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Volume 119, Number 25 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, May 7, 1999 Arguelles Climbs to Victory In 2.70 'Mech Everest' Contest

By Karen E. Robinson and lubricant. will travel to Japan next year to ,SS!)( '1.1fr: .vOl'S UHI! JR The ramps were divided into compete in an international design After six rounds of competition, three segments at IS, 30, and 4S competition. Two additional stu- D~vid Arguelles '01 beat out over degree inclines with a hole at the dents who will later be selected will 130 students to become the champi- end of each incline. Robots scored compete as well. on of "Mech Everest," this year's points by dropping the pucks into 2.;0 Design Competition. these holes and scored more points Last-minute addition brings victory The contest is the culmination of for pucks dropped into higher holes. Each robot could carry up to ten the Des ign and Engineering 1 The course was designed by Roger pucks to drop in the holes. Students (2,.007) taught by Professor S. Cortesi '99, a student of Slocum. could request an additional ten Alexander H. Slocum '82. Some robots used suction to pucks which could not be carried in Kurtis G. McKenney '01, who keep their treads from slipping the robot body. Arguelles put these finished in second place, and third down the table, some clung to the in a light wire contraption pulled by p\~ce finisher Christopher K. Harper walls bordering the table, and some his robot, which he added "last '01 were separated only by a tie- shot grappeling hooks past the table Thursday, the day before ship breaker based upon time. to help pull themselves. The four date." The object of Mech Everest was finalists' robots were fairly simple, At the lowest hole, the trailer te}' design a robot to travel up a and McKenney attributed his suc- dumped the extra pucks, and those steepening ramp and drop hockey cess to the fact that he "kept it sim- that fell in the hole scored one pucks at the top. Students were ple." point each. This was added to given kits of materials to use, and Arguelles, along with points amassed by the pucks that w~re allowed to provide only inci- McKenney, Harper and Justin W. dental items such as washers, bolts, Raade '01, who took fourth place, MechEverest, Page 23 Injured Police Officer Files Suit

ANNIE CHOI-THE TECH David Arguelles '01 leaps In the air upon winning this year's 2.70 Against Institute, Beta Theta Pi competition last night. B,f Douglas E. Heimburger James B. Williams '99, Philip J. the defendants did not ensure that fXECUT/VE EDrrOR LaFond G, Russell Speiler '00, rules and regulations for social The Boston University police Robert N. Tunick '99 and Steven J. events were upheld. officer who was severely injured last Lefkowitz '00 as defendants. The suit also alleges that Johnson, ROTC, Sloan Tea;m Up summer while avoiding bottles LaFond, Speiler, Tunick, and BTP national, the alumni chapter, thrown from the roof of Beta Theta Lefkowitz are named as representa- and MIT committed willful, wanton, Pi has filed suit against the Institute tives of the BTP chapter. The chapter and reckless conduct by failing to On Leadership Course and others. itself, as an unincorporated associa- perform duties "in light of the defen- ,. The suit, filed by BU officer tion, was not named. dants' knowledge of the history of By Sanjay Basu Management as a special seminar James Barry and his wife Dorothy The suit alleges that all the defen- criminal and/or serious incidents ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR (1S.328). on April 14, names the national Beta dants "owed a duty of reasonable involving MIT fraternities arising Beginning this fall, non-ROTC The course will be jointly T~eta Pi, the local alumni corpora- care to those on the premises" from alcohol consumption and lack students will" be allowed to enroll taught by officers from the Army, tion Beta Upsilon Association and its including that alcohol laws were of supervision." in Leadership and Management I Navy, and Air Force beginning in president, Michael A. Johnson '80, observed by all those on the premis- (MS.40 1), and will receive credit the fall. It will offer six units of M IT, and current MIT students es. Additionally, the suit alleges that BTP, Page 18 through the Sloan School of credit and will be open to all stu- dents. The proposal for the new class, announced by Professor of Biotech Companies Excel in $50K Competition Management Emeritus Robert B. McKersie and Visiting Professor By Kristen landino boasts a net worth over $3 billion. of Military Science Robert R. ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR "The second telecommunication revolution Rooney at the April faculty meet- MolecularWare, a software start-up compa- has come: a computer-mediated communica- ing, was created by the ROTC ny launched to help researchers develop drugs, tion revolution," Sahin said. oversight committee, which con- was awarded the grand prize in this year's Preparation for the competition started in sists of faculty members, ROTC SSOK Competition Tuesday night in Kresge the fall with the $IK Competition. This warm- cadets, and military commanders. Auditorium. up for the $SOK Competition began in October "They were interested in get- Runners-up in the competition were Just-in- and winners were announced in early ting more of ROTC into the main- Zyme, a biotechnology company, and December. stream of campus coursework," Crosskate. which manufactures all-terrain Rooney said. "The three services skates for extreme sports enthusiasts. $SOK Compe~tion heading into 10th year - Army, Navy, and Air Force - , MolecularWare, Inc. was founded by Seth The MIT $SOK Competition is an annual really teach a lot of the same Taylor MBA '97 and Ngon D. Dao G. The event which began in 1990 with a '$1 OK things. There's a commonality company is on its way to closing a deal with a Competition and evolved into its current form here that we could exploit." prominent biotechnology firm and hopes to through increased sponsorship. It was founded "We had two objectives here: to release a product as soon as possible. by the MIT Entrepreneurs Club and the Sloan merge the three services, to con- "It's a great experience. The $SOK New Ventures Association to "take advantage solidate our training of leadership Competition gives graduate students the oppor- of the winning combination of engineers and doctrine, and to export it to the tunity to see their ideas and research applied to business students." , MIT community," Rooney said. the real world," said Eudean W. Shaw G, a Over ISO teams submitted entries in the The proposal for the course member of the Just-in-Zyme Team with partner 1999 competition. The field was narrowed to comes four months after the MIT Andrew Sarquharson of Harvard Business 39 semi-finalist teams in March and these chapter of ROTC held an School. remaining teams developed business plans for Independent Activities Period sem- Kenan Sahin, Founder of Kenan Systems their ventures. Of those, seven finalists were inar in leadership, with 18 in atten- and Vice-President of Software Technology at selected to present their plans at the Awards dance. Bell Laboratories, gave the Keynote Address at Ceremony. "We wanted to make sure that ,\(/()f)RAG CIRKOVIC -TIlE TECII the awards ceremony. His company was we had interest before we started a James Page demonstrates his product, the recently acquired by Lucent Technologies and SOK, Page 19 real course," Rooney said. "And it CrosSkate ROTC, Page 24 ~/;------MIT honors ______~ Comics THE ARTS World & Nation 2 community Student Opinion 4 members at playwrights Arts 6 Awards showcase On The Town .12 Convocation. their work. TechCalendar .15 Page 16 Page 13 Page 6 May 7, 1999 Page 2 THE TECH 01 WORLD & NATION Justice Dept. to Review China Nuclear Probe u.s. Allies and Russia Work

