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Volume 119, Number 26 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, May 11, 1999 Student Victimized In Robbery Attempt By Kevin R. Lang him until I was within maybe -ten ,ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR feet of him," the victim said. For the second time in two weeks, As he entered the turnstile area, an MIT student was held at gunpoint the suspect stepped toward the vic- Thursday in the Kendall Square area. tim. "His appea~ance didn't look 1 A Crime Alert sent out by MIT threatening," the victim said. The Campus Police described the sus- suspect then revealed a handgun. pect as a Hispanic male approxi- pointed at the victim's abdomen, mately six feet tall and 170 pounds, and told the victim not to yell. thin but muscular, with short, "mili- However, the victim kept walking tary style" hair. The victim said that toward through the turnstiles and up the suspect carried a brown or black the platform. leather jacket which he used to con- The victim said that he "made a ceal a small handgUn. quick decision that the guy was either The student said that the suspect going to shoot me or not shoot me." stood at the bottom of a flight of Once in public view on the plat- stairs in the subway entrance so form, the victim called for help and that he was not visible from either asked the token booth clerk to call the street or the platform. "I didn't the police. "The police were awe- .~ see him until 1 was within maybe some," the victim said. He said that ten feet of him," the victim said. at least twenty Massachusetts Bay The student said that the suspect Transportation Authority and GARRY MASKALY-THE TECH stood at the bottom of a flight of Cambridge Police arrived within A MIT student was the victim of an attempted robbery at gunpoint In the Kendall T stop Thursday stairs in the subway entrance so that minutes. evening. This was the second incident in a two-week period. he was not visible from either the street or the platform. "I didn't see Crime Alert, Page 17 Summers Speaks on MIT Joins in Charles Cleanup

By Erik Snowberg Coalition. Harvard University, Polaroid and World Eoonomic Br8 STAFF REPORTER Genzyme, all members of the Coalition, were also By Kristen Landino engine. Japan and Europe must con- MIT, along with several other area universities present. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR tribute to growth as well," Summers and businesses, is working with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the u.s. said. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the Charles River, Page 18 Treasury and Institute Alumnus Charles River by 2005. Lawrence H. Summers '75 spoke on Summers speaks on 90's finances The goal of the Clean issues relating to the global econo- Summers gave a brief synopsis Charles 2005 Coalition is to my in Bartos Theatre last Tuesday of the U.S. response to the slow- make the river fit for swim- afternoon. down in Gross Domestic Product ming, fishing and boating by His speech was part of an ongo- growth experienced during the Earth Day 2005. The EPA ing series of public policy lectures recession of the early 90's. began its efforts towards a sponsored by the Undergraduate Summers, who worked closely with cleaner Charles in 1995. Economics Association. President Bill Clinton on responding John P. DeVillars, the New Summers' talk focused on effec- to this economic problem, cited England administrator for the tive U.S. and foreign policy initia- deficit reduction as the major policy EPA, said, "When we set out in .~ tives in times of financial crisis. objective of Clinton during this 1995 to make the Charles fish- "The world economy cannot fly able and swimmable by 2005, forever on a single American Summers, Page 15 frankly there were a lot of doubting Thomases." Princeton Mathematician MIT, others join effort According to Paul Parravano, co-director of the Speaks at CMI Inauguration President's Office of Government and Community By Adam Brown brief welcomes. Relations, MIT has been ST.I"'''' REJ'URTER These welcomes included "three involved with the Charles A brass quartet, the unveiling of soundbites" from CMI Adviser River Watershed Association a sculpted logo, a number of notable Edward Witten of the Institute for "for several years." mathematicians, and an audience of Advanced Study: Mathematics is a "The EPA has recently over 450 celebrated the formation of pillar of modem civilization because become interested in getting the Clay Mathematics Institute yes- it is ancient (though it is not, panel involved with colleges and uni- terday in Room 10-250. Andrew moderator and Editor at Large of versities. This particular pro- , Wiles, the Princeton University Us. News & World Report David ject is important to the EPA mathematician who proved Gergen later pointed out, the oldest and its regional administrator," Fermat's Last Theorem, delivered profession); the strongest aspect of Parravano said. the keynote address. modem civilization due to rigor in According to Parravano, The Clay Mathematics Institute proofs; and the broadest, because MIT was invited to a meeting (CMI) was formed in September mathematics supports the creative in January by the EPA. This KRZYSZTOFGAJOS-THETECH 1998, according to Director Arthur enterprise of most of science. meeting was the beginning of MIT has made an agreement with the Environmental Protection the Clean Charles 2005 Agency to help clean up the Charles River by Earth Day 2005. ,> Jaffe. Yesterday's lecture was its first public event. Many notable mathematicians and others gave CMI, Page 20

Comics The Undergraduate Association This is the last scheduled issue of The approves fall-term Finance Tech for the spring semester. Summer World & Nation 2 Board allocations to student issues will be published on June 4 Opinion .4 (Commencement), June 11, July 7, and groups. Aug. 4. The Tech will publish daily during Features ' 6 Orientation beginning Aug. 25 and will TechCalendar 7 resume regular publication in September. Page 11 Page 12 Page 2 THE TECH May 11, 1999 WORLD & NATION Confrontation Escalates Refugees Continue to Leave Over Palestinian Headquarters LOS ANGELES TIMES JERUSALEM Kosovo Despite Withdrawal Intense U.S. diplomacy and days of negotiations failed late Monday to defuse a confrontation between the Israeli government By Carol J. Williams refugees who have flooded through thousands who had been forced and Palestinian politicians over the Palestinians' headquarters in East LOS ANGELES TIMES here have hunkered down in miser- from their homes by threats and .... MORINA. ALBANIA Jerusalem. able tents and plastic-shrouded truck gunfire but were unable to escape Despite warnings that the move could unleash a wave of violence If Yugoslav President Slobodan beds to wait out what they hope will Kosovo. on the eve of national elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Milosevic has begun withdrawing be a short-lived war. Stripped of money, documents _ ... Netanyahu ordered three Palestinian offices to shut down within 24 his forces from embattled Kosovo, "This town has seen the largest and dignity weeks ago and left to hours after Palestinians rejected Israeli demands that they curtail cer- the masked, dagger-wielding thugs movement of people through a sin- wander, the hungry, desperate strag- tain activities. who drove 14-year-old Fitore Lika gle place since World War II, if not glers have again begun crossing out Netanyahu, in a tight race for re-election and slipping in the polls, and throngs of other ethnic befor~ that," said UNHCR of Kosovo in droves. has tried to make Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem a centerpiece of Albanians out of the province spokesman Ray Wilkinson, reiterat- "We've been walking for three his campaign. He maintains that the Palestinians illegally use their Monday hadn't gotten the word. ing the refugee agency's fears that weeks and only with the help of East Jerusalem complex, known as Orient House, to stake out a pres- "They told us to go or we would the inundation provides fresh vic- God are we still alive," Nuradin ence in the disputed holy city. all be massacred," said Lika, weep- tims for the already bandit-ridden Gashi, exhausted and sobbing, pro- - ~ Netanyahu threatened to use force if the Palestinians do not obey ing as she trudged across the northern regions of Albania. claimed as he was met by aid work- his order, but Palestinians warned of potential retaliation. Kosovo border in a torrential down- In Bel~de, the Yugoslav army ers at this border post with his preg- "I hope they do not try," Faisal Husseini, the senior Palestinian pour. "They came in the morning announced it was withdrawing part nant wife, infant son and ailing official for Jerusalem, told a crowd gathered outside Orient House with masks and long knives and told of its forces from Kosovo, a south- mother-in-law. They had fled their late Monday, "but we will be ready to confront them if they do." us to run to NATO if we wanted to ern province of Yugoslavia, because home in Skenderaj under a hail of be saved." it had completed its rout of ethnic Serb gunfire. After a weekend when Albanian rebels of the Kosovo "The police have heen playing .