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tndent Ce fer Alarm orces. Evacuation By Stacey E. Blau space on the the fifth floor of the EDITOR IN CHIEF Student Center, said William G. A false fire alarm in the Student McCue, senior communications Center forced the evacuation of console operator in Physical Plant. about 250 people for about 30 min- The water came in through a venti- utes yesterday afternoon. lation fan that takes in air from the Alarms sounded and lights outside. flashed throughout the Student The amount of water that made Center at 3: 10 p.m. and were soon its way in was minimal and caused followed by the outpouring of hun- no damage, McCue said. "It only dreds of people from the Student takes a drop" to set ofT the alarm, he Center onto the outside plaza, where said. "It is sensitive." Campus Police officers and Physical Electricians from Physical Plant Plant workers stood blocking off worked to replace the detector, front entrances. which was ruined by even the small Tbe cause of the false alarm amount of water that got into it, was rain water that got into a smoke detector in a mechanical Evacuation, Page 25

GABOR CSANYI-THE TECH Daniel T. langdale, assistant dean for recruitment In the office of graduate education, a bicycle commuter himself, explains the details of an electric bicycle to students on Wednesday In Lobby 1 as part of the commuter transportation fair. . UA CouncllHolds First Meeting, On es Plans for Coming Year By Ian Chan UA Vice President Dedric A. Carter "something tangible" for MIT stu- STAFF REPORTER '98 also spoke about many of the dents, to present students' opinions With a vision to improve student general and specific goals they have before the administration, and to life, the U.ndergraduate' Association for the year and summarized proce- take risks this year to work toward Council held its first meeting dural matters to orient new council making improvements in a number Monday night. representatives. of areas. Afthe meeting, the council voted The U A has a lot of "room for The UA "will not be just sitting to approve the fall Finance Board improvement," Lee said. In his state around and worrying about getting funding appeals allocations. UA of the UA address, Lee outlined his into trouble," Lee said. Lee said that President Richard Y. Lee '97 and three major goals: to produce is committed to make UA a proactive organization and to "earn back the UA's credibility." Kingston ~haresNew WorkFifth Book of Peace Lee presented the Social Committee, the Committee on By Zareena Hussain and writer of the Woman Warrior Educational Policy, and the Course STAFF REPORTER and many other literary works, read Evaluation Guide Committee to the "Maxine Hong Kingston first excerpts from her work in progress, council. The committees will be and foremost tries to cultivate hon- Fifth Book of Peace. working on projects like arranging esty and mindfulness in herself and In addition to being a writer and musical perfonnances in the Student in others. She takes responsibility professor, Kingston has sought Center, revi ving the Course for being a catalyst and a conduit through her writing to better under- Evalu.ation Guide, publishing a for what is most true about human stand the idea and practice of nonvi- weekly list of weekend parties and life," said Ruth Perry, professor of olence. Monday night Kingston events, improving Safe Ride, and literature, as she introduced the included a packed lecture hall in organizing class competitions. fam~d writer to an eagerly awaiting that personal quest. Other projects underway include audience in 10-250 Monday night. . a voter registration drive in the The overall impression of those Kingston speaks of destruction Student Center held this week and a who attended the presentation was One issue Kingston highlighted much the same. was destruction in war. In one UA, Page 24 "She's an amazing, amazing per- excerpt she read, she compared the son," said Emily B. Cooper '99. destruction to the aftennath of a fire, During an evening reading enti- much like the wild fires in tIed" Another Book of Peace," California. She used the destfuction Kingston, a professor at the she could understand from the fire DE University of California at Berkeley to understand the destruction in the Persian Gulf War and all wars. Her description of the destruc- • Medical Congres; club tion was so powerful that one Streets Closed woman in the audience who had looks to focus on health experienced the California wild fires There will be no parking care PO~~ Page 13 around Berkeley herself felt com- on Memorial Drive between pelled to personally thank Kingston the Reed Overpass and Ames during the question and answer ses- • Ig Nobel ceremony Street eastbound this Monday sion later in the evening. honors 10 hilarious because of the running of the "We were experiencing the writ- I Tufts Road Race, which OK ing process with her," said Alarice achievements. Page 15 begins at noon. There also C. Huang '00. will be no entry or exit from As part of her visit to MIT, Audry Street, Danforth • Short 'lakes. Page 18 Kingston also visited two MIT Street, Endicott Street, or classes, one in short fiction and the Fowler Street. All of the other in playwriting. She offered her • Comics. Page 20 ZAREENA HUSSEIN-THE TECH above locations will be advice to students about the writing closed to traffic with wooden Maxine Hong Kingston signs a Woman Warrior poster for Lei process. • Shear Ma.d:ru?ss still a Wang '00 (left) as Amalia Miller '99 (center) looks on. Kingston traffic barriers. Amherst Students from high schools in read from her work-in-progress A Fifth Book of Peace on Monday Alley will be open to traffic. success. Page 8 evening in 10-250. .. . ,'------' Kingston, Page 26 October 11; 19 '6

