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SodexhoJ Bon Appetit WinDining Contr~ By Jennifer Krishnan that your findings are in direct link NEWS EDITOR and support of your goals," said MIT has awarded Sodexho the Director of Campus Dining Richard contract for community dining, D. Berlin III. which includes Lobdell, Morss Hall Combined with the contracting in Walker Mem.orial, and the satel- of The Alpine Bagel Co. and lite locations on campus. Bon Arrow Street Crepes, as well as the Appetit won the contract for resi- addition of La Verde's Market to dential dining, which includes the the MIT Card, students next year dining halls in Baker House, Next will see increased competition as House, and Simmons Hall, as well well as a better balance between MacGregor C.onvenience. cooking, buying food on campus, - MIT will continue to contract and eating off-campus, both of Aramark f.or catering and the Facul- which were major goals established ty Club. by the Campus Dining Board, "We're going to have three dif- Berlin said. ferent vendors on campus next fall," For the- three major contracts, in addition to the independent ven- vendor proposals were reviewed by d.ors in the Student Center, said a vendor selection committee, DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH Dean for Student Life Larry G. whose membership included several The doctoral hooding ceremony was held yesterday afternoon in Johnson Athletics Center • Benedict. members of the Campus Dining These three firms are "consid- Board, Walsh said. ered to be the heavyweights of the The pr.ocess included on-campus Over 2,200 to Graduate Today [food] industry," said Campus interviews and visits to 'other sites. Activities Complex Director Phillip The selection. committee then By Helana Kadyszewskl cises have posed particular planning resp.onse that w.ould reasonably J. Walsh. shared its proposal with the Dining SPORTS.£D/TOR challenges for the Commen~ement ensure the safety of the 11,000 plus Board and passed it on to Benedict When all is said and done today staff. Director of Enteiprise Services participants and guests at our C.om- Competition introduced at the 136th Commencement exer- Stephen D. Immerman, who haS been mencement?" "It's ,always w.on~erful- to find Dining, Page 18 cises in Killian Court, some 2,250 involved in planning Commencement Immerman~and Gayle M. Gal- MIT students will be awarded an and oversees the Institute's safety and lagher, the executive officer of estimated 2,500 degrees. security measures, cites the events of Commencement, have reviewed and CLC Makes PBEGo Dry This year's crop of graduates Sept. 11 and the controversy sur- redefined the security protocols for will gather in Killian C.ourt, rain or- rounding guest speaker James D. this year's exercises. Security s~e, for the most anticipated" event Wolfensohn, president .of the W.orld guidelines f.or both graduates and For Month of September in an MIT student's career.- Com- Bank Group, as the primary c.on- their guests have been posted mencement 2002 is expected to cerns. online. In additi.on t.o the MIT By Jennifer Krishnan Any violation .of this "dry" peri- draw an crowd of more than 11,000 "This is our first Commencement Police, medical persoI1,!lel, facilities NEWSED/TOR od or any other license-related vio- pe.ople including participants and in a w.orld that is quite different, and staff, and an additional 200 student MIT's chapter of the Phi Beta lation will result in an automatic their guests. with threats and risks that are large- and staff volunteers will be on duty. Epsilon fraternity will be alc.oh.ol- suspension .of the fraternity's l.odg- ly unknown," he said. "We had t.o Because .of.the size .of campus free from Aug. 30 to Sept. 30, as ing license for the same tiine peri.od, Sec_~ri~ pu~ped up ~k ourselves: what is a reasonable .ordered by the Cambridge License said CLC Executive Officer Richard ~ 1}lls year's C.ommencement exer- and prudent safety and security _ Commencement, Page 10 C.ommission. V. Scali. Scali said the CLC would be m.onit.oring the house "with spot Pre-Commencement Events Focus on World Bank Policy inspections ... t.o make sure that that there is n.o alc.ohol on the premises" By Sandra M. Chung been c.oncerned that not enough during the one-month dry period. ARTS EDITOR MIT staff were available to oversee PBE President Jae K. Ro '02 ,An audience that included Boston a, large event because of the next said the decision was "pretty fair ... , area residents and MIT students day's C.ommencement services. It sent the right message," he said. filled 54-1 QO last night for a viewing S.ome considered 54-100 to be "I th.ought .[the decision] was of Life and Debt, a documentary film t.o.o small for the event. However, fair," said David N. Rogers, assis- that c~ndemns U.S. and International the lecture hall, decorated with a tant dean and director of fraternities, Monetary Fund treatment of the Jamaican flag and filled with the sororities, and independent living Jamaican economy, and a subsequent s.ounds .of reggae music, c.omf.ort- groups. ,performance by reggae artist Yami ably acc.omm.odated all of the- Ro said he was not w.orried' Bol.o, who is featured in the film. approximately 300 people wh.o about staying dry during September The events were staged in gathered peacefully to .view the film, .because "alcohol is not a big part of advance .of James D. W.olfenohn's talk to Black, and hear Bolo. our rush" and "we've been dry for address at Commencement t.oday. "We reserved 54-100 before we " the past two m.onths, so it w.on't be Wo.1fensohn)s president of the told them this was happening," said anything we're not used to." World Bank. Stephanie Black, Jesse M. Barnes '02. "When they direct.or .of Life and Debt, was pre- f.ound out-they didn't want to let us CLC criticizes policy on guests s"ent at the sh.owing to answer ques- do it. But then ... they realized it was PBE" appeared at a hearing tions from the audience. a film showing, which is something before the CLC last'm.onth after that happens .on college campuses all MIT P.olice found an intoxicated 17- . Gathering goes off without hitch the time, so they let us do it." year-old near the house. Despite some initial difficulty" The event was c.oordinated by Ro said that Bobby Lee, 17, and c.onvincing MIT administrators to the Students f.or Democratic Com- his companion, 18-year-old William all.ow the event to take place on the mencement in c.onjuncti.on with Jim, had apparently "[g.otten] a hold MIT campus the night bef.ore com- Bankbusters, a B.ost.on-based .orga- DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH .of the unattended alcohol" that sev- . mencement, the SDC program went nization opp.osed to the actions .of Yaml Bolo performs during a reggae concert In 54-100 last night as era} members .of the fraternity had smoothly in the absence of police " part of the events leading up to today!s commencement address by supervision. The administration had World Bank, Page 20 World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn. PBE, Page 10
A closer look Comics OPINION at activism at Five Backward Glances: reflec.- World & Nation 2 MIT. tions on the MIT experience. Opinion 4 Arts 8 Center Events Calendar ~.14 Spread . Page 14 Page 6 Page 2 THE TECH June 7, 2002 WORLD & NATION Russia Hails New 'Market-Economy' Lawmakers Back Bush Plan LOS ANGEI.ES T!.IIES MOSCOW Russia welcomed the news Thursday that the United States has designated it a "market economy," a move that should help Russian For Homeland Security Dept. exports and ease the country's entrance to the World Trade Organiza- tion. By Juliet Eilperin "It just makes sense," said Rep. er demands from many lawmakers "This is of principal importance for moving Russian goods into mE WASHlNGTON POST Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., a for coordination of domestic securi- WASHINGTON American markets,'" said German O. Gref, Russia's minister of eco- member of the House Intelligence ty responsibilities by a Cabinet-level nomic development and President Vladimir V. Putin's economic guru. Lawmakers hailed President Committee. "It demonstrates in a official. But he made it clear 'that "We will be getting the s'ame possibilities to protect our rights in Bush's plan to create a new Cabinet very tangible fashion the president's Congress intends to play an active the United States as any other U.S. trade partner," he said on Russian department for homeland security determination to give this the very role in determining the new struc- television. Thursday, though several cautioned highest priority." ture and that he still ~tends to push Putin learned of the decision from President Bush, who phoned they expect to help shape its mission Most lawmakers interviewed for an independent cominission "to him Thursday afternoon. and structure in the coming months. Thursday said they had little choice understand fully what went wrong According to Gref, the lack of free-market status had allowed U.S. The rush of public support from but to radica!ly change how th'e gov- on Sept. 11 and to make our nation regulators to impose tariffs and other sanctions without Moscow members of b~th parties, who ernment guards against terrorist as secure as possible in the future." being fully able to defend itself because Russia was considered a received no advance warning about attacks. The task' of ,pushing through state-controlIed economy. The change wilI especialIy affect the the massive overhaul and had yet to "There's just too much at stake," such a sweeping overhaul before nation's steel and chemical fertilizer industries, he said. learn many details about it by late said Rep. Mac Thornberry, R- Congress. adjourns this fall will be a Thursday afternoon, suggested Texas. He said Bush "is putting the serious challenge, particularly since strong congressional interest in responsibility squarely in our lap." both lawmakers and outside interest Senate Puts Anti-Terror Bill addressing failures in the nation's At the same time, however, sev- ' groups may chafe at 10siDg control security system. eral members sugges,ted they'd need over certain government functions. On Track for Approval' Several lawmakers have already more information before gauging Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., who TIfE II'ASlfINGTON POST introduced legislation calling for a how Congres~ could establish such chairs the House Intelligence Com- WASHINGTON reorganization of the governmellt's a major new agency. mitt~e and defends the president's The Senate cleared the way Thursday for approval of more in security apparatus, and hailed the "The president has recognized . plan, predicted "a blizzard" of juris- anti-terror spending this year after rejecting a series of proposals to president's move as well-timed. both the seriousness of the ongoing dictional battles on Capitol Hill. strip out specific projects and bring the measure more in line with "It's encouraging, it's good threat to the United States and the Some lawmakers already have President Bush's less costly request. news, it looks like it's headed in the problems that exist," said Rep. Tim ,begun raisiilg concerns, 'questioning After several days of partisan squabbling over the bill, the Senate right direction," said Senate Gov- Roemer, D-Ind., who sits on the whether some government responsi- voted 87-10 to limit debate and put the legislation on track for ernmental Affairs Committee Chair- , Hquse Intelligence Committee, But bilities would be brushed aside in approval by the week's end. man Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Roemer added, "We certainly need the reshuffling. ' The new spending, which comes on top of substantial increases in who's sponsored a bill on the sub- more than a flow chart before we Wisconsin Rep. David Obey, the counter-terrorism funding for this year, includes $14 billion for mili- ject and whose committee is likely vote to create 'the second-biggest top Democrat on the House Appro- tary operations, $5.8 billion for domestic security and $5.5 billion to to handle the president's plan.~ "I government agency." priations Committee, said any reor- help New York recover from the Sept. II terrorist attacks. It's think we ought to begin discussions . Senate Majority Leader Tom ganization would fail if Bush was designed to cover any increase in governmental costs for the remain- and move the legislation as soon as Daschle, D-S.D., welcomed Bush's unwilling to provide sufficient ing four months of the 2002 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. possible." plan, saying it was in line with earli- resources for it. Funds are targeted for a wide array of activities, including increased security for airports, seaports, nuclear facilities, food sup- plies and water systems, and to assist local law enforcement, fire fight- ing and medical response efforts. ' Arafat Smveys Latest Damage, NYSE Proposes New Rules
To Restore Investor Confidence Denounces Assault as ~Racisni'I, TIfE WASJ//NGTON POST By Daniel Williams "Everybody knows this is my twenties. Politicians Urgently, pressed NEW YORK THE WASHINGTON POST bedroom," he said with sarcasm. "I for a range of actions: accelerated RAMALLAH, WEST BANK The New' York Stock Exchange on Thursday proposed a compre- was supposed to sleep here last night, construction of a',fence enveloping hensive set of new rules for its 2,800 listed companies intended to Yasser Arafat, fresh from a morn- but I had some work downstairs." the West Bank, Arafat's expulsion, improve corporate governance following the collapse of Enron Corp. ing nap, surveyed the wreckage of Arafat emerged from an under- formal teoccupation of Palestinian and other recent scandals that have shaken investor confidence. the presidential apartment in his ground bunker Thursday morning territories. " J The rules would require that companies listed on the exchange ruined West Bank headquarters with after a fierce bombardment of his Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lim- maintain corporate boards that include a majority of independent a well-practiced look of concern. headquarters that lasted six hours, ited Israel' s ~ediate responses to directors - people who have no material relationship with the firm. An Israeli shell had made a bath- mounted in retaliation for- Wednes- raids into the West Bank towns of They would require that board audit and compensation committees room window where none existed day's car-bombing of an Israeli bus Hebron, Qalqilya, Tulkarm ~d Jenin' consist entirely of independent directors, and that the audit committee before, blowing gray tiles off the that killed 17 people. He took some - and the pounding ofArafat's be responsible for hiring and firing a company's outside auditing firm. walls. In the bedroom, fine dUst cov- time to show the damage to reporters headquarters co,mpound. here in Another provision, requiring listed companies to allow sharehold- ered the Baby Wipes dispenser on and television cameramen, denounc- Ramallah., During the intense ers to vote on any stock option compensation plan, is already being his bedstead, a green velveteen ing the Israeli assault as racism and artillery and missile attack on his criticized by some corporate lobbyists. prayer rug draped over an exercise fascism. offices, one intelligence officer and a In announcing the proposed rules, exchange chairman Dick Gras- bicycle, Oriental carpets on the floor Wednesday night and Thursday, bodyguard were killed, Palestinian so said they'd help reassure anxious investors who have fled the mar- and packages of antihistamines scat- Israelis began to bury the remains of officials reported. Israeli officials dis- ket in droves. "There are periodic moments of madness," he said of tered everywhere. The blast shattered 13-soldiers and four civilians, vic- missed suggestions that they were the current rash of scandals and major bankruptcy filings. "But bad the mirror atop a faux Victorian tims of the bombing. Newspapers trying to kill Arafat. That would have people and bad practices will be rid from the system." dresser, but a photo of him holding published pictures of all the dead, been easy, suggested an army} his toddler daughter was intact. most of them in their late teens and spokesman, Capt. Jac6b Dallal. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, June 7, 2002
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. , 1 June 7, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Pag~ 3 Meeting With Musharraf Gives Thompson Hands Out Bioterrorism Funds