__ -to Medicare Patients Face ~ Limit Milosevic's army troops, police and Liberation Army. NATO and with us, pushing us first here and paramilitary gunmen stepped up Western leaders said the announce- then there, threatening to kill us if On Benefits for Therapy their campaign of terror and expul- ment was far short of their demand we didn't leave and then blocking THE WASJ{JNGTON POST sion, officials of the U.N. High for a full and verifiable pullout. our way," said the 22-year-old WASHINGTON Commissioner for Refugees in The withdrawal order was said refugee, who could be taken for This year, an estimated 200,000 elderly or disabled patients will Geneva noted the exodus had now to be in effect from'lO p.m. Sunday, twice his age. pay for a little-noticed cut in Medicare benefits that lawmakers sent about half of Kosovo's 1.8 mil- but refugees consistently reported Gashi said refugees had been --~ tucked into the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. lion ethnic Albanians fleeing past beingrousted from their most recent repeatedly flushed out of their At the time, politicians boasted of simultaneously saving the province's borders. place of hiding hours later. homes by Serb forces after the Medicare from financial ruin and adding popular benefits such as Kukes, the nearest town in this Most of the ethnic Albanian bombing started. They would filter mammograms and Pap smears. Yet generally not discussed was that rugged and remote corner of north- Kosovars in the latest procession of back into homes that had not been they also placed a S I,500 annual cap on physical and speech therapy ern Albania, has swollen to five sorrow that arrived here in sporadic, destroyed, only to be sent fleeing combined, and a second S I,500 limit on occupational therapy. times its 28,000 prewar population. tear-stained clutches of several hun- into the woods and hills again by As many patients are discovering, the caps kicked in Jan. I, More than one-third of the 400,000 dred were among the hundreds of the Serbs. ' ,-..r.. potentially impairing patients' rehabilitation from illness and injury. Patients recuperating from strokes, amputation and head trauma, as well as those grappling with degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, are exhausting their annual bene- Federal Officials. Criticize FBI fits and losing access to therapy. Civil Rights Activists Protest Lack Role in 1WA 600 Investigation ..A Of Charges in Police Shooting The Jan. 20, 1997; report by the By Edward Walsh nated by a powerful FBI agent-in- .. THE WS ANGEl.ES TIMES THE WASHINGTON POST charge who seemed determined to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and '- RIVERSIDE. CA WASHINGTON prove the crash resulted from an act Firearms (ATF) concluded- that the National civil rights activists joined about 1,000 local residents Several federal officials told a of terrorism. plane crashed after a mechanical Monday in a mostly peaceful rally protesting the decision by county Senate subcommittee Monday that All 230 people aboard the flaw ignited an explosion in its cen- prosecutors not to file charges against four Riverside police officers the FBI's role in the investigation of Boeing 747 died when it plunged tral fuel tank, a fuiCling that became who shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in December. the crash of TW A Flight 800 was into the ocean south of Long Island official and was endorsed by the Riverside police said 45 people - including well-known activists overbearing and at times inept. shortly after taking off from New FBI several months later. But Dick Gregory, the Rev. AI Sharpton and Martin Luther King III - According to that testimony, the' York on July 17, 1996. Andrew Vita, ATF's assistant direc- were arrested in a carefully orchestrated demonstration that blocked agency clung to the theory that a Opening Monday's hearing, Sen. tor of field operations, testified that the entrance to police headquarters. bomb or missile had downed the Charles E. Grassley,' R-Iowa, the when he sought to submit the report "We want to let them know we are prepared to go to jail, to get plane months after its own chief sci- subcommittee chairman and a fre- in March 1997 to the National the attention of the (state) attorney general and the U.S. attorney," the entist on the case had reached the quent FBI critic, said the crash Transportation Safety Board Rev. Bernell Butler, a cousin of the slain woman, said on the police opposite conclusion. investigation was "a model of fail- (NTSB), he "met resistance" from station steps as he awaited his turn to be taken away. The hearing before the Senate ure, not success." He described the the FBI. Tyisha Miller was shot and killed Dec. 28 by police who, Judiciary Subcommittee on bureau's leadership in the case as "a Grassley has accused the FBI of responding to a 911 call, found her passed out in her locked car with Administrative Oversight and the disaster," saying the bureau hin- suppressing important public safety a gun in her lap. Police said that when officers broke the window to Courts is the culmination of a two- dered the investigation and "risked information in an act that could grab the weapon, she moved for it, prompting the officers to open year congressional review of the public safety" with its alleged have endangered airline travelers. fire, striking her 12 times . TW A investigation. Witnesses por- attempt to suppress a report on the That charge was vigorously denied .> trayed a probe riddled by sloppy cause of the crash by another gov- Monday by Lewis D. 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LOS ANGEl.ES TIMES Anger Over Embassy Bombing WASHINGTON By Henry Chu At the same time, however, President Slobodan) Milosevic tar- Capt. Richard Ashby was sentenced Monday to six months in a and Maggie Farley Chinese officials tried to reassure gets innocent civilians on a regular military prison and ordered out of the Marine Corps for obstructing LOS ANGELES TIMES jittery American companies that basis or as a regular part of his poli- justice and conspiring to hide and help destroy a videotape made dur- BEIJING their investments and businesses cy." ing the flight last year in which the jet he piloted cut a ski gondola Thousands of protesters contin- would be protected from the anti- In the letter, whose text was cable in Italy, killing 20 people. ued to march on the U.S. Embassy American backlash. made public Monday, Albright Ashby, 32, of Mission Viejo, Calif., immediately asked a super- here Monday, but China tried to rein President Clinton already has repeatedly expressed regret for the vising general to reverse the sentence, or at least delay the punish- in public anger and for the first time written a letter of regret to Chinese embassy bombing. But she also told ment, because the jet's co-pilot - who actually destroyed the tape - held out the possibility of a diplo- President Jiang Zemin and the Chinese authorjties that they was only discharged from the service. matic solution to the crisis in Sino- expressed his condolences Sunday have an obligation "to ensure the Ashby was acquitted in March of 20 counts of manslaughter in U.S. ties caused by NATO's bomb- to the families of the three Chinese safety of all Americans in China and the cable car tragedy, which continues to strain relations between the ing of the Chinese Embassy in killed in the airstrike. But those protection of American properties." United States and some European countries. But he was convicted Yugoslavia. facts have not been reported in the A simple apology is not likely last week of taking the video out of the cockpit of his EA-6B Prowler In a list of demands made by media here. to appease people such as Li jet and giving it to his co-pilot, Capt. Joseph P. Schweitzer, who then telephone to U.S. Ambassador In Washington, the State Fanghui, a graduate student who tossed the tape on top of a bonfire. James R. Sasser, who remained Department disclosed that Secretary skipped class to join the protests in The six-month sentence for Ashby, who was tops in his flight trapped inside an embassy building, of State Madeleine Albright visited Beijing Monday. squad and had just been promoted to flying more prestigious fighter Beijing demanded a formal apology, the Chinese Embassy early Sunday "You can't just call this 'a terri- jets when the accident occurred on a training mission, calls for him to a thorough investigation and punish- to personally deliver a letter of apol- ble mistake,' " said Li, 25, who read be dishonorably discharged upon completing his prison term. He is ment for those responsible for the ogy addressed to Chinese Foreign about Clinton's expression of regret not to receive any military pay while serving his time. attack. Minister Tang Jiaxuan after Tang on the Internet. "This isn't like kids Ashby's sentence was delivered by a jury of seven Marine Corps The Communist regime also refused to talk to her on the tele- fighting. It's not just a matter of say- officers. The jurors deliberated for about two hours Monday after announced that it was suspending phone. ing 'Sorry.' " hearing closing arguments from attorneys on what would be the human rights talks with the United On Monday, Albright told He acknowledged that he had appropriate penalty for Ashby. States and high-level military reporters that in her midnight visit not fully thought out what kind of exchanges, two key programs the she "made very clear that I under- restitution the United States should Amy Fisher Leaves New York Prison White House has held up as proof of stood the sadness of losing innocent make. But at the very least, those the success of its strategy of "engag- diplomats." But she said she added: . behind the bombing "should step NEWSDAY ing" China. "Ours was a tragic error; (Yugoslav down," Li said. Leaving behind the lurid teenhood that riveted a tabloid nation, Amy Fisher walked out of an upstate New York prison Monday straight into the media that catapulted her from suburban high-school ,~. NRA Criticizes Leading Weapons senior to made-for- TV temptress. Head down, big black sunglasses hiding her eyes, Fisher, now 24, stepped from the guardhouse at Albion Correctional Facility about 9:20 a.m. Instantly, she was surrounded by about 15 reporters, pho- Makers for White House Meeting tographers and cameramen, some of whom had been waiting since By Charles Babington '. resents about 350 makers and dis- ity. No one was pointing the finger sunrise to record the first sighting of the celebrity ex-convict. THE WASHINGTON POST tributors of firearms. They of blame," he said in a Rose Garden Fisher, dressed in a white pullover and ankle-length black skirt, WASHINGTON embraced several proposals backed ceremony after the closed meeting, never uttered a word as she was hustled away by her lawyer, mother A fissure in the nation's gun by Glinton, including raising the which he called a "strategy session." and publicist into a rented Ford Expedition. A family acquaintance lobby grew wider Monday, as lead- legal age for handgun possession to He praised "the remarkable support who accompanied the entourage to the airport in Rochester and on ing gtl!l manufacturers participated 21 from the current 18, and requir- that gun manufacturers have given the chartered plane to Long Island took pictures of the mother-and- in a White House meeting on youth ing criminal background checks on to many of our common-sense gun daughter reunion that were distributed to an international photo violence while the National Rifle people buying weapons at gun proposals." agency. Association attacked the event in a shows. Clinton, joined by his wife and Fisher's publicist, Patricia O'Connor, said the controlled distribu- news conference and newspaper The White House did not invite ,Vice President and Tipper Gore, tion of pictures was. meant to allow the family privacy and provide ads. top NRA officials, who expressed called for "a national campaign to the media with images from the long-awaited meeting. The fIrearms industry has come their views in a Washington news prevent youth violence," modeled under increasing criticism in the. conference and full-page ads in on earlier public-private endeavors ., wake of the Littleton, Colo., killings newspapers; including the Wall to curb teen pregnancy and'to move Microsoft Announces Plan to Buy

