Commencement Today .
MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Late thunderstorm, 88°F (31°C) Tonight: Clearing up, 58°F (14°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Sunny, dry, 75°F (24°C) Details, Page 2
Volurne120,Nurnber27 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 2, 2000 MIT Suspends Student Over 2,000 1b Gmduate 1bday For sending Hate Mail HP CEO Fiorina 1b Deliver Address CODRecommends Three Term Suspension By Anna K. Benefiel By Mike Hall "You are a faggot. I hate faggots. SI'AFF REPORTER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR I wish they would string all of you The day is here. The Committee on Discipline up on barb wire fences in At today's 134th MIT Com- has recommended a three-term sus- Wyoming," Schilling wrote in the mencement exercises 2,117 under- pension for an MIT sophomore who message. graduate and graduate students will sent electronic hate mail to a gay Schilling, who refused to com- receive 2,413 degrees. student. ment on the hearing and his pending Hewlett-Packard President and Bums Schilling '02 was found suspension, did not attend the May Chief Executive Officer Carly S. responsible for sending a threaten- 11 hearing on the advice of his Fiorina will deliver the commence- ing e-mail to Kevin Q. Choi '01 on- attorney, Choi said. Only MIT com- ment address at the exercises. Fiori- Feb. 23, according to Choi. The munity members are permitted to na received a Masters of Science ob cenity-laced message made ref- attend hearings under COD regula- degree from the Sloan School of erence to the 1998 murder of tions. Management in 1989. She also Matthew Shepard, a gay University earned .a bachelor's degree in o~Wyoming student." Suspension, Page 20 medieval history and philosophy at Stanford University in 1976 and an MBA from the University of Mary- Shin's.Death a Suicide land at College Park in 1980. The School of Architecture and Planning will be the first school to Fire Officials Rule That Burns Were Self-induced award degrees today, with other By Frank Dabek accelerants were present. There is schools following in alphabetical EDITOR IN CHIEF . "no other explanation" for the fire order. The last few degree recipients Cambridge Fire Department and . besides self-induced ignition of will likely be undergraduate mathe- Suffolk County officials have con- clothing, Reardon said. matics majors, Sloan School Doc- firmed that the death of Elizabeth A separate report from the Suf- toral degree recipients, and students Shin '02 was the' result of self- folk County medical examiner clas- completing their course of study in induced bums. The confirmation sified Shin's death four days after the Health Sciences and Technology comes as MIT begins to review its the fire as a suicide. M.D./Ph.D program. mental health services; Shin was More than a month after the inci- Janet L. Slifka Ph.D. '00, an under treatment prior to her death, dent, questions remain about MIT's HST student for the past six years, the third suicide of the term. ability to deal with students facing was thrilled to learn that she would Cambridge Deputy Chief Gerald mental illness or instability. In likely be one of the last degree Reardon said the department con- response to the death, student gov- recipients in Killian Court today. cluded Shin started the April 10 .ernment and administrators are Welcoming the opportunity to be blaze based on the fact that she was alone in her locked room and no SlIln, Page 21' Commencement, Page 18 Toyoichi Tanaka
Professor of Physics Toyoichi Tanaka, a world renowned author- ity on engineering "smart" gels, died of heart failure ri Saturday, . May 20. He was 54. "Professor Tanaka's :.. work on gels exemplifies the spirit of innovation and the interaction between fundamental scientific curiosity and practical applications that is so important at MIT ,"said President Charles M. Vest. Professor Toyoichl Tanaka Tanaka's research focused on gels made from organic polymers, which were designed to to expand, contract, or absorb other molecules in response to tiny chemical or physical changes in the environment. Applications have included gels that take up heavy metals from polluted water, allowing the metal to be collected and reused. Other suggested applications include artificial muscle tissue and high-sensi- tivity flexible valves. Tanaka's work also shed light on the physical behavior of biologi-' cally-important polymers, such and DNA and proteins. He was cur- rently working on constructing a gel with an ligand binding site like those found in proteins. Tanaka was also a respected teacher; who enjoyed teaching at all levels, including freshman physics classes. JAMES CAMP-THE TECH TWnm NIGHT- "He Is, sure, possessed, madam." Tricked by Marla (Elizabeth Tustlan, center) Into Tanaka, Page 19 thinking that Olivia (Jen Flynn, left) Is In love with "1m, Olivia's steward Malvollo (Drew Sexton) dresses In a garish costume to woo her. See page 12 •
.Ralph Nader KevinR. World & Nation 2 encourages Lang '02 Opinion 4 student triumphs in Features 7 activism in 2.007 Arts 9 MIT speech. contest. News Briefs 21 Page 21 Page 18 Sports 24 Page 2 June 2, 2000
J dge ane 0 dsI S
LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTO o Elian Gonzalez In a surprise move, the judge in the Microsoft Corporation case Thursday ordered more filings from the government and the software By Karen DeYoung court or Supreme Court agreed to sight, seems to be about little more giant before he issues a final ruling on how icrosoft should be pun- THE WASHiNGTON POST hear an appeal, the departure prohi- than a child and his father. But, for ished for antitrust violations. A federal appeals panel Thurs- bition could be extended. this Court, the case is mainly about U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson granted an day upheld a lower court ruling that Attorney General Janet Reno the separation of powers under our additional week of proceedings after government lawyers told the the Immigration and aturalization said after the ruling that she was constitutional system of govern- jurist in a conference call Thursday that Microsoft's lawyers raised Service acted within the law and the "hopeful that this matter will soon ment: a statute enacted by Congress, some legitimate questions about the government's proposed plan to executive branch's policymaking reach final resolution," and Presi- the permissible scope of executive break up the company for violating state and federal antitrust laws. rights when it refused early this year dent Clinton said he was pleased discretion under that statute, and the "From a quick review, some number of those (issues raised by to consider political asylum peti- that the Justice Department's limits on judicial review of the exer- Microsoft) seem to make some sense to us, and we would like the tions filed for 6-year-old Elian Gon- actions in the case had been upheld. cise of that executive discretion," opportunity to go through those in detail and to give the court our zalez by his Miami great-uncle. The father's attorney, Gregory The court did not endorse the view on that," said David Boies, the ew York trial attorney hired by In a major government victory B. Craig, called on the Miami rela- INS's decision not to process the Justice Department to lead case against Microsoft. that could mark the beginning of the tives to give up, and "to accept this Elian's asylum applications - in Jackson gave the government until Monday to file additional com- end of the international custody bat- result with grace and dignity." Juan fact, it noted that "the choices ... ments and told Microsoft's legal team that it could have until tle that began six months ago, a Miguel Gonzalez, Elian's father, that the INS made in this case are Wednesday to respond. three-judge panel at the 11th U.S. said all he wanted was "to go home choices about which reasonable Circuit in Atlanta unanimously dis- as soon as possible, with my son people can disagree." The ruling, missed the appeal filed by great- and my whole family." written by Judge J.L. Edmondson, a Arms Con 01 1re ty Expectations Uncle Lazaro Gonzalez. It gave him Attorneys for the Miami rela- Reagan appointee, implied that the 14 days to ask the panel to rehear it, tives said they had not yet decided judges themselves might personally Low at Clinton-Pntin Summit to ask that all 12 judges of the 11th how to proceed. But the relatives have preferred a different choice. THE WASHINGTON POST Circuit consider it, or to appeal the themselves made clear they were But, the ruling said, such choices MOSCOW ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. not ready to concede defeat. "The were a matter of "policy and the With little hope of sealing a grand bargain on arms control, Presi- Under federal rules, the panel's battle is not over yet," said Lazaro application of policy." In the dent Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to highlight earlier injunction prohibiting Elian Gonzalez's 21-year-old daughter, absence of specific provisions other accords on early warning systems and the safeguarding of from leaving the United States Marisleysis. Elian "is still here ... ~pplying to the circumstances of nuclear materials to salvage their Moscow summit meeting this remains in force until one week . he's still in this great country," .she this case, setting such policies is the weekend. after that 14-day deadline. Even in said, "and I hope that the laws of prerogative of the executive branch. The two leaders are expeoted to dust off and complete earlier the event that the relatives do not this country" will still prevent him In its determination that a 6- U.S.-Russian agreements that would establish a joint early warning appeal, Elian, his father and family, from returning to the communist year-old is incapable of deciding on center to guard against false reports of a nuclear missile launch; set a currently living on an estate in country where, the relatives have his own to apply for asylum, the timetable for each side to dispose of 34 tons of excess weapons-grade- Northwest Washington, will not be alleged, he will be persecuted. court said that in most circum- plutonium; provide U.S. funds to refurbish two warehouses at Rus- able to return to Cuba until near the The court began its 33-page rul- stances a parent must represent a sia's huge Sarov nuclear complex; and give Department of Energy end of this month. Ifthe full appeals ing saying that "this case, at first child o~ immigration matters. assistance for safeguarding nuclear materials at Russian navy facili- ties. These accords represent considerably smaller steps than the Clin- ton administration hoped for just a few weeks ago, when it thought Clinton Says Peace Agreement that it might persuade Russia to accept changes in the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that would permit the United States to deploy a limit- ed version of a national missile defense system in return for deeper cuts in strategic nuclear arsenals. For Mideast Is Within View' By James Gerstenzang employees after spending about 90 "I know the differences between Internet Riches Await Teenagers LOS ANGELES TIMES' minutes with Barak. The president real negotiations and bull ... . These LOS ANGELES TIMES LISBON, PORTUGAL spoke with Arafat by telephone guys have entered into real negotia- E COOT AS, CALIFORNIA A peace settlement between Wednesday afternoon. tions," said a senior administration Three years ago, Brian Pink made $20,000 a year designing con- Israel and the Palestinians "is within The so-often stagnant peace official who took part in the meeting cert posters and business cards for a small graphics shop. Today, the view now," President Clinton said process, though still stalled, has Thursday of the Israelis and Pales- self-taught programmer earns five times that as technology chief of here Thursday as he announced that been rejuvenated in the past week tinians. "The two sides themselves an Internet start-up in Encinitas, Calif. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine and a half with the sudden with- are making it very clear that they're Forget picking Internet stocks. If you want to make money in the Albright will travel to the region drawal of Israeli troops from' south- prepared to do what they think is new economy, pick up the computer languages that make the World next week to narrow the differences. ern Lebanon after a 22-year pres- necessary to reach an agreement." Wide Web go. The president exuded an opti- ence. The response by the But a central question remains: "Dot-coms" are dangling Fortune 500-level salaries and generous mism rare in the cautious world of Hezbollah guerrilla movement Can they translate intentions to perks in a tug-of-war for technical talent. Brainy teen-agers who Middle East diplomacy. He called there, which has celebrated the reach an agreement into reality? know software codes are landing $40,000-a-year jobs straight from on Palestinian Authority President departure of what was seen as an The sporadic negotiations are in high school at start-ups desperate to get their Web sites running. Vasser Arafat and Israeli Prime occupying army, so far has been the seventh year of what was envis- A headhunter at Remington International in West Los Angeles Minister Ehud Barak to show "real moderate. aged as a three-year process set in said he places two or three teen-agers in dot-com jobs every week courage and vision" and take steps Those developments, along with place in Oslo, Norway, 'by Israeli who have taught themselves basic programming. Office manager they have been so far unwilling to the private tenor of the talks the and Palestinian negotiators. Under Michael Burns said he turned away a 16-year-old looking for work. take. president has held, are at the heart the latest timetable, the participants "We don't handle them under 17," he said. The president made his com- of the relatively sanguine aura that are working against a deadline of ments in a speech to U.S. Embassy has settled over the diplomacy. Sept. 13 to establish a settlement.. WEATHER Wear Sunscreen Situation for Noon Eastem Daylight Time, Friday, June 2, 2000 By Bill Ramstrom STAFF METEOROLOGIST Very warm temperatures and moderate humidity will greet guests and graduates at today's commencement proceedings. Skies will be partly sunny, and a fresh breeze from' the southwest will help propel temperatures into the upper 80s F (3Q-32°C). By late afternoon there is a chance for a thunderstorm. This ought to hold off until after the last of the graduates has .left Killian Court. An umbrella could come in handy when heading to din- ner, though. A storm system is moving across Quebec today, and thunderstorms will be developing ahead of its associated cold front which will push eastward from New York State during the day. Ahead of the front a warm southwest- erly flow will prevail bringing the stickiest weather we have had in the last several weeks. Once the front passes, drier and cooler air from Canada will move in, giving a very pleasant weekend for sightseeing or other outdoor' plans.