THE WASIIINGTON POST WASHINGTON Out Kosovo Peace Fonnula' The Justice Department is establishing a team of FBI agents and federal prosecutors to review the government's response to suspi- By WIlliam Drozdlak he met here with German States, Britain and France. cions that the Chinese were engaged in espionage at some of the THE WASHINGTON POST Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, "but NATO military officials BONN, GERMANY nation's nuclear weapons laboratories, Attorney General Janet Reno it has no chance of reaching a satis- Thursday produced details to sup- said Thursday. The United States and its allies- factory conclusion unless we main- port their repeated claims over the Describing the review as "administrative" and not a criminal reached agreement with Russia tain allied unity and firmness. I past few weeks that alliance f~ces r1 j investigation, Reno said the purpose of the inquiry wiIl be to deter- Thursday on a set of principles for don't think the process is long, but I are striking hard at the Yugoslav I mine whether "there was anything, either in this administration or in resolving the Kosovo conflict that don't think we can afford to be dis- army and Serbian special police prior administrations, that could have been done differently." include the key NATO demand for couraged or be impatient." forces responsible for the expulsion "I don't have any allegation that anybody did anything wrong," deployment of an international mili- The Serb-led Belgrade govern- of ethnic Albanian civilians from Reno said. "What I have is a process, a process that is always a very tary force there and an offer to ment reacted warily to the plan, Kosovo - a province of Serbia, difficult process, and I want to look at it from the point of view of Belgrade of continued sovereignty although a Foreign Ministry official Yugoslavia's dominant republic. performance to see what we could have done in any way differently." over the rebellious province. .said it contains some positive Thursday alone, Pentagon offi«4ials The focus of the review wiIl be the government's investigation of The agreement, worked out by aspects and added, "Weare open to disclosed, NATO aircraft bombed Wen Ho Lee, a former scientist at the Los Alamos laboratory in New foreign ministers of the Group of discussion. " 27 tanks, armored personnel carriers Mexico. Lee was fired in March and remains under investigation for Seven industrial democracies and Russian Foreign Minister .Igor and other military vehicles in the possible espionage dating back to the 1980s, but he has not been Russia, added momentum to inter- Ivanov said his government will be province. charged with a crime. Lee's lawyer has denied Lee committed any national efforts to reach a diplomat- in contact with offici~ls in Belgrade To date, NATO planes have crime and China has denied stealing U.S. secrets. ic end to the seven-week-old con- as Moscow assumes a greater medi- destroyed 50 pe~cent of the mili- . flict. Western officials said it ating role, while U.S. officials tary's ammunition supply in~he provides the framework for a peace announced that Deputy Secretary of province and struck more than ~oo Clinton: Refugees' Return Will Be accord that they expect will be State Strobe Talbott will fly to heavy weapons, including 200 tanks endorsed by the U.N. Security Moscow soon for talks. "There will and artillery pieces, Maj. Gen. 'In Safety and In Freedom' Council. be more than one, more than two, Waiter Jertz, a NATO mili~ry THE WASHINGTON POST President Clinton welcomed the more than three contacts with spokesman, told reporters in INGELHEIM, GERMANY agreement with Russia as "a signifi- Belgrade in the next few days," Brussels .. ' President Clinton, meeting for the first time with refugees from cant step forward," but he insisted Ivanov said. "Essentially, as of today, we the Kosovo crisis, vowed Thursday that they wiIl be able to return to that NATO's 44-day-old aerial Seeking to ratchet up the pres- have pinned, pretty much, dIem their war-tom province "in safety and in freedom." bombardment of Yugoslavia will sure on Milosevic's army arid police down; ~e have pretty much largely At a refugee center in this town near Frankfurt, Clinton spoke continue until the government of forces, NATO warplanes continued cut them off and are about to begin with several groups of ethnic Albanians who have been driven from Yugoslav President Slobodan to pound Yugoslav military targets to take them out," Jertz said., He their homes by Yugoslav and Serbian security forces. In frequently Milosevic meets the West's as they took advantage of Belgrade's said the air war is "having a power- emotional encounters - first with a family and later with two larger demands. weakened air defenses and an ful impact on the ability of Serb groups - the president listened sympathetically, explained the limits "I think there is a real peace expanded armada of aircraft forces to carry out their policy of of international relief efforts, and urged the refugees not to yield to process under way," Clinton said as deployed mainly by the United ethnic cleansing." '.. despair and hatred in the wake of their experiences. "It is very important that every freedom-loving person in the entire world know the story of Kosovo," the president told nearly 300 refugees gathered under cloudy, chilly skies. "To those of you who Labor Wms Elections to Choose told us the stories of your lives - the heartbreak, the nightmare, the cruelty .. ,. I listened very carefuIly to all 'of you." Jordan Will Ask for Debt Reduction Newly-Born Scottish Parliament THE WASHINGTON POST By T. R. Reid with another pro-union party, leav- There were also local elections AMMAN, JORDAN THE WASHINGTON POST ing the Scottish nationalists as the Thursday in .cities and counties. all LONDON Jordan's King Abdullah said Thursday he will ask leaders of the chief oppo'sition party in Scotland. .ove(England. There, t60, the Labor world's most economically powerful countries to forgive half of Prime Minister Tony Blair's That would end the immediate Party appeared to be running in first Jordan's $7 billion in outstanding foreign debt in order to rekindle Labor Party apparently beat back threat that Scotland might secede place. The chief English opposition economic growth. the challenge from Scottish separists from the United Kingdom. But party, the Conservative Party, was , In a meeting with Western reporters on the eve of a trip to Europe Thursday as voters went to the polls Scottish nationalist party leaders polling in second place, with the and the United States, the new king said his country is currently sti- to choose the first members of the promised to keep fighting for their Liberal Democrats running third, fled by international interest payments of $800 million annually, newly created Scottish parliament. .goal of independence. but more stronglY ,than any~ne nearly 20 percent of Jordan's gross national product. Two exit polls indicated that Labor was leading as well in exit expected. Hoping to capitalize on the global sympathy that Jordan received Labor - which wants to keep polls in Wales, where voters were The man who was perhaps most when Abdullah's father, King Hussein, died in February, the young Scotland as a part of the United also choosing members of a new interested in those local results monarch said he feels he has a brief "window" of a few months at Kingdom - was likely to win the local Parliament, according to the across in England was a man nol~n best to win financial concessions from abroad and move at home to most seats of any party in the new British Broadcasting Corp. any ballot Thursday night: William reform a stagnant domestic economy. parliament. The chief separatist The elections in Scotland and Hague, the Conservative Party In meetings that begin this weekend in Britain and will continue party, the Scottish National Party, Wales mark the first step in the his- leader. . later in the month in Washington, he said he wants members of the was running a healthy second, but toric process known here as "devo- Hague has been under intense fire so-called Paris Club of creditor nations, as well as the International did not appear to be within reach of lution" - that is, transferring some within his badly split party in recent Monetary Fund, to forgive enough debt now so that Jordan won't majority control. elements of government authority weeks. A poor showing by Tory can- have to make such appeals again. The polling suggested that from the U.K.'s central government didates in the local races Thursaey Labor's members in Scotland will in London to the new local bodies in night could be'the last straw that be able to form a ruling coalition Edinburgh and Cardiff. costs him his job as party leader. WEATHER Rain, rain, go away... o~ o~ By Bill Ramstrom roO STAFF METEOROLOGIST ~ .'...... 400N While last weekend we were lucky enough to have unchangingly clear skies, this weekend we will see an equally stagnant pattern, however, of clouds and occasional sprinkles. A low currently over the northern Plains states will slowly drift into southern Canada as it weakens, bringing clouds '35°N and a damp onshore flow to coasta! New England through Sunday. While ""-" / today looks to be just mostly cloudy, we can expect showers to begin late tonight and continue off and on into Sunday . ..,\ Temperatures will be seasonable this weekend, with daily highs in the mid 60s (16-18C), and lows in the low 50s (II-12°C). Temperatures right along the coast" could stay in the 50s each day, as winds will be blowing in :" from the still-cold ocean waters, The storm responsible for our drizzly weekend is the same one that helped to spawn the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma earlier in the week, Fortunately the storm is no longer very strong, and wiIl not affect us with .-4, any thunderstorms, just regular showers. Today: Cloudy with a few spots of fog. High 62°F (17°C). Tonight: Cloudy and misty. Showers after midnight. Low 52°F (11°C). Saturday: Scattered showers throughout the day. High ~3°F (17°C).

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- ... - -. ------.- • THE TECH Page 3 (May 7, 1999 WORLD & NATION ,.House Passes Bill Increasing Microsoft Joins Forces With AT&T LOS ANGELES TIMES SEAlTLE By agreeing to invest $5 billion in AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp. .Funding for Balkans Conflict has bought itself the rights not only to put its Windows CE software in digital set-top boxes but also to playa central role in building the By Guy Gugliotta bipartisan vote of 311 to 105. The $13.1 billion approved infrastructure required to offer e-mail, Internet access and other ser- •and Juliet Eilperln House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Thursday would come from surplus THE WASHINGTON POST R-Ill., whose refusal to take a lead- funds generated by the Social vices through television sets, according to details of the agreement WASHINGTON ership role in last week's debate Security program in fiscal 1999. It is announced Thursday. Barely a week after refusing to helped sow confusion, spoke up in to be used to pay for the U.S. por- Under the deal, Microsoft will buy 100 million AT&T preferred "'support the Balkans war, the the first minutes Thursday, counsel- tion of NATO's ongoing air war shares at $50 each and get three-year warrants to buy 40 million com- Republican-led House Thursday ing colleagues not to view the emer- over Yugoslavia through Sept. 30. mon shares at $75 each. If Microsoft exercises the options, it will more than doubled the Clinton gency bi 11 as a referendum on The bill also funded a number of have a 3 percent stake in AT&T. In exchange, AT&T will install Microsoft's Windows CE in 2.5 ,:.administration's funding request to Clinton's handling of the war. Gap military priorities, including million to 5 million cable TV boxes. The agreement comes on top of pay for it, adding billions of dollars Instead. he said, it was a means to $1.09 billion in military construc- in new spending to refurbish what rejuvenate an armed forces "hol- tion in Europe and the Middle East, a previous agreement between Microsoft and TCI (now owned by the Gap regards as the country's lowed out" by six years of depleted and substantial increases in alloca- AT&T) to put Windows CE on 5 million set-top boxes. AT&T has also agreed to use Microsoft's Windows NT server ;1 ~ weakened armed forces. budgets under Clinton's steward- tions for munitions, spare parts, In contrast to the chaos that ship. maintenence, training, recruitment software to handle such critical "back end" functions as billing and c- accompanied last week's votes on "To my colleagues who disagree and retention~ mail in major deployments of digital cable television in threc cities Kosovo policy, the Gap leadership with the president's policy, let me The bill included a $1.8 billion by next summer. Microsoft will work exclusively with AT&T to '. easily brushed aside a substantial say simply, you had your vote last increase in military pay and retire- develop the systems in a large and small city while the two compa- number of potentially controversial week," Hastert said. "Now is the ment benefits for fiscal 2000, and nies will also work with alternative providers in a third city. amendments and shepherded time to. rise above the partisanship added $110 million in loan authority . Thursday's $13.1 billion emergency and vote for the good of the coun- and incidental expenses to help Researchers Discovery of Gene May spending bill to easy passage, by a try." America's farmers. Build Better Anti-Bacteria Arsenal ,..Researchers Find Molecule That LOS ANGELES TIMES Researchers say they have identified a gene that could make possi- ble inexpensive, powerful. vaccines or new antibiotics against the bac- teria that cause food poisoning, plague, cholera, dysentery and ,Mimics Insulin Action in Diabetics syphilis. By Thomas H. Maugh II Insulin helps cells throughout the is dramatically important," said Dr. The discovery comes at a time when a growing number of infec- LOS ANGELES TIMES body use glucose for energy and Gerald Bernstein of the Beth Israel tious agents are becoming resistant to humankind's arsenal of anitbi- ;\ Pharmaceutical researchers have store it for future use, but it pro- Medical Center in New York, presi- otics. discovered the first simple molecule duces no effects if taken orally dent of the American Diabetes Geneticist Michael 1. Mahan and his colleagues at the University that, given by mouth, can mimic the because it is a protein that is broken Association. "This is a very exciting of California, Santa Barbara, report in Friday's edition of Science that action of insulin in diabetics, a dis- down in the stomach. opportunity. " Salmonella bacteria carry a gene called "Dam" that serves as an '. covery that could eventually free An estimated 1 million Americans Officials from Merck Research on/off switch for a variety of weapons used by the bacterium to pro- millions of people from the burden have Type 1, or insulin-dependent, Laboratories, which discovered the duce disease when it infects humans. of injecting insulin two or more diabetes and must take the hormone new chemical, would not speculate Bacteria lacking the gene do not cause disease, they found, but ~ times per day. every day. Many of the 15 million on when the compound might be stimulate a strong immune response, making them ideal ingredients Isolated from a fungus growing Americans with Type 2 diabetes must tested in humans. Although they for a vaccine. on the leaves of a plant collected also inject insulin, as do many of the observed no adverse effects in the Mice immunized with the Salmonella mutant were, without outside Kinshasha, Republic of the 175 million diabetics worldwide. mouse tests, Merck researchers will exception, able to withstand massive injections of disease-producing ,-J Congo, the chemical controls blood If the new compound is shown to have to do more toxicological test- bacteria. glucose levels in mice specially work as well in humans as it does in ing before it can be given to humans. An estimated 2 million to 4 million cases of food poisoning are bred to develop diabetes, the team mice, "The potential is enormous," "The point is to demonstrate that produced each year in the United States by such bacteria and a safe, , reports in Friday's Science. said Dr. Arthur Rubenstein of Mount this novel approach (to treating dia- effective vaccine could reduce that number virtually to zero. Worldwide, these and other bacteria cause 17 million deaths &- Researchers have high hopes that it, Sinai Hospital in New York City. betes) works," said endocrinologist or a closely related chemical, will "Conceptually, the idea that a Bei Zhang, leader of the Merck annually, more than three times the number caused by cancer. do the same thing in humans. simple molecule can replace insulin team ..

