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~~ Volume 119, Number 27 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 4, 1999 I.Gradsto Gather on ~ ...KillianCourt Today By Krista L. Niece Court, led by Chief Marshal, John •• NEWS EDITOR Morefield, 1998-99 president of the Today marks the last MIT com- MIT Association of Alumni and mencement of the 1900s, as MIT's Alumnae. This traditional proces- 133rd graduating class leaves the sion will consist of dignitaries, fac- '.'institute. ulty, and graduates in academic Although the audience is not robes. ~xpected to be as large as in recent Class of 1949 Professor of \.)years, more MIT graduates are Music Ellen T.' Harris will sing the expected to be present at the cere- national anthem in honor of the 50th mony. Approximately 2,400 gradu- reunion of the class. The Boston ~ ates have indicated they will walk in Brass Ensemble will also perform, '\"'the ceremony, according to Gayle as will the Chorallaries, an MIT a .... M..Gallagher, Executive Officer for capella singing group. MIT's "Commencement. Approximately Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Joshua M. '. \q8,000 guests are expected, although Plaut, will deliver the invocation;. 9,600 guest tickets have been hand- Chairman of the Corporation ed out. A total of 10,000 graduates Alexander d' Arbeloff '49 will pre- and guests attended when President side over commencement for the GABOR CSANYI-THE TECH Beloved Star Wars character R2D2 makes a special appearance atop the Great Dome Monday, I ,to Bill Clinton spoke last year. second time. ~~-~ Formal activities 'will begin at May 17, two days before the opening of The Phantom Menace. 9:45am With a pr?cession to Killian Commencement, Page 25 ·C8IIlpUS Polioo Labor Dispute with MIT Enters Seoond Year ~"By Frank Dabek Alan McDonald of McDonald ipal counterparts, he said. Overtime, scheduling disputed tion has proposed that officers not be NEWS EDITOR and Associates, who represents the Leaflets distributed by the asso- McDonald said that the MIT called into work except in the case of The Campus Police continue to MIT Campus Police Association, ciation enumerated demands includ- Campus Police department has a an emergency or during commence- operate under an expired contract said that the unresolved issues in the ing the implementation of safety "history of extensive overtime" due ment. MIT declined the proposal. .J; while a labor dispute, which centers _dispute are "quality of life issues" measure for patrols in Boston, com- to an apparently "insufficient staff to David B. Achenbach, manager around scheduling and staffing .which revolve around the use of pliance with federal laws regarding meet the needs of the community." of labor relations for the Institute, issues, is resolved. The long-stand- overtime, time off, and scheduling. overtime pay, and a reward system As a result, officers are often ordered responded to the association's ing dispute will ~nter.its second year Also, CP officers are not financially for officers who further their educa- to work involuntary overtime. '-~'thismonth. compensated as well as their munic- tion. During negotiations, the associa- CPs, Page 26
( (.. Fraternity Member Fought Alumni Corporation for Right to Stay inHouse By Krista L. Niece pledges from MIT carrying a keg ing back page to the summons origi- ,~. NEWS EDITOR into the Penn State chapter last nally delivered to Bradford. When the alumni board of the November. After the incident, all On Mar. 4, Bradford's case did MIT chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members were suspended, not appear on the docket in court. expelled or suspended 30 fraternity pending interviews with an ad hoc According to Meredith, "the members following a road trip keg Alumni Advisory Council to decide court didn't process it because incident late last year, one former on their future status as fraternity [Bradford] had come in and pointed house president decided to test the members. out [the summons] was incom- legitimacy of the alumni corpora- After the interviews in early plete." tions' termination of tenancy. December, all expelled or suspend- While a new date was set at Mar. Jason Bradford '98, once an ed members were told they had to 18, further clerical errors resulted in 'active member of the chapter and be out of the house by Dec.17., a judge's ruling that the trial could now expelled by its alumni board, although leniency was granted to not proceed that afternoon because elected to continue to live in the those who could not move out on Bradford had not been properly house - a decision which resulted that date, according to Meredith. notified of the court date. in a struggle between Bradford and Meredith said the board chose to A revised copy of the summons the Mass Delta Alumni Corporation reinstate members "who are inter- had been served to Bradford several that has lasted since the beginning ested in the founding principles of days following the Mar. 4 court of this year and is still ongoing. the fraternity" and "who understood date. In one place it still said the On Feb. 5, Bradford received a that times are changing. [The house] court date 'was still March 4, Notice to Quit giving 7 days to can't have an 'Animal House' although in other places it set the move out or face formal eviction atmosphere" any longer, he said. date at March' 18. from Alumni Corporation President According to Bradford, Meredith 'I Shaun L. Meredith. "I wasn't going Case faces initial delays and SigEp resident adviser Joseph to listen to [the Alumni Board's] In mid-February, Bradford Dougherty approached him advising threats, their bluffs, or their attempts received a summons to appear in him to move out immediately fol- to intimidate me," Bradford said. court on Mar. 4 after not vacating lowing the second judge's ruling. " The massive reorganization of his room located in SigEp's annex "It did not matter what the judge GARRY R. MASKALY-THE TECH the local SigEp chapter, which left at 515 Beacon St. despite the Notice said, if I did not move out by the Thomas D. Chen G is hooded by Professor Anne M. Mayes '86 only 11 members living in the house to Quit. weekend, they would hire a lock- and Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow '72 as part of Thursday's at 518 Beacon St., began after an A series of clerical errors smith, break into my room and •• Investiture of Doctoral Degree Hoods ceremony. incident in which a representative delayed the hearing past spring from SigEp national caught SigEp break, the first of which was a miss- Bradford, Page 26 r. President Emeritus Howard Comics A website created by the Class of World & Nation 2 ,~ Johnson speaks about leading 1999 to help students trade and Opinion .4 MIT through turbulent times. sell extra Commencement tick- Features 6 ets is shut down by the Institute. Arts 8 Police Log 28 Page 20 Page 17 Page 24 Sports 29 Page 2 THE TECH June 4, 1999
______WORLD & NATION ------4 American Airlines Pilots Received Yugoslavia Yields to NATO's · Weather Updates Before Crash U JS A,\'(;ULS rt.\If:S LITTLE ROCK. ARK, Demands in Kosovo Conflict .. Air-traffic controllers gave the pilots of Flight 1420 detailed, regu- larly updated information about the dangerous weather in the By Daniel Williams the European Union, and Viktor would stop its air campaign. moments before the American Airlines jetliner crashed here, the Till:' U'ASIIINGTON POST Chernomyrdin, Russia's special "NATO intends to continue the. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. BELGRADE Balkans envoy. air strikes until Milosevic and the NTSB investigators are attempting to determine why - despite Yugoslavia on Thursday accept- The two envoys on Wednesday government of Yugoslavia convinc- being told that a gusty hailstorm was about to strike Little Rock ed an international peace plan for presented to Milosevic the proposed ingly demonstrate that the fighting National Airport - Capt. Richard Buschmann went ahead with his ending the conflict in Kosovo, bow- peace settlement, which they had is over, that Serb forces are with-- decision to land. Such decisions always are the responsibility of the ing to NATO demands for the with- agreed to in talks in Germany this drawing, and that a NATO-led force pilot in command. drawal of all army and police forces week with Deputy Secreta.ry of can enter Kosovo to provide the As the Super MD-80 landed late Tuesday night, it careened out of and the deployment of a NATO- State Strobe Talbott. The plan was security that the refugees need to" control. veering right and then left before skidding off the runway, dominated peacekeeping force in an accepted without objections return to their homes," Cohen said. smashing into a light standard and bursting into flames. apparent capitulation that could halt Thursday by the Yugoslav federal "At this point, not a single Serb sol- Nine of the 145 people on board died in the crash - among them 10 weeks of allied bombing. government and the Serbian parlia- dier has withdrawn from Kosovo, Buschmann, a highly respected veteran pilot who had logged more President Clinton and other ment, which approved it by a vote of and we have to keep that in mind as.. than 9,000 hours in the cockpit. Over 80 other people were injured. NATO leaders reacted cautiously to 136 to 74. Kosovo is a province of we view the workings of today." Investigators theorize that the jetliner was struck by a powerful the agreement, saying it represented Serbia, the dominant republic in the Cohen said a "military-to-mili- gust of wind - possibly as high as 87 mph - just as the plane the beginning of a peace process, Yugoslav federation. tary understanding, an agreement" touched down on the runway. not the end. Clinton vowed the "We have been informed that between Yugoslav and NATO offi-. NATO air strikes would continue the federal government and the par- cers still would have to be worked ANC Strengthens party Majority until NATO has a clear confirmation liament of Serbia accept the peace out "within the next several days." Xt:JI"S!J../1" that the Serb-led government in offer we have made," Ahtisaari said. If borne out, the accord will rep.::. PRETORIA. SOUTH AFRICA Belgrade is fully carrying out the Despite the agreement, NATO resent a notable achievement for Nelson Mandela's African National Congress bulldozed over a terms of the accord. warplanes continued to attack NATO, which in the past 10 weeks host of opposition parties Thursday and appeared likely to capture a "Until then, and until Serb Yugoslav forces. Air Force Maj. has flown more than 31,000 sorties two-thirds majority in the country's second all-race election, confirm- forces begin a verifiable withdrawal Gen. Charles Wald said allied planes and dropped nearly 20,000 bombs. 1;)' ing the worst fears of foes who had warned of a virtual dictatorship if from Kosovo, we will continue to had hit 19 Yugoslav artillery and At war's beginning, Milosevic such a landslide occurred. pursue diplomacy, but we will also mortar sites in Kosovo by early pledged that no foreign troops In a sign of white disgruntlement after five years of black rule, continue the military effort that has evening and were going after other would set foot in Kosovo, whic~ the overwhelmingly white Democratic Party, which waged a fierce brought us to this point," Clinton targets throughout Yugoslavia. Serbs regard as the cradle of their anti-ANC campaign that sparked allegations of racism, surged to sec- said in a Rose Garden statement. Following a meeting with civilization. He is now faced with ond place with nearly 10 percent of the vote after having achieved 1.7 The agreement followed a sec- Clinton and the Pentagon's military the task of explaining not only his percent in the last election in 1994. ond day of talks here between chiefs, Defense Secretary William turnabout, but the deployment 0[.,; "The people have spoken," the ANC president, Thabo Mbeki, told Yugoslav President Siobodan Cohen said there would have to be American and British troops and a victory celebration Thursday afternoon in a ballroom festooned Milosevic and Finnish President further evidence of Belgrade's com- forces from other countries that with balloons and jammed with dancing celebrants and ANC offi- Martti Ahtisaari, who represented mitment to peace before NATO bombed Serbia. cials. "The people have said unequivocally that the ANC leads." Mbeki is expected to be formally elected president June 14 by the Parliament chosen in Wednesday's balloting, in which South Africans defied predictions of apathy and turned out in droves. The N.Y.Stock Exchange to Delay Independent Electoral Commission estimated turnout at 85 percent of 18.2 million registered voters. With more than 80 percent of the votes counted late Thursday, the ANC had 65.9 percent, a nearly 4 percent increase over its 1994 Start of Mter-Hours Trading 'M showing. By Walter Hamilton but later backed off to differing second daily trading session from . U.S., Canada Sign Salmon Pact LOS ANGE/.ES TIMES degrees - demonstrates the tremen- 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. to either 9.,_ NEW YORK 1111.:U:.ISIIIXGJ().\'I'OST dous unease felt by the established p.m. or 10 p.m. But after saying ear> , The United States and Canada Thursday announced a landmark The New York Stock Exchange marketplaces. lier that it could start late trading by agreement on salmon fishing in the Pacific Ocean, a pact decided Thursday to postpone The NYSE and Nasdaq had September, it backed off that designed to end a bitter, decades-long dispute over the harvest of fish extending its daily trading hours shown little interest in late trading timetable last week and refused to ... whose epic migrations ignore national boundaries and have some- until at least the second half of next until upstarts Eclipse Trading Inc. specify a start date. times brought competing fishermen to the brink of violence. year, despite plans by competitors to and Wit Capital Corp. unveiled pro- Unlike the NYSE, the Nasdaq is Hailing the agreement after years of difficult negotiations between roll out after-hours trading as early posals for individuals to trade stocks thought to face a more immediate their neighboring countries, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright as this summer. after the close of regular market threat to its business. That stems in. and Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy said in a joint state- Backpedaling from earlier indi- hours, which are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. part from Nasdaq's electronic sys- ment that the new arrangement "represents a victory for all those on cations that it would introduce late Eastern time. These companies now tem, as well as from the fact that it both sides of the border interested in salmon conservation and the trading this year, chief executive run separate markets used by insti- lists many hot high-technology and '\' long-term viability of our salmon industries." Richard Grasso said the Big Board tutional investors and day traders. Internet stocks. The technique, first used several years ago by Alaska over the would first focus on Year-2000 com- The NYSE and Nasdaq, perceiv- In the first quarter, so-called strenuous objections of Canadian and tribal interests, is designed to puter upgrades and the implementa- ing unprecedented threats to their electronic communication networks I respond to often large fluctuations in runs of the five species of tion of a new system to quote stock business, rushed to say they would accounted for at least 20 percent of • salmon in the north Pacific. The regime allows larger harvests in prices in decimals rather than frac- match their rivals even though nei- the trading volume in Nasdaq-listed ' years of abundance and smaller ones in lean years, but overall will tions. ther had specific plans in place. stocks, said Bill Burnham, an ana- likely reduce the catch by as much as 50 percent in some stocks. The after-hours saga - in The National Association of lyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. which the NYSE and Nasdaq both Securities Dealers, which operates Wall Street firms fear the costs .. promised late sessions this summer Nasdaq, voted last week to add a of adding new staff for late trading.
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Today: Glorious. Breezy with clear skies and low humidity.High of 79°F (26°C). Tonight: Clear and cool. Winds dying down. Low of 53°F (12°C). Saturday: Sunny and dry, with lighter winds. High 78°F Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other S mOOls I Snow Rain _ Trough fog • j (25°C) with an afternoon seabreeze along the coast. H High Pressure - Show." "V - i Thundc:nlorm Saturday Night: Clear; good sleeping weather continues. Warm Front * "V "R L Low Pressure Light ex:> llau Low 54°F (12°C)...... Cold Front * Maderale I ** Compiled by MIT Sunday: Another delightful day. Sunny and dry, high ~ Humane Meteorology S~ff Occluded Front Heavy . 80°F (26°C) . •••• 1'* .. and TMTrch J~ne 4, 1999 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3
Federal Reserve Vice Chainnan Roche to Buy Rest of Genentech U JS "ISI in.!:s 11.tIIeS Roche Holdings Ltd. said Thursday it will exercise its option to Rivlin to Step Down from Post buy the outstanding shares in Genentech for S4.2 billion, but has decided to allow the South San Francisco biotechnology company to By Peter G. Gosselin consensus together," said David M. Originally, Rivlin was not continue operating independently. LOS ANGEl.ES TIMES Jones, a veteran Fed-watcher and expected to wield much influence at The Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, which already owns WASHINGTON chief economist of Aubey G. the Fed, in part because she was 65 percent of Genentech stock, will pay $82.50 a share for the Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Lanston & Co. in New York. replacing Princeton economist Alan remaining shares. Then, if regulators approve the deal, it will raise Alice M. Rivlin, a staunch supporter For the 68-year-old Rivlin, the S. Blinder who clashed with Fed more than $2 billion by selling up to 19 percent of the company back (\~ the central bank's strategy of let- departure will mean the end of a Chairman Alan Greenspan and in to the public. ting the US. economy race forward string of high-profile, high-pressure part because her specialty was the Part of the deal will expand on Roche's right to pick drugs from even at some risk of inflation, unex- assignments in recent years. Before nuts and bolts of government bud- Genentech's rich pipeline for co-development, but it will pay a premi- pectedly announced Thursday that arriving at the Fed in June 1996, she gets, not monetary policy. um for drugs near the end of testing in patients. s';1e will resign, saying that she was director of the White House But analysts said she made a Genentech executives welcomed Roche's decision to let the wants to devote more time to untan- Office of Management and Budget name for herself by tackling arcane smaller company steer its own course in developing genetically engi- gling the finances of the city of during the height of the budget bat- technical issues faced by the Fed neered drugs. President and CEO Arthur D. Levinson said that the Washington. tles between Clinton and the and settled in as a staunch ally of company is determined to remain independent and maintain a culture • Rivlin's departure in mid-July is Republican-controlled Congress that Greenspan in his struggle to main- of innovation that is distinct from the atmosphere found at many large not likely to make much difference resulted in a government shutdown. tain low interest rates even in the drug companies. to Fed policy, but will give President "She's had a role in just about face of trends that seemingly could "It's my emphatic belief that Roche is sincere in its efforts to C:inton the chance to appoint anoth- every policy battle that has occupied spark inflation. allow this company to exist as an independent operation, and I hon- er member to the central bank, Washington in recent decades," said Besides her policy role, she is estly believe our future success is dependent on that," Levinson said. which has effectively become the Robert D. Reischauer, a veteran credited with improving the internal Analysts hailed the Roche move as brilliant - and good for the most powerful government manager economist with the Brookings management of the Fed, which health of a highly regarded, pioneering biotech company. or the economy in recent decades. Institution, the Washington think appeared at times sleepy, and with "Roche found a very smart way of having its cake and eating it And while her voice on policy tank that Rivlm will rejoin when she advancing the careers of women at too," said Meirav Chovav, an analyst with Salomon Smith Barney. was muted, others said that she will leaves the Fed. "She's had a remark- the male-dominated institution. The deal grew out of a 1990 merger agreement, revised five years h~ missed as a conciliatory presence. ably varied and productive career in later, that gives Roche the option of completing its takeover by the "She was the glue that held the policy-ma~ing in Washington." end of June of this year, at 82. Senate Candidate from N.Y.Bows Walmart May Expand to Internet I.oS ANG/:lIS TlM!;S The United States' largest retailer on Thursday denied a CNBC report that it would open a greatly expanded online retail site Friday Out to Make Way for First Lady that will directly confront such aggressive Internet interlopers as By Michael Grunwald almost too far-fetched to contem- Republican nomination. "She's Amazon.com. and John Harris plate is looking more than ever like clearly made the decision to run," "That report is completely inaccurate," Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Tli" WASlllNGTON l'OST a done deal. said Lowey, who called Clinton on spokeswoman Melissa Brown said. "We're always listening to our NEW YORK Clinton, who has never lived in Thursday and pledged to support online customers, and we're focused on meeting their needs, but Hillary Rodham Clinton's all- New York and has never run for her still-undeclared candidacy. "It we've not talked about anything like (the CNBC report)." but-announced Senate candidacy in elective office, met Thursday to talk was time for me to move on." Speculation about how quickly Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart N'ew York became even more of a politics with James Carville, the Lowey did not rule out the pos- would upgrade its online business has grown in recent months as foregone conclusion Thursday as the charismatic consultant so central to sibility of getting back into the race Amazon.com and other Internet retailers have expanded their online only other potential Democratic her husband's 1992 presidential if Clinton has a change of heart, but services and marketing budgets. Brown, however, declined to outline ci1.ndidate said she is dropping out of campaign. Carville said she never Democratic insiders say the party is Wal-Mart's online timetable: "During the coming year, we will have the race because it is "clear" that declared to him that she was run- obviously counting on the first lady some exciting news to share about some significant changes in the Clinton will run. ning during their chat, but he said to run. Potential candidates such as way that we approach some of our (online) programs." Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N. Y., on the assumption was obvious. state Comptroller Carl McCall, The CNBC report prompted prices of online stocks to fall notice- Tilursday said she is withdrawing "I don't know if I've ever Housing and Urban Development ably on Thursday, as investors apparently worried that the huge retail- from the Senate race to clear the declared to her that I'm a male," Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo and er is now ready to flex its muscles online. Amazon.com closed down field for the first lady, and will Carville said. "It's understood." environmental activist Robert F. $7.06 at $105.06 in Nasdaq trading. instead run for a sixth House term. Now that Lowey has pulled out, Besides serving on the Fed, in In contrast, Wal-Mart finished up $1.13 at $45.50 in NYSE trad- clinton advisors said she plans to Clinton is the only Democrat even the executive branch and in city ing after Bank ofTokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. reported that US. retail sales announce the formation of an considering the race to succeed government, Rivlin also has done a rose a larger-than-expected 6.8 percent during May. Wal-Mart's May exploratory committee in early July, retiring Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan, 0- stint in the legislative branch. She sales rose by 7.7 percent. CNBC's report underscores growing tension an.d while some still caution that she N.Y. New York Mayor Rudolph was the founding director of the between Wai-Mart, which is credited with reshaping the brick-and- could change her mind, the adopted- Giuliani and Rep. Rick Lazio, R- influential Congressional Budget mortar retail world, and Amazon.com. state candidacy that once seemed N.Y., are likely to compete for the Office from 1975 to 1983.
