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• MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Sunny, cold, 15°F (-9°C) Newspaper Tonight: Clear, cold, 3°F (-16°C) Tomorrow: Sunny, 18°F (-7°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 123, Number 4 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139' Friday, February 14, 2003 .. Fall Planning Shifts Away from Housing 'Welcoming to the Academy' is New Focus By Keith J. Wlnsteln choose student members." NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR The shift in planning follows a The focus of Orientation plan- gradual shift in emphasis over the ning will shift further away from last 20 years, as the first days for residence selection, following freshmen have gone from "Rush" Monday's final meeting Qf the to "Residence/Orientation," and in Residence System. Implementation 1997 briefly to "O/R" and then Team. "Orientation. " A new committee, chaired by It was another committee Dean for Undergraduate Research chaired by Vandiver, the Orienta- J. Kim Vandiver PhD '75, wilf tion/Residence Fall '98 Commit- now examine "how best to wel- tee, that was responsible for the come these new members of the latter two name changes. community to the Academy," said • Robert P. Redwine, the dean for RSIT report sanguine as expected undergraduate education, who is The RSIT's final report, which appointing the committee. closely mirrored a draft reported in "Now that Rush is not a signifi- The Tech this week, made no. rec- NOEL R. DA VIS-THE TECH cant part at all of Orientation," ommendations for changes in the Colorful balloons decorate the student cent~r, adding to the Valentine's day spirit on campus. Vandiver said, "we can focus the residence system, and as expected programming in Orientation on was generally sanguine on the new things that will add value to the system, sparked by the 1997 death academic experience of the stu- of freshman Scott S. Krueger at a Suit Weighs on AdIItmions Policies dents when they first get here." fraternity event. "We would like to do a much "Those involved ... generally By Nathan Collins summer program similar to MITES. application procedure came after better job welcoming students to agree that the overall framework NEWSEDlTOR MIT announced Monday that it two groups filed a complaint with the Academy," he said, echoing designed for 2002 is generally The Minority Introduction to has decided to allow high school stu- the U.S. Department of Educa- Redwine's words almost exactly. effective," the RSIT said in an exec- Entrepreneurship, Engineering, and dents of all races and ethnicities to tion's Office for Civil Rights. "That's really the principal notion utive summary. Science program, or MITES, saw a apply to MITES. Roger Clegg, a lawyer with the behind this. Imagine activities "It really was a very successful • major shift Race will continue to be a factor Center for Equal Opportunity, said involving more faculty." transition," Redwine said, adding in making admissions decisions, said that his group and the California- The committee WIll look into that dramatic changes in residence Analysis ~:~~ra}~~~MITES Director Karl W. Reid '84. based American Civil Rights Insti- "anything that will make it possi- selection for next year were very an ti -affi r- Reid said that only twelve per- tute filed the complaint after a stu- ble for students to connect sooner unlikely. mative action groups filed a com- cent of engineering students were dent who applied to MITES was and better to faculty and ... people "Clearly there remains some lack plaint with the federal government. minorities, despite a national popu- "excluded because she was the who can show them what the intel- of unanimity on certain aspects of The shift comes at a time when lation that includes about twenty- wrong skin color." lectual experience is all about," he how to go forward," he said, but university affirmative action pro- five percent minorities. Therefore, "A program that is open to dis- said. "we probably are not far away now grams are under fire around the he said, "we feel a need to have advantaged children of all races ... The membership and charge to from where we need to be. I think country. The Supreme Court will these intervention programs" to would be perfectly permissible," the committee have yet to be this system of having dorm squat- soon consider Grotter v. Bollinger, a encourage minorities to consider sci- Clegg said. "The mix of students established, Vandiver said. "We ting has worked out on the whole case challenging the University of ence and engineering careers. [in the program] is irrelevant ... will have significant student mem- very well." Michigan's race-based admissions what matters is that the way stu- bership," he added. "I'm presently policy, and Princeton University last Groups filed complaint working with student leaders to RSIT, Page 16 week said it would end or modify a MIT's decision to modify the MITES, Page 10 • -Institute Warns