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Volume 115, Number 21 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 28, 1995 Mayor Convenes Committee to Save Lowell School By Sarah Y. Kelghtley announced in January that MIT will The subcommittee will try to "At this point, I don't see that to the City Council independently NEWS EDITOR close the Lowell Institute School work toward a resolution of the there's any reversal in the decision by a group of [Lowell] alumni and Cambridge Mayor Kenneth effective July 1, 1996. About 1,000 issue, although there is no specific by the provost." students." eeves convened a subcommittee students a year register for classes timeline, according to Jubi Headley, About 15 people approached the '1 10 to convince the Institute to through-the program, including executive assistant to the mayor. council at its April I0 meeting, say- City benefits from Lowell reverse its decision to close the around 100 Institute employees. The committee has held informal ing they had benefited from Lowell, "The City Council has some Lowell Institute School, an MIT "This decision comes as the meetings, but Headley said he is Parravano said. This brought the legitimate interest [in the issue -program that has offered evening result of a set of considerations "not aware of specific strategies" matter to the council's attention, since] the Lowell Institute School technical courses on campus since related to a number of factors that it will use to change the MIT then the mayor decided to form the has been an activity which benefits 1903. including space, direct financial administration's position. subcommittee. citizens of Cambridge," Wedlock The subcommittee is composed support, use of Athena [Computing "It's hard to predict exactly what Bruce D. Wedlock, director of said. of several councillors and the Environment] facilities, and other the City Council will do," said Paul the school, emphaSIzed that he did One of the subcommittee's main mayor. resources," Wrighton said in Janu- Parravano, assistant for community not "instigate" the presentation Provost Mark S. Wrighton ary. relations in the President's Office. before the council. "It was brought lowell, Page 19

the four non-winners and alternate Jonathan D. Albert '97, a quarter-finalist, to participate in the international Hyo eok Vanl '97 with hi machine Alleluia competition. emerged as the 'nner of this year's Introduction to The international competition will also include par- Design (2.70) contest on Wednesday nipt. . . . .from Brazil, England, Gennany, Japan, and After two nights of competition in ftont of packed Korea. crowds in 26--100, Yang's machine eaptured the top spot in a field of about 160 mach' c "There were ma , r .vly I

Yang was preljlentl;cl 'rway. Four c '~ngl0~ifta~~~t~atic~. ball were located at v . . white pellets used in the con Atop the box . sand. k of ping-pong balls sitting on a miniature plate. The aim of this year's contest fOT remote- en the trophy is cd into aD outlet, the ping- controlled machines to collect the ping-pong balls ~g balls light up, fly around,'" Vang from the four clumps and deposit them into the bins on contestant's side of the table. The machine that

Yang., along with finalist Kristen L. Pierson '97, deposited the most balls on its side won the contest. INDRANATH NY-TIlE TECH semifinalist Rachel Cunningham '98, quarter-finalist Machines were required to fit in a box of 16 cubic Hyoseok Yang '97, the winner, proudly holds up his trophy at the David W. Lewinnek '97, and i-finalist Matthe E. inches, but there as no weight limit. end.of the Introduction to Design (2.70) competition Wednesday strom '95 will travel an ~tion evening. He wi go on with three other competitors to compete in Cambridge, England this summer. Judges selected 2. 70, Page 14 In cambridge, England. -SigmaNu Summer Renovations' Becomes Will Close Senior House By David D. Hsu able by mid-August" in time for Chapter, to ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Residence and Orientation Week, As the beginning of summer Patel said. approaches, planning continues for Senior House residents recently BuyHonse renovations at Senior House. chose Shawmut as the general Recently student chose a general design contractor, and Ondras Asso- By Daniel C. Stevenson - contractor, but they have not decid- ciates Architects Inc., headed by EDITOR IN CHIEF ed on any designs. Martha E. Ondras '74, as the archi-

0' After a 20-year absence, Sigma In a meeting yesterday, residents tectural firm, Patel said. Nu fraternity has returned to MIT. discussed the size and design of The firm has already set up an At a Saturday evening ceremony, bathrooms and kitchens. Some were office in the dormitory's ba ement, the colony formed last'March concerned with the privacy and con- said Senior House President Samuel became an official chapter of the venience available in the prelimi- national group. nary designs. Renovations, Page 17 The group i also expecting to Senior House will be do ed thi move into a new house near Ken- summer to make way for renova- more Square this fall. Sigma u tions, which will include asbe t05 plans to sign a title transfer on June tile removal, electrical work, and INSIDE 1, according to Sigma u Comman- plumbing work, according to Jagruti der Andrew . Plumb '97. S. Patel '97, who is on the commit- Becoming a chapter is "some- tee di cu ing the changes. Donns, ILGs offer thing that we've been looking for- The e renovations are part of a of r ward to for two years," Plumb said. '9-] 2 million project announced '''It's the first time a national frater- la t fall. Residents, administrator, PagelS nity has come to campus in at least and contractors have been meeting 15 years," he said. "It's a pretty weekly to plan the renovation . • m amazing feat just to be chartered by "We've decided nobody will live 2.70 Contest. Page 11 a nationaL" here this summer," said Rebecca F. The colony was tarted by mem- Richkus '97, another committee bers of the short-lived Delta Pi frater- member. The contractors are "trying • Les MiJIerables pr0- SHARON N. YOUNG PONG-THE TECH to get some work done." dUCtion returns to nity, formed by members ejected Mac Murray G, Ivt Acuna '96, and Anthoy Ku admire the baby from Alpha Epsilon Pi following a princesS In MIT Drarnashops's performance of Shakespeare's Page 6 1991 reorganization of that fraterni- Tale. opened Wlnte,'s The production last night In Kresge Ut- Mu t be ready for RIO ty. tie Theater and hows tonight and tomorrow at 8 pm and next One constraint is that the dormi- 10 weekend. Sigma Nu, Page 17 tory must be "presentable and liv- _P...ag;.,.e_2_T_H_E_T_E_C_H -.:.. __ ----: ..;;.... A..;p_ri_12~ WORLD & NATION Beijing Communist Chief Quits McVeigh Held inConjunction Amid Corrnption Scandal LOS ANGELES TIMES DEUI G With Oklahoma City Bombing The powerful Communist farty chief of Beijing quit Thursday amid a growing scandal and was replaced by the party' top anti-cor- ruption official, according to a reliable government source. By Paul Duggan mix tored in the barrels ignited, said. He discounted new report The re ignation of Chen Xitong, a Politburo member and former and Pierre Thomas sources said. In addition, to increase the FBI believ~s the man spoke tth Beijing mayor infamous for declaring martial law during the 1989 THE WASHI GTON P057 the fireball and burning power asso- a foreign accent. demon trations in Tiananmen Square, wa the mo t dramatic devel- A federal magistrate in Okla- ciated with' the blast, the bombers "We urge citizens to consider opment yet in the battle to replace Deng Xiaoping, China' ailing homa Thursday aid there was "an placed metal cylinders full of hydro- only that sketch and not any other senior leader. indelible trail of evidence" linking gen or possibly acetylene within the descriptive information," he said. Chen wa replaced by Wei Jianxing, 64, secretary of the Central Timothy Jame McVeigh to last explosive package. "We can't verify any additional Di cipline In pection Commi sion, which is re pon ible for investi- week's bombing of the Oklahoma Experts believe the package like- description at this time." He also gating corruption in the Communist Party. City federal building as inve tiga- ly was detonated by a simple safety said investigators were searching for Thursday's power hume wa so notable becau e of the political tors developed a more complete pic- fuse, portions of which have been an Arizona license plate-LZC 646 strength and tie of Chen and Wei. ture of the bomb McVeigh is recovered in the rubble. The Ryder - that apparently fell. off or was Chen is linked to Deng but was believed to be at odd with a front- accu ed of planting. rental truck that is believed to have removed from the yellow, 1977 runner to replace the paramount leader. Wei was not only a protege of The magi trate, Ronald L. How- been used to transport the bomb was Mercury Marquis that McVeigh was Hu Yaobang, the late party reformer whose death sparked the 1989 land, ordered McVeigh to be held parked outside the Alfred P. Murrah driving when stopped by a state protest , but also i an ally of yet another po sible Deng successor. without bail after listening to four building in downtown Oklahoma highway patrol officer in Per , hours of te timony from FBI special City for only about four minutes about 70 miles north of Okla agent John Hersley in which he before it exploded. The safety fuse City. , Justice Dept. Sues to Block described eyewitness accounts of a burns at a rate of 1 foot per 30 sec- Kennedy said witnesses told FBI yellow Mercury with McVeigh and onds, suggesting that the bombers agents they saw the yellow car Microsoft Acquisition of Intuit another man inside speeding away used about eight feet of the material. , parked near the federal building LOS A GELES TIME') from a parking lot near the federal The bomber or bombers likely heard before the explosion, with a note WASil. GTO' building. Throughout the hearing, the blast while driving away from saying the vehicle had an engine Micro oft Corp., whose relentless drive for dominance in the per- held in a makeshift courtroom set up the scene. problem and should not be towed. sonal computer software industry ha overwhelmed both competitors at EI Reno Federal Corrections Cen- Explosive experts from the FBI Authorities have theorized that and government regulators for more than a decade, suffered a major ter, McVeigh, his handcuffed wrists and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco McVeigh may have left the Mercu setback Thursday when the Ju tice Department sued to block the soft- shackled to his waist, showed no and Fireanns are working to piece near the building and used it ware giant's 2 billion acquisition of personal finance software ven- emotion. together all fragments of the truck' getaway car after parking the truck dor Intuit Inc. McVeigh, 27, is the only suspect and bomb recovered from the blast bomb. In a 14-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in San Francis- arrested so far in the investigation of site. In addition, for McVeigh's As hundreds of investigators co, the Justice Department said a Microsoft takeover of Intuit - the bombing, which left 110 people trial, these experts plan on videotap- continued the search for "John. whose Quicken program controls more than 70 percent of the market dead and 90 missing. ing a similar Ryder truck loaded No.2," David Paulsen, who runs a for personal finance software - "would likely lead to higher prices While federal prosecutors were with non-explosive material to re- military supply store in Antigo, and ie sened innovation" and would thus violate antitrust laws. describing their case against create how the bomb was delivered. Wis., has come under intense scruti- "Allowing Microsoft to buy a dominant position in this highly McVeigh, law enforcement sources The focus of the investigation ny. concentrated market would likely result in higher prices for con- said the 4,800-pound bomb that Thursday continued to center on Investigators discovered a busi- sumers who want to buy personal finance software and would cause caused the explosion probably friends, relatives and associates of ness card with his first name and those buyers to mi s out on the huge benefits from innovation," said required at least two to three people McVeigh, the only person officially telephone number on it in the patrol Anne K. Bingaman, who heads the department's antitrust division. to construct and considerable charged in the bombing, said senior car in .which McVeigh was held Microsoft, which has been dogged by a separate government patience and planning. Building law enforcement officials. In 01<1a- after his arrest. The card made refer- antitrust probe for more than four years, vowed to fight Justice such a device "would be extremely homa City, FBI spokesman Weldon ence to needing five more stick Department action, asserting that the Intuit deal is "very clearly in the labor-intensive," said one ~fficial, L. Kennedy said investigators were high explosive by May I - lik: interest of consumer ." But few now expect the deal to be completed: noting that the bomb components still trying to identify John Doe No. TNT, senior law enforcement offi- Intuit' stock plunged 10 points to 72 on asdaq before trading was included 20 to 25 55-gallon barrels 2, a man who accompanied cials said. "Weare try\ng to find out halted Thursday, and Microsoft's shares - which have been climb- filJed with a volatile mixture of McVeigh when he rented the Ryder who he is and- everything we caq. ing sharply for weeks - fell I to close at 78. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. truck in Junction City, Kan. about him," said one source aboul'll The bombers used a high-explo- "The only description we have is Paulsen. A woman answering the sive strong enough to cut through a the composite sketch which has 'telephone at Paulsen's store 'Bell Curve' Author Murray steel beam to make sure the volatile been widely publicized," Kennedy declined to comment Thursday. Addresses Welfare THE WASHINGTON POST WASH! GTO Israel Commemorates Holocaust Welfare reform calls for a "necessarily brutal calculation" - an estimate of which reform plan will re uit in the "least net suffering," conservative economist Charles Murray told the Senate Finance 50 Years After the Nazi Defeat Ir Committee Thursday. Murray told senators the real problem they mu t address in over- hauling the welfare system is not too much welfare, but too much By Barton Gellman Fewer survivors remain each away from war," said Varon Ezrahi, illegitimacy. Putting welfare mothers to work is "peripheral" because THE WASHINGTON POST year, and younger Israelis regard the a Hebrew University political it doe nothing to reduce the number of children born out of wedlock. JERUSALEM Holocaust through the duller lens of philosopher. Only radical change will work, and only the states are equipped to The siren began on a rising note 'history. Yet thousands were moved The diminuti~n of danger, attempt it, he said. before ettling into a mournful by what they learned, in lessons tai- Ezrahi said, pe'miits another,ques- Children already are suffering, de pite a labyrinth of protective laws steady tone. For two long minutes in' lored to their age. tion to be asked more loudly than and program, and "every meaningful refoon will cause some children the heart of downtown lerusalem, Second-graders discovered, before: "Is our enterprise here just to uffer." Murray, who is a scholar at the American Enterprise Insti- and nearly everywhere else Jews aghast, that Hitler's Nuremberg self-defense, or are we inflicting tute and author of the controversial book "The Bell Curve," said Con- live in the Jewish state, the signs of Laws forbade Jewish children to untold suffering - not genocide, gress mu t make the brutal calculation of which will cause less suffer- human movement simply topped. own pet cats or dogs. Even those something less than that, but also ing - continuing the current y tern, or attempting radical change. On King George Street outside who thought there was no fresh quite evil - on the Palestinians?" Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, D-IJI., objected that the Congre had the Mashbir department store, the trauma left found it in a new book Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, an "obligation to do no harm." She que tioned the effect of a "brutal surge of horn-happy traffic braked about rabbis in communities facing an unsentimental general who is dis- calculation" on the 9 million children totally dependent upon the gov- to a halt. Mo t drivers got out and extermination. One woman in a hid- inclined to such meditations, is ernment. "Do we just have Calcutta, have kids begging on the comer?" tood at attention beside their cars. den bunker gave birth without a nonetheless sharply different in out- Pede trian became so many somber sound, according to author Avraham look from those who held the pre- ~ manikin. Even Miriam Eli, an Fuchs. But the baby would not stop miership before him. Born in Is aging beggar who squats on a comer crying, and her rabbi said it was per- he is far less inclined than his Euro- here mo t every day, slipped her missible to kill the child because the pean-born predecessors to use Holo- WEATHER sandal on and toOO ilently among cries endangered them all. caust images to describe the con- the well-heeled pas er by. The emotional charge of the flicts of the day. "What el e would I doT she Holocaust ha always been ampli- "Golda Meir opened her biogra- April Showers .a ked afterward. "I know it' very fied in Israel by the ongoing threat phy with a description of a pogrom, By Marek ZebrowskI sad, becau e of all of the people of neighbor who called for the and Menachem Begin missed a STAFF METEOROLOGIST who died." country's extinction. As recently as career as a ghetto fighter and that A cold front, approaching from the west during Friday will cause Thi is the day that Israel com- the Persian Gulf War, the fear of haunted him hi whole life," said shower activity in our area, and, should sun peek through the clouds memorate the Holocaust, when 6 Iraqi poi on gas, awaited by fami- Dina Porat, who heads a Tel Aviv inbetween scattered bursts of precipitation, a line of afternoon thun- million Jews peri hed at the hands lies huddled together in sealed University project on antisemitism. derstorms may come through as well. As the primary low moves to of Hitler' Germany. The outward rooms, brought back powerful "It's hard to imagine Rabin getting the west and north of us and slows down, a small econdary strom form of remembrance, in this 50th images of Hitler's death camps. up and making a speech about t will develop along the frontal boundary and move ea tward, exiting anniver ary of azi defeat Thi year for the first time, Holocaust on his own initiati into the Gulf of Maine by midday Saturday. Thus, the clearing remained much as they have been: Israel has peace partners on two of except today, when he has to." process will not be complete until early Sunday, when cooler and fair mandatory full-day lessons in its international borders, with Egypt In his televised address at the weather returns on a northwe terly flow. school, the closure of theater and and Jordan, and once-unthinkable Yad Vashem memorial, Rabin sub- Today: Cloudy with showers and a chance of an afternoon thun- bars, an all-Holocaust lineup on negotiation are under way with tly criticized the familiar message, der torm. Highs near 60°F (16°C) with south-southeasterly wind tclevi ion and radio and two min- Syria and the Palestine Liberation . stitt in use here on the political right, I{}-15 mph (16-24 kmh). utes of motion Ie s meditation as the Organization. that equates the Arabs with the Tonight: Cloudy with some lingering precipitation moving ea t. irens sounded at 10 a.m. "If you want to locate the signifi- azis, and Pale tinian leader Yasser Low 45°F (7°C) with winds shifting to northwest around midnight. But things are also changing cance of the Holocaust at this Arafat with Hitler. Along with the aturday: Becoming partly cloudy and cooler with winds becom- here, and r racl wrestled all week moment in I raeli history, I think it traditional prayer for the dead, Rabin ing northerly. High 56°F (l3°C). with its complex relationship to the is that for the first time in the history recited another standard bles ing: unday outlook: Fair and cooler with lows around 42°F (5°C) catastrophe that also, as much as of thi country the Holocaust day is "He who makes peace in the heav- and high touching 60°F (16°C). anyone factor, resulted in its found- being commemorated in the context ens, may He bring peace upon us ing_as a state. of a general sense of a movement and upon all the Jewish people." .. WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3