NEWSDAY Envoy Hope for Defusing Crisis NEW YORK By Tyler Marshall possibility of military conflict flict between nuclear powers, a In a ceremony rife with symbolism, Health and Human Services LOS ANGELES TIMES between two nuclear-armed nations war on the subcontinent would be Secretary Tommy Thompson Thursday presented millions of dollars ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN that have fought three wars during a serious blow to the American-led in bioterrorism preparedness funds to New York Gov. George Pataki After meeting with Pakistani the past 55 years. struggle against international ter- and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Including a nominal President Pervez Musharraf for Armitage is scheduled to fly rorism .• payment made in January, the city and state have received $60 mil- nearly two hours, a senior Ameri- early Friday to New Delhi, India, to U.S. forces based in Pakistan lion this year for bioterrorism preparedness and response. can envoy said Thursday that he consult with Indian leaders. On the provide crucial support for th~ fight Though the announcement was made in New York, HHS has was encouraged about the prospects eve of Armitage's mission, Presi- .to crush the remnants of the al- approved nearly $1 billion worth of bioterrorism grants to 48 states . for defusing the crisis that has dent Bush urged Musharraf and Qaida terrorist network, believed to Montana, Utah and the District of Columbia have not yet provided brought this nation and neighboring Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari have taken sanctuary in the moun- adequate plans for spending the federal dollars, Thompson said. India to the verge of war. Vajpayee in telephone calls to tainous areas on both sides of the "This marks the largest one-time investment in our nation's public "President Musharraf has made intensify efforts to find a peaceful Afghan-Pakistani border. In addi- health system ever," Thompson said. "We've never really invested in it very clear he's searching for way out of the crisis over the dis- tion, Pakistan has pulled some our local and state health departments like we should have, and now peace, that he won't be the one to puted Kashmir region. troops away from the search for al- we need to do so." initiate war, and I'll be looking In Washington, White House Qaida units and redeployed them Thompson chose St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, a primary hopefully for the same kind of press secretary Ari Fleischer said along the eastern border with India. responder on Sept. 11, as the site for his announcement. Flanked by assurances tomorrow in New Bush spoke by telephone for about The British and U.S. governments local emergency responders and medical personnel, Thompson stood Delhi," Deputy Secretary of State 20 minutes Thursday with Russian issued .new warnings Wednesday in front of the Wall of Remembrance, a spot on the outside of the Richard L. Armitage told reporters President Vladimir V. Putin about . urging their citizens to leave the hospital's emergency room covered with the fading photos and mem- here Thursday. - several issues, including the India- subcontinent. ories of those who perished in the attack on the World Trade Center. A senior Pakistani official close Pakistan dispute. Pakistani sources said Armitage to Musharraf described the talks as Fleischer said the two agreed in presented no specific peace plan to "a very positive exchange of ideas." their call "to continue mutual Musharraf and other senior officials Strategy to Contain Smallpox Armitage made his comments effort-s to de-escalate tensions here but was instead searching for on the first day of a brief trip to between India and Pakistan." ways to coax the South Asian Challenged By Federal Experts troubled South Asia. The visit is the The United States has an nations to step back from the edge NEWSDAY latest in a series of international important stake in reducing ten- of open hostilities and to agree on NEW YORK diplomatic efforts aimed at heading sions. In addition to the enormous confidence:-building measures that The federal government's key strategy would not work if Manhat- off the very reell and frightening --dangers inherent in an armed con- could reduce tensions. tan were attacked by terrorists armed with the smallpox virus, and hospitals throughout the city and extending into Long Island would be overwhelmed by panic, federal experts were told Thursday. RJ Reynolds Fined for Targeting That scenario of uncertainty and helter-skelter reaction was paint- ed by health care professionals and only a handful of private citizens who attended an open forum in Manhattan. Federal health officials sought public opinion regarding th.e United States' smallpox vaccine Teens in Cigarette Magazine Ads supply - and what response to pursue in the event of an attack. By Usa Girion "reduce youth exposure" to its cig- Myers, president of the Washing- Government defense officials say the likelihood of such an attack and Myron Levin arette ads and to demonstrate its ton-based National Center for is considered remote. Nevertheless, stockpiling the vaccine is part of LOS ANGELES TIMES compliance. Tobacco Free Kids. "This decision an overall readiness plan. , A San Diego judge fined RJ RJR's top lawyer said the com- gives real teeth to the settlement For months the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has Reynolds Tobacco Co. $2Q.million pany would appeal, and he main- agreement's prohibItions against supported the nng vaccination scenario as its key response strategy if Thursday after finding that the tained that its advertising strategy marketing to children and is a criti- smallpox were used in a biological attack. The plan calls for vaccinat- nation's No.2 cigarette maker was - complies with the settlement by cal judicial finding that RJ ing infected people and their contacts. First-responders such as emer- targeting, teenagers by advertising avoiding any publication that Reynolds continued to target kids gency medical workers and hospital emergency room .physicians and Camels and other brands in maga- draws 25 percent or more of its long after the settlement." nurses would have been vaccinated in advance of any attack under zines such as InStyle, Spin and Hot readership from youths. In the wake of the November this plan. Police and fire units are also included for pre-attack vacci- Rod. "The attorney general conceded 1998 settlement, tobacco compa- nation in some scenarios, health officials say. The plan, government The fine is the fi,rst financial that we have no specific intent to nies imposed their own guidelines officials say, cOl!ld help stave off mass casualties from the highly penalty imposed for a violation of target youth. w.ith magazine adver- for curtailing the number of read- contagious and deadly disease. the 1998 settlement of lawsuits tising, and that we do not purpose- ers under 18 who might see pitches against the tobacco companies fully attempt to expose youth to for cigarettes. Philip Morris, the filed by the attorneys general of 46 our advertising," said Charles nation's No. 1 tobacco company, Honse Approves Estate Tax Ban states. Under ,that settlement, the Blixt, RJR's general counsel. This pledged to refrain from advertising LOS ANGELES TIMES cigarette makers pledged to pay , ruling ,"says that if we advertise in in magazines with more. than 15 WASHINGTON the states $246 million over 25 magazines whose readership is percent youth readership. Brown & The Republican-led House on Thursday approved President Bush's years. overwhelmingly adults' and some Williamson Tobacco Corp. says it proposal to permanently repeal the estate tax, setting the stage for a At issue in this 'case was the kids may see cigarette advertising observes a 15 percent limit. Loril- much tougher fight on the issue in the Democratic-controlled Senate. companies' agreement to take no in the magazine, that is a violation lard Tobacco says it restricts it ads The bill, a top goal of the politically powerful farm lobby, would action, "directly or indirectly, to of the provision that we do nothing to magazines with 18 percent extend the estate tax repeal. that was approved last year as part of target youth;" Although the 1998 to target youth. youth readers or less. Bush's sweeping $1.35 trillion, IO-year tax cut plan. Under that law, settlement made no specific men- "It's inconsistent with the With the highest self-imposed the estate tax gradually decreases and then ends in 2010. But on Jan. tion of magazine advertising, Cali- agreement," Blixt said. "It's incon- limit of 25 percent youth readers, I, 2011, the tax would return to its 2001 rates, under which the largest fornia Attorney General Bill Lock- sistent with the law, and it's incon- Reyi:101ds is viewed by Lockyer's estat~s would face a 55 percent levy. yer had charged RJR last year with sistent with. our First Amendment office as the most aggressive of the Senate Democratic leaders oppose the push to permanently repeal breaching the agreement by plac- right to advertise to adults in these tobacco companies in its tactics for the tax, saying the government cannot afford expanded tax cuts at a ing ads in magazines popular with magazines." . pitching its brands. "They're time when budget deficits have returned and are growing. readers under age 18. Anti-smoking organizations always pushing the envelope as to Still, the political momentum behind the bill is strong enough that San Diego Superior. Court hailed the ruling as a sign that the what they can get away with," said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., has agreed to h'old a Judge Ronald S. Prager agreed that 1998 settlement will be vigorously. one attorney in Lockyer's office, . vote on it later this month. such advertisements violated that enforced. "This is a shot across the "so as a result they're going to get Daschle believes he has the votes to block the bill. But the issue ban, and he .ordered RJR to bow to RJ Reynolds," said Matt sued more." poses a tricky political choice for the many Democrats up for reelec- tion this year, especially those from the Farm Belt. Farm and business groups plan a.vigorous lobbying campaign on the bill's b~half among Chinese Newspaper Pnblishes Bogus senators, including running political advertisements in states with competitive Senate campaigns this fall. Story From The Onion as Real Deal Bloomberg Taking Control By Henry Chu.. The story seems newsworthy the writer, Huang Ke, originally got LOS ANGELES TIMES enough. Trouble is, it was lifted 'the story. Yu said he would tell Of 'New York City's Schools BEllING straight from The Onion, the satiri-' Huang to "be more careful next LOS ANGELES TIMES An embarrassing gaffe by cal "news" publication based in ti..me. " NEW YORK China's usually staid state-run New Yark that has caused countless But he adamantly ruled out a In a major political victory, New York Mayor Michael R. media has left a popular newspaper American readers to double over '.correction and grew slightly Bloomberg reached an agreement with state legislatorS Thursday that here with onion on its face. with laughter at its weekly spoofs obstreperous when pressed to com- gives him virtually complete control over the nation's largest public Readers of the Beijing Evening on current events. ment on the article's total lack of school system. News, the capital's' largest-circula- Its story on th.e Capitol appeared truth. '- Bloomberg, a Republican who had made education reform the pri- tion newspaper, learned this' week in its May 29 edition, alongside "How do you know whether or ority of his first six months in office, announced that he and state that the U.S. Congress had threat- such headlines as "Sexual Tension not we checke'd the source before . Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had reached an "understanding" ened to move out of Washington Between Arafat, Sharon Reaches we published the story?" -Yu that must be approved by the Legislature and New York Gov. George unless a fancy new Capitol was Breaking Point" and "Man Blames demanded in a phone interview. Pataki before taking effect. . built. Hangover on Everything But How "How can you prove it's not cor- Under the plan, which has been the subject of intense negotia- "If we 'want to stay competitive, Much He Drank." rect? Is it incorrect just because you tions, the mayor would have full power to hire and fire the school we need to upgrade;" House Minori- A writer for the Beijing Evening say it is?" . chancellor. The city's eigh~-member board of education would be ty Leader Richard A. Gephardt, D- News apparently picked up the item For the record, then, an aide to replaced with a 13-member advisory panel. Mo., was quoted as saying. "Look at from the Internet, reworked the Gephardt said the congressman Just as important, the sweeping revision would allow Bloomberg the British Parliament. Look at the opening paragraphs and submitted.it never made the remarks attributed to appoint the school system's 32 district superintendents and would Vatican ... , Without modem facili- to his editors, who then published it to him. abolish New York's 32 community school boards by next June. In ties, they've been having big prob- as a straight news story, without cit- And John Feehery, the return for these concessions, the mayor would agree to avoid making lems attracting top talent." ing a source. spokesman for, House Speaker Den- crippling budget cuts in public schools unless the city were to face an If a new building with more Nobody, perhaps not even the nis J. Hastert, R-Il I., said his boss economic catastrophe. \ bathrooms and better parking wasn't reporter, appeared to realize it was a never called the Capitol' a "drafty "There is an underStanding between the mayor and myself, and erected, the article said, then U.S. joke. old building ... no longer suitable we've spoken to both the governor and (state Senate leader) Joseph lawmakers were prepared to pack Yu Bin, the editor in charge' of for a world-class legislative Bruno about that understanding," said Silver, a Democrat from up and move to Memphis, Tenn., or international news, acknowledged branch," as The Onion and the Bei- Queens who had the power to approve or scuttle the deal. Charlotte, N.C. Thursday that he had no idea where jing Evening News reported.
, I I I ~ , , I"I i I.' j • , Page 4 THE TECH June 7, 2002 OPINION Harvards Step in the Wrong Direction The faculty of Harvard College recently voted unanimously to might obtain, the victim may be forced to discuss the matter with require students bringing criminal cases, especially cases of rape or friends of the accused or even the alleged attacker. TIris is an unrea- Chairman sexual assault, before the college disciplinary board to provide "suffi- sonable expectation of someone who has just gone through a trawnatic Rima Amaout '02 cient corroborating evidence" before experience. Victims may be even more reluctant to seek a hearing if Editor in Chief the board will consider investigating such a difficult investigation must be carried our on their own. Kevin R. Lang '02 Editorial and hearing the case. The student must If the disciplinary board tells a victim that their case does not Business Manager provide a written statement and "a list of witnesses and/or an account have sufficient evidence, the victim is likely to feel frustrated because. the university has cast them aside. One case of sexual assault sqould Ian Lai '02 of the evidence they believe the Board will be able to obtain in the course ofan investigation." This change comes after several hearings not be turned.away simply because previous similar cases yielded no Managing Editor that led to no conclusion because sufficient evidence could not be results. Every case of sexual assault is different because each involves Joy Forsythe '04 gathered by the disciplinary board. The faculty hopes to lessen the different people. This is why a separate formal investigation should be Executive Editor frustration of all parties involved due to a prolonged investigation and carried out by the board before any decision is made. Jordan Rubin '02 hearing. The Tech believes that this change in policy will only serve to The only good aspect of the Harvard decision is that it has further discourage victims of sexual assault from reporting an incident. brought the matter of sexual assault to the attention of colleg~s across .W,:H~'\/IT:1n Rf:S SI:-ll-'f' the country, including MIT. At MIT, the rate of incidence of sexual News Editors: Keith J, Winstein '03. Jennifer We do not think that the disciplinary board should make a judgement Krishnan '04, Brian Loux '04, Christine R. Fry about a case before it has carried out a formal investigation into the assault is not well ,known. Similarly, it is difficult for .students to find '05; Features Editor: Eun J. Lee '04; Staff: matter. We understand the reasoning behind the situation, but we feel out what to do if they experience sexual assault. There~has ~en a very Harold Fox G, Vijay Shilpiekandula G, Naveen that this is not the appropriate solution. large c~paign to mcrease campus mental health awarene~s. Because Sunkavally G, Dan Cho '02, Dana Levine '02, Sexual assaults are rarely reported because of the humiliating of the work of the mental health task force, mental health services are llelana Kadyszewski '03, Jeffrey Greenbaum nature of the crime. For most victims, discussing the details of such a' now extremely accessible. We beli~ve that a similar c~paiW1 ~hould '04, Vicky Hsu '04, Richa Maheshwari '04, demeaning crime with anyone, especially an authority figure such as a be held to increase sexual assault awareness. At this pornt, we do not Flom Amwayi '05, Vincent Chen '05, Jennifer police officer or member of a school administration, is almost as feel th~t the means of reporting sexual assault is clear to the MIT com- DeBoer '05. Aaron Du '05, Sam Hwang '05, painful as the actual experience. Harvard's policy requires victims to munity. Because of this lack of information, it is difficult to' tell if the Tom Kilpatrick '05, Amerson Lin '05, Jing- carry out an investigation before their case would even be considered MIT policy for hearing sexual assault cases is as flawed as the new Helen Tang '05, Qian Wang '05; Meteor- for investigation by the disciplinary board. A student has neither the Harvard policy. This, in itself, is a very large flaw in the MIT policy ologists: Robert Korty G, Greg Lawson G, Nikki Prive G. William Ramstrom G, Michael J. Ring authority nor the resources that the board has to carry out an investiga- which needs to be repaired immediately. , G. Efren Gutierrez '03. tion. In order to discover the kind of evidence the disciplinary board The editorial board reached its decision with a vote of5~3-3.