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LOS ANGELES TIMES EWYORK Worries hareholders overwh Imingly approved Time Warner Inc.' 7.5 billion acqui ition of Turner Broadc ting y tern Inc. Thur day in a By Stanley elsler celebrating clo er relations betwe n Cuban events at the Center for deal that vault Time Warner ahead of Walt Di ney Co. a the LOS ANGELES TIMES the church and state there. International Policy, said: "The world's large t entertainment company. WASHI GTO "If the pope i going to Cuba and fact that the pope would go to The marriage combine orne of the be t known entertainment Evidence is mounting that Pope the visit i being controlled, we are Cuba would be an important sug- brands in the world: Time Warner' cable ystem , HBO cable chan- John Paul II pl.an a vi it in 1997 to not happy about it," said ino ka gestion that Cuba is ready for rein- nel, the Warner Bro . movie studio, the Time Inc. magazine, includ- Cuba, an act that could give interna- Perez, foundation spokeswoman in sertion into the international coming Time, People and Sports IJIustrated, with Turner's Cable ew tional legitimacy to a nation that the Miami. he q'uoted her ' ources in munity." etwork, Cartoon etwork, Hanna Barbera cartoon studio, Turner U. . government wants to isolate. the island close to the church" as The fanfare over the trip, Smith CIa sic Movies, ew Line and Ca tIe Rock and ew Line movie stu- A enior Vatican diplomat, eporting that the regime would try said, i unlikely to change the U.S. dios, and the Atlanta Brave and Atlanta Hawk pro ports teams. Monsignor Jean-Loui Tauran, is to prevent any large outdoor mas e policy of isolation, which is pow- "The long march of Time i now complete," Time Warner cheduled to arrive in Havana in late by the pope and insist on setting up ered by the Cuban exile community Chairman Gerald M. Levin told hareholder in the Time & Life October. 0 official reason for the a photo of the pope shaking the and influential conservative con- Building at Thur day morning's special meeting to vote on the deal. Tauran trip has been announced but hand of Castro. gressmen. "I'm not sure anything After more than a year of work on the complex transaction, Levin both Vatican and U.S. sources have "This pope has been a very would have an effect on U.S. poli- said that he and his executive corps would now focus on operating confirmed that discus ion of a prob- effective and vocal critic of commu- cy," Smith said. "But I think the the company. able papal visit will be the main nism," Perez said. "He fought com- papal visit would make it more diffi- item on Tauran's agenda. munism in his native land of cult for the administration to argue It has been an open secret for Poland. When he went to South the logic of its policy." Congress Passes Bill to oA..-_ ...... orize years that the pope believed the time Africa during apartheid, he did not A visit also likely would feature had come to break the international kiss the ground. When he went to a papal condemnation of the U.S. Construction of · g orial isolation of Cuba and the Castro Sandinista Nicaragua, he scolded economic boycott of Cuba. On a THE WASHINGTON POST regime - now that tensions the priest Ernesto Cardenal (a mem- 'plane trip from Rome to New York WASHI GTO between the church and the island ber of the Sandinista government). in 1995, the pope, when asked about America's largest black fraternity had a dream: to honor the Rev. government have eased. Joaquin To me, to have a meeting with Fidel the embargo, told reporters that "a Martin Luther King Jr. with a memorial here. It finally happened. avarro-Valls, the pope's Castro and not to mention what is people, a nation must not suffer." Before adjourning, Congre s passed legislation authorizing con- spokesman, told reporters more than wrong with Cuba is wrong .... Even when the church was feuding struction of a memorial to King on federal land in Washington. After a year ago that a papal visit to the 'I would not be upset," she went with Castro 25 years ago, the Cuban 12 year of struggle and rejection by fou~ previous Congres es, the Caribbean island was probable in on, "if the pope would really tell Catholic bishops condemned the bill passed unanimously in the House and then slipped through the 1996. Castro the things that he must hear. American boycott. Senate quietly Oct. 3 as part of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands But the 76-year-old pope's But if it is a trip just for publicity's Despite papa! opposition to the Management Act. It will be sent to President Clinton in the next few schedule has been slowed by his sake, it is really upsetting." boycott, Navarro-Valls, the pope's days. health problems - he is recovering A Clinton administration official, spokesman, has told the media that The legislation authorizes Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest now from an appendix operation. however, professed no concern. John Paul II does not intend to serve African-American fraternity, to begin a national fund-raising cam- And, according to U.S. s'ources, no "The pope always goes on his own as a mediator trying to .arrange for paign and design competition for the memorial. The fraternity has official invitation ever came from terms," the.official said. ''The pope the lifting of the embargo. 700 chapters in 42 states and more than 100,000 members. The pro- Fidel Castro. doesn't negotiate conditions. He Meantime, cardiologist Attilio ject, to cost an estimated $500,000, will be paid for by private contri- Reports of an impending papal tells them: 'I'm going to say what Maseri said in Rome T~ursday that butions. visit have disquieted the Cuban- I'm going to say.' I don't see the the pope Was "in really great shape" Project organizers hope to locate the memorial on the Mall near American National Foundation, the papal visit conferring any legitima- after the removal of an inflamed the Lincoln Memorial, site of King's "I Have a Dream" speech in most powerful political arm of the cy on Castro .... The pope might not appendix two days earlier. "I'm 1963. Final site designation will be made by the Interior Cuban exile community in the call for rebellion but he's also not really visiting him more for re~sons Department in consultation with the ational Parks and Planning United States.; These exiles fear the going to praise Castro." of affection and devotion at this Commission. pope would mute his criticism of But Wayne Smith, a former point than for medical reasons," he communism on Cuban soil, instead American diplomat who follows said. 45 Accused of Bribing Stock Agents NEWSDAY NEW YORK RepnbliCans 'Protest'-Dole's -Silence Federal officials Thursday charged 45 people with bribing under- cover agents, who were posing as brokers working out of a small Manhattan brokerage firm, to sell shares of stock. On Clinton AdIirlnistration's Ethics'.1 The arrests of brokers, stock promoters and company officers that had been made by late Thursday afternoon were "the largest single By Dan Balz gears with a harsh new radio ad, an chos~n a different kind of running set of arrests ever made in the securities industry," U.S. Attorney THE WASHINGTON POST off-handed, disparaging remark mate." " Mary Jo White said at a news conference. The nationwide sting oper- WASHINGTON about Clinton and interviews with But other Republicans said both ation was conducted by the FBI. Bob Dole's advisers always television networks during which, in Kemp and Dole had missed their By allegedly bribing brokers to place stock with customers, the claimed that a reputation for integri- response to questions from reporters best opportunities-- and biggest defendants named Thursday wanted to drive the prices of those ty was one of their candidate's about whether he considered ~udiences - to question Clinton's stocks up in order to enrich themselves, White said. greatest attributes. Now, after two Clinton ethically fit to be president, ethical conduct. Because the operation is still ongoing, FBI officials would not debates in which neither Dole nor Dole said it was "a very close ques- "What's annoying is they've divulge details of how it worked. Almost all conversations with running mate Jack Kemp questioned tion." What was not clear was given away the character issue defendants were recorded on audiotape or videotape, according to the ethics of the Clinton administra- whether his comments represented a because they're too witless to court documents. tion, many Republicans are wonder- shift in strategy or the confluence of address it," said William Kristol, a The individuals charged included many who had been registered ing why the Dole campaign has unrelated events. R~publican theorist and editor of the brokers," said James Kallstrom, the assistant director in charge of the failed to make the case against the .In his debate with Vice President Weekly Standard. "You don't have FBI's ew York office. He said the stocks involved were mostly president. AI Gore on Wednesday, Kemp was to be ham-handed and crude to raise issued by thinly capitalized companies traded on the OTC Bulletin "There's been a part of the asked whether he wanted to draw issues about Clinton's trustworthi- Board, or, in some cases, ASDAQ. (Dole) campaign that is obsessive any "pers.onal or ethical differences" ness and ethical standards of the about not appearing critical, about between Clinton and Dole. "In my Clinton administration." not appearing judgmental, as if it is opinion, it is beneath Bob Dole to But Dole's top aides defended more important to be nice than to go after anyone personally," Kemp the candidate and their strategy. WEATHER win," former Education Secretary. said. From there the debate moved "When we talk about character, we William Bennett said Thursday, into economics and other issues. talk about issues," said campaign "Nothing against nice, but nice here Kemp's perfoimance drew harsh manager Scott Reed. "It's issue- Peak Foliage has become soft-headed - and dif- reviews from many Republicans related. Taxes, spending, drugs are By Marek Zebrowski fident - about central issues." Thursday. They complained that he all issues that the president has said STAFF METEOROLOGIST Bennett's public grumbling not only failed to respond to a num- one thing and done the exact oppo- As soon as the cold front and a low pressure system clear the east- reflected growing disillusionment ber of Gore's attacks against the site.:' ern coastal areas by daybreak Friday, a large high, centered over among Republicans that Dole and party and Dole, but al,so that he "If there's an-opportunity to dis- Indiana, will slowly move eastward. Complete clearing will arrive Kemp have walked away from passed up the chance to shift the cuss failures of, the administration, only after an upper air trough swings through later today, sweeping issues they believe cry out for pub- opening question from private such as their civil liberties arm aged- away the low level moisture and stabilizing the air mass. As the high lic discussion, from Travelgate and .behavior to public morality. Even don in Filegate or their witchhunt in pressure moves toward the mid-Atlantic shores, winds will diminish Filegate to Whitewater pardons, Dole appeared less-than-satisfied Travelgate, we may well take and light frost is expected in most Inland locations by dawn on ongoing investigations of Cabinet with the tenor of the St. Petersburg them," Buckley'said. Saturday. officers and the recent reports about debate, saying in an interview taped "I haven't figured out what Skies will remain fair for both Saturday and Sunday, with some the Clinton campaign's fund-raising for ABC's "Nightline" that the they're doing, and I don't think they moderation in temp.eratures and gradual increase in high cloudiness. connections with an Asian ~onglom- Gore-Kemp encounter looked "like know what they're doing," one By later on Sunday, ahead of a fast-moving storm in central Canada, erate. a fraternity picnic for awhile." Republican strategist said. "Last upper level moisture will stream in from the West on the back side. of These Republicans argue that Dole aides quickly tried to week it was 'liberal, liberal, liberal.' the ridge. Thus, the Columbus Day outlook is for more clouds and those are areas of public character squelch suggestions Thursday that Now it's 'trust, trust, trust.' With some light rain, especially in northern New England. A cold front, and trust that are entirely legitimate their candidate was unhappy with Dole taking a pass and Kemp taking expected to swing in by the middle of next week, is likely to bring the areas for discussion. Kemp or that Kemp had failed to a pass, how do they make it work? coldest temperatures of the season so far. In his first debate with Clinton follow a game plan that would have Now Clinton has a good argument Today: Becoming partly to mostly sunny with a cool high of 54°F on Sunday night, Dole was asked if put some of these ethical issues on for desperation." (12°C) and moderately chilly northwesterly breeze. there were any personal difference the table. That was exactly the line the Tonight: Clearing and nearly calm. Low near 40°F (4°C) in the between him and Clinton he wanted "There may have been some administration was pushing city, 30s (-I-3°C) elsewhere. to discuss. He declined, although at rehears~d lines that weren't deliv- Thursday. With an eye on the final Saturday: Mostly sunny and a touch milder. High 58°F (14°C) another point he raised questions ered, but big deal," said communi- presidential dC?/batenext Wednesday, with some light seabreezes possible near the coast. about the president's position on cations director John Buckley, the Clinton campaign happily trum- Sunday outlook: Fair with highs near 60°F (16°C), lows in mid pardons for his former Whitewater adding, "If Bob Dole was looking peted Kemp's statement Wednesday 40s (5-6°C). business partners. for someone who was to poke Bill that any personal attacks would be Tll~SP~X"Qoly \~ppeart;<\ to, s,h)f1, qiJ;ltpfl ~in thtf ~ye, ,he. W\>\flg (h,aye • "qepea;th ~pb DpJ~.': I I j , . October 11, 1996 WORLD & -THETEC Page 3 • ade China C 08e Talks . New Finding May Stall Parkinson's NEWSDAY • • Parkinson's disease may be caused by a genetic defect in the __ ..--a ves body's energy-producing cells, a finding that could lead to treatments t yC to stall or prevent the debilitating disorder, according to a new study. By Steven Mufson ket economics. ethical and cultural progre S, while Researchers at the University of Virginia are defying conventional THE WASHI GTON POST Instead, the closing document being quite strong in promoting genetic wisdom, suggesting that a mutatjon in mitochondrial DNA, issued Thursday night by the official material progress, has not yet been rather than in the D A that makes up chromosomes, can lead to com- Top leader~ closed a four-day ew China ews Agency appeared solved," the document said. It added mon medical disorders like Parkinson's. plenary session of the ruling to be trying to be all things to all that "ethical and cultural progress The disease leaves people with tremors and rigidity. Dr. W. Davis Communist Party Thursday with a people in all wings of the party. should be given a higher tatus." Parker, a professor of neurology and senior author of the Parkinson's communique that sidestepped their For the party's economic free The mes age was reinforced in study,.to be published Friday in the Annals of Neurology, said his toughest policy-problems while call- marketeer , the document embraced official newspapers, one of which team is looking at a varj,ety of common illne ses that could be trig- ing on China to raise the level of its Deng's policy of' reform and open- ran an article criticizing enterprise gered by mitochondrial mutations. Parker's team has also identified a "spiritual civilization." ing up," paid tribute to the 92-year- managers who have a "good grip on similar genetic process in patients with Alzheimer's. The spiritual plea echoed a year- old architect of that policy and said economics, but a loose grasp when "This is the best scientific proof available that suggest~ that a long campaign by the Communist economic construction should it comes to meeting with the work- genetic mutation leads to Parkinson's," said Dr. Flint Beal, a profes- Party chief, President Jiang Zemin, remain the nation' "central task." ers about morality and ideology." sor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. to consolidate hi power in the wan- For Communist hard-liners con- "At no time can we sacrifice Parkinson's disease affects about 2 million Americans. It has long ing days of senior leader Deng cerned about the party's waning spiritual values in the name of been a puzzle because it did not seem to run in families. Xiaoping and the approach of a crit- authority and cohesiveness, the momentary economic develop- Mitochondria are the thousands of thread-like bodies in each cell ically important party congress - communique asserted that "the ulti- ment," the communique said. that contain enzymes that control the production of energy. It's the now set for the second half of next mate goal is to realize communism" This week's meeting was one of cells' breathing machine, gathering oxygen to use as energy. year. and eridorsed the "four cardinal the few since 1978, when Deng con- Mitochondria has its own DNA, inherited solely from the mother. But the plenary leadership ses- principles" that in the early 1980s solidated power, that economics sion ended without any new initia- reasserted Communist Party control hasn"t been the main focus. The tives on such sensitive issues as and authority. hallmark of the Deng era has been u.s. District Judge Orders INS money-losing state-owned enterpris- On balance, however, the com- to de-emphasize party orthodoxy es, rising unemployment, gaping munique suggested that the party while spee