and unrelated liability lawsuits filed ~ Street Journal. f' • I .' welfare recipients into jobs. Hillary by several cities. Major gun manu- "More firearms legislation, like Rodham Clinton said the adminis- Five Percent Share of NexteI facturers have responded by, saying previous legislation, that is passed tration will help c~eate a nonprofit TilE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON they would support some new with no intention of enforcement is agency that "will bring together restrictions OIi the right tp possess a dangerous fraud perpetrated upon many of the people around the table Microsoft Corp. made another surprise foray into the world of guns.' the safety of the American people today ... (and) come forward, we communications and the Internet on Monday, announcing plans to But the NRA, the major group that must stop," said the ad, signed hope, with very specific suggestions buy a 5 percent stake in wireless phone company Nextel representing gun ,owners, has by NRA President Chirlton Heston. about what parents can do, what Communications Inc. of suburban Reston, Va. Under the deal, cus- remained defiant. The gulf between The ad said it was "unfortunate" schools can do, what community tomers who use their Nextel phones to access the Web will first be the two factions was particularly that Clinton did not invite the NRA, groups can do, what the media can taken to a Microsoft site. evident Monday when .President which it described as "the nation's do, what gun manufacturers can That will give Microsoft a starting position in the race for owner- Clinton hosted a three-hour meeting foremost authority on firearms edu- do." ship of the smallest screens of all: the little displays on the newest- on "children, violence and responsi- cation, accident prevention and Monday's meeting stressed vol- model portable phones, which can show Internet data sent over the bility," involving 60 people repre- proven policies that curb criminal untary rather than mandatory-efforts air. senting television, Hollywood, misuse of guns." to identify and address possible The announcement complements one last week that Microsoft video games and other industries. Clinton took pains not to single causes of youth violence. Many of would invest $5 billion in AT&T Corp. That deal would put At the huge rectangular table out guri owners or other groups as the strategies have been aired Microsoft's Windows CE software into millions of cable TV set-top boxes to provide all-in-one video, telephone and Internet access. 1(. were top executives of the Glock he called for a variety of voluntary before. Inc. and Smith & Wesson gun man- . efforts to curb youth violence. For .example, U:S. television This deal and others are part of a flurry of alliances, mergers and ufacturers and the American "Everyone was talking about what manufacturers already are required investments that companies hope will position themselves to offer a Shoot~g Sports Council, which rep- could be done to accept responsibil- to begin installing V-Chips. f)Ill range of electronic services to Americans in their homes and on the road through hand-held wireless devices. Microsoft hopes that through the Nextel deal, its Web site will become a "portal". for large numbers of the phone company's cus- Rocket Failures Cost United States tomers. Nextel currently has more than 3 million, though how many would use Internet-capable phones is unclear. Billions inDamage .to Spy Satellites Christian Groups Launch New Ad By Kathy Sawyer , Command. "Even the old rockets has now suffered three failures in THE WASHINGTON POST aren't working, and some of the three flights since August, including WASHINGTON newer rockets aren't working. a fIery explosion over the launch Campaign Touting Gay Conversion That's. the. concern, and it comes at pad at Cape C~naveral Air Force TilE WASIfINGTON POST U.-S., rockets have suffered six .. WASHINGTON serious failures in the last nine the very "time we most need to get Station that destroyed a $1 billion months, destroying or rendering the launch costs down and assure top-secret intelligence satellite .. Over the weekend, a coalition of Christian groups launched a tele- useless billions of dollars worth of access to space." In addition to the Titan mishaps, vision ad campaign in the Washington area to convince gay people a commercial Athena' rocket lost a they can change their sexual orientation "through the power of Jesus (.' . spy, research and communications General Richard B. Myers, head satellites, and raising concerns that of the U.S. Space Command, said satellite in April, and last Tuesday, Christ." It is the debut of what the coalition says will be a nationwide the nation lacks reliable access to Friday that the loss of three national the new Delta III rocket suffered its TV campaign. Earth orbit. security satellites in the near term second failure since August. The first ad - titled "Mom," scheduled to coincide with The failures, the worst string of does "not jeopardize military opera- Coming nearly a half-century Mother's Day weekend - ran in the Washington market on the local launch disasters in more than a tions; however, without aggressive into the Space Age, a congressio'nal UPN network affiliate after the major network stations declined to decade, last week triggered a gener- aption, the impact in ,the future staffer who specializes in space run it. The ad featur~s a woman in an easy chair discussing the fallout al reassessment by military and could be significant." issues said, "It is sobering .that after from her son's flirtation with drugs and homosexuality. "My son civilian agencies and the aerospace If the trend continues,. it could 'four decades, we're still in a situa- Michael found out the truth that he could walk away from homosexu- industry. Some experts have begun jeopardize the ability of U.S. fight- tion that (access to space) is not reli- ality, but he found out too late," she says. "He has AIDS." to argue that the rocket reliability ing forces to communicate, navi- able." An upcoming ad in the series, titled "Family," will feature happy- pr.oblem, which threatens U.S. gate, assess the weather, monitor Investigators have not yet iden- looking couples who were "freed from the homosexual lifestyle," got national security and commercial hostile missile launches and gather tified any common denominator in married and are now raising children together. Both ads close with space interests, is more serious than intelligence. the various hardware and software the words: "It's not about hate. It's about hope." anyone realized and requires more Anxieties were heightened when failures so far uncovered as contrib- Gay rights advocates disagree. \.1 urgent and high-level attention than three launches failed within the utors to the accidents. Analysts said "They are trying to put forward a kinder, gentler kind of preju- it has gotten. eight-day period that ended a week it is too early to know whether the dice but it won't work," said Cathy Renna of the Gay and Lesbian "I think this. is probably one of ago Tuesday. One of those malfunc- sudden surge in launch failures is a Alliance Against Defamation. "It's just a more subtle form of homo- the worst times in the launch history tions involved a Titan IV rocket, the mere coincidence, or something fix- phobia." of the country," said retired Air launch vehicle the U.S. military able in the system. Launching rock- The ads were the brainchild of Janet Folger at the Center for Force Gen. Howell M. Estes III, for- depends on to put its highest priority ets is inherently risky and unforgiv- Reclaiming America in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. mer head of the U.S. Space satellites into orbit. The Titan IV ing. thev say. 'oV' '\ .' ) Page 4 THE TECH May 11, 1999 OPINION Letters To The Editor cent people by using your bad system. should be resolved through peaceful means on An Outrageous The attack has brought angry responses the basis of respecting the integrity of from China as well as the international soci- Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territory. China, Bombing ety. The UN Security Council is to meet in an who maintains a foreign policy of indepen- Chairman As you all know, on May 7, 1999, the emergency session to discuss the incident. But dence and peace, opposes anyone who prac- Josh Sittker '99 North Atlantic Treaty Organization dropped does NATO care? It carried out more air tices hegemonism and condemns those who Editor in Chief three missiles from three different angles on strikes on Yugoslav targets overnight invade others. We should always stand on this Zareena Hussain '00 the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Everyone Saturday and Sunday morning. The apology no matter what threats are faced. was shocked by the news. NATO has apolo- for the "mistake" is so absurd. On Sunday, as It is well known that the American people Business l\'lanager Joey Dieckhans '00 gized, calling the bombing a mistake, but it American mothers were happily celebrating are peace-loving people. Then why do the will continue its bombing. So is this an apol- Mother's Day, how many Yugoslavian moth- American people support such a war to kill l\'lanaging Editor ogy or ignorance? There are several points ers lost their children? How many innocent people? Let's stop this war. Ryan Ochylski '0 1 that will convince people it was not a mis- Yugoslavian mothers are homeless? Why do Jingsong Wu G Executive Editor take. we need to continue this war? Douglas E. Heimburger '00 If it was a mistake, why were three mis- Any statement can not conceal the bloody siles blasted at the embassy from three differ- fact. The NATO air strike has spurred extreme Stop the War