Today: Partly sunnyand hot. Late thunderstorm. High 88°F (31°C). Tonight: A shower early evening, then clearing and pleasant. Low 58°F (14°C). Saturday: Sunny and dry. Few afternoon cumulus clouds. High 75°F (24°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Saturday ight: Clear and cool. Low 52°F (12°C). Snow Rain _ Trough Fog H HJgh~ure - Showers - - - ThunderslOml Sunday: Mostly sunny, continued pleasant. High 72°F (22°C). ····WarmFron1 \l* \l "R L Low Pressure Light . oo Haze ~ColdFront Moderate * .. Compiled by MIT § Hurricane MeteOrologyStalT ...... Stationary Front Heavy ** . A .. and The Tech • I" r ,. ; , I It"' ~ " ~ i ,
June2,2000 WORLD & NATIO THE TECH Page 3 Civilian Massacre Fits Pattern Economists Detect Signs Of Long-Awaited Slowdown Of Earlier Hmnan Rights Abuse THE WASHINGTON POST The long-awaited cooling of the red-hot U.S. economy may have By Sharon LaFraniere war wasn't over, it had at least taken houses, witnesses said. finally begun, according to a number of economists poring over an and o.tlel Williams a breather. Some people were killed before array of recent soft economic figures. THE WASHINGTON POST Six hours later, Labazanov they could say a word, others after "I sense clear signs of the beginning of the desired slowdown," AZRAN,'RUSSIA returned to the cellar, dragging the they had handed over their last said Mickey Levy, chief economist at Bank of America in New York. Maliko Labazanov walked up bodies of three relatives killed by rubles and begged the uniformed "In particular, we've had two months in a row of flat retail sales," and from her cellar on the morning of uniformed Russian officers. Spared marauders for their lives. Resi- a combination of falling auto sales and weak chain store sales "means Feb. 5 feeling more hopeful than herself by a sympathetic soldier dents heard some soldiers joke a weak retail sales number for Mayas well." she had in many weeks. The Russ": who ordered her to play dead so he about whether to use a green anti- Many economists, investors and policymakers are welcoming ian soldiers had driven the rebels wouldn't get in trouble for failing to septic to mark targets on people's such signs because a more modest rate of economic growth would out of Grozny, the Chechen capital. shoot her, Labazanov hid in the cel- foreheads. ease inflation fears and limit interest rate increases by the Federal Her neighborhood of Aldi, on lar for the next week, separated Even some colleagues of the Reserve in corning months. The bond and stock markets have rallied Grozny's southwestern outskirts, from the bloody corpses by only' a Interior Ministry riot police known in recent days as the numbers have prompted a shift in expectations. was blessedly quiet. The bombing curtain. as OMON" suspected of carrying Among the signs: Sales of domestically produced new cars and had stopped. The rampage by Russian soldiers out the killings, seemed appalled at light trucks, which include sport utility vehicles, are still relatively Labazanov, 49, headed across in Aldi claimed the lives of more the bloodshed. "Have you gone • strong, but they've been declining since they peaked in February at the street to fry some meat for an than 45 civilians in a single day in mad?" one OMON commander was an annual rate of 16 million vehicles. They fell in March to a 14.9 elderly neighbor, she recalled what was apparently the biggest heard yelling into his handset. million rate, to 14.8 million in April and to about a 14.5 million rate recently in an interview. All 'around massacre of the nine-month-old. . The Aldi massacre was the latest last month, according to preliminary May numbers that became avail- her, residents fell into their prewar war, according to witnesses and , and bloodiest example of the mass able Thursday. morning routines. Two men filled a human rights investigators. shooting of civilians. Other Russian Consumer spending for new vehicles and a host of other products wheelbarrow with flasks and went By afternoon, corpses were scat- tactics include artillery and aerial and services has been a driving force in the now nine-year-old U.S. to fetch water from a spring. Four tered throughout Aldi' s streets and bombardment of towns and cities economic expansion, the longest in American history. In the first friends worked to fix a damaged the air was crackling with the sound and the mass detention of hundreds three months of this year, consumers increased their purchases at an roof. A'nurse peeled potatoes. If the of roof tiles splitting atop burning of Chechens. inflation-adjusted annual rate of 7.5 percent, but so far it looks as if the figure for the current quarter will be only about half that large, analysts said. Gore Reveals New Guidelines for Chinese Computers Amazed N. Korean Leader Canoor Treatment and Prevention THE WASHINGTON POST By cae. Connolly the same energy and priority into died oflung cancer in 1984. BEIJING THE WASJDNGTON POST fighting cancer that we would put From President Clinton down to North Korea's leader Kim long II, on his first foreign trip since ATLANTA into preventing a war that could take local Democratic officials, many taking power in the world's most isolated country six years ago, was Vice President Al Gore, invok- 500,000 American lives every Gore supporters have fretted recent- amazed by computers, hugged repeatedly by his Chinese hosts and ing war imagery to illustrate his year," he said. "The stakes are that ly that the vice president's image revealed that he had stopped drinking and smoking, China's state-run determination, announced a series great." has been damaged by his relentless press said Thursday. of cancer-fighting steps Thursday Thursday's speech was the high- attacks on Bush, the presumptive The secluded leader, who sported a bouffant hairdo and a slightly that he said could prevent up to point in a weeklong effort to soften Republican nominee. Although ill-fitting gray Mao suit, left China Tuesday after a two-day trip made 700,000 deaths over the next Gore by virtually eliminating the Gore's aides contend the policy- in secrecy. In reports issued Wednesday, Chinese media said. Kim, decade. words George W. Bush fromhis based critique will win votes over 58, and senior Chinese leaders "reached consensus on major issues of Gore's.proposal - costing $1 vocabulary and infusing each cam- time, they nevertheless have shifted common concern in an intimate and friendly atmosphere." billion in new spending over five' paign event with a touch of personal from dissecting the opposition to Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue, briefing reporters on years - would expand Medicare biography. ' selling their own candidate. the visit, said Kim hailed China's capitalist-style reforms but said coverage for cancer patients, add "I know from my own family's In recent days, the often-reticent Pyongyang is "building Korean-style socialism according to its own colorectal screening to Medicaid experience what cancer can do to a vice president has described an situation. " .and set aside money to develop can- family," he said under sunny skies environmental book recommended Chinese government sources said the news blackout, in place cer care guidelines'. As president, he at Emory University here. "Many us by his mother, promoted mental since Kim arrived in Beijing by train on Monday, had been imposed said he would also give federal here have made sense of a loss by health care with his wife Tipper and as a security precaution at the request of North Korea. workers paid time off for cancer rededicating ourselves to the hope reminisced about his experiences The trip, made just two weeks before Kim is supposed to meet his screening .. of a cure for others' loved ones." slipping out of Saigon for weekend South Korean counterpart, Kim Dae-jung, in a historic summit in "If I'm entrusted with the presi- The oblique comments referred furloughs at the popular Vietnamese Pyongyang, provided the first glimpse of a man who runs- one of the dency, I will work with you to put to Gore's late sister Nancy, who beach resort Vungtau. world's last hard-line Communist states.
,/
We wish all graduates a Bright and Prosperous Career ahead! Page 4 June 2, 2000
Writing •
..,.~- .. r Chairman ...- The Truth Satwiksai e hasai '01 - Editor in Chief Frank Dabek Franl}.,J1!!> Ii'00 It will be its aim topromote the interests of Bu ine n ger the students of the Institute, and maintain a Jasmine Richards '02 friendly spirit among them, breaking down the anaging Editor ancient barriers of class and department. It Ryan Ochylski '01 will exercise a guardian care over the mem- bers of the school, protecting the Freshman, E ecuti e Editor curbing the Sophomore, correcting the Junior, Gregory F. Kuhnen '00 and supporting the Senior in his old age. It NEWS STAFF' will open an avenuefor the expression of pub- Director: aveen unkavally '01; Editqr : lic opinion, and will aim, in every possible Rima Arnaout '02, Kevin R. Lang '02; way, to help the development of their young sociate Editor: Laura McGrath manhood and womanhood. . Moulton '01, Sanjay Basu '02; Dana Levine '02, Mike Hall '03, Matthew Palmer The Tech, Vol. I, No. I (Nov ..16, 1881) '03; taff: Anna K. Benefiel '00, Zareeoa Hussain '00, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Kristen 'Over a century after The Tech's first board Landino '02, David Bailey '02, Efren : Gutierrez '03, Karen E. Robin on '02, of.editors penned these forward looking lines, Cristina Rou sel '03, Aurora Schmidt '03; I find myself looking .back at the work I've eteorologi t : Veronique BugnionG, Peter done in shaping the future those editors tried HuybersG, Greg LawsonG, Bill Ramstrom G, to envision. Chris E. Forest,Marek Zebrowski. Would Arthur W. Walker 1882 and the PRODUCTlO STAFF scores of men and women who have served as Editor: Mary Obelnicki G, Eric J. GENETICALLY EEAED editor in chief before me approve of The Tech Cholankeril '02, Ian Lai '02, Jordan Rubin '02; s:ooos WORRY as it stands in its 120th volume? Would they ociate Editor: Stacia Swanson '03; taff: excuse the editorial foibles of a group of Jane Maduram '03, Jennifer Shieh '03, / apprentice journalists to appreciate a paper Gayani Tillekeratne '03. that still strives to inforin, to promote student OPlNlON STAFF interests, and to air campus opinion? Or Editor: Eric J. Plosky '99, Michael would my predecessors side with those on this J. Ring '0 I; ociate Editor: Kri campus who see The Tech as pushy, intrusive, Schnee '02; Columnist: Veena Thomas '02; taU: Michael Borucke '01, Philippe C. and sensationalist? Larochelle '03. In the last four years The Tech's pages SPORTS STAFF have' been filled with painful, unflattering sto- Editor: Ming-Tai Huh '02; Staff: Ethan T. ries about the MIT community: deaths, Goetz· '00, Amir Mesarwi '00, Nisha protest, alcohol incidents, and controversy. Singh '00, Justin M. Verdirame '00, CIGARETTE? But these pages only serve to mirror the Deborah S. Won '00, Susan Buchman '01, painful reality of their times:' MIT has Alvan Eric P. Loreto '01, Jeffrey Colton '02, / bounced from controversy to controversy Brian K. Richter '02, Jennifer C. Lee '03. since the death of Scott S. Krueger '01 three ARTS STAFF years ..ago. Editor: Rebecca Loh '01, Annie S. Choi; The Tech has shown MIT at its worst sociate Editor: Fred Choi '02; taff: because we have a duty to inform the commu- Erik Blankinship G, Daniel Metz G, Steven nity of all news, even news it would rather not R. L. Millman G, Bence P. Olveczky G, Roy hear. This paper is published by students and Rodenstein G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, for students but must be ruled by a journalistic Zarminae Ansari '97, Tzu-Mainn Chen '99, Mark Huang '99, Michael D. Frakes '00, ethic that values the truth over popular opin- Kate Samrandvedhya '00, Francisco • ion. We must print the truth even when our Delatorre '0 I, Amrita Ghosh '02, Jacob readership (and even our staff) would rather Beniflah '03, Daniel J. Katz '03, Amy let silence reign. When I met Helen Thomas, Meadows '03, Heather Anderson. the dean of the White House press corps, she PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF distilled this ethos into its most basic form: Editors: Karlene Rosera '00, James Camp G; "write the truth," she told me. Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Krzysztof Gajos G, We have demonstrated this dedication in Sephir Hamilton G, Wan Yusof Wan covering stories like the death of Richard Morshidi G, Michelle Povinelli G, Omar Guy '99 despite the backlash from East Cam- Roushdy G, Jelena SrebriCG, R. Sumner G, T. pus residents whose less than friendly Luke Young G, Joseph Su G, Stefan Carp '00, response to the media was "press vultures go Jorg Scholvin '00, Ajai Bharadwaj '01, Ying Lee '01, James Snyder '01, Yi Xie '02, Lucy home." In the same spirit, however, The Tech Yang '02, Roshan Baliga '03, Leonid followed the Cambridge City Council elec- Drozhinin '03, Wendy Gu '03, Dasha tions which this year included Erik C. Lymar '03, Cheng Pei '03, Cyndi Snowberg '99. We also covered the IFC's Vongvanith '03, Miodrag Cirkovic. rally to raise funds for leukemia. No one, FEATURES STAFF including Tech reporters, can be expected to Editor: Katie Jeffreys '01;. Associate be unbiased, but by covering the good with Editor: Aaron D. Mihalik '02; Cartoonists: the bad they demonstrate that they are fair. Aaron Isaksen G, Solar Olugebefola G, The Tech represents something every campus Mathew Wong '00, Jennifer Dimase '01, needs: a voice that speaks to students and fac- David Kong '01, Jocelyn Lin '01, Baris ulty alike but is independent of both. Yiiksel '02, Alison Wong '03, Lara Kirk- has come a long way in 120 ham '03; Staff: Anirban Nayak '00, David The Tech Ngo '02, Katherine H. Allen '03, Bushra B. years, but the potential of this paper is as great Makiya '03, Sonali Mukherjee '03 .. as it was in 1881. When Ireturn to campus as BUSINESS STAFF a cardinal-clad alumnus I hope to pick up a Advertising Managers: Joey Dieckhans '00, newspaper that takes the time to explore non- Huanne T. Thomas '02; Operations breaking news issues in depth, promotes Manager: Dan McGuire '99; Staff: Erica MIT's sports and arts programs to the extent Pfister '00, Rachael Johnson '02, Kiwah they deserve, incites students to become Kendrick '02, Dashonn Graves '03. involved in the city and world around them, TECHNOLOGY STAFF and, above all, remains unafraid to write Director: Shantonu Sen '02; Staff: Chris the troth. . McEniry '00. EDITORS AT LARGE Contributing Editors: Brett Altschul G, Gabor Csanyi G, Daniel C. Stevenson G, Garry R. Maskaly '00. Letters and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, address- ADVISORY BOARD Opinion Policy es, and phone numbers. Unsigned letters will not be accepted. No let- Paul E. Schindler, Jr.' '74, V. Michael Editorials are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written ter or cartoon will be printed anonymously without the express prior Bove '83, Barry Surman '84, Robert E. by the editorial board, which consists of the chairman, editorin approval of The Tech. The Tech reserves the right to edit or condense Malchman '85, Thomas T. Huang '86, Simson chief, managing editor, news editors, and opinion editors. letters; shorter letters will be given higher priority. Once submitted, Garfinkel '87, Jonathan Richmond PhD '91, Dissents are the opinions of the signed members of the editorial all letters become property of The Tech, and will not be retmned. The Josh Hartmann '93, Jeremy Hylton '94, board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. Thomas R. Karlo '97, Saul Blumenthal '98, Tech makes no commitment to publish all the letters received. Columns and editorial cartoons are written by individuals and Indranath Neogy '98, Joel Rosenberg '99, B. D.Colen. represent the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the news- PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE paper. To Reach Us igbt Editors: Ryan Ochylski '01, Jordan Lette to the editor are welcome. Electronic submissions are telephone number is (617) 253-1541. E-mail is the Rubin '02; taft": Satwiksai Seshasai '01. encouraged and june be sent to [email protected]. Hard The Tech's copy submissions june be addressed to The Tech, P.O. Box 397029, easiest way to reach any member of our staff. If you are unsure who Cambridge, Mass. 02139-7029, or sent by iJiterdepartmental mail to to contact, send mail to [email protected],and it will be Room W20-483. All submissions are due by 4:30 p.m. two days directed to the appropriate person. The Tech can be found on the before the date of publication. World-Wide Web at http://the-tech.mit.edu. June 2, 2000 OPINION THE TECH Page 5 Moments Following the Beat of Life Of MIT Learning Life's Lessons from Profiles in Service Guest Column the people. Since then, he founded the And in May, just before his Congressional School of the Americas Watch and is spend- testimony, Hans von Sponeck spoke at Har- Douglas E. Heimburger Felix AuYeung ing his time and energy educating Americans vard "about why he ended his 32-year career about the millions of taxpayer dollars that is with the United Nations. Fact after fact, he Today is my last day as a student of the Two years ago, I postponed my decision to . being spent on training Latin American sol- explained his reasons for resigning his post as Massachusetts Institute of Technology. enter the 'real world" by turning down a cor- diers to victimize their own citizens. The the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator and the I agonized for months over what I would porate job offer and coming to MIT for gradu- SOA manual, released by the Pentagon, head of the "Oil for Food" program. In the write in this space. After all, how does one ate studies instead. revealed strategies to end, he could not live condense the experience that is MIT into a Now, I am graduating again, and about to target labor organizers with the death and suf- concise and meaningful work? I've been participate in what wilt probably be my last and teachers, tech- fering the comprehen- thinking about what I would write here for Commencement. But this time, although I niques of interrogation In the stmgglefor justice, they sive sanctions were months, and I never came up with something can't describe to you what my next job will be including torture and imposing on innocent truly exciting, truly inspirational. about, I know with confidence what my life arrest of relatives, and prioritize the welfare of all living Iraqi civilians, in But perhaps it is this failure that defines will be about. other tactics violating beingsfirst. While some planned direct contradiction to the MIT experience. Although the admis- This past semester, I made full use of my human rights. the founding charter of sions office and the news office may try stay at MIT and the general Boston area, In March, Howard their lives tofulfill their human the U.N. and numerous valiantly, there is no single set of words that which attract a wealth of resources, includ- Lyman came to MIT international human can be described as MIT. I'm not even going ing profoundly intelligent and inspiring peo- to tell his story about ideals, others realized them along rights declarations and to try here. Instead, I'm going to share some ple. I embraced as many opportunities as how he transformed ~e~andcMngedd~dwm. treaties. The genocide ramblings that I've had over the past few possible to listen to what they have to say, from a millionaire cat- that purposely targets weeks. these people who have devoted their lives to tle ranger in Texas to civilians and has The last four years have been perhaps the public service, from a United Nations offi- a vegan, and how he claimed over 1.7 mil- best four years and the worst four years to be cial to revolutionary leaders from other parts changed from someone who had caused lion lives over the past ten years of U.N. sanc- an MIT student. We are the last graduating of the world. What are their