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NEWS STAFF sidered a local product. MIT's social phere. When a distant tar'goes out, it can take Editors: hang-Lin Chuang '98, David D. Somehow, Jim knew MIT. either heroic nor villainous, many years for its light to top reaching us. When Dikkers Hsu '98, Jennifer Lane '98, Dan the Jim persona embodied a way oflife tfiat many could relate stopped drawing "Jim's Journal," it took The Tech - which had McGuire '99; ssociate Editor: Orli G. to, orne could appreciate, and everyone could understand. Jim been printing back-order and re-runs - over a year to realize Bahcall '99; taff: Eva Moy G, Kyle was hot a mover and a shaker. He was not a ,silent protester, nor the cbange. As a vibrant campus icon, it may take much longer Young G, James M. Wahl '97, Christopher did he express la ting sentiment one way or the other. He appre- for Jim to reach oblivion. Regardless, Jim would agree that we L. Falling '98, Brett Altschul '99, hawdee Eshghi '99, Carina Fung '99, Kai-yuh ciated the little things and noticed the oft ignored. will all probably be okay. H iao '99, Jean K. Lee '99, Fenny Lin '99, Eric it '99, May K. Tse '99, Rochelle Tung '99, Frank Dabek '00, Dudley W. Letters 1b The Editor Lamming '00; eteorologi ts: Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, Gerard Roe G, Marek Writing Requirement who have had !.O fulfill the new "communica- ted to creating new communications courses. Zebrowski. tions requirement" to graduate on time. Moreover, the new "communications However, freshmen who will enter MIT in the requirement" will require every department in PRODUCTION STAFF Articles Were Misleading fall of 1999 will have to start fulfilling this the Institute to begin making changes, some of Editors: Jen Peltz '98, Josh Bittker '99, I was disappointed by your Oct. 4 article, new requirement. them major. Jason C. Yang '99; taff: Jimmy Wong '97, "Forum to Solicit Student Opinion on Writing It is hoped that much of the necessary new Students currently attending MIT will feel Betty Chang '98, Larry Chao '98, Yun-Ju Requirement Proposal." It repeated a mislead- coursework will be in place by that time, as the effects of these changes even if they do Lee '98, Russell . Light '98, Jeremy J. ing statement which was also made in an ear- detailed in the report that the Committee on not need to fulfill the new requirement. Lilley '99, Arthur Murakami '99, Sharon lier article on the same topic. the Writing Requirement submitted to the Unfortunately, both of the articles on the Shen '99, Binh Truong '99, Hoi Wong '99, In the October article, the author writes: Committee on Undergraduate Performance new requirement written in The Tech merely Stephanie Yang '99, Brent Yen '99, Douglas "The plan would only affect future students, last year. said that it will take seven years to overhaul E. HeimburgeJ: '00, Zareena Hussain '00, since it would take approximately seven years The statement that the plan would only the current system. Erica Pfister '00, Brian T. Sniffen '00, to create all the subjects the new system affect future students is certainly questionable. I regret that you were unable to print my Khelga Karsten. would need." Freshmen and sophomores currently attending earlier letter correcting this fact, and I regret

OPINION STAFF This statement is misleading at best. It is MIT see the new plan in action. Resources that that The Tech has now printed this error twice. Editor: A. Arif Husain '97; Staff: David S. true that it will take seven years for students could be used for other purposes will be allot- ~atthew 1. Herper '99 Kelman '99.

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PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Institute suffers.' harrowing place without any assistance from Editors: Helen Lin '97, Indranath Naturally, innate teaching skill varies a ~ can~expect thefaculty to the faculty. The high level of student dissatis- Neogy '98; Associate Editor: Gabor great deal from person to person. However, faction is MIT's bigge'St single weakness. Csanyi G; Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Jonathan many professors who lack "the gift of g~b" recognize their.failings Everything that we can do to improve the Li G, Arifur Rahman G, Jiri Schindler G, make op for it with an enthusiastic attitude -W'lontaneously. quality of life at the Institute is worthwhile. Brian Vanden Bosch '96, Tiffany Un '97, and a willingness to talk to students outside of v,r To raise that quality, the less-than-stellar Adriane Chapman '98, Ian Chan '00, class. They may not be the best instructors professors need only do a few simple things. Gregory F. Kuhnen '00, Rita Lin '00. around, but they welcome suggestions and try Primarily, they need to make themselves to make use of them. leading up to a test. However, some prefer to available to the undergraduates, Research FEA 7VRES STAFF The teachers who genuinely cause prob- take their research presentations on the road at doesn't really consume all their time, although Hugo M. Ayala G, Pawan Sinha G, Jessica lems are the ones who just don't seem to care just such times. Apparently, potential funding it provides' an easily-invoked excuse for why Wu '99. a whit about the students under their tutelage. sources are receptive to proposals only at the they can't make any time for undergraduates BUSINESS STAFF In my experience, this kind of attitude appears same time as undergraduates are cramming. to ask questions. These people are paid to do Operations Manager: Pamela Shade '98; . much more often in full, tenured professors. Usually, the absent professor will draft one more than fiddle around with circuits, or Advertising Manager: Terri A. Wilson '99; Too much time in secluded labs probably of his graduate students or post-doctoral fel- chemicals, or whatever, all the time. ' Staff: Angela Liao '98, Melody A. makes these people forget what it's like to be lows to lecture or lead recitation. Fortunately We can't expect the faculty to recognize Lynch '98, Jessica Maia '98, Karen a student. for undergrads, the metaphorically unwashed their failings spontaneously. It's up to the Chan '99, Joey Dieckhans '00. Apathetic professors have many ways of masses, the more literally.so graduate students undergraduates to express their displeasure TECHNOLOGY STAFF expressing their basic disinterest in their tend to possess a real measure of enthusiasm when a professor isn't fulfilling his teaching Director: Cristian A. Gonzalez '99; charges. Sometimes, they simply make them- about their temporary students. However, they role adequately. Even the most jaded profes- Associate Directors: Timothy K selves unavailable outside of class time. Too more than compensate for this gung ho attitude sor is likely to .at least listen to constructive Layman '97, Christina Chu '98; Staff: lfung often, office hours "by appointment" means with unfamiliarity with the conventions of the criticism and make at least a nominal effort to Lu '97, Kathleen Lynch. that the person is consistently busyat.any time course and what's actually been covered. change methods. The situation can be

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Printed on recycled sions are due by 4:30 p.m. two days before the date of publication. at http://the-tech.mit.edu. paper by Mass Web Printing Co. -- _- . OP o THE TECH P~ge 5 'J. 's Jo rnal' Offered Welcome Cynicism, Apathy Column by Anders Hove - or omeone like him. And we all have toicism, maybe, or apathy. Certainly a Jim, it turned out, spends almost all of EXECUTIYE EDITOR an opinion on people like him, too. orne quiet demeanor is essential. J know a lot his time hanging out with Tony and Everybody on thi campu knows people 10 e them while others detest of people like that, but they actually har- Steve, or working on his pointless jobs. Jim. J don't ju t mean the comic strip them fervently: Still others think Jim-like bor many feelings and passions, if only The people in Jim's life character, but the man himself. Jim is people are just okay. one can draw them out. ot so with Jim. - from Ruth to his clo e to us all because we all know him What makes a Jim-like person? But let's be fair here: Can we really annoying bos es - dismiss Jim as just demonstrate that Jim is a another two-dimension- fundamentally sensitive al man with no feeling, and expressive man. His no opinio'ns, and more friends J.ike him because to the point, no presi- he has a quiet rapport dential ambition? It's with them and with their a difficult call. feelings. Jim likes them because it is Jim has been with through them, vicariously, that he us for just over fi ve expre es himself. years now. He de- Like Jim's friends, Jim's many fol- buted in the February lowers - be they admirers or detractors 1, 1991, issue of The - have plenty of emotion and passion to ... Tech, with no prior throw around. When some suggested fanfare. The first killing "Jim's Journal" last year, it incit- frame we printed co~- ed a torrent of reader mail, pro and con. tains the line, "Steve More than anyone else, Jim is a recog- got the mail today." nized figure on this campus. And people That one frame is I C.OMIC BY IUMY A. ARNAOUT telling. Hove, Page 6 At 3 a.m., Jim FiUedan Important Space in The Tech Column by Stacey E. Blau have been laid out. you put a comic that has no IP~I:O~t._Y:o~u ------~~~=-::-::"l and Saul Blumenthal It was with great shock and dismay, don't have to worry about _ e @the-tech.mit.ed u> STAFF REPORTERS then, that we learned of Jim's demise. running the same Jim you To: stacey B~au

