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Volume 119, Number 52 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, October 22, 1999

MIT Presents Donn I Why They Plans to Cambridge Were Cut By Laura McGrath Moulton ry "to bring about a stronger sense More Female Spom, STAFF REPOR7ER of community," he said. "In order to The new undergraduate dormito- do that, we should really house all Flat Budget Are Cause ry received a warm reception from of our freshmen on camp~s, which I the Cambridge Planning Board at its we haven't had the dormitory space I By Dana Levine meeting on Tuesday. The meeting to do. Over time, we've been I STAFF REPORTER

was the first opportunity for MIT to becoming more and more of a resi- I The recent controversial cuts of present its latest'plans for the dormi- dential campus, and this is the next sub-varsity sports teams and reduc-

tory to the board and for the board step in doing that." I tions in the sizes of existing varsity to solicit feedback from the I ~~~~~~~~~ tea m s Cambridge community. MIT says dorm has local benefits Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow In addition to aiding the MIT I Analysis ~ere ~~~ , 72 led the presentation, which community, the new dormitory is I addition sought to portray the project as a designed to benefit Cambridge as of two new female varsity sports and positive addition to Cambridge as well, according to both Bacow and a flat budget, administrators say. well as to MIT. Director of Planning 0, Robert Dean for Undergraduate Bacow emphasized that the 350- Simha. Bacow cited the planned Education Rosalind H. Williams bed facility is not part of a plan to "pocket park" and the overall design attributes a large part of the recent increase the size of MIT's student body. MIT is planning the dormito- , Dorm Plans, Page 17 Sports Funding, Page 17 Trumbull Behind Local Development By Frank Dabek lonely position as a conservative a 24 hour city." He hopes to use ED/TOR/NCJ//EF among a field of progressive Cambridge's influence on the _Most of the candidates in this democrats. MBTA's governing board to city council election only reinforce The 40-year-old endorsee of the extend the T's hours to 24 hours a the old nickname "People's Republican party calls himself a day if possible. If logistical prob- ======~ Republic of "libertarian'type republican" and lems prevent 24-hour service, Election. Cambridge," emphasizes the elimination of so- Trumbull proposes a system of late JAMES CAMP-THE TECH - but David call.ed "nuisance regulations," night buses. CJ,ancelior Lawrence S. Bacow '7~ (foreground) and' Director of 'fl9 . Trumbull's increased public transportation, and . The libertarian -aspect of Planning O. Robert Simha discuss ,the proposed undergraduate dor- UI ant i - r e n t property owners' rights. Trumbull's p'hltform is most appar- mitory during Tuesday's Cambridge Planning Board meeting. ------control and Trumbull 'called the MBTA's ent in his desire to eliminate several pro-development stances give him a closing time "outrageous ... This is "crazy rules we have in Cambridge" which he considers "nuisances." .Trumbull cftes a Cambrjdge regula- BU To ~11ildNew Undergraduate DQrm for FaJl.of 2000 tion requiring a $500 a year poetry By EfrenGutlerrez - , a high student demand for on-cam- selection dUring the summer . .it is the re~erse condition." ;-" , - - permit and a milk license. STAFF REPORTER p~ housin-g. Risirig costs "in Boston '- Kevin If. Carleton ,(iom-Bo~ton ,. ""W~' ;-dmit more students that The regulations are.a "nuisance MIT is not the only local institu- and a low rate'of vacancy have University's Office of Public we can house, h~cause some stu- and drag on business" he said. For tion preparing to build a new under- forced upperclassmen to request on- Relations said, "Demand for on- dents change their minds over the example, newspapers in Cambridge graduate dormitory in the next few campus housing. campus residency has risen over the summer about atte~ding Boston are required to pay a fee for their years. In fall 2000, Boston Unlike MIT's current residence past decade due to the rebirth of the University. If there are still excess distribution boxes,. he said. University will be opening the assignment policy (and similar ~o real-estate market in Boston. Back students, 'then they will be housed at biggest dorm'it has built in the last the.policy outlined in the Residence in the 1980' s, there was a high a floward Johnson's," Carleton said. Tr~mbull opposes rent control 30 years on Commonwealth Avenue. System Steering Committee report), vacancy rate, so many students BU's current housing policy, Trumbull is strongly opposed to Boston University's residence decided to live off campus. Today, Demand drives construction assignment policy requires that all BU Dorm, Page 19 Trumbull, Page 22 The II:1ainfactor driving Boston freshmen to live on-campus fresh- University to build this new dorm is man and to choose their housing ,lAP 2000 Sports MIT Design :Contest, Lecture Demo Series By Naveen Sunkavally "Any student can individually NEWS ED/TOR sponsor an activity by going to the . This year's Independ~nt Activities lAP website at " and following directions, design contest, a lecture demonstra- Friedman said. tion series, and an Institute ball, while On the other hand, ASA-recog- continuing-to use the new web-baseq nized student groups sponsoring system introduced last year for regis- activities must designate one to two :r."l'tering activities .. ' lAP Program Coordinators who are ~ authorized through Friedman to post ~ Registering activities lhat group's listings. Further infor- While there is no strict guideline mation about who may post, the for registering an lAP activity, stu- posting procedures, and the appro- dents wishing to register an activity priateness of activities can be found to appear in the print guide must do at the lAP website. so by October 27, said lAP Program Administrator Donna Friedman. New events for lAP 2000 Those, students or student groups for Among the new commu'n.ity- whom the print guide is not a con- wide events being planned for lAP CHRIS MCEN/RY-TIIE TECH 2000 is a design contest on all sideration may post their activities Tod Machover and Maggie Orth .'93 demonstrate The Big Thing, a massive, chlld-orlented music aspects ofMIT in the ye'ar 2030. at any time, and the website will be construction kit, at the Media Lab's day long SENS*-BLES conference In Kresge on Wednesday. updated accordingly through the end Some aspects include the physi- SENS*BLES extends the Lab's prior Wearables symposium, and provides a glimpse Into future of ofIAP. cal structure of the campus, the ~~~ . "The print guide will appear Dece,!llber 1," Friedman said. lAP, Page 20

MIT's Akamai Comics Arts Editors Vlad and Rebecca World & Nation 2 Technologies discuss the movie Fight Club, Opinion 4 is on the starring Edward Norton and Arts 6 verge of going , Brad Pitt. On The Town 12 public. Sports 28 Page 16 Page 13 Page 6 Page 2 THE ~'ECH October 22, 1999 WORLD & NATION Banking Bill to Get Private Hearing THE lI'ASHINGTOS POST Russian Shells Hit Grozny, WASHINGTON With the fate of a landmark banking bill hanging in the balance; Republican leaders decided Thursday to effectively discontinue pub- Killing lic negotiations between the House and Senate and instead engage in Scores of Civilians secret talks to resolve issues with the White House over community investment laws. By Daniel WIlliams ror," said Alkha Tosuyev, a televi- dence. Russian aircraft also heavily House Banking Chairman James Leach (R-Iowa) sent a memo at THE WASHINGTON POST sion cameraman with the Reuters bombed Grozny and the damage is noon telling lawmakers conducting the negotiations that their meeting MOSCOW news service who said he personally. still visible Thursday - almost noth- at 2 p.m. Wednesday "will be the last meeting of the conference" and Rockets slammed into the capital counted more than 60 bodies at the ing in the city has been repaired. that "there will be no vote on the final" version of the bill, according of Chechnya Thursday, hitting the market, and .as many as 200 injured. In recent days, Russian troops to a copy of the memo. city's bustling main market and a - A Chechen official told the and their armor have been advanc- Leach chairs the conference committee of House and Senate maternity hospital and killing scores Associated Press that at least 118 . ing on Grozny. The Russians con- members trying to reconcile different versions of bank legislation of civilians, reports from the break- people were killed and up to 400 trol heights within 15 miles~ of the passed by the two chambers earlier this year. The legislation would away republic said, as the Russian others injured. city, making it an easy target. - overhaul banking law from the 1930s and 1950s to make it easier for mi Iitary appeared to step up its Prime Minister Vladimir Putin During the offensive, artillery banks, insurers and securities firms to merge with each other and sell assault on the city. launched the ground offensive in and jet bombers have consistently their products under one company name. Chechen officials said the rock- late September in response to a attacked urban and rural population Lawmakers on the conference committee convened at 2 p.m. as ets were fired by Russian forces, Chechen-Ied insurgency in centers, despite government asser- planned, and spent the rest of the day and into the evening discussing who in recent days have advanced Dagestan, a neighboring republic in tions that only "terrorist bases" - how the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act, which requires banks to to within 15 m'i les of Grozny, southern Russia, as well as to terror- and not civilians - are being target- lend to underserved people, should be applied in a bank overhaul bill. although the Russian Defense ist bombing attacks last month on . ed. Chechens have reported an air Ministry in Moscow said it had no apartment buildings.in Moscow and assault on the town of Urus Martan information on the attack. two other cities that officials blamed that killed more than 100 "civilians, Stocks Plunge After ffiM's Warning Several rockets hit Grozny's on the Chechen rebels. hits on two buses that killed a total THE WASf{fNGTON POST main market, one of the few busy The pounding 'of Grozny would of 66 passengers, a bombing in Stock prices plunged at Thursday's opening after IBM surprised places in the war-ravaged city, seem to herald an offensive on the Elistanzhi that killed about 40 peo- investors with a warning that Y2K fears were already hurting sales of according to journalists at the scene, city, although Russian officials pub- ple and dozens of civilian deaths in its high-end servers, but the market recovered somewhat as bargain- who described a hellish landscape of licly have been unclear on whether a several other villages. hunters snapped up beaten-down technology stocks. dismembered' bodies and pools of ground assault on Grozny is at hand. Air Force commander Anatoly The Dow Jones Industrial Average - which fell to 10,229.62 by blood. One rocket hit a maternity Russia's armed forces heralded their Kornukov said Thursday that midday, down more than 160 points - bounced back to close at hospital near the offices of Chechen advance through the northern third reports of attacks on civilians were 10,297.69, a loss of 94.67 points. IBM, heavily weighted in the Dow, President Asian Maskhadov, accord- . of the republic with heavy bombing an "outrageous libel." At the same was responsible for 80 points of the loss. Its own stock fell $16 to $91. ing to Magomed Magomedov, a and shelling. time, he said that unless the IBM had said after the close of Wednesday's trading that busi- Chechen government official. Russian troops suffered heavy Chechens. change their ways, nesses were postponing purchases of its products until any lingering "A huge number of people were casualties during an assault on sepa- "Explosions will continue, ilmocent questions about Year 2000 computer bugs are answered. The compa- killed. Some who were sitting in a ratist guerrillas in Grozny during the people will suffer." ny reported third-quarter earnings of 93 cents a share, meeting ana- cafe, some who were selling things 1994-1996 war that ended with More- than 150,000 Chechens, at lysts' expettations, but said profits would be hurt in the next two at booths, some just walking by. Russia's withdrawal from the republic least 15 percent of the population, quarters by as much as 15 to 20 cents per share. Teenagers. Children. It was a hor- and Chechnya's effective indepen- have recently fled the republic. The warning initially had a knock-out effect on other technology stocks. At one point the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 22 points over the previous day's close, but managed to close up 13.82 points at Popular Indonesian Who Was 280\.995. Microsoft touched a low of $90.50 but closed at $93.0625, marginally up over Wednesday's close of $92.50. Intel also sank to a low of $67.875, but rallied to finish the day at $71.6875 against the previous close of $69.9375. Denied Presidency Gets No.2. By David Lamb print for lilaonesia' s future, neither Assembly. There. were fears of Joint Chiefs Ask for Larger Budgets LOS ANGELES TIMES has shown much previous interest in renewed violence if she didn't get JAKARTA, INDONESIA THE WASHINGTON POST politics. Megawati does not have.a the No. 2 spot, especially because WASHrNGTON A day after denying her the college degree and has held only . her 'Indonesian Democratic Party in After a year of jumps in defense spending, the Joint Chiefs of presidency, the Indonesian assembly one job, in a flower shop. Struggle was the top vote-getter in' Staff said Thursday that the military is still short more than $8 billion elected Megawati Sukarnoputri vice But though Megawati comes June's election for the assembly, for new equipment, maintenance and other needs in fiscal 2000 and president Thursday in a bid to from a privileged background as the with 34 percent of the popular vote. will be shy roughly the same amount in each of the next five years. restore national unity. daughter of founding President. Just before the vice presidential _ Making a renewed pitch for still larger military budgets, the . The largely ceremonial post has Sukarno, she is hugely popular ballot, two influential figures - chiefs told a House panel that many of the readiness problems their taken on added significance because among the disenfranchised masses. Gen. Wiranto, chief of the armed forces have been experiencing-aging equipment, maintenance back- the man who defeated Megawati for Her election was clearly designed to . forces, and Akbar Tanjung, chair- logs, deteriorating bases, fall ing recruitment and retention rates- president, Abdurrahman Wahid, is quell unrest in the streets and man of the Golkar Party - with- remain concerns and will require more money than the administration partly blind, has suffered two rebuild a sense of common purpose drew their candidacies, citing th~ or Congress plan to spend. strokes. and is so frail he needs help in this diverse and fractured country need for national unity. The military leaders noted some pockets of-improvement, partic- to rise from a chair. of about 13,000 islands and more That left Megawati to .face ularly in troop morale and retention rates, as a result Of passage this The health of the 59-year-old than 200 million people. Hamzah Haz, chairman of the month of a $268 billion defense spending bill that included a 4.8 per- president aside, the Wahid- Her supporters, joined by bands Muslim-oriented United cent pay raise. But they said last spring's air war against Yugoslavia Megawati team is an unusual choice of jobless thugs, had rampaged Development Party. She defeated and new peacekeeping requirements in Kosovo had strained U.S. to lead the world's fourth most pop- through this capital and at least 12 Haz handily, 396-284. forces, underscoring persistent weaknesses in military readiness. ulous nation into the 21 st century. other cities Wednesday after Wahid "I thank God for this, and I will . Neither has previously held public was elected president by the 700- do m'y best fqr the republic of office, neither has articulated a blue- member People's Consultative Indonesia," she said. WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, October 22, 1999 Wet Weekend Ahead

By Peter Huygens and Robert Korty STAFF JIETEROLOGISTS This is going to be a cool, cloudy, and perhaps rainy weekend. Look for highs to reach 59°F today and lows to descend to 43°F tonight. Clouds will continue to gather today and there is a 60% chance of rain tonight. The weekend will provide much of the same. Temperatures will reach the low 50s in the day and drop to the low 40s at night. Skies will remain partly cloudy through Monday with an 80% chance of rain on Saturday and 40% chance on Sunday. The reason for the rain and the excuse for the uncertainty lies on two fronts. Today we have a cold front moving across the great lakes towards us as low pressure off the Carolina Coast lifts northward. The cold front will pass us on Saturday, but another front, moving in from Canada on Sunday, should keep our weather tumultuous. Bottom line is keep an umbrella and a jacket with you.