perspectives, more suffering for animals than everyone in tions is in fact opposed by many countries, but class that was here in the days of the "old MIT" having so much more experience and wis- the room combined to the target of a lawsuit is continued because of U.S. and British for- - the days before liability and responsibility dom than myself? when he spoke about the disgusting secret eign policy insistence and their veto power were the first two words in any conversation. I asked one woman, a former senior engi- of factory farming on the Oprah Winfrey within the Security Council to block the For the last three years, the Institutehas been in neer who worked at TRW, point-blank: What show. After a one-in-a-million chance repeal of the sanctions. a period of seismic,change;these changes have would you say to graduating engineers and surgery to his spine, he vowed on his life to Although they come from different back- offered challengesand opportunitiesto students scientists 'about their tell others of his personal experience as an ground and different countries, although that have been unparalleled in recent memory. career choices insider in the meat industry. fhey work on different issues using different Yet, at the same time, we have had to deal with The day after, Vandana Shiva spoke in a strategies, they all share a common thread. the painful experience of being under Boston church and then at MIT, about the Perhaps Dr. Nira Schwartz, the senior engi- the media spotlight, and seeing dangers people in India and the rest of the neer who blew the whistle on the fraudulent our friends ostracized by world are facing with uncontrolled genet- results TRW was producing to back the dys- the Boston Globe ically engineered foods, pushed functional Star Wars missile defense pro- every time a onto people by corporate gram and was then subsequently dismissed mistake hap- interests. She has a Ph.D. in from the company, described that connec- pened. . particle physics, but has dedicated tion most succinctly. Responding to my There have been other her life to defending farmers, street ven- question about career choices, she said after critical times in MIT history - dors, and others from the ill effects of the a panel discussion at MIT: "Follow your those attending the Institute during profit-making motives that are 'eroding the heart; and whatever you do, always tell the World War II were thrown out of the livelihoods of people. Her group recently truth." dormitories on a week's notice when and how they would affect positive won a court case in India overturning a Indeed, these people and many others, the military decided it needed the space social change? U.S. company's patent on a plant that was from City of Cambridge Peace Commission- for barracks. But there are few times in Insti- Looking back, I think each person part of the Indian indigenous culture for er Cathy Hoffman to Bikes Not Bombs tute history when so much has changed cul- answered this question indirectly with many centuries. founder Carl Kurz, are doing just that - liv- turally - for better or for worse - than the their life's work. In February, Father Two activists from the Revolutionary ing life according to their own ideals, and past three years. Roy Bourgeois spoke at MI)', detailing, Association of Women of Afghanistan, speaking the truth to power. In the struggle This' fall, the Class of 2004 will enter his life from an U.S. serviceman during Sajeda Hayat and Sehar Saba, came to for justice, they prioritize the welfare of all MIT and will .likely be able to say the same the Vt~tnam War to becoming a Mary- speak at MIT in April about the murders living beings first. While some planned their thing in four years. They're going to experi- knoll priest working with the poor in and oppression of women and dissidents lives to fulfill their human ideals, others ence seismic changes that are perhaps even South America, who were constantly in Afghanistan under the brutal Taliban realized them along the way and changed larger than what we, the Class of 2000, have threatened by their military, govern- rule. At just 20 and 26 years of age, they directions. To the graduating class, I humbly experienced. After all, they'll be the class ments trained and armed by the United have already endured much hardship, ask you to listen for the beat of life: When uniquely positioned to see residence selec- States. He witnessed daily crimes such as have been forced to live underground, and you hear it, then follow it, speak it, act it, tion under the time-tested method used for assassinations and massacres committed by are now putting their lives inthe direct dan- live it. the past 30 years and the new all-freshmen- graduates of the School of the Americas, ger in order to mobilize support and fight Felix AuYeung is graduating with a Master on-campus system. based in Fort Benning, Georgia, before he against a military government that is terror- of Science degree from the Department of But it isn't the major changes that make up was deported from Bolivia for siding with izing its own people. Mechanical Engineering. the MIT experience. What I will remember the most of these years are the spontaneous conversations, the day-to-day experiences that define the life of an MIT student. I will also Enjoying an Irreverent Tour of the Institute remember the one-time special events, like the ConcludeJourney Through MIT with Something a Little Unpredictable Millennium Ball, the I-Campus Kickoff, the Infinite Buffet, and the speech of Chinese Pre- couches suspended from the ceiling and the weekly free time enjoyed by the average mier Zhu Rongji, that show how special it is Anna K. Benefiel musical staircase at TEP, and the incredible MIT undergraduate. to be an MIT student. Yes, classes were creativity and vibrancy of student culture In reality, I came to MIT because it is an important, but they are far from the top of the I love giving tours of MIT. here in our FSILG and dormitory system - irreverent, quirky place with a character that list of things that I remember from the past For those ninety minutes, I get to be the a system currently characterized by fresh- defies precise description. MIT is a meritoc- four years. embodiment of the MIT spirit ~ a responsi- man choice. racy. We give out no honorary degrees, we I remember one particular moment vivid- bility which I enjoy not taking too seriously. I . When I run into people around campus dur- have no athletic scholar- ly. It was June 1997, and I was at Logan, get to tell the most bizarre and captivating sto- ing the course of the tour, I ships, there is no heading home to visit my parents. Juggling ries I can remember from the last four years, ask them if they have any valedictorian. We an overnight bag, reading material, and stories of our undergraduate experiences at pensive reflections to are a school of lunch (as usual, I was running to catch my MIT, to a more or less attentive audience. . share. The most cre- thinkers, but also of flight), I was a humorous sight. The person Aside from the normal Smoots-across-the- ative answer ever? doers: people who build fish in front of me turned and said "You must be bridgeIR1D2-and-Campus- Police cruiser-on- Probably, "Look at tanks and rewire the lighting in the hall- an MIT student. Only MIT students would the - dome/ fre shm an -y e ar-p ass-no- me now. I'm a grad- way to turn off when someone picks up the be able to juggle so much without dropping record/eighty-percent-of-Baker-House-roorns- uating senior. I was much taller and cuter lounge phone. MIT is a school for the curi- something." Turns out that he was an MIT have-a-view-of- Boston!one-to-thirteen- facul- when I got here freshman year. Don't major in ous, interesting, and passionate person. You alum from the 1960s. ty-student-ratio/LSC-shows-movies-in-26- computer science, this is what happens to won't truly enjoy MIT without these quali- Thank you, MIT, for teaching me to juggle 1OO-on-weekends-for-S2.50/340-recognized- you." ties, but you can't make it through without so much - classes, research, work, activities, student-groups-at-MIT, When I pause at least some ingenuity and courage. I think, and life in general. As much as the past four the "regular" spiel, I intermittently during though, that it makes us all better people to years have been trying, challenging, and at talk about our class the rapid-fire-tour- have survived (however narrowly) the harsh- times frustrating, I wouldn't give up the expe- ring and the letters Iti reality, I came to MIT speech for questions, I ness of the educational experience at the rience of being here for almost anything. I radiating from the tiny am invariably asked 'Tute. will wear my Brass Rat with pride, and will sun on it, about the last because it is an irreverent, quirky why I chose MIT over Today as we graduate, you should do never feel embarrassed when someone asks round of the 2.007 con- place with a charaaer that defies schools of similar cal- something unusual, something a little unpre- where I went to school. test this year, ahout iber: I suppose the dictable, on your walk up the red carpet to Perhaps one of my friends put it best last nerd kits in lab classes, precise description. MIT is a short answer is: both get your degree. You know, mix it up a bit week when he reminded me how much pride about Tarky being pub- of my parents went to for the video cameras and photographers. In we can take just in being here at MIT. "After lished in Science, and meritocracy.Uregive out no Stanford and wanted five years, we'll all look back on this day all," he said; "we are living someone else's about 'singing "Pomp me to go there, so I and wish we could have again the freedom dream." Just look at how many people apply and Circumstance" honorary degrees,we have no came here instead. Of of these moments - the freedom of the each year to the Institute, and one can see that with the Chorallaries athletic scholarships, there is no course, I'm mostly young, energetic, and ambitious. many would give up almost anything to be on' kazoos for Charm joking. Sometimes I In closing, aside from the incessant shak- here. I am one of those people; I am eminently School's commence- valedictorian. ~ are a 'schoolof explain that I came to ing (too much caffeine) and the addiction to thankful that I had the chance to have the best ment during lAP. MIT to be intensely 'Athena and Zephyr (sadly, incurable), I think four years of my life here. Goodbye, MIT, and I mention the sur- thinkers, but also of doers. traumatized by four I've emerged from MIT mostly unscarred. thanks for all the memories. prise two-foot snow- years of no sleep, little When I board my flight, one week from Doug Heimburger served as Editor in fall on April Fool's nutritional sustenance, today, and leave Boston far, far behind, I'll Chief of The Tech in 1998. He graduates Day, 1996, and the slip and slide in the hall- and an infinite series of problem sets, lab miss the Institute and walking around it with today with a bachelor's degree in Manage- ways of East Campus. I mention that multi- reports, and essay assignments: a workload my fellow travelers. It's been a wonderful ment Science, and starts work at Amazon.com ple choice 18.03 test where negative ten that no earthling could reasonably be expect- four-year tour, my friends. I hope we get to in Seattle next month. points was considered passing. I mention ed to complete in the forty-five minutes of do it again sometime. We would like to congratulate the MITISloan Class of 2000 and welcome the following people to our teamt:
Full Time Associates Summer Associates R. Todd Fischer Denis Sedes Richard Kao Lu Shen Herman Rissola
CREDIT FIRST SU SSE· BOSTON June 2, 2000 THE TECH Page7 FEATURES Leslie Stahl: From Behind The Podium
By Anlrban Nayak own people did not see it, and I did not see it. STAFF REPORTER But the camera went in and found it," she said. Last Tuesday, Leslie Stahl, 60 Minutes cor- While the camera became Dan Quayle's respondent and reporter for CBS News, gave a enemy, Stahl said that some politicians like lecture at the main branch of the Boston Pub- Bill Clinton "can mask completely what's lic Library. While promoting her new book going on inside." In fact, Clinton is so good Reporting Live, Stahl spoke at length on vari- on camera that, according to Stahl, every time ous aspects of television journalism, her expe- he makes a televised speech, his public riences at CBS, and the many scandals involv- approval ratings soar. ing the Clinton administration. Stahl remarked that Clinton had vigorously From the outset of her talk, Stahl revealed used these high approval ratings to make it her fascination with the television camera. more difficult for the Senate to impeach him "The TV camera loves and hates as if it were a during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Accord- person," she said. "It loves some politicians ing to her, it was no coincidence that he had like Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton and dis- decided to address the nation on TV two days likes others likeBob Dole and Dan Quayle." after the House prosecuting team had made a She cited an instance when she interviewed compelling case for his ouster. Dan Quayle during the 1992 presidential cam- Besides commenting on the Clinton scan- paign. During the interview, Quayle had appar- dals, Stahl talked a great deal about 60 Min- ently responded to her questions very diplo- utes. "I love what I 'am doing, and I love 60 Minutes," she said. "We choose our own stories. We pick what we're gonna cover, and so we're The 7V camera loves and hates as involved, passionate, and caring about everything we do on the if it were a person. It loves some show." She also said that she felt 'politicians like Ronald Reagan and younger ever since she had joined Bill Clinton and dislikes others like 60 Minutes. "But, of course, you'd feel younger too if you worked Bob Dole and Dan Quayle. with guys that old," she explained jokingly with reference to her -Leslie Stahl male colleagues on the show. Although the current atmos- phere at CBS News abounds with humor and camaraderie, , mati cally. He had not committed any of his this was not always the case, said Stahl. Dur- usual gaffes, and it had seemed to Stahl that he ing her early years at the network, she had AN/ROAN NAYAK - THE TECH leslie Stahl spent two hours last Tuesday signing books for fans at the Boston Public had succeeded in giving a good interview. encountered a great deal of Sexism. HOwever, the next day when she zoomed in "When the Watergate story broke, CBS , Ubrary. on Quayle's face while editing the videotaped sent me. It was a measure of how unimportant interview, Stahl noticed that "the camera had CBS thought the story was in the beginning," ington politics. When the show's moderator during re-election time, he wanted very much gone in and magnified and pulled out whatev- she said. However, as Watergate started to once asked, "Well folks, what's the gossip about to improve his image on the issue. So while er fears and insecurities he was feeling and become one of the biggest scandals of the cen- John Ehrlichman,' one of her male colleagues campaigning, he would engage in activities basically blew them up on the screen." tury, the story was essentially taken away from pointed to her and replied, ''Well, if it's gossip such as inaugurating new nursing homes and She explained, "When the camera was in her and given to one of her male colleagues. you want, that's why we have a woman here." hugging and putting medals around kids at the so tight, Quale had that 'deer caught in the She also remembered a time when the Despite these obstacles, Stahl maintained handicapped Olympics. During these times, he headlights' look, and this changed the whole male reporters of her rank were given "huge, that her early years with CBS were positive would, of course, invite the press along to get - quality of the interview. Because instead of fabulous offices," while she was relegated to a because they were "a huge learning experi- some free publicity. seeing someone confidently answering all the room that had "cartons stacked up, old news- ence." She had made her share of mistakes as While covering these events, Stahl was questions, he seemed to be unsure of himself. papers piled up, and had a second grade chil- a rookie and had learned from them. keenly aware of Reagan's ulterior motives. So He seemed scared." dren's desk in it." One such mistake occurred when she was every time the camera showed Reagan's Surprisingly, Quale's ill-at-ease expression What was most frustrating to Stahl during covering Ronald. Reagan's reelection cam- affected support for nursing homes and the was not readily apparent to Stahl while she her early days as a newswoman was that her paign in 1984. Apparently, Reagan had pro- handicapped, Stahl would steadfastly remind was conducting the interview. She said, "Even male peers refused to take her seriously. She posed some budget cuts in federally funded her viewers of his budget cuts. when I sat knee to knee with him, this look recalled a time when she was the only woman nursing homes and benefits for the handi- was not there. Our producers-did not see it, his on a roundtable TV show that discussed Wash- capped. These cuts were very unpopular, and Stahl, Page 8
. f/) The Artist in Residence program sponsors 12 to 24 artists each year, -.,,,,.<- each of wlrom works with a depart- By Michelle Povlnelll ment o'r departments within the STAFF WRITER Institute. Willow is co-sponsored by A curious addition to Lobby 10 Mitchel Resnick, professor of Media appeared last week: two chairs, facing Arts and Science, and Martha Gray, one another and melded into a metal co-director of the Health Sciences helix structure. Overhead, a noisemaker and Technology Program. Resnick created soothing, swooshing sounds as has collaborated with Willow on the chairs rocked. The installation, children's education projects which called SEAt, was created by MIT Artist mix art with technology. For exam- in Residence Diane Willow with input ple, a girl in an after-school program from Lee Knight '00. "built a birdfeeder with a sensor and "I wanted to create an experience to a motor. When a bird came to eat, it alleviate stress, especially during exam would take a picture," said Resnick. time," said Willow. ''You would have to Willow is collaborating with mem- use your body, create a rhythm to create bers of HST to develop interactive a contemplative experience. And the media projects for use in pediatric seats are broad enough that if you don't medicine. know someone, you still feel comfort- In line with current campus trends, able." , several visitors seemed intrigued with Response to SEAt was quite posi- the marketing possibilities of SEAt. tive, as seen from the entries in SEAt's Said one, "If you mass produce, put it guest book. "They should be all over. on the Internet," and another simply campus!" remarked one visitor, and stated, "How much do you want for another, "Sure beats those dull booths it." Willow is, in fact, looking into the we usually have in Lobby 10." One entry while, 1 wanted to know how far it would untimely demise late Wednesday when it was possibility of patenting the design. bragged, "We fit 11 people on this thing! So turn before it stopped," said one person, and flipped upside down, damaging the noise- SEAt may be loaned out to departments much fun!" "1 was afraid to really see if I could rock it maker. It will be relocated to La Sala de with space to give it a temporary home. However, not all were content to sit and into flipping it over ... have you tried?" Puerto Rico as part of Tech Reunion activi- Those interested should contact Maureen contemplate. "After playing with it for a Someone apparently did as SEAt met an ties. Costello at x3-4004 . • , .... '~"; :..:.1•• -;.------~~====~"=~- --~------~.-;,;.------' Page 8 June 2, 2000 This Week in MIT History Viewpoint
What are you doing after graduation?
