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Volume 124, Number 15 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, March 30, 2004 MIT Voices Opinions About Gay Marriage By Kathy Dobson groups, such as GaMIT and MIT STAFF REPORTER Queer Women’s Group, to mobilize As an amendment to the Massa- members of the MIT community to chusetts Constitution to ban same- protest the same-sex marriage ban sex marriage and establish civil amendment. unions was Nationwide, however, supporters approved of same-sex marriage have been in Feature by the leg- the minority, according to polls in islature yesterday, students, faculty, The Economist. Other MIT groups, staff and community groups such as the Tech Catholic Commu- expressed a variety of opinions and nity, hold strong beliefs that same- reactions on the same-sex marriage sex marriage or unions should not debate. be allowed. The question of whether mar- The legalization of same-sex riage, historically sanctioned by the marriage by the Massachusetts state as between a man and woman, Supreme Court before this recent can and should include couples of action by the legislature, and the the same sex has become one of the resulting debate and proposed most contested nationwide social amendment, has encouraged some issues in recent history. to accelerate their marriage plans, The fundamental dilemmas and has aroused feelings of frustra- being raised in the Massachusetts legislature inspired some student Gay, Page 23 PETER R. RUSSO—THE TECH Protesters display their disapproval of President Bush outside the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston on Thursday, March 25. The President was in town for several hours to deliver a private $2000-per- Architecture Students plate fund raising speech at the hotel. Plan Asian University By Tongyan Lin MIT participate specifically, with the Index Theorem Wins Isadore Award ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR goal of the project to “present to the By Gireeja V. Ranade Edinburgh, who on Thursday were vides a formula to calculate the MIT’s Architecture graduate stu- AUW four schemes” that are “very ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR jointly awarded the Abel Prize for difference between the number of dents are helping to design a cam- different” in order to encourage dis- After half an hour of vigorously 2004 by the Norwegian Academy independent solutions and con- pus for the Asian University for cussion by the middle of the year, explaining just the statement of the of Science and Letters. straints of a system of differential Women (AUW) in Chittagong, Pendleton-Jullian said. They will also index theorem on blackboard, Pro- “One of the things we have equations, called the index of the Bangladesh. present one scheme that “we believe, fessor of learned from the index theorem is system. The students are led by Associ- with our experience, is the best.” Mathemat- the unity of mathematics,” Singer The role of the index is parallel ate Professor of Architecture Ann These schemes are master plans Feature icssaid. to that which the difference M. Pendleton-Jullian, and are col- that will not detail rooms of the uni- Richard B. The Abel Prize is a highly pres- between the row and the column laborating with students from the versity, but will, according to the Melrose asked with a flourish, tigious award in mathematics, and ranks of a matrix plays in a system Rhode Island School of Design. AUW web site, determine “the loca- “Now doesn’t that make you want is awarded every year, starting in of linear equations. Through the The AUW is funded by a multi- tion, phasing, and general character to be a mathematician?” Obvious- 2003. theorem, Atiyah and Singer gener- national committee that aims to pro- of proposed buildings roads, paths, ly, the answer was yes! alized the concept of the equality vide education for South Asian outdoor classrooms, parking service The index theorem, which The index theorem of the row-rank and the column- women from rural or underprivi- areas, and landscape.” brings together topology, geometry “The index theorem is about the rank of a matrix, which for matri- leged backgrounds, and prepare and analysis was discovered and possibility of solving differential ces would imply a unique solution, them to take leadership positions in Project’s agenda is to teach proved by MIT Institute Professor equations,” said the Head of the Melrose said. those countries. The project is part of the Master Isadore M. Singer and Sir Michael MIT Mathematics Department The AUW requested that the Francis Atiyah of the University of David A. Vogan. The theorem pro- Abel, Page 18 Rhode Island School of Design and ASU, Page 22 Celeste Fowler Celeste Fowler of Fowler SCUBA diving, with the words G, a Joint Program “doing what she loved most” underneath PhD student at the the photo. Fowler was fond of SCUBA Woods Hole diving and photography, and briefly Oceanographic worked for SeaPics.com, a company spe- Institution in cializing in marine life photos. Ocean Engineer- Fowler joined the Institute community ing, died of in June 2003 with long list of accolades to metastatic her name. She earned a Cum Laude degree melanoma on in Computer Science at Princeton Univer- March 21, 2004. Fowler was 32 years old. sity within three years. During and after Fowler was diagnosed with cancer Princeton, Fowler worked in computer approximately eight weeks before her graphics for a number of top companies, death, but her parents said she was able to including Microsoft, Silicon Graphics, maintain a surprisingly upbeat attitude AvantGo, and the Scripps Institution of throughout the early months of 2004. Oceanography. She joined the Institute as “After Celeste had survived a particularly an MIT Presidential Fellow. grueling round of chemotherapy someone Colleagues and professors said that she cautiously sticking his head in her door was able to accomplish much in her short was greeted with Mark Twain's line, time in the program. Her advisor, Hanu- ‘Reports of my death have been greatly mant Singh, described her lab work as exaggerated,’” her parents wrote in an “fantastic,” but added “more importantly, obituary they sent to The Daily Star. she was an awesome personality. She was DANIEL R. BERSAK—THE TECH To commemorate her life, the Depart- Saul T. Griffith G cuts through the water on a kiteboard in South Boston’s Plea- ment of Ocean Engineering put up posters Fowler, Page 14 sure Bay Friday, March 26.

The Get Up Comics OPINION World & Nation ...... 2 Kids shine in Chen Zhao discusses the recent Opinion ...... 4 their perfor- Supreme Court case discussing Arts ...... 6 mance at the Pledge of Allegiance. Events Calendar ...... 11 Axis. Sports ...... 20 Page 6 Page 8 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH March 30, 2004 WORLD & NATION Attorney General Rejects Romney’s Sept. 11 Commission To Ask Bid To Halt Gay Marriages THE BOSTON GLOBE Rice To Testify Under Oath Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly Monday night rejected Governor Mitt Romney’s bid to seek a Supreme Judicial By Philip Shenon might lead to a compromise over sion, Rice was not required to be Court order to delay implementation of its gay marriage ruling, creat- and Richard W. Stevenson Rice. The official, who asked not to under oath, and panel officials said ing a major roadblock in the governor’s plans to block same-sex mar- THE NEW YORK TIMES be named because he had not been that no transcript was made of the riages from taking place in May. WASHINGTON authorized to disclose information, four-hour conversation. Reilly said that he informed Romney shortly after the Legislature The chairman and vice chairman declined to specify the options and The commission has required all approved a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage of the independent commission said nothing had yet been decided. witnesses testifying at public hear- that the governor’s legal arguments have no validity since the SJC investigating the Sept. 11 attacks said Rice has granted one private ings to be sworn in, opening them to has twice ruled in favor of gay marriage. on Monday they would ask Con- interview to the 10-member, biparti- perjury charges if they are found to Reilly’s decision, which he delivered personally to Romney in a doleezza Rice to testify under oath in san commission and has requested be lying, while all but a handful of phone conversation just before the governor went on live television to any future questioning because of another. But the White House has the hundreds of witnesses questioned announce his plans, creates a major legal — and political hurdle — discrepancies between her statements cited executive privilege in refusing behind closed doors have not been for the governor, who is intent on blocking the May 17 implementa- and those made in sworn testimony to allow her to testify in public or sworn. tion of the court ruling. by Bush’s former counterterrorism under oath. That decision has led In separate interviews, Kean and The governor and the attorney general are potential rivals in the chief. Democrats and other critics to accuse the panel’s vice chairman, Lee H. 2006 race for governor, but Reilly, a Democrat, insisted Monday “I would like to have her testimo- the White House of attempting to Hamilton, a former Democratic night that his decision is solely based on the legal issues — namely ny under the penalty of perjury,” said hide embarrassing information about House member from Indiana, said he is convinced that Romney argument has no validity in light of the the commission’s chairman, Thomas its failure to preempt the Sept. 11 they would continue to press for Rice strong language in the SJC rulings. H. Kean, the former Republican gov- attacks. to testify under oath in public. ernor of New Jersey, in comments “I think she should be under the But they said that if the White that reflected the panel’s exasperation same penalty as Richard [A.] Clarke House continued to refuse to have Nineteen Killed As Terrorists with the White House and Rice, the [’79],” Kean said in an interview, her answer questions at a public hear- president’s national security adviser. referring to the former White House ing, any new private interviews with Strike In Uzbekistan Rice has refused to testify in pub- counterterrorism adviser who testi- Rice should be conducted under new THE NEW YORK TIMES lic before the commission even as fied last week that the Bush adminis- ground rules, with the national secu- MOSCOW she has granted numerous interviews tration had not paid sufficient atten- rity adviser placed under oath and a Nineteen people were killed and at least 26 were wounded in a about the commission’s investiga- tion to the threat from al-Qaida transcription made. series of terrorist incidents in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, tion. before Sept. 11, 2001. There were signs throughout the the prosecutor general said Monday. The White House declined to Congressional Republican leaders day on Monday of a debate within The prosecutor, Rashid Kadyrov, told reporters in Tashkent, the respond to Kean’s comments. have said that Clarke lied under oath the administration over whether to capital, that the deaths involved two bombings, two attacks on police One official who had been briefed and requested that previous Congres- hold fast to the principle of not officers and an explosion that killed 10 people at a building where on discussions between the White sional testimony by him be declassi- allowing White House aides to testify bombs were being assembled. House and the commission said fied. before Congress or to seek a deal that He blamed Islamic militants, who have been the target of crack- Monday night that a number of In a private interview in February would allow Rice to appear before downs in Uzbekistan, where the United States has an important mili- options were under consideration that with several members of the commis- the commission. tary base near the border with Afghanistan. “These were terrorist acts,” Kadyrov said. “There is reason to believe they were prepared over a long period and coordinated from a center, possibly abroad. All the terror acts are interconnected, accord- Judge Denies Mistrial Motion ing to our preliminary investigation.” The U.S. Embassy cautioned Americans in Uzbekistan to be on “highest alert” and said, “Other terrorists are believed still at large and may be attempting additional attacks.” In Tyco Case, Lets Jury Remain By Andrew Ross Sorkin is published in the newspaper deter- her from deliberating in good con- Nationalists Drop Opposition THE NEW YORK TIMES mine what happens here.” While it science with the other jurors.” NEW YORK is not illegal for a juror to be identi- “She has said that she is pre- To Election Results In Taiwan In an effort to keep the six- fied by name while a trial is in pared to do so and is doing so,” THE NEW YORK TIMES month-long corporate theft trial of progress, the news media typically Obus said. TAIPEI, TAIWAN two former top executives of Tyco refrain from doing so. Juror No. 4’s decision to deliber- The opposition Nationalist Party on Monday publicly dropped its International from ending without a Lawyers for L. Dennis Kozlows- ate after having taken such a hard- demand that the Taiwan military be allowed to vote again after a dis- verdict, the judge in the case on ki, Tyco’s former chief executive, ened stance to acquit on all 32 puted presidential election a week ago, making it nearly certain that Monday rejected a defense motion had argued that Juror No. 4 — who charges may raise questions about President Chen Shui-bian will be sworn in on May 20 for another for a mistrial on the ground that the indicated in a note last week that the validity of a verdict if one is four-year term. naming of a juror by the news she favored an acquittal on all reached, legal experts said. The stock market here soared as nine days of political turmoil media had compromised the deliber- charges and appeared to give an The jurors continued their work appeared to have ended with the main political parties reaching an ations. “OK” gesture to the defense team through the afternoon, even sending understanding on many, though not all, of the issues that have divid- Justice Michael J. Obus of State on Friday — could have been undu- notes to the judge with specific ed them since a shooting incident involving the president less than 19 Supreme Court in Manhattan, who ly influenced by media focus. questions about certain charges, hours before the election. has had to contend with increasing But Obus, after interviewing the indicating that they may now be The market jumped 5.6 percent, as many stocks leaped the maxi- evidence of infighting in the jury juror in chambers, told the court that making progress, in sharp contrast mum 7 percent allowed by the rules. The Taiwan currency also room, instructed the jury to continue he was comfortable continuing with to notes last week that described rebounded, while the prices of government bonds fell as investors its deliberations, noting that “while deliberations because she had told their deliberations as “poisonous.” decided that they no longer needed such investments as calm returned. we certainly cannot pretend to oper- him “that nothing that has happened They are expected to resume their ate in a vacuum, we cannot let what will, from her point of view, prevent deliberations Tuesday. WEATHER A Broken Down Storm Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, March 30, 2004 By Robert Lindsay Korty STAFF METEOROLOGIST 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W 40°N In the upper troposphere a current of air, known as the jet stream, cir- cumnavigates the globe. There are waves or curves along its path, many of which gently vary on a planetary-scale. 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Mass. Legislature Reverses SJC China Detains Three Relatives Of Victims At Tiananmen