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The State Department's Middle East diplomat, Martin S. Indyk. 1:-; :On'P~a~Bh1h'Abo~ons returning to his former post as ambas'sador to Israel at thc n:qllc~t of ,By Helen Dewar elections. supported the resolution backing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, offlcials said Wcdncsday. • THE WASHINGTON POST Republicans denied the charge Roe vs. Wade . The unusual move demonstrates Barak's considcrable intlllcncc WASHINGTON and described Harkin's proposal as . The bill, sponsored by Sen. Rick with President Clinton, who approved the transfer. II comc". nwre- The Senate Thursday again a "distraction" aimed at diverting Santorum (R-Pa.) would ban a pro- over, at a critical time in peace negotiations bctwccn Israel and the approved legislation to ban what attention from "partial birth" abor- cedure, known medically as intact Palestinian Authority, both of which have pledged to reach a final :-;ct- critics call "partial birth" abortions tions. But it was clear that, just as dilation and extraction, under which tlement by the end of next year. but fell narrowly short of the two- Republicans have used the vote on a physician pulls the fetus out of the Indyk, who served as ambassador from April 1995 until Octobcr thirds majority that would be the biil against Democrats and' will birtJl canal feet first, then punctures 1997, is an Australian native long associated with pro-Israd causcs. required to override a promised veto do so again, Democrats now intend the head, removes the brain and col- A former White House official, he enjoys thc con fidcnce of bot h ~ by President Clinton. to use the Roe vs. Wade vote lapses the skull. The fetus is then Clinton and Barak - an echo of his strong tics to slain Isracli Prilllc In what officials said was proba- against Republicans. removed vaginally. Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Barak's political mentor. bly the Senate's first" vote ever on The vote on the-"partial birth" It would make it a felony pun- Indyk, the assistant secretary for Near East athirs. will swap .I0b:-; the 1973 Supreme Court decision abortion bill was 63 to 34., with 49 ishable by a fine and up to two with Edward S. Walker, a career Foreign Service officer and fonncr legalizing abortions, the Senate also Republicans and 14 Democrats sup- years in prison for a physician to ambassador to Egypt who currently serves as ambassador in Tl.'\ voted 51 to 47 to go on record porting it and 31 Democrats and employ the procedure unless it is Aviv. The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation. endorsing the Roe vs. Wade deci- three Republicans opposing it. "necessary to save the life of a A State Department spokesman, James Foley, said Clinton deCid- sion as "an important constitutional Counting absentees, the bill's back- mother whose life is endangered by ed to make the nomination on the advice of Secretary ~)f Statc right" that should not be overturned. ers registered a net gain of one vote physical disorder, illness or injury." Madeleine Albright. The change was specifically sought by Barak, Forty-five of the Senate's 54 since it came up for a vote last year The woman would not be subject to who knows Indyk from his previous tenure as ambassador, according Republicans voted against the pro- but were still at least one and proba- prosecution. to U.S. and Israeli sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. . posal sponsored by Sen. Tom bly two votes short of the 67 needed Supporters of the bill argued it Harkin (D-Iowa) and supported by to assure a veto override. Among was necessary to prevent "infanti- all but two "Democrats. Democrats _those who did not vote T~ursday is cide ... wanton destruction of the Researchers Find Enzyme That May . ., used this non-binding vote to claim Sen. John H. Chafee (R-R.I.) who most vulnerable in our society," as that RepubliC"ans were using the par- has previously voted against the Santorum put it. Foes charged it was Induce Development of Alzheimer's tial-birth abortion issue as a smoke- measure. unconstitutional, dangerous to LOS ANGELES TIMES screen to mask an assault on abor- Sen. John W. Warner (R:.Va.) women, so loosely drawn it could Scientists at Amgen haye isolated an elusive brain chemical tion rights of all klnds.and predicted was the only Washington area sena- threaten many abortions by other believed to playa crucial role in the development of Alzheimer's dis- it would be a big issue in next year's tor to vote for the bill although he procedures, and politically inspired. ease. Reporting their findings in Friday's edition of Science, the researchers hope the discovery will lead to targeted treatments that can halt the advance of this mind-devouring disease that afflicts an -Bradley Centers Campaign On estimated 4 million Americans. The investigators found the chemical - an enzyme that occurs in normal and diseased cells - by conducting a massive, automated search through tens of thousands of genes that occur in brain tissue. Vow to Eliminate Child Poverty Blocking the enzyme, scientists say, might prevent the progress of the disease in the same way that reducing cholesterol has been .J By Ronald Brownstein In each area, Bradley's differ- Ie poverty or great new initiatives," shown to blunt the ravages of heart disease. LOS ANGELES TIMES ences with Gore are more of degree said Will Marshall, executive direc- But experts in the field caution that the leap from discovery to NEW YORK than kind. Little in Bradley's speech tor of the Progressive Policy effective treatment could take years. ' Bill Bradley declared Thursday differed philosophically from the Institute, a centrist Washington . Still, tije finding is a striking example of the power of the biotech- 'j that as president he would seek to basic direction the Clinton adminis- think tank. nology industry to harness the genetic engineering revolution in the reduc'e the number of children in tration has pursued to combat Speci fically, in a document search for root causes of disease. In the past, such basic research was poverty by more than half over the poverty and which Gore is now released by his campaign, Bradley largely the domain of university scientists, but increasingly biotech next decade, attaching a specific pushing as a candidate. said he would seek to reduce the companies are weighing in and producing encouraging results. '.. goal and dollar sign fo a central The most consistent contrast number of poor children by 3 mil- In this case, the ingenuity and resources of the largest biotech theme of his campaign. was that ,Bradley, on s~veral fronts, lion in his first presidential term, company, armed with the most advanced equipment available, proved But the $9.8 .billion-a-year plan proposed to go farther than Gore has and another 4 million in his second. critical in a race among a number of teams to find the enzyme. he gave to'meet his ambitious target - although on some specifics the To reach that goal, Bradley Researchers believe the enzyme breaks down a large protein int~ offered more continuity than con- vice president wants' ~o spend as offered several proposals, including: .- smaller pieces - one of which, after further trimming, becomes amy- trast with policies already supported much or more 'than the' challenger. - An increase in the hourly lo,id, the fragment that accumulates in the brains of Alzheimer's by.Vice President Al Go're, his rival Gore, meanwhile, has placed mqre minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 patients and is thought to destroy healthy brain tissue. : for the Democratic nomination. emphasis on the role of family over the, next two years. After that, Appearing before an enthusias- breakdown and absent fathers in"the Bradley said, the minimum wage tic audience at a church in the low- persistence of chi Idpoverty - should be automatically increased Madagascar Fossils May Be Oldest income Brooklyn neighborhood of themes he emphasized in a speech by the annual rise in the median Bedford Stuyvesant, Bradley spoke Wednesday. wage for workers. Dinosaur Remains Ever Found in sweeping terms about the As striking as anything Bradley - A substantial increase in the THE WASHINGTON POST nation's moral pbligation to combat included in his speech was what he Earned Income Tax Credit, which. Scientists excavating a remote valley on the African island of what he called the "slow motion left out. After- voting against the provides tax relief for the working Madagascar have unearthed jawbones from what may be the two old- national.disaster" of childhood 1996 welfare reform bill that poor. Bradley said the credit should est dinosaurs ever discovered. poverty. "Let us eliminate child President Clint(;:m,signed into law- not phase out as quickly as it does Teeth from the new creatures indicate that they were both long- poverty as we know it," Bradley and repeatedly criticizing it since - now when low-income workers see necked prosauropods, plant-eating ancestors of later - and much declared to loud' applause. the former New Jersey senator their incomes. rise, and that benefits "larger - herbivores like the 36-ton I\Apatosaurus,@ the largest ani- Toward that end, he proposed to called for only modest changes in should be increased for families' mal that ever lived. raise the minimum wage, expand the measure. with three or more children. Evidence from surrounding fossils suggest the new jawbones chilo-care assistance, enlarge the "The scale of Bradley's effort (to - Increased subsidies for child must be around 230 million years old, which would make them the earned income tax credit for the fight child poverty) does seem to go care. Bradley said the existing child- oldest dinosaur remains ever found, said paleontologist John J. Flynn, working poor, improve access to beyond what's been put on the table care tax credit should be made who leads the four-year excavation in southwestern Madagascar. after-school programs and increase to date (by Gore), but there's no available to low-income families "They were both bipedal and quadripedal, somewhere between funding for Head Start .. great new insight about how to tack- who pay little or no federal taxes. four and eight feet long," said Hynn, curator at Chicago's Field Museum. "The kangaroo is a good visual image, because while they could use four legs to run, they could also forage with their front General Says French Officials - arms." u.S.. The excavation report, published by Flynn and five others in Thursday's issue of the journal Science, also describes eight other species of reptiles atld mam~al-like reptiles, some of which appear to Endangered American War Pilots be cousins of similar, already discovered species and which were key By Paul Richter . Thursday's comments were by far about NATO unity during the 78- in fixing the age of the dinosaur remains. LOS ANGELES TIMES the most forceful. day air war, but Short's critique WASHINGTON "I can't remember a time when ca!ied attention to the stresses that In emotion,!l testimony, the a senior military official involved in lay just below the surface of the 19- Mitochondria Might Cause Aging .American general who commanded an operation ... has publicly offered nation alliance . LOS ANGELES TIMES NATO warplanes over Yugoslavia criticism like this," said Daniel In testimony before the Senate California Institute of Technology scientists report some' of the blasted the French on Thursday for Goure, a former Pentagon official at " Armed Services Committee, Short most convincing evidence yet that aging is linked to genetic mutations vetoing planned airstrikes, saying the Center for Strategic and implied that the Clinton administra- in the small compartments where cells manufacture their energy. the moves heightened danger to International Studies in Washington. tion should have exerted greater The results, published Friday in the journal Science, lend strong young U.S. fliers. "It's pretty unique." pressure on the French to permit support to a decade-long theory of how people age that centers on .... Lt. Gen. Michael Short, whose At the French Embassy in strikes on more targets. mitochondria, the tiny power generators in all cells . son flew an A-lO Warthog plane in Washington, a spokesman declined "I understand how strongly the The theory proposes that aging is triggered as mutations in mito- the conflict, declared ,before a comment. French feel their position," Short . chondri a impair their ability to'make energy while at the same time Senate panel that French officials, But a European diplomat in said. "But I felt the United States of r turning them into producers of toxic "free-radicals." The result is by imposing "extraordinary" restric- Washington sharply disputed America was in a position to lever- devastating: low in energy and full of toxic molecules, the cell ages tions on targets, made NATO opera- Short's remarks, saying that French age our position of being the big dog, as it essentially runs out of steam. tions more predictable and "placed fliers accounted for 10 percent of to a degree that perhaps we did not." But even though scientists already knew that mitochondria deteri- our troops at increased risk." NATO missions in the war and that Short's voice cracked as he orated with age, the source of the damage had proved elusive. France, whose fliers conducted NATO's policy decisions affected praised the young U.S. fliers and Previous studies had only found very few mutations in the mitochon- only 8 percent of the sorties in the their physical safety as well. described how hi~ emotiomil stake in drial DNA of old cells. And because mitochondria constantly mingle air war, should not have been "in a This. diplomat, who declined to the fight was deepened by the pres- with other cellular components, skeptics contended that the source. of position of restricting American avi- be identified, said NATO members ence of his son, who flew 40 mis- mitochondrial deterioration could come from surrounding cellular ators who are bearing 70 percent of. could never give military leaders a sions and whose plane was struck by material, and not the mitochondria themselves. the load - and who are in harm's free hand to conduct their opera- a Serbian antiaircraft missile ... Now, Giuseppe Attardi and peers from Caltech and the University way," said Short, who retires from tions without oversight. "This was Short said the risks to U.S. of Milan are the first to find genetic defects in a unique region of the the military on July I. not 'sign and forget,'" he said. troops were increased by French mitochondrial DNA of old humans, but not young ones. The results While Short and other U.S. offi- "That is not our concept of the con- insistence that there be only two support the idea that mitochondrial defects - and subsequent aging of cers have previously expressed frus- duct of war." strikes on Montenegro, the smaller the cell - may very well start within the mitochondria. tration about the' operations, U.S. officials have often boasted of two republics. .,.i .• # ." " • Page 4' 'THE TECH • _. J ...... "" OPINION Institutional