I'm going to a wireless internet startup and Start working on my new finishing up my MEng. I feel that MIT has company with some been the dad pro- friends. And I'm taking a viding for the vacation in Las Vegas. Oh tuition and learn- Wait, I live there. ing, but never Chris Brocum really looked out XIII (Economics) for us. Josh Glazer I'm going to work in the VI (Computer Bay area for Clorox. I Science) get free' kitty litter and salad dressing! Lisa Mittelstaedt Working for an aerospace X (Chemical company in Boulder, CO Engineering) Dave Carpenter XVI (Aeronautics and Astronautics) I'm going where its cold Summer Fun - Minnesota - and get- ting away from people, but I have a goodjob. I am taking a month off to For Everyone: work for the government Dylan Birtolo concerning National VI, VII (Computer MIT Vacation Activities Abound Security. If I told you any Science, Biology) more, I'd have to kill you By Katherine Allen For example, the Assassins Guild runs Patrol, Keith Lancey STAFF WRITER their weekly high-action combat game, every XVIIIC (Mathematics and I'm taking a road trip Finals are over, Commencement is upon us, Saturday night from 8-11 p.m. throughout the Computer Science) across the country - and the sun has started beating down upon the summer (and during the term), and welcomes otherwise known as brick and mortar of MIT. Many students have new players. . moving all my stuff to gone away for well-deserved vacations, but for Many local theatre and musical groups, Seattle for grad school. I am going to Los .Ange- those who remain, the question arises, ''What small and large, have summer shows or per- Beth Haynes is there to do around here during the summer?" formances. The Musical Theatre Guild does a les to help build satellites. IX (Brain and When work is through, Boston offers a summer show each year, and has auditions Megan Pitts Cognitive Sciences) smorgasbord of activities for the fun-seeking coming up, which are open to all MIT com- II (Mechanical student. For example, the MIT boathouse munity members. Engineering) offers "Learn to Sail" lessons Wednesdays at There are hundreds of museums around 5:15 p.m. and Sundays at 10:00 a.m. during Boston, some of which offer discounted days I'm touring Spain, and I'm attempting to find then going to grad school. the summer. See < http://web.mit.edulmit-sail- or times during the summer. The Science something to do with the ingIwwwILearntoSailllessons.html> for more Museum is always free with an MIT ID, and Edward Early rest of my life. Some- XVIII Mathematics information. the Childrens' Museum is $1.00 from 5-9 p.m. thing not in my major, There are also hundreds of beaches within on Fridays. The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Biology. ' range of a day-trip, including a few on the is also free for MIT students. Greg Gaskin Blue line of the T. -"Duck Tours," a local Another interesting daytime activity is the ,- VII (Biology) Compiled by Alison' Wong land/sea tours service, also offer an interesting Freedom Trail, a winding and well-marked way to see get away from the Institute and see path through the historical attractions of what Boston has to offer. downtown Boston that takes most of an after- For those less enthralled with the water, noon to walk. .Pictures Louder than Words there are many land-based activities around To find MIT people planning day trips as well.
MIT's Oldest and Larges.t Ne~spaper.
The Tech was the first publication on the Intemet, and continues to publish content • on the web. Feel emmu free to browse
actions, A.R.T's pro- However, Leontes' wife, Hermione (Mirjana ragtag rogue Autolycus, are particularly duction is a testimony Jokovic), begs him to stay. When Polixenes amusing to watch. The attention of the audi- to the opposite: how agrees to delay his departure, Leontes goes ence that may have swayed a little in the first The Winter's .Tale artists of different 00- into a jealous rage that results in the death of half of the production, is here firmly cap- gins fail to connect his son, Mamillius (Oliver Poole). Henry tured by the comedians. After Romanian Woronicz diligently displays Leontes' psy- The finale, a reconciliation between the A Cold Tale maven Andrei er- chological torment, but the tensions leading regretful Leontes and the forgiving Polix- By Bence P. 0 eczky ban's recent succes es with The Merchant of up to the tragedy are never felt, only implied, , enes, bring the worlds of Bohemia and Sicil- STAFF WRITER Venice and Taming of the Shrew, A.R.T once In the first act, the stage is confined by ia together in a symbiotic reunion. It's a Written by William Shakespeare again summoned a creative team from the large black walls with a sliding door letting in beautiful ending, but it also exposes the Directed by Slobodan Unkovski Bal ans for its annual Shakespeare staging. varying amounts of light. Meta Hocevar's weakness of the preceding three hours, Set design by Meta Hocevar But accomplished Macedonian director Slo- design is a poor-man's Bob Wilson set, lack- reminding us of the missed opportunities. With Henry Woronicz, John Douglas Thomp- bodan Unkovski and Slovenian set designer ing the aesthetic quality of the American the- This could have been a engrossing produc- son, Mirjana Jokovic, Jovan Rameau, Oliver Meta Hocevar fail to ignite the Cambridge ater guru's minimalist designs, though keep- tion about jealousy, regret, and redemption. Poole, Remo Airaldi, and Thomas Derrah audience the way Serban did. The production ing with his geometrical program. Instead it's an inconsistent and fragmented American Repertory Theatre lacks a consistent theme, raising the suspi- Fortunately things turn around after the production that - albeit entertaining in parts Loeb Drama Center cion that the Balkan "dream team" got stuck intermission when the attention focuses on - fails to do justice to Shakespeare's play. 64 Brattle Street in. the cultural gap that clearly divides them Bohemia. Polixenes, after having escaped an ' It's a shame, because there is so much tal- Until June 11at the Loeb Drama Center on from the actors. The A.R. T ensemble is try- assassination attempt by the enraged Leontes, ent assembled, particularly Mirjana Jokovic 64 Brattle Street. ing its best, but the performances often fail to returns home to his festive homeland. who plays Hermione. In her native Tickets are $24-$57. Student rush tickets, $15, serve Unkovski's ideas. The result is a show Unkovski and Hocevar have made Bohemia Yugoslavia, Jokovic is a true film star, and her are available 30 minutes before the perfor- lacking in cohesion. into a fantastic land reminiscent of the tales captivating performances in Emir Kusturica's mance. The play starts in Sicilia which, in A.R.T's of Arabian Nights, complete with belly acclaimed Underground, Goran Paskeljevic's production, is a cold and alienating land. dancers and dark-skinned beauties. In stark Cabaret Balkan has made her one of European Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is a tragi- Sicilia's citizens are filled with angst and sub- contrast to Sicilia, the stage is an explosion of cinema's leading ladies. It is clear that her dra- comedy about the clash and reconciliation dued neuroticism, a la August Strindberg and pas-tel color, looking like a combination matic talents are wasted in this production. between two different worlds - the bleak and Henrik Ibsen. The King of Bohemia, Pol ix- between a Gaugin painting and Barbieland. A.R. T director Robert Brustein' s efforts to stem Sicilia and the generous and Epicurean enes (John Douglas Thompson), is bidding The Bohemian revelry gives ample room bring Eastern- European actors and directors to Bohemia. But while Shakespeare's play shows farewell after visiting his childhood friend, the for A.R.T's trademark slapstick. Remo Airal- the U.S. and vice versa are laudable indeed, the redeeming qualities of cross-cultural inter- Sicilian king L ontes (Henry Woronicz). di, as The Clown, and Thomas Derrah, as the and it is a brave and risky undertaking.
BOOK REVIEW jargon to the book. Other gems sure to be caught by any- one who has even Acts of the Apostles walked past a Course VI class in Pulp Fiction/or NerrlB session include a reference to a By Frank Dabek "Latex chip" and a self-destructing diskette. EDITOR IN CHIEF One thing that does keep this work inter- Written by John Sundman esting is the characters. The hero of Acts of Published by Rosalita Associates the Apostles is Nick Aubrey, a software 359 p., paperback engineer in Digital MicroSystems, who is faced with the daunting task of saving the . Big Brother is big news again. Personal world from becoming mindless zombies information, from readers' taste in novels to under the control of "Dijjy-Mike" president criminals' DNA, is online and potentially Monty Meekham. ' accessible. The accelerating pace of this per- Aubrey is a code-jockey that many at this ceived attack on privacy has recently prompted Institute can relate to: it's refreshing to see the Federal Trade Commission to propose leg- someone other than an ex-Green Beret dodg- islation for protecting . consumer privacy on the web. First-time author John Sundman mixes these privacy concerns with a healthy dose of biotechnology para- noia in his techno- thriller novel Acts' of the Apostles .. The result is a book that could have been a smart exami- nation of topical Internet-age concerns but, burdened by plot that escapes any hope of plausibility and amateur lan- guage drowned in jargon, is reduced to a pulpy sci-fi thriller. Acts is a good yarn, however, if one is willing to read it with a hefty suspen- sion of disbelief and overlook its linguis- tic shortcomings. Acts' story, though interesting, is far- fetched even for the thriller genre: a Bill . Gates equivalent and Saddam Hussain collaborate to enslave ing bullets and stealing Scud missiles. the human race using nanomachines and Aubrey's failed marriage, failed career and Java. Acts unfortunately mistakes a Simply frequent missteps in his pursuit of Meekham confusing and needlessly complicated story only endear him to the reader. On the other for genuine suspense. hand, it's hard not to find some sympathy for Paid Advertisement . ' Needless to say, Acts casts its net wide: a character who get fired, is accused of mur- Sundman touches on nanotechnology, Gulf dering a suicidal madman, is framed as a Campus Construction Updates War Syndrome, the high-tech culture, and, for kiddy-porn distributor, loses his wedding ring, Stata Center good measure, throws in a few sex scenes. and has.his house ransacked - all in one day. * A new construction fence is being installed around the Sundman has been a part of the technology The supporting cast of characters is entire site. culture he writes about and sometimes his notable for providing a faithful portrait of life observations are dead on. Conversations about * The squash courts attached to the Alumni Pool are being in high-tech corporate America. The contrast- "The Media Lab selling out to yet another cor- ing styles of "left" vs. "right" coast companies demolished. porate sponsor" or giant corporations creating provides a much-needed glimmer of interest. Building 18 collaborations with MIT could be picked out While Nick's foibles make him endear- * Temporary Faculty Offices. will be delivered and set up of tomorrow's headlines. ing, the spelling and grammatical errors in next week on the paved section of McDermott Court. However, lines like: "Any espresso this self-published novel don't help it earn a applett compiled with the common-object recommendation: readers looking for a qual- Building 33 request broker flag set totfalse' could use the ity thriller should look elsewhere. For the * Scaffolding is being set up for' renovation of the east facade. reverse address-resolution protocol to fake technophile who's read everything else, When completed this summer, the facade will have new out the polynomial checksum by sending a however, Acts is what it hopes to be: an windows as well as a new finish. lightweight thread through the kernel to reset interesting but unremarkable page-turner for * A slab for the hanger addition has been poured. The the floating-point mircocode" sound more that day at the beach. construction, which begins this week, includes structural like a buzzword-bingo card than realistic dia- Acts of the Apostles is available from ama- steel installation, windows and roofing. logue. It's painfully obvious that Sundman is zon.com and fatbrain.com or directly fromthe straining to add any bit of technical sounding publisher at
- BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - Thefollowing movies are playing this weekend at local i su ,but seem to lack tructu:re, and thu , loses some Director Ridley cott pull all the stop to create a visu- mar what would otherwise be an excellent, captivating theaters. The Tech suggests using of it impact. While orne wre tJing fan will enjoy ally tunning piece for the audience's viewing pleasure. film. - Lianne Habinek
of American Marine Impression- ists. The exhibition focuses on the significance and cohesiveness of Popular Music the group placed within the con- text of the period of American art. AXIS Next: 423-NEXT, 617-262-2437 13 Lansdowne St.