THE NEW YORK TIMES Ruling, Establishes Civil Unions BEIJING By Rick Klein that he would not take Romney’s it was the only measure that could At least three family members of people gunned down by the Chi- THE BOSTON GLOBE request to the SJC. draw the support of a majority of nese military during the crackdown on dissent in Beijing on June 4, The Massachusetts Legislature The SJC ruling would make lawmakers. 1989, have been detained, as the authorities seek to prevent protests Monday voted to ban gay marriage Massachusetts the first state to allow “It took an awful lot of effort, connected with the 15th anniversary of the massacre, relatives said and establish civil unions, approv- gay couples to marry legally. The and it is designed principally to find Monday. ing a proposed ballot initiative that proposed consitutional amendment, a comfortable consensus in the mid- State security officers took the three, all of them women, from would reverse the Supreme Judicial on the other hand, would ban gay dle, recognizing that there are going their homes on Sunday. Relatives said none of the three have since Court’s historic ruling that legalized marriage but make Massachusetts to be people on both sides of the returned home or made contact. same-sex marriages. the second state, after Vermont, to debate who hold sincere, deeply The detentions came shortly after a noted Chinese surgeon and Governor Mitt Romney immedi- legalize civil unions. held, principled views,” House longtime Communist Party member, Jiang Yanyong, wrote to top ately vowed to ask the courts to The Legislature narrowly Speaker Thomas M. Finneran said leaders calling for an official reassessment of the massacre. The offi- block gay marriages until voters can approved the amendment, 105-92, shortly after the vote. “I’m thrilled cial version holds that the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square con- decide in November 2006 whether after a fourth intense day of debate with the outcome.” stituted a counterrevolutionary rebellion, and that the army took to amend the state Constitution by in the past six weeks. The vote was A Boston Globe poll last month appropriate action in suppressing it. adding the proposed ban. The SJC met with a stunned hush by the gay- found that 53 percent of Massachu- decision legalizing gay marriages is marriage supporters in the House setts residents oppose gay marriage set to go into effect May 17, and gallery. It would ban gay marriage and 60 percent support civil unions. U.S. Accepts Responsibility For Romney said he wanted to avoid but establish civil unions that would In addition, 71 percent of respon- “confusion” created if gay couples provide the same state rights and dents said they want voters to be Deaths Of Two Iraqi Journalists married and then the voters banned benefits available to heterosexual able to define marriage, not the THE NEW YORK TIMES gay marriage. couples through marriage. courts or the Legislature. BAGHDAD, IRAQ “The Supreme Judicial Court Tenuous and shifting coalitions The measure will next be consid- U.S. authorities accepted responsibility on Monday for the shoot- should delay the imposition of its held together in the final vote, ered during the 2005-06 legislative ing deaths this month of two Iraqi journalists at an Army roadblock, decision until the people have a despite a series of parliamentary session, and would appear on but said the soldiers had fired in self-defense. chance to be heard,” Romney said at moves by liberal lawmakers to stop statewide ballots for final approval In a brief statement, a senior military official said the two journal- a news conference shortly after anything from moving forward. In if it is passed by lawmakers then. ists, a cameraman and a reporter for Al Arabiya, a satellite channel, Monday night’s vote. the end, an amendment that was dis- Monday’s vote, however, has no were traveling in a sport utility vehicle about 100 yards behind a car Attorney General Thomas F. liked by the political right and the immediate impact on the legal state that was speeding toward the roadblock. The soldiers fired at the Reilly, however, said minutes later political left was approved because of gay marriages. speeding car, the official said, and hit the journalists by mistake. “We looked into this,” the official said. “We did an investigation. And we concluded that this was an accident and that the soldiers were U.S. Alters Tactics in Afghanistan acting in self-defense and within the rules of engagement.” The nighttime shooting — which provoked protests and a walkout by Arab reporters during a news conference by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in Baghdad — was the latest in a string of roadblock In Hopes to Better Relationships killings that have claimed dozens of Iraqi lives. Military officials said By David Rohde villagers. appeared abundant in the isolated the driver of the speeding car was also killed after he failed to heed THE NEW YORK TIMES For the previous hour, Ameri- border areas during a three-day warnings to slow down. DWAMANDA, AFGHANISTAN can Army medics had doled out patrol by the company Finn’s pla- Initially, U.S. military commanders had left open the possibility As the effort to find Osama bin free antibiotics, asthma medication toon is part of. In one village, a that the two journalists had been shot by someone other than U.S. sol- Laden and uproot the Taliban and antacids. Finn sipped tea with brawl broke out over the free diers. But the military official acknowledged that eight U.S. soldiers intensifies, the U.S. military is Muhammad Sani, a wizened village American blankets and sewing kits, had opened fire and that four to six bullets aimed at the speeding car shifting tactics. A mission once elder, and offered to pay for a new with one man hitting another with a had hit the journalists. limited to sweeps, raids and search- school or well. shovel. es has yielded in recent months to In a new American tactic, In another, a teacher announced an exercise in nation building. The Finn’s platoon and two other 50- that after offering only religious Trials Open Nationwide Disputing hope is that a better relationship soldier platoons are expected to lessons under the Taliban, his with Afghan locals and a stronger patrol and get to know every detail school now taught 400 students Ban on Abortion Method Afghan state will produce better of a 15-to-25-mile chunk of Afghan subjects like chemistry, physics and THE NEW YORK TIMES intelligence and a speedier Ameri- territory that runs along the border. English. Another man said he had NEW YORK can departure. But the tension The area holds more than 300 re-enrolled in school to become the The new federal law banning a procedure that the government between building schools one day villages, three major ethnic Pashtun village’s first doctor. At the age of calls partial-birth abortion compromises reproductive choice for and rounding up suspects at gun- tribes, countless subtribes and a 33, he is an eighth grader. women, and is vague and unconstitutional, a lawyer argued on Mon- point the next makes the prospects smuggling route used by Taliban The Americans hope their new day in U.S. District Court in New York, echoing statements made in for success far from clear. and al-Qaida to slip from Pakistan approach will pry information California and Nebraska as challenges to the law went to trial across In a village 15 miles from Pak- into Afghanistan. about militants from reluctant the country. istan, Lt. Reid “Huck” Finn, a 24- The troops’ mission is to win Afghans. The battle, said Capt. In defense of the law, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Bush year-old Louisiana native, super- the trust of Afghans who have seen Jason Condrey, Finn’s company administration lawyers said the procedure was never medically neces- vised his men as they unloaded a the Soviets, then the mujahedeen commander, centers on winning the sary to protect a woman’s health and caused undue pain to the fetus, half-dozen wooden boxes filled and the Taliban sweep through this allegiance of the population, which making the procedure inhumane. with supplies marked with Ameri- area promising a better life. Now it he called al-Qaida’s “center of The two sides squared off in federal courts over suits brought by can flags. is the turn of the Pentagon and a gravity.” doctors and abortion-rights groups against the act, which President Wearing helmet and flak jacket budget of $40 million earmarked But the same American troops Bush signed into law in November. In pretrial hearings, the cases and toting an M-4 assault rifle, the for such projects as village schools still use the standard tactics of mili- drew considerable national attention as the government tried to sub- 6-foot-3, 200-pound lieutenant and and wells. American soldiers are tary power to achieve their aims: poena medical records of abortions from hospitals. Appellate courts former West Point football star rep- offering major reconstruction and intimidation, overwhelming force, have temporarily prohibited the release of those records. resented his family’s third genera- relief aid in an area parched for it. hands tied behind backs and faces At issue is the ban that criminalizes a procedure called intact dila- tion at war. But on this afternoon “The more they help us find the in the dirt. Over the course of the tion and extraction, which can be used to terminate pregnancies after his mission was not combat. It was bad guys,” Finn explained, “the three-day patrol, it was not clear the first trimester. Any “overt act” to “kill the partially delivered liv- the distribution of blankets, shirts more good stuff they get.” whether they had won, or lost, ing fetus” is banned, punishable by up to two years in prison. and sewing kits to destitute Afghan Both desperation and promise more hearts and minds. Angola’s GMO Restriction Plan Pentagon Sees Special Ops Veterans Imperils International Aid THE NEW YORK TIMES JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Drawn To High-Paying Private Sector A U.N. effort to feed nearly 2 million hungry Angolans, most of By Eric Schmitt Pentagon’s top official for special fits. A task force is now reviewing them former war refugees, is imperiled because Angola’s government and Thom Shanker operations policy, Thomas W. those recommendations. plans to outlaw imports of genetically modified cereals, officials of the THE NEW YORK TIMES O’Connell, told a House committee “The kind of people we’re train- World Food Program here said Monday. WASHINGTON this month that intergovernmental ing today, that are culturally aware, Most food assistance from the United States, which at last count Senior American commanders poaching “is starting to become a able to work overseas, experts with provided more than three-quarters of U.N. aid to Angola, consists of and Pentagon officials are warning significant problem.” handguns and rifles, physically fit, genetically modified corn and other crops that apparently would be of an exodus of the military’s most Evidence of a drain of seasoned hand-selected guys that also speak barred under the new rules. seasoned Special Operations forces special operators, including elite a foreign language,” Brown told That includes 19,000 tons of genetically modified American corn to higher-paying civilian security Delta Force soldiers, is largely the Senate Armed Services Com- now bound for an Angolan port. The corn — roughly a month’s sup- jobs, just as those troops are play- anecdotal right now, but the head mittee last Thursday, “these kind of ply for the U.N. food program in Angola — must be cleared for ing an increasingly pivotal role in of the military’s Special Operations people are very attractive to those unloading by Wednesday, said Mike Sackett, the World Food Pro- combating terror and helping con- Command, Gen. Bryan D. Brown kind of civilian private industries gram’s director for southern Africa. duct stability operations world- of the Army, is so concerned about that provide security services both It remains unclear whether the new ban on genetically modified wide. what he is hearing from troops in at home and abroad.” foods, issued March 17 but not yet formally put into effect, will pre- Senior enlisted Army Green the field that he convened an Brown and other senior officials vent the unloading of the shipment, Sackett said. Berets or Navy Seals with 20 years unusual meeting of his top com- acknowledged that the lucrative Angola follows four drought-stricken southern Africa nations — or more experience now earn about manders in Washington last week offers by outsiders present a rare Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique — in refusing foreign $50,000 in base pay, and can retire to discuss the matter. “The reten- opportunity for career soldiers to donations of certain genetically modified foods despite widespread with a $23,000 annual pension. But tion of our special operating forces provide financial security for their malnutrition and even starvation among their citizens. private security companies, whose is a big issue,” Brown said. families. Zambia has barred genetically modified foods outright, saying services are in growing demand in Last December, he gathered 20 “They’re not leaving out of dis- their safety is unproven. Other nations, including Angola, are insisting Iraq and Afghanistan, are offering senior enlisted Navy Seals, Army loyalty,” said Gen. Wayne Down- that cereals and seeds be milled first so that they cannot germinate in salaries of $100,000 to nearly Green Berets and Air Force com- ing, a retired head of the Special local soils and thus potentially alter the genetic makeup of local crops. $200,000 a year to the most experi- mandos and their spouses, at his Operations Command who recently The United States, which provides more than half the food aid in enced of them. headquarters in Tampa, Fla., for a returned from Iraq. “The money is southern Africa and the vast bulk of genetically modified foods, has The CIA is also dangling such weeklong session to discuss career- just so good, if they’re going to be accused governments of placing political and theoretical concerns enticing offers before experienced extending sweeteners, like special away from home that much, they above the survival of their own people. Special Operations forces that the pay bonuses and educational bene- may as well make top dollar.” Page 4 THE TECH March 30, 2004 OPINION

