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Volume 121, Number 12 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, March 16, 2001 Next House Adopts RBA Pilot Program Half of Dorm’s Freshmen Will Be Selected Over Summer, Live with Advising Groups By Naveen Sunkavally K. Anderson ’02 said a major reason NEWS EDITOR for adopting the program is to make The house government and execu- the dormitory eligible for more tive council of Next House dormitory administrative funds that can be voted unanimously this past Sunday used for residential programming to try out a new residential-based for the entire dormitory. advising program this coming fall. Riordan said that Next House The program will be similar to also chose to try out the program in the one carried out at McCormick order to build a sense of community House last fall. and increase the attention freshmen Under the program, about half of receive to personal issues. While Next House’s freshmen will be pre- there were concerns that the pro- selected through an application gram may create a more classroom- process over the summer and live in like atmosphere in the dormitory, in the vicinity of their associate advis- the end the benefits outweighed the ers, said Next House President costs, Riordan said. MATT YOURST—THE TECH Daniel P. Riordan ’03. The other half About six to seven associate Paula S. Deardon ’03, Maria K. Chan G and Christine Hsu ’03 serve food Saturday at Rosie's of the freshmen living at the dormi- advisers will live in the dormitory, Place, a homeless shelter in Boston. The volunteers came on behalf of the Hunger Action Group tory will rush Next House as usual. and they will be affiliated with both and the Ashdown House Volunteer Committee. For more, see page 15. Next House councilor to the Undergraduate Association Victoria RBA, Page 9 MIT Plans Professors Battle It Out for Annual Big Screw By Jennifer Krishnan “I’m retiring in June, and this is my ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR last chance to to win.” For Spring For once, professors are brag- Professor Michael D. Ernst ’89 ging about how boring they are and asked students in his Laboratory for how impossible their tests are. Software Engineering (6.170) class Weekend This week is the Big Screw, an to vote for him in honor of his birth- annual fundraiser sponsored by day, which was this week. Of his By Nancy L. Keuss Alpha Phi Omega. Students have a nomination, Ernst said his TAs “are ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR chance to recognize professors or just doing this to express their pro- With spring just around the cor- other members of the MIT commu- found respect for me as an educator.” ner, preparations are underway for a nity who screw people over, and all number of Spring Weekend events. of the proceeds go to a charity of the Johnson current leader The event’s coordinating com- winner’s choice. The winner also Christopher B. Johnson, a teach- mittee plans to announce its selec- gets his or her name engraved on a ing assistant for Unified tion for the featured Spring Concert three-foot, left-handed aluminum Engineering, was in the lead as of band within the next two weeks. screw, which he or she gets to keep Wednesday night with donations “A dramatic increase in funding for a year. totalling $146.21. He is closely fol- has left us operating in a different “I give impossible quizzes … lowed by Ernst, who has collected league from before. We’re looking and they’re even at night,” said $131.23. to attract a bigger, more expensive Assistant Professor of Electrical However, that could change very set of bands,” said Satwiksai Engineering and Computer Science quickly. Seshasai ’01, chair of the Spring Leonard McMillan, who teaches “Most of the big donations come Weekend Committee. Computation Structures (6.004). “If in on the last or next to last day,” Financial support for the event that doesn’t deserve a screw, what said APO President Ian S. Lai ’02. derives from a joint contribution does?” “I think I might have even seen a between the Undergraduate Professor Hale Van Dorn Bradt $100 bill one time.” Association and the Graduate ’61, who teaches Physics II (8.02), So far $602.25 in donations have Student Council, as well as funds said he nominated himself “to see been collected. Lai said that total solicited from the Office of the what would happen.” He added, donations are usually in the low Dean for Student Life, the thousands. The Dormitory Council, contest raised Weekends@MIT, and Large Events Previous Big Screw Winners almost $3,000 last Funding. year and $1,380 in A December online poll that sur- 2000 Neal H. Dorow, Assistant Dean of 1999. veyed the music preferences of over Residential Life and Student Life Programs Other con- 800 MIT students for the Spring 1999 Carl D. Martland, Associate Professor tenders in this Concert helped pinpoint the music of Civil and Environmental Engineering year’s race are tastes of the student body. “What the 1998 Course X Senior Year Chancellor KAILAS NARENDRAN—THE TECH poll shows consistently every year is 1997 Neal H. Dorow Lawrence S. The Big Screw donation booth in Lobby 10. Alpha Phi Omega spon- that this campus has a very large 1996 Unified Engineering (16.010, 16.020, Bacow ’72, Dean sors the annual fundraiser. group of people who are interested 16.030, 16.040) for Student Life A fun event for charity in hip-hop and rock music,” 1995 Matthew H. Braun ’93, systems pro- Larry G. Benedict, Community Service Fund. The Seshasai said. grammer, Information Systems and former MIT All the money collected this fund’s donations go towards social Yet beyond this general canvass- 1994 Introduction to Computers and President and week will go to a charity selected by work in Cambridge. ing of musical interests, it is more Engineering Problem Solving (1.00) professors EECS Professor the winner. If Ernst wins, the money will go difficult to choose specific bands 1993 Eliot S. Levitt ’89, staff associate for Paul E. Gray ’54, McMillan’s chosen charity is to the Massachusetts chapter of the from survey data. “The poll limits residence and campus activities who teaches Transition House, a shelter for bat- American Civil Liberties Union. the genre. It’s most useful for giving 1992 no contest Circuits and tered women and children. He said “It’s one stop shopping for every- us ideas about the preferred kinds of 1991 Pascal R. Chesnais SM ’88, Media Electronics he chose this charity because “it thing that matters,” he said. bands but not about specific bands,” Lab systems programmer (6.002). focuses on children.” “Women’s rights, gay rights, work- “I think I chose the best charity,” Spring Weekend, Page 16 said Bradt, who selected the MIT Big Screw, Page 16
ARTS Comics SPORTS World & Nation ...... 2 Eric J. Cholankeril reviews the Rory P. Pheiffer details his Opinion ...... 4 recent concert of Weezer and Get selections for the NCAA men’s On the Town ...... 7 Up Kids. college basketball tournament. On the Screen ...... 8 Events Calendar ...... 14 Page 7 Page 12 Page 20 Sports ...... Back Page Page 2 THE TECH February 16, 2001 WORLD & NATION Big Apple Population Hits 8 Million Senate OKs Bill to Tighten NEWSDAY NEW YORK New York City’s population broke through the 8 million mark for the first time, jumping 9.4 percent from its level over 10 years ago, Nation’s Bankruptcy Rules according to Census 2000 figures released Thursday. In a city that is 8,008,278 strong, Hispanics saw significant By Kathleen Day U.S. bankruptcy code and make The Senate added an amendment growth over the last decade, amounting to nearly 27 percent of the THE WASHINGTON POST more file under Chapter 13, which that would cap the home equity a population in the five boroughs in 2000. Their numbers now equal WASHINGTON would require them to repay a por- bankruptcy filer could keep at those of blacks. Meanwhile, Asians currently make up about one in The Senate approved legislation tion of their debt over 5 years. $125,000. every 10 New Yorkers. Thursday that would revamp the “Reforming the system will be The House version is more com- “It’s really a very healthy sign for American society that our nation’s bankruptcy law by making good for consumers and families,” plex. It would permit bankruptcy fil- major city is experiencing this population growth,” said Kenneth Pre- it harder for consumers to wipe out said Sen. Charles Grassley (R- ers to keep home equity of up to witt, the former head of the Census Bureau and a dean at The New their debt. Iowa), the bill’s lead sponsor. “It $250,000 if the home was purchased School University. “It’s an important reaffirmation of city life in The 83 to 15 vote — hailed by will bring more fairness for those within two years of filing for bank- American life. And New York is now the most demographically the credit-card industry and decried who work hard to pay their bills.” ruptcy. The equity in homes pur- complex metropolis in world history.” as unfair by consumer groups — Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chased before then would be subject The previous census high for the city was hit in 1970, when the included the support of 36 Democ- top Democrat on the Senate Judicia- to state homesteading laws, includ- population reached 7,894,086, only to see a precipitous drop to rats. It comes two weeks after the ry Committee, which has jurisdic- ing those of Texas, Florida and 7,071,639 in 1980. House approved a similar bill and tion over bankruptcy, voted for the Kansas, which have no limits on the makes almost certain that the legis- bill, but with some reservations. value of homes consumers can keep lation, which President Bush has “The credit-card industry is still get- when in bankruptcy. Farm Interests Put Squeeze indicated he will sign, will become ting a heck of windfall and a lot The homestead debate was law this year, possibly within more than they deserve,” he said. sparked by several bankruptcy fil- On Bush Budget Plan weeks. It would be the most signifi- He and consumer groups say the ings from well-known people, THE WASHINGTON POST cant change in the nation’s bank- industry needs to be more responsi- including actor Burt Reynolds, who WASHINGTON ruptcy laws in two decades. ble about how aggressively they kept multi-million dollar homes in As congressional committees prepare to write a budget that is The bill’s swift passage, coupled market credit to consumers. states with unlimited exemptions. faithful to President Bush’s tax and spending proposals, farm state with last week’s decision by law- Republicans fought off most The Senate added an amendment interests are demanding a huge, decade-long commitment to agricul- makers to revoke workplace safety amendments favored by consumer that would ensure a consumer ture that could strain the administration’s plan. rules that had been debated for 10 groups that might have unraveled would still be able to sue a lender — In the House, some Republicans from farm states have made clear years, underscores the new influ- compromises among lawmakers in or purchasers of a loan — if the to Budget Committee members that they want agriculture taken care ence business has in Washington recent months. terms of the loan violate federal of as a condition for their support of tax cuts, sources said. In the now that both Congress and the But senators made several major lending laws. Senate, where seven Democrats from farm states are facing re-elec- White House are in Republican changes to the bill shortly before Another amendment would tion next year, a Democratic proposal with bipartisan support would hands for the first time in half a cen- passing it Thursday evening. These enable a person filing for bankrupt- increase spending on agriculture by $100 billion, an amount that tury. are likely to be the key sticking cy and separated from a spouse to equals or exceeds Bush’s proposals for Pentagon modernization or The legislation is intended to points when they sit down with exclude the spouse’s income when expanded health coverage for the uninsured. make it harder for individuals to members of the House to reconcile courts determine eligibility for But in testimony Wednesday before the House Budget Commit- erase debts under Chapter 7 of the the two versions of the bill. bankruptcy. tee, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman declined to endorse the effort and said it was “too early to determine precise needs for any additional farm assistance.” Bush Tackles Campaign Reform Bush Emissions Reversal Seen out compromise. ties could enhance the prospects for White House Plan “I remain open to other ideas to enactment of major campaign- Hindering Global Warming Talks meet our shared goals,” Bush wrote. finance legislation for the first time THE WASHINGTON POST Includes Limits While it is unclear how Bush’s in one-quarter century. The Senate Environmental groups and some lawmakers anxious to get inter- proposals — some new, most recy- is scheduled to take up the McCain- national global warming talks back on track said Thursday that Presi- On Unions, Business cled from his campaign — will Feingold bill on Monday in a debate dent Bush’s decision to abandon a campaign pledge to curtail carbon By Nick Anderson affect a complex and still-fluid leg- expected to last two weeks. dioxide emissions from power plants has dealt a serious blow to LOS ANGELES TIMES islative dynamic, the letter and Among Bush’s proposals were chances for a deal this summer. WASHINGTON statement of principles from the what proponents call “paycheck Bush’s decision, contained in a letter to Senate Republicans on President Bush on Thursday White House were notable for what protection,” restricting the uses of Tuesday, has provoked dismay in Europe, where Green parties exer- renewed a controversial proposal to they did not contain. union dues not authorized by mem- cise growing clout, and resentment is building against the United force unions to obtain permission There was no veto threat against bers. Democrats say this would be a States’ reluctance to engage in an international effort to combat glob- from members before spending their legislation pushed by Sens. John deal-killer. Bush advocated the al warming. dues on political activities, but McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell D. measure in last year’s campaign. “This letter was a real poke in the eye to the European Union,” added a new twist as he laid out his Feingold (D-Wis.) to ban unlimited Bush also proposed so-called said Kalee Kreider, global warming director of the National Environ- vision for campaign finance reform donations to political parties, known shareholder protection, requiring mental Trust. “This letter sounds like they want to walk.” for the first time since taking office. as soft money, and to regulate cer- corporations to obtain consent from Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., an influential moderate allied The twist is this: Bush also tain political advertisements spon- shareholders before making political with environmentalists, added, “I don’t think that will enhance the would force corporations to get con- sored by groups other than candi- gifts. prospects for productive negotiations.” sent from shareholders before open- dates and parties. Also included in the Bush plan Talks on how to comply with a protocol negotiated in Kyoto, ing their treasuries for politics. More than anything, an accom- are a ban on corporate and labor soft- Japan, in 1997 that prescribes sharp cuts in emissions of carbon diox- In a letter to Senate Majority modating tone from Bush at the out- money donations, and an increase in ide — a gas that scientists say is a major factor in the planet’s rising Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) days set of what could be a fiercely parti- the amount of money that individuals temperatures — collapsed in November. before the Senate begins a major san debate on an issue sensitive to can donate directly to federal candi- debate on reform, Bush did not rule the Republican and Democratic par- dates, known as hard money. WEATHER Same Old Story Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Friday, March 16, 2001 By Efren Gutierrez STAFF METEOROLOGIST So another uneventful weekend is again upon us. The next few days begin another cycle of partly sunny skies followed by cloudiness as a small disturbance moves across the area. The clear skies seen yesterday will con- tinue on into today and tomorrow as winds will bring mild air from the west. However, a low that is currently over the Midwest will continue to move eastward in our direction. It will begin to affect the area late Saturday night and into Sunday. Unlike the winter storms which have affected the area recently, this storm has less moisture as it is following a horizontal jet stream. The jet stream dictates the track of storms, and changes in the jet stream will divert storm paths. The jet stream is currently running nearly west-east. This does not allow the low pressure to move up the East Coast in order to gain both moisture and intensity. After Sunday, a quiet weather pattern will continue with more sunny skies for the beginning half of the week. The moral of the forecast is: have fun on Saturday, study on Sunday.