NEWS sIAn ent angles? As far I know, the Chinese indignation from the Chinese government and Looking at the blue "stop US/NATO Editors: Frank Dabek '00, Susan embassy building is not close to any important people. This action exposes the aggressors' bombings" posters, we found that a majority Buchman '0 I, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Krista attack target, so why has this building been evil intentions and spilled Chinese blood in an of them portray the suffering of the civilian L. Niece '0 I; Associate Editors: Rima hit? act for which NATO must be accountable. population. As such, we believe that for any Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, Neena S. If NATO used an "outdated" map for this Chinese people died for nothing! This action MIT student, those posters should be perfectly Kadaba '02, Kristen Landino '02, Kevin R. attack, why did it use an "updated" map to hit is an outrageous violation of China's sover- understandable. However, considering. some Lang '02, Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: the house of the President of Yugoslavia? eignty, and it tramples on the Vienna of Kris Schnee's writings on the topic (["The Eric Sit '99, Erik Snowberg '99, Anna K. Is there anybody who believes that NATO Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Writing on the Wall," May 7] and ["Get Benefiel '00, Adam Brown '00, Dudley does not have an accurate system for position- other basic principles of international law. A Tough or Get Out," April 2]), it seems per- Lamming '00, Laura McGrath Moulton '0 I, ing in such a big attack? If so, why not stop country's embassy or a consulate is generally fectly understandable why he finds the posters Jane Yoo '01, Gitrada Arjara '02, Steve the war? You are not allowed kill more inno- accepted as the territory of the country and is not understandable. Hoberman '02, Alex lanculescu '02, Payal protected by international law. If the What is appalling in tho~e wrjtings is the Kohli '02, Priya Prahalad '02, Michael M. American Embassy in China were bombed for ease with which the author justifies the killings Torrice '02; Meteorologists: Michael C. some unknown reason some day, would the of civilians and children, officially stated as Morgan PhD '95, Veronique Bugnion G, United States just let the Chinese government "unfortunate incidents", "accidents", "errors", Greg Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G, Gerard Erratum say it was a mistake? "regretful incidents," or "very, very bad mis- Roe G, Chris E. Forest. Marek Zebrowski. An article in Friday's issue [Injured During the more than 40 days of bombing. takes" for the cause that he believes in.' We Pol ice Officer Files Suit Against f'RO/)UTIO\ SIAIT against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia believe that all people of good will, looking Institute, Beta Theta Pi] incorrectly stat- Editor: Brett Altschul' '99; Associate starting March 24, NATO has changed its tar-- back in history, can recognize where this kind ed that Robert N. Tunick '00 was BTP Editors: Ian Lai '02, Agnes BorszeIci; Staff: gets from military to civilian structures such of attitude is coming from. And,. more impor- Erica S. Pfister '00, Jordan Rubin '02. president at the time of an incident in as hospitals, bridges, TV stations, oil refiner- tantly, where it leads to. Once again, let us try which summer residents threw beer cans ies, power plants, and residential places. Now, to take this war out of the hands of the gener- OI'I.\"/().\" SJ:.IFF at police. Matthew S. Rechtin '99 was Editors: Michael J. Ring '01, Naveen the target has become the Chinese Embassy in als, Thereby, conditions would be established BTP's president at the time. The article Sunkavally '0 I; Columnists: Julia C. Yugoslavia. Not only innocent Yugoslav for all of citizens of Yugoslavia, ethnic also incorrectly listed David W. Weaver Lipman '99, Eric J. Plosky '99, Elaine civilians but also foreign diplomats and jour- Albanians included, to return to a normal, '99 as BTP's current president. Steve Y. Wan '0 I. Veena Thomas '02, Kris nalists have been killed in the bombings. everyday life. ' Schnee '02; Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, Lefkowitz '00 is the current BTP presi- Since the outbreak of the Kosovocrisis, the Aleksandar Kojic G Dawen Choy '00. Seth Bisen-Hersh '0 I. dent. The article also incorrectly stated Chinese government and people have more Petros 1. Komodromos G Andrew J. Kim '0 I. Jeff Roberts '02 . Tunick's year as '99. than once clearly demanded'that the crisis Milos Komarcevic '99

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!. " r •. il J C' J May 11, 1999 OPINION THE TECH Page 5 It's AllYour Fault Rocks And ." Perspectivesfor these topsy- turvy times Broken have nowhere to turn when your parents take friends be removed from your dorm. JoelM. Rosenberg away"your computer ("For your own safety"), Reading further, you realize that not only is you curse yourself for ever opening up in the your dorm as you know it being destroyed, Windows You're sitting in your room in Belgrade. first place. but several other dorms are as well, in what

~j. The electricity is cut off, which also means Zoom out from a tight shot of your face to seems like a game of Risk being played by the electrically pumped water won't flow. It's reveal yourself sitting in the tiny witness chair MIT administrators using a map of campus Elaine Wan night, and you hear what sounds like a fire of a huge, imposing U.S. Senate chamber. for the board. You think back to high school engine that never gets louder or quieter. Ads for the most violent video games set the biology, and remember that displacing pop- A month ago, Chinese Premier Zhu Occasionally there is a loud crack, sometimes stage for a screening of some of the most ulations from their ecosystems and intro- Rongji's visit to the United States and special louder, sometimes quieter, and each one rep- extremely violent clips from relatively non- ducing them into non-indigenous regions stop at MIT raised hopes that America's resents another bomb that luckily hasn't hit violent movies, all out of context. The often leads to catastrophic results. You hope alliances with China would be fortified. But it , . you. Weeks of this have led you to try desen- Senators watch in mock horror, failing to sus- you won't have too much work next week now appears that the pro-democracy, Tibetan sitizing 'yourself to the fear, but you're not pend the disbelief that forms the very basis of so you can go to one of the redesign meet- and Taiwanese activists are not the main oppo- strong enough to fool yourself that severely. this entertainment. They are looking for con- ings, which you haven't been able to get to nents against goodwill between the two coun- You are powerless to improve your situation, firmation of their hunch that it is this trash that yet, and express your outrage at the propos- tries. The "accidental" bombing of the Chinese and out of pure frustration curse Clinton, a' is causing kids to go out and kill their class- al. embassy during a NATO airstrike in Belgrade, man you believe. has tried to get many women mates, but you spea~ against such generalized Flash to right now. You're reading the Yugoslavia late Friday has caused numerous to be impressed with ,his penis size, and is correlations and instead speak in favor of try- opinion page of The Tech, noticing all of the violent protests in China and the United States. An United States embassy was established t,l, now working on the rest of the world. You ing to understand kids today in terms of the crazy things going on at the local, national, wonder why half the globe is treating your life vast amount of technology they have grown and international levels, and wonder at what in China to represent the rights of our citizens as a video game. up with, technology adults just can't compre- point the world went completely insane. You living there and to act as an American commu- Cut to an. . wonder why nication line to relay information between the American Senators are two countries. This communication line has now become the focus of attack for many stu- high school. ~HOOl \,J\O\.ENCE wasting their time dents and protestors in Beijing. U.S. citizens You're sit- lea cAO~t.t) 8'( with the and political officials have been held account- o ting in' the G~~. Anarchist's able for the actions of NATO and the damage v"principal's / office in your Cookbook, to the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. Even black shirt stuff you've though the Chinese military have tried to hold and, black known the protestors back, the windows of the U.S. pants, with about for embassy have been completely shattered by your parents years, while rocks. U.S. Ambassador James Sasser has now flanking your NATO is become a hostage within his own embassy. U.S. reporters in China have been mauled and f~- sides. The literally principal is playing questioned regarding NATO's actions. informing with fire in China has demanded an emergency session you that you their "deep of the U .N. Council to discuss what Chinese must either regret" for officials call a "barbarian act," according to undergo the "acci- New York Times of May 9. Yugoslav officials counseling or dental" said qne person was killed and twenty-six ,'~'. be expelled bombing of were injured by two direct hits on the from school the Chinese embassy. Many officials in China are still after te1l1pg Embassy in questioning whether the attack was intention- your history Yugoslavia. al. China is a permanent member of the class that, You wonder Security Council and has been strongly while 'you ~ why kids opposed to the past NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia. Some claim that the attack may disagree with t~" who like ~.~Dungeons 'have been used to spur Chinese involvement (> their actions, you can & Dragons U are now understand being the motiva- Many <1Jidalsin China are v. tions of the Little~on- shooters, yourself being h€?nd.You l,eave frustrated that the press was- kicked. out of school for liking Dungeons & a bright, misunderstood, underground-Ie3ning n't particularly interested in your take on Dragons. You wond~r why MIT is no better still questioning whether the kid, You thought you were helping the class things but are hopeful that someone was lis- than the Senators who don't really seem to conversation by sharing your feelings, some- tening. want to solve any problems but only want to attack was intentional. I ~-- thing you don't often do. Now, with the prin- Jump to your dorm room at MIT. You've appear to be solving problems. You wonder cipal obviously not your "pal," unable to talk just taken The Tech out of your book bag, where the rationality has gone. Frustrated, you to your parents (who are ,urging you to take and the lead story informs you that a new turn to the comics page and laugh at Dilbert' s .