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Cambridge, Massachusetts O~139 Wednesday, August 28,2002 Quantum,. MIT Press Accept Card EO Protest Displays
By Nathan Collins Quantum Books and the .MIT campus dining locations. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Press Bookstore have joined the "We've been asking for it for The MIT card is gaining in' TechCASH program, an improved fourteen, fifteen years," said Fissures Over Rush acceptance among local business- version of last year's meal card LaVerde's manager Marc Semon. es, but restaurants and the MIT system. LaVerde's Market began "As pleased as we are, the students By Sandra M. Chung mail sent to various dormitory Coop will not soon be joining their accepting TechCASH near the end CIIA IRMA N mailing lists Monday morning. ranks .. of last semester, along with all TechCASH, Page 9 Tempers flared after members Young declined to comment. , of East Campus and Senior House protested a scheduled Orientation Protest prompts meeting . event on Sunday, and the dormito- East Campus' residence mid- ry's presence at that day's resi- way space was not revoked, after dence midway was briefly imper- an emergency meeting immediate- iled. ly after the PlayFair and before the The clashes have revealed deep Residence Midway Sunday night. fissures between students and the The meeting included midway MIT administrators responsible for coordinators Sherri E. Davidoff .Orientation, who say they feel '03, Grace R. Kessenich '03, and betrayed by the unraveling of Tyler J. Bronder '03 as well as agreements with student leaders. Associate Dean for Student Life The students, meanwhile, Barbara A. Baker, Residential Life expressed frustration with an Associate' Anthony E. Gray PhD administration they perceive as '01, and Assistant Dean of Resi- trying to eviscerate rush. dential Programs Katherine G. Senior House President Daniel O'Dair. E. McAnulty '04 said that Assis- Baker said she and the other tant Dean of New Student Pro- administrators used the meeting to grams Elizabeth C. Young became express their feeling of betrayal upset after he and other protesters because, in their view, an agree- handed 'out flyers at Sunday's ment reached with student leaders PlayFair asking freshmen, "[Alre in the Residential System Imple- you a fucking baby? [T]h~n what mentation Team had unraveled. the hell are you doing at a play- . In an, open letter to freshmen, fair?" published in The Tech Sunday, According to McAnulty, Young Dormcon wrote that it "will not then threatened to revoke East limit the times at which dorms can NATHAN COLUN~THE TECH Campus' space at the Residence hold events - even if they conflict Rebecca A. Kurnlk '03 makes a purchase 'at LaVerde's Market using her MIT card. Quantum Book~ and _ Midway: McAnulty described the with other scheduled Orientation the MIT Press Bookstore have also joined the TechCASH system. " incident in a widely-circulated e- sessions." "} was very disappointed that some of the agreements that had PassRate Freshinen Meet FSILGs at Rush Midway been reached in the RSIT team By Brla~ LcJux' Independent Living Groups. "[The freshmen] have nothing process, as I understood them, NEWS EDITOR " Despite initia! worry that the . else to do ... and everyone heard were not honored," Baker said. OnFEE Freshmen swarmed the first three FSILGs would spark little interest abput ,it during the [Welcome Din- But Kessenich, who was a floors of the Student Center last this year, the building was mobbed. ner]," said Amy R. Lam '06. member of the RSIT, registered night while attending the Welcome "I came to see wh'at the fraternities In addition to a.midway with 32 displeasure with the way Rush has Dinner Post-Party sponsored by were like and to meet the people," , unfolded this year. The protests HitJJ30f4 MIT's Fraternities, Sororities, and said Timothy C. Davenport '06. FSILGs, Page 10 weren't "a personal attack against any people,':' she said. "It's about By Eun J. Lee the way Orientati~n was sched- :FEATURES EDITOR ouled. Since the beginning we kept Three-out of four freshmen who saying, 'We need more time for took this year's Freshman' Essay .dorm events,' and they said no or Evaluation received passing didn't listen." . grades, up from 59 percent. last year. Housemasters meet on protests In addition to t~e MIT fresh- Senior House Housemasters men who took the test, students Henry and Cynthia Jenkins attend- from several othe,r colleges took ed anoth~r impromptu meeting the online essay evaluation' this with Baker, Redwine, and Dean year, as the' result of a project 0 for Student Life Larry G. Benedict sponsored by the MIT -Microsoft on Monday morning .. iCampus Alliance. During the meeting, Benedict ."There's significant national and Baker discussed the right of interest in the online system devel- the students to protest, Henry oped here, be~ause it is a highly Jenkins later wrote in an e-mail to effective way for colleges to evalu-' dormitory mailing lists ate incoming students online," said "Clearly 0 MIT is the kind of Leslie C. Perelman, director of place where the right to protest is writing across the. curriculum and part of our community," Baker principal 'investigator for the said in an interview. iCampus p~oject. "The central concerns are not with the protest per se but with Three of four freshmen pass FEE. AARON D. MIHAliK-THE TECH when, where, and how it is con- In total, 592 ()f the 816 fresh- Jeremy A. Conrad '06 provides Andrew W. Houston '05 and Christopher C. Simeone '05 of Phi Delta ducted," Jenkins wrote. men who took the FEE, or 73 per':' Theta with his personal Information at Tuesday. night's FSILG-sponsored Welcome Dinner Post-Party. "They stated that they would Fraternities collected Information from freshmen In order to Inform them abo~ future rush events. FEE, Page 9 Protest, Page 8
