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Volume 124, Number 13 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Williams, Vasquez Elected as UA Pres, VP Your MIT Eighteen class council officers elected for ’05, ’06,’07; 12 positions went uncontested. Diploma: By Kathy Lin NEWS EDITOR Harel M. Williams ’05 and Coming to Phillip A. Vasquez ’05 will be the next president and vice president of the Undergraduate Association. The Williams/Vasquez ticket Singapore beat their only official competitors, David B. Smith ’05 and Noelle J. By Tatyana Lugovskaya Kanaga ’06 by 589 votes, or 37.8 percent of the votes for the posi- MIT will soon begin granting tions. Master of Engineering degrees to Williams and Vasquez said they students from the National attribute their win to “a strong effort University of Singapore and to make personal contact, the clarity Nanyang Technological University of our vision and platform, and the as part of the second phase of the strength of our supporters,” Singapore-MIT Alliance. Williams said. Starting next year, the students at Twelve of the 19 positions in the two Singapore universities will Class Council and the UA that were be able to attend MIT classes online open for election had only one reg- via teleconferencing equipment, istered candidate. No uncontested partly in the new Stata Center candidates were beaten by write-in classrooms, and will also spend one candidates. semester on campus. In the contested class elections, The Singapore-MIT Alliance has Rohit Gupta won for Class of 2005 existed since 1998, and is currently president, John R. Velasco ’05 won in its first phase. Graduates from the for Class of 2005 vice president, program currently receive a Alexis R. Desieno ’05 won for Singapore-MIT Alliance certificate Class of 2005 secretary, Karen E. from MIT and either a masters or BRIAN HEMOND—THE TECH Hunter ’06 and Jill L. Konowich ’06 Philip A. Vasquez ’05 (left) and Harel M. Williams ’05 were elected last week as vice president and PhD from their Singapore won for Class of 2006 social chairs, president, respectively, of the Undergraduate Association. university, but no degree from MIT. Melvin C. Makhni ’07 won for Class of 2007 vice president, and will begin their terms when they are Opponents, leaders offer advice establishing themselves as strong Program to expand if successful Sharmeen Browarek ’07 and Joy installed at the last UA Senate meet- Williams and Vasquez “should student-oriented groups, and the UA Alliance Co-Director Anthony T. Liang ’07 won for Class of 2007 ing of the term on May 3, said Rose definitely address the growing needs to facilitate their direct repre- Patera said that the program was social chairs. A. Grabowski ’05, vice chair of the strength of dorm governments and The newly elected candidates UA Senate. the IFC,” Smith said. “Both are Elections, Page 15 Online Degree, Page 14 Disputes Cause Q Bubble Stata Center Move Begins This Week By Kathy Dobson To End Service at Arrow St. STAFF REPORTER The Department of Linguistics Dispute called “a matter of control.” New vendor sought. and Philosophy and the Computer By Joia Ramchandani contract. “Every two weeks he Science and Artificial Intelligence STAFF REPORTER wanted more and more money. It Laboratory (CSAIL) will move into Because of an inability to reach got to a point where we just could- the Stata Center by the end of the an agreement on their new contract, n’t take it anymore,” she said. week now that the Ray and Maria the Q Bubble Tea vendor and Arrow Chen also expressed dissatisfac- Stata Center has passed all of the Street Crepes have decided to termi- tion with the manner in which Q necessary inspections. nate their partnership, leaving many Bubble employees were treated by “We have all the sign-offs neces- students unhappy and without a Arrow Street management. Her sary,” said Claude LeBlanc, general bubble tea vendor. employees were allotted a salary superintendent for Skanska USA However, Arrow Street Crepes that was 40 percent less than that of Building Inc., the project manage- Manager Noel Ancarani said that Arrow Street employees, she said. ment company in charge of the MIT that the restaurant has plans to intro- Arrow Street management Stata Center Project. duce a new line of bubble tea after allegedly still owes Chen over The temporary certificate of occu- spring break. $6,000 for her services, but is con- pancy (TCO) required to start moving The restaurant is interested in tinuing to “delay making the pay- into the building, is “forthcoming,” “upgrading to a better quality prod- ment,” Chen said. She went on to LeBlanc said, but MIT did not have uct that is more authentic,” Ancarani say that she would seek legal the papers in hand as of yesterday. said. Q Bubble’s product is a “Tai- recourse if Arrow Street did not pay The new Student Street, includ- wanese product converted to the fast her the money she claims it owes ing a new dining facility and several pace of the U.S. market,” and not her. new classes, will also open this truly authentic bubble tea, he said. In response to Chen’s allega- week on the first floor of Stata. Nancy Chen, the former co- tions, Ancarani said that Arrow Other renovations including the owner of the Q Bubble franchise in Street did not have such a debt. alumni pool and the child care cen- the Student Center, said that she The termination of the Arrow ter will open in June. was unhappy with the Arrow Street Street and Q Bubble business con- Construction will continue management because of its demands tract was “a matter of control” over around the building until late May for more money and greater control management, employees, and prof- or early June, said LeBlanc. over Q Bubble. its, Ancarani said. The official dedication of The The Q Bubble owners wanted to Stata Center will take place on May Q Bubble, Arrow Street clash have “more control than they should 7 and will be open to the public. Chen said “greed, not quality” have,” he said. Arrow Street “decid- was the reason behind the termina- ed it would be best to go separate Student street to open this week tion of the partnership between Q ways,” he said. The Student Street, a long corri- Bubble and Arrow Street. Arrow Street management was dor running through the first floor of FRANK DABEK—THE TECH She said that Arrow Street owner unhappy with the powder-based Q the building, is scheduled to open One of the first of many loads of orange crates arrives at the Stata James Murray would continuously Center. The oft-delayed move of the Computer Science and Artificial change the terms of their business Bubble Tea, Page 17 Stata, Page 13 Intelligence laboratory to its new home begins in earnest this week.

“Much Ado Comics NEWS World & Nation ...... 2 About Noth- Acceptance letters have been Opinion ...... 4 ing” comes sent to those who will soon be Features ...... 6 to life near MIT’s Class of 2008. Arts ...... 7 the end. Sports ...... 20 Page 7 Page 10 Page 16 Page 2 THE TECH March 16, 2004 WORLD & NATION Powell To Press Pakistan Nations with Troops in Iraq For More Nuclear Disclosures THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI Make No Move to Join Spain Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, opening a visit to South Asia, said Monday that he would press President Pervez Musharraf of Pak- By Richard Bernstein ter, Jack Straw, rejected the idea States in Iraq. istan to do more to track down Taliban remnants on the Afghanistan THE NEW YORK TIMES that Spain might get a kind of “The omens for Mr. Blair do not border and to tell the United States more about his military’s involve- BERLIN immunity from future terrorist look good this morning,” The ment in past nuclear proliferation activities. The announcement by Spain’s attack by disengaging from Iraq. Evening Standard editorialized in Powell has had many discussions in recent months with Mushar- prime minister-elect that he would “The idea that somehow there is London. “Not only does he face the raf on the activities of A.Q. Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear pro- withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq some exemption certificate for this possibility of a major attack on gram, who has admitted to supplying uranium enrichment equipment by midyear was clearly bad news war against terrorism is utter non- British soil, and not only has the to Iran and other nations. Powell said there was still more to learn for the other countries that have sense,” Straw said. war in Iraq patently made no differ- about the extent to which the Pakistan military had helped Khan in contributed forces there, but on “Al-Qaida are absolutely vicious ence to al-Qaida’s capabilities. But these activities. Monday none of them gave indica- fanatics who not only obviously it was he who took this country to Powell did not address details, but administration officials have tions that the Spanish move would hate those who were responsible for war in controversial circumstances, said they learned that the military may have been more extensively affect their own troop commitments. the military action in Iraq, but hate when many Britons opposed it — involved than previously thought in the transfer of nuclear arms “Revising our positions on Iraq anybody who upholds democratic and Spanish voters have shown materials to North Korea, Iran and Libya. after terrorist attacks would be to values,” he said. afresh the danger of defying public “Certainly I will be interested to see whether there is any involve- admit that terrorists are stronger and Germany, too, which opposed opinion in such dangerous times.” ment of past officials or any official involvement in any of this over that they are right,” the Polish prime the American war in Iraq and has no Britain, Poland and Italy among the years,” Powell said. “I think this is something that the govern- minister, Leszek Miller, said at a troops in the country, reaffirmed them have more than 13,000 troops ment of Pakistan should look into and I think is looking into.” news conference. that it would go ahead with a plan to in Iraq. Poland, with about 2,500 Boguslaw Majewski, spokesman train Iraqi policemen outside Iraq. troops, commands one of four mili- for the Polish Foreign Ministry, The Germans also announced that tary zones in Iraq, which includes Sharon Cancels Session said, “We are not contemplating any there would be no change in their Spain’s 1,300-troop contingent. change, certainly not from the Pol- engagement in Afghanistan, where If Spain does withdraw its forces, With Palestinians After Bombings ish perspective, and we hope that they are one of the biggest contribu- it will leave the Poles responsible for THE NEW YORK TIMES this will remain the perspective of tors to the NATO forces there. making up the shortage, a result that JERUSALEM all our coalition partners.” “There are no such considera- may have prompted some harsh crit- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday ruled out political nego- Similar statements were made tions,” Bela Anda, the government icism of Spain from Polish officials tiations with the Palestinians for the present, saying that their leaders Monday by leaders in Britain and spokesman, said at a regular press and commentators. had repeatedly failed to halt attacks like a double suicide bombing a Italy, the two other major European briefing. “The eventual withdrawal of day earlier. contributors, with Prime Minister Still, the Spanish election results, Spanish troops from Iraq means In a speech to Parliament, Sharon said that the bombings on Sun- Silvio Berlusconi saying that Italy in overthrowing the government of serious trouble for Poland, because day in the southern port of Ashdod, which killed ten people, reinforce “will not raise its arms in surren- Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, Poland will not be able to replace “the understanding that there is no Palestinian leader with the der.” opens up likelihood of political these soldiers,” Bronislaw courage, the ability, to struggle against terrorism.” Speaking on BBC Radio on shifts in Europe away from those Komorowski, a former defense min- Sharon was called before Parliament by opposition lawmakers Monday, the British foreign minis- who have supported the United ister, said. seeking specifics on his plans for unilateral Israeli action that could involve withdrawing soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. He gave no new details, but said he was continuing to pursue his Aristide Now in Jamaica; Haiti “disengagement plan” because he saw no prospect of negotiations with the Palestinians under the current Mideast peace initiative. The effort began last June but stalled shortly afterward. Denouncess Ex-president’s Visit EPA May Tighten By Kirk Semple for allowing him to come for a visit. hit in the arm, was among a detach- and Lydia Polgreen Aristide is expected to remain sev- ment of soldiers patrolling a neigh- Mercury Emissions Proposal THE NEW YORK TIMES eral weeks, and will be reunited borhood near the presidential palace THE NEW YORK TIMES PORT-AU-PRINCE with his two young daughters, on Sunday night, said the military Under pressure from environmental groups and state officials, the A U.S. Marine was shot and whom he sent to the United States spokesman, Lt. Col. David A. Bush administration says it may tighten its proposed rules limiting wounded by snipers during a patrol when Haiti’s situation began to Lapan. The Marine, Pfc. Howard mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants. on Sunday night in this teeming deteriorate. W. Hamilton, 20, from Murfrees- Administration officials have become uncomfortable with analy- city, becoming the first American Officials in Jamaica have said boro, Tenn., was evacuated to a hos- ses indicating that if the proposal is adopted, the Environmental Pro- military casualty here since the Aristide must not use his visit to pital in Miami, where he was in sta- tection Agency could miss its own 2018 deadline for reducing those ouster of President Jean-Bertrand their country, about 100 miles from ble condition, Lapan said. The emissions by 70 percent. Aristide, a military spokesman said Haiti, to foment unrest in Haiti, soldiers returned fire but did not Michael O. Leavitt, who took the helm of the environmental Monday. which is just beginning to stabilize know if they had inflicted any casu- agency weeks before the proposed regulations were announced, was Meanwhile, Aristide arrived in after the monthlong uprising that alties, the spokesman said. largely uninvolved in their initial development. But in the last several Kingston, Jamaica, at about 1:45 forced Aristide from power. Haiti’s Members of the U.S. military weeks, EPA employees say, he has immersed himself in briefings p.m. after an overnight flight on a new prime minister, Gerard deployment, which with about 1,700 about the rules, which have provoked criticism from scientists, state chartered jet from the Central Latortue, has condemned Aristide’s troops is the largest division of a officials and environmental advocates. African Republic, where he had visit to Jamaica and told reporters in four-nation military task force, have “I’ve spent hours in briefings,” Leavitt said in a Monday inter- taken refuge after his departure Port-au-Prince that he would sus- been fired at many times since arriv- view. “I’ve been crawling through the blueprints of power plants. from Haiti on Feb. 29. Aristide’s pend diplomatic relations with ing after Aristide’s flight into exile I’ve been meeting with people on technology.” spokesman in Jamaica, Huntley Jamaica and recall Haiti’s ambas- under pressure from Haitian rebels Medley, said Aristide thanked the sador to Kingston. and the French and U.S. govern- Jamaican government and people The wounded Marine, who was ments. WEATHER Atoning for Low Snowfall Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, March 16, 2004 130°W 125°W 120°W 115°W 110°W 105°W 100°W 95°W 90°W 85°W 80°W 75°W 70°W 65°W 60°W By Michael J. Ring 40°N STAFF METEOROLOGIST ▼ ▼

