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Volwne 119, Number 69 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Wednesday, January 26, 2000 LEF Panel City Council Approves Allocates New Development Ban $25,235 Petition Creates IS-month Moratorium Zone G By Frank Dabek telecommunication utilities by an LSC to Dpansor _E_f)[_f_UR_I_N_C_II_It._." amendment introduced by Council- With the passage of the Larkin lor Anthony Galluccio. DO'Uglas Ad arns petition early yesterday morning, Resident after resident voiced the Cambridge City Council has concerns at the meeting about evic- By Karen E. Robinson imposed an tions, condominium conversion. and ASSOCIATE NEWS EDIlOR I 8 - m 0 nth commercial developments that they A speech by Douglas Adams, a moratorium feel are destroying neighborhoods in Latin American and Caribbean on large the eastern part of the city which Cultural Show, and an evening of de vel 0 p - has been increasingly targeted for Comedy will be funded in full by ments in new developments. the large event funding panel this east Cam- "It's getting scarier and scarier spring. Three other events will be b rid g e, to live in East Cambridge," Larkin partially funded by the large event across Main said of the encroachment of devel- fund. Street from opment. In total, the panel allocated the M IT School Committee member Fred $25,235 in grants among the six FRANK DABEK - TIlE IEel! campus. Fantini also delivered an impas- large events for spring term. The Shannon Larkin The peti- sioned defense of the moratorium. panel received requests for tion was sponsored by the East He called the passage of the Larkin $68,677 worth of funding for 14 Cambridge Planning Team, a neigh- measure a defining moment for the events with total projected budgets borhood group which includes MIT council and urged councillors to of $122,251. staff member Shannon M. Larkin "reflect on what our city will be like Adams, author of The Hitchhik- and passed by a vote of seven to two in 100 or 200 years." er's Guide to the Galaxy, will after being amended by the council. The vocal support residents' speak to MIT audiences in mid- The petition is designed to allow groups showed for the petition was April. This event was proposed by time for the city to conduct a com- matched by parties opposed to the the Lecture Series Committee. prehensive planning study of east moratorium. Adams' talk will be entitled "Par- Cambridge. The petition prohibits Attorney James Rafferty said rots, the Universe, and Every- any new development over 20,000 that the petition used a "far broader thing," and take place in Johnson square feet in an area bordered by brush" than its authors intended and Ice Rink. Main Street on the south, the that it denied fundamental property The first Latin American and Somerville border on the north and rights. He proposed dealing with the Caribbean Cultural Show will take between Windsor street and the problem through modification of
place in late April, hosted by the Boston-Cambridge border. zoning regulations rather than a •. -V,II BII,IR,AIJII:.JJ- TIlE IECI! MIT Club Latino and the MIT A two-block area on Binney moratorium. CAC staff members Ted Johnson and Van Chu '99 hang a mir- Street at Fifth Street was exempted ror ball in preparation for this Saturday's Millennium Ball. LEF, Page 25 from the moratorium if used for Larkin, Page 16 'Bots inBlue' Complete Qualifying Round of 6.270 MIT Unveim By Kevin R. Lang ASSUCIATE NEWS Fo"DllOR Nanovation Hackers will be jailed. Students will remain on either East Campus or West Campus. Professors will be Partnership escorted across Massachusetts Avenue. $90 Million to Further Have the Campus Police Research in Photonics resolved their labor dispute and expanded their duties at M IT? By Matthew F. Palmer Hardly. This year's 6.270 S/;lI-T RE/'()R7ER Autonomous Robot Design Compe- Miami-based Nanovation Tech- tition, "Bots in Blue," features nologies Inc. announced Friday it will robots trying to capture "hackers," provide $90 million over six years to keep "students" on either side of establ ish a center at M IT for the "campus," and escort "professors" research of light-based photonic tech- across "Mass. Ave." nologies. which could make com- Round one finished up Tuesday munications hundreds of times faster. afternoon, with 27 of 60 teams qual- Nanovation's contributions will ifying for the final competition on fund a new laboratory on the MIT the first try. The final contest begins campus and research at MIT's Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in Room 26- Materials Processing Center. The 100. goal of the research is to develop The first round featured false- photonic devices that will connect starts galore, non-functioning computers and telephones to high robots, and some flying Legos. speed fiber optics. Many teams had been finishing Nanovation's president and CEO work both on code and on their G. Robert Tatum said in a printed robots late Monday night and into report, "N anovat ion's relationship Tuesday morning. Controller boards with MIT is part of our strategy to this year were significantly delayed, fonn partnerships with the nation's despite course organizers' attempts best universities to expand research to debug the boards since last year. that will allow the telecommunication "We were just figuring out how industry to develop and commercial- MING.lAIIIUII- HIE THH long I'd been awake," said contes- ize new photonic technologies." Two• Lego robots clashed during the qualifying round of the "Bots in Blue" 6.270 contest. The final round will be held Tomorrow at 6 p.m. in room 26-100. 6.270, Page 17 Nanovation, Page 15
Undergrads Comics FEATURES World & Nation 2 publish Get ready to practice that smile! Opinion .4 research in Charm School returns for its Arts 6 MURtJ. eighth fun-filled year. Features 12 Sports 32 Page 16 Page 20 Page 13 Page 2 THE TECH January 26, 2000 WORLD & NATION Surprise Blizzard GOP Opposition Target Bush Wreaks Havoc on East Coast LOS A.vCELES T!.\IES WASHINGTON As Campaign Moves to N.H. An unexpected blizzard stunned the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling traffic and shutting down schools and businesses By Anne-Marie O'Connor, we're all going to be here the same political world was flying. from South Carolina to Maine. Most federal agencies in the nation's Mark Z. Barabak amount of days .... There's no One candidate, Republican Alan capital were closed. and Cathleen Decker doubt about it, he's a tough candi- Keyes, fell victim to the weather Packing winds up to 40 miles per hour, the fast-moving storm dis- LOS ANGELES TIMES date to beat. We'll see beyond New and found himself stuck in the rupted air travel and closed many major airports, including New MANCHESTER. N.H. Hampshire what they choose to Detroit airport through the after- York's La Guardia and Washington's Ronald Reagan National Air- His Iowa caucus victory only do." noon. The sixth Republican, Utah port. Flights were canceled up and down the Eastern seaboard and air hours old, Texas Gov. George W. The Democratic winner of the Sen. Orrin Hatch, was not in New traffic was snarled over much of the nation. Bush fell into an ideological pincers caucuses, Vice President AI Gore, Hampshire and The Associated Amtrak canceled operations south of Washington, including auto- attack from his two chief chal- buoyantly pledged not to take victo- Press reported that he was leaving train service to Florida, because of the storm, spokesman Cliff Black lengers in New Hampshire Tues- ry in New Hampshire for granted, the race. said. He said that rail travelers faced delays along the Washington-to- day, taking shots on taxes and abor- but just for good measure criticized The Republican underdogs were Boston corridor. tion as he sought to translate his both his primary opponent Bill fighting most fiercely Tuesday. At least four people were killed in weather-related traffic acci- Midwestern success into an advan- Bradley and his probable Republi- Forbes' return to taxes as his bul- dents in the Carolinas, and a 5-year-old girl was missing and feared tage among the traditionally prickly can opponent Bush's "huge, risky, wark issue was a replay of his 1996 dead in Massachusetts after falling into a river while walking to voters here. tax scheme-giveaway." presidential campaign, which he school in heavy snow. Businessman Steve Forbes Bradley, for his part, tried to based almost completely on eradi- The only political battle at the White House was a snowball fight thrashed Bush from the right on shake off his lopsided Iowa loss - cating the Internal Revenue Service outside the West Wing between press secretary Joe Lockhart and his taxes and Arizona Sen. John he was defeated by a nearly 2-1 and replacing it with a 17 percent aides. Senate testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan McCain came at him from his more margin - by emphasizing his cre- flat tax on income. Greenspan, usually a much-anticipated event, was canceled. moderately conservative perch on dentials as a former New Jersey "People are going to look at the "We knew it was coming. It just decided to hit us a day earlier abortion, both trying to knock down senator and pledging reform, both record on taxes," Forbes told (than expected)," said U.S. Weather Service meteorologist Tim Mor- the national front-runner. of health care insurance and the fre- reporters in Nashua. "George Bush: rin in New York. "It's an intense winter storm and it's hitting us with Forbes' approach marked a shift quently negative political system. look at his record. In Texas, he its full potential." from the final days of the Iowa Nonetheless, he sent surrogates out broke the tax pledge." campaign, when he hammered to criticize Gore, and began airing a While Forbes was moving on Bush on abortion - but it was a television advertisement in which Bush from the right, McCain was Pakistan Cannot Be Linked to clear reflection of Forbes' take on the widow of the last Democratic inching at him from the center with the more secular interests of voters insurgent to win New Hampshire a nuanced discussion of abortion. Hijacking, Clinton Says here. Indeed, he and McCain - the late Paul Tsongas - bashed Both Bush and McCain oppose I.os Axe/ELf:S TI.IfES appeared at times to have traded Gore for misrepresenting Bradley's abortion, except in instances of WASHINGTO:'>l places, with McCain shifting to record. rape, incest, or threat to the life of President Clinton said Tuesday that his administration has no evi- abortion from his usual criticism of The surviving candidates, the mother. dence implicating the Pakistani government in last month's hijacking Bush's tax plan. including the major challengers and But while Bush has said he is of an Indian Airlines jet despite the role apparently played by a noto- Bush, anxious to quash both Republican Gary Bauer, who satisfied with the Republican plat- rious Kashmiri guerrilla group that has received backing from Islam- challengers, touted his tax plan and placed a disappointing fourth in the form that advocates a strict, no- abad. said he would continue to press the Iowa caucuses, high-tailed to New exceptions ban on abortion, "We do not have evidence that the Pakistani government was in case in Wednesday night's GOP Hampshire in the early morning McCain on Tuesday said that he any way involved in that hijacking," Clinton told a White House debate. The Democrats, too, were hours Tuesday, exhausted but gird- favored loosening the platform lan- news conference. scheduled to debate Wednesday. ing for a battle that began at dawn guage. Nevertheless, the administration has called on Pakistan to break Running behind McCain in pre- with public appearances and inter- "I'm for the exemption; that's its ties to Harkat Moujahedeen, which appears to be linked to the primary polling here, Bush insisted views on morning news shows. my position," McCain said on hijacking, officials said. The group's objective is to drive India out of he was ready for the fight in New But the traditional convergence ABC's "Good Morning America" the disputed region of Kashmir. Hampshire. But he also none-too- of the political world on this tiny program. But he later said that he State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said a U.S. delega- subtly underscored his strong posi- spit of land was overshadowed by a would not actively seek a platform tion that visited Islamabad last week expressed Washington's concern tioning for the remainder of the pri- mammoth blizzard that dumped change. about Pakistan's "general support" for several Kashmiri groups, mary season, where he holds a vast snow from the southern edge of the Gore rallied supporters at West including Harkat Moujahedeen. organizational and financial edge. Eastern Seaboard up to Maine, clos- High School in Manchester, Nevertheless, Rubin and White House spokesman Joe Lockhart "Up to now, Sen. McCain has ing a host of airports intermittently, promising to spend every waking read identical statements saying the administration has "no evidence had a time advantage in New including the Manchester and moment he could in the state before that the government of Pakistan had foreknowledge of, supported or Hampshire," Bush said. "Now Boston airports into which the Tuesday's primary. helped carry out the hijacking." By exonerating Pakistan of responsibility for the hijacking, the administration ruled out any sort of punishment for the Islamabad regime. at least not unless additional damaging infonnation comes to Clinton Proposes Eliminating light. One passenger was killed during the weeklong drama that began Dec. 24. British See Takeover of Venerable Debt by 2013 in Next Budget By Art Pine Republicans quickly called a the improved budget picture and to EM! as Another U.S. Inroad and Nick Anderson news conference to proclaim victory divert attention from the new CBO Tiff: II'.IS/ff.