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By Joel Rosenberg seem to come from anywhere. As with ,/IOS I'm/( IR many age-based scenes, it is difficult to Plays by Peggy Anderson 'Y9. Benjamin Se(j' see the autumn/spring relationship, G. Thomas Cork '00. Edward Kohler G although Suden's innocent whistled Directed by Alan Bro(~\' piano mime is a nice touch, as is his caf- Re}lI/arsal Room B feinated sweet tooth. Tonight and Tomorro\\' at 8p.m. Following a brief intermission is Empty, by Thomas Cork '00. Set in a here are hundreds of extracurricular gay club the night after the Gay Pride activities available at MlT, and some Parade, the main story involves Joey folks choose to spend their precious (Sean Austin '99) trying to convince T free time in theater, often acting, Andrew (Jeff Klann '0 I) to land anyone sometimes producing, and occasionally writ- of the available men in the place that ing. Associate Provost for the Arts Professor Andrew would like. The se1f-depricating Alan Brody makes a point each spring to Joey is really just obscuring his feelings showcase the writers by employing other stu- towards his friend through this gay dents to act in and produce the one-act cre- machismo, which closely matches ations that form Playwrights In Performance. straight machismo. Woven into this line This year's collection is quite diverse, and are the drug-abusing drag queen quite entertaining. Shaniqua (Theater Arts Senior Lecturer The evening opens with The Mirror, by Michael Ouellette), a lonely older man Peggy Anderson '99. Two women, dressed (Ben Self G) who makes a pass at Joey, identically yet isomerically, enter and recite Giovanni the male model (Fernando two seemingly unrelated monologues. As they Padilla '99), and a bartender (Tech move to face each other, it becomes clear that staffer and PIP Assistant Director Skinny and Fatty, Teresa Huang '98 and Vladimir Zelevinsky G appearing in a Sarah Cohen '00 respectively, are mirror revealing black sequined v-neck vest). GRABOR CSANY1-THE TECH1.' images, and the monologues turn out to be Cork gives an interesting and important Damon Suden '99 and Liz Stoehr '96 visit the coffeehouse after the "Rhapsody In Blue" con- representative of the similarities and differ- glimpse into gay life by setting the scene cert in The Plano Teacher by Benjamin Self '99. ences between the two sides of the same coin. in a social environment, so that between The scene is a well done commentary on self- the lights, the synchronized sound track, and worlds at a pace that would have been fast himself in the incomprehensible role of inferi- realization and self-acceptance. the replica of Michelangelo's David, the char- even in New York. Over the next few scenes, or. The sparks between the two build to a bril- Seduction is the theme of The Piano acters have the cover of the club to be a little we learn that these two are part of a larger liant climax that should ring true for anyone Teacher, by Ben Self G, as the older mentor, more crazy, and eventually a little more sane, crew attending "Camp Achievement," a mid- who has had to work with other bright people.~" Liz Stoehr G, tries to convince the nervous than they might have been otherwise. dle manager boot camp run by an eccentric Paiz and Valtenova, no novices to the MIT student, Damon Suden '99, that she has more The final and most compelling piece of the director (Andy Zengion '99) and her assistant stage, work beautifully together, and evolve to teach him more than just "Rhapsody in evening is Brilliance, by Eddie Kohler G. It Joyce (Ann-Marie White G). All of them their respective characters a surprising amount Blue". Unfortunately, the chemistry between starts with a bang as two executive-types, (Ricardo Ramirez '02, Rishard Chen '02, Erin given the-length of the play., At a school with t the two fails to sparkle as much as Stoehr's identified as David (Fernando Paiz G) and Lavik G, Janet Chieh '99, and Charolyn Chen pass/no record freshman year, Kohler man- accessories, so that when she finally breaks Jane (Marketa Valtenova '00) by their "Hello '02) are there trying to re-gild their tarni'shed ages to get at the heart of why such tempering down while confessing her unrequited love, my name is" tags, try to one-up each other's lives, and when ego rears its ugly head in the is necessary, and concludes a dense and satis-i-' the honesty she manages to achieve doesn't intelligence by giving a brief history of their team of David and Jane, David soon finds fying 90 minutes of original works.

THEATER REVIEW Good thing too, because the story is utterly irresistible. replace the injured Sally Duncan, with little incapable of carrying the show all by itself. After that, the show falls apart rather piti- time for rehearsal, but the result is still rathei'~ There's nothing wrong with the story of Roxie fully, for several reasons. Chicago tries to end dispiriting. Reinking's dancing is really not Hart killing her lover and then manipulating up with the moral, and to get to this moral it crisp and exact enough, so when the finale Chicago public opinion and media all the way to and has to sacrifice its dramatic arc and any pairs her with vastly superior Henshall, the .. through the trial; but there's just not enough momentum and intensity gained so far. Also, result is discouraging. It's also rather low-' All That Jazz of this story. Ann Reinking herself, playing the lead, is spirited, with the last couple of musical num- The unfolding narrative is slowly paced really not as good as her own choreography bers being too short and too bland. As the By Vladimir Zelevinsky and rather predictable. I'm certain that twen- requires. This can be chalked to the fact that result, Chicago, for all its initial bang, ends ... AS:\'OC'IATE ARTS EDITOR ty-four years ago it felt daring and iconoclas- Reinking had to step in the last moment to with a whimper. Shubert Theater, until May 30 tic; now it feels somewhat obvious. Kicking Music by John Kander media is really nothing new, and for all the Lyrics by Fred Ebb time Chicago spends firing its shots at this Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse particular target, it feels like entirely too easy Based on the play by Maurine Dallas WatJ...ins an aim. Directed by Walter Bobbie That's why the style is essential, and that's Choreography by Ann Reinking after the orig- why Chicago works, for most of its running inal choreography by Bob Fosse time: the style occupies the space that would With Ann Reinking. Ruthie llenshall. Adrian otherwise feel empty. This is a usual problem Zmed. Bruce Winant with sarcasm, and Chicago has sarcasm and attitude to spare: very often, there's nothing hicago is a curious mixture of old and behind it. This show is short on story and long new, some of which works and some - very long - on attitude, with all the acting of which doesn't. Originally directed being directly aimed at the audience, with Cand choreographed by legendary Bob seemingly nothing going on behind the Fosse, this musical by Kander and Webb facades of cheerful murderers and liars. (Cabaret) failed on Broadway in 1975. Now, Kander and Webb are clearly aware of with the original lead Ann Reinking rework- this, and they give Roxie an extended number ing Fosse's choreography and Walter Bobbie late in the first act when she opens up, and directing the show as a stylishly demented gives, directly to the audience, all the work- vaudeville act, Chicago triumphally returned ings of her psyche. It's a good try, but it only to the stage. Two things are clear: first, twenty works further to illuminate her emptiness. The - years ago it failed not because of artistic problem is, every other character in Chicago shortcomings but because it was way ahead of is as empty as Roxie; and I'm not asking for .1 its time; and second, right now it might be someone to identify or sympathize with. I'm getting a bit too old. asking for someone who can't be described in First and foremost, this is a Bob Fosse one sentence. Unfortunately, all the characters

show, and this shows in every dance step, can be neatly summarized in just a few words, .. 'J. every stretch, leap, body arch, twist of the from the media-savvy lawyer Billy Flynn to limb, and turn of the head. Reinking, whose the downtrodden husband Amos Hart to the choreography operates squarely in the Fosse gregarious prison warden "Mama" Morton. mold, creates many a dazzling display of bod- The only glorious exception is Ruthie ... ies in rest and motion, and sometimes a well- Henshall as sinuous ex-showgirl double mur- placed isolation - like a moment when the deress Velma Kelly, who supplies the show's dancer is completely still and moving only best voice, best moves, and the most interest- - .. one finger - works wonders. ing character. There's also style, and style to spare. But it's still a Kander and Webb show, and Chicago looks starkly postmodern, with the for most of its running time the songs are all orchestra occupying most of the stage, and the aces, from the immortal opener "All That performers confined to the narrow stretch at Jazz" to the elaborately hilarious "Cell Block - extreme downstage. In addition, costumes are Tango" to Flynn's self-praising anthem "All I all mesh and sheer and tight and jet black, Care About is Love" to Amos crooning "Mr. with only a couple of brilliant spots of white. Cellophane". Chicago reaches its extended The production mostly works as a presenta- pinnacle in the showstopping "Razzle tion, rather than presenting an enveloping Dazzle", a combination of a circus show, a environment: the world of Chicago is an artis- burlesque act, and a murder trial. The combi- , of tic statement of in-your-face hyper-reality, as nation of visuals, choreography, and the sinu- COURTESY SCHUBERT mEATER stylized as it gets. ous jazzy verve of the musical score is utterly Ann Reinking, choreographer of the six-time Tony Award winning production Chicago. ,May 7,1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 7