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Cambridge Council sent the black and gay communities on the Editors: Mary Obelnicki G, Ian Lai '02, city council. Should these communities be Jordan Rubin '02, Agnes Borszeki; Staff: In general, I agree with Dean Randolph's Changes ID-Advised denied the opportunity to vote for him, simply Josh Bittker '99, Erica S. Pfister '00, Eric J. letter to The Tech last Friday, in which he because their members don't all live in mid- Cholankeril '02, Raag Airan '03, Bryan discusses the great importance of remember- In Tuesday's edition of The Tech, Michael Cambridge? Guzman '03, Carolyn Chang '03, Nancy ing the social implications of drug use ["The Ring suggests that since several candidates for For twenty years, the top issue in every Kho '03, Linda Liang '03, Veronica Lois '03, False Drug Mythology," Oct. ]5]. His letter city council are targeting neighborhoods, we election was rent control. Would Mr. Ring Jane Maduram '03, Supriya Rao '03, Jennifer ; .. might as well elect councilors from districts care to speculate on which of the 13 neighbor- Shieh '03, Gayani Tillekeratne '03. is a good counterpoint to the stance taken by hoods with "a coherent population with shared OPINION STAFF the DAMIT pamphlet. As long as we remem- ["City Council Reforms for Cambridge," Oct. interests" would go for and against rent con- Editors: Eric J. Plosky G, Michael J. ber that alcohol is just as much a drug as 19]. He tries to argue (oddly, for someone Ring '01; Columnists: Julia C. Lipman '99, LSD, bringing with it the same potential for who wants a change) that the results would be trol? Should the MIT student vote be split l~ Elaine Y. Wan '01, Veena Thomas '02, Kris social damage if improperly used, the same as they are now: However, the cur- from the Harvard student vote, thereby Schnee '02; Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, Jeff Randolph's message to be extremely ca'reful rent system leads to a greater diversity of decreasing (not increasing). the chance of get- Roberts '02. with drugs is one that people need to keep in viewpoints on the council than would a sys- ting a student on the coUncil? .~, SPORTS STAFF mind when they are deciding whether drugs tem with politically-drawn districts. While some interests are shined by neigh- Editor: Susan Buchman '0 I; Associate are something they want to get involved While some city council candidates do borhoods, many are not. Under the current Editor: Ming-Tai Huh '02; Staff: Ethan T. with. have neighborhood bases, not all do. For system, voters are free to make their own Goetz '00, Amir Mesarwi '00, Nisha Unfortunately, 1 have serious problems instance, should candidate David Trumbull be decisions regarding how they are to be repre- Singh '00, Deborah S. Won '00, Alvan Eric denied the opportunity to seek out the proper- sented. Likewise, candidates are free to P. Loreto '0 I, Jenni fer C. Lee '03. with his final paragraph. Randolph writes, choose what constituencies .to pursue. This ARTS STAFF "No one has a right to use drugs in a dormito- ty owners, th~ Republicans, and the occasion- results in a broader city council than would be Editors: Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, ry or house. Students who wish to live in a al free-speech advocate, just because these Rebecca Loh '0 I; Associate Editors: Bence drug-free environment can do so." groups are spread out over the city? possible under a district system. P. Olveczky G, Fred Choi '02; Staff: Erik Dean Randolph, do I have a right to live in Incumbent Kenneth Reeves purports to repre- Steven lens' '98 Blankinship G, Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. an environment free of homosexuals? What if Millman G, Roy Rodenstein G, Zarminae I were to (purely hypothetically) claim that 1 Ansari '97, Tzu-Mainn Chen '99, Mark couldn't live with homosexuals; should I have Huang '99, Kate Samrandvedhya '00, the right to live on a homosexual-free hall? Francisco Delatorre '01, Amrita Ghosh '02, Perhaps you could argue that drugs are Daniel J. Katz '03, Heather Anderson. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF illegal, and people should be able to live in Editors: Garry R. Maskaly '00, Karlene an environment free of criminal activity. I Rosera '00, Annie S. Choi; Staff: James would respond that in Massachusetts, Camp G, Rich Fletcher G, Krzysztof Gajos G, sodomy is illegal. So why can my neighbor Sephir Hamilton G, Aaron Isaksen G, Wan have sex with his boyfriend when I can't Yusof Wan Morshidi G, Thomas E. smoke a joint, all in the privacy of our own Murphy G, Michelle Povinelli G, Omar rooms? Roushdy G, Jelena Srebric G, T. 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di'ed out. .' 1. ~ . 1 I •• lawsuit. They demand that 'genetic tests be . Given. that Kennewick Man represents a to submit hfs resignation. The fate of the for- But. the hidians disapproVe: A trib'~r con.:'( Icarried out dn tlie' bones, to.confirm their iden- ,- fascinating new line 'of'archreology, and' (as mer chief of the army was 'similar to that of federation n'ear the Kennewick'site', the tity. Unfortunately, the Asatru group does nof far as we can tell) has no descendants left to the President. ' U.matilla Indian Reserve, wants the bones simply want the bones studied - its members claim him, the skeleton belongs where it can Nawaz Sharif did not stop there. He started back now, for burial. They say that b~cause' also want custody of them, for 'proper benefit and be seen by everyone - in a muse- to sow the seeds of dissension in the higher the skeleton is old and was found on their (Viking?) burial. Considering that they have urn. echelops of the armed forces so as to render it ineffective as a check on his ambitions. Sharif Redefming the AtWetics Debate sacked the current army chief, General Pervez Musharraf,' while Gen. Musharraf was on a indicative of careful "deliberation, planning, activities available in the past. As far as club flight back from Sri Lan"'!. His plane was not Guest C;olumn and hours of discussion," let alone years of sports go, sure, MIT "sponsors" them, but even allowed to land in : akistan - a step that Ryan Peoples , planning. Hill's claim to the contrary stands what eX,actly does.that entail? Apparently not endangered the lives of nearly ~OO passengers out as a boldfaced lie to me; there appears to much, as was the case when an athletics train- traveling on the commercial flight. As yet another cross-country runner who be no method to this madness. er showed up at a rugby match (a club sport) Since its independence, Pakistan has been has felt the pinch of MIT's recent athletic By refusing to differentiate between pro- several weeks ago to let the players know that through several cycles of democracy and mili- reductions, I had until recently felt resigned to grams when making cutbacks, Hill dO,es participants in club sports are no longer eligi- tary rule. Nearly 25 of its 52 years of indepen- accepting the harsh reality of budgetary limi- MIT's teams further injustice. Certainly, he ble for MIT sports medicine services - an dence were spent under martial law and mili- t~rions. My disgust was largely with the MIT must realize that different sports have differ- ethically questionable policy .. tary dictatorship. These dictatorships were atlministration for its failure to allocate suffi- ent pro~edures and requirements, but the cuts Hill completely fails to address the results accompanied by systematic repression of dis- cient funds' to the Athletics Department, . instituted in many ways fail to take this into , of these reductions on what remains of MIT's sent and the subordination of civil liberties despite its commitment "to providing exten- account. For example, the home course for' often already-vaunted varsity programs. The and the freedom of press. Partly due to the s~'Ve competition opportunities:" That was cross-country races is at Franklin Park in loss of a JV program or the reduction of a repeated interventions by-the army, and partly until I read Athletics'Director Richard Hill's Roxbury .. These teams must therefore always team's practice squad in any sport will as a result of the misgovernance by the demo- column in last Friday's edition of The Tech travel to compete, and are thus hampered unquestionably hurt that team by taking away cratically elected governments, democratic ["Justifying Athletics Reductions," Oct. 15]. more by across-the-board travel restrictions its depth and ability to develop players for the institutions in the country have largely N'ow I can see tl1at the whole situation was ' than most teams, who could have up to half of future. Morale of team members, especially remained undeveloped. just as poorly handled on the Athletic their contests at home. Undoubtedly, other those who can practice but not compete, is In the last few years, the political scene in Departmen't's end' of busines's. Hill's argu- devastated. The callous, unapologetic stances Pakistan has been dominated by Benazir ments indicate both failure to understand the of the Department and the Institute, such as Bhutto's People's Party and Nawaz Sharifs c'onsequences of his,a'ctions and refusal to the one taken by Hill, only serve to worsen the Muslim League. Each political party was elect- entertain the interests of student athletes he situation. ed t9 power twice, and removed from office supposedly supports. ,It is 'regrettable' that the I recognize the unfortunate limit,ations when corruption, nepotism, and misgovernance <~ When the men's cross-country season placed on the Athletics Department by the became so preval~nt that it endangered the sur- began, MIT 'had placed a cap of 24 runners on administration is' unwilling to Institute. It is regrettable that the administra- vival of the state. Over the years, the hopes of the team - regrettable, but not unreasonable. tion is unwilling to fully commit its support to the Pakistani people for democracy have been Then, several weeks after the season had fully commit its support to the the very same .41 varsity programs of which it 'replaced with disillusionment and despair .. aegun, the team was cut to 20, with a limit of .veri same 41 varsity programs loves to boast. In light of the overwhelming At present, the military government is a 14 for competitions. And that number was student dissent resulting from the athletics change for the better from the corrupt and self- trimmed to 12 just days later to keep a second of which it loves to boast." cutbacks, however, I find it hard to believe se.rving political leaderships. Only the military set of seven Ujunior varsity" athletes from that the reductions made could possibly be the has the strength to confront tax evaders and competing. These cuts affected the women's "best attempt" of Hill and others to rectify this loan defaulters, and maintain fair and impartial team in the same way. MIT did not field JV situation. How about postponing construction accountability across the board. General cross-country teams in the 1998-99 academic of the huge and undoubtedly expensive new Musharraf also supports-devolution of political ¥ear, a fact Hill acknowledges. Since the sports that cannot compete at MIT, such as athletics center? I fail to see the need for a power to the grass-roots level, freedom of press . structures of MIT"s programs or collegi,ate skiing or golf, would be similarly handi- new facility to be used by teams that MIT will and information, protection of minority rights, cross'-country as a whole have not changed, capped in this unfair manner. . not fully support, or the place, for its cost in a improved relations with India, and suitable I ~be extra two men and women cut could not Hill goes on to argue that "opportunities budget that inadequately provides for those reforms needed to strengthen the democratic possibly have been due to JV cuts. for participation in athletics have not been teams as is. institutions and prepare the path for democracy. I also refuse to believe that the exclusion reduced." This, he says; is achieved through Furthermore, if Hill's arguments in his col- 'While his policies provide a glimmer of of these four team members could in any way club ,and intramural sports which "the Institute umn are the best justifications he can give for hope, history has taught us to be cautious - t>-ringabout substantial budgetary relief. On continues to sponsor." These statements mean his actions, then it is clear that he fails, as in the past, military rulers in Pakistan have this point, Hill made what I consider to be his nothing. Where is the continued opportunity Director of Athletics, to fairly understand and tended to stay in power much longer than nec- most offensive claim. His column began with' to compete in running at MIT? There is no represent the interests of student athletes. I, essary. It is hoped that General Musharaf will the assertion that the reductions made were cross-country or any kind. of running club at for one, feel that we would be better served by carry out his reforms and then'make way for a I,$he result of "several years" of planning. The MIT. Maybe the opportunity to participate in someone who does. democratically elected government. aforementioned in-season cuts and the rapid . some athletic activity will always be avail- Ryan Peoples is a member of the Class of BUal Zuberi G is the president of MIT's fashion in which they were made hardly seem able, but that is no substitute for the choice of 2000. Pakistani Students Society. Page;6 . THE TECH ...... ~ October 22, 1999 THE ARTS FILM DIALOGUE ing to make. Zelevinsky: But there's more to Fight Club than FightClub that. Yes, Durden starts as a savior to Norton's cubicle dweller. When Mischief, Mayhem, Soap they together start the eponymous fight club - By Rebecca Loh and Vladimir for downtrodden males to Zelevinsky regain their masculinity ARTS EDITORS by pummelling each Directed by David Fincher other into a bloody pulp Screenplay by Jim VMs - it comes as a salvation Based on the novel Fight Club by Chuck from the soul-deadening Palahniuk consumerist culture. But Starring Edward Norton. Brad Pitt, Helena there's more, wi th Bonham Carter, lv/eat Loaf Aday Durden's clear progress from savior to fUhrer The jirst rule of Fight Club is: you do not (who makes soap from talk about Fight Club. The second rule of human fat). The in-your- Fight Club IS: you do not talk about Fight face monologue where Club. Here. Arts Editors Rebecca Loh and Durden is throwing Vladimir Zelevinsky break all the rules. sound bites like punches happens just around the Vladimir Zelevin;'ky: The curious thing middle of this journey - about Fight Club is that the total is somehow so I really don't think the less than the sum of its dazzling parts. It has film is endorsing this a smart and ambitious screenplay, several particular point of view intense performances confidently straddling as the ultimate truth. MERRICK MORTON-TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX the boundary between archetypical and sub- Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt, left) and the film's narrator (Edward Norton) together create Fight Club, a gath- tle, wild and confidently artistic direction, Loh: I'm just saying that ering of men who bond through barenuckled fights. What begins as the occasional good-natured brawl and a complex multi-layered subplot. I can th~rheDaredsom; pohints, .as soon escalates to widespread mayhem when the club accumulates a nation-wide underground following. ~ hardly find fault with any of the film's com- WIt ur en s r etonc, where it feels like the film is trying too hard hard to build. Durden's masterpiece Project Mayhem. ponents and I feel like I saw a really good film, being both the product of pop culture to mak.e a stat~ment. There are many m~s- Lob: The ending was a little too convenient to Zelevinsky: Good point. The film itself isn'.t and a successful satire of the same culture. sages In the fIlm that are conveyed WIth me. I left feeling disappointed that writer as much about the titular club - it's more Yet, I don't feel like I saw a masterpiece, ~ore subt.lety, and these are the poi~ts t~e Chuck Palahniuk couldn't have come up with about anarchic response to the pressure of and I'm somewhat surprised by my own vIewer wIll ponder long after the fIlm IS something more realistic. conformism (curiously enough, a similar tra- reaction. over. jectory is traced in last year's Pleasantville):. The~e ~re .a couple other. aspects of the Zelevinsky: There's a certain value in going And here we come to an interesting prob- Rebecca Lob: I think that Fight Club is a film I dldn t lIke, s~~h as havmg the narrat~r for a larger-than-life attitude; especially in the lem. Fight Club certainly is not a pro-violence film that people will want to view again and (Edward .Norton) dIrectly. address the audl- ending, which manages to combine the sub. - film, so the outcry that the movie might insti- again, simply to catch the subtle plot points e.nce. Th~s worked sometIme~, and .at other lime with the ridiculous. Sure, I could imagine gate antisocial behavior is unfounded. But tHe' and the visual effects they might have tImes, faIled. The greatest dIsappOIntment, a downstated, more realistic ending working; anti-violence theme is delivered in a rather missed the first time around. I was surprised though, ~as the HolI~~ood ending, w~i~h but that would clash with the rest of the subtle manner (which is good, of course) so it by the amount of humor, which made the went agamst the movIe s dark, anarchIstIC movie. might be unnoticed. The same thing happene~ two-hour, twenty-minute film fly by. theme. As a matter of fact, my biggest problem to A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick's The majority of the film is well concep- with the movie is precisely the amount of tualized and very clever. However, a few Zelevinsky: I think the movie is smarter realism in it, mostly regarding the fight ~~r;:.~s~t anti-violence satire caused copycat minor aspects of the film were a disappoint- than that. The ending for me works well, scenes themselves. It's not the violence per . I t t k th Hereby the paradox: one can't make an mostly because any other finale would se -th ey h ave t0 be VIO en 0 ma e e ment, such as the not-so-subtle speeches by anti-violent film without violence, but then the destroy the mood of the black subversive point; but, after the point is made, I found Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) that told the audi- film risks being intepreted in a completely comedy that the rest of the film worked so them to be boring. ence exactly what point the movie was. try- upside-down way. This, perhaps, says a lot Loh: The violence didn't bother me. I know about our society, and it is a curious issue that some people will be offended by it, but I didn't Fight Club, as self-aware a film as they come, feel it was excessive. The fighting didn't come doesn't eve_nattempt to address. to dominate the movie; in fact; Tyler Durden's ~ Loh: The sad thing is that some will come te. increased following is reflected in the increas- measure the film's. success by how much of a ing intensity of the scenes in the bar basement violent reaction it huses. However, I believe where members of Fight Club convene. its true success lies in the fact that Fight Durden's power over the members develops so Club manages to be a clever, thought-pro~ smoothly and seamlessly it comes as a shock to the viewer as well as the narrator when the voking film while simultaneously being an entertaining movie. small ~Iub expands to become a real menace in

CONCERT REVIEW .song" in their set (and in tune, too, which is a skill that many pop audiences tend to lack:). The band has not received Vertical Horizon excessive mainstream exposure, but they clearly have an army qf Good Pop, Cheesy Personality die-hard followers~' Unfortunately, the band was By Dan Katz very aware of this, and most of their communi- STAFF WRITER cation with the audience consisted of lines liko, sitreally a good thing to be a rock star? "How"do you guys feel about Vertical I've never gone to a Kiss concert, because Horizon?" and encouragements to clap along I have minimal interest in a show that with almost every song (including slower- Iconsists only of a band vigorously playing paced ones like "Everything You Want," wher~. guitars, sticking. out their tongues and yelling it seemed incredibly out of place.) at the crowd for approval. I was unexpectedly Musically, the band had clearly mastered confronted with the Kiss vibe on Saturday, their material, but much of that material w~ when Vertical Horizon headlined a show at very similar. Their real musical skill surfaced the Paradise Rock Club. Their music was in their sporadic acoustic songs, which were well-played, but there was a certain cheesy intensely rhythmic and very energetic, as well element to their performance that kept me as in epic tunes like "Shackled," the close-r from fully enjoying it. from their current album. The band "also Openers Angry Salad started things off showed an odd predilection for starting covers right with a cohesive pop sound and some of eighties songs and ending them prematurely, extremely infectious tunes. The audience had. segueing suddenly from Police and U2 stan~ little reaction to the band's initial appearance dards into Vertical Horizon originals. While for on stage, but after their first song, they were the most part the band peaked with their most given a much warmer welcome. During their challenging material, the highlight of their se~ set, the band displayed impressive control was a powerful performance of the radio single over catchy modem rock songs like "Empty "We Are" that showcased the group's skills at Radio" and "Coming To Grips," as well as vocal harmonies and their ability to make sim- notable guitar skills in faster numbers like the ple guitar lines very powerful. _~ unus"ually dark "Scared of Highways" and In general, the music at Saturday's concert their big single, "The Milkshake Song." The wasn't particularly groundbreaking - but this latter was driven by a loud percussion sample wasn't a Mer,cury Rev show, it was a pop roc~ that gave the song an uncomfortably artificial concert, and in that respect, the performances:'. feel, but lead singer Bob Whelan added some by both bands were extremely enjoyable. much-needed spontaneity by happily. singing However, in the end, Angry Salad struck me

the last verse in Spanish. Closing with their as more entertaining than the headlinersI, fast-paced rendition of "99 Red Balloons," the thanks to more interesting guitar parts, a great' local boys undoubtedly gained some new fans sense of humor, and a willingness to talk the from the audience. audience as friends rather than ~isciples. In Vertical Horizon clearly didn't need to gain my book, good songwriting and a little humil.:... fans from the audience; I was amazed by how ity go a long way. Plus, sometimes you've just many people were singing along with every got to root for the home team. October 22, 1999 THE ARTS THE TECH ~Page 7 .~ DVD REVIEW were placed there. I enjoyed this documen- tary the most because it wasn't too long and it revealed how some of the better scenes of '.TheMatrix the movie were made. Choosing "What is the Matrix?" will present a 25-minute production featurette filmed on location in Sydney, ~Packed With Features Australia. It includes interviews of the cast and crew and many film clips. It is well By Jacob Beniflah made, and even when it gets boring, you can .", always laugh at the Keanu Reeves inter- ..l fter amazing us with its special views. Finally, you can choose an option to A "Follow the White Rabbit," which allows effects last year, The Matrix is back with a DVD release of the movie, you to watch the movie and click on the .~ . jam-packed with special-features. white rabbit at various scenes to watch The opening sequence of the DVD dives behind-the-scenes footage of that scene. right into the action of the movie with a shot If you have exhausted all of the special .,. of Keanu Reeves (Neo) dodging bullets features and you have a DVD player for your . )' along with Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus) computer (PC only), you can access even welcoming you to "the real world." • more special features. Playing the DVD in a The film itself is divided into 38 scenes computer with supplied software will display r; that the viewer can skip through and is pre- a screen that shows two hands: one has a red , sented in Dolby D.igital 5.1 sound in pill and the other has a blue pill. The red pill widescreen format. The entire movie can be leads to the computer-only content and the viewed with commentary from Carrie-Anne blue pill leads to the opening screen for DVD :.,:Moss (Trinity), John Gaeta (visual effects players. supervisor), and Zach Staenberg (editor) "Are You the One?" is a trivia game you while the movie plays, in the background can play to determine if you are worthy of i' softly. The commentary is informative. and saving the world. The game is a series of

l\ full of trivia, but is enjoyable to watch only questions from the movie with clips playing if you are a huge fan of the movie. Also in the background to help you answer. available is an option to watch the entire Answer wrong, and the sentinels will swarm "}movie with only the soundtrack and com- in. The game is fun to playa couple of times mentary from Don Davis (composer). but has little replay value besides punting a English is the only language available for problem set. "Event Listing" shows all the dialogue anq subtitles .. web-based events you can access with the The special features section is what really DVD. The next scheduled event is November sets The Matrix apart from other DVDs. This 6 at 9 p.m., and will be a simultaneous view- option offers the option to watch special doc- ing of the movie coupled with a chat with the ...umentaries on the making of the movie and Wachowski brothers . ., read ,biographies of cast and crew. Featured "Alternate Realities" features several arti- biographies of cast members include: Keanu cles about the movie from such publications Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving as The New York Times and Time mag