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OPINION ..
Extend the Deadline .' If the Residence System Steering Committee's proposal to redesign The report's idea of a "sophomore shuffle," transparently a way to the Institute's dormitory system were only preliminary, as the report give fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups more of an cautions, then MIT's student community wouldn't have much to fear. opportunity to gain pledges, deserves more debate and clarification ..• Students could go home for the summer, return in the fall, and then According to the report, the shuffle, to take place in spring every year, Chairman debate vigorously the merits and flaws is a process whereby freshman-to-be-sophomores enter a lottery to be Josh Bittker '99 't I I of the plan. reassigned to a new dorm; those not wanting to leave their current Editor in Chief Ed 1 Orla Unfortunately, students will not dorm can stay in the same dorm but would receive the same rooming-\: Zareena Hussain '00 have such an opportunity to debate the priority as freshmen coming into that dorm the next fall. Business Mana~er proposal. Final recommendations for dorm design are due in early fall, The Tech has heard different variations of the sophomore shume Joey Oieckhans 00 and, given that most students are absent for the summer session, the from members of the committee, and at this point we are uncertain of RSSC proposal takes the form more of a template for future action what the sophomore shuffle really is. Aside from the fact that the shuf- OJ Managing Editor rather than a preliminary brainstorming. The Tech feels that more time fle completely ignores individual dorm policies across campus for Ryan Ochylski '0 I is necessary for students and administrators to adequately think out the rooming, there is the potential that undergraduates will see their fresh- Executive Editor consequences of the Steering Committee's recommendations and to man residences as temporary. Such a drastic disruption in undergradu- ~ Douglas E. Heimburger '00 propose better alternatives. While the current extension is commend- ate life deserves more debate and factual and statistical evidence on able, more time will be necessary to foster a comprehensive dialog over either side. NFIIS .\T/FF what has been a perplexing report .. Also, alarmingly enough, the report completely ignores the role of Editors: Frank Dabek '00, Susan One of the report's more controversial recommendations, to move the the new undergraduate residence to be built by the year 200 I. Any plan "- Buchman '0 I, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Krista graduate residents of Ashdown House to MacGregor House, relocating to redesign the dormitory system must take into account this new L. Niece '0 I; Associate Editors: Rima MacGregor residents and allowing for Ashdown to become a central, dorm. How can it, the product of all the controversy at MIT for the last Arnaout '02. Sanjay Basu '02. Kristen undergraduate, "freshman doml," is random at best. Why MacGregor and two years, be ignored? What is the role this new dorm will play and. Landino '02, Kevin R. Lang '02. Karen E. Ashdown? We can only speculate. Perhaps the Steering Committee felt what will be the makeup of the residents of this new dorm? If anything, Robinson '02: Staff: Eric Sit '99. Erik that MacGregor, with its red brick, imposing tower, and single rooms, was perhaps the new dorm should be the "freshman dorm" because that Snowberg '99. Anna K. Benefiel '00. Adam somehow more appropriate for graduate students. Or perhaps the commit- Brown '00, Dudley Lamming '00, Katie way there will be no necessarily disruption to existing residential life. tee wanted, in an attempt to further more community interaction, to pre- JelTreys '0 I, Laura McGrath Moulton '0 I. The bottom line is that more time and research are necessary to ade~"'" Jane Yoo '0 I, Steve Iloberman '02. Neena vent undergrads trom having singles their first year on campus. quately debate and think out solutions to redesign residential life at S. Kadaba '02; Meteorologists: Michael C. Whatever the reasons (which need to be articulated), it is little more MIT. On one hand, the RSSC report makes radical recommendations Morgan PhD '95, Veronique Bugnion G, Greg than conjecture that has propelled the Steering Committee to issue its with little evidence that these recommendations will work. On the other Lawson G, Bill Ramstrom G, Gerard Roe G. blanket recommendation. Strong student opposition exists and cannot hand, students, inherently one of the most conservative groups on cam- • Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski. be ignored. For instance, residents at MacGregor would protest being pus, object to the recommendations more on gut feeling than on logic. essentially thrown out from their home and community, and some Both students and administrators need to come together to shape the I'RO/)c( 'FIUV ,\T/IT undergraduates entering MIT might desire the privacy of a single more new dorm redesign. The Tech's worst fear is that, come fall, the MIT '" Editor: Brett Altschul '99: Associate than the community a double or triple provides. More facts must be administration will institute the recommendations with little input com- Editors: Ian Lai '02, Agnes Borszeki; Staff: gathered on either side before justifying such a drastic upheaval. ing through trom either side, and students will be the ones to suffer. Erica S. Pfister '00, Jordan Rubin '02.
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L sought after. So which technology, Association President here, under- in a dimly-lit geek fantasy, and we take "new" or "old," does Technology stands that systems, no matter how tremendous pride in that. If you '11allow me to refer to? After 4 years here, my big or small, are created by humans, • answer to the $ I 20,000 Question and can be changed by them as well. is: Systems. uine. But it doesn't necessarily have to be My fraternity pledge trainer once told me, A system is a bunch of independent yet encouraged by radically altering the system to "Make your own traditions." As far as I can interrelated things that all work together. house all freshmen together. tell, that is the MIT way. MIT has taught rne to hate I Linguistics is the system of languages and Another system I have become interested Scientists, while perhaps not the most the real uJorld... sounds, science is the system of accepted in is the government, which everyone seems socially responsible people, are the most ratio- truths about the universe, and commerce is the to hate. Amusing, considering half of those nal, and must rationally be in favor of continu- 77-1ecitizens ifMIT possess system of buying and selling things. A car is a governed don't even register for the option to ing the human experiment as long as possible. ... mechanical system whose gas-powered engine fix it, and half of those that do don't option Bombs and spaceships do the same thing in a unique ftar and loathing turns the wheels, a computer is an electrical that option. One need not look very far to see different systems, but one's a better long-term jor the shinllnering I'nirage system which regulates the flow of electricity many broken parts in that system, and where plan. ... to perform calculations, and a human is a bio- some engineering mentality could easily fix Maybe that's what Technology's all about. on the other side if the Charles knouJn as ({real life. )) The After Generation For its Inany suaesses} MIT Student groups spent much of this year try- influence upon the plans the administration 111anages to turn out nlany Eric 1. Plosky ing to answer those questions by declaring has in store for undergraduate housing and f. their opposition either to the on-campus hous- student life. It might even be possible to suc- students whose vieuJ if the Perhaps it is fitting, in a millennial sort of ing requirement itself or to its proposed cessfully address the foglike apathy that per- way, that we, the Class of 1999, are the last implementation. Each group weighed in with meates nearly every nook and cranny of the LlJorldis narrouJ. class at MIT that will remember the Way its own opinion, but individual organizations, Infinite Corridor. If all goes well, the Unified • Things Were - that is, the way things were such as the Undergraduate Association, Student crew will be able to command a seat before the alcohol-induced death of Scott S. seemed utterly powerless to effect change, and at the administration's table; if the situation Krueger ' 01. Just as December 7, 1941 and completely mismanaged their chance to orga- remains indefinite, they may be able to force a flog a dead horse for a moment, I'll point out November 22, 1963 divide the United States' nize something productive out of the mess of showdown. It's a terrible thing to have to hope that pulling freshman back to Cambridge is a • cultural history into Before and After periods, protests. for continued conflict, but such thinking mere- step farther back into our collective shell; it's so too is September 29, 1997 a divider, a trag- The early babble of discord eventually qui- ly underscores the undercurrents of antago- hard to imagine dealing face-to-face with an ic, unforgettable one that will forever remain eted in favor of more constructive influences. nism that now exist on campus. Even the apa- angry super when you live in a miniature city in MIT's collective memory. Some students got themselves on the commit- thetic are antagonistic; they just don't care to full of people younger than the cast of The atmosphere on campus has since tee to design the new residence; some worked actually do anything about it. "Friends". changed dramatically. Distrust and suspicion with the administration in other ways. Still, Regardless of what happens, today marks MIT, for its many resounding successes have replaced the carefree openness that has most of the student body displayed nothing the departure of most of the Old Guard, those (this is assuredly the best school on earth, long been MIT's unique identifier. more than apathy, and considerable effort was '99-ers who have a more complete historical for most of us), manages to turn out many Administrators and the ever-vigilant Campus squandered on petty ribbon-wearing cam- perspective on the changing campus. Sadly, students whose view of the world is terrify- Police keep everything under close guard paigns and "Tool-In" publicity protests out- but understandably, most graduates have dis- ingly narrow. And at no time is this more •' nowadays, a situation that is not likely to side President Charles M. Vest's office . played little interest in what happens to MIT apparent than Commencement - and this change in the near future. Indeed, the near Eventually (as I recommended in next fall and beyond. Students are tired of year, unusually so. Someone from the future - and the far future - will likely be November), the heads of the five student-gov- conflict, tired of living under a magnifying Outside (with a capital 0) is coming - it's shaped largely by the growing conflict ernment organizations got together to produce glass, and even the "real world", it seems in Click and Clack! Much to our collective • between students and administrators. a Unified Student Response to the administra- some cases, is a preferable alternative. relief, the world is populated with MIT In the wake of Krueger's death, President tion's housing plans. The USR, authored by I am curious to see what happens to MIT. alums, right? Unfortunately, this is hardly Charles M. Vest announced a series of sweep- representatives of the Undergraduate I've always had mixed feelings about the the case - only a fraction of the world is at ing reforms intended to transform undergrad- Association, the Dormitory Council, the place, and the recent brouhaha has added both all interested in our $110,000 diplomas. uate life. Some of these reforms, such as the Interfraternity Council, the Graduate Student pluses and minuses to the mix. I will walk We're all sharing something powerful and re-working of the fall residence/orientation Council and the Association of Student proudly across Killian Court to receive my special and important - but chances are period, have already been implemented (at Activities, was a single, coherent message diploma; I can't imagine having gone any- we'll end up working not for Jack Florey, least partially). The single biggest change, from students to administrators. But it wasn't where else for what turned out to be four scin- James Tetazoo, or David Honig, but for however, is yet to come - the requirement finished until spring finals, only about two tillating, effervescent, frenzied, perplexing Gordon Gecko, Alex P. Keaton, or John that all freshmen live on campus beginning in weeks ago - too late to make any difference. years. But the place is in turmoil, with no res- Harvard. the fall of 200 1. Still, a strong, promising precedent has olution yet visible. It is my hope that students To any graduate who might be reading , . To accommodate the increased student been set. Regardless of its content, the USR and administrators, in the fall, find a way to this, you have my congratulations. You've population - currently, hundreds of freshmen should be a model for future student commu- work together productively, to eliminate the proven yourself in the most demanding acade- live in off-campus fraternities, sororities, and nication. The UA, Dormcon, the IFC, the hostility now present. mic environment in America. Tomorrow you'll independent living groups - a new dormitory GSC, and the ASA have proved they can work If I have the fortune to return to MIT one be surrounded with the unconcerned, the unin- is scheduled to open in September 2001. Of together to produce concrete responses to the day wearing the carmine blazer of a half-cen- formed, the unwashed, the impatient, and the course, the dorm doesn't yet exist, and a num- administration; in the future, they should build tury alumnus, I will be an anomaly not just impertinent. In short, nothing will have ber of unresolved questions are still floating upon their working relationship in order to because I'll be a 71-year-old man in a red changed. about. What should the physical design of the produce time~v documents. jacket, but because I'll represent the mythical But nothing will be the same, either. Good dorm be? Should it be a freshmen-only dorm? Timing is everything. Depending on the Before. May the After generation also be luck - I'm sure we're all ready. How will it fit into campus life? How will it speed at which the new Unified Students can given the opportunity to know an MIT campus Wally Holland is a member of the Class of change campus life? move, it is possible to still exert considerable at peace. 2001. Page 6 THE TECH June 4, 1999 FEATURES
of a far more subtle kind that that which results from one architect doing everything, at Famous Architecture one particular point in time. By bringing in the most creative architects of their genera- tions, to add their contributions to the evolv- Unique Buildings Echo MIT's Innovative Style ing whole, MITis pursuing a similar strategy." .. "Architecture is really about ideas. It's By May K. Tse The other famous building by Saarinen is conversation, extending over many centuries, therefore appropriate for an institution like .\LN/UI< /:/>/101< the chapel, located directly across from the in which designers of new projects respond MIl' to take a leadership role in promoting To the unknowing eye, the buildings of auditorium on the other side of the grassy creatively to the work of their predecessors. innovative design on its campus, just as it MIl' are an imposing bunch - a mismatch of open area known as Kresge Oval. The win- The result is diverse, complex, interesting, and takes a leadership role in research," Mitchell oddly-shaped buildings named after numbers dowless, non-denominational chapel is full of delightful surprises. And it has a unity said. rather than people. If this is what you think, designed with a moat surrounding it so • howe\er, look again, because there's more that at certain times of the day, when here than meets the eye. sunlight strikes the water, the light can Although some people have even said that be reflected into the chapel. the non-homogeneous, non-ivy-covered build- ings are just plain ugly, in actuality, many of Others bring fame to campus MIT's buildings are literally works of art. World-renowned architect, I.M. Pei "I don't think it really matters very much '40 also has the unique perspective of whether most students know that buildings are coming back to create a design for his famous, or even know the names of their alma mater. He is credited with the architects. It just matters that the buildings are Wiesner Building which houses the good and contribute positively to the quality Media Lab and Albert and Vera List of student life," said Dean of the School of Visual Arts Center, as well as the Architecture and Planning William J. Ralph Landau Building (66), the Mitchell. Camille Edouard Dreyfus Building Mitchell cited the dormitory Baker House (18), and the Cecil and Ida Green as an example. "It was designed by Alvar Building (54, the tallest building in Aalto - probably the greatest architect of the Cambridge). 20th century. It's one of only two buildings he MITis also populated with sculp- did in the United States, and - though quite tures, murals, and other pieces of art modest in its scale and construction - it's an by distinguished artists, such as undoubted masterpiece. Every architect and Eduardo Catalano, Alexander Calder, architecture student who visits Boston makes Henry Moore, and Louise Nevelson. In a pi Igrimage to see it, and there's much for addition, Frank Gehry has been com- design professionals to learn from it. But I missioned to design the new Stata think Aalto would have been happiest to know, Complex, which will be built in the lot simply, that it has turned out to be a great where Building 20 used to stand, and place to live," he said. which will house the Laboratory for Baker House, designed so that 80 percent Computer Science, among other of the rooms have a view of the river, is cur- groups. rently undergoing renovations. There will be a "The new Stata Complex will be special 50th anniversary celebration scheduled truly extraordinary. The Boston area for October 1999, entitled "Interpreting has never seen anything like it, and I'm Aalto." sure it will quickly become a symbol of MIl' in the 21st century and a popu- Eero Saarinen also leaws a mark lar tourist destination," Mitchell said. Nearby Baker House stand two more archi- "It's an inspiration for Course 4 stu- tectural feats, both credited to Eero Saarinen in dents to see these extraordinary pro- 1955. The first one is Kresge Auditorium. The jects developing on campus. It shows building's outer shell is exactly one eighth of a them that MITis very serious about sphere, a fact which has even been discussed good architecture, and it creates many in freshmen calculus classes! Via strategically- opportunities for productive interaction placed buttresses, this outer shell actually with the architects involved. Last fall, "floats"separately from the rest of the building, for example, Frank Gehry and I jointly which includes both the actual auditorium as taught a design studio. And this spring, well as the smaller "Little Theater" below. when we brought our architects togeth- er for an intensive three-day campus design project, a dozen of our students • were very actively involved" Mitchell Viewpoint said. MIT leads way in building styles Thil JIIUk'l fUtftW1l.: Commenting on the fact that MIT's What was your most different buildings don't lend to a very uniformed look, Mitchell said, "We memorable mome1f.t at M IT? certainly don't want a homogeneous campus. The great campuses of the "My most memorable experience was past, like Cambridge and Oxford, 3.091 with Dr. Sadoway. Every day was a aren't like that at all. They are really memorable experience." the outcomes of a kind of architectural The Chapel is one of many MIT buildings famous for its architecture. Jesse J Kirchner '00
"I broke my ankle freshman year. It took me almost half an hour to get to the end of the Infinite Corridor from Lobby 7 Feature of the Week on crutches. I would always be late for classes. So one day, my friend Jen, came to help. What we did is we went into the MIT Chorallaries UA office in Building 7 and we got one of By Katie Jeffreys or "BOCA" compilation CD. The Chorallaries are perhaps best their chairs with wheels. She put me in Sf.IFF H/:POI<7LH known for their annual Bad Taste Concert, which fills Room 10-250 that chair, and pushed me down the infi- The Chorallaries, "MIT's only secular, co-ed, all-MIl' a cappella each spring. Audience members wait hours on end for a good seat. nite corridor so that I got to class on group" continue their annual tradition of singing a short program at The Chorallaries' Commencement program includes the time." Commencement again this year. "Engineers' Drinking Song," which merrily touts MIT's superiority Ilarn-Mei Hsieh '99 "We sing right after the diplomas have been issued. We tradition- over all other schools. ally sing 'Arise All Ye' (our school song, of "We were coming back from Jillian's course) then we segue into 'Take Me Back to and a friend of ours got egged by a bunch Tech' which is a fast and funny song about the of high schoolers in a brown minivan." joys of going to MIl'. Both songs are quite old," Sridlwran Raghamn '99 said Irene M. Wilson G, a choral alumna. "We stand up at the front, to the audience's "The April Fool's Day snowstorm." right of the stage. The group consists of whatever A/arianne 1:'. AIcFherson '99 current Chorallaries are still around for the sum- mer, plus any Chorallary grads that are avail- "My sophomore year - dead week. able ... There are also several people that are Having so much fun, knowing so many singing (lnd graduating at the same time." people and finally feeling at home at The a cappella group, which began during MIT."' Independent Activities Period in 1976-77, has Katin L. Shields '99 spent the last year regionally promoting Contents Under Pressure, their sixth album. Featuring "When the [MBTA] bus fell into the newer songs like "Karma Chameleon" as well as fiver. old favorites like "Africa," the CD has been pop- /)(/\'id A. Cmpentcr '()() ular with on mini-tours and in singing engage- ments ranging from Six Flags in New Jersey to "I didn't really have one:' the Gunstock Ski Resort in New Hampshire. (iong K. Shen '99 "Pretty Good Year," a track from the recent H,CI/ Fll.E PI/OW Contents CD was selected for inclusion on the The 1998-1999 Chorallarles, pictured here, will be joined by a dozen alumni to Compiled hyAndrewJ Maywah nationally prestigious Best of College A Cappella sing at Commencement today. June 4, 1999 FEATURES THE TECH Page 7