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QUESTION? email [email protected] Page 6 T October 11, 19 o e a• on Column by Orll G. Bahcall The week i also de igned to build a trong which they were encouraged to expre their que tioning the 0 ial norm of their cultures. ASSOCIATE EWS EDITOR and upportive community in which partici- view and learn from other . They have hown the interest and motivation Ever feel that you can't make a difference at pant will feel comfortable developing per- FLP gave the fre hmen an introduction to to probe difficult i ue in race relations hon- MIT? That the admini tration i not receptive to onal leader hip. univer ity life with a diverse group of tudent e tly. Their n xt challenge i to prove both your concern? In the pa t everal w eks I have The program wa initiated by Clas of in etting where they felt comfortable chal- individually and as a group their commitment heard from many tudent who are frustrated by 1997 Pre ident Pardi C. abeti '97 a a cul- lenging their view and which promoted their and leader hip. a lack of tudent involvement in In titute deci- mination of everal year effort to improve per onal, oci I, and intellectual growth. A their first project at MIT, FLP member ion . At time , I ha e hared the e entiment, The program became a joint effort between have planned a sene of race relation pro- for there are many arenas at MIT in which tu- the counselor , the administrator , and the gram in all dormitories, living group ,an ) dents find it hard to participate. fre hmen to explore important ocial is ues two Cambridge high chool. We hope However, I do ee strong tudent leader- I do see trong leadership at and build community. It was exciting to s(!e through these programs to empower freshmen hip at MIT. And I do ee an admini tration that we had developed a upport sy tem from to en ure that future classe come to a univer- that i upportive of student effort to con- MIT.And I do see an the e diver e group . The program took tu- ity in which tudent from all different back- tribute to the MIT community. dents that would otherwi e be likely not to ground can work together. Thi year the freshmen orientation wa administration that is interact, and bound all by a common experi- FLP succeeded far more than any of us had e panded to include MIT's first ever supportive of student efforts ence and common goals. imagined. I find myself ins.pired by the Fre hmen Leader hip Program. The fre hmen Back at MIT, the FLP community ha activi m of 0 many freshmen. And I am returning from the pre-orientation program to contri1Jute to the Mfl' begun to question ocial norms by continuing already looking forward with anticipation to were excited to begin their MIT experience, to remain a community even after rush, when next year' Re idence and Orientation Week having had the unique opportunity to get to community. individuals were spread out and somewhat and toward expanding FLP. Such programs know other fre hmen and become acquainted segregated into different living groups are exactly"'the way to encourage and nurture with MIT activitie . I wa one of the 12 throughout campus. student leader hip. upperclassmen counselors that joined 8 fre hmen orientation. This year's FLP wa a Many freshmen returning from FLP dove o instead of worrying about the new freshmen in the program. pilot program. The focus of race relation and right into student life, running for restructuring of MIT's administration, I focu FLP was modeled after the ational gender was chosen because the most immedi- Undergraduate Association position , attend- on a picture of MIT seen through the eyes of a Conference of Christians and Jew Any town ate results could be seen by addressing the e ing the Interfraternity Council pledge retreat, 100 freshmen who, with all the possibilities of Conferences. The Any town Conference is a issue on campus. The program was spon- and becoming involved in their own favorite our university laid out before them, are grab- week-long event in which students are able to sored by the Office of Race Relation and student groups. ext year, we look toward bing at every opportunity to become a part of di cus race and gender issue .' The confer- Undergraduate Academic Affairs. opening the program to many more incoming our community. ence is spon ored by the CCJ, a nationwide FLP exemplifies MIT student leadership at freshmen. A university that encourages students to organization committed to fighting racism. its best. Sabeti had a vision to create a positive In the meantime, the MIT community as a initiate uch programs that benefit the entire The MIT conference strives to deepen par- initial experience for freshmen by exposing whole awaits to see what FLP has to offer. community is indeed a university that edu- ticipant in ight into race and gender issues. them to a diverse group of their classmates in These freshmen leaders are familiar with cates its students to become leaders. Dikkers' Character Was a Convenient Model for Satire Hove, from Page 5 President 1. Paul Kirby '92. But why? Aside Jim;s world has now come to an end. To from their names, what did James R. say the strip ended with a whimper would be have an opinion on him. Tewhey, James Baker III, and Jim have in More than anyone else, Jim an understatement. The Tech has been run- And then there's the matter of Jim paro- .common? ning Jim reruns for about one year now and, dies. Many editor (including me) have par- The answer is cynicism. Tewhey and is a recognizedfigure On in the mean time, the syndicated comic strip odied Jim. More famously, The Tech ran a Baker were both confronted with dopey, disappeared. Onion Features Syndicate (the series of "Jim Baker's Journal," a strip clown-like colleagues; they were both this campus. And people firm that distributed the strip and its atten- chronicling the daily events of George entrapped by events beyond their control. In have an opinion on him. dant collection of t-shirts, books, and para- Bush's campaign manager-turned-chief of the strips, the two Jims respond to their phernalia) claims not to have heard of Jim at staff during the 1992 campaign. In addition, fatalistic surroundings in the only way all. It took an e-mail to Dikkers himself to we ran several strips of "Jim Tewhey's appropriate. They respond with apathy and confirm Jim's death. Somehow the ignominy Journal" in which the ill-starred associate cynicism. pointless bureaucratic warfare. Unlike of his disappearance seems appropriate. . dean for residence and campus activities Scott Dikkers created for Jim a world Dilbert, Jim does not fight. He accepts his Needless to say, Jim's 'attitude will live attended a series of inexplicable meetings gone inane., In Scott Adams' "Dilbert," the surroundings as a. fact, sad or not; he on. His implicit cynicism is infectious. with then Undergraduate Association Vice main characters fight inanity with humor and responds with stoicism and apathy. Things will be okay, .

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EA E EV Improv murder mystery Shear Madness still a success S EAR ESS The comedy in the play is excellent, but the cream of the crop with his sleazy defen- control their own laughter. The secret to Charles Playhouse. the acting is mediocre at parts. It' the over- sive style. enjoying thi play is to get into it. Yell out 74 Warrenton Street. the-top tyle they're looking for, which works The secret to Shear Madness is creating your ideas and let the actors play off you. Shows Tuesday to Friday 8 p.m., in some cases but not others. The elderly Mrs. the appearance of spontaneity even when For me the be t part of the play comes now Saturday 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., Schubert's (Mary Klug) falsely pretentious some parts have been preprogrammed. - when I can tell you who did it. It was Barbara Sunday 3 and 7:30 p.m. attitude hits the desired note, but Barbara Depending on the mood of the audience, the Demarco, the insane manicurist from hell. Don't DeMarco's ( arina Re) horrible cast is given freedom to create material which wony - I didn't poil it for you. Every show is By ohn Rae Boston/Revere (pronounced: Ra'veah) accent promise to keep you on the edge of your seat different, and the outcome changes every night. just didn't cut it. Ken Chee eman wa excel- with laughter. Improv jokes like, "Yeah, ifI'd Shear Madness i pl~ying indefinitely at third of the way through Paul Porter's lent a the gay tyli t Tony Whitcomb, espe- killed her I would of stabbed her, or shot her, the Charles Playhouse. A good time to go is Shear Madness; Lieutenant Rossetti cially in his chemistry with Lt. Ro setti. Eddie or put her on Value Jet," are the norm. These Friday nights in October, when tickets are (Paul Dunn) looks to the audience Lawrence (Eddie Rutkowski) was definitely joke are even funnier when the actors have to only 10 dollars. and states: "This is where you come in!" Up unti-l this point, the audience has simply been watching the daily routine at Shear FI EVlEW Madness, a unisex hair salon located on ewbury Street in Boston, but now they're a part of the mystery. Those of you who fear the Thepersonal life of a brilliant young physicist thought of being involved can relax. When Lt. Rossetti tears down the wall between actors INFI ITY and zest for life, he seems like the perfect sub- Arline, and makes her suffering plausible and audience, the patrons of Shear Madness Directed by Matthew Broderick. jecffor a screen treatment. Infinity is the first- without becoming a martyr. Even as the dis- are more startled and squeami h at the thought Written by Patricia Broderick, based on the ever celluloid incarnation of Feynman, with ease reaches its terminal stages, Arquette of exposure then we are. autobiographies of Richard Feynman, "Surely Matthew Broderick playing the lead role, and shows her remaining strong and enjoying life Shear Madness is the comic mystery from You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" and "What Do its handling of the subject matter is nothing if in her moments of clarity. Broderick, too, Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan's, adapted You Care What Other People Think?" not surprising. turns in a very good performance. His thick for the city in plays in. It' currently in its Starring Mathew Broderick, Patricia The makers of the movie have chosen to Brooklyn accent is impeccable, and in general 16th season, and the small stage at the Arquette. and Jeffrey Force. focus on a little-known aspect of Feynman's he projects a wide-eyed amusement at the Charles Street Theater perfectly suits the life: his first marriage, to Arline Greenbaum, world, coupled with unshakable sincerity. cheerfully revolting barbershop set. This six- By Varon Koren which was cut short in 1945 when she fell to Perhaps it is partly the result of character play is amusing at the least, as the STAFF REPORTER Hodgkin's Disease. Her health had been slow- Borderick's almost disturbingly youthful audience attempt to help two Boston Police he story of larger-than-life physicist ly deteriorating in the years before that; appearance,. but this Feynman looks and acts . detectives discover the killer of Isabel Richard Feynman '39 is one of the rel- Infinity is set during this time period. It shows like a 12-year-old boy trapped in a man's. Czerny, the eccentric concert pianist who atively few in the annals of science to us his most recognizably human sides: those body. Broderick is at his best when he plays :;P lives above the Salon. have truly sparked the public's inter- of ardent lover and caring husband. But it .up this aspect of the scientist, as when he The audience acts as witnesses to the est. As MIT students, most of us are familiar does so to the exclusion of any real explo- gleefully demonstrates the ineffectiveness of e.vent, pointing out clues, corroborating testi- with the legends told of his undergraduate ration of Feynman's personality or his amaz- the seemingly impenetrable security system of mony, and sometimes yelling at the inept days here on campus as a frat boy and math ingly intuitive brand of genius. Infinity takes a the Manhattan Project. police officers, all of which trigger hysterical prodigy, his later instrumental work on the more simplistic, she-was-the-only-equation- But these scenes come far too rarely. Arline responses and improvisational comedy from Manhattan Project, his Nobel Prize-winning he-couldn't-solve approach that seems better finds out ~bout her disease within the first half the actors. The show reaches a climax as the research, and his numerous hobbies and indul- suited to a made-for- TV movie than a fun- an hour, and after that ~e bulk of the movie is audience votes on who it believes is the killer, gences, including playing the bongos in a fledged screen biopic. . leading to the wacky conclusion. Brazilian band. A man of boundless energy Patricia Arquette plays wen the tragic Infinity, Page 9 • Atlanta