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LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON Support for Possible Attack The Bush administration, convinced that Fidel Castro's regime could collapse at any time, has begun developing plans to help Cuba By Edwin Chen have thought through all of the con- with Bandar, insisted he has made manage a change in government and nudge the aging president's suc- LOS ANGELES TIMES sequences of that," Jubeir said on no decisions about how to proceed CRAWFORD. TEXAS cessor toward a U.S.-style system. CNN. against Hussein, White House Press Administration officials say they are trying to chart how they President Bush met with Saudi He said the Saudis agree that Secretary Ari Fleischer said. would react if the Cuban leader's death, for example, opened the way Arabia's ambassador Tuesday to Hussein is a threat, but added: But, Fleischer added, "The presi- for a leadership more sympathetic to the United States. And they are mend frayed relations between their "What exactly will it take to deal dent made very clear again that he considering what they would do if it set off a mass migration toward two governments but failed to win with it? How many troops? Who's believes that Saddarn Hussein is a Florida that the United States would have to head off. Saudi support for the possible use of going to pay for it? Where are they menace to 'world peace, a menace to From President Bush down, the administration "has come to a military force to oust Iraqi President going to land? How many years will regional peace." realization that we need to be more vigorous in thinking through what Saddam Hussein. they have to occupy Iraq? How do Cheney, in an address Monday we would do in any number of contingencies," said a senior adminis- A day after Vice President Dick you stabilize the country? Are the to veterans in Nashville, said.on1y a tration official who asked to remain unidentified. "We have a number Cheney made the administration's Kurds going to seek their own state? pre-emptive strike against Iraq of interests in play." most compelling case yet for a Is this going to make the Turks ner- could prevent it from acquiring Many analysts say the government that succeeds Castro might "regime change" in Baghdad; the vous? Is this going to destabilize nuclear weapons "fairly soon." He permit additional limited free enterprise - perhaps focusing on small Saudis forcefully stated anew their Iran?" . also argued that ousting Hussein businesses - as a way of turning around the impoverished island's opposition to achieving that aim Many U.S. lawmakers of both could, bring more stabiJity to the economy. But many also believe that it would resist political reform . through military action. partie's - and American allie's Middle. East and 'enhance the Even before .the president wel- around the world - are posing sim- . chances of peace between Israel and comed Prince Bandar ibn Sultan and ilar questions even as the adminis- the Palestinians. \ Jet Gets 'Military Escort six of his eight children to his Texas tration this week escalated its saber- Cheney's comments were wide- ranch, a senior Saudi official in rattling. ly seen as' an administration After 'Misunderstanding' Washington declared that the' Bush Jubeir's coriunents also stressed response to skepticism some law~ TIlE WASfIINGTON POST administration still has not made a that the Saudis, who 'were key par- makers and former foreign policy WASHINGTON cogent case for a pre-emptive strike ticipants in the 1991 Persian Gulf officials have expressed about the Two F-16 fighter jets escorted a US Airways jet to Baltimore- against Hussein. Instead, Adel War against Hussein, are unwilling wisdom of military action against Washington International Airport Tuesday after a "misunderstand- Jabeir, foreign policy adviser to to do the same now. Saudi officials Hussein. ing" between the pilot and air traffic controllers over whether the Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdul- . have been "very clear on this with , Also,' some' Bush supporters plane had been hijacked, airline and airport officials said. lah, called for a concerted diplomat- your government for a long time," have complained .that the adminis- US Airways spokesman David Castelveter wouldn't comment on ic initiative. he said. ' tration needed to make a more what the pilot said that caused air traffic controllers concern, saying "We don't believe that people Bush, during his conversation force~tl c~e ~or such a policy.' that to do so would reveal airline security procedures. "It was a misunderstanding by the controllers over what our pilot in the cockpit said," Castelveter said. "They were worried about a Top Al-Qaida ()fficials, Fighters potential security threat." Flight 1814 had left Charlotte shortly after 8 a.m. with 44 passen- gers and was scheduled to land at BWI about 9:35 a.m. At 9:12 a.m., the two F-16s were launched from Andrews Air Force Base and Harbored inIran Border -Cities intercepted the airliner in "very short order," said Air Force Maj. Ed Thomas, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense By 'Peter Finn With Osama bin Laden and his early tw~nties, is being groomed as Command in Colorado. THE WASHINGTON POST second-in-command, Ayman his father's successor because of the JIDDAH. SAUDI ARABIA Zawahiri, in hidirig, the sources symbolism offered' by the idea of a,. Two figures who have assumed said~ and with the death of the for- dynasty. A-rid while the sources Said Reno Schools Settle Gay-Rights S~t critical roles in the. ~l-Qaida hierar,... meri militar.y'chief,vMuhammad that Saad,hasn~tLassumed a'formal LOS ANGELES TIMES chy. inJe~~ntm01.\ths.;dricluding:piie Ate£, the two have {. tion, it will be quite beneficial for the region. Drought fears from early 300N spring were allayed by above-average precipitation in May and June, but July and August have been drier than normal and the precipitation deficit has again widened. A few days of rain showers should help alleviate the shortfall. 0 2S N I Extended Forecast Today: Sunny early, but clouding up during the afternoon. Cool with the high only reaching 70°F (21°C). Tonight: Cloudy with rain showers toward dawn. Low near 58°F (14°C). Thursday: Showers likely. Continued cool with a high near 65°F (18°C). Thursday night: Continued chance of showers. Low near 58°F (14°C). Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Smoots Friday: "Lingering showers early, then clearing in the evening. High near Snow Rain Fog ;"'Trough - 72°F (22°C) and low near 57°F (14°C) .. H High Pn:ssun: - - Showcn - - V* V Thundcntonn Saturday: Partly cloudy with continued below-normal temperatures ...... Warm Front ~ Low Pressun: Ugh! .. High again near 72°F (22°C). L 00 Haze ...... Cold Fronl Modc:ralc * Compiled by MIT ~ Hurricane ** McteOrOIogy SlalT ..... swionary Front Heavy . A .. and TM Tech August 28, 2002 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Fiscal Budget Experts Predict U.N. Officials Call Taliban Probe Difficult LOS ANGELES TIMES Larger Deficit Than Expected KABUL. AFGHANISTAN By Warren Vieth ed or if lawmakers approve new tax probability of being the leading fac- The chief U.N. official in Afghanistan said Tuesday that there is LOS ANGELES TIMES cuts, extend prescription drug cov- tor in decisions'made on Nov. 5." no chance soon of a thorough, impartial investigation in the