Jun. 16: Ian Brown. Cancelled. Other Events Jun. 17: Groove Armada. Jun. 29: Five Iron Frenzy. Second Annual Blues Night BenefIt Jul. 1: Tree. Jul. 6: Sunny Day Real Estate. Jun. 2, 8-12 a.m.: A southern barbecue on the Charles River With dancing on the dock to the Avalon music of local blues band Two 617-262-2424 Picks and a Bone. Proceeds ben- 15 lansdowne St. efit CBl's Jun~or Program. At Community Boating on the Jun. 2: Patti Smith, $22.50. Charles River Esplanade next to Jun. 15: Sonic Youth, $22.75. the Hatch Shell, Boston (accessi- Jun. 17: Strangefolk, $15.25. ble by the Charles/MGA T stop Jun. 25: Dropkick Murphy's, A ~eekly guide to the arts in Boston on the Red Line). Tickets $20 $12.25. • (barbecue and dancing), $10 Jun. 30: Insane Clown Posse, June 2 9 (dancing only). For more informa- . $25.25. tion call 523-1038. Jul. 15: Stereolab, $12.75. Compiled by F.red Choi Jul. 19: Spit Kickers Tour: De La SOUl, Common, Pharoahe 5end submissions to ottOthe-tech.mlt.edu or by Interdepertmental ...... to "On The Town," The Tech, W2G-483. Italian-Ame,lcan FIestas: Feast Monch, of Santa Matla DIAnzano Biz Markie", Talib Kewli and Hi- Jun. 2 at 2 p.m. through Jun. 4: Part of the North End's Italian Tech, TBA. Ticket prices vary. Call 354-8238 Jun. 13: Robbie Lee Quintet. p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., 10:15 Wed. after 4 p.m. fests. A"different patron saint is for more Info. p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. The oldest c0me- Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks BeIIrIee PetfotmllftCe center honored almost every weekend Jun: 2: Addison Groove Project. SCUlIets Jazz Club dy club in Boston showcases big- through all collections begin at Berklee College of Music during the summer with a proces- (All performers have two shows name, national comedians on 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; -Asian, 1140 Boylston St. . Jun. 2: The Dismemberment W sion, music, carnival games, and Plan per day unless otherwise noted.) weekends and up-and-coming local Egyptian, and Classical Walks pasta. The Madonna di Anzano Free student recitals and faculty talent during the week. At 245 begin at 11:30 a.m.: "American concerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. some Jun. 3: Lyres. Society celebrates its 95th year. Jun. 2-3: Ray Brown Trio With Quincy Market Place, Faneuil Hall, Painting and Decorative Arts weekdays. For info. on these con- Jun. 3: Sugar Coat. w It is the second oldest feast in Marlena Shaw. Upper Rotunda, Boston. Admission Walks begin at 12:30 p.m.; certs, call the Performance Infor- Jun. 4: Secret Chiefs: the North End. At Hanover St. in Jun. 6-7: Roy Haynes Trio With $lo-sa (weekend prices vary). Call -European Painting and Decorative the North End, Boston. For more mation line at 747-8820. Jun. 5: The Jupiter Project. 248-9700 for more information W Danilo Perez & John Patitucci. Arts Walks begin at 2:30 p.m.; Information, call 536-4100. Jun. 6: Del Tha Funkee Jun. 8: Kendrick Oliver and the and a complete Schedule. IntrodUctory tours are also offered Jun. 3: Bridge Over Troubled New Life Jazz Orchestra. Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Water Benefit Concert. Homosapien. Flamenco Festival Jun. 9-10: Hugh Masekela And Blue Man GtoUP Permanent Gallery Installations: Jun. 11: Aimee Mann and Michael Jun. 6: The Gloria Record. At the Emerson Majestic The- Sibongile Khumalo. Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton "Late Gothic Gallery, Wfeaturing a Penn. Jun. 7: Calexico. atre, 219 Tremon St., Boston Jun. 13: Sophia Betides With Street, Boston, indefinitely. Cur- restored 15th-century stained glass Jun. 17: Augusto Jun. 7: Warhorse. (accessible by the Boylston T cego. Doug Hammer. tain is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday window from Hampton Court, 14th- Jut. 8: Miriam Makeba. Stop on the Green Line). Tickets Jun. 8: L7. Jun. 14-15: Spyro Gyra. and Thursday, at 7 and 10 p.m. and 15th-century stone, alabaster, $40, $35, $28. For more infor- Jun. 8: The Delta 72. , Jun. 20-21: Bamboleo. on Friday and Saturday, and at 3 and polychrome wood sculptures Centtum centIe Jun. 9: Jazz Mandolin Project. and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets from France and the Netherlands; mation call 824-8000. Ticketmaster 931-2000. Jun. 2 at 8 p.m.: Compania del Jun. 9: Racketeers. $35 to $45. Call 426-6912 for -Mummy Mask Gallery: a newly Danza Aamenca Carmen Cortes. .Jun. 10: Musique. tickets and information on how to renovated Egyptian gallery, features Jul. 21: Summer Jam 2000 w/ see the show for free by ushering. primitive masks dating from as far One of the world's most distin- Jun. 10: Quintaine Americana. Dr. Ore, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Classical back as 2500 B. .; -European Dec- guished flamenco dancers, Carmen Jun. 11: Overlt, Cortes will be accompanied by Ice Cube, and Warren G. Tickets Shea, Madne .. orative Arts from 1950 to the Pre- W male dancer Farafe I del Carmen, Jun. 12: Shannon Wright. Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 sent ; -John Singer Sargent: Stud- $47.50, $37.50, on sale Jun. 3 two guitarists, and two singers. Warrenton Street, Boston (426- ies for MFA and Boston Public at 10 a.m. Presented by JAMN Music Jun. 3 at 8 p.m. and Jun. 4 at 2 5225), indefinitely. Curtain Is at Library Murals. W 94.5 (WJMN). SIIndets Theatre Gallery lectures are free with p.m.: Companla Manuel Soler. 617-496-2222 ' ao.tonPops 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Satur- museum admissiOn. Features international flamenco 45 QUincy St., 02138 Tickets: 266-1492. Club "..."" day, and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on artists Manuel Soler, Juana 47 Palmer St, Cambridge. Amaya, Fernando Romero, and Performances at Symphony Hall, Sunday. Tickets $30-34. MUNum of OU, National Hel1t1We Ticket prices vary. Call 618-492- Jun.' 2: Addison Groove Israel Galvan. 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, 7679 for more Info. Prpject.Jun. 3: Greater Boston Youth Sympho"'ny, $25, $10. unless otherwise noted. ·02421. (781-861-6559). Mon.- Cent"" Squa", Wotld's Fal, Jun. 2: Gamet Rogers. Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 12 Jun. 4, 12-6 p.m.: An annual Jun. 3: Ball in the House. Samuel Barber's "School fOT Jun. 2-4: Keith Lockhart, conduc- p.m.-5 p.m. Admission and park- event featuring arts and crafts Jun. 4: Kris Delmhorst. Scandal"; and Leonard Bern- tor. Sold Out. ing free.
BY James Camp are mistaken for one another, but all is sorted PHOTO EDITOR out in the end when the two twins are sudden- ver the last two weekends, IT's ly reunited. Community Players brought one of What makes the play most enjoyable, Shakespeare's best-loved comedies though, are the intricately entangled side to audiences in Kresge Little Theater. plots, involving Sebastian's sea captain friend "Twelfth ight" (alternately titled "As You Antonia, Olivia's drunken cousin Toby, an Will") tells the story of a young woman out-of-work jester named Feste, an incompe- named Viola and her twin brother ebastian. tent young suitor named ir Andrew, and the After a shipwreck, the two are separated and puritanical steward Malvolio. The cast works each thinks the other was drowned. For safety, well together, partly due to the wonderful Viola dresses up in her brother's costume, direction of Marion Leeds Carroll, herself a takes on a man's identity, and is hired by the . veteran of MIT's Gilbert and Sullivan players. local Duke, Orsino. Viola i asked to woo a Adding an extra dimension to the Bard's noblewoman, Olivia, on Orsino's behalf; rich text, the play incorporated a quintet of instead, Olivia falls in love with Viola, think- musicians on Elizabethan instruments to com- ing her to be an eligible man. Somewhat pre- plete the mood. In Duke Orsino's words, "If dictably, chaos ensues as Viola and ebastian music be the food of love, play on. '
..., JAMES CAMP-THE TECl{ JAMES CAMP-THE TECH "To her in haste; give her this jewel; say, My love can Mistaking Viola (Ellen Spear, far left) for her twin brother Sebastian, Antonio (Sloan Kuiper '03, left) raises his give no place." Duke Orsino (Ken Stern, right) gives sword to protect htU'. Taking up the challenge is Sir Toby (James .Carroll, right), on behalf of the cowardly Sir Viola (Ellen Spear) a jewel for the Countess Olivia, as a n~rew Aguecheek (Bob Mussett, far ri~t). token of his love. ,. Ju e. he 2,2000 Tech
'. ,
'<- ~ ~Q}tIJ· bk DS~ ~\~ Page 14 e ec June ,2000
ACROSS 42 Island in the Firth 6 Scandinavian 44 CEOs, casually 1 2 3 4 5 1 Pic of Clyde poet 45 Name 7 Vega's 14 6 Man with a 43 Sandwich option 46 Bean and Welles constellation spotted tie? 45 Small gable 48 Pile up 8 Bullring cheers 17 10 " Usa" 47 Simple bed 49 Idyllic spot 9 Dogtired 14 Drink like a cat 48 Atmosphere 50 Feel sorry for 20 15 Auto racer Petty 49 Cassowary kin 10 Skater Ito onesetf 16 Cools down 51 Gesture of 11 Marine-life 51 Peter, Paul and 17 Exhilarate rejection display' Mary, for one 18 District 57 PeriOds 12 Narrowest part 52 Sword handle 13 Questions 19 QrIop or poop 58 Latvian capital 53 Jamaican fruit 33 20 After all is said 59 Classic tune 21 $1,000 54 Norse Zeus .- and done 60 Fencer's foil 24 -oa VII' author 36 ~ 55 Rampant 22 Hardwood trees 61 Troubles 25 More aloof 56 Scottish loch 23 Marsh grass 62 Simon and 26 "Truly _ Deeply" 40 24 Coffee server Young 27 Initiated court 43 U) 25 Hinder 63 Beatty and action 28 Spaniards and Rorem 28 Loafed about Portuguese 64 Singer Redding 29 Used leeches 0 33 Joker 65 Dispatches 30 lendable organ? . 34 Dwight's rival 31 "Teachers" star 35 Silver or Ely DOWN 32 Look of contempt 57 36 Altar vow 1 Not guilty, e.g. 34 Verdi heroine. 60 37 Hot-water 2 Staunch 37 Simpson kid . 38 lyrical poem heaters 3 Fiery gem 63 39 _ -de-France 4 Instructed 42 Benof1he 'Washington . 40 Golfer Ernie privately 1999 TribUne Meda Services, Inc. Solution, Page 22 41 Annexed 5 Uncorked Post" All rights reserved.
Congratulations Graduates!. . ~ For the past few years you've kept up on what's going on around MIT by reading The .Tech. So why stop now? Whether on campus or off, there's simply no better way to
keep in touch with MIT. For as little as $45 a year, you can IX. join the 15,000 other readers of The Tech. . ( To reach us:
I Circulation Manager The Tech ~O. Box 397029 Cambridge, MA 0213~7'029 617-258-TECH [email protected]. edu June 2, 2000 The Tech Page 1.5
Dilbert® by Scot A'dams
I NEED TO T"kE '(OU ONL'( NEED lA.E El\CH TOLD OUR j "CLI\SS TO LEI\RN THREE "MOIST F"VORITE STORIES THE NEW TECH- TQU..ETTES· TO "BOUT '(OU. THEN NOLOGY, GIVE '(OURSELF lA.E Ll\UGHED AND Ll\UGHED. " SPONGE BATH.
r:::::::::::::::::==:::::::::::::::1 i THAT'S ,(OUR FAUL T FOR CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR AND DISTRUST,
- IF I SEEM BLURR '( ! RIGHT NOW, IT'S ~ BECAUSE l't'\ • MUL TI- • TASKING, )
lJ'iY DO I HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO SUGGEST IT?
CEOs LOVE THIS SORT OF THING. \. Page 16 e ech June 2,2000
by Seo A ams
CEO AS SPOKESPERSON I'M SURE SOME '(OU'O BETTER WHAT DOES THIS w-tINERS WILL CLICK SOMETHING POSE HAVETO DO SA'( IT'S AN OR I AAVE TO SHIP '(OU SOME WITH OUP. PP.ODUCT? OBVIOUS IDEA. ,---- BOOKS.
I'M DOCUMENTING I EVER'lTHING '(OU DO SO I CAN EI\SIl '( FIRE '(OU SOMEDA'(. i
Fox . by Bill Amend rot 0_._,, _ I WANttD CALM DoWN. FoRTY- EG6S! wE'VE 60T SIX. THERE ARE 1t7 MORE oNE lUST No EGGS BAGS.... HAS THE IN HERE! TI-4E CAR. RECEIPT. r--t...; ',.., 'A
0_._,, _ ozm ...... ,YIiIMIII ...... PEttR! You'RE PETER! YOU TOOK YOU AREM'T PLAN- THtY MAKE YOU ICK. THANKS 11'lE'4R IC!'IEW YOU IT'S STAR I DRIVING ALMOST THAT lUMP so NING TO WEAR LOOK lIK[ You'RE FoR n4E. CARED so t"IUCI-4 FLEET'S I Ii! DouBLE THE t-lARO MY SHoES THOSE BooTS t4EADlfiIG OfF To WA~. ABouT PAIH'S WNIT To ~ SPEED LIMIT! CAME UNTIED! W1THTI-4OSE STAR FLEET I'LL 60 IMAGE. PRoTtCT. I fANTS, II-4OPE. ACADEMY. (r-"\ CHAtoI6£. , I \ \ / \\ r t / \{I c: .1I11'---.....-..... --~ \l(= G! ~ "
I St-toULO REMIND YOU In BE A SHAME SUDDENLY SP£AlcINi, of HALF- WELCOME To THAT 1HAVE ALL of IF SOMEI-4OW SoME MMM. A IT'S CLEAR· 1 t-lATE ....:~:~ 'FRUIT. YOUR OOOMATHOfoI m CRITICAL 8nS GoT LITTLE To ME WHY A8STRAcT THE HALL Ll6HT- HUG ME. NEVER. SAVED GAMES ON MY FLIPPED IN Tl-4E DAT~ FIRMER, YOU'RE MADE ART. 8ULI Ttl? .... AARD DISK AND No PLEASE. W1T1-4BULLET- I FLoPPY DRIVE TO MAleE PRooF PLASTICS. BACK-uPS. 7 ~ " II 0_._..__.... TI-4OSE HE WERE SAID Io4IS THAT? EXACT RlALJ.Y? woRDS . f. .J June 2,2000 The Tech Page 17
FoxTrot by Bill Amend
READY BY THE THAT'S FLAT- J " ..- .... , MEET THE FoR A WAY, TER1HG, SIR, BuT I \ , olh&INAL BATTERY? FOX, YOU AREN'T WAl'{T "NSWERu"G MY . I PALM '-- I PILoT. ~ YoU QUESTIoN. , , ...... , " STAIIIDII\IG \ AT MY SlOE. _ ... :-"" ..." , :''',- _ ..... - '~IL .J .', \ , ,I I \ " ... _ ... '
.\ ... ----- "
MoM, IS IT Ole IF I EAT TH£ MOGtoICH! CHAWM! IT WAS A FULt. MINIMUS! THEY CAN'T LAST PoWOERlD ~T? SNoRPF! GLUMPH! BoX. I HAD To TAkE IT M\NlMUS! EV(f.I FIGHT <, UT THE OTHERS BACk! ..I WITHOUT SURE. To FllIIO OUT 1 SAID FIGHTltfG. \ WtttCH ot4. TAkE IT \ I 8ACte! ...I I( n ----
GOoD LORD. NO lClOOttoIG! SEVEIII STRIPS ALL BuT SEVEN DoIII'T EVEN MEtmOfil Lemcnode COMIC STRIPS 6OlF! ToDAY HAV£ 'OlCES ,,/ IGlVE i ~50,OOO ABOUT GoLF. UP. \ I
0"""._" __ ",,** I LIkE To BAlMCE UICE Ole, NQW I'M OO£S LAVA YOU CAN SToP BOUNCIN& ms AIIID IMAGINE THERE'S REALLY ~RED BuRN OFF oFF THE WAllS, 3'ASON. A PooL oF LAVA BELOW. To FALL. cooTIES? FINALS WEEk IS HERE. I ~)' ~' \ '" ~ f\
0""""_." _
I'll SEE 1 WAS so 0fiI ToP oF THE SPUkIN& YoUR MATERIAL! IT FELT likE of HISTORY, RuFFLE AND SOMETHING THEy'D GIVE WHAT WAS RAISE YOU To FRESHMEN! YoUR G.P.A.? A PRINGLE. I I
-, CAN. yOU MAteE I THINIC SHE MoMMl'1? .. SURE No OllIE HAD HALF THE HER INTERRuPTS ENCYCLoPEDIA! MATH ME WHILE I'M \ FINAL IS ':/ STUDYING? COMING UP. I \
WATai ME ok, I PAIGE, WIll YOU AIR! I THfttAI), THE NEE- LABtlED GET YOUR MIND oFF t4ED DLE SETWEEJII THE HEART. TOMoRROW'S MATH AIR! \ THoSE Wlt4 FINAL AND HELP WITH \ 6I.ASSES. THIS DlSSECT\oN?! A ,I \
