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Volume 119, Number 6 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, February 19, 1999 .GSC l\lonnts Email Campaign .Protesting Dormitory Delays

By Jane Yoo Housing and Community Affairs cent. Students living off campus and Karen E. Robinson Committee. have to pay for Internet access, 'l' STAFF REPORTERS laundry, and extra storage, In response to fears that the pro- Off-campus housing a problem Davenport said: posed construction, of a new gradu- Graduate students want the "Finding off-campus housing is ate dormitory on the corner of administration to "help develop a a nightmare," said GSC Housing ~ Sydney and Pacific Streets may not sense of community among gradu- and Community Affairs Committee be funded in the near future, the ate students by providing 'affordable Chair Kelly Davenport. Graduate Student Council recently housing alternatives close to cam- According to Hohnke, the city of .., mitiated an email campaign to "let pus," said GSC president Brian 1. Cambridge would also like to see the administration know that [gradu- Schneider. MIT bui Id more graduate student ate students] were concerned that MIT graduate students regularly housing. "MIT, by not providing the project was slipping in the spend up to 50 percent of their adequate housing, is putting 'undue " administration's priorities," accord- income on housing, while the pressure on the low-income market ing to Carsten D. Hohnke, GSC Department of Housing and Urban treasurer and past co-chair of the Development recommends 30 per- GSC, Page 21 'Sig Ep Reorganized by National, 'Majority of Brothers Kicked Out . By Frank Dabek tions . council decided which members of ... NEWSEDnrJR While the house is not fully the house would be reinstated. As a result of the recent reorga- occupied, the fraternity is renting According to Meredith, the nization of the MIT chapter of space to graduate students. board chose to reinstate members ,. Sigma Phi Epsilon, 30 members of "who are interested in the founding the fraternity have been expelled or Decisions follow interviews principles of the fraternity" and who WANYUSOF WAN MORSH/DI-THE TECH " suspended. Only 11 members cur- All SigEp members were sus- "understood that times are chang- Bob Moser '00 spikes the ball past his opponents In a volley- '( rently live in the SigEp house at 518 pended when the reorganization. ing." The house "can't have an ball match Wednesday In duPont Gymnasium. Mil lost the ~ Beacon St. The chapter itself will began. Following a questionnaire, 'Animal House' atmosphere" any game 0-3 to Roger Williams University. remain under the advisement of an interview and optional appeal for alumni board for at least one year. each member, an alumni advisory Sig Ep, Page 19

., The reorganization, which began # iri late November'and firiallycon- - Nobel eluded this month, was prompted by Laureate Professor Dies in Diving Tragedy ~. a "failure to meet expectations and a '. general level of operations," accord- By Brett Altschul Kendall died while scuba diving of physics and great contributions to Institute Professor Jerome I. ing to Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni _N/_G_HT_E_D_ITO_R _ in Wakulla Springs State Park in a variety of humanitarian causes, he Friedman, ~ho shared the Nobel Board President Shaun L. Meredith Nobel Laureate and Professor Florida, where he was taking under- never stinted in his devotion to prize with Kendall and Richard G. of Physics HenryW. Kendall PhD water photographs with a friend undergraduate education," said Taylor of Stanford University in An incident in which pledges '55 died Monday. He was 72 years from the National Geographic Professor of Physics Marc' A. 1990. from the MIT chapter brought alco- old. Society. At about 5:00 p.m., other Kastner, the head of the physics At the Stanford Linear hol to another SigEp chapter imme- 'Kendall was a renowned experi- divers found him floating in water department. "We have always taken Accelerator, Kendall, Friedman, and ...,.d;ately preceded the reorganization, mental particle physicist. He was less than 10 feet deep. He was flown great pride in telling potential MIT Taylor did pioneering work on deep but Meredith said that this incident also deeply involved in questions of to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital undergraduates that our freshman inelastic scattering from 1967 to only "characterized that behavior" nuclear waste dangers and disposal, where he was pronounced dead on laboratory was taught by Nobel 1973. They scattered very high ener- which led up to the reorganization as well as being a major nuclear arrival. prize winner Henry Kendall." gy electrons off protons, neutrons, " and included other alcohol viola- arms control activist. The Wakulla County medical, In the 1980s and early 1990s, and nuclei, to resolve the inner examiner found that Kendall had not Kendall taught Experimental structure of nucleons. Previous drowned. The Boston -Herald report- Physics I and II (8.13 and 8.14), investigations, from atomic elec-

'} - ed that the physicist had been using the required physics department trons and lower-energy scattering nonstandard, less wasteful scuba laboratory subjects. Kendall intro- had indicated that the charge on gear, and that he had failed to turn duced special introductory experi- nucl~ons was spread relatively uni- on his oxygen supply correctly, suf- ments into 8.13 to help students formly. ,. focating him. master elementary skills and ease In 1968, Kendall and his col- them into the course, which is con- leagues found the first direct Nobelist in touch with undergrads sidered very demanding. Kendall experimental evidence of quarks, As a physicist, Kendall was "really emphasized the basics," the charged constituents of nucle- both a prolific researcher and a Robertson said. ons that were predicted by Murray dedicated teacher, heavily involved Later, Kendall moved to oversee- Gell-Mann of the California in the undergraduate physics cur- ing the Freshman Physics Institute of Technology in 1964. riculum at MIT. "He was one of the Laboratory, where students in the Gell-Mann used the quark model last real hands-on professors," -said advanced versions of Physics I and to predict the existence of a new David Robertson, a technical II (8.012 and 8.022) did three two- particle, the Q-, a heavy particle ' instructor in the physics depart- hour experiments each term. similar to the proton and the neu- ment, who worked with Kendall for In the freshman lab, Kendall was tron. Gell-Mann won the Nobel many years in the Freshman known for his friendliness with rela- Prize for Physics in 1969, after the Physics Laboratory. tively new M!T students. "He really discovery of the g-, but the ques-

I)' In 1991, after winning the Nobel did it very well," Robertson said. tion of whether quarks actually prize, Kendall was named to the Kendall also used the laboratory existed or were merely mathemati- Julius A. Stratton professorship, time to emphasize both the danger cal tools was not resolved. which carried no teaching obliga- and usefulness of radioactive mate- Kendall, Friedman, and Taylor tion. However, he continued to teach rials, a major subject of interest to worked with very fast electrons that in undergraduate laboratories volun- him. were able to penetrate into nucleons. WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHID/-THE TECH tarily. He taught for "the pure love The electrons appeared to scatter off Jason Miller '99 demonstrates his strength and grace In his of it," Robertson said. Quark researchers garner Nobel pointlike charged particles, rather routine on the parallel bars at a gymnastics competition "I would like to emphasize that "Henry Kendall's death is a terri- than the broad, smeared-out charge Wednesday In Rockwell Cage. while Henry, Kendall made great ble loss to MIl', the scientific com- contributions to our understanding munity and the world ~t large," said Kendall, Page 20 ''''''hh'''':'''''' __ ...... __ M ...... ~ _. __