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MUSIC REVIEW choice of songs on the gent twelve tracks, disc leaves little to Although the studio album obviously has a complain about, and new sound, there are many characteristics typi- ToriAmos fans who caught the cal of Tori's previous work that appear upon tour will appreciate Closer inspection. These include complex har- finally getting the long- monies, layered' vocals (as on the dark . To Venus and Back overdue disc of live "Suede"), cryptic lyrics, virtuosic keyboard ' material with such playing,. tongue-in-cheek humor (most appar- By Fred Choi high-quality sound, ent on the trippy track "Datura"), ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR ambience, and balance. religious/mythological imagery, visceral sub- ~ ori Amos is one of those impossible As memorable and, ject matter (the memorable "Juarez" concerns figures in the music world who, for gratifying as the live the recent brutal massacres of women near the various reasons, arouse so much hype disc is, however, it is Mexican/U.S. border), and gorgeous, unpre- T that one continually has to wonder if the studio half of To dictable melodies, some of Tori's finest, there is any substance behind the public Venus and Back that is among them the powerful ballads "Lust" and image. Tori Amos's latest release, To Venus the real focus of the "1,000 Oceans," alld Back, silences any such doubts. It is also album. Indeed, it Also, like in her previous albums, Tori'sJot • an amazing testament to a passionate and tal- seems unfair to couple choice of lyrics relating to space imagery mas- ented singer, songwriter, musician, and pro- the two discs together terfully binds the separate songs of the album ducer. The 2-CD album combines a live disc as one album, since into a cohesive whole. She also plays with with a studio album, and highlights the fasci- singly they are each connotations in a way that is distinctly idio- nating musical language that this multi-talent- worthy of full atten- syncratic, such as in "Glory of the '80s," with' ed performer continues to develop as she tion. The two discs its title that brings to mind big hair, glam rock, explores the elements of a song: subject mat- inhabit completely dif- and the brat pack, but which eschews petty , ter, lyrics, melody, harmony, and structure. ferent, not necessarily nostalgia and instead captures the decadence ", The only real complaint about the live half complementary, of the decade. In addition, it is easy to note the of To Venus and Back is that it isn't three worlds: as a pair, they influence of her last album and tour, since times as long. The disc features live perfor- almost detract from more than a few songs feature repetition, gen- • mances from Tori's 1998 Plugged tour. In con- FRA.NCESCA SORRENTI-ATLANTIC RECORDS each other's potency. erally looser structures, and more fully inte- trast to her previous three tours in which it was Tori Amos's 2-CD album To Venus and Back represents the Nevertheless, the grated keyboards. - just a woman, her piano, and a microphone on musician at her best. eleven subtle, finely- - Long-time fans may at first be put off by the i .. the stage of a theater filled with a silent . crafted studio tracks unavoidable electronic sounds of the new entranced audience, the Plugged tour traded the last show of the tour and definitely one of succeed in standing their ground and captivat- album and the somewhat less personaL lyrics intimacy for a more raucous sho\v. It added a the highlights of the disc. ing the listener despite the absence of the and subject matter, but this album is still thor- fantastic supportive band, Tori's first for a Along with the more familiar songs from the familiar ear-catching songs of the liv'e disc. oughly enjoyable, since it includes some of , tour, consisting of Steve Caton on guitars, Jon tour, some slightly less frequently heard songs The new tracks feature a wider palette of Tori's finest works since her classic 1992 Evans on upright and electric bass, and Matt also appear on the disc, including "Girl," "Little sounds than even Tori's most recent album, debut, Little Earthquakes. Of the 11 tracks Chamberlain on drums. Earthquakes," "Bells for Her," and "Purple From the Choirgirl Hotel, which was a big there simply are no duds, and although ,each of The songs on the disc were selected with People." S.ome of these choices are a bit puz- break from her previous three albums in all the songs is sophisticated in almost all respects, ...;. the intent to model an actual concert, as zling, especially considering that so many of the respects. To Venus takes the experimentation of they somehow manage concurrently t.obe more opposed to forming a greatest hits collection, tracks are songs from Tori's first two albums, Choirgirl a step further and features more elec- accessible than her last two albums, With the two of the best tracks being staples of the tour while some other excellent songs are missing. tronics, more transfixing rhythm, and a general- combination of live and new studio works, this and always among the highlights of the show. One can only hope that these tracks will appear ly denser sound, focusing more clearly on a is an album- that is sure, to please a large audi- The first of these, "Precious Things," is the as b-sides to forthcoming singles. However, the consistent overall sound than Choirgirl's diver- ence and represents Tori at her best. perfect opener and never fails to rouse the audience. The second of these is "Waitress," Whelan: One of the nice things about being a band from Boston is the last song before the encores, signaling that LOCAL MUSIC INTERVIEW you have this college population that turns over every four years and the show is reaching its close but also that the you have people who'll stick around and support a band. It's also best was still to come. This song is a nice that in a city that tends to favor darker punk rock, we've had a revamped version off Tori's sophomore Angry Salad lot of support and people who embrace the band. It's very grat,ifying release Under the Pink, and the song builds to come back and have people who come out and sing the words. and builds to a point that doesn't seem By Dan Katz We played Mixfest last weekend, and we got to get in front of a few humanly possible to sustain any longer with- STAFF WRITER thousand people. But the thing about Boston is that, as puritanical as out exploding, and then it builds some more It's always nice to see a hard-working local band that starts getting it is, all the shows are usually 18+ and a lot of times we don't get to ~ before it finally reaches its climax. The disc some serious national attention. Boston's latest success story, . play for people in high school that might want to see the band. does a remarkable job of attempting the Angry'Salad, broke big this summer with "The Milkshake Song, " an impossible in catching the energy of these and instantly [oveable track that's been added to playlists across the The Tech: How do you feel about that standard? ~ " other powerhouse tracks, such as "Cruel," country. The band's most recent local appearance was a gig ,open-, ..j Whelan: I think it's terrible; it's really prohibitive. The first club ' "Space Dog," "Cornflake Girl," and the ing for Vertical Horizon; before the show, I had the pleasure of show I ever saw was here at the Paradise, when I was a freshman in inspired, new version of "Sugar." chatting with lead singer Bob Whelan about success, the Boston high school. I came to see Seven Seconds and a local band calle_d The middle of the disc is the analogue to the music scene, and why MIT students love to party the F.U.s, and it was great - I loved it. But at Mixfest it was nice. tour section commonly referred to as "Secret because we' got to play for everybody .. Time," when Tori would play two or three The Tech: I'll begin with the obvious question, which' you probably songs solo. The first of these three songs select- hear all the time: where does a name like Angry Salad come from? The Tech: And two years ago, you played Steer Roast at MIT. ed for the album is "Cooling," one of Tori's Bob Whelan: Well, when I started high school, I was in a band and Whelan: That show was insane. It was outside and' raining and best ballads. "Cooling" had only appeared pre- we needed a name. So I was taking a vacation in the Virgin Islands, there were people hanging out of windows and on ba)conies. You viously on a UK single, but she played it often and I was sitting in a hotel bar talking to my older brother, and I said, guys really know how to turn it up there, We've always been fans on the tour, prefaced with the comment that "Bill, we need a name for a band," and we couldn't think of anything. of the MIT folks, because we talked to somebody -after the show although it was one of her favorites, it "just Then the guy at the end of the bar yells out, "Call it Angry Salad!" I and they said, "We work our asses off all week, drink our asses off didn't want to be on any of the albums." The looked over to see where the voice came from, and I recognized the on the welkend." It was a lot of fun to play there. song, finally on a wide-release album, is from unmistakable overbite of the late great Queen frontman, Freddie The Tech: What kind of bands have you played with on this tour? Mercury. So then when we started the band in college, obviously we had to come up with a name again, and we decided, we're not going Whelan: We're doing a lot of bouncing around now. Last week to get a better name than that, it came from the Mount Olympus of we did a couple of shows with Sugar Ray, next week we're doing rock and roll. So we went with it and it's been good to us. People one with Train, and tonight itts Vertical Horizon. One thing about have a tendency to remember it. True, some people tend to confuse us touring with other bands is that timing is everything. We were with militant vegetarians, but it brings them out to the shows. offered the Verve Pipe tour, but we were here when they were going to be out west. We were also offered - and this one breaks The Tech: "The Milkshake Song" is now sweeping the nation, and •my heart - the Men at Work tour. We got to do one show with it fits all the general criteria for a hit pop song; when you write them in Chicago. We always welcome the opening slot thing, and music, do you try to come up with songs that are likely to be popu-, it's very often that people come and they don't have any expecta- lar, or do you focus more on playing the music you want to play? . tions, they're there to see the main act. And if you go out there Whelan: It winds up working out all right, in that I was weaned on and you don't suck, now you're sort of blending bands. 'We like my parents' record collection and my older brother's record collec- the idea of giving people their ten or twe!ve bucks' worth. We just tion, so my earliest influences were The Beatles and The Mamas love touring. I think that hour or so we spend on stage is the only ) and the Papas. I like pop music and stuff that's catchy. So I guess time we're productive members of society. I it just happens naturally; my instinct is to go down the happy road. The Tech: Speaking of Men At Work, there's a lot of songs on the Plus we worked with a mix engineer, Tom Lord-Alge, who's the album with a strong '80s influence. Where does that come from? kind of guy who knows how to bring out the guitar bits and the lit- tle vocal things so those two together just worked out. Whelan: It was sort of the story of our youth. The Men At Work thing meant a lot to Hale. [Against all odds,' drummer Hale Pulsifer conve- The Tech: There's also a great cover on the album of Nena's "99 niently walks by.l Actually, Hale can probably answer that, because Red Balloons." Why did you decide to record it? we just did an interview with a Swedish magazine that asked us to \Vhelan: It had really just been a late night studio thing. We just name our five favorite albums from the '80s, Hale, what were they? C\o n1~1((er hO\\' rn llch 'started playing around, and we s9rt of had a soft spot in our hearts Hale Pulsifer: Men at Work, Business As Usual, so to play with of ir yOU ha\'c left.) for the song. Sometimes you just start playing a song and say, hey, them was one of the best nights ever, The Police's Synchronicity, a this feels pretty good. We just liked the energy, and when we play it i,. .~ i ('iII'S (/ u II '" (/1.'11 ('.I} great album, Def Leppard, Power Mania, Pink Floyd, The Wall. r~, L:r. / :::111 "J live, people really react to it, so we kept it around, {II !l//I'q in //'f' .'ill 1/. (/1...." put .111>11 (II (1 and U2, The Joshua Tree .. The Tech: The most memorable part of that track is probably the /1; (-.A (." ,'i .J" So. ~'.\((111 iIll.' qou r s 1