,~NCAMPUS held high before the animals of his kingdom. songs in all and closed out the night the Next up was a sweet love song, called "The Georget Harrison song, "I've Got My Mind . Perfect Drug" which was performed as a solo Set on You" . backed up by the group. It wasn't quite my The Toons currently have a CD called The MITlWellesley Toons favorite song, but the Toons did a great job 59th Street Bridge available, selling for $13. performing it. The Super Mario Bros. gig was The CD features ten of their more popular Another a capella success the most entertaining moment of the night. songs. The album features a mix including This piece involved the singers role-playing as three Boyz II Men songs and "Feelin' , '. By Vanessa Yen BOCAs. The BOCAs were a co-ed singing the characters from Super Mario Brothers. Groovy", by Simon and Garfuokel as well as ~TAFF REPORTER' group clad in bright matching shirts. Their Super Mario battled the evil toads, fire flower a song by U2. The overall quality of the music he MIT IW ellesley Toons' concert last ,performance included some interesting pieces and King Koopa to save the Princess. The is pretty professional but the vocal backup is a ., Friday, was yet another success. The a such as Enya' s "Orinoco Flow" and the B- phenomenal sound effects and actions dazzled little too forceful, taking away from the capella group along with its guests, the 52's "Loveshack"; however as their act con- the audience. The Toons performed eight soloist. T Williams Octet and the Bowdoin tinued, their singing became less captivating BOCAs, packed Room 6-120 with an enthusi- and the audience began to lose interest. -"acticaudience. The Toons were the last to perform. I The concert began with the Williams Octet, found them to be the best .and most entertain- a group of eight male singers dressed in prep- ing group. They sang beautifully, and as an .py attire. They performed four songs including added bonus they also choreographed acts to "Cooler For Love" and "Desparato". Not only go along with their songs. So not only were did they sing songs but they also provided the these talented young singers singing, but they crowd with a bit of comic relief. In between are also able to sing and aCt in synchrony. The ,'each song, they did short comic skits including Toons opened up their performance with the a magic trick and a mockery of the Williams' Lion King theme song, "The Circle of Life". dating scene. The crowd-pleasing acts pro- One by one they gathered at center stage, each ,fluced many laughs among the audience. The assuming the role of an animal (like in the Octet also featured some solo performances, movie). While the group was singing, one allowing the crowd to hear how they sang indi- member stepped forward to give a nice warm vidually and as a whole. welcome. The song closed out with a reenact- ~I Following the Octet were the Bowdoin ment of The Lion King with Cymba being

CONCERT REVIEW '..;I The ,,; Cranberries ... Louder ~ not better, but better ~

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joy as their album, and the audience appreciat- added to her commanding stage presence. ed their new sense of self and purpose. Although most songs were as subtle as a thun- The amusing thing about seeing rock derstorm during an outdoor wedding, groups who are so flfDlly ensconsced in the Dolores's voice still managed to get into the bosom of pop culture perform live is that it lyrics. Besides Noel Hogan on guitar, Mike ..The Cranberries doesn't take a winner of the MIT Mystery Hogan on bass guitar, and Fergal Lawler on Hunt to predict what songs are going to be drums, two more musicians, a drummer and a By Fred Chol to see so many of their songs, like the old performed; all it takes is an hour or two of guitarist whose high tenor vocals comple- STAFF REPORTER favorite, "Ode.to My Family," lose all of their watching MTV and listening to WBCN. Still, mented Dolores' singing, filled out the .' Orpheum Theatre subtlety and impact to overamplification, it was nice to hear all of their radio hits, Cranberries' sound. One of the highlights of May 3, 1999 reduced to gaudy, rowdy parodies of them- including such familiar songs as "Linger" and the concert was the song "Saving Grace," selves in which the lyrics were unintelligible. "Zombie." The setlist was pretty evenly divid- which Dolores explained was written right ,~ MaYbe I'm just getting old. Maybe In addi~jon, the audience was an older, rather ed between their first two multi-platinum before having her son. She sat on a stool and it's' just that the last two concerts mellow crowd, and I felt like the whole crowd albums, Everyone Else is Doing It, So Why sang it with her eyes closed, in front of a I've been to were stadium concerts. was expecting something a little more sub- Can't We? and -No Need to Argue-\ and their backdrop of rather corny star lights. Maybe I just had the misfortune to dued. The volume wouldn't have been such a latest release, while virtually ignoring their The hour-and-a-half long, 22-song set was ,. be the one person in the audience sitting at the problem were it reserved for songs that would third and far less popular album, -To the fun, although it took until about the fifth song precise focal point of the speakers' construc- actually benefit from the increase. Faithful Departed,- with the exception of the for the group to really hit its stride and begin tive interference and thus was the only one The main reason the volume was so disap- punk rock-esque "Salvation." to really energize the crowd. The concert ~ unfortunate enough to get the overwhelmingly pointing was the concert was otherwise excel- The recently married lead singer, Dolores included excellent lighting, featuring a wide full blast of sound. Or maybe the concert was lent. The Cranberries are on tour for the first O'Riordan Burton, engaged the 'audience with palette of colors, and the surprise song, 'just really loud. time since 1996, and after touring for a little her idiosyncratic voice and her whimsical per- "Daffodil Lament," a ballad from their second It's a shame that loud is the first adjective under a month in Europe they were in great sonality. Her motion across the stage, limited album. The new songs were uncomplicated .• that comes to. mind to describe the shape for their third date in America. The only by her black leather skirt and platforms, and easy to listen to for the first time, and sev- Cranberries' performance at the Orpheum on group is recovered from the burnout that came her requests to the audience for help singing eral of them, such as "Animal Instinct," "You Monday, for many reasons. I was looking for- from four years of constant touring and media the chorus to "Linger" and "Dreams," her and Me," and "Promises," their first new sin- ward to the intimacy of a smaller theatre as attention without any real breaks, and the comments between songs, and her change of gle, were as strongly memorable as their old • • opposed to a stadium, and instead was disap- result of their rest is their new-but-familiar- clothes from a brown velvet cape for the first songs. The concert demonstrated that the pointed that the Cranberries felt they had to but-still-worth-getting fourth release, -Bury encore, to a flowered pink dress for the second Cranberries, after a two year hiatus, are back resort to the amateur and fairly ineffective tac- the Hatchet-, and supporting tour. The concert encore allowing her more freedom to dance to their old selves and better, if louder, than .. tic of "loud equals energized." It was also sad conveyed the same return-to-music sense of - barefoot -and further roam the stage all ever. Page 8 THE TECH THE ARTS May 7,1999

ON CAMPUS Corley asked that the two commissioned sound was so pleasant to the ears, it made me pieces be repeated, so that the audience would wonder why more performances have not been have an opportunity to get to know them. He staged this creatively. MIT Concert Band remarked that unless the piece is the "1812 Corley's final performance was a piece Overture" or some other well known piece, an titled "Corley's March". The composer of audience cannot hum along with the tune or "Corley's March", John Bavicchi, was in Celebrating five decades of music get to know it. attendance and acknowledged by Corley. Following intermission, the Concert Band "Corley's March" was a simple, hummable By Erik Blankinship a total of 50 times, one for each year of the alumni were invited onto the stage to perform tune played with energy and enthusiasm. It band's existence. once again under Corley's direction. After a per- was obvious that the Band put forth their best May 1,1999 For those in the audience unfamiliar with formance of Kazdin's "Prelude and Happy effort into this final piece, as it was brassy, Kresge Auditorium Corley's entire musical career, including Dance", Corley led the entire band off of the loud, and proud. After the quick and exciting myself, Morrow's piece sounded a bit haphaz- stage and into the audience to produce a "sur- piece ended, Corley received a standing ova-=: IT Concert Band alumni from the past ard. Musical phrases were passed around round sound" performance of Maloofs "Festival tion and started off of the stage. Then he fi fty years gathered in Kresge without any noticable segues. While the over- Music for Double Wind Orchestra". returned to the front of the stage and led the Auditorium on Saturday, May 1, 1999 all effect was not rude to the ear, it was not The staging of Maloofs piece m~de for a Concert Band one last time through "Corley's Mto celebrate the career of John D. terribly entertaining either. remarkable effect. Notes from oboes would March" with extra vigor and power ... Corley. Corley has been the conductor of the Along with the chimes, Childs' piece was swim in from the right side of the atrium to be It was obvious that Corley had touched the MIT Concert Band from its inception, and marked by loud and exciting percussion which met by strong saxaphones on the left side. lives of many, many MIT students ov.er the Saturday's performance marked the conclusion dominated its over all sound. As he conducted Audience members craned their necks to see all years in personal ways: children of alumni of a half-century of service to the Institute. the piece, Child took care to guide the percus- of the different performers, some of whom were who had met in Concert Band under Corley's Before the concert began, a formal letter sion section with strong marked getures mak- literally right behind them, making for an direction were in attendance and one was even from the Governor of Massachusetts was read ing for an entertaining and tense performance. engaging visual experience. The tapestry of playing in the band. aloud which declared that May 1, 1999 shall be known as "John D. Corley Day". MUSIC REVIEW MIT President Charles M. Vest was in attendance for the performance and delivered a speech in honor of Corley. Vest remarked that while Corley has been the MIT Concert Ben Folds Five Band conductor for the last five decades, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has had five con- Bens Biography leaves you wanting rrwre ductors and MIT has had six Presidents. An alumni guest speaker noted that Kresge itself By Daniel J. Katz one on the hidden track of Placebo's Without the bass, strings, and drums enter and all hell was not around when Corley began his career STAFF REPORTER You I'm Nothing. breaks loose. The most uncharacteristic song at MIT. Corley's first performance with the very Ben Folds Five album proves a The only real vestige of the band's popu- is among the catchiest: "Your Redneck Past"- MIT Concert Band was in the Hatch shell on point. Their self-titled debut album lar fast-paced piano-slamming "punk rock for is an anthem for rednecks that replaces the esplanade along the Charles River. demonstrated that you could make geeks" is the current single, "Army," which is Sledge's bass with a synthesizer that bends Throughout the evening, Corley was laud- rock music with piano, bass and backed by a screamingly powerful arrange- and scrambles bass notes into oblivion, prOt. E ducing an unnatural but interesting sound as a ed for his dedication to MIT students. The drums. Their sophomore effort, Whatever and ment of vicious bass and brassy horns. the Concert Band presented Corley with a wood- Ever Amen, proved that their music to be horn section, by the way, makes a number of result. This track is an excellent example of en conductor's stand embedded with a plaque introspective and emotional. And now that the appearances on this album, and it includes the album's "new sound," which seems awk- and a photo of the 1999 band. band (which incidentally, consists of three, John Mark Pinter of Fleming and John and ward and frustrating until you get used to it~ Alumni speakers emphasized that Corley's not five members) has proved themselves with several members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers. after which it starts to sound rather innova- importance to students over the years was evi- their minimalist equipment and broken Besides "Army," half of Messner is made tive. denced by the over $72,000 being raised for through to the mainstream via the incessant up of drifting, jazzy numbers in the style of It's strange, but while The Unauthorized... the John D. Corley Fund. They noted Corley's airplay of "Brick," they've released their "Fair" and "Selfless, Cold, and Composed" Biography of Reinhold Messner is an excel- dedication to students, citing many student newest album, The Unauthorized Biography from the last album. "Mess" is a moving com- lent album, it still leaves you unsatisfied. conductors from years past who will carry on of Reinhold Messner. It's a worthy forty min- bination ofhonkytonk and strings that perfect- Perhaps it's the short length, of which too his legacy. Corley asked the alumni how utes of new material which illustrate their ly captures the image of a lonely cowboy. much time goes to wastes of time like the many presidents of the Band were in atten- ability to develop and make dramatic changes "Hospital Song" sounds like a swirling key- gospel-like closer, "Lullabye," and the long dance, and about ten alumni rose from their to their sound. board rendition of "Lucy in the Sky With instrumental jaunts at the end of some of the seats. The same number of assistant conduc- To the die-hard ~en Folds Five fan, "dras- Diamonds." "Magic," written by promising songs. Maybe it's the lack of the energetic tors rose from their seats. tic changes" sounds like a bad idea. In reality, songwriter and drummer Darren Jessee, uses rock that we expected after hearing the band's. Two Concert Band alumni wrote original, some of the experimental aspects of this tumbling arpeggios and dynamic contrasts in earlier albums. Perhaps it's the various exten- commissioned pieces for the first half of the album work and some don't. To the average the vein of Tori Amos. sions into new genres that just don't seem to evening's performance. Jeff Morrow '96 and music fan, "forty minutes" sounds like a bad The remainder of the album is a showcase go all the way. Adrian P. Childs '94 were also in attendance thing ... and it is. While the mood of the for new tricks from the trio, including synthe- Still, for whatever reason the album seems to conduct their pieces. Morrow's "Funk and album thrashes around and leaps from style to sized organs ("Jane") and drum 'n' bassy incomplete, it's got some unforgettable songs Circumstance" was sprinkled with musical style, it's all over far too quickly. We are breakbeats (lounge-into-rock opera and in its entirety it is a pleasant listen. I do phrases from popular Corley performances given ten songs and a music-backed answer- "Regrets.") The opening track, "Narcolepsy" recommend it, but be aware that it's like chi-=- over the past fifty years. Childs' "Time Into ing machine message, which, the truth told, is has a tremendous identity crisis. It begins as a nese food - soon you'll be hungry for sec- Gold" was marked by chimes which rang out mildly inspiring, but not as much fun as the peaceful classical piano instrumental, until onds.