alJeged WASHINGTON • erage to Medicare participants, or Bush and his Jellow Republicans murder last fall of Taliban soldiers, which might implicate troops Congr~ssional budget experts boost other spending. argue the initial stages of the tax cut loyal to one of the country's most powerful warlords, Gen. Abdul warned Tuesday that the govern- The revival of deficit spending eased the recession that was begin- Rashid Dostum. menl's fiscal outlook is deteriorat- after four years of surpluses may ning just as the administration took Afghanistan must become far more orderly and stable before the ing, and they forecast deficits that increase the anxiety level of Ameri- office. They blame the defiCits on alleged perpetrato.rs can be pursued without endangering the lives of will be deeper and longer than the cans already troubled by the residue the recession, the economic impact witnesses who remain in the area, said United Nations special envoy Bush administration is projecting. of last year's recession and the stock of the Sept. 11 attacks and the cost Lakhdar Brahimi. Instead of the three-year, $322 market's big declines earlier this of the U.S. response to the terror- "Politics is the art of the possible," he said. billion shortfall predicted by the. year. That, in turn, could affect the, ism. In other areas, however, Brahimi praised the progress of the tran- White House. last month, the gov- outcome of this fall's midterm con- The CBO's new deficit calcula- sitional Afghan government led by interim Prime Minister Hamid ernment will post four consecutive' gressional elections, in which con- tions could increase pressure to Karzai as it seeks to consolidate peace and establish order in a devas- deficits totaling $452 billion, trol of both the Senate and the rescind some of future tax cuts tated country that had known more than two decades of war. according to the Congressional Bud- House is up for grabs .. approved by Congress last year, par- Despite a spate of recent minor explosions in the edgy Afghan get Office: .. The backlash could be magnified ticularly those targeted at upper- capital, including one outside a U.N. residence Sunday, government The main factor in recent this year if enough voters accept income households. Similarly, it and international authorities believe Kabul is becoming safe enough months has been a sharp drop in Democratic arguments that Bush will make it more difficult to win to soon lift its midnight to 4 a.m. curfew, Brahimi ~aid. federal tax collections, the biggest and congressional Republicans support for new spending initiatives. And training of new police and army forces, if it continues apace, since special wartime levies were' mortgaged the Treasury and jeopar- The revised budget estimates should allow the country to stand on its own within two years, he lifted in 1946. The current fall-off dized Social Security by pushing reflect an unusually rapid decline in said. has been caused in large part by the through a 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax the government's fi'scal outlook. effect of the stock market's cut last year. Early last year, CBO officials pre- declines on payments of capital "This has got to be a concern to dicted the government would take in Acela Cracks May Recur gains taxes. At today's prices, the White House going into the $5.6 trillion mQre than it spent from THE WASHINGTON POST fewe,r shareholders are recording midterm election," said Kim Wal- 2002 through 2011. On Tuesday, it Trying to fix the cracked brackets that have sidelined its lucrative profits whenthey sell. -lace, chief political analyst for . said Washington would finish the Acela trains, Amtrak is relying on around-the-clock welding and rig- More red ink could flow if the' . Lehman Brothers, the big invest- decade only $336 billion ahead of orous inspections after every run while it waits for a permanent solu- economy gr . / corn because .the Zambian govern- , Pri.vately~ aid officials' say the modified to produce higher yields ment, had ruled that the genetically 'Zambian government isJooking a and bolster resistance to drought, Men Reported Missing After 9/11 modified grai.n was not safe. for gift horSe in the mouth. diseases or herbicides. ' them. ' , The' Bush' administration has dis- Leaders of several African coun- Found in Hospitals .-"Please give us the food,'~ plead- patched, to Zambia its top aid offi:" tries say they find themselves in a LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK ed an elderly blind man wearing a cial, U.S. Agency for International dilemma: Feed their people food threadbare shirt. ''We don't care if it Development ' Administrator ,they believe causes allergic reac- Two men who were reported missing after the World Trade Cen- , is poisonous because we are dying Andrew Natsios, to persuade. tions or let them die. Agricultural ter attacks have been found alive in New York hospitals, according to anyway." . , Mwanawasa to accept the food. officials. also worry that the grain officials 'with the New York City Medical Examiner's office. Many Zambians in rural areas o • Wednesday, Natsios is expected would be planted and, through George Sims, 46, was identified by photographs and DNA sam- have resorted to eating leaves, twigs to meet Mwanawasa in Lusaka, the cross-pollination, contaminate their ples sent to the hospital earlier this month after officials alerted his and even poisonous berries and nuts ZamJJian capital. , natural varieti~s. mother, Newark, N.J., resident Anna Sims, that they believed her son to cope with the worSt food crisis in "I'm going to tell him he needs Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland waS in their care" a decade, hitting southern Africa. to. reverse that decision," Natsios agreed to accept the U.S. donations Albert Vaughan, 45, a homeless man from Brooklyn, will also be Still, their government is refusing to said in a telephone interview. "It's after the World Health Organization removed from the official list of those missing. Family members accept donations of genetically , endangering people's lives and ....!..-. and several U.S. agencies - recently discovered that Vaughan was being treated in an upstate modified corn that the United we're: going to have massive lo'sses certified th~ U.S. com as safe. Zim- New York psychtatric hospital. Nations and other aid agencies say of life if,this policy remains in babwe and Mozambique also "We've had many cases of people initially thought to be missing could help ease the starvation and place." accepted the grain on the condition. who were later found and taken off the list, but I can't recall anything suffering of about 2.5 million Zam.2 , . A. savage confluence of events that it would be milled before dis- quite like this," said Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the medical bians. , -.