I'RODU( TIO.\' STAFF Editors: Joel Corbo '04. David Carpenter '05; Associate Editors: Anju Kanumalla '03. Andrew Higher Standards for Campus Discipline Mamo '04. Shefali Oza '04; Staff: Gayani Tillek- eratne '03. Eric Tung '04, Hangyul Chung '05, By Kevin R. Lang, Brian Loux, and Kris Schnee The standard for a campus investigation should be no different than Jennifer Fang '05, James Harvey '05, Nicholas R. that in a criminal case. Our justice system is based on the principle Hoff '05, Jean Lu '05, Mandy Yeung '05, Ed Hill. We believe Harvard's policy change is a step in the right direc- that one is innocent until proven guilty - the burden of proof must ' Nur Aida Abdul Rahim. tion, and that any controversy results from broad misunderstanding reside with the plaintiff, regardless of the nature of the crime. OPINION STAFF The Tech fears that this higher standard would yield fewer Editors: Kris Schnee '02, Jyoti R. Tibrewala '04; and misrepresentation. reported cases, yet this chain of logic leads to the conclusion that the Associate Editor: Roy Esaki '04; Columnists: The measure does not restrict the fear of a defeatable case that would cause a victim not to speak out. Daniel L. Tortorice '02, Philip Burrowes '04, Dissent legal rights of victims, but rather Har- Akshay Patil '04, Stephanie W. Wang '04; Staff: ------vard has simply recognized that it must Yet earlier The Tech states, correctIy,th~t the embarra~sing'nature of Basil Enwegbara G, Brice Smith G, Michael Bo- apply the same standards for justice as any other legal body. The new the crime causes victims to remain silentSucfi ainiccusation of the " nIcke '0 I, Matt Craighead '02, Christen M. Gray regulations apply not simply' to rape and sexual assault, but to any plaintiff's lack of desire to follow through \vidi thecas~jp1illits' that '04, Ken Nesmith '04, Andrew C. Thomas '04, campus crime. Victims can still purs~e criminal prosecution, which is person in' a strictly selfish light. Would n.9t tpa~'p~:rso~;s p~ofi!Y be~,iO: Tao Yue '04, Vivek Rao '05, Maral Shamloo, more appropriate and effective for serious crimes. seek justice for a wrongdoing, a cause that"would trump any fear of Khoon Tee Tan. The Tech argues that placing the burden of investigation on the failure? .. " '. , ., r' . SPORTS STAFF victim is undue, but investigations would still be conducted by Har- The Tech also argues that "One case of sexual assaUlt :should - Editor: Helana Kadyszewski '03; Staff: Robert vard campus police or an attorney, as 4'1 ~ criminal ~a.se.,By requiring norbe turne~ a~ay ~imply be~ause previqu~'.~~.i.lar~aie'~ ytelit~d' < Aronstam '02, Adeline 'Kuo '02, Rory Pheiffer more concrete evidence before proceeding with a full disciplinary pro- no results," but this is simply not true. The inauction'ofa'1:)llrden of, , 1'" ~ ~'"•. - . , ' .• ft •• ' .. r'. t ' .• I' .- I' ~ ~! ,~. "l" ~ •• - '02. ceeding Harvard is simply seeking some basis on which to pro'ceed' proof does not create a blanket rule;but'in~tead 'foices'ildrtiinis.tra'- . ARTSSTAFF beyond one person's word against another'.s: tors to act on a case by case basis. J;Jytreating rap~ rep-orts 'ip~iv.i.du- Editors: Sandra M. Chung '04, Daniel S. Robey The motion is clearly meant to rectifY Jadministrative handling of ally, Harvard will not be dragged down by the multitude'ofaccusa-. '04; Associate Editors: Fred Choi '02, Jeremy campus rape. Such crimes are often unclear 'at best, such as the case of tions which result in no action for lack of evidence. The universi~J Baskin '04; Staff: Erik Blankinship G, Lance • ' • 'J ;hl;-.i'l'P"l'l-;rL'}("!O~r~s:;' Adam Lack at Brown Univers~ty, where what was believed to be con- wIll be able to focus on the real and senous,lDstance.s .of.rap'e on ~~ Nathan G, Bence P. Olveczky G, Sonja Sharpe , i.". I! !' : •- I '-.; l f .~ _, •• .:. I1J it (t G, Amandeep Loomba '02, Bess Rouse '02, sensual sex led to an accusation of rape, a'wrongful prosecution, and a campus .. , ,.,.- i' j:11 'tn ,/- , .. ' . :J' We agree that MIT~s syst~Il},R(~,~dling sexual as~a.!ll.trc~s~~is Veena Thomas '02, Winnie Yang '02, Daniel J. civil libel suit. Universities must respect the rights of all students . Katz '03, Jane Maduram '03, Amy Meadows equally - Harvard has wisely chosen to apply a more rigorous stan- nebulous, and that students have the right to be fully a\yare of their '03, Chaitra Chandrasekhar '04, Jed Home '04, dard of proof. Such a requisite can be found for any court of law in options, both as accusers and as accused. Nonetheless,' MIT should Pey-Hua Hwang '04, Izzat Jarudi '04, Allison C. America; witnesses, reports, or, better still, physical evidence, give choose to act ~s Harvard has: with justice as, its foremost cqncein, Lewis '04, Devdoot Majumdar '04, Atif Z. rape victims the best chance of seeing their attacker brought to justice. not litigation. Qadir '04, Chad Serrant '04, Eric Chemi '05, Annie Ding '05, Patrick Hereford '05. Jorge Padilla '05, Ricky Rivera '05, Joseph Graham. PIfOTOGRAPIfY STAFF Letters 70 The Editor Editors: Nathan Collins G. Aaron D. Mihalik able, as he himself has assisted in the creation . Disappointingly, the editorial avoids this '02, Wendy Gu '03; Associate Editor: Jonathan 'Conspiracy~ Idea Wang '05; Staff: Erika Brown G, James Camp of a "political awareness" group on campus, core issue. As pointed out in the .dissent, it is G. Krzysztof Gajos G, Wan Yusof Wan Morshi- which uses its name to promote the beliefs of not sufficient to reject the divestment cam- di G, Michelle Povinelli G, Samudra Vijay G, Laughable its only members - members of MIT's Objec- paign simply because.it will inconvenience Stanley Hu '00, Kailas Narendran '0 I, Matthew Matt Craighead's column of Tuesday, May tivist society and Republican club. MIT, or because its chances of appealing to Mishrikey '02, Yi Xie '02, Scott Johnston '03. 14 ["The MURJ-United Trauma Relief Con- Craighead's is clearly a politically-moti- MlT decision-makers are low. The campaign Ekaterina Ossikine '03, Pedro L. Arrechea '04, nection"] poses the existence of a political vated response to research that he would pre- should be iejec'ted because suffocation. of Miguel A. Calles '04, Brian Hemond '04, Dalton conspiracy within the MIT Undergraduate fer were not read .. - Israel's economy.:- which is the purpose of Cheng '05, Annie Ding '05, Roger Li '05, Michael Research Journal. Such a conclusion is laugh- Sanjay Basu '02 divestment - and the resulting hardship to its Lin '05, Timothy Suen 'OS, Amy L. Wong '05, E- able to those of us within MURJ, and to most MURJ people, would only i~crease' desperation and. won Yoon '05. Jason LaPenta. of the undergraduate audience who are famil- reduce the willingness to compromise.' (Of C4RTOONISTS iar with both our journal's standards and with course, the tightly-linked Palest!nian' econqmy' Aaron Isaksen SM '0 I, Solar Olugebefola G, Mr. Craighead's own "initiatives." Missing, the' Pomt ~' would suffer just as badly:) Much in the 'Same Xixi D'Moon '01, Bao-Yi Chang '02, Jumaane MURJ is an interdisciplinary journal, yet way: although one' might criticize' U,S. policies Jeffries '02, Lara Kirkham '03, Duane Tanaka Craighead fails to recognize that social sci- On. Divestnietit on many issues, both foreign'and domestic, '03, Alison Wong '03, Sean Liu '04, Tina Shih ence research is as valid as '~hard science" The petition opposing divestment in Israel and even~ find the/U.S: in 'violatiort 'of m'oral '04, Nancy Phan 'OS, Josie Sung '05. research for publication in an undergraduate does not "justifY Israeli military actions" as principles and' international resolutions and HIJS/,v!:X\' S7ilFF journal, and that the constitution of MURJ The Tech claims ["A Flawed Argument for conventions, it does not seem 'that across-the~ Advertising Manager: Aye Moah '05; Staff: declares that the journal's purpose includes Divestment," May 14]. In fact, it clearly states board divestment from the American economy Kedra Newsom '02, Huanne T. Thomas '02, "acting as a forum for undergraduates who that "We have diverse opinions on how peace would be a productive way' to go about chang. Dashonn Graves '03, Joey Plum '03. wish to discuss social policy issues." This nat- in the Middle East can be achieved, and wide- ing these policies. TE(HNOLOGY.\TAFF urally includes pieces that are viable for a for- ly differing views of the current government's International pressure to work hard 'at Director: Ming- Tai Huh '02; Staff: Frank eign policy journal. policies." I am also confused as to why The res91ving the conflict and ending violence Dabek G, Kevin Atkinson '02, Daniel Leeds '05. All MURJ editors refrain from qeciding Tech sees the counter-petition as "placing too has the potential. to benefit all the people in !:Df7VRS A T I.ARGE upon pieces of writing that are written by stu- much blame on the Palestinians." The counter- the region by restoring peace and prosperity. Senior Editor: Eric J. Cholankeril '02; Con- dents known to them. All submissions to petition states that "To place blame solely on Money can certainly be a'major tool in such' tributing Editors: Roshan Baliga '03, Annie S. MURJ are given to professors at MIT, who Israel [...] is unjust" [my emphasis]. The edito- international involvement. Smart and target- Choi. rank the pieces to determine which essays are rial seems to agree with this statement, point- ed use of this tool, such as carefully regulat- Am.,SORr BOARD included in MURJ. ing out that "a full view of the situation shows ing ~ding, an~, more importantly, provid- Paul E. Schindler, Jr. '74, V. Michael Bove '83, It is clear that the same students who are misdeeds on both sides." ing funding, can have very desirable effects. Barry Surman '84, Robert E. Malchman '85, active on many campus groups are also active The Tech criticizes the counter-petition for But an indiscriminate depression of the Jonathan Richmond PhD '91, Vladimir V. in submitting to MURJ, reflective of the ten- not offering an "even-handed alternative." The economy and the people who depend on it Zelevinsky '95, Anders Hove '96, Saul Blumen- counter-petition intentionally refrains from cannot aid in any way. thal '98, Eric J. Plosky '99, Joel Rosenberg '99, dency at MIT to have small numbers of stu- Ryan Ochylski '0 I, B. D. Colen. dents who engage in a vast number of extracur- offering a specific view about the situation in There are stilI many Israelis, and hopeful- ricular activities. It is sad, however, that few IsraeI/Palestine, so that it can be supported by ly also Palestinians, who believe the peace PRODUC770N STAFF I:OR TIllS ISSUE students take the time to spend a semester all those who see the major flaws and extreme process can be restored. Please help those Night Editors: Ian Lai '02, Jordan Rubin '02, counter-productivity of the divestment peti- who strive for peace by supporting the Joy Forsythe '04, Andrew Mamo '04; Staff: actively engaging in library or field research, Satwiksai Seshasai G. then writing a several-thousand-word essay to tion, and of divesting from all companies region, rather then divesting from it and submit to MURJ. Too many would prefer to doing business in Israel (as the divestment thereby encouraging those who see the whole l1w rf'!/llt lIS''''' Ol~-
pects have engaged in ac~ of violence. And in signed by Danny Fox, an assistant professor-in 1 house can move in. His answer was simply'- our own lands, we. want cars and restaurants the last few months, Israel haS systematically the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; ,"~hat's not right, it's not right for anyone to and cafes, we want careers and we want destroyed. Palestinian schools" hospitals, busi- Molly Potter, a professor in the Department of ,do that." opportunities. We want to live. We want to nesses, and civic institutions. Moreover, the Bra!n and Cognitive Sciences; and John Assad, . I explained that aespite the protest of the be able to go back to school. ' United States government and eCP!1omic insti-. Patrick Cavanagh, Ken Nakayama, and E/iza- Palestinians, the Jewish state of Israel was Lama Rimawi is a member of the Class of tutions have not played symmetric3:1 roles in beth Spe/ke. of Ha.rvard University .. created in 1948 and a war broke out immedi- 1991.