MOVIE REVIEW an ancient Chinese mask) being expertly of the action scenes were filmed with Zeta- Entrapment made me reconsider. There's one choreographed, beautiful and thrilling simul- Jones not even present on the set. scene when the characters plan a particularly taneously. The opening isn't bad either, but For most of the movie, the things that high-tech heist involving the de-synchroniza-- Entrapment the rest is blah: the car chase lasts about four work and the things that don't weigh in more tion of two clocks. One of these two clocks seconds, and the final sequence - the com- or less evenly, and the result is fitfully enjoy- speeds up by one-tenth of a second every puter break-in at the tallest building in the able - until the final ten minutes. The ending minute. Anybody with a first-grade education 1b catch a thief world - is filmed mainly in boring close-ups. is a total disaster, with plot twists that are should be able to calculate that in one hour the ' The messy and arrhythmic editing, probably obvious, meaningless, unnecessary, atrocious- difference will be six seconds. The movie says By Vladimir Zelevinsky the worst since Sean Connery's previous sum- ly paced, and that refuse to make an iota of that the difference will be ten seconds, evident- ..ISSue/AlL ARTS EIJ/TOR mer hit - The Rock, doesn't help either, sense when viewed in the light of the previous ly forgetting that an hour is not a hundred min-_ Directed by Jon Amiel The banter is a total loss, with the screen- hour and a half. utes. Clearly, this movie was not made for stu- Written by Ronald Bass and William Broyles play not even trying for witticisms. Judging At least now I better understand the way pid people but by stupid people - the Jr., story by Ronald Bass and from this screenplay and the one for What Hollywood works. Before I thought that most craftsmen who are skillful and professional and Michael Hertzberg Dreams May Come I guess that the formerly of its films are made for stupid people - but . maybe even talented are stupid nonetheless. With Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, great screenwriter Ving Rhames. Will Patton Bass has become just another victim of the he curious summer season as defined system. What con- by Hollywood (early May to late cerns smoldering August) has begun, so mercy upon us glances, well, not T all. The promised lineup for this year only is there a major seems to be rather unexciting, with the hope- age difference, but ful exceptions of new films from Lucas, the level of acting Kubrick, and Sonnenfeld. The slate seems to isn't qui te sufficient. ' be as barren of creativity as it gets. Exhibit Connery infuses . one: Entrapment. his performance with There is at least some consolation to be a deep undercurrent gained from the fact that Entrapment is a of self-depreciation, product of thoroughly professional craftsmen: and it's a II very it's directed by Jon Amiel (Sommersby, touching. What utter- Copycat) and co-written by Ronald Bass ly lacks in this glam- (Rain Man. The Joy Luck Club). As a result, orous heist movie is it's consistently watchable. To be fair, it's the iconic, larger- much more than that: it's also exciting, lush, than-life perfor- thrilling, and sensuous. There's just one wee mance. Robert bit of a problem with this movie: it makes no McDougal is alterna- sense. tively mysterious or Operating in a classic heist-film mode, ironic, and that's Entrapment deals with a couple of dueling about it. Catherine protagonists, a veteran thief. Robert Zeta-Jones, who I MacDougal (Sean Connery), and a perky now officially nomi- insurance investigator, Virginia Baker nate for the title of (Catherine Zeta-Jones), out to trap him. the Most Beautiful Throughout the movie, they participate in sev- Person on the Planet, eral elaborately choreographed robberies, is all right, but she's exchange smoldering glances, and engage in not iconic enough witty banter. either. Who really Or at least that is what they are supposed works overtime is her to do. The bulk of the story, the action part, is body double: I sus- DAVID APPLEBY indeed very good, with one robbery (stealing pect that a good deal Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery meticulously execute their Ingenious plan In Entrapment. May 7, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9

MOVIE REVIEW rationale for the "evil hand" is so exceedingly under developed that the film drags on and on once the novelty of it wears off., Scenes involving a "druid hand hunter" are so inane IdleHands they resemble the worst parts of a bad episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. While the 4 .• Is that it? rest of the film is bearable, it isn't filmed with any finesse whatsoever. When establishing a By Erik Blankinship scene in a fast food restaurant, a montage of ," STAFF REPORTER dangerous contraptions are merely presented "I s that it?" asks one of the characters at to the audience: the french fry vat, the hot the end of the new horror/comedy film grill,' the.cutting knives. Visual suspense and Idle Hands. It is a nagging questiop that timing, which make horror films so enjoyable, runs through the entirety of the film.. are completely lost on this film. Idle Hands consists solely of moronic hor- The redeeming aspect of Idle Hands is the ror. The main characters, three high school actor Devon Sawa, best known as Dr. Evil's son ... stoners, take nothing in life or death seriously, in Austin Powers. Sawa plays the role of Anton, including zombies, gore, and decapitation. the high school student inflictedwith a homici- The wanting plot is an excuse for jokes dal hand. Anton wakes up one morning, lights around and about many staples of stereotypi- up, checks the fridge, watches some television, cal horror film: unwitting high school stu- and hangs out for a.few days only then to dis- dents, horny high school students, stupid high cover that his parents are dead in his living school principals, and groping high school room. The utterly aloof nature of his character dances. And for a film about high school and is acted out perfectly and rather humorously. groping, having a reckless evil hand does Anton's two high school buddies, played by allow for some rathei funny scenes. Seth Green and Elden Henson, also do a great Unfortunately, even with all of the jokes, job of playing seriously dopey high school stu- . the film is in dire need of a real plot. The dents obliviousto the world around them.

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MOVIE REVIEW 8.L.C. Punk! Punks, Poseurs and Rednecks