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ON-CAMPUS REVIEW Copland's The Tender Land. The choir and the orchestra had a lot of fun with the piece, and itwas thor- oughly enjoyable, from the men's MIT Symphony Orchestra &Concert Choir impressively controlled opening to the joyous ending. The choir sang A Great Start to a New Season lines such as "Churning butter, By Fred Chol the brass and the percussion brought nice ener- such as the excellent solo sections. milking cows" with an appropriate mixture of .JSSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR gy to the ensemble, and although In general the The Intermezzi from I PagliaccIand Manon amusement and seriousness, so the piece was Kresge Audltonum woodwinds played well, one feltthatthey could Lescaut,the former by Ruggeiero Leoncavallo easiiy one of the highlights of the entire concert. October 16. 1999 have had a bit more presence, even when not and the latter by Giacomo Puccini, gave the Although the choir has tackled more difficult Directedhy Dante An::olllli beIng the center of attentIOn. The VariatIOns choir a break between choruses, and a chance pieces than this in the past, It was a distinct ChOir preparatIOnsby Dr IVII/wm Cutter also enabled several solOists to shme, among for the Symphony to enJoy the gorgeous pleasure to hear them make the most of the them the musIcians on Viola, solo cello, and melodies from the Italian operas. The piece and perform with such authority and bril:- clan net, each of whom played With Impressive Symphony demonstrated a good grasp of these liance. rchcstra and Concert ChOir's Family skill. fairlyuncomphcated works. The open 109 concert of thiS season indicates cekend Concert last Saturday, The second work, Petra Chong's Into the The choir performed the second chorus, that this year's MIT Symphony Orchestra and IIOctobersPltethelate 16, was start,the a wonderful MIT Symphony openIng Unknown RegIOn, was a wonderful chance to "Chorus of the Enslaved Jews" from Giuseppe Concert Choir are ones that are headed for even concert to a new season Both the Symphony hear musIc by a student composer. The tone, Verdi's Nabucco even better than the first.The more memorable performances 10 the future.Be r'! and ChOIr under the directIOn of conductor although fairlystraightforward m itsmtentIons, choir's phrasing was wonderful, and their um- sure to catch the Concert ChOIr's performance Dante Anzoltm, WIth the ChOir prepared by Dr was never bonng and Included a range of son sections were first-class.It was disappoint- of Mozart's Vesperae de Dominica and WillIam Cutter, were In fine form for the audi- moods Of partIcular note were the sunny ing, however, that the lOner strings'accompam- Poulenc's Glona (November 19) and th'e ence In the packed Kresge Audltonum, and I melodies In the middle sectIOn of the piece and ment figure was so uncharactenstlcally but _Symphony's performance of Schnittke's look forward to heanng both of them In future the Inspired orchestration which demonstrated obviously ill-prepared. Concerto for Viola (with Professor Marcus concerts thiSyear Chong's aptitude In wntIng for orchestra. The concert ended with a rousmg perfor- Thompson on viola) and Mahler's Symphony The firsthalf of the program focused on the Examples of thiS Included a wonderful oboe mance of "Stomp Your Foot" from Aaron No. 5 (December 3). MIT Symphony Orchestra and featured the and flute duet, a memorable horn solo, and well-beloved ElIlgma VarwtlOns (Op 36) by notable trumpet, bassoon, and harp parts.Near Edward Elgar, as well as student Petra Chong's the end of the piece, a snare drum and wood new work Into the Unknown Region and block were used to great effect to signal the InstItute Professor and PulItzer-Pnze wInnIng shift In mood The orchestra performed thiS composer John Harbison's Remembering work With confidence, and one hopes that we Gatsby Fo.\trotfor Orchestra Of these, the WIll have the opportumty to hear thiS and other VanatlOns were perhaps the most ambitiOUS works by thiScomposer In the future. proJect, smce the work IS well-known and con- The lastwork of the firsthalfwas the much- SiStS of fifteen distInct sectIOns, each With ItS anticipated Remembering Gatsby, OrIginally own character and difficultiesNevertheless, the conceived as an overture to the opera based on Orchestra tackled the piece With vigor and Scott Fitzgerald's clasSIC novel. Gatsby will be aplomb. receiVIng ItS premiere by the New York One of the greatest difficultiesof any piece MetropolItan Opera on December 20th of thiS of multi-movement musIc IS gettIng the charac- year. Although the Symphony played the Intro- ter and tempo of each sectIOn from the very ductIon With a lIttlemore dIssonance than writ- beginnIng ThiS IS espeCially true of the ten, In almost allother respects the performance VanatlOns, as the moods are many and vaned of the piece, which also happens to be a set of and, WIth the exceptIOn of the final vanatlon, vanatlOns, was qUIte impressive. The subsection the sectIOns are less than a few mmutes long, of the orchestra played. the lIght foxtrot section some as short as thirty or forty seconds. ThiS With great zest,and the orchestra as a whole did abilIty to sWItch moods qUIckly and accurately a very nIce Job with the slIghtlyqUIrky parts of ISa slgmficant difficulty,and for an ever-chang- the work, espeCially In the latterhalf,where the 109 orchestra lIke the MITSO, which has only maIn themes are fragmented and then repeated been playmg With ItSnew body of members for and Intertwined. Also, recognition should be a month and a half, It IS no surpnse that there given to the viohn, saxophone, and trumpet were several tImes that It took too long for the players for theirbeautifully executed solos. The orchestra to get the character of the vanatlOn . last few bars were played With such a perfect .... ThiS was espeCIally apparent In the second, the lIghtness that Itbrought a smile to my face and mnth (the popular "Nimrod"), and the eleventh enthUSIastic applause from the audience. mercunal vanatlOn After intermissIOn, the MIT Concert ChOIr Other than thiS dIfficulty,the Symphony's Jomed the orchestra on stage for a tno of opera performance of The Elllgma VariatIOns was choruses, startingWith the IntroductIOn and cho- well-executed As has come to be expected. the rus from Cavalier/a Rustlcana by Pietro lower strIngs. particularly the cello sectIOn, Mascagm Although the Symphony produced a could be counted on to play with VirtUOSIC strong sound, they did not play With a breezy assurance and lUCid phraSIng The moments, enough style necessary for the pIece. Once the like the end of the Introductory sectIOn, the chOIr entered, the orchestra was able to match theme, and the twelfth vanatlon, In which the the chOIr's lIght,easy tone. The chOIr, well-pre- cello section was the focus of attention, were pared as always, sang the ItalIanwords and the Simply delIghtful The upper stnngs tended to Iync notes With seemmgly lIttleeffort.But the lose their forward momentum (for example, In most Impressive was the mtelligible character the firstvanatlOn), or neglect to breathe together they Infused mto their SIngIng The personalIty (mnth vanatlon), but they deserved apprecIative they conveyed made It easy to overlook the applause for the numerous difficultsections of occasions upon which the sopranos sang notice- scales, chromatiC figures, and arpeggios that ably sharp or the male voices failed to be in - they played With great profiCiency In addlUon, tune With each other, and appreciate moments POETRY READING John Hildebidle By Frank Dabek and alternately "would've been" 10 years EDITOR IN C}{fEF old) capture the ongomg struggle of IIvmg John H Ildebldle read from hIS latest vol- through such a paInful absence. "To ume of poetry, DefinlllgAbsence, last nIght as Accompany a Gift of Flowers," which part of the poetry@mlt senes Absence IS the received the most enthusiastiC receptIOn thIrd collection of poetry publIshed by from the audience and which Hildebldle Hildebidle, a professor of lIteratureat MIT deSCrIbed as hiS faVOrIte in the collection, is HlIdcbldle, escheWIng a podium or an elegant love poem addressed to the microphone, read a dozen or more selectIOns author's Wife. to an audience of around 25. The (maInly) A confessed "photograph freak" a number free verse poems wcre delIvered In a com- of the poems featured at the readmg were fortable, conversatIOnal tone that barely dls- Ins plfed by scenes captured on fi1m. tmgulshed them from the stones and person- Hlldebldle's highly deSCrIptive verse not only al recollectIOns that Hiidebidle prOVided as captures the pictures but also finds ongoing background to hIS work The selectIOns drew stones and dynamIC personalitIes in the static effectively on these personal recollectIOns Images. and HIldcbldle explOIted hIS highly deSCrIp- Many of these image-Inspired works take tive verse In a number of poems Inspired by nature as theIr subject. "Lampost and Child in photographs A professed Influence of Autumn ..." takes place in a town but focuses Thoreau was also eVident In a number of on the trees (and the poet's aforementioned works centcrlng around nature - VIvid "precIous impressions") that line the street. descriptions of natural environments (even "Botany of a Kind" which Hildebidle In urban or suburban surroundIngs) were described as "my version of Keat's present In nearly every selectIOn. 'Autumn'," renders the traditional autumnal DespIte hiS professed deSire to WrIte about nature scene but again connects it to urban the "real world" Instead of "recitIng ... pre- CIVIlIzation - the poem describes trees seen CIOUS ImpreSSions of leaves .. " many of the through a bedroom window. most effective poems were based on the Defining Absence (paperback, 64 pp.) is poet's hfe. "WalkIng Him Home" relates the published by Salmon Publishing, Mosher expenence of creatmg ongInal tales With his Ireland and is available exclusively at the son NiCk, then SIX Grolier Poetry Book Store, Harvard Square "Remembrance" was WrItten m Ireland for $12.00. The next poetry@mit reading will on the occasIOn of the annIversary of the take place on November 18 in 6-120 and will birthday of the poet's daughter who died In feature Michael GiZZI reading from his new mfancy. It's battling tenses (the chIld "IS" collection Too Much Johnson. October 22, 1999 TH'EARTS THE TECH Page 11 ON THE SCREEN - BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - 'The following movies are playing this week- Rohmer film with all the sophisti- end at local theaters. The Tech suggests cation, depth, and intricacy that using for a com- makes his films so irresistible. plete listing oj tim~s and locations. Without doubt one of the best movies of the year. - Bence **** Excellent Olveczky *** Good ** Fair Black Cat, White Cat (***) * Poor Emir Kusturica's followup to Underground is the cinematic American Beauty (*/2) equivelant to a wild party - loud, An extremely annoying movie: this dead- boisterous, violent, and charming. pan black.tragicomedy is a laughable failure It's not very ambitious, content as a work of art, being pretentious, simplis- merely to describe its world, but tic, and self-important: Excepting a truly it's directed with flair and energy remarkable performance by Kevin Spacey and features an irresistible sound- (w~ose part is disappointingly small), track an'd one perfect love scene. there's nothing to this movie beyond tor- -VZ tured metaphC?rs, caricatures instead of char- acters: and a messy pile-up of red herrings' Earth (****) instead of a plot. - Vladimir Zelevinsky Based on Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Cracking India, this film sees the partition of the Indian subconti- nent into India and Pakistan ROB MCEWAN-1I0LLl'WOOD PICTURES throug~ a child's eyes. Haunting Left to right: Michael Bule, Ryan Northcott, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Durand play small town images, great soundtrack by A.R. hockey players whose team Is brought to national attentl. on in Mystery, Alaska. , Rahman, and unforgettable perfor- mances. Jt's'a roma~ce, a tragedy, a history, mixture of light comedy and somber drama, The Sixth Sense <***I!z) and a comment on the human he~rt: its ten- with these two halves despe~ately fighting Cole Sear is a young boy whose special demess and the beast that hides within. This each other. - VZ power, "the sixth sense," enables him to per- movie is not to be missed. - Zarminae ceive the ghosts which, unbeknownst to the Ansari Mystery, Alaska (*~2) rest of the world, walk among us every day. A very confused hockey comedy-drama Bruce Willis plays the psychologist trying to Fight Club (** ~2) from Jay Roach (Austin Powers) and David help him. The strength of their performances A complex screenplay, strong perfor- E. Kelley (TV's Ally McBeal). Based on t~e carries the movie past its slight flaws, mak- mances, and artistic direction make for an premise of a small town hockey team taking ing The Sixth Sense one of the best movies enjoyable filmgoing experience. The exces- on the New York Rangers, Mystery. Alaska of the summer. - Tzu-Mainn Chen , .~ sive violence and rhetoric at times cause the is essentially about the char- pace to drag, but the film's subtleties will be acter quirks that are exposed pondered long after the movie ends. when the outside world C;:uriously, while Fight Club is comprised of begins to invade. The movie many strong compon'ents, the film as a suffers from an aimless plot "",' and actors who seem to be TIMOTHY WllITEIRON BA nDoRFF- TOUCHSTONE PICTURES whole feels somehow lacking. - Rebecca Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in -Loh, VZ acting in separate fi Ims. the romantic comedy Runaway Bride, Additionally, it offers little from Touchst~ne Pictures. The film is 'An Ideal Husband (**) in the way of either motiva- directed by Garry Marshall • . An Ideal Husband' is an example of how tion or resolution. - Amy fHOt to direct ,a movie. With such superlative Meadows resources at his disposal - star-studded cast Autumn Tale (***~2) , (Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Cate Outside Providence Veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver), (***) . continues.his gentle', thoughtful, and detailed great source play, lush production design - It's Pawtucket, Rhode studies of romantic con~usion in this delight- all that director/writer Oliver Parker man- Island, in the '70s, and the I• ful ~omedy about a middle-aged woman's ages to create is a particularly joyless, visu-, Farrelly brothers are at it search for love and happiness. A. vin~age all,y bland, narratively pedestrian, weird again. The writers of There's Something About ~ary show a broader scope here, moving from visual comedy to funny, affecting dialogue. 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junkie Tim Dunphy's run-in ZEITGEIST FILMS with.a parked police car nets Kitu Gidwanl (as Bunty Sethna) carries Maia Sethna (as him a, transfer to strict daughter Lenny) In the Deepa Mehta film Earth, from .Cornwall Academy, where Zeitgeist Rims . he makes a ne~ set of goof- ball friends. Dunph's old man (Alec Tarzan (***) Baldwin) stays home with Tim's, three- A good, solid, workmanlike movie from legged dog and his card-playing buddies, the Mouse House; just about as good as any- who. try to be bigots but can't really pull it thing. they made in the last few years, and off. The precarious plot leaves center stage not better. The overall story of the orphaned to a clever dose of lowbrow humor, perfect- boy Tarzan who's brought up by the African ly delivered by a bunch 'of earnest simple- apes is so tired that it really doesn't matter tons. - Roy Rodenstein much. What lingers in the memory is the more than usually affecting love story and Runaway Bride (***) the amazing visuals. - VZ Sparkling chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts saves Runaway Bride The Thomas Crown Affair (***) from drowning in sappiness. The film tells A cross between'a star vehicle and an old- the story of a bride who has left a string of fashioned heist movie: a bored zillionaire fiances at the altar and the smug journalist steals priceless paintings for fun, and a dedi- who writes a story about her. While the cated insurance investigator tries to trap him, setup is riddled with enough movie cliches falling for him in the process. Excellent open- to make a person sick, Gere and Roberts ing and ending sequences, largely expendable shine on screen, affirming themselves as one middle; but that Monet-Magritte-Escher of the more successful screen duos of the inspi~ed climax is spectacular. - VZ 90's. - TH Three Kings (***~2) R~'n Lola Run.(t**) .. ' I As one of the most creative films of the Lola's boyfriend needs ,$100,000 in year; David O. Russell's.third film Three Kings twenty minutes; or else he's dead. Lola's marks his strongest directing effort to date. mo.torbike was.just stolen, so she has to run When .Americ.an "soldiers set out to find if she wants, to' be there on tim'e. A minor Saddam's stolen gold bullion; they also find plot detail: she doesn't nave the money. So . Iraqi citizens in need of their help. In their she needs to run really fasT. The result is a efforts to help, the characters. are forced to streamlined movie possessing an unstop- question the point of America's involvement in pable sense of motion, and giving the'viscer- the Persian Gulf. the creative use of the cam- .. al pleasure of seeing a tightly-wound plot era makes for powerful images that help drive unfold. - VZ the film's message home. - Michael Frakes MERRICK MORTON-1WENTlETH CENTURY FOX Edward Norton narrates the David Rncher film Rght Club. Page 12 THE TECH THE ARTS October 22, 1999 . ... well as the usual lavish scenery, special effects and costumes. Filled with the Popular Music wonder and magic of the hol- idays, The Nutcracker fol- Berklee Performance Center lows a young girl named Berklee College of Music Clara on her dream adven- 1140 Boylston St. ture. The ballet is set to the Free student recitals and fac- music of Tchaikovsky and is ulty concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 choreographed by Bruce p.m. some weekdays. For Marks and Daniel Pelzig. info. on these concerts, call $59-$12. the Performance Information line at 747-8820. Ringling Bros. and Barnum Oct. 30: Paolo Conte, $28, $22. and Bailey Oct. 31: Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Ticketmaster 931-2000. $50, $35, $25. Through Oct. 24. "The Nov. 6: Irakere, $38-$30. Greatest Show on Earth" is Nov. 7: Bryan Ferry, $40, $50. returning to the FleetCenter. Nov. 13: Natalie MacMaster, A \lVeekly guide t;:.othe arts in Boston Fun for the whole family! $35 $20, $25. (VIP), $25, $15 and $10. Nov. 18: Keb' Mo', $19.50. October B- :15 Nov. 19: Arlo Guthrie, $22.50- Film Festivals $27.50. Compiled by Fred Choi Nov. 21: Misia, $20, $25. At the Museum of Rne Arts, Send submissions to [email protected] or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W2D-483. Boston, 02115. For tickets Centrum Centre and more information, call Ticketmaster 931-2000. 369-3770. Tickets for each Nov. 14: Bob Dylan, Phil Lesh Tickets: $70-24. showing are $7, $6 MFA & Friends, $29.50. members, seniors, students, unless otherwise noted .. Reet Center Ticketmaster: 931-2000 Theater World's Best TV Ads 2-program series through Nov. Oct. 29: Monster Jam (pre- The Tempest 6: $10, $12. sented by Jam'N 94.5, with Through Oct. 23, Presented Jay-Z, Jah Rule, Destiny's by The Theatre Cooperative Part 1: British Advertis'ing Child, Ginuwine, Naughty by at The Peabody House Rims of1997 Nature, Shaggy, Mr. Vegas Theatre, 277 Broadway, Oct. 29, 30: (100 min.). Now and Blaque. Sold Out. Somerville, MA 02145. The in its 23rd year, this annual Theatre Cooperative pre- collection of television ads The Middle East sents William Shakespeare's reveals the British to be the Ticketmaster: 931-2000. classic The Tempest in the true masters of the advertis- Ticket prices vary. Call 354- round. Confined to a mysteri- ing film . 8238 for more info. .ous idland but endowed with Oct. 22: Banco De Gaia. magical powers, Prospero Part 2: Cannes 1997 Oct. 23: Magnetic Fields. weaves his spells on those Advertising Aim Festival that once betrayed him in Oct. 24: Queens of the Stone Oct. 29, 30: (75 min.) Culled an effort to restore the bal- Age. from some 5,000 entries, ance between freedom and Oct. 24: Toxic Narcotic. this compilation of ads from enslavement, love and Oct. 26: Ida. more than 17 countries repre- revenge. This stripped- Oct. 26: Momus. " sents'the winners of last down, actor-driven produc- I Oct. 28: linton Kwesi Johnson. year's Cannes Advertising ) tion features a cast of eight Oct. 29: Marine Research Rim Festival, an annual event and live music. Directed by Oct. 31: Archer Prewitt. showcasing some of the most Lesley Chapman. Call 617- creative commercial filmmak- ) 625-1300 for more informa- Orpheum Theatre ing to be found ,anyWhere. Ticketmaster: 931-2000 tion. Oct. 30: Guster, $17.50. Wizard of Oz on Ice One Man Band Oct. 31: Counting Crows. Nov. 4-7. Producer Kenneth Oct. 22-23 at 8 p.m. at $28.50. Feld presents The Wizard of Mobius, 354 Congress St., Nov. 2, 4: Meat Loaf. $65, Oz on Ice. This cherished Boston, near the South $39.50, $28.50. classic has all the charm of Station T stop on the MBTA Nov. 13: Chris Cornell. $23.50. the original story in a brand- Red Line. Mobius proudly Nov. 16: Richard Thompson new production that features . presents performance solos and Lucinda Williams, $31, the latest in technical magic by Marjorie Morgan with $26. all captured live on ice. \.. lighting by Holly Ratafia and JOSEPH ASTOR-SONY MUSIC Nov. 18: Live. $27.50. Olympic gold medalist Robin- slides by Whitney Robbins. Nov. 27-28: Sting. $125, $75, Catch the Black Crowes at the Orpheum Theatre October 31st. Left to right: Audley Cousins provides the show's Ms. Morgan captivates her $51. Freed, Rich Robinson, Sven Plpien, Chris Robinson, Steve Gonnan, and Eddie Harsch. stars with brilliant choreogra- audience with her humorous phy. Vocal virtuoso Bobby and incisve characters and Through Jan. 30, 2000. 02421. (781-861-6559). Sat., 10:30 p.m.; "Friday Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA) McFerrin will win your heart rich blend of movement, Inspired by the Gardner Mon.-Sat. 10' a.m.-5;p.m.; Night Stargazing," Fri., 8:30 Ticketmaster: 931-2000. as'the voice of "'all the key text, and song. This series Museum's extraordinary Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. p.m.; "Welcome to the Oct. 27: Kid Rock, $20. characters except Dorothy, of showing marks the first tapestries, this exhibition, illu- Admission and parking free. Universe," daily; "Quest for who is brought to life through time Morgan has presented minates the permanent col- Contact: Are We Alone?" the talented voice of Laurnea a program exclusively com- lection in the light of contem- daily. Wilkerson. $12.50. Call prised of solos, and the porary social, political, and Civil War Exhibit Jazz Music Ticketmaster for tickets. range of themes includes aesthetic issues in the work Through Nov. 14. The Commonwealth Museum Regattabar real estate and hunger to of living artists. Six works in Museum presents an exhibi- 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, rape and redemption. the special exhibition gallery tion of 93 rare and beautiful 02125. Located across from Improv-ice presented by Concertix: 876-7777 Mohegan Sun Ticket prices vary. Call 661- Reservations are strongly by the contemporary artists photographs drawn from the the JFK Library. Hours: M-F 9- recommended, Tickets $12, Edward Derwent, Leon Golub, celebrated collection discov- 5,' S 9-3. Admission is Free. Dec. 2 at the Centrum 5000 for more info. Centre. Unprecedented skat- Oct. 21: Pierre Hurel Trio. $10 students, seniors, and Wojciech Jaskolka, Jorge ered in the attic of the For more info. or to a'rrange a Friends of Mobius. $5 Pardo, Lilian Tyrrell, and Medford Historical Society in tour, call 617-727-9268. ing performances by 12 of Oct. 22: Patrice Williamson the world's top figure Group (two shows). coupons will be available at Murray Walker will be related 1990. One of the most exten- Mobius during 'the Fort Point to six tapestries from the col- sive and well-preserved collec- The Archaeology of the skaters. Scheduled to per- Oct. 23: Roomful of Blues form at this one~of-a-kind (two shows). Channel Open Studios, Oct. lection. tions of Civil War photographs Central Artery Project: 16, 17. For more information to survive, the Medford pic- Highway to the Past event: Katarina Witt, Elvis Oct. 26: Butch Thompson, Eli Stojko, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Newberger, Jimmy Mazzy Trio. or to make reservations, call Museum of Fine Arts tures are nationally known for The exhibit focuses on life in 'Philippe Candeloro,Nicole (A CD release performance) 617-542-7416. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. their breadth and depth of Colonial Boston as interpret- (267-9300). Mon.-Tues., 10 subject matter. ed through artifacts recovered Bobek, Rudy Galindo, Lu Oct. 27: Fully Celebrated Chen, Kurt Browning, Caryn Orchestra . Blue Man Group a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 from the, "Big_Dig" before the construction began. Artifacts . Kadavy, Michael ,Weiss, Oct. 28-29: Wallace Roney Charles Playhouse, 74 a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., George Washington, American ,c Warrenton Street, Boston, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Symbol and information on display Surya Sonaly, Alexei Yagudin. Quintet (Thur. one show, Fri. One hour' before the event, two shows). indefinitely. Curtain is at 8 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing Through Feb. 27, 2000. In examine leisure activities, tav- p.m. on Wednesday and open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 observance of the 200th ern life, the life of three colo- skaters will make their draw Oct. 30-31: Fabulous Bud E. to select a style of music. Luv and his Hollywood Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. p.m. Admission free with MIT anniversary of his death, the nial women, and Native on Friday and Saturday, and ID, otherwise $10, $8 for stu- Museum is hosting a unique Americans. Each skater will then have Memories Orchestra (two one hour to listen to the shows per day). at 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday. dents and seniors, children exhibition which presents the Tickets $35 to $45. Call 426- under 17 free; $2 after 5 most comprehensive explo- music on a personal wafk- man with 30 minutes to Scullers Jazz Club 6912 for tickets and informa- p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Wed. ration of the enduring nature tion on how to see the show after 4 p.m. of Washington's image. The rehearse on the ice prior to Ticketmaster: 931-2000 the exhibition and 30 min- Ticket prices vary. Call 562- for free by ushering. Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks exhibit will present more than Other Events through all collections begin 150 paintings, prints, sculp- utes off the ice. Each skater 4111 for more info. will perform his or her impro- (All performers have two Shear Madness at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 tures, decorative objects, and Boston Ballet Company Charles Playhouse Stage II, p.m.; "Asian, Egyptian, and memorabilia, including works visational number and then shows per day unless other- participate in group improvi- 74 Warrenton Street, Boston Classical Walks" begin at by Peale, Gilbert Stuart, At the Wang Center for the wise noted) sational numbers in the sec- (426-5225), indefinitely. 11:30 a.m.; "American Norman Rockwell, and N.C. Performing Arts, 270 Tremont Oct. 22: Tuck & Patti. ond half of the program. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday Painting and Decorative Arts Wyeth. St., Boston, MA 02116. (617) Oct. 26, 27: Great Guitar 'Tickets: $55 (Limited On-Ice through Friday, at 6:30 and Walks" begin at 12:30 p.m.; 482-9393. Call Telecharge Summit. Seats), $45, $35. Groups of 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and "European Painting and Museum of Science (800) 447-7400 for tickets. Oct. 28, 29: Miles Evans & 20+ Save $5.00. call 508- at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Decorative Arts Wa Iks" Science Park, Boston. (723- the Gil Evans Orchestra. 755-6800 ext. 2125. Call Sunday. Tickets $30-34. begin at 2:30 p.m.; 2500), Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Rrebird Introductory tours are also Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Ticketmaster 931-2000.' offered Sat. at 11 a.m. and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free Through Oct. 24. Tue., Fri., Classical Music 1:30 p.m. with MIT ID, otherwise $9, $7 Sat. 8 p.m.; Wed., Thu., 7 WWF Raw is War Permanent Gallery Installations: for children 3-14 and seniors. p.m.; Sat. Sun .. 2 p.m.: Dec. 6: Catch the bad boys of wrestling for an evening of Boston Symphony Orchestra Exhibits "Late Gothic Gallery," fea- The Museum features the the- Boston Ballet opens its non-sto p, hea rtpoundi ng Tickets: 266-1492. turing a restored 15th-cen- ater of electricity (with indoor 1999-2000 season with this action. Tickets $35, $28, Performances at Symphony Isabella Stewart Gardner tury stained glass window thunder-and-Iightning shows new one-act version of the $22, $17. Call Ticketmaster Hall, 301 Massachusetts Museum from Hampton Court, 14th- daily) and more than 600 Russian fairy tale, danced-to Ave., Boston unless other- 280 The Fenway, Boston. and 15th-century stone, hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: music by Igor Stravinsky and 931-2000. wise noted. (566-1401). TueS.-Sun. 11 alabaster, and polychrome "Discovery Center"; choreographed by New York a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10 wood sculptures from "Investigate! A See-For- City Ballet soloist Kenny Rogers: A Holiday Oct. 28-30: Blacher: Variations ($11 on weekends), $7 for France and the Netherlands; Yourself Exhibit"; "Science in Christopher Wheeldon. Concert . on a Theme of Paganini; seniors, $5 for students with "Mummy Mask Gallery," a the Park: .Playing with Forces Daniel Pelzig's one-act 1994 Dec. 10 at the Centrum Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 10 ($3 on Wed.), free for chil- newly renovated. Egyptian and Motion"; "Seeing Is hit, The Princessand the Centre. Let your holiday spirit 2; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, dren under 18. gallery, features primitive Deceiving. " Pea, completes the program. shine! Join in for a night of Suites Nos. 1 and 2. The museum, built in the masks dating from as far Ongoing: "Everest: Roof of $69-$12.50. Student rush holiday magic and country Emmanuel Krivine, conductor; style of a 15th-century back as 2500 B.C.; the World"; "living on the tickets $12.50, favorites as Country Evgeny Kissin, piano. Tickets Venetian palace, houses "European Decorative Arts Edge." Admission to Omni, 99.5WKLB proudly presents available: Thur: $31, $24. Fri., more than 2500 art objects, from 1950 to the Present"; laser, and planetarium The Nutcracker Kenny Rogers: A Holiday Sat.: Sold out. with emphasis on Italian "John Singer Sargent: shows is $7.50, $5.50 for Concert. This will be a mem- Renaissance and 17th-centu- Studies for MFA and Boston children and seniors. Now Nov. 26~an. 2, 2000. Tue~ orable night, as he performs Nov. 4-6: Copland: Appalachian ry Dutch works. Among the Public Library Murals." ' showing: "Laser Depeche Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m., all-time favorite hits and holi- Spring (complete); Knussen: highlights are works by Gallery lectures are free Mode," Sun., 8 p.m.; "Laser 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 1 p.m .. , day classics in an intimate Where the Wild Things Are, Rembrandt, Botticelli, with museum admission. Offspring," Thurs.-Sat., 8 5:30 p.m. Boston Ballet's half-house setting with his Fantasy opera after Maurice Raphael, Titian. and Whistler. p.m.; "Laser Rush," Sun., 1999 Nutcracker features capitvating melodic voice and Sendak. Oliver Knussen, con- Guided tours given Fridays at Museum of Our National 9:15; "Laser Beastie Boys," new choreography by Anna- harmonious guitar. Limited ductor; Rosemary Hardy, sopra- 2:30 p.m. Heritage Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 p.m.; Marie Holmes and Daniel VIP tickets: $50, $35, $25. no; Lucy Shelton, soprano. Threads of Dissent 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, "Laser Floyd's Wall," Fri.- Pelzig in Acts I and II, as Call Ticketmaster 931-2000. October The 22,1999- Tech

