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Volume 123, Number 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, February 4, 2003 MIT Campus Reacts 6.270 Dominated by 'VzctorBraT' ~ Sh ttl D. t ~&~~~:~~FKrlShnan .1.0 U e ISas er "Victor Watson Brar," the robot created by Kenneth J. Jensen '03 and Rhett Creighton '02, dominated Mourning Students, Faculty Pay ~ the field and won this years 6.270 Autonomous Robot Competition. By Nathan Collins '72, a senior research engineer,knew "We were really excited," NEWSEDlTOR Laurel Clark, a mission specialist on Creighton said. "We had a really As somber students, faculty, and Columbia. Oman had worked with fast robot." Many of the other staff of the Department of Aeronau- Clark's husband, John, a Navy flight robots were "good proofs of con- tics and Astronautics entered to pay surgeon. cepts," but they needed more time, their respects, many stopped to write Oman remembered fondly how he said. their thoughts and condolences in an Clark had a penchant for proper Jensen said their strategy was to empty book that sat at one end of the grammar and quality writing and that "keep it simple, stupid." room. "she was absolutelycommittedto the When their imminent victory Photographs of crew of the space idea of long-durationspaceflight." became clear, Jensen and Creighton shuttle Columbia had been projected "It's obviously an enormous celebrated by stripping off their on a screen in the Learning Laborato- loss," Oman said, noting that Clark Junkyard Wars jumpsuits. ry, and the STS-107 mission patch left behind an eight-year-old son. Creighton continued by tearing off and a groupphoto framedthe book. Hers ''was a lifewell lived," he said. his T-shirt and smashing his robot. After a week of signing, ~'we're Astronauts "are prepared to sacri- "Victor Watson Brar" featured going to send it to the astronaut corps fice their lives" to further science, an attacker, which ran much faster in Houston," said Ian A. Waitz, the Crawley said. He compared space than most of the other robots, deputy departmenthead. travellers with early Polynesian pio- attached to the main body of their The event, Waitz said, was an neers, who would "either find the robot by a wire. The attacker moved "opportunity for people to come next island, or they probably would quickly to the opponent's side of the together and share some thoughts." not return." table, blocking any motion by the After Department Head Edward F. Crawley said that more astronauts other robot. Crawley ScD '80, Waitz, and other come from MIT than from any other "I don't see how, if their robot professors spoke, the crowd broke up nonmilitary institution. "MIT is a works, how we can actually beat it," into smaller groups to talk about the place about learning," he said. "Let said Yuran Lu '05, just before his accident. . us rememberthe tremendoussacrifice team faced "Victor" in the final For some in the crowd, the loss was personal. Charles M. Oman .PM1 Shuttle, Page 11 6.270, Page 13
lHEATER REVIEW STANLEY HV-THE TECH Rhett Creighton '02 rips off his T~shlrt In Jubilation at Kenneth J. Jensen '03 and his victory In 6.270. Their robot defeated "Kamikaze Finally, A Reason Puppy" 2-1 In the final round of the competition. 1bStay Awake in 10-250 Disconnected Registers Richard Ff!J/I'I/fJI!J'nCfnnes toLife in QED Finally Post Old Charges QED, a bout his life, so engaging, and what By Lauren E. leBon they weren't aware ofthis," McDon- ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR ald said. QED Cash registers disconnected from McDonald added that there will 10-250 the MIT Card Office resulted in be educational sessions held for ven- Jan. 30. 7p.m. delayed TechCASH charges last dors so that they will be able to rec- Written by Peter Parnell month, as the Office finally posted ognize when cash registers are Directed byJon Upsly saved transactions as old as Septem- offline.This information will now be Starri1Ig Jeremiah ber 2002 to student accounts. reported to the Card Officedaily. Kissel. Jordtm Dan" A cash register in Walker Memo- "I can't say they'll perform any rial and two in the Lobdell Food better," McDonald said, emphasizing Court had accumulated the charges that any system is prone to human - dating from September and Octo- error. "We're sorry that it happened. ber 2002 respectively - but because It's up to us to make sure this doesn't the registers were disconnected from happen again." the office, the transactions were not The Card Office has posted an applied until Jan. 7, 8, and 27, said explanation of the card problems on John M. McDonald, the assistant its Web site, at
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orldCo ·ga ·0 Focuses THE WASHlNGTO POST a ~~~Up, Insulation WorldCom Inc. announced Monday that it will layoff 5,000 employee and reduce operating costs in an effort to cut pending by By Eric alnlc and Matt Lalt moking gun." Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, 2.5 billion a year. WS ANGELES TIMES Four minutes later the craft, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Ander- The nation's second-largest long-distance company is cutting HOUSTO which was flying on autopilot, son, William McCool and Han co ts as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy later this year. Most A day after losing space shuttle began to pull to the left, computer- Ramon - is scheduled Tuesday at of the layoffs will be in the corporate and admini trative taff, the Columbia and its crew, ASA ized controls compensating for the Johnson Space Center here. company said in a statement. appointed a panel Sunday to investi- increased drag, or wind resistance, President Bush will attend the WorldCom spokesman Brad Burns aid details of the workforce gate the tragedy, and said a more on that side of the shuttle. The drag event. reduction are still being worked out and it is not yet clear how many detailed analysis of the mission's could have been caused by prob- In Washington, a senior adminis- of the company's 6,000 Washington area employee wilJ be included final minutes had focused on a sharp lems with one of the tiles that pro- tration official said Bush, in a in the late t wave of layoffs. But he aid the company expects to con- buildup of heat on the left side of vide insulation from the 3,000- spending plan being sent to Con- tinue to have a "major presence" in Ashburn, Va. Last year World- the craft shortly before it disinte- degree heat, he said. gress Monday, plans to seek a $469- Com laid off 17,000 employees, reducing its workforce to 60,000. grated. "Does that mean something to million increase in NASA's current In addition to cutting 8 percent of it workforce by the end of this In a highly technical, 90-minute us? We're not sure," Dittemore said. $15 billion budget. And Sean month, the company plan to trim 1.5 billion in costs by hutting televised briefing, Ron Dittemore, "It could be indicative of rough tile; O'Keefe, NASA administrator, down parts of it vast fiber-optics networks and rerouting data and the shuttle's program manager, said it could be indicative of scratched or appeared on several television pro- voice traffic through underused facilities. WorldCom said customers technicians with the ational Aero- missing tile." grams to defend the agency's work, will not be affected by changes in its network. nautics and Space Administration ASA investigators have ruled insisting that the agency had not cut had more closely examined the out several other potential causes, comers on safety and pledged an seven minutes before Columbia lost including an on-board fire, major aggressive investigation into what u.s. AiIways Posts contact with Houston's Mission structural failure and terrorism. went wrong. The independent inves- Control Saturday morning. Meanwhile, NASA said remains tigative panel named Sunday will be 794 Million Loss As the spacecraft passed over of several of the seven astronauts headed by retired Navy Adm. THE WASHINGTO POST eastern California toward its had been recovered and identified Harold W. Gehman Jr. Officially U.S. Airways, which has been operating under bankruptcy protec- planned landing in Florida, tempera- from the massive swath of debris known as the Space Shuttle Mishap tion since August, said Monday that it lost $794 million in the fourth tures began to soar, rising 20 to 30 left in Texas and Louisiana by Interagency Investigation Board, it quarter, its 10th consecutive quarterly loss. degrees in the left wing wheel well Columbia's breakup, which began will meet for the first time Monday The Arlington, Va.-based airline's loss narrowed to $11.67 per and, a minute later, rising 60 more than 200,000 feet above the morning at Barksdale Air Force share from a record-breaking loss of 1.15 billion, or $17.07 per degrees on the left side of the fuse- earth at a speed of 12,000 mph. No Base in Bossier City, La. share, in the same period a year ago. lage, above the wing. one on the ground was injured, James N. Hallock '63, the Avia- Revenue for the period increased slightly, to $1.61 billion, com- "We are gaining confidence that though health experts continued to tion Safety Division Chief of the pared with $1.57 billion a year earlier. it was a thermal problem," Ditte- warn that toxic material on the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Airways also trimmed its annual loss, to $1.65 billion, or more said. But, he added, 'it is too debris could be dangerous. was also named to the panel. Hal- $24.20 per share, from $2.12 billion, or 31.48 per share, in 2001. early for me to speculate on what all A memorial service for the lock earned an SB, SM, and PhD in But the airline's revenue slid nearly 16 percent, to $6.98 billion, dur- that means .... I don't have any seven victims - David Brown, physics from MIT. ing the year, from $8.29 billion in 2001. U.S. Airways, the nation's seventh-largest carrier, said it expects revenue to continue to decline, by nearly $10 million a month, because of the drastic fare .cuts it has implemented along with several President Unveils $2.23 Trillion other major airlines. Russia Puts Space Tourism Budget, Projects Huge Deficit Program on Hold By Ken FIreman over the following four years as billions of dollars. LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWSDAY economic growth strengthened. Democrats immediately attacked MOSCOW WASHINGTON "The president has chosen as his the proposal as the product of ''the Russian officials said Monday they have put the country's space The Bush administration Mon- top priority the safety of Ameri- most fiscally irresponsible adminis- tourism program on hold because of the space shuttle catastrophe, but day unveiled a proposed $2.23-tril- cans," said Mitch Daniels, the tration in history," as Senate Minor- vowed to continue flying tourists to the International Space Station lion federal budget for 2004 that White House's top budget official. ity Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)- for cash once questions over the shuttle's future are resolved. would cut taxes anew, boost spend- "A balanced federal budget remains put it. They complained that Presi- "This is good money for Russia, and we do not plan to end tourist ing for the military and homeland an important priority for this presi- dent Bush was asking for sacrifices. flights under any conditions. Naturally, at present, all commercial security - and run the largest dent. And the budget we present from the middle class in the form of launches have been delayed for an indefinite time," Russian Space deficit in history. today, even with all the new initia- constrained spending on many Agency spokesman Sergei Gorbunov told the Interfax news agency. Administration officials blamed tives, shows deficits bottoming in domestic programs while showering Russia's space agency reaps a reported $20 million per tourist flight. the projected $307-billion deficit for this year and moving back in the new tax cuts on the wealthiest Flights of the U.S. space shuttle are suspended pending the results the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 on a direction of balance." Americans. of the investigation of the Columbia disaster, and Gorbunov predicted confluence of several factors beyond But Daniels and other officials Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton the shuttles could be grounded for two years, meaning tourist flights their control, especially the need to made no predictions of a return to (D-N.Y.) poured scorn on the would also be on hold for that long. beef up spending on security in the fiscal surplus any time soon, as they administration's contention that the ''The Americans must decide what they really want to do. They wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. had only a year ago. They also deficits were caused by increased have not made any official addresses to Russia. Negotiations are They said the deficit, while a acknowledged that their proposal spending on the military and home- underway only on the level of technical specialists of the two coun- record in absolute terms, was rela- did not include any spending for a land security, and not by the presi- tries," Gorbunov said. tively small as a percentage of the possible war in Iraq, which could dent's $1.35-billion tax cut that was total economy and would shrink further swell the deficit by tens of enacted in 2001. WEATHER Return to Wmter Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, February 4, 2003 o~ ~~ o~ ~~ d~ ~~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ By Nikki PrivEt " ....