worked at Scient~fic American previously, and still most of them now, are editors. They take The End of Science? the articles written by scientists and make them readable, and that's it. Jonathan Peale, thought that there was this gap in their cover- An interview with Science journalist john Horgan age that could be filled by a staff writer, so he By Joel Rosenberg andjust crate this Utopia. are stored in the brain, or how the brain liked the stuff I was doing at Spectrum, and he ..IRIS UJ!lOR The Tech: Is that Utopia? processes all the information our senses con- hired me. In 1996, after years oj interviews with the Horgan: I don't know. It's frightening. The stantly feed it. The mind is still a complete The Tech: What would you recommend if " greatest minds in science as a stajf writer jor whole idea of Utopia has been discredited in mystery at this point, so to me that's going to someone was interested in going into science Scientific American. journalist John Horgan this century, mainly because of what happened be a growth industry. journalism? published his controversial bestseller. The End in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. But The Tech: Give me a brief history of your Horgan: I'd recommend first of all, do of Science. in which he gives an overview oj don't we want a perfect world? Don't we want education what [ didn't do, which is start writing as soon • the opinions oj those great minds on that sub- to get rid of all these problems? Horgan: I didn't go to college until I was as you can for whatever publications will have ject, along with his own observations. I sat The Tech: Well yes, but it depends how you 19. I went to University of Pennsylvania for a you: The Tech or Tech Talk; Technulogy down with him last Jail. as part oJFeshman define problems. year, and then I didn't go to school at all for Review; Discover; Scientific American. A lot () Orientation. Horgan: The thing is, any Utopia you can about 5 or 6 years. I started going to a com- of these places use freelance stuff. There's a munity college again out in tremendous need for people who can write The Tech: What is the role Colorado, and just took writing well about science. And as I said, I do think of the science journalist? courses and a bunch of differ- there's particularly a need for people who can Horgan: One of the prob- ent stuff. I decided I didn't provide constructive criticism of science too. I lems with science journalism really want to be a painting think anybody who's persistent, especially now is that it's too much in contractor for the rest of my anybody from MIT. will have no problem. . the "gee whiz" mode. It's life, so I might as well go back TIle Tech: What are your thoughts on • celebrating science, it's try- to school. genetic engineering? ing to educate people about I was interested in journal- //urgan: [ don't really have a problem with science. and tell them how ism, and I transferred to genet ic engineering. I don't see a tremendous • cool it is. But while journal- Columbia and thought about dO\vnside, unless it's opposed by the govern- ists can act as educators, getting into science. But I ment. You don't need genetic engineering to they've also got to be more decided I was too old to get a have a horrible eugenics program-the Nazis critical, because there's sci- PhD. and that was the only way showed that. , ence that has troubling moral really to become a scientist. So One of the problems [ have with the debate and political implications instead I got a degree in over ethics as is proceeding now is that it gen- which should be pointed out. English and then went to erally assumes that we're going to have a lot of • I'm worried that science Columbia Journalism school. I powers that we might not necessarily ever get. journalists tend to be in the took a lot of science courses: a There's absolutely no reason to think that any role of celebrators of science year of physics and a year of of this is going to happen based on what we've propagandists. I'd like to see calculus, astronomy, and a been able to do with this knowledge so far. • some more of the sophistica- whole bunch of other different Going back to cloning, I don't see what the tion you get in political jour- classes. Of course none of that big deal is. We can already take an embryo nalism, or even in sports really did me any good when I and split an unfertilized egg and split it into 8 • journalism. Even there you became a journalist. fertilized eggs and have 8 identical human get more skepticism and crit- Everything I learned about sci- beings. The whole idea of producing geneti- ical thinking about what's ence I really learned on the job cally identical humans, which some people going on in that realm, and first at IEEE Spectrum, which find so creepy when cloning happens, is ~ science is obviously a lot is really technology oriented, already there. It has been there for a long more important than sports. and then at ScientiJic time. Identical twins happen naturally anyway. The Tech: Do you think . '. ' American. It was a wonderful I'm puzzled why people have such a hard time that it's possible, or probable, way to learn, because you're with it. [..for science to be the goal of not only reading books and I think it's unlikely that we're gonna have a humanity? articles, but you're talking to Brave New World. The scenario that most Horgan: I used to have the leading figures in the field people find plausible now is that it's gonna be • this fantasy-before I got the and getting them to explain more private industry, for individuals who can idea that science was ending •. their work directly to you. In a afford it might try gene therapies that seem - of a world in which way, it was like going to a promising. through either genetic engi- school like MIT, except you As for who's in control of anyone who gets neering or artificial intelli- didn't have this weird student- cloned, that's a political problem. There are gence we solved all our teacher relationship. laws against controlling other humans now. worldly problems. There was The Tech: What was it like Even if you have identical twins, or triplets, or no more poverty, no more at Scientific American? quadruplets, is their humanity less just .' disease, no more warfare, Horgan: It was great. I was because they have an identical twin? I think ethnic conflict-all that was .J there for 10 years. The staff everybody recognizes that each one is individ- gone. We were all brilliant was about equally divided ual. All the horror stories that people imagine ... and healthy and happy, and we could do any- imagine sounds kind of frightening, or at least between people who were really trained as sci- we have rules against already. So I don't see thing that we wanted to. And then the question not satisfying, because you're really talking entists - we had a whole bunch of PhDs in why that should be a problem. is, what will we do with our time? The only about a kind of stasis. I guess the only Utopia biology and physics and geology and things The Tech: Finally, can you talk about your think I can think of that would be a purpose for that would work is a Utopia that constantly like that - and people with backgrounds that interviewing techniques, and how you deal .. humanity was science, science for its own sake. changes, where there are some challenges left. were more like mine. It was very stimulating . with these scientists? Now I really don't know what I believe But that implies that there still might be suf- A lot of the ideas for articles I got from talk- Horgan: If they've written books I try to because I don't think that's possible. The inter- fering. So I don't know. The whole idea of ing to other people there. The only problem I read them. I'll call their office and say I want est of most people in science is very shallow. Utopia is a real paradox. had was there were some people at the maga- to talk to them, and ask for suggestions for Science can't provide a meaning of life for The Tech: What do you think the most zine who really thought the role of the maga- reading. Maybe they'll send me papers, or most people. They'd rather find it in religion promising branch of science today? zine should be to celebrate science, and not to refer me to papers or books. I also try to call or sports or family life. Maybe that's as it Horgan: I think the human mind is the one be so critical. But overall it's definitely one of people who have worked with them or in the .. should be, because the scientific world view is area of science that has shown the least the best jobs in journalism . same field or know them in some way and say, kind of cold and frightening, at least the way I progress so far, and so probably has the great- The Tech: How'd you get the job? Just "What questions should I ask this guy to put look at it. So I don't really know. This is one est potential in the future. Psychiatry is still applied? him on the spot?" or, "Can you tell me a little of the issues I hoped my book would get peo- very primitive, our understanding of how Horgan: I had been at Spectrum for 3 bit about his background so I get a sense of
I pIe to think about. What should be the pur- drugs work is still very vague, and we don't years. Scientific American had never had a full where he or she is coming from before I meet pose of humanity? Is it just going to be being even have good physiological markers to help time staff writer there, and their editor decided them." I try to act awestruck and very respect- happy? More consumer goods? Maybe we'll us diagnose something like schizophrenia. We that he wanted to have somebody just write ful and admiring to put them at their ease so • have mind-expanding drugs or virtual reality, have no real understanding of how memories news stories and articles. The people who they say things that they really regret later. TechCalendar
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BOOK REVIEW Holding the Center HOWARD WESLE'{ JOHNSON MIT President's reign through turbulent times FOREWORD BY JOHN S, REED
By Erik Snowberg Fellows program at MIT, to Assistant Dean and SI:I/T HU'OHnR then Dean of the School of Management, and By I!oward JVesh~l'Johnson finalIy to President of MIT. There is a good MIT Press. ICJYY, 331 pp .. 534.95 deal of MIl' history here. Prospective tuition rioters should take a lesson from days of old resident Emeritus of MIl' Howard when a tuition increase caused students at Johnson set out to create an account of Senior House to tie a note to the neck of HoJo's what it was like for him as an dog. The note told him that if he raised tuition Padministrator during the turbulent again, the dog would meet an untimely end. years at our nation's universities in the sixties The history is valuable only to those who and early seventies. has ever wondered who a particular building As he correctly notes, there are many first was named after. Johnson's objectivity no hand accounts of the sixties from students. but longer works in the later chapters.- They are very few from presidents, provosts or deans. devoid of the interesting anecdotes that made :;uch accounts should be of obvious interest to the earlier chapters, and personal histories in anyone trying to assemble a complete history general, interesting. of the era. Johnson's text is a play by play of Johnson's presidency at the Institute v:hat he saw, but he never ventures into the spanned years of upheaval at American uni- realm of his thoughts and feelings as he navi- versities. The plaque that dedicates Johnson g.lted a difficult course for the Institute. This Athletic Center in his honor states that "He shortcoming makes Holding the Center of led MIT through times of great change with limited historical value. skill, energy, humor, a sense of fair play and The book is not entirely about the sixties, an unwavering commitment to excellence." however. It chronicles Johnson's life from early While the book describes his actions in detail, childhood until the present. It starts out much it rarely reveals the reasons for his actions. He like a kindly grandfather talking about his life, spends literally pages on the behavior and bet includes details your grandfather probably manners of anti-war and civil rights protesters wouldn't. Details about what he did (or more without ever addressing what he thought of ac:urately didn't) do with various women he their claims and demands. knew in early life makes what otherwise would When he concedes a point or two to demon- have been a fairy-tale description of the depres- strators, it is only because he had too. By not sion and World War II gritty and realistic. backing up his actions with anything more than Johnson's objectivity works wonderfulIy a sentiment that the Institute goes on, he fails to for this part of the book, restoring the human give us the history of the "center" that he had elements to a period of time that has become been striving for from the outset. encased in myth and legend. His experiences After his tenure as president, the book takes are not what are typicalIy dwelIed on in histo- a turn for the worse. It quickly becomes a laun- ries: he \vas always welI provided for during dry list of corporate boards and vacation homes. the depression, was never close to the front This final section explores the details of capital book, and it ends up being too little too late. Johnson's refusal to explore his own reasons ' lines of World War II. Unfortunately, it is only campaigns and operation of corporations at a Holding the Center is based on an impor- for action or opinions about the issues he con- interesting because it is unusual, if one were level which only other managers could enjoy. tant premise: that history is best represented fronted. One can only hope that others will to put together 100 such accounts, Johnson's The last four pages of the book contain by views from all sides. It is hamstrung by follow his lead and learn from his mistakes. would not stand out in any particular way. valuable advice on how to manage large orga- Johnson chronicles his movement from the nizations through difficult time. This is the ALBUM REVIEW particular creativity. The first track, "Where I University of Chicago, to head of the Sloan reason that was lacking from the rest of the Stand", and a later cut, "Turn The Lights On", both foreshadow a reggae atmosphere. The Big Sugar former immediately abandons it for a disjoint- ed drum line combined with funky bass and vocal hooks, while the latter embraces it for a Pure, gutsy, while but backs it up with powerful guitars. The album's also got a wonderful summer unrevolutionary rock song: the infinitely relaxing, infinitely groovy By Daniel J. Katz "100 Cigarettes" (half as many as the movie, STAFF REPORTER and yet it's still twice as entertaining). t'skindof odd that an album can sound By far, the albums highlight is its third formulaic and refreshing simultaneously. track, "The Scene," which opens with a violent Yet, Big Sugar accomplish that with hook that's soon underscored by the thundering IHeated, a new album which, after several crunch of what sounds like at least six guitars months of availability in Canada, has recently (have I mentioned the band is a three-piece?). been released south of the border. On one About halfway through the song, it stops com- level, the music doesn't seem to have anything pletely, the lead singer cries, "I want to know, that sets it apart; it's basically generic guitar do you like to get high?" and the sound of rock, maybe with a bit of a bluesy feel. But on cheering appears out of nowhere. Arena rock a deeper level, in a music industry currently has returned, ladies and gentlemen. dominated by boy bands, boy band graduates, Apart from the various highlights, howev- dance artists, rappers, and rap-rockers, it's a er, almost every song on the album has the welcome development to see an old fashioned same routine: playa particular riff alone, rock-group appear. establish a rhythmic groove, start singing over This particular old-fashioned rock group it. And then in nearly every song, eventually sounds like a cross between Soundgarden, Big that riff appears alone again. After a while, Wreck, and well, Soundgarden. Certainly, you begin to figure out what Is coming. having a voice like Chris Cornell is nothing to However, that doesn't come close to mak- be ashamed of, but vocalist Gordie Johnson's ing this a bad album. Big Sugar's music may smooth yet strained vocals are so similar that be blatantly predictable, but for the rock con- he should be paying Cornell royalties. noisseur that has to wade through the Goo However, while Soundgarden backs up their Goo Dolls and Sugar Ray to hear Creed, it's high melodies with dark and grungy riffs, Big pleasant to see a guitar album that's aggressive Sugar utilizes chunky hooks, retro effects, and but not overblown enough to be metal. If Big long jamming solos to sway the focus from Sugar is an example of the rock and roll fron- mood to music. tier in Canada, then they apparently remember Heated yields some sporadic moments of something we don't. THE TECH Page 9 .. June 4, 1999 THE ARTS CONCERT REVIEW featured every track from TDYK except Bandaides". After thanking the audience, "Deeper", one of the slower, more brooding crew, sponsors, and virtually everyone else songs, which might have killed the show's under the sun, Hurst feigned leaving the stage momentum. Highlights of the show included before leaping back to the mike for a blinding- 'Econoline Crush Iy fast final song, "Burnt." the current single, "All That You Are (x3 )," the raging "Surefire", and the anguish and distort- Sure, most of the audience knew that it '. Vicious electronic rock translates well onstage ed vocals of "Hollowman." was on the set Iist and wasn't an impromptu By Daniel J. Katz for the presence of Econoline Crush. A performance at last year's WBCN River decision. But between Hurst's charisma, the S/~IFF Rf.'I'URIER As Econoline took the stage, it become Rave and semi-generous radio airplay appar- strength of the next-to-last song, and the qual- ently haven't enlisted enough fans to this tal- ity of all of the musician's performances t Ie Econoline Crush show on May 21 apparent from the assorted female screams that was best summed up by lead singer Hurst's admirers made up about hal f the crowd, ented band, who truly put the modern in mod- throughout the show, all that the audience Trevor Hursts comment near the tail but from the opening chord of the first song of ern rock and then give their all when they could see onstage was a hard-working, caring end of their set: "You are few but you the band's set, "Sparkle and Shine", the band perform it live. That was clear after the band band giving their crowd one more for the '. are mighty!" Indeed, the attendance was low made it clear that they hadn't just come to performed their encore, the highly emotional road. Hopefully, next time that crowd will be at the Paradise Rock Club, but everyone who pose; they'd come to make intense music. closer to TDYK, "Razorblades and the size that the band warrants. showed up was thirsty for Econoline and they Despite recent lineup changes (a new drummer were by no means disappointed. and the loss of one of two guitarists, reducing .,. Openers Vibrosoul warmed up the crowd the former quintet to four), the performances for about a half-hour. They presented a unique were near recording quality, with Hurst's pierc- collaboration of funk and heavy rock, inter- ing tenor vocals consistently leading the songs. • mixing syncopated rhythms and riffs with The evening's set list included "Wicked", well-placed power chords. The musicians were an older song which has become a live staple, clearly having a good time (something that's an excellent new song called "You Don't often missing in concerts today), especially Know What It's Like," and "T. D. M." a cut ofT •. the lead singer, who fed ofT the audience and the bands rare debut EP Purge. The concert flung himself around the stage with the music, was clearly dominated by the only Econoline delivering some of the vocals from the floor. Crush album formally released in the U.S., While they didn't present anything earth-shak- The Devil You Know. The new album has a ing, Vibrosoul provided decent music accom- faster pace to it then their earlier recordings, panied by a ton of energy, preparing everyone and this was evident from the concert which Ee's Hurst on Rock, Radio and the Great White North By Daniel J. Katz already knew that. How do you think the ,)JAFF REPURtER music scene is different in Canada from down f the Canadian rock groups trying to here? break through into the United States, TH: Well, there's a number of things going Econoline Crush has been among the on up there that some Canadians are really Omost successful. Their single, "All "rugga-rugga yay-yay" about and some aren't. That You Are (x3)", is in the top ten on the I'm one of the ones that is not a fan of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. I caught up CRTC [Canadian law requiring a certain pro- .' with lead singer Trevor Htirst before his show portion of radio to consist of Canadian con- at the Paradise on May 2 I to talk about his tent]. I know their heart's in the right place ... rock. solo CD, I listen to that every once in a while. current success and the music industry in Because of the size of Canada-we have 25 or The Tech: Did it go over well? I'm so bummed about Scott, because I really Canada and beyond. 30 million people versus the multitudes, the TH: It did, actually ... One of the really thought he was going to be the guy who steps f- The Tech: The new album-well, its not hundreds of millions here in America-they interesting things about that whole experience in and becomes the next rock star that we're all exactly n.ew anymore, but the newest album- felt we would be washed over with American was the power of the Internet. The first few waiting for. I listen to a hodgepodge of all types The.Dev'ilYou Know sounds a lot different than culture. But I believe we're strong enough as a shows we did, it was twenty or thirty minutes of music. I listen to No Security by the Stones a A1fli~tio!lt:Did you go out trying to produce a nation to create our own cultural heroes and of something that interrupted the audience. lot because I love the way they sound live.