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Warsaw October 11, 1996 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 9 Not enough Sarodist Ali Akbar Kahn comes to campus Feynmanjound By David Rodriguez for bringing the arod to world-wide attention. fundraisers, the first being two weeks ago with ARTS EDITOR He learned Indian raga from his father, the the Indian dancer Guru Kelueharan Mohapatra, Ii Akbar Kahn, a famous Indian sarod musician Allauddin Khan, and for over 20 who Encyclopedia Britannica calls "the princi- in Injinity player, is performing Saturday night years practiced 18 hours a day. He has won ple 20th century figure of Odissi dance." in Kresge Auditorium. The show is honorary degrees from several univer ities Odissi dance is one of India's seven classi- Infinity, from Page 8 organized by the Indian student's and was a recent recipient of a MacArthur cal dance forms. Because of suppression by for- association and ASHA-MIT, an action group Fellowship for his life's work. eign rulers, Odissi dance was in danger of being spent in a sea of hospital rooms and concerned for basic education in India. K: hn made his American debut in 1955 lost. Mohapatra is one of a handful of dancers looks. To speed up the section of Arline's dete- The sarod is one of the most respected instru- and has since played with George Harrison re ponsible for keeping Odissi dance alive. rioration, the movie has Feynman summarize ments in Indian tradition. It's similar to a steel and Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden. Ticket for this Saturday's show are avail- what happened with an annoying voiceover guitar or banjo but has 25 strings and is played This will be his first visit to Boston since his able in advance from MIT Heritage of .the technique. Still, no time is left to show us even with a pick made of JX>lishedcoconut shell. last sold-out concert in Kresge in 1993. Arts of South Asia, by calling 258-7971. a glimpse of the JX>we of observation that led Kahn was one of the people responsible Saturday's show is the second of two Prices are $50, $25, and $15. to Feynman widely being recognized during his lifetime as the world's smartest man. The closest we come is an early scene in which he beats INTERVIEW out, using pencil and paper, an old Chinese man with an abacus in an arithmetic contest. This hardly qualifies as a display of genius. Mike Leigh talks of his newfilm Secrets and Lies Ironically, even the character of Arline, with all the attention placed on her, remains By Stephen Brophy inition of the material is very much in the develops out of the way he works with actors little more than a cipher on the screen. She is STAFF REPORTER hands of myself and the cinematographer. to create the story. "In any film of mine, the strong-wilJed but lacks any identifiable per- ike Leigh came to Boston last week This working style developed in the 1960s. entire thing is constructed by the actors never sonality. She seems to have no acquaintances on the heels of his triumphal visit "It came out of very strong desire to write and knowing any more than their characters would other than Feynman and no hobbies other than to th~ New York Film Festival, direct and being fascinated with the possibili- know. This relates back to what we were say- ordering personalized pencils by mail. What where his new movie, Secrets and ties of acting." But it also suited his particular ing about each character being the center of was it about Arline that attracted this brilliant M his or her own universe. So when we and intensely active man to her? The movie Lies, had been selected for the opening night personality. "As a writer I am not terrifically screening. He talked about the details of his inspired by sitting alone in a room - deadline rehearsed it, things were a surprise to them. never satisfyingly explains this. most recent work and how it fits into the style keeps receding, pots of coffee keep getting But not when we shot it. They still don't know After watching it, I was curious to know and concerns he -has been developing in the made - but I do respond to a collaborative any more than they need to know when we the answer to this apparent anomaly, so I re- course of his career. situation." shoot t, so they don't know what the whole read some of James Gleick's Genius, the defin- Leigh develops his stories in a much more When asked why even the peripheral char- film is about until months later when the see itive biography of Feynman. Her characteriza- collaborative fashion' than most other acters in his stories are so fully fleshed out, he it. Some of the central characters didn't know tion there is quite at odds with the film writer/directors. He comes up with a general pointed around the room. "All of us sitting they were in a film about adoption." portrayal: Gleick describes her as a woman of situation, finds actors to people it, and togeth- here are totally different from each other. We Leigh insists that he has been basically high culture, with "well-bred talents for player with camera operators, production design- are like the tips of six icebergs. This is fasci- making the same movie with variations for ing the piano, singing, drawing, and convers- ers, and' other crew members, they all basical- nating." When pressed to explain, he respond- much of his career. Certain basic preoccupa- ing about literature and the arts." The closest ly write the script. ed that for him, "filmmaking is about people, tions show up again and again. "For instance, Infinity gets to showing us any of this is a "A script is no more important than a blue- and all people are interesting, and are to be Cyril in High Hopes is an idealist who has scene in which Arline plunks down some notes print - you don't make a script, you make a explored and developed in a three-dimension- become inert. Johnnie in Naked is an idealist on a toy piano which Feynman bought her. film," Leigh said. "What gets filmed is al, round way. All characters in a story should who is disappointed, angry, and has become Perhaps Infinity is successful as a love absolutely precise, very thoroughly rehearsed. have that dignity. 'It doesn't make sense to negative. Maurice in Secrets and Lies is an story, or even as a medical tearjerker. But the But that comes out of the work with the actors have some interesting people in a story and idealist who bottles it and gets on with it. fact that the movie deliberately squanders an - the rehearsals, the development, the some you don't believe in - then the whole Naked is about family - it's about belonging, opportunity to explore the exhilarating life of .research, the discussions, the improvisations. thing short circuits." and connecting, it's about displacement which Richard Feynman makes it, in my min~, a And, the input of the other people. But the def- The emotional drama of his stories also has to do with roots." waste of two hours.

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ed Co gress C . o A e ORACLE Heal Care Po ·cies By Carina Fung MIT faculty who have been con~ STAFF REPORTER tacted thus far seem very enthusias~ 8**7?)I,,*:c ~*.t. The MIT Medical Congress, a tic. he said. ~~j:mBJJ~ new student-run organization focus- Future speakers, from the ing on health care policy, will hold Harvard Kennedy School, ew its first meeting next Wednesday. England Medical Center, and MIT, The Oracle CorpOration leads the information te~hnology The meeting will feature a. talk will be featured every one to two by Harvard Medical School months, Yang said. industry with top level software and consulting services. We Associate professor of Medicine and "One of the future meetings will Health Care Policy David are currently hiring bilingual, techically~oriented graduating consist of residents currently in the Blumenthal, who is chief of the medical field, speaking about their seniors. Please join us for Oracle Japan's information health policy research and develop- education experiences," Lee said. ment unit at Massachusetts General session. All majors are welcome. Hospital. Lee and Yang plan to survey The Medical Congress was students to see what other areas of formed to recognize the rapidly interest there might be. Future top- growing interest in health care poli- ics may include Medicare vs. Monday, October 21, 1996 cy, said Eugene E. Lee '98, one of Medicaid, bioethics, insurance the co-founders of the club. reform. comparative health care 6:30 - 8:00 "Our experience in Washington, systems of different countries, or D.C. this past summer Internship the American health care system, Room 4-145 Program... was the largest influence Yang said. in the formation of this club," said Currently, the MedicaltCongress Benson P. Yang '97, the other co- is funded in part by the Online. employment information can be found at: founder. Undergraduate Association, Yang Lee, Yang, and eight other MIT said. The group is not at this point http://www.oracle.co.jp/HR/ students spent their summer in affiliated with any other organiza- Washington D.C. working in vari- . tions but may have a degree of over- ous internship under a program lap with the Premedical Society, sponsored by the Department of Lee said. Political Science. Both Lee and Yang worked as policy analysts - Lee for the Institute of Medicine and Yang for the Congressional Research Service. AMSTERDAM Lee and Yang were very excited ATlANTA about the experiences they came BARCELONA McKinsey&Cotnp~ny BEIJING BERLIN BOGOTA rv1 A i\J AGE M E f\J T CON S U L TAN T S BOMBAY "Thisis an excellent BOSTON BRUSSElS apportunity to BUENOS AIRES CARACAS illuminate thepresent CHARLOTTE CHICAGO andfuture trends in CLEVELAND . thefields of medicine COLOGNE COPENHAGEN . and health care." D~llAS McKinsey &.Company, DUBLIN -Eugene E. Lee DUSSELDORF FRANKfURT a leading international management consulting GENEVA GOTHENBURG across in their respective internships firm, cordially invites all 1997 bachelor's and HAMBURG and in Washington in general and HELSINKI wanted to share their experiences HONG KONG with other MIT students upon their master's degree candidates' to learn more about ,our HOUSTON return. ISTANBUL Next Wednesday's meeting will 2,3 year business analyst program.' JAKARTA be held at 5:30 p.m. in room 3-270. JOHANNESB'URG The second one meeting is expected LISBON LONDON to be in November. LOS ANGELES MADRID Meetings to feature speakers MELBOURNE Medical Congress meetings wiH'. MEX.ICO C/TY be seminar-styled, with a keynote MILAN speaker, foUowed by an open ques- MINNEAPOLIS tion and answer session, Lee said. . us of on MONTERREY Minutes from each meeting, 'Please join at. the Class 1997 Career Fair MONTREAL executive summaries, and possibly a MOSCOW MUNICH newsletter will be made available to Friday, October 11 .' NEW DELHI any6ne interested, he said. . NEW JERSEY In addition, the group will also NEW YORK distribute relevant articles by the and our presentation ORANGE COUNTY . speakers or by some other source OSAKA "so that students can take something OSLO back with them for future reference Wednesday, October 16 PAC/fIC NORTHWEST or for further investigation," Yang PARIS said. at the Gr~nd Ballr~om of the Cambridge Marriott. PERTH For his talk, entitled "The PITISBURGH PRAGUE Effects of Market Reforms on ROME Doctors and Their Patients," SAN FRANCISCO Blumenthal will discuss how com- sAo PAULO petitioIf in the U.S. health care sys- SEOUL tem will influence the clinical prac- SHANGHAI tice of medicine generally, and' SILICON VALLEY interactions between patients and STAMFORD doctors in particular, Yang said. STOCKHOLM The premedical students at MIT We look forward to meeting you. STUTTGART are very aware of the changes in SYDNEY health care and want to learn more TAIPEI TOKYO about the field, Lee said. "This is an TORONTO exce))ent opportunity to j))uminate VIENNA the present and future trends in the WARSAW fields of medicine and health care," WASHINGTON, D.C. Lee said. ZURICH "From preliminary reactions, students seem very interested in the club. It is an issue that is not addressed widely at the undergraduate level, but is very important for people Q llIld.eTstand,"Yangs..aid.