\'(,]'()\' I'(IST 1.0.'1ANCEl.!:'.') TIMES in their battle to prevent any further estimates, which support GOP LO:-':OO:-l WASHINGTON drain on the Social Security trust assertions that Republicans succeed- The first Beatles record was probably the most important signing President Clinton said Tuesday fund. "It turns out that we are right ed in "protecting" the Social Securi- in the long history of EMI Group, the biggest and oldest British that the budget he will send Con- (and) the other side was wrong," ty surplus. record company. The corporate history of EMI - for Electric and gress Feb. 7 will propose paying off Senate Budget Committee chairman Republicans made what they Musical Industries Ltd. - dates to the cylindrical gramophone the entire $J.6 trillion national debt Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., said. called "saving" Social Security a records of the 1890s. by 2013 - two years earlier than Tuesday's developments set the major political theme last year. For Now the last British record label will become one more title on had been expected even a few stage for another yearlong skirmish most of the last 40 years, the gov- the long roster of companies clustering around America Online Inc., months ago. in the battle over what to do with ernment has been borrowing from the Internet giant in the Washington suburb of Dulles, Va. In yet At a news conference, the presi- the burgeoning federal budget sur- the Social Security trust fund to another AOL coup, EMI agreed over the weekend to merge its music dent attributed the opportunity for a pluses that the government is now finance some of the deficit in its business with Warner Music Group, the big American record compa- speedup to an economy that is even projecting for the next decade. The day-to-day operating budget. ny whose parent, Time Warner Inc .. was just acquired by AOL. stronger than had been forecast, latest projections are also expected The Republicans also took credit The transfer of yet another British corporation to U.S. hands - resulting in higher tax revenues and to be converted quickly into cannon for the continuing improvement in just days after Citigroup bought the London investment bank lower expenses, and to his own aus- fodder in this year's presidential and the budget picture and for the Schroders - prompted concern here. "U.S. takes over Britain's last tere budget policies. congressional election campaigns. progress that the government has major record label" read the front-page headline in Monday's Inde- At the same time, the nonparti- Republicans want to continue been making in using part of the pendent newspaper. san Congressional Budget Office boosting defense spending and to large surplus to payoff the national There was evidence to support that point of view. The new venture issued revised estimates projecting enact sweeping new tax cuts for debt. will be called "Warner EMI Music'" Its headquarters will be in New York. that the federal budget surplus over those with the heaviest tax burdens However, Sen. Slade Gorton, R- The American partner is guaranteed a majority of scats on the board. and the next 10 years is likely to top - mostly individuals and couples Wash., told reporters that Republi- Warner Music Group Chairman Roger Ames will run the show. $1. 9 trillion - substantially larger in the middle and upper income cans are divided over whether to use than it had predicted as late as last brackets. the coming surpluses to payoff the December. However, Clinton, who has remaining national debt or to return The CBO also acknowledged announced plans for modest new the money to taxpayers in the form WEATHER that, contrary to previous estimates, spending programs in his fiscal of massive tax cuts. congressional Republicans managed 200 I budget next month, wants law- The White House said Tuesday to keep from draining any of the makers to keep the lid on most gov- that the Treasury had paid off $140 Lots 0' Clouds surplus in the Social Security trust ernment outlays and use most of the billion of the national debt over the fund in fiscal 2000. even though massive savings to payoff the last two years and CBO estimated \A710.\AI. IIL.lllff.R SI:RI'f('f.' they breached the overall budgetary national debt. that the government ran an overall Wednesday: Snow tlurries predicted. The high temperature will spending caps that Congress set in "Now is not the time to let up on surplus of $176 billion in fiscal be JloF (_1°C). The low will be about 2l°F (-6°C). 1997. a strategy that is plainly working," 2000, all of which will go to pay Thursday: Clouds predicted. Expect a high temperature of nOF The agency's estimates showed the president told reporters at a down the debt. (-JoC) and a low near 18°F (-8°C). that, instead of dipping into the news conference intended to call Economists argue that paying off Friday: Sunshine and partly cloudy skies predicted. The high Social Security fund by $17 billion, attention to the improved prospects the debt results in substantial bene- temperature will be JO°F (-1°C). The low will be about 20°F (-6 0C). as it had projected in December, the for debt reduction. He asked the fits by helping to push interest rates Saturday: It will be partly cloudy with periods of sunshine. The lawmakers actually would end up Republican majority in Congress "to down, reducing borrowing costs for expected high temperature will be 32°F (O°C) with a low close with the trust fund intact and a $23 put politics aside and join me." both businesses and individuals. It to 23°F (-5°C). billion surplus in the government's Clinton also used the impromptu also saves the government billions operating budget. news conference to claim credit for of dollars in interest costs. January 26, 2000 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3
Grandmothers to Meet Elian Colombian President Asks Congress for $1.3 Billion in Anti-Drug Aid By Karen DeYoung At Dominician Sister's House fI/I lI'.ISIII\!;rO\ I'OSI By Janet Hook and Mike Clary home of Jeanne O'Laughlin. presi- the coast of Florida Thanksgiving \\'ASIII:,\(; I (l,\ I.OS ,1.\'lif:U:S T!.II/-.'S dent of Barry University in Miami Day. He had been in a boat that cap- President Clinton and Colombian President Andres Pastrana Tues- WASIII:'\GTO:'\ Shores and a sister in the Dominican sized while carrying him and his day began a joint push for congressional approval of S 1.3 billion in Complying with an order from order. O'Laughlin is a longtime mother and 12 others to the United aid for the beleaguered South American nation. appealing for biparti- U.S. immigration officials, the friend of Attorney General Janet States from Cuba. His mother was san support and early passage of the bulk of the money. Florida relatives of Elian Gonzalez Reno. one of II people who drowned. The As Pastrana met with congressional leaders. Clinton told reporters agreed Tuesday to allow him to "It will be a private meeting and U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza- that the U.S. goal is to help Colombians "gain some measure of con- meet with his Cuban grandmothers the (Florida relatives) will let us tion Service has ruled that Elian trol over their country again." The effort. he said. will be a "test run Wednesday at a neutral site in know who will accompany" Elian, must be sent home to his father in for the kind of challenges that my successors ... will face" in the Miami, the Justice Department said. said Justice Department spokes- Cuba but his Miami relatives have future. when drug traffickers. organized-crime groups and political The agreement came after the woman Carole Florman. "We have flied a lawsuit to block that move. terrorists may work together. women spent much of the day assured them that this is just a visit The grandmothers' whirlwind "I would be surprised if we don't have large numbers of Republi- trekking through a blizzard here to and the grandmothers have no inten- tour of Capitol Hill came one day cans and Democrats supporting this," Clinton said. "And I think urge members of Congress to block tion of leaving Florida with Elian." after they failed in an attempt to we're going into this with our eyi.:Swide open." legislation that would make it hard- The women will have time alone meet with their grandson in Miami. While Colombia tries to stem a flood of cocaine and heroin er for them to bring the 6-year-old with their grandson, Flornlan said. In a letter Tuesday, the INS told exports that supply 80 percent of thi.:U.S. market. its govemment also boy back to Cuba. Meanwhile, President Clinton Elian's Miami relatives to allow the is battling two leftist guerrilla armies and a right-wing paramilitary "He belongs in Cuba," said lent some support to the grandmoth- grandmothers to meet the boy in a force - all of which derive income from taxing the dmg trade. There Mariela Quintana, Elian's paternal ers' cause, saying Tuesday that he "neutral setting." is bipartisan agreement on the urgent need to address the narcotics grandmother, weeping as she spoke had not ruled out the possibility of While on Capitol Hill, the grand- trafficking. but congressional opinion is divided on how deeply and through a translator to reporters. vetoing legislation that, if passed by mothers received encouragement directly this country should become involved. "He was born in Cuba and he's a Congress, would make Elian a U.S. from members of Congress who Cuban citizen." citizen. oppose legislation to make Elian a The meeting is scheduled to take At issue is the fate of the boy U.S. citizen. Human Rights Groups, Belgium place at 4 p.m. at the Miami Beach found floating on an inner tube off Seek to Block Pinochet Release By T. R. Reid Tille' IUS/liS!; ros I'osr Russians Support Grozny Ground !O\;[)o\; Six human rights organizations and the govemment of Belgium will go to court here Wednesday in a long-shot effort to block the Attack by Stepping Up Air Assault expected release of fonner Chilean president Augusto Pinochet. The By Daniel Williams . have moved forward from areas ian script. An operation that was groups decided to bring a legal action now because they feared they TilE II:.,SJIINGTON POST they have held for days in the north- supposed to last three or four days would not be able to reach a judge fast enough to stop Pinochet from SLEPTSOVSKA Y A. RUSSIA western district of Staro- has gone on for more than a week, retuming to Chile once an order to free him is issued. The Russian military doubled the promyslovsky and a smaller capital and official Russian reports have Home Secretary Jack Straw said two weeks ago that he is inclined number of air attacks in and around district in the east. Rebel spokesmen become eerily repetitive. "Fierce to let Pinochet go home to Chile without f;lcing a trial on charges of the besieged Chechen capital Tues- said their guerrilla detachments fighting around Minutka Square" torture and conspiracy brought by a magistrate in Spain. Acting on day, but its ground units have not were striking at Russian forces has become a daily chant of Defense reports from a medical examination, Straw said the 84-year-old for- been able to break a fierce rebel behind the front lines, using snipers Ministry spokesmen. Combat sites mer general is too sick to stand trial. defense of Grozny that has inflicted and ambushes to slow their advance. have been identified variously as The human rights groups have challenged that conclusion and the highest casualty rate on Russian Refugees from Grozny reaching Tukhachevsky and Kirov streets, demanded a hearing into Pinochet's mental and physical condition. forces in the four-month-old war. Ingushetia, a Russian region west of sub-districts I, 2 and 4, a university This week. they petitioned the High Court - despite the name. it's Taking advantage of clear skies, Chechnya's, described a see-saw building, police headquarters, a cen- the basic trial court in the British system - for an order preventing Su-24 and Su-25 ground attack jets, battle in the capital, in which gov- tral heating factory, a dairy, a can- Pinochet's departure until a hearing can be held. A hearing was along with helicopter gunships flew ernment forces move ahead yards at nery and a railway bridge. scheduled for Wednesday moming. 250 sorties Tuesday - more than a time by day, only to retreat at The urban fighting has caused a Belgium joined the case because a Belgian prosecutor has indicted twice the number of each of the past night in the face of rebel ambushes. surge in Russian casualties. The Pinochet for alleged human rights abuses during the 17 years he mled three days. At the same time, Russ- They say buildings in the city are Interfax news agency said Monday Chile. Belgium contends that. if Pinochet goes home to Chile. its ian troops backed by intense being blasted again and again by that the Russian death toll in Chech- prosecutors will never get him into a Belgian court. artillery fire tried to press in on city Russian tank and artillery fire; some nya had reached 926, a third more The key problem for the anti-Pinochet side is that British extradi- center; their immediate goal crumble under the onslaught, while than official tallies. Of those, more tion law gives the home secretary broad discretion in extradition appeared to be Minutka Square, the others remain standing ruins. than 500 are said to have died in cases. There is no statute dictating how the home secretary should hub of several main streets. Overall, the "final assault" on December, when the first Russian handle medical questions in an extradition case. But the troops seemed barely to Grozny has diverged from the Russ- attacks on Grozny were launched.