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______WORLD & NATION .-'L.oJ France Extradites Convict to Pa. LOSANGELES TIMES U.S., Allies Renew Threats of PARIS A French appeals court Thursday agreed to extradite convicted murderer Ira Einhorn to the United States, on condition that he be Airstrikes Against Milosevic ...~ tried again and that the death penalty not be applied if he is convict- ed. The state of Pennsylvania, where he would be returned, already By WIlliam Drozdlak including F-117 stealth fighter jets from positions in the Aegean Sea. In has promised to meet both conditions. THE WASHlNGrrJN POST and B-52 bombers, are ready to addition, U.S. Army troops in '" The ruling - which is subject to further appeals - overturned ear- BERLIN launch punitive bombing raids if the Europe, who will make up the bulk lier court refusals to extradite Einhorn, whose case has become a cause With the clock ticking toward a Serbs reject an agreement. The of the 4,000 American troops that celebre on both sides of the Atlantic because of his former fame as a noon Saturday deadline, the United NATO bombing would begin by would take part in the peacekeeping . 1970s cult figure, the brutality of the murder for which he was convicted States and its European allies com- knocking out Yugoslav air defense mission, began training for possible~) in absentia in Philadelphia and the back-and-forth over his extradition. bined renewed threats of NATO systems and escalate into strikes deployment. Einhorn, who has lived with his Swedish wife in the small south- bombing with last-minute diplomat- against the bases of Serbian security Western diplomatic sources said western village of Champagne-Mouton since he entered France with ic maneuvering Thursday to pres- forces that have waged an offensive Milosevic was being offered some a false passport in 1993, gave a small, nervous smile as his interpreter sure Yugoslav officials and ethnic against ethnic Albanian separatist incentives to agree to a peace ~ explained the decision, then was quickly ushered from the room. He Albanian leaders to accept a peace guerrillas in Kosovo for the past accord, such as relief from political made no comment. accord for the war-torn Serbian year. and economic sanctions, including a He has been wanted by U.S. authorities since he jumped bail in province of Kosovo. Albright said she spoke ban on participation in international .. 1981 just before his trial in connection with the slaying of his girl- The principal stumbling block to Thursday with Milosevic and financial institutions. Yugoslavia friend Holly Maddux, who was bludgeoned to death in 1977. Her achieving an agreement at the 12- described the grave risks .he was might also gain greater flexibility on body was left in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment until being discovered day-old Kosovo peace talks outside courting. "He should understand military matters included in any 18 months after her death. Paris remains the Serb-led Belgrade that if air strikes occur, he, will be peace settlement. ~ government's opposition to accept- hit hard and he will be deprived of If the final hours produce signs ing a NATO-led force of 28,000 the things he values," Albright said. that Milosevic is willing to make Worker Killed in Explosion peacekeeping troops on Serbian Even as NATO warplanes wIthin concessions, senior Western officials soil. striking range of Yugoslavia were said the Saturday deadline might be ...-, at Air-Bag Device Plant In an effort to break the impasse, placed on 48-hour alert, alliance postponed by,a day or two. But they LOSANGELESTIMES Secretary of State Madeleine K. defense chiefs were preparing for an emphasized that if Yugoslavia's sAmA CLARITA. CALIF. Albright plans to leave Friday for alternative scenario if the two sides intransigence thwarts an agreement"" An explosion killed one worker and injured two others Thursday France on a last-ditch attempt to should come to an agreement: the NATO air strikes would almost cer- morning at a plant where automotive air-bag trigger devices are persuade Serbia to drop its opposi- immediate deployment of a van- tainly begin by early next week. made, authorities said. tion to the peacekeeping force. guard peacekeeping force that ','We're still hoping for a political The remains of the 48-year-old man, whom officials declined to Senior diplomatic sources said a would hit the ground only hours agreement that will send in ouf''' - .~ name pending notification of his family, were found by firefighters final ultimatum to Yugoslav after a peace deal is signed. troops in a peaceful environment," a near a pickup truck used to transport chemicals at Special Devices Inc. President Siobodan Milosevic, who Defense Secretary William S. senior NATO diplomat said. "But if "The body had been so badly tom apart that at first they could not wields ultimate power over the Cohen committed a force of 1,855 we are forced to launch bombs. tell the sex or race," said Deputy Cruz Solis of the Los Angeles Serbian delegation at the talks in Marines to become part of the first instead, our aircraft are well-posi- County Sheriff's Department. The blast, which occurred outside one Rambouillet, France, would include wave of 7,000 NATO peacekeeping tioned to the job. We just hope it of several buildings at the remote plant site could be heard about two a warning that 430 NATO aircraft, troops that would move into Kosovo won't prove necessary." miles away, fire officials said. The man's job was to transport volatile chemicals in the specially equipped truck among buildings at the plant, Solis said. It was the second fatality due to explosion at Special Devices. In Senator Bob Smith Launches 1982, a man working in a room where chemicals were blended was killed when sparks from a space heater ignited the substances. .i- The general manager of the company, Robert McSweeney, declined to speculate on how the chemicals exploded. He said it had Long-Shot Presidential Quest not been determined whether the worker was loading or offloading the truck at the time of the accident By Edward Walsh on impeachment charges of perjury on New Hampshire and other early THE WASHINGrrJN POST and obstruction of justice "is a.sad primary states: But -Smith can WOLFEBORO, N.H. commentary on the prevailing. val- expect no such luxury here, where' USA Networks Names Ex-Sinclair Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) who ues in America today." several of his GOP rivals already two years ago barely won reelection "Yes, my fellow Americans, have campaign organizations in r.~' Executive New President in this crucial. first-in-the-nation pri- character does matter," Smith said. place.--. " THE BALTIMORE SUN mary state and who is barely known Several other Republicans are "Clearly (Smith) does not domi- ~, BALTIMORE 'outside of it, began a long-shot actively exploring a presidential run nate the Republican Party the way USA Networks Inc., the aggressive television and electronic-com- quest for the presidency here next year, but Smith is the first to Harkin dominated the Democratic merce company headed by famed broadcast mogul Barry Diller, Thursday in the gymnasium of a launch a full-fledged campaign. He Party in Iowa," said Stephen f announced Thursday that it has named former Sinclair Broadcast high school where he once taught is also the first New Hampshire Duprey, chairman of the New Group executive Barry Baker as its new president and chief operating history and civics. politician of either major party to Hampshire GOP. "Republicans are ,:\0. officer . Pledging to wage a campaign enter the state's presidential primary, not being shy about coming to New Baker will report to Diller, USA's chairman and chief executive that "is not going to be for the faint where he will have a home state Hampshlfe.". --. officer, and will be based at USA's headquarters in New York. Salary of heart," Smith issued a conserva- advantage but must overcome skep- Smith has told his supporters terms were not disclosed. tive rallying' cry, promising to out- ticism about his national appeal. here that he is not running as a Last week, Baker issued a surprise resignation from Sinclair law abortion, resist gun control When Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) "favorite son" and said in an inter-:. Broadcast Group Inc. of Baltimore, where he headed day-to-day radio measures, deploy an anti-missile ran for president in 1992, his view before Thursday's announce- and television operations. At the time, Baker, 46, said only that he defense system and cut taxes. He Democratic rivals essentially con- ment that while he must win the wanted to pursue new business opportunities. also defended his two votes to ceded the Iowa caucuses to him by New Hampshire primary to become \, ..-. remove President Clinton from bypassing that opening test in the a credible candidate, his showing in~" office, saying that Clinton's acquittal nominating process to concentrate Iowa is equally important. WEATHER Fireworks or Fizzle? By Greg Lawson STAFF METEOROLOGIST No doubt there are some who believe with technology as advanced as it is today that predicting the weather merely two days in advance should be a trivial matter. Within the last several years our computer forecast models have reached a level of sophistication where they typically do pretty well on a 48 hour forecast. However, predicting the weather is never trivial, and today's forecast is glowing example of why. There are actualIy several standard computer models whose output forecasters have access to. WelI, there is as yet no agreement between these models on how this weekend's threatening storm will behave, even for as early as tomorrow afternoon (keep in mind this forecast was written last night). It is evident that the low which gave the Mid-west some snow yesterday and is currently over Alabama will attempt to move off the east coast later today as it is forced northward by the steering winds - close to the classic nor'easter paradigm. Just how far up the coast the cyclone makes it is the subject of the great debate. Probably the environmental steering currents alone will not be able to drive the storm far enough north to cover us with snow; to go the distance some dynamical feature will have to guide the storm. Look to either a strong jet or a large low level temperature gradient to provide a means. My feeling is that the storm will pass too far to our south to give us any appreciable snowfall. At least there is agreement that today will be a pleasant day with mild northerly winds, scattered high clouds, and a high in the low 40s. Beyond our "up-in-the-air" Saturday, it looks as though the rest of the weekend will be chilly and cloudy. By late Sunday or early Monday a large high center will settle-in and we'll have cool, clear weather. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mOOls Friday: Pleasant. Partly cloudy. Northerly winds. High 42°F (6°C)...... Snow: +...... Ram - Fog Friday Night: Becoming cloudy. Wind speeds increasing. Low 30°F (-1°C). High Pressure - - Trough = H Showen j • * "R Thundenla'm Saturday: At this point, there is a 50% chance of snow. Will go with snow showers during ...... -... Warm Front ~~! ...... !....l.....~.... ex:> Hue the day. High 33°F (1°C). Low in the mid to high 20s (-4 to -2°C).Sunday. Clearing gradual- ...... Cold Pront ModcnIe ** i • • CocI1>iled by M IT ly. Chilly. High in the low 30s (-I to 1°C). 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Instead, the company contract between the firms limiting the ways Compaq could alter Health Administration plans to designing jobs to fit the physical would be required to adjust the Microsoft's Windows software, had terms that "make no sense if it announce Friday that it may require abilities and limitations of workers. speed of the line and adjust the was a genuine agreement." ~employers to take steps to ensure "I f OSHA exists, it should deal height of the employee's worksta- The judge's comments came at the end of a tense day filled with that workers are less likely to suc- with health and safety hazards, and tion. multiple attacks by the government lead trial attorney against the cumb to an array of injurie.s to the ergonomics should be covered," In the case of someone who did credibility of a Compaq executive testifying on behalf of Microsoft. thack, neck, wrist and arms that have OSHA's assistant secretary, Charles loading and unloading from a truck The government attorney, David Boies, variously suggested that the emerged in the modem workplace. Jeffress, said in an interview. or a warehouse, conveyor belts Compaq executive, John T. Rose, did not accurately describe the OSHA will unveil a proposed The proposals being unveiled might be substituted to do the heavy extent of his pretrial conversations with Microsoft executives. "ergqnomics" standard after eight Friday are limited to "general indus- lifting. The repeated jabs were an attempt to undercut Rose's assertion .years of study and false starts. It has try," such as jobs on assembly lines, Jobs in agriculture, construction that Microsoft never retaliated against ComlJaq for choosing, in 1996, faced relentless opposition from baking, sewing, meatpacking and and the maritime industry would not to actively distribute Internet "browsing" software made by one of business and Republicans in package handling. But parts of the be covered. Microsoft's chief rivals, Netscape Communications Corp. The gov- ..congress, who have three times rules could also affect office work- In workplaces with the worst ernment alleges that Microsoft did retaliate - by threatening to stop written into appropriations laws lan- ers if an employer had "problem" problems, employers might have to selling Windows to Compaq - and that such a response is among guage that barred the agency from jobs with documented injuries change employees' workstations, many Microsoft actions that violate antitrust laws. preparing rules on the subject. The resulting from activities such as redesign facilities, or make available ..most recent restriction expired last operating a computer keyboard or different tools and equipment. They October, and OSHA is now moving scanning the prices of groceries. also could have to offer medical Kidnapping of Soccer Hero's ahead quickly, hoping its new stan- If the proposed standards were care and time off for up to six dard coul4 ~educe injuries that come implemented, a worker on a poultry months to workers who suffer mus- Father Disturbs a Nation '"from constant repetition, overexer- processing line, for example, could culoskeletal injuries. LOS ANGELES TIMES MEXICO CITY The brazen kidnapping of the father of a beloved Mexican soccer Russian President Makes Vowto star provoked outrage Thursday in a country nearly inured to a bar- rage of abductions, bank robberie~ and carjackings . Jorge Campos, idol of soccer-mad Mexicans, flew back to Mexico Thursday from a tournament in Hong Kong to take part in the hunt .,Disallow Use of Force in Kosovo for his 65-year-old father, Alvaro Campos. By David Hoffman Saturday. based on its own interests and the Wishing the younger Campos well as he left Hong Kong, the THE WASHINGTON POST "I gave my opinion. both in writ- interest of the region and the inter- coach of Mexico's national soccer team captured the anger of many. MOSCOW ing and on the phone to Clinton that ests of the international community. Mexicans. "Kidnapping is the worst crime, because it attacks the r President Bo~is Yeltsin vowed it won't work," said Yeltsin. "This is . U.S. officials said they sought emotions of the family," Coach Manuel Lapuente said, "and in this Thursday not to permit the use of all ... We will not allow Kosovo to clarification from Russia after case it's worse still because it affects the entire soccer family." force by NATO warplanes if the be touched." Yeltsin did not say how Yeltsin's remarks and were told they Even in a country hardened by the most gruesome violence, the .~-:'osovopeace talks - which have a Russia might respond. were .taken out of context. They kidnapping shook people deeply. The lofty Mexico City daily news- Saturday deadline - fail. Yeltsin But soon after the ailing Russian played down the significance of the paper Reforma made the abduction its lead story and compared the said he had conveyed his views in leader spoke, the White House confusion over communications kidnapping to the killing of basketball star Michael Jordan's father in writing and by telephone to denied that he had been in touch between the two leaders. "Clearly 1993. Radio stations carried hourly updates, and the tabloids all prof- 'President Clinton, but the White with Clinton lately, either by tele- he's recovering from some serious fered immense headlines. House said the two leaders had not phone or letter. The last time the two medical history," said one official. "I Jose Antonio Garcia, the president of Jorge Campos' former ".communicated recently. presidents talked was at the funeral wouldn't read too much into it." Mexican League team, Atlante, told reporters, "It seems incredible .....'- Yeltsin was making a rare public of Jordan's King Hussein 10 days Such a discrepancy about a high- that we have reached the level of an assault against an idol like Jorge appearance for a one-day Kremlin ago, and their last significant phone level communication between Campos, who never has harmed anyone." summit with leaders .of .the call was on Dec. 30, when Yeltsin Moscow and Wash~ngton is unusual. Campos' kidnapping was th_e latest in a string of abductions of European Union. He was asked to ' did communicate a similar message,. Yeltsin's spokesman, Dmitr.i Mexican personalities or their relatives, including the son of Comment on .US .. plans to move 51 ~ accord~ng to White House officials. Yakushkin, said the Russian presi- "ranchera" music star Vicente Fernandez, who was held for four additional warplanes to Europe for. "Russia's views on this issue are dent later reiterated to the EU lead- months last year until his family dropped a reported $3 million ran- possible air strikes against Serbian well known," said National Security ers "the thoughts that he had som from a small plane. forces if the plan' for a peacekeeping Council spokesman David Leavy. expressed in the message to Bill With police themselves often implicated in kidnappings, victims' force in Serbia's separatist p~ovince "In the end, NATO will have to Clinton that he mentioned in front families usually prefer to try to work out a ransom payment quietly. of Kosovo is not accepted by noon make a decision on the use of force of the journalists." _.~.....

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'" ....-. .Page 4 THE.TECH February 19, 1999 ...... OPINION Letters To The Editor activities. I'd like to see the latter include an groups of people, most of whom rarely speak Changing Mental Intervention Coalition, described online at to each other and certainly do not collaborate http://web.mil. edulresidence/systemdesign/ in any way. As in many endeavors, more expe- Health Attitudes answers/EveSu/livan.htm/, to address heavy rienced participants do sometimes provide Chairman I agree with Eric 1. Plosky' '99 that our stuff such as drinking, depression, and eating advice for less experienced. Nonetl:teless, Josh Bittker '99 society breeds anxiety and distrust ["Paranoia disorders as well as light stuff like table man- there is no "club" to join, and no Committee Editor in Chief Problems," Feb.9] and, sadly, I also agree with ners, and my charm school favorite, exem- on Hacking Taste from which to receive, Zareena Hussain '00 Julia C. Lipman '99 that MIT has a casual plary locomotion. approval - those who wish to execute a hack attitude toward student suicide ["Treating Eve Sullivan simply do so. Business Manager Depression," Feb. 12]. MIT cannot do much Senior Editorial Assistant MIT has put hacking on a pedestal, and this Joey Dieckhans '00 about society's alienation, due, in part, to.the Laboratory for Nuclear Science can serve to blind people to what actually ) Managing Editor tidal waves of information we are constantly occurs. For example, there is a publicized hack- Ryan Ochylski '0 I receiving, but the Institute can and should do ing ethic that one should do no damage. There more to address mental health issues in our are some people who believe in this, but there . Executive Editor community. The Dark Side are also "hackers" who use techniques such as Douglas E. Heimburger '00 MIT's culture is tough and "hard fun" is pipe wrenches, pry bars, and bolt cutters to our watchword. We have lost and we will con- of Hacking obtain access to the places they Wish to visit. NEWS STAFF tinue to lose "warm, funny, bright, talented, In the "Hacking at MIT" article on Tuesday, Others sabotage locks so that they can be Editors: Frank Dabek '00, Susan caring, and sensitive" young people such as February 16, the building hacker Jack Florey is opened with a credij card or a piece of wire, Buchman '01, Jennifer Chung '01, Krista Michael P. Manley '02 unless the Institute, reported as saying that there is a hacking trea- likely contributing to theft around MIT. L. Niece '0 I; Associate News Editors: from the top down and from the bottom up, surer occupying an obligatory and rotating Activities such as embezzlement through UA- Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, gives more time and attention to fostering a position. It is certainly true that there are, at funded front groups are also far from unknown. '. Neena S. Kadaba '02, Kevin R. Lang '02, sense of community. Medical Department MIT, formalized hacking societies which do We like to overlook the fact that many Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: Shawdee staff do their job, but it is quite obvious that have such positions and commitments for hacking activities are illegal, because they Eshghi '99, Eric Sit '99, Dudley Lamming some people who need help never get it. members; they are in many respects similar to seem to be an integral part of MIT culture~ . '00, Katie Jeffreys '0 I, Laura McGrath The residence redesign process gave all of nonresidential fraternities or "honor societies." and are generally amusing, harmless fun. Our Moulton '01, Jane Yoo '01, Gitrada Arjara us an opportunity to speak out on the process Not all hacking is done in this fashion, idealistic view of hacking, however, is a view '02, Alex lanculescu '02, Kristen Landino of community-building. Discussions included however. The idea of a grand unified "hacking it seems we would do well to question more '02, Priya Prahalad '02, Michael M. not only "hardware" like buildings and win- society" is nothing but a popular myth. Hacks seriously. Torrice '02; Meteorologists: Michael C. dows, but also "software" like programs and are effected by a great many.people and Terran K. Melconian '99 Morgan PhD '95, Greg Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G, Gerard Roe G, Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski.