Weekend Forecast
Today: Partly cloudy skies with winds from the northwest at 10 mph. High of 45ºF (7ºC). Tonight: Clearing skies. Low 32ºF (0ºC). Saturday: Continuing partly cloudy skies. High in the low 40s F (4-6°C) . Saturday Night: Chance of light snow flurries; otherwise cloudy skies. Low in the low 30s F (-1 to 1°C). Sunday: Clearing skies with a brief warmup. High in the upper 30s F (2-4°C). February 16, 2001 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3
House GOP Begins Campaign Scientists Say Severity of Dyslexia Depends on Language For New Abortion Restrictions LOS ANGELES TIMES By scanning the brains of people reading English, French, and Ital- By Juliet Eilperin ing a direct confrontation over member of the GOP leadership. ian, researchers for the first time have demonstrated that dyslexia can THE WASHINGTON POST women’s constitutional rights to “This is another one of those issues be more severe depending on which written language people learn. WASHINGTON obtain the procedure. where the House is likely to set the Indeed, the reading disorder is twice as prevalent in the United House Republicans, now with an The measures include a ban on a agenda. I think the Senate will States, where it affects an estimated 10 million children, as in Italy, ally in the White House, on Thurs- controversial procedure opponents respond.” where the written word more consistently matches its spoken sound. day opened a coordinated campaign refer to as “partial birth” abortion, a Passage of anti-abortion legisla- The new research shows that dyslexia — the most common learn- for new restrictions on abortion, restriction prohibiting anyone but a tion is assured in the House, which ing disability in the United States — arises from a problem in the starting with a bill that would parent from transporting a minor approved many of the measures in brain that cuts across language barriers, cultural borders, and writing impose penalties on people who across state lines to have an abor- the last Congress. Supporters hope systems, an international research team led by neuropsychologist Eral- harm a fetus during an assault on a tion, and limitations on who can that by moving early on a number of do Paulesu at the University of Milan Biocca in Italy reported Friday. pregnant woman. administer mifepristone, an abortion proposals, they can influence debate But the very character of certain written languages, including As a House panel began work on pill previously known as RU-486 in the Senate, which traditionally English and French, makes the condition worse because their spelling the proposal making it a federal approved by the Food and Drug has been less receptive to bills is so dramatically at odds with how words sound, the multinational crime to injure or kill a fetus during Administration shortly before Clin- restricting abortion access. team discovered. an attack, abortion foes and support- ton left office. “The landscape is full of land- The findings could aid in identifying and treating dyslexia. More- ers alike said the bill signaled the Absent the threat of a presiden- mines now that are potentially quite over, they help scientists understand how the brain processes written beginning of an effort to capitalize tial veto, abortion opponents say lethal in terms of a woman’s right to language — and why that processing sometimes goes awry. on President Bush’s election and they’ll also try to add abortion lan- choose,” said Kate Michelman, enact legislation stymied by former guage to spending bills, such as pos- president of the National Abortion President Clinton. sibly imposing parental consent and Reproductive Rights League. Chinese Premier Strikes Friendly Bush has already pleased abor- requirements on family planning “The Senate remains our firewall, if tion opponents by cutting off family funds and eliminating contraception there’s a firewall in this.” Stance Toward U.S. planning funds to international coverage for federal employees. Senate Minority Leader Thomas LOS ANGELES TIMES groups that provide abortion refer- “There’s some significant oppor- Daschle (D-S.D.), who has voted for BEIJING rals and by appointing conservative tunity to complete some issues a ban on “partial birth” abortion, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji struck a friendly note with the fledg- John Ashcroft as attorney general. where not only members of Con- said Democrats “will have to take ling U.S. administration Thursday, acknowledging a lack of familiari- Now, lawmakers say, in the coming gress, but the majority of people in them one step at a time. We see this ty with the new players in Washington but expressing hope for good months they will seek incremental the country, are on the same side,” not as an abortion issue but as a relations. restrictions on abortion while avert- said Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a women’s rights issue.” China’s No. 3 leader also announced that President Bush had been invited to Beijing in October for a state visit. In Washington, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said the president “is very Police Pummel Albanian Rebels pleased to have received the invitation to visit China. And we are considering how we can respond at this time.” Macedonian Prime Georgievski told reporters Thurs- doned their dream of uniting in a Zhu said China and the United States can work together whether day. But, “Those who want to start a “Greater Albania” Albanian-speak- Americans view his nation as a partner or competitor. Minister Threatens war in Macedonia should know that ing people scattered throughout the “Partnership and competition are not always at odds with each Macedonia will defend itself with Balkans. other,” Zhu said during his annual meeting with reporters, speaking War on Guerrillas all available means. And if forced, it Of the approximately 200 guer- in the no-nonsense, almost folksy style that has become his hallmark won’t be picky about choosing rillas trying to advance on Tetovo both at home and abroad. By Paul Watson allies.” through the Sar mountains, about 60 The conciliatory remarks came just a few days before the highest- LOS ANGELES TIMES Asked who might help fight the are from Macedonia and 140 from level Sino-U.S. meeting since Bush’s inauguration in January. China TETOVO, MACEDONIA rebels, the prime minister hinted Kosovo, Macedonian Interior Min- is dispatching its top foreign policy official, Vice Premier Qian Special police units pounded eth- that the government might request istry spokesman Stevo Pendarovski Qichen, to the White House next week in a meeting that could set the nic Albanian rebel positions near assistance from NATO, which has told a news conference. He did not tone for what many analysts say will be the most important global here with mortar rounds Thursday support bases in Macedonia for its indicate the source of his informa- relationship in the coming years. as Macedonia’s prime minister peacekeeping operation in Kosovo. tion. threatened to send in the army to A convoy of about 10 military Macedonia broke away from the wage all-out war against the guerril- trucks marked KFOR, the acronym Yugoslav federation in 1991 and British Campaign Against Disease las. for the NATO-led force in Kosovo, was the only former republic to win When the police barrage peaked headed west toward Tetovo along independence without bloodshed. Hits Tourist Industry at midafternoon, heavy blasts rattled one of Macedonia’s main highways Now it is trying to avert a civil war THE WASHINGTON POST Tetovo every few seconds as mortar Thursday evening. between majority ethnic Macedon- ULLSWATER, ENGLAND rounds exploded in the mountains Minutes behind it was a convoy ian Slavs and minority ethnic Alba- The Lake District, a popular tourist destination, has been put overlooking the city. of six Macedonian army trucks nians, who make up at least one- under quarantine like the rest of rural Britain as part of the govern- An escalating rebel insurgency packed with soldiers. Each truck quarter of the population. ment’s increasingly aggressive fight against the agricultural blight of spread this week from border clash- was pulling a small artillery piece, The national Parliament plans to foot-and-mouth disease. The step has kept away hundreds of thou- es to this city on the outskirts of and an army ambulance brought up meet in a rare closed session Friday sands of tourists normally drawn to the warm spring sun and attrac- western Macedonia’s ethnic Alban- the rear. to discuss emergency moves to tions such as Lake District National Park. ian heartland, further undermining The guerrillas fighting in Mace- crush the rebellion. The measures Hotels, restaurants, and attractions are essentially empty in a sea- NATO’s peacekeeping efforts in the donia wear camouflage uniforms are expected to include expanding son where they should be overflowing with visitors. region. with red and black crests that resem- the territory in which the Macedon- There is considerable debate whether the quarantine has helped The ethnic Albanian rebels, who ble those of the Kosovo Liberation ian army legally can operate. stopped the spread of the disease. What is clear is that the official call themselves the National Libera- Army, the rebel force that was for- By law, the army can be campaign to help the livestock industry is killing the tourism indus- tion Army, openly admit that they mally disbanded after NATO’s 78- deployed only in a narrow zone try, a business that employs far more people and contributes much cross into Macedonia from NATO- day air war in 1999 drove Serbian along the borders unless a state of more to the rural economy than farming. protected Kosovo, a mainly ethnic and Yugoslav forces out of Kosovo. emergency is declared. The govern- Foot-and-mouth is costing the region’s farmers an estimated $1.5 Albanian province of Serbia, But organized attacks on minori- ment decided Thursday to widen the million per week, while tourism losses are $15 million weekly, with Yugoslavia’s dominant republic. ty Serbs in Kosovo as well as rebel border zone and is debating the hundreds of employees being laid off, said Alan King of the Cumbria “Maybe these groups can, for a advances elsewhere in southern Ser- extent to which it should do so, gov- Tourist Board. period of time, conquer some vil- bia and in Macedonia suggest that ernment spokesman Antonio Milo- “Yes, we have to help the farmers,” said King, whose local gov- lages,” Prime Minister Ljubco elements of the KLA haven’t aban- sevski said. ernment agency oversees the area’s $1.5 billion tourism industry. “But farming is about five percent of our economy. Tourism is 25 percent. You need a balance.” Armed Men Hijack Russian Airliner Desperate farmers say they need the toughest protections they can get. “If I lose my herd, I lose my livelihood,” said Mark Jones, who out a rear door of the aircraft as it they believe as many as four people runs cattle and sheep on a steep, rocky hillside in this region about Chechen Hijackers sat on the tarmac surrounded by may have been involved. 250 miles northwest of London. Saudi security forces, according to a The aircraft, a charter flight Demand End Saudi airport official. catering primarily to Russians visit- Saudi authorities said three of ing Istanbul on shopping expedi- Uganda Begins Withdrawal in Congo To Russian War the passengers were being treated tions to buy cheap clothing and THE WASHINGTON POST By Molly Moore for shock at a local hospital. other wares for resale, took off from GEMENA, CONGO THE WASHINGTON POST A steward who allegedly was Istanbul’s Ataturk International Air- On the day all sides in the Congo war were to begin pulling back ISTANBUL knifed by one of the hijackers as port at 1:30 p.m. local time (6:30 from front lines, several hundred Ugandan soldiers assembled on the Two men armed with knives and they attempted to enter the cockpit a.m. EST) Thursday. Approximately steamy airport tarmac here, singing and cheering. In two years, claiming to have a bomb hijacked a in the opening moments of the two-thirds of the 162 passengers they’d penetrated as far into Congo as any invader, and now they Moscow-bound Russian passenger hijacking also was released and had Russian names and one-third were preparing to go home. jet Thursday after takeoff from taken from the aircraft by ambu- Turkish names, according to Russ- “When we withdraw this battalion, about 70 percent of our troops Istanbul, sending 174 passengers lance, airport officials said. ian and Turkish aviation authorities. will be out of Congo,” said Brig. Edward Katumba, head of Ugandan and crew on a harrowing flight to It was unclear how seriously the Twelve crew members were aboard. forces in Congo. Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish steward was injured, but as he and About 30 minutes after takeoff, The Ugandan withdrawal is technically independent of the formal authorities. the hijackers scuffled, the plane two men wielding knives and saying peace plan aimed at ending the 2 1/2-year-old Congo conflict. But it The hijackers, who reportedly plunged 1,300 feet before pilots they had a bomb seized control of reflects the widespread optimism all parties in the war say they’ve identified themselves as Chechens locked the cockpit door and stabi- the airplane, according to Turkish clung to since Congolese president Laurent Kabila — the ruler both and said they were demanding an lized the craft, according to Transport Minister Enis Oksuz. Uganda and Rwanda were trying to oust — was killed two months end to Russia’s war against rebels in accounts by airline and Turkish offi- “We still have no information ago. His son and successor, Joseph Kabila, has revived the so-called the breakaway region of Chechnya, cials. about the nationality of the hijack- Lusaka peace accord signed in the capital of Zambia in summer 1999. forced the plane’s pilots to fly to the Negotiations, which were contin- ers, whether they were Chechens or The accord is as complex as the war, which involves six foreign Muslim holy city of Medina. After uing Friday morning, were ham- of some other nationality,” said armies, two rebel groups and numerous militias. several hours of negotiation via pered because the hijackers spoke Alexander Klimov, head of Vnuko- But it begins with a cease-fire which, with the exception of a fire walkie-talkies with Saudi intermedi- neither Arabic nor English, Saudi vo Airlines, which was operating fight on a river south of here earlier this month, has essentially held aries at the airport there, they airport officials said in interviews the flight from Istanbul to Moscow. since Kabila’s assassination. The next step is for all armies to pull allowed more than 20 passengers — broadcast on Turkish television. “But we are guiding ourselves by back nine miles from their front lines. mostly women and small children Although Turkish aviation authori- the fact that one of the demands of The United Nations has agreed to send observers to report on — to leave the Tu-154 jet. ties said two men conducted the the hijackers was an end to the war adherence to the cease-fire. Three other passengers escaped hijacking, Saudi negotiators said in Chechnya.” Page 4 THE TECH March 16, 2001 OPINION
Chairman Jordan Rubin ’02 Editor in Chief Michael J. Ring ’01 Business Manager Huanne T. Thomas ’02 Managing Editor Eric J. Cholankeril ’02 Executive Editor Dana Levine ’02
NEWS STAFF Editors: Naveen Sunkavally ’01, Rima Arnaout ’02,Matthew Palmer ’03; Associate Editors: Nancy L. Keuss ’04, Jennifer Krishnan ’04, Brian Loux ’04, Shankar Mukherji ’04; Staff: Daniel C. Stevenson G, Frank Dabek ’00, Sanjay Basu ’02, Kevin R. Lang ’02, Efren Gutierrez ’03, Vicky Hsu ’04, Pey-Hua Hwang ’04, Pallavi Naresh ‘04, W.S. Wang ’04; Meteorologists: Véronique Bugnion G, Rob Korty G, Peter Huybers G, Greg Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G.
PRODUCTION STAFF Editor: Satwiksai Seshasai ’01; Associate Editors: Stacia Swanson ’03, Gayani Tillekeratne ’03, Joel Corbo ’04, Joy Forsythe Letters To The Editor ’04, Tao Yue ’04; Staff: Mary Obelnicki ’98, Ryan Ochylski ’01, Ian Lai ’02, Anju GSC on Wrong Side ously question whether he has the full support and Maggie Stringfellow. The difference they Kanumalla ’03, Vimal Bhalodia ’04, Kartik of the whole graduate student body, especially brought to the election was sincerity, a virtue Lamba ’04, Andy Leiserson ’04, Andrew the graduate parents who struggle greatly to that was not clearly demonstrated by anyone Mamo ’04, Shefali Oza ’04, Eric Tung ’04. Of Day Care Battle [Ed: The first letter below was sent to succeed in our shared academic environment. else. They deserve most of the credit for moti- OPINION STAFF administrators, Graduate Student Council rep- We are very sorry to hear that helpful propos- vating students not residing between Editors: Kris Schnee ’02, Mike Hall ’03; resentatives, and graduate student mailing als by the administration are “fought” by our McCormick and Next House to show their sup- Associate Editor: Veena Thomas ’02; lists. The second letter below is a response to own representatives. port for a team which was firmly grounded in Columnists: Philip Burrowes ’04, Roy Esaki the first.] I would like to ask all students, staff and reality. They didn’t talk about “integrating the ’04, Ken Nesmith ’04, Jyoti Tibrewala ’04; As a graduate student and a mother, I faculty sympathetic to the needs of parents at campus” or “improving undergraduate life.” Staff: Matthew L. McGann ’00, Michael Bo- would like to express my outrage about the MIT to join us in expressing our disappoint- They knew what can and cannot be accom- rucke ’01, Kevin Choi ’01, Christopher D. Smith ’01, Jason H. Wasfy ’01, Matt article on the front page of the Mar. 9 Tech, ment. plished from the office of UA president, and Craighead ’02, Philippe C. Larochelle ’03. “GSC Wins Day Care Battle.” The article did they showed that they would leverage the power not report a recent step forward in solving the Kirsten A. Weiss G of that position to do what they could. SPORTS STAFF all-too serious problem that graduate student Editor: Aaron D. Mihalik ’02; Staff: Alvan parents, staff, and faculty at MIT face in find- Amal K. Dorai ’04 Eric P. Loreto ’01, Jeffrey Colton ’02, Brian K. ing day care at MIT or in Cambridge. Rather, FSILGs Already Provide Richter ’02, Jennifer C. Lee ’03. it reports a “victory” of the Graduate Student ARTS STAFF Council in the “battle” to keep a proposed day Benefits of RBA National Brief Editors: Devdoot Majumdar ’04, Annie S. care center out of the planning for the Sidney- In “Advisers on Hand” [Mar. 13], Jyoti Choi; Associate Editor: Fred Choi ’02; Staff: Pacific graduate dorm, citing a lack of need Tibrewala points out several strengths of Biased, Incomplete Erik Blankinship G, Bence P. Olveczky G, Roy for day care on campus and pointing to the McCormick’s pilot Residence-Based Advising I felt that the news brief titled “House Rodenstein G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky ’95, Seth troubling spectre of increased traffic to the system: freshmen get to know their classmates Votes to Repeal New Ergonomics Rules” that Bisen-Hersh ’01, Katie Jeffreys ’01, Rebecca dormitory. As a student who was on the MIT well and they get to meet their living group’s ran in the Mar. 9 issue of The Tech was biased Loh ’01, Bogdan Fedeles ’03, Lianne Habinek ’02, day care waiting list for at least one and a half upperclassmen during orientation. and incomplete. As someone who doesn’t Jumaane Jeffries ’02, Jacob Beniflah ’03, Daniel years before receiving a call about a possible I’d like to point out that MIT’s FSILG sys- think that W. is out to “screw” this country but J. Katz ’03, Jane Maduram ’03, Amy Meadows ’03, Ryan Klimczak ’04, Izzat Jarudi ’04. opening, this sounds ludicrous and insulting to tem provides those same advantages, but to a who doesn’t feel that we should take every- say the least, and is particularly hurtful com- far greater degree. New FSILG members get thing he gives us with a smile, I like listening PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF ing from a group that purports to represent the to know their fellow new members far better to opposing viewpoints. Editors: Nathan Collins G, Sephir Hamilton G; entire graduate student body. This is the first than just reading a “condensed biography” This brief, however, only gave you one Associate Editors: Roshan Baliga ’03, Wendy that many graduate students have heard of the over the summer, and they receive far more point of view: the ergonomics rules were Gu ’03; Staff: Erika Brown G, Krzysztof proposal and the GSC’s position. support and advice from upperclassmen than repealed because Republicans are partisan. Gajos G, Garry Maskaly G, Karlene R. It is sadly ironic that this decision comes in they would in any RBA system. Statements like, “Only 13 of 220 Republicans Maskaly G, Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi G, Michelle the wake of MIT’s placement on the list of the Sadly, MIT’s administration doesn’t see the strayed from their party leadership to support Povinelli G, Bob Sumner G, Samudra Vijay G, Gregory F. Kuhnen ’00, Charles Boatin ’01, Nii “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.” strengths of the irreplaceable residence system the rules” and “The House ... demonstrated Dodoo ’01, James Snyder ’01, Yi Xie ’02, Leonid The tone set by the GSC’s president, it currently has. But any FSILG resident will even stronger GOP discipline” seem more fit- Drozhinin ’03, Ekaterina Ossikine ’03, Pedro L. Soulaymane Kachani, is not exactly one that tell you that no other living arrangement can ting in an editorial than in a news article. Arrechea ’04, Sasir Botta ’04, Brian Hemond ’04, celebrates the presence of women, in their provide the same close connections with fel- But it’s not what was there that bothered Max Planck ’04, Jacqueline T. Yen ’04. many important roles, at the Institute. low residents and the same level of support me. It was what wasn’t there. The article Kachani invited us to celebrate, over alco- and advising, that you get in an FSILG. clearly lacked one of the main Ws of journal- FEATURES STAFF holic beverages at Hacklink 2K1, what he ism: why. Why would 279 of the country’s Associate Editors: Melissa S. Cain ’04, Eun Lee ’04; Staff: Diana S. Cheng ’04, Sonali calls “a great victory and achievement.” I Darius G. Jazayeri G senators and representatives vote for a repeal Mukherjee ’03; Cartoonists: David Abrameto encourage those of you who disagree with of the ergonomics rules when the article clear- G, Aaron Isaksen G, Kenneth Lu G, Kara S. Kachani’s position to express your feelings to Creighton/Stringfellow ly states how wonderful these rules are? Meredith G, Raj C. Midha G, Solar Olugebefola the GSC and to the administration. Senators and representatives need to have rea- G, Jennifer Dimase ’01, Grace H. Wang ’01, sons to vote one way or the other. The article Bao-Yi Chang ’02, David Ngo ’02, Lara Kirk- Glaire D. Anderson G Caused Record Turnout should’ve stated both reasons. Tell me why ham ’03, Alison Wong ’03, Guan-Jong Chen ’04. Tuesday’s issue of The Tech quoted several they did this. Don’t tell me if it is right or I would like to join Glaire Anderson in sources as claiming that the Undergraduate wrong. I can form my own opinion. BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Manager: Rachel Johnson ’02; expressing my great disappointment in Association elections had record voter turnout A news article should be unbiased; it Operations Manager: Jasmine Richards ’02; Graduate Student Council President because the UA Election Commission effec- should show facts. I am certain that the article Staff: Kedra Newsom ’02, Dashonn Graves ’03, Soulaymane Kachani’s message “GSC Wins tively advertised the election and motivated stu- does not contain lies but one side of the facts Joey Plum ’03. Day Care Center Battle” [Mar. 9]. dents to vote. But the UA publicizes every elec- doesn’t constitute the truth. 