THE TECH Page J 5 • Ce e o 0 ~...... -ano __e __ ents By Kyle Young with thi theme, one Heisenberg for the Pre ervation of Slide Rules. The Sixth Annual 1996 Ig the Harvard-Radcliffe Science STAFF REPOR.TER. Certainty lecturer argued against The ceremony was taped for tele- obel Prize CeremOny was co- Fiction Association. This ceremo- The Sixth nnual Ig obel Prize washing hands - to stop the ethnic vised showing, recorded for broad- sponsor~d by The Annals of ny was the second held at Ceremony, honoring people who e clean ing of bacteria. cast on radio, and broadca ted live Improbable Research, the Harvard Harvard. The first four were held achievement "can not or should not Another Heisenberg Certainty over the Internet. Computer Society, Tangents, and at MIT. be reproduced," was held at Harvard Lecture, "The Taxonomy of University last Thur day night. B rney," presented scientific evi- A humorous farce of the actual dence that Barney the Dinosaur wa obel Prizes, the ceremony presents in fact not a dinosaur. Evidence pro- the humorou and less erious side vided by X-ray imaging revealed 1996Ig obel Prize Winners of scientific research, quite contrary that the skeleton within the purple Biology: Anders Baerheim and Hogne Sandvik of the University of Berien, oTWay, for their tasty and taste- to the actual obel Prize ceremony bea.t was human-like, quite differ- ful report, "Effect of Ale, Garlic, and Soured Cream on the Appetite of Leeches." held in witzerland. ent from the reptilian build of Indeed the humor of the evening dinosaur . The conclusion proved . Medicine: James John ton of RJ. Reynolds, Joseph Taddeo of U.S. Tobacco, Andrew Tisch of Lorillard, was much anticipated by the full- that children have been fooled by William Campbell of Philip Morris, and the late Thomas E. Sandefur, Jr., chairman of Brown and house crowd in Sanders Theater, a false advertising that portrays Williamson Tobacco Co., for their unshakable discovery, ~ they testified before Congress, that nicotine is Gothic cathedral next to the Science Barney as a real dinosaur. not addictive. Center at Harvard. The light-hearted The ceremony included a large Physics: Robert Matthews of A ton University, England, for his studies of Murphy's Law, and especially for atmosphere in the theater prepared cast of performers, including demonstrating that toast always falls on the buttered side. the audience t<1greet any preposter- bona fide obel laureates, past Ig Peace: President .of France Jacque Chirac, for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima with ous scientific research with open Nobel winners, scientists, and stu- atomic bomb tests in the Pacific. laughter. Even before the show dents. No wackiness was barred began, many anxious watchers cre- from the ceremony. How else would Public Health: Ellen Kleist of uuk, Greenland and Harald Moi of Oslo, oTWay, for their cautionary med- ated and tested paper airplanes for Reverend Chandler ewton, Sister ical report "Transmission of Gonorrhea Through an Inflatable Doll." range and accuracy. Christine McGuirk, auctioneer Un Chemistry: George Goble of Purdue University, for his blistering world-record time for igniting a barbecue Calista, convicted felon Robert T. gril) - three seconds, using charcoal and liquid oxygen. Ten categories awarded Morris, parade announcer Mark BlodlY : Chonosuke Okamura of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory in Nagoya, Japan, for discovering the Like the genuine Nobel ceremo- Waldstein, and the Swedish meat- fossils of dinosaurs, horses, dragons, princesses, and more than ] ,000 other extinct "mini-species," each of ny, the Ig Nobel ceremony also ball king and queen participate wbich is less than 1/100 of an inch in length. awarded winners in 10 (albeit slight- together with bonafide Nobel laure- ly different) categories this year: ates all in one night? Uterature: The editors of the journal Social Text, for eagerly publishing research that they could not under- biology, medicine, physics, peace, The diversity of the ca~ was stand, that the author said was meaningless, and which claimed that reality does not exist. public health, chemistry, biodiversi- matched only by the diversitY of the Economics: Robert 1. Genco of the State University of New York at Buffalo, for his discov.ery that "finan- ty, literature, economics, and art. viewers. In the live audience were cial strain is a risk indicator for destructive periodontal disease." . For example, the 1996 Ig Nobel students, professors, researchers, Art: Don Featherstone of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, for his ornamentally evolutionary in.vention, the plastic in biology was awarded to Anders and reporters. Also attending were pink flamingo. Baerheim and Hogne Sandvik of the 20 delegations, including the University oJ Bergen, Norway, for Dilberts in Disguise and the Society "their tasty and tasteful report" on -"Effect of Ale, Garlic, and Sour Cream on the Appetite of Leeches." The 1996 chemistry Ig Nobel was awarded to Robert Matthews of Aston University, England, for his studies of Murphy's Law, and especially for demonstrating that toast always falls on the buttered side . . The 1996 chemistry Ig Nobel While you're was awarded to George Goble of Purdue University, for using charcoal and liquid oxygen to ignite a barbecue grill in three seconds, the world record time. collecting Of course, not all winners wel- comed the honor bestowed by an Ig Nobel. Several winners "could not be reached for comment or refused to speak," Marc Abraham, the aJ¥1ounc- er, said in' a hUmorous voice. For example, France's President Jacques Chirac was not able to accept the 1996 Ig Nobel peace prize,- given to honor his commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima with atomic bomb tests could be in the Pacific.

Hilarious presentations featured In between naming Ig Nobel laureates, there. were also a number of collecting hilarious presentations that punctu-' ated the event. This year the plaster casts of the left. feet of several genuine Nobel laureates were auctioned returns. to benefit Cambridge Public Schools. The five feet raised about 100 dollars total. The three-act opera Lament del And that's just what you want: an annuity that works harder than you do. Cockroach proved an especially entertaining performance. The opera TIAA's Teachers Personal Annuityl8l is speCifically You also benefit from. Low initial investment require- featured two female cockroaches, designed to provide tax-deferred growth potential to ments • The convenience of making regularly-sched- Thelma and Louise, who became people who' are already contributing the maximum the prime mating choioe when an uled deposits to your account via Electronic Funds asteroid headed for Earth threatens to before-tax retirement plans, or who .currently have Transfers. No current surrender charges • ~o-fee ,.insects with extinction. after-tax money in taxable savings or investments. \Vith transfers between Teachers Personal Annuity accounts. In the first two acts, Thelma and Louise talk about their disgust TIAA's lo~g-term, after-tax savings annuity, you can • The flexibility of having no minimum withdrawal t toward mating with the other species take advantage of the security of the Fixed Account, requirements at age 70lJ2 • The retirement expertise of of onlooking insects, played by two the growth potential of the variable Stock Index Account, the largest pension system in the United States (based on genuine Nobel laureates. In the third act, the asteroids destroys the two or a combination of the two accounts. assets under management). cockroaches but 'surprisingly spares the other species.of insects. If you're looking forward to collecting seashells, now is the time to request a Another six Heisenberg free information packet. Call 1 800 842-1924, Dept. 851<..Also, look for TIAA Certainty Lectures also featured on the Internet: http://www.tiaa-cref.org notable guests presenting humorous t 30-seconds speeches. Teachers Insurance and One lecture featured Robert T. Annuity Association Morris, convicted felon, whose. .I 730 Third Avenue, ~ew York, NY 10017 WORM virus brought down the Internet in the late 1980s. Morris For more complete information about the Stock Index Account, including charges and expenses, call I 800 842-1924 for a prospectus. Plt!ase read t~e p~osJ?ectus carefully before you invest or send .money. The variable. component of the Teachers shared his views about the govern~ Personal Annulty contract zs dzstrzbuted by Teachers Personal Investors Servzces, Inc., a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Teachers ment's new proposed policy for Insurance and Annuity AssociatiDn. export cryptography. The time ref- eree stopped the lecture before * .The minimu"! t?mount you can withdraw or. transfer from either account is $~,()(!().Because of the long-term nature of the Fuef:! Accoun~ s znvestm~nts, ~ransfers and 'A!uhdrawalsjrom that account are lzmzted to once every 6months. tThe earnings Morris could propose himself as the portzon of a wUhdrawalzs subject to regular zncome tax, and !fefore age 59J~, may be subject to a 10% federal tax penalty (aiuJ entrusted key keeper. in some states, premium taxes will be deducted). 01996 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association Ceremony focuses on biodiversity This year's ceremony paid a spe- '~r~.~~~. ¥..iCj)