__ ...... --....&;;,...,=.-=-=.com=-~·~l ....
HE AND I USED To look WHAT I MARCUS, HERE'S YouR SHE MEANS FINISHED! BE INSEPARABLE! I FoUND UP IN TEST ... GooD lUCk. YEEHA! LoTS GOoD LUCk OH, WAIT, WONDER WHY I EVER THE ATTIC! EILEEN, HERE'S YoUR I DON'T ANo LoTS of 'I To THoSE lET ME PUT HIM AWAY? TEST •••GooD LUcte. GET A SITTIN& oCTUPlE- J "&000 ltEAlLY HARD ',1n lUCk"? PRoBLEMS! _R:OU. C;:~L I I ~ i June 2, 2000 2
By Rima Amaout impos ible for the opponent to score maximize ugar intake. ugar and NEWS EDITOR points. carbs." "Tell us how you feel!" Lang's strategy had worked well locum also draws energy from "Tired." in previous rounds, ·but in the fmal "the absorption from the galactic "Favorite equation?" eo anticipated Lang's action and energy ether bucket. When students "F=ma!" headed off the smaller machine on get excited then you get excited .. , That was the response Kevin R its way to eo's hole. It looked like it's the thermonuclear geek-fusion Lang '02 gave to host Professor eo had won, but tlien Lang was process." Alex H. Slocum seconds after winning the final Carpeting peeds up contest round of the 2.007 contest, This was the first year that known this year as It was almost too close - I mean, the contest course had carpet- "Sojourner This!" Profes- ing, which "allowed the sor of Physics Walter H. G. if the contest were scripted, thil; motors to utilize more Lewin would be proud. would seem like a really con- torque," Slocum said. After two days of elim- ormaUy there's a lot of ination rounds, and Jock trived, made-for-Tv' ending. wheel spinning, but this year Jams performed by MIT's the carpets enabled the Marching Band, Lang and - 2.007 winner Kevin R. Lang '02 machines to engage in more Lincoln eo '02 reached high speed action and to the final round. eo's push heavier loads. "Stu- machine was designed to dents really got to see more push balls on the obstacle course able to get the asteroid into his hole than ever that all the mechanics into his hole. 2.007 contestants while eo's machine was busy. The and physics and all of those happy scored points based on the total asteroid was heavy enough to win subjects actually have a purpose," weight of objects - balls, pucks, Lang the contest. he said. and a basketball-sized "asteroid" "It was almost too close - I This year, contestants also get to .- deposited in their respective mean, if the contest were scripted, keep their machines for the first holes. this would seem like a really con- time. "Every year before this year, Lang's machine had two parts: trived, made-for- TV ending," Lang you recycled your machines: you the major part pushed balls into his said. took out the motors, recycled all the hole, while the second, smaller part After he won, Slocum ran over metal and all the parts that are left drove towards the opponent's hole and scooped up the 6' 4" Lang and over," Lang said. with a wire grating in tow. When ran with him around the stage. Slocum, 2.007 professor and the small machine fell into the When asked what he eats for six-time host of the contest says opponent's hole, it would cover the breakfast to be able to carry contes- that 2.007 is a unique and valuable hole with the grating, making it tants around, Slocum replied "I just experience. "The course incites passion and ownership from the students and the staff," Slocum said. "Learning is automatic ... no pain is involved, unless you watch your machine rip itself apart if you didn't do the calculations proper- ANNIE,CHO/-THE TECH ly." . Kevin Lang celebrates his victory In the 30th annual 2.007 contest. "There's really no other class like it at MIT, at least in Course Il,' cent" of the contest, while the rest it summer. Lang said. "It's cool that you have up to its design, Lang said. "With Lang, Neo, third and fourth- so much freedom in terms of going my machine, it was more like 50-60 place Michael Roberts and Albert anywhere with your design." percent. I was lucky to have a good Leja, as well as alternates Bernstien co-driver. Before every round, Oren and Mark Jeunette, will also attend Driving acumen key to victory [Bernstein '02] and I would plan out the IOC. "We started actual design as a strategy for a particular oppo- Six students each from the U.S., soon as class started back in Febru- nent." Japan, Germany, England, France, ary," Lang said. "I started building Bernstein, Lang' ~ co-driver, Brazil, and South Korea will be back during spring break. and was made it to the quarterfinals and will organized into international teams. ANNIE CHO/-THE TECH building nonstop until the contest." be one of the six 2.007 winners to The teams will then have two weeks Kevin R. Lang '02 and his co-driver Oren Bemsteln face off against "With a good machine, driving participate in the International to design a machine to perform in a Uncoln Neo '02 In the final round of 2.007. should only be like 25 to 30 per- Design Contest in Singapore this contest. Poor Weather Would Move Commencement to JOhrtSOlI Commencement, from Page 1 said. and one of the middle members of which will distribute fifteen percent. Exercises will be held in Killian Mathematics major Ian M. Ross his pledge class at Pi Lambda Phi. The School of Humanities and Court regardless of weather condi- "outside for a long time, since I've '00, upon learning he was likely the Ross will be studying 'computational Social sciences will grant 115 tions. In the case of extreme spent too much time inside over the last undergraduate to receive a linguistics at the University of degrees. Lastly, the Whitaker Col- weather conditions, speeches may past six years," Slifka was not wor- degree in the graduation exercises Pennsylvania in the fall. lege of Health Sciences and Tech- be held in the Johnson Athletic ried that her mother would fall today, asked if he would be allowed The School of Engineering will nology will award nine degrees. Center first floor for the degree asleep waiting until the end of to "sleep in rather than lining up" distribute the most degrees today: recipients only. Guests would then today's ceremonies. "She shouldn't for the procession early this morn- 52 percent of the total number. The Backup plans ready if rain strikes view the speeches over closed-cir- have any trouble staying awake ing. Ross describes his end-of-line Sloan School of Management is sec- According to the Information cuit television in rooms across because she's pretty excited" about position as a logical progression, as ond with twenty-two percent, fol- Office and the Commencement campus as described in the Com- the completion of the degree, Slifka he was the first born in his family lowed by the School of Science webpage, the Commencement mencement program. Tickets would not be required for admis- sion to these locations. Responding to .questions' about MIT Clamps Down on TIcket Sales forecasted weather problems for today, President Charles M. Vest said earlier in the week, "There are By Dana Levine President Charles M. Vest have discouraged briefly considered buying two tickets from a no dire predictions of rain. 'It's ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR ticket scalpers by asking them to give away ticket scalper. However, he was able to obtain going to be a beautiful sunny day in MIT administrators have attempted to halt their excess tickets, which the committee the extra tickets from his friends. Killian Court. Any scattered the sale of Commencement tickets, which can believes is a better solution than selling tickets. "There are people who are willing to give thunderstorms are going to scatter fetch prices as high as $150 a.piece. The officers of the Class of 2000 initially their extra tickets away but who aren't going to far away from here." When asked if In a release, the Commencement Committee encouraged ticket selling, and even posted a link do it on their own," Lu said. He recommended tenureships in the Earth, stated that it "does not endorse or condone this to a web auction site on' the class home page. that students should have the opportunity to Atmospheric, and Planetary activity. Furthermore, the Committee believes The link was removed after President Vest advertise their tickets in a widely publicized Sciences would be put on the line that selling of Commencement tickets violates wrote a letter to senior class president Hugo B. forum. over the accuracy of rain forecasting the spirit of this celebration of academic Barra '00 asking him to remove the link. "At the very least, there should be some sort for Friday, Vest responded, achievement, and in many cases violates MIT Graduating senior Mark f. Davies '00 sent of well-advertised system for giving away tick- "Absolutely." EAPS department regulations. " an e-mail to the mit-talk mailing list which ets," Lu said. representatives could not be reached Under MIT's current system, four tickets advertised an eBay auction to sell his excess Christine M. Neumann '00, has attempted for comment. are given to each graduating senior. While this graduation tickets. However, he later posted an to do this, creating a web page which matches • The Commencement Committee is sufficient for some students, many seniors apology to the list and removed the auction extra tickets with students needing them. traditionally relies upon a special seek additional tickets. from eBay's web site. There were also other suggestions for how EAPS liaison to handle up-to-the- Although many seniors have given away Several members of the MIT student body students could obtain extra tickets. As each minute weather updates beginning their extra tickets, some have attempted to have expressed displeasure over the scalping of professor receives a ticket to graduation, early in the evening on the Thursday profit through the sale of their tickets. In previ- commencement tickets. Course VI Administrator Anne M. Hunter sug- before Commencement each year. ous years, extra tickets have sold for $150 or "$150 is really absurd," said Kenneth K. W. gested that students who need tickets should In past ceremonies, rain has missed. more. Lu '00. In recent weeks, several students have ask their professors. Killian Court by a matter of blocks. Advertisements for the extra tickets have posted messages related to ticket scalping on Lu believes that the problems with Com- Traditionally held in the open air ranged from signs posted in the infinite corri- mit-talk. These have ranged from messages mencement ticket distribution stem from inher- of Killian Court, Commencement dor auctions held on eBay or other auction ser- •supporting these ticket sales to suggestions for ent flaws in the system. "The fact that people has only been moved indoors once vices. improving the ticket distribution system. have extra tickets at all is an artifact of the inef- in the past twenty years, when per- The Commencement Committee and MIT Despite his objections to the process, Lu ficiency of the system," he said. sistent heavy rains in 1992 moved speeches to Rockwell Cage. June 2, 2000 THE TECH Page 19 Housing Debacle Continues EC Residents Feel Brunt of Shortfall
ByJonSheffi
Inadequate room allocation for East Campus and Random Hall resi- dents extended the debate over the summer housing process. According to Manager of Undergraduate Residential Ser- vices Phillip M. Bernard, over 1,000 students applied for the 800 summer housing spots, but enough cancelled by the May 15 deadline to reduce the number of applicants to 775. Many students, however, received a low-preference dormitory or no housing at all. East Campus and Random residents, whose dor- mitories will be closed this summer for maintenance, were most affect- ed. One hundred spots within the housing system were allocated for residents of East Campus, but over 120 East Campus residents applied for those spaces. Karen A. Nilsson, associate director for operations, attributed the main problem to oversubscription for Senior House by East Campus and Random resi- dents. Bexley Hall, also a popular- choice among East Campus and T. LUKE YOUl{G-THE TECH Random residents, allocated 39 - VIsiting lecturer Howayda al Harlthy celebrates Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon by handing a flower to a passer-by on the spaces for Its own residents, leav- steps of 77 Mass. Ave. last Friday. ing only 40 spaces for other stu- dents, according to Derrick Barnes, house manager for Bexley and Random. . Baker. House allocated spaces to its own residents first before han- dling outside applicants. Baker house .manager Jonathan F. Nolan said, "I handle all Baker residents- first. It's easier." Only in-session Baker residents received summer DOUSingatBaker. About- 95 Baker residents will be -crowded -int~ Baker's 80 summer housing spaces. Student criticize allocation system Many students were dissatisfied Tanaka, from-Page 1 with the process. "I was not particularly "Toyo was a great physicist and pleased," said Brandy' L. Evans a superb teacher," said Professor of '01, president of East Campus. "It Physics Marc A. Kastner, head of would have been better to have a the department. "His demonstrations centralized system instead of farm- of the miraculous properties of gels ing out the applications to housing were spellbinding and showed managers." young and old that even common- Evans-said she knew many early place materials can behave in won- applicants who did not get housing drous ways." at all, while many who applied later Tanaka was born in Nagaoka,. did receive housing. Japan in 1946..He earned the S.B., "The system needs to get looked S.M., and Sc.D. in physics from at," said Jennifer A. Frank '00, for- the University of Tokyo in 1968, mer Dormitory Council president. 1970, and 1973, respectively. "Not a lot has been done to exam- After coming to MIT as a post- ine the system and the way it, doctoral researcher in 1973,he works." became a faculty member jn 1975. Frank emphasized the late date At the time of his death, he was at which students were notified of the first Otto and Jane Morn- their decision which prevented ingstar professor of science and a many from finding alternate housing principal researcher in the Center if they failed to receive on-campus for Materials Science and Engi- summer housing, . neering. Bernard shared the students' Tanaka's many awards include concern and said that moving up the Inoue Prize in 1994, which is the due date and notification date awarded to a scientist under age 50 was under consideration. The for outstanding achievements in major concern with moving to an basic sciences, and the Award of earlier due date is that it would the Polymer Society of Japan in increase the number of applica- 1986. tions, since many people would In 1996, he received an award request summer housing without for newly-emerging technologies knowing whether or not they would from Discover magazine. In 1992, actually need it. he became a fellow on the American House managers remained satis- Physical Society. fied with the fairness and efficiency In 1992, he co-founded GelMed of the process, despite some.of the Inc. in Bedford, Mass, which logistical issues that accompanied explores the practical and commer- the shutdown of East Campus and cial applications of his gels. Random. Tanaka is survived by his wife "It's going as smoothly as possi- Tomoko, his parents, a son who is ble, but of course it's disruptive for an MIT graduate student in physics, students," Barnes said. a daughter, and a sister. June 2, 2000 isse afte E- ailing Class Lists Suspe Ion, from Page 1 ommendation, Schilling can then (18.06) mailing list requesting membership, Schilling was a regular MIT guy." O'Meara added request that the president reconsid- partners for a study group. Follow- involved with hockey during his that Schilling was liked by his team- chilling's fate now rests with er his decision. If the reconsidera- ing his e-mails, Choi noticed a con- freshman year and planned to mates for his personality and his President Charles . Vest, who tion is denied, Schilling will be for- centration of accesses on his per- return to the team next season. tough defensive play. determines the severity of the fmal bidden from Institute property, his sonal Web site from computers in Mark P. O'Meara, head coach of punishment. Professor Stephen C. Athena account will be revoked, Alpha Tau Omega, Schilling's fra- the MIT men's hockey team, was Community rallies to Choi's side Graves, chairman of COD since and he will receive a disciplinary ternity. Choi sent an e-mail of surprised to hear about COD's rec- Following the incident, Choi 1997, said that Vest has approved notation on his official transcript. inquiry to Schilling, whose comput- ommendation. received over sixty messages of without modification all but one of According to Choi, the hate mail er registered the greatest number of "I can't see this happening [to support and prayers for healing COD's recommendations during his came after a series of umelated e- hits. Schilling then responded with Schilling]," O'Meara said. "It seemed from members of local gay commu- tenure. mails sent by Choi to the Microeco- the threatening letter. like everything was fine with him ... nities. In an interview, Choi If Vest upholds the COD's rec- nomics (14.02) and Linear Algebra In addition to his fraternity he was a hen of a hockey player and expressed his appreciation for the support and shared his feelings of fear and anger after receiving the hate mail. " Choi has also taken his message against hate to the Web, stating in Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:03:29 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:24:22 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17.13:07 his online journal that "there is To: [email protected] To: Burns Schilling To: Kevin Chol • From: K"evin Choi From: Kevin Chot 'rom:- Burns Soh 1ling never an excuse to send a hateful Subject: Wanted; 14.02 Study Partner Subject: just out of curiosity Subject Re' just out of curiosity message to another person. Never." Hi Burns, . The rise is due teo your gay ass Other members of the gay com- email to the IB06 1 st. We were all munity also were unsympathetic on Last night, it seems my web site was curious wbat kind of faggot would Schilling's plight after the recom- Hi all, I'm looking for a partner or very popular with you and other ATO send such a gay email The answer mendation. When asked about a several partners to study 14.02 with members. As my web page keeps track was, a real faggot, you. . possible remedy to heal the commu- and to work together on problem of who vis! ts it, I'm just curious nity, GAMIT support coordinator sets. I tend to get distracted easi- as to what's causing this sudden You are a faggot. I hate {aggo1;s. ly when I work. on my own. If you are rise in ~raffic, especially at ATO. I wish they would $tring all of you Laura G. Dean G said, "There's not interested, please let me know. I'm up on barb wire f"ences in wyoming. much that can make me feel better also taking 18.06 and 14.01 so if I hope this message doesn't t'reak Never contact me again. Ob yeah, about people having that sort of atti- you in those classes~ it'd be 9reat you out. I look forward to hearing fuck off you fucking fag. , tude." to get together. Thanks. from you. Are you in 14.02 also? MIT students have been the vic- tims of hate e-mail in the past. In Kevin Choi, '01 1998, a California man sent e-mail ***** *** * ********** Thanks, death threats to 25 Hispanic stu- dents, as well as over 45 other His- (A similar message was sent to the 18.06 mailing list) Kevin panic people nationwide .