cials Say Colombian President FBI Head Criticizes Anti-Terrorist Laws May Be Linked to Drug Cartels WS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTO By Thomas W. Uppman break with Samper, saying the bian capital. Appealing for support for President Clinton's counterterrorism THE WASHINGTON POST administration wants to "work with" Samper was elected pre ident of proposal, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and other senior officials told WASHJNGTO him despite disappointment with hi Colombia last year. Washington Congress Thursday that current laws inhibit them from monitoring a Arrest warrants issued last week- performance, but the cases against accepted the election as free and broad range of terrorist threats, including the danger posed by the end by the chief prosecutor in Colombian legislators and members fair, but U.S. officials warned Sam- growth of well-armed, far-right militias. Colombia and new charges linking of Samper's party are likely to per during the campaign that they And, as the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on anti- Q inent political figures there to increase pressure in Congress for a suspected drug cartel money was terrorist measures to combat uch incident as la t week's bombing of otics money form a trail that formal rupture. financing his campaign. the Oklahoma City federal building, several Republican senators could lead directly to President "This alJ points to Sam per," a Sam per has firmly and repeatedly including Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., moved to put a GOP Emesto Samper, according to some senior U.S. official said. "There's denied any link to Colombia's noto- stamp on Clinton's proposals by introducing an anti-terrorism bill of U.S. officials. no smoking gun yet," the official rious cocaine underground, depicting their own. If such a link is established, it. said, but the investigation may gen- himself as a victim of the cartels in a Dole's bill, co-sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin G. will reinforce the views of Assistant erate enough pressure that Sam per 1989 a sas ination attempt, and has Hatch, R-Utah, incorporates many of Clinton's proposals. But its Secretary of State Robert Gelbard "may have to resign." promised to crack down on narcotics inclu ion of a provision to limit death row appeals - one of the most and other Clinton administration "There isn't necessarily a direct trafficking. The Clinton administra- fiercely contested proposals in the Republicans' rewrite of last year's officials who have long been suspi- connection yet, but the evidence tion, however, has viewed him with omnibus crime bill- touched offparti an controversy. su pic ion ince the campaign and has cious of Samper and sought his res- (against Samper) is out there and Hatch aid, if Clinton accepts habeas corpus reforms putting a ignation. Secretary of State Warren will come out eventually," said a criticized his government for alleged one-year time limit on death row appeals, Republicans would not Christopher has resisted pressure to U.S. official in Bogota, the Colom- tolerance of drug cartel activity. antagonize Democrats further by adding a repeal of last year's ban on assault weapon to the bill. aWhite House Aide Blasts Republican Research Supports Use of Implants Plans to Slash Peacekeeping Aid For Parkinson's Disease THE WASHINGTON POST Researchers have found the most convincing evidence to date that By John F. Harris policy groups at the National Press spending money in remote places, implanted cells from fetal tissue can reverse the course of Parkin on's THE WASHINGTON POST Club was the bluntest statement so such as to support U.N. peacekeep- WASHINGTON far from the Clinton administration ers "building democracy in amibia disease, an incurable brain di order that afflicts about one in 200 Republican plans to slash fund- opposing GOP plans for steep cuts and Mozambique and Cambodia," Americans. \. ~g for foreign aid and peacekeep- in next year's budget request of $21 might seem risky politics. A team of neuroscientists from Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. ing are a policy of "back door isola- billion to fund the State Department But an administration official Luke's Medical Center and elsewhere grafted nerve cells from 6- to tionism" that risks "frittering away and other overseas initiatives. said Lake, with Clinton's support, 9-week-old fetuses into the midbrain of a 59-year-old man suffering our victory in the Cold War," Presi- Administration officials said the believes the battle over foreign from an advanced form of the condition. The disea e is caused by . nt Clinton's national security tough rhetoric from Lake was spending can be won with an aggres- degeneration of brain cells that produce dopamine, a substance essen- adviser warned Thursday. intended dramatically to kick off a sive campaign of public education. tial to motor coordination. "The United States could be on White House campaign to defend An interagency task force, including Within a month of the procedure, the researchers report in Thur - the brink of unilateral disarma- not only its budget but its approach officials from the State Department day' issue of the ew England Journal of Medicine, the patient - ment," aide Anthony Lake charged, to "engagement" abroad. and the Agency for International who had been forced to quit his job because of tremors and motion if congressional budget-cutters Many Republicans, in particular Development, has been assembled to problems - showed sustained improvement in muscle function and deprive the administration of such younger conservatives elected last orchestrate the lobbying campaign, "could again perform all activities of daily living independently and diplomatic tools as aiding develop- fall, are hostile to foreign aid and to the official said. In addition, speech- engage in an active exercise program." ing nations, contributing to U.N. working in concert with the United es by senior administration officials, A few similarly encouraging igns had been seen in orne previ- peacekeeping missions and subsi- Nations. including Vice Pre ident Gore, will ou transplant subjects, but doctors were unable to determine whether ," .zing nuclear dismantlement in the . At a time when much of the pub- make the case for preserving fund- implants of dopamine-producing fetal cells had caused the improve- ~ 0rmer Soviet Union. ': lic favors a less expansive foreign ing, although Clinton has nothing ments or whether some other factor was responsible. Lake'5 spee'ch to. two foreign policy, Lake's vigorous. defense of scheduled so far.