--.:..,drought,bad governance and dis- tribution to prevent people from examiner's office. In these two cases, she noted, "somebody missing The Un~ted States, Unite~ ease - means about 13 million peo- planting it. on Sept. 11 has been found long after the fact in a hospital." Sims' mother, who first told t~e story of his discovery to the Newark, Star Ledger, 'was reluctant to give many details about her Nation's High School Graduates Score son's life. But she said that he had. been "selling things" near the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. When the family failed to hear from him after seyeral weeks, they contacted New York police on Oct. 7 to , Slightly Higher on SAT Math.Section list him as missing. By,Rebecca Trounson ference. slightly. Males outs cored females LOSANGELESTIMES ' The College Board, which owns by 39 points on the combined ver- Dogs, Cats May Help The high school graduating class. the SAT,- announced .in June that" it . bal ~nd math' portions of the SAT, of 2002 scored slightly higher .in will add a writing test to ,the exam down from 42 points last year. Prevent Allergies, Study Shows !path but lower in verbal skills than beginning in March 2005. The move Math scores accounted for most of THE BALT/MORE SUN last year's class on the SAT, the was propelled in part by the Univer- the difference, as' in previous The truth about cat' and dog allergies might be the opposite of College Board reported Tuesday. ' sity of California, the SAT's biggest years. what exp~rts have long suspected, according to a new study. Raising College Board Pre&ident Gaston client, which had threatened to scrap Critics said the persistent gap children alongside the furry companions might reduce rather than Caperton applauded students for the test in favor of developin'g Qne should raise questions about the increase the likelihood that they will break out in itching and sneez- th~ir improved math performance; of its own. fairness of the test, which is used by ing fits. ' rioting that the average score rose 2 Students don't read as much or the majority of the nation's top col: - Not only that, but the study of 474 youngsters in suburban Detroit pomts this year, to 516 - its highest as deeply ip high school as they leges and universities as a criterion found that those raised from birth in households with two or more level since 1969. He attributed the' used to, several educators said. for admis~ion. , cats or dogs were also less likely to develop ~lIergies to pollen, mold gain to students taking more rigor- "What we have now is ,a,population "It'just galls me that a test that and grasses. ous math courses. that is very responsive to imagery PlJrports to predict how students The finding, being published in Wednesday's edition of the Jour- But scores on the verbal part of 0 but losing its 'capacity to use and will perform in college 'continues to nal of the American Medical Association, clashes with conventional the high-stakes test taken by 1.3 respond to words," said Carol show that women do worse even wisdom about pet allergies, which holds that children are more likely million high school'students have Mllske-Dukes, a University of though they do so much better in to develop reactions the more they are exposed to the animals. stalled in recent years, and dipped 2 Southern California English profes- college," said Paul Kanarek, who "For 30 years, physicians in general have been taught'that early points this year t empha~is on reading, composition deeply, you Io.se the' capacity to SAT. 0 study, "What we f0!lnd was just th~ opposite." , and grammar. think."Femal~~students, he and others The finding, although preliminary, suggests that an early dose of "As a nation, we need to focus In other trends, female students noted, receive better grades than dog or cat dander might somehow tweak the immune system in a way on helping students improve their this year narrowed the gap m~n in high school and college and that keeps it from mounting the exaggerated response to irritants that . reading and writing skills," he said between their overall scores and should thus outperform them o.n the can cause allergic symptoms. at a Washington, D;C., news con- those of male students, but only SAT and other exams, they say . ...;- ...... __~ --,- --J Page 4 THE TECH AUguSt 28, 2002 OPINION Chairman Sandra M. 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(.I1).n)"I)4I.~ two days before the date of publication .. ' World Wide Web at http://the-tech.mit.edu. (617)~J~. ~:(611)m..1l26. ~ ~~. -./~,.""",...,- __ E.-- c.-.a Cl,..1 1"'- T«tL /'W...-.I_~,..,-.,. o-f.n ~ hNulH .. August 28, 2002 OPINION THE TECH Page 5 Warning Signs Thirteen Ways the. Pick- friends, or has turned it into his personal Andrew C. Thomas Bible. I know I can't blame people for being superficial - I'm equally guilty of it fre- Up LineWins I always look forward to the beginning of quently enough - but I look upon anyone the school year with mixed feelings. Apart with skepticism who makes this choice cutout of Prince in a purple jumpsuit (it didn't .from :the impending agony of new classes based on a black and white picture and two Allison C. Lewis quite belong in the center of his room) and he and expenses, randomly chosen said Marilyn had a thing for Prince. there's always a interests. Hey Mom, I spent an evening with Hans, Fernando, mix of intere~ting The " 15 I." Well, I'm here at MIT. I've moved into my Elmer, Patrick, and Abdul, discussing and play- experiences that The (Carefully Rehearsed Bad Pick- Come to think of it, room, bought my books, and met lots of inter- ing jazz in their frat house basement. I thought each student-feels the act of getting esting new people. Guys mostly. I know you they were cool until Elmer, who wore his hair on returning to the up Line.' While I'm sure .the girls drunk - and told me to watch out in tiny beaded braids, river's edge. majority ofpeople don't take this quickly - with for them not to get insisted Miles Davis The experience spiked drinks involved with any was God. The guys most evident to seriously -' - at least,for the sake of (thanks to the won- jerks. But what's so . had formed a group to me, however, is ders of Jamaican wrong with dating In the gym one morning, a worship him, called - shared by many common sense, I hope they don't- rum and grain alco- jerks anyway? bronzed, greasy guy in a purple the Jazz Purists, and male upperclass- it can be a sneaky way of Winning hol)' is far too Because I've about did I want to joiri, , men. Freshmeat, despicable for the had it looking for a wife-beater introduced himself as because if so, I had to learn some essential ,f~esh~an fever, , . '.. ,." .fplse, trust, much like average horny guy "nice MIT boy" to (TOny the Tiger,' and shouJed nle gIve It any name .:' 'o,...... r, I 'h" .'