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-J- ., '"' .... , , ,\I liU ,'I ','" February 19, 1999 OPINION The Impeachment Aftermath Laundry Clinton Scandals Teach Us Character Doesn)t Matter Anymore sions the country experiences - Democrats would have split the way it did. That's another Adventures Kris Schnee would like to belieye that Reagan's tax cuts lesson learned: the impeachment process is did not cause the economic boom of the 80s, based in party politics, not necessarily on It's finally over! After ye~rs of continuous and Clinton's tax increases and numerous truth. The Congress is not an impartial jury; it Veena Thomas investigation and an excruciatingly long and spending programs probably did not cause-the is an assembly of over 500 individual agendas. painful impeachment process, President Bill prosperity we now see. But Presidents rise and The Republicans consistently presented a It was a Thursday night, and I was going Clinton is finally off the hook. Failing to get fall based on economic fortune, whether it is nearly united front in condemning the home on Friday afternoon. I took the bus for ~ .the two-thirds vote needed to remove him their doing or not as the campaign slogan President and pushing removal from office, the first time, which means that I couldn't from office, the two charges against him - per- goes, "it's the economy, stupid," which matters while the Democrats were amazingly consis- bring home everything I wanted to. jury and obstruction of justice - have been to the American people. tent in their defense of Clinton. The final trial Usually I bring home all of my laundry dropped. So there is now no threat to Mr. Conversely, "character", which used to be votes are telling - the only "bipartisanship" that needs to be done, and then enough \0 Clinton as he serves out the remainder of his a key issue in selecting honorable and respon- came from several Republicans voting "not clothes to last me for three days. This of term, and the American people and media can . ,sible leaders, no longer seems to matter in the guilty" along with every single Democrat. Not course leaves me with way too many clothes. finally talk about something else. But was this people's eyes. Collectively, a majority of our one of the 45 Democratic senators found the Finally, my mom asked me, "Can't you just w,hole ordeal completely pointless, or have we country has decided that what the President evidence against the president convincing. do your laundry at school?" Yes, I can. And I learned anything from it? does in his private life is none of our business; This seems to be a rather large coincidence. did. The most obvious'less'on is that Bill he cannot be' removed from office for any Some members of both parties corruptly voted • 10: 30 p. m.: I should have started my Clinton, personally, is invincible. Apparently, action, even a criminal one, which is not out of self-interest, and more may have simply laundry earlier. But it shouldn't take very ~ the American people continue to love him no directly related to his ability to govern. formed their opinions based on what they pre- long; after all, laundry is easy, right? The matter what he does. The polls throughout his (Logically, then, "he should stay in power even ferred to believe. washers have a 26 minute cycle, and the dry- presidency show consistently that a majority, 'if he is revealed to be a rapist, murderer, or In the future, we should expect to see ers can run for 51 or 68 minutes, so doing usually a large one, approves of the job he has - revenge when a scandal occurs. When the my laundry should only take an hour and a .' been doing as our leader. Rumors of adultery ------Lewinsky affair broke out, Democrats quickly half. I can finish by midnight, and be in bed and sexual harassment followed him during reminded everyone that the Republicans were shortly after that. That's not bad at all, the 1992 campaign, and yet he was successful. Chara£ter no longer seems to untrustworthy judges, because former Speaker • 10:45 p.m.: I haven't even left my room ~ . We learned that he had had a long-term adul- Newt Gingrich had once been fined for an yet. Not all of my clothes made it into the terous relationship with a young White House matter in the people~ eyes. Most ethics violation which was not actually a laundry bag; somehow a lot ended up scat- intern. He went on television, wagged his fin- l h' k h n.'d' crime. When Gingrich resigned, Bob tered on the floor of my closet. I guess I ger and said, "I did not have sexual relations peop e t In t e rfesl ents Livingston took over, and immediately threw them there when I got lazy. I need to r with that woman, Miss Lewinsky;" we then private life is none of our Democrats moved to attack him. gather those. Now I need laundry soap. I found out that he was lying. He was then Pornographer-king Larry Flynt published a open my drawer and find two containers of faced with multiple charges regarding his business. ((It~ the economy, full-page newspaper ad offering money for laundry soap, both of them almost empty. I ,:,. attempts to cover up the affair, which included d "h h information on sexual affairs involving con- guess that towards the end of the first' con- lying under oath and witness tampering. He stupi) is 1M at matters to t e gressmen. His blackmail attempt worked, and tainer, I thought I would run out of soap and became the second President in American his- American eledorate. Livingston resigned in disgrace when his own I bought a new one, but never bothered to tory to be .impeached. And yet, his approval past, non-criminal adultery was revealed. finish the first container. I can easily see ratings remained high, and have even risen - Livingston's destruction, added force to the myself doing this with a third container, and since the Lewinsky scandal broke out. How Democrats' claim that "everybody does it." a fourth, until I have a whole drawer full of could any man have such consistent support drug dealer). Only his public conduct matters. Meanwhile, a ruthless attack on prosecutor laundry soap containers, none of which are .. despite being (in the words of one But some would say that ,a President who Kenneth Starr continued for months and has quite empty. I. Republican) a "scumbag?", is, privately, a serial killer could still be still not ended. White House adviser James • II :00 p.m.: I drag my laundry bag . Maybe it's Mr. Clinton's charm which has removed; the Constitution's impeachment Carville wrote a book ~xpressing his desire to down the hallway. It's so heavy that I can't kept him in favor with so many people. But clause exists' to j;rotect us from Presidents hang Mr. Starr "and the horse he rode in on." even lift it. People on my hall have seen this . that can't be the whole answer. Clinton seems who commit "high' crim~s", not "low crimes" Even though Starr was just doing his job (if sight before, and a friend of mine always to be the extreme example of a trend ,going like lying abou~ sex - ,the sort of things' any perhaps too zealously), he was condemned for 'remarks, "Have you got your laundry bag, back several presidential administrations. American would do. E~n if this argument digging up evidence of real crimes committed or has it got you?" But he's nowhere to De ~' President Carter's term ended in terribl~~infla-, we!e more tha~ a so~'atte!!lpt ~o defend ~ by the Pre~ident. Now.the in~epend~nt ~rose- seen now. So I go to his room and write on t~on combined with slow economic growth; he ',.guIlty man by 'draggfng: the entIre ',country" cutor law Signed by~Chnton himself m hiS first his message board, "Help! My laundry's got . lost his position in 1989. to Reagan, 'Wh.o;w!l~ 'd~W!1.to Mr. ClinfOn's'le~el, of e!hics~' it'~o~ul~ :..-term w~ll,pro~ably b~. abolished to protect me!" re-elected durin~ a ,peri~ of ~pi.d g~,w#1':~~d ',,~~tilrb~,ipaccu~t~. r~rj~''1d~fip~~d a~~deli~erg:-~'t~~~~l~~~!i!'w~o.: ~~ve somethin~ to hid7. • 11 :05 p.m.: The laundry room i.s sur- I j general prospenty ~~~plte ~he;exl~!~ncel?f-t~~ -..:at~l~g'u~d~r oat~ (e.ven' ~bo.ut'sex1-~1s~~+.;~~~yone;wbturn your back ,, erages on the market. There are drinks for a lot of these drinks. There are a lot of bever- varying degrees of quality to choose from, on a laundry bag!" 'people of every political persuasion, person- ages out there, but those that don't list high provided one recognizes them as such. The • 12:30 a.m.: I need to talk to my sister, ality type, and academic interest. For the sci- fructose com syrup, or, occasionally, plain old situation is grimmer for iced tea fanciers. so I turn on AOL Instant Messenger, block fi aficionado, there's Orbitz, which' looks like ,sugar; as the second ingredient after water are . Lipton, Nestea, and Snapple all sell almost off everyone else, and start chatting. My best it might be more at home on a holodeck than few and far between. You may be able to find exclusively' teas th~t are mainly high fructose friend IMs her and she tells him that I'm on, in the sfudent center. The coffee shop crowd beverages in 8-ounce bottles, 24-ounce bot- com syrup. For a while, LaVerde's was selling but blocked. He wants to talk to me, so I can imagine that Cafe Liberty is' still open' tIe's~and every non-prime number in between. a drink called Honest Tea, which listed sugar unblock him. while sipping a drink called "Coffeehouse .1 But the contents of the bottles are depressing- near the bottom of its ingredients. Due to • I :45 a.m.: Where did the time go? My USA" - although, with flavors like Iy similar. ' . vendor problems, it has for now been sister has gone to bed, and my friend and I "Banana's [sic] Foster," it might have trouble Of course, sodas are expected ~o consist replaced by something called Tazo., which are both falling asleep at our computers. I attracting the coffeehouse intellectual keen- mainly of sugars. But these new (or" some- also contains little'sugar but is. more expen- suddenly remember my laundry. The dryer

eyed enough to spot a misplaced apostrophe. r times not-50-new) drinks that are being mar- sive. cycle is complete now, all 80 minutes of it. I Idealistic liberals who have tired of protest keted as juice or tea are far more insidious. A It's only due to FDA regulations that bever- sign off AOL 1M and head downstairs, and demonstration can take comfort in a consumer who doesn't check labels scrupu- age companies print information like percent- expecting the worst. "Strawberry Passion Awareness" Fruitopia lously can be easily corifused when brands age of juice on their labels in the first place. • 1:50 a.m.: Well, the shirt that I \yanted and hope that enlightenment will eventually like Tropicana and Veryfine, which are known By using this information, you can be a better to shrink has shrunk, along with the clothes I come to all. And macho conservative patriots for their juices, also sell highly sweetened beverage consumer. But being a savvy con- didn't want to shrink. At least I'm done with can drink Arizona "Total Sport," which comes "juice drinks" which contain about 20 percent sumer has little meaning in a veritable desert the laundry. in a bottle designed to look like a textured juice. Snapple's new "Whippersnapple" drinks of acceptable beverage choices. Isn't the 50K Wasn't I supposed to be done by mid- metal thermos and printed with a I O-star are "fruit smoothies" that only contain 15 per- contest coming up soon? Forget about the night? What happened? How did I get two American flag, ostensibly to express the time- cent juice. SoBe, of the aforementioned eros Y2K problem; it's time to apply some serious hours behind schedule? .~ less nature of the product ..•.. and enlighte.!1lJ1~nt,giy~s t!t~ !I'!lpr~~si~n_~hatit brainpower to the 2MHFCS (Too Much High I think I can answer my friend's question Beverage companies are so desperate for is selling wholesome herbal drinks - - Fructose Com Syrup)" problem. now: I don't have my laundry; it has me. Feoruary 19, 1999 THE ARTS MUSIC REVIEW The Gospel of Punk Gettin'dlJum in Church

By Rebecca Loh remaining open to hosting shows. PHOTO EDITOR Disrespectful punks vandalizing buildings and tisa universally acknowledged truth that injuring each other have caused many other an all-ages punk show in Boston featuring venues to close down. six hot east coast bands must be expecting This was my first time watching a show at Ia large turnout. This was definitely the the church, and it was quite different from the case at Saturday's show at the I st and 2nd Middle East. The floor space was larger, and Church of Boston, where over six hundred there was a second floor balcony with limited punks from around New England assembled seating, where people who were not up to the to watch The Explosion, :30 Seconds Over heat and crowding of the floor could still ToAyo, The Pinkerton Thugs, Anti-Flag, The watch. The stage was small and only slightly Unseen, and The Trouble. It was an odd scene elevated from the floor, and punks were con- on the corner of Marlborough and Berkeley, stantly running on stage to stage dive or enact last Saturday at 2:00 PM, with kids sporting their dreams of singing in a punk band by leather jackets, studs, spikes, mohawks, seizing the mic to belt out a line or verse. chains, body piercings, and tattoos, all waiting Though the floor was a little too well-lit, and '- to be let into a church. there was a strongly enforced no-smoking and When the Middle East announced it would no-drinking policy, these did little to take REBECCA LON-THE TECH A local punk gets a 11ftfrom the crowd during a concert at' the 1st and 2nd ChJlrch of no longer be playing all-ages shows following away from the energy of. the show. Boston. the injury of a girl during a Ducky Boys con- I got to the church at exactly 2:00 PM - cert, there was some concern that there would the posted starting time of the show - only to ished their'set, so I missed out on hearing against the poseurs who think, the punk scene be no more Boston-area venues for punk find about two hundred punks ahead in line Boston's newest band. " is all about having punk clothes and punk shows. With no local space to hold shows, waiting to get in. The line was amazingly Next up was :30 Seconds Over Tokyo, a hair, instead of understanding it as a commu- punk fans would have to travel to Quincy or slow in moving, and I was afraid they would Boston-area band I had never seen live, but nity of kids who get together for the music Worcester to see out-of-town bands. The 1st stop letting people in long before I got to the whose music I listen to. Their songs are ener- and camaraderie. During Drink Drank Punk, and 2nd Church of Boston has come through, front. At last, though, I made it in,' but by then getic and fun, and it was great to watch them when' many people in the crowd fell due in though many are still skeptical about its the first band, The Explosion, had already fin- play live, with pimks all around singing along part to the enthusiastic dancing and in part' to' " and dancing like there was no tomorrow. The the domino effect brought about by the band played really well, with an energy that crowded floor, lead singer Justin Sane inter- came out much better on stage than in their rupted the song to make sure no one had been CD. hurt. ' The crowd increased in size for The After Anti-Flag came The Unseen, a Pinkerton Thugs, as the last of the people in Boston band most notable for its fast-paced line were let in to watch the Maine band. tunes and outrageous hair. A sizable portion ... Again, loyal fans sang along with every song, of the crowd left after Anti-Flag, but the and again, the dancing was fast and furious. I place was still comfortably packed. The liked some of the songs, but some others were Unseen played really well, with fast, edgy, a bit slow for me, though the energy of the hardcore songs. Unfortunately, the singer's '- crowd made up for the lagging tempo .. voice was really scratchy and the words unin- For some inexplicable reason, Anti-Flag, a telligible. As impress,ed as I was by the Pittsburgh band, was next to take the stage. instrumentals, I was more impressed by the Most kids came to the show to see Anti-Flag, band's hair, as the guitarists each sported a and I had. assumed they would be playing last. fine mohawk, one being platinum blond and The church was absolutely packed, as punks one being turquoise .. crowded in. to watch the band with the catchy The last gro~p to play was The Trou~le, tunes and meaningful lyrics. There was hardly another Boston-area band. By this time, the any space for dancing, yet dance they did. crowd was pretty tired, and many had already People were singing along so enthusiastically gone home. The people in charge decided to, that when the lead singer stepped back to cut this last set short, as some people had adjust his guitar mid-verse in You've Got to taken to jumping off the second floor balcony Die For the Government, the song continued onto the crowd below, and there was some without missing a beat. fear someone would get injured. The songs . Anti-Flag sets an excellent example of were pretty slow, but when the band what every punk should be. The band makes a announced its last song, the crowd rallied in point to stress respect among punks and one last dancing frenzy, ending the show with respect for the scene. Before they start a set, a bang. 't\t they make sure'to remind fans to have'fun, but Saturday's show was a good one. The REBECCA WH-THE TECH chance to watch six east coast ~ands deliver to Justin Sane of AntI-Rag leads the crowd In Saturday's show. East coast bands The take care not to seriously injure anyone. They an enthusiastic crowd of Boston .punks was ExplosIon, :30 Seconds Over Tokyo, The Pinkerton Thugs, The Unseen, and The usually open with Davey Destroyed the Punk well worth the $7 charge at the door. Trouble also performed. Scene, a typical Anti-Flag song written CONCERT REVIEW has not been in vain. Cheerfully she decorates die with honor than live with shame." her house and prepares it for him, only to stay The over~ll story is simple and straightfor- ';.. awake all night waiting for him to come back. ward, but the music makes the tragedy even When Pinkert.on is told how wistfully his more touching. Puccini's opera does a splen- Madama Butterfly Butterfly had watched the harbor for the did job of highlighting the tragic betrayal of a return of his ship, he is so ashamed that he poor fifteen-year-old girl's trust and love. The ";>' BSO beautifully peiforms this classic tragedy refuses to talk to her. He leaves his wife Kate scenery and costuming of the performance with Cio-Cio-San' s maid to reveal the news were also very well done, giving the stage an By Erica Pfister about his adventures with women in every that they wish to take her son back to America exquisite Oriental taste. Strong singers bring , STAFF REPORTER port and long for the day when he has a "real with them. When he does come up to the the characters and. story to life, and .overall Written by Giacomo Puccini wedding" with an American wife. ' house, Butterfly has killed herself; "better to 'make Butterfly a wonderful experience. Directed by Seiji Ozawa When "Butterfly" is introduced, Concert Staging by David Kneuss the audience learns that she had to Set Design by John Michael Deegan and become a geisha to support herself Sarah G. Conly when her father committed nara-kiri Costumes by Hanae Mori and Malabar (honorable suicide by disembowel- Limited ment). Now at the age of fifteen, she Performances: February 20.24.27 is entering a marriage arranged Boston s..vmphony Orchestra. Symphony Hall. through a broker. Her relatives have 8:00 p.m. come along to support her marriage, Tickets $27 to $75 while her husband-to-be comments in Broadcast 011 WCRB 102.5 FM asides that he can not wait for the family to leave so he can be alone here are few things that I like more with "Butterfly." He expresses his lust than getting the chance to see a live in poetic terms of love to his bride, symphony performance. The Boston and Sharpless warns him that she TSymphony's rendition of Puccini's believes every word he says to her. Madama Butterfly was indeed very enjoyable. In the second act, Cio-Cio-San Conducted by Seiji Ozawa, who is celebrating has been abandoned for three years his 25th anniversary with the BSO, the sym- yet is still steadfast in her belief that phony and singers performed a spectacular her husband will return to their home show. soon. She had renounced her entire The plot of Butteifly is based on an actual former life to join her husband's life, occurrence between an American naval officer and soundly believes that she is an and a Japanese geisha in the 1890's. In American wife living in an American Puccini's adaptation, American naval lieu- home with her American son. Suitors tenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton arranged and the American consul try in vain his wedding to Cio-Cio-San, better known as to convince her that she is misled.