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OPE TO THE ENTIRE MIT COMMUNITY Page 4 THE TECH APri128,~ OPINION GOP Is Not Just Problem for Queers Guest CoIurm by KrIsten K. Nummerdor measure i that (non-white) immigrants are ly will not allow the same privilege to queers. upposedly sapping the U.S. economy, and It is not uncommon for queers to have their I was contacted as a member ofGAMIT to that "legitimate" citizens should not have to own children taken from them by the courts Chairman comment on the propo ed GOP "celebrity" pay for ervices for non-citizens. What this specifically because they are queer (queerness Garlen C. Leung '95 vi its to MIT for The Tech' tory ["Gingrich, knee-jerk rationalization fails to account for is in these cases is argued to make for unfit par- Other GOP Leaders to Speak for College how much immigrants contribute to the econ- enthood); how many times have you hear Editor in Chief Republicans," April 25]. In re ponse, I tated omy in ways that corporate giants could not a straight couple who was denied custody Daniel C. Stevenson '97 my disagreement with the Republican party live without. Without immigrant labor, how their own child simply because of their would big agribusiness function in California straightness? And when is the last time you Du ine anager line- not simply because of their frequent attacks on queer, but also because of the and other states? How would the garment .heard someone was evicted from their rental Syed Abid Rizvi '96 nature of their attacks on welfare, immigrants, industry giants survive without their sweat- unit because they were straight? Straights an aging Editor and affirmative action, among other thing . shops? don't tend to be fired from jobs, or denied Jimmy Wong '97 Unfortunately, only my comment about Anti-immigrant measures are sold using public accommodations, or denied health 'care queers were included in the final article. Fur- racist and distorted images of immigrants as because they are straight. They don't tend to E ecutive Editor thermore, becau e my comments about parasites who don't contribute to the U.S. be shot at or beaten to death because they are Ramy A. Arnaout '97 Republican anti-queer sentiment were the economy and who "don't belong here." But in straight! And who has special rights? only di enting political opinion featured in reality, immigrants often pay taxes on their You have to worrder, then, why so many NEWS STAFF the article, it had the effect of characterizing wages and are contributing to the U.S. econo- people in the Republican party s.ubscribe to Editor: Sarah Y. Keightley '95; ociate this conflict as being solely about "gay my by both consuming and producing prod- the notion of "gay rights equals special Editor: Jfung Lu '97, Stacey E. Blau '98, issues." ucts here, plus they usually do so at wages rights?" What do they have invested in pro- Shang-Lin Chuang '98, Christopher L. Queer concerns are far from the only con- that are far below minimum wage, in working moting an ideology that maintains inequali Falling '9&, David D. Hsu '98, Venkatesh cerns about the Republican agenda. and one it conditions that are suboptimal, to say the between straights and gays? Satish '98; taff: Trudy Liu '95, Eva least. And the portrayal of non-white immi- Moy '95, Eric Richard '95, Nicole A. would a mistake to categorize current anger Sherry '95, Charu Chaudry '96, Deena and discomfort over the proposed GOP visits Disraelly '96, S. Roopom Banergee '97, A. as "GAMIT versus the College Republicans." The Republicans claim they want to improve the state of the Arif Husain '97, Sam Hartman '98, There is far too much at stake for us to believe Raymond W. Hwang '98, Don Lacey '98, it is that simple. I, and many other people, economy, but we must ask: For whom are they making the Jennifer Lane '98, Angela Liao '98, Stream oppose the Republican party line on a stock- S. Wang '98; eteorologist: Michael C. pile of issues, especially with regard to how economy work? What ~ demonS are they manipulating in Morgan PhD '94, Gerard Roe G, Marek the Republican party tends to deal with mar- their attacks on immigration, aflimiative action, and welfare? ~ Zebrowski. ginalized and exploited groups, including the poor, people of color, immigrants, and queers. PRODuenON STAFF The Republican party has been in the busi- grants as "people who don't belong here," I have touched on only a few examples of belies the fact that many of us, either by Editors: Dan Dunn '94, Matthew E. ness of protecting the concerns of the upper how certain Republican party-line stances arc;. Konosky '95, Teresa Lee '96, Michelle class and big business for years. Thus, it is not choice or by force, are "immigrants" to this suspect; by no means is my critique exhausiW' Sonu '96; As ociate Editor: Saul Blu- surprising that the Republican party line has land - by what measure can we determine tive, nor does it cover the multitude of other menthal '98; Staff: Amy Hsu '94, Laura recently forged an all-out attack on welfare how much any of us "belongs here?" concerns which are being voiced about the DePaoli '97, Christine J. Sonu '97, Warren mothers and immigrants, who are not the peo- So again, we must ask, whom do these GOPagenda. proposed anti-immigrant laws benefit? Who Chang '98, Larry Chao '98, Joseph ple they are in the business of helping. If they finally, there is the issue of "everyone Irineo '98, Susan J. Kim '98, Jennifer wilJ continue to reap the benefits of immigrant weren't so busy serving privileged groups, the having a voice." When I spoke to Egozcue Peltz '98. labor, and who will benefit from denying Republican agenda could have a substantially recently, he assured me of his good intentions different focus: Their war on drugs could bat- those same immigrants access to publiC ser- OPINION STAFF . about the College Republican's events. He tle the elite few who reaUy clean up on the vices? What negative and racist Images are Editors: Raajni h A. Chitaley '95; Anders wanted me and other queers to speak at the traffic in substances, rather than cracking used to justify anti-immigrant sentiment? And Hove '96; Staff: Matt Neimark '95. events in order to let the Republican partici- down on the petty pusher, they cOllld clamp is this kind of exploitation acceptable in the pants 'know and respond to our concern . name of "balancing the budget?" (It is impor- SPORTS STAFF down on wealthy tax fraud 'kings" who are While I agree with Egozcue that we should all " Editors: Daniel Wang '97; taff: Thomas abusing the loophole system, rather than tant to note that such measures are now gar- engage in dialogue, I have to point out that Kettler SM '94, Bo Ught '96, Brian denlOnizing the. welfare ipient; t .r war on nering support from Republicans and Democ- hese ,ssues are not all new, that the things Petersen '96, David Berl '97, Jeremy crime could be' a war on white-collar crimi- rats alike. Obviously, no one political party. that I and many other queers, people of color, 'J Cohen '97, Farhan zaidi '98. nals and hady politicians, rather than focus- can claim ownership over exploitative policy; or women would stand up and tell Newt Gin- ing on the street gang .member; and they could we must always be vigilant and critical of our grich and his supporters have been said many ARTS STAFF crack down on corporations who routinely government and its processes). times before. Editor: Scott Deskin '96; ssociate Editor: As I said in Tuesday's Tech, the Republi- violate human" rights in the course of maxi- Egozcue and the MIT Republicans are Craig K. Chang '96; Staff: Thomas Chen G, can party's anti-queer "family values" focus is mizing their profits, rather than punishing the highlighting the fact that they want to hear J. Michael Andresen '94, Teresa Esser '95, also an example of bad poiicy. The catch immigrant who is routinely exploited by those everyone, but their conspicuous focus on urg- Evelyn Kao '95, Carrie Perlman '95, Brian phrase these days for the Republicans on the Hoffman '97, Kamal Swamidoss '97, Hur corporations. ing us to speak belies the fact that we have subject of queers is "gay rights equals special Koser '98, Stephen Brophy. The Republicans claim they want to been speaking all along, and that the Republi- rights." This slogan is simply an attractive improve the state of the economy, but we can party has not responded well to the con- facade which allows people to continue to PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF must ask: For whom are they making the cerns of marginalized people. Talk is cheap; deny queers equal treatment under the law on Editors: Sharon N. Young Pong '96, economy work? Whom does their brand of making real and positive change is what w' the grounds that queers are supposedly asking Thomas R. Karlo '97; ociate Editor: capitalism benefit? What racial demons are are asking for, and we have been asking for it for too much, or that we are asking for more Helen Lin '97, Adriane Cha!lman '98, they manipulating in their attacks on immigra- for a long time. The marginalized and exploit- rights than straights are allowed. But proposed tndranath eogy '98; Staff: Rich Fletcher tion, affirmative action, and welfare? This is ed members of our society continue to ask for G, Rich Domonko '95, Justin Stritt- "civil rights" ordinances are usually worded in not to say that change in the government as justice. How many times do we have to gra- ~ matter '95, Sherrif Ibrahim '96, Lenny a manner that states that equal protection we know it is bad - there is certainly room ciously accept invitations to 'voice our con- Speiser '96, Juan P. Vernon '96, Carol C. under the law shall not be denied on the basis for improvement - but we must interrogate cerns' before we are taken seriously? Cheung '98, Justin Ging '98, Raymond what is at stake, who will benefit, and who of sexual orientation (i.e.: no person should be Louie '98, Rayshad Oshtory '98. will lose out from the changes that any politi- discriminated against on the basis of who they cal party attempts to enact. sleep with). This is hardly an example of FEATURES STAFF uneven or special treatment. Christopher Doerr G, Pawan Sinha G, Take the example of the attack on "illegal" In their focus on "special rights," the Mark Hurst '94, Steve Hwang '95, Ben immigrants which is currently sweeping the nation. Measures that are similar to Califor- Republicans ignore the fact that it is straights ERRATUM Reis '95. nia's Proposition 187, which seeks to deny who currently have special rights. Non-dis- BUSINESS STAFF health care, schooling, and other public ser- crimination laws would simply work to level A story about Spring Weekend Advertising Manager: Jin Park '96; vices from "illegal" immigrants, are now the playing field as it currently exists. For ["Spring Weekend Entertains, Raises Associate Adverti ing Manager: Christine being considered on both state and Federal example, people may legalJy marry heterosex- S7K for Charities," Apr. 25] mistakenly Chan '98; taft":Diana Bancila '95, Jeanne levels. In fact, legislation has recently been ually, and can thus obtain tax breaks and identified the bands Mistle Thrush and Thienprasit '95, Mary Chen '97, Ricardo proposed which attacks "legal" as well as spousal benefits, while queers are not allowed Helium as cover bands; in fact, they .?:. Ambrose '98, Jessica Maia '98. "illegal" immigrants. Of course, these mea- access to such benefits with their same sex performed original songs. partners. There are six states which have A caption accompanying the story TECHNOLOGY STAFF sures are directed at only a certain set of immigrants - namely, immigrants of color, sodomy laws which specifically prohibit same misidentified the winner of the East Director: Jeremy Hylton G. especially people from places like Mexico, sex sexual acts. Campus tug-of-war. The Fourth East EDITORS AT LARGE Southeast Asia, Cuba, or Haiti. Adoption agencies will gladly allow floor of EC won. Contributing E4itor: Oscar Yeh '95. The so-called logic behind anti-immigrant straight couples to adopt children; they usual-

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He's Written by Fran~ois Truffaut and Jean Gru- beguiling ma k after another, from mother to that they might unknowingly kill each other. been thinking about Catherine since he first ault; based on the novel by Henri-Pierre femme fatale, from confidant to harpy, but At war' end Jim travels to Au tria for a aw Jules and Jim in high school several years Roche. that she will ultimately be empty at her center, reunion, but the pirit of the gathering is not ago. Together we thought about her as an Starring Oskar Werner, Jeanne Moreau, and and her identity will not hold. quite a happy, and as the world moves embodiment of the spirit of her time, sinking Henri Serre. Catherine come into the movie only after towards another total war, the film take on a into fascism, or perhaps of the existentialist LSC Classics Friday. we have met the title characters and learned somber tone. philosophy which grew out of the despair the details of their hared live and friend hip. There is so much to marvel at in this caused by too many war . How doe her la t Stephen Brophy Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) movie, I hardly know where to begin. Truffaut desperate act, like an artist sla hing her can- 'FREPORTER are both artists, writers living in the efferve - mixes orne archaic film techniques into his vas, relate to the book burning she has seen in ve watched Jules and Jim somewhere cence of pre-World War I Pari who translate palate, giving him an ability to recreate la a newsreel? between 20 and 30 times over the last cou- each other's work (Jules is Au trian). Their belle epoque with a simultaneous feeling of These ideas might well change as we ple of decades. For much of that time it connection with Catherine i pre-figured by a antiquity and fre hness. The motif of circles watch Jules and Jim again. Trying to under- was my all-time favorite film. In the past mutual fascination with an enigmatic statue on is u ed in plot, narration, song, and camera stand the fascination of Catherine is like try- I ing to explain the enigma of the Mona Lisa's few years it's been bumped from that favored an Adriatic island, which signals that they will work, at first to give a feeling of freedom and position by Renoir's Rules of the Game and also be trying to mold Catherine to fit an ae - expansivenes , but then with war circling smile, and ultimately, we are probably reading Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, but it still holds a thetic ideal. around again, a feeling of entrapment. The ourselves in our interpretations. But I have lot of fascination for me. I still find myself The first part of the story, leading up to menage a trois, which could be dealt with never encountered any other character in any trying to understand Catherine, the central World War I, sparkles with the exuberance of exploitatively is handled with great delicacy other movie who makes me want to under- character, magnificently portrayed by Jeanne their youthful enthusiasm and the sunlight that and reveals the rueful truth that, while one tand her so intensely. Moreau, who is still my all-time favorite graces their excursions into the French coun- lover is not enough, more than one is too Jule and Jim screens at 7:30 tonight in actor. tryside. This joyous feeling floats on a won- many. But finally the most marvelous creation 10-250. The main LSC screen in 26-100 will ~ Catherine is a woman trying to create her- derful score by Georges Delerue and the in thi film is Catherine. be showing a erendipitously apropos feature If. She d~es not do this by trying to find her sweeping camera work of Raoul Coutard. I spent about an hour talking about Cather- at 7 and 10 PM - Kieslowski's White. Lame Destiny can't be saved by Tarantino's presence DESTINY TURNS ON THE RADIO abysmal rank of quality in cine- reunite with an old flame, Lucille ( ancy Directed by Jack Baran. ma history. The latest film of this ..------, Travis). Along the way, he gets a ride from Written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew type, called Destiny Turns on the Johnny Destiny (Quentin Tarantino, in the Stone. Radio, d~sperately wants to be a oddest casting of the move), an enigmatic gambler who drives the same car as Julian's T, tarring James LeGros, Dylan McDermott, sci- fi-action-romance-comedy, Quentin Tarantino, Nancy Travis, and James but never succeeds in making partner in crime, Harry (James LeGros), did in Belushi. much of its quirky bag of genres. a bank heist three years ago. Sony Copley Place. Happily, I went in expecting a Once Julian and Harry are reunited, Harry complete disaster and ended up gives Julian some bad new: First, Lucille has By Scott Deskin getting at least a few good become a lounge singer for and girlfriend of ARTS EDITOR laughs. Although Destiny is a Tuerto (Jame Belushi), a high-profile casino magineafilm that goes out of its way to be patently awful excuse for campy owner. Second, Harry lost the money from the funny, but in an offbeat, consciously weird special effects and a bare-bones heist to a mysterious stranger who material- way. Films that manage to maintain a plot, no one is expected to take ized in a motel swimming pool during a light- manic intensity in this comic vein can any of the action seriously: The ning storm. Eventually, it come down to I Julian to win back his girlfriend and get back achieve cult status (e.g., The Rocky Horror actors seem blithely idiotic in Picture Show and The Blues Brothers). More their two-dimensional roles. The the money - all the while, maintaining a low often, these films are bombs; somehow, I story focuses on Julian (Dylan profile with the police and getting the help of hink low-budget trash like Attack of the McDermott), an escaped convict Johnny Destiny. iJ