By Jeff Roberts Most of the story is presented as the first- STAFF REPORTER person narrative by Stevo, played by Matthew Written and directed by James Merendino Lillard (of Scream fame). It includes both With Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian monologues delivered directly by Stevo and other peripheral characters to the camera and .L.e. Punk! is an interesting movie. I voice-over narration, in which Stevo com- didn't say good, I didn't say bad, I ments on the on-screen events. This makes the' said interesting. narrative a little confused, but that tends to fit 5 nicely with its subject matter. Confusion is a The story takes place in Salt Lake City, major theme of the story: Stevo begins by Utah (S.L.e. of the title), and it simply fol- commenting that "the world is confused," lows the lives of two young punk anarchists while his own confusion is the film's main named Stevo and Heroin Bob - whoa, wait a focus. Altogether, the way the story was pre- Specials, The Dead Kennedys and others tion a rebellious youth might ask himself upon minute. This sounds like a rip-off of a Kevin sented was unusual and somewhat interesting. (with some smattering of classical music) is a growing up and thinking about his future. Smith movie. Well, one might think so, but To me, it felt like watching a book. You have veritable tribute to old-school punk music. Like an essay, it says as much as it can, in this one has to keep in mind that Kevin Smith a narrator, and you see everything he thinks These aspects might be appealing to those case possibly too much, and reaches a pre- doesn't have a copyright on movies following about, and you don't get any other perspective interested in the punk culture. However, the dictable conclusion. But in saying that this the daily trials of a young man and his best but his. Dialogue isn't a strong point in this message the film delivers is less laudatory of film is nothing more than an essay, one must friend. This is a film by James Merendino, and movie, but the narrative seems to work well this culture than it is critical. admit that it's not a bad one. it's based on his own experience as a rebel- anyway. Probably my favorite scene in the movie is I personally didn't think SL.e. Punk! was lious youth living in conservative Salt Lake - To spice the things up, Merendino makes a moment of senseless violence. As a fight is that great, but I admit that it had a lot going City during the Reagan era. SL. e. Punk! is, use of some elaborate visuals. This is a heavi- just breaking out between the punks and the for it. If you like the look of punk clothes and loosely speaking, a "period film," taking place ly edited movie, full of quick cuts, fades, and rednecks, the frame freezes and Stevo calmly the sound of punk music, you might find it foUrteenyears ago, though at times I did fool crane shots coming from nowhere. Most of explains why the various "tribes" in young more enjoyable than I did. If you like tricky myself into thinking it's a modern-day story the peripheral monologues I mentioned before society - the punks, poseurs, rednecks, mods, cinematography, this would probably be a (an easy mistake to make due to the resur- are presented in short segments quickly-edited hippies, and skinheads - all regularly fight good film for you. If you like good comedy, gence of punk culture in the 90s). together. This follows from the idea that with one another. He goes on to say that when then there are definitely better films to watch. I don't know whether this movie was sup- everything is from Stevo's perspective, and he violence erupts, structure automatically forms But there is plenty of sex, drugs, and violence, posed to be a comedy or not. I didn1t laugh only remembers parts of the others' stories. and fighting becomes factional. When factions if that's what you're looking for. In general, if once, although there were some parts, mostly One particularly jumbled scene takes place form, government is created, and government you're interested in thinking about the reali- violent parts, which may have been intended while Stevo is tripping on acid. The camera- is order. Thus chaos leads to order. All in all, ties of rebellious youth, then I recommend to be funny. There'were maybe a dozen peo- work also contributes to the theme of confu- a nicely packaged statement criticizing the that you check it out. It was at least an educa- ... ple at this screening, and I remember only one sion and chaos. theory of anarchy. This film also explores the tional experience for me. And it's short. One loud giggle coming from someone behind me Other production aspects are also notably issues of romantic love and relations between hour and forty minutes is plenty of time to during a part of the movie which didn't seem catchy. The costumes are great to look at and ex-hippie parents and their punk children. It deliver the message. I'm glad I saw this ,. particularly funny. I think he may have been true to what little I know of punk couture, and points out all of the hypocrisies in the punk movie, but if it were longer I might have been thinking of something else. the soundtrack, featuring The Ramones, The culture, and it hits the viewer with every ques- a little upset. . Page 10 THE TECH 't. THE ARTS May 7,1999 " CONCERT REVIEW Dropkick Murphys Starts slow, ends with a bang By Rebecca Loh scratchy, slightly nasal voices of lead singers I'/lOlOc;R.I!'/I}, f,D!rOR Mark Lind and Mike M.arsden to be too irritat- With O\ymoron. The Ducky Boys, and Tommy ing to enjoy, but this hometown crowd & The Terrors (including yours truly) took pleasure in the At the Tobin Hill Community Center familiar sounds of the Ducky Boys' tunes. May I at 6:30 Although some punks danced during the set, many people were still shuffling in, and the ast Saturday, hundreds of punks con- place was too well-lit with sunlight for people vened at the Tobin Hill Community to really start getting wild. Center to see the Dropkick Murphys The German band Oxymoron was next to Lplay with Oxymoron, The Ducky Boys, take the stage. This band is just starting to and Tommy & The Terrors, The Murphys, make a name for itself in the States, but their Boston's own working-class punk heroes, fast tunes and catchy choruses were a hit with were back from a six-week U.S. tour promot- the locals. Their lead singer, known only as ing their new CD The Gang's All Here. 'Sucker,' looked like your prototypical punk, The show had strict rules against leaving with combat boots, tight-fitting pants, a mus- and re-entering, and, as it was an all-ages cular build, and a bright red mohawk. show, there was no alcohol or smoking Oxymoron performed very well, but I had a allowed. Although it seems one's concert hard time understanding what they were say- experience is somehow richer if you leave ing - not because they were speaking in with clothes drenched in sweat, ears plagued German, but because they spoke with such by a constant ringing, and hair reeking of cig- heavy British accents. arette smoke, I had no problem with forfeiting Oxymoron's songs are absolutely great, the latter. While some people had a problem with choruses sure to get stuck in your head, with the rules, the overall atmosphere was not though chances are you'd be singing the affected by them, In fact, because the show wrong words. Careful examination of the was for all ages, the atmosphere was lyrics would lead one to conclude that REBECCA LOH-THE TECH improved, as punks, 10 year-old kids and 40 Oxymoron has some great things to say, but Local punks look on as The Ducky Boys take the stage In Saturday's show. year-old mothers stood side-by-side to watch the wording and the way the lead singer articu- the bands. It was clear the people were more lates things tends to garble up the message. interested in having fun than in looking cool. For example, I thought Oxymoron was singing Year's show in Clinton, but was merely an old along with songs from the Gangs album even The show opened with a set from Tommy about some kind of "Ghetto strike" in their recording. This didn't stop the crowd from though it's only been out for a little over a'., & The Terrors. I'd never heard this band song "Strike" but it turns out they were just cheering, however, and when the bagpipe solo month. It was interesting hearing the Do or before, but they played really well and had instructing people to "Get on strike." Half the ended and the guitars and drums started in, the Die songs because they were recorded with good songs, It was a real shame that the room crowd at the show appeared to think the song entire room came to life with people pushing, Mike McColgan singing lead, and though new , was only half-full during their set, and the "Mohican Tunes" was about "Making Tunes." jumping, and dancing to the beat. frontman Al Barr sang every word faithfully, , majority of punks were more interested in Oxymoron's songs got the group dancing, As in their album Do or Die, the opening his voic(! is quite distinct from McColgan's. checking out the overpriced merchandise than and when they finished their set, the crowd song "Cadence to Arms" was immediately The energy during the Murphy's set was listening to the Terrors play. The few who did was pumped and ready for the Dropkick followed by "Do or Die," and everyone began amazing, and made the evening worthwhile. ).' decide to listen appeared to want to save their Murphys. After a break to set up equipment, singing along. The crowd never stopped The entire crowd was singing and dancing energy for later, as no one was dancing. Mark Lind from The Ducky Boys came on singing through the whole set; kids would with such intensity that the floor soon After Tommy & The Terrors played, The stage to introduce the band and make the even jump on stage to sing a verse or two with became hot from the bodies of hundreds of Ducky Boys came on. The Ducky Boys, also a announcement that GMM Records was lead singer Al Barr before stage diving back dancing people bumping into each other and ; Boston band, had been on the tour with recording the show to make a live CD. This into the thick crowd. There were many times loud with the voices of hundreds of singing Oxymoron and the Dropkick Murphys. They announcement excited the crowd, and when during the show when Barr would point the punks. When DKM played "Finnegan's expressed delight in playing before their the lights dimmed, the air was suffused with mic at the crowd, and the verses would be Wake," their last song for the evening, it . hometown again and then launched into a set anticipation. The mournful wail of a bagpipe enthusiastically belted back at him. looked like half the crowd was on stage of some of their best songs, including "We'll cut through the air, and the crowd soon recog- The Dropkick Murphys played many singing, dancing, and having a wicked good Find a Way," "I've Got My Friends," and nized the beginning to "Cadence to Arms." I songs from their albums Do or Die and The time. The evening might have started off their cover of "The Wanderer." First-time lis- was a disappointed to fmd the tune was not Gang's All Here during their set. I was slow, but it closed with so much energy that ~ teners of The Ducky Boys might find the played live as it had been during the New impressed by how many people could sing no one wanted it to end.