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PRODUCTION STAFF Editors: Andrew Mamo ’04, Sie Hendrata Dhar- mawan ’05, Tiffany Dohzen ’06; Associate Editor: Nicholas R. Hoff ’05; Staff: Joel C. Corbo ’04, Joy Forsythe ’04, Kevin Chen ’05, Albert Leung ’06, Jolinta Lin ’06, Jonathan Reinharth ’06, Jennifer Huang ’07, Yaser M. Khan ’07, Y. Grace Lin ’07, EunMee Yang ’07, Sylvia Yang ’07. Letters To The Editor OPINION STAFF Illogical Comparisons presence” in other parts of the world and the United States listed Yassin as a Specially Editor: Vivek Rao ’05; Columnist: Andrew C. “heightening law enforcement operations” — Designated Global Terrorist. Condoleezza Thomas ’04; Staff: Basil Enwegbara SM ’01, Gretchen K. Aleks ’04, Ken Nesmith ’04, Atif Z. Between Attacks in plain words, starting wars of aggression Rice said on March 22, “Let’s remember that Qadir ’04, W. Victoria Lee ’06, Daniel Barclay ’07, similar to the attack on Iraq, which left several Hamas is a terrorist organization and that Ruth Miller ’07, Chen Zhao ’07. I would like to respectfully add some foot- thousands of people dead and uncounted crip- Sheik Yassin has himself, personally, we notes to Daniel Barclay’s epochal column pled, including tens of thousands of Iraqi sol- believe, been involved in terrorist planning” SPORTS STAFF “Europe’s Sept. 11” [Mar. 19], if only to diers, hundreds of American soldiers, and (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4579005/). Editor: Phil Janowicz ’05, Brian Chase ’06; Staff: remove certain flaws from its conclusions. thousands of civilians, thus multiplying the Yassin opposed the peace process, as well as Yong-yi Zhu ’06. The author suggests as a difference in reac- efforts of the terrorists. ever recognizing the sovereign state of Israel. tions to terrorism, that the attacks of 2001 Even more surprising is Barclay’s enthusi- He argued in the Hamas Covenant that “there ARTS STAFF “heightened America’s resolve to bring the astic conclusion that while the bombings in is no solution for the Palestinian question Editors: Christine R. Fry ’05, Amy Lee ’06; perpetrators to justice,” implying this is not Spain bear no “greater significance” and except through jihad.” Associate Editor: Kevin G. Der ’06; Staff: Bog- true for Spain in 2004. In addition to being a merely “will become a footnote to history”; in It is clear that he was a ruthless villain. In dan Fedeles G, Xian Ke G, Ruby Lam G, Sonja slap in the face of the Spanish and the Spanish contrast to that, Barclay writes that “the ter- many ways he represents Israel’s Osama bin Sharpe G, Fred Choi ’02, Chikako Sassa ’02, Jed security services, this statement does not coin- rorist attacks of Sept. 11 were truly epochal Laden, who plans, finances, and recruits for Horne ’04, Pey-Hua Hwang ’04, Josiah Q. Seale cide with reality: it assumes that this resolve is … setting the terms of international relations attacks. All sovereign nations have the right to ’04, Petar Simich ’04. somehow an exclusive quality attached to for the next decade” — a decade under terms defend themselves against terror. Finally, PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF individual politicians like Mr. Aznar, or per- set by terrorists and a policy driven by their Yassin was a terrorist, who is not endowed Editors: Peter R. Russo ’02, Brian Hemond ’04, Jina haps Mr. Bush. That is as wrong as the “epochal” actions? I hope not. And frankly, I with the rights of civilian non-combatants, Kim ’06; Associate Editors: Daniel Bersak ’02, assumption that this goal is necessarily and don’t think so: The view that the book of his- obviously. Israel’s actions were therefore Jonathan T. Wang ’05; Staff: Marcus Dahlem G, appropriately pursued in the form of declara- tory is written with blood is the view of legal according to international law (as sum- Wendy Gu G, Stanley Hu ’00, Scott Johnston ’03, tions of war. lunatics. Every sane person — in particular marized in http://nationalre-view.com/com- Miguel A. Calles ’04, Jimmy Cheung ’04, Ben He further assumes that the Spanish blamed any responsible statesman — will do whatever ment/casey_rivkin200403250848.asp). Gallup ’04, Dmitry Portnyagin ’04, Hassen Abdu ’06, their government for “aggressively con- he or she can to avoid being responsible for Sam Raymond ’06 Matt D. Brown ’06, John M. Cloutier ’06, Grant Jordan fronting” the terrorists. This interpretation even a footnote in such a book. I believe in ’06, Stephanie Lee ’06, Edward Platt ’06, Omoleye relies on the tacit assumption that the attack on reason and in reason’s strength over madness. Roberts ’06, Rene Chen ’07. Iraq was justified and suited to “confront the And thus I believe in a brighter future, shared FEATURES STAFF terrorists.” It does not take into account that 90 by the people in Europe and the Americas, in percent of the Spanish population, then ignored Asia and Africa. Editor: Akshay Patil ’04; Associate Editors: Errata by their government, rejected the idea of an Sebastian Raupach G Tiffany Kosolcharoen ’06; Columnists: Bruce Wu G, Kailas Narendran ’01, Ian Ybarra ’04, Mark attack on Iraq as illegitimate and a threat to Liao ’06, Danchai Mekadenaumporn ’05, Alex international — and thus national — security. Israel’s bin Laden The article on MIT winning the Put- Nelson ’06; Cartoonists: Jason Burns G, Jumaane Barclay further suggests that in Europe, nam math competition [“MIT Takes First Jeffries ’02, Sergei R. Guma ’04, Sean Liu ’04, Jen- “there are lingering, perhaps subconscious con- On March 22, the State of Israel fired a Place At Putnam Math Test,” March 19] nifer Peng ’05, Nancy Phan ’05, Qian Wang ’05, cerns that acting with too much gusto might stir missile into the car of the founder of Hamas, a had several innaccuracies. Several years Zach Ozer ’07, Dan Scolnic ’07. up resentment, create more terrorism.” Again, terrorist group operating in the West Bank and for MIT students mentioned in the article this is incorrect. These concerns are neither lin- Gaza Strip that the State Department recog- were incorrect because of sophomore BUSINESS STAFF gering nor subconscious but very consciously nizes as such. This action was entirely justifi- standing and should have been Daniel M. Operations Manager: Lauren W. Leung ’07; and explicitly expressed, not only in Europe. able, due to the terrible atrocities Sheik Kane ’07, Timothy G. Abbott ’07, Sean Staff: Jyoti R. Tibrewala ’04, Lynn K. Kamimoto And paying attention to what is going on in the Ahmed Yassin sponsored and planned since P. Markan ’06, Pramook Khungurn ’06, ’05, Chris Ruggiero ’07. world, these concerns seem justified. 1987, when he founded Hamas. Since the and Gary L. Sivek ’06. David D. Shin ’05 TECHNOLOGY STAFF It is unclear what misleads the author to beginning of the Second Intifada in 2000, was listed with an incorrect middle initial. think that Europe “generally followed the path Hamas has sent 72 suicide bombers against In a quote, Kane was referring to 18.S34, Staff: Frank Dabek G, Roshan Baliga ’03, Daniel … where an increased threat of international Israel, killing 227 Israelis, and wounding 1393 not 18.034, as a preparation class for the Leeds ’05, Lisa Wray ’07. terrorism led to less vigilance” (probably not (as compiled at http://www.us- Putnam competition. Finally, it has been EDITORS AT LARGE Europe’s U.N.-backed involvement in israel.org/jsource/Terrorism/hamas.html, and 23 years since MIT has won the competi- Senior Editors: Satwiksai Seshasai G, Keith J. Afghanistan). But he becomes more explicit with independent verification from numerous tion, not 24. 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Once submitted, all letters become World Wide Web at http://the-tech.mit.edu. facsimile. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents © 2004 The Tech. Printed on recycled paper by Charles River Publishing. March 30, 2004 OPINION THE TECH Page 5 Pledge’s Failure to Reflect Constitutional Values of allegiance ends with “one nation … with undoubtedly impressing the idea of religion contrary to popular belief, does not include Chen Zhao liberty and justice for all.” That last word is upon these children. Or the children are just the phrase “So help me God.” That was ad the most important word in the entire pledge. clueless and just say the thing because the libbed by George Washington and the presi- In the Supreme Court last week, Michael Everybody who lives in this country should teacher said so. Then, in that case, the idea of dents since have said it, but the official oath Newdow made a courageous — if unpopular feel comfortable saying this pledge since we “one nation under God” becomes embedded does not include it. The phrase “In God we — stand for the separation of church and ostensibly wish to be all-inclusive. in their heads even if they receive no other trust” on currency was only inserted to state, a fundamental doctrine on which this To say that including the phrase is not education pertaining to religion. appease opponents after Abraham Lincoln country prides itself. He may not win in his against the First Amendment is absurd. It is Another favorite argument from the other rejected a proposal to insert Jesus Christ into fight to rid the Pledge of Allegiance of those approved by Congress, officially endorsed by side is that it is tradition, so therefore we the Preamble. The founding fathers, many of two pesky words, “under God,” but he made the United States of America, and it is recited should just leave it alone. That is the most them deeply religious men living in a reli- a passionate and pre- everywhere, most ludicrous reason I have ever heard. Some- gious time, did not simply forget to include cise argument that prominently in class- thing has always been done that way, so we the Lord in the Constitution. They deliberate- would put any actual rooms. When some- should just keep on doing it the same way ly left God out because they believed that all practicing lawyer to When something that so thing that so represents even if it makes no sense and is inherently people have the freedom to practice whatever shame. Anyone who our country and our unconstitutional? I do not think I even need religion they desire and they also have the witnessed his beauti- represents our country and our government makes a to further discuss what this country would be right not to practice religion. fully crafted 30- government makes a direct direct reference to God, like if everyone just accepted that which is By eliminating all references to God from minute argument and what could the govern- distasteful simply because it is tradition. the government, one is not endorsing atheism the unwavering nerve reference to God, what could the ment possibly be doing Another poor excuse often stated is that it or in any way being less spiritual. By render- evident in his skillful other than sponsoring is only two words. As Justice David Souter ing the government religion-free, one is only repartee with the jus- government possibly be doing religion? Sure, it is not put it, it has become “so tepid, so dilute … upholding the belief that all Americans have tices would undoubt- other than sponsoring religion? a specific God that is that it should be under the constitutional the right to believe in whatever God they edly agree that his mentioned and the gov- radar.” But this is precisely why those two chose or no God at all. Those that believe in entire crusade is very ernment is not favoring words should not be there. People do not God should feel comfortable enough with just American and that one religion over anoth- question the phrase; they just accept it blind- believing that they do not need to inject it the founding fathers would have applauded er. However, the government is actively ly. In a democratic society, there is no place into something that is meant to express patri- his efforts. endorsing the belief that God exists. To argue for blind acceptance. otism and to subtly When I was in elementary school, I never that the government is being all-inclusive The people who trick all school chil- understood why the words “under God” were when referring only to God and not the Chris- founded the United dren into “practicing” in the Pledge of Allegiance. They just did not tian God or some other specific higher being States of America were The founding fathers, many of religion. seem to go with the flow. Now I know that is akin to relegating all atheists in this coun- very clear about erect- Are there more there is a reason why that particular section try to insignificance. They have the right to ing a wall between the them deeply religious men living important issues out seems so choppy. The pledge, as it was origi- peacefully practice their beliefs and not be government and reli- in a religious time, did not there? Sure, of course, nally written, never made any reference to bombarded with religious allusions from the gion. The preamble of there are, but the God. It was not until 1954 that Congress, government. the Constitution says simply forget to include the Lord Ninth Circuit Court of under pressure from religious leaders, voted Proponents of the phrase “under God” that the government is Appeals deemed to add that phrase. This period being the often argue that children are not required to formed by “We, the in the Constitution. Newdow’s argument height of the Cold War, the purpose was sup- recite the pledge in class. However, if you people,” not “We, the credible enough to posedly to differentiate ourselves from the have gone through school recently, you will people under God.” agree with him and “godless communists.” According to rela- know that there is no place more intimidating The Constitution makes no mention of God at the Supreme Court justices has deemed the tives of Francis Bellamy, the man who wrote than a classroom full of your peers and your all except at the end, near the signatures, issue worthy of their consideration. So, as the pledge in 1892, the insertion of the teacher telling you to do this or that. The kid where it says “In the year of our Lord.” The long as we are on the topic, let’s give it real phrase likely would have upset Bellamy, who that refuses to stand up and recite the pledge first sentence of the First Amendment bans consideration, open up our minds, and see was a Baptist but left his church in dissatis- will surely feel estranged from everyone else. the government from making any laws that Newdow, more than being a wacko athe- faction. This is exactly the kind of pressure that will “respecting the establishment of religion.” ist or a disgruntled father without custody of The inclusion of “under God” makes compel the child to just go along with the The oath with which presidents are sworn in, his daughter, may perhaps be right. absolutely no sense whatsoever. The pledge crowd and through this, the government is A Dud in the State House and unable to adequately support their schools. Vivek Rao Now, Romney appears intent on directing a sig- nificant portion of the already too limited edu- Massachusetts residents have the dubious cation funds toward districts that can best “privilege” of being served by not one but two absorb the budget cuts. Such a plan would only elected executives who exhibit a striking lack of punish underperforming school systems rather prudent fiscal decision making and a irreverent than improving them, further widening the gap lack of understanding toward critical govern- between rich communities and their poorer ment programs. In fact, one of the few notice- counterparts. Luckily, a number of state law- able differences between President George W. makers have already said that they highly doubt Bush and Governor Mitt Romney is that the for- Romney’s plan will be approved, but the mer has attained the highest seat of power in the episode exemplifies the governor’s utter lack of land while the latter still aspires to do so. Rom- concern with true progress, as well as his appar- ney is nothing more than a power-hungry politi- ent obsession with fattening the pockets of the cian who cares more about using Massachusetts rich while neglecting the needs of everybody as a stepping stone to national prominence than else. about genuinely improving the Commonwealth, Another telling development has been Rom- and two recent developments have cemented ney’s bizarre opposition of the Democratic the governor’s status as a National Convention mere nitwit who happens (DNC), which will to work under the golden take place in Boston dome on Beacon Hill. Romney is nothing more than a this summer. A The first revolves Republican with around Romney’s pro- power-hungry politician who intense political aspi- posed $12 million John rations, Romney no and Abigail Adams Schol- cares more about using doubt desires to arships, which would pro- scratch the backs of vide full tuition to state Massachusetts as a stepping nationally prominent colleges for students scor- stone to national prominence members of his party ing in the top quartile on who might soon be the Massachusetts Com- than about genuinely improving able to scratch his if prehensive Assessment he decides to actively System (MCAS), the test the Commonwealth. pursue a new posi- that the state’s high tion, with the Senate schoolers are expected to and even the White pass before graduating. Romney’s plan ignores House looming on his radar. As governor, a fundamental characteristic of the MCAS, Romney’s responsibility is to put aside his bias- which has been administered since 1998. Like es in order to foster and facilitate a major rev- How can you get your’s heard? most standardized tests, the MCAS tends to enue-generating event like the DNC, but unfor- result in higher scores among students who tunately he is beneath that. He long refused to come from wealthier backgrounds. Putting two help fund the convention, and a number of state and two together (a skill which cannot necessar- agencies under his jurisdiction have created ily be expected of Romney) would seemingly obstacles to convention planning. Perhaps his suggest that the proposed scholarships would boldest maneuver was to publicly suggest that Put it in The Tech! primarily serve the interests of the state’s richest the Democrats move the event from the Fleet- students and school districts. This has been con- Center to South Boston, using security concerns firmed in The Boston Globe, with analysis as a thin veil for his underhanded political agen- showing that more than half of the students in da. Even though Romney finally met with the wealthy suburb of Weston would qualify for Boston Mayor Tom Menino to reaffirm his sup- the scholarships, while only about three percent port the DNC, the governor has already of students from the significantly poorer com- revealed himself to be petty and amateurish, Submit to munity of Lawrence would receive the benefit. standing in the way of an important economic Such a proposal is especially ludicrous event for the city in order to further his selfish given Romney’s previous policies toward pub- aims. lic education. In order to compensate for the So we have a leader fixated on maintaining [email protected] massive tax cuts he put in place near the start of and expanding his political power, even at the his tenure, Romney significantly slashed the expense of common sense. Sounds a bit like the state education budget, leaving a number of man in the White House, doesn’t it? Too bad communities across the state strapped for cash Romney is guaranteed two more years. Page 6 THE TECH March 30, 2004 ARTS ALBUM REVIEW Pop Some Freezepop Into Your CD Player Sprinkle Your Life With Technicolor Pixie Dust By Chikako Sassa including Liz Enthusiasm, the vocalist-cum- terpiece, colored by the Duke’s wistful sing- the emotional reductionism of Freezepop is STAFF WRITER Web site manager and Flash moviemaker. song whisper and textured by an intricate poignant against a rolling bucolic landscape Fancy Ultra-Fresh The Duke, who wields a hand-held interlacing of multiple blippy melodies, of Pennsylvania. Freezepop cannot reign in a Freezepop sequencer by Yamaha, and the Other Sean kaleidoscopic and resplendent. The song world devoid of electricity and shiny mod- Archenemy Record Company T. Drinkwater, who mans a Roland synthe- would provide suitable background music ern appliances. May 25, 2004 sizer, make up the rest of the trio. Together, for both a luxurious lull in a Sunday after- The lack of emotional complexity is by s homage to spring, that pitifully they explore the infinite possibilities of elec- noon and a dawning sky after a night of seri- choice, of course, and Freezepop is likely to brief harbinger of summer, and to all tronica music and weave together strands of ous tooling. prove a soft addiction for urbanites with an her entourage of horticulturally tin- plastic gems with happy vibes. Virtually any As I write this, sharing an Amtrak com- unexplained penchant for twizzlers and Akered crocuses, tulips and dahlias in sound can be mixed, sampled, and juxta- partment with a group of Amish travelers, nerds. their Technicolor splendor, I recommend posed to any other popping a brand new Freezepop CD into sound from varying his- your PC. The music and the digitally torical or cultural ori- enhanced goodies will deliver a mild sugar gins. The unexpected high with no nutritional value. combinations create Freezepop’s latest collection of elec- humor and insight into tronic ear candy, “Fancy Ultra-Fresh,” still quirky human behavior, abounds with blippy buoyancy, but is Gameboys, and pho- decidedly more introspective than their pre- tons. vious releases in a dreamy, vulnerable sort “Stakeout” is unde- of way. Songs of puppy-slush love and niably the cream of the celestial meanderings add a wistful touch. crop on the album. Liz On the whole, their new collection is more Enthusiasm sings about polished and nuanced than “Freezepop For- a hackneyed scheme of ever,” though their debut predecessor girl-ensnares-unwit- excelled in sheer originality and farcical ting-boy with her power. For example, their parodied karaoke charming combination video of “Tenisu no Boifurendo (Tennis of girly guile and stalk- Boyfriend)” achieves a hilarity that no er attitude. The lyrics high-budget high-gloss music video could are deceptively simple, hope to attain. and Enthusiasm is by Freezepop endears itself to local fans in no means an exception- Boston and around the world by virtue of al vocalist, but the cel- their self-mockery. Any band that comes up ery-like crispness of her with songs that combines the words “duct voice and deadpan tape” and “romance” does not take them- delivery matches well selves seriously. The trio creates odes to with the polyphony of urban pop culture and snazzily packages blippy electronica. their products with the help of a talented “Emotions & Pho- FREEZEPOP.COM group of digital artists and programmers, tons” is the other mas- Local electronica rockers Freezepop shine on their latest album, Fancy Ultra-Fresh.