~ ....q; ....~ ...... " ....~ ....tSJ Ql'5 ~ ~ ~ ,,'5 ,,<:;) STAFF METEOROLOGIST .~ 400N A low pressure system will sweep through Boston today, bringing rain and strong gusty winds with it. The warm front associated with this system will keep temperatures mild during the day, with highs into the 40s F (7°C). 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LOS ANGELES TIMES Intelligenre with United ations ATLANTA By Robin Wright day, Powell may reveal intercepted ticly about their number or appear- on-emergency surgeries were postponed and hospital officials in LOS A GELES TIMES discu sions in which Iraqis talk ance. parts of the outh kept a close eye on blood supplies Monday after about moving weapon -related Exp rts have said Iraq may have the American Red Cro s expanded a quarantine issued when an Secretary of State Colin L. Pow- material and brag about inspectors installed fermenters, spray dryers, unidentified white substance was discovered in bags of donated ell will share intercepted conversa- missing items, U.S. officials said. centrifuges and other supporting blood. tions among Iraqi officials about The administration on Monday was gear with refrigeration capacity in Federal health officials worked to identify the particles, which first their weapons programs and pho- still deciding which material to the labs. The vehicles have distin- were spotted in 110 bags of donated blood in Atlanta late last week, tographs of suspected mobile bio- declassify . guishing characteristics that would prompting the Red Cross to quarantine almost all of its inventory logical weapons labs when he takes Intercepts are one of the most be visible in the sort of satellite pho- across Georgia and parts of South Carolina. the U.S. intelligence dossier on Iraq sensitive forms of U.S. intelligence, tos Powell is expected to present, On Sunday, officials in ashville quarantined about two-thirds of to the United ations this week, in part because they reveal means of according to a U.S. official who the agency's blood supply for the Tennessee Valley region - cover- U.S. officials said Monday. data collection that might tip off spoke on condition of anonymity. ing mid-Tennessee and parts of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri - "We've got a strong case. We'll subjects and close off ways to gath- He declined to elaborat . after a similar sub tance turned up in 10 bags there. The quarantine convince a lot of folks and move er vital information. U.S. intelligence agencies claim applied to blood that was stored in bags manufactured by Baxter many off the fence. The lay of the Iraq's suspected mobile biologi- the Iraqi regime uses mobile labs to Healthcare Corp. of Deerfield, 111.,which also produced the collection land will look very different after cal weapons laboratories have been hide biological weapons by disguis- bags in which the substance was discovered in Georgia. Powell has made his presentation," a focus of U.S. intelligence efforts ing them as ordinary tractor-trailers Testing by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a well-placed U.S. official predict- for years; locating them has or even recreation vehicles, which indicated that the particles were not infectious, officials said. The Red ed. become a top concern of Pentagon have been dubbed "Winnebagos of Cross said it had received no reports of harm to any patients. In his presentation on Wednes- planners. But little is known pub- Death." AOL Time Warner Bush Vows to Continue Exploring Warns of Increased Debt THE WASHINGTON POST AOL Time Warner Inc. ha notified credit rating agencies that its $25.8 billion of debt will increase by several billion dollars in coming Space, Increasing Shuttle Funding months, prompting a warning from Standard & Poor's Corp. that the By Anne Q. Hoy ments, their heroism and their sense behind closed doors with 16 key media giant will face mounting financial pressure and a possible drop NEWSDAY of wonder." The president added, congressional leaders. in its creditworthiness this year. WASHINGTON "Their 16-day mission held the Even before the catastrophe, In the next few months, the company must add $2.1 billion in debt President Bush Monday vowed promise of answering scientific prob- Bush had called for increasing to restructure the finances of its cable television operations, up to to continue space exploration in the lems that elude us here on Earth." spending on the shuttle program to $800 million in debt to purchase an outstanding stake in America wake of the Columbia shuttle Earlier, Bush received a 45- $3.9 billion from $3.2 billion, a Online's European operations, and $800 million in debt linked mostly tragedy, as Congress raised ques- minute briefmg in the Oval Office level included in the fiscal 2004 to development of AOL Time Warner Center, the company's new, tions about whether cost overruns at from National Aeronautics and budget sent to Congress Monday. 53-story Manhattan headquarters. other NASA programs hampered Space Administration Administrator The president's budget proposal The company's efforts to reduce its massive debt hinge on raising the shuttle's safety. Sean O'Keefe. O'Keefe, a former requested a smaller overall increase billions by selling a portion of its cable television operations and "While we grieve the loss of Navy secretary and former director for NASA, seeking $15.5 billion, a other businesses. But analysts said weakness in financial markets, and these astronauts, the cause of which of the Office of Management and $469 million increase, for fiscal uncertainty over the prospect of war with Iraq, could complicate or they died will continue," Bush said Budget, reviewed the chronology 2004. The added shuttle funding delay those deals. If that happens, the company's creditworthiness during an appearance at the Nation- that led to the disaster and he and would come from planned cost sav- would decline, its cost of borrowing would increase and its bond rat- al Institutes of Health in suburban Bush spoke about the surviving ings in other NASA programs. ing would be slashed, analysts said. Maryland Monday. "America's families and morale at NASA, espe- Fleischer did not rule out possi- The company recently renegotiated the terms of its outstanding journey into space will go on." cially among members of the next ble requests for additional funding. loans to avoid any technical violation of existing debt agreements Bush again paid tribute to the lost shuttle crew, White House He said the administration "is mak- related to its falling net worth, according to Wayne H. Pace, AOL seven-member crew, saying they will spokesman Ari Fleischer said. ing no conclusions" whether fund- Time Warner's chief financial officer. be remembered for "their achieve- O'Keefe then met Monday night ing affected safety.
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o Greater Hero Chance are, when we MIT tudents were very mall, we while orbiting the earth? thought A A wa omething amazing. The space agency As scientist and engineers, we should constantly ask, Ch irman ''what happens if Ido this?" Columbia carried eighty experi- Jyoti Tibrewala '04 embodie our own pirit, the pas ion to explore, to learn, to ee what' out there. As we grew up, ments that asked this question. It i at the core of our human Editor in Chief Editorial most ofus decided we would pursue curiosity. Our worst trait is our fear of things new and different Jennifer Krishnan '04 other things than outer space. - the instinct that allows ''what dangers await?" to overwhelm Bu ine anager Maybe computers fa cinated us, or we couldn't stop think- "what if?" Our greatest heights are achieved in the wonder and Ian Lai G ing about how we think, but a few of u looked up at the night the joy of discovery. Space travel embodies this, the finest expre sion of humanity. Many have suggested we abandon an aging Editor sky and couldn't take our eyes away. Mo tofus are at MIT manned spaceflight, but to abandon our exploration would be to Joy For ythe '04 becau e we like exploring, and 0 we understand in tinctively tho e who could not remove their gaze from the stars. ome- deny our best instincts. We would accept defeat in the constant EWSSTAFF where in our mind, the part of us that still ees with four-year- struggle to improve as a species. e and Featur Director: Keith 1. Winstein old eyes, there is little a moving a a aturn V launch and no With the events of last Saturday, we must be vigilant to '03; e Editors: athan Collins G, Christine greater hero than an astronaut. maintain wonder over fear. The President has expressed his sup- R. Fry '05; . te Edito : Lauren E. leBon port for the space program, but there can be no doubt that '06, Kathy Lin '06, Beckett W. temer '06, MaTi There are tho e who think that the astronaut's time has ASA will yet again come under fire. At MIT, we know the ogt '06, Jenny Zhang '06; taB: Harold Fox G, pas ed. orne critic complain that space travel is un afe. Two aveen unkavally G, Dan Cho '02, Jeffrey major accidents haunt even young minds, and the space pro- value of exploration for its own sake. We must show our sup- Greenbaum '04, Vicky H u '04, Richa Mahesh- gram has seen many lives lost. Indeed, there can be no doubt port for our childhood heroes and what drives them, lest we for- wari '04, Flora Amwayi 'OS, Vincent Chen 'OS, that space travel is dangerous. It has been said that the most get what drives us, too. Aaron Du '05, am Hwang '05, Tom Kilpatrick hazardous part of space travel is the time from just before liftoff Seven astronauts died high over Texas Saturday moming. 'OS, Amerson Lin '05, Jing-Helen Tang 'OS, Qian Seven men and women, heroes all-let's do right by them, and Wang '05, Lakshmi ambiar '06, Veena to the time just after landing. . Ramaswamy '06, Jennifer Wong '06; eteor- Others argue that the science is of little value. Who cares, keep exploring everywhere there is something wonderful and ologi t : Robert Lindsay Korty G, Greg Law on after all, what happens to mice finding their way through a maze new, and do it for the sake of discovery. G, ikki Prive G, William Ram trom G, Michael J. Ring G, Efren Gutierrez '03.