"Madama Butterfly." Prior, to and even during When Pinkerton does return, Cio- # his wedding to her, he does nothing but wax Cio-San is convinced that her faith The costumes shown here, from the Toyko Opera, will be used In Boston Symphony Orchestra's eloquent to the American Consul Sharpless n"\"" ~1' .r:- r' .:pe~ace of Madama Butfertfythls weekend. February 19, .1999 THE ARTS ifHEffECH Page 7

RESTAURANT REVIEW Koreana's menu is impressively wide as -dipping. These dishes stimulated our Korean short ribs. Pulled short-rib meat fills well as deep. A great variety of meats, fish, appetites and mitigated our feeling that the the bowl, along with noodles, scallions, and poultry and noodles a~e prepared in many dif- prices here were a bit inflated. Our appetizers turnips, all stewing in one of the richest ferent ways, so much so that if you arrive par- included the Yaki Gyoze ($4.95), five very broths I've ever tried. Many restaurants Koreana ticularly hungry, perusing the eight-page fresh, plump, and juicy, if slightly greasy, make their watery broths "rich" by adding menu may seem a bit of a chore. Delectable. pan-fried beef dumplings, and the Fish oil, but here the marrow-filed beef bones did ,Looks can be deceiving short ribs, tripe, oxtail, pork, cod, monkfish, Pancake ($4.95), three patties of white fish that work. salmon, squid, and a variety of shellfish are with egg batter the size of IHOP silver dollar If dinner is slightly overpriced at By Daniel Metz some of the dishes offered. Preparation styles pancakes, which was very fresh tasting, if not Koreana, the lunch specials look like great STAFF REPORTER include braised, steamed, boiled, and barbe- very spiced. bargains. The Koreana Special (A) includes Korean a cued, in soups or hotpots, pan- or deep,-fried When our server brought our entrees, he bulgogi, fried dumplings, and 2 pieces each 154-158 Prospect St., Cambridge - the combinations are almost confusing. offered to bring out more condiments, which of sushi and sashimi for $8.95, or you can 576-8661 Sushi and sashimi are offered either a la carte we happily accepted. Those little dishes are get bulgogi alone for $6.95. One dollar more Dinner Entrees $7.95-$65.95 or in platters that ran-ge from $15.95 to great by themselves, but were even better gets you some beef short ribs as well. All of $65.95. Unfortunately, Koreana does not offer complementing our hot entrees. And it was these dishes are served with salad, miso t first glance, the inside of Koreana on a bountiful selection of vegetarian dishes - with the entrees that Koreana's kitchen real- soup, rice, and a soft drink. Sushi and sashi- Prospect Street, a, ten-minute walk of seven choices, some differ in only one ly shined. Unlike the bulgogi (thinly-sliced mi are much less expensive for lunch, where east of,Central Square, looks like an ingredient. beef, marinated and barbecued) we've had at you can get a meal of either for under eight A after- school pizza joint. But don't let Our meal began with five little bowls con- many other Korean restaurants, Koreana' s dollars. the little, numbered wooden booths and the taining sesame-flavored spinach, crunchy bulgogi was without a hint of gristle or fat, The tasty food at Koreana is complement- top-40 music fool you: This is a serious bean sprouts, red, fiery-hot cabbage, two and its intense garlic flavor made it far and ed by helpful and attentive service. And its restaurant with a skilled' kitchen. And while pieces of delicious scallion and carrot pan- away the best we've sampled. For this quali- convenient location so close to Central Square the prices don't match the decor, the food is cake, and some fairly bland and disappointing ty, it was almost worth the $13.95 price. The means that I'll be back to sample more from worth it. green beans, all with a sesame soy sauce for Kalbi Tang ($10.95) is a dish of traditional its great kitchen.

less and ungainly excuse to showcase nubile tray a romantic hero. Maybe it's the fact that MOVIE REVIEW and virile young things in tightly fitting I'm male, but for the life of me I can't see SWImsuits and outfits. But that's not enirely why anyone would consider him attractive; the case here since there is just enough cre- with his long rectangular head, square hair- She'sAll That ativity, originality, flair, and true human emo- cut, and a bobbing Adam's apple, he looks tions hidden in this mess to make me lament very much like the younger version of the surrounding inanity. Frankenstein's monster, lacking only the But the movie isn't As gems go, the first and foremost one is bolts in his neck. Ladies, if anyone could tell By Vladimir Zelevlnsky bets his equally studly best pal Dean (Paul Rachael Leigh Cook, who was just about the me what's so hot about him, I'd be much STAFF REPORTER Walker) that he can turn any girl into a prom best thing in the last year's black indie com- obliged. Directed by Robert Iscove. queen. Together, they choose a proper subject edy The House of Yes. Cook is ethereally And then, of course, there is the plot, or Written by R. Lee Fleming Jr. for this high-minded sociological experiment, beautiful, wistful, and a very promising rather a sorry excuse for one, rambling from With Freddie Prin'ze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, and their subject is a true pariah, a deservedly actress. She imbues Laney with enough one scene to the next with all the urgency of (,> Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Paul Walker, Matthew snubbed outcast. After all, Laney Boggs deadpan wit, unflagging concentration, and a drying paint, filled with lame attempts at Lillard, Kieran Culkin, Anna Paquin. (Rachael Leigh Cook) is an artist! She wears rare touch of physical grace, both serious whimsical humor, disgusting attempts at glasses! She actually has to work for a living! and comical. Of course, her perfect face kills gross-out humor, and the usage of complex ~' Embarking on a quest for a good film is The studly boys take this girl, remove her any suspension of disbelief at the very out- issues (genocide, ecology) as laughter fodder. like looking for a diamond in the glasses, strip her of her paint-splattered over- set, since no sane male can consider her any- But, alas, not all the time. Just when It'S the rough, or rather, given the particular alls, cut her long beautiful hair, and pronto, thing less than stunning. But this gripe least expected, something touching comes slate of current films, it is more like they've got a babe! notwithstanding, she's all that the film along, like the scene where Zack and Laney I", looking for a diamond. in a pile of dung. The whole reason why Shaw's Pigmalion needs. almost kiss. It's quite a poignant moment, Fror:n this particular analogy follows that the didn't feel like a story of two powerful men Other pluses: a sprinkling of colorful sup- and it made me further lament that it wasn't' people who provide the material for us crit- torturing a weak girl was because the girl was porting characters on the periphery, including in a better movie. ics do the, reverse thing: namely, they take a stronger, smarter, and overall better person 'Kieran Culkin (yes, of that acting family) as There's a lot of goodwill generated by diamonds and thoroughly mix them up with than both of her, urn, benefactors. Here, Laney's young brother and Anna Paquin (an high-school romantic comedies. At their best, a good deal of dung. Aww, shucks. Thanks, Laney is treated both by Zack and Co. and by Oscar winner), slumming, but still very good, they make the viewers feel young again. She's guys. Really. You shouldn't have. the filmmakers, as more of an object than a as Zack's sister. There's also a highly cre- All That made me feel, by contrast, old. By ~f; Case in point: She's All That is an adapta- subject, with both parties being rather more ative opening title sequence, and ... no, that's the way, the film is doing very well financial- tion of the Pigmalion myth first reworked by interested in her cleavage than in the fact that - really all of it. ly, and is bound to become a highly profitable George Bernard Shaw, later adapted tnto My she's a real human being. The rest of this film is not diamonds, just venture for the studio that released it. And this Fair Lady and who knows into what else. This Which she, unfortunately, is - and this big old lumps of coal. Freddie Prinze Jr., who studio is - 0 temporal 0 mores! - Miramax, I particular regurgitation - sorry, I can't think brings me back to the diamonds': I dearly also had a role in The House of Yes and was the force behind The English Patient and Pulp of this movie in any appetizing terms - wish She's All That were just a pile of junk, just about the worst thing about it, plays Zack Fiction and The Wings of the Dove and chooses the milieu of a high school, where a an unabashed teen exploitation romp which as a particularly dense kind of a sadist, which Shakespeare in Love. As I said before, guys, ~ local stud (Zack played by Freddie Prinze Jr.) one could view just for what it was, a shame- is clearly not the most effective way to por- you really shouldn't have.