CONCERT REVIEW WMBR’s Get Down With the Get Up Kids Top Albums The Kids Provide a Performance to Truly ‘Write Home About’ Here are some popular new releases currently receiving airplay on WMBR: By Phuong Nguyen and Xian Ke singer when he propelled himself onto the that have been released, pleasing old and crowd during one song. It’s likely though new fans alike. The pace of the show was 1. Various Artists “Nuggets: Hallucina- The Get Up Kids that at least some in the crowd were still also well-balanced. Ear-busting, throbbing tions” With Rocky Votolato and Recover recovering from blasted eardrums days after songs were played whenever the crowd 2. Von Bondies “Pawn Shoppe-Heart” Axis the show. became too mellow from the more mid- 3. Eagles of Death Metal “Peace Love March 12, 6 p.m. The Get Up Kids, five guys from Kansas tempo songs. Death Metal” he Get Up Kids performed a sold-out City, MO, turned up on stage with beers in Contrary to their monicker, the Kids are 4. Mountain Goats “We Shall All be show at Axis, with Rocky Votolato and hand ready to rock and have a fun time. Get- actually all grown up, with most of the mem- Healed” Recover as the opening acts, creating ting the crowd going, they opened with bers in their late 20s. In the past few years, 5. Sufjan Stevens “Seven Swans” Tan eclectic sound ranging from heart- “Coming Clean” and “Holiday,” tracks off of they have also matured musically. Straying 6. Scientists “On Another Planet” breaking acoustic to brain-numbing noise. their first two albums. They then launched from the high energy pop-punk sound of their 7. Destruction Unit “Destruction Unit” Rocky Votolato opened the show with an into “Man of Conviction,” off of their latest youth as a band with the emo classic “Some- 8. Preston School of Industry “Mon- acoustic set of earnest, heart-tugging songs album, “Guilt Show.” Overall, the set was thing To Write Home About,” they experi- soon” from his latest release, “Suicide Medicine.” evenly split between the handful of albums mented with new styles emphasizing song- 9. Lanterna “Highways” For relatively unknown writing instead of guitar-rock, much 10. Casual Dots “Casual Dots” acts, it is both a blessing to the dismay of older fans. At one and a curse to be compared point during the concert, To hear these and many other new to existing popular acts. guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic mocked releases, tune into MIT’s student-staffed Votolato’s uncanny resem- people’s unwillingness to change, radio station at 88.1 FM or blance in both appearance proclaiming their out-of-tune guitars http://wmbr.mit.edu. and style to Chris Carraba as providing a “punk” sound. Their SOURCE: WMBR of Dashboard Confessional progression in music style was evi- will either haunt him or dent in the set, a refreshing contrast propel him to popularity. At to the monotony of the opening acts. one point, a member of the Surprisingly, songs from their audience yelled “Dash- new release were well received, but board,” to which Votolato old songs were still the highlights of We get you the tickets. replied, “Fuck you. … the night. “I’m a Loner Dottie, A You get us the review. Check the date on the Rebel” and a request from the audi- albums, asshole.” Whatever ence, “Mass Pike,” were crowd the comparisons, Votolato’s pleasers. Legions of adolescent and emotional lyrics delivered college-age boys sang their hearts in his slightly raspy voice out and bounced along to lyrics with gained him new fans that themes reminiscent of an age when night. love, loss, break-ups, and music When the four guys of were everything. Recover appeared on The Get Up Kids saved their stage, it was as if the cast more experimental songs to wind of “That 70s Show” had down the set, playing “Is There A become rock musicians. Way Out,” a song about guilt and The results probably betrayal, which had an excessively would have been similarly long and mellow instrumental sec- grating on the ears. In con- tion. After putting the audience into [email protected] trast to the pop-folk style a lull, the Kids rewarded and reener- of Votolato, Recover had a gized the crowd with their encore. metal-punk sound that at They played the often-requested times was almost indis- “Ten Minutes” last leaving the cernible from loud noise. ROBB COHEN crowd buzzing and satisfied, while concerts • books • opera • video games • comedy • The audience responded Mark Pryor, lead singer for the Get Up Kids, performs. The Get Up they left thinking “last night on the theatre • restaurants • movies • music • dvd’s slightly more positively Kids played Axis on March 12. Mass Pike, I fell in love” with the and even humored the lead Get Up Kids. March 30, 2004 ARTS THE TECH Page 7 SUGAR & SPICE Achieve a Higher Level of Chocolate Bliss A Comparison of Three Different Brands of Chocolate in a Flourless Chocolate Cake