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gen car project strikingly similar to the one ment programs as fast as you can think of Ken Nesmith Clinton started that Bush canceled. We heard them, spending taxes as fast as you can take For Rent a call to create a new nationwide federal men- them? Fine, do it. But don't be both. They are I recall watching President Bush's speech toring program for children. Again and again, mutually incompatible positions. Living a at the Republican ational Convention and for half an hour, we heard about something contradiction isn't good form. Andrew C. Thomas thinking that if nothing else, he was energetic. Bush considers to be a problem, and we heard Bush seem to have moved quickly from He had a youthful passion and energy that fit of his new federal program and corresponding insightfully recognizing problems Americans Our society is blessed with the power of his image as anew, less tainted force in the federal expenditure designed to address it. face today to believing that he can solve them debate, the notion that people are allowed to political world. He was a political outsider, a What happened to George W. the rancher, the with the help of the federal government; or disagree. This is not some mere token bless- regular guy from the ranch, granted a special young Republican from Texas, who shivered perhaps his advi ers simply told him to say all ing, however; it represents the freedom of place in politics by, shall we say, "nominal" at the thought of big government? this. He did seem much more comfortable with thought, a crucial yet often overlooked right qualifications. Watching his most recent State But this wasn't the end of the surprises. his discussions of foreign policy, and especial- of the people of this country. of the Union address, most agreed that he's While massively raising spending, Bush would ly his discussion of Iraq, although details on It should be no mystery, then, that attempts visibly aged during his tenure. A bit of his like to - guess what? - cut taxes, harder and plans for North Korea were tragically lacking. to control thought are always present in our down to earth, regular-guy spirit seems to faster. Yet he discussed the cuts with less cer- Bush addressed the Middle East well. He daily lives. Political and social thought have fallen by the wayside as well. tainty and conviction than he perhaps once did, attacked Iran's government while pledging processes are always vulnerable to attack; Bush seemed tired, his words delivered working to defend their legitimacy during a support for the students protesting for democ- economic thought is even more difficult to with exhaustion. His brown eyes twinkled down economy. He spoke simply: in hard racy in that country. He discussed Iraq's fail- defend against in this day and age. from a less animated face as he offered his times, the last thing the government needs to do ure to do anything right during the last decade Just over a week ago, 800 million people well-crafted lines with what seemed to be is take more of your money, he told us. Eco- of disarmament, again identifying the govern- across the world sat down in front of their more effort than usual. Bush's speech directly nomic strength, he continued, will come when ment as the problem and the people of Iraq as televisions to be bombarded by advertising. addressed criticisms levied against his work individuals can part of the solution. He cata- Budweiser led the way with their campaign, as president. He promised billions to fight work, produce, logued the weapons they have, saturating the public with images including AIDS in Africa, he stepped up the war on and consume, the weapons they're pursuing, an upside-down clown apparently drinking bioterror at home, he declared a bit of success with as little Since when does Bush believe and their failure to cooperate beer through the wrong end. Michael Jordan in the fight against al-Qaida. His message, interference as with the inspections process. sold underwear on a grand scale, when in pre- however, especially as it related to domestic possible. (He in making Washington solve Conservatives remain loathe to vious years he had sold shoes with a cartoon affairs, seemed tired and strained by beltway also made the acknowledge our role in giving rabbit. Somewhere within this aerial bom- fatigue; his commitment to a world of self- useless state- everyone~ problems? Did we not Saddam weapons of mass bardment, to the amazement of many, was a sufficiency, good and evil, and free Ameri- ment that he'd hear him rail against this prease destruction and overseeing their football game. After so much time, I continu- cans seemed weathered by gradually more like every man use in the eighties, greenlight- ally find it interesting to see how many peo- prevalent compromises and sacrifices of prin- and woman in approach to government in the ing his invasion of Kuwait, and ple are being drawn to this so-called "World ciple. America who proudly flaunting international Championship Event" for its typically The first half of Bush's speech appeared wants a job to years leading up to his election? law while damning him for the mediocre sports value or for continued indoc- designed to address predictions that he, like have one, an same. Still, a new Iraq success- trination. his father, would face political death by devot- obvious fully built on freedom and Even around us, we see a continued leas- ing attention to foreign questions (in this case, impossibility.) democracy may very well be best for both ing of the world's space for commercial almost the same single foreign question) at the There we have it; two approaches to gov- Iraqis and the rest of the world. information. Times Square has been a shrine cost of maintaining domestic and economic ernment. The latter is Bush's traditional conser- We saw a different George W. at this to the likes of King Midas for decades. New affairs. He certainly did address domestic vative approach: leave citizens free to solve State of the Union address. I don't know what York taxi cab companies want to start adding affairs, but he did so in a way that I doubt he their own problems, free to make their own happened to the old one. Sure, he still flubbed television screens to their vehicles, probably would have three years ago. In this speech, choices, and free to keep the fruit of their labor. some lines, and had a nice cowboyish refer- not for the entertainment of their passengers Bush made a laundry list of new government The former is straight out of left field. Since ence to killing people by saying they're "no but for additional advertising revenue. Even initiatives, expenditures, and programs, each when does Bush believe in making Washington longer a problem," but it's just not the same. some cabs have advertising placed on their with high prices, and each with noble goals. solve everyone's problems? Did we not hear What happened to his energy? And where did roofs, for the enjoyment of passers-by. The problems he sought to address are cer- him rail against this precise approach to gov- all those government programs come from? Though the news briefs and sports scores are tainly genuine problems: addiction, education, ernment in the years leading up to his election? The closest he could come to talk of restrain- very useful, the consumer has effectively lost energy needs, health care needs, and so forth. Have we not heard every last Republican rail- ing spending was a promise to not grow dis- control over how he receives this informa- Never before, though, has Bush thought it ing against Clinton for eight consecutive years cretionary spending more than 4 percent; not tion. right or appropriate to turn to the government for precisely this crime, abandoning individual exactly a huge money-saving move. Bush's Call me paranoid, but the new projector to spend federal money to solve the problems responsibility? They now shoulder the federal popularity has been falling in the past few system in Building 3 frightens me equally. Its of the individual, especially in matters that are government with that same burden. months. North Korea is going to be a bell of a function is to inform the MIT community of little more than a question of individual W~t to be a neoconservative, free-market problem for him, not to mention the world. upcoming events. While it is certainly being choice. Yet we heard Bush call for massive proponent, blamer of the poor, believer in the The economy is slipping again in a double- put up with the best of intentions, it complete- expansion of medicare; $400 billion over ten individual . erican citizen, hater of big gov- dip recession. Suddenly, nothing seems cer- ly removes the element of choice from the years. We heard him call for federal funding ernment? Fine, do it. Want to be a leftist tain - certainly not Bush's political philoso- MIT consumer. I can do without seeing the to help fight drug addiction, and for a hydro- redistributer of wealth, building new govern- phy, nor his once assured re-election. large blue screen as I walk down the Infinite, or its reflection in the Lobby 7 windows, as can many in the community. Has the entire world of though been co- Bad Politics, Bad Business opted by forcefully applied economics? One can only wonder. Too much attention is paid km separating the two cities could have been plabS, even if temporary, is quite a significant to those media that rely on instant gratifica- Guest Column covered in one hour'and fifteen minutes with a gesture. This bodes well for future Taiwan- tion. The internet is infested with pop-up William Li direct flight, passengers had to endure four China relations. advertisements, now replete with sound and hours and forty minutes on account of the However, this whole matter is quite silly, video for increased annoyance value, making On Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at 8:52 a.m., a stopover. It should also be noted that only a at least from a business standpoint. None of legitimate surfing more and more difficult. A Taiwanese China Airlines plane made history month before this landmark flight, a lack of the scheduled 16 trips are profitable for any of technology heralded as the beginning of free when it landed at Shanghai Pudong Interna- cooperation kept the scheduling process stag- the six participating Taiwanese airlines. The information has incessant advertising as its tional Airport. The Boeing 747-400 became nant. It was not until Jan. 7 that exact flight flights are still not attractive to travelers price. the first Taiwan civilian airliner to touchdown plans finally passed Taiwanese authorities. because it still makes the time-consuming trip Far be it for me to assume what people in mainland China since 1949, when Taiwan Until now, the Taiwanese government to Hong Kong. Also, because of the late want, but we still have access to a wonderful separated itself from the rest of China. The required all cross-strait passengers to not only . announcement of flight plans, most travelers source of information - direct human inter- 240 passengers, most of whom were Tai- stop over in either Hong Kong or Macao, but booked other flights well in advance. action. I find it sad that conversation used to wanese businessman eager to return home to also change planes, further delaying the trip. It surprises me that the Taiwanese govern- be an art. Certainly, though, a good heated their families for the Chinese New Year, left to This stubborn ban on direct flights i meant as a ment would force its own airlines to lose prof- debate can be vigorous, stimulating, and still cheering crowds and a celebratory lion dance, protest against China's refusal to grant the its for performing the notable service of get more than two people involved. Got a per- as 180 reporters from 70 countries looked on. island its independence. This unwillingness to returning the Taiwanese in China home to tinent issue, or a keen observation, or even a The passengers were establish a direct route their families for the biggest holiday of the complaint about the quality of food at your welcomed in similar is a symbol of