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MIT’s The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Chance of showers, 60°F (16°C) Tonight: Partly cloudy, 40°F (5°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, 60°F (16°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 124, Number 22 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Probation Extended For Two Fraternities By Waseem S. Daher “If they were to get into trouble ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR for anything JudComm-related, The MIT chapters of Theta Delta they’d go up to level 3,” which is Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha fraterni- suspension, said IFC president ties are now one step away from Daniel H. Daneshvar ’05, referring losing their houses. to TDC and LCA. The Interfraternity Council’s TDC’s JudComm hearing was organizational probations of TDC last Tuesday, April 20, and LCA’s and LCA have been extended into was on Tuesday, April 6, said 2005. Since sanctions placed on William R. Fowler ’05, chair of the organizations can only be extended IFC Judicial Committee. once, this means that any additional infraction by either TDC or LCA TDC probation extended will necessarily result in suspension, Last summer, an incident according to the IFC Judicial Com- occurred at TDC that involved alco- mittee bylaws. hol, objects being thrown from the Organizational suspension of roofdeck, and party attendees taunt- privileges includes “revoking social ing and swearing at the police. events, chapter housing privileges, Because of this incident, TDC recruitment (rush) and new member was placed on organizational proba- intake programs,” according to the tion by the IFC JudComm. This pro- bylaws. bation included several conditions STEPHANIE LEE—THE TECH Currently, the Delta Kappa that TDC was required to follow. Brian J. Quattrochi ’06 imitates Michael Jackson in “Criminal,” the winning act performed by Epsilon fraternity is the only MIT Sigma Nu and friends at the AXO LipSync competition on Friday night. See spread, page 17. fraternity under IFC suspension. Fraternities, Page 19 After Halloween Incident, Zeta Psi Tech Independent Critic To Face Review Hearing with CLC Impeached, EIC Resigns By Kathy Dobson “I agree that the situation had By Ray C. He beer bottles being thrown out of the today. STAFF REPORTER become very political, and it created ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR window and someone urinating out Following a three-week-long a lot of tension,” Chung said. “It The Cambridge License Com- of a second story window,” Scali IFC JudComm not involved internal dispute among managing really divided a lot of people on the mission will hold a continuation said. The Interfraternity Council’s board members concerning the role issue, so I can understand” Loux’s hearing today for the Zeta Psi fra- “According to the evidence that Judicial Committee did not hear of the ombudsman at The Tech, position, she said. ternity, regarding a Halloween was heard, the urination part was Zeta Psi’s case, said William R. Brian Loux ’04, the Editor in Chief incident involving beer bottles not indeed true, but the beer bottles Fowler ’05, IFC JudComm chair. of The Tech, resigned last Friday, Chairman considers resigning being thrown out of windows, said being thrown out of the second Fowler did not comment on the rea- and John A. Hawkinson, The Tech’s Keith J. Winstein G, a senior Richard V. Scali, Executive Offi- story window was the problem, hit- soning behind the decision not to ombudsman, was impeached and editor for The Tech, said that the cer of the CLC. ting a car below,” he said. hear the case. removed at a Tech managing board three members of the executive The CLC will also hold review The CLC voted to give Zeta Psi Zeta Psi’s initiative in communi- meeting held on Sunday. board remaining after Loux’s resig- hearings for recent decisions time “to be proactive in working to cating with the CLC and the fact In a statement read at the manag- nation threatened to resign if against Delta Kappa Epsilon and prevent underage drinking” at both that the incident only involved a ing board meeting, Loux expressed Hawkinson, who has been the Theta Delta Chi. Zeta Psi and other fraternities, Scali small fraction of the fraternity may his dissatisfaction with the way in Tech’s ombudsman since May of Zeta Psi “had a hearing back on said. have contributed to JudComm’s which senior members of The Tech 2003, was not impeached. These Jan. 27 with regards to an MIT Scali also said Zeta Psi must be handled what he called “a crisis” three members were Chung, Busi- police report during Halloween, of alcohol-free until their review CLC, Page 10 concerning the suspension of ness Manager Roy K. Esaki ’04, Hawkinson over an alleged viola- and Managing Editor David Carpen- tion of The Tech’s managing board