Funding Board fl1ie gsc pr,uvitfes up to $250 to attetuf profesSiinia{ conference. Spring Term }I-ppfication fonns here: Applications Deadline: http//www.mit.irhl/acJiriJit¥~m~~NIitnl February 1 Su6mit @: tlie qsc office (50-220) 6y Pe6ftiary t 2000 * SPRING * Graduate student volunteers needed! (cntact gsC-ac -chai [email protected] for nore info Page 4 THE TECH January 26, 2000 OPINION Questioning Kolenbrander Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow's decision to require the suggested but because of the reports' presentation. Bacow's Office of Residential Life and Student Life Planning to report to final report, in fact, largely ignored the RSSC's suggestions in Associate Dean Kirk D. Kolenbrander requires additional expla- favor of the report of his strategic advisory committee. Chairman nation. The change was announced to select members of the Also, putting Kolenbrander in charge does not answer the Satwiksai Seshasai '0 I MIT administration last week. question of what will happen to branches of RLSLP that have Editor in Chief Editorial Bacow should take the effort to little to do with residence system implementation, such as stu- Frank pabek '00 ______explain his decision to students as dent group services and the Public Service Center .. Business Mana~er well because the change directly If the explanation buried in his report were sufficient notifi- Joey Dieckhans 00 affects the implementation of the new residence report released cation of the change, Bacow would not have felt the need to Managing Editor in late December. notify administrators a month after releasing the report - he Ryan Ochylski '0 I Bacow has stated that he chose to direct RLSLP to report to should have included students in this courtesy. Students have Executive Editor Kolenbrander instead of to the Dean of Students because imple- shown that they care deeply about the fate of the ~esidence sys- Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 mentation of Bacow's residence report will be carried out inain- tern.Throughout last year, students demonstrated their interest in ly by RLSLP. Bacow's report named Kolenbrander as the one the changes undergoing the residence system, participating in SEWS STAFF responsible for overseeing implementation. feedback sessions, rallies, protests, and even authored rival resi- Editors: Douglas E. Heimburger '00, The Tech is concerned that Kolenbrander is not prepared dence system proposals to the RSSC plan. Zareena Hussain '00, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Naveen Sunkavally '0 I; Associate Editors: for the responsibility of changing MIT's residential system. In If the MIT administration really views student opinion of
Rima Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, f his one year as associate dean Kolenbrander served as process the residence system as an important resource, Bacow must for- Kristen Landino '02. Kevin R. Lang '.02, manager for the Residence System Steering Committee. The mally announce and explain, to students, his decision to put Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: Anna K. RSSC reports drew criticism from undergraduates and graduate Kolenbrander in charge of RLSLP and the implementation of Benefiel '00, Laura McGrath Moulton '0 I, students alike, not just because of the residence syst.em they his report. David Bailey '02, Dana Levine '02, Efren Gutierrez '03, Mike Hall '03, Matthew Palmer '03, Cristina Roussel '03, Aurora Schmidt '03; Meteorologists: Veronique Letters To The Editor Bugnion G, Greg Lawson G, Peter HuybersG, interested parties who would personally profit the category system and. who have reached Bill Ramstrom G, Chris E. Forest, Marek The Haws in Zebrowski. from a finding of gender discrimination and, at least an 80 percent level of agreement in PRODUCTION STAFF MIT's Gender Stu~y in fact, did profit. coding accuracy. Subtle personal experi- Editor: Brett Altschul G; Associate Editors: The senior women at MIT were thus judge ences (qualitative data) can be coded. scien- Mary Obelnicki G, Ian Lai '02, Jordan In "Twenty Irrelevant Pages," Susan Buch- and jury of their own complaints~ .tifically, not only quantitative data, when Rubin '02, Agnes Borszeki; Staff: Josh man critiques my study, "MIT Tarnishes Its 2. The independent research firm would concepts are clear. ' Bittker '99, Erica S. Pfister '00, Eric J. Reputation with Junk Gender Science" have developed a clear conceptualization of 5. The study methods and results would be Cholankeril '02, Caroline Chang '03, Bryan
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Commencement Lobby 10 Dean of Charm, Travis R. Merritt r ~ 'January 26, 2000 THE ARTS FILM REVIEW Cradle Will Rock Long Live Art!
By Vladimir Zelevinsky visually arresting (something that I really ARTS EDITOR . didn't expect, since writer/director Tim Rob- Writien and directed by Tim Robbins bins's previous film, Dead Man Walking, With Emily Watson, Hank Azaria, Bill Mur- was consistently visually drab), with glow- ray, Vanessa Redgrave, John Turturro, ing cinematography and frequent breathtak- Cherry Jones, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, ing moments. Susan Sarandon, Ruben Blades, Cary Elwes, The whole story is centered around a fed- Angus MacFadyen, Philip Baker Hall, erally-funded theatre project, which served Jamey Sheridan to simultaneously cut unemployment among the actors - and bring art into the masses. omefilms grab your a~ention from One play in production is a musical by Mark the very first shot and don't let go; Blitzs~ein (Hank Azaria, who fills the role . Cradle Will Rock is a great exam- perfectly). The play, "The Cradle Will ple, starting on a high note and Rock," is directed by none other than Orson S DEMMIE TOOO-TOUCI/STONE PICTURES actually managing to top itself, becoming Welles (Angus MacFadyen, doing entirely better and better as it goes 'along. Even the too much clowning). Robbins uses this The art and theater world of the 1930's NeW York City is the backdrop for Cradle Will opening titles are startling: a superposition merely as a central strand in his brightly-col- Rock, starring (from left) Philip Baker Hall, Susan Sarandon, and John Cusack. of a frivolous jazzy tune setting the time ored social tapestry, which reaches such far- period and a titie card, an icon in the style of off figures, real and invented, as Nelson able - not to mention downright hilarious crowd-pleasing dynamics. The main conflict Soviet agitprop.art, replete with the image of Rockefeller (John Cusack, sporting a much ~ caricature. Vanessa Redgrave is even might feel a bit too spelled-out at some a hammer and an .anvil. better haircut than that he had in Being John funnier, playing a noble countess as giddy times, but very soon it becomes clear that The opening. that follows (it pretends to Malkovich) and a bitter ventriloquist, and excitable as a little girl at a party. Robbins is working in the very genre he's be one.ten-minute shot, but is actually com- Tommy Crickshaw (:f3ill Murray, in another The most impressive performance, championing, the genre of socially responsi- prised of thre~ elaborate tracking shots) is stunning portrayal of middle-aged disillu- though - and the most downstated one - is ble art, in this case mostly theatre. nothing short of masterful, a'stunning sionment, akin to his Mr. Blume frgm Rush- courtesy of one the least known names in the The only time when Cradle looses some sequence that manages' to encapsulate the more). cast, Cherry Jones, who plays Hallie Flana- momentum is during its climactic perfor- entire universe where the film takes place, It is simply impossible, to comment on all gan, the Theatre Project's supervisor. One of mance of the titular musical. By this time, the main characters, and the complexity' of the performers in Cradle Will Rock; not only the best scenes in the film has her interrogat- most of subplots already merged into one or interweaving action and meaning. It also does the cast list read as a virtual who's-who ed by a Washington committee which sus- two, so there is less possibility to cut cannily incorporates a newsreel of the day, of contemporary. acting talent, but they are pects her of Communist Propaganda (and between the strands. There's only so many making an effortless :historical introduction almost all consistently excellent; I can single that twenty years before McCarthy). 'Rob- times one can cut to Redgrave's character . and rendering the opening text crawl rat~er out just a few.Emily Watson by now should bins uses the real historical transcripts of laughing and applauding before its starts to unnecessary .. have a copyright on the psychologically this deposition, and makes them sound both feel somewhat forced. For a good part of its running ti~e, Cra- wounded young woman with strong moral funny and disturbing. The delicious irony is But the end picks up again, when it dle Will Rock feels like the film Magnolia fiber, but this doesn't detract from the fact that the boneheaded politicians accused the becomes abundantly clear what precisely . want.ed to be but couldn't (from an artistic that here, as always, she nails every single .Jheatre Project of communist incliations, won in the war between art for the working point of view; the meaning of these two moment her character is on screen. Cary while themselves .trying to control art in a class and art for the rich. Robbins makes his films is vastly different). It is an epic canvas Elwes (The Princess Bride), on the other true communist tradition. point with a wildly unexpected, sublimely with a multitude of characters, linked hand, in the past was either miscast or sim- In case all of the above sounds too high- funny, and witheringly sardonic final shot; a together in unexpected ways, and multiple ply not very good; here he plays the musi- minded, make no mistake: Cradle Will Rock fitting conclusion for a film that was plot strands breathlessly edited together, cal's producer, a walking caricature, to be packs plenty of punch, with its clearly-cut immensely entertaining from its first frame each reinforcing the other ones. It's also sure, but Elwes makes it a perfectly believ- (but perfectly distinct) characters, and to its last. Even EZ-er than 1040EZ.