\."., d - and occasionally date. It's rea~ly quite a chords. I told them 'you wish --:- in the/~:' .:',.!'r J 'a ungryp~ppy og., wades into murky shame that, around hi~ leopard skin boxers. He asked sorry, but no. 'end, the idea is the -. ~ . > legal waters. In no here, "nice" and "non- I met a guy named same. The opportu- ---~---~------way do I .wish to jerky". is synonymous me to dinner, but instead of Sue, a stereotypical nity of anew, large associate this with "weird." MIT dork with a pock- group of girls arriving on campus is - par- behavior with the general population. (You Brett, the first guy picking me up at 6p.m., he called et protector, who h~d don the possibly misogynist pun ..:....-toomuch all know who you are, anyway.) I met, had a hamster memorized the first stimulation for ,many men. This time can Gwyneth Paltrow was recently quoted as collection and hated and said he needed to take a nap. 500 digits of pi. He cause them to act crazier - and "more devi-- saying that, in the pursuit of women, (Ameri- dogs. He said, ''There bought me lunch and ously - than if they simply had spring fever. can) men go for the female jugu- are two kinds of peo- told me all about the .Fortunately, there are several warning lar. I'm always amazed by the per- ple in the world. chemical (almost mag- signs of this condition that girls can watch sistence of the male Those who prefer more peanut butter and those ical!) makeup of silly putty. You know, it's . for .. upperclassman population who prefer more jelly. Which one are you?" I really a wonderful thing it bounces like rubber, The "Sketchy Gu"yLean." Watch for this in the hunL said "jelly" and he told me I wasn't his type. is water-resistant, and shatters like glass when technique at parties and gatherings: The man Not to Would I like to meet it's hit by a sledgehammer. Sue demonstrated places his forearm flat again,st a nearby wall, his roommate? this for me. leans. against it and tilts his he.ad slightly for- In the gym one morning, a bronzed, greasy ward. With this position, taller guys' then guy in a purple wife-beater introduced himself , appear 'to hover over their targets. The as "Tony the Tiger," and showed me his leop- effect, so I'm told, can be both enticing and ard skin boxers . .He asked me to dinner, but creepy at the same time. Do NOT confuse' instead of picking me up at 6 p.m., he called this for a state of mild inebriation, and said he needed to take a nap. He had unless you detect that subtle, tell- strained his entire body (fingers, toes, and all) tale hint of alcohol on his breath - from the workout that morning . .' or he miss'es the wall entirely and ,Butch wore a navy bowtie and spoke four- falls over .. teen different languages (including several rare The "Carefully Rehearsed Bad Pick-up . African ones), all at once. I thought he was Line." While I'm sure the majority of funny (and cute, with red, curly hair) but he people -don't take this seriously ~ at hardly spoke a word of English until he pinched .least, for the sake of common sense, I my arm and said, "Does that hurt?" I still have a hope they don't - it can be a sneaky Brandon, bruise .. way of w~nning false trust, much like . wearing a Otto arrived at my door dressed in a tuxedo a hungry puppy dog. While it might business suit, and said, "Hi darling. Nice hair, but pink is defi- .nitely he said I pot wiB~~omplete ti:u~t - in fact, a II .r' i;/JI;~,q}i,e,t;z,ed mY, not your color." At dinner. was doubt it ever would ~ it can often dis- . " .. haIid hard, and Just like his mom and insisted I pay, because arm a person and open -them up to the introduced him- she always does .. real sludge. :rhankfully, its success is self as a "Libertari- Jasper picked me up in a red convertible, limited - I -know only a limited few an-Fascist-Nazi." I . handed me a rose, and took me shopping. He _' girls whow0!lld hold their beautiful bod- said, isn't that wore Georgio Armani sunglasses, a gold chain .ies against this particular specimen. redundant? So he around his neck, leather boots, and a long pony- The '''Dog-Eared Facebook." While explained each tail down his back. He enjoyed the shopping this sign camiot usually be detected word to me. After more than I did (and I didn't think that was pos- immediately, it certainly is a tell-tale showing me his gun collec- sible) . sign. of a predator. A Freshman Facebook in . say that this pursuit is any less tion, he asked me to marry him (he thought I'd Just when I'd lost all hope, I ran into Bill in the possession of an upperclassman usually./ strong than at some other times of year - in make the perfect wife) and live with him in the a bar off campus. He was wearing an ironed means either that they haven't' moved general, it's just so much more entertaining utopia he will one day build, with only beautiful Polo shirt, and khakis, and he had gel in his beyond a kindergarten need for a book with to watch it in action. I hope that the-freshman people and purebred dogs. hair. He leaned against a wall, tilted his head pictures, or they're trying to get in the' meat girl popuiationwill take this baptism by fire Rico, the guy next door, had a tattoo of an forward, and said to me, "Sweetie, when you , market through the back door. A facebook in'stride and come away from it with a little angel (named Elvira) on his neck and a collec- walked in, the whole room lit up." He offered that looks like it's gone .through a good deal. experience ..:..