ter ’05. meeting confidentiality policy and Chung said that she had had the subsequent reactions of Hawkin- thoughts of resigning and that son, Tech Chairman Hangyul Hawkinson and his position were Chung ’05, and certain other editors of The Tech. Ombudsman, Page 21 CONCERT REVIEW Concert Brings Rock to Life By Minyoung Jang makeshift stage in Johnson that STAFF WRITER makes me cringe rather than cheer. Spring Weekend Concert Perhaps I was feeling a bit jaded Live with Slick Rick after sitting around for over two Johnson Athletic Center hours feeling totally bored. Last April 24, 7:30 p.m. time I checked, “pre-opener” usual- hey’re not innovators of ly doesn’t mean “lots of back- popular music, but there’s ground music.” Opener Slick no denying that Live man- Rick’s performance wasn’t T ages to capture that quintes- enthralling, either, although I may sential rock band sound, and that be biased since I rarely listen to they capture it extremely well. hip-hop. He gave a decent perfor- Luckily for MIT, they conveyed mance, interacting with the crowd that sound just as well in concert. and making humorous contrasts Initially, I thought that the lead between “old school” and “new singer was taking the whole school” hip hop, but it was clear DANIEL R. BERSAK—THE TECH “We’re a rock band” act a bit far. that many people didn’t know or Live front man Ed Kowalczyk performs during the Spring Weekend concert Saturday night in John- There’s something about seeing care much about hip hop. By the son Athletic Center. See photo spread on pages 12 and 13. someone swiveling their hips and grabbing their crotch on a Live, Page 6 OPINION Comics NEWS BRIEFS Chen Zhao explores how John Four MIT Profs Elected to NAS; World & Nation . 2 Kerry’s presidential campaign Robbery Outside Sidney-Pacific. Opinion . 4 seems to have gone missing. Arts . 6 Sports . .24 Page 5 Page 8 Page 15 Page 2 THE TECH April 27, 2004 WORLD & NATION Archbishop Of Dublin Is Replaced Fighting in Fallujah Results THE NEW YORK TIMES SLIGO, IRELAND Cardinal Desmond Connell, who had been widely criticized for his handling of sexual abuse scandals by clergy in Ireland, was replaced In Death; Joint Patrols Begin Monday as the Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin. Connell, 78, had submitted his resignation as required when he By John Kifner worries among U.S. troops here that reporters traveling with that unit turned 75, and his successor, Diarmiud Martin, was named last year. THE NEW YORK TIMES they could turn on the Americans or said. But the cardinal was not formally removed from his post until Monday. FALLUJAH, IRAQ lead them into an ambush. The Tanks were called in and, even- In his 16-year stewardship of Ireland’s largest congregation, Con- Iraqi insurgents and U.S. Marine contingency plans for the tually, air support. A Cobra heli- nell had upheld church doctrine in a way that earned favor with the Marines fought here for several patrols call for a heavy response if copter fired a missile, which toppled Vatican, but he alienated many Catholics here. hours on Monday, American offi- they are fired upon. the mosque’s minaret, witnesses He criticized the Irish president, Mary McAleese, a Roman cials said; one Marine was killed Nor do the Marines on the said. Two dark pillars of smoke rose Catholic, for taking holy communion in a Protestant church, even along with at least eight insurgents. ground have much enthusiasm for in the air. though doing so was a popular ecumenical gesture. He burned political On Sunday, the Coalition Provi- the tentative extension of the cease- “Unfortunately the opposition bridges in 2001 by attacking Prime Minister Bertie Ahern’s unmarried sional Authority announced an fire, which was cobbled together at forces took it upon themselves to relationship with a longtime partner. extension of an uneasy cease-fire in the last minute by Iraq’s American occupy a mosque,” Col. John Cole- Connell’s handling of accusations of sexual abuse by members of the city, in hopes of averting an all- administrator, L. Paul Bremer, as man, chief of staff of the 1st Marine the clergy did further damage, as he reacted in a way that the public out Marine assault on the besieged top political and military leaders Expeditionary Force, told reporters. often interpreted as cold and confrontational. city. Instead, it was announced that contemplated the potentially disas- “Instead of serving as a center of as a means of reasserting control, trous public relations impact of an religious life, it was employed as a joint patrols by the Marines and the attack on the city. bastion in the attack.” Bush Calls For Internet Tax Ban American-trained security forces “This isn’t a cease-fire,” snorted In a separate incident, Marines THE NEW YORK TIMES known as the Iraqi Civil Defense a Marine officer angrily.

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