By Marissa Cheng the chocolate and butter, you make an egg Flourless Chocolate Cake STAFF WRITER foam, fold it into the chocolate mixture, and hocolate heaven is a place that many pour into the pan. Though it only takes 15 1 lb bittersweet chocolate people might think that they reach on minutes to bake, it unfortunately takes four 1/2 lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter a regular basis. If you really want to hours to cool. If you can stand it, leave it for a 6 eggs C go to chocolate heaven, though, you few more days, and the intensity and flavor of might try making the flourless chocolate cake the chocolate will deepen further (the same Preheat the oven to 425°F. Grease the sides and bottom of an 8" springform pan sepa- from “The Cake Bible,” by Rose Levy Beren- goes for the spices in spice cakes). rately. Wrap the bottom with aluminum foil, grease it again, and lock it into the sides. This baum (look for the Chocolate Oblivion Torte). And the winner of the chocolate tasting: prevents water from leaking into the batter. (A 9" springform will also work.) This is a cake that’s designed to showcase Callebaut. The Hershey’s Special Dark is Chop the chocolate coarsely, until the largest pieces are about the size of a marble. Cut chocolate — it has only three ingredients, slightly too sweet, and my tasters could cer- the butter into tablespoons. Put the butter in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, then put chocolate, butter, and eggs (so yes, you’re tainly tell which cake was the Hershey’s in a the chocolate on top. If you’re confident about your ability not to burn the chocolate, turn also going to cholesterol hell when you eat it). blind tasting. The Valrhona was slightly too the heat to medium. If you’re not so confident, turn the heat to low; if you’re absolutely not My latest experiment, in a continuation of bitter, because of the high cacao content; I’d confident, use a double boiler. Stir the chocolate and butter fairly frequently as they melt my chocolate experiments, involves trans- like to know if it would have fared better if I together — this prevents the chocolate from burning (and being ruined). Don’t skip this forming three pounds of chocolate into this had added some sugar to the batter. I found step. cake. The three chocolates I’ve chosen are the Valrhona also to have a rather flat taste, When there are just a few small lumps left in the mixture, turn the heat off; the residual Callebaut bittersweet, Valrhona Pur Carabe while the Callebaut had a lot of heat will melt any remaining lumps. Fill a large pot with an inch of water, and bring the (66 percent cacao), and Hershey’s Special chocolate flavor. The Callebaut water to a simmer. Crack the eggs into a large bowl, and set over the simmering water. Dark. Callebaut is my favorite baking choco- was more complex than the Val- Beat the eggs with an electric mixer or a whisk until they’re hot to the touch, about five late, and is only $6 per pound at Whole rhona, while the Valrhona minutes; the eggs will get foamy, and double in volume. Take the eggs off the water, and Foods Market. Valrhona is the favorite of leaned a little too much towards continue to beat until the egg foam cools, about three to five minutes. many pastry chefs, and I’d like to see how coffee in its flavor. When you With a rubber spatula, fold half of the egg foam into the chocolate mixture. When a few it compares to the Callebaut (I’m rooting make your cake, go the extra distance streaks of egg remain, fold the mixture into the remaining half of the egg foam. Pour the for Callebaut). Hershey’s Special Dark, to Whole Foods to get the Callebaut. batter into the prepared pan. surprisingly, always places well in the You’ll find that it’s actually cheaper Put the 8" springform pan into a larger pan (for example, a roasting pan). Fill the outer various chocolate taste tests in than the Ghirardelli baking bars in pan with an inch of hot water. “Cook’s Illustrated,” so like any- the supermarket (generally $8–9 Bake for five minutes uncovered, then ten minutes covered with a piece of buttered foil. one else, I’d like to know if it’s per pound), which would be my Resist the urge to cook the cake further (it really is done). If you think it looks too shiny on actually any good. second choice. But if you really top to be done, throw away that preconception; it’s done, I promise. It doesn’t even need The cake itself is easy to want to reach chocolate heaven, another minute. Cool 45 minutes, then cover and chill for at least three hours. make — after melting together go with the Callebaut. LECTURE/BOOK REVIEW Bringing the Guatemalan Genocide to America’s Attention Manz’s Book Compelling, But Her Lecture Falls Flat By Katherine S. Ryan ence. Her speech was delivered near-verbatim a heartfelt welcome to all Guatemalans, espe- Guatemala descended into war. The guerrillas, from full lecture notes that merely summa- cially to those who are refugees of a war that generally supported by the villagers, made Paradise in Ashes: The Life and Death of a rized the text. Additional photographs of peo- America helped to sponsor. isolated attacks, and in 1982 the army brutally Guatemalan Village ple in the book brought them somewhat more Her book is rigorously documented and retaliated. While the village was being Beatriz Manz to life, but she related few new personal anec- sensitively told. She brings readers first destroyed, one boy watched his sister being March 16, 7 p.m. dotes and avoided offering any suggestions through the history of the Mayans in killed: “My baby sister was crying. A soldier Room 66-110 about how the U.S. or Guatemala should have Guatemala, detailing how they entered into a took out a knife and opened my little sister’s eatriz Manz’s new book “A Paradise behaved differently in this moment in history. poverty of dependence on the Latino elite, a stomach and threw everything out on the in Ashes” drags the largely-ignored It was only after a provocative question from situation made even more entrenched when a ground. My sister no longer cried.” killings of the Mayan Indians by the the audience, “Was Clinton’s apology in 1999 CIA-sponsored coup d’etat in 1954 instated a The gravity continued. People became BGuatemalan military in the 1980s to the Guatemalans worth the paper it was government associated with the economic and refugees and lost touch with their families; the squarely to the attention of the American pub- written on?” that she palpably livened up. At military power brokers of the society. The sit- village was rebuilt, but was placed under mili- lic. This massacre was routinely ignored in the first skirting the issue, pointing out the sym- uation became increasingly dire for Mayan tary control until 1994. Hope, though, American press while it was occurring, and bolic importance of a statement of regret from peasants. With the emergence of liberation emerged in the end. Most of the refugees only later did the facts begin to emerge. Manz someone who was at the time the most power- theology in the Catholic Church and its pro- came back, and people returned to a more intends to reinitiate a dialogue on the ethnic ful man in the world, she eventually launched motion of collective action around 1970, a peaceful life. war; one that was, as Manz writes, worse than into a tirade against the U.S. Compared to group of these peasants trekked through to the Manz’s text is moving and informative. Bosnia and whose facts were intentionally Mexico, which was incredibly generous in rainforest to claim uninhabited land where Whether Manz will come to change American subverted by the U.S. government. accepting refugees, she claimed, the U.S. has they could establish a village, which they attitudes about current immigration policies is Manz, in her appearance at MIT, gave a not done anything for Guatemala. She sug- called Santa María Tzejá. questionable, but as her book starts to pene- dry performance. Despite an initial wisecrack gested that American attitudes towards immi- Manz worked with this group of people for trate Barnes and Nobles around the nation, her about her fear of technology (“If I can face the grants are ignorant and morally repugnant; decades in her anthropological research, and story of the plight of one Guatemalan village Guatemalan army, I can face a Powerpoint rather than reducing people to the term “ille- through their eyes, she describes the calami- will reopen a discussion on an atrocious peri- lecture.”), she did little to engage the audi- gal aliens,” she suggests that America extend tous events of the 1970s and 1980s, as od in history.

ART REVIEW ‘Son et Lumiere’: Trading Spaces Experience the World in a New Light

By Xian Ke the senses. The use of electronic components surprises behind the other works. Unfortunate- with a degree in computer science. “Listening STAFF WRITER to create an experience is really the only thing ly, while the emotional impact of the other Post” by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin has Son et Lumière that the four artists and two artist teams repre- works is no less dramatic, the extent of inter- managed to reflect the human condition in Tuesday–Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, sented have in common. Yet, the aggregate action with the exhibits stops there. their art in a most fascinating way — by com- Noon–6 p.m.; Friday, Noon–8 p.m. through result is surprisingly well-blended, as one Bruce Bemis’s “Bipolar Radiance” is a clev- municating near real-time commentary from April 4 exhibit segues into the next as in sequences of erly artistic use of an amateur figure skating the Internet. The work is visually impressive, List Visual Arts Center a dream or Hollywood picture. Unlike a film reel from 1951. The clicks of the film pro- as the unfiltered text is shown in various Free stereotypical art show, visitors are immersed jector permeate the entire gallery, enhancing the arrangements on an 11 by 21' matrix of LCD ights… Camera… Action!” One almost in the physical and emotional environment of surreal movie-set experience of the visit. The displays. The effect is at once overwhelming expects to hear those words upon enter- each exhibit. two spinning globes that reflect the colorful and insightful, disturbing and intriguing. ing the MIT List Visual Arts Center’s Located in an inconspicuous passageway images and the visible gears that turn the reel Jessica Rylan’s “The Voice of Theater,” Lcurrent exhibition. The title “Son et off the entrance of the gallery is Michael Mit- make the production all the more intriguing. located across the hall from the main gallery, Lumière” evokes a post-war entertainment in telman’s “Hallway,” seemingly right off of The eerie room in Ann Lislegaard’s “Cor- and Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadil- Europe, whereby pre-programmed colored the set of a horror film. The dramatic effect is ner Piece — The Space between Us” seems as la’s “Traffic Patterns” round out the exhibit. lights projected onto a building reveal a story exacerbated by the innovative way in which if it could be located in the same haunted Though both deliver on interesting concepts in of the structure. But lest you be mistaken, this the installation interacts with the visitors’ neighborhood as the “Hallway.” In this case, creating an ambiance, they are the weakest exhibit is certainly no “Go Sox” on the Pru- presence. What first appears to be an interest- the fear arises from the words of the woman among the various works. dential Building. Rather, the level of ingenuity ing gimmick of projecting likenesses onto a on the prerecorded soundtrack, who is obses- So next time you have a break on campus, is closer to when MIT hackers turned the window and reverberating sound quickly sively watching and commenting on the it is worth your while to pop by the List Visu- Green Building into the world’s largest sound instills surprise and even fear as the complexi- actions of another woman, or herself. al Arts Center to see, hear, and experience the meter one July 4 weekend. ties of the mechanisms are uncovered. Perhaps the most captivating work in the exhibits. The entrancing sounds and images Each of the six works combines vivid These emotions carry onto the rest of exhi- entire exhibition is a collaboration between a might just cause you to be transported to a imagery and technical wizardry to stimulate bition, as one is tempted to discover hidden former Bell Labs statistician and a visual artist world without classes and deadlines. We are artsy. Come and join us. [email protected] March 30, 2004

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By Brian Loux me with a very well defined raccoon-like My friend now needs three wingmen. and J-Kwon. Ludacris misses the cut EDITOR IN CHIEF band around my eyes. All that I can do is This is, of course, where I come in. because he does not appear in the beginning One of my tongue-in-cheek lenton vows wear sunglasses for the entire day and I think I do a wonderful wingman job. I of the song “Yeah.” You cannot go five this year was to have a “real” spring break, night, dress in red shirts so the burn blends make pleasant conversation, work the table, minutes without hearing “Yeah” or “Tipsy” this year being my last real chance to do so. in, and take the frequent stares and giggles joke around politely, and praise my friend. I on one channel or another. And even if you My trip to Miami was an attempt to have from people on the street. even share a spark with one of the girl’s shut your own radio off, you’ll end up next just that. I failed. But, amidst the sun, the Saturday also marks the first day to go friends. The only problem is my friend has to some other car full of stupid white peo- sand, and the anachronistic feel of the to clubs. It turns out, however, that one of lost interest in the girl he met. She is visibly ple nodding their heads and singing along. 1980s, I did get a lot of stories. our group members already made plans to depressed, and he is visibly focused on his So you go to the beach, because you think go to the CroBar with a group of girls from steak. The two reluctantly fake like they are that is a safe haven. Yet some beachfaring Friday McCormick Hall that also happened to jour- having a good time and say that we should youth has brought a cooler full of beer and After a short drive from Ft. Lauderdale, ney to Miami. Biting my lip to suppress my all go to a club, which we do. a boombox to blast out the same five songs we arrive at our Miami hotel late in the day. anger, I don a nice pair of khakis and get After a few minutes of sitting on the all throughout the sandy shores. You are We decide to take it easy tonight and just into a cab. I flew 1500 miles to party with reserved beach outside the club, my friend then doubleteamed by the radios from the soak in the scenery and warm temperatures more MIT people? I can already see how tells me that he’s done for the night. He shoreside hotels and restaurants blasting the from the cars. We aim for dinner in little this night is going to go. wants no more. Clearly, there must be some same exact tunes in an attempt to entice Havana. The first confirmation that I’m in hell is civilized, mature way to deal this situation. beachgoers to stop on by, but all it really About five minutes onto the road, I real- a 40-year old gentleman in a Marilyn Mon- He can talk to his date and part as friends, leads to is a giant cacophony of “YEAH … ize that this plan is doomed because nobody roe dress welcoming us to the club. Conjur- while I can still smooth things over with my OHHH-KAYYIE!” This is how I felt when knows where little Havana is. And so, in ing up ways to better my situation, I sud- date and continue on as if nothing has hap- 14 of the 16 LAMP channels were devoted under four or five hours of arrival, tensions denly realize that I have left my ID back in pened. This can be done. to the Ben Folds Five and Coldplay albums. begin to rise as our crew hastily barks the hotel room, and am forced to make a 26 We tell them we’ll be back soon. He We head to a local casino that night and orders as to where to turn. This eventually block dash northward. hops into a cab; I run onto the beach and I try to best the grandmas at bingo. When leads the driver to ask for directions in a I call up my friend once I reach the dash 36 blocks back to the hotel. that fails, I try seven card stud. When that local neighborhood we stumbled into. As he hotel. “I’m back in the room. But is it worth (Honestly, I probably got a good 15 doesn’t work, I figure I’ll just quit and let talks to an older black woman about getting the trip back?” I ask. miles of running done over a period of four the old bastards bleed me slowly through to little Havana, I quickly pick up on her “Bloux,” he says with a deliberate and days. Boston marathon, here we come.) social security taxes. accent and the surrounding location. We are exasperated three-second pause, “It’s not in little Haiti. If you know your GTA: Vice worth it.” Knew it. Monday Wednesday City like I do, you’ll understand what hap- I watch the NCAA tournament until I As punishment for my sins, my sunburn We drive to the everglades to see the pens next. I hide in my seat and pray to pass out. begins shedding. Because the sunburn is all beauty of untouched wildlife, through the god. It turns out that there is no race war, over my body, I leave a damn dustcloud Keys to watch the sun play along the water, and the lady’s Cuban neighbor gives us Sunday wherever I go. then eat at Arby’s for the $1.99 beef n’ proper directions. We still get lost anyway, Unfortunately, the sunburn sapped so While carousing the streets, I buy my cheddar. Gotta save money somewhere. and end up eating at a place that at least much of my energy that I am not able to get only souvenir of the trip: a large Scarface looked authentically Cuban. out of bed until 4 p.m. On the plus side, I poster. Nothing says Miami like Tony Mon- Thursday get to watch my NCAA bracket suffer a fate tana. Ending the trip in a fashion truly befit- Saturday that would make Custer cringe all from the Later that night, the same friend from ting of MIT; we spend our final free hours Our first official carefree day at the comfort of my hotel bed. I begin to worry before tries his luck with the ladies again at at a combination go-kart / arcade. beach. I actually make the mistake of not that I’m slipping back into my MIT sleep- a different club. I turn down another wing- And with that, I board a plane bound for putting on sunscreen. This traditionally has- ing habits after that night. man offer, only to see him successfully hit colder climates with nothing to show for it n’t been a problem; I occasionally forgot to While I sleep however, the turning point on two attractive dancers with another but pinker skin and a 6 by 4' poster. Sure, use sunscreen in Honduras without reper- of the trip occurs. One friend has been for- buddy. I soon prove to be the luckier of the the spring break wasn’t as “real” as I had cussion. So when when my friends begin to tunate enough to meet (read: be pursued by) two, however, as another patron tries to hoped, and a lot of things could have been yell at me to get going, I figure I can afford a girl at the CroBar the night before. They start a fight with my friend over the girls. done better, but the only thing I regret is to skip it for a day. exchange phone numbers and her entourage Poor guy just can’t win. not partaking in the Miami tradition of For that I become the trip’s joke. I am of three meet up at the beach today with building your own criminal empire. It’s not just red, I am red like that character in everyone but myself. The original pair Tuesday spring break, man. You’re not supposed to the movie “Hellboy.” My sunglasses leave decide that they should all meet for dinner. Today I declare war on Lil’ Jon, Usher, have goals. March 30, 2004 The Tech Page 11 Spring Break Photojournal

Miami’s South Beach is miles of white sand, turquoise water, pernicious rip currents and deadly jellyfish, all conveniently abutting the boardwalk, under enough sun to fry the paler of the bunch.