-and an improved understand- tion of nunchucks, hatchets, and Marilyn Man- me a drink and asked what bra size I wear. of use s~ggests either that he's sharing with ing of seasonal male tendencies'. . ~on posters. I asked him about the cardboard I think I'm in love with him now . _WillYao Continue to Wow? human being, mayor may not be a racist, but it numbers, and if he does have an immediate land, embarrassing their eventual teammate. Philip Burrowes is highly unlikely that his words were dictated impact it.may be to the detriment of his future Of course, the reason Wallace had to prove solely by racial animosity. If that were true, with the team (ask any Rookies of the Year his worth is that he played Division II basket- Anyone who has been. al!ticipating the . why no comments on Denver's Mengke Bateer since Elton Brand/Steve Francis). ball at Virginia Union, a resume which doesn't forthcoming World Basketball Championships or Dallas' Wang Zhizhi? Maybe Wallace is one Tim'Duncan was born outside of the coun- compare that favorably to Yao's five years of has no doubt heard what NBA Defensive Play- of those sophisticated racists, and distinguishes try (sort of; no offense to anyone else who professional basketball and international com- . er of the Year Ben Wallace haS promised to do Bateer's MongQ!ian and Wang's Beijing births, hails from St. Croix) and became star player petition. Money is no real object either, as to China's 7' 5" Yao Ming: "beat him up pretty from the more cos- . upon entrance into the rookie contracts are now heavily limited (iron- bad." Why, exactly, Yao is receiving such mopolitan 'image of. ------.... ------NBA, but he is one of ically thanks in part to another 7-foot-plus for- enmity from a soon-to-be peer is not so 'well Yao's Shanghai home. - those freaks who actu- eigner, Shawn Bradley), and Yao will have to known. Claiming to provide a "Welcome to Perhaps tJtey're not The reason Wallace had to prove ally goes to college, . pay a lot of money through taxes to the PRC the league, welcome to our country," as Wal- just big enough targets h . h' h h l d and for four years at and his former team. Jay (nee Jason) Williams, lace did, is not. a satisfactory reason. First of for Wallac.e, but that at - lS wort lS t_at e p aye that. Wallace too did Wallace's USA teammate, would seem the all, the Worlds will be played under FIB A least shows us there is Division II basketball at Vir-. his time, but was actu- more likely candidate for envy, as he was (think FIFA, .but basketball), not NBAt rules. another element. ally not drafted before passed up for Yao in the NBA Draft. Never- Secondly, while the games are being played in Neither Bateer nor .ginia Union,_ a resume which joining the then-Wash- theless it wasWilIiams who gushed over Yao the United States, this tournament has been . Wang were espeCially d' h fi bi ington Bullets. He after a recent US-China exhibition, saying, historically -overlooked by Americans, who hyped within the Unit- . oesn t compare t at avora y to might be accused of "He blew away my expectations with the way . choose to: believe the NBA Finals are 'world ed States, exc'ept for Yao'sfive years o+prolfssional rational jealousy; Yao he played." championships in and of themselves. Nor do the collective attention -J . -Jr:. is "unproven" against Well, then what could possibly explain any of the'lother. "obvious" explanations of they received along basketball. and international the rigors of American Wallace's comments? Simple: Yao asked for jealo~sy, jingpisll), or merely juvenile jock with Yao as the competition,. yet he is it. Instead of shying from the speculation, he antics suffice. Incoming students should note "Walking Great Wall" compt;tition. eagerly anticipated, has promised to try. and "conquer" Shaquille that:'so~~ '~fth~greatest ani~ositY against at Sydney. Media cov- while Wallace had to O'Neal, claims to enjoy attention because it them can'result of their own good intentions. erage and internal prove his worth. It makes him feel like he's "still in China," and Let us first get the red herring of racism - expectations do not a would be easy to com- after a collision with Wallace in the exhibition, which most people would rather not discuss - player make, however (ask Harold Minor). pare Wallace's cynicism with former Chicago hoped "it didn't hurt him much." (Wallace out of the way. One might imagine that , Those with the greatest potential 3!e often the Bull Scottie Pippen's disdain for highly covet- admitted that Yao, "was a whole lot better than because Wallace did not threaten Brazil's Nene ones who are given the longest "free ride" of ed Croat Toni Kukoc, who was being lured by I thought he was.") This is in mark contrast to Hilario - before Hilario withdrew from the development time (ask any high schooler post- the Chicago management with the promise of Wang, who quietly endures all the ribbing he Worlds - he is employing smite double stan- Kobe Bryant). Unlike the foreign-born big a hefty contract while Pippen was being gets from teammates and commeI!tators. As dard. Hilario is. younger .than Yao and perhaps . men of the past, such as Patrick Ewing and "underpaid." J"ike Wallace, Pippen and team- long as Yao's performance can keep up with even.less ''proven'' through the American sYs- Yao's supposed idol Hakeem Olajuwon, Yao mate Michael Jordan promised to shut down his mouth, he should be alright. Let him be a tem, but unlike Yao he fits the stereotypical enters the league at a time where it's almost Kukoc during the 1992 Olympics to wake lesson to any new hotshots on campus should baIler image. Ben Wallace, like any other common place for rookies to post minimal Jerry Krause and company from their dream- he fail. . The August. 28, Tech 2002 Page 6 INTEGRAL rlilm AHWONG I HEt:D A 8001< 1"0 I/E LP WHA1 DOE...; SU~PMAI\J "'~fl1. .. :X: TH1J'll" I)LL. ME wITH ,,'F~EIl£~T/AL CALl. A \ELI: P\.H>tJ'E. JOO1'HZ S~l~K "To MY cc..,.SS NOTES. 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Events Calendar appears in each issue of The. Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. Events Calendar Contact information for all events is available from the Events Calendar web page. Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at http://events.mit.edu Wednesday, August 28 reservations. Campus tours start at the conclusion of the Admissions Informations Session. The Campus Tour begins in Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). free. Room: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Loan Note Signing Session. If you have a Perkins Loan, Direct Stafford Loan Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at' 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: Information Center. or Non-cosigned Technology Loan, you need to sign your loan notes. free. Room: 4-149. Sponsor: Stu- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Artist Behind the Desk Concert. Mas~ara. Original rock and roll with Chris dent Financial Services/Loan Services. Mascara, administrative assistant, Technology and Law Program. free. Room: Stratton Student Center 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Course Catalogue Distribution. Anyone with an MIT 10 can come by Room 8- Pavilion. Sponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues. 119 and pick up a copy of the 2002-2003 