~ the counseling), and fearful that' soon you'll proposal recommends you and all of your silly boss. in the Kosovo crisis. U.S. officials report that the Chinese embassy was hit by mistake because faulty intelligence information indicated that the The Lucas Money Machine building was a Yugoslav supply facility, terminded every nook and cranny of the Star early accounts, targets the pre-teen demo- according to CNN. Many Chinese have Eric 1. Plosky Wars empire, on celluloid and on balance graphic. Reviewers (presumably post-teen) ignored NATO's apologies and have declared sheets, and is perhaps the only person who have already voiced displeasure at the story- that apologies are not enough because of Star Wars hype continues to grow with truly knows what is going on, in every catego- line's simplicity and with the two child-actors, NATO's violation of international law. each passing day. ry. Hype-building? He tantalized millions of Jake Lloyd and Natalie Portman. Older, less If the Chinese react the same way we have Although tickets first go on sale tomorrow Web-watchers by strategically releasing Star Wars-happy audiences might be turned to our bombed embassies and injured citizens, p' for "Episode I: The Phantom'Menace," QuickTime teasers; he titillated moviegoers off entirely. will we be facing a war with China in the near , Lucasfilm marketers have already been active with full-length motion-picture trailers. Media - Plus, Lucas has two more prequels to future? Last August, we lost embassies of our for several months. Excitement about the filIn, relations? He's gotten the television news to worry about - Episodes II and III, tentatively own in Kenya and Tanzania. Those bombings the first of three planned prequels to the 1977 "report" a new Star Wars story every night slated for 2002 and 2005. It is hardly conceiv- raised such clamor that it emotionally urged original, 'has risen to titanic proportions. (on toy feeding frenzies, ticket buyers' lines, able that those films will have a comparable us and our politicians to bomb the "secret "Menace" doesn't even open for eight more and the assumed 2 million people who will media buildup, no matter how many hundreds chemical weapons" plant in Sudan. day~, but, as you read this, MIT students are call in sick the day "Menace" premiers). of millions of dollars "Menace" takes. in. Till today, the media are still discussing whether that plant was financially supported . already standing in line outside the Cheri - Distribution? He's written up a long list of Much of the demand for Episode I is a result ,-'- probably figuring out how to get their $10 rules; only theaters that meet his stringent of the long, vacant stretch that's elapsed since by Osama bin Laden, the CIA's suspected Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul action figures specs can even show the film, and anyone 1983's "Jedi"; since then, apart from digitally mastermind of the Kenyan and Tanzanian to talk to one another. The movie isn't just a who doesn't play ball is out. Quality control? spiffing up his first three films, Lucas has left bombings. The Sudan government still claims movie - it's become a Cultural Event. No more than eight minutes of trailers before audiences drooling for more. Many fans will that the American intelligence was faulty and Action figures are only the first sign. the movie itself, and then there are restrictions be able - or should be able - to see that the plant only made medicine and not George Lucas's merchandising machine - on ticket sales and marquee runs. Not to men- "Menace" and then wait the three years until chemical nerve gas. Some Americans question so eloquently described by Yogurt in Mel tion the fact that Lucas is reported to be Episode II without snapping up every action point to the fact that only few lab tests were Brooks's "Spaceballs" - is in a league of its noodling with the film's final print up until the figure in sight.' . performed at the Sudan plant as evidence of own as far as Hollywood is concerned. Each very minute the actual reels have to be sent to Still, Lucas knows this business well, and chemical manufacturing. Jar Jar shoved from store shelf to shopping venues. has probably accounted for everything I've In April 1986, President Reagan publicized o. cart helps to redefine the entertainment For all his careful preparations, for all his mentioned. He created his own production the contents of decoded Libyan diplomatic industry's standards; as obedient consumers, calculations, and even with all the hype that company, Lucasfilm, precisely so h~ could cables to justify his ordered U.S. bombing we recognize the market leader as a first-tier guarantees the film will be some flavor or micromanage everything from music to edit- raid on Tripoli. Reagan linked Libya to the --;J 'cultural influence, and we waste no time other of blockbuster, Lucas may actually have ing to distribution; he financed everything out bombing of West Berlin discotheque that forming queues outside FAO Schwarz at reason to be a bit nervous. Early reviews of of pocket and ~ill reap nearly every cent of killed a U.S. Serviceman, according to "Flaws midnight. the film are tepid. Those who have seen profit; he invented modem merchandising. in U.S. Account Raise Questions on Strike in This is Star Wars we're talking about, after "Menace" - mostly industry types and those Lukewarm reviews of "Jedi" and "The Empire Sudan," August 29, 1998, The New York all. The world of Luke Skywalker and compa- lucky enough to know someone with insider Strikes Back" didn't dampen audience enthu- Times. ny has been part of our own reality, in a tickets to the preliminary scree!lings - report siasm or stop those films from raking in hun- Maybe it is time we make sure that NATO strange way, for over twenty years. In much that although the movie is quite entertaining dreds of millions of dollars, despite their ori- and American intelligence is no longer the same way as the trilogy took the motion- and a special-effects spectacle, it doesn't live entation toward teens. Because of Lucas's "faulty." It is completely ridiculous to think picture industry by storm, it has cap"tured the up to the hype. What movie could? In the end, skill and cleverness, Star Wars is a Cultural that by saying that NATO made a mistake, it popular imagination to an extent few really no matter how much of a ,Cultural Event it's Event in and of itself even without the recent is okay to kill one or injure many people. But understand. Few, that is, except for industry made out to be, the film is still just a film, hype. the truth is that the bombing did occur and the analysts, studio executives and entertainment capable (soon) of fitting quite nicely between Yes, I will see "Menace"; as a matter of United States is getting the blame for NATO's \.: journalists, who confidently predict that the "Ishtar" and "Howard the Duck" on the shelf fact, I'm looking forward to it quite a lot. If actions. Therefore, our country will be left film will gross upwards of $400 million. It at Tower Video. it's great, I may even (gasp!) see it twice. But with the responsibility of making compensa- goes without saying, of course, that a $400 A strategy that may yet backfire is aiming _ I'm not going to plunk down $200 to buy a tions to China. We may have to make the best million estimate for any other film would get the movie squarely at children. Much more so miniature plastic ,doppelganger of every char- use of what is left of Sino-American ties to ensure that increasing involvement of nume!- the estimator run out of HollYW09d.: .. I oil eveI] than ':Re~ ,of the Jedi," which intro- acter. At least, .not while rye still got !llY, old, Whatever the eventual take, George Lucas duced us to furry Ewoks obviously designed circa-1980 Imperial snowtrooper. (Hey, any- ous countries in Kosovo does not lead to \ will laugh all the way to the bank. Lucas mas::---to-inhabit toy.:.store-shelves;-~Menace,"-brall--one knowhow much he's'worth?) a~other big massacre closer to home.- - - - Page 6 THE TECH May 11, 1999 FEATURES Chorallaries in 1977, by David H. Bass ' 83. constant attention, and the legs are threadbare Verses are continually added to the song and and shedding. Due to the wear of the costume, School Mascots currently it boasts almost 50 different verses. Ted E. Johnson, assistant director for pro- These verses include ones that humorously grams at the Campus Activities Complex, is degrade other schools and others that show the working with the CAC advisory board and the A beavet; a seal/ and an engineer ingenious nature and boisterous drinking Undergraduate Association to develop a new habits ("we can, we can, we can demolish 40 design for the beaver mascot costume. beers") of the engineer. "We are working with [the MIT communi- "Some schools have more standard tradi- ty] to develop an image," said Johnson. "It is a tional songs about their school," said Bernard very delicate matter of choosing the right R. Levin" 00, music director of the MIT beaver that will represent MIT." Chorallaries. "We do have the alma mater, but Currently, Johnson is working with stu- [the drinking song] is much more offbeat and dents who submitted entries in the MIT beaver humorous, and I think that suits MIT well." design contest sponsored by CAC. "As it.