MOVIE REVIEW ;Blast From the Past .,~ "Enchanting tale of a boy woos sort of new in town By' Roy Rodensteln but frank, Eve is hired to help collect the STAFF REPORTER years' worth of supplies Adam wants to take Directed by Hugh Wi/son back to the shelter. Of course, Adam would Written by Bill Kelly and Hugh Wilson also like to find a girl, preferably from With Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Pasadena, as his mother advised. Eve assesses '-:, Chris.topher Walken, Sissy Spacek and Dave that finding a non-mutant, nice girl from Foley Pasadena will not be easy. In a light take on the Swingers club scene, ~ _ DUring the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, Eve coac~es Adam, helped by I?ave Foley Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken), playing, what else, her gay friend Troy. Once a financially successful scientist, gets again, although the plot is not wholly original, skittish and packs himself and his wife the acting is so unaffected and the dialogue so y Helen (Sissy Spacek) into a fallout shelter, cleverly naive that it feels fresh. Even the where they spend 35 years locked under- inevitable scene in which Adam turns out to ground. These early scenes are packed with be quite a dancer and a hit at the club is used humorous' references to the 60's. The jacket not for artificial dramatic tension but as dead- ~' Helen makes for Adam's birthday, for exam- pan humor. Brendan Fraser's trademark inno- ple; is not just, tacky but is cleverly revealed to cence and Alicia Silverstone's quirky expres- 'match a certain other fabric. Up on the surface siveness are only part of the movie's great' life goes on, as a few decade-by-decade casting job. Spacek's straight performance of vignettes show a Rob Schneider-like bartender a housewife lost without a social context is a evolving, so to speak. hilarious foil to Walken's just-slightly-mad The big day arrives, it's 1997. Calvin scientist. While a .lesser movie (Fraser's ventures to the surface and what he finds "Encino Man" comes to mind) would play for there confirms his worst expectations - the a quick laugh and flippantly cut to the next people appear sickly and violent, or to scene, director Hugh Wilson uses frequent Calvin's mind- outright mutants ("I can be a close ups and lets ,his actors act. The results are boy,. or a girl, or anything you want me to funny and tender, and just when it seems the be," a prostitute offers). As they need to movie seeks a cheap laugh, it turns out if any- replenish their supplies, however, Adam thing to be bizarre, but not cheap. (now played by Brendan Fraser) is sent out Unfortunately, the last 20 minutes are hor- and meets such products of the '90's as a rendous. The subtlety, both in humor and most apathetic butcher at the supermarket social commentary, that the movie has worked fish counter. The humor is predictable but so hard to maintain are destroyed systematical- well done, understated rather than reliant on ly. You can almost see the Hollywood execs punchlines. This first hour is also rife with dumbing the movie down, and it's not a pretty social commentary and with Adam's joyful sight. The closing note, provided by Calvin's basking in everyday life on the surface. A obsession with the Cold War, salvages a bit of Hollywood comedy with poignance and no dignity. The movie's smart'er notes remain, neon sign saying "LOOK! POIGNANCE!" is such as when Troy learns that Adam is polite certainly a rarity. out of actual respectfulness, crazy notion, .#1 • Soon enough 'Eve Rustikov (Alicia rather than simply to appear superior. If you Silverstone) enters the scene, rescuing Adam can check that 90's cynicism at the door, Blast -THE TECH from a crooked baseball-card buyer. Selfish From The Past is one sweet trip .. Alicia Silverstone (left) and Brendan Fraser star In New Une Cinema's romantic come- ,.. .. .Jl: .' .... ' I :- f , v .. t. , ., '" .. ~ .. -,. '\ t , dy blast from the best. ; ,\ I <.. L ~ I• f ,I t _ • ~ , '_J 1 J __ J..~ _ Page 8 TH~ TECH ~.ARTS . Fepruary,) 9, 1999 • r 1998Grammy Awards Predictions and pf!'sonalfavorites By Daniel J. Katz Imbruglia, on the other hand, released a debut credit he's been due for so long. My Real Pick: El Oso, Soul Coughing single with sparkling guitar, an infectious My PredictionlPick: Jeff Buckley Well, it's Grammy time again, and as melody, a~d crystal-clear vocals. She's got a Best R8cB Song Best Rock Performance by a Duo or usual, the National Academy of Recording terrific career ahead of her, and she deserves • All My Life Group with Vocal Arts and Sciences nominee list is easily criti- this Grammy. The Lauryn Hill song in ques- • The Boy Is Mine cized. Snubbed breakthrough artists (Elliott tion is not stellar (and why is she nominated • Pink, Aerosmith • Doo Wop (That Thing) Smith, Fat Boy Slim, and Ben Folds Five in pop, rap, AND R&B? No wonder she leads '. The Way, Fastball • Lean On Me come to mind), nominees who shouldn't even this year's nominations ...) • Celebrity Skin, Hole • A Rose Is Still A Rose have tickets to the ceremony (Brandy and . My Prediction: Celine Dion • Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve Lauryn Hill actually wrote two of the nom- Monica), and category distributions that make My Pick: Natalie Imbruglia • Heroes, The Wallflowers' inated songs; Doo Wop and A Rose Is Still A little or no sense (Metallica in two different Let it be known that I would never consid- Rose. She'll win for the former, which i~'more Best Male Pop Vocal Performance genres and Propellerheads in rock.) But what er Hole to be better performers than the recognizable, and harder to get out of your can you do? Here's my take on the major cat- • Save Tonight, Eagle-Eye Cherry Verve, but neither Bittersweet Symphony or head for days at a' time. egories. • My Father's Eyes, Eric Clapton The Way are really rock songs, so neither even My PredictionlPi~k: Doo Wop • Anytime, Brian McKnight belongs in this category. Hole outshines the Record Of The Year • Lullaby, Shawn Mullins legitimate rock songs in this category. This, of Best R8cB Album • The Boy Is Mine, Brandy and Monica • You Were Meant For Me, Sting course, means nothing to the voters, and the • Live, Erykah Badu • My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion Eric Clapton is a perennial Grammy Verve should pick up an easy win. For pure • Never Say Never, Brandy • Iris, Goo Goo Dolls favorite, but Eagle-Eye Cherry is a rookie guitar rock, however, it was hard to beat the • A Rose Is Still A Rose, Aretha Franklin • Ray of Light, Madonna with a big-name jazz forefather, and he also now-defunct band Failure's contribution to • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn • You're Still The One, Shania Twain had more exposure this year than Clapton. It'll the Depeche Mode tribute album, an overdriv- Hill What's the theme of the Grammys this be a close race, but sadly the man who en rendition of the classic '80s hit, Enjoy The • Embrya, Maxwell year? Glad you asked ... female vocalists deserves this award isn't nominated; Elliott Silence. We've been through this ... releasing new and revolutionary material. In Smith put out a tuneful album that revolution- My Prediction: The Verve My PredictionlPick: Lauryn Hill one of the few categories where Lauryn Hill ized pop, performed at the Oscars, and was My Pick: Hole Best Rap Solo Performance isn't nominated, the new-and-improved spiri- snubbed for his efforts. Baby Britain is one of My Real Pick: Enjoy The Silence, Failure tual Madonna's new Grammy-friendly image the more pleasant tracks on the album. • Dangerous, Busta Rhymes Best Hard Rock Performance should win her the award show's final honor, My Prediction: Eagle-Eye Cherry or Eric • Lost Ones, Lauryn Hill despite the brilliant arrangement of strings and Clapton • Psyeho Circus, Kiss • Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z acoustic and slide guitar which makes Iris so My Pick: Eagle-Eye Cherry • The Dope Show, Marilyn Manson • Gone Till November, Wyclef Jean enchanting. My Real Pick: Baby Britain, Elliott Smith • Fuel, Metallica • Gettin ' Jiggy Wit It, Will Smith As for my real favorite of the year, it's • Most High, Page & Plant Dangerous came out this year? Gone Till Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or way too close to call. The Rockafeller Skank • Do The Evolution, Pearl Jam November is a rap song? This category is just . Group With Vocal (Fat Boy Slim), 16 Horses (Soul Coughing) Conservative voters look to conservative ugly, especially since the wrong Jay-Z song and Rabbit In Your Headlights (UNKLE wi • I Don't Want To Miss A names. Metallica aren't actually misplaced in was nominated ... in Hard Knock Life, he man- Thorn Yorke) are top contenders in my book. Thing, Aerosmith this category; they haven't played any metal ages to make a song from Annie worse than it My Prediction: Madonna • One Week, Barenaked since the early '80s, and Fuel is the already was. His first single was much better. My Pick: Goo Goo Dolls Ladies essence of hard rock: breakneck riffs, From these nominees, however, Busta • Iris, Goo Goo Dolls belted vocals and lyrics about Rhymes deserves the nod, and Will Smith, Album of-the Year Crush, Dave fire and twisted steel. It multi-format celebrity, is the frontrunner. • The Globe Sessions, Sheryl Crow Matthews Band doesn't, however, have the My Prediction: Will Smith • Version 2.0, Garbage • Jump, Jive, An' Wail, eerie mood, agony, and My Pick: Busta Rhymes • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Brian Setzer Orchestra dynamic contrast of my My Real Pick: Can I Get A, Jay-Z Hill Since they're the only choice, the closing track Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group • Ray of Light, Madonna ones nominated on Stabbing Westward's • Come On Over, Shania Twain for Record of the third album.' Intergalactic, Beastie Boys Lauryn Hill is going home with a LOT of Year, the Goo Oh, and a reminder: Money Ain't A Thing, Jermaine Dupri wi ~,. Grammys. Hill's solo album scoops up rap Goo Dolls should NARAS doesn't like Jay-Z _ and R&B, shoves them in a blender, and spills be a lock. Grammy vot- Eddie Vedder. He Deja Vu (Uptown Baby), Lord Tariq and them out with twice as much soul and emotion ers don't always follow accepted Pearl Peter Gunz in songs that feel disorganized but complete at the realm of logic, Jam's,first Grammy , Rosa Parks;Outkast the same time. While it's not my personal cup however, so look for a with the words, Ghetto Superstar, Pras wi 0.0.8. and Mya of tea, it redefines the two genres and you can potential upset from "I'm sorry but this Intergalactic was clearly one of the themes dance to it, giving it mainstream appeal. Brian Setzer. Personally, means nothing to of the year, and this is the best place to recog- Soul Coughing's El Oso demonstrates that I'm obligated to root for me." nize it. Ghetto Superstar has more variety, funky rhythms, bouncy samples, and mind- underdogs Barenaked Ladies, who final- My Prediction: more of a rock edge, and holds up better over warping but strangely poetic lyrics can be ly broke into the mainstream this year. Circles , Page & Plant time. fused together in more ways than you proba- did well on alternative radio, and is the closest My Pick: Metallica My Prediction: Beastie Boys bly think. to "pop" that EI Oso gets. My Real Pick: Waking Up Beside You, My Pick: Pras and company My PredictionlPick: Lauryn Hill My Prediction: Goo Goo Dolls Stabbing Westward Best Rap Album My Real Pick: El Oso, Soul Coughing My Pick: Barenaked Ladies Best Metal Performance ,;.. My Real Pick: Circles, Soul Coughing , Capital Punishment, Big Punisher Song of the Year (awarded to songwriter) • Bullet Train, Judas Priest' Life in /472, Jermaine Dupri Best Dance Recording .1 Don't Want To Miss A Thing • Better Than You, Metallica Vol. 2.. Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z • Iris • When Will You Learn, Boy George • Fried Chicken And Coffee, Nashville Harlem World, Mase • Lean On Me • Around The World, Daft Punk Pussy The Love Movement, A Tribe Called Quest • My Heart Will Go On • Heaven 's What I Feel, Gloria Estefan • No Shelter, Rage Against The Machine Supposedly, the Tribe are on their way to • You're Still The One • Disco Inferno, Cyndi Lauper • Du Hast, Rammstein retirement, and the industry's aware of it. Basically, this category asks the voter to • Ray Of Light, Madonna Maybe I just have an obsession with loud My Prediction: A Tribe Called Quest, decide how each song would fare without its If she can wi n Record of the Year, covers of synthpop songs~ but I can't get My Pick: Jay-Z signature voice. We can either focus on the Madonna can win here. French duo Daft enough of the new version of Blue Monday. Best Country Album melody and vocal harmony or the instrumen- Punk's Around The World was all over the Also impressive this year (and garnering lots tal arrangement. I'll take the second route, club scene this year, and actually got some of attention) were Orgy's tourmates, Gennan Sevens, Garth Brooks leading to my choice of Iris and my more MTV exposure before fading back into obscu- industrial band Rammstein. While Engel is, Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks spontaneous choice of Uninvited, two haunt- rity. On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the the best song of their album, it never caught Faith, Faith Hill ing orchestral tracks from the City of Angels Propellerheads contribution to Shaken But on in the United States. Du Hast did, like (:ome On Over, Shania Twain soundtrack. Somehow I suspect the Academy Stirred, an album of James Bond theme cov- wildfire. Where Your Road Leads, Trisha Yearwood will go for the catchy tune, and I Don't Want ers and remixes. The end result: orchestra My PredictionlPick: Rammstein In case you've been living under a rock, To Miss A Thing and My Heart Will Go On, meets drum machines. Delicious. My Real Pick: Blue Monday, Orgy Garth Brooks has become synonymous with are too associated with their performers to My Prediction: Madonna country. I am going out on a limb here, since Best'Rock Song (awarded to songwriter) WIn. My Pick: Daft Punk Shania Twain is nominated for Record and My Prediction: You're Still The One My Real Pick: On Her Majesty's Secret • Bittersweet Symphony Album of the Year, but it's on the strength of My Pick: Iris Service, Propellerheads • Celebrity Skin one major song, and Garth's reputation is My Real Pick: Uninvited, Alanis • Closing Time more solid.' (Plus Canada isn't exactly the Morrisette Best Female Rock Vocal Performance • Have A Little Faith In Me country capital of the world.) • Raspberry Swirl, Tori Amos • Uninvited My PredictionlPick: Garth Brooks Best New Artist • There Goes The Neighborhood, Sheryl Celebrity Skin was written by Billy Corgan Best Short Form Music Video • Backstreet Boys Crow and Courtney Love, who will kill each other if • Andrea Bocelli • Glass House, Ani DiFranco they. go on stage together. Bittersweet Pink, Aerosmith • Dixie Chicks • Uninvited, Alanis Morissette Symphony; the likely victor, bears writing Bachelorette, Bjork • Lauryn Hill • Can't Let Go, Lucinda Williams credits from the Verves Richard Ashcroft and Ray of Light, Madonna • Natalie Imbruglia Alanis is the most known name here, and the Rolling Stones. They will also kill each All Around The World, Oasis Although I have a warm spot in my heart as I mentioned earlier, Uninvited is the best other. This could be one of the more interest- Do The Evolution, Pearl Jam for Natalie, this is Lauryn's year, and she'll written song of the year. Tori Amos is the real ing presentations of the evening. Although Ray of Light.picked up the most take this award easily. story here, however. The frenetic dance beat My Prediction: Bittersweet Symphony MTV Awards (and theoretically, they should My PredictionlPick: Lauryn Hill of Raspberry Swirl completely deviates from My Pick: Uninvited know what they're talking about), in my opin- My Real Pick: Propellerheads her standard expansive piano fare. My Real Pick: Bittersweet Symphony or ion, the myriad of images that makes up Do My Prediction: Alanis Morissette Celebrity Skin (see above) Th~ Evolution rivals, Radiohead's Just for best " Best Female Pop Vocal Performance My Pick: Tori Amos video of all time. Bar none. Best Alternative Music Performance • My Favorite Mistake, Sheryl Crow My Prediction: Madonna Best Male Rock Vocal Performance • My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion • From The Choirgirl Hotel, Tori Amos My Pick: Pearl Jam • Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, Lauryn • Everybody Here Wants You, Jeff Buckley • Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys Hill • Almost Saturday Night, John Fogerty • Is This Desire?, PJ Harvey If just one of these predictions comes true, • Torn, Natalie Imbruglia • Have A Little Faith In Me, John Hiatt • Airbag/How Am I Driving? Radiohead I'll be ecstatic. (That should tell you how • Adia, Sarah McLachlan • Fly Away, Lenny Kravitz • Adore, Smashing Pumpkins . much faith to have in me ... ) I suggest that, ...... As torturous as her song is, Celine Dion • Your Life Is Now, John Mellencamp NARAS got all excited about voting for like me, you just sit back Wednesday night has earned some recognition for having the Jeff Buckley, a Canadian singer-song- Radiohead last year and is now addicted. and enjoy the show. Then we can all complain most popular song of the year. Natalie writer, passed away this year and will get the, My PredictionlPick: Radiohead the morning after. . I" \.> ~o I Q I VTh-nrh";{ .,-'February 19, 1999 THE TECH Page 9