6 n~s3und or did it happen during recording? our own music and everything else. I think its (looks at watch) We're waiting for KISS, and The Tech: Then what do you think about ~>Trevor Hurst: It happened when we were evident in bands like Our Lady Peace and our- you guys are making a bunch of noise and the buzz that rock is dead or dying or starting writing and when we were recording ... I think selves. Knowing oUr Lady Peace personally, I delaying them. Please stop. Whereas, as we to smell funny? ~ ~zj~:~~J.e '~,fJl,..W~1'b,3!l:d.tl.1at ~~~tec~o~o- -. ~ they d~ think of their music globally and moved along the tour, people started to come TH: Well, here's my theory about rock and gy;1than~an,'lDdustriar~band,:'So--we. wr9te~:the~:" not'so;much ill terms o£Canada. The danger of into the venue early, there were people waiting roll and what's gone wrong ... You're fourteen songs just trying to write the best songs possi- the CRTC is that when you know you're going for the band, people who were into the band ... years old and you're sitting in your room, ble and' when we hired Sylvia Massey I said, to get x amount of airplay, programmers of And I was talking to my reps and I asked cranking up your favorite tune, and it turns out .. "You're gonna listen to Affliction [produced by radio stations will say that if a song is a hit in what's going on, how could these people be that your favorite band is Matchbox 20. Your Rliy1';;'Eulber] and you're gonna hear all this Canada, it's because they had to play it. finding out. And he says, if you look on the mom walks by and says, "Oh, I like that industIicilrinfluence, but I really want to bring Whereas down here I'm judged simply and KISS army web page, they're talking about song." That's the last thing in the fucking out":'more of our rock and roll edge because solely on whether its a good song or not. you, they're saying get there early, check this world you wanna hear when you're fourteen I to thats wh'O\ve,really are." The Tech: How have you been accepted in band out. So it's a grassroots following that years old. So the only thing now that you can The Tech: -What-kind of bands influence the United States? starts on this really high-tech medium. stick in your stereo and piss your parents off is you, industrial and oth~iwise? . TH: I would say that we probably have The Tech: I asked you about a few of your hip-hop. They don't understand it, they don't TH: It's very broad ... I listen to everything more success down here then we do in our favorite bands earlier ... what have you been get it, and they don't want to get it. Right now, from Willie Nelson to something industrial . own country because there's more rock radio listening to recently? were just in need for some rock stars with like Ministry, and everything in between. down here, there's more of an audience for the TH: The new Underworld CD, the big blue some good old fashioned nasty rebellion. Growing up, there's the hair-metal bands, kind of music we do ... Although I don't see it one [Beaucoup Fish, see April 23 review]. This The Tech: Well, good luck filling that INXS, U2, Killing Joke, Black Flag ... it's just as being that strange, for some reason, some is weird, but I'm a fan of that Scott Weiland niche. Thanks for your time. the whole gamut. programmers in Canada do. The Tech: You're Canadian ... you probably The Tech: How do you decide which sin- gles are released where? For instance, "Sparkle and Shine" was released in Canada, but not in the United States TH: Well, not yet. .. There's kind of a panel that we go through. There's the A&R on the U.S. label, management, and myself, and we just sit around and discuss what would work best... you hate to term it a strategy, but it is a strategy involved. '. The Tech: Does U.S. radio look for something different? TH: Definitely, it's something very unique. The countries are so similar yet so .. different. There's thought that goes into what's going to be the best for what we're ..' trying to achieve down here, and that dictates the order of the singles. The Tech: You opened for KISS. A.. GARRY R. MASKALY-THE TECH What's that like? Nancy Kushlan W_nger directed. the MIT Women's Chorale Concert In Killian TH: It's scary ... Hall on May 16. The Wom'en's Chorale Is open to all women at MIT and ANTHONYSA1NTJAMFS it's probably one of Harvard. EconollneCrush's TrevorHurst the toughest gigs in Page 10 TRKTECH June 4, 1999
ALBUM REVIEW creativity and their incredibly catchy tunes. Although some may scoff at the compar- isons, just as Stephen Sondheim's stylized Pizzicato Five songs in Follies transcend mere pastiche and Erasure's infectious tunes still manage to convey worlds of emotion, Pizzicato Five Japans best kept secret captures the flavor of a small period of By Fred Chol music and run wild with it. There are ASSOC!../f'fARTS F.D170R numerous examples of P5 springboarding king a quick glance at the off of what could easily be limiting music description of Pizzicato Five sounds and producing fantastic, new sounds, like like a recipe for disaster. How could the inventive tune "Concerto" which fea- llit be possible for a Japanese band tures some wicked harpsichord that even singing in Japanese in a style consciously Tori Amos might appreciate. And of course imitating 60's and 70's music possibly be there's the characteristically fun lyrics, such popular in America or Europe where the as the lyrics to "Rolls Royce" which trans- "real thing" is readily accessible, and in lated read, "You ... go out to make a phone English no less? One listen to Pizzicato calL .. to your ex-lover? To ask him to feed .:J Five's new album, Playboy & Playgirl, your cat?" quickly puts aside any possible doubts or Although their first American release, prejudices and makes it obvious that P5 is Made in the USA. (1994), was amazingly more than just a novelty act. They're gaining strong, their next two releases, The Sound of • popularity in the United States after years of Music (1995) and Happy End of the World success in Japan for one simple reason - (1997) were relatively disappointing. It's great they're damn good. to hear P5 back on track with songs that are Pizzicato Five (made up of the music sometimes silly, touching, or happy, but wonder Yasauharu Konishi and the irre- always fun and skillfully put together. For pressible vocalist Maki Nomiya) has a those who have yet to be converted to the unique sound that one can categorize as groovy and catchy world of P5, Playboy & "retro" but which fails to convey the duo's Playgirl is a great place to start.
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THEATER REVIEW the viewers not in the middle of (admittedly, Making this connection explicit, rather than for him to get beheaded. Not the case here; as highly stylized and satirized) Japan, but in the implicit, hardly feels necessary. acted by Eric van Hoven, Nanki-Poo is indeed middle of very Victorian England, with a The Mikado, on certain level, is a love story charming and romantic, and his love story with troupe of actors putting on The Mikado. between a wandering minstrel Nanki-Poo (Eric Yum- Yum is empathically touching. The curi- TheMikado ous thing about this love story, is that the main This is realized in a nearly wonderful man- van Hoven) and a recently-graduated schoolgirl ner, with each shift in perspective (from a Yum- Yum (Marie Danvers), who is unfortu- dramatic moment between the two lovers is Kiss Me Katisha rehearsal, to the actual performance, to back- nately engaged to a Lord High Executioner Ko- staged as a conversation between the Victorian By Vladimir Zelevinsky stage, back to the performance) being smooth Ko (Larry Paulsen). The problems are ampli- actors backstage, rather then the characters .lSS0ClA IF ..IRIS F{)!lOR and seamless, mostly achieved by a flowing fied by some rather exotic criminal laws, a onstage. This, I presume, can be used as an Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan shift of scenery, with the big ugly wooden lovelorn old maiden Katisha (Marsha Bagwell) argument for the production switching between Libretto by WS Gilbert shelves, full to the brim with theatrical odds lusting after Nanki-Poo, and the remote but two worlds the way it does; but, in my opinion, Directed by Larry Carpenter and ends, being replaced with shimmering ori- domineering power of the Emperor of Japan, the reasons why this scene works have to do Choreographed by Daniel Pelzig ental tableau. This causes just one problem with the Mikado himself (Kenneth Kantor). The solely with its dramatic clarity and intensity, Music directed by Jim Coleman the production: the way the story is told has play, while being as funny and light and effer- and nothing with the way it's located in the Sets designed by James Leonard Joy really nothing in common whatsoever with the vescent as they get, nonetheless deals with double environment of this production. Costumes designed by Mariann Verheyen story of The Mikado. The possible explanation some rather heavy issues (laws versus morals, In any case, from this moment on, I got the With Eric van Iloven. Marie Danvers, Larry that this modus operandi was chosen to dilute love and self-sacrifice in the face of death, emotional connection to the characters, and Paulsen. Marsha Bagwell. Kenneth KantO/; the potential offensive and racist elements in etc.)-which is usually conspicuously missing this connection only intensified as the show and the others the play is, of course, very much simplistic; it's from most stage productions of this musical. progressed. The dramatic entrance of Katisha At Huntington Theatre through June 26 perfectly clear that The Mikado doesn't have Because of this disparity between the play in the Act I finale did not treat her as a villain Call (617) 266-0800 for more information or anything to do with real Japan, and is strictly a and the way it was produced, I spent something or as a comic relief, but as a compelling dra- see http://www. bu.edu/huntington satire on English manners, laws, and customs. like first twenty minutes in a state of supreme matic figure. What really surprised and amazed puzzlement and disorientation. me was the latter scene, when Ko-Ko is forced ere,sawonderful story told Getting involved with the theatri- to woo Katisha. Most productions treat this in the Huntington theatre cal performance, for me, usually scene as a comic humiliation for the play's production of Gilbert and means suspending my inherent nominative bad guy; the best ones I've seen Sullivan's The Mikado: the disbelief and entering completely treat it as a heroic (if still comic) self-sacrifice. l1 the world presented on stage. In Here, it worked as a full-fledged romance, with story of all the disparate elements of a theatrical production coming the case of good production, it is the initially antagonistic characters gradually together, interwoven with usually easy; in the case of bad falling in love with each other, discovering the personalities and private ones, it's impossible. The curious common things and empathizing with each idiosyncracies of the actors, and thing about the Huntington pro- other. At this moment, The Mikado acquired a resulting in a living, breathing, duction of The Mikado is, while profound emotional impact, which it kept until organic experience that a good extremely well-thought and care- the end, joyous and enchanting. theatrical production always is. This fully realized work, there's just I must admit, the fact that this scene was is achieved via a deft trick: what we one level of artificiality too many. also realized as a backstage conversation did see on stage is not always the It's not just a story set in stylized add a lot to the characters: seeing formidable theatrical end-product, the finished Japan; it's a story set in stylized Katisha as an aging and bitter diva was more production; no, the audience is Victorian England about people touching that seeing her as a sadistic man-eat- granted a shifting perspective into who are putting up a story set in ing matron. On the other hand, I'm certain this the backstage doings, first tentative stylized Japan, and while this was achievable without breaking out of the readings, more confident rehearsals, makes a good deal of sense intel- world of the playas written by Gilbert. There's later dress rehearsals, snippets from lectually, it took a lot of effort for a lot of pleasures to be gained from the way the full performance interspersed me to perceive any emotional this production works, from the beautiful cos- with actors drinking tea between the sense in this production. tumes (all made of purely British fabrics), to runs, etc. Nothing is added to the This, of course, happened, and the lovely scene changes, to the whole feeling Gilbert and Sullivan's classical sooner than I expected. Nanki- of being a witness to the theatrical production musical satire about love, laws, and Poo, despite being ostensibly the coming together from all of its disparate ele- death penalty in ancient Japan-no, lead of the play, is nearly always ments. I'm still not sure, though, if I would every single word, spoken or sung, T CIfARI.f:S ERICKSON either relegated to the sidelines, have preferred something that would have and every note is unchanged. But Pooh-Bah (J. B. Adams, center) discusses the execution of or made so whiny and annoying made me feel like a part of the show, rather the perspective is di tTerent, putting Nankl-Poo (Eric van Hoven, kneeling) with Ko-Ko (Larry Paulsen). that I find myself actively desiring than a witness, or not. . June 4, 1999 THKTECH Page n .. his charisma and considerable acting talent to MOVIE REVIEW complement each other, playing the dashing but not too bright adventurer with a constant twinkle in his eye and a hint of a smile-even election while wrestling with half a dozen decaying corpses. Rachel Weiz, who, so far, was consis- tently the worst thing about every movie I've Where do politicians .. seen her in, is a revelation: she seems to be channeling some old silent-movie actress, all comefrom? curls and pouting lips and wide-opened eyes, By Vladimir Zelevinsky and I can't think of a performance which ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR By Vladimir Zelevlnsky with suspense and giddy with excitement. would better complement this kind of a movie. Directed by Alexander Payne ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR The bad guy in question is the ancient Some of the action is, admittedly, overly Written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne, Written and directed by Stephen Sommers Egyptian priest Irnhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who violent: not because much violence is ever based on the novel by Tom Perrotta With Brendan Frasier, Rachel Weisz, John was cursed and buried alive three thousands shown on screen (all of it is presented either With Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Hannah, Arnold Vosloo. years ago. Now he's about to awaken, armed off-screen, or in a shadowy silhouette, or by Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell with all ten plagues, and let loose upon the implication, or after a fade to black)-but o. ne-line review, for those of you unsuspecting world. The damsel in distress is because of these implications and rather vivid e hardest genre to love is black 11 who're in a hurry: The Mummy is the lovely Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), an archeolo- sound effects (superbly edited) there's very lit- comedy, and Election is the prime A Indiana Jones IV gist/librarian from Cairo, who has th€?misfor- tle doubt what is actually going on. I woudn't specimen of the genre. It's an equal- To elaborate, it's two hours of elaborately tune to look very much like Imhotep's long- have objected if fewer bad guys met various Topportunity offender, skewering .. cinematic fun, the likes of which Hollywood dead sweetheart. The hero who has to save the gruesome fates-but, on the other hand, I everybody with rapier-sharp wit, and taking should be able to stamp out at least monthly, but world is Rick O'Connel (Brendan Fraser), a sol- probably wouldn't have felt as much nerve- no prisoners. This is a movie that is awfully which, in all reality, come once a year if we're dier of fortune down on his luck. Joined by wracking suspense as permeates The Mummy. easy to like: it's hilarious, penetrating, lucky (there was nothing remotely as engaging Evelyn's good-for-nothing brother Jonathan But the main achievement is not the well- visually interesting, featuring a complex and in 1998). The trailer makes this movie look (John Hannah, from Sliding Doors and Four shot action; it's the film's tone, which walks a involving story, non-obvious subtext, and unbelievably stupid; and-guess what-it is Weddings and a Funeral), they travel to the narrow line between being a classical adven- vivid, three-dimensional characters. It's unbelievably stupid. The reason why it works is Hamunaptra -the ancient city of dead. There, ture/horror story, and a winkingly ironic com- equally hard to love, with not a sympathetic ... that The Mummy is designed this way: as they will encounter rival expeditions, swarms of mentary on one. This is the movie which fea- person in the cast of characters, with the breathlessly exciting mindless entertainment, deadly bugs, ancient religious cults, ingenious tures solemn readings of nonsensical spells laughter being largely misanthropic, and with both warmly affectionate to its roots as a good booby traps, sandstorms, mass riots, walking from not one but two Ancient Volumes of the larger implications of the story being old monster movie and adding a transparent undead, and more fighting skeletons than in any Forbidden Lore, which has a camel race, glum and grim. layer of self-referential postmodernist irony. I film this side of The Army of Darkness. which prints the closing credits in the absurdly The plot - as opposed to the story - don't think I noticed a single idea in this movie; My most profound thanks to writer/director stylized hieroglyph-like font, and which is starts in a rather simple manner. The elec- but this really isn't a problem at all. In terms of Stephen Sommers. In these days of Cuisinart never afraid to be simply exciting, or simply tions for the Student Body President are pure entertainment value, this is one of the best film editing, he clearly knows how to stage an funny, or frequently both. forthcoming at the Carver High School, and films of the year so far: a touch less so than The action scene: no messy chopped-up closeups There's one scene where the desert land- the only candidate so far is the determined Matrix but by a similar amount surpassing The here, no headache-inducing rapid-fire editing, no scape is foreboding, the ancient tomb ruins and ambitious Tracy Flick (Reese Phantom Menace. I don't think I'll remember dark chunks of unidentifiable stuff hurtling are towering over the characters, when Evelyn Witherspoon). Student adviser Jim much of The Mummy even a week from now; across the screen. Sommers films the action in reads in husky voice something that is certain McAllister (Matthew Broderick), goaded on but while it lasted, I couldn't think about any- carefully composed widescreen shots, where it's to be a horrific dark spell, and when she's by contrarian spirit (among many other con- thing else but what was unfolding on the screen. always perfectly clear what's going on. He's done, a howling croaking blast of wind sweeps flicting feelings), decides to make the race a The story, which is neatly summarized dur- aided, of course, by some of the best-integrated across the desert. When this happens, bit more exciting, and convinces a clueless ing the movie, is: "rescue the damsel in dis- special effects-witness, for example, the elabo- 0' Connel looks around with a perfectly dead- football jock Paul (Chris Klein) to enter the tress, kill the bad guy, save the world"-and rate opening tracking CG shot of ancient Egypt. pan air and nonchalantly remarks: "That hap- race as well. This abruptly shifts the situa- that's it, really, with no other aim in sight than What also works, and does so wonderfully, pens a lot around here, doesn't it?", and the tion: Tracy grinds her teeth and intensifies