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Thefollowing movies are playing this week- sets, beautiful details, and the regal Chow Yun end at local theaters. The Tech suggests using Fat's performance which keeps lighting up the
American Beauty <*Vl) The Cider House Rules <***) An extremely annoying movie: this dead- Despite the fact that the protagonists' pan black tragicomedy is a laughable failure name is Homer, this film ends up feeling less as a work of art, being pretentious, simplistic, like a Homeric epic and more like a Norman and self-important. Excepting a truly remark- Rockwell painting: hardly great art or even art able performance by Kevin Spacey (whose at all, but something with instantly recogniz- part is disappointingly small), there's nothing able humanity and an overall impact that can to this movie beyond tortured metaphors, cari- hardly be ignored. Credit this mostly to lumi- catures instead of characters, and a messy nous acting and the screenplay's understated pile-up of red herrings instead of a plot. - emotional complexity. - VZ Vladimir Zelevinsky Cradle \ViII Rock (***112) ANDREW COOPER-FOX 2000 PICTURES A rich, visually inventive, amazingly-acted, King Mongkut (Chow Yun-Fat) enjoys the company of his many children. and consistently hilarious tapestry of art set in The Talented Mr. Ripley <***) the 1930's, weaving together characters from matic details, such as the lighting, create John Cusack's Nelson Rockefeller to Emily moods and scenes that are compelling, but A lot to recommend: a complex plot, Watson's homeless street performer. A perfect that do not make up for the lack of plot. - . accomplished acting (Matt Damon and Cate opening sequence, a perfect closing shot. - Amy Meadows Blanchett especially), and gorgeous visuals; VZ especially impressive is the degree to which Magnolia <**VI) the audience gets to understand and identify Dogma <***) A sprawling incoherent mess of a movie, with the film's immoral protagonist. A bft too The latest film by Kevin Smith combines with a story and characters that manage to be slowly-paced, though. - VZ the elements of a mystery, suspenseful thriller, both jaw-droppingly obvious and make no surreal fantasy, action movie, and black come- sense whatsoever. On the other hand, the Three Kings <***Vz) dy to produce an engaging examination of reli- annoying narrative bombast is compensated As one of the most creative films of the gion. Although some may be put off by his by great visual verve, and the climactic year, David O. Russell's third film Three irreverent approach, and the topics he brings sequence is simply the most wildly creative Kings marks his strongest directing effort to up are never fully explored, a fairly novel bit of filmmaking of 1999, even though it has- date. When American soldiers set out to find story, excellent cast, and interesting ideas nothing to do with the rest of the movie. - Saddam's stolen gold bullion, they also find make this a movie that will covertly bring fod- VZ Iraqi citizens in need of their help. In their der for discussions on religion to the masses. efforts to help, the characters are forced to - Fred Choi The Sixth Sense <***Vl) question the point of America's involvement Cole Sear is a young boy whose special in the Persian Gulf. The creative use of the Galaxy Quest <* *Vl) power, "the sixth sense," enables him to per- camera makes for powerful images that help Not quite the Star Trek parody that it starts ceive the ghosts which, unbeknownst to the drive the film's message home. - Michael out like; more of a Star Trek rip-off, with the rest of the world, walk among us every day. Frakes same stupid computer graphics, fake sets, plot Bruce Willis plays the psychologist trying to SUZ.ISNE TF.,v.W;R COI.UMBIA PICTURES holes (all of the above rather irritating), and help him. The strength of their performances Toy Story 2 <***%) Susanna (Winona Ryder, above) and Lisa general air of amiable nonsense (very enjoy- carries the movie past its slight flaws, making An instant classic, one of the most creative (Angelina Jolie) in the Columbia Pictures able). It's also neat to see a bunch of good The Sixth Sense one of the best movies of the and fun movies of the year, this completely presentation, Girl, Interrupted, which actors having fun. Rather stupid, really; at the summer. - Tzu-Mainn Chen computer-generated sequel about the adven- takes place in a 1960's mental hospital. same time, rather cute. - VZ tures of a bunch of toys is clever, funny, com- Sleepy Hollow (**112) plex, and, most surprisingly, deeply emotion- Anna and the King <**Vl) Girl, Interrupted <**Vl) Very loosely adapted from Washington al. - VZ .I • Chow Yun Fat is an Oscar-worthy scene- Exploring the struggles of a teenage girl in Irving's tale of the Headless Horseman, this stealer with riveting screen presence as the a mental hospital, Winona Ryder manages the film features huge lavish sets, wall-to-wall The World is Not Enough <**IIz) Thai King Mongkut; the only other three- lows but not highs of her character effectively, special effects, astounding cinematography - The nineteenth James Bond adventure is a dimensional character is played by Bai Ling in creating a somewhat skewed view of the and a bland, boring, mediocre screenplay. rather disorienting experience: everything that a passionately sincere performance. Jodie Fos- movie. However, Angelina Jolie and Brittany Johnny Depp is fun, playing Ichabod Crane as is supposed to work in a 007 adventure ter disappoints for the first time as the British Murphy are excellent supporting actresses and a mixture of action hero and frightened (stunts, gadgets, babes, exotic locations) is governess Anna Leonowens. See the movie for serve to balance the movie, while the rest of schoolgirl, while Christina Ricci looks lovely underused, while the acting, especially from the stunning visuals: gorgeous, sprawling epic the acting is lukewarm. Additionally, the dra- but is otherwise wasted. - VZ Sophie Marceau, is spectacular. - VZ Spend Summer t000 jn Washjnl1on, DC!.
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CONCERT REVIEW drums provided a great backdrop against panied him on piano and contributed vocals to and percussion in the most intellectual perfor- which Slean stood out brilliantly. The solo the chorus. mance of the night. He led off with a song piano and female vocal genre. which Slean Cassis finally brought out the trumpet for called "Relativity" that featured a summary of SarahSlean did very well when it was called for, is fine the next to last song in the set. The vibrancy the theory of relativity set to song. but the coordination \\;ith the rest of the band the trumpet lent "The He followed "Rela- was terrific. One instance stands out - Kurt Liars Song" made it tivity" with a couple Canadian Invasion Swinghammer mimicked Slean's voice pre- stand out from the songs off his concept cisely with his electric guitar during one of the slower. almost coun- album, Vostok 6. The By Ryan Ochylski later songs in the set. try-western-wi thout- album is a tribute to the MANAGING EDITOR While most of her audience interaction a-twang feel of the Russian cosmonaut he Coffeehouse transformed into an was well-received. there were a few awk- rest of the show. Cas- Valentina Tereshkova, intimate concert setting for the State of ward moments. Sometimes it seemed that sis went so far as to the fi rst woman in the Airwaves "Show of the Week" fea- she and the audience weren' t quite on the introduced "It Never space. He described his T turing headliner Sarah Slean along same page. One glaring example of this was Hurts to Ask" as his album as a mixture of with Tory Cassis and Kurt Swinghammer. her attempt to explain "My Invitation" to an attempt at a country Burt Bacharach and Slean offered a set rich in contrast - seri- MIT audience. The song talks about being song. Kra ftwerk (although he ous songs and piano-playing complemented shy. and consequently approaching a love While Cassis was perfonned sans synthe- playful banter all evening. She immediately interest by letter instead of in person. She listed as the official sizer Friday) and excited her loyal fol- told everyone that she opener, a member of launched into an lowers among the was sure that could the band. Swingham- inspired cover of capacity crowd by relate to this situation mer. warmed up the Bacharach's "There's premiering song that since, well. they were audience with a solo A Iways Something she "didn't even mean MIT students. An act. (Impressively, the same band played for There to Remind Me." to play." Newer songs uncomfortable silence both Slean and Cassis.) With only acoustic This show was the first ill a series of State were the theme of the followed. guitar and voice, he provided vocals, chords, of Airwaves concerts. night, as Slean went Cassis, who per- on to play only one formed on both the gui- song from her first tar and trumpet, opened MUSIC REVIEW album, Universe, and with the title track from two other songs that his CD Anywhere BlIt don't appear on either Here. a dark, mostly Universe or her sec- slow song that accentu- State of the Airwaves ond album, Blue ated his brooding voice. Parade. Most of his songs Social Club, Sellouts, and Someday "Last Year's War" were followed a pattern was the expected, but that became familiar: still good song about start with slow tempo By Dan Katz past troubles in her love life. "Sweet Ones" guitar and vocals. Bring in the bass, drums, STAFF WRlTER was her message to cool people - if you and lead guitar. Give the lead guitar a solo. uestion: what's more depressing than a winter week with only a couple of decent think you're cool, you're not. My unasked Finish up vocals. Nonetheless, Cassis had this concerts? (See previous installments of my column from, well, any week during question concerning this issue was whether formula perfected, and most of the audience lAP.) Answer: A winter week with only a couple of decent. concerts, none of that means thinking you're uncool makes you appeared to be enjoying the music. Qwhich you can go to. The Airwaves Show of the Week is a double bill of Guster cool, or if that just means that no one at all is Things started to liven up a bit during on Friday in Worcester and Saturday in Boston; unfortunately both shows are sold out. Also cool. Cassis' set when he brought Slean out to help . 'highly recommended are two evenings with the Buena Vista Social Club at the Orpheum Slean's backup band of guitar, bass, and out on "As the Days Are Long." She accom- . Theater on Monday and Tuesday; o~ce again, both shows are sold out. Want to avoid such a fate in.the future? The Boston Phoenix runs a weekly "Hot Tickets" column that reviews GAME REVIEW the more mainstream tickets currently on sale. You're not going to find listings of all the best concerts in town (hey, that's what I'm for), but you'll hear about most of the shows that are big enough to Sell out before they do. Donkey Kong 64 Speaking of selling out, I got an e-mail last week in reference to my diatribe about punk bands being labelled sellouts by their fans. (All hail Dan, the god of segues.) Essentially the counterargument was that success is hot equivalent to getting a video on MTV and that Questfor the GoldenBananas when a band radically changes their style of music to become more accessible, they're There is.a lot of variety: you can speed along deserting their long-time fans. I agree with the latter notion, but I feel my point was totally By Aaron Isaksen misinterpreted. My attack was mainly based on people who desert their favorite bands just in a mine cart which looks almost exactly like STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER because suddenly everybody else likes them. Look at Reel Big Fish: "Sellout" and "She Thunder Mountain at Disneyland, race down For the Nintendo 64 Has A Girlfriend Now" were relatively similar to the band's other songs, but fans started to a water-slide, swim through plenty of rivers Game by Rare get sick of them just because the rest of the world had suddenly discovered them. In terms and lakes, explore Aztec temples, fly a jet- of success, I'm not saying that you have to be overplayed to be a good band. (In fact, for the onkey Kong is back: he's in 3-D and pack, and even play the original Donkey most part, my column vehemently denies this.) But as a musician, I know that the ultimate has never looked better. K. Rool, an Kong arcade game. There isn't too much goal is for people to hear and enjoy your music, but to do it without compromising your evil lizard king, has captured Donkey fighting to do, as the easy-to-beat monsters integrity. You shouldn't change your sound to pop for the masses, but if your fan base con- DKong's four monkey friends, Diddy are relatively sparse. sists of twenty people, then you want to find some way to reach out to more. When those Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, and Chunky The graphics are the best I've seen on twenty people start whining, they're just being selfish. Kong, and he's has stolen all of the Kongs' Nintendo 64, partly due to the included Well, I'm excited and disappointed at the same time about this next issue: the new Cure treasured golden bananas. Your quest is to expansion ram which boosts your N64 up to single, "Maybe Someday," has hit radio. First let's look at the bright side - it's always free the Kongs, reclaim all 200 golden 8MB. The free expansion ram is a nice bonus, awesome to' hear new material from The Cure, and .'Maybe Someday" is a very good song, bananas, beat a bunch of level bosses, and because a lot of the newer games coming out but to me it's a bit underwhelming. Since their last album, the band has appeared in various finally defeat K. Rool: Along the way, you'll settings; they did an amazingly trippy cover of "World In My Eyes" on the Depeche Mode