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International Officials Criticize Small, Icy Object Is Found on Fringe of Solar System Standards of Russian Elections THE NEW YORK TIMES Far beyond Pluto, out where the Sun is only a pinpoint of pale By Steven Lee Myers “The election process overall did senting the Communist Party, came light, a frozen world has been found on the dark fringes of the solar THE NEW YORK TIMES not adequately reflect principles in a distant second with just under system. Astronomers say it is by far the most distant object known to MOSCOW necessary for a healthy democratic 14 percent, election officials said orbit the Sun and the largest one to be detected since the discovery of International election observers election process,” the head of the after most of the votes had been Pluto in 1930. on Monday criticized Russia’s observer mission, Julian Peel Yates, counted. The rest of the field failed With one discovery, it seems, the solar system has gotten much presidential election for falling said at a news conference. “Essen- to break out of single digits. bigger, glimpses of its outer reaches bringing a sense of reality to short of basic democratic stan- tial elements of the OSCE commit- Putin, appearing at his campaign what had been a remote frontier of hypothesis. And perhaps it has dards, even as President Vladimir ments and Council of Europe stan- headquarters in the wee hours after gotten stranger, too. V. Putin accepted congratulatory dards for democratic elections, such the polls closed on Sunday night, “There’s absolutely nothing else like it known in the solar sys- telephone calls from presidents and as a vibrant political discourse and gently brushed aside criticism raised tem,” Dr. Michael Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of prime ministers of the world’s meaningful pluralism, were lack- earlier by Secretary of State Colin Technology who led the discovery team, said of the newfound object. leading democracies. ing.” L. Powell and the national security But in a telephone news conference on Monday from Pasadena, The observers — representing Putin swept to an entirely adviser, Condoleezza Rice. Brown added, “Our prediction is that there will be many, many more the Organization for Security and expected victory on Sunday, receiv- President Bush called to congrat- of these objects discovered in the next five years, and some of them Cooperation in Europe and the Par- ing 72.1 percent of the vote, after a ulate Putin, as did Prime Minister will probably be more massive.” liamentary Assembly of the Council campaign that featured overwhelm- Tony Blair of Britain, President The researchers, whose observations were supported by NASA, of Europe — cited abuses of gov- ing support of the incumbent from Jacques Chirac of France, Chancel- said the object, referred to as a planetoid, is extremely frigid (minus ernment resources, bias in the state local governments and the state- lor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany 400 degrees Fahrenheit) and peculiarly red, probably more so than news media and even instances of controlled news media. and Prime Minister Junichiro any other body in the solar system except Mars. They are not sure ballot stuffing on election day. Nikolai M. Kharitonov, repre- Koizumi of Japan. why, and also have few ideas of the object’s composition. It could be a primordial mix of rock and ice. AFL-CIO To File Trade Complaint Fresno Victims All Died by Gunfire THE NEW YORK TIMES FRESNO, CALIF. The nine victims in this city’s worst mass murder were all killed To President Bush Against China by gunshots, the police said on Monday. They said investigators were By Steven Greenhouse and unfairly undercut American seeks penalties because of violations trying to determine whether the suspected killer, believed to be the and Elizabeth Becker companies. The AFL-CIO argues of workers’ rights. Some trade father of all the victims, was helped by someone else. THE NEW YORK TIMES that this illegal repression of work- experts said the complaint could be The bodies — six females and three males ages 1 to 24 — were WASHINGTON ers’ rights translates into a 43 per- vulnerable to challenge at the World found on Friday when the police responded to a child-custody call at The AFL-CIO will file an unusu- cent cost advantage on average for Trade Organization because global a house. After a standoff with the suspect, Marcus D. Wesson, 57, al trade complaint on Tuesday to China. trade rules do not protect labor rights. they took him into custody. Wesson’s arraignment on nine counts of press President Bush to punish “This will put the onus on the Concerned about the loss of murder has been scheduled for Wednesday. China, which it asserts has gained a Bush administration to explain that nearly 3 million factory jobs in the Three of the victims were a year old, and four others were commercial advantage through a China is not repressing workers’ United States since January 2001, younger than 9. The other two victims were a 17-year-old girl and a systematic violation of workers’ rights, and to me that is an extraordi- the AFL-CIO is asking Bush to 24-year-old woman, the police said. Two of the toddlers may be the rights by suppressing strikes, ban- narily difficult case to make,” said impose punitive taxes of up to 77 result of incestuous relations between Wesson and his older daugh- ning independent trade unions and James Mann, a China expert at the percent on China or to persuade ters, the authorities said. not enforcing minimum wage laws. Center for Strategic and International China to pledge to halt all such vio- Autopsies on seven of the victims indicate that they suffered gun- Timed to maximize pressure on Studies. “The record going back for lations against workers’ rights. shot wounds, while injuries on the last two bodies still under examina- Bush as the presidential campaign decades is that China has intensely Union leaders warned that if Bush tion exhibited injuries similar to gunshot wounds, the authorities said. heats up, the complaint asserts that resisted independent trade unions, rejected the complaint, it would The Fresno County coroner’s office said one of the victims might the United States has lost as many and I don’t see how the administra- anger millions of American work- have been somehow involved in the shootings. Chief Jerry Dyer of as 727,000 factory jobs because the tion can pretend otherwise.” ers, especially in Midwestern battle- the Fresno Police Department declined to comment about a second labor violations it cites artificially This is the first case ever brought ground states where factory workers killer but said it was “something we are keeping an open mind to.” lowered China’s production costs under the Trade Act of 1974 that have been hit especially hard. Poster created by Nicole Ackerman Page 4 THE TECH March 16, 2004 OPINION Northeastern’s Ludacris Punishment Chairman The old adage “the punishment must fit the crime” can nary action against two other students. Hangyul Chung ’05 largely be agreed upon by any group, but is seldom if ever fol- Clearly, there is unfairness to the action. The term rioters lowed in practice. Consider Northeastern University. After the was too quickly equated with students. The student that watched Editor in Chief New England Patriots won the the Super Bowl and went to bed and the student that hates foot- Brian Loux ’04 Super Bowl, large celebrations ball will suffer unjustly from the decision. Boston residents and Editorial turned to riots in and around the visitors that contributed to the riots may not suffer at all. Mayor Business Manager Northeastern campus. A significant number, though nobody Thomas Menino has even come out saying that the two main Roy K. Esaki ’04 would even consider saying all, of the rioters are believed to causes of the riots were alcohol sales on Sunday and the lack of Managing Editor be students. The result of the rioting was the death of a North- university security patrols. Examination of the campus’s alcohol David Carpenter ’05 eastern student’s brother (when an SUV plowed through policy may be in order, something that was undertaken at Ohio crowds) and significant vandalism in the surrounding areas. State earlier this year after chaotic football riots took place. So NEWS STAFF Another result? Northeastern President Richard M. Freeland again, why punish the students in this manner? News and Features Director: Beckett W. Sterner decided to cancel the university’s Springfest concert with Freeland, to his credit, does not dance around the issues ’06; News Editors: Kathy Lin ’06, Marissa Vogt headline act Ludacris, akin to dismantling MIT’s Spring involved. “Right now, you are on everyone’s radar screens as ’06, Jenny Zhang ’06; Associate Editors: Waseem Weekend concert. students in this town,” he said. “It became clear that the concert S. Daher ’07, Gireeja V. Ranade ’07, Julián E. Vil- It should be recognized that this is not just a loss of a privi- was being perceived as Northeastern University conducting larreal ’07; Staff: Kathy Dobson G, Jeffrey Green- lege for the students, but also a loss of money. The school business as usual, and this is not the time for business as usual baum ’04, Eun J. Lee ’04, Michael E. Rolish ’04, Jay K. Cameron ’05, Christine Fry ’05, Sam decided to increase student activity fees at the beginning of the … Life isn’t fair that way, but I think it’s reality,” he said. Hwang ’05, Issel Anne L. Lim ’05, Jessica A. year from $36 to $100 with the explicit intent to attract bigger It is indeed an unfair truth that perception rules the day. Zaman ’05, Brian C. Keegan ’06, Lauren E. LeBon headline names such as Ludacris for the Springfest concert. College students in general suffer from the perception that they ’06, Jennifer Wong ’06, Ray C. He ’07, Tongyan Why the sudden jump from punishing a few to an entire are all feckless and rambunctious teenagers. Northeastern Uni- Lin ’07; Meteorologists: Samantha L. H. Hess G, group? Originally, Northeastern and the police had set up a Web versity needed to create the community perception that they Robert Lindsay Korty G, Greg Lawson G, Nikki site of traffic cameras that were able to get pictures of rioters, were cracking down on rioting, and it was more feasible to gar- Privé G, William Ramstrom G, Michael J. Ring G. and offered rewards for their accurate identification. Ten sus- ner headlines and approval with a concert shutdown than toting

PRODUCTION STAFF pects’ names were already given the day after the riots. Recent- around their disciplinary record. In the end, Northeastern loses ly, six students were identified and will appear in district court along with the students, but when you choose to make judg- Editors: Andrew Mamo ’04, Sie Hendrata Dhar- on April 5. This is on top of three arrests made on the night of ments to appease perceptions, it’s a punishment that fits the mawan ’05, Tiffany Dohzen ’06; Associate Editor: Nicholas R. Hoff ’05; Staff: Joel C. Corbo ’04, Joy the riots, seven expulsions from the school and other discipli- crime. Forsythe ’04, Kevin Chen ’05, Albert Leung ’06, Jolinta Lin ’06, Jonathan Reinharth ’06, Jennifer Huang ’07, Yaser M. Khan ’07, Y. Grace Lin ’07, Letters To The Editor EunMee Yang ’07, Sylvia Yang ’07. These are just a few of many suggestions March 2 [“The Tech Brushes With Anonymi- OPINION STAFF How to Stay Well- for bursting through the freshman tech bubble ty, More Care Needed”] has already Editor: Vivek Rao ’05; Columnist: Andrew C. Rounded at MIT and attempting to maintain some semblance of addressed the failures of Tech editors to veri- Thomas ’04; Staff: Basil Enwegbara SM ’01, a well-rounded person through your four-year fy the authenticity of the rape account before Gretchen K. Aleks ’04, Ken Nesmith ’04, Atif Z. I am writing in response to Dan Scolnic’s term. One thing is for certain: a way to dis- its publication. Qadir ’04, W. Victoria Lee ’06, Daniel Barclay ’07, column “Why We Don’t Read” [The Tech, cover some extra-curricular interests really If, as suggested by DiFava’s investigation, Ruth Miller ’07, Chen Zhao ’07. March 12]. Scolnic, a freshman, whines that fast is to date someone outside of MIT. When it proves to be the case that the account was SPORTS STAFF MIT “institutionalizes” us students, somehow he decides to plunge into the dating scene, I fabricated, it is an instance of gross journalis- Editor: Phil Janowicz ’05, Brian Chase ’06; Staff: preventing us from reading, watching televi- think Scolnic will quickly find that complain- tic irresponsibility on the part of Tech editors. Yong-yi Zhu ’06. sion, or being exposed to the outside world in ing about differential equations and making Moreover, the submission of the piece under general. Clearly this characterization is far jokes in source code only gets you so far with false pretenses represents an unethical and ARTS STAFF from the truth for many MIT students (we the ladies. harmful manipulation of members of the MIT Editors: Christine R. Fry ’05, Amy Lee ’06; weren’t accepted because we were dimension- Marjan S. Bolouri ’04 community by the individuals responsible. Associate Editor: Kevin G. Der ’06; Staff: Bog- less workhorses), but those students who do Hawkinson’s criticism of the handing of this dan Fedeles G, Ruby Lam G, Sonja Sharpe G, find themselves in some kind of “bubble” can article in his Ombudsman column is not suffi- Fred Choi ’02, Chikako Sassa ’02, Jed Horne ’04, and should rectify the situation with a mini- Questions of Truth cient response to this extraordinary lapse of Pey-Hua Hwang ’04, Josiah Q. Seale ’04, Petar mal amount of effort. As someone who was deeply disturbed by judgment on the part of those charged with Simich ’04. For starters, you could change your home “What a Difference a Year Makes,” the insuring some level of dependability in the

PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF page from the ever-boring web.mit.edu to anonymous article published in The Tech on information put forward by this publication. I The New York Times (download a pop-up February 24, depicting a brutal rape on the call upon The Tech, with help from any rele- Editors: Peter R. Russo ’02, Brian Hemond ’04, Jina blocker first) or your favorite news source. MIT campus, I am extremely troubled by the vant MIT administrators, to conduct a review Kim ’06; Associate Editors: Daniel Bersak ’02, Instead of reading the unenlightening, poorly implications of MIT Chief of Police John of the information put forward as a true Jonathan T. Wang ’05; Staff: Marcus Dahlem G, written slop in “Sex and the Saferide,” try DiFava’s letter [“The Need to Know,” Mar. account, twice verified by Arts Editor Chris- Wendy Gu G, Stanley Hu ’00, Scott Johnston ’03, checking out the Arts & Letters Daily Web 12]. DiFava wrote that after a thorough tine Fry, and to publish another piece fully Miguel A. 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dramatization. IBM has come under attack for thing is, this is called “economic justice” in thinks to himself, “I just wanted to make some Ken Nesmith hiring foreigners to write software, so we’ll use popular discourse. shoes, and then use my earnings to buy dinner. software development as an example. The same meeting is happening in offices Why is this American stopping me?” Corporations who hire workers in foreign Two guys walk into a room. Sam is a white around the country, each with an American and Don’t let my silly dramatizations soften the countries have come under sharp attack recent- American; Juan is a Mexican. They take their a foreigner: an accountant from Pakistan, a horror of these crimes. Let’s make sure this is ly. John Kerry calls the managers of such com- seats in front of a desk where a woman eyes doctor from China, a telephone customer ser- clear: doctors in china can read X-rays as well panies “Benedict Arnold CEOs,” and Congress them each casually. She addresses them vice rep from India. as doctors here. Pro- is ready to enact legislation limiting their abili- promptly: “I need someone to work on devel- Each time, the for- grammers in India and ty to produce goods and services outside of oping this computer software for me. Can you eigner is ready to elsewhere can code as America. Most objections amount to com- do it?” Both nod. Sam the American replies, perform the same Doctors in china can read X-rays well as most code war- plaints that it’s not good to be unemployed. “Certainly, I’ve actually been doing just that job as the American riors here (maybe not (For the record, I agree.) Nonetheless, it’s pret- job for 8 years. I’ll keep doing it for $20 an for a fraction of the as well as doctors here. MIT code warriors, but ty well decided in all forums, save a few cor- hour. Also, I’d like health insurance for my pay. They desper- Programmers in India and most). People all over ners of leftist Web sites and protest sessions, family, and I’d like to start setting aside some ately want the the world can sew that trade is good. What’s striking to me is that money for retirement.” Juan the Mexican is employment, to buy elsewhere can code as well as most sweaters together as well although commentators versed in economics more desperate. He has a family of his own, food, clothes, and as workers here. They’ll have restated ad infinitum the ways in which living in relative squalor. “I’ll do it for $8 an health care. Each code warriors here (maybe not do these things for less trade is good, and liberal writers have retold a hour,” he says. “I can do the job just as well.” time, an objector money. In various terms, thousand sad stories about job loss (paying less That wage will fully raise his standard of liv- tells them they’re MIT code warriors, but most). they are told that they attention to the jobs others gain), no attention ing, and let him support his family, to whom not allowed to have should not be allowed to has been paid to the racism involved in this such a wage is a godsend. that job, conse- do those things by loud conversation. It’s remarkable just how strong Just then, John Kerry/a leftist/other objector quently denying them a livelihood, either voices from all over the political spectrum, left- and tolerated that racism has become. walks in. He’s irate. “This is economic injus- because an American will do it for more pay, ist and conservative alike. Not long ago, black people, even if equally tice! Corporations like yours, woman, are or the conditions of employment are not as When we talk about trade, we’re far too or better qualified than white people, couldn’t exporting jobs to foreign countries just so they pleasant as the objector would like. Foreign ready to forget this framework of ability and get jobs only because of the color of their skin. can pay lower wages. You shall employ Sam, countries shall not be allowed to host the pro- choice. If people want to perform a job for less This allocation of employment not by ability and if you don’t Congress will make you. We duction in question and the criteria for employ- money, what right do we have to stop them? and willingness to perform a given task, but need to preserve his community.” ment has been shifted away from willingness There are a thousand factors paraded around rather by skin color, is considered racism. It’s a Juan the Mexican is stunned. “But I’ll do and ability to work, to race instead. that obscure this fundamental point, but it can’t sad part of our history. The conventional wis- the same job. I’ll even do it for less money. While we’re exploring trade and racism, be avoided: it’s racism for the 21st century. It dom is that it’s a relic, but to the contrary, it’s Why can’t I be hired? I want to do it, so that I let’s just peek in one more room to consider isn’t the ambiguous, evanescent racism that both practiced and preached openly by promi- can feed my family.” Leftie won’t have any of just one more phenomenon, the “race to the sociologists like to talk about these days, the nent political leaders and commentators, as it. “We need to protect communities from dis- bottom.” In here, there are two more workers, kind where every white male is guilty of well as everyday citizens who profess, directly ruption by brutal market forces,” he calmly but neither of them is American. One is Mexi- oppression and so forth. It’s racism globalized, or not, that people should not be able to work if explains. “That software will be developed can, and one is from China. They’re being slightly disconnected from everyday life, prac- they’re foreigners. here, and Americans will do it for high pay.” asked to make tennis shoes. The shoes have ticed by surprising culprits. It’s vicious and Opponents of outsourcing insist that jobs End dramatization. What just happened? been made in Mexico for the past few years; destructive. It impoverishes people because should be kept here rather than offered to Open, destructive racism. Juan will not be the worker from China, though, offers to do it they’re not Americans, and it does so by active- whomever is willing to do them, so that com- allowed to work, Sam will. Those who decry for half of what the Mexican asks for. Once ly denying them employment and a route away munities and lives are not disrupted. This outsourcing have a very simple message under- again our leftist friend storms in, and this time from poverty, not by the more morally ambigu- changes the criteria for employment from abili- lying their complaint: Americans deserve to be he kicks the Chinese worker out of the room. ous passive toleration of privation. Call it what- ty and willingness to do a job to the only other paid much more than foreigners to do the same Why? “We have to stop the race to the bot- ever you want: fair trade, economic justice, relevant difference: country of residence. I’m things. The non-whites, or anyone else who tom,” he says. “Corporations cannot just move compassionate conservatism, or save time and tired of reading dry prose making obvious wants to perform a job for less money, should- their factories around to wherever people will call it racism. I hope that we Americans, and points about this topic, so let’s consider it in n’t be allowed to offer their services. The funny work for less money.” The Chinese worker our leaders, change our tack and renounce it. On Ugliness Letters To The Editor Continued from previous page Fundamental to our democratic form of government is the concept of separation of And Architecture Year Makes” account; nothing could be fur- powers. The role of the court is clearly ther from the truth. In the weeks following defined in both the Massachusetts Constitu- Stephen Form Gehry has done some very beautiful build- its publication, I was often haunted by tion and the United States Constitution as that ings, including the Guggenheim Museum in thoughts of the author’s experience and the of upholding the laws passed by the legisla- Course IV (Architecture) remains one of Bilbao, Spain and the new Walt Disney Con- alleged failure of Institute authorities to pro- ture. The traditional role of judicial review the most obscure majors at MIT and this fact cert Hall. He also has built what some call the tect and support her. My aim here is simply applies only when the plaintiff can challenge fills me with a certain measure of pride. How- ugliest building ever made: the Experience to point out that it is not just the victim who the constitutionality of a law. ever, the rarity of the major also ensures that Music Project in Seattle. The Stata Center was is affected by such a horrifying event. Many The plaintiffs in this case did challenge the few people know much about it; for example, a gamble, and MIT got one of his less inspir- members of this community go into lab on law as unconstitutional. But on what basis did I get made fun of for the supposed ease of my ing buildings, in my opinion: a pile of blocks, Sundays, work late in Athena clusters, or the court rule in their favor? The majority major, a tremendous misconception. Recently, two towers, and some curved rubble sitting walk home from campus alone. The provi- opinion cites the equal protection and due a lack of knowledge about Course IV has between them. (I will reserve my full judge- sion (or distortion) of accurate information process provisions of the Massachusetts Con- manifested itself again, as I have found my ment until I can see the interior spaces, how- about failures in crime prevention and stitution. However, the dissenting opinions course has unfairly come under attack on ever. This follows the same logic as not judg- response on the MIT campus serves to edu- make it clear that these clauses are not applic- campus due to some new buildings MIT is ing a book by its cover.) cate (or mislead) us all about the risks asso- able to the Goodridge case. There is no ques- erecting on its campus. Simmons is another story, and I will only ciated with our lifestyles. The community tion of equal protection under the law in this Being on the receiving end of this blame is mention that, as a part-time architectural tour has a right to know the truth about this inci- situation, because there is no person being expected. The comic “Filler Space” called for guide of the dorm, I see many architects enter dent. denied a right that another person is granted. the hanging of all the building prepared for a Katharine L. Ricke ’04 As Justice Spina writes, “This court should Course IV and XI wonderful experience only not have invoked even the most deferential majors in response to to be let down by the bleak Editor’s Response: We are taking these standard of review within equal protection Simmons Hall’s con- Remember that architecture, like hallways and peripheral questions very seriously, as well as those of analysis because no individual was denied struction [The Tech, space not fit for occupa- several other readers. As we have acknowl- access to the institution of marriage.” Further- Oct. 18, 2002]. I take any discipline, is filled with tion even by dead cats. edged, we made a mistake in printing this more, “the court correctly recognizes [that] this commentary enormous failures as well as My point is this: do anonymous account through an intermediary constitutional protections are extended to indi- with a grain of salt, not heap your unhappy without confirmation. I have been in commu- viduals, not couples.” but I still do not call wonderful successes. feelings about MIT’s nication with Chief DiFava and the intermedi- The majority opinion and the dissenters for all Course VI buildings on me and my ary, and I am still working to obtain docu- agree that the question of due process largely majors to be execut- fellow architecture stu- mentary evidence to substantiate this account. becomes a question of whether there is any ed whenever my computer crashes. dents. This also goes for the architecture fac- I will keep you posted. rational basis for a law. However, past court I read the recent Boston Globe article on the ulty and the discipline in general. Some of us Christine Fry cases have made it clear that if there is any Stata Center [“Monumental Effort,” March 7] may like these buildings. Some of us may Arts Editor argument at all in favor of a law, it is up to the and the ensuing letter in The Tech by MIT despise them more than you do. legislature to make that decision, not the alumnus Stuart Brorson [“The In-Your-Face Remember that architecture, like any disci- court. Quoting the case “Fine v. Contributory Ugliness of Stata,” March 12]. I agree with pline, is filled with enormous failures as well Separation of Powers Retirement Appeal Board,” Justice Sosman many of the opinions he has expressed. Indeed, as wonderful successes. Our campus is the site I have noticed that amidst all the debate points out that a statute “only need[s to] be my father and mother (also alumni) have of Eero Saarinen’s chapel, which is one of the over the issue of gay marriage in Massachu- supported by a conceivable rational basis.” echoed Brorson’s sentiments almost word-for- most transcendent buildings I have ever setts, notably absent are any references to the Whether or not the court agrees with this word on occasion. However, I take some entered. It is the site of Alvar Aalto’s Baker dissenting opinions in the Massachusetts rational basis is irrelevant. offense to the fact that “MIT’s own architecture House, an incredibly sensitive and humane Supreme Court decision “Goodridge v. I would encourage everyone to read academicians” are being cited as a clueless residence for students that has been the most Department of Public Health.” The opinions, through the dissenting opinions from bunch who are praising the Stata Center like it requested dormitory on campus for nearly written by Justices Francis Spina, Martha Sos- “Goodridge v. Department of Public Health.” was a set of the emperor’s new clothes. every year of its existence. man, and Robert Cordy, do not address in There is indeed a forum to debate the issue of It is my opinion that the choice of Frank MIT does not really have a beautiful cam- depth whether or not the court feels that gay “homosexual marriage,” but it is in the legis- Gehry as the architect for the Stata Center was pus like many “Old World” universities like marriage should be allowed. That issue of per- lature, not the courts. I believe that the public partially a concern for MIT’s trendiness. Just as Stanford or even Harvard. However, even sonal opinion is not for the court to decide. should consider all facets of this issue, from a a fashion plate would want the newest collec- though we have some, our campus is not filled Their decisions, rather, deal largely with the secular, a practical, and a moral point of tion by the particular season’s hottest designer, with characterless Modernist buildings con- court’s role within the government. view. The Goodridge decision, however, has MIT wanted a Gehry, and that is what they got. structed simply because they were the cheap- Justice Spina eloquently outlines this issue denied the citizens of Massachusetts the His buildings often have price tags that are est option available. in his opening. “What is at stake in this case is opportunity to consider this issue, and it has much greater than expected, require software Indeed, MIT could do some “soul-search- not the unequal treatment of individuals or prevented the legislature from fulfilling its originally designed for making fighter jets, ing” when it comes to deciding on architects whether individual rights have been imper- constitutionally defined responsibility to pass provide construction challenges that require and their proposals to build our campus. There missibly burdened, but the power of the Leg- the laws that will govern this state. This entirely new solutions by engineers, have a is still room for good stuff here and our school islature to effectuate social change without abuse of power by the Massachusetts completion date delay that is often measured should not give up on trying to do better than it interference from the courts, pursuant to Arti- Supreme Judicial Court is unacceptable, and in years, and present other unforeseen circum- has. We should commit ourselves to building cle 30 of the Massachusetts Declaration of we should encourage our representatives to stances (an interior maze that allowed a crimi- better, not resign ourselves to building bland. Rights. … Today, the court has transformed fulfill their role as legislators and stand up to nal to elude capture by police for several Stephen Form is a member of the class of its role as protector of individual rights into the court. hours in one building, for example). 2005. the role of creator of rights.” Kevin J. DiGenova ’07 Page 6 THE TECH March 16, 2004 FEATURES What’s Next? I’ve Never Met With a Career Counselor By Ian Ybarra What’s the problem? Enter 12-170 and to Your excuse might be that you’re too better than nothing. Or if you’re like Jack STAFF WRITER the left, copies of the Career Development young or too old. Nonnamaker insists that is now, a final-term senior who is busier having Doesn’t this week’s title sound absurd? I Workbook are being advertised with the nonsense. fun than doing problem sets, you can acceler- write “What’s Next?” to expose the factors promise, “Has sample resumes, cover letters, “You could have PhD students who for ate the process and meet with them once or influencing our career decisions and to inspire and more.” Huh? Resumes and cover letters their whole lives thought they wanted to be twice per week. Either way, they’ll be glad to you to find and pursue work were about the last things Nonnamaker and professors. Then after they pass their quals, see you. Trust me; they’re always ready to that is personally rewarding Wilson mentioned when explaining what com- there’s this moment, this epiphany, when they help. and just plain fun. prises the handbook, the Careers Office Web realize, ‘Whoa, I don’t really want to do that, When I met with Nonnamaker, I instinc- For more than two years I site, and their services. but I don’t know what else to do.’ “ tively said, “No, thanks,” to his invitations to have worked for UPOP (the Still, the Careers Office staff probably feels Perhaps you feel like a career development discuss my own career development. Despite Undergraduate Practice Oppor- forced to market their handbooks with such counselor can’t relate to you. Besides being that, he politely extended an open-ended offer tunities Program), whose head- shallow benefits. Why? I suspect the shallow bona fide experts in their field, MIT’s career in case I reconsidered. quarters are about ten feet from ones are what we students pay most attention development counselors are quite understand- Reconsider, I have. And I urge you to do the MIT Careers Office. Yet I had my first to, that we ignore everything else the Careers ing of issues specific to MIT and college in the same, especially if you think, like I did, meeting with a career development counselor Office has to offer. general. that you don’t need to meet with a career on March 4, 2004. And it wasn’t even sup- In the 2002–2003 academic year, the office I’m sure there is someone in the Careers development counselor. I met with two and, posed to be about my career development. recorded 1,738 visits by undergraduates. Office that understands your unique perspec- despite my desire to not talk about my career I went to Building 12-170 to interview two Those weren’t even by distinct individuals. tive, whether you are an undergraduate or development, I still made valuable additions to people for my column: John Nonnamaker, Assuming they were, though, we can be sure graduate student, an alumna (employed or my network and learned a fundamental lesson Manager for Graduate Student Career Devel- that less than 50 percent of undergraduates unemployed, take your pick), a professor, or a for my journalism career. opment, and Marilyn Wilson, Senior Career met with career development counselors last professor’s 53-year-old administrative assis- Within seconds of meeting Wilson, I found Development Counselor. I was planning a year. tant. out that she used to be a freelance writer and story on how career development services What about the rest of us? We all have our If we were honest with ourselves, the real that her husband spent several years working were under-utilized and under-appreciated excuses. Mine is that I’m too self-reliant. I do reason we don’t seek help from Wilson, Non- for the magazine I’ll be working for this sum- despite being perhaps the most valuable of all career development on my own. I read, think, namaker, and their colleagues is that we just mer. When talking with Nonnamaker, I MIT Careers Office functions. I found part of and dream about what I want to do with my don’t make time. They know we’re busy, noticed a plaque on his wall with a saying I what I sought, but I also, unexpectedly, found life. I meet people in careers that intrigue me. though. wanted to use in this column. Later, I learned my place in the story and benefited in several I create projects of my own and do various “It’s not about preaching to them that they a journalism lesson the hard way. I couldn’t ways. internships. Even so, it would help me to reg- should have started earlier, it’s about meeting remember the saying because I didn’t write it Ask anyone on campus to quickly tell you ularly visit a career development counselor them where they are,” Nonnamaker said. down, and my cassette recorder certainly did- why you should go to the Careers Office and just the same as it would help me to consis- If you’re like my friend Jack Williard ’04 n’t pick it up. you’ll probably hear something like, “They’ll tently meet with my primary care physician was when he was an underclassman — you Now I’ll have to meet with Nonnamaker help you with your resume and stuff.” Truth be even if I eat nutritious foods, exercise, and only come up for air every few weeks to again, if only to revisit the quote on his wall. told, that doesn’t even begin to do the Careers don’t smoke. There’s always something flying avoid drowning by the MIT firehose — you After having so many excuses against going, Office justice. under your radar. can meet with them once a month. It’s still it’s good to finally have an excuse to go. Scratch Paper When You Gotta Go By Tiffany Kosolcharoen elbow cramped while the front row seems to only one at the front of the line. It gets lonely Next time, I vow to be the one to stand ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR have invisible signs saying, “Reserved for being at the top of the world; the only place up. I hope that you, too, will lead the way. In a public restroom, the cleanest toilet is the Smart Kid.” to go from the top of Mt. Everest is down. Not only do we need to extend our courtesies the first one*. How many times have you known the Yet, something is always missing at the to the distinguished guests of MIT, but we Oddly, when faced with a line of toilet answers to questions, but decided not to raise numerous MIT talks given by people at the also need the courage to take charge and stalls during nature’s desperate your hand? My recitation instructor would top of their game. Jeff Bezos of lead. call, we will walk the extra ask us to name a probability theorem and we Amazon.com, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Mar- Nobody has aspirations of mediocrity, to steps to be cozy — in the mid- would all sit like mannequins for New York’s garet Cho of stand-up comedy, Darrell Ham- be one of 290 million Americans who only dle. We will even go as far as Fashion Institute of Technology. After five mond and Colin Quinn of Saturday Night make an impact on our population census. the last handicap stall… will- long silent seconds, one person awakes us all Live… The list goes on. Not once was there It is more than the middle toilet stall, the ingly accepting anything but by saying something. Whether it’s right or a standing ovation. second row, the last in line. When a time of first. wrong, that’s when everyone starts raising Yes, that’s right. The speaker was still the urgency comes, you can choose to lead It feels comfy being sec- their hands. only one standing at the beginning and the alone or follow the pack. It’s up to you to ond. Blending in with the crowd is a no-guts Still, we all have endeavors to be first. In end. After the famous speaker stood on their live your #1 life. way to live. It’s fun to wallow through a Sat- fact, we want a life filled with #1’s. The #1 tired legs for one whole hour, nobody, * Source: Dr. Charles P. Gerba, microbi- urday like everyone else in the dorm: in PJs grad school, the #1 place to live, the #1 including myself, could stand up out of our ologist at the University of Arizona, for the and flip-flops. lover, the #1 job, the #1 family, the #1 life… seats to lead the standing ovation. Everyone Atlantic magazine. Gerba found that in pub- Even at our very visible college at the We are all sufferers of autophobia — the was waiting for everyone else to do it. The lic restrooms, the first stall is statistically forefront of technology, we settle for less. fear of being alone. There is only one person air permeated with the urge to stand up, but the least used and had the lowest bacteria During lectures, the second row is elbow-to- who can be the first to speak up. There is we were seeking a leader. count.