• at c Summer Job !! •••• • The ATIC (Adaptive Technology' for Information and Computing) lab seeks part time student consultants to:
• Demonstrate adaptive software and hardware to the MIT community. • Troubleshoot problems with networking, software and hardware. • Design and maintain our web pages. • Research access solutions for users with disabilities (i.e., Voice recognition, Screen reading). Job details: • 10-20 hours per week, 12-5pm. • Starting at $10 per hour. For more info. please contact Kathy at [email protected] or 253-5111
CLIENT 223: With an airy loft space and empowering management team, this SMALL, HIP START-UP boasts an incredibly ORGANIC, COLLABORATIVE work environment. A GROUND-ZERO B2B player,the company just launched a first-of-its-kind marketplace solution, positioning it for EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. This impressive,tight-knit team is. looking for IIWALK ON WATER" contributors to help drive the shop's Registration for summer aerobics and successful HYPER-EXPANSION. But true to other Physical Education classes (Dance, Golf, Tennis, Scuba, Yoga)will their "WORK HARD, PLAY HARD" mantra, start on June 5, 2000. Please come to they still carve out time to play one-way catch the Physical Education office W32-125 with the new company POOCH, BOOMER. to register. For information regarding class times and fees go fo the PE web-site at web.mit.edu/athletics/www/physed.html
BrainTrust. Where the smart Kids Go. NY212.625.8006 I SF 415.977.1180 I LA310.434.9150 I info(lbraintrust.com For more info contact PEOffice: 253-4291 June 2, 2000 THE TECH Page 21 Nader Campaign Stops at MIT Presidential Candidate Attacks Government, Media, Business By Frank Dabek ' breaks, such as those designed to that statistic by noting, with a grin, EDlTORINCHIEF encourage innovation. 'There's an that it was gathered before recent Presidential candidate Ralph oxymoron," ader joked, "an inno- slips in Microsoft's stock value}. Nader brought his radical message vative Microsoft." The recent economic boom has to campus in a campaign speech Singling out the Biotech indus- only widened this wealth gap: "a earlier this month. . try, which have been a hot topic of rising tide ... lifts all yachts," he Nader, who is likely to be the debate since the Bi02000 confer- jested. Meanwhile, "millions of Green Party's presidential nominee, ence and associated protests took Americans who work year after year blasted poor place in are essentially broke." government Boston earlier Again, Nader called for govern- regulation of 1m Ita J this year, ment influence as well as civic genetically ~ ve a gmJernrnenJ; Nader asked action: "what is the function of gov- altered food, of the Bxxons by the whether we are ernment if not to control the excess- America's '''ready to have es of the monied elite," he asked, wealth gap, General Moturs, and Monsanto plan invoking Thomas Jefferson's view the media, our future?" of government Individuals have a and corporate for the .DuP~, He questioned role as well: "We're going to hear control of sci- policies which from the poor. Someday the poor ence in his .- Ralph Nader allow patents are going to organize." wide-ranging on genetic The media were also targeted for address on codes and the favoring stories such as that of Elian May 15. potential for Gonzalez over ones covering the Nader's speech focused largely "recyclable humanoids." The com- growing wealth gap and corporate on civic responsibility and activism. mercialization of biotechnology, influence. Nor did the two major Discussing Americans' disinterest Nader said, "has far outpaced the political parties escape Nader's in 'politics, he said that "a society science that has to be its guiding barbs. The "two parties are fossil where people are not turned on to factor." parties," he said. politics will be a society where poli- The solution, "They are noth- tics turns on them." according to Nader, ":~.n t:flca ing but individ- The perennial candidate, who is for civic culture A rising ttuAJ , " l",00 ually owned made his name lobbying for auto- "to take over politi- U 1..-1,.. ill' subsidiaries of mobile safety standards, walked the cal culture and free a yacll/u)." m 'I1J1ZS business." audience though a wide variety of it from corporate of'Americans wlw Nader also. problems which he claims could be domination." touched on the solved if citizens were more Nader also said. work year ajler year hot-button issue FlUNK DA.BEK-THE TECH involved in their government. that the wealth gap >1MfI-I.' U broke of the World Playing to the MIT audience, in the United States are esst/lu"UL Y UIU , Trade Organiza- Ralph Nader, noted activist and Green Party presidential candidate, Nader blasted corporate science for weakens democra- tion, blaming spoke on May 15th at the Wong Auditorium, distorting research priorities and cy. The combined -Ralph Nader the "autocratic" short-circuiting academic standards wealth of the top organization for Nader is "a deep believer in The full house in Building E51, such as peer review. one . percent is negating some democracy," King said, and "hon- which Nader called "a part of the Corporations, Nader said, have a equal to the com- U.S. environ- est as the day is long." contented classes," received him stranglehold on government. We biried wealth of the bottom 95 per- mental laws. King also said that Nader was warmly, applauding at several have a "government of the Exxons,' cent he said. According to Nader, Professor' of Biology Jonathan able to tap into the "underlying. points during his address. , by the General Motors, and for the the wealth of Bill Gates alone is A. King introduced Nader, whom social consciousness" that MIT stu- The talk was sponsored by the DuPonts." Corporations such as equal to that of the 120 million he worked with in opposing the dents find few outlets for at the MIT Greens, the Social Justice Col- Microsoft benefit unfairly from tax poorest Americans (Nader qualified patenting of genetic material. Institute. lective, and the MassGreens.
~'-."".,~...~...Students head f • Some groups have raised concerns about -the Ul\, Bacow To Examine security of the new lock's. Jenwa Hsung '00, an offi- to Cambridge cer of the MIT Science Fiction Society, said that the group has concerns that combination locks are not as Mental Health Services Up to twelve MIT students will attend Cambridge secure as key locks. The group is discussing the University this fall in the first term of a five-year issue with ASA an" CAC, Hsung said. Shin, from Page I relative to our peer institutions in exchange between MIT and Cambridge University. In addition to installing the Omnilocks, the pro- responding to student mental health Professor of Mechanical Engi- ject will replace key locks on all interior doors with reviewing campus mental' health needs," he said. neering Rohan Abeyartne said newer and more secure key locks. Johnson said that services. Both the UA and Bacow's inves- News that the Mechanical Engineering all student offices, including those in Walker Memo- The Undergraduate Associa- tigations are still in the earliest department has offered places in rial should receive new locks in the course of the tion's Committee on Student Life stages. Bri(}(s the program to four students. The next year following the work in the student center. has begun to consider the status of Suicide has been suspected in Chemical Engineering department - Frank Dabek mental health support services at Shin's death for some time. Several will soon select students to attend the program. MIT. The group is collecting infor- newspapers including- the New Jer- As students have already departed for the sum- mation about how other universities sey Star-Ledger and the Globe have mer, the Biology department feels that it is too late Coffeehouse approach the issue of mental health. reported the death as a suicide in to select students and will probably not participate. The committee hopes to release a articles which revealed that Shin A chief concern of all three departments is that renovations begin report over the summer, possibly was struggling with depression. students will not make progress towards their A planned $300,000 renovation of the 24-hour with recommendations, said former Deputy Reardon said that suicide degrees while at Cambridge. Faculty must make sure Coffehouse will begin in mid-June. The renovations Dormitory Council president Jen- was "apparent from the beginning" that the courses taken at Cambridge will fulfill MIT will revitalize the common space in the popular nifer A. Frank '00, who sat in on but that the department would requirements. studying and socializing location on the third floor of several committee meetings. "rather err on the side of caution." The two universities originally intended to begin the Stratton Student Center. In a separate initiative, Chancel- Reports in the press focused on the exchange during the 2001-2002 school year, but Saying that the coffeehouse is "the soul" of the stu- lor Lawrence S. Bacow '75 and Peter MIT's decision not to inform Shin's administrators decided last month to pilot the pro- dent center, Campus Activities Complex Director Reich, chief of mental health, met to parents of her treatment for depres- gram this year, allowing any problems to be resolved. Phillip J. Walsh has worked with the store's student discuss possible changes to MIT's sion. Shin's parents were unaware The student exchange is just one of the three management over the past year to develop interior ren- mental health services with Eric J. that their daughter had visited the components to the Cambridge/MIT Exchange. The ovations that will allow common space to be accessi- Plosky '99. Plosky, a Tech editor, Medical Center and was prescribed other components include a large research collabora- ble to all students even when the coffeehouse closes. was quoted in an April Boston Globe anti-depressant drugs. tion between the two universities and the Science The Class of 1999 designated $15,000 to the article as saying that the problem of Senior Associate Dean Robert M. Enterprise Challenge, a project which will allow 12 space expansion and renovation project last year as suicide on campus could be Randolph told the Globe that MIT British colleges to move scientific ideas into the mar- their Senior Gift to the school. The architect respon- addressed by "simple measures." honored Shin's wish not to inform ketplace. sible for the project will also be revamping the space Like the UA's effort, Bacow her parents, a policy that is currently - Efren Guiterrez currently occupied by Networks. Walsh has tentative hopes to learn from other. schools. "I under review. "The question we plans to hold a re-naming contest for the diner-style have asked Dr. Reich whether other have been reviewing is whether we Aramark eatery sometime in the fall. universities are doing anything that should specifically counter the wish- Student Center - Anna' K.. Benefiel we are not to address student mental es of individuals," Randolph said, health issues," he said. "If we can Bacow defended the policy. receives new locks learn from others, we will." "Some of these students may not As part of a $15,000 project aimed at improving New fitness center Bacow did not predict major seek the help that they need if they security, the student offices on the fourth floor of the changes to services, however. "My believe their parents will be notified Student Center will be equipped with combination gets $10M boost sense is that we are quite aggressive of their treatment," he said. locks by mid-summer. The Campus Activities Com- The proposed new fitness center received a boost plex and the Department of Facilities will fund the on Tuesday with the announcement of $10 million in project, according to Associate Director for Pro: new donations. Chairman of the Corporation Alex grams Ted E. Johnson. d'Arbeloff '49 and Brit d'Arbeloff '61 donated an WOMEN AGES 18-45 Association of Student Activities President Jen- additional $4 million to raise their total contribution You COULD BE AT RISK FOR BONE LOSS nifer K. Chung '01 said that the lock replacement to $12 million. Al Zesiger ' 51 and Barrie Zesiger initiative began after a string of recent thefts on the also donated $4 million, with Thomas P. Gerrity '63 Receive a free bone density test . fourth floor, including a safe taken from the Tech- contributing the remaining $2 million. * * nique office. . The new facility will be built adjacent to the * 9 month research study of bone loss treatment * The new electronic Omnilock combination locks Johnson Athletic Center and will feature an * Study stipend of up to $500 * can store up to 100 individuals' codes and retain Olympic-class swimming pool, squash courts, a mul- audit logs of transactions. Johnson said that CAC tiple-activity court and 'a health fitness center. Con- . Ciln Lisa Thomas, ~ will discourage groups from issuing individual com- struction begins this fall and is scheduled to con- at 617-724-7393 binations due to privacy concerns and to make clude in June 2002. administration of the locks easier. -Mike Hall for more informatiOn Page 22 June 2, 2000 omen's Tennis Caps e .E. uccessful Season at • ght CAA East Regionals By Deborah S. on standards. Afua Banful '03 claimed fourth place and First 'Ioumament Play Since 9~93 Season TEAMMEMBER the school rookie record in the lOO-meter dash with MIT women's track and field set several milestones 12.86 seconds. By Nlsha Singh row. akamura won her first after the NEWMAC conference championships. ot Jan Ting '00 consistently had excellent 10K perfor- TEAM CO-CAPTAIN round match vs. a Pomona-Pitzer only did Alyssa Thorvaldsen '00 become the first mances since NEWMAC's, and scored at .E. Div Eight teams were invited to the single in three sets. She lost her " woman in Tech Track history to quali- Ilf's. Vaulters Stephanie orris '02 and Vanessa Li 2000 CAA East Regional tourna- second round match to Amherst, fy automatically for the CAA Cham- '02 scored big for MIT with second and third places. ment where MIT earned the sixth' the third seed and eventual cham- pionships but also she became Tech Both had made it on the CAA provisional list. seed. pion. In doubles, akamura and Track's first ever female All-Ameri- They faced a Koskelin lost to unseeded can. Eastern Championships tough third seed Pomona-Pitzer in the first round, Princess Imoukhuede ?02 also At ECAC's, MIT brought home its first piece of Trinity College in who' defeated the rest of their