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to. May 7, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 11 o N THE SCREEN ~ - BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - Thefollowing movies are playing this weekend at sheer homey fun, look to the Cookie. - RR three separate stories. Each of these stories is excit- abandoned warehouses are the name of the game, local theaters. The Tech suggests using The Dreamlife of Angels <***) ing, clever, and unexpected. But there's no empathy with maybe a crooked cop thrown in for good mea- ht!P://www.boston.comfora complete listing of In his feature film debut, director Erick Zonca' s in them, and the characters don't seem to have sure. With Giovanni Ribisi stealing every scene he's ;;;,es and locations. unadorned direction serves him well. A film about gained anything from their experience. - VZ in, which is fortunately practically the whole movie, the intersection between selflessness and selfish- God Said "Ha!" <***) The Mod Squad may be right up your alley. Just **** Excellent ness, and the real boundaries found even in intimate A single extended monologue by Julia Sweeney, don't go in expecting any kind of plot or character *** Good relationships, Dreamlife rises above typical 90's formerly know as Pat on Saturday Night Live, it is a development that you wouldn't see in an episode of **Fair apathy. Isa (Elodie Bouchez), a young woman story of one year of her life when everything seems a 70's TV show. - RR * Poor bo~ncing between odd jobs, befriends Marie to be going wrong in the worst possible way. And Open Your Eyes <***) 200 Cigarettes <**) (Natacha Regnier) and shares the house she is sit- yet, the movie alternatively hilarious and poignant, A routine party is the beginning of a chilling trip • An opulent, stylish look at 80's stereotypes, the ting for a mysterious girl in a coma. Decisions about and, at some high points, it's both. The connection for Cesar. A new flame and a jealous ex, followed rather weak tale of a group of twentysomethings jobs, boyfriends and truth to oneself are usual fod- between the audience and the narrator feels intimate by an inexplicable murder he is accused of, are coping with life and their own personal demons on der, but complex characters and fresh performances and immediate, and the hour and a half passes in merely the opening shots in Open Your Eyes. A film New Year's Eve is not a particularly well thought all around, particularly from leads Bouchez and what feels like ten minutes. As always, it's life that that combines romance with horror, psychologically 01,It story, but a rather well implemented one. Regnier, enliven this fiery slice of life. - RR tells all the best stories. - VZ thriller and sci-fi, it peels back layer after layer of Definitely worth seeing the ensemble cast rrings, Mississippi. Glenn Close is the master- ing. [t's also totally inconsequential and largely bility, down to the camera bouncing in sync with way are individual greed and fear of legal retribu- the cheesy sound effects, The Mod Squad achieves mind behind the madness, with Julianne Moore, unmemorable. Following a bunch of young tion, among others. its objective quite well. The only problem is that Ned Beatty, Liv Tyler, and Chris O'Donnell hold- Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal Overall, it is a wholly enjoyable, hilarious, and plot and characters Iifted straight from the small ing nothing back in this nutty southern lullaby of a some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and wonderfully written film. One of the best of 1998. screen donit fill the big screen. Explosions and ~!Jrriller.The little depth here seems forced, but for generally experience the rush of life, Go charts -FD May 7, 1999 Page 12 THE TECH THE ARTS Eurydice, told through the char- acters of two Indian rock stars. Will sign only those copies of his.4 Popular Music new book bought at the event. Tickets $12, $10 students and Avalon seniors. Available at the Harvard Next: 423-NEXT. Bookstore, 1256 Massachusetts May 13: RZA A.K.A. Bobby Ave., Cambridge {in person onlyr~ Digital, $17. and Wordsworth, 30 Brattle St., Cambridge (in person only). The Orpheum Theatre Ticketmaster: 931-2000. May 15: Blondie. Sold Out. The William E. Massey, Sr.,' May 16: Hole. Sold Out. Lectures: American History on May 28: Medeski. Martin & Stllge and Screen Wood and Marc Ribot Y Los All events at 4 pm. Free. Cuban os Postizos. $21. On Sale May 10: History Around the May 1 at noon. Crucible. A lecture by Arthur Miller. Science Center B. Berklee Performance Center May 11: Picking a Rght: Politics, Ticketmaster: 931-2000 A \Neekly guide to the arts in Boston Ideas, and "Arguing the World ...... May 8: Jonatha Brooke. $20. A lecture by Joseph Dorman, May 15: The Rankins. $20-$25. May 7 14- director of Arguing the World. 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Robben Ford. $26. for 2 p.m. Tickets from Tele- admission on Sun. from 3-5 stone, alabaster, and poly- um and North Easton. Dr. James Jun. 26: Allman Brothers Band. May 26. Kurt Elling. $16. charge, 1-800-447-7400, or p.m. Tours daily of "Walk chrome wood sculptures from O'Gorman of Wellesley College, $40.50, $30.50 pavilion, Wang Theatre box office. Through Computer 2000,. a France and the Netherlands; the leading living authority on ... MMummy Mask Gallery,. a newly $25.50 lawn. working two-story model of a PC. Richardson, will present a lec- Jun. 29: Nickelodeon's All That Titanic: A New Musical The world's only computer muse- renovated Egyptian gallery, fea- ture on one of the most respect- Tour with 98 Degrees + Monica Jun. 9-20, at the Wang Theatre. um; features a collection of vin- tures primitive masks dating ed architects of the United + 3rd Storee + No Authority + Classical Music Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 7:30pm; tage computers and robots with from as far back as 2500 B.C.; States. After the one hour lec- MEuropean Decorative Arts from Aaron Carter. On sale 5/8 at 12 matinees Thurs., Sat., Sun., over 150 hands-on exhibits illus- ture, O'Gorman and guests will pm. $35, $25 pavilion, $17.50 Boston Pops 2pm. The Tony Award-winning trating the evolution, use, and 1950 to the Present.; "John board buses and travel 4 miles Singer Sargent: Studies for MFA lawn. Performances at Symphony Hall, musical about the legendary impact of computers. Featured to North Easton to view the Jun. 30: Bad Company + David 301 Mass Ave.• Boston. Tickets: maiden voyage of the R.M.S. exhibits include: MThe Hacker's and Boston Publ ic Library structures first hand. A reception, Lee Roth. $35, $29.50 pavilion. 266-1492. Titanic, directed by Richard Garage,. a recreation of a '70s Murals .• and discussion will immediately Jul. 9: Tom Petty & The May 7: Keith Lockhart, Jones, dramatizes the lives and hacker's garage with such items Gallery lectures are free with follow the return to the museum. Heartbreakers + Lucinda Conductor. Aiyano Ninomiya, vio- yearnings of the crew, staff and as an Apple I and Pong; "The museum admission. $15, $10 museum members and Williams. $47.50 pavilion, $26 lin. Tanglewood Festival Chorus, passengers aboard the Titanic. Networked Planet: Traveling the seniors, $5 students and teach- lawn. John Oliver, conductor. Story by Peter Stone with music Information Highway,. an elec- Museum of Science ers. Register by 5/10 by calling Jul. 12, 13: Phish. $27.50. On Glazounov, Violin Concerto. and lyrics by Maury Yeston. tronic tour of the Internet; Science Park, Boston. (723- (508) 588-6000 x113. 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., sale 5/23 at noon. Flaherty and Ahrens, 'With Tickets available through MRobots and Other Smart 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.- Jul. 17. Cher + Cyndi Lauper + Voices Raised'. $17-33. Ticketmaster. Group sales of 20 Machines,. an interactive exhibi- ~oo~ Real Apes Wild Orchid. $75.25, $60.25, May 8. Pops in Love. Richard or more call (617) 350-6000; tion of artificial intelligence and 5 p.m. Admission free with MIT 10, otherwise $9, $7 for children $30.25. Hayman, conductor. $31, 33, $15-$68.50 robots; "Tools & Toys: The Through May 8, Thurs-Sat 8pm Jul. 22: Bob Dylan + Paul Simon. 43. Amazing Personal Computer.; 3-14 and seniors. at The Peabody House Theatre $115.00 and $69.50 pavilion, May 9. Mother's Day Tribute. MPeople and Computers: The Museum features the the- Coop, 277 Broadway, Somerville. ater of electricity (with indoor $29.50 lawn. Richard Hayman, conductor. Milestones of a Revolution," All Thing Considered commenta- thunder-and-lightning shows Jul 24, 25: 'N Sync + Five + $17-49. explores a number of ways com- tor David Greenberger presents Jordan Knight. Sold out. May 11-12. The Duke and All Theater puters impact everyday life. In daily) and more than 600 hands- selected stories from The Duplex Jul. 29: Barenaked Ladies. $35 That Jazz. Bruce Hangen, con- the Smart Machines Theater a on exhibits. Ongoing: "Discovery Planet, a magazine of interviews Center"; "Investigate! A See-For- pavilion. $25.00 lawn. ductor. $13-49. Blue Man Group multi-media show features he conducted with elderly resi- Jul. 31: Steve Miller Band + May 13-14. Salute to Broadway. Charles Playhouse, 74 NASA's Mars Rover, R2-D2, Yourself Exhibit"; "Science in the dents of a nursing home near George Thorogood and the Keith Lockhart, conductor. Sold Warrenton Street. Boston, indefi- Shakey, Sea Rover, and other Park: Playing with Forces and Boston. Features music by the Destroyers. $32.50 pavilion, Out. nitely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on robots. Through Nov. 30: Motion"; "Seeing Is Deceiving." internationally acclaimed eletric $23.50 lawn. Wednesday and Thursday, at 7 "Wizards and Their Wonders: Ongoing: .Everest: Roof of the new music ensemble Birdsongs Aug. 3: Lillith Fair '99. Incl. and 10 p.m. on Friday and" Portraits in Computing .• World"; "Living on the Edge." of the Mesozoic. Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Saturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m. Ongoing: MVirtual RshTank .• Through May 9: "Cats! Wild to Mild .• the Pretenders, Mya, and on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45. Presented by the Museum of Me'shell Ndegeocello. Tickets on Dance Call 426-6912 for tickets and Isabella Stewart Gardner Admission to Omni, laser, and planetarium shows is $7.50, RneArts sale 5/22. information on how to see the Museum Aug. 4: Roger Waters. $45 pavil- Boston Ballet Company: Dracula show for free by ushering. 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566- $5.50 for children and seniors. All events will occur at the Now showing: "Laser Depeche .- ion, $35 lawn. Through May 23 at The Wang 1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Aug. 20: Allman Brothers Band. Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Shear Madness p.m. Admission $10, $7 for Mode," Sun., 8 p.m.; "Laser 02115. For tickets and informa- $40.50, $30.50 pavilion, Boston 02116, 482-9393. The Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 seniors, $5 for students with 10 Offspring: Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; tion, call 369-3770. "Laser Rush," Sun., 9:15; $25.50 lawn. Boston premiere of the gothic, Warrenton Street, Boston (429- ($3 on Wed.), free for children May 12, 7:30 pm. Thracian Gold Aug. 28: WKLB's Country Music romantic, and spine-tingling bal- 5225), indefinitely. Curtain is at under 18. "Laser Beastie Boys: Thurs.- and Silver: The Vernacular Style. Sat., 9:15 p.m.; .Laser Floyd's Festival featuring Alabama, + Ty let based on the famous Bram 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, The museum, built in the style of The ancient Thracians inhabited Wall,. Fri.-Sat., 10:30 p.m.; Herndon + The Kinleys. $29.50 Stoker novel, choreographed by at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on a 15th-century Venetian palace, the mountains and valleys of the pavilion, $19.50 lawn. Houston Ballet Artistic Director Saturday, and at 3 and 7:30 houses more than 2500 art "Friday Night Stargazing: Fri., Balkan peninsula just north of objects, with emphasis on Italian 8:30 p.m.; "Welcome to the Sep. 2, 3: Jimmy Buffett and the Ben Stevenson. Features the p.m. on Sunday. Tickets $30-34. Greece. Speaker Adriana -'f" Coral Reefer Band. $52, $40.50 music of Franz Liszt. Stunning Renaissance and 17th-century Universe," daily; "Quest for Calinescu will examine the pavilion, $27 lawn. Sold out. visual effects. including surpris- The Tempest Dutch works. Among the high- Contact: Are We Alone?" daily. forms, techniques, and decora- Sep. 11: R.E.M. $39.50 pavilion, ing transformations and Through May 9, Fri at 7:30, Sat lights are works by Rembrandt, tive features characteristic of the $29.50 lawn. pyrotechnics, and lavish cos- and Sun at 3:00, at the Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and indigenous Thracian artistic tradi- tumes help tell the story. For Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 Whistler. Guided tours given tion of the 6th through the 4th Foxboro Stadium tickets call Tele-charge at The Riverway, Boston, 734- Fridays at 2:30 p.m. century B.C. $12, $9 for MFA Ticketmaster: 931-2000 (800)447-7400. $12.50-$69; 4760. Sign Language provided Other Events members, seniors, and students. May 16. George Strait Country student rush tickets available at May 7, 9. Tickets $10-$15. Museum of Rne Arts Music Festival. + Tim McGraw, The Wang Theatre box office for 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Salman Rushdle Reading Through May 21. Japanese Jo Dee Messina, Dixie Chicks, $12.50 one hour before curtain. (267-9300), Mon.- Tues .. 10 May 10, 7 pm, at the Rrst Parish Anime Festival. Includes films for Mark Wills, Kenny Chesney and a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 Church, 3 Ch"urch St., all ages. Overviews the phenom- Asleep at the Wheel. $29.50, The Dance Complex a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 10 Cambridge, 02138. One of only three readings the author will enon that has gained wide popu- $39.50, $49.50. Events held at the Complex, 536 Exhibits a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 give to promote his new book, larity in the United Staets in May 29: Dave Matthews Band + Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing open recent years. Features rarely Santana + The Roots. Sold out. 02139. For tickets and more Collectors Collect Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 p.m. The Ground Beneath her Feet, in the United States. The 51 year shown but influential films of the May 30: Dave Matthews Band + info, call 547-9363. Contemporary: ~99CH.999 Admission free with MIT 10, oth- old author of the highly contro- '40s through the '80s, as well Santana + The Roots. $35.50. May 9, 7 pm. Dances from Africa Through May 28. The Institute of erwise $10, $8 for students and Contemporary Art, at 955 seniors, children under 17 free; versial The Satanic Verses has as stunning recent achieve- and the Diaspora. The Complex •! gradually emerged after years of ments. For a complete schedule, The Middle East will present an evening of African Boylston St., Boston, 02115, $2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free hiding due to threats from call 369-3770. Single tickets, Ticketmaster: 931-2000. and Afro-Brazilian dance per- presents works from twenty-five Wed. after 4 p.m. enraged Iranian fundamentalists. $7, $6 MFA members, seniors, May 9-11, 13-15, 20-21, 27: formed by faculty members and of Boston's private contemporary Mon.-Fri.: intrOductory walks Rushdie's new book is a retelling and students. 6 programs, $30, WBCN Rock 'n' Roll Rumble - their companies in celebration of art collections. The exhibit fea- through all collections begin at of the myth of Orpheus and $24 students, etc. Local Band competition. $7. DanceMonth 99 to the music of tures over seventy works from 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; May The 7,1999 Tech