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But asking, "At what time is this sup- William Fichner, Adam Trese and Shelley Tommy' attention does not come posed to be happening?" Later on, Duvall. without a price, so Michael devises a the viewer recognizes that every- Sony Nickelodeon. scheme for freeing Rachel from hi thing preceding the armored car control once and for all. heist is told through a series of By Matthew E. Konosky Having recently obtained work as flashbacks and many of these NIGHT EDITOR an armored car driver along side his scenes begin to fall into place. All pon returning to Au tin, Texas, father-in-law Ed Dutton (Paul Doo- told, the film runs only a . .e Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) ley), Michael plans an armored car over ninety minutes which y, learns a hard lesson: Although you can hei t with the help of Tommy a well sadly enough, be the film's most always go home, you can never go as Susan (Elisabeth Shue), a one- redeeming characteristic. U night fling Michael met while travel- Overall, The Underneath is an back to the way thing used to be. After a pro- longed absence, Michael arrives in town for ing home to Austin on a bu . All uncompelling drama of a man his mother's wedding and is confronted by all appears to be going according to plan whose obsession with gambling the memories he thought he had left behind, until the heist itself, when Michael is causes him to lose everything he but never quite managed to forget. badly wounded. has, including his adoring wife. Its He is reunited with his brother, David While undergoing treatment for predictable story line makes a fee- (Adam Trese) who is still bitter over the evils his multiple injuries at the local hos- ble attempt to explore Michael's of Michael's past. He also runs across Rachel pital, Michael i hailed as a hero. At Michael (Peter Gallagher, right) meets his ex-wife (Alison struggle to find someone he can (Alison Elliott), the woman he married, only the same time, suspicions concerning Elliott) and her lover (William Rchtner) In J1HJ Undemeath. honestly trust. This film's Destiny is for video, not for cinematicfu Destiny, from Page 7 minor deity who stole their money. But the Bobcat Goldthwait as an inept police detec- unfolds. rest of the dialogue is fluff, and the acting tive. Dylan McDermott is a rather bland Destiny Turns on the Radio makes as There are a few good lines in the film. doesn't serve it terribly well. hero, and Nancy Travis is a self-serving and much sense as its strange title. It desperately Music industry executive Vinnie Vidivici Except by Quentin Tarantino (whose act- often unappealing heroine. James Belushi is wants to achieve cult status among audiences, (ABen Garfield) comments to Lucille how ing credits consist of cameo appearances in even worse: his version of "Viva Las Veg~" fresh talent isn't found in Las Vegas: It's a Reservoir Dogs, Sleep with Me, and Pulp in a bathroom mirror in the beginning of the but it fades qui~kly from one's memory, like a place where "acts go to die." And has a cer- Fiction, as well as playing an Elvis imper- film is woefully unfunny. Only James bad dream. This oddity will no doubt find its tain dazed eloquence when he contends that sonator on The Golden Girls), the only other LeGros, as the partner in crime, gets away way to the video shelves rather quickly - ,. the dry swimming pool is a portal for the humorous touch is provided by a subdued with his lax attitude toward the story that doesn't slip into the oblivion first. ...• LOSING GROU D ECOLOGICAL JDENTIlY .. American Environmentalism at the Becomilll a Reflective Environmentalist .. 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****: Excellent sweet experience, thanks largely to some stel- poverty, in ecurity, and friendle ne to *Y2Tommy Boy ***:Good lar performances. Johnny Depp play the come into her own. Watch it - Tere a E er. Another film which includes cast members **: Average transvestial grade-Z movie director of such Sony Nickelodeon. from SNL (about the fourth this year, so far) *: Poor notorious titles a Plan Nine from Outer features Chris Farley as a bumbling college Space and Glen or Glenda? Be t upporting ***Y2 Outbreak graduate with a D+ average, poised to take the ** Bad Boys Actor 0 car-winner Martin Landau trans- Du tin Hoffman and Rene Rus 0 are gov- reins of the family auto parts factory from his iami Narcotics Detectives Mike Lowrey forms himself into Bela Lugo i, the legendary ernment doctor trying to find the antibody for father (Brian Dennehy). Meanwhile, his dad's (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin screen actor and definitive screen Dracula. a highly infectious, ab olutely fatal disea e. new wife (80 Derek) and her dark, brooding Lawrence) are assigned to protect a beautiful Lugosi is Ed Wood's idol and be t friend, Donald utherland and Morgan Freeman on (Rob Lowe) have plan to take over the material witness (Tia Leoni) from the bad starring in mo t of Wood' infamously horri- round out the lead as Army officers working same factory. Conflict en ues, Farley enlists guys. Smith and Lawrence work well" togeth- ble films because he is in the twilight of hi from their own agenda. Their objectives and David Spade, a sales representative for the er. Bad Boys is a great film with the right film career and cannot find other work. In an mutual interaction fonn the plot to this enter- company, to help him, and they both hit the qualitative balance of taining su pen e- road. eedle s to ay, Tommy Boy borrows action and comedy. This action fi Im. It' s heavily from its much funnier predecessor, balance is filmed with skill mo tly a plot movie, Wayne's World. Even if you manage to evalu- by director Michael Bay. but what a plot! If ate both films at the same juvenile level, none You get caught up in the you accept the of the new film's lip-syncs can match Wayne action; it's of such quaJity opening premise, and Garth's version of Queen's "Bohemian that you become part of it. then everything that Rhapsody." Yet, with the intellectual content e direction adds an alto- follow i pIau ible. of Cheez Whiz, thi film is best viewed in the lJler new 'dimension to A a u pen e film, comfort of one's own home, and (probably) the pleasant combination there are lots of cru- beats another episode of SNL. - TE. Sony of action and comedy. The cial moments where Cheri. one thing that takes away Hoffman must "do from the film is the lousy the right thing;" **Y2 While YouWere Sleeping editing. The scene transi- Sutherland as the A romantic comedy with a lot of classic tions are sometimes bad guy, pulls off scene . Sandra Bullock plays Lucy, a lonely annoyingly noticeable; I his role quite well. Chicago Transit Authority worker who falls got the feeling that a lot of -KS. Sony Copley in love with Peter, a nice guy who rides the aterial that aided conti- Place. train to work every day. She's waiting for the ~.ty was cut out. Howev': right opportunity to meet him when one day, er the interesting story, *** tuart she saves him from a speeding train. He's at fast pace, and in-sync aves His Family the hospital in coma, and through some mis- omedy make this a great This fi 1m, the under tandings, his family believes that she's lion fHm which only latest of the Satur- his fiancee. Then she meets Peter's brother, increases my anticipation day Night Live ca t Jack, and the plot thickens. The film is enter- for the summer film sea- members' bids for taining because from the starting jtuation, son. -Kamal Swamidoss. big- creen tardom, the story and characters evolve in likeable Sony Cheri. is an adaptation of way. It isn't jaded or cynical; it's a funny the SNL kit "Daily love tory that your younger sibling, your ** Circle of Friends Affirmation with girl/boydfriend, or your parents can enjoy. This romantic trifle Stuart malley." The play-like tone is set early in the film, and from Ireland bears the ear- Stuart (AI Franken), for ome reason it helps the viewer overcome marks of a formulaic light- veteran of countle (even more than good direction in an action rted Hollywood com- 12- tep programs, film) the looking-into-a-window effect that g-of-age drama. College pout wisdom on a films generally give. Sandra Bullock per- student Bennie-(Minnie local cable-TV forms well in both the romantic and comedic Driver) vies for the atten- show while he trie scene . Overall, it' a nice date movie, or a tion of Jack (Chris O'Oon- Johnny D,tpp and Patricia Arquette star In Ed Wood. deal with painful movie to see with a bunch of friend . But J nell), star rugby player and all-around sensi- industr:y fuU of odditie , where truth is memories of hi dy functional family. wouldn't see it for unique cinematic excel- tive guy, between her two friends: faithful, stranger than fiction, Landau's re emblance to Between his overweight, divorced sister Jodie lence, because it doe n't fully u e the features trustworthy Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe) and Lugosi is as uncanny as his performance. LSC (Le lie Boone), an alcoholic father (Harris of the film medium. -K . Sony Copley seductive, beautiful Nan (Saffron Burrows). Saturday. Yulin), a co-dependent mother ( hirley Place. From first glance, we know that Jack and Ben- Knight), and a 10 er brother (Vincent nie are made for each other, with sophomoric *** Muriel's Wedding D'Onofrio), it's ea y to ee why tuart is a bit ***Y2 White ideals and hearts of gold, but they are kept This funny but superficial look at life in abnormal. No matter what he trie to do to The second film in director Krzystof Kie - apart by the tyranny or jealousy of others, the small town of Porpoise Spit, Au tralia "save" his family, hi efforts always fail 0 lowski's "three colors" trilogy focu e on the namely Sean (Alan Cumming), a local serpen- nonetheless manages to touch on such heavy that he i left taring into his trademark mir- exploit of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zama- tine villain, and Bennie's own overprotective issues as grand larceny, paraplegia, adultery, ror: "You're good enough, you're mart chow ki), a Poli h man who i de troyed by rents. When tragedy eventually strikes, it and parental suicide. Unfortunately, P.J. enough, and, gosh dam it, people like you." the inability to fulfill the love he ha for hi This concept may ound disastrous, but the French wife (Julie Delpy), and must ri e from I es as no surprise: The plot devices can be Hogan's first film lacks character develop- seen a mile away. The movie relies on its sim- ment. Muriel's obses ion with the rock band movie's strength is it ability to walk the fine the a hes of hi "death" for a chance at piri- ple-minded charm and fresh performances to ABBA and her wig-and-satin karaoke act are line between fiction and reality. Although the tual renewal. To do so, he must achieve per- ~win over audiences, but it comes up short. - all too reminiscent of the last big film from ad hypes it a "the movie that puts the fun onal wealth and satisfaction in his homeland Scott Deskin. Sony Cheri. Down Under: The Adventures of Priscilla, back in dysfunctional," the movie tran cend before eeking out revenge on hi one true Queen of the Desert. but her antics provide it comic ba i by introducting characters that love. A comedy that never lose. ite of it ***Y2 Ed Wood insight into the Australian p yche. In all, "aren't object of ridicule but real people who existential tie to the theme of equality, Kies- Tim Burton's strange tribute to Holly- Muriel's Wedding is a funny, touching look at crave love and understanding. - TE. Sony low ki again ha directed a winner. - D. wood's worst director, Ed Wood, is a bitter- one woman's struggle to overcome obe tty, Copley Place. LSC Friday.

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Information: 426-6912 or 931- 2787 (tickets). This award-winning London musical hit celebrati~ life Classical USIC in the early 19605 is a party filled with high energy, teenage rock MIT Perlormance series and roll, and '60s fashions that Killian Hall. 160 Memorial Dr .. recall the mood of era with 30 Apr. 28. 12 p.m. Free admission. original songs. written by John, Information: 253-2826. Gaspar Charlie. lea, and Neil Heather. Taroncher. harpsichord.