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Sponsor: Anime Club, Mil .. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Presentation: Unified Student Proposal for the 8:00 p.m. - Guest Artist Concert: The Miro String Quartet. Residence System. The Strategic Advisory Committee to the Schubert's Quartet in E-flat Major, Qp. 125, No.1; Shostakovich's Chancellor will present its final report on the MIT residence system. 4- Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142; Mendelssohn's Quartet in F 237. Sponsor: Undergraduate Associatio'n. Minor, Op. 80. Admission O. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the 8:00 p.m. - UA Cabinet Meeting. Discuss the Institute's important Arts ... issues and make effective change. W20-400. Sponsor: Undergraduate Uses of Low Power Radar-Like Sensors for Remote Measurements of Association. Material Interface Vibrations - Dr. John Holzrichter, Laboratory New results on gravity waves and mean flows, with implications for Science and Technology Office, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. atmospheric general circulation models -Oliver Buhler, University of .sponsored by ME S,eminar Series. 3:00 pm (1 hour) , Rm 3-270. St Andrews. Sponsored by MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. 4:00 Refreshments to follow in room 1-114. More info: Call Beth Henson at pm, Rm 54~915. More info: Call at 253-0136. Email 258-5807. Email . . . Design of Low Aspect Ratio Stellarator Experiments - Hutch The Upscale' Turbulent Cascade: Shear. Layers, Cyclones and Gas Neilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Plas~a Science and Giant -Professor W.R. Peltier, Department of Physics, "University of Fusion Center Seminar Series. 4:00 pm (1 hour) , Rm NW17-218. Toronto. Sponsored by Applied Mathematics Colloquium with .Refreshments served at3:45 pm .. More info: Call Paul Rivenberg at Department of Mqthematics. 4:15 pm (1 hour) , Rm 2-105 . 253-8101. Email Refreshments will be served at 3:4;5 PM in Room 2-349. More info: Call Professor Michael.Brenner at (617)253-3661. Email Ramsey-type questions in geometric settings - Janos Pach, Courant . 'institute of N.Y. and Hungarian Academy of Sciences,. Budapest. ' Sponsored by Combinatorics Seminar with Department of Tuesday's Events Mathematics. 4:15 pm (1 hour) , Rm 2-338. R"efreshments will be . '~erved at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. More info: Call Professor Sara 7:00 p.m. - "Couple in Cage" and "Borderstasis: The Many Lives of Billey at 253-6544. Email . . dency by Abramowitz Memorial Lecturer Guillermo Gomez-Pena and o'l Roberto Sifuentes. Admission O. Rm 2-105. Sponsor: Qffice of the Sunday's Events Arts. 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. - Contra Dance for All. Contra Dance for All with live Moonlight Salls & BBQ's -, MIT Nautical Association. Moonlight Sails music, refreshments. No experience or partner necessary! In Lobdell & BBQ's. 5:00 pm, Sailing Pavilion, 51. Glide along the river after dark, Dining Hall (W20 second floor) 7:30-10:30 pm. Admission O. Lobdell sailing in a Rhodes-19. Bring long a flashlight and something' for the Dining Hall, "W20. Sponsor: Folk Dance Club. - BBQ on the dock afterwards. You should have a current MIT Sailing 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Chi Alpha Campus Meeting. Chi Alpha Christian Card for this event. More info: Call Melitta King at 253-4884. Email Fellowship will be sponsoring a series on the book of Revelation at our . . weekly meeting. There will be time" for worship and fellowship as we ~:OO p.m. -:- Nityashir, South Indian vocalist. Kalpana Venkat, violin study the Bible. PDR 3, .Student Center. Sponsor: Chi Alpha Christian and I. Sivakumar, mridangam. Presented by MITHAS (MIT Heritage of Fellowship. Page 16 THETECH Oct'ober 22, '1999. Akamai Technologies To Go Public in Coming Weeks". By David S. Bailey share. users down[o'ad content locally and In 1998, Leigh- \TIFF Rf.PIIRlf:R Underwriters for Akamai's [PO decrease web traffic. Clients include ton and his cowork- ,vI [1' web-startup Akamai Tech- include Morgan Stanley, Dean clients Apple, Yahoo, and The New ers entered the MIT nologIes will soon issue its initial Witter & Co. Incorporated; Donald- York Times, and LookSmart. S50K Entrepre- offering of public stock. pott.;ntially son. Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Work on the project continued neurship Comp- raking in a healthy profit for MIT Corporation: Salomon, Smith, through the LCS Algorithms Group, etition, where they students il1\"ol\cd. Barney. [nc.: and Thomas Weisel created in 1996 and headed by advanced to the An unnamed source close to the Partners LLC. Professor of Mathematics F. final round. Akamai company said that it is probable Thomson Leighton of the M IT became incorporat- :\kamai \\ III officially go public late Company has roots at MIT Department of Applied Mathe- ed in August of next \\.eek. Research leading to the develop- matics, and consisted mainly of the 1998, founded by .-\ccord ing to documents fi led ment of technologies used by the same group of researchers. Leighton and Lew- with the SeCUrities and Exchange company began in 1995 in the MIT "We worked on it as a research in, along with other Commission. Akamai will be seil- Laboratory for Computer Science: project for about two years ... For MIT scientists and ing X million shares of common The company works in the area his MEng thesis on this topic, business profes- stock In Its initial public offering at of web-content delivery by placing Daniel M. Lewin G won the [mas- sionals. Leighton is an estimated price of SI6-SIX per servers around the world to allow ters prize]," Leighton said. now the Chief Scientist of Akamai

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The Athletics budget is administrative budget for a depart- Williams described the commitment and provides an amenity to the com- a decline in FSILGs could "force drawn from the Office of the Dean ment does not increase. While per- from MIT towards building the new ~l1unity," said Bacow. "The building about 300 students to look for hous- for Students and Undergraduate sonnel are given an annual raise facility as "absolutely firm" and has no back or front" but is equally ing elsewhere in Cambridge," thus Education line item in MIT's budget. which is relatively constant through- stated that it "has not wavered." appealing on all sides, said Bacow, nullifying the positive effects of the "There has been a long history of out the institute, the budget for despite financial constraints. " "We've tried not to create a wall new dormitory. increasing pressures on the Athletics materials and services stays the In response to an insufficient ~n Vassar Street. This is a porous Department for a wider range of same as in the previous year. Athletic Department allocation by building," Bacow said .. Traffic studies applauded sports," said Williams, a dean in "When there is a flat-budget ODSUE, Chancellor Lawrence S. Simha emphasized the building's MIT's traffic analysis garnered ODSUE. This year, the Athletics directive, then we will adhere to Bacow '72 supplemented the athlet- 'context in Cambridge. "The context much praise. Cambridge resident .Department created two new female that," said Brewer. In order to ics department with a large portion I. is a seventeen-year process, in the Steve Keiser praised the "innovative varsity teams: ice hockey and achieve that this year, the Athletics of his own discretionary budget. I evolution of Cambridgeport'from an computer model" used by MIT and indoor track. Department needed to reduce team Williams does, however, recog- industrial zone to an emerging resi- said it is "newer, better, and differ- While MIT in the past could sizes. nize the need for additional funding ,.Uential area." ent" than the models used by other afford to field every team that was "The Institute has been level- for the Athletics Department. "We ~ Tim Bade, who represented the organizations. Another resident Scott desired, Williams stated that this is .budgeted since I arrived in 1995," need to get a new funding model, architectural firm Stephen Holl and Horowitz commended MIT for per- no longer financially possible. said Williams. According to one that is higher and very stable." f\ssociates, also emphasized the. forming the traffic analysis process "We offer more now, and we are Will iams, a given department of Williams said. community-friendly features of the "even for a dormitory," contrasting proud of that, but we' can't offer MIT will only receive a budgetary However, Williams did state that dormitory, "We see this as the first. MIT's cooperation with Harvard's everything," said .Williams. The increase in the case of extenuating the Athletics Department would step in the development of the recent claims that it should be Athletics Department, which along' circumstances. only receive a moderate increase ~treetscape," he said.- exempt from filing traffic impact with the rest of the Office of the Dean The Athletics Department's bud- when it receives its increase. "We Bade described the dining hall reports for dormitory projects. of Students and Undergraduate of get Is also influenced by how much have to draw some limits some- which will "double as a sidewalk Vincent Dixon .. another' candidate Education (ODSUE) has been on a must be spent on capital invest- where," said Williams. ~afe. This is a safe feature, especial- for Cambridge City Council, also flat budget for several years, was ments. While some of that money While Williams mentioned the ly at night," he said. supports the project. "It's clear MIT forced to cut programs to add the new comes from donations to the 41 varsity sports which MIT offers, The.-presentation, which pro- is respecting neighborhoods, and we teams while not running over budget. Institute, much of it must be drawn she notcd that MIT's Athlctic ceeded at a fast clip at the "urging of should give them credit for that," he While the Athletics department from the Athletics budget. Department does not yield a profit. ",the board, 'closed with a discussion . said, noting that every student housed has not received a budgetary increase The recently installed omniturf "Unlike other schools, we do not of traffic impact. on campus reduces competition in the in ten years, this is fiscally similar to field cost the Athletics Department make money on our athletic invest- tight Cambridge housing market. the policy of the rest ofMIT. "We are $1.6 million, reducing the available ments," said Williams. ~ommunity gives tepid response' However, "there really should be a After the presentation, several council of some sort to work with community members voiced their MIT to develop long term plans" opinions. Although most found the '. which affect Cambridge, Dixon said. ;~odern design aesthetically dis- Horowitz expressed a similar sen- pleasing, .their comments were gen- timent, and also said, "I hope that the erally positive. aluminum siding on this building is . 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:. LEHMAN BROTHERS Page 20 THE TECH October 22, 1999 ~~ lAP Contest Lets Students Design MIT of the Future~, lAP, from Page I test will try to duplicate the "positive interdisciplinary research will speak forum project, said that there will In addition to the ball that day, it experience of last lAP's residence to and participate in forums with be ten of these forums during lAP. is expected that there will be music structure of various schools, the system design contest in bringing fac- students about their research, said "We're hoping to get younger fac- and performances and that the sk~t- type of instruction students receive ulty, staff, and students together." Assistant Professor David A. ulty to talk about their interdisci- ing rink will be open, Chu said. ~, in the future. and the residence com- The logistics of the contest are cur- Mindell, chair of the lAP Planning plinary research, and that students munity, said Associate Dean Kirk rently being worked out, he said. Committee. can get to see the exciting new' More Traditional Activities D. Kolenbrander, who is planning lAP 2000 will also feature a lec- Van L. Chu '99, a staff member things coming in .the future [and] About 45 activities have bebn the contest. ture demonstration series in which in the Office of Academic Services have a chance to meet faculty," entered through the web-based sys- Kolcnbrander said the design con- junior faculty and those involved in who is working with Mindell in the Chu said. tem so far, Friedman said. After each of the forums, stu- Traditional and popular I~P dents will also have the opportunity activities include wine-tasting (open to go out to dinner with those faculty to only those of age) and glassblow- presenting their research, Chu said. ing. For the second straight year, On Saturday, January 29, lAP Leadershape will occur during IAtP, ....~. will conclude With an Institute-wide from Jan. 9 to Jan. 14. About 00 ball as part of day-long party called undergraduates typically participate, the Millennial Institute Celebration, and applications are due today at 5 said Mindell. The celebration will p.m., Kolenbrander said. ,r,.. occur on the 29th rather than earlier Charm School, which was rein- in the month in order to include as stituted last lAP after being discon- many students, faculty, and staff as tinued for several years, will also .~':\ possible, Mindell said. happen, Friedman said. /c....