look a lot better with it. DK64 will only run if have to obtain special powers, find secret tribute album, they created fabulous electronica-based songs called "Wrong Number" and you have the expansion ram; that might make blueprints, smash houses with a rhino, shoot "More Than This," 'and half the band made a killer rock song called .'A Sign From God" it difficult to share the game with other N64 switches with your coconut gun, play the under the name COGASM with Reeves Gabrels. I like the old Cure sotmd, but I adore the bongos, guitar, and trombone, and much owners. new spacier Cur~ sound, and was looking forward to an album full of songs in that vein. more. If you get tired of reclaiming golden "Maybe So~eday" embraces the band's older more guitar-based sound, which is not entire- Donkey Kong 64 is a platformer: the type bananas by yourself, DK64 includes some ly a bad thing, but it's not a good sign for those of us who were looking for more edgy of game like Gex, Mario World 64 or Tomb multiplayer fighting mini-games to play with material from the band Raider where you have to swim, climb, jump, your friends. Once you rescue a Kong, up to But now I must move on to a grave and important matter. Those of you following the and run through a 3-D world. Instead of play- four people can fight each other in a variety gripping grey box war between my column and The Essential Vegetarian may have noticed ing from Donkey Kong's point-of-view, of small mazes, It's a bit like Goldeneye, but a recent lack of offense on the part of my archnemesis Katie Jeffreys. For several weeks. you'll follow along from a floating camera a lot simpler. The multiplayer game didn't she stopped mentioning my crusade against her herbivorous ways, and then last week she tracking the gorilla's every move. The control entertain me and my friends for too long, but shocked the world by saying something (gasp) nice about me. Taking into consideration takes a little getting used to if you are not then again, I don't like those types of sniper these points as well as observations of her behavior toward me here at the office, I am forced to reach a horrifying conclusion: The Essential Vegetarian has taken leave of her familiar with these types of games, because games too much. senses and fallen in love with me. I am touched and flattered, Katie ... but alas. I long for a the camera's orientation swings rapidly while My b.iggest complaints with DK64 are the girl who appreciates the texture and taste of filet mignon between her teeth. Eat a pork chop your are moving your monkey around. If you lack of an interesting story and the require- and call me, and perhaps I may answer your desperate ring. are used to platformers, you'll have no prob- ment to watch all the mini-movies every time lAP's got me sleep-deprived and nocturnal and eager to answer your e-mail. Get your lem at all. you enter a new level. There isn't too much to last minute votes in for the Airwaves Reader Awards (the best of the year in albums, sin- You start the game as Donkey Kong. learn from the mini-movies other than that K. gles, live acts, local acts, and music videos), tell me why my appraisal of the punk rock fan A fter completing some simple training Rool is a bad guy. Unfortunately, you have to base is totally ~ng (which I know at least one person will), try to convince me tofu is the screens, you venture to eight different worlds watch them, even if you've seen them before. central purpose for all existence. or throw out anything else that's on your mind. We'll chit- to rescue the four other Kongs and collect all I prefer it when games allow you to hit a but- chat, ,we'll network, and maybe you'll get a mention in the column. Until next week, as the golden bananas. Once you free one of the ton to skip the intro movies. spring term begins and my life becomes even more hellish, keep expanding your horizons. Kongs, you can playas him or her. You'll I highly suggest getting one of the many have to do that, as each level has 5 golden strategy guides for DK64 that you can get at bananas to be collected by each Kong. Don- any book store for about ten dollars. These key, Diddy, Lanky, Tiny, and Chunky each tell you how to get every golden banana, sup- have different talents, different quests to ply you with maps of all the levels, and gives complete, and different personalities. hints on how to beat the bosses. I really DK64 is huge: I've played it for over 9 appreciate using the guide - sparingly - It's a connected world. hours (it keeps track for you) and I've only because I don't like wandering around look- completed 14% of the game. Keep in mind ing for that one banana which I've accidently Do your share. this is the easiest 14% of the game, so I missed. expect it to last a long, long time. You'll free Donkey Kong 64 is a great-looking plat- up the monkey buddies fairly early on; I've former, with some of the best graphics ever already freed Diddy, Tiny, and Lanky. But, released for N64. This game has a lot of vari- getting the 200 golden bananas and finding ety which will keep you interested and sur- For 30 ways to help the environment, write Earth Share, all the worlds should take quite a while: I've prised. It comes with an expansion ram which 3400 International Drive,NW, Suite 2K (AD4), only gotten 31 golden bananas and only been plugs into your N64; it might make games Washington, DC 20008. to three worlds. you already own look even better. It's also Earth Share You'll spend a lot of time exploring the one of the biggest games released for N64, so worlds to unlock other parts of the game. you'll be playing it for a long time. This space donated by The Tech Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS January 26, 2000 min.). 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The corporation conducts most of its The swimming requirement was therefore work through its various committees. Its 78 included in the revised physical training pro- members meet as a whole only four times a gram. The length of the test and its composi- year, primarily to hear the reports of the com- tion was based on those of MIT's peer institu- mittees and President Charles M. Vest. tions, which were also in the process of According to Chairman of the Corporation implementing a swim requirement. Alexander V. D' Arbeloff '59, visiting commit- tees in each department provide the best way Current test required to graduate for students to get involved in the decisions of Currently, the test requires one to jump the corporation. Corporation visiting commit- feet-first into water 13 feet deep and swim tees exist in every academic department and four pool lengths (100 yards). The swimmer other related areas such as the Office of the can take as much time as necessary, but they Dean of Students and Undergraduate Educa- must swim continuously (no resting on the tion and the Athletics Department. TECH FILE PHOTO ropes). Any stroke is allowed, except back- The 17 member committees consist of cor- Samantha Weinstein '02 takes her swim test at the Alumni Pool in the fall of 1998 stroke, which is allowed on the final lap only. poration members as welJ as distinguished By Katie Allen everyone, in order to graduate, should be Many students continue to work after the individuals from the field. Each corporation S7:~"'F REI'ORTER forced to meet a particular standard of perfor- test is complete, treading water for the ten member is usually on two visiting committees. While iVIlT students arc expected to be mance in an activity which is completely minutes following the swim test. This is the They meet for one and a half days every two intelligent, often technically-gifted, with a unrelated to what we came to MIT to learn. In small boats test, a requirement for crew, sail- years to discuss and examine areas of poten- penchant for engineering, math, computers any case, the number of people I see falling ing, swim team, and water polo. tial improvement within the departments. "We and the sciences, they arc not expected to be off the bridge into the Charles as I bike to Royer notes that "The very best time for make sure there's time allotted with students Olympic-caliber athletes. Nonetheless, the class every morning is encouragingly low." students to take the swim test is during their and junior faculty without department mem- Institute requires a minimal level of fitness Royer explained M IT's rationale for the freshman year. Disposable time becomes even and athlctic training to earn any M IT degree. exam by stating that "We would like to assure more elusive as students attain upper-class sta- These requiremcnts come in the form of the that all of our graduates, when placed in a tus. Why allow something this simple to PE. program, including the swim tcst. water-threatening situation (car goes into a plague you for four years?" The 17-member Freshmen arc encouraged to take the test lake; child falls out of a boat; etc.), that the Students who are certain that they will not on Registration. Day, but many students put it person is com fortable and capable enough to pass the test, either because they don't know committees consist of off until the very last minute. According to save themselves and another person." how to swim or due to lack of conditioning, corporation members as Candace L. Royer, Associate Department Former director of Physical Education are encouraged to enroll in a swim class their Hcad and Director of Physical Education, Gordon Kelly adds that "The swim require- first term instead of taking the test. According well as distinguished over 350 seniors arc currently deficient either ment is probably the only class at M IT that to Royer, "The Physical Education require- the swim test or PE points. Nearly half of can save your life." ment is in place not to present obstacles, but individuals from the field. those seniors arc deficient in both. This is a to provide balance in one's academic life." problem, because the CAP will not vote to Swim test began after WWII M IT offers the swim test every Friday confer a degree for students who arc deficient The swimming test section of the Physical morning between 10:00 and II :00 A.M., and bers [present]" said Associate Secretary of the any portion of the PE requirement. Education requirement was suggested in 1947 the P.E. Department plans to offer two com- Corporation Susan A. Lester. The committees Many students, like Brendan P. Miller '02, by Gordon Smith, the swimming coach at the munity swim tests open to any M IT student, provide students with "a direct line of report- believe it is not M IT's place to teach its stu- time. M IT was in the process of evaluating but especially intended for seniors who have ing to senior administration." dents to swim. "I can understand a swim test and re-instituting the Physical Training not passed the test. One test will be held in A schedule for departmental visiting com- being mandatory for those interested in sailing requirements that had been dropped during third quarter and one in fourth quarter, but the mittees can be found on the corporation's new or doing crew. What I can't understand is why WWII to allow more participation in military dates have not yet been announced. website,
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lAP Activity of the Week "Erasure-It's a British band. They do Charm School Returns Pop-Techno." David T Pinson '01 By, Katie Allen students come here without. I mean, I know people who have STAFF REPORTER thrown away a perfectly good pair of pants just because a button Charm ,School, an lAP event started in January 1993, contin- fell off. This is ridiculous. Besides, when you see people with ues its anilUal tradition this year. The event, which includes class- pink or blue shirts, you know what happened, and it is embarrass- es on various social graces, was started by former Dean of Under- ing." , graduate Academic Affairs Travis R. MeTitt in response to Classes are repeated throughout the day, and no pre-registration complaints and stereotypes that MIT students, facuIty, and staff or commitment is required: students can take as many or as few lack style, manners, and etiquette. IAP Charm .school has classes as they wish. According to co-organizer Heather Trickett, received past attention from local and national media, including "The purpose of Charm School is to teach life skills that are disap- The Boston Globe, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning pearing, not only from colleges, but from high schools and homes as "The band I want ceased to exist ten America. well. ,It's a good way to learn the etiquette that older people consider years ago ... PC Quest." , Charm School 2000 will be held Lobbies 7, 10, and I-3 from vita~; but younger people rarely learn." Scott K. Hiroshige '00 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. on January 27. St~dents 'can attend ~lasses in various charming" activities, including ballroom dancing, formal- Students earn degrees in charm dinner table manners, flirting and dating, and communications eti- The culmination of the event is the Charm School commence- quette. ment ceremony, where students who have taken 6, 8, or 12 charm "I don't want They classes can earn (respectively) a Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate in Might Be Giants. I • - Wide range of classes adds charm Charm. Previous commencement ceremonies have featured the heard that was the first -; New classes this year include "road respect," a class designed Chorallaries, MIT's coed a capella group, as well as speakers rang- choice" to help prevent road rage, "courteous cycling," a class for bicy- ing from Miss Manners (Judith Martin) to President Vest. Savalai Vaikakul G clers on how to'share the road/sidewalk, a class called "Dealing This year, Cha~m School organizers plan to hold opening cere- with the people y'ou really need in life," (a class on tipping and monies at noon, with a performance by the Logarhythms, and a pre- politen~ss taught by Brent Michael Kauffman, Executive Host at sentation, called "Who Wants to be a Charminaire" with Jay Ciao Bella Restaurant) and "don't be caught clueless," a class, Keyser. Door prizes will be given away to both Charm Graduates taught. by MIT students Catherine B. Chen '02 and Ian M. and other participants, including gift certificates to various local McCreery"O I .on laundry and other essential college-life eti- restaurants and retailers. The Commencement ceremonies will quette .• again feature the Chorallaries, as well as "Dean of Charm" Tra'vis "Soul Coughing - Says Chen, "This class teaches basic life ~kills that many MIT R. Merritt that would be amazing! - and Red Hot Chili Peppers!" Samir J Shah '03 This Week in MIT History