}I to make the audience alternately squirming is the acting. Brendan Fraser, finally, uses both audience howls with laughter. her campaign efforts, another dark horse candidate declares her intentions to run, and MOVIE REVIEW seems like a safe bet: take a respected director right of a father to kill his adult daughter for McAllister is forced to deal with the situa- Michael Hoffman (One Fine Day, refusing to marry the man he picked. tion which spins out of control as wildly as WILLIAM Restoration), a star-studded cast, and a won- This takes a lot of time to get used to. And his own private life. His methods are not SHAKESPEARE'S derful play. The result is, unfortunately, a when the initial shock wears off, a kind of very successful, as they are not very honest. A mess, which wavers all the way between blunt and bland apathy sets in. This is mostly What arises is the brilliant mixture of pathos and bathos, with some splendid due to the fact that this Dream doesn't seem to a sharp social satire, a character study, MOSUMMER moments of insight diluted by long stretches be directed at all: the art direction is plentiful and a rather raunchy black comedy. of mediocrity, and ending up being a pileup of but not presented well on the screen, resulting Screenwriter/director Alexander Payne art direction in a vain search for a movie. in a startingly uncontrolled mise-en-scene; the (Citizen Ruth) creates a microcosm of NIGHT'S Shakespeare's story concerns two pairs of pacing is problemmatic; and the acting - political machinations, lies, intrigues, lovers (here, they are played by Calista from all the usually excellent actors - is backbiting, blackmail, and even dirtier DREAM Flockhart, Anna Friel, Dominic West, and poor. With two near-exceptions, every single tricks. What's utterly inspired and depressing Christian Bale), who, trying to sort out their line and monologue is delivered whilst staring is that all of his characters remain perfectly tangled relationship, get lost in a forest during with half-closed eyes somewhere into an human, with not a single villain-or, for ., Fruitless mediocrity a midsummer's night. There, they unwittingly unspecified distance, and droning the words that matter, not a single hero-among By Vladimir Zelevinsky become the playthings of the fairy sprite Puck on and on and on, with nary an emotion or them. As a result, all the jawdroppingly ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR (Stanley Tucci) and his King Oberon (Rupert inflection to be heard. I had no idea that usual- immoral things they do to each other remain '" Directed by Michael Hoffman Everett), who is trying to fix his own marriage ly effervescent actors like Everett, Preiffer, or firmly rooted in what they are - largely, Written by Michael Hoffman, based on the to Fairy Queen Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer). Tucci can be reduced to this. unhappy and lonely people, trying to force play by William Shakespeare Mixed into all of this are a bunch of mediocre There are two minor exceptions to this. everybody else to accept and love them, With Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert amateur actors-most notably Nick Bottom First one is Calista Flockhart. The early reports even they need to cheat and lie in order Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, (Kevin Kline )-who, looking for a big acting that she plays her lovelorn Helena as neurotic to earn respect. Anna Friel, Dominic West, Christian Bale, break, are also wandering in the woods on the as Ally McBeal are definitely wrong: Helena is Payne's other major achievement is how , , David Strathairn. same night. Add some magic and moonlight at least twice as neurotic as Ally, with rather compulsively watchable Election remains for -and fog and love potions, and mix everything repetitive facial expressions and mannerisms. its entire running time, even though there's akespeareis all the rage - now he up, and- Still, Flockhart is the only one cast member not a single likable character. Well, Paul is even has an Oscar, and what makes No, no, please don't mix everything up that who actually acts the dialogue, finding both rather sweet, but it's simply because he's not oney always starts people jumping much. Why on earth would you move the humor and emotion in Shakespeare's words. bright enough to be anything else, and his Son the bandwagon. Even Kenneth action from ancient Greece to 19th century The second exception is Kline. When he's sister Tammy - truly the most fascinating Branagh, who arguably has started the current Italy? This adds only two things to the film: the delivering most of his lines (for example, dur- character of them all - regrettably exits the Shakespeare renaissance with his Henry V in opportunity to use all the grand Italian opera ing the early audition scene), he's boisterous movie about halfway through. But this is 1989, is currently filming Love's Labor Lost arias on the soundtrack (usually effective), and but uncontrolled, and his energy feels wrong, compensated by the endlessly inventive visu- as a musical with Alicia Silverstone and the chance to have half of the characters ride especially when intercut with placid closeups al style (multiple unreliable narrators, hilari- Matthew Lillard (I don't know about you, but around on the bicycles (usually pointless). On of gawking onlookers. But when Kline gets a ous freeze frames, intricate flashbacks, year- I'm looking forward to this project with an the other hand, this makes a mess out of wordless scene - and he has quite a few of book pictures coming to life, etc.). In this, even mixture of excitement and dread). Shakespeare's world, turning into confusion all these, when he has to do pure silent acting - Election reminds of another recent comedy Anyway, what we have here is a film ver- those Greek names, references to Athens, and he's magnificently affecting. set in a high school, Rushmore, with the sion of A Midsummer Night s Dream. This some curious legal circumstances, such as the Ultimately, he steals the show. His love major difference that its humor borders on story (a chance encounter with savage, and its worldview is, ultimately, as the Fairy Queen, who falls in pessimistic as Rushmore's was life-affirm- love with him - at least, until ing. the spell is reversed) is the only Election is, certainly, illuminating. Did one that truly works, and, ulti- you ever wonder where do politicians come mately, it acquires a mood of from? You know, those stereotypically career- wistful romantic sadness, and minded, rhetoric-spewing, immoral, dishon- ( . ties up with Bottom's acting est, insanely driven people? Despite the popu- aspirations. The thing is, lar belief, they are neither cloned in the lab, Bottom is a mediocre actor nor do they perpetuate their species by (and Kline displays a lot of act- spawning. They are what Tracy Flick will be I. ing skill playing someone with when she grows up, and Witherspoon very little of it) - but he wants (Pleasantville) gives a spot-on performance, to act. Eventually he realizes perhaps the best acting job this year so far, in that he is incapable of achiev- embodying that person that all of us have ing this, very much like he has known in high school: ambitious, socially to forget the dream of being active, Voted Most Likely To Succeed, and loved by a Fairy Queen, and the with little or no real friends. It's also nice to ,.' ending is nearly heartbreaking. see Broderick acting against his usual nice- Such, overall, is also the guy typecasting by playing a rather slimy impression left by the movie as creature. a whole. Its heart is in the right So, thinking back about Election, I can't place, and it strives for really recall anything I dido't like about it; romance, feeling, and magic. still, I can hardly think of this movie with The end result is, unfortunate- much affection. This is, most likely, because I ly, that of down-to-earth medi- find it to be eerily knowing and its misan- Oberon (Rupert Everett) and Titania his queen (Michelle Pfeiffer) In ocrity fruitlessly attempting thropic satire feels too true to be merely Midsummer NIght's Dream. grandeur . funny; it's also spookily disturbing. .. Page 12 THE TECH THE ARTS June 4,1999 o N THE SCREEN - BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - Thej()lIowing m()\'ies are playing this u'eekend and the finale which is a at local theaters. The Tech suggests using mess of the obvious, mean- http://wwwboston.comjor a complde listing ingless, and unnecessary oltimes and locations. plot twists. - VZ
**** Excellent Go (**Ih) *** Good Pulp Fiction Lite. no fat ** Fair and no calories. It's lively, * Poor wild, frantic, bright. and thoroughly engaging. It's Analyze This (**) also totally inconsequential A sorry sit-comish excuse for a comedy, and large Iy unmemorable. " with Billy Crystal engaging in so much tire- Following a bunch of young some shtick as a burned-out shrink, analyzing Cal iforn ians trying to get an overstressed mafia boss played by Robert some cash. do and deal some De Niro. Not enough humor. not enough drugs, score money and sex story. and more than enough gratuitous vio- in Las Vegas. and generally lence. However. De Niro, in a rare comedic experience the rush of life, appearance. almost makes this movie worth Go charts three separate sto- watching. - Vladimir Zelevinsky ries. Each of these stories is exciting, clever, and unex- Cookil"s Fortune (***11) pected. But there's no empa- Cookie :,. Fortune finds director Robert thy in them, and the charac- Altman self-assured relaxed and having fun, ters don't seem to have and his customary great ensemble in similar gained anything from their spirits. Catfish enchiladas, Wild Turkey, and experience. - VZ gun-cleaning are the bonds between Willis (Charles S. Dutton), an innocent man sus- Life is Beautiful <***) TRACY BENNET-COLUMBIA PICTURt;S pected of murdering Cookie (Patricia Neal). Most reviewers praise the Adam (Scott Wolf, right) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are a pair of TV stars who find themselves In an adven- and the sleepy town of Holly Springs, second half of this Italian ture In L.A. 's raucous underground scene in Go. Mississippi. Glenn Close is the mastermind tragicomedy - the serious behind the madness, with Julianne Moore, half. While it certainly has its merits, it's the do so, although it comes very close. - FD come out recently. - VZ Ned Beatty, Liv Tyler, and Chris O'Donnell first hour which really makes this film so holding nothing back in this nutty southern remarkable. With its gentle whimsy, subtle The Matrix <***112) Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom" lullaby of a thriller. The little depth here satire, and unabashed romanticism, this is A wildly imaginative ride. The plot is Menace <***) nicely complex, the visuals and the This simplistic motion picture with special effects are out of this world. lumpy storytelling, inane dialogue, wooden As the computer hacker Neo (Keanu acting, and poor editing is one of the most Reeves) dashes through a succes- exciting experiences to come in quite a sion of interlocked dreams in the while to the movies. By firmly adhering to quest to find true reality, the film the world-view created in Episodes 4 '/ launches into a full-throttle mode of through 6, and by utilizing the best special inventive action sequences. By com- effects and art direction money can buy, bining the cyberpunk ethos with the writer/director George Lucas suceeds, anime style, The Matrix breathes despite the film's obvious shortcomings, to new life into the genre of sci-fi take us once again to that galaxy far, far action films. - VZ away, and provide an adventure-filled play- ground for our imagination. - VZ A Midsummer Night's Dream (**112) Waking Ned Devine <***112) This Shakespeare adaptation Charming comedy about a small town's largely wastes the wonderful source quest for wealth. Nearly 7 million pounds is play and a star-studded cast, ending at stake in the Irish national lottery, and the up as a pileup of art direction in a sleepy village of Tully More pulls together to vain search for a movie. Out of all outwit the officials after the winner, one of the actors, playing the lovelorn mor- the town's inhabitants, dies at the shock of tals and the fairies playing with them, being rich. Standing in their way are individ- only Calista Flockhart and Kevin ual greed and fear of legal retribution, Kline manage to do some impressive among others. acting. The latter is especially touch- Overall, it is a wholly enjoyable, hilari- ing, with his part eventually becom- ous, and wonderfully written film. One of DAVID APPLEBY-DJ'ENTIETII CENTURY FOX ing the embodiment of wistful the best of 1998. -FD Sean Connery is Robert "Mac" MacDougal, the world's greatest art thief, in Entrapment. romantic sadness. - VZ seems forced but for sheer homey fun, look the stuff of which the best romances are The Winslow Boy <**1/2) to the Cookie. - Roy Rodenstein made. There are also classically gorgeous Rushmore <***12) For all of its dramatic intensity and clari- visuals, memorable score, and elaborate A breath - or, rather, make it blast - of ty, visual elegance and beautiful shot com- The Dreamlife of Angels <***) visual and verbal gags aplenty. - VZ fresh air. This is an offbeat comedy, an off- position, intricate multi-personal conflicts, In his feature film debut, director Erick beat buddy film, an offbeat romance, and an and stylized dialogue, this David Mamet's Zonca's unadorned direction serves him Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels offbeat revenge story. Or none of these film doesn't quite fulfill the promise of its well. A film about the intersection between <***112) things. Mix up some wildly varying comic opening half an hour. This is probably the selflessness and selfishness, and the real If you're looking for depth and emotional elements, combine them with some of most fault of the source play, which didn't age boundaries found even in intimate relation- intensity, look further. If you want to watch a deliciously deadpan acting in recent memo- very well and which seems to be more con- ships, Dreamlife rises above typical 90's apa- downright enjoyable movie, this is it. The ry, add highly imaginative and inventive tent to be merely engaging and entertaining thy. Isa (Elodie Bouchez), a young woman story of a group of "honest criminals" and usage of widescreen format - and get in a low-key way than go for either shatter- bouncing between odd jobs, befriends Marie how they get mixed up in the London crime, Rushmore, which is just about the least con- ing drama or penetrating social critique. - (Natacha Regnier) and shares the house she drug, and gambling underground is a com- ventional and yet solidly enjoyable movie to VZ is sitting for a mysterious girl in a coma. plicated one at best, Decisions about jobs, boyfriends and truth to but its fantastic use of oneself are usual fodder, but complex char- music, dialogue, and acters and fresh performances all around, cinematography makes particularly from leads Bouchez and this comedy a must- Regnier, enliven this fiery slice of life. - see. Franc isco RR Delatorre
Election (***) The Lovers of the A hilarious, penetrating. visually exciting Arctic Circle <**I/z) black comedy, dealing its satirical blows as Walking the danger- an equal-opportunity offender, and sparing ous line of melodrama, no one. A hotly-contested high school elec- this film has some tion results in political machinations, lies, great ideas but fails to intrigues, backbiting, blackmail, and even implement them cor- dirtier tricks, with Reese Witherspoon play- rectly. This is the story ing that ambitious, socially active, Voted about a man and a Most Likely To Succeed person we all have woman who have been known in high school, and Matthew in love since they were Broderick as a student adviser plotting her children, and about downfall. - VZ their reliance upon cir- cumstance and life Entrapment <**112) coming round full cir- Entrapment is exciting, lush, thrilling, c Ie to vindicate their and sensuous; unfortunately, it makes no questionably incestuous sense whatsoever. The story of a veteran relationship. The thief (Sean Connery) and a perky insurance Lovers tries very hard investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) out to to transcend the con- trap him mostly consists of the eminently ventions of melodrama watchable. However, the impact of the elabo- by combating them rately choreographed action sequences is with fresh ideas, but s. P£ARSON- GRAM£RCYPICTUR£S diluted by tired roman,ce,.:boring dial9gue, doesn't quite manage to Eddy (Nick Moran) makes a break for it with the money In Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels •.. ,
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Among the highlights are works Finds Her Mom, Pasajes. 6/5: Aug. 3: Lillith Fair Tickets $35 to $45. Call by Rembrandt, Botticelli, '99. Incl. Sarah 426-6912 for tickets and Raphael, Titian, and Whistler. Belonging: Women and Identity McLachlan, Sheryl information on how to see Guided tours given Fridays at and The Real Ellen Story. 6/6: Crow, the the show for free by usher- 2:30 p.m. The Trio and Out of Season. Pretenders, Mya, ing. $7. $6 MFA members, seniors, and Me'shell Museum of Fine Arts and students. Ndegeocello. Shear Madness 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Tickets on sale Charles Playhouse Stage II, (267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10 25th Annual Bastille Day 5/22. 74 Warrenton Street, Boston a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 Street Festival Aug. 4: Roger (426-5225), indefinitely. a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., Waters. $45 pavil- Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 Jul. 9: Celebrate the French ion, $35 lawn. through Friday, at 6:30 and a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing National Holiday and support Aug. 20: Allman 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, and open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 the French Library and Cultural Brothers Band. at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on p.m. Admission free with MIT Center and its programs. Join $40.50, $30.50 Sunday. 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Call 266-4351 or 912- Kinleys. $29.50 dents and seniors, free for at 12:30 p.m.; "European 0400 for reservations. pavilion, $19.50 children under 5. Half-price Painting and Decorative Arts 11th Annual Boston Festival lawn. admission on Sun. from 3-5 Walks" begin at 2:30 p.m.; of Bands Sep. 2, 3: Jimmy p.m. Tours daily of "Walk Introductory tours are also Through Computer 2000," a Buffett and the offered Sat. MOVIE REVIEW Bedrooms and Hallways Musical Beds By Fred Choi of quirky and predictable plot elements scripted ..ISSOU..Ifl:"IRTS UJ/70H by writer Robert Farrar is, for the most part, Directed hy Rose Troche convincing and keeps the action interesting. Written by Robert Farrar Troche presents a humorous slice of life that With Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollande,; James investigates the fuzzy boundaries of sexual ori- Purefroy, Jennifer Ehle. and Hugo Weaving entation without the heavy-handedness of Into the career post of a lifetime, energized by the far-reaching impact of your Kevin Smith's earnest but ofT-center attempt, work! Pardon the pun, but working with us will literally take you beyond Infinity, drooms and Hallways starts ofT with our third-generation software product. You'll join a team responsible for our next Chasing Amy. At the same time she also makes generation breakthrough system, ContinuumTl'• expanding integrated. network- what appears to be a typical gay-boy- the most of the tangential but highly entertain- based control...redefining the term GUI...expanding the boundaries of OLEand the eets-straight-boy story, but when we ing divergences of the script, such as the hilari-, Internet. nand much more. Around here, you'd be surprised where building find out that the straight boy isn't as software can lead. B ous moment when a wife, having just had sex straight as he originally seems, we realize that with her husband, declares to him, "My God! Software Engineers we are no longer in the world of absolutes, I'm glad to be a woman!" but quickly adds, A number of entry-level software engineer positions arc open in several groups. and that anything can happen. "but not because of you, because of me." 