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_ . RICH FLETCHER-THE TECH ~ t As part of the Media Lab's SENS*BLES SY!11poslum,Teres8J1 Marrin PhD '99 demonstrates her "conductor's Jacket" which contains embedded blosensors for the purpose of studying the . correlation between music and one's emotional response. This Jacket was first publicly demonstrated by Keith LockhartJ1 during the 1998 Tech Night at the Pops.

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The annual Junior Interfraternity Council elections were Since the beginning of the fall semester, the Strategic Ad- The SAC report also addresses transition support for held this year on Wednesday, October 13th. The elections visory Committee to the Chancellor (SAC), in conjunction FSILGs. It recommends that MIT grant each FSILG hOllse took place earlier this year to take advantage of the energy with the UA, GSC, IFC, and DormCon, has been developing corporation money equivalent to the housebills of 35% of and enthusiasm generated by the New Member Retreat. a Unified Student Proposal for the MIT Residence System. the capacity of the FSILG in the fall 01'200 I. Over the course The number of candidates running for the six positions The SAC report has a broader scope than the RSSC report, of live years, this subsidy would shrink down to zero. This this year far exceeded the numbers from previous years, ex- and addresses key issues in a manner.more concurrent with high amount of support is intended to allow FSILGs to adapt hibiting the high involvement of the freshmen class. Twenty- the IFC's gqals. Most of the recommendations relevant to to the new residence system and to invest in necessary pro- the future of the FSILG system are included in the Orienta- grammatic and capital improvements. Finally, it recommends ,) six houses sent a total of thirty-nine candidates to fill the JIFC offices. tion and Residence Selection section of the SAC report. that the institute aid in the purchase of houses for interested In past'years, JIFC has concentrated most of its efforts in The SAC, much like the RSSC, is intentionally ambigu- sororities who are currently unhoused, and to support houses organizing a Hunger Hike. This community service event ous about the exact timing and structure of FSILG recruit- who choose to move closer to campus. allows students at MIT to help out the homeless by provid- ment periods. The group felt it best to continue to leave the These recommendations, though quite relevant to the IFC, ing them free lunch. Last year, 200 students from the MIT planning and execution of recruitment to the IFe. However, are but a small part of the SAC report. The full report is community came together to make over 500 bag lunches, the RSSC report restricts FSILGs from issuing bids until af- available online at (http://web.mit.eduladvise/www). The and delivered them to the'homeless around the area. ter November I SI. The SAC report does not include this re- SAC continues to seck feedback on any section of the ~eport Bryan Schmid, a freshman from Delta Tau Delta, was striction, but states that the IFC should avoid active recruit- from the community, and ways of commenting on the report elected President from a field of nine candidates: Schmid ment during orientation and should work with the adminis- are detailed on the web page as well. ran o~ a platform to make the IFC into a "strong group that tration to ensure that recruitment periods fit well within the, can be viewed positively by those outside the system," and schedule, whenever they take place. The SAC expects that , also felt that it was "important for JIFC to fulfill their poten- the IFe will choose to hold rush in late September, perhaps Will Dichtel tia!." One of the ways he plans on achieving th'is is by creat- over the course of a few weekends. IFC 200 I Transition Committee Chair ing a "new version of Hunger Hike which would be more of a continuous thing" rather than a one-time event. . Other JIFC offic.ers elected were Joanne Chang of Alpha IFC Elections to be held December 1st Chi Omega as Vice-President, Adam Goldin of Lambda Chi Alpha as Treasurer, Alex Patino of Sigma Phi Epsilon as The annual elections for the executive officers of the IFC Vice President of Internal Affairs Secretary, Libby Wayman of Alpha Phi as Community Rela- "will take place at the last Presi~ents Council of the fall term oversee the IFC committees for Publicity, JIFC, Cam- tions Chair and Colin Galbraith of Delta Upsilon as Public in 1-390 on December I, 1999. Candidates may be nomi- pus RelatioI1s, and Scholarship Relations Chair. nated by an FSILG President until the election for that office co-p~eside over the IFC Cabinet begins; individuals can run for more than one office. Instal- coordinate the application and selection processes for latiOll0f new officers takes place at the first Presidents Coun- all annual IFC awards cil in February. Please direct questions to the current holder of the office or look at the IFC Constitution at: Treasurer http://web.mit.edulifc/www/constitution.html Submit the annuallFC Budget for approval at the first Presidents Council meeting in February A short description of each office follows: Bill and collect dues from member FSILGs in a timely and efficient manner President Keep accurate and detailed records of the financial sta- -represent the IFC to the MIT administration, faculty,- tus of the,IFG- - and alumni, as well as outside groups Acts as a ~esource for FSILGs in financial matters preside over Presidents Council and establishes ad hoc committees when necessary Secretary Keep accurate ~inutes of the Presidents Council and Vice President of Activity Organization Executive Cqmmittee meetings oversee the IFC committees for,New Member Relations, Handle all records and correspondence of the IFC . Greek Week, Philanthropy,-and IFC Member Relations co-preside over the IFC Cabinet (composed of the chairs Judicial Committee Chair of the IFC standing committees) Coordinate the IFC's judicial and disciplinary actions Enforce all regulations of the IFC Be a non-voting member of the Executive Committee FSllG leaders Public Relations Chair Organize the IFC newsletter Commit to Unity at Publicize IFC-sponsored events First Annual Act as a resource for FSILGs in public relations Community Relations Chair Presidents." Retreat Organize and chair regular meetings of the Community Relations Committee Coordinate IFC-wide community relations and service Presidents and other upperclassmen from fraternities, so- projects rorities, and independent living groups spent the weekend of .' Oversee with the Judicial Committee Chair any com- September 24-26 getting to "know each other and planning munity service hours assigned by the Judicial Commit- the future of the Interfraternity Council at an IMPACT lead- tee ership retreat in New Hampshire. IMPACT, a leadership pro- Act as a liason with the MIT Alumni Association gram for current presidents and future house officers, was Members of the [FC Executive Committee Coordinate IFC-wide alumni relations programs and designed by the National Interfraternity Conference. The 56 projects ; upperclassmen committed to five major action items: to be full participants in Domecoming 1999; to hold an event with Participants left the program with new skills, increased mo- Risk Manager one or two other houses in the next month; to register mem- tivation, and a strong sense of interfraternalism. "The IFC Preside over meetings of the FSILG Social Chairs bers to vote in local elections; to invite faculty.and adminis- leadership retreat was the first opportunity that I had to truly Keep FSILG Social Chairs informed of new develop- ,: trators to community-building dinners; and to work together get to know the leaders of the other houses and to establish ments,1n social event liability to' plan Rush for 200 I and beyond. ' relatio~ships which will be vital in the coming years," noted Act as a resource to assist FSILG Risk Managers The IFC New Member Retreat was held concurrently with Grant Follansbee. President of Lambda Chi Alpha. • the IFC IMPACT retreat. The freshmen developed their lead- The results of both retreats was dramatically demonstrated ership skills through team-building exercises and worked to at Delta Tau Delta the following Monday at the final feed- 1999-2000 IFe Executive Officers foster unity by breaking down stereotypes about different back forum for the Residence System Steering Com":littee. houses. "This past weekend, I believe both visions were "Every seat in our dining room, all space on the floor, and President: Michael Trupiano achieved. The freshmen had a great time with the fun activi- standing room all the way out of the room was full," said VP of Activity Organization: Ben Chun VP of Internal Affairs: . 'Amir Mesarwi ties and leadership programs that we planned. I hope they DTD president Will Dichtel. Michael Trupiano, (FC Presi- Treasurer: Mimi Su dent, noted that "The goal of the IFC Leadership Retreat was Secretary: Ryan Barrows .~. will carry their passions and enthusiasm with them during their time at MIT," reports Quintin Louie, IFC Freshmen to inspire freshmen and campus leaders to take charge of Community Relations Chair. Joseph Cirello Judicial.Committee Chair: Patrick Kremer Relations Committee Co-Chair. their communities. Early indicators, such as student turnout Public Relations Chair: Vicki Lin The IFC IMPACT leadership retreat was the first one of at the RSSC Feedback Forum at Della Tau Delta, point to Membership Recruitment Chair: Ranjit Survanshi its kind to be held for the MIT FSILG community. IMPACT increasing involvement. I am excited for the future of the ,Risk Management Chair: Damien Brosnan Panhellenic President: Lisa Mittelstaedt is a campus leadership program designed to foster improved Interfraternity Council and the IMPACT it will have on the Women's,Conference Chair: Sarah Gensheimer relationships and ~evelop agendas of change for the futu"re. entire campus."

InFoCus Questions, CO/1l l1l ellis ? Email [email protected] 220ctober1999 FaU.Edition • . ,~~, {" .. ~. Pagl:26 THETECH OctoocOr '22,' 1999::.., Football Looks Past Big Loss to Bridgewater State ;~ By Alvan Eric P. Loreto \l\l:r thl: \-1IT 13~a\ l:rS. The home ror the past two years. M IT loses early lead permanently improving Beaver football squad as /1 II/ \/1 1/;;/ f; loss dropp~d .\IIT to ~-4 ( 1-3 NEFC A fter a 15-yard TO run by A 2-yard TO run by Maurer on °it heads into the homestretch of its lllL' RIllglIllg BlplhL'Is" BalllUIll Hlul:) \\'hlll: running BSCs winning Enrique 1. Villavicencio '00 gave the next Bridgewater drive gave the season. Jild ILtlk~ t '''L'th 11IIkd 11110 Bostlln ~tn:ak to II gam~s dating back to M IT a 14-7 lead in the first quarter, Bears the lead for good. Then 1;I~t \\ L'l:h.. hUI ""ThL' (iIL'all:sl SIH\\\ I:ts t s~ason. ivtaciaone went to work on a solid Maciaone struck again immediately Nichols college next for beavers 011 I',allh" (Puldn't Bear Quart~rback Dan Maurer but overmatched Beaver secondary. after the next MIT drive, which MIT's next foe is Nichols, qUilL' (Oll1P:IIC III LiSI plaYl:d a sensational co-starring With 8:07 in the second quarter, ended in a punt. Aided by a blown College (4-1, 3-1 NEFC Blue)," S:I Iu r d:l ~ . s ..\ II d Y rok. thn)\\'Ing for ~68 yards and l'vtaciaone beat Beaver cornerback M IT coverage, Maciaone used his which is enjoying a solid season

\ L1C i :1011 L' Show :I t rushing for three touchdowns. Alvan P. Loreto '0 I on a fade route 4.4s 40-yard-dash speed to catch a under first-year coach Bill Carven. SlL'lnhrL'IlIlL'1FIL'ld. :\Iaurer :dso threw three TO passes, for a 20-yard touchdown to help deep post pattern in full stride and The Bison have returned 17 starters' ,vl:lI.:iaonc, a JUI11l1r all of which ended up in the hands 13SC draw even. Despite perfect outrace cornerback Kevin R. from last year's 5-5 squad and arc \\ Ilk Il:CL'1\L'( ror Bridgl:w:llel StalL'. of IllS star target Maciaone. The step-for-step coverage by Loreto, Richardson '0 I to the end zone for a coming off a solid victory last week daukd till: partisan crowd or S:'iO 1997 NEFC Rookie of the Year, Maciaone skied over his defender to 60-yard touchdown. The quick over UMass-Dartmouth. \\ 1111 \:-;4 Il:CL'!\ing yards nl1 al1 array :\laciaone showcased all of the gifts take away a sure interception, boost- score, which came a minute before The story this year for Nichols'; lit :IclllhallL' plays tn help the Ikars - jumping abilllY. speed, and elu- ing his teammates' morale and the half, took the wind out of the has been their defense, which is at (l-lJ. 4-() '\I:I-"C Red) rL'malll ulllk- sive quickness - that have made opening the floodgates for the most Beaver sails and ensured that BSC or near the top of the conference in k:llL'd III 11)1)1) \\ ith :1 5-l-21 \ ictor~ him the top recei\'t.:r in the Nf:FC potent offense in the conference. would not come out as sluggishly every team category. In five gaines, after halftime as they had at the the Bison defense has surrendered a - ; - 'I opening of the game. total of 34 points, an average of 6.8 , I~'"()I/O!J/ Ie ! The Bears rolled in the second points per game. The defense is led half, outscoring MIT 27-7, and in the middle by senior liriebacker~,\ r [ , J~/~f!i The Brattle Group t:;j~~/~/~'~:/=;]_ Maciaone picked up right where he Chris Bumn, Burun, a team captain, left off. At 7:31 in the third quarter, leads the team'in tackles with 45. I A~a II U~~~!J/ l' ~I~_~,'() I~~ ~~ f] Maciaone stepped back to catch a Big defensive lineman Myles Fayle. , quick screen from Maurer, shook is an excellent athlete up front (41' , cornerback Angus Huang '00 on a tackles, 5 sacks), and cornerbacks Is Your Future in Consulting? beautiful spin move, then tiptoed Courtenay Jackson and Lavar Gary down the sideline behind two excel- (3 INT each) make it tough for an I lent blocks for a 36-yard touch- opposing offense to go to the air. . ]n fonnation Session for Seniors with down. This last athletic feat capped Running back Matt Fox, last signi ficant coursc\vork in Economics, a stellar day for the standout receiv- year's NEFC Offensive Rookie of er in which he averaged a stupen- the Year, leads the run-oriented' l\/Iarh, r':nt-:,rlnccring, or other dous 26.3 yards per catch: . Bison offense, Fox, who rushed for Yet despite the 33-point loss, the 1,157 yards as a freshman, has con- highl y anal ytic disciplines young MIT team gave its fans sev- tinued his solid ways this year. The" eral reasons to be excited for the line Fox runs behind is big but slow": remaining four weeks of the season. but, keeping with tradition the The Beaver offense showed its abil- Nichols passing attack is above par. ity to run the ball on the confer- The Bison go to the air often in sec-' .., ence's premiere team. Villavicencio ond- and third.:.down situations, Tuesday, October 26, 1999 showed his knack for scoring by finding decent receivers David finding the end zone three times (2 Higgs and Nick Parker. ROOln 8-105 TO, 1 extra point), and Maik C. Unfortunately, the biggest question ", Flanagin G rushed for 89 yards pn mark this year is at quarterback, 16 carries, a 5.6-yard average. where Adam Perry and Nate 7:00 PM And although the Beaver defense Stawiecki have heen dueling for'" could not contain Maciaone, it exe- time'. cuted its game plan of slowing dan- gerous BSC running back Seto Many unknowns remain Berry. Berry, the second-leading Cold, wet weather .is expected\ CAMBRIDGE • WASHINGTON • LONDON rusher in the NEFC, finished with for Saturday's Beaver home game,- 83 yards on the ground, only the which will. aid MIT in its quest for For further information, visit our web site: www.brattle.com second time this season he has been its third victory. The MIT run,. held under 100 yards. defense _has gotten better over the t Finally, the M IT special teams past two' weeks, and its abilhy to units played a.nother solid game. bottle up Fox and force Nichols to The kick return teams showed the air will determine the outcome'", marked improvement, and for the of the game. Despite .their excellent third time this year the Beavers record, the Bison' have not yet defensive special teams put points played a team on the same talent. on the board. Richardson's punt level as themselves until this week. block in the first quarter was It will be interesting to see how returned 40 yards for a touchdown Skordal, who is recovering from an by Sean Brennan '00. elbow injury, and the MIT option;, Although Brennan's uncontested attack fare against a good but'~' leaping headfirst dive into the end untested Nichols defense .. zone at the end of the play cost MIT Beaver Injury Report: OLB John a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct Boyer, shoulder, out 2-3 weeks; WR ;.... penalty, his action epitomized the Charles Toye, knee, out 2-3 weeks; enthusiasm, boldness, and confi- OL Alex OeNeui, knee, out 2-3 dence of a tough and steadily weeks. ATTENTION UN DE RGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WORLDWIDE