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Get from Kendall to Mass Ave, under- walked on the moon. Or Write a thesis. Day ground. Pizza Hut pizza at the won an Emmy. Or ranI" trip to New Marriott. Late night drinks the CIA. Or was the York on at the Thirsty. Sponta- attorney who delivered neous job interviews at the Monica Lewinsky the Muddy. Join SIPB, tapes to Ken, Starr. learn their tricks. Stand Become one of those . outside during a mid- alums. Have fun . dle-of-the-night fire" Graduate. alarm. Sleep through a Make a list qf things fire alarm. Learn to ice you wish you had done. skate. D-Ieague 1M Do them. hockey. Log in from a Satwiksai Seshasai served as Chairman of The roofdeck. Sleep on a Tech from June 1999 to February 2001. He gradu- roofdeck. Buy a CD at ates today with a master's degree in ~lectrical Engi- Newbury Comics with- neering and Computer Science. Bye Bye, 'IHTFP'? B'ut in remaking itself (beyond the tr.emendous recent world .events have distracted students' atten- Eric 1. Plosky physical upheaval now underway), does MIT lose - tion from campus planning. Th~n, too, there are more than it gains? Everyone wants a more supportive occasional feature pieces in People or The New York Congratulations, graduates - you've just endured atmosphere, yes. However, many students secretly (or Times, and lawsuits from the parents of dead stu-; some of the most scintillating, effervescent, frenzied, perhaps unconsciously) take pride in overcoming dents who blame the Institute. The administration perplexing years you're likely to see. Proud? You MIT -type challenges, in succeeding where others will be inclined to forge on as conservatively - as should be. And you should also be glad - glad that have failed or even died. Recent Alumni Association safely - as it can: Students, fickle and ill-tempered, you no longer have to put up with grizzled old posters targeting new graduates - "YOU [unlike oth- need to be constructive partners in plaIJ.ning if-the codgers like myself telli'itg you you never knew MIT ers] made it!" - express the point. "MIT way" is to survive. "the way it used to be." The administration, for its part, needs to recognize Alums, too, must help. It's no secret that except Old codgers always say that: But this time, big that some balance is needed. Even as the Institute for massive vanity checks from crusty billionaires, changes are actually planned, to make MIT a kinder, alumni contributions are down. More and more gentler place. Make no mistake - as MIT administra- . alums, disgusted with the administration, are keep- tors hunch over the strategy table, plotting the Insti- ing their wallets closed, or ~re simply neglecting tute's future, many of the hallmarks that have long Students secretly take pride in their MIT connections in favor of other matters. In' made MIT unique are slated for elimination. Some, fact, somewhere in this very issue of The Tech, I'll like the residence system, are already being lowered suaeeding where others have failed or bet, is a commencement-themed column from some into their graves. Others, including even the legendary even died. Recent posters targeting new right-wing idiot urging you graduates simply to grab "IHTFP," may be crushed within only a few years. as much money as you can before you croak. It's too much trouble in this post-Krueger era to graduates - ((YOU [unlike others] Charming .. manage MIT the way it used to be. All the media Your MIT pedigree is important, though, even if attention and legal activity has demanded quick made it!"-. express the point. you ~on't now realize it. At the very least, in a few responses, and so administrators have done some odd years you'll probably be addressed by some stranger things over the past four-plus years. This has gotten who notices -your Brass Rat, shows you his own, students' dander up, which is perhaps understandable. improves itself, the "MIT way" must not be lost. The and strikes up a conversation. The MIT connection But many students, in their righteousness, have over- . academic programs should remain challenging. Cre- is a powerful one, and so it's in your interest as an looked that some changes are definitely needed. ativity, insouciance, and the '~IHTFP" spirit should be alum to have a stake in what happens to the Insti- MIT should be somewhat "kinder and gentler." encouraged. And the idea of the special "MIT per- tute. You do want the Class of 2022 to still be MIT Take the issue of suicide. Even though suicides have son," the rare sort who can chuckle at an in-phrase people, surely, and you will still want to recognize been commonplace for decades, the topic didn't regis- like "Fibonacci me, baby!", must be preserved; the the place when you show up wearing a red jacket' ter on the radar screen until after Krueger. Now, final- Instit~te being taken over by the generic, apple- for your fiftieth reunion. ly, the administration is tackling the issue; trying to cheeked, "well-rounded" types that populate our How much kinder' and gentler can MIT be, while figure out how to be more supportive. Banishing "peer" campuses would be a tragedy without equal. ' still being MIT? If we stay involved, we'll see. If MIT's notorious pressure-cooker reputation is regard- Class/brass antagonism has made it hard for stu- we don't, well ... say, what did "IHTFP" used to ed as an important step. dents and administrators to work together, and mean, again? June 7, 2002 SENIOR PERSPECTIVES THE TECH Page 7 The Conscience 7 Of an Objectivist Moving from the Left to the Right • Matt Craighead Readers who have observed over the past nine months my vociferous defense of capitalism may be surprised to learn that, five years ago, I was a socialist and an environ- 1998 2001 2002+ mentalist. Though I celebrated Clinton's reelection, I would have preferred a Nader presidency. Yet within only a few years my positions had completely changed. In the hope that The First Class in the. New Era you can learn from my many errors, I present to you the story. unsure of what I should do differently. Sept. 11 gave me quite a It is said that if you are not a liberal when you are twenty, Jordan Rubin bit to think ~bout. I was questioned on a handful of occasions you have no heart; but if you are not a conservative when you about the American flag pin that I began wearing after the are forty, you have no head. Although I disagree with a num- Four years ago, we, the Class of 2002, gathered in Killian attacks. The fact was that after Sept. II, my appreciation for the ber of "conservative" political positions, and although this Court for our class .photo, taken during orientation. We were United States increased drastically. Skeptical about America's statement pronounces me (at my ripe old age of twenty) as told, as I presume was the same refrain for previous. classes, disproportionate power in the world, I had to examine my sup- heartless, I believe that there is here a great deal of truth. that the next time our class would gather together would be for port of the country. I rejected religion at a very young age, and since conserv- today's Commencement ceremonies. This was not the case for I came to understand that I took quite a bit about America for atives seemed to be religious, obviously they were irrational our class. We gathered, along with the rest of the undergradu- granted. This country offered my family a better future than they and wrong about everything. I learned from kids' science ate and graduate student community, the faculty, and the staff would have had in Eastern Europ~. If not for the opportunities magazines that the earth was dying; that we needed to out- on Sept. 12, 200 I. law those nasty fossil fuels; that we needed to save the rain- At the time or this community gathering, we had no idea forests and the whales and the pandas. The only things in the how many thousands had been killed the day before. But we- way were those evil corporations, who cared more about the did know that Sept.. 11 would be a day not soon forgotten. We The freedo.m and oppo.rtunities made "economy" than about "ecology." knew that Sept. 11 would be the Dec. 7 or the Nov. 22 for our My turning point was my senior year in high school, generation. Things would be. different - we prepared to enter available in the United .States are no.t when I took a class in economics and frequently debated my the realm of "after Sept.) 1." As we receive our diplomas teacher and other students. For example, I supported higher today, we become the first class of ~duates in this new era. so.mefhing new. My realizatio.n and minimum wages. I disagreed that they caused unemploy- This will be evidenced by the metal detectors and increased understanding oj them are. ment; I believed that corporations could easily pay higher security detail at today's proceedings. We've seen..new incon- wages out of their bloated coffers. How wrong I was! It was veniences since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the economic illiteracy at its worst. When faced with impecca- Pentagon. More importantly, things' feel different. ble arguments that minimum wages caused unemployment, Like in previous years~ we speak of entering the real world, offered in the United States, I would not be receiving a degree that indeed price floors and ceilings in general cause sur- but the real world. that we enter is not what we h~d expected from one of the world's greatest schools. Everyone that receives pluses and shortages, I had no answers. when we showed up in August 1998 .. The fact 'is that no one a degree today has been fortunate to have this opportunity. My teacher handed out an article in class describing really knows what state the, world' will be in one year from This does not mean that I condone all actions by the United emissions trading and pollution taxes. I had thought that now. Even the FBI is confused. Or is it the CIA? Just a year States government. I cannot. But I have to acknowledge the , reducing pollution was as simple as cracking down on cor- ago, no one. knew what'the cuirent world would look like, but fact that I have quite a bit to ,be thankful for. (And this is porations, slapp~ng limits and inspections on them. We could there was no sense of concern. This year, we have'to face the before I begin to thank my family, which deserves as much eventually outlaw all sorts of pollution. Yet simple econom- reality that the "real world" isn't pretty. praise as I can give them.) ic arguments clearly demonstrated to me that even if zero I could try to explain that this year's graduates have. a partic- The freedom and opportunities made available in the Unit- pollution' were technically feasible, it remains undesirable, , ular responsibility to use our talents to create world, peace and ed States are not something new. My realization and under- and that allowing .corporations to choose whatever pollution harmony. But I am no~ sUre that this is the case. I do agree that standing of them are. Therefore, my feelings about being an level they desired (but then pay a fee for it) was a better MIT graduates are some of the smartest, fglks around. I also American are different, but my responsibilities to America are approach all-around. ' think 'that .we do have' an obligation to make society a better just the same. ' This sort of pattern became embarrassing. Not only did I place. But does the Class of 2002 have any increased responsi-- If I don't agree with' a policy of the government, I don't repeatedly lose arguments with my economics teacher, but I have to support it. That is part of the freedom that I have in also began to wonder, "if I'm wrong about this, what else?" this country. I can voice my opinion freely (and with an ,MIT Liberals kept repeating the same fallacies over and over - degre~,people might actually listen to me). they had no answers for me. Perhaps I was too quick to write Vf,f, knew that Sept .. 11 wou!d be the , After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Axis powers became off those conservatives as impervious to reason; worse, per- the identifiable foes., We had an' enemy and we could fight. haps I had been the one impervious to reason! , Dec. 7 o.rt~e ~ov~ 22 Jo.r o.urgenerati~n~ them, however gruesome the conflict. The class of 1942 was Another' class, on law and justice, was also an eye-open- As we receive o.ur diplo.mas to.day, asked to aid in the war effort - students c'ould forgo fimil- er. One day we learned the difference between "equity" and teim requirements to enlist. At the time, the country nee(:led "equality" and how, indeed, ",equity" constituted a better , we beq)me, the first class soldiers. If you want something a little meatier, if cheesier as goal. I had to admit that I hadn't thought very carefully well:,the free world needed soldiers. ' about that, either. I continued to ~einvestigate, all sorts of ojgraduates in this nfU! era. But what is needed now? It's convenient to have a person beliefs, during college, arid in the end, very few of my funda- (Osama bin.Laden) and an organization (al Qaeda) that we can mental beliefs withstoocJ scrutiny. Perhaps only those on call "evil-doers". However, the Class of 2002 cannot join the religion were spared. bility to the world? . fight against these entities. But they are not the true enemies My summer job between high school and coll~ge, at a There is something different about t~e world that our class anyhow. The enemy is' the hatred that people feel towards the small software company, put the final- nail in the coffin of is entering. But I don't know anything we should be doing t~at United States. We caimot enlist in any effort to make p~ople my socialism. I learned a lot about the private sector, but is particularly different. _ feel differently. , what surely shocked me the most was large fraction of my . Until Sept. 11, it was easy for MIT students to remain insu- I still haven't answered'the,question about what is currently income going to taxes. I began to think such previously for- lated from world' events an~ exist only wi,thin a campus-~ized needed. I don't know if I can. There a plenty of theories going bidden thoughts as, "don't I deserve to keep this money, , bubble., With the technological boom at the end of the 1990s, around about why people hate-the United States. Clearly, a lot of rather than it going to some lazy bum?" the Institute was one of the most interesting places in ,the people have problems with America. And I'm sure that these If you don't know much about economics, I urge you to woild. The Media Lab was ~reating nifty devices' and nobody people have a variety of reasons~ some of which may be valid. start le~n:ting. At the least" you'll discover that helping the , seemed to care that they were of relatively little use. But haven't we always h,ad a responsibility to treat people fairly?, poor in the long run involves more capital accumulation and , Circumstances have changed ~nd we have adapted. I've The freedoms that give us' reason to be grateful should be more investment, not just handoutS. Read Milton Friedman's (admit- found that more people on.campus are paying attention to poli- available, as has always been the case. tedly dated) "Capitalism and Freedom" from' cover to cover; tics and _current events. This is a good thing, but is it a Those of us in the Class of 2002 see the world differently. It he applies economic principles masterfully to political issues. . response or a responsibility? Has the focus of the campus is more confusing, 'but also more clear. We did not see the Don't write us right-wingers off as nutcases; you I!light just extended beyond the bubble because the rest of the world is nuances before, Sept. 11. Now that we hav~ a perspe~tive that discover that we were ~ight all along. And, if nothing .else, interesting,' or because of some sense of obligation? includes these subtle elements, we have a truer view of the world. ignore the priggish types insisting you devote life after gradua- I'm looking at the world, thinking that Ifeel different, but, But do have any different responsibility to, it? ti9n to "serVice"; just go out there and get rich! ,IfYou Try the Best YoU,Can,the Best You Can is Good Enough of the ~ainstream media; people ~ritten off as quickly and, - They just don't talk about it, do they? The only time I heard .Michael Borucke - conveniently as possible because they don't fit the,MTV about the Bank in the mainstream was when the protests in demographic to whom advertisers can pitch their shit, or D.C. pushed it into the spotlight. If that's true, I think it's Before my career as a mediocre opinion writer comes to a because ,the broadcasters are frightened of th;e threat posed very telling about its value as -an institution. Wouldn't there close, 1';d like to offer one last piece of advice: tear this 'by those they can't control with corporate news. These peo-, be constant praise in the media about the World Bankif the paper up. There's nothing at ~ll of value in these pages - pie are demonized when not disl!lissed altogether. . work they were doing had net positive results? But you not the opin~ons, not th~ news, certainly not 'the weather. Likewise, the eco-terrorists and the environmentalists never really hear any concrete example of World ,Bank loans Okay, maybe the comics are worth a look. But with the' who attempt to protect forests from the. logging companies actually-working - just country after country defaulting on exception of the sports section, there is no truth to be found are special interest groups bent on destruction according to loan payments. The Bank defends itself with the general in this or any other publication. There is no truth on TV, on the media and Congress. The correlative assumption is that platitude that it's trying to raise the standard of living of the the radio, or, in the press - their objective is not to keep you destruction of forests and the profits that follow are not only world's poor. But after fifty years, all the World Bank has to informed, but to sell you to their advertisers. There is no in the general public's interest but are also not eco-terrorism show for its efforts are 1.1 billion people living in poverty honesty in government or in the White House - the dog has in its true sense. A little closer to ho~e we have the idea of ' and a small group of happy investors. ' ,been wagged so much, its tail disengaged long ago. Spin has the "Femi-Nazi" being applied to people who will not toler- What to do when what's reported seems opposite to reali- become scripture; objectivity is propaganda; a sustainable ate objectification of half the population. The reasoning ty? You could ignore everything I've just said; it could all- . planet is an oxymoron; government. accountability is a crime behind this. term (I suppose) is that, like the Nazis, or in a just be a lie. But since you haven't recycled the pap~r yet, let think. Trust ,no one, Mr. Mulder. Everyone 'has a truth they manner one would liken to presumed notions of Nazi behav- me offer