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GABOR CSANY/- TilE TECII Evan Ziporyn leads Gamelan Galak Tika in their May 14 concert held in Kresge Auditorium. photos by Greg Kuhnen / . ( . .. Page 16 THE TECH THE ARTS June 4, 1999 . - Written and directed by George L With Limn Neeson. Ewan McGrego , Portman. Jake Lloyd. Pernilla August. McDiarmid. Ray Park. and voices of A Best and Frank Oz. e force still seems to be with Geo Lucas. After all, what else can explai the fact that the long awaited The llPhantom Menace, a film with so few objectively redeeming qualities, makes for such a remarkably rewarding viewing experience? I had no idea it's even possible to WAN YUSOF WAN MORSIIIDI-TIIE TECII enjoy so greatly a motion picture which Ited opening night of Star Wars Episode I: The features lumpy storytelling, inane dialogue, nace attracted many of the series loyal fans. wooden acting, poor editing, and the general sophistication of an longs to minute, and why did I leave the movie theater overactive fifth-grader (obviously tions), who nearly hyperventilating from excitement? the fi 1m's main target audience). ortman also My own reaction puzzled me so greatly In any case, I haven't had this te and appeal- that it took me a while to understand the rea- much fun in a movie for quite a ot covered by a sons for it. And I believe the reasons are, while, even though some of this improbable enough, just all the shortcomings t, fun was derived from groaning at tion is a fully com- I've listed above. The Phantom Menace is that the film's obvious shortcomings. ature called Jar-Jar rare kind of a film which, if it were better, By now, I'm certain, everyone eed quite annoying at wouldn't be quite as good. who might be reading this review And this is solely because it feels insepara- , either already had seen the movie, ble from the existing trilogy. After a sixteen or has no intention of doing so at year break (and an obvious advancement in all. Therefore, I will elide my visual effects), Lucas seems to have no prob- usual brief sununary of the film's lem at all in transporting us into the same plot; another reason for doing so is galaxy far, far away. This is not the most that the storyline in The Phantom Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor, left) and Qwl-Go impressive galaxy out there, of course: the Menace is decidedly unimpres- prepare their Iightsabers for battle. stories which take place there feel a touch '. sive, lumbering from set-piece to unnatural and scripted, the people (and other set-piece in a plodding connect-the-dots fash- species) seem to have a lot of problems ion. In this, episode One is at a decided disad- expressing the most simple and natural human vantage compared with Episode Four, which concerning Queen Amidala) being co emotions, and the way we see this particular had a clear and exciting arc: save the princess cated in a simplistic matter-of-fa~t mann world is not uniformly exciting. Still, all that and defeat the evil empire, or Episode Six: save This is only exacerbated by griping aside, it's a huge, elaborate, and enter- a friend and defeat the evil empire all over the weak editing, which taining world, the one which springs from the , again. No, this one is assembled from pre-fabri- reduces the breathtaking same place that the Saturday matinee shows cated pieces very much like the merchandising panoramas of the capi- do-from the childlike imagination, present at tie-in Lego toys: a lightsaber duel here, a pod tal planet Coruscant the core of all of us. race there, a ray gun shootout intercut with a to two-second-long The most exciting thing about an epic I space dogfight in the end. snippets, and story, and a whole universe of people, places, Lucas similarly strikes out when it concerns nearly demol- and events, is that both of them feel like a tip characters. Star Wars: A New Hope, for all its ishes what of proverbial iceberg: there is so much under I; dramatic simplicity, had four iconic characters should have the surface. Lucas works chiefly by implica- at the core: a ambitious country bumpkin Luke, been excel- tion, not by having his audience - us - to be a lovable rouge Han, an abrasively efficient lent cli- directly excited by the events on the screen Leia, and an archetypically evil Vader. Some of mactic (that pod race was fun, but I don't think I'll these characters even had dramatic arcs: that is, battle remember much of it a month from now), but they changed from the beginning of the film to by speaking directly to our imagination. And the end. The Phantom Menace presents stoic he leaves the door wide open, mentioning Qui-Gon linn (Liam Neeson), stoic Obi-Wan names, events, and whole civilizations which Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), stoic Queen never make their way to the screen, but the Amidala (Natalie Portman), and other support- mere declarations of their existence will keep ing characters, some important, some less so, working to ensure that the viewers are com- but all equally stoic (there's a couple of excep- pletely enveloped in the story, with their tions to this rule, but about them-later). The imaginations spinning even wilder and character arcs are severely limited as well: more exciting stories than the one Lucas everyone who survives is largely the same actually put on screen. as they were at the outset. No wonder I've heard some people mention the acting is as wooden as it gets: I'm that they would like The Phantom not asking for someone as fun to Menace more if not for the exis- watch as Harrison Ford, but even tence of three other, superior, Mark Hamill was Oscar-worthy movies; I believe the opposite is LUCASFI/.M LTD. compared to, say, Liam Neeson Battle drolds cruise the surface of the planet Naboo. the case. Episode One works here. Neeson is an excellent chiefly because it forms actor, but in The Phantom By Nathan R. Scott complex bonds with the Menace he spends the other films, creating a entire movie wearing the Why? That is the question that many people have asked me. Why did I wait in line ten vast universe to serve as same vaguely concerned hours for tickets for a two-hour movie? Why did I wait almost five hours to get seats for the an adventure-filled .oJ expression: maybe 12:01 AM showing opening night? Why did I see the movie four times in the opening four playground for our he's listening to, uh, days? imagination, which sudden distur- My generation has grown up on Star Wars. From the ewok toys to the Empire Strikes Back trading finds the main '1 bances in the cards, from the vinyl soundtracks to the original Atari arcade game, Star Wars has been an integral part appeal not in the Force, but he of our youth. Now, for the first time in our lives, the generation raised on Star Wars has the chance to be on wars but in the certainly looks the front line. We finally have a chance to be the first to experience the first chapter in the saga. For me, a lot of stars. the excitement surrounding The Phantom Menace stems from the fact that we all know how the story ends. None of us know how it started, though. It's like reading only the second half of a book. Finally we will get the whole story. All of the questions that have haunted us for years are finally starting to be answered. Who was Luke's mother? What happened during the clone wars? What made Anakin turn to the dark side? Part of what makes the Star Wars Saga so captivating is the attention to detail that Lucas put into all of the movies. Every time I see one of the movies I uncover new subtleties. All of the little touches in Phantom Menace are what make it such a good movie. From the E. T. delegation in the senate, to the glimpses of the original C-3PO in Watto's shop, to the cameo by the lead actor in Willow during the podracing sequence, the little touches really make Phantom Menace a joy to see multiple times. Not only does the film itself have subtleties, but the soundtrack does as well. Listen carefully the next time you play Anakin's theme. The theme ends in the same way that the Imperial March ends. Also, if you stay through the credits, the very end of the music ends just as the Imperial March does. Nice touch. The Phantom Menace is an epic movie. There is too much going on to understand it the first time. The expectations for the movie also create a false image in the mind of most viewers. My Phantom Menace experience was akin to listening to a new album. The first time you hear it, it is not what you expected and often you aren't sure if you like it. However, as you keep listening to it, the album grows on you. The complexity, and special touches keep growing on me every time that I see the movie, and it would have been a tragedy to only have seen the movie once. June 4, 1999 Page 17 ------ J HEARD -rf/AT SoMe GuY IS GoING 10 STREAK 1'HRoUGH 1HE. CE.8EMorrf! .,. JO (oNGF?A-ruLA1ioHS to "(HE-CLASS of- fCff? 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THIS MAGAZINE I GoT STRAIGHT- 1 GoT STRAIGHT. 1 GoT STRAIGHT- SAYS THAT THE ~-~ADRUPlE-PLUSES A- QUAD~UPlE - PluSES A-QUA.DRUPlE -PLuSES I Llkf ! HUMAN BRAIN To l otl M~ REPoRT CARD.' ON M"f REPoRT CAIID.' oN MY REPoRT CARD.' IS Cfo PERCENT 6ET ) WATER. I WARMeD & \ I --!r=. UP. i J n I o Page 20 THE TECH June 4, 1999 Johnson Talks on Leading MIT Through Unsettled TIme By Kristen Landino owed the Institute an account of my an MIT education. Reorganizing "UROP got undergraduates resistance from students at the time 1\\(1(/1/1 \/II\/j)I/o/{ time? as President." He belie\'ed that and restructuring the program were involved in real research. The deans and led to numerous protests includ- F\Hmer Chairman of the ~IIT an account of the challenges he our primary goals: however. we and faculty were on call all the time. ing a seizure of Johnson' s office for Corporation and Prl'S!lknt Emeritus faced as President in such turbulent were determined to keep the core and sought to involve students as a day and a half. /10\\ ard \\', J ohn:o.on addressed a times \\'otlld be \'aluabk to re?cord the? same. that is what defined an much as they could. In some ways. Johnson replied that he upheld full audience in 10-250 to inaugu- for posterity. M IT e?ducation and made us unique we restructured the way in which the decision of the committee and rate the release of his latest book. Two of the most significant compared to other prestigious insti- collegiate education functions." said believed that his decision was right. entitkd Ilo/dillg fht' ("Clift'/, .. changes in education at rvllT which tutions." said Johnson. Johnson. Book dedicated to 1\'1IT communi- ,\It' 111 0 I/'''' (It' (/ Liri: III lIighe/' occurred dunng Johnson's te?rm as "The re\'olutions in race and Expulsion issue raised during talk ty DluCil[/lJIl, President include? "a flse in the gender were all superimposed on Johnson spoke primarily about e?steem of black Americans and a the Vietnam War," said Johnson. A question raised by the audi- Johnson dedicated his book to his book. which chronicles the change in women's roles throughout During Johnson's years. MIT ence later in the talk inquired about "the men and women of MIT." The struggle to lead M IT through "a sig- the country". played a significant role in the war the controversial expulsion of work includes a forward by John S. nificant period in American history "People used to think that effort because the Department of Michael Albert. Albert was a politi- Reed, Chairman and C EO of when the threat of \'iolence hung women would never have an impact Defense \vas its biggest source of cal activist during the sixties at Citicorp. over e\'ery campus in the n'liion ... a in engineering fields. In fact. one funding for laboratory research. MIT. He was elected to the position "People often ask me if I wished time of social upheaval and cultural corporation member during my time One of the biggest advantages of of Undergraduate Association I was President during placid times. re\'olution ... said: . You' II never have more than the times. according to Johnson. President in 1968, but vacated the To this I always respond: 'Hell no! I Johnson was President of M IT 25 percent women at M IT because was the \vay it brought the faculty position after his expulsion. wouldn't know what to do with from 1966 to 1971 and saved as the that is the limit of their interest in together and increased student as The decision of the Discipline myself during placid times' ... It Chairman of the ~IIT Corporation science and technology.' Obviously. well as faculty involvement in edu- Committee as well as Johnson to was a good time to be alive," said between 1971 and 1983. He was things ha\e changed." said Johnson. cation. expel Albert met with significant Johnson. also appointed President of the Of his term as President. Johnson \Iuseum of Fine? Arts and hdd this rekrred to it as a period of great posItion from 1975 to 1980. revolution. "The deconstruction \)f an old Presidl'nt during llIrhull'nt (inH's social system and the construction .Idhnson acte?d as the dr!\ in~ l,f a ne?\\' one penaded in all aspects l'()rce behind many Important of society'" said Johnson. \:han!!es at \IIT during that period. "\\'e created a system where Including the creation of the people regardless of their color were U nde?rgradua te Resea rc h brothers. where men and women Opportunities Program. Indepe?ndent worked side by side." said Johnson. Activities Period. freshmen pass/fail. and the Wellesley Social upheaval impacted education Exchange Program. Things were changing in the Johnson cited his motivation for educational process at MlT as well. writing these memoirs: "I felt I "We were reviewing the old path of $ EARN $ $ DOING BABYSITTING $ Occasional mornings, afternoons, evenings or weekends, whatever time you have available. Add your name to the MIT babysitter list to get jobs babysitting for l\1IT families in their homes. 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Rosalind Picard A riveting biography of the inventor, visioll OWN •• ~ ". .', ~.n' • "".!.,.,~,,~ \x/ORL)S ,_ , ~,A'" ~ ",~ ":~oli'-:"~lt. ~ ;". .". . .J~ .. ~. ) "'_~" o':,r; .. t••J ~..~ .•_.•~ I •• ;. ;.;...... Page 22 THE TECH June 4, 1999 Isaac Colbert to be Promoted' To Dean of Graduate Students By Laura McGrath Moulton Education Office must "raise the STAFF REPORTER visibility of graduate education in a Beginning July I st, Isaac M. coherent way", in order to "say to Colbert will continue his leadership prospective students what it's like of the Graduate Education Office in being at MIT: who do you go to, the capacity of Dean for Graduate and what happens when you go Students. Colbert is being promoted there?" Colbert said. from Senior Associate Dean of "We want to say not only that Graduate Students. we have world class facilities and The current Dean for Graduate world class faculty, but that we're a Students, J. David Litster, is also the world class place," Colbert said. Vice President for Research, a com- "It's a big wad to chew on, but bination which is common among we're tackling it a little at a time. research universities. Litster and It's a critical period." Colbert were sharing the responsi- One aspect of Colbert's vision is bilities of the Graduate Education graduate housing. "Housing is the Office, with "the understanding that most critical issue, not just for stu- I would run the operation" of the dents' comfort in a tight housing office, Colbert said. "The partner- market, but for MIT's ability to use ship was a good one," he said, but it as a positive marketing tool, to the immensity of MIT's research invite students into a community of facilities meant that Colbert was in scholars," Colbert said, adding that essence doing the job of the Dean. peer institutions "are ahead of us in The administration and faculty are this game, at least in spin." acknowledging that fact with this Also underway is a sizable funds promotion. campaign. "I expect a substantial "I am humbled and grateful for sum to be raised for graduate fel- the support I have received from lowships," Colbert said. hundreds of faculty, staff and stu- As Dean, Colbert will join the dents. I don't think anything that Academic Council and the GARRY R. MASKALY-THE TECH has happened in my twenty-two Education Committee, where he Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education Issac M. Colbert dis- years at MIT has felt as good as that hopes to foster "a stronger voice for plays a Doctorate of Science hood. Colbert will be promoted to outpouring," Colbert said. graduate students' interests and con- Dean for Graduate Education effective July 1. cerns." He hopes to "signal to grad- Colbert's goals: visibility, voice uate students that their presence is One of Colbert's main goals is to going to be recognized in a way that make MIT's graduate program more it hasn't been before." attractive in an increasingly compet- itive market. "It's not enough to say Colbert 'loved graduate school' we're MIT, we're in Cambridge, Colbert, a Baltimore native, and you should come here," Colbert said, "I don't think any sane person said. Instead, the Graduate Summer blues got you down? Call Nightline .~ !!J !!J ~ ~ I We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the ~ DEF ; student representatives, committee co-chairs, and officers I TIN I who have served the GSC in the past year. ~ ~ I Special Th~nks to graduating members of the Executive ~ TIN ~ Committee: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 9G{fy f})avenport ~ OPER .) ~ ~-.Lerrence!Fan ~ ~ Jians Jacob rreaer ~ OPER ~ Jl ~ I Carsten 9f~/in~ ~ ~ Constance Lai ~ x3-8800 I ~O([d pfeune I ~ 'Brian Sc/ineider ~ ~ ~ ~ Me{issa rrata ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !!J.~. " June 4, 1999 THE TECH Page 23 "Faculty Committee Re-examines End-of-Term Rules '.By Dan McGuire mended a ran announcement of The complete text of the sub- On the national front "we have said that some of those efforts had CONTRIBUTING EDITOR assignments at the beginning of committee's report is available at no good news to report," McKersie borne fruit. The Faculty Policy Committee's the term, that there be tighter ~ President Charles M. Vestresponded to humorous complaints by the Magliozzi brothers that MIT had not invited them to speak at previous Commencements. The letters dated June 1997 and June 1998 featured on the Car Talk website and read on-air generated a groundswell of emai/s sent to the Institute of support for "Click and Clack" by MIT alumni. June 12. 1997 Dear Click ':'8 and Clack '72: I \\'as sorry to learn of your disappointment at not being 1* asked to deliver the main address at this year's commence- ment exercise. It had been myunderstanding that you don't Demand for guest seats at Commencement often results in the "black market" sale of tickets. usually care for exercise-especially in the open air-and that you therefore wouldn't be interested in ours. On the other hand. as alumni. you will appreciate the t:1Ctthat we have some fairly eccentric students and faculty TIcket 1rade Website here at the Institute. so the idea of having you two gentlemen as graduation speakers is invariably floated each spring. This year. as always, there was a strong (but murky) undercur- rent of support for you as commencement speakers. Still. even your Shut Down by MIT most ardent backers had to admit that there was one crucial area in which your qualifications could not match those of your fellow alumnus. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan '72. By Anna K. Benefiel upset that the website was disabled. As you know. the United Nations has a really spiffy flag. Because Secretary-General Annan was \II! I IU1'(iH11 Ii According to Pooja Shukla '99, featured as this year's speaker. we had a legitimate excuse to fly the U.N. flag on the dais and also to A Comm~ncement ticket trading Class of 1999 President. the intent hang it anywhere else we wanted to. You can imagine how useful such a flag can be when you want \\l'bsitl' de\ eloped by the Class of behind the website \\'as to "set up an to cheer up a drab comer of the campus or decorate a really big space like an auditorium or athletic 1999 officers \\'as shut down late area where people could post" mes- cage. last \\eek in response to an email sages about tickets but the Class of If Car Talk. or even Dewey. Cheetham & Howe-had possessed a similarly attractive flag, we frl1m stopiUu mit authorities charg- 1999 had hoped that people would might have been able to use you. but. as it was, we felt that we really had to go with the secretary- ing the sitl' \\'jth \ iolating Athena use the forum for free "exchange of general for aesthetic reasons. Rules of use by using MITnet for tickets" rather than the "sale of '{au will be pleased to know, however. that Secretary-General Annan was a great success. The financial gain, them." graduating seniors were especially moved when he described his challenge at the U.N. as. "a little like Intended to t~lcilitate the trading The class developed the interac- trying to climb Mount Washington in a '63 Dodge Dart." He was also warmly applauded when he of tickets as a means of optimizing tiw trading site. patterned after a urged the U.S. Senate to give him "their share of the gas money" for U.N. operations worldwide. the ticket distribution process. the similar website hosted by the Class Thus. despite your absence. MIT's 1997 commencement exercise was a smashing success. Please site \\as used by dozens of seniors of 1998 webpage still running. as a rest assured. however. that we will keep you in mind for future ceremonies. If you do get a flag, be to post notices about ticket avail- means of "addressing the needs" sure to let us know. Also. it would help your candidacies if you could get through a complete sen- ability and demand, The Institute and "multiple requests" of the grad- tence without breaking into sputtering guffaws. As you may recall from your own graduations, the gi\es a limit of four free guest tick- uating class regarding a more con- participants want the speakers to be brief and to the point. I know that brevity is not regarded as your ets to each graduate in the ceremo- venient. equitable system of ticket most notable quality. ny, distribution. according to Shuja U. Finally. I would like to urge you to start sending us really large donations. Tuition pays only half Keen '99, Treasurer and now the cost of an MIT education, and research universities are at least as hungry for contributions as is Crimson responsible for shutdown Alumni President of the Class of WBUR. So, send money. Chair of the Commencement 1999. Committee and Professor of Although the site was advertised Technically yours, Electrical Engineering and in an email sent to seniors almost Computer Science Eric L. Grimson two months ago as a place to "buy, Charles M. Vest PhD '80 contacted Information sell, or trade" Commencement tick- President Systems shortly after discovering ets, the site was meant to be "like an Massachusetts Institute of Technology the existence of this website, used electronic bulletin board" to "match Cambridge, Massachusetts by graduating seniors to buy, sell, buyers and sellers" of tickets. and trade Commencement