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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Well, you could care because two MIT Authority, despite last year’s fare hikes, pro- affiliates, SIPB members Keith Winstein and vides a relatively pleasurable subway service. Marc Horowitz, wrote it. You could care Each line is clean, clearly scheduled, and (rea- because it could drag the Institute’s name into sonably) crowded. a lawsuit with the Motion Picture Association That is, each line save one. This line stands of America (MPAA). But more than that, you apart with constant overcrowding, dingy facil- can and should care because the code to grpff ities, confusing destinations, and an arbitrary is a blow in the battle for freedom, a small schedule. victory against corporate greed and tyrannical No, it’s not the Orange — although governmental legislation. However, it is diffi- Downtown Crossing can get pretty bad — but cult to rally people to a cause using abstract the anachronistic and embarrassing Green Line. principles. Instead, I’ll appeal to our common- Distinguishing the T from many other met- sense principles of justice. ropolitan rail systems is the one rail/one line Basically, these boil down to the idea of setup under which only one “color” train travels good faith in executing a transaction. When given tracks into a station. A system like D.C.’s you go to a restaurant, you pay for the food. Metro, however, lets trains with various destina- Likewise, a computer store can’t sell you a tions pull into the same place. Both methods laptop and give you a Handspring Visor have their pros and cons, but either way the plan instead. That’s just common sense. is usually maintained throughout the railway. When it comes to intellectual property GUAN-JONG CHEN Not so with the Green Line. Trains leaving such as motion pictures, the consumer buys restrict viewing regions, but CSS curtails your Copyright Act. Among other things, it prohib- Lechmere end up splitting into two, three, not just the physical medium, but the right to rights permanently, and makes you jump ited the dissemination of any device designed then finally four different sub-lines (to Boston access the content. When you buy a DVD, the through hoops to get them back. to circumvent protection measures for copy- College, Riverside, Cleveland Circle, and movie studio gets paid for the DVD, and you To make the regional coding system work, righted data. Heath Street/Arborway). Except the Red get a license to watch the movie on the DVD it had to be secret. Then, the MPAA could The law is incredibly vague, and propo- Line’s separation into the Ashmont (Mattapan) for as long as you live — a fair transaction. force creators of DVD players to agree to their nents of DeCSS are having great fun with the and Braintree lines — which doesn’t count However, the movie studios’ DVD Content terms and pay a hefty licensing fee in return word “device.” A program, after all, is only an because nobody rides the Red Line past South Scrambling System (CSS) unbalances that for being let in on the secret. implementation of an algorithm, which is no Station, anyway — all other T lines maintain transaction. You still pay them money, and you However, this meant that major corpora- more a device than a partial derivative is. If one rail/one line, thereby leading to confusion theoretically can watch the movie. With DVD tions, which need to make a profit, only devel- posting the source code online is illegal, what whenever a passenger ventures to the Green encryption in place, though, it is possible for oped DVD player software for Windows and about posting an English translation of the Line for the first time. the MPAA to place artificial restrictions on Mac. Other operating systems, like code? Reciting the code orally? Composing a your viewing rights. haiku? If it’s legal to chant “e to the One such restriction u du-dx,” then how can it be illegal Each MBTA line is clean, mechanism is the regional The MPAA’s CSS encryption scheme to sing the DeCSS algorithm song? coding system. DVD players These word games are funny, clearly scheduled, and crowded. can have one of seven possi- places unreasonable and, it can be argued, and, in fact, necessary for our legal ble codes, such as “1” for system. They also point out how That is, each line save one. North America and “2” for illegal limits on your rights. ridiculous the DMCA is. But don’t Europe. DVD players can forget: there’s nothing complex only play discs which match about this. You don’t need to under- their regional codes. It’s per- stand copyright law. You don’t need Compounding the Green Line’s procedural fectly legal to take a North American DVD GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, were out of luck. to understand the source code of the program. aberration are its physical abnormalities. player and disc to Europe and to watch it But remember: when you buy a DVD, you You don’t even need to know how to use a Where other lines have a depression adjacent to there. After all, you bought the right to watch don’t buy the right to watch the movie merely computer. The fact of the matter is, when you the passenger platform, the Green Line’s tracks the movie, and should be able to watch it on certain operating systems. You buy the buy a DVD, you buy the right to watch a are level with the waiting area. Electrified third where you please. right to watch the movie. Period. movie. rails power the other trains while the Green Because of CSS, though, all the DVDs Frustrated computer programmers found a The MPAA’s CSS encryption scheme Line runs on an overhead source. Combined, bought in Europe play only on European DVD solution to this dilemma by cracking the CSS places unreasonable and, it can be argued, ille- these two unique features allow passengers to players. There are ways around the problem, code. This DeCSS code was distributed on gal limits on your rights. Implementations of easily walk in front of a Green train’s path, and like using multi-region DVD players, but all several web sites, against which the MPAA DeCSS merely restore the rights taken from that is in fact often necessary when trying to of these involve additional expense and hassle. promptly filed suit. The lawsuit is based most- you. This is not illegal and shouldn’t be con- get to other parts of a station. There’s a reason for the MPAA to temporarily ly upon the nonsensical Digital Millennium demned. It, in fact, deserves our full support. As disconcerting as it might be to run along tracks for the first time after years of shying away from lethal third rails, the most shocking part of the Green Line is the train cars’ design The Open Field itself. The first glance is often reminiscent of a San Francisco trolley, but the inside gives an are a useful way to improve concentration for literature on the movement. The four-page altogether different impression. The forward ori- Kris Schnee mental and physical feats, and that they can brief gave a disclaimer that “we are by no entation of the seats, closeness of the conductor, even be a substitute for chemical painkillers. means attempting to promote a disease-heal- and folding doors are unmistakably bus-like. Last Friday evening, we had a heretic on More importantly, he offered proof of his ing system, nor are we trying to make a scien- Any newcomer could be easily forgiven for campus. His name was Phillip Johnson, law claims. He stuck a pin in his arm and scorched tific report,” followed by case studies such as a attempting to find the appropriate stop-cord. professor at Berkeley and author of several himself with a lighter without flinching, then cancer patient for whom “her physical body Regardless of the aesthetic incongruity of books including Darwin on Trial and The offered to levitate an audience member. This indeed became purified from all illnesses.” these pseudo-cable cars, their carrying capaci- Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of latter demonstration was less impressive, as by There was even an attempt at a scientific sur- ty cannot be neglected. This is a deficiency, Naturalism. You can guess the man’s philo- “levitate” he meant “have four people pick vey. The group received a much warmer wel- however, not a positive aspect. Green Line cars sophical alignment. He came to MIT to pre- up.” Still, he presented an argument and tried come here than it has from the Chinese gov- are noticeably smaller than those of any other sent us with a large block of Swiss cheese, a to prove it, and MIT students were willing to ernment. line. Even worse, trains are usually only one or complex argument against the theory of evolu- listen, even if some of them were giggling On Saturday and Sunday the MIT/Harvard two cars long, leading to chronic overcrowd- tion and scientific rationalism. during the group hypnotism session. Hippocratic Society held a biotechnology con- ing. While this is slightly offset by shorter I won’t go through the numerous flaws in Johnson the Creationist drew a far larger ference featuring such distinguished guests as intervals between arrivals, that to leads to con- such arguments — see The Tech’s opinion crowd, filling most of 54–100. A big group of author Lee Silver and Phillip Campbell, editor fusion as riders speculate on which car to take. f irestorm of Sept./Oct. 1999 or aspiring scientists and engineers were willing of Nature. One of the most interesting parts of Some would argue that these problems are
The following movies are playing this week- end at local theaters. The Tech suggests using
1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (★★★ ⁄2) PHILLIP V. CARUSO Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a “wu Robert De Niro strikes a pose as Eddie Flemming in 15 Minutes. xia” martial arts fantasy crossed with period romantic drama. It is a showcase for accomplished direction, stunning director Jonathan Demme, and pretty much excellent performances as three escaped latest from writer/director David Mamet. cinematography and special effects, and the point as well. Ridley Scotts directs by convicts in the South. — Annie S. Choi State and Main contains a few really good remarkable martial arts choreography. The swooshing the camera around and the one-liners and sight-gags, and a well-con- ★★1 most impressive aspect is the performance screenplay (David Mamet and Steven Shadow of the Vampire ( ⁄2) cocted story. The film brings together a tal- by a relative newcomer, Zhang Ziyi, who Zaillian, of all people) lurches unevenly. At Shadow of the Vampire is experimental ented group of actors (including William H. explodes on the screen like a force of nature. least Anthony Hopkins still seems to have director Elias Merhige’s fictionalized take Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Alec — VZ some fun. — Rebecca Loh & VZ on the creation of F. W. Murnau’s legendary Baldwin), bringing Mamet’s usually high- (and amazingly enduring) 1922 silent classic brow production ethos back down to earth. ★★1 ★1 Down to Earth ( ⁄2) Head Over Heels ( ⁄2) Nosferatu, in which eccentric actor/vampire — JH Chris Rock plays Lance Barton, an A parody that wants to be a romantic Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) terrorizes the aspiring stand-up comedian who meets an comedy, Head Over Heels is a story about film crew, led by director F. W. Murnau ★1 untimely death. He strikes a deal with two normal people that fall for each other in (John Malkovich). Despite a brilliant perfor- Sugar and Spice ( ⁄2) heavenly angels Keyes (Eugene Levy) and the midst of the New York City fashion mance by Dafoe, and a demonstrated mas- What happens when the A-squad cheer- King (Chazz Palminteri) to be reincarnated scene. Poorly acted and unnaturally devel- tery of recreating the look of early silent leaders try to rob a bank? Plot muddles, as a rich, white business tycoon. Chris Rock oped, the movie may be considered funny at films, Shadow of the Vampire is only quasi- character flaws, and general teenybopper plays his character with genuine enthusiasm times, especially because of some laughable successful and somewhat undeveloped in its chaos happen. With a flawed script, flat and sincerity, and does not even utter a performances. If you have too much time to take on the nature of obsession and the characters, and an unrealistic premise, Sugar naughty word, conforming to the film’s PG- waste, you can go and watch it. — Bogdan vampy nature of artistic genius. — Jed and Spice flounders while trying to be 13 rating. — Erik Blankinship Fedeles Horne clever. — Amy Meadows