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Ig o Photos by Rita Lin and Gabor Csanyi Page 18 October 11, 1996 2 By Dan McGuire "They are doing good and bad resent - voted at the rally. Only 35 ways to achieve our bottom line. It NEWS EDITOR with this decision," said, Brown voted again t the propo ed council. could be an assembly, it could be a Brown University's Student sophomore eth Goldberger, the "We want to make sure the dean union, it could even be another cre- Activities Office issued a moratori- social chair of one dormitory. know we're not going to settle for ative alternative we haven't thought um on Wednesday that will ban par- "On the one, hand there have an impotent assembly," said GESO of yet." ties on campu for two weeks. obviously been a lot of problems member Antony Dugdale. Conscious of the need for con- Brown's Dean of Student Life within the past month that they are While the results of the vote sur- sensus, GESO leaders de igned the Robin Rose said a combination of going to work out. On the other prised few, the event's warmer, day's events to prove their claims of . violations of the hand, there is already not much to support. The referendum "is really fire safety code, do in Providence, and if you take ju t a visible expression" of gradu- Short illegal service and away parties at which alcohol is ate student support of the GESO- provision of alco- served - which are basically the Thefederal approved assembly, GESO e hol, inappropriate only kind - there is not going to be Chairwoman Robin Brown said. Takes advertising of much left to do." government began an The overwhelming majority of vot- social events, failure by party ho ts [Brown Daily Herald, Oct. 9J ers who selected the GESO's ver- SO.-..-..-.-t_--g to check for college identifications investigation of sion of the assembly provides the and to maintain appropriate guest ale graduate union meets Harvard's pha~ . proof of support. list, and numerous fights all Yale University's Graduate "It's a time of optimism and pos- rea brought on the ban. Employees and Students located in Harvard sibility here," said GESO member "All of the e things signify that Organization, the school's self- Anita Ganers at the 100-person rally there should be concerns with the styled graduate union, held its first Square, almost a year in front of the Hall of Graduate level of compliance with University from now on in America, ~ny definilion meeting of the new academic year ago after reports that Studies. "We're reaching decisions policy," Rose said. "The fact is that on Wednesday. The event was a ref- by talking to people and making of a successful life mu~ include serving we have had soci~1 events that are erendum and rally measuring stu- drugs had been stolen. sure we find a solution everybody's unhealthy and unsafe. Students and dent support of a proposed graduate comfortable and confident with." University personnel have been school assembly. [Yale Daily Herald, Oct. 10J others. fo find oul how you con help in injured." The proposed assembly will . Brown's GreeK Council Chair more cooperative styie caught your communily, col/l have the power to veto proposals on Harvard pharmacy fined $775,000 (800) 677.55/5. Chris Hogg said the moratorium student-relevant policy changes many students' attention. In stark caught the group by surprise but that made by Yale's Graduate School contrast to the militant reputation Harvard University has agreed to POINTS OF LIGHT the council supports the decision. Dean Thomas Appelquist. The dean the group has acquired- especially pay a $775,000 fine to settle a feder- AT' 0 N "We've only been here for 30 has proposed a modified version from the January strike which gen- al civil drug case involving its phar- days, and already there have been granting the assembly the right to erated little but campus ire - macy, federal prosecutors said last some pretty major incidents," Hogg "discuss and comment" on pohcy GESO leaders put on a noticeably month. said. "It will give us a chance to changes. softer face yesterday. Harvard was accused of lax evaluate our party policies and A total of 508 of the I, I00 non- "We don't mean to shift back to security and improper pharmacy make sure we are doing everything science graduate students - the rigid dogmatism," Dugdale said at practices that resulted in significant possible to ensure people's safety." people the organization aims to rep- the rally. "We're looking at many thefts of controlled drugs by a phar- This space donated by The Tech macy technician. . Harvard's practices resulted in the "thefts of drugs, inaccurate in~entories, sloppy storage, and improper distribution of drugs. to unregistered sites," said U.S. attorney Donald K. Stem. The federal government began- WE INVEST an investigation of Harvard's pharmacy, located in Harvard Square, almost a year ago after reports that drugs had been stolen. IN THE BEST. SO SHOULD YOU. The government said that in 1995, a pharmacy technician stole . more than 7,50U dosage units of areer decisions should be made prudently because they cough syrup with codeine, a controlled substance. determine your long-term future. When you join us, the According to federal drug C Government 0/ Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd e?Cperts,the drugs stolen are a type (GIC), you are making a prude!Zt decision which giv~s you good preferred by heroin addicts when long-term returns. 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UMass funding linked to study INVEST E FF eERS Massachusetts Representative Harold Lane (D-Holden) told You must be a University graduate from any discipline with a good track University of Massachusetts at Amherst's faculty at a faculty sen- record of outstanding academic c1chievements. ate meeting last week that the only ,way the state legislature will'con- You should have a keen interest in current and world affairs. To excel in tinue to award a financially-sound this job, you should also have excellenf analytical communication and budget to the school is if the interpersonal skills. You should be a young and energetic individual who school's faculty holds itself accountable to the public. has the ability to contribute' both independently and as a team player. Lane's plea for accountabil~ty , raised anew a contentious subject ~ Successful candidates can look forward to an irttensive training programme for the faculty and the president's and attract.ive remuneration package. You will be based in Singapore and office. The president's office lfas / depending on the corporation's needs, you must be prepared to travel or been tryin$ for over a year to get be posted to a GIC office. faculty to participate in a workload study. Althou&h faculty have ~een / reluctant to cooperate, claiming they If you would like to invest'your career with one of the bestfund should ..,not have to justify them- management companies in the world, send a comprehensive selves to anyone, rumors of faculty resume with your result slips, trans~ripts/GPA scores and all workload legislation have put a new supporting documents to: ~ spin on the issue. The president's ,office is expected to produce and distribute a faculty workload survey The Director, Admin & Personnel in upcoming months. Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd "With the escalating costs of education, the public is demanding 250 North Bridge Road, #38-00 Raffles City Tower to know where its money is going," Singapore 179101 . Lane said. "The faculty has to be Or fax in confidence to (65)3308537. more proactive in translating to con- E-mail: chorlimipacific.net.sg stiJuents what they do and how they do it." If faculty insists on ignoring Closing Date: 20 October 1996 attempts to document workloads, We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified. the legislature will have to fill in the blanks, and faculty wjll not be happy with the end product, Lane WE INVEST IN THE BEST AROUND THE WORLD GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE said. "There are solutions we can C INVESTMENT CORPORATION come up with, but I guarantee you, they won't fit," he said. L.'_'_"_'_' __ ' _'_"_'_'_'_" ...... __ ...... "'"""-...... """"""...... ""'-&..... ,." ~. "ICirizpu' 'Chron"iCf (Jar.Ofa).'.0 • • ctober II, 1996 THE TECH Page 19

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Jennifer Joy G blitzed past the In the second game, MIT domi- presents Providence defense to score the first nated again. Rookie Dana Ayotte G, try of the game. Later in the first had an outstanding game at outside half, scrum half Karen Willcox G, center, scoring twice. Rookie wing scored off a pass from Anne Pepin Rebecca Morss G also scored in the G on the weak side. The next score first half to bring the score to 15-0. was made by inside center Marianne Hooker Sheri White G scored Bitler G and fly half Sara W dring after the MIT pack forced the G, who combined to score off a Providence forwards into their own Effects of Market Reforms on switch. try zone, bringing the score to 20-0. An aggressive crash through the Woodring scored in the last minute •Providence defense into the try zone of the game off a pass from wing Doctors and Their Patients by flanker Katy Quinn G, after Liz Hick G, who had run the ball eads up penalty play by MIT left halfway down the field to clinch the score at 20-0 at the half. . MIT's victory at 25-0 .. Providence was more aggressive The women's rugby club's next in the second half, with Joy provid- game is against Bridgewater State ing the only MIT score off a break- College tomorrow at 11 a.,m. at A ..LECTURE BY away run down the right wing. Briggs Field. Chen Drops Last Play In Division mTouiney David Blumenthal, MD, MPP CHIEF OF TIlE HFAL11I POllCY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENr UNIT AT MOH y Roger Crosley InvitationaL Eisenberg covered the ASSOCIAlE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND HFALlHPOllCY AT HMS SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR' 5,000 meter course in 19:33 to lead Freshman Eric Chen '00 MIT to second place in the race advanced to the semifinal round of behind the host school. the New England Division III Intercollegiate Tennis Strong showing for crew Championship last weekend. The heavyweight crew had its Chen made the final four by best showing ever at the Head of the . defeating Ohio Regatta in Pittsburgh. MIT fin- Wednesd~y, October 16 defending ished second in the Open Eight Sports champion Division, behind Brown University Keith Tonkin and 0.2 seconds ahead of Cornell 5:30 pm Room 3-270 of Williams University. Shorts College by , The crew was also second in the .' scores of 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Chen 500 meter. sprint, again behind -dropped his semifinal matoh to-the Brown. Later in the competition, the eventual champion in the tourna- squad was split into two fours lJ,nd ment. came in third and foUJthin the Open Fours, once again behind Brown, Eisenberg cross country winner which placed first and second. ~unior Janis Eisenberg '98 was The women's crew placed se~- the individual winner in last ,week- ond to Villanova University in the end's We]]esley College Open Fours. -Women's Tennis Continues Top Record, Beating Smith By Uly Koo number six. The total score was TEAM MEMBER 4-3, with two singles matches still The women's tennis team trav- in play. eled to .Smith Co]]ege .this past . Nakamura clinched the MIT vic- Saturday and- defeated them 6-3, tory over Smith with the fifth point bringing the Engineers ~o a 5-0 in an amazing 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 win at New England Women's Eight number one singles. In the longest Conference record and to an overall two set match in MIT tennis history, record of 7-1. Humphrey was last to emerge victo- The team was expecting a diffi- rious in a 7:""5,7-5 win at number 'cult match, as Smith is traditionally . three. one of the toughest earns in the The 1996 women's varsity squad NEW8. The match began with dou- has had wins over tufts University f>les play. ()-4), Colby College (9-0), Clark The number one doubles team of University (8-1), Wheaton College Mealani Nakamura '00 and Nora (7-2), Worcester Polytechnic Humphrey '98 and the number three Institute (9~), and Babson College team of co-captain Sarah Kringer (5-4). The team's only loss this year '97 and co-captain Lily Koo '97 has been to last year's nationally both had slow starts and lost 8-2, ranked Skidmore College. 8-4, respectively. The number two Other members of the team doubles team of Angela Mislowsky include Bobby Kommineni '97, '99 and Michelle Youn '00 claimed Pardis Sabeti '97, Tiffany a 8-4 win in an extremely we]]- Cunningham '98, Doana Cecan '00, played match. Nisha Singh '00, and Netla Ramirez Though MIT was at a I-2 deficit '00. Ramirez was a key player in the entering singles play, each team team's 5-4 win over Babson member remained focused, deter- College. lnined. to win. Mislowsky at number The team is led by new Coach four won quickly, defeating her Merrilee Keller and Coaching opponent in two shut-out sets 6-=0, Assistants Carol Matsuzaki '96, 6-0. Youo had a rare loss at number Una-May O'Reilly, Jim Taylor, and Outside and Backpacker Magazines Editor's choice, just $8 per toe: 'YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 10 (TEN) TOES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT DEAL, SORRY NO FREAKS OR CLUMSY LUMBERJACKS. two with a score of 6-1, 6-4. Jeannie Yoo. Koo was next to finish with a The team faces a traditional 6-3, 6-2 victory at number five .. tough conference rival, Wellesley Kringer added another point for the College, in an away match on Engineers with a .7-5, 6-4 win at Tuesday. 860 Commonwealth Ave Boston, 731-6100