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* TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the Mil community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shan not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-caltmdar.mit.edu Friday's Events Pavilion. Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association. 1.- 3:00 p.m. - Warren K. lewis Lecture. Everybody Wins! Gordon A. Cain, Gordon and 12:00 p.m:!- Service at common cathedral. Worship on Boston Common with people Mary Cain Foundation. Chemical Engineering Department Spring Seminar Series. who live outdoors and people who live indoors. Make and share peanut butter and Reception held before seminars at 2:45 p.m. Room 66-119. jelly sandwiches afterwards. Meet at Wl1. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry. 3:00 p.m. - Quantu .. Mechanlcal Engineering. Professor Seth Lloyd, Mechanical 4:00 p.m. - Shahld Parvez, sitar and Shubhen Chatterjee, tabla. Presented by Engineering Dept., MIT. Mechanical Engineering Spring Seminar Series. Refreshments MITHAS (MIT Heritage of South Asia) & the New England Hindu Temple (NEHT). to follow in Miller Room, 1-114. Room 3-270 .. Admission $15, $12-MITHAS/NEHT members/students, $10-MIT students. Wong , 4:15 p.m. - Resonant Hypergeometrlc Series. Bernd Sturmfels, University of Auditorium. California, Berkeley. Combinatorics Seminar. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 6:00p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and p.m. in Room 2-349. Room 2-338. information. Killian Hall. 7:30 p.m. - The Graduate. Starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. 105 minutes, rated R. Admission $2.50. Room 10-250. Sponsor: .LSC. Monday's Events 8:00 -10:00 p.m. - MIT Japan Program/MIT Anlme Club Showing. Porco Rosso 3:30 p.m. - The Certification of AP600. Mr. Brian Mcintyre, Westinghouse Electric (approx. 90 minutes, subtitled). E51-345. Sponsor: Anime Club. Corporation. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering/American Nuclear Society Seminars. 8:00 p.m. - She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy, directed Refreshments in Room NW12-222 at 3:00 pm. Room NW12-222. by Claire Hoult. Admission $10, $8 other students, sr citizens & MIT community; $6 4:00 p.m. - In the Air: How Military and Civil Realms Share Information. Elaine MIT/W~lIesley students. Kresge Little Theater. Scarry, Harvard. Program in Science, Technology, and Society 1999 Spring Colloquia. 8:00 p.m. - MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble Concert. James O'Dell, director. Kresge Room E51-095. Auditorium. 5:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and 8:00 p.m . ..: Playwrights In Performance. Associate Provost of.the Arts Alan Brody information. Killian Hall. directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community. Kresge 7:00 p.m. - 2-Plano Student Recital. 2-Piano Student Recital. Kresge Auditorium. Rehearsal Rm B. 7:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and information. Killian Hall. Saturday's Events 8:30 p.m. - Two Tales from the Tissue Engineering Front. Linda Griffith, Professor, 9:30 a.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. MIT, BU, Chemical Engineering Dept., MIT. Annual Sigma Xi Lecture. Student Center, Sala de Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river. Sailing Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Ceramics/Materials Science. Pavilion. Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association. 9:30 a.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held'at local venues. MIT, BU, Tuesday's Events Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river. MIT-51; I 12:00 p.m. - Emerging Themes In 'Amerlcan Transportation History. Leonard Reich. Sailing Pavilion. Sponsor: IQIITNautical Association. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia. Room E56-100. 1:00 p.m. - Emerson Scholarship Student Recital. Killian Hall. 4:00 p.m. - Poly~1 Thin FIlm Transistors on Low Temperature Plastic Substrates. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Cross Products Spring Concert. Come join us in a celebration of 10 Paul Carey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. MTL VLSI Seminar Series. years of Christian A Cappella music by MIl's own "Cross Productsl" Also featuring Refreshments.in lobby of room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Room 34-101. Brown's "With One Voice.". 10-250. Sponsor: Cross Products. 4:30 p.m. - Aerodynamic Performance Measurements of a Fully Scaled, Transonic, 8:00 p.m. - Plush Daddy Fly and the Popcom Puppeteers. Plush Daddy Ay have Cooled Turbine In a Short Duration Facility. Mr. Chris Spadaccini, MIT/GTL. Gas escaped from the asylum yet again to bring you some fabulous original sketch come- Turbine Seminar Series. Refreshments 4:15. Room 31-161. dy. Join them for their Spring extravaganza but don't forget your toothbrush. 54-100. '5:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and Sponsor: Plush Daddy Ay. information. Killian Hall. 8:00 p.m. - MIT Symphony Orchestra Concert. Dante Anzolini, conductor. Admission 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. - The MIT Sloan E-Commerce Awards. The MIT Sloan E-Commerce 2.00. Kresge Auditorium. Awards are a first-of:-its-kind award ceremony designed to recognize organizations for 8:00 p.m. - Playwrights In Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts Alan Brody their successful innovation in web-based business. Bldg. E51, Wong Auditorium. directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community .• Kresge Sponsor. MIT Sloan E-Commerce Awards. Rehearsal Rm B. 7:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and 8:00 p.m. - She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy, directed information. Killian Hall. by Claire Hoult. Admission $10, $8 other students, sr citizens & MIT community; $6 8:00 p.m. - A Man'on the Moon. Andrew Chaikin, Author of A Man on the Moon. MIT/Wellesley students. Kresge Uttle Theater. Andrew Chaikin is the world's premier historian on the Apollo Space Program. Tom Hanks used Chaikin's novel.as the basis of his Emmy-winning miniseries "From the Sunday's Events Earth to the Moon." Room 6-120. Sponsor: Students for the Exploration and 9:30 a.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. MIT, BU, Development of Space. Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river; Sailing

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This space donated by The Tech Page 16 THE TECH May 7, 199~o; Institute Honors Students, FacUlty at Convocation. By Rima Arnaout TechCalendar. ./SSOC/.-/lL \FIrS t.DIlOR Nightline was presented with an MIT celebrated outstanding stu- award for its years of service to the dents, faculty. and programs in' community. many areas of achievement at the The Harold J. P.ettegrove 1999 Awards Convocation ceremo- Award was given to Be A. Ware '99 ny. for his outstanding contributions to Presiding over Wednesday's intramural athletics. c\"ent was Chancellor Lawrence S. The Peter Bowl A ward is given Bacow '72. The event "was MIT at to a female senior who has shown its best and it made me proud to be leadership in intercollegiate athlet- a member of the community." ics. It was given to Robin C. Evans The first awards presented were '99. the William L. Stewart, Jr. The Admiral Edward L. Awards. which recognize students Cochrane Award is for a male and student organizations for their senior who has demonstrated leader- contributions to extracurricular ship and humility in intercollegiate activities on campus. athletics. Ravi V. Sastry '99 Rita H. Lin '00 received the received the award. award for her work on Charm The Betsy Schumacker Award School. Other recipients included was presented to Deirdre K. Dunn Graduate Student Council president '99 for excellence in an athletic Brian J. Schneider G and Aaron D. competition. Winthers '99 for his work with the Joel Morales '99 was the recipi- MIT Gospel Choir and the Black ent of the Howard W. Johnson Christian Fellowship. Award, which recognizes the male Ritu Gupta '99 won the award senior athlete of the year. for her dedication to health educa- The Malcolm G. Kispert rING LEE-THE TEeN tion at MIT, while Douglas E. Awards honor the male and female Babak Ayazifar G and Marc D. Paradis G won the Goodwin Medal for excellence in teaching by graduate Heimburger '00 won the award for students. his work towards developing Awards, Page 22 AroundthW~rld' in 80,000 ways: AirTreks.com is the ticket! . TAKE TWO WEEKS. OR UP TO A YEAR! A SAMPLER OF OUR 80.000+ AIIFARES: USA's Oldest & largest RTW Specialists - Est $1095 NY-Paris-Delhi-Bangkok /landi Malaysia-HongKong-NY 1987 - Member BBB- As seen In' $1345 NY-Bangkok-Singapore-BaJi-Bomeo-Manila-Saigon • The Washington Post (Ho Chi Minh) /landi Hanoi-Tokyo-NY • ABCnews.com • Consumer Reports $1595 NY-London-Johannesburg-KuaJa Lumpur-Beijing-NY Travel Newsletter • Outside Magazine $1995 NY-LA- Tahiti-Auckland-Sydney-Singapore-Delhi- • Arthur Frommer's Istanbul I Land I Frankfurt or London~NY • Co!xfe NasI Traveler Low .. son la_ - _ 01 $4210 5125 4Illdu

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