This space donated by The Tech March 16, 2004 THE TECH Page 7 ARTS THEATER REVIEW Nothing Much to ‘Much Ado’ Shakespeare Ensemble Show Falls Flat in First Act, Redeems Itself in Second Act By Sandra Galdamez to be two and a half hours long. tone. And what a two and a half hours it was. Another thing that left Much Ado About Nothing The first half of the play was, to say the least, me confused was the danc- Shakespeare Ensemble uninspiring. There was a plot somewhere, I ing. Dancing is a great way La Sala de Puerto Rico think, but it was lost in all the words. Claudio to pick up people at parties, March 11–13 and 18–20, 8 p.m. (Usman O. Akeju ’05) did an alright job but I hardly think it works Written by William Shakespeare courting Hero (Miranda E. Knutson ’06) and I in Shakespeare. It’s like Directed by Wanda Strukus think that’s about all that I understood. brain surgery: excessive Starring Rydia Q. Vielehr ’04, Nathaniel R. The only hope for the second half was wiggling can have disas- Twarog ’07, and Kay U. Sullivan G Friar Antonio (Walter G. Holland G). If there trous results. At the end of s I entered La Sala on Saturday night, was redemption for the show, it was in this the first act, I was left think- I had high hopes of being entertained very spirited, hilarious little brother. He was ing, “Now what in the for two hours. But I should have lis- the biggest reason that I stayed and watched world was that ten minute A tened to my inner voice of doom that the end of the show. To be fair, the second dance scene about?” I hard- screamed “Caution!” when I looked into my half of the show was exponentially better than ly think that a two and a program and noticed that the show was going the first half, although I can’t say that it was half hour play needs a reason enough to dance sequence, especially watch the whole when the time spent practic- thing. But if there ing the dances could have was one thing to been spent practicing some highlight, it has to other important things. be Holland’s clar- What I don’t understand inet solo. What can I is what happened here. say? The man is tal- There were interesting sets, ented. good lighting, good music, Others that and great costumes, but still redeemed them- something went horribly selves the second wrong. Considering that the time around were Shakespeare Ensemble’s Benedick (Mike A. last production, Simon), Beatrice “Antigone,” was such an (Holly B. Laird amazing show, I was ’07), and Akeju. deeply disappointed in Both Simon and “Much Ado About Noth- Akeju fared well ing.” Where did all that tal- with their musical ent go? duties and overall Overall, I think I would WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI—THE TECH the acting was bet- have much rather have The Countess (Abby E. Spinak ’01) and her henchman, ter. However, there spent my time asking the Borachio (Lenin A. Navar ’07) try to poison the mind of were still too many production staff for a copy Claudio (Usman O. Akeju ’05). times where I just of the soundtrack of the WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI—THE TECH couldn’t stand to play and listening to it. The same Shakespeare — was all I got from the play. So much for Beatrice (Holly B. Laird ’07) and love-denial Benedick (Mike A. hear another line story — boy meets girl, romance, misunder- inspiration. Save your six bucks and go watch Simon) finally express their love in secrecy. said in the same standing and confusion, and a happy ending “Monster” at the theatres. I hear it’s good. CONCERT REVIEW Festival Jazz Ensemble’s Got Rhythm MIT Group Dazzles With ‘Transformations’ of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington

By Ashley Robinson ‘be-do-be-do-be-da-bop’ in the last measure.” “Misty,” which opened Through the entire show the musicians with a flawless perfor- MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble gave an outstanding performance. Each soloist mance by Jorge Padilla Kresge Auditorium perfectly captured the music’s emotion. Even ’05 on the flugelhorn. March 13, 8 p.m. when there wasn’t a solo, each musician In the next piece, “I n Saturday, MIT’s Festival Jazz played with an almost tangible energy. The Got Rhythm,” Ethan M. Ensemble transformed Kresge into an first half was filled with noteworthy pieces. Fenn ’04 flexed his own intimate setting for Jazz. The concert, The ensemble warmed up the audience with arranging abilities. O entitled “Transformations,” explored “All of Me.” The original composition, writ- Using only a subset of how musicians rearrange an already existing ten by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks, the ensemble, Fenn cre- piece, thus transforming it into an original. To was flat and slow. However the rearrangement ated a unique variation fully appreciate this concert, one needed a well- by Quincy Jones literally breathed life into of the famous tune. A tuned jazz “ear” to pinpoint the differences and this piece, with a great solo by Kevin T. Chen highlight of the piece similarities of a piece and its transformation. ’05. The next piece, “Solitude,” was played was the mini-duet However, Music Director Frederick E. Harris with a slower tempo than the famous vocal between the bass and Jr. provided not only the history of the pieces, version by the great Billie Holiday. But the drums. Fenn also made but careful instructions on how to listen to tenor saxophone solo by Alexander M. creative use of the trom- them. As a helpful guide, Harris would instruct Mekelburg ’04 almost rivaled Billie’s. “Soli- bones, saxophones, and the audience, “Now make sure you catch the tude” ended with a smooth transition into trumpets with each instrument playing over the other but still some- how playing as one. It was very exciting to see a fellow student share such creativity. The first half ended WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI—THE TECH strongly with a fren- Frederick E. Harris Jr, the director of Wind Ensembles and Lec- zied paced “Cotton turer in Music, conducts the band as Alexander D. McMath ’07 Tail” by Duke Elling- solos on the alto saxophone in a piece titled “Diakalan.” Fore- ton. Unfortunately, this ground is Michael I. Mandel ‘04 with the baritone saxophone. strong finish was fol- lowed by a weak open in the second half with Halperin ’04 gave an impressive solo on the two pieces by Gerry Mulligan. However, the trombone. The second half ended with an ensemble recovered with its investigation of insane performance by the drummer David M. Duke Ellington’s “Caravan.” Nicknamed a Aaronson’07 in the piece “Blues and the “tonal portrait,” this piece was just as visually Abstract Truth.” Aaronson would tease the stimulating as it was auditory. The piece start- audience with quick changes in tempo and ed with an African beat provided by the per- rhythm, repeatedly speeding up and then cussion, bass, and piano. Then the trumpets slowing to a standstill only to pick up the pace and trombones chirped, mimicking the sounds again. Truly an exciting performance. of animals. Throughout the entire piece, the Overall the concert was great, but that listener almost feels as if they are in an actual should be expected from the Festival Jazz caravan, seeing the landscape around them Ensemble. It’s an absolute shame that Kresge and feeling the rhythm of the travel. isn’t packed when they play. But for those of Continuing with the theme of transforma- you who would like to know what you are tions, “Caravan” was followed with its missing out on, the ensemble is selling their WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI—THE TECH rearrangement “Diakalan.” Although it kept most recent recording, “The Tale of the Sky Jorge Padilla ’05 playing the flugel horn in a piece titled “Rocker” during the MIT Fes- the percussion of “Caravan,” the rhythm was Swimmer.” Their next performance is Friday, tival Jazz Ensemble concert at Kresge Auditorium last Saturday. peppier than its predecessor. Daniel M. April 23, and is definitely worth checking out. Page 8 THE TECH ARTS March 16, 2004

CONCERT REVIEW The extended version performed also served as a “piece de resistance” for the group, each of the players having an ample opportunity for solo improvisation. In the beginning, the dou- MITSO Takes on Bold Fusion of Tango ble bass solo sets the mood with lamenting slides and fast pizzicato. Then, the violin starts MITSO and 676 Nuevotango Perform Exhilarating Music the tune accompanied only by the guitar. Even- tually, after a guitar solo, the whole orchestra By Bogdan Fedeles whole fails to impress more than as skilled of Astor Piazzolla. The extreme background joins, adding the tango rhythmic pulse. Later STAFF WRITER patchwork. However, Gershwin’s music, in diversity of the musicians (almost each one on, the bandoneon is featured solo, showcasing MIT Symphony Orchestra, with 676 Nuevotango each individual instance, remains a delight and originates from a different country) gives a spe- the remarkable technical and expressive possi- Conducted by Dante Anzolini MITSO focused mostly on presenting the savor cial color to the music they play and shows the bilities of this unusual instrument, very dear to Kresge Auditorium of each episode. The especially solicited brass universal nature of the tango. The Nuevotango Piazzolla. March 12, 8 p.m. department made a strong impression, and the quintet (Daniel Zisman (violin), Michael Zis- It is hard to describe the audience enthusi- lthough the first MITSO concert of slower, lyrical sections came out intense and man (bandoneon), Richard Pizzorno (piano), asm that “Adios Nonino” elicited; I can only 2004 was over two and a half hours heartfelt, although lacking some sense of direc- Sandro Schneebeli (guitar) and Giorgos Anto- say that it was like something I have rarely long, the exuberance of the second tion. niou (double bass)) also integrated seamlessly seen at a MITSO concert. The purity of A half, which featured works by Piazzol- After the intermission, the music moved into the bigger orchestra, conducted enthusias- expression and the directness of the music la, still captivated and thoroughly entertained into the realm of the tango and became signifi- tically by Dante Anzolini, a native of Argentina moved probably even the most skeptical lis- the numerous audience. The concert featured cantly more exciting. Back to the beginnings of himself. teners. the Tango group, 676 Nuevotango, but had a the 20th century, in most parts of the world, the The first Piazzolla work performed was The last work of the program was “Concier- less sparkling first half comprised of works by tango was ignorantly regarded mostly as a “Onda 9,” a set of pieces written for a nine- to de Nacar,” which constitutes Piazzolla’s ver- Bartók and Gershwin. social dance, very popular in Latin America player ensemble. The extended improvisational sion of the baroque concerto grosso, here The concert opened with Bartók’s “Hungar- and set to catchy, rhythmic music. However, passages on the piano were impressive, setting adapted for the tango group and the orchestra. ian Pictures,” which is little more than a collec- for the South Americans, the tango was a way the stage for the whole string section and the “Concierto” departs further from the simple tion of piano pieces adapted for orchestra, writ- of life, an attitude with tremendous expressive others players who came in with melodic ges- tango, the piece having three defined move- ten perhaps more to satisfy a certain publisher potential that combined music and dance in tures on unmistakable tango rhythms. The ments, of contrasting characters and more than a true creative impulse. As a consequence, utmost artistic ways. piece has a rather classical shape, featuring a developed textures polyphonic work. 676 even when receiving a decent performance, the One of the most famous tango creators, a middle more lyrical section flanked by a faster Nuevotango, together with MITSO, delivered piece comes out unyielding and unimpressive. native of Argentina, Astor Piazzolla was deter- proposition and its reprise. an intense and musical performance. The MITSO took its best shot at this work, featur- mined to take the tango to a whole new artistic The high point of the program came with ensemble work shown in this piece was espe- ing an excellent winds section that delivered level — from a mere popular song, to an art “Adios Nonino,” perhaps Piazzolla’s single cially remarkable, the interplay between the the folksy tunes present in the piece. Given the form among the light classics. After all, many most famous work. The composer wrote this soloists and the whole orchestra being imagina- thin orchestration, the ensemble sonority was popular dances (minuet, gigue, waltz, mazurka) tormenting elegy shortly after the untimely tive and at times, spectacular. crisp and precise, without effort. attained unprecedented artistic significance in death of his father, and it comes as a continua- Given the wild success of Piazzolla’s Next came Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess Europe during the classical and romantic eras, tion of “Nonino,” a bouncy tango dedicated to music, the audience could not have left without Suite,” also not an original orchestral piece, but given the inspiration and the right promoting his father. The tune of the piece is divine inspi- encores, and 676 Nuevotango gladly offered no instead an arrangement by Morton Gould of forces. Piazzolla’s intentions about the tango ration, something that the composer considered less than two, first part of “Adios Nonino” and Gershwin’s famous opera “Porgy and Bess.” are at least as bold as those of the classics, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The emotional second, a different Piazzolla piece for the quin- Gould has arranged the most memorable arias his music is a vivid testimony of his vision. intensity of the piece is indeed heart-wrench- tet only. More overwhelming ovation and from the opera into this suite, in an attempt to The special guest of the evening was the ing, depicting the deepest and the purest feel- applause ensued, a clear sign that the lively promote Gershwin’s opera and music in gener- Tango group, 676 Nuevotango (“the new ings of sorrow, grief, but also acceptance and spirit of tango had found significant artistic res- al. While this is noteworthy, the piece as a tango”), a group very familiar with the music an eternal admiration and love. onance in the apparently torpid realms of MIT.