"Ph ish because their fans are nice and you can smoke pot at their concerts." Nicole Iml1lorlica '00
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Wednesday's Events 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop produc- 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Kendo Practice. Come learn the Japanese art of swordfighting tion directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, will under the instruction of sensei Junji Himeno, 7th dan from Harvard. No experience is create an original theater piece that explores the interface between performance, necessary. Du Pont 2nd Floor. Sponsor: MIT Kendo Club. cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Thursday's Events Office of the Arts. 9:00 a.m. - FIFTH ANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE. Students from LIDS, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Jazz Homecoming. Black History Month 2000 event featuring LCS, ORC and Aero/Astro present their research. Plenary speakers: Dr. Robert Lucky Fertile Ground, MIT's Festival Jazz Ensemble & Movements in Time. Free, but dona- (Telcordia Tech.) and Dr. Irwin Jacobs (Qualcomm). Two panel discussions. 34-101 tions for a community service fund accepted. Admission O. Kresge Auditorium. Spon- and 34-401. Sponsor: LIDS Student Conference Committee. sor: Office of the Arts. 5:30 p.m. - authors@mlt: MIT Staff Readings. MIT staffers will read from their 8:00 p.m. - "Chess.". The Cold War musical written by Benny Andersson - Tim Rice- recently published works: Robin Lippincott from his novel," Mr. Dalloway: A Novella," Bjorn Ulvaeus. $9; $8 MIT faculty and staff, senior citizens, other students; $6 and Andrea Cohen from her book of poetry, "The Cartographer's Vacation.". Admis- MIT;Wellesley students. Admission 6.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of sion O. Humanities Library. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. the Arts. 7:00 p.m. - Cambridgeport Community Meeting. To hear a presentation of the 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. - a Jazz Homecoming. presenting Fertile Ground for Black History plans for a new MIT dormitory on Vasser Street. Discussion and Q & A will follow. Month 2000. The group blends jazz, R&B, and world styles in songs like '~Black Sun- Hosted jointly by MIT and the Cambridge Community Development Department. shine" and "Ghetto Butterfly". A must see for all MIT community members. Kresge Admission O. Morse School,10 Granite. Sponsor: Government and Community Rela- Auditorium. Sponsor: Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. tions. 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop pro- 7:00 p.m. - An Evening of Scenes. Shakespeare Ensemble's Scene Night. Admis- duction directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, sion O. Walker 201. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. will create an original theater piece- that explores the interface between perfor- mance, cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge Little Theater. 12:00 p.m. - MIT Chapel Concert: Sartory Quintet. Barbara Englesberg, violin; Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Edward Wu, violin; Francis Grimes, viola; Joel Cohen, cello; Robert Ward, guitar. Boc- cherini's Quintet NO.1 in 0 Major; Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Quintette, Op. 143. Admis- Saturday's Events sion O. MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 2:00 p.m. - "Chess.". The Cold War musical written by Benny Andersson - Tim Rice - 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Opening Reception-"In Time: Images of Plum Island by Emily Bjorn Ulvaeus. $9; $8 MIT fac.ulty and staff, senior citizens, other students; $6 Corbats." Black and white photographs depicting the land and sea of Plum Island. MIT/Wellesley students. Admission 6.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of Exhibit up Feb 3-March 15. Admission O. The Dean's Gallry E52-466. Sponsor: Offic~ the Arts. of the Arts. 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop produc- 7:00 p.m. - "Contemporary Chinese Art" and "Chinese Women's Art". Slide tion directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, will show/talk presented by top Chinese art critics, Mr. Xianting Li ("Contemporary Chi- create an original theater piece that explores the interface between performance, nese Art") and Ms. Wen liao ("Chinese Women's Art"). Admission O. Rm 6-120. cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Office of the Arts. 7 :00 p.m. - Lecture/slide show presented by top Chinese art critics: Xianting li 8:00 p.m. - "Chess.". The Cold War musical written by Benny Andersson - Tim Rice- ("Contemporary Chinese Art") and Ms. Wen Liao ("Chinese Women's Art"). Admis- Bjorn Ulvaeus. $9; $8 MIT faculty and staff, senior citizens, other students; $6 sion O. Rm 6-120. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. MIT/Wellesley students. Admission 6.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop produc- the Arts. tion directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, will 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop pro- create an original theater piece that explores the interface between performance, duction directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge' Little Theater. Sponsor: will create an original theater piece that explores the interface between perfor- Office of the Arts. mance, cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge Little Theater. 7:45 - 10:00 p.m. - MIT Women's Chorale First Rehearsal. Rehearsals every Thurs- Sponsor: Office of the Arts .. day. All women in the MIT community are welcome. Admission O. Rm 10-340 Emma Wednesday's Events Rogers Rm. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 12:10 p.m. - The role of vegetation dynamics In the climate of West Africa, Gull- 8:00 p.m. - ..Chess .... The Cold War musical written by Benny Andersson - Tim Rice- ing Wang, MIT. Open. More info: Call Markus Jochem at 3 2922. Email Bjorn Ulvaeus. $9; $8 MIT faculty and staff, senior citizens, other students; $6 [email protected]. Web: http://www.mit.edu/-mjochum/sack.html. Rm 54- MIT/Wellesley students. Admission 6.00. Sala de Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Office of 915. the Arts. Thursday's Events 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. - "Ethnographic Museum of Irrelevant Races". Dramashop pro- 6:30 p.m.- Information Seminar on Careers In Intellectual Property Law, Patrick duction directed by Artist in Residence Guillermo GOmez-PeOa who, with students, Waller, Ph.D., Testa, Hurwitz, and Thlbeault.Light refreshments will be served. will create an original theater piece that explores the interface between perfor- Open. More info: Call Jefferson Parker at 253-5106. Email [email protected]. Web: mance, cultural identity and new technologies. Admission O. Kresge Little Theater. http://grapes.mit.edu/sbc.html. Rm 4-370. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Tuesday's Events 12:00 p.m. - Exploring Errors: Methodology In 19th Century Microscopy, Jutta Friday's Events Schlckore, Dlbner Institute Postdoctoral Fellow.lf you plan to attend, call 253:6989 9:00 a.m. - F:IFTHANNUAL LIDS STUDENT CONFERENCE. Students from LIDS, or send an email: dibner @mit.edu. Open. More info: Call Trudy Kontoff at 253-6989. LCS, ORC and Aero/Astro present their research. Plenary speakers: Dr. Robert Lucky Email [email protected]. Rm E56-100. (Telcordia Tech.) and Dr. Irwin Jacobs (Qualcomm). Two panel discussions. 34-101 2:30 p.m. - On the Nonlinear Stability of Auld Aows: .Arnold's Approach, Dr. and 34-401. Sponsor: LIDS Student Conference Committee. Vladimir A. Vladlmlrov, Dept. of Math., Hong Kong University of Science and Tech- 12:10 p.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. A social get-together of the MIT Gay, Bisexual, nolgy.Refresh!l1ents will be served following the seminar in Room 2-349. Open. More and Lesbian Employees and Supporters group. Contact David Fitzgerald at 258-0235 info: Call John Bush at 253-4387. Email [email protected]. Rm 2-338 .. or [email protected] for more information about this month's lunch. To be announced. 6:30 p.m.- "Uvlng and Nature: Mles van der Rohe and the German Landscape Trcr Sponsor: GABLES. dltlon." , Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University/Visiting Professor, MIT.,Open. More 7:00 p.m. - An Evening of Scenes. Shakespeare Ensemble's Scene Night. Admis- info: Call at 253-7791. Rm 10-250. sion O. Walker 201. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Wednesday's Events Saturday's Events 4:30 p.m. - Emotional Intelligence and Personality, John D. Mayer, University of 7:00 p.m. - An Evening of Scenes. Shakespeare Ensemble's Scene Night. Admis- New Hampshire, Department of Psychology.Refreshments at 4:15. Open. More info: sion O. Walker 201. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Call Alicia peyrano at 253-0905. Email [email protected]. Media Lab, E15- Sunday's Events 064 (Bartos Theatre). 1:00 p.m. - "The Secret Garden.". Concert version produced by the MIT Gilbert & Friday's Events Sullivan Players. Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman; music by Lucy Simon. Admis- 2:30 p.m.- MacVlcar Day, MacVlcar Faculty Fellows, Provost's Office. "Where's the sion O. Rm 4-270. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Rat in Undergrad Education?" MacVicar lecture - Prof.Edie Goldenberg, U. Michigan. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - "Family Adventures In Science & Technology" or "FAST Sun- Margaret MacVicar" film, teaching & UROP demos, reception. 6-120, 2:30. All wel- day-A Day In the Life of an Astronaut. What's life like after lift-off? Free with the come. Open. More info: Call Rosalind Wood at 253-3036. Email [email protected]. price of Museum admission. Admission O. MIT Museum. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Web: http://web.mit.edu/provost/macvicar. Rm 6-120.
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This space donated by The Tech , January 26, 2000 THE TECH Page 15 Nanovation, MIT Join to Develop Photonic Devices Nanovatlon, from Page I of telecommunications devices, pos- sibly boosting their speeds by hun- Nanovation has already built the dreds of times. nation's first laboratory dedicated to In addition, research will go into nanophotonics research through a microphotonic and nanophotonic partnership with Northwestern Uni- devices, which in the future could versity. be thousands of times smaller than The MIT project "will allow stu- current technology. dents and faculty to solve real world "Microphotonics is the next rev- problems," said Melanie Ofen loch, olutionary technology," said Profes- Nanovation's Vice President of sor Lionel C. Kimerling, director of Public Relations. the MIT Materials Processing Cen- Tatum and MIT Vice President ter. "Light-based technologies are and Dean for Research 1. David Lit- the logical, cost-effective way to ster, will oversee the joint research. meet these demands [for band- The new laboratory will bring width]." together students and faculty from Fiber optics have already greatly the Departments of Materials Sci- increased the speed of the Internet ence and Engineering, Electrical over long distances. Slower copper Engineering and Computer Science, and coaxial wires, however, still Chemical Engineering, and Physics, carry information locally. as well as Nanovation employees. Besides telecommunications, MIT will be free to research and photonic research has applications
publish results under its agreement in circuitry and computing. MICHELLE POI'INELLI-THE TECH with Nanovation. Patents will be G Robert Tatum (center), President and CEO of Nanovatlon Technologies, Inc., signs a contract with jointly owned if the product was Long line of industry partnerships MIT President Charles Vest (right) and Provost Robert A. Brown (left), promising MIT $90 million over created by both MIT and Nanova- The Nanovation deal is the latest the next six years. tion researchers or by Nanovation in many corporate partnerships with employees through use of MIT MIT. Other companies who have Brown in a printed report. world of innovation and commerce, avoid and manage any conflicts. facilities, according to a press partnerships with the Institute In his annual report released last but do so in the context of our fun- "I don't foresee problems," release. Any development made include Ford Motor Company, Mer- week, President Charles M. Vest damental values in scholarship and Ofenloch said. "I foresee opportuni- solely by MIT or Nanovation will rill Lynch, DuPont, and Microsoft. cited the need for corporate invest- education," Vest said in his report. ties. " be fully owned by its creators. "This research center is an ments as a way to offset decreasing Vest recognized, however, that Professor Moungi G. Bawendi, a example of the emerging partner- federal funds. working with private industries member of MIT's Microphotonics Goal: accelerate the Internet ships between industry and universi- Vest also wrote how such ven- could lead to problems with intellec- Center, said MIT was not selling out The ultimate goal of the project ties that will drive much of Ameri- tures could improve education. "We tual property, mission, and conflict to corporations. "It's a standard will be to develop photonic tech- can innovation in the post-Cold War should vigorously develop our pro- of interest. Vest's report said that research agreement, same as with all nologies to increase the bandwidth world", said MIT Provost Robert A. grams and contributions to this new new guidelines have been written to corporations. "