distrust year. However, the Taiwanese government favorite restaurant? Drop it. Make an impas- fashion as the plane and antagonism costs its businesses and its people money all sioned case. Then, wait for the next person to returned to Taipei's By creating a barrier towards the other side year round, by stifling direct links such as add their point of view. Taoyuan airport, com- as well as a means of travel. The cost of the unnecessary stopover at They said what about the Red Sox, you pleting the historical to cross-straitexchanges,1aiwan advancing the island's a third location to the airlines is passed on to think to yourself? Hold back your urge to round-trip. political agenda. By the traveler. The increased ticket price lowers smack the Philistine in the mouth. Calmly In the days leading hopes to discouragerelationships creating a barrier to ticket sales and profits for the airlines. In explain to them that, despite their troubles up to this first of what its people might establish cross-strait exchanges, pushing its political agenda, the Taiwanese in past seasons, Pedro, Nomar and Shea will will be 16 indirect Taiwan hopes to dis- government is neglecting the interests of its make this one the season to remember. cross-strait round trips, with China. courage relationships own people. Make positive points whenever possible. scheduled to run its people might estab- As history has witnessed repeatedly, the Resist the urge to call David Wells a red- between Jan. 26 and lish with China, for will of the people is inevitable. Despite the neck; simply explain that his days of quality Feb. 10, I was nearing such associations political stalemate, 2002 was a breakthrough pitching are behind him. Informed, elegant the end of my month long China vacation, of between the two sides make it difficult for Tai- year for the two sides in non-governmental debate is that easy. Maybe in the end, you'll which I spent most in Shanghai. Naturally, I wan to make a convincing declaration for inde- exchanges. For tarters, China replac~d the realize that maybe this i sue ha more than couldn't help but become somewhat interested, pendence. United States as Taiwan's top export country. two sides, and that your collective attention at least in all hoopla surrounding the event. These worries by the Taiwanese govern- From entertainment to religion, the two sides should be paid to the Angels or the Athlet- However, after a little research on Chinese his- ment are not without cause. After all, it i dif- have also shared a healthy cultural exchange. ics. Ignore the fact that baseball intellec- tory and current China-Taiwan relations, I ficult for anyone to resist the market potential Clearly the two sides have a lot to offer each tual property i owned by Coors Light and truly appreciated how the airliner made histo- in China especially now that it is a member of other, particular as they hare imilar, if not Ma tercard, and you have a bona fide dis- ry. Then again, at the same time, the whole the World Trade Organization. As MBA identical, cultures. cussion. You might have actually learned affair was quite amusing, even laughable. degrees become the norm and the country China has declared that in this new year, it something. It should be noted that the Taiwanese air- focuses on business, coupled with tremendous will push for more direct links with its neigh- Don't hold back. Keep talking about it all. liner carried with it no passengers when it scientific and technological advancements, boring island in key areas. These changes Get someone's attention and let them know made its historical landing at Pudong Airport. China is certain to attract foreigner from all should they further encourage the kind devel- what you think, then wait for their feedback. Also, instead of flying directly to Shanghai around the world. Currently, 300,000 Tai- opment we have witnessed this past year It's a time-honored technique. And it works from Taipei, it stopped over in Hong Kong for wanese reside in Shanghai. Moreover, the Tai- between the two sides, ought to take prece- beyond sports - like here, on this page, twice two hours, as was required of it, before head- wanese3 with a population of 22 million, paid dence over any obsolete political agenda that a week. ing for China. Likewise, on the return trip, nearly 3 million visits to China this past year. conflicts with the interests of the people. Just take care with who you tell what you carrying its passengers, the plane made anoth- Given the highly cautious attitude with which William Li is a member of the Class of know. I hear some of those Yankees fans er stopover in Hong Kong. While the 1,000 Taiwan regards China, the change in flight 2006. carry brass knuckles. Febr ary 4, 2003
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"I think A A and the other De pite the fact he didn't know the investigators will get to the bottom of astronauts, and even though they this, but there is a possibility we'll knew the risks, ''being around here, at never know what happened," Covert MIT especially, [we feel] a kinship said. with the astronauts." Those investigators include an Feitler said that ASA should MIT alumnus, James . Hallock '63, continue to send astronauts into who was named unday to serve on space. NASA's pace Shuttle Mishap Inter- JoHanna . Przybylowski '05, agency Investigation Board, to be president of the MIT tudents for the headed by retired Navy Adm. Harold Exploration and Development of W. Gehman Jr. Hallock earned an Space, said that the group had found SB, SM, and PhD in physics from space for a temporary memorial in MIT. (See "NASA Investigation Lobby 10. ''It'll be an enlargement of Focuses On Heat Build-Up, Insula- the shuttle patch," she said tion," page 2.) ''We had an open office," Przyby- lowski said. "NA A TV was on," Community reacts to pain and students came in to watch the The MIT community reacted with coverage and talk. similar heartache to news of the Some students reflected on how Columbia accident. the current shuttle disaster came to DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH President Charles M. Vest wrote be. "Part of the problem," said Joy The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and the Department of Aeronautics and in an e-mail that he learned of the Sumner, a Cambridge-MIT Institute Astronautics erected the mission patch of SY5-107 In Lobby 10 last night In memory of the astronauts incident when his daughter called exchange student, "is people are that lost their lives saturday. him after his morning jog. beginning to see space travel as an Shuttle, from Page 1 In addition to initial grief, "given everybody." "My wife and I watched [the everyday thing." the way it happened, there was a dis- Hoffman said he is happy the news] and it was immediately appar- Of course, space travel is not an ... and let us learn so we can do it belief," because liftoff was consid- investigation is being done openly. ent that a disaster had occurred," Vest everyday thing. Hoffinan said that, on better in the future." ered the most probable time for an ''Everyone's determined" to find and wrote. "I just found it heartbreaking the last night of his first shuttle flight, accident, Hoffman said. "We can fix problems. to think of the loss of all these fine he looked out a window toward an Astronaut, investigator at MIT never forget that space is a harsh people." earth shrouded in night. "I saw this Jeffrey Hoffinan, a senior lectw'er, environment" that doesn't tolerate Covert served on Challenger panel ''I think it's a very sad accident," bright trail below me," he said As an was an astronaut from the early days error, he said. Professor Emeritus Eugene E. but it is impetus "to go even further," astronomer, Hoffinan knew this was of the shuttle program and was in Re-entry, Hoffinan said, is usually Covert ScD '58 was a member of the said Jean-Benoit Ferry G, a graduate a meteor, but he second-guessed him- Houston when the shuttle broke up. a wonderful time. Re-entry is "spec- Rogers commission, which investi- student in the Department of Aero- self - you look up at meteors, not He had gone to a celebration at his tacular ... you're in a fireball." Astro- gated the explosion of the space shut- nautics and Astronautics. down. fonner synagogue and was to speak nauts experience "an incredible light tle Challenger in 1986. Ferry said he hoped the accident Then he realized he was floating about TIanRamon, Israel's first astro- show" combined with "this bizarre Word of Saturday's accident would not stop the space program, a above the atmosphere. naut. feeling of weight coming back," he came to him as he ran morning sentiment echoed by other students. "I'm up in space ... and then I After Columbia missed its land- said errands. When he got home around Sandi S. Lin G said that Saturday thought, that's what we're doing ing, Hoffman said he "knew right While not close with the Colum- lla.m., "suddenly the telephone start- reminded her of the Challenger acci- tomorrow," Hoffman said The next away it was bad. It's not like an air- bia crew, Hoffinan knew them all, he ed ringing and it has rung incessantly dent. It 'just brought me back to that day, he and his crew hurtled shining piane." Space shuttles, he said, oper- said. "It's like a big family down ever since" from calls from the news tim."e. through the atmosphere and landed ate on rigid schedules. there," he said. "It's horrible for media, he said. Despite the risks, space travel safely home. StJroritY Rosli Draws Freshmen By TIffany Kosolcharoen Sororities "are far away and my sorority," Ritter said. expensive," said Sarah S. Wu '06. "I donned in the Panhel office About 150 freshman women are "Plus, I'm already settled in an all- these past few nights because I have participating in sorority rush, which girls donn," McCormick Hall. to keep my affiliation secret," Pierce is taking place primarily in the spring "I found that sisterhood is not for said. "Although it was hard initially, for the first time this year. The num- me," said Tracey K. Liu ' 06, who it is really rewarding to help other ber of participants is down from the participated in several Panhel [freshman women] find a home 200 students who registered for events. "If they had it at the begin- away from home," she said. sorority rush in the fall 2002. ning, maybe I would have been Instead of the traditional "Moving the [recruitment] to more interested. I am already satis- Women's Convocation following February has a very different atmos- fied with my friendships." Killian Kickoff to mark the start of phere from holding it during Orien- the sorority rush, freshman women tation," said Sara Pierce '03, the Women explore new friendships attended an information night at Panhellenic Association's vice pres- "I hang out at my friend's frater- Walker Memorial last Friday. ident of recruitment. "Everyone has nity, and they are close with a soror- Freshmen were assigned to a an idea of the campus and the soror- ity, so I want to join," said Alice K. recruitment counselor, then gathered ities' image on campus, so they can Zelman '06. Satisfied with her dor- again on Saturday for the first round make a more infonned decision." mitory, Zelman said, "I'm definitely of rush, where women visited each During the fall 2001 recruitment, taking the nonresidential option, of the sororities to narrow down 126 women were offered bids into because East Campus is a nifty their choices. sororities. "We expand the number place and I'm really happy there." During the recruitment, potential TIM SUEN-THE TECH of bids to the number of women Zelman added that she would not members are urged to attend all MASLab commentator Chris Batten G holds a microphone to who are interested," Pierce said. prefer a fall recruitment. "There is rounds to be in contention for bids, the Red Can Afflclonado, built by Ron Choy G and Sally Ung. "The number of students registered too much going on in the fall for a which will be issued on Feb. 10. as of last Saturday is about the same freshman to make an infonned deci- as last year. sion about joining a sorority then." "I never imagined meeting so Some freshmen