another,option. Find the truth inside yourself. Get want to sell you. Everyone. ' ior, Femi-Nazis have restricted somewhat the right of one as much information as you can from everythi.ng you read Let's take for example all of the resistance to globaliza- gender to' dehumanize the other. For its part in the debate, and hear. Trust in yourself to determine what seems rational tion that has occurred recently. The' people involved in that the media seems satisfied' 'Yith showing women in their and what seems irrational. propaganda. Rely on your friends movement - some of whom are the most caring, most com- .underw~ar as much as possible. and family for support. Let honesty and love guide every- passionate, and most aware people I have ever met - inci- We turn now to the World Bimk - you know, I don't thing you do. dentally have be~ome little more than hoolig~s in the eyes think I've ever heard anything like that said on the TV news. Defend Humanity. Destroy the Bank. Page 8 THE TECH June 7, 2002 THE ARTS Star Wars Episode II-Attack of the Clones Clones But No Cigar By Vladimir Zelevinsky because I was moaning in abject anguish symbolism is thankfully much more restrained Music hilltop scene was not a good idea. STAFF WRITER throughout the entire scene. this time around) - is solid, and Anakin Sky- What remains is the special effects - Directed by George Lucas Poor, poor Hayden Christensen and Natal- walker is given a touching and convincing which actually comprise roughly 99 44/100 per- Written by George Lucas and Jonathan Hale ie Portman. Here, the talent (of which Port- character arc. The only thing Christensen can cent of Rolling Clones. They're from industri- Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, man has a good deal and Christensen has do acting-wise is whine, so none of this arc is al Light and Magic - the best money can buy Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Frank absolutely zero) does not matter. Try however visible in his performance, but the suggestion - and they are perfectly seamless (for only Oz, Samuel L. Jackson you might, delivering lines like "I am forever is discernible .. two or three moments did I remember that I Rated PG haunted by the kiss you should have never The situation with directing is quite the was not watching real objects "but digital cre- , given me" or "You are in my soul, tormenting opposite. Here, the details are magnificent: the ations), and they can do whatever they want iller Klones from Outer Space is very me from inside" would make anyone look like imagery is gorgeous, desigil (both visual and with them, and they try to impress us by using much like Lucas' previous golden calf an idiot - and it does, making The Clone of sound) is aces, and the overallleveI of inven- many thousands of them in each shot, and - amazingly rendered worlds, fero- the Cave Bear a romance between two idiots, tiveness is off the charts; my favorites are the they are impressive indeed. The novelty is Kciously exciting action (and the Insane which is not the most convincing genre. rain-swept planet of the cloners, the execution wearing off, but hasn't completely yet. The Clone Posse has the best lightsaber duel in the The only major character who escapes this that does not go as planned, and the impres- fact that Clone Ranger was filmed. on digital entire series, bar none) - but there are also predicament- is Ewan McGregor. The screen- sionistic editing of the light-saber fight. On video - and, as I saw it, projected digitally as some things in this one which really can't be play gives him neither decent lines nor a char- the other hand, on the grand level, direction is well - is almost unnoticeable, and this is. the forgiven. acter to play - but he still makes an impres- an abject failure, intercutting completely unre- way it should be, and this is clearly some sort I have two words for you: fireplace scene. sion, by making a simple and brilliant lated events in two-shot snippets, losing any of a landmark, and I'll try to be excited about This is when - on the opening night! in an decision to play not Obi-wan Kenobi but Alec kind of narrative moment. Your faithful ser- this when my schedule allows it, maybe next audience full of diehard fans! - people Guinness. The bad guys in Send in the Clones vant would feel his eyes glazing any time. Tuesday. stopped merely snickering at the dialogue come off better, if only because the only lines someone would use words like "republic" and Enough harping. Lucas' evocation of (calling it atrocious would be too kind; one they have to deliver are classic bad guy mater- "federation" in the same sentence - or star- cheesy R-grade sci-fi movies is uncaimy, and line of it would kill a Wookiee at fifty feet), ial, such as "You've interfered with our plans tle, realizing he w'!Sactually-supposed to care Portman is cute and gets to show off her and started laughing out loud. This was hap- for the last time! [maniacal cackleJ." about all those people moving around the uni- midriff, and the fact that the story details pening at the point that was clearly supposed These minutiae of the screenplay are too verse in perfectly random fashion. Als'o, if don't make any sense actually make the whole to be the emotional fulcrum of Eau de Clone. bad, because the overall story of Only the you steal an entire sequence from Chicken thing pleasantly unpredictable. So, overall, I I don't think anybody threw anything at the Clonely - the Laurence of Arabia-like sur- Run, you'd better make it at least ha]f as good had a good time watching Clone Alone 2. Just screen, but I might have simply missed it, render to the temptation of power (Christian as the original. And no, quoting The Sound of let's ~ot make this into an event movie.
INTERVIEW Dishwalla Escaping the Blue Cars of Santa Barbara By Akshay Patil that's how we approached it. In general, we STAFF WRiTER have a lot of melody in our music and so you he Tech interviewed Rodney Browning can sit down and playa chord and sing the Cravens, lead guitarist, and Jim Wood, melody with it and it should be enticing. keyboardist, of the band Dishwalla. The JW: We give kick-ass acoustic shows now band played an amazing concert in Axis too. T RBC: We do. We've spent a lot of time on Night Club on May 21 as part of a tour to pro- mote its new album, Opaline. it, because we go to radio stations and it's just a good way to get different versions of your The Tech: How would you describe the soul songs out there. of your new album, Opaline? I know that previ- ous albums have been more playful and this IT: You guys going to play some acoustic album was a bit more deep. stuff tonight? Rodney Browning Cravens: It's probably • REC: Can't really say it's ,:\coustic because more of a healing record ... for the band and for my acoustic's plugged into something. So ho, us as individuals. And just with everything else not really tonight. DAVIS FACTOR I ART MlXTHE AGENCY going on in this world, that's just where we (Left to right) Rodney Browning Cravens, Jim Wood, Scot Alexander,. Pete Maloney were going . IT: How would you say Santa Barbara has and J.R. Richards of Dlshwalla. The ban"d perfonned May 21 at Axis Night Club on a Jim Wood: Also with this album, this was affected your music? .tour promoting Its latest album, O,pallne. the most time we spent on making each song a RBC: Oh gosh. You know, I don't know. I JW: It's really hard to top it because, "you haven't gotten rid of it.' Coldplay, Travis; I was - good song. We stripped down all the instru- think we've been a bit sheltered; there isn't know, where do you go from there? You can revisiting U2's Achtung Baby. Stuff that's a lit- ments, brought it down to acoustic guitars and much good radio there so we're sheltered from only try and make more of them. The best you tle more ambient, maybe. Mostly rock, stuff vocals and it had to be an awesome song just in a lot of good music and a lot of bad music. And . can do is equal.it. . I've been listening to in the past. I always go that format. In previous albums we had so we're sort of up in our own comer of the REC: The down side is that's the definition back to my Led Zeppelin and my classic rock. I approached it differently. Every song has a dis- woods. We really have to go search for new of Dishwalla to a lot of people. One of the cool had hippie parents, so our record'collection tinct feel to it and it had to hold its tone ... from music if we want it. And it's a hiid:back town. things is that too keep it fresh, we change it when I was growing up was really good. the very beginning of the song to the finished For Pet Your Friends we purposely went away. every single night. . Stones, Zeppelin, Janis Joplin .. : product. We did And You Think You Know What Life's JW: It's probably"only the number three IT: Floyd ... - REe: Not only that, but I think we picked About there. This record we wanted to get away favorite song among our fan-base. RBC: Not so much that. Floyd I found on songs that fit together into one record. We paid from our friends and all the people who would my own. My parents had set sounds; Classic a little more attention to that this time. drop by if we were recording. So we went to TT: What are your favorites among the song writing. It seeped in and then I started LA. songs that you've written? playing the guitar and I got into.metal. ,So some- IT: How would you compare Opaline to Pet JW: Santa Barbara is way too laid-back to RBC: Oh gosh. That's a really hard. question. where between all that is where I play. Your Friends or And You Think You Know make records in. There's just too many things to I think "Home" is definitely one of my JW: I don't know ... I've been living on a What Life's About? do and it's too nice out. "I'm here in Santa Bar- favorites. "Until I Wake Up" is another. I really bus for the I~t month, so my 5-CD changer has REC: Just an evolution of the same people bara, what I'm I supposed to do here?" It's easy like "Give" on the first record. I think that's a become a I-CD changer. A lot of different stuff. that wrote those songs, you know what I mean? to waste time. song we nailed. "The Bridge Song," an acoustic Kruger,& Dorfineister, they're German remixer We're a little bit older, we're listening to differ- song off of our second record, I feel like we guys. They do all sorts of crazy'"shiLI like lis- ent records now, and we're just turned on by IT: What was the thought process that went captured the story with exactly the right music te)ling to R&B when making an album because different stuff. into writing "Home"? It's got.an amazing guitar to back it. And sometimes when words and the there are so many funky' ~eats and S9 much track and everything else. I know in the press melody and the emotion all come together into soul. Makes you look for it in your px:OOuction IT: I know you guys are making a music release, [lead singer] JR talks about going to one complete picture is when you get outstand- .. , the soul of each song .. video for your new single "Somewhere In the Atlanta and writing it. ing stuff. I think that song has that for me when
Middle." RBC: Yeah. He actually wrote it in Atlanta. I listen to it. I believe the story so much when I IT: All right, I'm sure you guys get asked < REC: It's done. It's irt the can. He penned the lyrics and started getting the hear it. this a lot. But I just can't find the answer to this IT: It's in the can? When's it coming out? chords going. Then we came back and recorded JW: Same. Some of the older stuff. "Until I question anywhere. How'd you get the name? REC: Uhhhh ... we don't know. We're in it. That song was quite a process to get on tape Wake Up" is definitdy. one of the best of the REC: Hahahahaha .. the stage where we'll probably start pitching it ... there are so many tempo changes and shifts group. It's also one of the most requested. 17': You get asked this a lot? to VH I and MTV. We'll see what happens. It's in the song. I think that song actually took "Angels and Devils" on Opaline ",' I don't RBC: Of course! an animal in itself. longest out of all the songs, like the cool little know, I just love this whole record; I think it's JW: Because we knew no one else would JW: Oh, and by the way, the album is actu- guitar rift and the chorus didn't come until the 11 ofthe best songs we've ever written. have it. ally pronounced "Opaline," not "Aupahlean" end of the fourth quarter. So it was a nice little REC: You see; we didn't want to do another IT: Oh really? I'm sorry, I had no idea surprise. IT: How do you go about the song writing copyright search since they cost $200 each, and REC: I didn't catch that. You can't tell real- process? Music and then lyrics? Lyrics then we didn't have that kind of money. We knew ly, that's the English language for you. IT: How do you guys felt you've dealt with music? that the weirder the word, the less likely we'd the legacy of "Counting Blue Cars?" That was RBC: Traditionally we had always done the have to do another search ... IT: How do you think your songs transfer to the big hit and that's the one that even not-so- music first; little seeds of ideas that happe~ed in IT: Does it mean anything to you guys? an acoustic format? One of my favorite prod- acquainted fans know. Does it haunt you ever? the studio. This time JR spent more time on his JW: There was an article in Wired Magazine' ucts of the band is an acoustic version of or ... own; everyone did their thing and brought about cable hackers in India. The story itself "Haze." REC: It's both a blessing and it haunts us. something to the table. wasn't as much of a big deal to us as the fact REC: Really? It's why we've had a job all these years; it's that we liked the word and we thought it .was IT: Yeah. why a lot of fans come and check out our 17: What CDs are in your CD player right kind of interesting. REC: WeIll think our songs stand up just as shows. I know there are fans that only knew now? What are you currently listening to? JW: I think they were pirating the soap opera strong, acoustically ... proudly, I say that. Espe- that song who came to our shows wer.e sur- RBC: I've beenlistening-to same stuff Santa Barbara. It was the most popular sho~ in cially on this record, because, like led said, prised by the depth of the band. throughout the whole record process, and I still India; that was the tie we needed. June 7, 2002 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9
ALBUM REVIEW a few political songs on Open Your Eyes, Feldmann delivers Open Your Eyes more introspective lyrics on "Spokesman," "It's Pop, Punk, Ska, Reggae All In One Your Life," and "Youth." By Ravi Kapoor notable, "Decision." This song is slower in . "Spokesman" starts pace than "Going Home," yet retains the with palm-muted Go/dfinger pop-punk label. A typical verse leads into a punk chords with a Open Your Eyes catchy chorus, in which Feldmann professes, message about being May 21,2002 "so you made'your decision I I guess it's you fed-up with popular Jive/Mojo Records that I'll be missin'." The chorus is reminis- songs that lack emo- cent of Mest's "Cadillac" with its light vocal tion and genuine- oldfinger, having recently lost co- melody. The verse, chorus, solo and transi- ness. With lyrics founder and lead guitarist Charlie tions are all kept simple to make for a true like, "what hap- Paulson due to musical differences, is punk song. : pened to integrity I I Gin a predicament. Front man John "Tell Me" is a love ballad with an equally don't see it on MTV Feldmann himself.produced, engineered, and appealing chorus. Starting off light, the song I all I see is chore- mixed Goldfinger's latest album Open Your turns into heavy punk, and then twists into an ography" and "who Eyes. The band also switched labels from authentic Goldfinger reggae panache. the fuck is Felicity," Mojo' to Jive, well-known for the Backstreet "Happy" returns to the fast throb of "Going Goldfinger dispens- Boys and Britney Spears; but not recognized Home," making me want to jump and mosh es thoughtful lyrics' for any punk b~nds. Through all thisconfu- throughout the song. While the vocals remind without sacrificing sion, Goldfinger created an album that shows ' me of Blink7"I82's "Adam's Song," the guitar humor. consistency, yet the famous diversity of pop- part is'c1early Alkaline Trio style. "It's Your Life" punk, ska, and reggae that screams Goldfinger Goldfinger's first single, "Open Your is the most reflective and flexible song on the Feldmann writes songs for Open Your goodness. Eyes," sets them apart from other punk bands. entire album. With a 'brooding, melodic Eyes with less ska and reggae than he did on The album blasts open with the track An angry, political song about the slaughter of acoustic guitar introduction and gravy vocal previous albums, yet still retains some diversi- "Going Home." The screech of feedback animals comes from Feldmann, a vegetarian harmony, the song turns into a mix of punk' ty which makes for a more consistent album shoots into four hard-driven power chords, and promoter of animal rights. Feldmann and ska. Ska upstrokes are played over a punk than the band's previous three LPs. This sta- and the bliss of pure pop-punk love song is attempts to reach his audience with a heavy, chorus that rapidly changes to a Sublime-like ... bility has helped Goldfinger find a sound that heard. The tempo is amazingly fast and the raging chorus yelling "wake up I wake up I a reggae feel over the bridge. The song is about is truly the band's oWn. Produced, engineer- slightly offbeat drum rhythm immediately shot to the head I just so you can be fed I getting one's life on track and remembering ing, and mixing the album gave Feldmann the reminds me of Blink-182's "The Party Song." won't you wake up." The verse is uncharac- where one came from. "Youth," a more pro- freedom to do things as he saw fit. The vocals Goldfinger opens the album with a song paral- teristically mellow and subdued. The bridge is gressive track, shows a new side to Goldfin- are more prominent throughout the album, lel to "Mind's Eye," the first track of its self- random and draws away from the consistency ger. Its lyrics complement those of "It's Your something Nirvana's Kurt Cobain did with In titled album. Already Goldfinger devotees and of the song. While it sends a strong message Life" with the opposing circumstances of Utero as opposed to the guitar-heavy Never- newcomers are cupping their hands around on animal cruelty, the song is one of the being on track in life. The subtle chorus helps mind. While Goldfinger makes a remarkable their mouths making that 'fans-go-wild' roar. weaker ones on the album, which leaves me to turn the song into one flowing piece. The new album, their first hit-single "Here In Your Other love-song tracks 'on Open Your wondering why it's the first single. ' guitar is almost entirely acoustic with a sweet, Bedroom" and the band's self-titled album Eyes are "Tell Me," "Happy," and most While Goldfinger performs love songs and slick solo. reign supreme.