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c ey eats Co ege 3-2 By Katie Barron in the second half, with Tsai tally- TEAM MEMBER ing the winning goal after five Under a sky of threatening rain minutes on an assist from clouds on Tuesday afternoon, the Katherine Merrilees '97.. MIT dom- field hockey team defeated Wheaton inated the rest of the second half, College 3-2 on the Jack Barry Omni holding back Wheaton to secure Turf, avenging last season's regular the victory. season 10 s to Wheaton. The loss The game was "a real wake up last year was the only one MIT suf- call" to the team, said Coach Cheryl fered in regular season play. Silva. In the first half the team came The aggressive Wheaton team came on early and strong. In the out flat and did not play together as early part of the half, the team a unit and Wheaton was able to take scored its first goal off a penalty advantage of this, Silva said. . stroke against MIT. This was the A "goal [of the game] was to first penalty stroke called against put two solid halves together," MIT this season. they soon scored Silva said. This season, the another goal to bring the score Engin~ers have played a strong to 2-0. first half and a less strong second .. Coming back from this deficit, In this game as the Engineers MIT scored two goals in the last gained momentum and pulled JIRJ SCHINDLER-THE TECH minute of the first half. The first together, they did the reverse and Stephanie • Maifert '98 tr'es to sweep the ball past the Wheaton College goalie in the second half of goal was scored by Tracy Sadowski "put together a strong second half," Tuesday's field hockey game. MIT won the game 3-2. . '99 off a pass from Margie Tsai '99 Silva said. with 49 seconds remaining in the This win brings the women's half. • field hockey team's record to 5-2 Fi fteen seconds later, as the . overall and 2-0 in conference play. Me 's gy off mosaurs' clock wound down to 34 seconds, By Chris Townsend Using to good effect the superior once more. In the last minute, MIT MIT scored its secdnd goal to even MIT's next home game is tomorrow TEAM MEMBER weight and height advantage of their secured the game beyond doubt up the score. The goal was scored against Smith College at 1:00 p.m. In a clash to decide the winners forwards, they se'cured possession, with a second try from Kantner fol- when Tsai put it in off a .pass from on the turf. I of the Bo ton Social league last and for the first time this season, the lowing a clever kick out of defense Connie Sadowski '99. Erik S. Balsley contributed to the Saturday, the men's rugby team MIT defense was severely tested. A to bring the score to 22-14. the Engineers came out strong reporting in this story. showed maturity beyond its years, try looked likely and 25 minutes defeating 22-14 an experienced vet- into the half the Beacon Hill full- erans' team from Beacon Hill in a back broke powerfully through the hard-fought contest. center of the field to score between Hating the NHL The Bottom Line: The pattern of the game was the posts. shaped by M IT early in the first The second half started much half. Fired up for the occasion, the like the first had ended. In the open- The Regular Season Means Nothing Engineers started with a mixture of ing minutes, the Dinosaurs strung running rugby and tactical kicking together a series of strong forward Column by Martin Duke trol of someone other than himself, it is interesting to note that that surprised Beacon Hill and left moves and were rewarded with a Commissioner Gary Bettman. only in the era of 3Com Park and them scrabbling for possession. second try to reduce the deficit to How do I hate the NHL? Let me . Pro Player Stadium could we be Five minutes into the game, John just a single point. count the ways: Speaking of Commissioners .. , relieved that an owner would do Higginson G opened the scoring for However, this was the last time I. The regular season means There's no better example of something as traditional as name a the Beavers with a penalty kick the team was able to breach the MIT NOTHING. why baseball needs a commissioner park after himself. from 30 yards. Shortly afterwards lines. For the remainder of the half, 2. The worst seats at the Fleet now than the whole Roberto Alomar And now ... for the weekly tirade Chris Kantner '97 scored the first MIT frustrated Beacon Hill with Center cost $29. For $29 at fiasco. The weak leadership shown against baseball's wild card. try with a powerful run along the some stout defense and clever Fenway, you can get .seats close by Gene Budig and Bud Selig is Cleveland fans, see what I've' touchline. offensive play, utilizing a much enough to spit on Roberto Alomar mind-blowing. been saying? Ninety-nine wins over A few minutes later the ball fell quicker back division. On occasion, warming up and still get two hot I'm afraid, however, that once 161 games, and it means nothing! loose over the try line following the opposition let their frustrations dogs. there is a basic agreement, the own- Even though performance in the MIT forward play, and visiting show with some provocative behav- 3. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks. ers will appoint someone they think regular season was never a barome- scholar Christophe Bruneton was ior and instances of bad sportsman- 4. Real Hockey Fans in they can easily control. If somehow ter of postseason success, at least able to touch down to increase the ship. Winnipeg losing out to Phoenix. he proves to be more .independent, getting to the playoffs - solely a lead to fifteen points. MIT maintained discipline, how- 5. The $65 lower deck seats at the owners will sack him. . result of long-haul performance - This provided the incentive to ever, and toward the end of the the FleetCenter. When you look at the names that meant something. spur the Djnosaurs into action. game, MIT began to reassert itself 6. The regular season means are being considered, they're all With the added round, the task NOTHING. public officials I've never heard of. seems somehow unimpressive. 7. The San Jose Sharks. Why not appoint someone who Now, no matter how many games 8. Sixteen teams in the playoffs .. writes about the game regularly, you win, if you run into a s~reaky Sixteen! I guarantee the Rangers who obviously personally cares wild-card team, the season is a fail- In Surprise Move inNFL, and Avalanche have nothing to play about it, who has a solid grasp of its ure. for by March except for meaning- traditions, and who has demonstrat- In spite of all this, the World less playoff seedings. ed a simple wisdom about what Series possibilities we are presented 1996-97 Football Season 9. Stanley Cup games in June, in needs to be done. with are tant&lizing. How about places where it doesn't even snow That man is Keith Olbermann, Yankees-Braves, who haven't met Forfeited to Ste'elers in January (see number 3). the ESPN SportsCenter anchor. It since the 1958 series? . 10. The Baseball Hall of Fame sounds silly, but imagine him in the Yankees-Cardinals, last seen By Chris Brocoum is in idyllic Cooperstown, New role and you'll see what a good idea when Bob Gibson shut them down SPORTS COLUMNIST York. The Basketball HaJJ of this is. in 1964? After having watched my team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, smash the Fame is in the game's birthplace, Orioles-Braves, the best pitching capable Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night, I am making a bold Springfield, Massachusetts. The TBS = Turner Baseball Stadium? staff in decades versus the greatest prediction. . Football Hall of Fame is in the It was announced last week that home run-hitting team of all time? Pittsburgh is Tiding a four-game winning streak. The combined classic gridiron city of Canton, Atlanta's Olympic Stadium, future. Now think about how less spe- record of the Steelers' next six opponents is a difficult to accept 9-57 Ohio. The Hockey Hall of Fame is home of the Braves, will be cial these matchups would be if (I'm not joking). I'm going to stick my neqk in the basement of a shopping mall renamed after team owner '(heck, we'd already seen these teams play out, but I'm thinking that Pittsburgh may be on in Toronto. city owner) Ted Turner. The specif- this season in an insignificant series a seriou tear. We're talking a 10-1 start. II. That annual question: Pay ic name has not been determined. to boost ratings by a few percent. . I don't mean to blow my own horn, but how my tuition, or buy hockey tickets? While it's not surprising that Interleague play stinks. Here's can you argue with a team that despite having 12. Once you've watched a gru- Turner would name something after hoping it dies before it is born. stars like Jerome Bettis and Kordell Stewart, ends up riding on the eling 82-game schedule, nothing has shoulders of ... Mike Tomzak? been decided and you still have six He started the game with a perfect touchdown pass to Carter of weeks to go. the ... Chiefs? Somehow he recovered from the interception to throw 13. The regular season means UPCOMING HOME EVENTS for a decent 338'yards against a grueling K.C. defense. This team has NOTHING. I------f,., potential, folks. Friday, Oct. 11 Believe it or not, there were some other key games aside from Now that I've had my fun, let me Golfvs. Brandeis Univ.ersity, 1 p.m. talk about the good things about :/ Pittsburgh. Buffalo managed to barely squeeze by the "everybody Men's Soccer vs. Brandeis, 4 p.m. loves us" Colts. That is a big game for both teams since now there is hockey. The game is exciting, espe- a definite rivalry brewing io the AFC East. . cially in overtime. The game has an Saturday, Oct. 12 Denver's victory over San Diego means they now stand alone outstanding tradition that is, unfor- Field Hockey vs. Smith College, 1 p.m. atop the AFC West. tunately, largely ignored by the Sailing Rhodes 19 Invitational, 9:30 a.m. In the FC, everything is just a mess. Green Bay and Minnesota NHL. Sailing New England Single-Handed, Championship, 9:30 a.m. are deadlocked in the Central Division in a test of wills up in the cold There is subtlety to the game, Tuesday, Oct, 15 territory. San Francisco seems to be sitting pretty leading the NFC much like in baseball, that can be Women's Soccer vs. Babson College, 4 p.m. West, but that picture might get a little ugly after they face Green Bay lost on the average fan. Perhaps Wednesday, Oct. 16 this coming Monday. • most importantly in this day and Men's Tennis vs. Harvard University, 3:30 p.m. Curio ity question: Why the heck is it called the FC West? Last age, the league's stars are the most well-behaved bunch of any of the Thursday, Oct. 17 Brocoum, Page 30 big four sports. Men's Soccer vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology, 3 p.m. I just wish it was under the con- '--- __ -'----J.-~ __ ~ ...... ~ ~ /