- fencers there were nationally and women's teams placed econd at the also On the women's side, the entir IFA, established in I 94, is the old- petitions. Also, the top eight indi- world ranked," said Aimee Wiltz ew England Fencing Champion- starting squad for both the foil an est tournament of its kind in the vidual performers from each pool '99, captain ofthe women's team. ships that took place recently. epee have also qualified for the United States. The tournament advanced to Sunday's round of Matt DuPlessie '99, captain of This is the econd time in three CAA regionals. included several Ivy League schools competition. the men's team said that the team years that MIT has hosted the Shao-Fei Moy contributed to the as well as Brandeis, Boston College, ora Szasz '99, who fenced with wanted to do better than it did, but Intercollegiate Fencing A sociation reporting of this story. Rutgers, ew York University, St. the epee in the A pool, was the only John's, and MIT. Most of the competitor from either team to • school are Division I. advance to Sunday's individual ack, The women's fencing division is competition. She finished the open- divided into two weapons: foil and ing round with a 7-5 record, a epee. The men's division is divided tremendous accomplishment given into three weapons: foil, epee, and the calibre ofthe competition. Week sabre. At the start of the tournament, The MIT women's team placed By Jesse Kornblum MIT Appreciation Week." "who are here tonight as part of our During halftime, as the Harvard continuing support of Harvard's Th~ MIT tradition of hacking the Dance team took the floor, the stadi- MIT Appreciation Week." Harvard- Yale game took on a new um announcer read a statement pre- At this point three MIT students twist at last Friday's intercollegiate pared by several MIT students. "The sitting in the front row of the dance competition when the Harvard Crimson would like to rec- bleachers stood and waved to the Frid, rch 6 Harvard Crimson officially recog- ognize our distinguished guests crowd. Members of the Dance Team Men's Tennis vs. University ofVennon 3 nized three MIT students as distin- from the Massachusetts Institute of began applauding and the rest of the guished guests as part of "Harvard's Technology," the statement read, crowd followed. Soon the entire arena was saluting the honored guests.

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