THEATER REVIEW imaginary door on the floor while lying face down. Her 360-degree freedom of movement created a chain of breathtaking choreography Ennobling Nonna: A Live History that were sometimes Giovanna, other times Nick, and sometimes Maria Porter herself. The multi-dimensionality of the storytelling The First Production of DeFrantz’s New Slippage Series Is Promising was complemented by video footages, still By Chikako Sassa the Suzuki Company of Toga in Japan. ment and voice. Stories of Nonna came to images, sound montages, and texts projected STAFF WRITER The collaboration between Porter and Porter in bits and pieces. “And when I put her on to two walls, but the overlapping actions Ennobling Nonna DeFrantz began back in 1999 when Porter stories together,” Porter exclaims in her per- never vied for attention or detracted from one Kresge Little Theater approached DeFrantz with a vision to explore formance, “they made no sense.” The stories another. March 11-13, 8 p.m. physical theater techniques that had become are thus arranged according to how they res- The use of objects — a ball of red yarn, var- Written and performed by Maria Porter important to her as a working actor and onate with one another, rising and ebbing in a ious pumps and high heels without their mates, Directed by Thomas DeFrantz teacher. DeFrantz welcomed her initiative as natural rhythm independent of chronology. a chair, a stick, an ethereal silk kimono gown — echnology, culture, and theater collid- an opportunity to explore how cultural studies Porter assumed different characters to con- effectively animated Porter’s performance. ed in a 45-minute tour de force, show- and technology could work to enhance theater struct a multi-dimensional story of Giovanna, When her movements alone seemed too ing us how individual human beings performance. her immigrant grandmother who arrived on abstract for meaning, the objects helped tease T and the decisions they make come to The production of “Ennobling Nonna” Ellis Island in 1918 at the age of 19. As a out imagery and stories out of the combination create larger ripples within the bigger spec- subsequently began materializing in 2001 out peasant girl in rural Italy, Giovanna dreaded of movement and object. Porter explained that trum of history and memory. of a series of conversations, several false her seemingly imminent fate of “bearing chil- the objects she used were chosen under several Slippage is an innovative new performance starts, sporadic and spontaneous rehearsals, dren after children,” “serving meal after criteria: 1) they must be found within her house; collective led by MIT Associate Professor, and an expanding collaborative circle of meal,” and endless crocheting. She tossed her 2) they must be used at least twice; 3) they must Thomas DeFrantz. Comprising performing designers, technicians, and administrative sup- fate blindly into the wind and traveled to New be ubiquitous enough to evoke the spectators’ artists, scholars, designers, and technicians, port. The graphic designer, Mike Angiola, is York City, where Nick, an established furni- own particular associations; and 4) they must the group interrogates connections and disrup- Porter’s brother. Angiola looked through the ture maker ten years her senior, fell in love need no explaining that would bind them to a tions between emergent technologies and the- family albums and digitized, processed, and with her and won her hand in marriage. Gio- specific context. Thus, as Porter came on stage atrical performance. The group creates perfor- curated a collection of images that comple- vanna, known for her strong opinions (compa- kicking around a ball of red yarn and muttering, mance events that extend discussions of mented and contextualized Porter’s perfor- rable to, in her mind, Eleanor Roosevelt), “In the middle of the journey of my life, I came cultural tradition, physical presence, and tech- mance. Porter told an after-show audience that believed that “a woman must suffer to be to myself in a dark wood where the straight way nological mediation. working on the images with Angiola brought beautiful” and subjected herself to uncomfort- was lost…,” the yarn symbolized her life-path. Maria Porter starred as the solo performer in forth a kind of intimate technological connec- able high fashion, and relished the dazzle of Later on, the same yarn came to signify “fate” Slippage’s inaugural production, “Ennobling tion between brother and sister. Manhattan’s city lights and trips to the Metro- as Nonna tosses the ball in a haphazard manner, Nonna,” under the direction of Professor The story of Nonna, Porter’s grandmother, politan Opera. She learned to sew beautiful eyes covered, as she decides to immigrate to DeFrantz. Porter is a professor in the Depart- emerged out of Porter’s search for her grand- clothes for her and her children. She reigned America. The yarn also came to mean “memo- ment of Theatre, Film and Dance at Long Island mother’s legacy within her identity. DeFrantz as Madonna of the Bleach. ry” and “legacy” later on, culminating in an University’s C.W. Post Campus. She studied and Porter both realized that “the most impor- Giovanna, however, discovered that she essential symbol of Italian culture — a tomato physical theater at the University of California tant stories always have to do with people and does not truly love Nick. After an unfortunate — in the very last scene. Various shoes came to at San Diego under the renowned tutelage of the choices they make,” and focused on telling accident befell one of Nick’s workers and mean the arrival of guests; her elopement; her Tadashi Suzuki, founder and artistic director of the story of Nonna through Porter’s move- Nick consequently went in hiding to evade the travels; and a sequential pairing of mismatching police, Giovanna eloped with Luigi. Luigi is shoes capturing Nonna’s identity in transition. fond of elaborate dinner parties, but when The stage set consisted of a star-shaped Giovanna makes a big meal she never sits carpet made by a flood of light from the ceil- down. Luigi and Giovanna constantly quar- ing, and a tasteful assemblage of overlapping reled “because they loved each other,” and wooden frames with sheer white paper plas- Porter recalls wondering why they ever stayed tered tautly on one side (akin to a Japanese together. shoji screen), creating a beautiful screen upon The title “Ennobling Nonna” takes on two which videos and still images were projected. related meanings. In a general sense, Porter The eclectic music selection ranged from makes her grandmother noble by saluting to Vivaldi to Mogwai, each strangely resonating her courage, her generosity, and her relentless with the story and movement. For me, the most dedication to serving others that has had a memorable scene involved Nick’s return to his legacy over Porter’s identity. Porter seems to home in New York after staying in Florida to also confer nobility upon her grandmother in a evade the police, only to find his wife, his two figurative sense, exalting the peasant girl to children, and all his lovely furniture gone. As the status and dignity of a noblewoman and Mogwai’s “Kids Will Be Skeletons” gradually forever rescuing her from the humdrum fate escalated to its full majesty and remorse, Porter that Giovanna once dreaded. alternatingly expressed Nick’s horror, dismay, The overall effect of “Ennobling Nonna”: disbelief, self-reproach and self-consolation in a dynamic palimpsest of voice, movement, a series of deeply affecting movements. This text, image, and sound. Porter’s movements was truly Porter’s most evocative moment, and, ranged from slow, timid tip-toeing to all-out as it turned out, her favorite scene. thrashing about with refreshing abandon. She “Ennobling Nonna” was a beautiful frequently slapped herself on the arms or legs instance of theater professionals coming to varying effects; at times, a quick slapping together to patiently produce a ripe, juicy of her toe seemed to signify self-admonition show. If anything detracted from its excel- for a casual mistake made in a culture not yet lence, it was its sheer under-attendance. I familiar to her. In contrast, a heavy slap on would strongly encourage members of the DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH her forearm or chest seemed indicative of MIT community to benefit from future Slip- Maria Porter performs in “Ennobling Nonna,” which recounts the story of her immi- Nonna hitting a glass ceiling. Porter even page productions — they are opportunities to grant grandmother through dance. seemed to defy gravity as she knocked on an be relished. March 16, 2004 ARTS THE TECH Page 9 CONCERT REVIEW DANCE REVIEW Unfrozen Architecture Mark Morris’s Exuberant Young Musicians Delightfully Render Scenes from Native Syria Pageant Comes to Boston By Chikako Sassa evanescence added to the music. The second STAFF WRITER piece, “Evening,” proved not so successful. The Morris Evolves from Dancer to Choreographer Dialogue clarinet’s slow, repetitive notes that formed the By Katherine S. Ryan moving toward the audience. The dancers in Killian Hall core of the tune fell dangerously close to dark costumes shoot off one-by-one to a new March 1, 8 p.m. monotony at times. In alternating sequence, Mark Morris Dance Group line going the other way across the stage, rchitecture and music proved synergis- each instrument performed lilting solos that Shubert Theater leaving those in light costumes in the center. tic when the Aga Khan Program for vividly depicted a purple twilight and the grow- March 11, 7:30 p.m.; March 12–13, 8 p.m.; One of these women in white stands on her Islamic Architecture at MIT sponsored ing outlines of dark trees against the glimmer of March 14, 3 p.m. partner’s thighs, as though sailing out away A a performance by five budding Syrian a star, the shadow of a night hawk. Though the ark Morris doesn’t mind wearing from him, yet is held firmly back at the artists, to the delight of an enthusiastic crowd. tune conveyed the scene in rich detail, a skirt one bit. He appears a bit wrists. All pause; the music stops; the lights In an hour-and-a-half performance, the “Evening” remained a depiction of evening like a bloated kitchen maid in his crash out. group, known as Dialogue, deftly combined tra- only, and seemed to lack human characters and M get-up in “Serenade,” but he pulls In the second ensemble piece, color still ditional Arabic music with Western classical tra- their resultant interactions and emotions. it off with complete charm. Morris, the plays strong, but now there are many colors ditions, delivering textured overlays of musical The oud improvisation that followed felt a founder and namesake of the dance group, is — ruby, emerald, magenta. The dancers traditions as diverse as classical, jazz, pop, and bit brittle as well. No doubt, Rafea possesses a true lover of dancing, and though he rec- begin dispersed evenly across the stage. This Arabic. The program included nine pieces of the mastery over his oud in a loving way. He cra- ognizes that a 47-year-old dancer may lack dance is all arms, in one improper rotation musicians’ original compositions, ranging from dled his oud, frozen in intimate companionship the flexibility of some of the younger mem- after another — hold, turn, reflect, hold, a solo improvisation on an oud — the traditional with his instrument, and produced vaguely bers, he wouldn’t dare give it up. His dance turn, flip. The title of this piece is “Grand Middle Eastern lute — to a jazzy infusion of familiar but singularly unique melodies follow- is part physical comedy and part ballet, and Duo,” and once the dancers finally break clarinet, cello, percussion, oud, and soprano. ing maqam, the Arabic scale system. The audi- he finishes to the hoots of appreciation from into step, it involves one unique pairing after Their young talents increasingly shone through ence was still; anticipation hung in the air; and a graying audience that would scarcely be another. Some jump. Some scamper. Some as the performance progressed, culminating in finally, when the last Arabesque tendrils of anticipated to hoot. stretch their entire sartorius muscles. All an uplifting contagion of applause, smiles, and Rafea’s notes disappeared into space, the audi- But his true skill lies these days in his point their two first fingers upwards and contented hearts that filled Killian Hall. ence expressed their appreciation with a choreography. Two pieces for 12 or more seem to try to caress the sky, slowly. In the Kinan Azmeh, one of the founding members resounding applause. dancers were the prizes of the night. The last movement of the piece, the costumes of the group, believes that any combination of The second to last piece, “Departure,” first, titled “All Fours,” is a dance of blunt have suddenly become pastel, and Morris musical instruments can form an ensemble so marked the pinnacle of the performance with a colors. The backdrop screen begins lit has placed everyone in a seated circle where long as the performers themselves have chem- lively plot, a motley crew of characters, and entirely in red. Then it skips to orange. Then they cannot take a step, but again do not istry. Azmeh’s friendship and musical collabo- events along the journey that progressed closer black. The dancers, eight wearing black cos- lack movement — fourteen heads twist, ration with Dima Orsho later caught on to fel- and closer to a better, brighter future. The music tumes, four in white skivvies — group alter- shake, or bounce; bodies splayed across the low group members Omar Al-Musfi, Essam moved in stages from the initial sorrow at part- nately, pausing in poses where their arms are ground twist in uniform like ribbon snakes. Rafea, and Kinan Abou-Afach. What began as ing, the solemn beginning of a journey, and held to the sky in prayer (or were those pre- This circle reminds me of campfires or 12- informal jam sessions with close friends have finally the arrival of the caravan to a vibrant tend guns?). As the music of Béla Bartók step program members in conversation, but now developed into a full-fledged ensemble new town under a blazing desert sun. The musi- evolves from jerky to frantic, the movements mostly I am reminded of Morris’s capacity currently on tour in the United States, Germany, cians seemed positively elated at their success, change, too. In one movement the women to bring dance to any position. and Japan. and the audience responded with a resounding jump around like kangaroos, and, in the This show was an excellent and highly The performance opened with “Loquacity” and extended applause. next, seven people swing their arms in uni- accessible introduction to Morris’s dance composed by Essam Rafea, a rollicking tune Perhaps the last piece, “Ritual,” dampened son while the eighth is off, but just barely. group, with a lively program sure to appeal rife with twists, turns, and precipitous peaks of the success of “Departure” somewhat. The Now, playing more games with the lighting, to any overworked MIT student. Unfortu- euphoria. The precise execution of cascading song’s solemnity invoked a spiritual rite pre- changing it yet again, Morris reveals that nately, this review comes after Mark Mor- notes presented a pleasant introduction to the scribed within a timeless tradition, reiterated this outcast’s costume is not so much black, ris’s stay in Boston has ended, but the rest of group’s technical mastery; as the tune ebbed over and over in a profane world of ever-chang- like the others, but brown. As the distinc- the Wang Center/ FleetBoston Celebrity and flowed, at times light as a sun-kissed wind ing virtues and loyalties. The composition soon tions in the costumes become apparent, the Series involving other modern dance groups sweeping over a Mediterranean hillside, the became populated by the chaos of the profane, lighting begins to become less severe, too. of international renown also promises to be musicians’ fingers never faltered. and reminded us that no ritual was ever the No longer is the screen lit in just orange or invigorating — Alvin Ailey’s Dance Theater Throughout the first few compositions, how- same. Personal quirks and semi-improvisational red, but it is a fusion of both colors. Now all will be here April 13–18, and Paul Taylor’s ever, the group evinced tentativeness in their dialogues between the musicians — most twelve dancers emerge together, in a line group appears May 21–23. musical expression. Perhaps because of their notably between Azmeh on clarinet and Orsho unfamiliarity with the audience and venue, the in voice — proved resplendent. The concert musicians first exhibited brittle expressions, ended in resounding applause, and it was obvi- minimal acknowledgement of applause, and ous that Dialogue has successfully communicat- hints of shyness coloring their cheeks. The ten- ed their musical talent to the delighted audience. Eat your vegetables tativeness was better masked by the green exu- Saeed Arida and Fuad Alkhoury contributed berance of “Loquacity,” where agility and to this article. SUGAR & SPICE There’s More to American Pies Than Apples Create Your Own Version of Chicken Pot Pie By Marissa Cheng topped with biscuit dough and baked. STAFF WRITER Pie was brought to America by the Pilgrims. Chicken Pot Pie ie Day has passed. I hope you made a Several different kinds of pies are distinctly Biscuit topping of some sort (I’ve — gasp! — used Bisquick in the past, but any old pie of some sort, or at least ate pie; ran- American: apple pie a la mode, chess pie, key biscuit recipe will do) dom “holidays” such as Pie Day are lime pie, pumpkin pie, shoofly pie, and sugar 1 whole chicken P always good for an indulgence or two. cream pie. Shoofly pie is a Pennsylvania Dutch Dried rosemary On my Pie Day, I had one of my favorite pies creation, containing a mixture of molasses, 1 can of chicken broth — chicken pot pie. brown sugar, water, and butter. Sugar cream 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil The idea of pie, to encase some sort of fill- pies are an invention of the Shakers in Indiana, 2 onions, diced ing inside a sealed package of pastry, was from the 19th century; a sugar cream pie literal- 4 carrots, cut in half (thicker parts halved lengthwise) invented by the Greeks. The actual word “pie” ly consists of a pie shell spread with creamed 8-12 baby red potatoes, cut in half was first used in 1303. Pie spread to the Roman butter and sugar, filled with vanilla-flavored A couple tablespoons of olive oil Empire after its conquest of Greece; the most cream, and baked. 4 Tbsp butter popular pie of the second centu- Pot pies also originated from England, as a 1/2 cup flour ry BC was placenta pie, accord- type of pastry called “coffins.” Coffins were 1 1/2 cups milk ing to Cato the Elder. I kid you baked in a large iron pot, with the crust 3/4 tsp dried thyme not. The Roman Empire extend- sealing the pot in order to seal in all of 1 cup green peas ed the reach of pie even further, the juices of the filling. In America, and it was adapted to numerous chicken pot pie emerged as a way to Toss the carrots and potatoes in some olive oil. If you want, you can add dried rosemary cultures. The early Normans eat an old, tough chicken — the pot to the olive oil. Put a flat rack in a large baking dish (nothing smaller than 9x13). If you and the English favored lam- pie would cook for long enough to don’t have a rack, do what I do: squish up a length of aluminum foil into a “rope” about prey pies; in the 15th century, tenderize the meat. half an inch thick, and make a coil with it. Rub the chicken with some olive oil, sprinkle the purpose of pie was more Like all old recipes, some rosemary on it, and place the chicken on the rack/coil. entertainment than sustenance. there are millions of Surround with carrots and potatoes. Roast the chicken until done (stick a fork in it, and At that time, it was very fash- variations of pot pie. tip it so that the juices run out of the chicken; if they’re red, it’s not done); baste as neces- ionable to encase small live Today, you can make sary. If the liquid in the bottom of the pan is drying up, add a little water. animals (rabbits, birds, them with skinless, bone- Wait for the chicken to cool enough to handle, then shred the meat into bite-sized frogs, turtles, etc) in the pas- less chicken breast pieces. Reserve any chicken juices from the pan, as well as the juices that come from the try, and have the animal (poached in chicken chicken as it cools. Cut the roasted carrots and potatoes into quarter- to half-inch sized jump out when the crust of stock), or you can pieces. Combine chicken, carrots, and potatoes in a bowl. the pie was cut. roast a chicken and some Heat oil in a pan; add the diced onion. Saute until translucent, or until golden brown. Over time, pies have vegetables, chop everything Add to the chicken mixture. taken many different up, and create your pot pie from that. For Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. When the butter stops foaming, add the forms. In the early days me, chicken pot pie is a labor of love; I roast a flour. Cook for about a minute, stirring to prevent lumps from forming. Add the reserved of pie, the crust wasn’t chicken with some vegetables, cut everything chicken juices, the milk, and the thyme. Simmer until the sauce fully thickens (to the con- even eaten at all, but seen up into a quarter- to half-inch dice, and mix it sistency of thick gravy). Pour over chicken, and stir in peas. Add salt and pepper to your more as a container for the fill- with a roux. It goes into the oven with a biscuit preference. ing. Pies come in all different topping, which is my preferred topping, though Place the chicken mixture in a 13x9 baking dish. Cover with biscuit topping, and bake sizes — family, individual — and variations at home we always bake it in a double-crust pie for 20-30 minutes at 400°F, until the biscuit is golden and cooked through, and the filling is like cobblers, crisps, slumps, and grunts are shell. My favorite vegetables for pot pie are bubbling. Serves 6-8. derived from the original idea of pie. Slumps carrots, peas, onions (nearly caramelized) and and grunts (don’t confuse the pie grunt with the potatoes, but you can add and subtract as your fish grunt) are basically the same thing: fruit preference dictates. March 16, 2004