A go kart races past the photographer’s crippled machine on the last glori- ous day spent in the Florida sunshine.

An alligator, a common sight in the Florida Everglades, edges towards our tour airboat. Our guide enticed the ’gators to come closer with marshmallows.

Our crew braves the dangers of the Floridian riptides and heads into the Atlantic waters.

We all grab a lunch at a Cuban diner in the south end of Miami Beach.

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Sponsor: Folk Dance Club. members of the community offers a place to hang out, various activities, and a lending library during its open hours. Free. Room: 8:45 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. – Swing Dancing. Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Free. Room: Student Center 2nd floor. Spon- Rainbow Lounge (50-306). Sponsor: lbgt@mit. sor: Lindy Hop Society, GSC Funding Board. 5:30 p.m. – authors@mit - Pablo Boczkowski. Please join us as Sloan School Professor Pablo Boczkowski introduces his brand new book, Digitizing the News, an investigation of how daily newspapers in America have entered the online world. His findings Thursday, April 1 show that new forms of media emerge not just in bursts of revolutionary change but by an innovative merging of existing media structure and practices with new technology. Pablo J. Boczkowski is Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Assistant Professor 10:00 a.m. – Undergraduate Admissions Office Information Session (Followed by Campus Tour). 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Sponsor: Rugby Football 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – English Bible Class. You are welcome to attend this free Bible class led by Barbara Beevers of Baptist Club, MIT, Edgerton House Residents’ Association. Campus Ministry. International spouses are welcome especially, but open to all. Come practice English, ask questions and make 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – the mit e-club weekly tuesday meeting. the regular weekly tuesday meeting of the mit entrepreneurs friends. Free. Room: W11 Board Room. Sponsor: Baptist Campus Ministry. club, aka: the e-club, an mit service organisation, where students, faculty, staff and alum gather to pitch, hear, crit and discuss 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – SAPweb: Purchasing on the Web. Free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Services and their new science and technology start-up ideas, network, build 50k or independent founders’ teams, and more; stay for our mit 6- Technology. credit seminar sem.095 on tech start-ups (sem.089 in fall term). Free. Room: 56-114. Sponsor: Entrepreneurs Club. 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – STS Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series — Sara Wermiel. Historical Preservation, and What’s it Got to do 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Tuesday Evening Toastmasters @ MIT: Weekly Club Meeting. At Toastmasters, members learn by speak- with History of Technology? Free. Room: E51-095. Sponsor: STS. ing to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Typical meeting consists of; Prepared Speech session (2-3 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. – Free Conversational English Class. International students, scholars and spouses are welcome to attend a members present speeches based on projects from the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program man- free conversational English class. Come exchange culture, learn about American culture and holidays and make lasting friends. uals. Projects cover such topics as speech organization, voice, language, gestures, and persuasion.), Table Topics session (Mem- Free. Room: W11 Board Room. Sponsor: Baptist Campus Ministry. bers present 1-to-2-minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics.), and Evaluation session (Every prepared speaker is assigned 2:00 p.m. – Undergraduate Admissions Office Information Session (Followed by Campus Tour). Groups over 15 people need to an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.). Guests are welcome. Free. Room: 2-142. make special reservations. Free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, ( Building 10, Rm. 10-100). Sponsor: Admissions. Sponsor: Tuesday Evening Toastmasters @ MIT. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. Title TBA. Free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: MIT Atmospheric Science 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – Opening Reception: MIT Glass Studio Exhibition. This exhibit traces the work of student glass artists as Seminars. they learned to make glass tiles by pouring molten glass into sand molds. Exhibit on view through April 13. Gallery open 24 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – How to Find a Summer UROP. UROP staff will discuss how to find a summer UROP and file the necessary hours/day. Free. Room: Wiesner Student Art Gallery (Stratton Student Center 2nd floor). Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Student Art paperwork. Free. Room: 4-163. Sponsor: UROP. Association. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Physics Colloquium Series: Information Storage and Propagation in Genetic Networks. The Physics Com- 6:00 p.m. – Varsity Women’s Lacrosse vs. Babson College. Free. Room: Jack Barry Field. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Treasurer munity is invited to a pre-lecture reception at 3:45 p.m. in room 4-339. Free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Physics Department. Training - Student Groups. Training for ASA student groups and residence hall student governments. Includes information about 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – Even Factors in Digraphs. ORC Spring Seminar Series. Seminar reception immediately following in the good business practices, accessing student groups accounts online as well as information about funding sources available on Philip M. Morse Reading Room, E40-106. Free. Room: E40-298. Sponsor: Operations Research Center. campus. Free. Room: 4-231. Sponsor: UA Finance Board, Student Life Programs, GSC Funding Board. 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Communications Forum: Changing Media, Changing Audiences. Betsy Frank, executive vice president for 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Learn more about God’s purposes in the world. See link research and planning at MTV Networks, will discuss the latest research on television viewing, the emergence of niche audiences, for details. Pickup from Alewife @ 6 - please email [email protected] to confirm a ride. Rides back to Alewife guaranteed, the battle for advertising between broadcast and cable networks, and the whereabouts of audience members in the 18-26 age Rides directly back to MIT are possible. http://www.neperspectives.org/tuitionMA.htm. Room: CBCGB, Lexington, MA. Sponsor: group (so crucial to advertisers). MTV networks include MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Spike, and Chinese Bible Fellowship, Asian Christian Fellowship. Comedy Central. Free. Room: Bartos Theater, Media Lab. Sponsor: Communications Forum. 6:30 p.m. – Swiss Festival: “Valerio Olgiati — Projects.” Architecture lecture by Valerio Olgiati, Mendrisio; architect, Zurich. Free. 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Weekly Grad Student Bible Study for Absolute Beginners. Weekly informal Bible study for grad students; Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Department of Architecture. refreshments provided; lgbt welcome. Free. Room: W11-007. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry. 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – CCC Tuesday Prayer. Join student from MITCCC before Large Group to lift our lives, our campus, and this 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – MIT Men’s Rugby Practice. Free. Room: Johnson Outdoor Turf. Sponsor: Rugby Football Club, MIT, Edger- world up to God in prayer. Free. Room: Student Center, PDR1&2. Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ. ton House Residents’ Association. 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – Watermelon Woman. Wondering at the end of Women’s History Month whether black women’s history 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Minority Physician and Medical Student Panel. The Minority Physician and Medical Student panel event matters? Lesbian history matters? Black lesbian history matters? How we might connect with any of these hidden histories? Free. is an opportunity for students interested in medicine to hear firsthand the experiences of minority physicians and medical students Room: 1-132. Sponsor: QWiLLTS. in the Boston area. This panel is sponsored by MIT Careers Office and Minority Association of Prehealth Students (MAPS). Register 7:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. – Graduate Christian Fellowship Bible Study. Currently studying “Experiencing God” (Blackaby and King). for this panel at http://training.mit.edu/tr?groupid=6&sortby=date. Free. Room: 4-153. Sponsor: Career Services Office. Free. Room: Eastgate. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship. 6:00 p.m. – Between the Lines - A festival of South Asian LBGT Identity at MIT. Between the Lines is an attempt to bridge the 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – CCC Large Group. MIT CCC hosts weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 8 PM in the Student Center. We meet gap between the LBGT movements of South Asia and USA and lay the groundwork for future partnerships and co-operation. It is a in Private Dining Rooms (PDR) 1 & 2 on the 3rd floor. Come to worship, learn something new about Christ, and catch up on the way of showcasing the wonderful creative diversity of the South Asian LBGT community and an attempt to facilitate interaction and daily lives of each other. Free. Room: Student Center, PDR 1&2. Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ. an understanding of what constitutes a South Asian LBGT identity. It is also an endeavor to build bridges - with the several gay and 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. – Contra Dance for All. Dance with a partner (we’ll provide) and a group to jazzy live music. All dances straight cultures that coexist in our society today, and ultimately a celebration of both – the commonalities as well as the differ- taught; all skill levels welcome. Contra Dance is a traditional American form of folk dancing, directed by a caller and accompanied ences. Free. Sponsor: Between The Lines – Negotiating South Asian LBGT Identity. by exciting live music. It uses easy-to-learn walking steps. You dance with a partner, changing partners each dance, in a line of 6:03 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Weekly meetings. Regular meeting of the core group atmuddy charles. Free. Room: Muddy Charles. Spon- couples called a ‘set’ and interacting with your partner and all the other couples in a big group-theoretic pattern. A caller first sor: Techlink. explains each dance in a ‘walk-through’ and then continues to prompt you during the dance. Light refreshments are served at the 6:30 p.m. – Networking Event for the ATOMS Network of business school alumni. Co-Sponsored by the University of Chicago break halfway through. Caller: Chris Ricciotti Live Music: einstein’s little homunculus Every other Tuesday (usually). MIT students Graduate School of Business. Appetizers will be served. Free. Room: Dick O’Dow’s, 160 West Maple Rd.; Birmingham, MI 48009 free; other students $3; non-students $5. Room: Walker Memorial: Morss Dining Hall. Sponsor: Folk Dance Club. Music for Robin. (Phone Number: 248-642-1135). Sponsor: MIT Sloan Alumni, MIT Sloan Club of Detroit. 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – MIT Concert Band Rehearsal. The Concert Band, a student-run performance group, rehearses twice per 7:00 p.m. – poetry@mit: Kevin Young. His poetry and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, week. We welcome students of all levels of musical experience. Free. Room: W20-3rd Floor, 20 Chimneys. Sponsor: Association of The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Paideuma, and Callaloo. Young’s awards and honors include a Stegner Fellowship in Poetry Student Activities, Concert Band. at Stanford University, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and MacDowell Colony Fellowship. He taught at the University of Geor- 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. – MIT Debate Team Meeting. MIT Debate Team Meeting. Free. Room: W20-423. Sponsor: MIT Debate gia as an assistant professor in English and African American Studies. He is currently Ruth Lilly Professor of Poetry at Indiana Uni- Team. versity. Free. Room: Rm 6-120. Sponsor: Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. – LIVEmusic@theEAR: Christie Leigh. Must be over 21. Proper ID required. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – New Funnies Lecture Series Part IV. Featuring Fred Gallagher of “MegaTokyo.” Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. LSC. The Large Event Fund and the DeFlorez Fund for Humor. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – MIT Rugby Info Session. Come to this info session to learn more about the game by interacting with cur- Wednesday, March 31 rent team members, watching recent matches and enjoying some free dinner. Afterhours entertainment is also scheduled. Free. Room: 1-135. Sponsor: Rugby Football Club, MIT, Edgerton House Residents’ Association. 8:30 a.m. - 6:45 p.m. – Engineering Systems Symposium. The Symposium will explore the emerging field of engineering systems. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – Graduate Christian Fellowship Bible Study. Come join us for Bible study, prayer, and fellowship! We are Prominent speakers from industry and government will describe issues and challenges in engineering systems based on their real currently studying the book of Ephesians. Free. Room: NW86-560. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship, GSC Funding Board. world experiences. Academics from MIT and other leading universities will discuss advances in engineering systems research and 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – Chess Club Meeting. A prominent player of the club will talk about some ideas in the opening. Then it will education. Room: Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: Engineering Systems Division. be designated time for play! Free. Room: Student Center, PDR 1&2. Sponsor: Chess Club. 10:00 a.m. – Undergraduate Admissions Office Information Session (Followed by Campus Tour). Groups over 15 need to make 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – MIT Concert Band Rehearsal. The Concert Band, a student-run performance group, rehearses twice per reservations. Free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, (10-100). Sponsor: Admissions. week. We welcome students of all levels of musical experience. Free. Room: 20 Chimneys. Sponsor: Association of Student Activi- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. – Optics & Quantum Electronics Seminar Series. Detecting Gravitational Waves with interferometers. ties, Concert Band. Free. Room: 34-401A. Sponsor: Optics. 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. – Underwater Hockey. The MIT SCUBA Club invites all to participate in Underwater Hockey every Thursday. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – MIT/CRE Career Services Presentation. Leaders in Real Estate. Free. Room: W31-301. Sponsor: Cen- Underwater Hockey is an exciting co-ed sport played at the bottom of a pool with a short stick and a lead puck. New Players should ter for Real Estate. email uwh-officers[at]mit.edu. Free. Room: z-pool. Sponsor: Scuba Club. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – GAME Lunchtime Seminar Series. Room: 1-242. Sponsor: Graduate Association of Mechanical Engi- 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – Coffee Hour. Food and drink - an Ashdown tradition. Free. Room: Hulsizer Room (W1). Sponsor: Ashdown neers, GSC Funding Board. House. March 30, 2004 THE TECH Page 13 Page 14 THE TECH March 30, 2004 Ocean Photography A Passion of Fowler Fowler, from Page 1 of energy … she always had her camera and was taking pictures.” battling cancer for two months, and Michel also remarked that Fowler she was upbeat through it all.” pushed her to obtain her scientific SCUBA diving certification and Both an artist and an engineer “really helped” her obtain it. Joint Program students at WHOI Michel said that she will remem- begin the program with a ten day ber Fowler for being a great engi- sail in order for the small group of neer while having “this whole other students to get to know each other. artistic side to her … When I go Anna P. M. Michel G, another stu- SCUBA diving, all my photographs dent in the program that year, was come out blue. Hers are amazing.” one of the many that met Fowler Hsing said Fowler possessed an there. “Everyone immediately “unbelievable dignity,” mentioning became quick friends with her,” that “her experience was an educa- Michel said. tion for everybody.” Michel went on to work with A Memorial service will be held Fowler at WHOI in the Applied this Saturday at Woods Hole at 2 Ocean Physics and Engineering p.m. She is survived by her parents, Department. “She always had a lot Dennis and Peggy Fowler.