FSILGs lIlT .8.02 Physics I Not to Let Frosh Move In By Marissa Vogt Institute and may be subject to a judi- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR cial hearing," the e-mail said. The administration appears to be Baker said the e-mail was sent in guarding against the possibility that response to questions from parents freshmen who have pledged fraterni- and information from other students ties may attempt to move into frater- and the housing office, and was not nities, sororities, and independent liv- the result of any particular violation ing groups. ofMIT's policy. A recent e-mail to leaders of FSILGs stated that housing freshmen Financial support at risk could cost them financial support Dean for Student Life Larry G. from the Institute. Benedict said that any disciplinary J Associate Dean for Student Life action taken would depend on the fra- I Programs Barbara A. Baker, one of ternity and the individual, though the the authors of the message, said that e-mail sent out by Baker and David the purpose of the e-mail was to "get N. Rogers, associate dean and direc- the word out to remind fraternities" tor of FSILGs, threatened to revoke of MIT's policy of housing all fresh- financialsupport from fraternitiesthat men on campus and outline possible are housing freshmen. disciplinaryactions. "[FSILGs] found responsible for "Both freshmen and the fraterni- violating this policy will also be in ANNIE DING-THE TEClI ties that house them, will be in direct jeopardy of forfeiting their Financial Students settle Into the new version of 8.02 taugftl'rln the TEAL studio, leaving the traditional violation of this policy, and both the Transition Reimbursement," the e- large lecture format behind. See story, page 10. student and the fraternity will jeopar- dize their Good Standing with the ~rats, Page 16 Departments Comics OPINION cut back on Capital punishment is just "sim- World & Nation 2 class hand- ple revenge," says The Tech's Opinion '.4 outs. Andrew C. Thomas. Events Calendar 9 • Arts 18 Page 14 Page 7 Page 5 On the Town .19 Page 2 THE TECH February 14,2003 WORLD & NATION • Rift Grows Between United States, Some Allies U.N. Weapons Inspector Blix NEWSDAt' WASHINGTON The split between the United States and some of its allies widened To Say He's 'Not Impressed' Thursday as they battled over the meaning of news that Iraq has mis- By Walter Pincus of Iraqi government minders. Blix moved . siles with a longer range than allowed under United Nations sanc- and Karen DeYoung will note that Iraq still has not .When he reported on the mis- tions. TIlE WASIIlNGTON POST unconditionally agreed to U-2 sur- siles to the council last month, Blix On the eve of another report by U.N. weapons inspectors Hans WASHINGTON veillance plane over-flights, and will said he was still assessing whether Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, the United States and Britain say the Hans Blix, the chief United indicate that documents recently their range exceeded a ISO-kilome- finding by a U.N.-convened panel of arms experts shows that Iraq is Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, turned over by Baghdad have pro- ter (93-mile) limit imposed by U.N. in "material breach" of a Nov. 8 resolution ordering Baghdad to dis- will tell Security Council members vided little pertinent information. disarmament resolutions that fol- arm or face "serious consequences." Friday that he is "not impressed" But the most potentially explo- lowed the 1991 Persian Gulf war. "This is a serious matter," Secretary of State Colin Powell told the with Baghdad's cooperation with sive issue Blix will discuss is Iraqi On Wednesday, a team of interna- Senate Budget Committee Thursday. "It shows continued Iraqi non- inspections since his last report in production and deployment of mis- tional experts helping with the compliance. " late January, U.N. officials said. But siles with ranges beyond limits set assessment reported that the liquid- In London, Prime Minister Tony Blair added that the existence of officials said that Blix will stop by the United Nations, and its pos- fueled AI Samoud 2 rocket, one of the missiles "would be not just a failure to declare and disclose short of saying Iraq has been totally session of hundreds of prohibited two ballistic missile programs under weapons but a breach" of the U.N. resolution. non-cooperative. engines to power them. Officials . inspection, was capable of exceed- U.S. allies who oppose military action against Iraq disagreed. Blix's presentation is unlikely said Thursday night that Blix was ing the allowed range. Experts were Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov called the arms to resolve the deep disagreement still wrestling with whether to use divided on the second rocket, the panel's finding a "technical violation" that was a victory for the between the United States and his own authority to order Iraq to solid-fueled Al Fatah.

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