1 1 The Gift (★★★) The Mexican (★★ ⁄2) Snatch (★★★ ⁄2) Traffic (★★★★) Featuring the acting talents of Cate The quest for a sought-after object is usu- Madonna’s new hubby Guy Ritchie, bol- Stephen Soderbergh’s captivating docud- Blanchett, Greg Kinnear, and Hillary ally filled with excitement and heartbreaks stered by the run-away success of his first rama of a film makes for a movie that tran- Swank, and boasting a screenplay by Tom along the way. The Mexican is filled with feature film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking scends the “drug movie” genre. Eloquently Epperson and Billy Bob Thornton, The Gift, Julia Roberts, a gay kidnapper, and Mexican Barrels, can hardly be blamed for sticking to written and perfectly acted, this movie is under the direction of Sam Raimi (A Simple thieves. Overall it is a great comedy that is a successful formula — take roughly six groundbreaking and definitely Oscar materi- Plan), seems the perfect formula for a good light on an action-packed plot and character Tarantino-esque criminals, throw in a touch al. — Devdoot Majumdar movie. And it is … to a point. While this development. Though full of laughs, the film of wry British humor, and mix. This fantas- ★★★1 yarn about a woman with a psychic gift has will leave you wanting more. — Jacob tically entertaining movie, which deftly You Can Count On Me ( ⁄3) well-rounded characters and well-developed Beniflah mixes a botched diamond heist with the Winner of the 2000 Cannes’ Grand Jury tension, the latter part of the film reads only chaos of underground boxing, is a must-see, Prize, this is a poignant film about a sister as a thrills-a-minute horror film with little O Brother, Where Art Thou? (★★★) especially for anyone unfamiliar with and a brother. Offering provocative writing, substance. Open it up … but know what to The Coan brothers’ latest endeavor is Ritchie’s first film. — JH sincere acting and engaging editing, this expect. — Debora Lui clever, witty, and thoroughly enjoyable. With film treats you like a friend who’s been ★★★1 a stellar soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art State and Main ( ⁄2) inadvertently asked to sit in the living room Hannibal (★★) Thou? is adapted from Homer’s Odyssey — The immovable object meets the irre- as a family drama unfolds. The characters Compared to The Silence of the Lambs, with a Coan brothers twist. George Clooney, sistible force when small-town America col- are real and their challenges tangible. — this sequel is lacking lead Jodie Foster, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson give lides with Hollywood in State and Main, the EB
CONCERT REVIEW “Holiday,” “I’m a Loner Dottie…a new songs; they came for the oldies. When Weezer played a Rebel,” “The Company Dime,” and string of songs to be included on their upcoming album “Ten Minutes” are all great, but (“The Christmas Song,” “Don’t Let Go,” and “Hash Pipe”), they didn’t come across as beauti- the crowd barely blinked. I’m not planning to buy the album Weezer & Get Up Kids fully in concert as they do on the as soon as it hits record stores because the new material did- album. n’t seem to have quite as much edge. It felt as though the Emo Style and Timeless Oldies “Action & Action” and “Red band has grown up a great deal over the five years they’ve Letter Day” were powerful, though, been off the scene, perhaps losing some of the energy that By Eric J. Cholankeril as were their less-well-known EP tracks, “Woodson” and inspired the first two albums. MANAGING EDITOR “Forgive and Forget.” TGUK put on an awesome show, The rest of Weezer’s set was amazing, as expected. eezer fans, look out. That’s right — the unlikely because they really throw themselves into their music. By Highlights were all of their hits from the blue album: “In the success story headed by Rivers Cuomo is the end of their set, James Dewees was jumping up and Garage,” “Say it Ain’t So,” “Buddy Holly,” and “Undone making their move back onto the scene after a down on an amplifier and playing his keyboard in a vertical (the Sweater Song).” “The Good Life” and “El Scorcho” Wlong hiatus. I was lucky enough to catch Weezer position. It may seem bizarre that their lyrics are all about from their less successful 1996 release, Pinkerton, were just and their current tourmates, the Get Up Kids, at a sold-out feeling dejected about relationships while their songs are as hard-hitting. Also on the setlist off Pinkerton were “Tired concert in Lowell, Mass. on Mar. 4. upbeat and fast-paced, but in some sense that contrast of Sex” and “Why Bother.” The Get Up Kids? Who the heck are they? you’re proba- defines emo music. The stage for the show was made up to look like a bas- bly wondering. It’s okay; the Weezer fans at the concert But it’s certainly nothing like Weezer, who finally came ketball court — two hoops hung from the ceiling, with seemed to be asking exactly the same question. Kansas on after an hour intermission highlighted by the audience close-ups of the band projected onto the backboards. If City’s TGUK are currently sitting right on top of the emo bonding over “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Cuomo and bandmates Weezer’s main set resembled a 10–0 run, then the encore scene; they write songs about lost love and pour their souls Brian Bell, Patrick Wilson, and Mikey Welsh emerged play- was a slam dunk. The band performed “In Dreams” and into everything they play. And they happen to be one of my ing the first few verses of a new acoustic tune, then launched “Surf Wax USA,” bringing the energy level to a final climax. favorite bands. directly into a powerful rendition of “My Name is Jonas.” Weezer is definitely a band you want to see live, even if They didn’t do too well with the Weezer crowd, though. Weezer’s 1994 self-titled release (the blue album) was you’ve memorized every line to all of their songs. While it’s Breaking into their set with “Mass Pike” to try to please the groundbreaking; it blows me away every time I pop it in. It true that you could have gone to a Weezer concert six years locals, the Get Up Kids played fast and hard. would be pretty difficult for the band not to milk their road ago and maybe have had the same experience, Weezer’s I found that tracks like “Don’t Hate Me” and “Coming to fame for all it’s worth. After all, this tour’s unofficial title music is so timeless that you won’t mind. Plus, you’re not in Clean” off the Get Up Kids’ 1997 album Four-Minute Mile was “Corporate Sell-Out Tour 2001,” and it was sponsored middle school anymore, so I promise it’ll be more fun. played really well live, because the album is fast and furious, by Yahoo!, which attempted to market new high-tech prod- In summary, go see Weezer live. Go see the Get Up Kids full of anguish. Their 1999 full-length, Something to Write ucts at the venue. live, too. Just try not to see them both in the same night. Home About, is … well … a lot more refined. Songs like Luckily, the audience didn’t really come to hear Weezer’s Spread the love a little. Page 8 THE TECH THE ARTS March 16, 2001
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Karma Club Mar. 28: Ani Difranco. $26.50. Mar. 21-25 at the Emerson 9 Lansdowne St., 617-421-9595 Majestic Theatre (219 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116-4717). Sundays: “Current dance Wed., Th. at 7 p.m., Fri. and Sat. favorites” by guest DJs. Cover at 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. at 2 Jazz Music p.m.: Bill T. Jones’ “You Walk” varies. Tuesdays: Phatt Tuesdays. With Regattabar treads toward numerous destina- Bill’s bar, modern dance music. Concertix: 876-7777 tions, historical and poetic, while $10. 1 Bennett St., Cambridge 02138, expressing a hunger to revisit Wednesdays: STP. Gay-friendly, 617-662-5000 some “first” home. Through the house. $15, 21+. traditional music of the Americas, Thursdays: Groove Factor. House. “You Walk” considers the simple Mar. 23: Roomful of Blues. and profound act of walking. Fridays: Pure. Drum and bass, Mar. 23: Bill Summers. guest DJ. $15, 19+. Tickets: $45, $40, $35 plus fees. Bill T. Jones Legacy Conversation, Saturdays: Elements of Life. Scullers Jazz Club International House. $15. a Special Free Event, on Mar. 25 DoubleTree Guest Suites, 400 at 4:30 p.m. following the final Soldiers Field Rd., Boston, 617- performance of “You Walk?” at ManRay 562-4111 the Emerson Majestic Theatre. 21 Brookline St., Cambridge, 617- 864-0400 Mar. 16: Warren Hill & Jeff Golub. Alvin Ailey American Dance Mar. 18: Joe Sample & Lalah Theater Wednesdays: Curses. Goth. Hathaway. Apr. 17-21 at 8 p.m., Apr. 21 at 2 Appropriate dress required. $5, Mar. 21: Bombay Jim and the p.m., Apr. 22 at 3 p.m. At the Wang 19+; $3, 21+. Swinging Sapphires. Theatre (270 Tremont St., Boston, Thursdays: Campus. Popular Mar. 22-23: Deborah Henson- 617-482-9393). Alvin Ailey’s ground- tunes + House. Gay, casual Conant. breaking dance group presents a dress. $10, 19+; $7, 21+. Mar. 29: Kendrick Oliver and New show that includes classic works Fridays: Fantasy Factory (First and Life Jazz Orchestra. from its much-celebrated repertoire. third Friday of the month. Many of these pieces are rooted in Features kinky fetishes and Ailey’s personal experiences: “Blues industrial music.) Hell Night Suite” inhabits the rural, (every second Friday. 19+. Depression-era Texas of Ailey’s child- Includes Goth music.) Ooze (the Classical Music hood, while “Cry,” depicts a black last Friday of the month.) $10, Boston Symphony Orchestra woman’s transcendent journey 21+. reduced prices for those through slavery. With rich musical wearing fetish gear. Tickets: 266-1492. selections (ranging from Fela Kuti’s Saturdays: Liquid. Disco/house + Performances at Symphony Hall. African pop and Duke Ellington’s jazz New Wave. $15, 19+; $10, Call for ticket prices. to rock, gospel and traditional blues) 21+. For MIT Students: Tickets are and inventive direction (in the new offered for Th. evening concerts (8 CLIVE BARDA work “Double Xposure,” dancers are p.m.) and Fri. afternoon concerts equipped with wireless cameras that (1:30 p.m.) and are available on Principal Guest Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Boston Symphony relay real-time 20-foot projections the day of the concert only at the Orchestra in four performances from March 8-24. behind them), the Ailey family has Popular Music BSO Box Office at Symphony Hall put together a performance that cat- (301 Mass. Ave. Open 10 a.m.-6 apults the senses. Tickets are $55- Axis p.m.). Two tickets may be $35, $40-$20 for matinees, and are obtained with two current valid MIT the A.R.T. With war raging all Northampton St., one block south 13 Lansdowne St., 617-262-2437 around, a desperate woman mock- of Mass. Ave. Take the Orange Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum available through TeleCharge at 800- Next: 423-NEXT student IDs, subject to availability. 447-7400 or via
The following incidents were reported to the MIT Campus Police between February 19-28, 2001. This summary contains most inci- dents reported to the Campus Police but does not include incidents such as medical shuttles, ambulance transfers, false alarms, general service calls, etc.