-. An amusing quality of the drinking song is stands now, we are planning to select the that it is constantly changing. "We tend to image, have the costume constructed this sum- write new verses for Bad Taste, at various mer, and debuted at an appropriate event in times throughout the year, and the graduating the fall." seniors typically write a verse for their last "I like the beaver ... he cracks me up," said concert," said Levin. Cheng. "And especially when they do cart- "People seem to love [the drinking song] at wheels ... you wonder how they keep that MIT," said Levin. "Especially the verse that gigantic head-thing on." trashes Harvard and says they can kiss the beaver's ass." MIT seal first adopted in 1864 "We recently performed 'the Engineer's The oldest official MIT symbol is the Drinking Song as an encore for a gig with a "Mens et Manus" seal that appears on MIT capella groups from Ivy League schools," said letterheads and oth~r official documents. Levin. "It was our chance to ... poke fun at The seal contains many different items. _ Harvard, if not at the others .... It was definitely The most prominent figures (the laborer at the our way of showing MIT pride." anvil and the scholar with a book) represent "It continually gets verses added whenever MIl's incorporation of science and industry we do new events, such as the beaver's birth- into its curriculum. The year 1861 refers to the day party in Lobby 7 this year, or each year at year that MIT was incorporated by the Bad Taste," said Sheri A. Cheng '99, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The 'Latin Chorallaries' business manager. inscription "Mens et Manus" (translated to "mind and hand") and the books that appear Beaver becomes MIT's animal mascot (entitl~d, "Science and Arts") on the pedestal The beaver is perhaps the most conspicu- embody the idea of cooperation between ous symbol of MIT. It appears on the "brass knowledge and practical science. rat" class ring and a costumed beaver occa- The seal was adopted in 1864 and was sionally appears at sporting events and some .engraved in 1865 for a cost of $285. The seal student activities. was modernized during President Howard The beaver was adopted as the MIT mas- Johnson's (1966-1971) administration. Also, .' cot in 1914. Lester D. Gardner 1898 presented the seal has been hacked numerous times and the idea to MIT president Richard C. several unofficial versions are popular with Maclaurin at the annual dinner of the student organizations on campus. Technology'Club of New York. According to brass rate lore, Gardner's argument for choos- ing a beaver follows: "We first thought of the kangaroo, 'which, Viewpoint like Tech, goes forward by l~aps and bounds. Then we considered the elephant. He is wise, patient, strong, hard working, and like all This week's 4Utstion: those who graduate from Tech, has a good tough hide. But neither .of these were Ii it i", the best~i",terests ofMIT to American animals. We turned to [William d"i,it well-rou,wea stuae",ts or ~t~- Temple] Hornaday's book. on the animals of North America and instantly chose the beaver. ae",t, who lire exuptio1f,ll1 i", OM IIrell? The beaver not only typifies the Tech [stu- dent], but his habits are peculiarly our own. "People who excel in one area are The beaver is noted for his engineering, probably more valuable to MIT. They mechanical skills, and industry. His habits are have proven their ability. You can always By Aaron D. Mihalik used since the beginning of the Institute. Since nocturnal. He does his best work in the dark." become well-rounded while at college STAFF REPORTER MIT is primarily an engineering school, an The beaver mascot can also be seen in full anyways." At the center of school spirit undoubtedly engineer is an obvious symbol to use to repre- gear at sports games and other student events. GordonR. 0. Campbell G lies the school mascot and other representative sent the student body. The MIT Chorallaries The first beaver costume design was created symbols. Currently there are three symbols have since developed an "Engineer's Drinking for the Class of 1927's 50th reunion and "I think it's better for MIT to take that are used to represent MIT: the engineer, Song." This entertaining song reflects the unveiled at the Alumni Day luncheon. It was exceptional studentS as long as they are at the beaver, and the "Mens et Manus" seal. comic and creative nature of the students at rented from the costume designer until the least capable in other areas. This is Although there seems to be no documenta- MIT. early 80's when it was bought for $1,500. because MIT will benefit more from an tion on when the engineer officially became a The drinking song is relatively new. It was' The costume has become worn-out over aggregate of exceptional students rather symbol of MIT, it is likely that it has been written shortly after the creation of the the years. The nose is chafed, the eyes need than a bunch of well-rounded ones. Well- rounded students may increase our aver-- age talent level but they won't make MIT stand out." Spotlight of the Week Christian Baekkelund '00 "It's important to-have a good mix of both. You don't want people who are The 24-Hour Coffeehouse exceptional in one area but incompetent By Katie Jeffreys thanks to the Class of '99. The managers hope to ''upgrade the light- in a lot of others." STAFF REPORTER ing and furniture, and expand the Coffeehouse. Integrating these Emery C. Lin '02 The 24-hour Coffeehouse on the third floor of the Student improvements into a professional design would really give the Center provides a valuable resource to the MIT community: caf- Coffeehouse the character it needs to be a successful center of stu- "I think it is in the best interests of feine-filled drinks and sugary snacks at any hour of the day or night. dent activity," said Gerdel. . MIT to admit well-rounded people The value of the Coffeehouse becomes even more because college is more than just acade- apparent at a late point in the term like the present, mics. College has a lot of diverse oppor- when students are up at all hours of the night finish- tunities which you would lose if everyone ing final projects and studying for final exams. was isolated in their own fields. If MIT In addition to this wealth of nocturnal junk wants to attract more well-rounded' stu- food, manager John Morgan Gerdel, '00 asserts dents, they should emphasize the humani- that, "Since the workers and managers are stu- ties departments a lot more." dents, we can really provide a unique environment, PoloA. Banuelos '99 unlike anywhere else on campus." This atmos- phere, including comfortable seating and funky "I think it's better for MIT to admit the music, is a draw to many students who seek a spot specialized people because other students to study that is outside of their living group but can learn from their expertise. Much of has more personality than the library. what college is about_ is learning from The Coffeehouse also has big plans for the future. your peers. A lot of people might say that The managers hope to expand the "coffeehouse well-rounded students are more motivated series," in which live performers entertain students in to explore many other interests and take the Coffeehouse setting. full advantage of an MIT education, but I The Coffeehouse will also be more earth-friend- think students can be more motivated by ly. Gerdel said, "Recently the Coffeehouse has example - seeing a physics genius bust started a recycling program. We recycle glass, plas- out a difficult problem makes me want to tic, and aluminum cans. Paper recycling is also in be become better." the works." Ashwinder S. Ahluwalia '00 In addition.to thesechanges,~or reno.vations'11~11' '1." 'jrlOJ~< I en'lle- \ I~}"U'[ will soon'tak~pl3&"~uiIi"'~I~o~'Gift proiect,~'11; ~~J .j ! ,;>~ {t').) ) ------.----.----.-.------May q, 1999 FEATURES THE TECH Page 7

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(J. Tuesday, May 11 Kalikow, Brandeis University. Combinatorics Seminar. Refreshments will be served 12:00 p.m. - Emerging Themes In American Transportation History. Leonard at 3:30 p~m. in Room 2-349. Room 2-338. Reich. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia. Room E56-100. ' 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - MAS.110 Fundamentals of Computational Media Design. An .. ,. 4:00 p.m. - Axial Instabilities In a Partially-Riled Horizontal Rotating Cylinder. exhibition of student works. Interactive and computational graphic design from Anette Hosoi, Dept of Mathematics, MIT. Ruid Mechanics Seminars. Room 5-234. undergraduates from MIT, Wellesley and Harvard. Animation, evolution and composi- tion. There will be food. Wiesner Building atrium. Sponsor: MAS.ll0. 4:00 p.m. - Poly-51 Thin Rim Transistors on Low Temperature Plastic Substrates. Paul Carey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. MTL VLSI Seminar Series. 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - MIT Anlme Club Showing. 7:00 Rurouni Kenshin 60-62 Refreshments in lobby of room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Room 34-101. (subtitled); 9:00 Card Captor Sakura 1-3 (subtitled); 11:30 Kodomo no Omocha 18- 19 (subtitled); Feel free to come at anytime. E51-345. Sponsor: Anime Club. 4:30 p.m. - Aerodynamic Performance Measurements of a Fully Scaled, Transonic, Cooled Turbine In a Short Duration Facility. Mr. Chris Spadaccini, 8:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Student choreographed works in a wide MIT/GTL. Gas Turbine Seminar Series. Room 31-161. variety of dance styles, including modern, ballet, tap, jazz and funk. Admission: Students-$5 in advance, $6 at the door; others-$6 in advance, $7 at the door. 5:00 p.m. -,MIT Chamber Music Society Concert. Student ensembles perform Kresge Little Theater. Prokofieff: Mozart, Brahms, Elgar. Killian Hall. '.1, 8:00 p.m. - Gamelan Galak Tlka Concert. Blend of traditional and modern music 6:30 - 8:00 p.r(l. - The MIT Sloan E-Commerce Awards. The MIT Sloan E-Commerce based on the music and dances of Bali. Kresge Auditorium. Awards are a first-of-its-kind award ceremony designed to recognize organizations for their successful innovation in web-based business. E51, Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: 9:00 p.m. - Potluck Performance Art Party. AKA show+tell. Bring video, poetry, MIT Sloan E-Commerce Awards. slides, anything to read, show, perform and/or consume. Admission 4.00. N52- 115. 7:00'- 9:00 p.m. - RSSC Discussion Fourm. Delta Tau Delta. Sponsor: Residence System Steering Committee. 8:00 p.m. - A Man on the Moon. Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon. Sunday, May 16 Andrew ~haikin is the world's premier historian on the Apollo Space Program. TOI11 3:00 p.m. - Women's Chorale Spring Concert. Nancy Kushlan Wanger, director; Hanks used Chaikin's-novel as the basis of his Emmy-winning miniseries "From the Adele Kraus, accompanist. Children accompanied by adults welcome. Reception fol- Earth to the Moon." Room 6-120. Sponsor: Students for the Exploration and lows concert. Killian Hall. Development of Space. 7:00 p.m. - MIT Chamber Music Society Concert. Student ensembles perform Bach-Busoni and Dvorak. Killian Hall. .~~"".' Wednesday, May 12 8:00 p.m. - Gandharvad City. Play in English, written and directed by Chen-Hsiang 12:10 p.m. - Vertical mixing In N.A.T.R.E. Louis St. Laurent. Physical Yeang. Kresge Little Theater. Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminars at MIT. Room 54-915. 12:00 p.m. - Transforming the Army. Dr. David Chu, Vice Pres., RAND Army Wednesday, May 19 Research Division and Director, The Arroyo Ctr. Bag lunch. Room E38-615. 