tickets. Students, having seen posters Information Systems in turn issued advertising commencement tickets the warning to the class officers. priced as high as S I 50 to $200 in "The view of the commence- previous years, expected to see mes- evidenced by the webpage ticket surprised with the response of mem- ment tickets, only giving students ment committee is that we certain- sages posted to the site asking to exchange. bers of the Commencement the number of tickets they ask for ly encourage students to help out exchange money for tickets, but Committee. Keen was disappointed ... up to four" tickets, with the the ir colleagues," by dona t ing Commencement Committee mem- Students disapprove of shutdown that the Committee thought the class remaining tickets distributed via a extra tickets, Grimson said, "We bers were alarmed by the idea of Steven F. Shapiro '99, inter- was "trying to make money off of Undergraduate Association or understand that there is a black graduation ticket sales being dealt viewed by USA Today and WHDH [selling tickets]," but he said that he Graduate Student Council-run lot- market on Commencement tickets, with via a class website. Channel 7 News, was surprised to could see the MIT authorities' tery. He says though that people we are just trying to discourage it," Commercial gain from tickets hear that the electronic site had been "point of view" in worrying about might not be "willing to take he said. "violated both the spirit and the removed. He said the site "was a the implications of the site. chances on a lottery when they Subsequently Eladio C. Arvelo intent of the [graduation] ceremo- good idea" that made obtaining "I don't think tickets should be know they can buy" commencement '99. Senior Class Secretary and ny," Grimson said. seven of his eleven extra tickets eas- sold," Shukla continued, "but that's tickets. maintainer of the website, disabled A USA Today article published ier and more convenient" while my personal view. I have four fami- Jeremy D. Sher '99, also gradu- the page. However, class officers on May 27 may have heightened the "cut[ting] out the waiting and uncer- ly members attending ating, says "The blackmarket is dis- question the validity of the claim anxiety of Commencement organiz- tainty" of responding to posters on Commencement though. If I had graceful, but just banning the selling that the website violated Athena ers, by highlighting the "entrepre- campus. seven family members wanting to of tickets would drive prices up, Rules of Use, and other seniors are neurial" spirit of MIT graduates as Class of 1999 officers were also attend, extra tickets would probably which would make the situation have a different value." worse." He also suggests making Mark A. Meier '99 sold his two tickets more non-transferrable by tickets informally but hadn't heard printing graduates' names on them. about the website. He charged "ten However, a system more com- dollars each," and when asked why plicated than the current one would he didn't charge more, Meier said, probably "require more work and "I would never pay $90 for a ticket, expense" on the part of MIT, which so I would never sell one for $90. is why Beland for one doubts the I'm not really into the free-market system will change. economy. It's all about state con- Max Davis '99 says, "Because trol." Walking down the infinite cor- some people charge money for tick- ridor, posters still lined the bulletin ets, the ticket sales become a self- boards advertising the availability perpetuating system. Many people and the need for Commencement who have extra tickets then feel like tickets Thursday evening: "Will they have to charge money for them pay S I00+" said one. But another as well." He got his three extra said, "Graduation Tickets: I Have 4 Commencement tickets by trading Tickets, Will Sell Cheap ($20- services with friends for their extra $25)." tickets. He helped a friend move Discussion about establishing an this week, and later this summer equitable system of ticket distribu- he'I1 take another friend to see Star tion typically occurs towards the Wars and fix a third person's old end of spring term each year, when bike. people realize that the four tickets At the end of the day, even fam- allotted per walking graduate is not ilies that stake out the coveted aisle enough, or is too many. or center section positions from six Christopher D. Beland '99, sug- in the morning, and sit in the sun gests that in order to avoid the for an almost interminable eight "usual black market season for com- hours until Commencement exer- GARRY R, MASKALY -TIfF. TF.ell mencement tickets," maybe some cises end at around 2:30 p.m., will An ethylene leak caused the evacuation of Building 66 on May 20 for several hours. year the administration will "change undoubtedly feel that it has all been its policy with regard to commence- worth it. June 4, 1999 THE TECH Page 25 Magliom Brothers to GiveAddrrss at Commenooment CQmmencement, from Page 1 the ceremony be moved to 1970's, when Ray returned from a process." The question of which the charge, Graduate Student Rockwell Cage. year of volunteer service and a stint Magliozzi is Click and which is Council President Brian J. Although the ceremony has last- as science teacher in Vermont. Clack remains unresolved. Schneider G, and Class of 1999 # ed longer in previous years, it is tra- Click and Clack to Deliver Speech The brothers opened the Good Car Talk has won the Peabody president Pooja Shukla. ditionally expected to end at 2:30 Thomas L. Magliozzi ' 58 and News Garage near MIT, which Ray Award for Excellence and has an Commencement speakers of the p.m. Ray Magliozzi ' 72, otherwise still operates. After an initial estimated audience of more than two recent past include aids researcher The commencement ceremony known as Click and Clack of the appearance on Boston's WBUR million listeners. The brothers also Dr. David D. Ho and President • will take place in Killian Court radio show Car Talk, will deliver the radio station, the brothers eventually write a biweekly newspaper column William J. Clinton (1998), U.N. regardless of the weather. If severe commencement address this year. achieved their own show. They also "Click and Clack Talk Cars," which Secretary General Kofi Annan SM weather develops, exercises may Tom, the elder of the have their own flag, emblazoned also has a wide readership. '72 (1997), Vice President AI ~ conclude after the speeches, and the Cambridge-born brothers, spent six with the motto Non Impediti In a spirited turnabout from last Gore( 1996). President Emeritus of diplomas will be mailed. Only under months after graduation in the Ratione Cogitatonis: year's security overload, the the University of Chicago Hanna H. extremely inclement conditions will Army, then did odd jobs until the "Unencumbered by the thought Magliozzis intend to arrive unac- Gray (1995), Colombian President companied, in Tom's 1952 MG TO. Virgilio Barco '43 (1990), and They plan to wear full graduate Chrysler CEO Lee loccoca (1985). regalia. Between 1965 and 1982, it was tra- Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers ditional for MIT's president to give Car Talk Other speakers, past and prescnt the commencement address. PO Box 3500, Harvard Square Other speakers at this year's MIT's first president, William Our Fair City, Cambridge, MA 02238 Commencement will be President Barton Rogers, died during his 1882 Charles M. Vest, who will deliver commencement speech. Dear Click '58 and Clack '72: I understand that you have once again expressed on- air disappointment over not being asked to speak at MIT's graduation. Last summer, I advised you that your chances of being invited as Commencement speakers would be enhanced if Car Talk had a suitable flag that could be used to help us decorate the campus. I hear that you now have come up with a flag and that you thought this would assure your inclusion in the 1998 Commencement program. Certainly, it is possi- ble that a truly elegant flag-along with your accountable, yet undeniable popularity among your fel- low alums-might have gone a long way toward assuring places for you in this year's celebrations, except for two rather obvious problems: • Problem Number One: You failed to show your new flag to anyone at MIT. Now, I don't doubt that the flag actually exists (well, that's not entirely accurate: 1 do doubt the flag exists), but its exis- tence does you no good if you keep it secret. There is, after all, a reason why people use expressions like "Let's run this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes ..." or "Let's get out there and show the flag ..."-and that reason is, very simply, that people cannot appreciate your flag unless they can see it. Now some of my colleagues have suggested that the Car Talk flag may be based on some sort of advanced stealth technology, in which case I applaud your technical prowess. On the whole, however, a stealth flag seems to me to be a self-defeating innovation. • Problem Number Two: One of this year's commencement speakers is the honorable William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States. As the duly elected leader of the world's only superpower, Mr. Clinton not only comes with his own flag-and a dam good one, too-but he's even got a SEAL. Talk about upping the ante! Heck, this guy brings his own podium, audience, press corps, helicopter-you name it. There's just no way for the two of you to compete this year. You think you're disappointed? Not even I get to make a speech this year, and I'm supposed to run the place. Nonetheless, 1 urge you not to give up hope. Send us pictures of this alleged flag of yours (along with appropriate contribution to the alumni fund), and we'll talk about next year. Oh, and good luck with the audit. As ever, I remain Technically yours, Charles M. Vest GARR), R. MASKALY Professor Lotte Bailyn, Chair of the Faculty, and President Charles Vest lead the procession of doctoral candidates during the Investiture of Doctoral Degree Hoods yesterday. ,. MJODRAG C1RKOV/C- TlfE TECH M/ODRAG C1RKOV/C -- TlfE TECf{ Members of the MIT community joined the "Worldwide Moment of Silence" to Hundreds of people fill the Harvard Bridge weekly In "Walk for Peace" from commemorate all the victims of the NATO bombings of Yugoslavia In front of Copley Square to Central Square, protesting against NATO bombings of Building 7 on May 24, two months after the bombings had started. Yugoslavia. It's never too late to join The Tech! Call Satwik at 253-1541. Page 26 THE TECH June 4,1999 Students Commemorate Rota with Candles and Coke By Erik Snowberg care, so I shouldn't either. "If I could have STAFF REPORTER brought in a keg of Coke on tap, I am sure It was only 6: 15 p.m. when I made it to he would have been fine with that too," he Networks, but already the line was out the said. door. By anyone else's account the group The conversation was restrained at first. gathered in For most present it was the first time they line must have had been to a memorial service for a profes- Reporter's seemed sor, and no one was quite sure how to act. 1" strange. After Some participants worked combinatorics Notebook all, for what problems while others began awkward con- reason would versations by asking, "What class did you there be a long line outside of Networks, take with Rota." and why did everyone in line have a can of The somber ait didn't seem quite fitting Coke in their pocket? for a memorial of a man who always so The line that stretched out the door was happy and full of energy. By the time we for that night's special. "Pasta with Rota finally sat down to eat, everyone was Sauce,'" and the can of Coke was homage to telling their favorite Rota stories and a dearly departed professor, Gian-Carlo enjoying each other's company. I was Rota. Over the years Rota had taught thou- already finishing my third can of Coke. and .\ sands of M IT undergraduates. and during was seeing spots from all the caffeine. every hour-long lecture he consumed two or Others seemed to be having similar prob- three cans of Coke. It was rumored he could lems, the atmosphere could be best classi- even tell which bottling plant a can had fied as "giddy." come from just from the taste. As it began to get dark outside, we start- The staff at Networks wasn't anticipating ed our candlelight vigil in Kresge Oval. A such a large crowd, and they ran out of Rota bulletin board on the student center steps Sauce early on. While we were waiting for displayed four pictures of Rota in his the next batch. people began to mill about recently cleaned office the week before his GABOR CSANYI-THE TECH and get to know each other. I was embar- death. There was a light wind which made Students and admirers of the late Gian-Carlo Rota gathered in Lobdell to have a rassed because I had bought a bottle of Coke us all stand close together to protect the memorial dinner featuring Spaghetti a la Rota provided by Networks. - the only form available at La Verde's - flames. and was the only one without a can. Luckily One by one, former students stepped into life. I am sad for all the students who will were great, Rota himself would have I ran into Peter Schulman '0 I, who had been the center of the circle to share their never have a chance to take a class from thought them to be minor compared to what in charge of Coke procurement during thoughts and feelings about Professor Rota. such a great man." his students would achieve. Rota's last semester. He told me that one Some told stories which made everyone The candlelight vigil was punctuated by Teresa Rond, Rota's ex-wife, spoke last. day he had been unable to get Rota his cus- laugh, but they were always tinged with a long silences and a few tears. A former "Gian-Carlo always knew his students liked tomary cans of coke and instead had to hint of sadness. As one student put it, "I am graduate student reminded the circle that him," she said, "but he never guessed how Yr-, resort to plastic bottles. Rota didn't seem to not sad for Professor Rota, he had a great although Professor Rota's achievements much he truly meant to them." CPs Demand Educational fucentives, Less Overtime of 54 requests were denied and that claims that the Boston environment proposal because it creates a pay intended to prolong negotiations. CPs, from Page I the vast majority of requests were represents a "safety concern of a scale which "doesn't reflect perfor- The Association leaflet included answered within a week. different type than there is on cam- mance except in a broad and crude a notice to all employees of MIT demands by describing overtime pus." fashion." who may have been subject to inad- ~ work as an "occupational hazard" Boston deputization contested McDonald denied that the issue equate overtime compensation, and and saying that it is "part of the The deputization of Campus of Boston policing was being used Institute in violation of labor law McDonald said that the policy was nature of public safety." Police officers in Boston represents for leverage and said that the Under an old agreement between Institute-wide. Negotiations have yielded a "lot of another point of debate in the con- Association was willing to separate MIT and the association,. officers Achenbach, however, said that .. good work on issues of overtime, tract negotiations. The association's the issue from contract negotiations. could agree to work on a holiday the comp day agreement was unique details, and staffing for details," he leaflet demands a policy to prevent As a result of this disagreement which they were not scheduled to to the Campus Police and it was said. A proposed agreement gives "serious injury or impairment" to the association has filed a bad faith work in return for a "comp day" off unlikely that other employees were officers more control over the possi- officers patrolling Boston under a bargaining complaint against the work another day. This policy may affected. I" bility that they will be ordered to recently implemented administra- Institute. have violated federal labor laws work for involuntary overtime. tion policy. After the death of Scott which require that hours worked in Resolution uncertain McDonald referred to these pro- S. Krueger '0 I, MIT made routine Educational incentives requested excess of 40 in one week be paid at According to Achenbach, an posals as a "short term attempt to patrols of the Boston fraternities A leaflet distributed by the asso- time and a half. As a result the agreement may be reached over this make the system more convenient" part of its plan to control drinking ciation outlined their proposal for Institute may have inadequately summer. He expressed hope that without solving the problem. on campus. educational incentives. McDonald compensated some officers, he said. scheduling proposals will lead to an Other scheduling proposals Kevin Hayes, a member of the said that the proposal calls on MIT Achenbach said that MIT had agreement. ~ made by the association included association leadership, said that the to recognize "that officers who have contacted the Department of Labor McDonald was also hopeful that asking that MIT respond promptly Suffolk County sheriff had refused taken college level courses are more regarding the violations and was a recent counterproposal made by to vacation requests and not deny to deputize Campus Police officers valuable." working to rectify any inadequate the association will produce such requests unreasonably and due to the ongoing contract dispute. The leaflet cites the compensation caused by the policy. progress. He said, however, that the allowing officers to use personal The association "objects to Massachusetts Police Accreditation The DOL has issued no fines against Institute's str~tegy may be to "hold time in one hour increments. [MIT] simply imposing" the Boston Commission guidelines which rec- MIT since the Institute has acted in out without dealing effectively with Achenbach said that the Institute policing program without research- ommends such incentives and "good faith," he said. the issue themselves" and wait for 9- rejected the proposals after a review ing safety issues, McDonald said. Harvard University which imple- McDonald said that this issue of other parties to concede. of statistics showed that only three Achenbach, however, said that ments such a practice. comp days is connected to other A strike is a possibility since the the association was using the issue Achenbach, however, pointed scheduling concerns. Campus Police are private sector f' of Suffolk County deputization "as out that the Institute already offers Achenbach, however, character- employees. McDonald said that a leverage point" in the negotia- all employees $5,250 to use towards ized the CP's focus on the issue of strike was "a weapon of last resort" tions. Achenbach also disputed CP education. The Institute rejected the compo days as a "vexation strategy" but one that could not be ruled out. SigEp Member Questions Eviction Legitimacy Bradford, from Page I and a couple of Alumni Board However, Bradford's troubles hold on his graduation or future reg- •. members" performed the move, continue. In mid-May the Alumni istration pending the settlement of OBEY. remove all of my belongings," according to Meredith, who was not Corporation filed a civil suit seeking an outstanding bill of $2,321.09 Bradford said. among them. $6,463.59 against Jason Bradford with SigEp. That ,oice inside your head The Alumni Corporation then and his parents, Ricky and Marilyn Meredith admits this number is telling you to hit the road is RA occupies Bradford's room filed for a temporary restraining Bradford, who co-signed Jason a "mistake," which Dorow arrived not to be messed with. Bradford said he was granted a order against Bradford to try to Bradford's original Housing at by subtracting the $2,000 paid to temporary restraining order against evict him from the house. Agreement. settle the original housebill from the Alumni Corporation after he Associate Justice Jeffrey Winik did An itemized bill dating from the $4,321.09 total on the bill returned from Spring Break to find not sign the restraining order on December 19 seeks $800 per month which omits the legal fees. Dorow his belongings in garbage bags in April 14, and instead ordered both for lost rent from 222, which is a refused to comment on the the basement of the annex, and parties to return on April 21, at "double occupancy suite" split into specifics of this case, but said he Dougherty occupying his room. which point he ordered a compro- rents of $500 and $300 per month did not believe MIT would with- Housing Court Chief Justice E. mise. for the "large side" and "small hold registration based on a living George Daher ordered that In settlement, Bradford agreed side." group's "claim of a pending law- Bradford be moved back into his to pay the remaining $2,000 bal- Meredith said that the suite suit that they mayor may not room. When this was not done, ance on his $5,500 annual house- includes 222 and a separate adja- win." Bradford filed a contempt com- bill, and through May 26 retained cent room 221, which was not "I'm very surprised that these 576-4623 plaint. his "right to occupy room at 5 15 rentable since Bradford was a "hos- alumni, the RA, and the representa- Beacon Street for lodging only," tile