reluctant to move many people in such a short amount Of the freshmen rushing sorori- of time," said Min Deng '06. "Some ties, many have shown reluctance to people might not be interested in a move into the houses because of the sorority because they have already timing of this year's recruitment. established themselves in the donn, "Once you get settled down in but I'm still seeing if a sorority is the dorms and know people, there is right for me." no need to move," said Catarina Bjelkengren '06. Recruitment Recruitment process new this year "would be better if it were held at In addition to moving the event the beginning of the year during the to February, sorority rush has under- fraternity rush because everyone is gone several other changes. more open to meeting new friends." "Compared to the [week-long] "I had something going on dur- Orientation, the events are separated ing sorority rush, and the process is by a week in the middle, so we have long," said Sandra Yu '06. "I live in to adjust events based on the sched- Burton Connor and joined the Asian ule," Pierce, the vice president of Christian Fellowship, where I met a recruitment, said. lot of my friends." "The thirteen recruitment coun- "To get up and move to a sorori- selors are disaffiliated with their ty right before this new semester sororities throughout the first semes- would be too much of a hassle," ter to give freshmen a more unbiased said Christine A. McEvilly '06. view of the sororities," said Assistant "Sororities should recruit at the Recruitment Chair Karen A. Ritter beginning of the year when we are '04. To stay impartial throughout the DONG WAN THE TECH trying to meet new people." first semester, "we weren't allowed to From left to right, Hulplng Jiang G, Qlutao Wang G, and Peng Yu G make dumplings In celebration Other freshmen have found that wear our sorority shirts and I did not of the Chinese New Year on Feb. 1. Dumplings are traditionally prepared for Chinese New Year. they no longer wish to join a sorority. attend as many of the social events in (1) "The Bane" narrowly misses the Island In the lava pit. Placing the appropriate ball into the cup netted teams four points. "The Bane" was one of only two robots to approach the Island. (2) Its creators, Aaron Mazzeo '03 and Brian Mazzeo 'OS, react to the missed opportunity to score. (3) "R2D2," "Lobo," and (8) "Johnny Five," featured In the Short Circuit series of films, appeared along with other pop-culture robots outside of 26-100 In protest of the 6.270 robotics competition Thursday. The display was accompanied by litera- ture demanding the repeal of Isaac Aslmov's second Law of Robotics, which states "A robot must obey the orders given It by human beings." (4) "Fork Off," created by Alex Boutaud '04, Jim. Roewe '04, and Ethan Fenn '04, transfonns 6.270 into a round of BattleBots as It flips over Its opponent. (5) "Kamikaze Puppy," built by Jaime Lien 'OS, Yuran Lu 'OS, and Shuang You 'OS, scores in the Island for four points. The only robot to succeed In placing Its ball into the Island, the team received a standing ovation for Its efforts. (6) Organizer Emily Chi '04 assists "Ziggurat," a placebo built by Samuel I. Davies '03 and herself, as It raises a Lego pyramid out of a platfonn of blocks. (7) Rhett Creighton '02 and Kenneth J. Jensen '03 celebrate their victory over "Kamikaze Puppy" In the final round of the competition. 6.270 Proves Difficult This Year ~ 1 4 6.270, from Page 1 placed a ball on tbe island in the be advantageous toward the end of "lava pit," a feat attempted by few the month, when demand for the two round. and accomplished by no others that practice tables was high. 2 5 evening, though two other robots "Victor" also went faster, Jensen 'Kamikaze Puppy' gets ovation managed the task in Round I earlier said, because they ran it off the But it was "Kamikaze Puppy," that week. Handy Board, which ran off a nine- created by Lu, Jaime Lien '05, and Lu said the team was gratified by volt battery, instead of using the larg- 3 6 8 Shuang You '05, that earned a stand- the applause "The first two rounds er, lower-voltage lfawker batteries ing ovation from Thursday night's we basically won by luck," Lu said. recommended by the teaching assis- crowd. "We hoped to actually get it in the tants. "Kamikaze Puppy" successfully cup so people would see what our Jensen had initially been opposed robot would actually do." to running the attacker off the Handy Board's power, but Creighton made Points bard to come by the change while Jensen was asleep, Scores were low in this Creighton said. year's contest, and several of the In the process, "I blew up the matches ended with neither Handy Board" and had to get a new robot scoring any poin.ts,record- one, Creighton said. ed as a loss for both teams. "Victor" did not initially qualify Even the robots created by for the contest. "Basically, the only MIT alumni from Microsoft and thing that could go wrong was that Analog Devices, pitted against the wire could get tangled," and it each other during an intermis- did in the first round, Creighton said. sion, failed to score. ("Victor Watson Brar," the name "A lot of people underesti- of Creighton and Jensen's robot, is mated how hard it would be just also the name of Creighton's running to grab and move a ball," mate for the Undergraduate Associa- Creighton said. tion leadership last year, Victor W. "At first, when 1 got the Brar '04.) packet describing the set-up, I thought it looked like it was Hill posed cballenge this year going to be kind of easy, [and] The playing field was a "three- that the strategy would be easier tiered hill," according to the contest than last year," Lu said. program. At the start of each round, But when they got to build- four white balls and four green balls ing it, the "practicalities of get- were positioned on the highest ting the robot up and down the plateau, and the robots started on the hill and into the cup [made it] middle plateau. While the positions actuallypretty difficult,"he said. of the balls were always the same, Contestants laid part of the each team chose the color arrange- blame on the size of the balls. ment of the balls closest to the.other Lu estimated that the balls this team.. year were "about 50 percent Robots scored by moving balls of larger" than those used in last their assigned color either to the mid- year's 6.270 contest, and dle plateau or into a cup with a two- Creighton said balls were "larg- inch-high rim, located on the lowest er and more massive" than plateau. those used in the annual 2.007 contest. Contests nothing new for top team Creighton and Jensen are no Robot, team unconventional stranger to contests. Creighton Before the final round appeared on Junkyard Wars and won began, Creighton explained to one episode. the audience that upon receiv- Creighton also competed in both ing the contest specification,he 2.007 and 2.670, winning the latter. and Jensen had immediately "But I don't think anyone has built their own practice table. won the triple crown" of 2.007, EDWA.RDPLAIT-THE TECH Creighton said this proved to 6.270, and 2.670, he said. .I Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Symphony Hall ments of the concerto, gave Harrell the oppor- STAFF WRrrER There are also cigar, glassware and wine acces- Jan. 28, 8 p.m. tunity to exhibit his tremendous bow control. 12th Annual Boston Wine Expo sory vendors, ready to provide the serious wine While the orchestra was playing, he nodded World Trade Center Boston enthusiast with every possible wine need, from nEngland,something funny happened on his head along rather vigorously, showing an Feb. 1and 2 small wine racks and novelty items to full cus- the way to creating the world's most intense involvement with the music. Accord- $92 for the weekend tom-designed walk-in cellars. Artisans are also expansive empire in the last millenniwn. ing to Harrell's biography, one of the two cel- on hand to showcase their work, everything IThe military and economic supremacy that los he plays on is a "1673 Jacqueline du Pre he Boston Wine Expo is a hedonistic from greeting cards to sculptures to custom Britain enjoyed for the 18th and 19th cen- Stradivarius." I wonder if last Tuesday night I event like no other. It is, quite simply, fireplace mantels, all with a wine-related motif. turies somehow never ushered in a similar heard the same cello that forever linked du Pre the largest consumer wine event in the Chef demonstrations are also given supremacy artistically, or at least in terms of with Elgar? Tentire nation, consisting of a two-day throughout both afternoons, providing sam- classical music. The Elgar concerto was preceded by Sir extravaganza that includes not only wine tast- ples of delicious delicacies to complement the Okay, quick, name your three favorite Michael Tippett's rather unimpressive Con- ing but also seminar , chef demonstrations, abundance of available wines. This year, British composers of all time. Can't come up certo for Double String Orchestra. This food specialties, wine accessories, and more. Rachael Ray from the Food etwork was one with one? How about German? Or Austrian? Or semi-tonal work lacks both a clear melody The most popular event in the Wine Expo of the celebrity chefs, giving mouth-watering Russian? Or French? These last ones are much and a soul, though violin and cello solos in is the public Grand Tasting, which is held on cooking demonstrations on both aturday and easier, which might give you the impression the second movement provided a much-need- both Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. At Sunday. Other top chefs included those from that English music ranks about on the same ed break between the constant barrage of a cost of 70 for one day ( 60 in advance) and re taurants in the Boston area, such as Sage, level as its cuisine, eighth-notes. The $92 dollars for both days the Grand Tasting is Les Zygomates, Truc, Icarus, and Grafton rather than its illus- Tippett work is certainly not the cheapest route to go if your treet, just to name a few. trious political and the kind of piece only goal is to drink yourself into a stupor, but Since the Wine Expo boasts one of the high- military history. that makes you if you have even a remote interest in wine, the est concentrations of yuppies in Boston, Audi There are nev- want to turn away entrance ticket is actually a bargain. and Chris Craft were also on hand this year to ertheless excep- from Britain for- The Grand Tasting truly lives up to its showcase their new models. Audi displayed its tions to this percep- ever, just like name. More than 440 wineries from all around A4 convertible and an A6, while Chris Craft tion of England fried tomato slices the world are represented here, lined up in an showcased one of its newest speedboats. The being a void of and a partially enormous hall filled with table after table of Wine Expo also provides a cigar lounge, where classical music. uncooked fried vintners eager to tempt you with more than recently acquired cigars from the vendors at the Over the years, egg on stale whole 1,800 types of wine. Sample a Bordeaux from Grand Tasting can be enjoyed. Although locat- England has given wheat toast at France, a Riesling from Germany, a Chardon- ed on the upper level away from the Grand us the music of 6:30 a.m. in nay from California, or even a Sauvignon Tasting hall, the cigar lounge is easy to find, as Handel, Purcell, Heathrow airport Blanc from New Zealand. you only have to follow the cloud of smoke up Britten, Elgar, sso sso (which, by the Better yet, sample wines from places that the stairs and into the lounge area. Vaughan Sir Neville Marriner Is Cellist Lynn Harrell way, I did have you do not normally associate with wine. One For those interested in learning more about Williams, and one of the world's has an active solo and once, and it set me of the most surprisingly good wines featured at wine, the Boston Wine Expo also offers various Holst (though the most prolific conduc- teaching career. back £6.50). this year's Grand Tasting was a white blend seminars on everything from spotting bargain first, and most tors. After