12:10 p.m. - Late Pleistocene thermohaline circulation and climate change on Sponsor: Security Studies Program. mlllennial and orbital time scales. Bill Curry, WHOI. Room 54-915. Sponsor: 12:00 p.m. - Recent statistical results with floats. Joe Lacasce, WHOI. Room 54- ,Physical Oceanography. 915. Sponsor: Physical Oceanography . . 5:15 p.m. - Learn to Sall- Classes 1, 3 & 4. Relax, and enjoy yourself. Want to 4:15 p.m. - The Aft~r Math of WZ Theory. Herbert Wilf and Doren Zeilberger, Learn to sail? The MIT Sailing Pavilion offers introductory sailing lessons on the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. Combinatorics Seminar. Charles River in Tech Dinghies. Sailing Pavilion. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2-349. Room 2-338. 5:15 -p.m. - Learn to Sail - Classes 1, 2 & 4. Bring friends, and a change of shoes. Friday, May 21 Want to Learn to sail? The MIT Sailing Pavilion offers introductory sailing lessons on 8:00 p.m. - Digital Rewind Concert. Experimental Music Studio 25th Anniversary the Charles River in Tech Dinghies .. event featuring premieres of reworked compositions by Prof Barry Vercoe and 5:15 p.m. - A General Class of Family Based Tests of Genetic Association for Richard Boulanger. Kresge Auditorium. Complex Disease. Professor Kathryn Lunetta, Dana-F~rber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health. Statistics Seminar. Room 2-105. Saturday, May 22 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Innovation Forum Series. Inaugural event in a series launched 8:00 p.m. - Ganesh and Kumaresh, South Indian violin. Presented by MITHAS (Mil . and sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Awards Program. Speaker will talk about tOJX>f- Heritage of South Asia) and the New England Hindu Temple (NEHT). Admission $15, mouth issues in invention and innovation. Entire MIT community welcome. Media $12-MITHAS & NEHT members and students, $lO-MIT students. Killian Hall. Lab-Bartos Theatre. Sponsor: Lemelson-MIT Awards Program .... 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - RSSC Dlscusslon,Fourm. East Campus. Sponsor: Residence Sunday, May 23 System Steering Committe1=!. 10:00 a.m. - Learn to Sail, Weekend Classes. Bring a change of shoes and a 8:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concert. Student ensembles perform Beethoven, Schubert, Martinue and Lieberman-Smith-Shioda. Killian Hall., lunch. Sailing Pavilion. '.1

Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 13 12:10 p.m. - Dynamics of the meridional overturning circulation and the role of 7:30 a.m. -Innovator's Breakfast with Mark Brender. Meet Mark Brender, whose 'dlapycnal mixing. Jeff Scott, MIT. Room 54-915. Sponsor: Physical Oceanography. company, Space Imaging, is about to flood the commercial market with high resolu- tion satellite images. Good for business" but what will it do for terrorists? 2 hours. 4:00 p.m. - Early history of servomechanisms and control theory at MIT. David University Park at MIT. Sponsor: Technology Review. Mindell, MIT. LIDS Colloquia. Reception will follow in 35-338. Room 35-225. 3:00 p.m. - Alan S. Michaels Lecture - New Directions In Angiogenesis Research. 5:15, p.m. - Learn to Sail - Classes 1, 2 & 4. Take time out to enjoy yourself. Want M. Judah Folkman, Harvard Medical School and Childrens Hospital Boston.' to Learn to sail? The MIT Sailing Pavilion offers introductory sailing lessons on the . Chemical Engineering l?epartment Spring Se,minar Series. Roo'1l 26-100. Charles River in Tech Dinghies. Sailing Pavilion . 4:00 p.m. - Recent research In tropospheric ozone. Daniel Jacob, Harvard University. MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. Room 54-915. ,:> Saturday" May 29 4:15 p.m. - Stellar-Mass Black Holes In Binary Systems. Alex Filippenko, University 7:00 p.m. - Moonlight Salls 8& BBQ's. Glide along the river after dark, sailing in a of California at Berkeley. Physics Colloquium. Refreshments in Room 4-339 at 3:45 Rhodes-19., Bring long a' flashlight and something for the BBQ on the dock after-' pm. Room 10-250. wards. You should have a current MIT Sailing Card for this event. Sailing Pavilion. 5:00 p.m. - Mr. RaJat K. Gupta, Managing Director, McKinsey 8& Co. Room 54- Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association. 100. Sponsor: Sangam. 7:00 p.m. - authors Omit: John Maeda. John Maeda, Sony Career Dev Prof of Media Sunday, May 30 Arts & Sciences. The pioneering graphiC designer speakS about his new book 10:00.a.m. - Learn to Sail, Weekend Classes. Bring a change of shoes and a Design by Numbers. Room E25-111. lunch. Learn to Sail, Weekend Classes. This class combines the first 3 of the 8:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Student choreographed works in a wide Wednesday evening classes into one Sunday class. Sailing Pavilion. variety of dance styles, including modern, ballet, tap, jazz and funk. Admission: Students-$5 in advance, $6 at the door; others-$6 in advance, $7 at the door. 1.,/. Monday, May 31 Kresge Little Theater. , 12:10 p.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. A social get-together of the MIT Gay, Bisexual, and 8:30 p.m. - MIT Symphony Orchestra Presents Music by MIT Student Composers. Lesbian Employees and Supporters gr~up. Send e-mail for location. Sponsor: GABLES. Works by'Jason W. Krug '00, Shamila H. Khetarpal '99, Eric Hu G, Sam Thibault '00, Petra Chong '99 and William Koffel '00. Kresge Auditorium. Tuesday, June 1 5:30 p.m. - authors@mlt: Howard Wesley Johnson. The former MIT President dis- Friday, May 14 cusses his new book, Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education. 10:30 a.m. - Safety as a Dynamic Non-Event. James Reason, I?rofessor, University President Johnson will be introduced by Charles Vest, current MIT President. Room of Manchester, England. Room E51-372. Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering with Sloan 10-250. School. ,_0 4:00 p.m. - Adaptive Sampling, Data Assimilation and Ensemble Generation. Wednesday, June 2 Professor Craig Bishop, Pennsylvania State University. EAPS Department Lecture Series. Refreshments, 3:30 pm, Ida Green Lounge. Room 54-918. 12:00 p.m. - Learn to Sail on your lunch hour - Class 6 of 6. Lunchtime Sailing Classes. Learn to sail at lunch. You don't need a sailing card but please bring a t.! 4:00 p.m. - Dance Troupe Spring Concert. Student choreographed works in a wide ' change of shoes. Sailing Pavilion. variety of dance styles, including modern, ballet, tap, jazz and funk. Admission: Students-$5 in advance, $6 at the door; others-$6 in advance, $7 at the door. 5:15 p.m. - Leam to Sall- Classes 1, 38&4. Bring a change of shoes, and be pre- Kresge Little Theater. , ~ , pared to enjoy yourself. Want to Learn to sail? The MIT Sailing Pavilion offers intra- 1J 4"1&." m ~,"'''''''d"'''_''''''' ...... wable l.ar~'i.1ili;j{'Ylilli\~ry'l In trees Louis -----ductory sailing lessonsontneCh"arle'c!JRMifrrrj'ehttDln~E!sl!Saftm~ ~11Wntltr. .ti £1J . • lff~mlhu ..~~t"~"'l"f.~ ..:nqtf\("J'''- , J r- , . sauoJlsEffloO eriT .rO~lOlqnlD 10m~ gifj rlgJJOlili ~":)sq ~)fS3nooa IIlW Page 8 THE TECH May 11, 1999 Class of 2001 Celebrates Brass Rat

By Katie Jeffreys After receiving their rings, STAFF REI'ORT/:'R students began to mingle It rained Sunday, which didn't surprise and dance to the music, anyone on the Class of 2001 Ring Delivery some selected by the ring Cruise. The 200 I class events have perpetu- committee, and some ally been requested by attendees. rained on - so Liz Resendes ' 0 I, who Reporter's much so that danced throughout the our ring design cruise, said, "I thought it Notebook incorporates was funny they played several sym- Titanic as the first song, bols reminiscent of this. but it's a beautiful event." Fortunate Iy the precipitation this week- Many people also took end amounted to no more than a few drops advantage of the event to as people were boarding the boat, and the catch up with acquain- sky quickly cleared, gracing the boat's decks tances often forgotten in with warm sunshine. This was the perfect the busy MIT lifestyle. It accompaniment to an afternoon of music, was also a chance to meet socializing and food. Mike Mills found the new people. "1 think it's event to be a pleasant conclusion to a year at great to see a lot of faces MIT. "[The event] is awesome. It's a nice I've never seen before," day - we got the rain and the shine. If they said Ralph R. Harik '0 I. GREG KUHNEN-THE TECH could just end school now!" The forecast of The cruise itself offered a LORDSOF THE RING-The Class of 2001 Ring Committee celebrates the distribution of this year's rain - or possibly end of term homework view of Boston not often Brass Rat with a cruise in Boston Harbor Sunday. - scared away many students. Others left seen, including the down- after being herded through the line to pick town skyline, the many docks, and the air- mittee members were slightly disgruntled by mob-like, and many people found their up their rings. before the cruise departed. port. Dusty de Quine '01 was excited about this. While waiting in line for the treats, two clothes smudged with pastry. Eventually _ > "T 0 people who left right after they got their the latter aspect of the scenery. "It was real- hungry sophomores emphasized this. "I . people dispersed, but throughout the cruise rings - it's not raining at all," said Dawn ly cool seeing a 737 nearly graze the boat." want pastries!" said Pei-Lin Hung '01, pastries continued to appear on the table, Perlner '0 I. The highlight of the cruise for many peo- which her friend Caroline Hon '01 echoeq. "I and were enjoyed by the students. The rings were clearly the focus of the ple, aside from the rings, was the wide selec- want pastries too." After about three hours on the bay, the event, and everyone was eager to receive tion of Italian pastries offered. The goodies Finally plates and forks were brought boat returned .to the dock and everyone was theirs. Seth M. Bisen-Hersh '0 I pointed to were on display, but guarded by boat crew, out, and Pei-Lin, along with everyone else, bussed. back to campus. It was a well one reason to be excited. "Now we can all for about an hour before people could begin was able to satiate her cravings. The scene planned event which was made even better drop out because we have our class rings." eating them. Some students and ring com- surrounding the food tables was initially by beautiful weather and cheerful students. ----..