All Newton Musk School "DenJotI1J " 321 Chestnut St .. West Newton. Hasty PUdding Theatre, 12 Apr. 28. 8 p.m. Free admission. Holyoke St.. Cambridge. Through Information: 527-4553. laura May 5: Apr. 29 & May 4-5, 8 Sanders. soprano. p.m.; Apr. 30. 7 p.m. Admission: Call for details. Information: 547- The Boston Conservatoty 8300. World stage premiere of Seully Hall. Boston Conservatory. 8 Robert Brustein's irreverent mod- ~ ~ The Fenway. Boston. Free admis- em Faust play set in the Harvard sion (unless noted). Information: A \Neekly guide to the arts in Boston Divinity School, in which a profes- 536-0340. Apr. 28-29. 8 p.m.: sor sells his soul to a pair of Cecelia SChieve and Patricia Wein. April 28 - May 4- urbane and unlikely devils in order mann cOFlute C: Walsh Theatre, Suffolk Universi- old problem in Chinese families. Ensemble. Works by Merulo. Dit- ty, Boston. Through May 7: tersdorf. Handel. Uber and Heiss. Too.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. Apr. "Good Evening" May 1: Early Music Ensemble. 29. May 6. 2 p.m. Admission: lyric Stage. 140 Clarendon St .• Featuring the 16th century Italy. $19-39. Information: 547-8300. Boston. Apr. 28-May 28: inclUding madrigals by Gabrieli The Reduced Shakespeare Com- Wed.-Fri.. 8 p.m.; Sat., 5 & 8:30 and Verdelot, instrumental music pany. under the the direction of p.m.; Sun .• 2 p.m. Thu. matinees by Ruggo. lasso and Gardano, Robert Brustein, romp through the (May 11 & 18) at 2 p.m. Admis- and dance music by Vecchio Holy book, sparing nothing from sion: $17-26. Information: 437- "Come Spring" Is one painting on display at "Betty Gross: Works on Paper," an Genesis to. Revelation. A comic 7172. Created by DUdley Moore Isabella Stewart Gatdner Museum exhibit at the Newton Free Library tIlat runs until May 30. presentation of "begats ," floods, and the late Peter Cook, this show 280 The Fenway, Boston. Both pestilences. prophecies and ser- longy Concerto Competition. May al. Hannah Crannah fro CT Information: 253-2839. AII-Kuro. pokes fun at unlikely objects. concerts begin at 1:30 p.m. mons. 4, 8 p.m.: longy faculty member (Upstairs, 19+, $7J; Heretix sawa Film Festival The Hidden Admission (additional to museum Jocelyn lopatin. piano. presents a (DownstalrsJ; Eric Pakula Trio Fortress and The seven Samurai. "Momma, I'm Sony" admission): $4; $2 for members. concert of Bach's French Suite in (BakeryJ. Strand Theatre, Boston. Apr. 28- "Romeo and Juliet" Information: 734-1359. Apr. 29: G, Beethoven's Eroica Variations, Apr. 29: Swinging Steaks. Eric BtattIB Theatre 29.8 p.m; Apr. 29-30, 3:30 p.m; Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The Young Artist Series - Vincent and Uszt's Venezia e Napoli. Martin & the Illyrians. Rag Iron, 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. Apr. 30,.7:30 p.m. Melba Moore Riverway, Boston. Through May Dion Stringer, bass-baritone; luis Ray Mason Band (Up, 21+. $7J; Cambridge. Admission: $6 for all stars in Michael Matthews' hit 14: Fri.-Sat.: 7:30 p.m.; Sun.: 3 , Battle. piano. David Alpher, " Ker- Flunky, Jayuya (Down, 19+. $6); shows; $4 for Brattle members; Gospel Musical. p.m. Admission: $9-10. Informa- ouac Songs". Apr. 30: Sunday Judy Bonny & Friends (BakeryJ. $3 for seniors/children under 12. tion: 734-4760. Shakespeare's Concert Series - James Buswell. Apr. 30: Blue Moon Poets (Up. Information: 87&6837. ...,.". Taming of the classic love story of two teenage violin; Max levinson, piano. Shrew" 1-3 p.m.); WMFO Freeform Third Amual Boston Intem8tJonaI lovers from feuding families. A Bart6k. Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Popular Music Boston Ballet. Wang Center. Fundraiser - Debris. Chris Trap- Festival of Women'. Cinema. Apr. Boston. May 4-14: Wed. & Thu. contem~ary interpretation. Piano. Beethoven Sonata, Op. 96. MIT/Wel/e$ley TOOM per. Vijaya & more [UP. 9 p.m.); 27-May 4: Call for details. Fea- opening nights, 7 p.m.; other Great Hall of Tower Court, Welles- After Hours Quartet (Jazz) [Bakery). tured Apr. 30. 4-5:30 p.m: evenings. 8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. Bank of Boston celebrity Series "Open Studio RedUJl" ley College, 106 Central St.. May 1-4: Call for performers. "Telling Women's Stories." How matinees. 2 p.m. On Tue., May 9, Symphony Hall, Boston. Apr. 29, 8 88 Room, 107 Brighton Ave .• All- Wellesley. Apr. 29, 7:30 p.m. Free women's stories are told on the a pre-performance lecture will pre- p.m. Admission: $27-30. Tickets: ston. Through May 20. Wed. ~ admission. Information: 225- screen and isssues faced by cede the show at 7 p.m. Admis- 482-6661 or 536-2412. The p.m., Sat. 12-5 p.m., and by 8461. A cappella spring concert female filmmakers in the process sion: $12-52; student rush tick- Philip Glass Ensemble will perform appointment. Information: 562- performing pop songs by Billy from concept through distribution ets available one hour prior to La Belle et la Bete. an opera for 0840. The second installment of Joel, James Taylor. Sting. Madon- will be the focus of this discus- curtain for $12. Information: 931- ensemble and film by Philip Glass. World Music a project by BostorH>ased artists' na. and Duran Duran. sion with Beeban Kidron, Mina ARTS (TicketMaster). Shake- team Dear Me Suz which exam- UHJgy School of Musk Shum, and other visiting festival speare's comic masterpiece is Wellesley College Concert series ines the odd cycle of behavior and Bank of Boston Celebrfty Series Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27 participants. Admission: $6. $4 combined with the elegance and Houghton Memorial Chapel. interactions that occur between Symphony Hall, Boston. Apr. 30.8 Garden St., Cambridge. Apr. 30, 8 members. Information: 53&1540. pageantry of classic ballet. John Wellesley. Apr. 29. 8 p.m. Free artists and audience during p.m. Admission: $20-36. Informa- p.m. Free admission. Information: Cranko's production translates admission. Information: 283- Boston's popular .open studio" tion: 482-2595. Tickets: 482- 944-0651. Ensember PAN. and French LIbrIIty and Cultural Cen- the bard's prose into expressive 2028. Wellesley Glee Club per- events. 6661 or 53&2412. Walter Pierce, CIM Club choreographed movement. forms. Ensemble Alcatraz present t"" 53 Marlborough St., Boston. All Jewett Auditorium. Wellesley. Both Executive Director. will present the "Visions and Miracles: the Cantl. New Orleans musicians of the gas of Sanga Maria": Iberian screenings at p.m., unless I(IIIs 902 UH-OHI" "L8t",Ufe" performances, 8 p.m. Apr. 28: 8 "Beverly noted. Admission: $5; $4, mem- 54 Uncoln St., Newton Highlands. College Orchestra. Apr. 30: Cham- Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Tradi- music. Mystery Cafe. 11 Green St., tional New Or1eans jazz, a style of bers. Information: 266-4351. Apr. Through May 28: Wed. 2 & 7 ber Music Society. Boston. May 4-5. 7-8. 11, 12. music that was born at the tum of Tuffs UnlvtHSlty Music 27-28: The Wages of Fear (Henri- 26; June 3. 5. & 13. Call for p.m.; Thu.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat .• 5 & ~ the century, from street parades. Georges Ciouzot, 1955). May 4-5: 8:30 p.m.; Sun .• 3 & 7:30 p.m. Emmanuel Music Alumnae lounge (unless noted), times. Admission: $26.50. dinner saloons and river boats. The Devil Probably (Robert Bres- Admission: $1&26. Information: C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk Universi- Tufts University, Medford. Apr. 29. included. Information: 1-800697- son. 1977). Videotheque - Free 332-1646. Directed by Michael ty, 41 Temple St., Beacon Hill. 8 p.m. Free admission. Informa- CLUE. Mystery spoof performed Cent", for the Arts screening. 1:30 p.m. May 3: Jour- Allosso, The New Repertory The- Boston. Apr. 30. 4 p.m. Jayne Boeton tion: 627-3564. KINIWE, the during a 3-<:ourse meal ney of Hope (Xavier Koller. 1990). atre presents A. R. Gurney's play West. soprano, leslie Amper. Ran- The Black Box Theater, 539 West African Drum and Dance about a two people who meet dall Hodgkinson, piano. AII- Tremont St .• Boston. Apr. 28-29. Ensemble. performs. Harvttrd-Epworfh RIm series each other after 30 years. Brahms program includes Eight Admission: $12. Information: 277- Songs, Opus 7 and Quartet in c 2539. "Clear Voices": Two ZlImir Chorale of Boston Harvard-Epworth United Methodist minor, Opus 51, #1. evenings of jazz featuring vocalist Congregation Mishkan Tefila. 300 Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ongoing Theater "La MlMfIIbIes" Tierney Sutton, pianist/composer Hammond Pond Parkway, Chest- Ave., Cambridge. All films shown Colonial Theatre. 106 Boylston Yki Arimasa. and bassist Dave nut Hill. Apr. 30. 7:30 p.m. Admis- at 8 p.m. Contribution: $3. Infor- "Once Upon Time In the Harvatd University Music a St .• Boston. Through June 17: Clark. sion: $12-25. Information: 965- mation: 354-0837. April 30: Early o.t;/lrte of the W..," John Knowles Paine Concert Hall. Tues.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7:30 p.m., 6522. "Seasons of Our Joy": Spring (Yasujlro Ozu. 1956). Music Building. Harvard, Cam- Beau Jest Theater. 791 Tremont Sat. & Sun. 2 p.m. Admission: Fedetal IJanI( of music of the holidays. bridge. Apr. 29. 8 p.m. Free Reserve Boeton St., Boston. Through Apr. 29: $15-65. Through May 7: Rush Atlantic Ave., Boston. May 4. Museum of fine Arts Thurs.-Sat .• 8 p.m. Admission: admission. Information: 496- 600 tickets are available at the Colo- 12:30 p.m. Free admission. Infor- 465 Huntington Ave .• Boston. All 6013. Harvard Group for New Druid PuIHlestaurant $10; $7 students/seniors/artists nial Theatre box office one hour mation: 973-3453. Jazz vocalist films screened in Remis Auditori- Music presents works by Kirchner, Inman Square, Cambridge. Week- and unemployed. Reservations: prior to the performance for $15 Patrice Williamson, performing um. Unless otherwise noted. Tuli, Taddie. Clingan, Koczela and ly: Tue .• 9 p.m.; Fri.-sat., 5 p.m.; 522-2596. Information: 232- with student 10. Tickets: 931- with piano. bass and drum. admission is $6.50. $5.50 for Rindfleisch. Sun., 4 p.m. Information: 497- 5880. Catbox Cabaret presents 2787. Information: 426-3444. MFA members/students/seniors. Its original epic which was first 0965. Authentic Irish Pub setting. The musical based on Victor Information: 267-9300. PremIere King'. Chapel Concert series Tbe QtNn Dr40n Tawem with antique oak woodwork high- presented in the autumn of 1993. Hugo's novel. is an epic saga lighted by original works of Celtic Eng_gement•. Apr. 28, 6 p.m. It is a mixture of high humor, bit- King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 11 Marshall St .• Boston. Free Which sweeps through three turblt- Apr. 29. 11:30 a.m. The Last ter despair, and unapologetic sur- Boston. Apr. 30, 5 p.m. Free admission every Wed. and Thu. art. Traditional live Irish music lent decades of 19th century Ueutenant (Hans Petter Moland. realism. The wild plot, focusi~ on admission. Information: 227- night with a college 10. Informa- sessions. French history. It is also the story 1994); additional screenit1ls May 2155. Featuring works for brass tion: 367-<>055. the exploits and travails of the of fugitive Jean Valjean, who is pit- 4-6. Arx. 28, 10:30 a.m. & 4, 8 anti-hero, Cyrus Bellow. moves and chorus from the Baroque era ted against police Inspector p.m; Apf. 29. 1:30 p.m.: Richard from a sleazy corporate underbelly and the 20th century. The lenox l(endMI CIIe Javert. Brass, organist James David 233 cardinal Medieros Way. cam- Wright - Black Boy (Madison D. of power and murder to suburban Christie and narrator Bill Cavness bridge. Admission: varies. Infor- Lacy, 1994) I,..,. CInem8. Arx. drug addiction, a supermom- will join the Choir of King's mation: 661-0993. Each week will ~lm 29, 3:30 p.m. The Key (Ebrahim turned-terrorist. among others. Chapel; works by Pachelbel, Hin- feature local and national artists Lecture Serle. Committee Forouzesh, 1987). demith. and Pinkham. including contemporary singer- 77 Massachusetts Ave .• Rm. 2& "Tbe If» F.",," songwriters. unplugged rock acts, 100 (unless noted). Admission: Spingold Theater, Brandeis Univer- Dance Longy School of Music blues, and traditional folk. $2. Classics ticket: $3. allows sity. Waltham. Apr. 26-29, 8 Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27 admission to lSC Classic plus p.m.; Apr. 30. 2 & 7 p.m. Admis- AMn Alley American Dance ".. liter Garden St., Cambridge. Free Tbe Middle East one other film the same weekend. Theater sion: $9-11. Information: 736- admission. Information: 876-0956 472/480 Massachusetts Ave .• Information: 258-8881. Apr. 28: 3400. The premiere of a new play The Wang Center. 270 Tremont x120. Apr. 28. 8 p.m. Artist DipJo. carmooge. Some shows have age White (Kryszstof Kieslowski. by Brandeis playwright Peter St., Boston. Through Apr. 30. ma voice recital in Early Music by limits. Unless otherwise noted, 1994); 7 & 10 p.m. Jules and Jim Maeck, directed by Alex Davis. It Admission: $25-40. Tickets: 931- Fumi Yamamoto. Apr. 30. 1:30 doors open at 8:30 p.m. for all (Francois Truffaut. 1961); 7:30 is the story of the struggle ARTS or 482-2595, x24. Informa- p.m.: Young Performers 5eries- downstairs shows and 9 p.m. for p.m [Rm. 10-250). Apr. 29: Ed Openin~ between brothers - whether to tion: 482-2595. Under the direc- Amy Kim, piano. Apr. 30, 4 p.m.: upstairs ones. Admission: varies; Wood (Tim Burton, 1994); 7 & 10 save their company or expose the tion of artistic director, Judith U Fan. piano; featuring the music tickets may be purchased in p.m. Apr. 30: A Ash Called Wanda "A WintM'. Tale" fraUd that will Inevitably bring one Jamison, the Alvin Ailey American of Bach. Debussy, and SChumann. advance at Strawberries. the In (Charles Crichton, 1988); 7 & 10 Kresge little Theater, 84 Massa- of them down. Dance Theater performs a medley May 1, 8 p.m.: Sally Pinkas and Your Ear Northhampton Box Office p.m. chusetts Ave. Apr. 27-29, May 4- of Carmina Burana, Scissors Evan Hirsch, duo pianists. present (1-8OCHHE-TICK). and the Middle 6,8 p.m. Admission: $7. $5 "'A Slice of Sllturday N/6ht" Paper Stone, Revelations, Hymn, Messiaen's Visions de L 'Amen. East Box Office (Mon.-Sat .• 10 a.m.- Japanese Rims lit MIT MIT/Wellesley students. Informa- Charles Playhouse. 74 Warrenton Vespers, The Winter in Lisbon, May 2. 8 p.m.: Longy Chamber 6 p.m.; call 492-5162 to charge 77 Massachusetts Ave .• Rm. 1- tion: 253-2908. Dramashop pro- St., Boston. Through Apr. 30: Fri.. Blues Suite, Cry, Masekela Lan- Orchestra. conducted by Jeffry tickets). Information: 497-0576. 290, Cambridge. Apr. 28, 6:30 duction directed by Michael OueJ.. 7 & 10 p.m.; Sat., 6 & 9 p.m.; gage. and Night Creature on six Rink. featuring winners of the Apr. 28: Flying uns. Orbit. Miner- p.m./8:45 p.m. Donation: $1-2. lette. lecturer, MIT Theater Arts. Sun., 3 p.m. Admission: $29-35. different nights. ;