the inter- from Hungary (Woodcutter's White 200 1), and bottles to tasting specific varietals or wines famous, item on mission, we heard Ralph (pronounced "Rafe" the best port I tasted was actually a white port from specific regions. This year, wine educator that list deserves a large asterisk as he was most - leave it to the British to make something from Finger Lakes in New York (Goose Watch and Master of Wine Mary Ewing-Mulligan, definitely a German by birth who nevertheless seemingly easy become unnecessarily compli- Winery). With such a large selection, even the author of the popular book Wine For Dummies, spent most ofhis productive life in London). cated) Vaughan Williams' A London Sympho- most discriminating oenophile is bound to find held daily seminars on both the basics of white But enough beating around the bush. Last ny. Vaughan Williams, an intensely program- something worth their interest at the expo. wine and the basics of reds, for those who are week, the Boston Symphony Orchestra pre- matic composer, is at his best when painting To enhance your wine tasting experience at just beginning to appreciate wine. There are sented an almost completely British program. pastoral scenes. the Grand Tasting, however, you need to come also seminars on cheeses and cigars, and how All of the pieces, and even the guest conduc- Now, there aren't too many pastures in prepared. You should arrive early, at the start of they can complement wine. Tickets for individ- tor, Sir Neville Marriner, hailed from Great London, but there are certainly a lot of the Grand Tasting, to avoid some of the crowds, ual seminars ranged from $20 to a pocket-emp- Britain. Only the cello soloist, Lynn Harrell churches, which means that the chimes and and also to check your coat. The coatroom will tying $100 for a Dominus vertical tasting. - and, of course, the BSO musicians - were harp were used a lot in this symphony, close when it reaches capacity, and you do not The Boston Wine Expo is really a fantastic born elsewhere. notably at the cheery beginning and at the want to carry your coat around with you all day. event that should be fun for anyone who has The most impressive work on the program eerie ending. In between, the composer paints Your afternoon will also be much more even a passing interest in wine. Some words of was Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E pictures of scenes in London. The most mem- enjoyable if you bring your own bread (one or caution about the expo are in order, however. minor. This work, though in my opinion not orable part of the piece, led capably by the two French rolls from Au Bon Pain are super Most importantly, you must be 21 to enter, and as impressive as its equally romantic though amazingly prolific British conductor Sir for this) and a bottle of water. Thi will allow IDs are checked at the door. Also, Massachu- definitely Slavic counterpart, Antonin Dvo- Neville Marriner, was a viola and clarinet dia- you to cleanse your palate between tas ings setts law prohibits anyone from buying a bottle rak's Cello Concerto, is one of the master- logue in the second movement. and will also help prevent you from becoming of wine at the expo or taking one outside. pieces in the cello repertoire. The Elgar con- The thing about programmatic music that completely blitzed by the end of the after- Massachusetts state police are present in sig- certo was perhaps made most famous by a is sometimes the scene-painting gets in the noon. There is no need to bring a wine glass, nificant numbers at the event, so do not expect to series of coincidences. It was featured in the way of the music. Great composers can though, as one is included in the price of the be too successful if you plan on breaking any of most famous recording made by a young, achieve both the storytelling and the music- ticket. Riedel glasses are also on sale at the these policies. That said, the Wine Expo enables breathlessly attractive Jacqueline du Pre, who making, but - like a poem where the rhymes event, for those who simply must have a fine you to sample so many wines that you are bound would later succwnb to multiple sclerosis. are contrived - programmatic music can fall glass for wine tasting. to walk away with a list of fantastic ones that The BSO soloist, Lynn Harrell, gave the into the trap of having the audience be able to Aside from wine, the Grand Tasting also you can legally purchase at any number of liquor piece an expert interpretation. Harrell, a New say, "Okay, the trombone sounds like a car offers a large selection of specialty foods to stores in the Boston area. If nothing el e, the Yorker by birth who has undertaken one of horn. So what?" enjoy. Cheeses are provided by The Great Boston Wine Expo will provide you with a the most active solo careers since resigning Who knows what the 21 st century will Cheeses of ew England, and breads and vari- relaxing and entertaining afternoon full of fine his principal's chair in the Cleveland Orches- bring for England? Geopolitically, it hasn't ous dips and spreads are provided by many wine and excellent fare, and will leave you with tra in 1971, has an aggressive style that was been weaker in centuries. Maybe this could be other vendors. Sample hummus, honey, pasta a broader appreciation for the large variety of well-suited to the demanding Elgar score. He the beginning of a musical renaissance? sauces, butter, pears, and other treats from the wines produced throughout the world.
INTERVIEW him "Have you ever thought of gay man, I write about what I know." He al 0 calls himself being less stupid?" She told him "absolutely a femini t" and 10 e hi 'sisters." to read Virginia Woolf. That's But writing The Hours held certain difficulties. wnber TheArt of Being Swell when Cunningham first read One: olitude. Which is why he loves living in ew York. and fITSt loved Mrs. Dalloway. He never feels quite alone with "everybody in the world He admires the "beauty, com- right out in the streets." umber Two: Accepting that "this MwhfJlJl,OunninghJJrn: '1'IIJJMan Behirul 'I'MHoors plexity, [and] mu ic" of Vir- is the best I can do." He explains that his work never turns ginia Woolf s writing, and so out as planned and feels that it could always be better. c. his fascination with writing and reading began. He had want- o how wa he able to tackle Virginia Woolf? How ed to write about the "profound transforming e perience of could he justify tran forming her into a character, or taking reading a boo " and The Hours sprang from this idea. on her writing style in his novel? Cunningham says he was When comparing the boo with the movie, Cunningham terrified and embarrassed and found the task hugely daunt- says he' hugely satisfied with the movie, though it has a life ing. He ended up however, with one incredible novel. of' own. He the movie in a "deranged" state. The Hours is a day in the life of three amazing women - . fo time was] surreal, the "brilliant, tOml nted, inspired, complicated," in his words. stralDle~ ~tpaieDce •.. I c it together." By the They con ey a "sense of certain hope that survives the worst to of art unto that can happen to people." But why women? "Beca Iam a woman, h says, only half-jokingly. He on, '1'm only interested in writing about people differ- ent from me ... th e are three brilliant, complicated women after- full of difficult emotion. [The story is] not easy, no~ light." Kidman and Jude La . And so he was urprised to find his "quirky" book and writing The Hour. , he focused first on characters, the subsequent movie become successful works of art. "It's writing about allldnds of people based on the trait of peo- so difficult to produce anything good," he say . P . ". "Laura Brown is But Cunningham has written ometbing good. He's a Then h subtle . , in every way, shape, and fonn. And, lucky for me, he' a pretty cool guy to talk to. Page 16 T THE February 4,2003 Confessions of a Deranged Mind Clooneys J)irectorial Debut as Dopey as itsSubject Matter
By Jed Home Why anyone would take this eriously is Adaptation, which came out late last year. o e s STAFFWRnER beyond me, but despite trying his damndest to Unless you're a member of the secret cult Confe sions of a Dangerous Mind pretend not to, Clooney can't seem to get of Chuck Barris fans that actually read the Written by Charlie Kaufman over this idiot's foibles and in ecurities. The book, the chief draw of this film is the cine- Sunday, February 9 Directed by George Clooney real problem is that the "two lives" theme matography, a hallucinatory montage of now 2-5prn Starring Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, only works if there are really two lives to cliche overexposed and off-center shots. Like Julia Roberts, and George Clooney work with. In this case, one is probably imag- most hallucinations, however, they prove th Student Center, 4 Floor Rated R inary, and the other is remarkably pedestrian uneven and unreliable. Fault Clooney's direc- - some schmuck who can only succeed by torial inexperience if you want, but you can't hat do you do if you're middJe- making an ass of himself who doesn't recog- make a movie out of gimmicky editing and aged, unhappy, and your legacy is nize that true love is right under his nose. tricky camera work - an unfortunate over- the sum total of two mediocre TV Who care? sight of too many stinkers in recent memory. hows hailed not for their vision Given what they have to work with, the But, to be fair, some of it works pretty well, but for being the death of the medium? Chuck Barris, apparent- ly, secured hi ticket to po - teriority by alleging in his memoir that he was a con- tract hitman with the CIA. ot to be outdone, George Clooney, tired of acting in lousy remakes of movies from the 1960s, shifted to directing a movie about lousy TV shows from the 1970s. The results are pre- dictable: a sophomoric new- wave period piece with occasional flashes of flair that provide intermittent entertainment but are ulti- mately as empty as the sub- ject matter they pretend to illuminate. Confessions of a Dan- gerous Mind is a liberal adaptation of Barris' mem- News oirs, chronicling his rise from deserved mediocrity to contract killer to infa- Opinion mous TV producer of The Dating Game and The Gong Show, widely considered Features the nadir of American tele- vision entertainment. Sam Jim Byrd (George Clooney) stars In ConfessIons of a Dangerous MInd. Rockwell (Welcome to Arts Collinwood) plays Barris - a smirking ass- actors do admiral>le jobs. Sam. Rockwell is inc)udi.pg, faux-documen\3TY :interyi~ws with hole from Philadelphia who has about as remarkably skilled at looking stupid and being Dick Clark and the real Chuck Barris .. much difficulty selling his program ideas as a jerk, and Drew Barrymore (her vixen days If pressed to find a high point to Confes- Sports he does keeping his pants on. over, alas) plays the infinitely forgiving sions, I would probably point to its inadvertent His career wallows in the toilet until he's enabler as well as anyone could. Julia Roberts success at taking '70s and '80s nostalgia to offered a job by CIA operative Jim Byrd and George Clooney, not my favorite actors, task, evealing ,the true spirif of the era to be a Photography (George Clooney). Inexplicably, his shows are given blissfully little screen time to ruin. mixture of narcissism, dtlusion, and self-pity. take off at the same time, and Chuck is left Charlie Kaufinan, who everyone ssumed was Judging by the continued appeal of kitschy Production juggling his co-dependent girlfriend (Drew brilliant after Being John Malkovich, has retro garbage like Night Rider lunch boxes and Barrymore) and the woman-of-mystery from revealed himself to be mortal after scripting Ninja Turtle t-shirts, that's a lesson worth Comics his alter ego's life (Julia Roberts). this movie and the admittedly even worse learning. Otherwise, don't waste your time. D CE REVIEW Business Technology Storks, Tutus, and Children Anna Myer and Dancers Present Two World Premieres