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This space donated by The Tech (.'_ May 11, 1999 THE TECH Page 11 ~ .. Finboard Announces Fall Allocations Group Funds Funds Theatre X $550 $300 By Kristen landino Requested Allocated Black Musician and Producers $550 $550 ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Association of Student Activities $500 $500 Concert Band $1,790 $840 Undergraduate Association S21,147 $20,135 Dance Mix Coalition $4,200 $150 The Undergradu~te Association approved Finance Board MIT AAH SI,2oo S350 MIT Gospel Choir $1;300 SO recommendations for student group allocations last night after J .J Asian Baptist Student Koinonia $2,575 $300 MIT Handbell Ensemble $324 S324 considerable discussion. Black Christian Fellowship SI,392 $332 Marching Band $2,520 $1,050 "We funded the groups on the assumption that we had Campus Crusade for Christ $1,100 $240 Oori $800 SO $97,000 at our disposal," said Edgar Martinez '00, Finance Chinese Bible Fellowhip $230 $155 Chorallaries S2,8OO S1.050 Board Treasurer. MIT Hillel $3,930 SI,loo Cross Products $575 $410 Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow '72 allocates $194,000 to Impact Campus Fellowship $480 $375 Logarythms $900 S700 the Office of the Dean for Students and Undergraduate Korean Christian Fellowship S3,61O $300 Muses S950 S650 Education which gives the money to the Undergraduate MIT LDSSSA $1,470 $470 Toons S800 $400 $575 $200 Biomedical Engineering Society S2,920 $800 Association for dispersal. Lutheran Bible Fellowship Protestant Community Services S600 S75 Brain & Cog. Sci. Undergrad. Assoc. S425 SO "Our goal was to disperse two-thirds of the funds through United Christian Fellowship $445 $150 Brain Trust SI,310 S410 the initial allocations and set aside the remaining one-third for United Christian RIO $800 $150 MIT Experienceing Health Policy $3,500 SO the appeals," Martinez said. African Students' Association S8,085 $1,650 MAES $12,000 S400 Finboard appeals will begin in early October. There stu- Association of Taiwanese Students $2,230 $950 MIT FIRST Team $3,000 $590 dents can protest the amount given to them during allocations Bangladeshi Student Association $300 $225 NSBE $6,000 $1,000 and request more funding. Black Students' Union $4,960 $1,380 Sloan Undergrad Mgmt. Assoc. $3,674 $400 Black Woma\en's Alliance $1,550 $650 SHPE $2,600 S300 'l "Our target dispersement was approximately $70,000 and .. Caribbean Club SEDS $350 the total allocation was $80,224," Martinez said. $4,093 $1,183 $1,715 Chinese Students' Club $550 $667 $150 Funds were allocated based on a number of factors includ- $18,061 Societo por Experanto Clubmex $650 $450 Alpha Phi Alpha $9,050 S700 ing the size of ~e group, quality of presentation, and when the Filipino Student Association $2,410 $935 MIT AIDS Ride Team $18,490 $100 group was established among other things. Hansori $1,450 $700 Alternative Spring Break S4,5oo $1,100 Finboard request forms changed significantly this year as Hawaii $520 $360 Circle K SI,150 $575 the board separated funding into categories such as operations, Hong Kong Student Society $1,140 $0 Groove Phi Groove S3,8oo S800 capital, events, and publicity. ISA $4,500 $1,725 Institute Foundation $1,500 $500 "Publicity and operations are viewed as necessary to keep Israeli Student Club $650 $275 Project Health SI,030 S400 $0 SAVE $425 the group alive so these categories are not scrutinized as close- Japanese Association of MIT $1,600 $1,095 Korean Student Association $2,500 $610 United Students for Veterans Health $820 S620 ly as events funding is. The quality of an event, its size, and LUChA $10,650 $1,250 Amnesty International $1,000 $400 how unique it is are factors which contribute to its funding Mujeres Latinas $3,600 $700 MIT College Democrats $770 S500 potential," Martinez said. PaksMIT $7,390 $1,450 MIT College Republicans Sloo $100 In particular, Martinez noted that these categories will have South Asian American Students $3,668, $1,210 NORML $1,250 $500 more of an effect on the reimbursement procedure. Caving Club $1,347 $675 MIT Pro-Life S770 $370 "In terms of allocations, it is not Sl. important. It comes into Croqueet Club $190 $150 MIT SETA S250 SIlO play more during reimbursement. For example, if a group Cycling Club $6,464 $800 SW ASS Distribution $460 $0 wants to substitute a Lecture Series Committee ad for an ad in MIT Debate Team $4,350 $1,300 MIT Anime $1,200 $550 MIT Assasains' Guild $700 The Tech, it can do so because both of these expenses fall MIT Equestrian Team $8,100 $1,100 $2,935 Men's Ultimate Frisbee $900 $550 $150 $0 under the publicity category," Martinez said. Campus Crusade for Cthulu MIT Mock Combat $485 $330 CTYAA $1,485 $325 The UA made one notable change to the Finboard recom- MODEL UN $5,800 $1,300 MITEMEG $1,350 $0 mendations. They added $12,500 to their own fund allocation Skydiving Club S2,430 $140 ECMRS $525 $0 and abolished the UA Social Board which previously existed , MIT Snowboarding Club $1,930 $430 MITFAQS $1,775 $850 as a separate entity. -However, before the UA meeting the Women's Rugby $2,075 $1,025 GAMIT S3,380 S950 C5 Social Board had not been allocated any money by the Counterpoint $7,721 $300 Panhellenic Association $2,770 $0 ~ Finboard VooDoo $3,500 $1,400 Pershing Rifles S2,760 $800 ~ "Given the amount of funds we had at our disposal, I think Dance Troupe $7,668 $880 MIT Science Fiction Society SI,250 S850 MITCAN $700 $500 :>:: the board did a pretty good job of balancing the requests," $1,350 Society for Creative Anachronism $1,082 ~ Martinez said. MIT G+S Players $1,320 $400 MIT Student Cable Group $935 $530 ~ Movements in Time Dance $6,010 $1,300 Tech Squares $4,000 SI,205 ~ Finboard will notify student groups via e-mail of their allo- ~ MIT Musical Theater Guild $2,300 $0 MIT Vegetarian Support Group $825 $425 I:tl cation for fall term by Friday. Plush Daddy Fly $1,170 $300 Totals: III Groups S315,677 $80,224 ~ RoadKill Buffet $2,180 $350 Average Allocation $729 ~

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GARRY MASKALY-THE TECH Ruth King, the 1999 Page Hazlegrove Memorial Lecturer, finishes a piece while her assistant, Amy Rueffert, prepares to catch it. GlaSsworking demonstrations will con- tinue today in room 4-003. WIles Expounds on Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem ~ eMI, from Page I attempted proofs of FLT. Finally, small numbers, but the generalized ence as a mathematics undergradu- rather than elementary school arith- , Wiles explained his own proof, theorem has evaded proof for over ate at Stanford in classes with math- metic - for young students. He 'Viles discusses recent advances incorporating the work of other 350 years. ematicians such as George Polya mentioned the falling U.S:perfor::, Wiles explained recent advances mathematicians. He ended by dis- and Gabor Szego, and told a story of mance between the fourth, eighth, in number theory, the field of math- playing other problems related to Herschbach, Odoo 00 math in life how Polya, who studied probability and twelfth grade leyels. ematics devoted to finding integer right triangles, as well as explaining A small panel moderated by theory, was prompted to study ran- Asked about mathematics appli- and rational solutions to equations. Diffie-Helman and RSA cryptogra- Gergen, discUssedtheir experiences domwalks in the plane, and eventu- cations and science, Herschbach\. Wiles began by telling the story of phy. in the world of mathematics. The ally other dimensia, when he ran said, "science has so far used only a Fermat's Last Theorem (FLT) - Fermat's Last Theorem states panelists wen~ Dudley Herschbach, into an "amorous couple" several tiny fraction of the richness that Fermat wrote it in the margin of his that the equation xn+yn=zn has no a Harvard chemist, and General times one day in a maze-like forest. math has provided." . n copy of Diophantus's Arithmetic integer solutions if n is greater than William Odon, former director of Herschbach spoke of the need Odon, 'who described himself without proof. Wiles moved on to 2. This had been proved for special the National Security Agency. for increased access to mathematics repeatedly as a "layman," described describe number theory proofs and cases of n = 3, 4, and a few other Herschbach described his experi- - higher, interesting mathematics problems that arose at the National Security Agency when there wer~) few mathematicians, and spoke on what should be done to further the M.I.T. Community discipline in terms of government. ~. eMI logo is a work of art, math . The head of the CMI, Arthur Summer Softball Jaffe of Harvard University, began.>, the event by introducing Landon Clay, CM! founder, as well as Charles Vest, who spoke briefly 1999 about the fu~e of research in gen.rt: eral, saying "I feel we still lack that Umpire Meeting deep-"seatedcommitment" in regard to the government's recent cuts in. New Umpires Welcome! funding.' ~" Helaman Ferguson,. a sculptor and mathematician, was commis- sioned to design the CMllogo. His?J sculpture is called "Figure Eight Wednesday 12 May' Knot Complement," and is made of black granite. Ferguson described the sculpture's elements of topolo-~ gy, non-Euclidean geometry, and 5:30pm 1-190 arithmetic. The sculpture originated as a visualization of complex matri..:~ ces. A small bronze replica of thl logo was also presented to Wiles, Umpire Clinic:Thursday and CM! advisors said that mathe- matical awards in years to come.l may be similar replicas. 20 May.' 5:30pm, 1-190 The president of the For more Information, contact: International Mathematical Union,. \ Director of the National Science"'"" Mark S. Throop & Maryann Smela Foundation, and the President of the American Mathematical Society' MIT Rm. 56-686 attended ceremonies, as did tWO/I: winners of the Fields Medal, the X3-6207 equivalent of the Nobel Prize in 978-7~4-3639 mathematics, and numerous stu- dents from several schools. >to) mthroQp@ ultranet.com ..Karen Robinson contributed to ?,1! .' ~ ,~ or, the reporting of this story. ~~ ...-. ~ .-. May 11, 1999 THE TECH Page 21 (~}()i { . . \. ' -.1 ~ .. : May 11, 1999 .. Page 22 THE TECH Even EZ-er than 1040EZ.

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This yellr's Food Salvage was a great success, and its future success depends on the continued support of our volunteers. Four days a week, volunteers collect leftover food from both Lobdell and Wqlker that would otherwise be thrown away. Food Salvage drivers. who are also volunteers, collect this food and donate it to a local sheller. JELENA SREBRlC-lliE TECH To learn more about the Hunger Action Group, or to participate ill next Kaye Kelly sings Cole Porter's "So In Love" ~urlng the MIT Festlviil\ Jazz Ensemble performance Friday In Kresge Auditorium. semesler's Food Salvage program and make a difference, email !lunr:.er- reC/[email protected].

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