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Demonstrators in sup- port of gay marriage hold signs outside the statehouse Monday afternoon as the Mass- achusetts constitution- al convention conducts a vote inside. The Leg- islature voted 105–92 in favor of an amend- ment banning gay mar- riage and introducing civil unions. The amendment must be affirmed again next year, and would go to a public vote in the fall of 2006.

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[email protected] Page 18 THE TECH March 30, 2004 Index Theorem Aids Theoretical Physics Abel, from Page 1 based on the geometry and topolo- gy of the surrounding space, The theorem helps us analyze allowing one to calculate this the nature of the solutions of equa- index without actually solving the tions involving dirac operators, by equation. An immediate use con- calculating the index of the equa- cerns homogeneous equations with tion without actually solving it. dirac operators. A positive index Dirac operators are differential for such an equation shows that it operators that arise in particle must have a solution, Melrose physics and operate on a mathe- said. matical representation of particles with spin known as spinor fields, Applications to theoretical physics Melrose explained. The wave Gauge theory, monopoles, string function of an electron is an exam- theory and the theory of anomalies ple of a spinor field. are among the various fields where It is almost impossible to solve the theorem is applicable. the equations arising from apply- Quantum theory and string the- ing a Dirac operator to a spinor ory do not work when there is and equating this with another more than one solution to certain spinor field, he said. equations, Singer said. In a more precise language, the For example, a conformal index of such an equation is given anomaly in string theory only van- by the difference between the ishes for a ten dimensional space, number of independent solutions to as can be seen from the index theo- the corresponding homogeneous rem. This explains why space-time equation and the number of con- is ten dimensional, Singer said, straints on the input function on because such anomalies do not fit the right hand side of the equation, with current physical theory. Melrose said. Singer applauded the theorem, Atiyah and Singer gave a for- saying that its breakthroughs will mula for this index based on the allow the next generation of math- coefficient functions of the dirac ematicians and physicists to operator. These functions are explore new areas of research. March 30, 2004 THE TECH Page 19 Page 20 THE TECH March 30, 2004 March 30, 2004 THE TECH Page 21 Page 22 THE TECH March 30, 2004