February 19: Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue, assist State Police with vehicle accident; Bldg. 41 lot, suspicious activity; Bldg. 4, malicious damage; Bldg. 7, report of homeless person; Bldg. 36, report of homeless person. February 20: Bldg. 24, suspicious box, checked out okay; Bldg. 36, suspicious person; Walker, kitchen area broken into and food stolen; Ashdown, 1) suspicious activity; 2) fraudulent use of debit card; Student Center, 1) bicycle stolen, $600; 2) report of male and female in women’s restroom. February 21: Student Center turn around, report of vehicle stolen, same only misplaced; Du Pont, suspicious persons; Burton, smoke from an overheated washing machine; Bldg. 66, small fire in a lab; Bldg. 8, fire in men’s restroom. February 22: Bldg. E52, suspicious person; Bldg. 45, cell phone stolen, $200; Ashdown, coat stolen, $160. February 23: Walker, 1) wallet stolen, $10 cash; 2) backpack stolen, $325; Bldg. 24, scanner stolen, $84; Du Pont, backpack stolen, $160; Bldg. E19, reported larceny, items only misplaced; Bldg. 6, check and inquiry of individual. February 24: Bldg. 37, suspicious person sleeping in office; Wadsworth, check and inquiry of two individuals; Kresge, check and SAMUDRA VIJAY —THE TECH Institute Professor Mario Molina (left) greets Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural inquiry of four individuals; Boston, Sigma Phi Epsilon, noise com- Resources Victor Lichtinger. MIT’s integrated program on Urban, Regional and Global Air Pollution plaint. organized the 4th U.S.-Mexico workshop on air quality held in Mexico City March 8-10. February 25: Boston, Lambda Chi Alpha, noise complaint; Boston, Delta Upsilon, fire on roof; rear of Bldg. 42, check and inquiry of two individuals; Student Center, harassment; Bldg. E53, $188 cash stolen; Amherst Street, report of couple arguing; Memorial Drive, vehicle broken into, same reported to State Police; Edgerton House, report of smoke in hallway, someone burnt the toast. February 26: Bldg. NW62, power tools stolen, $600; Bldg. 18, construction equipment stolen, $2,250; Student Center, bike stolen, $100; Bldg. NW17, homeless person. February 27: Bldgs. 4 and 16, suspicious activity; Student Center, suspicious person, trespass warning issued. February 28: Bldg. 8, radio stolen, $500; Bldg. NE43, annoying phone calls; Brookline, Zeta Beta Tau, larceny by check; Du Pont, two suspicious persons, gone upon Campus Police arrival; Bldg. 9, suspicious person, gone upon Campus Police arrival.
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TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday, March 16 8:00 p.m. – The Rover. Play by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) directed by Kim Mancuso. $8, $6 students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Al-Anon Open Discussion: Al-Anon Meeting. free. Room: E25- 101. Sponsor: MIT Medical. Sunday, March 18 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – Orientation to Computing at MIT. This seminar provides basic, non-technical information about the MIT computing environment. 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Ballroom Dance Lessons. Amer. Rhumba 1 at 1 p.m., Swing 2 Topics include: telephones and voice mail, operating systems, supported software and at 2 p.m., Mambo/Salsa 3 at 4:30 p.m. Free social dancing from 3:30-4:30 p.m. $1 to recommended hardware, the campus network, security, computer-related health issues. $5. Room: Lobby 13. Sponsor: Ballroom Dance Club. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. 3:00 p.m. – Annual Israeli Folk Dance Festival. Performance celebrating the joy and 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. – MIT Jewish Faculty Affairs Luncheon Series. “From Dinosaurs exuberance of Israel and the Jewish culture through dance. Sixteen dance groups from to Birds: The Evolution of Yiddish Literature.” $10 for lunch, pay by Wednesday, March throughout the northeastern U.S. will participate, including B’Yachad Dancers (Bran- 14th. Room: W11 Small Dining Room. Sponsor: Hillel, MIT. deis), Shalhevet (Columbia University), LeHariem et HaGagg (Brown University), Yofi 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – “The Green Edge: Competitive Advantage and Environmental (University of Pennsylvania), Nilhav (Hebrew College Brookline), Mazal of Cambridge Gain in the IT Industry.” Environmental and Sustainability Brown Bag Lunch. free. (MIT). Also performing are the chorus and dance group of the Solomon Schechter Day Room: E40-496 . Sponsor: Center for Environmental Initiatives. School of Greater Boston.Event will be preceded by a free folk dance party with open 1:30 p.m. – The Politics of Welfare Reform. free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Women’s dancing, requests and a screening of the video of 2000 Israel Folkdance Festival. Spon- Studies Program. sored by MIT Hillel and the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston, Inc., a non-profit, tax- 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. – Chemical Engineering Department Seminars. Microchemical exempt organization. $12. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Systems-Synthesis of Chemicals and Information. free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: Chemi- 8:00 p.m. – The Rover. Play by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) directed by Kim Mancuso. $8, cal Engineering. $6 students. Room: Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Shakespeare Ensemble. 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – Discrete Morse Functions from Lexicographic Orders. Refresh- ments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2-338. free. Room: 2-338. Sponsor: Combi- Monday, March 19 natorics Seminar. Department of Mathematics. 5:00 p.m. – Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. Electrical engineering and 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – Mac Tech Partners. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: computer science junior Jonathan Lee, piano. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music Information Systems. and Theater Arts Section. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – “Special Lagrangian geometry and integrable systems.” free. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Challenges faced by Women at MIT. Alice Brown-Collins will Room: 4-159. Sponsor: Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics. speak on the challenges MIT women face, such as professionalism vs. femininity and 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – Experiments on Convection in Two-Layered Fluids: A Century career choices vs. family. Both men and women are encouraged to attend. free. Room: after Benard. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. in room 2-349. free. Room: 2- Student Center (W20-491). Sponsor: Black Christian Fellowship, Graduate Christian Fel- 105. Sponsor: Applied Mathematics Colloquium. Department of Mathematics. lowship. 8:00 p.m. – John Corley Tribute Concert. MIT Wind Ensemble (Frederick Harris, direc- Tuesday, March 20 tor) and MIT Concert Choir (William Cutter, director); Jean Rife, horn soloist. World Pre- miere of Roman Odes, commissioned by the MIT Wind Ensemble in memory of John Cor- 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. – The International of Science in the Land of the Communist ley; Grainger’s Handel in the Strand, Colonial Song, The Gum-Suckers March, Copland’s International: International Scientific Congresses in Stalin’s Russia. Dibner Institute Down a Country Lane. Pre-concert lecture – 7 p.m. The MIT Wind Ensemble pays tribute Lunchtime Colloquia. free. Room: E56-100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute. to John Corley, conductor of the MIT Concert Band for 51 years who passed away last 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Windows NT Quick Start. Master the five basic parts of Win- October. Mr. Corley established a repertoire of 350 pieces with the ensemble and com- dows NT - the desktop, icons, mouse pointer, Start button, and Taskbar. Learn how to missioned 40 new works. In tribute to his memory, the MIT Wind Ensemble has commis- launch or exit from applications, find files or folders, and access online help. free. sioned Boston composer Michael Weinstein to write a piece for chorus and winds. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. – Sheared Convection in Two-dimensional Liquid Crystal Films. 8:00 p.m. – Et Tu, Roadkill? (aka Long Form IV). Roadkill Buffet, MIT’s improv troupe. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2-349. free. Room: 2-338. Sponsor: free. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Roadkill Buffet. Physical Mathematics Seminar. Department of Mathematics. 9:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Carnaval 2001. Brazilian Carnival Party with live 10-piece band 4:00 p.m. – James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Award Lecture. free. Room: Wong Auditorium and dancers, Brazilian appetizers and drinks, and a raffle of an airplane ticket to Brazil. (Bldg E51). Sponsor: Information Center. $12. Room: Roxy Night Club (279 Tremont St., Boston). Sponsor: Brazilian Student 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Distributed Precision Control of Structronic Shell Systems. Association, Graduate Student Council. Varig Brazilian Airlines, Alternativa magazine, free. Room: 1-350. Sponsor: Engineering & Environmental Mechanics Group. Silver Bull Brazilian Steakhouse. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – MTL VLSI Seminar Series. 3D MAPS: 3D Arrays of Meso Actua- tors on Plastic Substrates. free. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: MTL VLSI Seminar, Boston Saturday, March 17 Area MEMS. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Gas Turbine Seminar Series. free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: 4:00 p.m. – RACE: The Future! Ancestors in the Americas, Part 1: “Coolies, Sailors, Gas Turbine Laboratory. and Settlers: Voyage to the New World.” free. Room: Talbot Lounge, East Campus. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – “Unintended Consequences of Migration Policies: Cases and Sponsor: Committee on Campus Race Relations. Counseling and Support Services. Lessons.” Mr. Abella is Chief of the International Migration Branch, International Labour 6:00 p.m. – RACE: The Future! Ancestors in the Americas, Part 2: “Chinese in the Fron- Office (ILO), Geneva. free. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Center for International Studies. tier West: An American Story.” free. Room: Talbot Lounge, East Campus. Sponsor: Com- 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Joint seminar with DUSP’s Environmental Policy Seminars mittee on Campus Race Relations. Counseling and Support Services. Series. “Environmental Challenges and Increasing Energy Provision in Africa: Policy Con- 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – Sangam presents Karyshma for Earthquake Relief in India. cerns.” free. Room: E40-496. Sponsor: Center for Environmental Initiatives. Department On January 26, 2001, a massive earthquake rocked a large part of western India, killing of Urban Studies and Planning Policy Seminars. tens of thousands, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless and causing billions of 6:30 p.m. – Architecture Lecture: “The Construction of Scenery.” Talk by Fumihiko rupees worth of damage. Sangam presents the phenomenal band Karyshma with its Maki, architect, Tokyo. free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Department of Architecture. unique blend of Indian and Western music, in a fund-raising performance. All proceeds 7:00 p.m. – 16 Months of Cultural Immersion in 16 Countries. Recent college graduate from this concert will go to the Association for India’s Development, towards funding its Amanda Higley will talk about her 16 month trip through 16 countries in Europe and how long term reconstruction projects. $10 students/children, $15 adults. Room: Kresge the “international language” Esperanto made it not only possible, but also very inexpen- Auditorium. Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, Sangam. sive. free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Societo por Esperanto, MIT. Crossword Puzzle