course catalogue. free. Room: 8-119. Sponsor: Reference 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Windows 2000 Quick start. This session demonstrates the new features and Publications Office. functionalities of Windows 2000 for the desktop user. In this session, we will tour the Start Menu 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Getting Connected to MITnet. This lecture will help guide you through the enhancements summarize the differences betwe~n the new My Network Places and the previou.s Network process of configuring your laptop or home computer to connect to MITnet so that you will have access Neighborhood, rT;1eettheActive Desktop, Power Management, and Windows Update features, see how to online services available to MIT community members only. Att~ndees will learn about the different many Control Panel functions have oeen consolidated, see where NT profiles and Administrative Tools now options they have for connecting to MIT from on and off campus. In addition, all attendees will receive a reside, leam how to set up a printer. We will also explain why Active Directories are not currently allowed at CD containing the necessary software for accessing MITnet and MIT's online services such as e-mail MIT. System administration not covered.) Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor: Information Systems. and WebSIS. This session is highly recommended for all incoming graduate students, visiting scholars, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Coffee Hour for the Spouses of NewcomerS to Mil. New spouses can drop in and new faculty and staff. Room: 4-270. Sponsor: Information Systems. for a snack and opportunity to chat with other families and MIT staff members. There will be a demon- 10:00 a.m. - Admissions Infonnation Session. Admissions Office Information Session gathers at the stration of the spouses&partners . Admissions Reception Center (10-100).Enter MIT at the main entrance, Lobby 7, 77 Massachusetts Newcomers' Frequently Asked Questions.Web site and a play space for children. free. Room: Bush Ave (domed building with tall pillars). Proceed down the center corridor to Room 10-100 on the right. Room (10-105). Sponsor: spouses&partners@mit, MIT Medical, MIT Women's League. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100. Sponsor: Information Center. 2:00 p.m. - Admissions Infonnatlon Session. 10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. Student Led Campus Tours are approximately 90 minutes long and 2:45 p.m. - Campus Tour. provide a general overview of the main campus. Please note that campus tours do not visit labora- 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - IFiLM Rim Seminar. Screening of an international movie accompanied by 'a tories, living groups or buildings under construction. Groups over 15 people need to make special discussion about it. free. Sponsor: International Film Club. August 28, 2002 THE TECH Page7 Students Attend Lecture OnRa, pe By Brian Loux NEWS EDITOR Members of the Class of 2006 attended a lecture yesterday morn- ing on the topic of sexual abuse and rape prevention, and later'par- ticipated in breakout discussion sessions with their Orientation leaders. Katie Koestner", a victim 'of acquaintance rap,e her freshman year at the College of William aiid Mary, spent much of the lecture . recalling the events preceding the sexual assault by her first college boyfriend. "Did you ever think-that someone's favorite thing would be recalling the worst night of her life?" she asked the audience. After complaining ~to campus authorities, ,she said a dean issued DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH a one-semester restraining order Freshmen chat and socialize at last night's welcome dinner at Johnson Athletic Center. and expressed hope that the couple would get back together. , "I am satisfied for two rea- sons," she' said, "One, that dean' is - . now fired, and two, the deans of your sc4001 care enough about your safety to bring me here."', Throughout the talk, Koestn'er highlighted many of the responses from interviews with college stu- rl:entsshe met over the years. "One girl told me she always says no even when she.does it because she doesn't want to seem like a slut. I'd ask she change the definition of slut before she changes the defmi- tion of no." , " Near the end of the discussion, she a Have aVERY nice day! Page 8 THE TECH August ,28, 2002 Protests Passionate, But Just Lose Frosh Protest, from Page I he said. not object if students wanted to Leaders apprehensive on changes hand OJ.ltflyers to students attend- East Campus Rush Chair Emily ing events as long as they did so in E. Cofer '03 said that this year's an orderly fashion and did not dis- turnout for East Campus Rush. rupt the event proper," he wrote. events was markedly lower than last year's. She 'expressed concern Protests lost on freshmen that some protest activities may. The upperclassmen's passionate have turned off freshmen who concerns about the evisceration of might otherwise consider East Rush seem lost on their target Campus. audience of freshmen. Other dormitory leaders said , Nadeem A. Mazen '06 said, "I they' have seen- freshmen' commit saw the shark~ but 1 didn't know earlier to housing 'and explore what it was for." . - fewer options, in part because of "If they thought. anyth~ng' about the' increased 'vohiJrte ~df'informa-' it,' it was that it was Just a 'part of tion"dissemiri~t~d'ovef'tne"summer college life," said Tara R. Diduch' via printeo 'and 6lectTo'niB housing '06 of her classmates and the Play- guides. '. 808 SUMNE:R-THE: TE:CH Fair protest. Kessenich and Bronder both Freshmen try out the gigantic pinball machine that residents of East Campus built for rush. The Shannon E. Turner '06 said of noted satisfying turnouts at their instructions read: "1. Insert Tuition; 2. Press Start; '3. Pull Plunger." the East Campus anti-manoatory respective dormitories' events, campaign, "I think it's kind of though they s.~id -a larger-than- silly; it's kind of extreme:~ . usual proportIon of the turnout ,Redwine said that confusion consisted of freshmen who had . , among freshmen over the meaning already decided on their housing. - of the protests was not surprising. " "A lot of freshmen wen~ appre- "I think the freshmen haven't par- hensive about moving .across cam- ticipated in some' of the history," pus," Bronder said. Solution II to Crossword .'