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ings. a panel discussion and a between the North Atlantic 1994-1995." Gallery Three: cathy and watercolors, will be the focus art, and diner artifacts presents Native American blessing ceremo- nations, a compelli~ story that is Wysocki - "Headed Out of Time: of the first major U.S. show of the the impact these roadside fixtures Comedy ny. documented with rare pho- Masks and Wooden Panels. " artist considered one 'of the great. have had on the landscape and tographs and artifacts. Through est modem German artists. The the American psyche. Through July Late illite «:.tee ..... IWYaId Book SfoN se~.3. Fuller Museum 01 Art first exhibition reveals his print- 30. Cambridge PUblic Library, 449 "Holography: Artists and Inven. 455 Oak St., Brockton. Hours: making activity through more than The Theatre at the Church of All "Hickey's Diner." In conjunction Broadway, Cambridge. May 1, tors." The Museum of Holography Tue.-sun., 12 noon -5 p.m. Infor- 150 etchings, woodcuts, and litO- Nations, 333 Tremont St .• with the exhibition "American 11:30 a.m. Kenzaburo Oe, 1994 Moves to MIT. mation: (508) 588-6000. ographs. The second exhibition is Boston. Apr. la-May 28: Tues.- Diner" the diner will be on display Winner of the Noble Prize for liter- "Ught Sculptures by Bill Parker "Threads of Tradition: Ceremonial made up of Nolde's watercolor Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 5 & 9 p.m. on the Museum grounds. Estab- ature, one of Japan'S most cele- '74." Vivid interactive light sculp- Bridal Costumes from Palestine." images of flowers, fantasy por- Thurs., Sun. 2 p.m. Admission: lished in 1938, the diner was one brated livi~ writers. May 1-7: Har- tures. each with its own personali- The pieces date from the 1860s traits, landscapes, and animal $14-25. Information: 338-8606. of four lunchwagons that served vard Square Book Festival. A week ty and set of moods. to the early 19405 and represent subjects. Through May 7. An interactive comedy featuring food nightly on the town common of readings, talks, and presenta- "Math In 3D: Geometric Sculp- nine different Palestinian regions. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Maripat Donovan. in Taunton, MA. tions by dozens of authors, includ- tures by Morton G. Bradley Jr." Each region had its own highly d s- Impressionist." Bunker was one of Boston BaIuHI TlJNtet ing Isabel Allende, Jane Smiley, Colorful revolving sculptures tincitve dress style and colors, but the most talented young American "Marble Dust and MagiC lakes: 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Robert Parker, James Champy, based on mathematical formulae. the maker of the dress would painters of the late 19th century. American Sandpaper Paintings Somerville. Sat. evenings. 10:30 and Connie Porter. "MathSpace." Hands.on explo- embroider symbols indicative of Featuring 50 of his finest works, from the Collection of Randall and . Admission: $10: $5, stu. ration of geometry Is the theme as the bride's own cultural and social this will be the first comprehen- Tanya Holton." Largely ignored or -nts. Information: 396-2470. AII'NHIcM RepfWtoty TItutre visitors tinker with math play- heritage. Through July 2. sive exhibition accompanied by an overlooked in the study of Ameri- The improvisational comedy group Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle things. Ongoing. extensive catalogue to examine can folk art, sandpaper paintings Guilty Children pertonns weekly on St., Cambridge. May 3, 4 p.m. "MIT Hall of Hacks. ~ Reopening of School of the Museum of Fine Bunker's life and art. Comple- were produced by the thousands in mid-l9th-century America. More the stage. Free admission. Information: 495- the exhibitio Which chronicles Arts mented by an exhibit at the Isabel- 26f?8. A director, writer, actor in MIl's rich history of wit and wiz. Grossman Gallery, 230 The Fen- la Stewart Gardner Museum. than 75 sandpaper paintings give visual explanation of the dramatic NIIIuHI Btunch theatre and film for four decades, ardry, featuring historic pho- way, Boston. Apr. 24-May 1. Through June 4. Andre Gregory will give the biann~ power possible with charcoal and Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St., tographs and a fascinating collec- Mon., Tues., Fri., Sat.: 10 a.m .. 5 "The Renaissance Print: France chalk, capturing the thematic Boston. Admission: $8. Informa- al Theodore Spencer Memorial tion of artifacts. including props p.m. Wed., Thurs.: 10 a.m.-8 and Italy. ~ Largely from the perma- Lecture. p.m. Sun.: 1-5 p.m. Reception: range of the media and include tion: 859-8163. Friday evenin~s used in the recent police-<:ar-on- nent collection, this exhibition pre- through June 16; 10:30 p.m. The the-dome hack. Ongoing. Apr. 23, 2-5 p.m. Free admission. sents a provocative dialogue biblical, historical, memorial, and lnfonnation: 369-3718. Exhibition allegorical scenes. Through gay improv comedy troupe Naked Museum 01FIne AID between French and Italian graph- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Compton GMIety of work by students competing for Brunch retums to the Lyric Stage.' ic works from the 16th century. In Oct. 1. Free Admission. Information: 369- Ongoing. Infonnation: 253-4444 Museum SChool Traveling SCholar. France the promotion of Italian "Let It Begin Here: LeXington and 3300. Gallery Talks. ApI. 29, 12 "Microscapes~ Color photographs shipS. ImptOvBoston Renaissance style began not only the Revolution, ~ Explore the caus- p.m. "The Taste for Luxury: Eng- by AT&T photographer Charles by importing artworks by Raphael Inman Square Theater (formerly es and the consequences of the lish Furniture, Silver and Ceram- Lewis using advanced techniques Davis Museum MIl Cultural Cen- and Michelangelo but also such Back Alley Theater), 1253 Cam- American War for Independence ics. 1690-1790." Apr. 30, 2 p.m such as photomacrography, pho- t", artists as Rosso and Primaticcio. bridge St., Cambridge. Ongoing: as seen through the eyes of typi- Proper British Tea. Free Pro- tomicrography, interferometry, Wellesley College, Wellesley. Apr. Through June 25. hU.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat., 10:30 cal New England men and women. grams. Remis Auditorium. Apr. thermography, and light polariza- 21-June 11. "The Taste for Luxury: English Fur- p:m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Admission: The exhibit begins with an intro- 30, 3 p.m. (Note: Free tickets are tion. Items such as microproces- "For My Best Beloved Sister Mia: niture, Silver, and Ceramics 1690- $10; $5, students (Thu.). $12; ductory audiovisual presentation required for admission) "Three sor chips, glass fibers, crystals An Album of Photographs by Julia 1790." This exhibition explores $10, students/seniors (Fri.-Sat., about the events on lexington Contemporary Ceramic Artists": and magnetic bubbles are shot at Margaret Cameron." Over 100 the influences of stylistic develop- 8 p.m.). $10; $8, Green. Ongoing. Jim Melchert. Peter Voulkos, and speeds as fast as 1/720,OOOth images by the Victoriam portraitist ments in the decorative arts students/seniors (Sat., 10:30 Richard Shaw. Discussion of of a second and magnified as and her contemporaries, assem- throughout the 18th century and "Lexington Alann'd" The exhibition p.m. and SUn., 7 p.m.). Informa- recent works in an illustrated lec- much as a billion times. Through bled as a family album by examines stylistic parallels among will introduce the visitor to the res- tion: 576-1253. The area's ture. May 19. Cameron. the different mediums. Master- idents of colonial Lexington and longest-standing improvisational Remis Auditorium, MFA. Apr. 20- "Tender Buttons: Photographs of pieces of English silver and soft- explore how and why this comm~ comedy group (12-years old) con- May 11, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Hart Nautical Gallery Women's Domestic Objects by paste porcelain and pieces of Eng- nity functioned as the lauch site tinues with a new season, com- Admission: $40; $35 55 Massachusetts Ave. Ongoing. Rose Marasco~ Maine artist pho- lish furniture will illustrate the for the Revolutionary War. posed of funny, energetic, creative students/seniors/members. Tick- "Course 13, 1893-1993: From tographs cultural material of the artistic currents of this period. • ertormers who create scenes, ets: 369-3306. "The Bronze. Age Naval Architecture to Ocean Engi- domestic past to represent those Through July 25. alogue, and characters on the The Computer Museum of China: Posing Contemporary neering. ~ Exhibition includes his- spaces in women's lives where "Degrees of Abstraction: From spot, based entirely on audience Questions to an Ancient Culture." toric photos, models, and comput- they have left traces of their activi- Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe." 300 Congress St., Boston. Hours: suggestions. New Show: Most Diane M. o'Donoghue, senior fac- er graphics and highlights a ties. This exhibit presents paintings, Tue.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m: Thursdays are "Theatresports ~; Ulty member. Department of Art sampling of current research sculptures, and photographs, by (closed Mondays). Admission: $7. one Thu. each month is "Babe History, SChool of the Museum of including that performed by the The French Ubra" and Cultural over 30 artists who make use of $5 for students/seniors, free for I ight~ (all-female-show). Fine Arts/Tufts University. This department for Bill Koch's '62 Center abstraction is a familiar concept members and children four and four-lecture series will focus on successful America's Cup cam- 53 Marlborough St., Boston. but it continues to provoke a wide under; half-price, Sun. 3-5 p.m. The Comedy Project the provocative problem of hOw an paign with America3. Hours: Tues. 12 noon-8 p.m.; range of responses from artists, Information: 423-6758 or 426- Hong Kong Restaurant, third floor, object acquires ils history. Focus- "Permanent EXl:libition of Ship Wed.-Thu. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; critics, and viewers. Artists 2800 x310. 1236 MassachusettS' Ave., Cam- ing on' the Museum's early Chi- Models. ~ Models which illustrate Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free include: Morris Louis, Robert Map- bridge. Ongoing: Fri.-Sat., 9 p.m. "The Robotic Artist: Aaron in Liv- nese collections, this series will the evolution of ship design from Admission. Information: 266- plethorpe, Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Admission: $10. Information: 247- . ing Color." Each day, a computer- consider how contemporary the 16th century through the 20th 4351. Monsieur de Rainville in Kelly, Robert Raushcenberg, as 1110. "The Big-Time Comedy Pro- driven robot, controlled by thought, with its challenges to century. France. Photographs taken by well as many Massachusetts resi- ject Show~; dinner and dancing "Aaron," one of the most highly dent artists. The exhibition will available.- evolved expert systems ever also display quotations by Jack. developed will create an original son Pollack and Robert Rosen- painting-the first of its kind. berg. Through Oct. 22. The Computer Museum has con- verted some exhibits to Spanish. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum uectures They include .Spend a Million Dol- 280 The Fenway, Boston. Open lars: "Eliza: "Just How Fast Are I Tue.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admi&- Mrr Communications Forum Computers?", "Outline and Orga- sion: $6; $5, students/seniors; Bartos Theater, MIT, E15, 20 nlze," and "Wedding Planner." $3 youths (ages 12-17), free for Ames St., Cambridge. Apr. 27, Call for details. members and children under 12; 4-6 p.m. Free admission. Informa- Wed, $3 for students with current "Robots & Other Smart tion: 253-0008. Local Access to 10. Infonnation: 566-1401. Machines." See how "smart" the Communications Infrastruc- "Dennis Miller Bunker and His Cir. robots and computers are in this ture. Some speakers include: cle." This exhibit highlights the exhibit focusing on artificial intelli- Branko Gerovac and Sharon work of Bunker, an artist at the gence and robotics. Over 25 Gillett; both representing the MIT forefront of the American Impres- hands-on computer stations illus- Research Program on Communica- sionist movement in the late 19th trate advances in creativity, tions Policy, Tom Kalil, National century. More than 30 works by games, problem-solving, and com- Economic Council, The White Bunker, including portraits of his munication, including a chance to House and David Tennenhouse, patrons and innovative land- meet Robot-In-Residence "R2-02" MIT Laboratory for Computer Sci- scapes, will be displayed along- from the Star Wars movies. Ongo- ence. side works by those whom he ing. inspired and influenced and who omen's Studies Around Boston "Tools & Toys: The Amazing Per- influenced him. Complemented by Women's Center, 46 Pleasant, St., sonal Computer." Over 35 interac- an exhibit at the Museum of Rne Cambridge. Apr. 29, 1-3 p.m. Free tive stations illustrating many Arts. Through June 4. admission. Information: 354- leading-edge applications enable The museum, itself an example of 8807. "Support Our Sisters' in the The Bromfield Gallery is the site of the exhibit "Cathy Wysocki: Headed Out of you to experience virtual reality, 15th-century Venentian palaces, former Yugoslavia!~ by Paris pilot your own DC-10 flight simula- Time - Masks and Wooden Panels", at which this is one of the items featured. houses more than 2,000 arts Gumms. . tor, record music. and do much objects. including works by Rem- Bunting Institute, 34 Concord more. Ongoing. notions of history and culture, The Dean's Gallery Arthur de Rainville depicting brandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Ave., Cambridge. May 2, 7:30 offers a valuable perspective on Sloan School of Management, 50 images of France including Paris and Matisse. Ongoing. "The Walk-Through Computer .• p.m. Free admission. Information: the multiple layers of time and Memorial Dr. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8 and the countryside are presented The world's largest and only two- 495-8212. "How the Middle Years meaning that surround Bronze-Age a.m.-5 p.m. Information: Michelle in an impressionistic manner, the Museum of Our National Heritage story model of a personal comput- Get Culturally Constructed: The China. Rorenza, 253-9455. "Works from result of the artist's particular er allows you to climb on a giant Case of Men, ~ by Margaret Mor- 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington. Admis- a Small Studio." This series of photographic style and printing mouse, operate a larger-than-life ganroth Gullette. sion and parking for the museum Kennedy Ubraty Publk: Forums small acrylic paintings by Tina Dick- methods. Through Apr. 29. keyboard. and watch the actual Murray Research Center, 10 Gar- is free. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 Columbia Point, Boston. Apr. 30. ey explores the architectonic and a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 12 noon-5 flow of information within the den St., Cambridge. May 2, 12 Boston Public Ubrary 2...,.3:30 p.m. Information: 929- emotional possibilities of color light p.m. Information: 861-6559. machine. Ongoing. p.m. Free admission. Information: with respect to landscapes around Wiggin and South Galleries, Cop- 4554. Reservations: 929.4571. "'Fixed in Time': Dated Ceramics 495-8140. "Class and Domestic ley Square, Boston. Hours: "People and Computers: Mile- Thomas H. O'Connor, author of us. Through May 10. of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Cen- Networks: Negotiating the Bound- Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; stones of a Revolution .• Travel The Boston Irish, A Political Histo- turies. ~ In celebration of their aries of Kinship, ~ by Karen LIst VIs"., Am Ctmte, Fri.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., back through computing history ry. John sears, Republican Party 60th anniversary, the Boston Hansen. 1-5 p.m. Information: 536-5400 via "time tunnels~ and trace activist and former City Councilor 20 Ames St. Hours: Tue., Thu. China Students' Club presents an MIT Student Center, Room 400, x281. "Boston's Art of the Poster~ today's personal computers back will comment on the relationship and Fri., 12 noon-6 p.m.; Wed., exhibtlon featuring works from the 84 Massachusetts Ave., Cam- and ~Posters by Ethel Reed," to their giant ancestors of the between ethnic background and 12 n00n-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 members' collections. The ceram- ~bridge May 3, 3:30 p.m. "The Joy exhibits that explore the flourish- 19405 and 1950s, with the help political leadership. p.m. Information: 253-4680. Leon ics, 80 items in all, are displayed Luck Club: Mother/Daughter Rela- ing art of the poster in Boston dur- of touchscreen video displays and Golub and Nancy Spero: "War and to give a feeling for their historical tionships," by Jean Lau Chen. ing ~he 1890s, Independent works interactive computing stations. 'Memory,~ a dual career retrospec. context. Through May 14. Bunting Institute. 34 Concord of arts tied to the publishing Ongoing. tive. Nancy Spero has created a Ave., Cambridge. May 3, 4 p.m. "Gathered at the Wall: America new site-specific wall printing in trade, touching art exhibitions and "The Networked Planet: Traveling Free admission. Information: 495- and the Vietnam Veterans Memor- the entrance to the List Center. advertising alike. Through Apr. 30. the Infonnation Highway." In one 8212. "Social Supports in Minori- Exhibits ial.. This exhibit is designed to Working in a figurative, expres- provide visitors an opportunity to hour, visitors learn hoW vast ty Women with Children: A Pilot Institute of Progressive Art sionist mode, often outside the examine the continuing impact of "invisible" networks move and Study." Karen F. Wyche, PsychOlo- III" """.."", 354 Congress St., Boston. Hours: 265 Massachusetts Ave. artistic mainstream, they have cre- the Memorial on the generation of manage the flow of information gy Fellow. Thu.-Sat., 12 noon-5 p.m. Infor- Tues.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; ated two sustained and uncompro- Americans who lived through the and dollars all over the wor1d. An UMass, Rm 065, Science Build- mation: 536-5771. "Shadow Sat.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. Free to mem: mising bodies of work that esplore conflict. More than 1,000 items animated ride down a phone line ing. Boston. May 4, 3:30 p.m. Lands, ~ by Phoebe Helman, bers of the Mil community, themes of power and vulnerability. have been selected to represent shows visitors what the informa- Free admission. Information: 287- 1991-93. Through May 5. seniors, .and children under 12. Through June 25. OOTIplace:New- tion highway looks like on the 6780. "Women and AIDS: A Panel the diversity of the Vietnam Veter- For all others there is a requested ton Free Library ans Memorial Collection, and inside. Ongoing. Discussion. ~ Jamaica Plain Am Center donation of $3. Information: 253- award-winning photographers will Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity 330 Homer St., Newton Center. Gallery 6-5-9, Jamaica Plain Rre- 4444. further enhance the event with pic- ~chool, Cambridge. May 4, 10 Information: 552-7145. May house Multicultural Art Center. tures. Through June 4. . a.m.-l p.m. Admission: $8. Infor- "From Louis Sullivan to SOM: 2-30: Betty Gross, "Works on "Rber Art~ will feature fabric art by "The Women They Left Behind. ~ In mation: 235-5320. "Intentional Boston Grads Go jo Chicago. ~ Paper. ~ Opening reception held Jamaican Plain Artists Susan this poignant and moving photog- Mothering and Nurturing: Refusing Through drawings and artifacts, Mon., May 8, 7-9 p.m. Thompson and Collette Bresilla, Announcements raphy exhibition, photojournalist to Perpetuate the Dominant Cul- this exhibition esplores the explo- along with weavings by Janet BtomffeIdGallery Larry Powell chronicles the experi- ture, ~ by Elizabeth Debold. sive growth of the city of Chicago Hansen, a faCUlty member at WMBR Radio Ustings ence of the women who journey to in the last quarter of the 19th 107 South St., Boston. Tue.-Fri., Mass College .of Art, and quilts by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to MIl's radio station (88.1 FM) pre- M....",. 01 OUt NIItJonaI ~ century and the contributions to 12-5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sylvia Einstein and Judy Becker. pay tribute to loved ones the have sents some of this week's pro- 33 Marrett Rd., LeXington. Apr. this building boom by MIT and 1. Through Apr. 29. Gallery One: Through May 15. lost. Presented in conjunction with gramming. Apr. 22, 2-4 p.m.: 30. 12-5 p.m. Information: 861- Boston architects. Through June Charles Kanwischer - "Drawings the "Gathered at the Wall~ elthib .. "French Kisses: a weekly bilin- 6559. "Healing the Wounds of 18. and Documents." Gallery Two: Museum of FIne Arts gual program of French-language War.~ Commemorating the fall of "Sailing Ship to Satellite: The Dianne Lam - "Recent Work. ~ tion. Through June 4. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. songs. interviews, and reports on Saigon with a program for Vietnam Transatlantic Connection~. Exhibi- Gallery Three: Scott Hunsdorfer - "American Diner: Then and Now. ~ Information: 267-9300. Francophone culture. May 2, 8:30 Veterans and those who care tion documents the history of "Rgures and Other Ephemera. ~ 2. The most ubiquitous example of "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints~ about them. Vietnam veterans transatlantic communication. The May 2-27 (Reception held Sat., eateries ...:. rich in the history and p.m.: "Pipeline!" Bob Dubrow and "Nolde Watercolors in Amer .. from throughout the Common- story of the conquest of the barri- May 6, 4-6 p.m.). Galleries One lore of American life - is the sub- plays his pick of new tapes and ca. ~ Emil Nolde, known best for wealth will re1lect on the war in a er of the North Atlantic Ocean is and Two: Tim Nichols - "Tit Wil- ject of this interactive exhibit. CD's by local bands, and features his vibrantly colored oil paintings program that includes public read- the story of a grand collaboration low: Paintings and Drawings, Through' photographs, works of a live band every week. Page J 2 THE TECH April 28, 1995 April 28, 1995 r-+-__~------.....,...... -----:--.....,...... :.::..:::...::::::::::.....~~THE TECH Page 13