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ASU, from Page 1 with the first phase of campus she also said of MIT, which is “pret- development,” with construction ty good about exploring things like of Architecture curriculum at MIT, under way by summer 2005. that.” said Pendleton-Jullian. It is the final studio project for third-year gradu- MIT promotes development Students consider AUW goals ate students before they begin their It’s an “extraordinary opportuni- The AUW vision statement says theses. ty for MIT students,” Pendleton-Jul- AUW is to be a “world-class institu- In addition, Professor Pendleton- lian said, and is “extremely worth- tion of higher education dedicated Jullian set up a design workshop, while” and a “way to give back.” to preparing talented Asian women where graduate students, not neces- She also said that the project fits in for leadership in the political, eco- sarily those from the studio, can with the research environment of nomic, social and cultural spheres.” “work as a team” to drive the ideas MIT, by putting “all these brilliant Approximately 2500 students will “towards a synthesis,” as well as minds together” in order to “think enroll, and Pendleton-Jullian said Freshmen Open House collaborate with students from the about the project.” The architecture, half would receive full scholarships. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Course XVI Rhode Island School of Design. like the AUW, should “be at the AUW’s vision statement del- Friday, April 2, 2004 Students work individually in the forefront,” she said. cares its purpose is to address “spe- Refreshments, Questions & Answers studios, focusing on one particular “I think the project is great,” said cial barriers confronting Asian 3:00 - 4:00 pm. aspect and developing it, Pendleton- Virginia G. Nolan G, who is part of women” from countries such as At the Seamans Lab (33 - 116) Jullian explained. the studio. Because it is “based on a Vietnam or Afghanistan and “is Lab Tour Leaves from 33–116 at 4:00 pm. She stressed that the key aspect real life project,” she said, “it forces committed to removing those obsta- of MIT’s involvement was the “ped- you to be creative and anchor your cles.” The vision also states that Bring your questions about the course curriculum, UROP, and summer internships. There will also agogical agenda” of the project. It creativity.” AUW aims to bring “women togeth- be demos, a display of student projects, prizes, etc. “allows the studio to remain very “I think the concern of most peo- er across national, cultural, ethnic, Find out what exciting opportunities Aero/Astro has to offer. utopian in nature” but also allows ple here is how you can share your linguistic and economic bound- students to address “very real” com- expertise,” Nolan said of MIT’s aries,” which will “nurture a net- ponents, such as culture, security, relationship with helping develop- work of women professionals who and space, she said. ment in international realms. will drive the development and The value of doing this project in Nolan also said that she thinks enrichment of their communities, studio, she said, is that “what we MIT’s role in this particular project countries and the region.” can do in studio is go deeper than a is important when many people are Professor Pendleton-Jullian said professional may be able to.” “so seriously repressing the rights of she and her students are considering She said only that “we’ll see women” in that region. these goals of AUW in designing what happens” after the plans have Naveem Mowlah G, a student in the university. She won the Rotch been presented to AUW. The AUW the workshop who originates from Traveling Studio Grant, which Web site states that by Fall 2004, Bangladesh, said that the project allowed her to travel to India and “an RFP (Request for Proposal) will was personal to her and certainly Bangladesh with her students to be issued for architectural services positive. “There are less high-profile study the landscape, as well as east- to design the buildings identified third world improvement projects,” ern architectural planning and cul- ture. Security is one key issue, said A Course for Everyone Pendleton-Jullian, because while “this is about the empowerment of women,” the political climate of the area must also be considered. “The structure would be western, 2004TUFTS but the content would be eastern,” she said of the university. Some- SUMMER thing she tries to emphasize is “architecture as a manifestation of cultural issues.” Tim M. Morshead G, the Teach- Courses in the Fall not working ing Assistant for the course, said out according to plan? that “we are thinking a lot about what it means to be empowering” for the women. However, Nolan Check out our Summer added that “some people would not opportunities! like it to be so obtrusive.” The AUW Web site says that the “campus environment will promote Tufts Summer Session 2004 tolerance, recognize the particular needs of women from diverse back- grounds, and encourage community First Session: May 26–July 2 while respecting solitude.” Second Session: July 6 –August 13 Dr. Adnan Morshed PhD ’02, an architect from Chittagong, said it is 12 Week Session: May 26–August 13 positive that “MIT can play a lead- ing role in bringing 21st century Consider Summer Study at training in leadership and manage- ment to marginal women who tradi- Tufts University tionally have not had access to qual- ity education” and “help build the educational infrastructure of many http://ase.tufts.edu/summer developing countries.” MIT “should forcefully extend its pioneering role in technology with a global vision … which may in turn have a profoundly positive impact on a world increasingly divided along ideological lines,” he said. March 30, 2004 THE TECH Page 23 Issue of Discrimination Raised in Marriage Debate Gay, from Page 1 groups had a variety of reactions. is still a valuable one,” he said. If the amendment does not pass, its equivalent, between two people “The Green party is unequivo- however, Kindregan said that it of the same sex. tion and fear among others. cally in favor of gay marriage,” Marriages legal in May would put same-sex couples in a Other states also have their own Dennis said. “We are opposed to Even though the amendment “very odd position” of being recog- defense of marriage acts, which More than marriage is debated any constitutional amendment to banning same-sex marriage was nized by the state but not federally. similarly define marriage as a union Professor of Economics Michael limit marriage between one man and approved yesterday, marriages The federal Defense of Marriage between one man and one woman. J. Piore, sees similarities between one woman.” between two people of the same sex Act, passed in 1996 and signed by “Are they constitutional?” Kin- the civil rights movement in the Adam J. Nolte G, president of will still become legal on May 17 of Bill Clinton, says that no state is dregan asks, “I have my real doubts 1960s and the rights movement for the Tech Catholic Community, said this year. required to recognize marriage, or about that.” homosexuals today. “I was in the that the TCC is bound by the The earliest that same-sex mar- black civil rights movement,” said Catholic Church’s teachings. riages could become illegal is Piore, who is white. “I was in the “While I can’t speak personally for November of 2006. The amendment south, I worked in the south,” he everyone in the Catholic community must be approved again by a majori- Gay Marriage Timeline said, and “the barriers that one faced as to their individual beliefs on this ty of the legislatures at the next con- being black are different but the matter, in as much as TCC is a secutive legislative session, and if January 3, 1996: The Defense of Marriage Act is signed into law by Pres- hate … the notion of heterosexual Catholic organization, we are bound approved there a second time, the ident Bill Clinton. supremacy, exclusivity … is exactly to share our views of faith and question would go to the voters. If a what white supremacy was like in morals with the universal church … majority of the voters approve the November 18, 2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that the south.” we can’t condone homosexual mar- amendment, then the amendment same-sex couples have a legal right to marry under the Masaschusetts Consti- “We see it as a human rights, a riages or unions.” will be added to the Massachusetts tution. civil rights issue,” said Gregory D. Constitution. Dennis G, president of MIT Greens. Some seek marriage as statement There is a bit of ambiguity as to February 4, 2004: The Mass. Supreme Court rejects the civil union bill. “Minority rights should not be William A. Fregosi, a technical what will happen to couples who decided by majority rule,” said coordinator in music and theatre decide to get married after May 17 February 11-12: Massachusetts holds its first session of constitutional Anne M. Pollock G, the president of arts, is planning on marrying his if the amendment gets final convention; three amendments to ban same-sex marriage are voted down. MIT Queer Women’s Group . partner of almost seven years this approval. Allen Rabinovich ’04, president August. Although he said that he Charles P. Kindregan, Jr, a pro- March 11: Second session of constitutional convention. of GAMIT, said that GAMIT agrees and his partner want to do this for fessor at Suffolk University Law with this view. “Officially, as personal reasons, he also said he has School who has been teaching fami- March 29: Third session of constitutional convention; amendment to ban GAMIT, we oppose any kind of political motivations. “For political ly law for 37 years, said that he same-sex marriage and establish civil unions approved. restrictive amendments, we think reasons, if no other, everybody believes the marriages would be that it’s not up to [the legislators] to should do this,” Fregosi said. valid even if the amendment eventu- May 17: Marriages between two people of the same sex will become legal. write any discrimination into the Fregosi also said that he and his ally passes. “Never in the entire constitution.” partner are ready to move up the legal history has the legislature 2005-06: The legislature will vote on the same-sex marriage amendment; if Nicole L. Ackerman ’06, a date of their wedding in case the revoked anyone’s marriage.” a majority approves amendment, it will go to a popular voter on the ballot. GAMIT officer, said that she saw Massachusetts executive branch The amendment “would be similarities between the interracial attempts to block gay marriages prospective, not retroactive,” Kin- November 2006: The earliest that the amendment can be presented to the marriage debate in the 1950s and after they become legal on May 17. dregan said. voters and same-sex marriage can become illegal. same-sex marriage today. “Interra- Carol Matsuzaki, an assistant cial marriage —it was the same sort professor and head coach for the of thing, well, you can still marry women’s tennis team, said that she someone but just someone of the would not rush into marriage same race.” because of the ruling, however. “It Benjamin R. Wagner ’05, also a would be great if the ruling came GAMIT officer, said that the issue through,” she said before the legis- was not about marriage. “I don’t lature approved the amendment yes- care at all about marriage,” he said, terday, but she and her partner “I care about discrimination.” “shouldn’t do something if we’re not ready for it.” Issue inspires LBGT activism Thomas Robinson, program Debate over more than words coordinator for Student Life Pro- According to The Boston Globe, grams, said that he has seen a vari- the amendment that was approved ety of reactions from lesbian, bisex- yesterday bans same-sex marriages ual, gay and transgendered (LBGT) but establishes civil unions between students about the debate, ranging two people of the same sex. from disinterest to feelings of being Although the amendment states overwhelmed to feelings of mobi- that civil unions will have the same lization. rights in Massachusetts as mar- Karla N. Solheim G said that the riages, civil unions still have limita- same-sex marriage has made her tions under federal law. According become more proactive in politics. to Gay and Lesbian Advocates and “I can’t say I was involved until the Defenders (GLAD), civil unions do gay marriage issue came up and that not receive federal or public bene- made me angry,” she said. fits, such as social security benefits, Last semester, GAMIT collected immigration sponsorship, and pen- signatures for a Freedom to Marry sion protection, states are not legally Coalition petition and this semester, required to recognize civil unions the group held a postcard campaign. from other states, and a couple with Ackerman said that as a result of the a civil union can not jointly file their campaign, close to 400 members of federal taxes. the MIT community sent postcards Robinson estimated that a Ver- to state senators and representatives mont civil union currently grants protesting a same-sex marriage ban about 300 rights, while a marriage amendment. grants about 1100 rights. The Robert C. Jagnow G said he was GLAD web site states: “According never really officially involved in to a 1997 GAO report, civil mar- gay support groups until the same- riage brings with it at least 1,049 sex marriage debate, and attended legal protections and responsibilities the last two constitutional conven- from the federal government.” tion sessions. “I really feel mobi- Robinson argues that even nam- lized. A constitutional amendment ing marriages between two people is absolutely taking my rights of the same sex something different away,” he said. would still be worth debating. Other political and religious “Even if it was just a word debate, it Page 24 THE TECH March 30, 2004 SPORTS Round Two Upsets Surprise All Figure Skating Team By Brian Chase T against Kentucky, who exited the elimination format, and so even the SPORTS EDITOR tourney early for the second straight most dominant team can have an off Finishes at Exhibition The NCAA Men’s Basketball year. Because many, many people night and be out. The dearth of first- Tournament lives and dies by the had Kentucky in the Final Four, this round upsets could have been a rash By Diana Cheng program included several double excitement caused by its various game made a lot of sportswriters of upsets, since a number of games CLUB MEMBER jumps, a death drop, and a flying sit upsets. The (including myself) look foolish. won by higher seeds were deter- The MIT Figure Skating Club spin to music from Coldplay. 10-seeds As if the Kentucky game weren’t mined by five points or less. The held its annual exhibition at Johnson Cheng and Mickey Barry from Column over the 2- bad enough, Stanford, a team that teams that end up in the Final Four Rink on March 20 at 7 p.m. Inter- Draper Labs skated their pairs pro- seeds, the odds-on favorites getting went nearly undefeated in the regular are usually very good teams, but they collegiate competitors, gram to a medley from Miss Saigon. shocked, these are the things that season, fell to Alabama. Stanford’s are also the good teams that were staff, alumni, and The team placed third at the 2004 make the tournament exciting. But top scorer, Josh Childress, fell into lucky during the first four games guest skaters from the Eastern Adult Sectionals in Adult this year, it seemed the tournament early foul trouble and then fouled out they had to win. There’s no dis- Boston area per- Pairs. was doomed to disappoint after the quickly in the second half, leaving cernible method to the tourney, formed in 20 numbers. Bill Rowe, a researcher at MIT, first two days of play and the first 32 Stanford at the mercy of a very ath- which is why the phrase “March The Opening skated his Cider House Rules pro- games, only a handful of upsets had letic Alabama squad that had been Madness” was coined in the first Number music was Zombie Jam- gram which he plans to compete at occurred, and at least on of those, 12- tested by the nation’s toughest sched- place. boree with the skaters dressed up as the Adult Nationals in April. Jane seed Manhattan over 5-seed Florida, ule. Quite a weekend for the former Anyway, here’s how I think the zombies. Trish Fleming, who works Codman, staff at the MIT Sailing wasn’t even an upset, because the Confederate state. rest of the tournament will play out: at the MIT Enterprise Forum and Pavilion, performed her program to vast majority of fans were betting on Add these upsets to the defeat of Georgia Tech will lose to Oklahoma was the exhibition director, choreo- Time to Say Goodbye. it happening. Where were the upsets? 2-seeds Gonzaga and Mississippi State, because their lead scorer will graphed the program so that begin- Jenny Gung, a Lexington High They were there, they just decid- State, both of which were predicted still be limited and they won’t be ning and advanced skaters could School junior representing the Hay- ed to be sneaky this year. Instead of by some experts to get to the Final able to crush Ok. State’s leading participate. den Recreation Center, skated a pro- happening immediately, in the first Four, and you have a lot of upset scorer they way they did the Kansas Rosa Cao G, Dave Wentzlaff G, gram to Pirates of the Carribean. round, the real upsets were waiting in mania in the Sweet Sixteen. After Jayhawks’ leading scorer, Wayne and John Gonzalez ’04 performed Gung has competed internationally the second round. Occurring March that, though, the next two rounds Simien, to get here. Connecticut will the Canasta Tango for the first time, with Hayden’s Ice Mates synchro- 20 and 21, Round Two saw huge went roughly according to plan, as beat Duke, because Duke is battling with partners MIT physical educa- nized skating team at the Novice surprises and disappointments. Put it only two upsets happened in the Elite more injuries and because UConn tion instructor Alex Landsman, level. this way: after the first round, I had Eight. Texas was cut down by has a better defense than Duke, group ice dance instructor Susan Eleven-year-olds Emily Dodson predicted five games out of 32 inac- Xavier, and Syracuse was beaten by which I believe will make the differ- Alpert, and Diana Cheng ’04. and Kevin Han, both individual curately. After the second round, ’Bama. The only other game which ence between the two teams in a Bonny Kellermann ’72 and Trish competitors representing the Skat- only one of my predicted Final Four wasn’t won by the top seed was very, very tight game. Fleming shadow-skated the Canasta ing Club of Boston at the 2004 New teams were still alive. when Oklahoma State beat St. Finally, UConn will overcome Tango as a solo dance. England Regionals at the Juvenile What happened? Well, the top Joseph’s to qualify for the Final Oklahoma State on the back of Alpert and Landsman partner level, pleased the crowd with their two teams in the tournament lost, as Four. And that game wasn’t really an Emeka Okafor, their big man inside, danced the Fiesta Tango while Del- solo performances including several well as two 2-seeds. Kentucky, rated upset anyway, because the teams against whom the Cowboys really phine Dean G, Cheng, and Keller- double jumps. This was Han’s the top team in the tourney, fell to were only one seed apart and most won’t be able to guard. Of course, mann shadow-skated the ice dance. fourth year skating in front of the the University of Alabama-Birming- people thought Ok. St. would win this is all liable to be very, very Their arm movements were choreo- MIT audience, and his program was ham and their “40 minutes of hell” anyway. wrong, especially if Okafor’s back graphed by Jessica Huot ’06, a set to the music of James Bond. defensive style, which is designed to What does all this craziness spasms bother him at all during the group ice dance instructor. Colonial Figure Skating Club use less talented but more physically mean? Not much really. The NCAA last two games. But hey, as we’ve Barbara Cutler PhD and Derek pairs skaters Lara and Neil Shelton fit players to full court press their Tournament is designed to give even seen, this is March Madness. Not Bruening G partner danced the ended both halves of the exhibition opponents, tiring and frustrating the lowliest teams a chance against many sane humans can be expected Paso Doble, an ice dance they with spectacular show programs. them. The whole system worked to a the big boys because of its single- to predict it accurately. learned this year. Cutler and Bru- The Sheltons are the current silver ening also skated solo freestyle medalists for the New England performances. Regionals in Novice Pairs. They The show also featured perfor- have performed at the MIT show for mances by intercollegiate competi- the past four years. tors Cheng, Dean, Adrienne The MIT Figure Skating Club Hunacek ’07, and Devon Manz G. ended a successful season with the Hunacek created a new program to end of the exhibition. Johnson Rink music from Moulin Rouge. Manz’s will reopen in October 2004.

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JONATHAN WANG—THE TECH Daniel A. Bercovici ’04 looks back at an opponent in the Marchiando Trophy Team Race last Sat- urday. MIT won one race and lost 13, placing last in the competition. [email protected] W20-483, 617-253-1541 Sports Fans and the Heartbreak Hotel By Yong-yi Zhu Steve Yzerman slaps in a one-timer or when deficit, and seven brutal games against the throw in the closing seconds of a game? His SPORTS COLUMNIST Peyton Manning floats one up to Marvin Har- New York Yankees, their archenemies, all to missed shot allowed D.J. Strawberry of Mary- Heartbreak. Webster defines heartbreak as rison in the end zone, people jump out of their have their season end definitively in a matter land to drive down the court and attempt a last “crushing grief, anguish, or distress.” I guess seats because they are overjoyed; their loved of seconds. How devastating can sports be? second shot. When the shot went up, it felt as that’s a good start, but it’s not enough to fully ones have achieved something great. On the Pure heartbreak. if fate had led Maryland this far. Why would illustrate the destruc- other hand, if you’re rooting for the losers, you Let me elucidate the matter further with a they get all the breaks just to lose in the end? tive force of the feel like a loser. Down, out, and dead. game a week and a half ago between the But when it went wide and the follow-up shot Column emotion. When is I’m sure the Red Sox fans out there know Maryland Terrapins and the Syracuse Orange- did too, I was crushed. I collapsed to the floor heartbreak felt? The death of a close friend or exactly what I’m talking about. When Aaron men (I, being from Maryland, am somewhat of confused and in complete disbelief of what the loss of a family member are closely linked Boone hit that home run in the bottom of the a Maryland fan, especially during the Atlantic had just happened. to heartbreak. In general, losing something we eleventh at Yankee Stadium in game 7 of the Coast Conference Tournament and the NCAA Maryland had just been eliminated from love demolishes the balance of our emotions American League Championship Series last Tournament). The game began slowly with a the tournament; it was over. My heart pounded and wreaks havoc on our well-being. Just think year, the hearts of hundreds of thousands of lackluster tone. Both teams were not scoring as though I had just run a marathon. My body about it, when something that we feel strongly Red Sox fans simply turned to dust. I’m not and Maryland in particular was having prob- felt soft as though I had just had the wind about, something that matters much to us, sure exactly when all the heartbreaks hap- lems making field goals. But at least the two knocked out of me. something we label with the word love leaves pened, but somewhere in that ten second win- teams were close. I still had hope for the Terps It’s not the first and not the last time that us, we can feel as though the whole world has dow between the time when the ball left Tim to continue chugging their way through the feeling will go through my veins. I am also not left us. Wakefield’s right hand, to the time when tournament. the only person who has experienced this (the Sports is something we love. Boone’s bat made contact with the ball, to the Then, the second half came and saw Hakim Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV Whether it be the Los Angeles Lakers, the time when the ball finally landed harmlessly in Warrick suddenly pick up his shooting. Mary- come to mind). But it hurts so much when it Boston Red Sox, the Detroit Red Wings or the the stands in left field, fair, you almost felt the land, on the other hand, stayed cold for the does happen. What’s even worse is that we are Indianapolis Colts, sports fans root for teams entire city of Boston falling down on their majority of the half. However, as the game not granted any time to mourn our loss. But we as though their lives depend on it. Often times, knees in shock at what had just occurred. drew to a close, suddenly the Terps came surg- are sports fans, and we are tough. Even when they are not even aware that they are watching The Red Sox played 162 games in the reg- ing back for a chance at a comeback. They we lose a loved one, like the Terrapins, like the television; the experience is so real to them. ular season spanning six months, five hard started at sixteen down. But slowly, the breaks Red Sox, we can still go on. Toughness comes When Shaquille O’Neal slams down a dunk, fought games against the Oakland Athletics went Maryland’s way. After all, when was the with being a sports fanatic, and so does heart- when Pedro Martinez strikes out a batter, when from which the Sox came back from a 0-2 last time that Gerry McNamara missed a free break.