FILM REVIEW** the Japanese capture a codetalker, he is to be character, his past, his girlfriend and his killed before h~ can reveal the secrets of the magical ability to gun down hundreds of ,/ code. Japanese soldiers single-handedly. John The notion of codetalking itself comes Woo told The Tech, "my mov'ies are not Windtalkers, from a truly intriguing page of U.S. history. only about action, they're always about There were in truth Navajos who, during human nature." For many of his films, this Explosive Action Shredded fly Shrapnel Cliches World War II, transmitted battlefield mes- holds true. The action sequences in The sages by.radio in their native language. Killer so sublimely parallel-the relationships there were over 200 bombs .on the field," Known only by a very minor population, and between the characters that the two sources Woo said. with no written counterpart, the language was of thrust in the film become tantamount. '}:wo-hundred explosions in a single shot virtually impossible for the Japanese to deci- Windtalkers, however, suffers greatly from a seems to be enough to qualify Windta/kers as pher. string of cliches that suck the humanity out
a bonafide war movie. But unlike Woo's dark J .. Sadly, codetalking serves less as premise of the film. and uncompromi~ing Hong Kong war film for the film and more as device. We never What remains is a troupe of stereotyped Bullet- in' the characters left sitting around a campfire deliv- ~ . Head, Windta/k- ering monologues about home. Between n aollywood~lt se~ms,: bigger means b~t- 'ers is for the most intrusive flashbacks, viewers are left to try ter. More of "wliat~the people want" part dev.oid of and understand the characters and their moti- . inevi~~bly~beco~es a banal "more of the . ,any 'real original i- . vations through the same lines of dialogue Isame.". As the technology, budgets, and ty, character or you hear in any war movie. Then comes the egos ~ehi~d films' grow larger and larger, it depth. obligatory harmonica, played by Christian 'always feels 'like the viewer is being treated Windta/kers Slater .. to less and less. This is why so many movies, gives us the story - "As an American citizen," Woo said, "I rife with all the'standard cliches, feel like of a U.S. Marine feel I have a duty to tell this story." Perhaps, . attacks of clones. A healthy majority of the Sergeant (Nicolas but it is quite unfortunate that Wind talkers big-budget flickS' coming out of Tinseltown Cage), shell- turned out to be such a typically American nowadays seem like fancy computer-generat- shocked and movie. Woo's signature style and flair are cer- ed imagery accompanied by computer-gener- injured after los- tainly present in the film; but they seem con- ated dialogue .. ing all of his men strained to tremendous over-the-top action However, leaping through the door to Hol- to Japanese sequences. The battles are visually striking and lyWood in slow motion with a camera shoot- attackers in an do have sheer visceral impact, but what do 200 ing in each hand is director John. Woo, for- ambush. He is bombs on the battlefield mean when they are merly of Hong Kong. "t try to make it real ... assigned to pro- matched by 200 lines of dialogue that bomb? I never like cheating. I never like to use any tecto a Navajo Woo delivers a movie that in the end will . STEPHEN.VAUGHAN-METRO-GOWWYN-MAYER PICTURES CGI [computer generated imagery]," he said codetalker (ably Frances O'Connor as nurse Rita and Nicolas Cage as Joe Enders in please those who are looking for violence and in a recent interview with The Tech. In his played by the John Woo's new war drama Wlndtalkers. are not too concerned with characters. Some- latest film, Windta/kers, an American budget charming Adam how Windta/kers takes an idea for a great provides us with a very 'large and very action- Beach) with the stipulation that the code itself learn about the act in all¥ detail. Instead, the story, throws in some whiz-bang action, and packed view of World War II. "In one shot, is more valuable than the codetalker. 'Thus, i~ movie is primarily about Nicolas Cage's .then forgets to tell the story.
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Yu '02. Yu, who' chaired the plan- . Unlike past Commencement cer- ning committee for Wednesday's emonies, there will only be three Senior Week Farewell Reception at entrances to' the Court during exer- the Museum of Science, will gradu- cises. All three entrances will be ate today with a degree in manage- WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHlDl-THE TECH staffed by security personnel and all ment. Following graduation, she MIT artists attempt to raise Cabin 3 up the platform outside of Building 9 early Tuesday morning graduates and guests will be will head to the Global Technolo- of finals week. Cabin 3 is an art exhibit by Seth Weiner G, who titled it "Unabomber Meets Thore- required to pass through metal gies department at Merrill Lynch in au In Cabin 3 at MIT." detectors. The general admission New York where she will serve as a entrance will be located on Memori- technical analyst. al Drive and there will be two "It's a little sad to be leaving entrances for reserved seating areas now that finally we've had some on either side of the Court through time to have fun with our friends on Buildings 3 and 4. campus instead of studying and AEPhi send's Walsh indicated that the' extra ~oing problem sets," said Amy W. Simone Berkowitz security for this year is primarily due Mok '02. Mok, who will graduate to the events of Sept. 11. However, today with a degree in economics, congra tula ti on Gabrielle Cayton he mentioned an incident at last will be working in Financial Ser- year's ceremony in which members vices for Waddell & Reed in Naomi Eckmann of the audience came into disruptive Waltham, Mass. after graduation. to all our contact with a section of graduates "I'm not-so much looking forw~d Elina Kamenetskaya and thwarted crowd control efforts. to moving my tassel as I am to flip- Walsh indicated that this year's pro- ping my brass rat over," she said. seniors! Amy Katz tocols will set the precedent for According to a recent statistical future Commencement ceremonies. profile of the Class of 2002, nearly Anticipating W olfensohn-related one third of the survey respondents Ivlonica Linden protest events, Immerman said, intend to pursue their studies in "Members of our academic commu- graduate school, while 60 percent of Leah Schmelzer nity have the right to disagree and to the respondents will be employed make their views known, but no one post -graduation. Sam Weinstein Lots of love. has the right to disrupt an academic assembly. It's not just MIT policy, it Dalai, Seneviratne to speak is also the law .... MIT can only General admission for ticketed and luck to prepare arid be ready to respond on guests begins at 7:30 a.m. The pro~ our own property." cession of graduates will enter Kil- "My understanding is that the lian Court at approximately 10:00 all of you. security measures are less stringent a.m. The program will begin at than what was in place when Presi- approximately 10:30 a.m. dent Clinton came," said outgoing Wolfensohn will deliver this Graduate Student Council President year's Commencement address. Dilan Seneviratne. "While it's still a Wolfensohn'g speech will be fol- hassle, it's better to play it safe." lowed by a salute to MIT from An Open Letter from the Global Despite the host of potential dis- Seneviratne and a speech by Class ruptions and aggravations, Immer- of 2002 President Sudeb C. Dalai! South to the VVorldBank man is confident that the ceremony' Dalai will then present the Senior will be a success. "It is our hope that Gift to President Charles M., Vest. This letter, signed, by over 350 leaders of economic and environmental justice groups Commencement is not just problem- The degrees will then be awarded in from more than 30 countries, launched the World Bank .Bonds Boycott in April 2000. In . . free, but rather that it is the celebra- a simultaneous alternating pattern May 2002 the City of Cambridge unanimously voted to become the 7th US city to enact tory recognition for the 2,300 plus 'between advanced and' undergradu- such a boycott prompting one Cambridge government official to say how embarrassed students who deserve their moment ate degrees. Following the closing she hoped MIT was for inviting Mr. Wolfensohn to speak. and the admiration of our entire aca- remarks at around 1:45 p.m., gradu- demic community," he said. ates and their guests will be dis- Dear Mr. Wolfensohn: missed to a reception at Steinbren- Students have mixed feelings' As citizens of countries suffering from World Bank policies, we are writing to you ner Stadium .. because: Graduates are looking forward to The ceremonies may be viewed - 65% of World Bank lending today is for sectoral and structural adjustment Commencement with mixed emo- on closed-circuit television in select- tions. Some, thrilled to escape the ed classrooms in Buildings 1, 2 and loans; rigors of MIT academics, plan to 4, in Kresge Auditorium, Kresge - The conditions attached to these and other World Bank loans have crippled enjoy the ceremony even if the Little Theater and several lecture economic growth, hindered economic development, promoted dependency,' and weather is terrible. Others, not so halls. It will also be Webcast live via increased misery and poverty in developing countries; sure of their post-graduation plans, MIT AMPS. - Structural Adjustment is vastly increasing the socio-economic burden on women; - Adjustment leads to the promotion of sweatshops, and the denial of workers' rights to organize and to earn a decent living; PBE Policy on Guests - Adjustment is destroying peasant-led agricultural production and the abilities of our countries to feed themselves; - Adjustment has accelerated destruction of the natural environment; Questioned by Barnes - Adjustment has a very destructive impact on the most vulnerable sectors of the PBE, from Page 1 chapters need to be careful of who population; they invite over as guests, particu- -Adjustment is degrading our cultural integrity, by changing our models of left in a kitchen area. larly if there's alcohol somewhere consumption and our relationship with nature; CLC member Henry W. Breen in the house," ~esaid. - Adjustment has significantly added to the external debt burden of countries criticized Ro for "[taking] a laissez- implementing such programs; faire attitude" to the presence of a Intoxicated guest draws sanctions . - Privatization under World Bank policies has led to increased corruption, private 17-year-old guest in the house .. MIT Police Officer Mark R. gain at the expense of the public, further concentration of wealth and power, Ro said that he had not been Kelleher said at the hearing that he greater unemployment and decreased access to public services; aware that Lee was in the house. had found Lee, of Dorchester, - The World Bank in practice supports the macroeconomic policies imposed by Lee and Jim, he said, were guests of Mass., "vomiting from the rear pas- the International Monetary Fund by making agreement with the IMF a condition of Michael Ho '04, and members of senger seat" of a vehicle near' PBE. Bank lending, and by contributing money to I.MF austerity packages, and is the fraternity are responsible for Kelleher said Lee had indicated therefore responsible for the consequences of those policies; their own guests. that he was staying at PBE and that - For sound and healthy economies, societies, and citizenry, economic policy in CLC Chairman Benjamin C. he had consumed several shots 'of Barnes hinted that perhaps fraterni- Bacardi rum. our countries must be formed in the interest of the poor and working people who ties should not allow 17-year-olds Ro said several seniors had compose the majority of the population; and on their premises at all. "brought down some of their per- - National economic sovereignty is a prerequisite for the adoption of such Barnes "probably doesn't under- sonal alcohol to a little kitchen area" policies. stand the issues around high school- to celebrate their upcoming gradua- ers coming to visit," said PBE Risk tion, and had left the alcohol unat- Since the majority of the Bank's funds are raised in the private capital market, we Manager David R. Schannon '04. tended. call on all supporters of human rights and sustainable economic development to "There's no problem with [high "We left the alcohol in the boycott the purchase of World Bank bonds, and encourage all public institutions to school students] just coming over kitchen for cleanliness sake," said do so. .... we just need to pay more atten- Dharmesh M. Mehta '00, an alum- tion" when they do. nus of the chapter. Rogers noted that some. fresh- Mehta said that PBE has since men are only 17 years old. Howev- instituted a new policy that alcohol . er, "I think that all the [fraternity] "shouldn't be left in the open." June 7, 2002 THE TECH Page 11
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Behind the Controversy some. After a picture of Smith and her husband Anton While the Bake Sale and controversy over postering Van Der Ven at a pro-Palestinian rally appeared in The attracted a lot of attention on campus, they were only a Tech, an anonymous letter waS posted on the bulletin part of these students' activities. Steinberger, Smith, and boards near her office. "As much as I appreciate your others are part of the Social justice Cooperative, an MIT need to fight for all right causes and your will to change , student group engaged in political activism around a the world," it said, "Have you ever even been to the wide range of left-leaning causes. middle-east?" The organization and membership of the Sj~e hard to define, for as much as possible, the group avoids The Larger Movement(s) hierarchical structure in favor of collaborative action, On the weekend of April 20, 2002, tens of thou- While most MIT student groups have a President and a sands of people converged on Washington, D.C. The Martin A. Hunter adds a message to the Jeans of Christen M. Gray '04 Vice President, the SjC has an-"internal Facilitator" and weekend's events brought together activists from several an "external Coordinator" - at least for the purposes of major groupings. Along with supporters of the Palestinian cause were protesters against the war on terrorism, IMF its Association of Student Activities-mandated constitu- and World Bank policies, Plan Colombia, and the School of the Americas .. tion. While there is a core group of particularly energetic On Saturday, a large rally brought all these groups together in a march towards the Washington Mall. The and active students, others just participate occasionally, march was a study in visual contrasts, from the giant puppets of the anti-globalization protesters, to women wear- showing up for events and activities po~ted to the ing the traditional Muslim hejab, to groups of policemen, a group of Orthodox Jews who oppose the existence of group's mailing list,
Going Beyond Protest After returning from the protest march on DC, Ford had some doubts. "I'm still frankly skeptical abOut how far protest- style action can really go," he said. "It's important, but it's only one step. I feel there hasn't been enough emphasis on clevel- , oping new institutional schemes to form solutions to these problems. A little too much 1960's style action and not .~.. , enough imagination." THE Stephanie W.Wang '04, Mk:hael J. Borucke '01, Christen M. Gray '02, and Julia K. Steinberger G One vision for such altemative institutions comes from the In Washington, D.C. for protests on April 20. A Shared Ideology political theory of anarchism, embraced by some in the Sjc. - "I moved to the U.S. in September, and I hated everything," said Soraya Yekta G. "I hated the country, and I To reduce the potential for corporate exploitation, institutions must be firmly based on the principles of cooperative The Smash the Patriarchy Bake Sale. hated MIT, and I hated Gebrge Bush." Going to large events like protests reassures her that she is not alone in action and local control. it, "people are symbolically taking aim at an unfair, violent, and destructive power structure." all of her views. "Events like protests are'to be assured that there is a community that on some level shares an Also on display was a collection of posters used by various MIT fratemities, dormitories, and living groups to ideology." Anarchical Institutions advertise their parties. Several of the students at the Bake S~le have been active in protesting the sexual imagery on What is this ideology? For many of these students, it is a larger world view in which corporate interests arid gov- A model example of an anarchical institution is Indymedia, a collective of about 50 local media organizations these posters. emments work to increase their power and profit at the expense of ordinary people. In the case of the Israeli-Pales- that originated in ~overage of the Seattle WTO protests. Indymedia rests on the concept of "open publishing" - When Zeta Beta Tau used pictures of a semi-nude man and woman on advertisements for their Bling, Bling Party, tinian conflict, for ~mple, Israel is seen as an oppressive force that takes advantage of u.s. military aid to continue anyone can pOst their material to the site by c!icking "publish" on the Indymedia web page. Articles are not edited, julia K. Steinberger G objected. "For me, seeing those posters was really a' slap in the occupation of Palestinian land and the persecution of the Palestinian people. World Bank policies such as struc- though they are arranged and organized on the site. Anyone who dis- the face," she said. Steinberger responded by posting a parody poster tural adjust'!'ent are viewed as a way for agrees with an article is free to post a response below it. featuring a drawing of a penis being cut by scissors. "It was a way-of try- _ Western govemments to impose nee-liberal Indymedia blends journalism and activism, using local coverage to ing to viscerally demonstrate that it was a really bad feeling to see [the economic policies on developing countries in f~cilita~e !.he formation of international networks. -For example, when a original] posters," she said. .. order to provide their own multi-national cor- "group of South African activists were arrested and denied bail, a spokesper- When Ashdown House's jungle Party posters featured images of Poratio'ns with cheap labor. son f?~ the group posted a news ~rticle to South African Indymedia. Stein- Tarzan and jane, Aimee L. Smith G started an e-mail flame war by stat- The underlying ideology can thus moti- berger forwarded the post to
"""'-l Brice C. Smith G shows his support for Mumla Abu- Jamal. Brice C. Smith (right) In a pro-Palestinlan rally In Boston.