Setting up for INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN the semi-final round Is Kristen L. Pierson '97, who placed second over all In the competition. (Far left) Abiyu Diro '95 controls his machine Sban M. Norton '97 in the background while the machine of his opponent watches as his machine Is Gaurang'S. Desai '97 buries Itself in the 'Pebble Beach' checked for Its correct dimen- sions by Teaching Assistant during the fifth round of the competition. (Right) Evan D. Go/dstan '96. (Left)

Rachel Cunningham '98, the one Dressed for success: Adam Ganderson '97 dressed In and only freshmen in the competition, aligns her machine a tuxedo cleans out his machine during the semI-final round. (Below) after a victory. (Bottom)

Joachim OIQand '97 and fellow studem prepare the machine before competing. (Right) Alleluia, the winninQ entry from Hyosek Yang '9"" competes In the 2.70 contest. . (Far right)

Photography, by Delen Lin and Indranath Neogy Page 14 THE TECH April 28*~ More TIme, Units Allotted for 2.70 Next Year

2.70, from Page I of 14 balls into his goal, and one to "there were two ramps for the car to place on Tuesday night. Only about Machine designs were 'creative' knock the opponent's 14 balls out of either drive directly to the pellets or 45 J?ercent of the machines that The machines were constructed The winning machine "was a car the playing field. attack the opponent," he said. out of materials supplied in kits which drove through the pellets. To accommodate the two projec- Machines advanced in a single- competed on Tuesday made it past handed out in class. The kits includ- swept the ping-pong balls into the tiles and a car, the base of the elimination proce s. 1n the event of the preliminary round, said Associ- . ed parts like paint brushes, alu- bucket, drove to the goal, and machine was tunnel-shaped and a tie, the machine whose electrical at~ Professor of Mechanical Engi- minum strips, Velcro fabric fasten- dumped [the ball ] into the goal," housed the two projectiles, and the connector was c10 est to a special ers, belts, string, and elecfric Yang said. His machine also had vehicle sat atop the tunnel, Yang blue ping-pong ball won. neering Alexander H. Slocum PhD motors. The parts were provided by two projectiles, one to knock a plate said. On the base of the machine, " -The preliminary.round took '82, the head lecturer for 2.70. various corporations. Although " students received identical /. ~------. designs varied greatly. "_ The machine des"igns were GO FOR IT! :M.I.T. Community "incredibly creative," Slocum said. This year's contest was one of the hardest ever because the machines Over 35 Models Summer Softball had difficulty moving on the pellets representing sand, he said. "There of In Line Skates 1995 were so many coo.1ideas in such a short amount of time," he said. In Stock! Students started building their machines around spring vacation. • Excellent Service Organizational Meeting Wed. May 3 Yang said he spent about 30 to 40 hours a week in lab at the start, and Great Prices New Team Entries Accepted as the contest neared, he worked a -his machine almost whenever • Easy Access lab was open. 5:30 P.M. Each student's contest machine to MBTA! counts for a total of 30 percent of Student Center the grade for 2.70. • OXYGEN • ETC Room 407 "Three days before the contest I did nothing else ex~ept woJ1eon the machine," Yang said. Students in For more information contact: 2.70 "deserve 60 units for this class Mark Throop, MITCSS Coordi"nator and instead of the measly nine units," Marino D. Tavarez, MITCSS Commissioner said. MIT Rm. E25-550, Messages: 226-2411/258-7479 Starting next year, 2.70 will be a 12-unit subject. Instructors also hope to assemble lab kits and dis tribute them during the first week 0) -class, giving students more time to work on their machines, Slocum said. With the completion of the new Pappalardo Laboratory facility, where 2.70 students worked on their machines, "we have time to play with the course and implement a "more systemized schedule" so stu- dents are not rushed to comple their machines at the end of the tenn, Slocum said.