Solutions on page 17 March 16, 2001 THE TECH Page 15 UC’s In-State Tuition Policies Spark Suit Plantiffs Seek Changes to Residency Rules FROM UNIVERSITY WIRE by an unidentified security guard. The University of California sys- Bronson said the security guard tem is facing a lawsuit over its strin- asked him to leave, and when he gent but potentially unconstitutional refused, citing the First Amendment, residency require- two MTSU Public Safety officers ments that result approached him and told him that he Short in out-of-state was not permitted to be on the tuition and fees for grounds of the Murphy Center Takes some California because the TSSAA had rented the residents. facility. After being threatened with “Schools can charge out-of-state arrest, Bronson left the premises. tuition,” said Neal Markowitz, a Bronson said he was on the premis- lawyer for the San Diego-based es for a total of about 20 minutes. Eppsteiner and Associates law firm, “I should have the right any- which is handling the suit. “Just where on campus … to say whatever don’t charge it to California citi- I want unless it’s truly offensive,” zens.” Bronson said. “The administration California students who attend has sold my right for free speech to state-run universities have their edu- the highest bidder, in this case JAMES SNYDER—THE TECH cation subsidized by the state and TSSAA.” Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Senior Curator at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, federal governments. Because out- Bronson said while he was talk- Mass., discusses Bernice Abbott’s photography as part of “Photography in Boston: 1955-1985,” of-state students do not receive sim- ing to event staff, a spectator took which she edited with Gillian Nagler. Thursday’s lecture was sponsored by MIT Press. ilar benefits, the cost of their tuition the sign from his hands and ripped it reflects the actual, marginal cost for in half. He said the security person- their education. nel present did nothing to the spec- By California state law, it takes tator, who he could only identify as less than six months to become a a teenage male. Hunger Action Group Volunteers California citizen, which includes Maj. Roy Brewer of the universi- rights such as the right to vote and ty’s public safety department said to receive welfare. However, the UC the actions of the officers were justi- Time, Raises Funds for Charities system sets residency requirements fied. Brewer said Bronson had not that are much more strict than those obtained a permit to protest and was By Diana S. Cheng we felt like we were helping a lot.” members of the Hunger Action of the state. therefore asked to leave. He said STAFF REPORTER She added that “people got to go out Group will have a booth in Lobby 10 In addition to living in California when Bronson refused to do so, the Have you ever wondered what to talk to people” and that “talking to distribute volunteer forms, walker for 12 months, the UC system officers told him that if he did not happens to the leftover food from to people is better than helping to pledge forms, and to solicit monetary requires that students must prove leave he would be arrested. our cafeterias? serve food.” Deardon also said that pledges. Deardon says she would like they are financially independent “[Protestors] cannot interfere Five “direct interactions with people are to involve “as much of the MIT com- before they can pay in-state tuition with [the tournament] in any way,” nights a more of a personal gesture” in the munity as possible.” and fees. Brewer said. Brewer defined inter- Spotlight week, the f ight to eliminate Once a “I am a registered voter of ference simply as “not being where Hunger Action Group takes bagels hunger. semester, the California and pay California taxes, [the student is] supposed to be.” and pastries from Walker, Lobdell, Maria Chan G In May, the Hunger Hunger Action yet I still have to pay out-of-state The Freedom of Assembly state- and Baker dining halls to the organized the visit to Group holds a tuition,” said sophomore Steve Reis, ment in the Student Rights and Cambridge and Somerville Program Rosie’s Place. She Action Group will take canned food a native of Arizona. “This system is Responsibilities Handbook, says, in for Alcohol Rehabilitation (CAS- said, “Rosie’s Place drive. They absurd.” part, that “requests for approval to PAR), thanks to the efforts of the and its volunteers part in Project Bread’s place a box in Currently, Josh Markowitz, a use MTSU facilities for the purpose Hunger Action Group. are providing a com- Walk for Hunger. each under- third-year graduate student at UC of conducting a demonstration, The Hunger Action Group tries munity to those in graduate dor- Hastings School of Law, is suing the march, or sit-in activity must be to organize events twice a month, need of one.” mitory and in Hastings Board of Education under made in writing to the dean of according to Paula S. Deardon ’03, Each fall, the Lobby 10. This similar circumstances. Student Life or their designee at co-president of the group. They vol- Hunger Action Group organizes the semester’s canned food drive will be As a new California citizen, least five working days in advance unteer at Saturday’s Break, a soup National Hunger Awareness Week at during finals week, because “when Markowitz filed suit against of the anticipated activity.” It also kitchen at the United Methodist MIT. In 2000, they raised $854, people are going home they don’t Hastings, stating that the UC says that if the protest is found to be Church of All Nations in Boston. which they donated to CASPAR, “to want to take their cans,” Deardon said. requirements are unconstitutional, disruptive, that, among others, a They also volunteer at CASPAR, a be used for food or food appli- On one of the Hunger Action and that he should not have to pay representative of Public Safety may center which gives drug addicts Group’s visits to CASPAR, Chan the extra $11,232 per year in tuition stop it. “rehabilitation services in addition to said she and a friend baked cup- that results from his out-of-state sta- However, Paul McMasters, First being a shelter,” Deardon said. The The Hunger Action cakes and she watched as the resi- tus. Amendment ombudsman for the Hunger Action Group serves lunch dents enjoyed their food. She said Markowitz said that the jurisdic- Freedom Forum in Nashville, said and talks to the residents of the shel- Group volunteers at she “didn’t realize what was going tion in the Hastings case is above the reason given to Bronson (that ter. Deardon said that Aramark is on until a staff mentioned to me that the school’s education board and the facility had been rented to generous to assist the efforts and that Saturday’s Break, a “they’re not used to home-baked.” will most likely result in the passage TSSAA) “could be interpreted as a CASPAR appreciates the group’s soup kitchen in Boston, She noted that the “human touch of new legislation to overrule the way to get around the First food salvage program. [was] really desperately needed in current laws. Amendment.” “I know of a person I talked to at as well as CASPAR. some people’s lives. The way they A precedent to change such a McMasters also said the fact that CASPAR who is much better than smiled back at me was the greatest decision was made in 1999 in the the student left under duress does where he was the first time I visited reward.” case of Saenz v. California Dept. of not speak well of the public safety CASPAR this past fall,” Deardon ances,” Deardon said. Since CAS- Chan volunteers because “volun- Social Services et al., when the department’s actions. said. “I’m just there to cheer them PAR only spends 16 cents per meal teering is more about sharing smiles State of California ruled that “It seems to me that the student up.” per person, CASPAR relies heavily and showing care than just giving a becoming a resident of California was well within [his] rights,” On Saturday, the Hunger Action on donations and food from pantries hand in tasks.” guarantees a person all the rights McMasters said, although he Group visited Rosie’s Place, a shel- such as the Boston Food Bank. For more information about the that any other resident receives. acknowledged that the situation was ter on Albany Street in Boston, for On May 6, the Hunger Action Hunger Action Group, visit their The court ruled that becoming a more complicated because Bronson the first time. Group is taking part in Project web site at resident of California entitles a per- did not have a permit. Deardon said that Rosie’s Place Bread’s annual Walk for Hunger, a
Seshasai said. Spring Weekend Schedule of Events The price and willingness of a band that may eventually perform Thursday,April 26 are shaped by a number of different AXO Lip Sync factors, said Seshasai. These include Johnson Athletic Center—8:00 p.m. whether a band prefers to play in college venues, if it will play at MIT specifically, and whether there may Friday,April 27 be other shows in the area. I-Fair Also in the works for Spring International food, music and performances Weekend is a so-called Odyssey Kresge Oval and Student Center Steps—10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ball, a 2001: A Space Odyssey- themed affair that boasts “galactic Spring Concert attire or optional black tie,” Seshasai Johnson Athletic Center—Doors open at 7:30 p.m. said. The purpose of the event would be to unify parts of the cam- pus, like the Johnson Games did last Saturday,April 28 year. Kresge Kickback Funded by the President’s Office, Outdoor concert with local bands and free lunch the Ball is expected to be open to Kresge BBQ pits—12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. students, faculty, staff, and families alike. Mr. MIT Pageant Spring Weekend Committee Living group representatives compete in talent, member and ball organizer Tara casual/formal wear and swimsuit competition Paravar ’03 believes that the Kresge BBQ pits—2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Odyssey Ball will be “one of those events that could really bring every- 2001 Odyssey Ball body together.” Live music, “galactic” desserts and other surprise elements Last year’s Millennium Ball, Kresge Oval—8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. organized by student groups, the Campus Activities Complex, and the MING-TAI HUH—THE TECH Office of Academic Services, drew Ian S. Eslick ’95 of Broadcom Corporation addresses the around two thousand people — space really changes the dynamics and sororities to a capella groups. $50K Entrepreneuship Competition Semifinal Awards ceremo- twice the anticipated attendance. of the event,” said Seshasai. AXO Spring Weekend Publicity ny March 14 in the Wong Auditorium. Eslick competed in the “There’s a huge interest in the A third and new event, entitled Chair Rashmi Khare ’01 emphasizes 1995 $50K competition and went on to start Silicon Spice, student body for an event like the Kresge Kickback, will allow stu- that for AXO as an organization, the company which later became Broadcom. Millennium Ball to happen again,” dents to relax outside Kresge with “the overriding goal of Lip Sync Seshasai said. free lunch and live music. To be held will be to support our philanthropies The scale of this year’s planned in the space between Kresge and — the McDowell Colony and the affair differs from the millennium- Amherst Alley, it will feature the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.” Voting Closes Today themed 2000 Ball. The Odyssey first annual ATO-produced “Mr. Yet another event that will coin- Ball will take place outside in the MIT Competition.” cide with Spring Weekend is the Big Screw, from Page 1 the screw. environs of Kresge Oval and will A description of the “Mr. MIT” International Students Association’s Last year’s Big Screw winner was make use of tents that can hold up to contest boasts its intent is to “find the colorful International Fair (I-Fair), ers’ rights … they do it all.” former Assistant Dean and FSILG 10,000 people. most talented, personable, crowd- in which the international clubs of The Children’s Miracle Network adviser Neal H. Dorow, who accu- While the Odyssey Ball will in pleasing individual on campus.” the MIT community have the oppor- will get the money if Johnson wins. mulated a total of $979.97, including some ways mimic the setup of the Alpha Chi Omega’s annual Lip tunity to present the culture of their a last-minute $300 donation. Millennium Ball, which featured Sync will again serve as the opening respective countries. Big Screw an event with history All this week, people have been different activities in various parts event for the string of Spring Spring Weekend planning is a APO has run the Big Screw con- voting by dropping money in the jars of the Student Center, it will retain Weekend events. Featuring compet- joint effort of the Graduate Student test since 1967, when Professor of at the Big Screw booth in Lobby 10. the unity of a single large event. ing lip sync acts, it involves every- Council and the Undergraduate Mathematics Arthur P. Mattuck won Voting ends today at 5 p.m. “Having everyone in the same one from dormitories to fraternities Association. Its committee, which is comprised of seven undergraduate student representatives and four graduate students, coordinates all events related to Spring Weekend. Some of the aforementioned events are still in their planning stages. Students who want to be involved may contact Help us out, man. [email protected]. Of the planned festivities, Committee Chair Seshasai notes,
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GABOR CSANYI—THE TECH Usman O. Akeju ’04 and Kay U. Sullivan ’02 flirt in Shakespeare Ensemble’s production of “The Rover.” Performances are this Saturday and Sunday and next Thursday and Friday in La Sala de Puerto Rico. Page 18 THE TECH March 16, 2001 Undergraduate Association Election Results Undergraduate Association President and Vice President UA Councilors for 2001-2002 Ticket Paper/E-votes 1st 2nd 3rd Sanjay Rao/Jyoti Agarwal 74 / 404 478 516 663 Baker House Rhett Creighton/Maggie Stringfellow 36 / 419 455 485 - Kelly Zimmerman Julie Pinkston Jaime Devereaux/Allison Neizmik 70 / 465 535 570 754 Write-in 18 / 124 142 - - Bexley Hall
UA Councilors Reshma Khilnani