. from page 6 S E C TiC E D A RIA. C T A A D A A ADO B E C L 0 Y I S A L U B RIO USA I F E SMU.OVEATED IOUS _M 0 DES.R UM_ CON V E Y. R Alv I 0 L J S A. R I NINA P 0 0 AE.1S_IIOLTE C L U E D ICE S 0' NUS ~ T E B 0 E R S NOS E Dill\! E B 0 U N T Y _AOC F AOST_ EFF 'lcAC I OUS.I OU DANIeL 8ERSAK-THE: TECH B RIO NUT A I T IOU S Kai McDonald spikes the ball during an afternoon game of volleyball behind Kresge Auditorium. BEAU EJECTIAUSE SET S S 0 A E S S S T S 2006 Mixer Friday, August 30th 9:00 PM to Midnight MIT-Wellesley Class of 2006 Mixer Student Center, 2nd Floor Live Jazz, Free Desserts and Refreshments Questions? [email protected] http://we b .mit. edu/ clubz Sponsored by Z ~'. August 28, 2002 THE TECH Page 9 Coop Balks at Four, Percent Commission on MIT Card TechCASH, from Page I may be an impediment. - Rolfe was not concerned about TechCASH allows students and card has been streamlined. Previ- "LSC has wanted to have the the four percent commission. parents to make deposits from ously, students filled out forms to are more pleased.'" , card for a long time," said LSC "Compared to the convenience .,. credit cards, necessitating the large make payments, and those pay- LaVerde's previous effo~ts to Chairman Alex Rolfe G. But the' it's small," he said. MIT commission, McDonald said. ments were handled through MIT begin acceptance of the card were card reader system required to Powell said that he wanted stu- Student Account Services. With stymied by LaVerde's former com- accept TechCASH c'osts about Coop balks at MIT commission dents "to think of [the Coop] as a the new system, students and their petitor Aramark, said John M. $1,500, McDonald said, in addi- In contrast, the MIT Coop resource," and as such wanted to parents can make payments McDonald, the assistant director of tion to the cost of a dedicated tele- "had some concerns about" MIT's , join the TechCASH system. But on .the MIT card Web site, enterprise services. phone line.. commission, but will continue "it's probably not going to be .", ' '. , three days to read the passages and Other coUeges use FEE system another ~hree days to write their WhllRYllu're back , . This was the fifth year that the essays after the questions are post- FEE has been offered online. The ed online. - consortium of universities using "I like how they give you so the online' essay evaluation service 'many' days to write, your essays," Luczynska said. thrllullhwith thllRlJI this year, includes tbe 'California Institute of Technology, the Uni- "The system is still growing versity ,of Cincinnati, Louisiana and evolving~" Perelman said. He State University, and DePaul U~i-, says that the system may eventual- IUVIRI UIIII1I8 •• lsS8I8I VlD25% .nIbe Drici ., nl •.1 versity. - ly be expanded to cover tests in The number of colleges on the other academic fields. 13 ~ It's a connected world~ Q) ~ ~ Do your share. 'tJ Q) +J / 3 Cambridge Ctr. (@ the Kendall Sq. T station) ctl 4~'. c:: '. o 'tJ .,t:617-499-320Q f:617-621-0856 Q) For 30 ways to help the environment, write Earth Share, o _ ctl a. 3400 International Drive,NW; Sui~ 2K (AD4~ . . -e:[email protected] Ul Ul Washingtpn, DC 2CXX>8. 1: Earth Share t- Page 10 THE TECH August 28, 2002 EUN J. LEE-THE TECH Fraternities and Independent Living Groups partitioned La Sala de Puerto Rico Into rectangular spaces to meet and gather information from the freshmen Tuesday night. Fraternities Recruit BEST PRICES ON TEXT BOOKS Freshmen "atMidway FSIL~s, from Page I lenge for FSILGs will come when WWW.QUANTUMBOOKS.COM they realize they are not acting on booths, one for each of the fraterni- the same time scale as before. "The ties and independent living groups, month and a half rush can't allow the evening also. included non-mid- people to keep up the same budget Your MEr EO - Quantum Frequent way activities' such as dancing, a . and energy, so it will be a learning karaoke machine; and the most pop- experience for eveiyone," he 'said. ulated booth of the night, a Sodexho . Only five members of each fra- Buyer Prices. dessert and ice cream bar. "Of ternity or independent living group course I also came for the free ,were allowed in La Sala, and ten food," Davenport said. total iIi the student center ... S5~ Off Microsoft Press Midway similar to previous years' Panhel rUsh gets jUD,lP start . Fraternities and mdependent liv- The. Panhellenic section of the ing groups were given rectangular event~ located onthe third floor con':' 20% Off O'Reilly spaces in La Sala de Puerto Rico to ference rooIns of the Student Cen- construct booths similar to those of ter, had less security. and less strin- 10-20% Off most other titles previous years' midways. ' gent rules .. "We were given this time to try "T~is is more about having a to expose the freshmen to what our presence'than recruiting," said Pan- community' is, and to also 'try "to - hellenic 'Kssociation Rush' Chair; throw them a good party," said Sara Pierce '03. Associate Interfraternity Council No letters were worn 'by mem- Rush Chair Jonathan S. Hartofilis bers. "Our recruitment is' nol until '04, who was in charge of orgarnz- February .... we will .work .on ing the event. recruiting starting around October," Security was increased dramati- she said .. cally from earlier residence mid- "Sororities seem to be more ways. "We wanted to preserve the cohesive than' the fraternities," said way that Midway used to be in Darlene E. Ferranti '06. Johnson [Athletic Facility]," -"I'm surprised they're shoved Hartofilis said. ''To do that, we want into this small corner," she said .. - to be sure it is only freshmen speak- Panhel was given two of the private . ing with the members." . . dining rooms on the third floor of. . "So far, everything we've done the student .center. "It's like they has been the same as previous don't want 'Panhel to be here," Fer- . years," said Jonathan S. Gibbons ranti said. '04 of Alpha Delta Phi. -.The next event for all FSILGs, MITis Helpdesk is Hiringl Hartofilis said that the true chal- Greek We~k, begins on Sept. 6. We're looking for MIT students who are... - technically savvy and resourceful. - reliable, friendly, and service oriented. - good communicators who enjoy problem solving and explaining technical issues .. - eager to learn and ready to be challenged. - interested in earning $12.50/hour. - willing to commit to working with us for at least 2 semesters. To learn more about us, send your resume to [email protected] and attend one of our Computing Helpdesk Info Sessions! Thursday Thursday August 29, 2002 Sept. 5, 2002 6pm -7:30pm Or 5pm -6:30pm N42 N42 NATHAN COLUNS-THE TECH The "Sorting Hat" of Harry Potter fame appeared on campus today. When wo~, the hat proclaims in which dormitories the Demo Center Demo Center wearer should live. 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