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This space donated by The Tech Page 16 THE TECH January 26, 2000 NewJournal to Feature Undergraduate Research By Jane Yoo about science and ethics," said Basu. Art and Science aims to stim- The M IT Undergraduate ulate interest in various disciplines Research Journal, ivtlT's first inter- which cross normal scientific disciplinary scientific journal, is boundaries. Innoventions will expected to hit M IT newsstands cover technological innovations, next week. while Sciel/ce News in Review will MURJ, modeled largely after provide summaries of recent scien- Scientific American, will present tific events. scientific research undertaken by M IT undergraduates in a format Students gain \'aluable experience accessible to readers of all disci- Student submitters were pleased plines. "Instead of publishing a to have the opportunity to share number of specialized research their research with the larger MIT - reports, [MURJ] publishes essays population and found that submit- from students discussing their ting a paper to MURJ was a valu- research fields and the larger impli- able experience. cations of their work, without using Nganfong Huang '02 wrote an jargon." said MURJ founder Sanjay article for MURJ on the genetic Basu '02. abnormalities in ovarian cancer. The new publication consists of Huang said that writing for MURJ fi ve sec tions : Science News in heightened her presentation ability Review, Art and Science, Features, while enabling her to gain a better II/novel/tiol/s, and Reports. understanding of the biological Reports, which comprises half techniques used in her studies. the publication, features under- Roozbeh Ghaffri '0 I submitted graduate research. Basu's goal for an article to MURJ and will con-
the section is to promote discus- tribute to other sections. He is excit- SEI'II/R IfAMILTON-TlfE TE,1f sion of research in various areas by ed about MURJ because it is open to Sanjay Basu '02 prepares the first issue of the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal. Basu intends allowing students to discuss their the entire MIT community and is MURJ (due on campus this week) to publish semesterly. work. MURJ's first publication more flexible than other scientific will include articles on topics publications on campus. "AIURJ is ranging from computer science to not strictly biology or technology," cant doubts about maintaining sus- board of MIT students who will really much of a venue for students biology. he said. "It's vel)' versatile." tainability. Some funding was ulti- read the research papers for style to discuss science in a written man- The rema ini ng four sect ions mately provided by the MIT admin- and clarity. Professors in each disci- ner." wi 11 be wri lien by AIU RJ sta ff. MURJ goes from dream to reality istration. while AIURJ paid for pline will review the papers for sci- Karen Robinson and Shantonu "Features is mainly for current the- MURJ originally faced funding printing from its own funds. entific content. Sen contributed to the writing of this ories, but also includes articles difficulties. and there were signifi- MURJ has assembled a review According to Basu, "there's not article. Petition Amended by Galluccio Larkin, from Page I tion grudgingly indicated that they moratorium zone's borders. The were willing to accept amendments, Sullivan amendment removed all of Councillor Michael Sullivan, who however, leaving the door open for Kendall Square from the zone by introduced an unsuccessful amend- a bitter fight that lasted well past moving the southern border to Bin- ment to drastically reduce the midnight. ney Street. amount of land included in the mora- Freshman Councillor David After several lengthy" iec'e;ses torium, argued that the city depends Maher, who eventualIy voted and discussions ~~hich included on the tax dollars generated by against the petition, said that the owners of property affected by Gal- development. Sullivan encouraged a "horse trading and back room deal- luccio's amendment, a substitute planning study but felt that the mora- ing" involved in the petition left him amendment was proposed by Coun- torium would unfairly exclude new "disheartened and disillusioned." cillor Marjorie Decker which added development in the already highly "It is shameful to pass something a requirement that any project over developed area of Kendall Square just to be able to tell people politi- 100,000 square feet in the exempted ~h and at the Biogen site. calIy you got something done," area include 20 units of housing. JAMES ,AMP-TlfE TEelf Maher said. The affected area is not currently "An inspired stroke, Mr. Fitch," the committee chairman Petition passes after much debate During th-e debate, heated zoned for housing but t~~~o~ncil (Steve Dubin, center) pronounces, regarding City Engineer Although every councillor exchanges took place between Sulli- expects to,,::ote soon to re:-~on~ Fitch's (Ahmed Ismail G, left) proposal to let philosopher expressed support for the concerns van and Councillor Timothy The compromise;-ame-nmnent Albert paint a bridge alone. City councilors, played by James of East Cambridge residents, the Toomey, who traditionally draws •sealed G'aiIuccio' i su'ppdh for the Nadeau (right), and Seth Bisen-Hersh '01 (far right) listen on. Larkin petition was not passed with- support from the affected east Cam- petition and se~,th~"sJothe'sfor a The conversation was recorded Sunday for "Albert's Bridge," out a great deal of posturing, back- bridge area, as well as between showdown between the SuIlivan and a Tom Stoppard radio play that will air Monday, February 7, room deals, and compromises. Toomey and City Manager Robert Galluccio amendments. from 3:00-4:00 PM on radio WMBR 88.1 FM or RealAudio via The initiative needed the support Healey. With several important votes
(jRUi KUlfNf."N--lln' TECIf JORDAN RUBIN-TilE TEell Members of the Snappy Dance Company created a viscous, flowing scene with their bodies in Development projects in excess of 20,000 feet will be prohibited in their performance Sunday night in Kresge Auditorium. the marked region of East Cambridge for 18 months due to the pas- sage of the Larkin petition. January 26, 2000 THE TECH Page 17
Qualifying Rounds Plagued by False Starts, Gaffes 6.270, from Page I the round without qualifying, but the One team that originally began losing robot qualified. Such odd programming for Java and switched tant Casey R. Muller '02. matchups were not uncommon in to the C board thought the slower ~ Ro~d One. In several matches, the board was sufficient. On either board, First r~~.robots yield low ~cores placebo robot, employed during sin- "full speed is way too fast," Muller Despit~ the potential to score gle robot matches, was victorious in said. "I really think that C is more several dozen points, the high score much the same way. The relatively powerful for this kind of thing." for ,round one was 'only twelve small crowed cheered the placebo Muller and teammates Alea C. points, Many teams qualified witli robot more than any team's creation. Teeters '99 and Audrey L. Snyder on)y one or two points; teams need Most teams are using similar '03 qualified using a "scoop and only'demonstrate the ability to score designs this year, either pushing or sort" strategy to gather blocks, then in order to qualify, regardless of pulling several hacker blocks into sort them by color. winning or losing a given matchup. the jail. Only one tea!ll this year After round one, the 6.270 lab in ,Course o~ganizers said that many attempted to use a second, remote Building 34 was nearly empty, teams 'typically need'several chances robot, although they did not qualify despite the fact that 33 teams still to qualify, although some contes- in the first round. Several teams are needed to qualify. Hui thought most tants argued that the controller board using extended Lego arms to sweep teams were recovering from late- issues gave them less time to test blocks across; one team scored night programming. and debug. twelve points by collecting all four "I think they're catching up on A number of teams did not attend professors in one sweep. sleep and they'll be back at like the first round, several teams were three in the morning," Hui said. disqualified after double false-starts, Teams use vastly different boards "Lab's open twenty-four hours a day and still more did not qualify The two boards being used by these days." because their robots would not stop contestants are considerably differ- Teams score points in this year's running when time expired. ent: the original runs Java in 16 MB contest by putting black blocks In one match, a robot scored sev- of memory, while the second, more (hackers) into a "jail," moving white MING-TAI HUH-TIlE TECII eral points while pushing blocks into reliable board runs C in 32 KB of blocks (students or non-hackers) into A robot built by Ian M. Finn '01, Stanley Hu '00 and Liyan Guo '01 the other team's goal. However, the memory. "Both are more than capa- their end of campus, and pulling proved itself capable of scoring many points at the qualifying round opposing robot did not function. ble," said course organizer Anthony orange blocks (professors) out of the yesterday. Thus, the non-functioning robot won y. Hui '99. middle of "Mass. Ave." ~DEsiireCiSfUff ~ \~.~. ~o ~:~ .!:~e~.-" ~. a I j'f 0 .r n j ~. o ...-. ;. Chall~~gmg EnVlfO?m.,nt ~ • exciting RiD Projects Talented computer and electrical engineers should plan now to get acquainted with GORDIAN during our visit to your campus. Information Session February 10,2000, 6:00-9:00pm Room 4-149 Interviews February 11,2000
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The result is that now Large Event Fund Allocations Event Grant Total Request Caribbean Club. MIT organizations of Asian her- ODSUE has a discretionary fund of Latin American/Caribbean Cultural Show $7.500 $7.500 According to the clubs' propos- itage." The April event will feature $4,000, and instead of having Comedy Collage $6.835 $6.835 al, the show is intended to "explore ethnic dishes and cultural perfor- $50,000 for large event funding Douglas Adams Lecture $5,400 $5,400 and share the cultures of MIT stu- mances. each year, the UA and GSC have Grains of Rice 2000 $3.000 $6.042 dents from Latin America and the The 25th Annual Ebony Affair, $25,000 per term for large event Pragathi: South Asian Cultural Show $2.000 $4.000 Caribbean." The event will feature sponsored by the Black Graduate funding and a separate $30,000 for Ebony Affair $500 $1.000 a dinner composed of cultural cui- Student Association, has also been spring weekend. sine, performances from student granted partial funding. The semi- This change did not affect stu- groups, and "Dominicanish," a formal event, whose main thrust "is dent proposals much, said UA Pres- performance by New York-based a creative expression of African- ident Matt McGann. because most artist Josefina Baez. American culture through singing student groups were not aware of CAREER OPPORTUNITIES The brothers of Chocolate City, and theatrical performances," will the change. 