COMmy REVIEW reach Burger King cashiers is like taking a bottom of his feet. His act went over so well field sobriety test. Another complaint: the with the audience that he kept pushing his scan and seek buttons on the stereo. One finds time limit. You can catch his act when he "The Comedy Connection a terrible song and stays there, while the other appears on the Conan O'Brian Show this finds a great song and then takes off. Yet weekend. Lemont Price, currently touring another complaint: shoveling snow for the local colleges, struck incriminating poses to .'Worth a couple of laughs elderly with a bamboo stick tied to a cookie model in his new black fashion magazine By Annie S. Chol rated hypnotist (appearing Thursday nights). sheet and not being allowed to stop until strik- called GQ - Ghetto Quarterly. He also did an ._ PHOTO EDITOR The Amazing Jonathan awes guests with ing lava. The audience welcomed his dry impression of Sean Shaken, not stirred The Comedy Connection grotesque feats of magic- you can watch him sense of humor, although his timing was Connery and fantasized about a black 007. His Faneui/ Hall eat a box of razor blades and tie them in a slowed due to what appeared to be temporary cliche themes were hard to swallow. Or Boston chain with his bloody tongue. A word from amnesia, or maybe too many beers. Still, his maybe it was just the overpriced appetizers ~ (617) 248-9700 the wise: tickets for major acts go quickly, so material is creative and shows his promising and drinks. One of the more humorous comics . Tickets: $8 during the week, weekends vary plan ahead. On the weekends, camera-clad talent. Host and local comedian John Keating was paraplegic Matt Malley who shocked according to act . tourists fresh off the Freedom Trail and out- whined about his grandparents and their guests with his outrageously crude humor and (1<18+ numbered native Bostonians quickly fill Craftmatic Adjustable Bed and presented heart-wrenching Christopher Reeves com- tables. Shows during the week are consider- somewhat banal material, including a segment ments. H~ started his set by discussing how fyouthink your grades are the only thing . ably less crowded (and less expensive); week- about acting as bellhop to carry the emotional "chicks with dicks" aren't really chicks, but amusing these days, the Comedy day shows have an audience of about thirty. baggage of women. To maintain a pulse from rather men with breasts. .., Connection in downtown Boston can illicit Amateur Showcase on Monday nights are hit the audience he resorted to singling out Sitting in tables nearest to the stage is a Ia couple more laughs. Nestled on the sec- or miss, as comedians try out new material on tourists from Kentucky. Playing host is thank- great way of falling victim to public humilia- ond floor of Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall, a very small audience. less and he handled it well, especially with tion, as is any activity which draws attention, the Connection presents colorful local and Headlining last Tuesday, Paul Nadrizzi such a small crowd. Local comic Tony V's such as ordering food, smoking, or just being '" national headlining comedians. You can catch entertained guests with his enlightening per- New Year's, resolution was to not smell like there. Smoking was a major theme among the jokes from Saturday Night Live runaway spective on favorite fast food establishments. fried food and to deal with his anger properly- comedians and lung cancer jokes were popu- Chris Rock, actor David Alan Grier, He informed the audience that the floors of by punching people in the trachea. Another lar -. maybe a little too popular. Definitely ~,American Comedy Award-winning Wendy Kentucky Fried Chicken have not been 1999 -goal was to get back into shape, but worth a couple of biughs, the Comedy Liebman, as well as local funnyman Gary mopped since the Colonel died and walking instead of losing pounds, he lost height. Connection can help ease the bum of a few Gellman and Frank Santos, the resident R- through the maze of wooden partitio~s to Apparently he lost the two inches of fat on the problem sets.

Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks through all collections begin at · Popular Music 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; • Asian. Egyptian, and Classical , Avalon Walks. begin at 11:30 a.m.; Next: 423-NEXT. • American Painting and Mar. 4: Soul Brains. $15. Decorative Arts Walks. begin at Mar. 13: Better Than Ezra + Train 12:30 p.m.; .European Painting and Jude. $15. and Decorative Arts Walks. begin ("'Mar. 18: Salt-N-Pepa + LFO. at 2:30 p.m.; Introductory tours $17.50. are also offered Sat. at 11 a.m. Mar. 19: The Corrs. $15. and 1:30 p.m. Mar. 20: Buffalo Tom. $16: On Permanent Gallery Installations: ~.sale 2/20 at lOam. .Late Gothic Gallery,. featuring a Mar. 22: Stabbing Westward + restored 15th-century stained Placebo + Rick. $15. glass window from Hampton Court. 14th. and 15th-century stone, • Ure Orpheum Theatre alabaster, and polychrome wood :"Ticketmaster: 931-2000. sculptures from France and the Feb. 23, 24: The Black Crowes. Netherlands; • Mummy Mask $26. A vveekly guic;:leto the arts in Boston Gallery .• a newly renovated Mar. 13: Jonny Lang + Chris Egyptian gallery, features primitive ,Whitley. $27.50. February ::1..9- 26 masks dating from as far back as Mar. 20: Jeff Beck. Sold out. 2500 B.C.; .European Decorative Compiled by Joel M. Rosenberg Arts from 1950 to the Present.; Reet Center • John Singer Sargent: Studies for Send submissions to [email protected] or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483. ~Ticketmaster: 931-2000. MFA and 80ston Public Library 'Feb. 22: Alani's Morissette' + Murals .• Garbage. $35, $28.50 . Through Feb. 28: ~Traveling . Sold out. and Thursdays from 5 p.m .. Free February 14 and 21 and March 14; museum; features a collection of Feb. 28: Jimmy Buffett and the Scholars. ~ Through March 31: ~I'II Feb. 25: The Samples + Seeking tickets for MIT students Tuesday there are matinees at 2 p.m. vintage computers and robots with Coral Reefer Band. 'Sold out. Make Me a World: A Century of Homer. evenings and Friday afternoons, February 14, 21, and 27 and over 150 hands-on exhibits illus- .Mar. 3: Rod Stewart. $85.25, African-American Arts." Through Feb. 26: The Nields. call 638-9478 for availability. March 6. 14. and 21. and at trating the evolution, use, and $50.25, $38.75. May 9: "French Photography: Le Feb. 27: Gigolo Aunts (record Feb. 24: James Ehnes, violin. 10:30 a.m. March 19. Tix $23 to' impact of computers. Featured Mar. 16: 'N Sync. Sold out. Gray to Atget. ~ Feb. 14-May 9: release party). Puccini, 'Madama Butterfly.' Sold $55. exhibits include: .The Hacker's Mar. 22: The Roling Stones + The "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman." Mar. 8: Eagle Eye Cherry. out. Garage,. a recreation of a '70s Goo Goo Dolls. Sold out. Feb. 17-April 11: "Abelardo Morrell Mar. 11: Max Creek. Feb. 25-27: Vivaldi, 'The Four RagtIme hacker's garage with such items ""Mar. 23: The ROiling Stones + The & the Camera Eye." Ongoing: ~The Mar. 12: Rufus Wainwright + Seasons.' Stravinsky, Suite from Broadway in Boston at the Colonial as an Apple I and Pong; .The Goo Goo Dolls. $150, $90, $50, Art of Africa, Oceana,' and the Imogen Heap. 'Pulcinella.' So $39.50 .. Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Networked Planet: Traveling the Ancient Americas"; ~Egyptian Mar. 13: Entrain. Id out. Boston (931-2787), through March Information Highway,. an electron- Mar. 27: Jay-Z + DMX + Method Funerary Arts and Ancient Near East Mar. 19: Dance Hall Crashers + Mar. ' 4-6: James Conlon, 28. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday . ic tour of the Internet; .Robots .•Man. Sold out. Galleries." Spring Healed Jack + Gadjits. Conductor. Sarah Chang, violin. through Friday, at 2 and 8 p.m. on and Other Smart Machines,. an Gallery lectures are free with muse- Mar. 20: Barry and The Rem.ains + Hindemith. 'Konzertmuzik Saturday, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on The Roxy interactive exhibition of artificial. um admission. Thurs. 11: at 11 The Lost + -The Rising Storm. , for strings and brass. Bartok, Sunday; there are midweek mati- Ticketmaster: 931-2000. intelligence and robots; .Tools & a.m .. ~Baroque Decorative Arts," Mar. 23: Silverchair. Piano Concerto No.2. Prokofiev, nees on March 10 and 24. Tax $15 Mar. 16: Sebadoh + Playtopia + Toys: The Amazing Personal presented by Joyce Geary Volk. Mar. 24: Hepcat. Suite from 'Ro , "'Hospital. $13. to $75. Computer.; • People and Sat.: at nOon, ~17th-Century Dutch Mar. 25: Gov't Mule. mea and Juliet.' Worcester Centrum Centere Computers: Milestones of a Painting," presented by Amy Angels In AmerIca, Part .1: Revolution,. explores a number of Ticketmaster:,\ 931-2000. , Daughenbaugh. Sun.: at 2 p.m., "A Axis Millen/um Approaches ways computers impact everyday Mar. 22: Jay-Z + DMX + Method Valentine for Lupercalia: Lovers in Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Emerson Stage at the Emerson "Man. $35. $25. life. In the Smart Machines Art," presented by Henry Augustine Feb. 24: Deejay Punk Roc + BarrY Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Apr. 9: Marilyn Manson + Hole + Theater a multi-media show fea- Tate. Wed.: at 6 p.m .. ~Maritime Ashworth. $8. ' Street, Boston (8248000), February Monster Magnet. $29.50. Theater tures NASA's Mars Rover, R2-D2, America," presented by Guy Jordan. Mar. 6: Low Fidelity Allstars. $6. 18 through 20. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Shakey, Sea Rover, and other Mar. 23: Kid Rock. $9. Blue Man Group Tix $10 to $15; $8 for Pro-Arts stu- Great Woods robots. Through Nov. 30: .Wizards Museum of Science Mar. 24: Vast. $7. Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton '''';'Ticketmaster: 931-2000. dents. and Their Wonders: Portraits in Science Park, Boston. (723-2500), Street, Boston, indefinitely. Curtain Computing .• Ongoing: .Virtual Mar. 24: 'N Sync. $39.50 pavilion, Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-9 is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Grease FishTank .• $24.50 lawn. p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. on Wang Center, 270 Tremont Street, Admission free with MIT ID, other- Friday and Saturday, and at 3 and Boston (800447-7400), February 19 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum '" The Middle East wise $9, $7 for children 3-14 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $35 to through 21. Curtain is at 8 p.m. 'Ticketmaster: 931-2000. Jazz Music 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566- seniors. $45. Call 42&6912 for tickets and Friday, at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19: Addison Groove Project. 1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Museum features the theater Regattabar $8. information on how to see the and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tax Admission $10, $7 for seniors. $5 of electricity (with indoor thunder- Tickets: 661-5000. show for free by ushering .. $25 to $60. Feb. 20: Roadsaw + Scissorfight. for students with ID ($3 on Wed.), and-lightning shows daily) and Feb. 19-21: The Marcus Roberts '0'$7. free for children under 18. more than 600 hands-on exhibits. Trio. Valparaiso Shear Madness Feb. 21: Mr. Marquis. $12. The museum, built in the style of a Ongoing: .Discovery Center"; Feb. 23-24: The Dave Douglas American Repertory Theatre at the Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Feb. 22: Brad Shepik & The 15th-century Venetian palace, hous- "Investigate! A See-For-Yourself Quartet. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Commuters. $7. Warrenton Street, Boston (426- es more than 2500 art objects, with Exhibit"; "Science in the Park: Feb. 25-28: The Elvin Jones Jazz Street, Cambridge (547-8300). in 5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 "Feb. 23: Plastic People of the emphasis on Italian Renaissance Playing with Forces and Motion"; Machine. repertory through March 17. p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at Universe (from Czech Republic). and 17th-century Dutch works. "Seeing Is Deceiving." Sculler's $8. Curtain is at 8 p.m. February 19, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Among the highlights are works by Through Feb. 28: "K'NEXhibition." Tickets: 562-4111 20, 24, and 25. and March 4, 12, Feb. 24: Clutch. $10. and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Rembrandt, Botti ce iii , Raphael, Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of the Ticketmaster: 931-2000 13, 16, and 17. and at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $30 to $34. ,Feb. 25: True World Order. $10. Titian, and Whistler. Guided tours World"; "Living on the Edge." Feb. 19-20: T.S. Monk Sextet. February 28 and March 7; there are , •Feb. 26: One Fell Swoop. $8. given Fridays at 2:30 p.m. Through May 9: "Catsl Wild to Feb. 23: DeChellis-Tomaslc- matinees at 2 p.m. February 20 Feb. 26: Schleigo (upstairs). Through April 25: "Josiah Mild.~ Nakatani Trio. and 28. and March 7 and 13, and Feb. 27: Everyttling + Heavy Metal McElheney: The Story of Glass. " Admission to Omni. laser, and Feb. 24: Larry Watson. at 10:30 a.m. on March 16. Tix Horns. $8adv/$lOdos. planetarium shows is $7.50, Feb. 25: All Ryerson, Joe Beck and $23 to $55; discounts for seniors Museum of Rne Arts I Feb. 28: Get High. $6. Exhibits $5.50 for children and seniors. Dave Samuels. and students. Mar. 5: Lee 'Scratch' Perry. $25. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. (267- Now showing: "Laser Depeche Feb. 26-27: Mark Murphy & Sheila Computer Museum 9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 Mar. 12: ? & The Mysterians. $8. Mode," Sun., 8 p.m.; "Laser Jordan. The Master Builder 300 Congress St., Boston. (423- Mar. 13: Rippopotamus. $7. p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Offspring," Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Classical MUsic American Repertory Theatre at the 6758 or 426-2800), Daily, 10 Thurs.-Fr\., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Mar. 18: Blue Oyster Cult. $15. "Laser Rush," Sun., 9:15; "Laser Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle. a.m.-6 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Beastie Boys," Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 Boston Symphony Orchestra Street, Cambridge (547-8300), In students and seniors, free for chil- Wing open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 Paradise Rock Club p.m.: "Laser Floyd's Wall," Fri.- Tickets: 266-1492. Tuesdays. repertory February 12 through dren under 5. Half-price admission Next: 423-NEXT. p.m. Admission free with MIT ID, Sat., 10:30 p.m.; "Friday Night Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 P.M.; March 21. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Sun. from 3-5 p.m. Tours daily otherwise $10, $8 for students and Feb. 20: Melissa Ferrick + Josh Stargazing," Fri., 8:30 p.m.; Fridays. 1:30 P.M. $23-$71; rush February 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 23. of .Walk Through Computer seniors. children under 17 free: $2 , " Clayton-Blake + Hazard. "Welcome to the Universe," daily; seats $7.50 day of concert, on and 27 and March 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 2000,. a working two-story model • Feb. 24: Eve 6 + Marvelous' 3. after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed . "Quest for Contact: Are We sale Fridays from 9 a.m., Tuesdays 11, 18, 19, and 20, and at 7 p.m. of a PC. The world's only computer after 4 p.m. Alone?" daily .