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Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at http://events.mit.edu Tuesday, March 16 Extremely Large-Scale Convex Programs. Free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Singapore-MIT Alliance/HPCES. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Mechanics Seminar: Crack-Tip Structure in Glass. Crack tips in glass are difficult to resolve by most 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. – WHOI Donut and Coffee Hour. Come join your classmates for some post-bus, pre-classes refresh- techniques. Transmission electron microscopy is not feasible because glass is amorphous and shows no contrast. Free. Room: 3- ments! Free. Room: WHOI Student Center. Sponsor: WHOI Student Organization. 370. Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering Dept. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat. Free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – Topological Symmetry Groups of Graphs Embedded in the 3-Sphere. Reception at 3:30 p.m. in 2-349. Services and Technology. Free. Room: 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Department of Mathematics. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Modern Optics and Spectroscopy. “Spectroscopic and Computational Insights into the Biosynthesis and 5:00 p.m. – Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. Graduate student Percy Liang, piano; Child’s Three Chinese Songs/ Reactivity of Adenosylcobalamin.” Free. Room: 34-401. Sponsor: Spectroscopy Laboratory. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Tang (from Doubles); Liszt’s Sonata in B minor. Free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. Computer Science and School of Science. 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – Rainbow Lounge Open. MIT’s resource lounge for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, and questioning 12:05 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Mass. Free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Tech Catholic Community. members of the community offers a place to hang out, various activities, and a lending library during its open hours. Free. Room: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. – A Numerical Approach for Simulating Two-Dimensional Viscous Incompressible Flows with Interfaces. Rainbow Lounge, 50-306. Sponsor: lbgt@mit. Free. Room: Building 2-338. Sponsor: Physical Mathematics Seminar. 5:10 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. – Worship Service, Holy Communion. All students, staff and faculty are welcome at our weekly worship ser- 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. – MITea Time — Culture Exchange — English Chinese Class. Our English class is good for newcomers to vice. Free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry. converse in a very friendly environment. Free. Room: 36-156. Sponsor: Chinese Student and Scholar Association, Graduate Stu- 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – Graduate Christian Fellowship Bible Study. Come join us for Bible study, prayer, and fellowship! We are dent Council. MIT CSSA & GSC. currently studying the book of Acts. Free. Room: 66-369. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship, GSC Funding Board. 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Microsoft Research’s Next Media Research Group. The Microsoft Next Media Research group focuses 6:00 p.m. – Lewis Mumford’s City and Films of the New Deal. HTC Film Series. Free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: History, Theory and on exploring what new consumer media experiences are possible with the growth in computing power, connectivity and storage in Criticism of Architecture and Art. a compelling, elegant and transparent way in the 3 to 10 year timeframe. Free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: iCampus. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. – Authors@MIT: American Women and Flight Since 1940. Meet Deborah Douglas, the MIT Museum’s 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – MTL VLSI Seminar Series. Templated Self Assembly for Semiconductor Device Fabrication. Free. Room: curator of science and technology, and aviation specialist and learn about her new book, American Women and Flight Since 1940. 50 Vassar St., 34-101. Sponsor: MTL VLSI Seminar. Free. Room: N52-200. Sponsor: MIT Museum. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – Tuesday Evening Toastmasters @ MIT: Weekly Club Meeting. At Toastmasters, members learn by 7:00 p.m. - 8:55 p.m. – CCC Servant Team. The Life Group Leaders meet with our staff member Mike Bost from 7:00 to 8:15. speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Free. Room: 2-142. Sponsor: Tuesday Evening Toast- Free. Room: CFL in the Religious Activities Center. Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ. masters @ MIT. 7:30 p.m. – HOMOSEXUALITY & CIVILIZATION. Louis Compton, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. – Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Learn more about God’s purposes in the world. Pickup offers a sweeping history of how major civilizations have treated gay men and women. His acclaimed new book chronicles their from Alewife @ 6:00 - please email [email protected] to confirm a ride. Rides back to Alewife guaranteed, rides back to MIT lives and achievements alongside a darker history of persecution. Free. Room: 3 Church Street; Harvard Square. Sponsor: Board are possible. http://www.neperspectives.org/tuitionMA.htm. Room: CBCGB, Lexington, MA. Sponsor: Chinese Bible Fellowship, of Chaplains. The Cambridge Forum. Asian Christian Fellowship. 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. – Israeli Folk Dancing oldies night. Israeli Folk Dancing oldies night, featuring Israeli dances created 6:30 p.m. – Swiss Festival: “Continuity and Discontinuity.” Architecture lecture by Marcel Meili, Meili Peter Architekten, Zurichec- before 1980. Teaching will be included. Beginners are always welcome. Family dancing usually occurs from 7-8 p.m. each week. tu. Free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Department of Architecture. Great for kids of ALL ages! To confirm family dancing for a given week, and for up-to-date announcements about each week’s 7:00 p.m. – Paradise in Ashes: The Life and Death of a Guatemalan Village. The Guatemalan “civil war” began in the 1960s and dance, see our Yahoo! Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitfdc/messages. Free for MIT/Wellesley students; suggested lasted for thirty-plus years. “Los Hombres Armados” went on a rampage and indigenous Mayans were slaughtered by the thou- donation $1 from others. Room: Lobby 13. Sponsor: Folk Dance Club. sands. Professor Mann looks at the impact of the war on one Guatemalan village. Free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: MIT Western 8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. – Asian American Association Korean Barbecue Dinner. An information session about MIT’s China Educa- Hemisphere Project. MIT Anthropology; MIT Program on Human Rights & Justice. tional Technology Initiative over a Korean Barbecue Dinner. Free for members, $5 for non-members. Room: Baker Dining. Sponsor: 7:00 p.m. – Varsity Men’s Volleyball vs. Harvard University. Free. Room: du Pont Gymnasium. Sponsor: Physical Education, UA Finance Board, Asian American Association. Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation. 8:45 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. – Swing Dancing. Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Free. Room: Student Center 2nd floor. Spon- 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. – CCC Tuesday Prayer. Join students from MITCCC before Large Group to lift our live, our campus, and this sor: Lindy Hop Society, GSC Funding Board. world up to God in pryaer. Free. Room: Student Center, PDR 1&2. Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ. – 2004 Awards Convocation Nominations Open. 2004 Awards Convocation Nominations are Open!!! NOMINATE don’t PROCRAS- 7:45 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. – Graduate Christian Fellowship Bible Study. Currently studying “Experiencing God”. Free. Room: Eastgate. TINATE!! Go to http://web.mit.edu/awards for information. Deadline for nominations is Friday, March 19th. Contact Fran Miles at Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship. OR CALL 3-4051 with questions. Free. Sponsor: Awards Convocation. 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. – CCC Large Group. MIT CCC hosts weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 8 PM in the Student Center. Come to worship, learn something new about Christ, and catch up on the daily lives of each other. Free. Room: Student Center, PDR 1&2. Thursday, March 18 Sponsor: Campus Crusade for Christ. 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. – MIT Debate Team Meeting. MIT Debate Team Meeting. Free. Room: W20-423. Sponsor: MIT Debate 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. – WHOI Donut and Coffee Hour. Come join your classmates for some post-bus, pre-classes refresh- Team. ments!. Free. Room: WHOI Student Center. Sponsor: WHOI Student Organization. 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. – MIT Concert Band Rehearsal. The Concert Band, a student-run performance group, rehearses twice per 10:45 a.m. – Campus Tour. Student Led Campus Tours are approximately 90 minutes long and provide a general overview of the week. We welcome students of all levels of musical experience. Free. Room: W20-3rd Floor, 20 Chimneys. Sponsor: Association main campus. Please note that campus tours do not visit laboratories, living groups or buildings under construction. Groups over of Student Activities, Concert Band. 15 people need to make special reservations. Room: Lobby 7. Sponsor: Information Center. 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. – LIVEmusic@theEAR: FJE. Pub Hours: Monday: 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Tuesday - Thursday: 7 p.m.-1 a.m., Friday: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – English Bible Class. You are welcome to attend this free Bible class led by Barbara Beevers of Baptist 4 p.m.-1 a.m. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the basement of Ashdown House. Enter through the courtyard. Must be over 21. Campus Ministry. International spouses are welcome especially, but open to all. Come practice English, ask questions and make Proper ID required. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. friends. Free. Room: W11 Boardroom. Sponsor: Baptist Campus Ministry. – MOS Seminar: Thomas Brunold, University of Wisconsin. Location: “TBA” MOS Seminar: Thomas Brunold, University of Wis- 12:00 p.m. – MIT Chapel Concert: Program of Brazilian Music. Works by Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa and consin. Representatives from the MIT Public Service Center, Cambridge School Volunteers, East End House, and People Making a others, with selections from “Orfeo Negro” and Baden Powell’s & Vinicius de Moraes’ “Afro-Sambas” performed by Glorianne Col- Difference will talk about the volunteer opportunities available at their organizations. Childcare provided. Free. Room: W20-400. lver-Jacobson, guitar; Jesse Lepkoff, vocals, flute and guitar; Dave Zox, bass; and Michael Collver, trumpet. Free. Room: Chapel. Sponsor: spouses&partners@mit, MIT Medical. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. 3:00 p.m. – Varsity Men’s Tennis vs. Bates College. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – “Balance of Life” or Mind & Hand Presentation. Buddy Brown Bag Series event of the Support Staff Free. Room: du Pont Tennis Courts/JB Carr Tennis Bubble. Peer Resources Task Group. Free. Room: 1-214. Sponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues. Support Staff Peer Resources 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. – Winning Interviewing Techniques. Learn how to prepare effectively for an interview and practice with your Task Group. peers. All workshops require pre-registration. Register for workshops at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Element K Quick Start. Free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Services and Technology. http://web.mit.edu/career/www/services/workshops.html, select Calendar of Workshops. Free. Room: 12-196. Sponsor: Career 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – US Transportation Energy Consumption: The Problem, and Effective Strategies for Progress. The U.S. Services Office. Transportation system is dominated by cars and light trucks which consume about 43% of the total U.S. petroleum use. Free. 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. – 16.S26 Seminar (Dr. Sallie Baliunas). Free. Room: 37-212. Sponsor: AeroAstro, Masschusetts Space Room: E40-496. Sponsor: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Grant Consortium. 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. – US Transportation Energy Consumption: The Problem, and Effective Strategies for Progress. Free. 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Faculty Meeting. Free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Faculty Chair. Room: E40-496. Sponsor: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, Energy at MIT. 3:30 p.m. – Varsity Men’s Lacrosse vs. Endicott College. Free. Room: Jack Barry Field. 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. – Free Conversational English Class. International students, scholars and spouses are welcome to attend. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – HPCES Seminar. Beyond the Scope of Interior Point Polynomial Time Methods: Simple Methods for Room: W11 Board Room. Sponsor: Baptist Campus Ministry. 2:45 p.m. – Campus Tour. Free. Room: Lobby 7. Sponsor: Information Center. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Workshop on Gender and Politics. Marion Smiley will present a paper, Welfare Dependence: The Power of a Concept. Free. Room: E51-275. Sponsor: Political Science Dept, Women’s Studies Program. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. The NAO and the Dynamics of Telecon- nection Patterns. Free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Hydrology Seminar. Free. Room: NE20-285. Sponsor: Parsons Lab. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Sub-sea mapping using AUV-based multi-static acoustic sensing and adaptive control. DeepArch, seminar series on deep-sea technology and archaeology. Free. Room: E51-095. Sponsor: DeepArch. 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. – Tractable Approximations of Semi-Infinite Convex Problems and Applications . ORC Spring Seminar Series. Seminar reception immediately follwowing in the Philip M. Morse Reading Room, E40-106. Free. Room: E40-298. Sponsor: Operations Research Center. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Physics Colloquium Series: New Frontiers with Ultracold Gases. The Physics Community is invited to a pre-lecture reception at 3:45 p.m. in 4-339. Free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Physics Department. 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. – Harvard /MIT Pchem Seminar Series, Professor Geraldine Richmond, Uni- versity of Oregon. Location: Harvard, MB-23 Pfizer Hall, 12 Oxford Street. Water at Hydrophobic Surfaces. Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon Harvard / MIT Pchem Seminar Series. Page 12 THE TECH March 16, 2004 March 16, 2004 THE TECH Page 13 Construction To Finish in June Free food Exterior construction, such as the best building I’ve worked on,” Stata, from Page 1 the installation of pavers, will also said Ed Dubois, a construction continue but may be delayed. “It superintendent for Skanska. this week, said Nancy Joyce, senior looks like we’re falling behind due “This is a once in a lifetime pro- project manager of The Stata Center to the weather,” said construction ject,” LeBlanc said, “I’ve really every week. Project. worker Jay Rivera. grown to love this building.” The Student Street will provide Building 57, which currently “I’m looking forward to [the access to several classrooms, a new houses the alumni pool, will contin- move],” said Vincent Chan, director childcare center, the renovated ath- ue to be renovated and will open in of the Laboratory for Information and letic facility, and a food service facil- June, said Joyce. The completed Decision Systems (LIDS). “Hopeful- ity, which will be moved from Walk- building will have a new locker ly we will be closer” to the other labs. er. The childcare center, which will room, a renovated lobby area, and The certificate of occupancy, a open in June, is the first on-campus an additional fitness and aerobics permanent certificate which will childcare facility at MIT, said Joyce. studio. The new facility will be run replace the TCO, is not expected Join The Tech. Not originally in the design, by the Department of Athletics, until June. Joyce said that the Student Street Physical Education, and Recreation. The Department of Linguistics News Arts Sports Photo Prod Tech will be “a great addition to campus.” Joyce said that the athletics facil- and Philosophy is scheduled to ... . . ity will be “a whole new asset” for move into The Stata Center on Construction to continue the MIT community “that never Thursday while CSAIL, which cur- Construction will continue on existed before” and hopes that it rently occupies 200 Tech Square and around The Stata Center until will be an active and vibrant addi- (Building NE43), is scheduled to the end of May or early June, said tion to the campus. move between March 19 to March LeBlanc. 28, said Christopher J. Terman, • Established 1881 • The final touches on the land- Construction crew, faculty excited associate director of CSAIL. LIDS scape will begin after the construc- After six years of planning and is scheduled to move in over Patri- tion trailer is moved off the site in construction, the construction crew ots Day weekend. Most of the LIDS mid-April, said Joyce. Landscaping and faculty are excited about the faculty currently occupies Building will continue until June. move. The Stata Center is “probably 35. Nightline DEF TUV TUV OPER OPER Page 14 THE TECH March 16, 2004 SMA Funding Given By Singapore Gov’t Online Degree, from Page 1 degrees, for example, is dependent on the success of the current aiming to have 16 students per year program. in each of five programs. “It is true that Singapore has an The cost of the SMA students interest in going even further,” he will be funded by Singapore’s said. government, Patera said. “One of Currently Norway, Kuwait, the primary things that SMA-2 is Venezuela, Brazil, and the bringing on the academic side is” Philippines have similar programs funding for MEng students, he said. at MIT for MEng students that are When the first phase of the government-funded, Patera said. alliance began in 1998, Singapore’s government invested approximately Distance learning worries students $19 million in the first year. “There’s a feeling that MIT “The same amount of funding should be about MIT students,” said will be available for the first year of Patera. He said he thought that phase two,” said Dean of having the SMA students be full Engineering Thomas L. Magnanti. Masters of Engineering candidates He said that any further would help them better integrate expansion of the program into PhD into the culture rather than having a separate program. “Some people have raised concerns over the dilution of the MIT degree,” Patera said. “There is no special SMA admission, so there is no dilution at the level of admissions,” he said. “I feel it’s not the same,” said Electrical Engineering and Computer Science student Andrew E. Tsai ’04. “I feel the online materials should be a resource, but not a primary way of getting a degree,” he said. “These students will honor the MIT residency requirement” of spending one semester on campus, Patera said. “Even if they are at a distance, it’s a highly interactive experience.” In addition, many schools have similar but lesser programs, such as Harvard’s Extension School that grants a degree of continuing education, he said. The first phase “was a test of concept,” Magnanti said. “Could we provide MIT-class education at a distance? The performance is indistinguishable. In that sense, we’ve proven the concept of the first class education at a distance,” he said. Singapore funds program According to the MIT News Office press release, the SMA-2 five-year initiative will be fully funded by Singapore’s government, primarily by the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education. “We wouldn’t be able to run such a large-scale experiment without funding,” Magnanti said. The five graduate engineering programs in the areas strategically important to both countries are Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems, High Performance Computation for Engineering Systems, Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology, Molecular Engineering of Biological and Chemical Systems, and Computer Science. Classes include live interaction “SMA revolutionized the concept of distance learning,” said Alvin Teng ’00, a graduate of the program, in an interview with OpenDOOR, an online magazine published by the MIT Alumni Association. “Unlike most distance learning,” Teng said, “the classroom experience is interactive and students can interrupt the professor to ask questions or exchange ideas with their counterparts at MIT.” According to a faculty newsletter, co-written by Patera and Steven R. Lerman, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, interactive sessions are held in the 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. time slots. In a typical day, SMA holds three or four such classes each morning and each evening. Smile. March 16, 2004 THE TECH Page 15 Some Candidates Appeal Election Comm. Decisions Elections, from Page 1 “appealed in some form or fashion, UA Election Vote Counts and we decided to hear both appeals,” sentation of students.” said Johnny T. Yang ’04, chair of the UA President / Vice President During the Independent Activi- UA Judicial Review Board. David B. Smith 412+36 = 448 ties Period, “we built relationships In the first case, Smith and and Noelle J. Kanaga Each step lists the total of online and that weren’t there in the first half of Kanaga appealed the Election Com- Harel M. Williams 961+76 = 1037 paper votes and their total for that can- the year,” said current UA vice mission’s decision to deny them “an and Phillip A. Vasquez didate in that voting iteration. president Jacob W. Faber said, extension in the deadline to submit Write-ins: 69+5 = 74 referring to other student govern- the documentation necessary to ments, and there are “more relation- become official candidates,” accord- Class of 2005 President ships to build.” ing to the board’s ruling. Dexter W. Ang: 122+7 = 129 122+7 = 129 122+7 = 129 123+7 = 130 126+7 = 133 154+8 = 162 Williams said this was on their The board overruled the Election Rohit Gupta: 189+10 = 199 191+10 = 201 192+10 = 202 192+10 = 202 195+11 = 206 233+11 = 244 agenda, and that they are starting to Commission’s denial because “after Eston M. Kimani: 105+5 = 110 107+5 = 112 107+5 = 112 108+5 = 113 110+5 = 115 form “personal contacts with stu- reviewing the Election Code and Write-ins: 33+1 = 34 19+1 = 20 15+1 = 16 11+1 = 12 dent leaders and the administra- associated rules document,” they tion,” he said. found “no specific clause clearly Class of 2006 President Another current priority is “out- prohibiting the granting of an exten- Brendan J. Smith: 225+25 = 250 lining the guidelines about account- sion to Smith and Kanaga,” accord- Write-ins: 90+10 = 100 ability for student representatives, ing to the ruling. so that when we do take office, it’ll In the second case, the board Class of 2007 President be pretty clear what our roles are heard an appead regarding a ruling Ovid C. Amadi: 317+23 = 340 and what everyone else’s roles are,” that Eston M. Kimani ’05, a candi- Write-ins: 103+8 = 111 Williams said. date for President of the Class of SOURCE: UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION 2005, “gained an unfair advantage” Communication needs to improve through leaving his campaign “I feel that this year, the UA has posters up in Athena clusters after become a lot more goal-oriented electronic voting had begun, “by and focused on making concrete sending a mass mailing via email to change in the student body,” said virtually all members of the Class of current UA president Pius A. Uza- 2005,” both of which they ruled to mere II. “I would like to see that be violations of rules set in the trend continue.” Campaign Rules Document, accord- “The goals checklist was one ing to the board’s ruling. manifestation of that,” Uzamere According to Yang, the board said. It “needs to be refined, but lightened a more severe decision . something along those lines should This was done because the board did be continued.” “not feel that Kimani blatantly vio- There needs to be “more student lated the ‘spirit of the campaign,’” and community feedback on the they ruled that he should “remain on list,” Faber said. “The whole pur- the ballot as a candidate for Class of pose is to make people in the UA 2005 President with the phrase ‘Vio- accountable, and I really think that lated election rules’ next to his name it would be good if people who read on all ballots,” according to ruling. the list would say, ‘that’s a project Because the decision was made I’d like to see happen and contact on Thursday, the last day of online that person,’” he said. voting, it is most likely that only Williams and Vasquez said they those who voted by paper on Friday agree that communication is were affected by this change to the important. “We really want people ballot, Yang said. to feel comfortable coming to us and talking to us about how they Solution to Crossword feel about our ideas, and anything from page 10 they feel we missed,” Williams said. 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This space donated by The Tech Page 16 THE TECH March 16, 2004 MIT Accepts 16 Percent of Class of ’08 Applicants By Waseem S. Daher The predicted yield is an valedictorians, and 91 percent are this change, as well as economic she said. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR increase from last year’s of 58 per- ranked in the top 5 percent of their changes, may have decreased the Letters of acceptance and rejec- cent, which ultimately proved lower high school classes, according to number of applicants to MIT. Perceived low ‘quality of life’ tion for MIT’s Class of 2008 were than the true yield, in part leading Jones’s e-mail. However, the students that did On a somewhat different note, mailed on Friday, with 16 percent to crowding in dormitories this The SAT I means for the verbal apply to MIT are a very good fit, Jones said she has noticed a new (1,664 out of a total of 10,464) of year. and math sections were 724 and 759, she said. trend in the Admitted Student Sur- applicants having cause for celebra- Jones said that these calcula- respectively. Seven percent of accept- “We have more of our kinds of vey data, a survey asking why stu- tion. tions were also made with the ed students received 1600 on the students in the applicant pool this dents chose to come to MIT or to Of those admitted, 897 are male intent to admit students from the exam, and 62 percent had at least one year than we had in a long time,” attend another institution. and 767 are female, or 54 and 46 waiting list as well. “We made a 800, according to the Class of 2008 she said, “and we are expecting a The response of ‘quality of life’ percent respectively, according to calculated decision that we wanted Web site, at http://web.mit.edu/admis- higher yield because of that.” as a reason for not attending MIT an e-mail written by Edmund Jones, to go to the waitlist this year,” she sions/inside. In addition, Jones said that the has increased substantially over the an administrative officer in the said. MIT has also made progress on admissions process had been refined last several years. “The difference Admissions Office. The list of admitted students will the front of diversity, with 283 over the past few years. between [the data for] 1990 and The 46 percent female number is be available for review in 10-100 admitted students, or 17 percent, “We’ve really focused in on the 2000 is when I first noticed that,” a decline from the Class of 2007’s starting Thursday, March 18, Jones classified as under-represented basics, who really makes up the Jones said. 49 percent. “It depends on the year,” said. An MIT ID is required to view minorities. “A few years ago, that pulse at MIT,” she said. One criteri- “Every year since, it’s increased said Marilee Jones, dean of admis- the list. number had dwindled to 11 per- on that used to be selected for was in importance,” she said. sions. cent,” Marilee Jones told The national and international recogni- Jones said several explanations The Admissions Office expects a ’08 admits are top of class, diverse Boston Globe. tion. However, upon review, the were possible, the first of which is 61 percent yield on admissions The students admitted for MIT’s admissions department decided to that over the past few years, MIT offers this year, Jones said, which Class of 2008 are at the top of their More ‘MIT-like’ applicants focus more on “self-initiative, a cer- has undergone a number of would lead to a class of roughly respective classes. Forty-two per- There was a slight drop in the tain real self-reliance, willingness to changes: the campus was and is 1,016 students. cent of the students admitted are number of applications this year, take risks, and emotional flexibili- undergoing construction, and stu- compared to the 10,547 applications ty,” she said. dents were displeased with the received last year. The change was made to find recent decision forbidding fresh- Harvard, Stanford, and Yale all students that are “good MIT people men from residing in fraternities, switched to single-choice early and also really highly creative, that sororities, and independent living action admissions policies earlier might not be recognized because groups. this year, and Jones suggested that they’re not in competitive venues,” In addition, Jones said that society has changed, as well, and that it’s not necessarily an indica- tor that MIT is doing something wrong. “The population of students now really are looking for ser- vices,” she said. “They’re looking for high-quality living groups and good food, they’re looking for camaraderie with college students, and it’s just very different from the way it was ten years ago,” she said. In light of this, Jones said that while the issue is one that does not necessarily deserve to be ignored, MIT should not rush to conform to society’s popular image of the per- fect campus for everyone. “MIT is what MIT is. MIT just needs to stay authentic. That’s it, and that’s who we are,” she said. The Tech This space donated by March 16, 2004 THE TECH Page 17 Arrow Street Bursts Deadline Extended Tea Vendor’s Bubble Bubble Tea, from Page 1 food and campus dining declined to comment on the dispute between Bubble Tea, because it conflicted Arrow Street and Q Bubble. The Eloranta Fellowship deadline has been extended to with the restaurant’s “philosophy He said that although Campus for supporting fresh food products,” Dining leases the space to vendors, Ancarani said. it is not responsible for dealing with Friday, March 19th However, Arrow Street has not their relationships with their sub- given up on bubble tea. The “demo- contractors. graphic makeup” of the MIT student “We are not in the business of body is suited toward supporting a telling them how to do business,” bubble tea product, he said. Berlin said, referring to the food He went on to say that he vendors. believes there is and will continue to Berlin confirmed that there are be a sizable demand for the bever- prospective plans to bring another Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships are age on campus. Bubble Tea line to Arrow Street in the near future, noting that his pri- $6,000 undergraduate fellowships to support challenging MIT does not intervene in dispute mary concern was getting students a Richard Berlin III, director of “good bubble tea” product. intellectual work in any field: science, engineering, humanities, social science, and the arts.