earned a berth at nationals, by throwing the hammer hardware for "women's track and field with a third the first round. The opponents and claimed the cham- A 156'2" at the ew England Division III" Champi- place finish out of 20 schools. orris and Li took first team trailed 2-1 after pionship. onships. Like ThorvaIdsen, Imoukhuede made her sec- and second, respectively in the vault. Banful placed doubles, but not after co-captain ond appearance at the CAA's, this season held at third in both the 100 and 200 to finish out her outstand- Mealani Nakamura '00 and Kelly Most successful squad in years orth Central College, lL ay 25th-27th. ing freshman year. Koskelin '02 won their first dou- The tournament appearance Three weekends earlier, MIT placed eighth out of Robin Evans also closed her strong year of running bles match 9-7, after trailing 7-5 wrapped up the team's most suc- 3 I teams, behind only the highest caliber schools who with another great 5,000m race for a third place finish and saving three match points. cessful season in recent history. have traditionally had big reputations in the sport. in 19:06. Thorvaldsen won the l00-meter hurdles and There were several close matches Building on top of their 11-1 Heptathlete Theresa Burianek G set a personal record captured third place in the 400-meter hurdles with in singles, with Nakamura '00 record from the fall, undefeated in (PR) with 3,672 points, a mere seven points shy of the another CAA qualifying time. Having secured a third pulling out a three-setter at first NEWMAC regular season and school record, with tremendous performances such as place team finish but second place was far from reach, singles, and Jess Hall '02 narrowly NEWMAC 1999 champions, they her 16.71 PR in the tOO-meter hurdles and 28.11 PR in MIT entered a memorable 4x4GO-meter relay com- losing in three sets at fourth sin- posted a 4-1 record in the spring, the 200. She got those seven points, plus twenty-five prised of the four team captains. They placed fourth in gles. However, Trinity walked with some wins against some high- points to spare the following weekend at ECAC's to the relay. . away with the 6-3 win over the ly ranked Division III opponents claim another PR in the heptathlon and a new varsity It was only years ago that scoring at NE Div. ill's beavers. such as Skidmore, Wesleyan, and record. was rarity for MIT women's track and field. ECAC The team was done for the sea- Vassar. and All NE qualifiers were seldom found, making son, but individual players were MIT qualified for NCAA play ore individual success nationals no more than a fantasy for this team. Howev- still competing for the NCAA for the first time since the 92-93 Chi-An Wang '01 continued to shave seconds off er, in this year alone, the program has boasted 55 NE Championships. Nakamura quali- . team. With a young team, only her PR in the 800, setting a varsity record of 2:20.24; Div. ill qualifications, 39 for ECACs, 17 for All New fied in singles; and also Nakamura three seniors will be missed (Naka- only 0.01 seconds off All New England qualifying England's, and 12 NCAA qualifications. and Koskelin qualified for dou- mura, Ayako Tanaka '00 and bles, both for the second year in a Singh '00). Chen Wins Sportsmanship Honor Men's Tennis, from Page 24 into post-season play. They took the morning, drive to Dayton, fly to next week to get geared up for "Grand Rapids, and then finally drive The Beavers started the season regional play, the rounds of 32 and to Kalamazoo to meet the 3 p.m. start By Samuel D. ertens ond time after a nice backline play. underrated by the polls, given a pre- 16 teams of the national tournament. time. They made it into Kalamazoo TEAM MEMBER Off the serum, Johnny Robinson season ranking of 21. But they at high noon, and staked out their The men's rugby team complet- G ran in the try, after a nice combi- quickly escalated to No.6 nationally Close win in first finals round competition, Santa Cruz. On Court 1, ed its perfect season (8-0) by beat- nation with Marc Ueberle G and in Division m and top rank region- Their first opponent was Wash- Chen played one of the single most ing Portsmouth's Seacoast RFC 30- Gavin Braithwaite G. Captain Dion- ally, above Williams College for the ington College of Maryland, some- stupendous matches of his college 7 at Briggs Field. icio Siegel G scored MIT's last try first time in almost 10 years. what of a dark horse in this regional. career. In two tough sets, making The Engineers of the season by rucking his way They rose to the top by knocking Although Eric Chen '00 struggled less than 10 unforced errors, he flawlessly executed through the pack. and scoring his off No. 16 Pomona College, No. 11 with their top player's loopy clay defeated Thomas Oeschell of VCSC, its game strategy for first of the season. Unfortunately, Claremont College where Ricky court strokes, the rest of the team who was the defending national sin- successful season. Seacoast spoiled the shutout by Rossello '01 came backed him up gles champion last year, and one of The forwards worked scoring a converted try at the end of through with a" and edged out the top 5 players in the country. very hard and forced the game. clutch third set Washington 4..:.3 On Court 2, Tsu lost to Derek a lot of turnovers. victory, and No.6 InNEWMAC's, the on Saturday. Fitzpatrick. On Court 3, Jeff With the support from the loose B side gets crushed University of Beavers did not lose a MIT came Augustyn '03 knocked off Danny forwards, the backs could run ram- MIT's B team took on a mixture Redlands, where strapped on"Satur- Kim, who also had a national rank- pant through the opponent's of Seacoast and MIT A players. The Andrew si1l(Jlepoini, winni1l(J day, and blew the ing. In response to his win, Augustyn defense. The backline combined lack of experience was very obvious Kolesnikov '03 Amherst Lord said, "I just never let him shock me. J extremely well all season, giving the as the beavers were blown away by came back from a 670 out of 820 games. Jeffs out of the hate getting shocked;' and if I get wingers plenty of opportunities to the A -side, players 37-7. Ben Hell- back injury to water. The team shocked, I lose. I also just played a thicken the score. weg SM '00 scored, while Thomas upset the Red- gathered momen- good game of tennis, and tried to Coach Steve "Willie" Wilhelm, Leurent G, Cornelius O'Sullivan lands' No.6 player. tum when Ben Cooke '00 and keep the ball in the court." who has successfully guided the SM '99, Samuel Mertens G, Marc The victory Over Redlands also Kolesnikov came from behind in the On Court 4, Hernandez lost a Beavers through eight years (83-51- Ueberle and Gavin Braithwaite got gave the Beavers a regional ranking doubles, 4-7 down, and defeated the tight one to the bad guy -from 2) was very pleased with the season. points for "Seacoast." The B team above Williams, who had lost to Amherst No.3 doubles team 9-7.The Karate Kid, or a close resemblance "We played some great rugby this has played with a strong fighting Redlands the day before. Jeffs were devastated, the Beavers at least. He started off slowly, drop- Spring, the boys played very hard, spirit throughout the season. were inspired, and defeated, Amherst ping the first set 6-3, and almost we look forward to the Fall 2000 Strong showing in conference play 5-0 (which would have been 6-0 came back to win the second set but campaign," he said. Final game for some veterans After returning from their spring except for a poor call), moving them lost it in a tiebreaker. The last game of the season, was break in California, the team ran into the Elite Eight at Kalamazoo. At number 5, Kolesnikov lost 6- Final bout against Seacoast RFC probably the last game for many of through local Division I yokels Uni- Having worked their hardest to 3, 6-4. On Court 6, Cooke started The game started slowly for the MIT rugby. The front row of Todd versity of Vermont and Boston Col- be 22-1, the beavers prepared for off slow as well, but was on his way TUcking beavers. The visitors' Hiers '00, Kris Sobczak '00 and lege. They then beat regional rivals their quarterfinal match against to a solid win when his match was defense was very Ben Hellweg did Trinity College (6-1), Bowdoin Santa Cruz. It had been almost eight called. In the end, MIT lost 4-2, tight and MIT's a magnificent job College (5-2), and Tufts University years since the Beavers had been making them 22 and 2 on the year. fast runners were against opponents (5-2). this close to a national champi- Seniors Chen and Cooke sur- tackled before ~ played some great and will be sorely In New England Women's and onship, and they were hungry for a passed the 100 win mark earlier this they could make missed next sea- Men's Athletic Conference play, the win. Throughout the season, they season. In addition, Chen posted the the try. But MIT's ruglJg this Spri11!J, the son. The backs Beavers did not lose a single point, had been overcoming school stress, best result ever by an MIT-player in determination pre- bays played very hard; will be without winning 670 out of 820 games. weather, freshman, and MIT. the national tournament, making it vailed when the some of their best . Near the end of the season, the to the quarterfinals before losing to backline passed we lookforward U? the as well. Beavers traveled to Amherst, Mass., Weather almost folls quarterfinals Sloan Rush of Trinity (Texas), the the ball to scoring The very to take on Amherst College. Amherst And now, on the road to the eventual runner up. winger Adam Fall 2000 campaign. experienced Ger- had beaten MIT in every meeting rings, nature stepped in and tried to .Chen also won the National Golden '03. man two-some, since 1991, 1~ in all. But the streak stop the Beavers from getting to Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsman- Before half- -Coach Steve WIlhelm Nikolaj Moll G ended this year as MIT edged out Kalamazoo. The night before their ship, given to one men's player in time, James Par- and Marc Ueber- Amherst. Derek Tsu '03 came match, Delta Airlines and inclement Division m tennis. He also won the tridge Gadded Ie, who have through with the clutch third set win. weather stranded them in Cincin- MIT Senior Athlete of the Year his sixteenth try to the score while helped the team tremendously this After beating Amherst the team nati. The connecting flight out of award. Cooke and Chen will go on shrugging off a few tackles. Upon year will be missed. was 20-0, easily the cleanest record Cincinnati was cancelled, but not this summer to play satellite touma- . the second half, the. beavers were in Next season the rucking beavers Coach Jeff Hamilton had ever seen. before four team members earned ments in Europe. control. Steve Murray PhD '00 did will be playing in the newly restart- Williams came back to oust the $700 each in severance vouchers. Coach Hamilton was named not have a great kicking day but he ed Men's Div. ill league. Hopefully, Beavers in the last match of the reg- In the end, after waiting in the National Coach of the Year by the made up handsomely by powering a repeat performance of this season ular season, sending MIT back airport for three hours, circumstances NCAA. Although graduating two himself through the opposing back- will bring some silverware to the down to No. 2 regionally. But the beyond their control forced the team superstars, the team looks forward line for a try. Golden scored a sec- Institute. team was not discouraged heading to wait in Cincinnati until 5 the next to next year. June 2, 2000 SPORTS THE TECH Page 23 Alan Sun Wms .E. Council Sailing Senior 1rophy CONGRATULATIONS M.I.T. GRADUATES! Sailing, from Page 24 the hard work and dedication that Exclusive StudentIYouth Airfare has not only been recognized by ahead of Harvard and Tufts. MIT - Alan Sun and Madhulika ISIC·(Int'l Student 10.Card) Jain are three-time MVP winners. The wind blows well in the Spring Alan Sun was awarded the Railpasses The coed team has continued to Senior Trophy by the graduating perform on the top level with a seniors of the ew England Inter- Travel Insurance strong third place finish at the collegiate Sailing Association this Boston Dinghy Cup, led by team year. "This prestigious award," . Hostels & Hotels captain Alan Sun and Madhulika coach Fran Charles writes, "is given Jain who won the B division beating to the senior sailor who best demon- Guidebooks & Gear out Harvard by one point. Next, strates leadership, sportsmanship MIT captured the Thompson Tro- and humility both on and off the phy at the Coast Guard Academy race course." In addition, Sun and Tours for 18-35 year olds again led by Sun and Jain who took Jain were nominated to receive the Work Abroad Programs first in B division this time with national award for sportsmanship in nearly a 20 point lead over the next sailing by the Harvard, Tufts, Con- Stud)' Foreign Language Proqrams competitor, Old Dominion. The necticut College, and Boston Uni- & intersectional victory marked the versity sailing teams. All four We will still be there for you. . first Thompson Trophy in MIT Sail- sailors, Sun, Jain, Shea, and Fabre, ing history. are candidates for All-American sta- Youth fares valid up to age 26 & fantastic adult fares as well! The coed team has risen to the tus which will be decided after the highest competitive level through national championships. AMERICA'S STUDENT TRAVEL LEADERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS Crossword MIT Student Cent~r 617 225-2555. Solution Open Mon,'Tue, Thurs, Fri 9:30 to 6:30 Wed 10:30 - 6:30 www.counciltravel.com ------
Thanks to you. all sorts
of everyday products are
being made from the paper.
plastic. metal and glass that
you've been recycling.
But to keep recycling
working to help protect the
environment. you need to
buy those products.
BUY RBCYCLED
....I, I' So look for products made I I from recycled materials. and ill I buy them It ~d mean the I world to all of us. I' I; For a free brochure. write IiII Buy Recycled. Environmental
Defense FUnd. 7Sl Park Ave.
South. New York. NY10010.
or call1-8oo-CALL'-EDF.
This space donated by The Tech Page'24 June 2, 2000
of the Year Race t ars ety Tennis Coach Since 1987 Receives CAARecognition for 22-2 Season 'By Roger Crosley men's tennis and quash coach. Suc- any Division III college in the coun- tution AtbJetic Conference. DIRECTOR OF SPORTS lNFORMATJO cess has been constant for Hamilton try in the 2000 season, In addition to his MIT responsi- atioit MIT men's tennis coach Jeff as he has fashioned a 142-102 During his tenure Hamilton has bilities, Hamilton has been very Hamilton has been named the record (.582), including a school produced nine All-Americas, a active administratively in collegiate CAA Division III Coach of the record 22-2 mark this season, national championship doubles tennis. He has been a member of the Successful Season Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis against some of the finest competi- team, a ew England Division III CAA Division ill Ranking Com- Association. Hamilton led MIT to tion college tennis can offer. Championship, and the best national mittee and has held several regional E'YIfMat Kings Point its best men's tenni season ever as In his 13 years at MIT, Hamil- rankings in the history of the pro- ITA committee positions. Hamilton By Susanna Mlerau the Engineers posted a 22-2 mark ton's teams have qualified for the gram, including the Institute's first continues to play competitively, and TEAM MEMBER and advanced to the final eight in CAA Division ill ational Cham- appearance in the final eight. he and his daughter Caroline have Finishing fifth in the Coed ew the CAA Division ill Tournament pionship five times, including this Hamilton has been the only Men's achieved a top 10 national ranking England Dinghy Championships before bowing out to perennial season. The Engineers were ranked Tennis Coach to receive the Coach in father/daughter tennis. two weeks ago awarded the MIT power University of California 21st nationally in Division III enter- of the Year award in the histo.ry of A 1971 graduate of the Universi- coed varsity sailing anta Cruz. ing this year's campaign and the New England Women's and ty of orth Carolina with a major in team a chance to Hamilton began his MIT coach- advanced to the national quarterfi- Men's Athletic "Conference, and he English, Hamilton currently directs compete in the ing career in 1987 following a tint nals. MIT showed the greatest is a three-time coach of the year the MIT Nike Summer Tennis upcoming national at Dartmouth College as assistant improvement in the ITA rankings of recipient in the now defunct Consti- Camp. championships held at King's Point, Y June 5-7. Engineers Madbulika Jain '00, Alan Sun '00, Erin Shea '02, Tennis and Sean C. Fabre '00 will raise their sails for MIT one more race. ationals comes as no small Reaches honor to a team that has been beat- ing Division I schools including Harvard, Dartmouth, BU, and Tufts Elite 8 all season long. MIT has won the Hatch Brown, Prof. Hood, Frank By Anlsh Parikh Lane, Rudi Oberg, Mike Hom, and TEAM MEMBER Jack Wood Trophies in the fall and On a cold day in Kalamazoo, finished second in the Harry Mich., last Friday, the varsity men's Anderson and the Schell Trophy, tennis feam wrapped up their best and fourth in the Atlantic Coast season in the history Championships - all three of of the school. They which are intersectionals tourna- were in Kalamazoo ments bringing the top teams all for the NCAA Cham- around the nation. pionship tournament, The team's victory in the Hatch where they became Brown was a remarkable perfor- one of the Elite Eight in this year's mance for MIT who won both divi- Division III tournament, and were sions: Fabre and Shea finished first eventually knocked out by No.2 in the A division, an incredible 55 seeded University of California, points ahead of Coast Guard and Santa Cruz. Harvard; Alan Sun and Madhulika The finals capped an excellent Jain won the B division with an season that also resulted in awards equalJy large margin of 36 points MIODRAG CIRKOVlC-THE TECH for two seniors and the coach. Three-time AlI-American Eric Chen '00 leads the tennis team to victory at horne In the NCAA regional Salling, Page 23 toumament, held May 14-15 on the west tennis courts. Men's Tennis, Page 22 TRETEcH ITSG U STA
--~-~~~~~~~------,-_...... ;.;...;.o """ ";';"';;' IIIIiIii_"""" 1IIIIIi