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t!\ October,22, .1999. S~OI;l'f.S, THF.; r~C"', Page 27 Head of the Charles Polo Places Second at Eustems By Mlng-Tai Huh ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Race This Weekend The MIT water pala team trav- ,oJ , eled ta Kings Paint, NY last week- By Brian Kelleher Richter '01 (baw) - will race these crews end far the Divisian Three Eastern alang with its league rivals including Champianships. MIT ;The 34th running .of Head .of the Calumbia, Carnell, and. Bastan rolled aver its first twa CPrarles Regatta - the warld's Universities. MIT's gaal is ta finish appanents, using the largest rawing event - .occurs this ahead .of key league appanents. matches ta give the weekend, Octaber 23 Anather event featuring the T bench same playing and 24, right in MIT's warld's finest athletes is the men's JliJ time and wark aut frant yard. Over 5,500 Champianship Single which runs defensi ve prablems, but the .oarsmen and 300,000 just minutes befare the eights race. Engineers eventually last a clase spectatars fram all Rawers wha represent the Natianal champianship game ta Jahns aver .the warld will Teams far aver ten cauntries cam- Hapkins University. cammence an the' banks .of the. pete in this event. The ca-MVP .of Having the secand seed ranking, Charles. The 3 mile caurse runs last year's varsity heavyweight .only the third game against last year's from the Bastan University Bridge team, Michael Perry '99, will race in champs wauld be a challenge. Sa far upstream tawards Harvard, this event. Twa summers aga Perry this year, MIT has had same trauble University finishing just befare rawed an the United States under 23 with finishing games. A lackluster

I Nartheastern University's Natianal Team in Greece; last sum- recard .of (7-9) can shaw this tenden- p~thause. mer he wan the Club Single Event at cy. Hawever, .of thase six .or seven Being a head:-style race, crews the American Rawing lasses, MIT had last by twa ga als I start .one after anather, an shart time Champianships. when heading inta the last quarter . iTl~erValsand race against the clack Other MIT Baats ta watch are tied .or ahead with its .opponents. At fCfr the fastest time. The Charles the men's Yauth Eight, men's this taurnament, hawever, they came River caurse presents.a particular Lightweight Eight, and. wam,en's ta win despite the year's let-dawns. challenge ta caxswains (wha steer Lightweight Eight. The Yauth Eight Embarking early Saturday marn- the baats) and crews alike, as the races at 10:00 a.m. an Sunday and ing, the Engineers made their way rr~er has a number .of bends and features eight .of the experienced ta Lang Island. Just five haurs later A-f[NG-TAlIfUIf-TlfE TECH bridges with arches sa narraw they freshmen rawers MIT has this year; they started their first taurnament At Kings Point last weekend, Jeffery J.. Colton '02 sets up a goal- can fit .only .one baat. As a result, it the baat is the fastest mix .of heavy- game against Grove City Callege. scoring opportunity for Mil with a cross pass to James C. Brady i~nat rare ta see the clashing .of .oars weight and lightweight freshmen. The game was pretty much aver '03. MIT won two playoff games (15-11, 18-11) but lost the champi- .or baats calliding with bridge abut- The Varsity Lightweight, which race befare it began - this was little onship game against Johns Hopkins University (10-9) in the last ments or each ather. at 2: 18 p.m. an Sunday, shauld alsa mare than a warm-up far MIT. In minute. prove .ta be a fast baat as they alsa' the first quarter, MIT pulled ahead I: -Whom to watch gun far league faes. 'The wamen's with a lead .of 8-2. Stefan K. Bewley Noan, Sunday - the faceaff shat an JHU's half-asleep gaalie. The' regatta features ali types .of Lightweight, Eight races at 2:28 p.m. '01 lead the team's .offensive assault began between MIT and JHU. The Brady's gaal tied the game with five rowers from club enthusiasts, wha an Sunday. by assisting all eight gaals. game started .off an a gaal by the minutes in the third quarter resulting r~ce an Saturday, ta the warld' s The Engineers finished .off team's leading scarer, Caltan. JHU, in a timeaut by the JHU caach. ,. mast campetitive rqwers, 'wha race Where to watch Grove City using all .of their play- surprised but nat fazed by the .open- By the end .of the quarter, the Sunday afternaan in Champianship The best place ta watch the rac- ers. The final scare was 15-11. ing. gaal came back with a twa- MIT team succumbed ta JHU's c

By Nisha Singh Yang '00 had more competitive matches at or Wheaton in the finals as the two teams weeks ago, Hall knew she had her hands full. IL,DI CU.( '.,Il'T.lI.V fifth and sixth singles, winning. 6-3, 6-4 and were playing a very close semifinal. Play started at 3-3 in the third set due to This past weekend the tennis team 6-4, 6-3. Yang also played a pro-set at sev- ,Second-seed Wellesley pulled out a 5-3 vic- the lateness of the hour (it was about 8:30 ".'I'~.~ became New England Women and Men's enth singles, winning. 8-0. tory, setting up a rematch from two weeks p.m. by this time). Hall seized the opportu- Athletic Conference Championshions by ago that MIT won 5-4 on their home courts. nity and the match 6-3~ Cecan lost 6-3, 6-1 winning the conference tour- MHC falls easily in quick match However, the MIT women rose to the at fifth singles, but Singh avenged her earli- nament held at Babson and The team faced fourth-seed Mount occasion, pulverizing Wellesley 8-1 to earn er defeat in the season at the hands of her ". Wellesley Colleges. Holyoke College at Wellesley in the semifi- their first conference title since 1992. Wellesley opponent, winning 6-4,6-3. Due to their undefeated nals on Sunday. Due to lack of court space, Doubles was a sweep for MIT. At the first After the match, MIT was awarded the regular season conference the match was stopped as soon as a winner position, Nakamura-Koskelin won 8-3, while trophy as the 1999 Champions of the NEW- record, the team went in seed- was decided, with M IT earning a 5-1 'second and third doubles were both 8-5 vic- MAC Conference. Following lots of smiles, ed first. On Saturday, the M IT team shut victory. tories for the teams of Koo-Hall and Singh- hugs, and pictures, head coach. Carol out eight-seed Babson on their home In doubles against Mt. Holyoke, Cheng, who rebounded weB from their loss Matsuzaki had the following thoughts on the .'1 courts, In doubles against Babson, MIT lost Nakamura-Koskelin won 8-5 at first dou- earlier in the day. Play was suspended in the long, but joyful day: "We really handled the I~'- a total of 2 games. The first and second bles, while Koo-Hall won 8-4 at second dou- middle of these matches due to darkness, and pressure of being the top seed' well. It was doubles teams of co-captain Mealani K. bles. Mt. Holyoke earned their only point at though there could have been a change of huge for us to sweep the double~ against Nakamura 'OO-Kelly J. Koskeli'n '02 and third doubles, where Singh-Cheng lost 8-1. momentum due to the 15 minute delay, it Wellesley, especially since we had lost two '~j Julie J. Koo '03-Jessica Hall '02 both won Going into singles with the 2-1 lead, the seemed that nothing could stop MIT. out of the three doubles matches the last 8-1. The third doubles team of Nisha Singh top three singles matches were played first time we played them. MIT came out to play, . '00- Yi-Ning Cheng '02 didn't lose a game, due to the court situation. That's all MIT Singles finish off Wellesley and executed wonderfully ... we will need to \_ winning 8-0. needed, as they swept these three positions. In singles against Wellesley, Nakamura, do more of the same at the New Englands ![ MIT had little trouble in singles. At first singles, Nakamura won 6-2, 6-1, Koskelin, and Koo all cruised at .the top three this weekend." . Nakamura survived a tough first set, but while Koo won 6-0, 6-1 at third singles. positions, winning 6-1, 6-2; 6-2, 6-2; and 6-1 , The New England Women's cruised through the second, winning 6-4, 6- Koskelin clinched the match at second sin- 6-1. Hall had a Close one at fourth singles. Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament at \ o at first singles. Koo and Singh blanked gles, winning 6-3, 7-5, and sending MIT After winning the first serin a tie breaker 7- Amherst College IS next tip for the team, as ' their opponents 6-0, 6-0 at second and into the finals. 6(4) (though she was down 4-0), she dropped they hope to continue their magical season fourth singles, while Doana Cecan '00 won At this point, the team did not know the second 6-2. Having clinched the match with a solid showing against very tough

6-2, 6-1 at third singles. Cheng and Jean whether they were going to face Wellesley for MIT when the two teams faced off two competition. #{• Soccer Climbs to .500 Men's CrewMedals at NH Regatta "\ By Brian K. Richter the Head [of the Charles]." . rowed' solidly for their first time TEAM MEMBER At the Head of the Charles, the together in a racing situation .. :~'~ With Wmning Streak The varsity heavyweight crew Engineers get a chance to avenge A group of freshmen rowers- won silver in the Open Eight and their loss to Colby this weekend. Benjamin J. Z~skind '03 (cox), By Theresa Burianek shutout. Griffin (5 goals, 5 assists) the finished sixth in the Open Four They also hope to improve against Patrick R. 'Buckley '03, Alexandt;r TEAM CO-CAPTAIN and Mendelowitz (7 goals, 1 assist) at the New Hampshire Michigan and Cornell whom they T. Jacobs '03, Stephen P. Bathurs(" The MIT women's soccer team lead the team in scoring with 15 Championship raced two weeks ago. Coach. '03, Collins p~ Ward '03, Thomas has established a three-game win- points each after the Brandeis victo- Regatta last Saturday. Hamilton is still testing lineups for A. Becker '03, Zachery A'-LaValley ning streak heading into the final ry. The regatta, held on the Head of the Charles, where the '03, Michael J. 'Carrabine '03, an<1\. regular season game MIT returned home Saturday to the Merrimack River Engineers will compete in the Jeffrey T .. Loh '03 (bow) - also tfEW~I'@ this Saturday at take on conference rival, Mount in Hookset, NH, also Championship Eights and club,'Four raced in the Open Eights race ~~;fi~,>,;iiZ Wellesley College. Holyoke College on MIT's new turf served as the first racing opportunity Events against the world champion against the Varsity crew seventh, \~;J Last Thursday, field. Playing in front of a large for some of the freshman men's United States National Team, the despite their youth. Becker, who ha1'i Akt». ~IT traveled to near- crowd of family, friends, and alum- squad as well. Canadian National Team, and top proven himself to be one of the t%m . by Waltham to take on nae, MIT looked for its first confer- Coach Gordon Hamilton told his Division I colleges. The lineups strongest freshmen, was the only...- ' Brandeis University in a non-con- ence victory. Going into the game oarsmen after the race "the results may change from the New novice rower hl the boat;- he raced ference match. Although the condi- MIT knew it would be a physic~1 aren't bad, but we all know we can Hampshire race to incorporate some instead of Nicholas K. Abercrombie"? tions were cold and windy, the game from the Lyons, who were go ,a lot faster and we have to do of the oarsmen from the Four. '03 who was sick. Engineers came out fired up and trying to avenge an overtime post- that next weekend." That line up sans Becker 'will dominated the first half. Freshman season loss to MIT last year. The mostly Division II and III Other boats fare well race in the Youth Eight event at th~: scoring sensation Sarah E. However, Tech held its own, schools competing in the regatta In the Open Four, Jorge A. Head of the "Charles. Only rarely Mendelowitz '03 connected with the dominating with controlled posses- proved to be better competition than Panduro '01 (stroke), Andrew A. does MIT have enough experienced back of the net in the 34th minute sion play, out shooting Mt. Holyoke the Beavers would have liked. Lamb '02, David T. Garcia '02, freshmen to enter that event; this. is off a pass from fellow freshman 23-4. After two intense, emotional Nonetheless, the regatta served as a Leonid Drozhinin '02, and one of those special years .. ,~,/'! Kelli A, Griffin '03. halves, the score was still 0-0 as last test against other crews before Yonathan A. Nuta '03 (cox) placed "We're' going to race better 'than' The Engineers stayed strong in ' MIT failed to capitalize on many the Head of the Charles this week- sixth in 22: 13 according to ques- we did this weekend in the Head of the second half, causing Brandeis close shots and misplays by the end, Saturday, October 23 and tionable official results. The unit the Charles," said Ward. frustration and mistouches. Holyoke keeper. Continuing a three- Sunday, October 24. Dominating in the net was Connie In the Open Eight event MIT's Yang '03, who recorded her first Soccer, Page 27 top heavyweight boat (18: 19.8) fin- ished second behind Colby College UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (18:06.2Y The Beaver lightweights (18:45.2) finished sixth and MIT's Featured Event freshman eight followed them in This weekend's featured upcomipg event is the ~"!f seventh (18:56.~). The second varsi- Head of the C~arles Regatta, occ.urring on Octo~er 23 ..l.' ty heavyweight eight finished ninth and 24. This year's marks the thlrty-fourth runmng of in 19:24. the world's largest regatta ..

Colby placement confuses MIT Saturday, October 23 , The top eight started second 1: 15 p.m. - Men's Club Single - Niell Elvin, Graduate Student, behind a Colby College boat. In the starting 1st of 47 ' first half of the race the Engineers 2:19 p.m. - Women's Club-Four - Sloan Crew, starting 2nd of 54 rowed very well pushing away from 2:52 p.m. - Men's Cluh'Eight - Sloan Crew, starting 16th of 81 ' th'e teams they could see behind 3: 17 p.m. - Women's Club Eight - Varsity Women A ~tarting 13th of75 them and wal~ing through the 3: 17 p.m. - Women's Club Eight - Varsity Women B starting 65th of75 . Colby boat in front of them. In the latter half of the race the Beavers Sunday, October 24 held onto their lead but did not 7:50 a.m. - Men's Senior Veteran Single - Professor Hartley Rogers .- move out any further. What the starting 3rd of 20 ' Engineers did not know was that 10:00 a.m. - Men's Youth Eight - MIT Freshmen (Heavy and Light), Colby had switched the placement starting 36th of 45 of their first and second eights, so 2: 18 p.m. - Men's Lightweight Eight - Varsity Lightweights, starting • the faster boat started towards the 13thof23 I' back of the pack and not directly in 2:28 p.m. - Women's Lightweight Eight - Varsity Lightweights, front of them. starting 11th of 23 The lineup for the eight was 3:43 p.m. - Men's Championship Single -,Michael Perry '99, starting :[, ROSHAN BAUGA-THE TECH Amanda Y. Yang '02 (cox), ~~~% . BAmE OF THE LADY ENGINEERS- Jennifer Stout '01 attacks Christopher J. Penny '01 (stroke), 4:05 p.m. - Men's Championship Eight ~ Varsity Heavyweights, In hope of a goal. MIT lost to WP11-2 In Tuesday's field hock- Brian K. Richter '02, Eugene starting 17th of 49 :( • ey,game. Weinstein '00, Mark H. Jhon '01, Andrew D. Copeland '01' (stroke), Saturday, October 23 Alan M. Heins '02, Igor L. Fencing vs. Alumni, 1:00 p.m. Belakovskiy '01, Mehlan L. Parker Field Hockey vs. Wellesley College, 1:00 p.m. '01 (bow). Football vs. Nichols Colleg~, I :30 p.m. The Beavers could only maintain. Men's sOccer vs. Clark University, 10:00 a:m a cadence of 33 strokes per minute throughout the race. Penny com- Tuesday, October 26 mented "we get the same spacing at Men's Soccer vs. Gordon College, 3:00 p.m. 36 [strokes per minute] and we need Women's Volleyball vs. Wellesley College, 7:00 p.m .. to row that high to be competitive at