UA President/VP Abstentions 10 / 106 116 155 309 Total Ballots 1726 Burton-Conner House Monique Johnson Class of 2002 1st 2nd Class of 2003 1st Class of 2004 1st 2nd 3rd Presley Cannady President President President Sudeb Dalai 312 Sina Kevin Nazemi 314 Patrick Kim 256 East Campus Write-in 52 Write-in 49 Kristin Smith 186 Emily Cofer Abstentions 91 Abstentions 92 Write-in 47 Nnennia Ejebe Abstentions 50 Vice President Vice-President Interfraternity Council Class Officers Sonia Garg 301 Diana Bolton 133 Vice President Bruce Au Write-in 42 Alison Wong 218 Sebastian Cherng 173 175 193 Kushan Surana Abstentions 112 Write-in 25 Maxwell Planck 216 226 256 Yun-Ling Wong Abstentions 79 Write-in 28 Warrner Ruder Secretary Abstentions 70 82 90 Fraid Jahanmir Jenny Shin 300 Secretary Withdrawn* Josh Oullette Write-in 33 Kristie Tappan 290 Ajay Sudan Abstentions 122 Write-in 37 Secretary Matthew Medak Abstentions 128 Taly Dvorkis 19 Treasurer Abstentions 520 MacGregor House Rishi Kumar 167 189 Treasurer Allison Lambert Leah Schmelzer 142 148 Hareesh Nair 284 Treasurer Ben Zeskind Write-in 61 Write-in 40 Reuben Cummings 328 Abstentions 85 118 Abstentions 131 Write-in 54 McCormick House Abstentions 157 Nancy Keuss Social Chairs Publicity Chair Anita Kumar Geeta Nagpal 316 Marlita Taylor 2 Publicity Chairs and Paige Hopewell Write-In 11 Brian Anderson 221 New House Write-in 27 Abstentions 443 and Steve Lee Youri Legrand Abstentions 112 Geneviere Hanlon 174 Princess Imoukhuede Social Chairs and Ashley Richman Publicity Chair Christine Hsu 299 Write-in 25 Next House Jeanette Chan 307 and Monica Krishnan Abstentions 119 Pius Uzamere and Helen Lee Write-in 37 Victoria Anderson Write-in 32 Abstentions 119 Social Chairs Abstentions 116 Andrew Werner 158 Random Hall and Eric Rosenblatt Brian Ruddy Nadjia Yousif 241 and Teresa Kim Senior House Write-in 26 Kendall McConnel *Taly Dvorkis withdrew from the race during the voting. Abstentions 114
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Kentucky might put a scare into Finally there is California squar- I will pick BYU over the Cincin- Florida before Florida pulls away. ing off against Jerry Tarkanian’s nati Bearcats. Sure, Cincinnati won Also, Oklahoma should not see Fresno State Bulldogs. These two their regular season this year, but Indiana State as much of a threat. teams both play similar pressure Conference USA was incredibly As I said, Gonzaga seems to be a defenses. I look for Fresno State to weak. The Bearcats are not nearly popular pick this year, since the Zags battle past California in a fast-paced as impressive as they have been in have asserted themselves as a tourna- game filled with scoring. previous years, and are hardly wor- ment-caliber team in the past few Squaring off in Atlanta should be thy of a five seed. years. Virginia is a talented team MSU and the Sooners and then UNC As with most eight-nine games, though, and because of the level of and Florida, though both UNC and the West region’s should be a good competition they faced this season, MSU will have to fight hard to do so. one. St. Joseph’s, the Atlantic 10’s they should win this tough game. regular season champion, does not The South contains another great Final Four deserve such a low seed. But 6-11 match-up, this one featuring Since I have run out of room for regardless of where they should be two defensive juggernauts. Temple my column, I cannot further analyze seeded, the Hawks were not fortu- has been 1-8 against teams that have the brackets. Let me say a few nate in drawing Georgia Tech in qualified for the tournament. Texas, things though. If Duke gets past round one. Tech has been playing on the other hand, is 8-6. Even UCLA, they should win it all. My well all season and their fast-paced though the numbers say go with other Final Four teams include Stan- offense will be difficult for St. Joe’s. Texas, I believe that John Chaney, ford, Florida, and Arizona. Some of The underrated Hawks will lose. as always, will have his team ready these teams will struggle more than Stanford, Iowa State, and Mary- to frustrate the Texas offense. Look others, but I’ll go into more detail land should all coast through their for Temple to pull the upset in a low next week. A few sleepers to think first round match-ups. Although I scoring, slow-paced game. about in your Final Four include tab them as overrated, Indiana Penn State and Providence pro- UCLA, Kansas, Arkansas, and should coast through as well. Final- vide for an interesting match-up. Wake Forest. In the end, look for ly, Arkansas, one of the hotter teams Providence’s team leader, John Duke to beat Arizona in the final. in the tournament, should beat Georgetown, who are not playing nearly as well as they were in the first half of the season. The hot teams will continue to prevail into the Sweet 16, as I look for Stanford, Maryland, Indiana, and Arkansas to advance. Midwest Region This quarter of the draw is stacked with typical big-name pro- grams and a few potential sleepers. Illinois, Arizona, and Mississip- pi, like most one through three seeds, should coast through their first round games. Many experts are claiming that the next seed, Kansas, will struggle against their first round opponent, the Cal State Northridge Matadors, but I disagree. The Jayhawks are a very good four seed, and being known as a team to choke early, Roy Williams will have his boys prepared to take it to the Matadors. Sitting in round two for Kansas should be Syracuse. Syracuse’s opponent, the Hawaii Rainbows, are starting to put it all together, as was shown by winning their conference tournament. But Syracuse has too much firepower for Hawaii. Moving on to the 6-11 game, we have what appears to be a very attractive match-up, pitting the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Xavier Musketeers. This should be an easy win for the Irish. Xavier hasn’t beaten any team that is really good, and it will show here. Last year Butler took Florida (the eventual national championship runner-up) to the buzzer. This year Butler returns hungry for a bit more. This is bad news for the Demon Deacons, who have been struggling as of late and will likely lose here. Finally, Tennessee will face Charlotte. The game is completely dependent on which Tennessee team shows up to play, but I expect the Vols to win since it is March and they should come with their best. In round two, I see the top four seeds advancing without much trou- ble, but if you want a sleeper team, look for Butler to hang with ’Zona. South Region Perhaps the most wide-open region, the South seems to be every- body’s favorite to pick a dark horse from. People seem to think Gonzaga and Temple will make big runs and that North Carolina and Michigan State are ripe to be upset early. I do not agree with this senti- ment actually. If anything, what this year’s college basketball season has shown me is that there is not one truly great team that everybody is striving to beat. Instead, the top teams are all really good and they will be tough to knock out. I don’t foresee too many upsets between the high and low seeds. Anyway, moving on to the picks for the South. The top seeds should Page 20 THE TECH March 16, 2001 SPORTS March Madness: Let Badminton Hosts Boston Open By Jui Shan Yong brilliant stroke craft with high leaps, minton tournament in the country CLUB MEMBER fast speed smashes, stylish cross- after the U.S. Open, is attracting an This weekend, MIT will host the court shots and swift footwork. increasingly higher caliber of play- The Mayhem Begin 2001 Boston Open Badminton Although less popular in the ers from both the United States and Tournament at the Du Pont Gymna- United States, badminton has a abroad. Some of the top-ranked By Rory P. Pheiffer to see the overachieving Bucks sium. strong following around the world. players of the 2000 Boston Open make an early exit this year. Since 1998, the Badminton has been featured as a came from Canada and Russia. For Many of you are itching as Next, there is a very interesting 6- MIT Badminton Club full-medal event in the Olympics this year’s Boston Open, it is antici- Spring Break is only a week away. 11 match-up between USC and Okla- has been organizing since the 1992 event in Barcelona. pated that over 200 competitors as But if any of you are die-hard col- homa State. USC has played pretty and hosting tourna- Badminton is one the world’s well as many eager spectators will lege hoops fans like myself, your well all season in a conference with ments, attracting over fastest racket sports, requiring quick attend. real treat came last Sunday as the likes of Stanford, Arizona, and 180 players from some 20 states and reflexes, fast moves and agility. In By hosting this event, the MIT March Madness officially kicked off UCLA. Oklahoma State has been four countries. The Boston Open top international competitions, the Badminton Club hopes to kindle with the unveiling of the brackets. playing inspired ball since their has established itself as one of the shuttlecock in a smash has been interest and promote badminton in Looking at the field, no team tragedy a few months back. This largest tournaments staged in the timed to speed over 200 miles per the region. The Boston Open is an jumps out as the favorite. Some could be one of the tightest games in United States. It has attracted some hour. Badminton is also a demand- important tournament — it will be people like Stanford, who dropped the tournament, and although it has of the top U.S. shuttlers with its ing aerobic sport. In a typical two- used in determining United States only two tough games all season upset potential, I think that USC’s enticing prize money and its solid game match, a player runs the Badminton Association’s players’ long. Others feel Duke, Arizona, toughness after playing their Pac-10 reputation, nurtured over the last equivalent of approximately 1.62 rankings. Indeed, you might be and Maryland, who all finished the schedule should help them in the end. four years. kilometers. watching the making of the next season strong, will continue the As for the other first round This tournament promises a The Boston Open, considered World Champion playing right here pace into the tournament. match-ups, I see both Duke and weekend of a captivating display of the most prestigious annual bad- in Boston this weekend in Du Pont. So who’s going to take it all this Missouri winning their games to year? To be honest, I’m not so sure face each other in the second. myself. But in the process of trying UCLA, Boston College, and Ken- Equestrian Team Kicks Off Season to figure out who it will be, we’ll tucky should all also advance. take a strong look at each bracket In the Sweet Sixteen will be By Jenny Lee in the open division over fences after in the open division and placed fifth and see what we can surmise. Duke, UCLA, and Kentucky, with TEAM MEMBER drawing a difficult horse. Also riding in their respective classes. the fourth spot going to either Last Sunday, the MIT Equestri- open over fences was Kristen E. Lee made her debut in open East Region Boston College or the winner of the an Team headed down to Apple Landino ’02, who won a respectable equitation after pointing up from the The East is once again arguably USC/OSU game. Look for Boston Knoll Farm in Millis, Massachu- third place. intermediate category last April. the toughest region of the bunch. College to advance as they continue setts for the first Tara L. Mullaney ’02 took sec- However,an unfortunate horse draw This region features four of the six to prove all of their doubters wrong. competition of the ond place with a brilliant stroke of left her with a sixth-place finish. major conference tournament win- season. The competi- luck in her intermediate jumping Mullaney drew the same horse ners in Duke, Kentucky, Boston West Region tion was hosted by class. as Rhodal for her intermediate flat College, and Iowa. This region features some of the Tufts University. Competing for the first time class race, and also placed sixth. If you’re looking for an upset, most overrated teams in the field, Only five members since returning from a semester This show brought Lee within start first with the Iowa Hawkeyes. namely Indiana and Cincinnati, but were able to make it to the Tufts abroad in England, Jenny J. Lee ’02 three points of qualifying for Although they played well last also features the most underrated competition and many of them com- placed fifth over fences in the inter- Regionals in the intermediate over weekend in the Big Ten tournament, team: St. Joesph’s. peted in the same division. Two mediate division. fences division. A rider must accrue prior to the tournament they strug- There should be some exciting additional MIT equestrians, Junlin In the alumni division, Avi Rho- 35 points in order to be eligible to gled without their star Lou Recker. first round match-ups in this region Ho ’01 and Jamie L. Whitehead ’04, dal won third place in her jumping participate in this competition. With Recker, Iowa was a potential as well. Wisconsin has been strug- were unable to attend due to illness class. Two MIT equestrians this year top ten team, but without him they gling as of late, but aside from that and injury, respectively. Despite the The flat phase of the competition have already qualified for Regionals. are mediocre. defensive collapse against Indiana, sunny weather, the competition took took place in the afternoon. Rhodal Sara Etemadi ’01 will be riding in Another Big Ten team, Ohio the Badgers play tough, consistent place in the indoor arena because placed fifth in alumni equitation the advanced walk-trot-canter divi- State, faces a tenacious defense in snow still blanketed the outdoors. after drawing an extremely slow sion, and Diana S. Cheng ’03 will Utah State. I wouldn’t be surprised NCAA Basketball, Page 19 Kathryn A. Luke ’04 placed fifth horse. Landino and Luke both rode compete in the walk-trot category.