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BUT I ~N'T .~I.~:',1I1~~~EM' , Page 18 THE TECH June 7, 2002 MIT Card Accepted as Payment at LaVerde's Market Dining, from Page I beginning of the new school year. contracted for three years. "In the old days, kids would for final approval. come running in with their cards, MIT not new for Bon App.etit "This is the culmination of a and we would have to say 'no,''' he While the residential dining con- community, effort," Walsh said. said. "Now we can say 'yes. ", tract is new for Bon Appetit, the "This fall, I think students will see company has had some experience the results of all [the] work" that Contract details under discussion with MlT students. Both Sigma Nu people have put in. MIT is now working to establish and Pi Lambda Phi have hired to "The Campus Dining Board will the details of the contracts and inter- Bon Appetit to provide their din- continue in its role ... and act as an viewing candidates management ners, said Jacob O. Kitzman '04, advisory board on campus dining positions, Walsh said. steward for Sigma Nu. issues," Benedict said. "Any [Aramark] worker that "We weren't very satisfied with wants to continue [working at MIT] the quality of their food," Kitzman MIT Card a success at LaVerde's will have the opportunity to do so," said. "They tended to use a lot of La Verde's began to accept the Berlin said. "If they want a job here butter ... and it just didn't taste that M IT Card for payment during finals ... these contractors a required to good." week. offer them positions." Sigma Nu no longer contracts Ray Lussier, a night manager at Walsh said the three major ven- Bon Appetit. LaVerde's, said being able to accept dors would be contracted for five Kitzman added that his fraterni- AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH the MIT Card was "wonderful." years, with a possible extension of ty's experience with catering might Phillip). Walsh, director. or the Campus Activities Complex, Dean "It's very encouraging ... and three years. be very different from the on-site For Student Ufe Larry 'G. Benedict, and Director of C~mpus Dining it's growing," he said. Berlin said Alpine would be con- cooking for which they are now Richard D. Berlin III discuss plans for dining next year with student Lussier said he thought MIT tracted for five years, and Arrow being hired. "Maybe the food will leaders. Mil has awarded contracts to Sodexho, Bon Appetit; and ' Card usage would increase at the Street Crepes would probably be be more fresh," he said: Aramark. Congratulations Class of 2002 ~ Thank you to the 309 seniors who chose to leave their mark on the Institute' by making a contribution to the 2002 Senior Gift Campaign. 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The problem sets are done, the finals have been taken - n~w explore all the benefits of being an MIT alumnus or alymna by visiting the Alumni Association on the Web at http://web.mit.edu/alum/. June 7,2002 THE TECH Page 19 , , . UTR Labor Proposal. Approved "Tech News Hotline By Kevin R. Lang and WRC should yield quick results, industry front and that more organi- EDITOR IN CHIEF in. the form 9f reports back to MIT zations are apt to join the association x3-1541. The Academic Council last on the labor environment at factories because the rules are more lax. Tuesday unanimously approved a producing licensed products. Basu said the FLA seems to be Department of proposal by members of United "The WRC does less factories moving toward stricter standards Trauma Relief requesting that MIT 'more thoroughly, and probably since the two groups are in direct MIT FACILITIES join the Fair Labor Association and more frequently now. The FLA is in competition. CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE the Workers' Rights Consortium. a bit of a trailsition," Basu said. A total of 174 universities are Zesiger Sports & Fitness Center Sanjay Basu '02, Matthew V. The WRC and FLA are two orga- part of the FLA, while only 94 are Entry access to du Pont gym and Rockwell cage is now limited due to Brooks '05, Julia R. de Kadt '02; nizations whose purpose is to inspect part pfthe WRC. Most of these also lobby renovation for connection to the Zesiger Sports and Fitness and Stephanie W. Wang '04 worked factories aD,dremedy any infractions belonging to the FLA. Center. A temporary entrance to du Pont is now located at W31 with Kirk D. Kolenbrander, special' ,that they observe on site. Critics have Brian Loux contributed to the (Campus P~lice) on Mass. Ave. There are also two entrances on assistant to the president 'and chan- often charged the FLA for being an reporting of this story. Vassar Street: near the corner of Mass Ave. and Vassar St. and via the cellor, to draft the proposal which alley between Rockwell cage and du Pont gym. was presented to Vest, on April 26 . The council v_oted to approve the .Baker House measure at its May 28 meeting. The next phase of renovation to the Baker House residence hall will take The proposal asked MIT to' join place this summer. Work will include replacement of windows, ~he FLA and the WRC in order to abatement of asbestos, window caulking, lead paint removal, restoration enforce fair labor standards in the of exterior stucco, brick work, and landscaping.' manufacturing of MIT -licensed Vassar St. Utilities ,merchandise. " Installation of.a water main isJn progress'along Vassar St. from Mass. "I wasn't at al~ ,surprised that it Ave. toward fy1ainSt. This may affect parking and traffic. passed unanimously," Kolenbrander Amherst Alley Steam Repairs said. "The students in this clearly Beginning in mid-June and continuing through the summer, several led the way and did such a thought- manholes on the west side of campus will be under construction. ful and thorough job." .. WeldJng, cutting, and excavation for expansion joint replacement may Basu said that Kolenbrander told cause noise and disruption to surrounding areas. the students beforehand that the pro- Hayden Library , posal should have a go'od chance of This project will move and reshape the circulation area, which will passing, but that they were not 'in expand to include the Reserve Book Room collection and services, as direct contact with any members of , well as a 24/7 study space. During the renovation period, which will run the council. - through late August, entrance to the Scie'nce and Humanities Libraries "I wasn't surprised, 1 was will be through the Lewis Music Library. Book returns and other delighted," Basu said .. ~'Dr. Kolen- circulation services will be transacted, at ~he Lewis Music Library brander was pretty open with DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH uS Circulation desk during this period. about how'the administrators felt." Working conditions:in factories that produc'e MIT-liceilsed apparel, Basu said that the preced~nt for . such as this w!1I now be monitored'by two ~~tchdog groups. For information on MIT's building program, see http://wep.mit.edu/evolving joining the FLA and WRC'set by . This information provided by the MIT Department of Facilities, other universiti~s helped their cause, "This is an issue where 'a lot of @ schools' have already i~plemented these sort of policies," he said. UTR proposed the plan shortly" after Har-' _ vard University approved a similar ;.. labor code. t.l.i I p! ... .niple~entation pha~~ ~et ,!o begin Vest said that the :'appropriate MAIL BOXES ETC.@ .MIT offices" would 'establish con- , fuct with the FLA and WRC, under Kolenbrander's direction. The Tech- .CALL THE PICKUP' LINE nology Ligensing)OfficeJ.handles:the (". ~ t (-,' •• ' "-t \_ licensing agreements rlor MIT (617) 661-7171 apparel -and accessories .. Kolenbrander said he expects to continue working on the implemen- ~NO MORE HEAVY LIFTING!!! tation phase with the TLO and members of UTR, with whom he'. RIGHT TO'YOUR ROOM!!!!!! ~as still in contact. ,,- .,_ t !> ' ~ "This really IS ~ story 'o(~tude~t:' , led change," Kolenbtander said. "The students certainly need to con- THE PICKUP STORE. tinue to be a part of it." -.Basu said that he and other UTR members would continue to work No More Waiting, Call for Your Pickup with Kolenbrander while MII joins the two labor monitoring groups. He . Today!!! said he expect~d that someone at the TLO would'be designated the point person for the labor issue, but, that Int'l and Domestic.Shipping "we'll probably be'meeting with [Kolenbrander] more than anyone else." . KoJenbrander said that MIT was Packa2ing Experts working closely with The'.Coop, the primary, retailer of MIT -lice~sed, apparel. W}1ile the labor code does (We use Foam-in~Place)!!! not specifically apply to The Coop because they are independent of ) MIT, the MIT merchandise sold through 'the store is required to meet After Finals ... the labor standards. "They're not bound by anything per se, but the products they sell are The Cramming Begins! bound," Kolenbrander said. , Basu said that he had not heard , , any reaction from The Coop, but that . Having trouble getting your stLiffhome from college? he did 'not expect much change in.the . Le~~ail ~oxes Etc~pa~k arid ship it for you. pricing of their products as a result. FrOIn computers and stereos to boxe$ of books and furniture ~A trying to bolster. reputation t ••••• '.- . Basu said that joining the FLA ~ u;r~ • '# Mail Boxes E~c.handles your shipments with care.. OI.UIIl .,.. 'MBE can pack and sh!p just about anything .. Solution to Crossword . from page 15 STAGIERSTIBOOST BOXES TAPE BUBBLE-WRAP PEANUTS LAM A MAC EEL MER OMBUDS~~!! RENEE BILGE.PLUME.IKE s LEE 'y'.p REF A B_ 1 RT ENTRUST HOURS o NOT I E R T s~.!! p-! M 0 c E A N I A E ~~ Authori~ed M - F 9:00 - 7:00 Authorized ~ 0 I T G o~ SSE E CAN I NES w ~J. R Sat. ,10:00 - 5:00 •.... 0 c U L A RAM ELI A Sh,ipping ~hipping YOU. AD..!:. ~J.. 0 WEN S ARSONIOMN IlvORES Sun. 12:00 - 5:00 R ELI C NOR M R 0 P E ~ Outlet Outlet o 0 Y L E S NIP KIT S Page 20 THE TECH June 7, 2002' World Bank President Meeting With Students World Bank, from Page I preceding march. Attendees were encouraged to display the back page the IMF and the World Bank, and of the recent issue of The Thistle, was sponsored by the Office of Stu- which reads "Drop the Debt: More dent Life, the Campus Committee World, Less Bank." Coordinators on Race Relations, the MIT Social also encouraged graduating seniors Justice Cooperative, the Western to top their mortarboards with decals Hemisphere Project, United Trauma featuring an anti-World Bank logo. Relief, and the MIT Greens. Barnes said that it was not their intent to ruin commencement. "It's Twenty to meet with Wolfensohn our commencement too," the gradu- Barnes is among the 20 MIT stu- ating senior said, referring to his fel- dents drawn from a lottery to partici- low students who have voiced oppo- pate in a meeting with Wolfensohn. sition to MIT's selection of Ten alternates were also selected Wolfensohn. from the lottery, which was open to undergraduate and graduate students. Cambridge boycotts World Bank Some of the 20 selected students Last May the Cambridge City participated in a forum with the Council unanimously passed a reso- MIT community on June 4. The lution to boycott bonds sold by the WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI-THE TECH purpose of the forum was to gather World Bank. The text of the resolu- President Charles M. Vest serves pancakes to April A•. Deet - '02 yesterday momlng In Walker input that would help them better tion states that the boycott will con- Memorial. relay the thoughts and questions of tinue "until the World Bank respects the MIT community to Wolfensohn labor rights, stops promoting privati- during the hour-long meeting. zation, cancels 100 percent of debts owed to it by impoverished nations Thousands expected at protest and stops the imposition of destruc- A large group of demonstrators, tive economic policies." It also asks which Thursday night's speakers the Massachusetts State Legislature predict will number in the thou- and the Governor to join the boycott. sands, will meet on Commonwealth Cambridge is the seventh U.S. A venue between Gloucester and city to enact such a resolution. The Hereford streets at 7:30 a.m. Friday other six cities are Berkeley, Cali- morning and march to MIT to meet fornia; Oakland, California; San Wolfensohn. 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Fry building is that it is being .lSS01l..l Tf SEWS EDITOR integrated into three exist- I don't work out, I'm not on any ing structures, du Pont sports teams, and I've only taken Gymnasium, Johnson Ath- one physical education class. Let's letic Center, and Rockwell ======just say Cage. "Not only is it a new Reporter's ~,~~o: facility, it's tying in existing facilities," Martin said. Notebook ~Pa-\O~ In addition to providing ------wit h athletic facilities, the build- the MIT athletic program. As I ing will be used as a path- walked through the partially finished way to main campus for Zesiger Center, I began to plan my students living at Simmons new fitness regiment: swimming in Hall and around Vassar the morning, PE classes during the Street. day, and maybe a late-night work "There will be an artery out in the fitness room. Once the from 6 a.m. to II p.m.," Zesiger Center is open to the MIT Martin said. community, I am certain that even Access to the building the greatest exercise-phobe will be will be controlled by desk inspired by the amazing new facili- workers at main entrances, ties to become the next Richard Sim- as well as card readers. Stu- mons. dents who are just using the The Albert and Barrie Zesiger building for access to main Sports and Fitness Center is expect- campus wi II not have to ed to open to the community on swipe their ID cards Sept. 7. because they wi II be pass- "Our current schedule is calling ing through what Martin for substantial completion by Aug. called "out of control" 23," said Dan Martin, assistant areas. department head of facilities and "Our hope is that this AARON D. MIHAUK-THE TECH operations for the Department of becomes a hub of campus," Construction continues on the $55.2 million Albert and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center. The olympic- Athletics. Between Aug. 23 and he said. sized swimming pool will have seating capacity for 450 •. Sept. 7, equipment will be moved The Zesiger Center will into the center. The dedication of the most likely be managed and main- The main pool is surrounded by cardiovascular machines. The fitness ketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, building will be Oct. 4. tained by an outside management seating for 450 spectators and has room will be open to the community and roller hockey. It resembles a According to Martin, the current company. MIT is currently negotiat- two diving platforms. The pool has !1uring the normal operating hours of hockey rink in that it is entirely construction budget is $55.2 million. ing with companies