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Above: Elizabeth C. Lin ’06 (left) moves around a Plymouth State defender during the women’s lacrosse match Saturday. MIT lost 18–3.

Left: Deanna M. Lentz ’06 wins a faceoff against Plymouth State during the women’s lacrosse match Saturday.

Photography by Peter R. Russo.

Below: Brendan T. Maddigan ’04 chases down the ball after a faceoff during the first men’s lacrosse game of the season Saturday afternoon. Tufts beat MIT 16–4.

Right: Thomas V. Hennessey III ’05 tries to swing around a Tufts opponent toward the net. Hennessey scored one goal and had an assist in the Engineers’ losing effort.

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Duke Kentucky St. Loius Region UAB Duke Kentucky St. Loius Region 5 Illinois Providence 5 Providence 5 Illinois Providence 5 Illinois Murray State Pacific 12 Murray State FINAL FOUR Pacific 12 FINAL FOUR Illinois March 18-21 12 Murray State Pacific 12 Providence Murray St. Kansas March 18-21 Cincinnati March 18-21 April 3 & April 5 4 Kansas 4 4 Cincinnati March 18-21 April 3 & April 5 Kansas 4 Cincinnati Kansas ETSU Kansas 13 ETSU March 25-28 Illnois-Chicago 13 March 25-28 Miss. St. Kentucky 13 ETSU Duke Gonzaga Illnois-Chicago 13 March 25-28 March 25-28 6 North Carolina Boston College 6 6 North Carolina Boston College 6 North Carolina Boston College Air Force Boston College 11 Air Force March 18-21 Utah 11 11 Air Force Utah 11 Texas Georgia Tech Georgia Tech. March 18-21 March 18-21 March 18-21 Air Force 3 Texas Georgia Tech 3 3 Texas Georgia Tech 3 Texas Georgia Tech Texas Georgia Tech Atlanta Region Pittsburgh 14 Princeton Northern Iowa 14 Atlanta Region 14 Princeton Gonzaga Northern Iowa 14 Miss. St. Gonzaga Miss. St. Gonzaga 7 Xavier Michigan State 7 7 Xavier Michigan State 7 Louisville Michigan St. Xavier Nevada 10 Louisville March 18-21 Nevada 10 10 Louisville Nevada 10 Miss. St. Stanford Gonzaga Miss. St. Gonzaga March 18-21 March 18-21 March 18-21 Gonzaga 2 Mississippi St. Gonzaga 2 2 Mississippi St. Gonzaga 2 Miss. St. Gonzaga Miss. St. Gonzaga 15 Monmouth Valpo 15 15 Monmouth Valpo 15

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By Yong-yi Zhu are usually able to bail out the team by going inside COLUMNIST and making some easy baskets, while playing solid There are about fifteen more games per team left in defense and rebounding at the other end of the floor. the NBA, and it has become evident that while the You can take the basketball game played Friday Western Conference has consistently produced memo- night at the Fleet Center as an example of both of these rable match-ups and competitive divisions, the Eastern problems. I took full advantage of cheap Celtics tickets Conference has brought about a season of mediocrity. to go see them for the first time. They were playing It’s true: the East has become a home for second- against the Pacers, hands down the strongest team in class citizens. Name any team from the West that’s in the conference, who have locked up a playoff spot contention and most fans will be able to recognize a already. What I saw was a perfect example of what I couple of big time players from that team. The expected from a game from the Eastern Conference. Nuggets have Carmelo Anthony, the Suns have Shawn Early on, the game teeter-tottered, as the Celtics came Marion, the Rockets have that big, tall Asian dude. back from several large deficits early on. However, by They are all difference makers on their respective half time, the Pacers were already ahead by 9 and teams. Not only that, but often the supporting cast is things seemed bleak. As the third-quarter wore on, the recognizable too. Celtics neither had the drive nor the ability to come The East, on the other hand, not only lacks star back from the deficit and, in all practical sense, were power, but it cannot keep up in terms of bench players. gone by the beginning of the fourth quarter. (That’s Take the Orlando Magic, for example. Tracy McGrady when I found myself staring at the scores of the other is able to score 62 points. But what is the rest of the games around the league more than the players on the team able to do? Maybe they can score a few points, court.) but can they stop other people from score on them? How did it happen? Well, the Pacers had everyone The Magic averages 95 points a game while their contributing to begin with; there were five players in opponents average 101 points per game. I guess the double figures. Jermaine O’Neal did not even have to supporting cast isn’t really putting enough offense or be the star of the night, and it was okay that he shot enough defense to win the games that the Magic needs. only 3-for-11 for 8 points because the supporting cast Another main problem of the East teams is a lack did their job. The Celtics, on the other hand, did not of centers and big forwards. The only exception is the have an answer when the Pacers went on their runs. only team that has significantly distanced itself from Paul Pierce was not that dominant and, more impor- the rest of the pack: Indiana. Jermaine O’Neal is the tantly, the rest of the team did not do much to help him best big man in the league. His ability to score at will out. When things became bleak, the Celtics did not makes him the go-to guy for the Pacers. He doesn’t have the man in the middle to bail them out with easy even have to drive to the rim to be effective, because buckets. As a result, the Celtics got their butts not only is he big (6–11), but he also has superior whooped. shooting skills. Perhaps it’s time for the Eastern Conference go to ERIC J. CHOLANKERIL—THE TECH The West is filled with big men that can take over a out and get some more big men. While the Spurs were First doubles player Evan W. Tindell ’06 returns a serve in Sat- game: Shaq, Duncan, Garnett, Yao, and Brand, for busy this past off-season adding Rasho Nesterovic to urday’s match against Bowdoin College. MIT lost the match example. These guys are the staple for any team, help Tim Duncan, and the T-Wolves were quick to get to Bowdoin 5–2. because a dunk is usually a higher percentage shot than Michael Olowokandi to complement Kevin Garnett, a long-range jumper. When the game is on the line, I’d the East just sat idly, watching. Perhaps it’s time that much rather see my team jam the ball through the hoop the Eastern Conference got their priorities straight. than shoot a jumper and pray that it goes through. In After all, to win an NBA championship, you need addition, when the team gets into trouble, the big men more than just chutzpah. Got News? Call x3-1541 Team Gets Ready for Championships Gymnastics, from Page 20 expected to do. In gymnastics, each ing this aspect, however, noting that event must have a minimum of six his athletes have truly risen to meet this as a tune-up for national champi- competitors, with the top five being demands. “It’s a tribute to them that onships. We can still do a little bet- scored. With only nine members on they can all do every event. Every ter. Even though we got a record, we the squad, any injuries put the team girl really can do anything,” Ovalle had a couple of falls on beam. Also, in a precarious situation. “Chandler said. [we could use] a little more consis- [E. Hatton ’06] is injured right now, Even with this versatility, the tency on bar routines,” Ovalle said. and everyone has little aches and Engineers are hoping to have injuries The accomplishments of the team pains. 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A Course for Everyone TUFTS DMITRY PORTNYAGIN—THE TECH 200 Cindy Chung ’04 sits atop her makeshift throne during the team introductions during the gymnastics meet this Saturday. Since this was the last season home meet of the year, the squad carried her out on SUMMER a throne as a tribute to her four years on the squad.

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Consider Summer Study at Tufts University STEPHANIE LEE—THE TECH Page 20 THE TECH March 16, 2004 SPORTS Gymnastics Defeats Southern Orji Wins Shot Put Women Manage to Break Team Beam Record, Win Meet by 0.35 By Alisha Schor At NCAA Nationals STAFF WRITER By Ben Schmeckpeper 1500 and 800, respectively. Despite competing with a host of TEAM MEMBER Going into the second day, Orji injuries that shrank MIT’s already The MIT Men’s Indoor Track prepared for his best event, the shot smaller-than-comfortable women’s and Field team sent two competi- put. Orji had been untouchable all gymnastics squad, the tors to the NCAA Division III season in that event, and looked to Engineers managed to Championships extend his unbeaten streak. At the edge Southern Con- March 12 and 13 at end of his first three qualifying necticut State Univer- the University of throws, Orji had launched his shot sity (SCSU) by 0.35 Wisconsin-Whitewa- over 58 feet, a mark good enough to points, 184.4–184.15, ter. Uzoma A. Orji win by nearly two feet. That throw last Saturday in their last regular sea- ’06 and Brian C. was both the season’s best for Divi- son meet. “It was our first time ever Anderson ’04 qualified in two sion III and broke the Kachel Field- beating Southern; they’re a division events each and were expected to house record by over two feet. two school so it’s a big thing,” said place high in both. MIT had two Orji’s day was not done, howev- Head Coach Eduardo Ovalle. other athletes, Nate B. Ball ’05 and er, as he used his three throws in The first rotation of the afternoon Ben A. Schmeckpeper ’05, just finals to improve his mark to 59 had MIT on vault and SCSU on bars. barely miss qualifying in the pole feet 6-1/4 inches, breaking the Although the Engineers had some vault and 5000, respectively. Fieldhouse record he had set earli- troubles sticking landings in their Orji started the competition with er, and winning the event by 3 feet first event, SCSU appeared to have the weight throw on Friday, an 1 inch. During those final throws, the same difficulty in the second event he began just a year ago. the entire crowd supported Orji rotation, when the two teams Orji’s considerable talent shone each time he stepped into the circle, switched events. At the half, the through as he launched a personal as they wanted to see him break the score was a tight 90.525 to 90.050, best throw of 60 feet 3-3/4 inches, a national record, which he came with SCSU ahead. Rotations three little more than a foot behind the within three inches of doing. His and four had MIT first on beam and varsity record. That throw placed winning throw did break the MIT then floor, where they were able exe- him fifth out of the twelve competi- Varsity record, which Orji set his cute their routines and come out on tors and bodes well for his success freshman year and repeatedly broke top. the next two years. throughout this season. The victory was an appropriate Also on Friday, Anderson had Orji’s shot put victory and fifth farewell as the last home meet for qualifying heats in the 1500 and place finish in the weight throw not only MIT’s lone senior (and co- 800. Dominant all year, Anderson garnered him two All-America hon- captian) Cindy Chung ’04, but also has spent the past three weeks deal- ors and gave MIT 14 points, for Ovalle. After nine years as head ing with a lingering hamstring enough to finish in eleventh place. coach, Ovalle will be stepping back problem. In an uncharacteristic per- The most consistent performer all to an assistant position. Current formance, Anderson faded over the season for the Engineers was Orji, assistant Jennifer Miller-McEachern DMITRY PORTNYAGIN—THE TECH last laps of both races and failed to and he ended his remarkable season will be next season’s head coach. Jennifer E. Sauchuk ’06 performs a handspring front tuck vault. She qualify for finals in either event, with a spectacular performance on Complementing the win was a received a score of 8.9 for the attempt. running 3:59.48 and 1:56.78 for the the national level. new school team record on the beam. The MIT women totalled 47.35 “Cindy is one of the most talented points, bettering the old record of people on the team,” said Lara L. 45.95. While the record came from Hershcovitch ’07. “She also makes UPCOMING HOME EVENTS strong performances from every com- things for us and is really thoughtful.” petitor, Ovalle noted that the leader- While defeating SCSU was an Tuesday, Mar. 16 ship of co-captain Whitney E. Wat- accomplishment for the team, they 5 p.m., Varsity Women’s Lacrosse v. Gordon College, Jack Barry Field son ’05 helped inspire the team. are currently focusing on their two 7 p.m., Varsity Men’s Volleyball vs. Harvard University, du Pont Gymnasium “Whitney led off beam, even though post-season meets: the Eastern Col- this was one of her first meets back lege Athletic Conference (ECAC) Wednesday, Mar. 17 from an injury. She has had rib trou- Championships and the National 3 p.m., Varsity Men’s Tennis vs. Bates College, du Pont Tennis Courts/JB Carr bles all season,” Ovalle said. Team- Collegiate Gymnastics Association Tennis Bubble mates echoed this sentiment, noting (NCGA) Championships. “We used 3 p.m., Varsity Men’s Lacrosse vs. Endicott College, Jack Barry Field that Watson and Chung have been a huge asset through the season. Gymnastics, Page 19 Skaters Score High at Home Contest

By Diana S. Cheng dance event, Cheng placed third out eighth out of 12 skaters. Margaret H. TEAM MEMBER of nine skaters in Group 1. Delphine Cho ’04 choreographed the program MIT hosted a United States Fig- M.D. Dean G placed fifth out of eight for Tajonar. ure Skating intercollegiate figure skaters in Group 2. The dance both This competition is the ninth skating competition March 13 in used was the “Rhythm Blues,” a Pre- annual competition that MIT has Johnson Rink. MIT’s liminary level ice dance. Though hosted. Bonny S. Kellermann ’72 team scored more total both Dean and Cheng have been started the intercollegiate competition points at its home rink competing the “Rhythm Blues” for series by hosting the first U.S. Figure than at the other two the past three seasons, neither has Skating competition at MIT nine intercollegiate compe- passed the dance test, a solo perfor- years ago. titions at Princeton and mance in front of U.S. Figure Skatin Next Saturday, March 20, the fig- Boston University combined. judges meant to gauge the progress ure skating club will host its annual The figure skating team entered and skill of the skater. exhibition at Johnson Rink at 7 p.m. three individual events and one team In the Pre-Intermediate C free Several national competitors, along maneuver event with a total of five skate event, Tajonar debuted her pro- with MIT skaters, will perform their strong skaters, all of whom con- gram to “Forever Tango,” placing programs. Admission is free. tributed points to the team. The high maneuvers team earned a bronze medal out of eight teams. Devon L. Manz G, a former ice dance competitor in Canada now studying mechanical engineering at MIT, performed two jumps: a double Axel, and a double flip. Adriana Tajonar ’06 did a flying camel spin and a camel-sit-change-sit spin. Phil A. Lichtor ’06, a national competitor at the junior level in ice dance, con- tributed a serpentine footwork sequence that he made up on the spot, and a double / double jump combination. Lichtor used his ice dance skates to complete the freestyle jumps, a very unconventional deci- sion that worked well because of his interdisciplinary abilities. In the Pre-Intermediate B free skate event, Diana S. Cheng ’04 skat- DMITRY PORTNYAGIN—THE TECH ed her “Les Misérables” program and Cindy Chung ’04 performs a gainer pike somersault dismount after earned a bronze medal out of eleven completing a balance beam routine that scored her a 9.65, a per- skaters. It was her first medal for free sonal best and a top five Institute record. In a meet where every skate in the seven intercollegiate WENDY GU—THE TECH fraction of a point counted, stellar performances on the beam lifted competitions in which she has skated Delphine M.D. Dean G skates in the Pre-Intermediate A Dance the MIT team over Southern Connecticut State University for their since 2002. Group 2 portion of the 2004 MIT Intercollegiate Competition held at first victory over the school ever, 184.40 – 184.15. In the Pre-Intermediate A solo Johnson ice rink on Saturday. Dean placed fifth in that category.