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The deadfine to apply for on campus summer and fall99-00 vacancies in FSILG Coordinator family and single graduate student apartments and dormitories is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 1999. Leaves. after a Week On March I, J 999 there will be a housing lottery for any fully--registered continuing graduate student wanting on-campus housing for the 99{){) academic year. By Krista L. Niece addition to the staff would give the NEWSED/TOR office the "opportunity to concen- Applications are avaIlable In Graduate Housing in E32- J 33. a"nd must be returned Serving one of the shortest stints trate on some areas" that have previ- by the deadline to the same office./v"ry questions. call 3-5148. of an MIT administrator in recent ously been neglected. The Graduate Housing Office will be closed on Monday. March 1. 1999 due to the lottery. memory, Barbara Treadway Treadway planned to work close- resigned Feb. 9, one week after ly with Panhellenic and Women's accepting a newly created position Conference groups. as coordinator of fraternities, sorori- She was expected to work on ties, and independent living groups issues such as the ILG resident advi- ) here at MIT. SOT program, risk management, and' Treadway's responsibilities were rush. to include assisting in sorority rush and exploring new ways the admin- Replacement unlikely until fall istration could help the ILGs. Mittelstadt, who spoke with The new administrative position Dean of Student Life Margaret will probably not be filled again Bates on the issue, said that the. until the end of the semester. office plans to look into hiring Treadway submitted her resigna- another candidate that they had tion last Tuesday, accord.ing to interviewed before accepting Assistant Dean of Residence Life Treadway. and Student Life Programs Neal H. "Reopening the [candidate] Dorow. The decision was made after search ... takes a lot of time," and her fiance received a job offer in involves a lot of technicalities,. their former home of Omaha, Mittelstadt said. Adding this to the . Nebraska. difficulty of relocating a school offi- cial in the middle of term, RLSLP left short-handed Mittelstadt does not expect a new The new administrative position administrator to arrive until the ~nd vacated by Treadway was in the of the semester at the earliest, RLSLP Office. "unless there's a miracle." Former Panhellenic Council Before coming to MIT," President Lisa A. Mittelstadt '00, Treadway was Greek and who assisted with the search for Leadership Advisor at the candidates, said that a replacement University of Omaha, Nebraska. will almost certainly be sought. This included residential Greek-' "Neal needs that position to be organizations as well as organiza- filled," she said. tions such as Order of Omega greek Dorow had said in an earlier honor society. She also dealt with!\ interview that he hoped Treadway's leadership programs on campus.

KRZYSZ7VF GAJOS-THE TECH Yoko Tawada reads In German, Japanese, and English from her books In a presentation In Killian Hall Wednesday as part of the kickoff series for the new Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies. THE TECH Page 17 ,..... February 19, .1999r ~MITDance Mix Coalition Throws a Birthday party By Katie Jeffreys appeal to all the senses. In addition Ballroom Dance Team will each be don't believe that it is necessary to The MITOMC has about ten STAFF REPORTER' to the club atmosphere provided by' putting on an exhibition during the get drunk to have a good time," active OJ's. The group's goal is to The winking girl in headphones loud music and flashing colored party as well. Boon said. "promote dance events at MIT and is nestled between the "SP" and lights, the organizers of the event The party received funding from teach people how to OJ," Boon "MiT' on enigmatic posters hung have added special touches to DMC to promote dancing, DJ's the Undergraduate Association and said. In addition to this event, the ~~~~~~~~~ a r 0 u n d ensure that this is a unique party. The Dance Mix Coalition is Graduate Student Council Large group can occasionally be seen For example, there will be a pleased to provide an activity for the Event Fund and the Council for the playing music from the steps of the A'-Feature ~~~~au~~ large video backdrop with anima- MIT community that does not Arts at MIT, allowing it to be free of student center and held several is Mixie, tion provided by the MIT Anime involve alcohol. "We are trying to charge for all MIT and Wellesley classes over lAP under the title and she represents the MIT Dance Club. The MIT Dance Troupe and promote non-alcoholic events. We students. "Course MIX." ;, Mix Coalition. This relatively new student group is sponsoring a "sudden Party", using their one- ~year anniversary as a reason to cele- brate, according to Philip Tan Boon 'of The event, which will be held 'this Friday in La Sala de Puerto Rico, will provide a wide variety of dance muslc, ranging from techno to (,.~'bubblegum pop." The intensity of this music will fall somewhere between that of techno played on the radio and that which "ravers" seek t-out. . Several OJ's will be spinning throughout the evening. The first, Shwilly B, can regularly be found at "the Paradise in Cambridge .. Isaac Murakami '97, who goes. by OJ OBI-I, is returning to MIT from ~.Washington, DC for the party. Finally, members of the Coalition will be spinning, including Jeremy Warner '99 and Maggie Dh '00.

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Motivated by a desire to increase moves from the fifth floor of W20; '. I convenience for both students and Dean Eisenmann could not be administrators, the Office of reached for comment on his feelings Residential Life and Student Life about the new space, but Bernard, Programs underwent a reshuffling sharing an office with co-lead 0(' on Jan. 28 and 29 as part of a con- Operations Linda Patton, enjoys the tinuing Residential Systems "pretty cool" new office location. IntegrationTeam transition plan.. With the previous office arrange- ~, Several RLSLP deans, including ment, Bernard has to walk back and Associate Dean Andrew M. forth between E32 and W20 once or Eisenmann '70 and Director of twice every other day, and now that Residential Life Phillip M. Bernard the two share office space, it is.... have moved, with Associate Dean much easier to conference with each The hippest software professionals Eisenmann now located in the space other and with students. Though he previously used by the Public enjoys the' windows that line two Service Center, on the third floor of walls of the joint office, Bernard"" are becoming investment specialists. W20. Bernard, whose responsibili- says, "I know it's a long walk for ties include the housing assignments students, which. is my major con- More than 5,400 instill/tions and organizations hm'e licensed it. A ~'igorous alliance of software, marketing and for students, has moved to Building cern." E32. Building E32 is located on technology professionals bring it to market. Vision, reliability and pOlrer drive it. What is it? Carleton Street facing the Medical Move is temporary but complete Center. Adrem Software. That's what. We pro ride solwions that automate and integrate mission-critical functions of According to Laura Capone, inrestmem management orgwiizatiolls. What's after is Irhat comes Ilext in software products, services alld data special as'sistant in the RLSLP Relics unearthed in office move imegration. Located ill San Francisco, Nell' York and Boston, this is 1I1wtthe union of high-technolog)~ high- Office, the motivation behind the When asked about the more move was to "try to make life as interesting things found during the, finance and high energ)' looks like today Not jl/st skill sets, were lookingfor relentless big-thilTkers. We have easy as possible for students" by moving process, Bernard displayed the following positions available: consolidating RLSLP services into a a "Who's Who, What's What, and "one-stop shop," with housing under Here's How" guide to administrative Software Development {ngineers - Technical'Support Representatives one roof in E32 and student life ser- structure from 1965, when Professof' vices in W20. Ideally, Capone said, Ashdown was the housemaster of Software QA{ngineers all RLSLP services "would be in "Graduate House." Bernard also one building," but given space con- spoke of a residence guide he had straints, this solution "made the found' from the 1930s that included Stop by our booth at the M.I.T. Rapid Growth Career Fair on Friday, February 26th, in the most sense." two housing options: Senior House, Sala de Puerto Rico room in the Student Center from 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. New office locations are tempo": at '4 Ames St.' and the east parallel rary, with plans to move again by of East Campus, with housing costs\ the fall, when the third floor area in running at $105 a term. We hare no dress dOlrn Fridays. el'e~1'day is casl/al. Ad~'ent offers an excellent W20 will revert back to student Although their physical loca- bl'l/~fits package awl a 1I'0rkenriron/1/ent that is fl/n and fl/II of lal/ghter. Join space. The option of moving tions have changed, phone num-, l tht' teum. E-mail resllmesto:[email protected]. Or, for a positioll ill San ADV RLSLP offices into the retail space bers have mostly remained the. previously used by Newbury same for RLSLP administrators. Francisco, pleasefax to: (4/5) 512-9839. For a position ill Nell' York or Boston, Comics was considered, but met This phenomenon was made possi- pleasefax to: (2/2) 8/9-/864. Visit our Web site for more opportunities ENT with "much resistance" by the own- ble by the fact that "MIT own~,.' \ at www.advellt.com. No Agenc}; part-time or COlliractors. EOE. ers of the first floor retail space. their own telephone switch, which Nancy M. Masley,administrative is very unusual" according to assistant in the RLSl.:;PW20 office, Robin Yearwood, Customer Service said that the fifth-floor space hous- Representative •'" fr&m th~ ing RLSLP is temporary as well, but Telecommunications office. "nobody knows how tem~rary" the Yearwood mentioned that "People Free Computing forall MITStudents Spring Term 1999 MinicourseSchedule current locations are: move around this campus all the Though the RLSLP move is time" and it is "commonplace for a' completed for the time being, minor phone numper to move with peo- Athena Minicourses updates of contact information still ple wherever they go." . .need to occur. Finger information As a point of clarification~' should be accurate by.next week, if Masley, who has the pleasure of. Stop Wasting Your Time! not before. answering extension 3-6777, would like students to "call 253-281 I for Spring Term 1999 Changes to optimize convenience housing'information and 253-6771' Some administrators, including for student activities information."

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distribution seen by less energetic electrons. This showed that the quark model, which revolutionized nuclear physics, was correct.

M IT mourns colleague, mentor "Henry Kendall was visionary, sudden passionate and effective in his appeals to humankind to care for our planet and for each other," said party President Charles M. Vest. "His understanding of the world ranged from subatomic physics to the issues and technologies of war and peace. He was an ardent environmentalist and excellent photographer. His span of interests and actions con- tributed greatly to MIT and to the worlds of science, politics and social action." "Henry was an outstanding sci- entist and an outstanding human being who worked tirelessly for the betterment of society," Friedman said. "He used political and scientif- ic activity effectively to advance TODAY such goals as arms control, nuclear .. Henry W. Kendall PhD '55 " safety and a better environment. I will miss him terribly." became a full professor in 1967. In worldwide physics community. In on classified matters. "Everything he did, he did to the 1969, he was. one of the founders of 1997, he presented a special physics Kendall earned many awards' 19 feb highest standards," Robertson said. the Union of Concerned Scientists. colloquium. at MIT devoted to the besides his Nobel prize. In 1982, he Four years later, he became chair of subject. received the Bertram Russell A rich and fruitful life the UCS, a position he held until his Through the DCS, Kendall Society Award. In 1994, KendaJI. Kendall was born on Dec. 9, death. became involved in many other was awarded The Ettore Majorana-' 1926 in Boston. In 1945, during the He was also known as an out- pressing environmental issues. He Erice Science for Peace Prize. Last SALA Second World War, he entered the doorsman and naturalist. "He was active on global warming, help- year, he earned the Nicholson U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. climbed mountains; he made trails," ing organize a major statement at Medal for Humanitarian Service. Afier the war, Kendall served _an a said Professor of Physics Rainer the 1997 Climate Summit in Kyoto, from the American Physical DE troop transport ship until 1946''- Weiss. His appreciation of nature Japan. The saine year, Kendall and Society .. ,-' . In 1946, he entered Amherst led to his deep concern about the several other scientists briefed Kendall earned membership in PUERTO College, graduating with a SB in future of the environment. President Clinton and, his advisers the American Academy of Arts and' mathematics in 1950. He attended For many years, Kendall was on the dangers associated with 'glob- Sciences and the National Academy , RiCO graduate school in physics at MIT, deeply involved in questions of al warming. '.. 1.- of Scierices. iHe .alsb' co.:.wrbte five earning his PhD in 1955. He taught nuclear waste, arms control, and Kendall also served as a consul- books. at Stanford from 1956-61, coming environmental safety, and was the, tant 'for the Department of Defense Professor Kendall-is survived by free entry with MIT to the M IT faculty in 1961. He premier expert on the subject in the for 10 years, advising the Pentagon a brother, John, of Sharon, Mass.

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,For New Residence Now Hiring ... GSC, from Page 1 Institute currently has a goal of eventually housing 50 percent of •J "'in Cambridge and Boston," he said. graduate students - the percent- Learn to Teach Additionally, recent increases in age which currently applies for Cambridge housing prices hurt housing . . MIT's ability to attract students, said Earn $$$ Schneider. Kitchens, common space crucial The current plan locates the new ATHENA~is looking for students to work as Grad dorm construction delayed housing complex on Sidney and ~•. The original date for completion Pacific Streets at University Park, Minicourse Instructors of the new graduate student dorm although Davenport said there have For the 1999-2000 Academic Year. and beyond .., was fall of 1999, Hohnke said. also been suggestions to locate the Over the course of planning and dis- dorm along Vassar Street. I cuss ions with the administration, "it "Graduate Students aren't so con- Do you think that your teaching and presentation skills are became obvious it would not be cerned about where the housing important for a technical career? As a minicourse instructor, opened in 1999," Hohnke said. Last goes, just that it has comfortable you can improve them. v summer at a meeting of the GSC apartments and offers a cafeteria, Housing and Community Affairs common space, and programming committee, Chancellor Larry S. which enhance community-build- If you: Bacow cited 2002 as a likely date of ing," Davenport said. • Can explain technical topics clearly, 'Yopening. According to GSC officials, the • Are comfortable using Athena, and want to learn more about it, "We will not be able to announce residence will consist of small a starting date for construction until apartments. "Graduate students • Need to add some teaching experience to your resume, .a financing plan is complete," want to be able to cook, prepare • Are an MIT student -- grad or undergrad ... I Bacow said .. their own meals, and ... when the ...then we would like to talk with you. "As with all major construction kitchen is dirty, they want to be able projects that are at a similar stage of to yell at the person who did it. That .. development, we are exploring can't happen in a hall or floor As an Athena minicourse instructor you will: options for financing this project," kitchen," Davenport said. • Teach minicourses during Orientation week, lAP, and each semester, he added. He cited the Stata Center, Students need a communal space • Earn money, including and the remaining renovations to Baker, for entertaining family, friends, or a paid training period, ""and the new undergraduate resi- professors, Davenport continued. • Improve your teaching skills. dence 'when asked what projects "A single dorm room isn't enough, take precedence to graduate hous- but a shared living room is." Prior Teaching Experience is NOT Required .ring. "The thoughtful programs that "Obviously MIT has lots of pri- exist at Ashdown' House are an To request an application, or more information, orities," Hohnke said. "I think example of how to bring about a please write to with continued vigilance of the strong sense of community among .•asc keeping this a high priority ... graduate students. Such housing is ~Athena is a n:giSlcred tradt:m:ut of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 2002 is realistic, but I am disap- closely aligned to MIT's educational pointed it slipped from 1999." The mission," Schneider said.