that specialize in been designed to be a "fast pool." the building, which will most likely enclosed by high side walls and is in "We are very close to [the pro- managing fitness centers. The com- This means that many precautions be from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m. Martin the shape of an oval. The floor is jected] budget," he said. pany would provide professional have been taken to make the surfac~ does not expect that patrons of the made out of a material designed to A great deal of the funding for staff who would run the building and of the water as smooth as possible. fitness 'room will have to schedule be skate-friendly called "spider the building has come from donors. assist people using fitness equipment This allows for faster times in com- times to use the fitness equipment court." The building is named after the main and other aspects of the facility. petitive swimming. One such pre- since there will be so many Along with the pool, fitness donors, Albert Zesiger '53 and his caution is the 1.5-foot-deep intake machines and the room will be open room, and MAC, the Zesiger Center wife Barrie Zesiger. Many of the Natatorium key to facility gutter around the perimeter of the for such a long time. will also house six international rooms inside of the building will The main entrance, just to the pool. Martin said that the deep gutter The neatest feature of the room is squash courts, offices for coaches also be named after donors. right of the current Johnson Athletic will absorb most of the waves creat- the cardio-theater. There will be 8 and other members 'of the Depart- "A lot of the money has been Center, will be impressive. The ed by swimmers when they dive into televisions in front of the cardiovas- ment of Athletics, and a large sports fundraised at this point," Martin said. lobby is spacious, with high ceilings. the pool. cular machines. The people using medicine facility. There will be an athletic shop that "We'll probably set a lot of the machines will be able to control Zesiger Center could be new hub will sell sports-related merchandise, [swimming] records here," he said. the channels and plug headphones Working out in a glass house My tour of the Zesiger Center as well as a juice bar. The main cor- Both of the pools will be avail- into the machines so that they'can. The facade of the Zesiger Center began at the gates of the construc- ridor on the first floor, just past the able to the general MIT communjty watch television during their work- is almost entirely glass. tion site, next to Kresge Auditorium. lobby, will be adorned with art by as well as the swimming, water polo, out. There will also be music "The building is pretty transpar- The space in front of the building, Matthew Ritchie. The theme of the and diving teams. Martin said that options. ent," Martin said .. which is currently a gravel lot and art is Ritchie's interpretation of the between the Zesiger Center pools The fitness room is almost entire- The glass blocks out approxi- home to the contractor and subcon- Big Bang Theory and will consist of and the Alumni Pool, "we will have ly enclosed in glass. Two sides look mately 90 percent of sunlight s~ that tractor trailers, will receive a a mural that will span the length of recreational swimming all day." He out onto the Student Center and the occupants of the building .will not be makeover during the summer. Mar- the corridor, as well as drawings on added that other uses of the pool, Kresge Oval. Because the buildings blinded byAhe sun. From afar, the tin said that the various subcontrac- the glass of the natatorium. such as kayaking and scuba diving, are so close, the view out the window glass appears to be heavily tinted. tors will leave the site gradually as The natatorium itself is a work of will also be considered "if there's an along the Student Center is less than However, up close, the glass is cov- the different aspects of the building art. It is three stories high and is the interest." spectacular. The third side looks over ered in a mesmerizing mosaic of are finished over the summer. By the center of the building. Most of the the pool. I can't imagine why anyone grayish dots. The color of the glass projected opening date, the area in other areas of the building have win- A new, larger fitness center wouldn't want to work out now that is called "candy kiss." front of the building will have grass dows overlooking the pool. The fitness room will definitely they'll be able to either watch televi- At night, people outside of the and potted plants. The sidewalk in "The biggest element [of the be an imQrovement over the current sion or watch people in bathing suits building wiil be able to see into the front of the Student Center will be building] is the 50-meter pool," . one. The Zesiger Center has 12,000 as they run on the treadmill. fitness room and MAC. I'm not too continued, past the Zesiger Center to Martin said. There are actually two square feet of space set aside for My favorite (and Martin's crazy about the fact that I, along the athletic fields next to Johnson pools in the natatorium: the work-out equipment. The fitness favorite) part of the building is the with my fellow fitness room patrons, Athletic Center. Olympic-size swimming pool and a room will include free weights, MultiActivity Court (MAC). It is a will be put on display for all who One of the unique features of the smaller teaching pool. weight-selector machines, and 60 court that has been designed for bas- pass by to gawk at. I guess I'll have to use a machine facing the Student Center so that the only thing watch- ing me is the depressing gray stone. The size and functions of the Zesiger Center are impressive con- sidering the size of MIT. "We are on the cutting edge of athletic facilities in the northeast. For the size of MIT, this is one of the finest in the country," Martin said. He said that MIT is very unique because all of the athletic facilities are used by both varsity athletes and non-athletes. "One of the things that makes us different is that we share all of our [athletic] areas," he said. The completion of the Zesiger Center is not the end of the cam- paign to improve the MIT athletic facilities. "We have one more phase in this project. The next phase would take down Rockwell Cage," Martin said. In its place would be another build- ing that may house, among other things, a climbing wall. He stressed that this is a long term plan and will not occur until sufficient funds have been raised. After touring the Zesiger Center, I am definitely ready to integrate exercising into my daily schedule. As people are compelled to work out in the shiny new building, the MIT student body is going to become a super force of smart, fit wunderkind. AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH On second thought, maybe only Squash courts under construction in the new Zesiger Center. until the first tests of the fall temi. June 7, 2002 THE TECH Page 23 Ancora Pharmaceuticals Triumphs in $50K Contest By Jonathan T. Wang in electric power generation. ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Ancora Pharmaceuticals was Ancora Pharmaceuticals, a selec'ted from seven finalists and biotechnology company which was awarded $30,000; FishLogic intends to develop complex carbo- and Greenfuel were awarded hydrates for use as drugs, won the $10,000 each. 2002 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition. McGovern delivers keynote "[Ancora Pharmaceuticals'] goal Patrick J. McGovern '59, chair- [is] to build the world's premier car- man of the board of International bohydrate-based pharmaceutical Data Group, delivered the keynote company," said team leader Jeremy address for the event. McGovern Bender G. The firm holds a total of urged the audience to always remain thirteen patents and pending patents. focused on serving its customers, Ancora Pharmaceuticals' role in saying that "customer contact is like the development of carbohydrate oxygen." He warned against plan- drugs is centered around the synthe- ning too far ahead and "working the sis of novel carbohydrates. The plan instead of working the market." company's automated technology is McGovern inspected the role of able to markedly speed synthesis of competition in a successful busi- these molecules. A structure that ness. Rather than focusing on the might take a top academic lab four competition presented by. o.ther months to make, Bender said, could firms in the marketplace,'McGovern be synthesized in two days by his .suggested' that competition be used company's technology; a structure as a tool to increase productivity .. that would take a year to synthesize JINYANG /J-THE TECH using current methods could be Advice for entrepreneu~ offered Jeremy Bender, co-founder of Ancora Phannaceuticals, speaks during the finals of the $50K entrepre- made in three days. He encouraged entrepreneurs to neurship competition. Ancora Phannaceuticals, this year's winner, specializes in developing more effec- The first runner-up was FishLog- decentralize their companies to tive drug therapies in the areas of cardiovascular disease and cancer. ic, a company that designs semicon- assign individuals substantial inde- ductors utilizing Media Lab technol- pendence so that workers jn the McGovern encouraged entrepre- intimately tied to the entrepreneur's seen in the recent economic bubble ogy to build improved digital signal company will be passionate about' neurs to start by building a custo~er interests; thus, the firm can turn to of quick create-and-sell companies. processors using an~log circuits. their jobs. Competition within the base. Establishing a customer base its customers for advice in develop- Rather, McGovern turned the ques- The second runner-up waS Greenfu- company as a result of this individ- early, McGovern said,' allows the ing its products and for funding to tion on its head, saying that entre- el, a company with technology to ual passion, McGovern explained, firm to significantly reduce risk. carry products to completion. preneurs should "look to [their] cus- use algae to reduce emissions of would be an effective motivator to Customers committed to' a firm's McGovern warned against seeing tomer base as a way of raising nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxides increase productivity. future products have their interests investors as a customer base, as mon~y." ... A bumt car on Memorial Drive. [email protected] -' Can't' get Congr~tulations C~ass.of 20021 enough of_ .your. favorite Welcome to' the MIT Alumni Association I newspa'per?' 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At that point, UCSD's strength and. only one turnover for the five games TEAM MEMBER On Saturday, sMITe faced Ore- size began to show as they capital- played. The MIT Women's Ultimate MIT upsets Stanford gon in the quarterfinals. MIT came ized on sMITe's turnovers. UCSD UCSD ended up winning t~e Frisbee Team (sMITe) went 4-1 In the final game of pool play, out slowly and allowed Oregon to took half up 8-6 and, despite strong National Title, beating Stanford over Memorial Day weekend to take sMITe faced third-seeded Stanford, score the first two points. MIT play from Hsiang with five assists 15-7 in the finals. third at College Nationals. MIT a national finalist for seven out of placed themselves on the score- and one block, MIT was only able With only 13 players attending upset two teams, losing only to the the past eight years. Although board with a Sun-Crockett combi- to score three more points in the Nationals, sMITe managed to fin- eventual national champions. sMITe had only 13 players, com- nation but Oregon's depth and second half for a final score of 15-9, . ish third in' the nation, defeating The M IT women entered the pared with Stanford's 21, they excitement overwhelmed the engi- ending their 26-game winning the second place team and only tournament seeded sixth out of 16 were not intimidated by Stanford's neers and MIT found themselves streak. Eich ended up with an losing to the eventual national teams. In their first match-up of the size or strength. down 6-2 early in the first half. At almost perfect tournament, with champion. tournament, sMITe faced 15th seed- MIT started the game by pulling this point, Kathleen M. Rubritz '04 ed University of Texas. MIT came to Stanford. Apri I P. Rasala G picked .up the defense and had a out strong early on, allowing Texas stepped up early with a pair of lay-out block which resulted in a only one point per hal f. Led by blocks both resulting in goals for goal. Also aided by strong defense Nancy Y. Sun '04, with four assists sMITe. Stanford, however, would from Eulalia S. Massague '04, and one goal, Cordelia E. Crockett not give up and they brought the sMITe did not look back as they G, with two assists, one goal, and score to 5--4. Heather A. Lukacs G scored the next five points in a row four blocks, and Christine B. Dob- responded with two goals of her and took half 8-7 .. son '03, with three assists, one goal, own and sMITe took half 8-5. MIT did not relax after half and, and three blocks, sMITe took the After half, sMITe kept up its with blocks by Wu, Crockett, and game 15-2. Contributing on defense intensity with back-to-back goals by Rasala, pulled away for a 10-7 lead. was Michelle H. Wu G, with a sky Kathleen L. Dobson '03, both At 11-8, Meryl R. del Rosario '05 block early in the second half, and assisted by Christine Dobson. Stan- had a lay-out block for the Engi- for offense, Angela Tong 'as had ford answered with a goal of their neers. Oregon would get within two, one assist and two goals. own, but Rasala once again at 11-9, but sMITe answered with In the second "game of the tour- responded with a block then two three goals by Sun, including one nament, sMITe took on 10th seeded goals, assisted by Hsiang and Sun. lay-out goal, with assists by Lukacs, University of Virginia. MIT again At 12-7, Stanford made one last Rasala and Kathleen Dobson. MIT came out to an early lead, scoring attempt to come back, scoring two won the game with a score of 15-10 four goals before Virginia could in a row. However, sMITe quickly resulting in their first ever trip to the answer. SMITe took the game 15-4 finished Stanford off with a Crock- national semi-finals. with solid play from Lori A. Eich ett-Eich combination and two Dob- '03, with two goals and one block, son-Dobson combinations ending UCSD ends sMITe's run and Dobson, with five assists and the game at 15-9. With this upset, In sMITe's second game on Sat- one block. Crockett contributed sMITe finished first in their pool urday, the"y faced second-seeded with two assists, two goals, and one which resulted in a pre-quarter bye University of California San Diego. block while Tong and Mina K. and guaranteed a finish in the top MIT started strong, trading points Hsiang '03 combined for four eight. with UCSD until the score was 6-6. The Tech applau