By Fred Cool onate with depth, intelligence, and heartfelt mance evoked all the emotion of classical bal- STAFF WRITER emotion. It becomes apparent only as the first let, if not more, but in a beautifully singular Anna Myer and Dancers piece unfolds that the colors of the costumes language. Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. are significant. The opening section features a The final piece of the program, "BlueBird TsaiPe~ormanceCenter dancer in white and one in black; then the No. 173," unfortunately crossed the dangerous stage becomes populated with several dancers line between honest emotion and oversenti- e Boston-based troupe Anna Myer in gold and translucent white, and finally one mentality. Using children in any art form c! and Dancers presented two world pre- in red, who spends the majority of her first immediately puts anyone in the audience other -- E mieres and three other works this past moments on stage simply watching the others. than doting parents on their guard, and at first - weekend at the Tsai Performance The dancer in black repeatedly jumps on Myer's choreography was creatively success- It) 0 CD t') .. u Center. Having founded her company a little the backs of others in a gesture that could be ful. 0 . E -. t') en 0 more than a decade ago, Anna Myer provid- interpreted as playful but in this context feels The children made their appearance lining c:: t') .. ed a program that gave a compeUing review curiously sinister. Although the work, one of up in a row at the back of the stage while CD 0 ..en u It)• • . of her idiosyncratic yet personable work thus Myer's most concretely narrative, was intend- three couples, the women in brightly colored -0 It) .. en - e N N a- far and generated anticipation for future ed to be a statement on birth, death, and loss, dresses and the men in casual shirts and pants, g CD ..en CD• CD .. works. it also allows for other convincing interpreta- danced in front of them. Soon afterwards, b t- t-• a- The program opened with "Unlocking," a tions, such as an exploration of the ideas of each child seated herself in front of one of the .....'b !c ...0 ...... 1- work commissioned by the FleetBoston purity, evil, and passion. seated adults, and then each adult scooted for- CD e CD Celebrity Series, which featured a generally "The Presence of that Absence," featuring ward and placed his or her head on the child's ...g 0 - bright, Torkian score by Boston composer dancers Jennifer Polyocan and Liz Santaro, head. The naturally discomforting reaction to "ii I Dana Bryton. On the dimly lit stage a solo the other premiere of the program, certainly the ambiguous gesture, which suggested men- ~ i~ E dancer in white immediately presents Myer's evoked an atmosphere, but ended before it acing closeness as much as comfort, was J! ...... • G) instantly recognizable vocabulary, comprising could evoke an emotion. Similarly, "Wine and quickly dispelled as the rest of the work pro- u gestures which oftentimes appear to be Roses" had sections which were certainly sug- gressed. ta .....e abstracted representations of natural move- gestive, including a trio featuring dancers of Gestures like the one in which a child runs "b ments. distinctly different sizes who made poses full to an adult who lifts and swings the child up .... From Myer's seemingly inexhaustible sup- of braggadocio and a quintet featuring two in her or his anns did little to move the piece • ply of eye-catching, surprisingly eloquent ges- mixed couples and one female who seemed beyond the nostalgia and sentimentality of the • ~ tures, this piece included an upraised ann with intentionally conspicuous in her lack of a part- music that accompanied it, which included the g 0 the hand curved to suggest a beak, accompa- ner. However, the impetus of the overall piece early '60s pop song "Blue Velvet" and coun- • nied by a stiff one-legged "stork" pose, sug- seemed difficult to fathom. try and western songs. The piece evoked the gesting awkwardness and tension; an arm with The duet from "Quintet to Brahms," one of classic America of such works as Oklahoma •C a half-closed hand folded and placed on the Myer's most praised pieces (and deservedly and those by Steinbeck, but lacked the coun- chest, close to the nearest shoulder, as ifhold- so),received a wond~rfully adept performance terbalancing darkness of those works and the ing and stroking a wounded animal; and a by Bess Rouse and Rick Vigo: Rouse, in a successful mix of emotion and artistry found • torso bent back with arms outstretched, stiff white tutu, and Vigo, in red, danced with in Myer's other works on the program. • unfolding towards the sky as if in ecstacy. the perfect combination of fluidity and sculpt- For more information on upcoming perfor- Myer's language takes some getting used ed shapes, the stylistic elements which are at mances, visit the company's Web site at to, but once it is more familiar her works res- the core of Myer's choreography. The perf or-
does I it ~ontain slanted propaganda. Its story- Aborigine eople, telling is straightforward and honest as it subtly catchiiig the addresses the issue of racism. The Aborigines, art of tracking, their Rabblt-Proof Fence tells the story of three Aboriginal girls who have been taken away from thel, families to ,j.ijet~ "dFJflieif rk tf -a J, &Hi Ic ~b' 1 ~l -fit ' irifJ~-d0rn8stlc servants. '1
anyone insane. His beautiful mother (Miranda Richardson) takes repeated abuse from his pub-crawling father Bill (Gabriel Byrne). When Bill meets the "fat tart" Yvonne (also Spfiler.:WBaves'OOcimijort played by Richardson) at the pub one night, the abuse escalates and Spider's world Director David Cronenberg Identifies With Protagon~t In H~ Latest Flick implodes. Young Spider, played with disarm- ing rigidity by Bradley Hall, watches his By Robin Hauck vest and coat. sively since Dead Ringers (1988), chose a father bring the loud drunken Yvonne into the "But the clothes maketh the man," Ter- low-contrast filmstock to reflect Spider's bed where his mother used to sleep. Spider rence feebly argues, (every man in the house schizophrenic consciousness. It's a twisted joke Cronenberg plays on us, Directed by David Cronenberg is terrified of Redgrave's Wilkinson) "and the Andrew Sanders' art direction and Denise as Richardson as Yvonne - bleached blonde Written by Patrick McGrath less there is of the man, ilie more the need for Cronenberg's costume design complete the with garish makeup and black teeth takes the Starring Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, clothes." sense of despair, decay and distrust that char- place of Richardson as virtuous Mrs. Cleg. Gabriel Byrne Once inside his dingy room, Spider begins acterizes Spider's world The only unfortunate The good mother / bad mother dichotomy RatedR to unravel. Writing in a tiny notebook, in production element is the overbearing score rivals that of Fatal Attraction. In fact, there is obsessive, incomprehensible hieroglyphics, by Howard Shore, quite disappointing consid- a misogynist pulse that beats through the t'snevercomfortable seeing the inside of a entire film. Yvonne deranged man's head. Whether cooped up becomes everywoman in a shabby room with Raskolnikov or sit- in Spider's twisted ting in a blood-spattered Manhattan apart- Oedipal logic, and it I gives the film the ment with Patrick Bateman, dread usually trails the reader's fascination. David Cronen- chance to blame all berg's Spider, an adaptation of the gothic life's evils on the fall- novel by Patrick McGrath, does not apologize en woman. But then for or alleviate iliat discomfort. Rather, it is Spider's "logic' is the point, embodied in the eponymous protag- illogical, and in the onist played by Ralph Fiennes, and in the end we're not even lonely London he inhabits. sure if Yvonne ever Like Crime and Punishment, American really existed. Psycho or Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy, Spi- VVhen asked about der endears us to our hero before plunging us the film, Cronenberg into ilie depths of his lunacy. Spider (a nick- told a French journalist name from his mother) is Dennis Cleg, who - "I am Spider." arrives in the East End of London after twenty Coming from a direc- years-in a mental institution. Cronenberg fol- tor such identification lows every distracted step as Spider makes his is normally downright way to a barren halfway house run by the nauseating, but in this fierce Mrs. Wilkinson, (Lynn Redgrave). case it rings true. Cro- Fiennes' performance is so complete that nenberg has always the nervous rustling of his fmgers inside his been fascinated by the cluttered pockets and the shuffling of his gap between surface heavy black shoes demand the full attention of and reality, creating the camera. Best known for dialogue-heavy metaphors for the roles in films such as Sunshine, The English arti tic process and Patient and The End of the Affair, Fiennes' lifting up rugs to see work here is pure physicality. Spider does not the bugs crawling talk but mumbles; he does not interact but underneath. Spider, retreats. like his other adapta- Even when Fiennes is sitting still, his shift- tions of "unfilmable ing, twitching and mumbling reveal the chaos books Naked beneath the surface. One of the film's best Spider (Ralph Rennes) attempts to reconstruct his life In a little room. Lunch, Crash - is lines comes when Spider is sitting beside Ter- distinctively Cronen- rence (John Neville) in the halfway house. Spider attempts to reconstruct his fractured ering his Oscar-winning mu ic for Fellowship bergian: relentless, beautiful and sad. If you Mrs. Wilkinson protests when she sees "Mr. past. Cronenberg's cinematographer, Peter of the Ring. can take a little discomfort, Spider weaves a Cleg" is wearing four collared shirts under his Suschitzky, with whom he's worked exclu- The past that pider recalls would make lot in return. Page 18 THE February 4 2003
Leia." age repeatedly a if he were the r cording If you know the tunes and you know the it elf. Chewbacca (Derek Herrera '92) was a lines, there is an enjoyment in hearing how the crowd favorite, hamming it up for the audience two often fit snugly together. If you don't know by groaning whenever Han (James Kirtley) Star Wars Far Out your mu ical by heart, then there are time breaks into ong. when you don't get the whole joke but it's still The only problem with this show is that MTG Presents Musical Edition of Cult Classic pretty funny. with ma ked characters singing; often lyrics is appropriate for the genre, the audience were muffled and difficult to hear or under- By Erik Blankinship be tents and sleeping bag around the tudent prai ed the sets and the pecial effects. Each stand. In fact, ori, who plays C-3PO, passed and Sagara Wickramasekara Center as fans clamor to get the remaining tick- new scene change brought "oohs" and "aahs" out on stage during a dress rehearsal (since ets. (The Musical Theatre Guild has reserved and giggles from the audience. When the afore- then a larger opening was cut into her C-3PO Star War. : Musical Edition fifty or so tickets for each show available that mentioned Milennium Falcon opens up to mask). But the muffled voices are a small tech- Sala de Puerto Rico day, 0 make sure to get there early). reveal its interior, some people began to nical issue and don't diminish from the overall Jan. 30, Feb. 1, 7, 8, 8 p.m.; Feb 2, 2 p.m. Given the creators' love for the material, it applau~ and rightly so - it is impressive! The enthusiasm and fun of the show. Written by Rogue Shindler and Jeff Suess is not urprising that there i great attention to low-budget nature of the effect makes things The MTG has done a great job selecting Music Arranged by Stephen Peters tory details. For example, scene with Luke ever funnier: floating droids are held aloft by and producing this musical and letting us laugh Musical Theatre Guild cut from the film but nunored in fan magazine fishing rods, hyperspace is a light show, and along with our friends from that galaxy far, far and Web ite are included in the Musical Edi- the opening title crawl is revealed with an over- away. pening night for Star Wars - new, tion. At the beginning of the musical, I thought head projector. ld, or special edition - has become a we might actually follow Luke