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www.ford.com ~~bruary 19, 1999 SPORTS THE TECH Page 23 ,..Jumpers Leap over Opponents See something happening? .. Call The Tech News Hotline . spinning Track, from Page 24 the first time and bounded a person- Heavener gave her debut in the al best in the triple. In her first track event with a mark of21'4.25". 253-1541 pounding for her first attempt at the event, fin- season ever, she is up to 3'8" in the MIT put together their first .,. ishing not far from regional qualifi- high jump, and out to 28'2.5" in the indoor distance medley relay team cation with a time of3:24.62. triple jump as of Saturday. ever, setting a new record of Although focusing primarily on Burianek continued to have a 15:03.67. Diaz, in her third distance . the 200m, Chen broke her own varsity great day full of great performances, event of the day, started the relay .,J ~record in the 55m dash with a time of as she triple jumped 30'11", a mere with six laps around the track, hand- 7.72s. Kuo sped through just behind inch short of qualifying for division- ing off to Hong, who ran the 400m Chen, falling just 0.01 s shy of the als. Lee, another one of Tech's very leg. Sco'ppettuolo then carried the ... regional qualification with a time of valuable jumpers, triple jumped baton for 800m, and Radin finished Live with British 7.75s. Thorvaldsen also ran remark- 29'8.75" and high jumped 4'8". off the relay with 1600m and pressed students in the very ably fast, completing the dash in French and Heavener jumped on to the finish despite side cramps. 7.92s. Yety Oke '02, in her MIT track 29'4.75" and 27'5", respectively, in Even without Tech's fastest center of Oxford '.1<- and field debut, certainly did not run t~e triple. 400m runner, the 4x400m relay like a first-timer and ran an 8.51. Sullivan once again jumped team came just 0.14s off the school as an Associate Lloyd, Nakamura, and Eva Palmerton higher than anyone else for the day record. Chen, French, Kuo, and Student of a medieval . '99 ran respective times of 8.63, 8.65, " by clearing 4'10". Sullivan each sped around the track TODAY and 11.11. Palmerton is back in action Princess Imoukhuede '02 set twice in a total time of 4:20.94. Oxford college. after almost a year of treatment and another school record in the weight The 3200m relay team carried rehabilitation of a serious leg injury. throw with a spectacular mark of the torch and ended the meet on a Summer and graduate study " The Tech jumpers continue to 41'0.75". Melissa Dullea '00 contin- high note. Without any opposing available. Since 1985, show their strength as they leap and ues to improve significantly and on team to push them, they accom- 19 feb bound across great distances. Saturday threw the 20 lb. weight a plished the goal they set out for by students from 240 leading Burianek came within less than two distance of of 32'2.5". Janine qualifying for regionals. One after U.S. Colleges have studied in ... inches of the long jlJ!IlP varsity record Buseman- Williams '01, Palmerton, the other, Wang, Yamaykin, Harris, by leapirig to a mark of 15'1.75". Li, and Rebecca Mays '02 had respec- and Won put their hearts into break- Oxford through WI.S.C . consistently a big 'force for Tech in tive marks of 28'7.75", 26'4.0", and ing the 10: 10 mark, and set the var- .SA LA ~ .the field, jumped 14'0.5" while 25'04.0". sity record at 10:09.53. Washin~on International Heavener and Lloyd had respective The five throwers again demon- MIT's indoor track and field Studies Council DE jumps of 13'1.5" and 12'10.5". strated their muscle power in the women continue to show proof of 214 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. Nakamura had an exceptional shot put. Imoukhuede hurled the their excellent and dedicated coach- .. day in her jumps. As Nakamura con- shot out 36'3.0" while Buseman- ing staff and of their hard work and (Suite 370) PUERTO tinues to improve and to dazzle Williams, Dullea, Mays and determination. They will have one Washington, D.C. 20002 teammates with her work ethic, she Palmerton also put the shot where it . more opportunity this Saturday at Phone Number: (202) 547-3275 RiCO )".has demonstrated the fruitful results belonged, far from the circle - the Smith College Invitational to Free Telephone: (800) 323-WISC of dedication and practice. She 27'4.5", 26'8.25", 23'8.5", and compete and qualify before the divi- Facsimile: (202) 547-1470 cleared a height in the high jump for 23'7.5" from the circle, to be exact. sional championships. guest OJsSCHWILL Y B E-mail: [email protected] and D-I 081..1

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Won years of experience in the event, she herself to a solid 400m time of T£-tMMEMBER dropped 0.17s off her former per- 69.04s. At MIT's first coed indoor track sonal best, putting the NCAA provi- There was no stopping Milena invitational, with opponents from sional standard of 8. 70s within Yamaykin this time from breaking Williams, Coast Guard, Plattsburgh, reach and placing her fifth in the the 1:47.74 qualifying standard in and Bates, MIT's Lady Engineers rankings the 600m. With fierce determination took advantage of the nonscoring French surprised herself in the from the start, she cranked out a meet to qualififor post-regular sea- event with a very impressive race 34.0s for the first 200m and kept the son championships, set personal and time of 9.47s. Theresa Burianek quick pace consistent for the middle records, and give excellent individ- '99 and Vanessa Li '02 ran strong in lap. Gutting out the last third of the ual performances on Saturday. the hurdles with respective times of race, she finished in second place in Lila French's '99 "roof-raising" 9.88 and 10.19 seconds. 1:47.04. Lisa Scoppettuolo '02 had pole vault of 10'6" is a prime exam- The 200m was loaded with sea- a solid race and knocked off a ple of the kinds of great feats that son best performances. Elaine Chen whopping 12 seconds off her former were accomplished. Accustomed to '99 not only ran her fastest time this personal best, giving her a new per- expending her energy in an over- season, she set the varsity record at sonal best of2:03.7. whelming number of events from 27.92s, qualifying for the divisional Rose Radin '02 paced a nicely the long jump to the 1600m relay in championships. As usual, she had run 3000m, leading teammate order to score points for the team, that deceptive appearance of ease in Patricia Diaz '00 in her first attempt French finally got her chance to her powerful stride and with her this season in the event. The pair concentrate more on her favorite arms forcefully pumping her to the worked together to fight off event, undoubtedly aiding in vault- finish line, Chen ran the excellent Williams' second runner for most of ing her personal best as well as the race she was aiming for. the race. Diaz showed the Williams all-time highest vault by a female Another one of Tech's stellar runner who was boss by dramtically M IT athlete. Indeed, much higher sprinters, Adeline Kuo '02, set the outkicking her in the last 200m to and she will be not only be "raising rookie record with another superb place second in a time of 11:32.98. the roof," she'll be going through time of 28.0 Is. Deepa Patel '0 I was Radin finished strongly in with a the roof! only .07s off from breaking the 30 time 11 :42.21. Diaz now has the Stephanie Norris '02 also had a second mark, while Stephanie Hong experience and confidence of run- spectacular vault of 10'3", setting G ran a 30.78 and Tanisha Lloyd ning the event to cut the mere three MIT's rookie record. "'Norris has also '99, in only her second performance seconds needed to qualify for the MIODlUG CIRKOVIC-THE TECH been a consistent power-house in the of the season, came through at divisional championships. Vicky Canto-Ponce '00 shoots a lay-up In a game against pole vault. French and Norris now 31.54s. Mealani Nakamura '00 The 800m race was somewhat Wheaton College on Tuesday. MIT won the game 65-64. rank second and third in, the divi- stayed strong throughout the race disappointing for Chi-An Wang '01, sIon. and got her \i me down to 31.70. one of Tech's strongest 800m and Alyssa Thorvaldsen '00 also In the 400m, Kay Sullivan '02 mid-distance runners. The looks of half of the race. Yet,. she ran strong out at a fast pace, Harris proved her does not cease to amaze teammates, not only comfortably met qualifying her performance during training and finished in 2:34.80. Mia toughness by holding on strong even competitors, and fans with her standards with a 63.77 and breaking recently indicated she would have Heavener '00 persevered tofinish in the last 400m of the race to come . tremendous hurdling talent. She had the rookie record, she won the race no problem qualifying for champi- her first 800m race in a time of through the finish at 3:14.46. Di~z no one to push her in the 55m to her with a sizeable margin, ruthles~ly onships. However, the quick start of 3:16.11. also started much faster than her

8.85s personal record as well as leaving the Williams contender in the race and stiffness from a recent Melanie Harris '01 broke her desired pace, but still ran very well I 'i school varsity record, but using her her wake. Despite the lack of com- tough worKout both played a role in own varsity record yet again in the impeccable form and technique and petition in her heat, .Hong pushed the fatigue in her legs in the second 1000m. Although the race started Track, Page 23 Swim Teams Tune-Up For New England Chantpionships. By David Chatwln set a new pool record. Not content Erb '01, and Dunn broke the pool sonal record for the 1000 yard Quintin Louie '01, wi~h his last TEAM CAPTAIN with that performance, the women record that had been also previously freestyle during the race. ' chance to go to the New England'" The" men's and women's swim had an outstanding showing in the set by MIT. Dylan Birtolo '00 provided Championships made the qualifying teams recently competed in the New 50 meter freestyle. Dunn took first The. men's 'conference champi- much-needed support in both the 1- time in the 50 yard breaststroke. England Men's and Women's place by setting yet another pool onship was held at Springfield meter and the 3-meter diving. Also Stefan Bewley '01 overcame Conference meet as a final tune-up record and making the National B College" but due to some miscom- Despite being unsure if he would season-long shoulder injuries and a ' for the New England Championships. qualifying time. She was followed munication, the bus carrying the even compete in .the 3-meter compe- sinus infection to swim the anchor- The women's competition was held at closely by freshman swimming sen- men's swim team accidentally ended tition,' Birtolo dove excellently and ing 50 of the 200 medley in 22.4 Mt. Holyoke, where the swimmers sation, Andrea Harsanyi '02, who up at Mt. Holyoke. The confusion placed third in both events. seconds. placed third out of ten teams. came in third. The fearsome sprint- was soon taken care of, and the men Many of the swimmers from In the end, the depth of the men's MIT was well-represented in the ing duo of Dunn and Harsanyi also arrived at Springfield with enough MIT had good, but not outstanding team was enough to propel MIT to a 1500 meter freestyle, which has tra- placed well in the 100 freestyle, and time to warm up. The team was performances. There were, however, second, place finish ahead of ditionally been a weak point for the were joined by Julie Hong '02,-who eager to swim well and to avenge a several bright spots at the meet. Springfield by a score of 583 to 572. ' Engineers. Led by Allison Fielder set a personal record in the event. loss during the regular season '02, Kristen Clements '02, and The butterfliers did extremely against Springfield, their h.ost and Berta Liao '00, the distance swim- well in the 100 meter fly with rival. Nordic -.Ski Team Wms . mers placed fifth, eighth, and 16th, Navarro, Harsanyi, and Krams plac- MIT started out very strongly in respectively. ing second, third and fourth. the 1650 yard freestyle. Grant Not only did the women excel in Navarro also came in second in Jhe Kristofek '02, displaying the win- Medals at Bennington the longer events, but they practical- 200 fly, beating her bitter arch-rival ning form he has shown all season, ly dominated many of the sprints. from Wellesley and revenging a won the 1650 with a time of The 200 meter medley relay, com- close loss earlier in the season. 17: 19.68. He was joined in the top By Adrienne H. Slaughter Coradetti '02 chased a close com- posed of Liz Krams '00, Erica To complete the meet, the ten by Paul Huck '00, Ken TEAM ALUMNAE petitor into the stadium for an excit- Fuchs '99, Jen Navarro '00 and women's 400 freestyle relay of McKracken '00, and" Corey The Nordic Ski team traveled to ing finish, surpassing the foe and Deirdre Dunn '99 placed first and I-!arsanyi, .Lea Engst '02, Lauren Gerritsen '02, who also set a per- Bennington, Vt this weekend to par- capturing a second-place medal. In ticipate in a series of races hosted by addition to Coradetti's medal, Derek Yale University. The performance Southwell '02, Jim Berry '99,., 'was spectacular, with a winning relay Garnett, Jeff Doering '99, and Karm team and two individual medals. McLetchie '02 rounded out the The race on Saturday was a three men's team, bringing MIT to a first by 5 km coed skate relay. The trails place team ranking. were crowded, but that did nothing to Sunday also saw a 7 km classic It's a connected w-orld. slow down the winning team of race for the women. Again, the team , Jessic;a Kleiss '00, Derek Southwell did well, with Teresa Hung '02 win- " '01, and Sam Coradetti '02. MIT also ning her first collegiate medal with a registered two unofficial teams, both third place ranking. Jessica Kleiss of which also performed well but '00 also had a strong race, placing Do your share. were uneligible for placing. Jeff seventh. Unfortunately, the women Doering '99, Teresa Hung '02, and were unable to qualify for team Tim Garnett '02 contributed to one rankings. team, while assistant coach Jessie This has been an amazing season Donavan joined the last with Karl for the Nordic ski team, and it McLetchie '02 to fill out a third entry. promises to continue. This weekend Sunday morning came early and the team will travel to upstate New For 30 ways to help the environment, write Earth Share, cold for the men's 10 km classic York to compete in races sponsored race. The crowd heated up as Sam by Cornell. 3400 International Drive ,~ Suite 2K (AD4), Washington, DC 20008. Earth Share peOMING HOME EVENTS Saturday, February 20 Men's Basketball vs. WPI, I :00 p.m. Tuesday, February 23

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