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It's freezing outside, or as chilly as it gets in Georgia, causing schools to shut down and everybody to bundle up. One thing about southerners, they hate the cold. Only thing worse is a carpetbagger. But while they can curse the weather, come Sunday night, they'll have to celebrate a traitor. A well-traveled team belonging to either Georgia Frontiere or Bud Adams will win the Super Bowl, thereby striking a victory for money-chasing, carpetbagging opportunists everywhere. The Los Angeles-Anaheim-St. Louis Rams play the Houston- Memphis-Nashville Titans in a championship game where the partici- pants arrived not by charter, but by Ryder. Sooner or later, a Reloca- tion Bowl was bound to happen in modern-day sports. It ~mites a pair of owners who have little in common, besides fleeing to wimpy, gullible towns that used millions of public dollars to fill the pockets of one owner and the pocketbook of the other. It's not that Southern California and Houston didn't show enough love. They just didn't show enough luxury suites. So Frontiere went after St. Louis with the same intensity she did her seven husbands, with the difference being the city didn't offer her a wedding band. St. Louis merely made good on a promise to build a $250-million domed stadium without her money while the public schools continued to rot. Adams settled in Tennessee, where a S300-million stadium and thousands of personal-seat licenses were sweet country music to his ears. Adams should be toasted in Houston right now, not despised. He was an original AFL owner who became a big player in town by hir- ing Bum Phillips as coach and introducing Luv Ya Blue. Houston and the Oilers couldn't figure out Adams or his hair, which looks suspi- ciously like a smalL furry animal. But they dealt with him despite his quirks, clumsy PR moves and firm grip on the dollar. But the town didn't turn on Adams until he decided to leave for good. The official announcement came in 1995 during the final sea- son in Houston, which the lame-duck Oilers played before sparse crowds at the Astrodome. It was the beginning of an awkward jour- ney for a homeless team that sent it to Memphis, then to Vanderbilt Stadium and finally to Adelphia Coliseum, paid for by the desperate folks of Nashville. St. Louis wanted the Rams just as badly. And in Frontiere, they found someone willing to move for the right price, which included everything the city had except the Arch. By getting cities to hand over palaces and money, Frontiere and Adams continued a trend of greed that's stretching the limits of our patience and pockets. Each is the archetypical owner who keeps pushing for more profits while teasing fans with promi~es of loyalty. The thought of Adams or Frontiere holding the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday makes you cringe. The more these relocations happen, the more sports becomes less a game and more a big corporation designed to suck in money. Kind of like the Super Bowl itself. Which raises a question, actually a favor, to ask of Frontiere and Adams: It's cold outside, and the big game is four days away, which is plenty of time. Could they call the movers and relocate the Reloca- tion Bowl? Miami sounds nice. An End Around Einstein: SEPfIlR HAMILTON-THE TECH Patricia Lee '00 loses a face-off during the women's varsity hockey game against Wiliams College Sun- Stupid TV Football Tricks day. The team lost the contest 14-1, bringing the Lady Engineers to a disappointing 0-9-0 on the season. I.os A,w;U.f:S nl/!:"S Are you ready for some really unenhanced TV? Before ABC pre- sents Super Bowl XXXIV, here's a review of the weird and forget- table broadcasting moments of the 1999 football season. SPICE GUY: Fox tried to liven up its NFL pregame show with several stunts, including comic Jimmy Kimmel's demonstration of how to eat salsa out of an athlete's protective cup. (Fox didn't say which athlete.) WHY BROADCASTERS MAKE THE BIG BUCKS: During Cleveland's 43-0 loss to Pittsburgh, ESPN's Joe Theismann informed viewers. "You gotta score to put points on the board." THEN. AGAIN ... : Theismann was immortalized in the book, "Stupid Celebrities: Over 500 of the Most Idiotic Things Ever Said by Famous People." Reason: When asked if former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs was a genius, Theismann responded, "The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy Iike Norman Einstein." TALK ABOUT A TOUGH STATEMENT TO DEFEND: Fox's Jamie Williams, interviewing 4gers coach Steve Mariucci at halftime of the San Francisco-Carolina game, said: "With the exception of a few letdowns, your defense has played pretty well." The 4gers had given up 28 points by then. MORE WISDOM FROM THE EXPERTS: Before the 1999 New Year's Day game. CBS' Craig James declared that "Wisconsin is the worst team ever to play in the Rose Bowl." The Badgers went on to defeat UCLA in Pasadena. This season, CNN's Trev Alberts foresaw little chance of a Wis- consin return to the Rose Bow\, saying "Wisconsin doesn't have a quarterback and their defense isn't the same." Wrong again. The Bad- gers not only went on to the 2000 Rose Bowl but defeated Stanford. WAN YUSOF WAN JfORSlIlDI-THE TECII MOST ANNOYING PROMOS: For several weeks, "Monday Kristen L Clements '02 won the freestyle event during last Wednesday's meet against Salem State College. Night Football" viewers were shown clips of scenes from other coun~ tries, such as Lebanon, followed by NFL clips, with the caption, "Isn't America Great?" They were followed by a clip of broadcasters AI Michaels and Boomer Esiason playing catch, or worse, wrestling. Where's Glanville with that motorcycle? Tax info, toll-free. HOLD THE TURKEY: After Fox took an extended look at broad- caster John Madden's bus during a Thanksgiving Day game. the Chica- Tax questions? Call TeleTax for recorded information go Tribune's Steve Rosenbloom wrote: "Here's why John Madden and on about 150 tax topics, 24 hours a day, Pat Summerall have to go: The Bears and Lions are nearly in a fight, and we're stuck watching that turkey tour of the fat guy's bus. Tell Fox ~.,&;) Department of the Treasury we're watching the game. not some drooling announcer's grub." ~&I1Ilnternal Revenue Service Rosenbloom should have given thanks. At least no one was eating http://www.ustreas.gov out of an athlete's protective cup that day. This space donated by The Tech January 26, 2000 THE TECH Page 31 Page 32 THE TECH January 26, 2000 SPORTS Men's Gymnastics Starts Anew Teams Sets Sights on Earning Respect, Hopes Wins Will Follow By John C. Olsson stance was the pommel horse rou- and aggressive high bar routine by ft;.ut .\tf;,\fl/ER tine nailed by co-captain J.e. Ols- Reuben "Benji" Sterling '03 and a The MIT men's gymnastics team son '00. Olsson is currently tied for brute strength rings set by Rafael was narrowly defeated by Spring- first place on NUT's all time stand- Vazquez '0 I. field College and Navy - narrowly ings on the horse. Also back in full force from in tcrnlS of effort, that The vault event was one of years prior is the ex-high-school- is. As far as the scor- NUT's most consistent this Satur- wrestling duo of Max Fischer '00 ing went, the Engi- day. Luke Massery '02 launched and John Tilly '00. Determined to Jl neers held a dead tie his career highest pike tsukahara characterize all gymnastics events 1f with their opposing for an 8.55. However, one insur- as nautilus equipment, Tilly edged forces throughout the mountable obstacle, as Massery's out Fischer on the rings with about entire warnmp session, but began to vault and Olsson's horse assuredly twenty "iron" crosses and a 6.05, slip behind once the actual judging demonstrated, is that the judges while Fischer pulled out all the "commenced. Although this pattern deduct pitilessly for the 3-initial stops on a parallel bars routine that has typified their prior competitive embroidery on the front of the earned him a 7.3. seasons, there are reasons to hope team's unifonns. For the second meet of the sea- for change. Tanabe overcame a surgery- sons, things look quite good. The MIT was set back off the bat pending shoulder injury, to throw a men most notably have gained the with the absence of Dave Hu '0 I clean and commendable floor set appearance of a real, honest-to-god due to an requisite CAT scan coin- scoring a 6.1. gymnastics team (which may par- cident with the meet. Although this tially be due to the new team warm- partially affected the team by forc- Engineers savor small victories ups). This year there is unbridled ing them to compete with an Other triumphs of the Engi- determination to win some respect incomplete roster, the debilitating neer's newly-coined "suck less" for themselves, not as scientists or effect was the missing motivation campaign included an undaunted engineers, but as gymnasts. gained from watching Hu pertina- ciously exhaust and injure himself during warmups. Women's Track Places A handful of remarkable perfor- mances out of the numerous, unre- lenting attempts characterized MlT's aptitude to balance luck Second in Home Meet with ability. OBy Deborah S. Won tripling in events and tremendous Rookie Damien Engen '03 TEAM MEMBER efforts by all, MIT competed .\tIODRAG ('tRem'le -TlfE TECH rocked the floor exercise with a MIT Track competed in two extremely well against Springfield, Despite heroic plays such as this lay-up in last Tuesday's bas- routine including his newly- meets over the past two weeks, Bowdoin, USM, Mt. Holyoke, and ketball game against Coast Guard Academy, the Coast Guard acquired 'D'-valued double-front placing second in a Quad meet host- New York University, and finished Bears defeated the Engineers 58-64. saito. Another fortunate happen- ed by MIT and third in a close meet third at USM' s Quad Cup. Although at the University of Springfield and Bowdoin eventually Southern Maine. pulled ahead, MIT was in close con- ~ Basketball Falls to Mt. Holyoke \, I At the MIT Quad tention with both schools during the '~Cup, the Engineers last half of the meet. T Early in the meet, MIT had By Erion J. Clark Elizabeth Williams and Anne placed second to 1 2 OT F Osowski) with 62 of the I. Division II school moved from fourth to third and The MIT women's basket- MIT 22 42 10 - 74 Lyons' 77 total points. They UMass Lowell. remained at third for a long time. also made their way to the line MIT's throwers started the team With the distance medley relay, ball team tried its hand at 'Lyon' Mt. Holyoke 27 37 13 - 77 taming on Saturday, in the for foul shots down the off strong in the weight throw. shot put, triple jump, and high Rockwell Cage l\IIT fu Reb Ml. Holyoke fu Reb stretch. Although both teams Princess Imoukhuede '02 knocked jump remaining, MIT had moved before over 100 Conley 10 10 Davis-Fuller 0 4 didn't shoot well from the the notorious Bates throwers from into very close contention with Daugherty 2 I Dodge 16 10 charity stripe (Mt. Holyoke - their pedestal and throwing the 20- Springfield and Bowdoin. MIT fans. Unfortunate- Hendry-Brogan 5 2 1ustice 17 6 Iy, the Mount Estrada 23 7 Lindquist 2 2 51.7 percent, MIT 48 percent), lb. weight 50'5 112". This mark not moved into a tie for first after the ., Holyoke Lyons Kelly 6 2 Milligan 2 I Tech lead until a Mt. Holyoke only smashed the previous varsity relay events but eventually fell to Mok S 2 Osowski 15 8 outlasted the Riddick 2 2 Romano 2 4 shot evened the score at 64, record she set the previous week, third when they could not field Engineers to defeat them 77-74 Russell 10 II Schefiliti 9 2 seconds before the buzzer. but also qualified her provisionally jumpers in the high jump and triple Willets 6 8 Williams. E. 14 6 in overtime. Yang 2 3 In overtime, Tech was for Div. III NCAA championships. Jump. Despite nearly identical sta- short-handed in the paint, Vanessa Li '02 and Stephanie A. The field events also again over- Field Goals 31/73 (42.5%) Field Goals 29/72 (40.3%) with Estrada on the bench Norris '02 secured the top two flowed with great performances tistics, MIT allowed the Lyons 3-Point FG 0/7 (0.0%) 3-Point FG 4/10 (40.0%) to make the most of second Free Throws 12/25 (48.0%) Free Throws 15/29 (51.7%) with 5 personal fouls and places with a strategic move to clear from the Engineers. Li and Norris chances. First year assistant Willets reaggravating an an impressive height of 9'3" instead qualified for nationals in the pole coach Nitza Basoco explains, "We scored 23 points against Mt. first half injury. Using this to their of moving on to 9'6" confident that vault with outstanding jumps of 10- gave them too many opportunities ... Holyoke, before fouling out late in advantage, the Lyons worked the they could clear that height in fewer 2 and 9-7, respectively. Their too many offensive rebounds." the second half. Forwards Katy ball inside against MIT and pushed attempts than the USM contender in efforts gave MIT another first and Both teams controlled 16 offen- Conley '0 I and Crystal Russell '03 Tech's record to 2-11. the case that they tied. third place finish. sive boards. but the Lyons were provided 10 points each. In the The Engineers seek to finish up Also at the MIT meet, Deborah In the 600m, Regina Sam once more able to score on quick second backcourt, Dwan e. Riddick '03 January on a strong note with games S. Won '00 took first place in the again demonstrated what seems to shots than the Engineers, who nor- and Eboney Smith '0 I provided against Wellesley, Elms and Smith 1000m with time of 3:10.3, which be her amazing ability to catch any- mally used their offensive rebounds stern defense. Riddick and Abby colleges. With a healthy winning met ECAC qualifying standards and one within reach near the finish. to reset their offense. Willets '01 recorded 2 steals each. streak going into the second semes- set a new varsity record. Sam was able to lean just ahead of a The offense found its high gear, ter, Tech can secure another winning Bowdoin runner to capture third as the Engineers scored their highest !\lIT pulls to tiein second half season and prepare to make a run at MIT drops close meet at USM place with a N.E. Div. III qualifying point total (74) of the season. MIT Tech came out in the second half claiming the NEWMAC title. With many of the Engineers time of 1:46.1. finished regulation with 64 points, trailing 22-27. With their pressing their second highest regulation total defense forcing Mount Holyoke to to date. Both wins for the Engineers miss early second half shots, they this season have come when they created chances to pull ahead. Wil- have scored more than 60 points. Not lets gave MIT the lead with 14:40 since the January 9 game against remaining in the 2nd hal f with a Worcester Polytechnic Institute have basket. Down the stretch, there were the Engineers scored 60 points or many lead changes. As it seemed better. This has, in part, hindered that Tech would fall in regulation, MIT, as the women's team still seeks Crystal Russell evened the score up its first win of the new year. with 1:27 remaining in the half with What has helped MIT in this sea- a 3-point play. son's campaign is the spirited, Mt. Holyoke's front court led the scrappy play of the front court. Cap- way in scoring (forwards Laura tain center Cristina Estrada '0 I Dodge and Jennifer Williams, centers UPCOMING HOME EVENTS Thursday, January 27 Men's Basketball vs. Brandeis University, 7:00 p.m. Men's lee Hockey vs. Community College of Rhode Island, 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 28 ~5' I P 8 - \ Women's lee Hockey vs. Rochester Institute of Technology, 7: IS p.m. Saturday, January 29 STf."f:4N CARl' - T/I£ T£C/I Men's Gymnastics vs. UMass and University of Vermont, 2:00 p.m. Avishai Geller '01 attempts a shot on goal in Friday night's game against Coast Guard Academy. Squash vs. Fordham University, 10:00 a.m. The Engineers won 7-1. Women's lee Hockey vs. Hamilton College, 3: 15 p.m.