to Toshi tation R2D2 is a wheeled estival of homemade co tume and to get tho e power converters. Thi is the fun of toy con tantly moved faux light saber battles for the other eeing a pre entation by fans who care as much around by C-3PO camping co turned fans. Activities to pa the about Star War. as you do: there i a heartfelt using kicks shoves, hours include trivia conte ts, trading tip on care and camp in their editorial decisions about and shaking to simu- co tume de igns, and filking (which is folk what they want to see in Star Wars and what's late R2D2's mind of inging a la fandom - think homemade Dr. funny. Take for example Luke finding the holo- its own and brought Demento and you are cleared for hyperspace). graphic me age from Princess Leia and ask- a great deal of On opening night of the Musical Edition it ing, "are there are any more women in there?" applause and laugh- was quiet compared to the intergalactic hubbub They even let Han shoot first! This is the spe- ter from the crowd. urrounding premieres of every other Star cial edition you were waiting for. The cast really Wars ''Edition.'' Then we were u hered into the Faithful to its title, the show sings its way 'love the material, theater and beheld an elevated, to-scale Mille- from Tatooine to Yavin Four with an impres- and they are very nium Falcon cockpit. The opening revue num- sive number of mu ical parodies. For the most enthusiastic about ber, "Trilogy Tonight" to the music of ond- part, the songs are not the laugh-a-line lyrical playing it up to their heim, spiJled costumed characters dancing works of Weird AI Yankovic, with the excep- sell-out crowds. across stage, replete with Jawas, Imperials, tion of" Multipurpose ervice Droid," sung by Amy Schonsheck Gronk droids, and Greedo. C-3PO ori Pritchard '06) and the random '03 as Leia is able to Then it made sense. The fans have incorpo- denizens of a Jawa sandcrawler. Rather, the belt out her lyrics rated and taken their street theater onto the authors cleverly fit the screenplay's lines into . with super Star Wars DONG WANG-THE TECH stage. verses from existing musicals, turning tunes force, and has mas- Stephanie Cavagnaro-Wong '06 (front, as Red Leader), and Todd Enter the Star Wars: Musical Edition, in like Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Music of the ter~d, the nuances of Radford G (rear, as Luke Skywalker) fight against the Empire In the which the fans are the show and other fans cue ight" into the Jedi theme "Music of the Le~a s gestures and Musical Theatre Guild's Star WalS: Musical Edition last week In La to see them on stage! Add sold-out shows into Knight" to having a ghostly Bail Organa reas- gait. She pe~forms sala de Puerto Rico. this mix and this coming weekend there might sure the Princess in "Don't Cry for Me Princess her holographic mes-
the rug." QED excellently covers an of these ideas. A Tale of Feynmans Freejorm Thinking But it is even better at exhibiting the vitality that came out ofFeynman's range of interests. QED, from Page 1 without a strict chronology or order. Feynman's freeform thinking and his com- The character of Miriam Field, played charm- Much of the play's material is derived plete ignorance of any and all boundaries are ingly by Jordan Dann, displays this vitality in packed 10-250 to capacity last Thursday from a recent collection of Feynrnan's talks precisely why his life works as well on stage its purest form. It is not entirely obvious night for a staged reading of the play. As and lectures, The Pleasure of Finding Things as it does in memoirs or even textbooks. In the whether her interests lie in the world of gluons Alan Aida pointed out after having played Out. It is this pleasure that drives Feynman in world of QED, art and science are not two and quarks or in Feynman himself. Feynman in the original run of the play, all his endeavors, and it is what he constantly sides of the same coin, but two ways of pursu- One of the play's most memorable "Feynrnan's personality is so strong that ifhe falls back on. The pursuit ranges from the ing the same dream of exploration. moments features Feynman describing how a was played by a three-foot-high dwarf of the blind, giddy excitement for discovery that led Wandering between worlds allowed Feyn- flower only becomes more beautiful as you opposite sex, you would still think it was to the development of the atomic bomb (and man to make his most important contributions learn about the science behind it. For me, it Feynman up there." the regret that followed) to the grand experi- and discoveries. For example, Feynman point- brought to mind a statement made by the Vic- Which is not to say that Jeremiah Kissel's ment of death and its unknown results. Asking ed out that the real problem that caused the torian thinker John Ruskin, who said, performance and Jon Lipsky's direction of his doctor to bring him out of anesthesia if he Challenger tragedy was not its construction, "Remember that the most beautiful things in QED in 10-250 were irrelevant or not engag- begins to slip away during an operation, Feyn- but a breakdown in communication between the world are the most useless; peacocks and - ing. On the contrary, they both brought the man says, "If I'm gonna die, I wanna be there levels in the management hierarchy at NASA. lilies, for instance." When I think about it perfect atmosphere to a story that covers an when I do." Just to see what it's all about, I Feynman's creativity allowed him to approach now, I realize that Feynman couldn't disagree astonishing amount of territory and myriad guess. the problems of Quantum Electrodynamics more with that statement. Maybe in a smoke- themes that seem at first to be as unorganized For Feynman, there was no need for for- (QED) with a novel geometric model that fined club in heaven, the two of them are shar- and shuffled about as the mess of papers on malism or distinctions between fields of acad- aJlowed for "sweeping [the inf'mities] under ing a beer talking about it right now. Feynman's desk. emia. There was no reason But it's when Feynman's papers are falling not to try to figure out why to the ground and scattering most haphazardly a Frisbee wobbled when that he's most in his element. QED's elegance thrown. There was no rea- FOOD REVIEW lies primarily in its structure. Mirroring the son not to devote time to theories that describe the subatomic world in learning how to draw. And which Feynman worked, the play follows an there was no reason not to Surely You're Joking, indefinite, probabilistic route. And it is greatly practice by sketching the to the actor's credit that he so convincingly ladies dancing in the local handles such a breadth of thematic material strip club. Mr. Rancatore
s if a free play about one of the most revered people to ever graduate from MIT wasn't enough, after the performance of QED in 10- SO, the audience was treated to a panel discus- sion and free samples of a new flavor of Toscanini' ice cream, created in Feynman's honor. Though the highlight of the panel was easily the brief bit of bongo drumming and Profe sor Marvin Minsky's memories of Feynman's unique perspectives on the PClMac debate, nothing quite beats free ice cream. QED, along with aU of the other works sriU being published and produced in Feynman's memory, proves that Feynman himself is more than just a flavor of the month. evertbeless, Gus Rancatore, the founder of Toscanini's Ice Cream, sought to honor Feynman with a unique ice cream based on a story from Feynman's life. Briefly, the story goes like this: Feyoman is at a tea party at Princeton University. He's checking out the ladies when he's asked, "Would you like cream or lemon in your tea?" When he replies, ''Botb,'' the host- says, " urely you're joking, Mr. Feynmao! ' And the title of a best-seJling book is bonL The new ice cream flavor' If is a blend of tea,
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By Jenny Zhang standing that the control boxes for ASSOCIATENEWSEDrroR regulating the windows are in and Four large lounges in the upper hooked up with mechanical parts that levels of Simmons Hall, previously open the windows," she said open to students, have been closed Students had been using the off because inspectors from the City lounges since the building opened of Cambridge believed that their atri- last fall, until Cambridge inspectors urns would be unsafe in the event of a found out. fire. "Some students were a bit upset Fire safety rules require that the and put up signs, because these were windows can be opened for ventila- spaces we had last term," said Sim- tion purposes in case of fire. This rule mons President Vikash Gilja '03. and "the unusual shape of the atria 'We just have to wait it out." required that mechanical opening "We had been using the atria
devices be put on the windows," said because there was a miscommunica- I Simmons Housemaster John M. tion with inspection people," Ellen Essigmann. Essigmann said. The building's design calls for the "We had believed that we could fire alarm to automatically open the use the large atria as long as we kept windows, allowing smoke to escape. the windows open for ventilation and UZ ZELLNER-THE TECH But this system has not yet been fully blocked off the stairs with unsafe rail- Georgene M. HUb '04 Jumps off the block at the start of the butterfly race. The MIT women's installed. ings," she said swim team won against Tufts University last Tuesday night, 152-148. ''Hopefully it will be ready by the "We found out one and a half end of the week," said Housemaster weeks ago that they did not want stu- Ellen Essigmann. "It is my under- dents in those atria," she said. ''They were serious, and inspected last week to make sure the spaces were clear."
MlT Center for International Studies Presents: Simmons dining hall to open Meanwhile, the Simmons dining hall partly opened on Sunday, with full operation expected to begin in a raq and or h Korea: week. "After receiving our certificate of occupancy from Cambridge on Fri- W at ext? day, the space was set up for dining on Sunday," said Housemaster John A Talk and Q&A by M. Essigmann. "The students found the food very good, the turnout was excellent, and people seemed to Robert Gallucci enjoy the overall feel of the dining hall," he said. The Simmons dining hall is cur- Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service rently serving food buffet-style. "We A Former Director of UNSCOM, the Iraqi Disarmament look to opening the full kitchen this Inspectorate coming Sunday," John Essigmann said. Chief Negotiator of 1994 De-Nuclearization Accord with The opening of the dining hall, North Korea originally set for mid-November, was delayed because of "the unusual, architecture of the building, com- WO G AUDITORIUM, SLO bined with difficulty scheduling con- tractors," John Essigmann said. BUILD GE51 "I'm a big fan of dining halls because everyone can use them and_ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 get together," said James Humphries '03. "This is important especially 4 - 5:30 when the term starts."
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From flirting and table manners Be ides maintaining Charm to waltzing, Charm chool opened chool's spirit of fun, comprehen- it doors last Friday, filling the tu- ive classe were offered in net- dent Center with soothing jazz working, interviewing, and while educating the nerdy masse chmoozing to' big hots." of the MIT community in the dos , I think it's wonderful that stu- and don'ts of social interaction, net- dents here are working on their working, etiquette, and even dating. ocial graces," said Thoma E. In its tenth year, Charm chool tephenson, a technical instructor featured over 30 classe with 50 who teache the "How to Work a volunteers consisting of faculty, Room" class in Charm School. taff, and students. 'I've gone to several conferences While polishing ocial skills, and I've noticed that not all the peo- students earned one ' credit" for ple there really knew how to work a each class and redeemed those cred- room, especially the engineers," he NATHAN COUlN. 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