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April 22, 1995 photos by.Rich Fletcher April 28, 1995 THE TECH Page J 7 ue to Controversy, Sigma Nu Does Not Have Chapter Name

Sigma Nu, from Page I Plumb said. Pending an official decision by the national organiza- Sigma Nu still has strong ties to tion, the group is known as the MlT Delta Pi brothers. Four DP chapter of Sigma No, he said. alums have actively supported the group, and two were initiated along Plans proceeding for new house with the other members into the new Sigma Nu placed a bid on a chapter on Saturday, Plumb said. house in March and is expecting to The original Sigma Nu chapter close the title transfer on June 1, at MIT, named Epsilon Theta, Plwnb said. The house is located on began in 1924. The national group Newbury Street near the Alpha Chi terminated the charter when ET Omega house. went coed in 1974 and elected a "It's a major stepping stone that woman president. we got it," Plumb said. "Until we The installation of the new chap- had the house, we've been spread ter on Saturday formally took place all over campus." Plans are not set in a ceremony at the Chapel, fol- on housing freshmen in the house l\wed by a dinner at the Royal Son- next fall, but it will be approved for eSta hotel, Plumb said. freshman housing, he said. MIT, through the Independent Chapter designation unclear Residence Development Fund, gave The chapter name of Sigma Nu the fraternity a long-term loan of at MIT has not yet been decided, $300,000 to purchase the house, Plumb said. The nationf~i organiza- Plwnb said. tion intends to designate the chapter The building can house only t 8 as Epsilon Theta, keeping in tradi- members, Crowe said. "From the tion with the original chapter. The outset, we realized that all our mem- ternity would formally be known bers will probably not be housed," as Epsilon Theta of Sigma Nu. he said. "We plan to grow beyond The former Sigma Nu chapter, the size of the house." which is now the co-ed independent Two sororities, Sigma Kappa oiving group Epsilon Theta, filed a and Kappa Alpha Theta, had priori- court complaint last Friday ty on the housing list above Sigma ["Epsilon Theta Files to Preserve Nu, Crowe said. But both sororities Letters," April 25] to prevent Sigma turned down the house Sigma Nu Nu from taking those letters. has taken because it was too small "It's not our decision to make," for them, he said. Crowe said. "We'll go by whatever -Sigma Nu will rush with the the national decides to give us." other fraternities this fall, Crowe "We'd like to stay uninvolved," said. r. Honse Construction To Be Finished in 1996

An athlete compet .. In Men'. Track last saturday. MIT competed against Tufts University and ambitious, time-sensitive way," Renovations, from Page 1 Bentley College. Immerman said. L. Johnson '96 Some students are skeptical of Residents have seen preliminary the timetable set for renovations. "A drawings which have allotted space lot of people don't think it'll get for about 150 beds. However, we're done in one summer," Johnson said. "still a year away before actual con- Jruction starts," Johnson said. Immerman remains "concerned "We're in the rough schematic and attentive" about the deadline. stage," said Stephen D. Immerman, "With our experience with Shaw- o A director of special services. Students mut, they'll do whatever to get it HY are considering factors such as the done on time," he said. e r bout photo our al.sm and get your size and location of rooms, he said. Overall, residents have been "Basically, they just ask a lot of reacting well to the proposed • questions, and we tell them how we changes, Richkus said. "In general, o og ap s pu s he next issue of want it to be," Richkus said. people who do care feel every- Along with residents' input, con': thing's working out well," she said. The Tech! straints such as building size, build- "It's incredible to have input on ing codes, and the budget must be what our building will look like." considered, Immerman said. Contact: The dormitory will undergo "It will make Senior House a Tom or Sharon Th~Te~h "major structural changes," Richkus better place to live in the future," said. Patel said. at x3-1541 rno~ography However, residents have worked to "preserve the entry structure," Patel said. Administrators working with the students include Immerman, Associ- ate Dean of Residence and Campus Activities Margaret A. Jablonski, and a representative from Physical Plant Immerman characterizes their role as one of "facilitating the Su DAY process of moving the renovation MONDAY TUESDAY WED ESDAY forward." Hotcake Hamburger Free dessert Free Big Mac The administrators must ensure 99~ 39~ with purchase of with purch;:,se of Extra Value Large Fries and that Senior House's room specifica- Cheeseburger tions are consistent with other dor- Meal Medium Drink mitories, Richkus said. 49~ THURSDAY " ("' w . FRIDAY SATURDAY Some call timetable ambitious Double Filet Extra Breakfast ...... Cheeseburger Value Meal Sandwich The main work wiIJ be complet- ed in the summer of 1996, Patel $2 for 2 $2.99 99~ 10% off with !Student 10. . said. Phone: 497-3926 "By the end of (this] summer, Any orders over 50.00 will receive J0% discount we will have finished the lion's From sbrimp Mcditcrrancan share of the design," Immerman to scaed salmon fillet with S-Th -6:30 a.m. -10 p.m. fresh ratatouille, our menu "r-~~~rJ said. is filled with accptional F/S 6:30 Cil.m.- J 1 p.m. Next summer involves "com- culinary ddigbts at acq> .r-==~=:-:"A\. pletely gutting the building and ren- tiooaDy ~ prices. '463 a achusetts Avenue ovating it in a very fast-paced, Cambridge, ~fA 02319 Page 18 THE TECH COMICS . APri128~

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Lowell, froni Page 1 Lowen's mission made "it possible for working people to keep abreast ncems is that Cambridge would of technology," Pitkin said. losing "a valuable source of con- "Two years ago, when MIT cut tinued education and professional off its support for a shelter for development," Headley said. homeless alcoholics, the people of "We're trying to increase our Cambridge rose up and MIT resources rather than'decrease changed its mind," Pitkin said, them." referring to the discussion between Another concern is that the deci- MlT and Cambridge in 1993 which sion was made without any discus- resulted in MIT giving the Cam- sion, Headley said. When city coun- bridge and Somerville Program for cilors asked for the rationale behind Alcohol Rehabilitation a permanent the decision, they were "not able to site on MIT land. In exchange, the get satisfactory responses from the Institute received ownership and administration of MIT." leases of several streets around cam- Parravano said that MIT Office pus. or Government and Community The members of the subcommit- RICH FLETCHER-THE TECH Relations had "offered each member tee include Mayor Reeves and City Relations between Jews and African-Americans was the focus of a well-attended lecture by of the council an opportunity to talk Council members Francis Duehay, Michael Lerner and Cornell West held Monday night In Kresge Auditorium. The speakers present- about this issue," and two coun- Anthony Galluccio, Timothy ed several key Issues contained In their new book, Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin. The cilors met with them. Toomey, and Katherine Triantafil- lecture was cCHponsored by MIT and Harvard. "It's interesting that many were Iou. not familiar with the Lowell School before this," Parravano said. "There wi II be a tremendous SEEKING C++ WINDOWS consensus that [closing Lowell] is " not a wise move," said John Pitkin, PROGRAMMER a Cambridge resident who served a We are a startup cOl1U1)ercializing3DPrinting, an few years ago on a City Council committee that looked at communi- exciting new technology that we have licensed from 'ty-university relations. MIT which allows for the rapid creation of 3D physical President Bill Clinton has often promoted continued job training and prototypes directly from a CAD model. We need a user-friendly graphical interface between a CAD system and our machine which must be fun, easy to use, and idiot-proof. This interface will be critical to our product's consumer acceptance. Youcan't cure coloreetalll ••••• We are seeking a creative C++ PC Windows (3.1, cancer ifyoU don't know '95 or NT) programmer with experience creating high- Garber Travel can show you how to yoU have it. quality Gill's to work either part-time on a project Call us. I do it, at the best bargain prices available. basis or full time. We will need to port this software to er AMERICAN CANCER 5OCE1Y" Unix platforms and thus value (but don't require) experience in these platfonns as well. ~ 1105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge- Please send a resume or letter to: Z Corporation 492-2300 One Kendall Sq. Bdg 1700 Cambridge MA 02139 This space donated by The Tech tBreakfast Brunch IDeli Late Night Eatery 'Caterer (OK, so we'll work-on the catering) • 'of ow there's proof. For everything from Egg Benedict and Fresh Grilled Salmon to Boursin Burgers and killer Chocolate Mousse Pie, Cambridge Btl N ," I Chronicle reader rate the S&S the most best 00 : M place in all of Cambridge. ow, where are you V \D\DL- --:;~_..,,;,,;:;.;;.;;...._~~ going to do better than that? Restaurant ',). ~ ';', A Great Find Since 1919 Catering • Deli • Re taurant • Function Room Available at IiJNe \V b",...'( (0 rtl ,. C5 1334 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MAl Tel. (617) 354-0777 ,t

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By So Ught The Wings, notorious chokemeisters nately, it will work, and the pub' and Brian Petersen come May, need to pick things up will be suckered back into the e:: 3 Meets ina Week SPORTS COLUMNISTS again if they plan on winning their which turned its back .on them last We were worried that we might first Cup since 1955. summer. But perhaps that's not all not have enough space to talk about Over in the Atlantic division, bad. As the epic traffic jam made its By Christina Kalb 10:33. everything going on in the sports Philadelphia has quietly become the way past our house, and we watchoo TEAM MEMBER With these times, Eisenberg has world this week. After all, it isn't first team to clinch its division, the throngs of fans pouring down The women's outdoor track team qualified for both ew England and every week that baseball opens its which the team accomplished with a Commonwealth A venue towards was off to a quick tart this eason, East Coast Championships in both season, the NFL holds its -draft, the weekend victory. The Flyers have Fenway, we realized. that, despite beginning its competitive season events. Melanie Born '98 and hockey season winds down, and the emerged from a close early-season everything, we did miss the game. with a three meets in one grueling Rebecca Metrick '98 have added to NBA playoffs begin. Fortunately, struggle to dominate the Atlantic in Welcome back, baseball. week. Unfortunately the team man- the strength of the distance team by our pals in Mudville handled the recent weeks, and like other division NBA Insights aged to defeat only Simmons Col- consistently placing in the 1,500 draft results, so we'll see what we leaders, they did it with offense lege. meters and 3,000 meters. can do about the rest of sJX>rts. (142 goal's). Philly might be hurt, It's play.off time again in the Between April 8 and 15, the Kathy Lipps has led the way in Our NFL draft preview last week however, by a lack of defense; only NBA. After taking last May off, Air team faced WPI, RPI, Simmons, the 800, running at about 2:36. put us a week behind on our NHL two teams in the division have given Jordan, the Lakers, and the Celts ~ and Bentley, Bowdoin, and Colby Lipps also stepped in to help the division reviews, so this week you up more goals than the Flyers. back. Will Charles, Mr. Robinson, Colleges. While not lacking in spirit get two for the price of one. First and the Mailman win their long- small number of sprinters by run- While defense has been excel- or talent, the team has lacked the up, the Central division. The ex- awaited first title or will they be ning the mile relay, and she has lent, the Atlantic teams have been sheer numbers necessary to win a Noms is definitely the stronger of denied by youngsters like Shaq, become the team's fastest 400 meter hurting for goal production. Only track meet, partly because of illness the Western divisions, as even last- Penny Hardaway, Shawn Kemp, runner. the Flyers and Rangers have scored and injury. place Winnipeg is only two points and Alonzo Mourning. So, without The persistence of the team can more than 125 goals; the average for The strength of the team lies from a playoff sJX>t. further ado, we at EASports will be seen especially in its sprinters the other three divisions is over 130 largely with throwers Kristin Ratliff The Central's strength lies in the. throw in our two cents on the play- and jumpers. The team has a total of goals. '95 and Jennifer Boyle '96. Experi- strong goaltending on its teams; offs. only five members who, between enced throwers, they have consis- Mike Vernon, Ed Belfour, Don This lack of scoring hasn't pre- There shouldn't be too ma~ them, try to cover each of the three tently placed in the discus and shot Casey, Felix Potvin, and Andy vented teams from winning games; surprises first round surprises in the sprints, two relays, three jumps and put, often taking" first and second Moog are hardly unknowns in the only Tampa Bay and the Islanders East. Shaq and Company will make two hurdle races. between the two of them. net. With defense being the key to have fewer than 40 JX>ints.The race sure that the Celtics will have only Ratliff, one of the team captains, Sprinters Eugenia Hahn '97, playoff victories, any of these teams for the last playoff spot is still open; one more game in the Garden. has qualified for ew England and Stephanie Hong '98, Camille could find themselves playing for even the Lightning could still get in, what should be billed as the mo East Coast Championships in both Anderson '95, and Shawn Atlow Lord Stanley's Cup at the end of and with everyone gunning for the boring series ever, the Knicks events. Boyle has qualified in the '97 have typically needed to com- next month. -defending champion Rangers, look should advance with no problems. shot and is close to qualifying for pete in three, if not four events each. It has seemed of late that Detroit, for the Florida Panthers to slip into by holding the Cavs to under 50 the ew England Championship in Allow has successfully placed in the with the NHL's best record, might . the eighth spot next week. points a game en. route to a poten- the discus. 100, 200, and 400 meters. have an easy run through the play- tial second match-up versus the In the distance events, Janis Christine Kalb '98, currently the offs; but don't buy your Finals tick- The Batter's Box Pacer. Eisenberg '98 has been nearly only jumper and hurdler on the ets just yet. The Red Wings are suf- Yes, baseball is finally back, Led by Reggie Miller's deadly unstoppable in the 1,500 and 3,000 team, typically competes in at least fering a defensive slump; they have and in case you didn't notice, every out~idebshoohtiHng,tkhe.paficers should . J meters. She has yet to be beaten in four and as many as six events. A given up five or more goals in four company with any kind of financial CruIse y t e aw s In our games. the 1,500, with a fastest time of new jumper, she consistently placed of their last six games, and as of interest in the game has full-page In a minor upset, the Bulls sho. 4:56; she was outrun only once in third or fourth in each of her Wednesday night still needed two ads in the papers begging the fans to the 3,000, where she runs a time of events. points to clinch the division title. come back to the game. Unfortu- EA Sports, Page 23

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