tenant." Other charges are for 65 Mt. Aubum Street The judge threatened a fine of tives from the national fraternity meaning he could not eat at or use food and parking, as well as CAMBRIDGE $1,000 for each day his order was have gone to such lengths to mali- not carried out. "[Dougherty] asked the facilities of the house at 518 $2,142.50 in legal fees and costs of ciously interfere with my final term our President Mike McCarthy to Beacon Street, such as the kitchen collection which is not included on at MIT," Bradford says of this STjj call an emergency work party for and TV room. the bill. ordeal. members of the fraternity to move Of his experience Bradford says, A letter dated May 13 from Meredith counters, "This is a STA TRAVEL [Bradford's] stuff back to 222," said "It has been clearly shown that Assistant Dean for Fraternities, choice he made. I'm sorry he made WFVE BEEN1HERE. Neal F. Karchem '99, "but we Alumni Board did not have the legal Sororities, and Independent Living that choice. It was a bad choice." refused." right to evict me or any of mi broth- Groups Neal H. Dorow informed Joel M. Rosenberg contributed "Several members of the house ers this year." Bradford that MIT had placed a to the reporting of this story. June 4, 1999 THE TECH Page27 ,.Deadline for Final RSSC Report Extended By Anna K. Benefiel Association passed a resolution MacGregor mounts response munities, while housing all the STAFF REPORTER suggesting that the RSSC reporting Jason H. Wasfy '01 and freshmen on campus by 2001," the ., In an attempt to accommodate date be moved back to at the least Autumn Steuckrath '00. co- proposal suggests a distribution of more student input, the deadline October 15. authored the MacGregor response freshmen "among the existing " for the final report of the which states that "converting undergraduate dorms and the Even Residence System Steering Students protest possible move MacGregor into a graduate dormi- planned 2001 dorm," with fresh- 'Committee has been extended to A number of students have tory is unnecessary and deleterious men "cluster[ing] ... within their October I, 1999. already formally responded to to the goals of the RSSC." respective dorms around [Resident EZ-er '. A draft of the report will be RSSC's preliminary proposals . Noting that "MacGregor's con- Advisors]. " ..presented to the MIT community Most recently, community reaction sistent popularity among students ~'on or about .Registration Day, has taken the form of the Unified underscores its value to the under- Committee commends progress September 7" this fall term, Student Response to the Phase II graduate residence system," the . In reflecting upon what the than according to RSSC Chair William Status Report, the MacGregor MacGregor report goes on to redesign has accomplished thus iJ. Hecht '.61 and exec uti ve vice Defense Petition, and the Ashdown affirm that it is "in the best interest far, Bacow, Hecht, and Steering president of the MIT Alumni Residence System Proposal. of the undergraduate community Committee Process Manager Kirk Association. Drafted jointly by the UA, the [for] MacGregor [to] remain an D. Kolenbrander all commended 1040EZ. Extending the deadline by near- Graduate Student Council, the option for incoming freshmen and the progress the committee has 'y a month will allow the commit- Association of Student Activities, upperclass students." made. tee, to "take added feedback from the Interfraternity Council, and the Over 75 percent of dormitory Bacow congratulated the RSSC the community for about three Dormitory Council, the Unified residents, including nearly 300 stu- for "engaging the entire communi- .weeks'!. after the publication of the Student Response acts to focus the dents, alumni, Graduate Resident ty ... in an extended conversation" draft response, Hecht said. response of the student body. Tutors, and MIT staff signed the to improve the residence system. Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow In brief, the proposal sets forth defense petition before it was sub- Hecht noted that the framework of Introducing TeleFile '72 believes that this time will . ten "common values" that should mitted to Associate Dean Andrew the redesign process was success- from the IRS. If you ."'give students a chance to return to "be at the core of MIT's new resi- M. Eisenmann '70, according to ful in eliciting feedback, alterna- campus in the fall, and digest and dence system," according to the Wasfy and Steuckrath. tive proposals, and opportunities are single and filed react to the final recommendation report which was made widely for further deliberation and infor- before it is submitted. Moreover," available on campus this past May Ashdown voices criticisms mation gathering, while Form l040EZ last year, he adds, "there will be additional 17. These values include diversity, Similarly, a strong response to Kolenbrander praised the "open- time after submission for the com- freedom of choice, community the RSSC report was mounted at ness and accessibility" which has you can file your tax munity to react to the recommen- interacti~n, the preservation of Ashdown, where residents are thus far been "central to" the resi- return in ten minutes .,dation before any final decisions Fraternities, Sororities, and "deeply concerned about [the dence redesign. are made." Independent Living Groups, peri- report's] implications on the wider Eisenmann added that although by phone. Anytime. The RSSC was charged earlier odic assessment of the systein, and MIT community" according to the process has "looked mostly at this year with designing improve- responsible community gover- Rebecca Xiong G, Ashdown issues of implementation and tran- Check your tax booklet .inents to residence life in light of nance. House executive committee chair. sition for the residential system as the changes the MIT residence sys- "We felt it would be a more In a meeting on Thursday, May a consequence of having all first- for information. tem will undergo when all fresh- effective response if we came 6, Ashdown residents presented year undergraduates live on cam~ ,plen are required to live on campus together, to show a unified front, their vision of a residence system pus," there is more work to do in starting in 2001. Their preliminary instead of each going off to write integrating the Task Force on creating a "robust, comprehensive, I TeleFile proposals, released in late April, our own, possibly conflicting Student Life and Learning objec- and integrated residential life" sys- It's free. It's fast. It works. were met with opposition by stu- responses" said Dormcon tives and the needs of the graduate tem at MIT. llents. The proposals included a President Jennifer A. Frank '00. student community. He also commended the nature call for the creation of a Of particular note, the In short, the proposal describes "of the conversation within and "Freshman Hall" to be housed in "Freshman Hall" section of the Ashdown as a "community of across the MIT community" for ~.,&i} Department of the Treasury fLt4I!Ilnternal Revenue Service Ashdown House, currently a grad- response calls for either Baker scholars" which acts as "the cen- constructive response even though '~ate dormitory and a changed House, the new Vassar Street tral meeting place for the larger people disagree on contentious Changing jOr good. timeline for rush. Their report will dorm, or a new dorm to be located graduate community," with exten- issues. "The MIT Community be submitted to Bacow after which at a site currently occupied by the sive "cultural, social, volunteer should be applauded for how they a fmal report will be released to be Kresge parking lot and the and athletic programs." have interacted and responded" to adopted by the Institute. Omniturf field to be the "Primarily To meet the challenge of main- issues of the uncertain future of the Recently, the Undergraduate Freshman Dorm" locations. taining "diverse individual com- residence system, This space donated by The Tech .~ '1 • 'Love Mom, Dad, an(1 Jeff / Page 28 THE TECH June 4, 1999 Police Log The following incidents were reported to the Campus Police between April 23 and May Bldg. 9, harassing phone call; Bldg. 39, annoying phone calls; Bldg. 13, attempted break 5. Information is compiled from the Campus Police's weekly crime summary and from dis- into a room; Bldg. 5, suspicious activity, report of a disturbed person; Bldg. E19, laptop patcher logs. The report does not include alarms. general service calls, or incidents not computer and speakers stolen $2,817; Bldg. 3, report of suspicious person, checked out reported to the dispatcher. okay. Apr 22:Bldg. I, suspicious person, trespass warning issued; Burton, harassing phone Apr 30:Bldg. 54, report of suspicious person, same issued trespass warning; Bldg. E53, calls; Bldg. 38, laptop computer stolen $4,159; Vassar St. assist Cambridge Police looking suspicious persons, same issued trespass warning; Boston, Commonwealth Ave., noise for a subject seen breaking into a vehicle; Bldg. 6, 8 foot long stuffed Marlin stolen from complaint, all quiet; duPont gym, suspicious person; Walker, laptop computer and cash office wall, $200. stolen $2,600; Senior House, construction tools stolen unknown value; DKE, monies fraud- ulently stolen from debit account $179; Main St. at railroad tracks, Cambridge Police assist Apr 23:Student Center, hack; Bldg. 20, area broken into and construction tools stolen MIT, MIT Police cruiser struck by another vehicle; Bldg. E25, suspicious person report, $1,210; Bldg. 48, malicious damage to files; Bldg. N52, wallet stolen $25 cash and credit gone upon CP's arrival; East Campus, report of trespassing; Commuter lot, two individuals cards; Burton, suspicious activity in laundry room; Walker, malicious destruction of proper- issued trespass warnings; Bldg. 26, report of alcohol in lobby same removed by CP's ty; Bldg. 36, homeless person requesting medical assistance, had left area prior to CP's arrival; Bldg. 39, Terry Watson f Boston, MA arrested for trespassing; assist Cambridge arrival; Mass. Ave. and Memorial Dr. assist Cambridge Police with vehicle accident; Bldg. Police, motor vehicle accident Mass. and Memorial; Amherst Alley by Green Hall, noise 2, suspicious person issued trespass warning; Pacific St. homeless person keeps calling on complaint, students moved along. emergency telephone; Bldg. 34, suspicious person, had left area prior to CP's arrival; May l:Senior House, wallet stolen $40; Westgate, pan left unattended on stove causing Haywood lot, parking complaint; Bldg. 48, person went through files in cabinet; assist a lot of smoke; BOSTON, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, noise complaint, music turned down; Cambridge Police at Mass. and Memonal with 3 car accident. Bldg. E52, report of skateboarders, same left area without problem; Bldg. 2, report of sus- Apr 24:New House, noise complaint; Bexley, unauthorized party, same closed down, no picious person, same gone upon CP's arrival. alcohol; Mass. and Memorial Dr. assist State Police with vehicle accident; DuPont mens' May 2:Kresge, party problem; Westgate, report of suspicious person, gone upon CP's locker room, wallet stolen unknown value; Hayward lot report of person breaking into car, arrival; 33 Mass. Ave., Dimitrious Georgakellis of Cambridge, MA arrested for trespassing checked out okay; Mass. Ave. at ATM, 3 homeless persons sleeping, same assisted to shel- and other related charges; Student Ctr., check on two students; Bldg. NW30, check on indi- ter. vidual; Bldg. W8, check on suspicious person, trespass warning issued. Apr 25:Mass. Ave. assist Cambridge Police with minor motor vehicle accident; Main May 3:S10an Lot, assist Cambridge Police, for vehicle possibly involved in vehicle acci- St. and Windsor, armed robbery; Vassar St. report of suspicious activity, persons left area dent; Bldg. 2, Leonel Guerro arrested for trespassing; Boston, Commonwealth Ave. AXO, without incident; Bldg. 26, report of homeless person living in mens' room; Mass. Ave. 3 homeless persons removed; Bldg. W71, someone tampering with mail; Bldg. 4, male assist Cambridge Police with loud party; Mass and Memorial, assist State Police with vehi- arrested for trespassing; Albany St. intoxicated homeless person, transported to shelter by cle accident. Pro ambulance. Apr 26:Memorial Dr. assist State Police with minor motor vehicle accident; Cambridge, May 4:Vassar St. assist Cambridge Police with minor motor vehicle accident; Albany assist Cambridge Police with a report of an attempted suicide; West Garage, juvenile and lot, vehicle broken into and CD player and change stolen $155; East Campus, laptop stolen Jhonny Fernandes and Zito Lopez of Dorchester, MA, arrested for possession of burglari- $100; Bldg. E 15, report of suspicious person; Bldg. W85, fraudulent use of credit card ous tools and trespassing; Bldg. 38, suspicious activity; Westgate lot, hit and run damage to $242; MacGregor, annoying phone calls; Bldg. NW61, homeless person sleeping in door- vehicle; Bldg. 14, mouse stolen $20; Bldg. 13, ladder stolen $300; Memorial Dr. assist way, individual assisted to shelter; Main Lot, person stopped for excessive speed; Student Harvard University Police with an alarm; Memorial Dr. and Mass. Ave. assist State Police Ctr., suspicious person, trespass warning issued. with vehicle accident; Bldg. 56, report of someone screaming, no cause found. May 5:Burton, annoying phone calls; Bldg. 9, report of suspicious person, same Apr 27: Memorial Dr. and Mass. Ave. assist State Police with vehicle accident; Pay Lot checked out okay; Hayward Lot, possible domestic situation, all checked out okay; Bldg. at Mass. and Vassar Streets, Linda Parker of Jamaica Plain arrested for malicious destruc- E23, skateboarders, same moved along; Westgate, bicycle stolen $200; Bldg. E19, report tion; Bldg. E51, malicious damage to a projector; Mass. A"e. and Memorial, pedestrian of 911 hang-up, no cause found; Briggs field, animal complaint; Burton, camera stolen struck. $300; Bldg. 2, suspicious activity; Westgate lot, '95 Acura stolen, found in Boston next day Apr 28:Main parking lot, hit and run property damage; Bldg. 24, mino vehicle accident; stripped; Bldg. 2, John Valleli of West Roxbury and Drew Poling of Malden arrested for Bldg. 3, homeless person same on his way; Memorial Dr. assist State Police with minor lewd and lacivious; WILG, report of two suspicious persons, gone upon CP's arrival Bldg. vehicle accident; Bldg. 68, report of skateboarders, same asked to leave area. NW30, two individuals issued trespass warnings; Student Ctr. report of suspicious person, Apr 29:Cambridge, pika, report of suspicious person; East Campus, check on student; checked out okay. 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The pair is DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION Morales set a school record in single Sadowski's name will appear on the The latest Intercollegiate Tennis ranked second. As a team, MIT cap- • Two MIT Track & Field athletes season runs batted in (42) in 1999 national Academic All-America bal- Association Men's Division III rank- tured the fifth spot in the East have earned All-America recogni- and will finish his four years with lot. ings have been released, and MIT Region. tion following their performances at the highest career batting average MIT captured the silver medal students are prominent in the rank- MIT's Eli 1. Weinberg '02 was the National Collegiate Athletic ever (.371). McKenney set the with a second place finish in the ings. In singles competition, Eric the only first year student to be ~ Ass 0 cia t ion record for single season hits at 62, grand final of the varsity four with L.Chen '00 is ranked third, and named to the 1999 New England C!/flOrts Division III and also had the highest single sea- coxswain event at the IRA National James Matysczak '99 finished his Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ~".r Championships. son batting average in Institute his- Championships on the Cooper River career as the 15th rated singles play- Division III All-New England Are you bored out of your mind this summer? Come and,help The Tech j produce its summer issues! Call Satwik at 253-1541 J ~.;.~~~~ .... , ,- '\!~ "I"" .~ .... ' .' Page 30 THE TECH SPORTS June 4, 1999 • .,. Women's Track Finishes Regular Season Undefeated. By Elaine Chen and Lila French Vanessa Li '02 took 5th. 35'8.5" in the shot put. Regina Sam points. French had another excellent rEA .\1 ('( J-e '.11' 1:I/SS Elaine Y. Chen '99 took a pair of '02 had a season best in the 400m, On the track, Thorvaldsen ran a performance in the heptathlon, After an undeafeated regular sea- 3rd places in the 100m and 200m, covering the distance in 61.56. 15.34 to take 2nd place in the 100m breaking the school record with l son, the M IT Women's Track and while Alyssa S, Thorvaldsen '00 Both of MIT's relays ran school hurdles. In the 100m dash, Chen 3679 points. She placed 5th, well Field team began its post-season by scored in both hurdling events, placing record-breaking times to place. was able to just barely lean for 4th ahead of her 11 th place seed. competing in the New England 4th in the lOOHand 6th in the 400H. Adeline L. Kuo '02, Thorvaldsen, with a school record time of 12.69. Burianek also set a PR, finishing. Division III Championships at Theresa K. Burianek '99, Jantrue French, and Chen formed the The 4x 100m relay, which had come with 3140 points. Springfield College. With almost all Ting '00, and Deborah S. Won '00 4xlOOm team which finished 4th in in seeded 8th, placed 3rd with a new Thorvaldsen took 7th place in of Tech's athletes beating their all beat their seeds to each pick up 50.74. The 4x400m team of Chen, school record of 50.26. the 400 hurdles, while Chen was seeds, MIT tallied 49 points to fin- an 8th place. Burianek finished with Kay Sullivan '02, Sam, and The big story of the day was in able to hold onto 3rd in the 200m .• ish 7th out of 32, well ahead of its 3032 points in the heptathlon. Ting Thorvaldsen put together a school Tech's premiere event: the pole with a 26.10. Despite a strong 10th place seed. Leading the way completed the 10,000m in 42:45.45, record-breaking 4:05.63 to place vault. With three athletes seeded to 3000m field, Won was still able to were Tech's pole vaulters. Lila S. while Won ran a 10:29.83 in the 6th. place, MIT was expecting to score a take 8th with a 10:37.85. The French '99 cleared 10'6" to take 3,000m. lot of points in the event, and score 4x400 ran a 4:05.88 to place 5th . ., 2nd place in the vault. Stephanie A. Princess Imoukuede '02 also beat MIT Finishes 5th at ECAC's they did, with MIT capturing 2nd, Norris '02 took 3rd with 10', and her seed by throwing a season best The East Collegiate Athletic 3rd, and 4th for 19 team points, All-New England Conference Championships were Norris vaulted a disappointing 9'6" The team ended the season at the. held the following week at Williams but still secured 4th place. Li vault- All-New England Championship College. Despite the intermittent ed 10'6" for 3rd, setting a 1 foot meet at Tufts University. Earn up to 480.00/month!! downpours and gusty winds, MIT season personal record CPR) and a French was the team's sole point 1I,'allh) nlt'll h"I''''''1I th,' a!(", of I~) anl1 :\!) art. n.... I1..11a.' anonymous 'pnm l1onors .. \Iusl h., 5'!)" (175('m) put together some very strong per- new rookie record. On her 3rd scorer, placing 4th in the pole vault ~ or lalln alll1 ah'" to ,'ommil to tho' pru!(ram for a minimum of!) munlh,. (lonurs aro' ('Omlll'nsated $:1;;.00 Ill'r formances to finish 5th out of 47 attempt at 11', French cleared for an with a height of 10' 6". Tying for ,\ullatiun. \''''a", ,'all California \')rohank. in \'amhri,l~ •., ~I:\ at (GI7) 1!l7,l\G~G b..tlO.'.'n !I-5. ~lolll1ay Ihrou!(h Friday to "'" if yuu (IUalify ... Seriou.' ill'luiri." ollly, please! teams, garnering 55 points after all-time PR and a new school 7th in the vault was Norris with 10', being seeded to finish 7th with 37 record. while Li cleared 9'6". Won ran a solid 18:24.71 in the 5000m. The 4x 100m relay ran a 50.39, missing sub-50 because of a delayed handoff during the last-, exchange. Thorvaldsen performed well in both hurdling events, run- ning a 15.39 in the 100H and break- J ing the school record in the 400H" with a 65.42. 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Elizabeth's Hospital Tim Clark, M.S., Millennium Pharmaceuticals Cell Transplantation Therapies: From Animal Models to the Clinic OLD DOGS, NEW TRICKS: LESSONS FROM KNOCKOUTS John Dinsmore, Ph.D., Diacrin Chair: Diane Kenney, Ph.D., Director of Scientific Operations Public Perspectives on Gene and Cell Therapy & VP,The Center for Blood Research Claudia Michelson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 4, 1999 THE TECH Page 31 d a nee t r 0 U P e F U ..c () ~ Q) R ..c .~I !'" c ctS (/) 0 L. 0 ..c Y ctS CJ ..c ..c () () ~ ~ Q) Q) ..c ..c t- t- 1 1 Q) Q) ..c ..c () () --Q) --Q) LL U. ..c ..c () () a: a: ..c () ~ Q) ..c t- 1 • Q) ..c ..c () () Q) ~ -- Q) U. ..c ..c .2 a: IctS L. Q) clockwise from top: (/) o "Cruel ••by Tori Amos a: Q) Joylette Portlock .99, traditional African dance c Q) Mummer.s Dance "'i::cu Karen Horstmann .99, Jazz Funk ~ .What it.s like" by Everlast. -- . Page 32 TH E TECH June 4, 1999