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umber 51 02139 Tue day, October 16,2001 Hume Describes Peace Process Pankel to SecedefFC By Helana Kadyszewski STAFF REPORTER At End of Fall Term John Hume winner of the 1998 obel Peace Prize, poke last night to a packed Kre ge Auditorium on MIT Sororities Seek Better Repre entation the 'Philosophy of Conflict Resolu- By Jeffrey Greenbaum scholarship, service, social pro- tion." STAFF REPORTER grams, health and wellne ,and Following a brief introduction by When the fall emester comes to public relations. Wang feel that MIT Chancellor Phillip L. Clay a close, the five sororities of the having the e five goals ha made the PhD '75, who referred to Hume a a Panhellenic As ociation will group a stronger and more focused 'true oldier of peace," the soft- po- secede from the Interfraternity group, but that the IFC does not ken but a sertive Hume opened his ouncil. addre them a the sororities would talk with a quote from Maya By no longer being apart of the like. Angelou. He said that now and IFC sororitie will be able to Because Panhellenic rush will no always, "we must never give up the devote all of their attention to Pan- longer coincide with IFC rush in search for a better world." Hume hellenic issues, which differ from 2002, "it i important for us to have spoke of the tum of the century and those of the fraternities and inde- our own governing body that focus- the new millennium as a symbol of pendent living groups. "It' hard to es on recruitment of women for the the end of times of war and suffer- establi h si terhood when we are a spring," aid Alpha Phi President ing. part of a brotherhood," said Pan- Julia Chen '02. In order to prepare Hume applauded the United hellenic President Annie K. Wang for the coming changes, Panhel will States and Boston specifically as '02 also be devoting attention to the "rock solid friends" of the peace Wang said that Panhel has development of Junior Panhel and efforts in Ireland. recently become more focused, the promotion of the Panhellenic and is ready to exist as it own name. Ireland lessons apply universally entity. Offering the expertise of a leader "In the past year or so Panhel F Il.G till have trong ti of the Social Democratic Labor has seen quite a resurgence,' aid Although Panhel members will Party and a member of the British Kathleen Baxter program coordina- no longer be members of the IFC, and European parliaments, Hume tor for fraternities, sororities, and Wang believes that relations explained that there were three fun- independent living groups. between the IFC and Panhel mem- damental principles which led to the bers will continue to remain signing of the 1998 Good Friday Fraternity, orority issue differ strong. "For us to be successful,
Agreement. He argued that these MIKE UN-THE TECH Many of the i sue that the IFC we need to work closely with the three principles should be analyzed 1998 Nobel Laureate for Peace John Hume recounted the struggle addresses do not affect the sorori- IFC and [Living Group Council]," in any conflict. for peace in Ireland and discussed the philosophy of conflict resolu- ties as much a the fratemitie and Wang said. "No matter where it is," Hume tion. His speech, which took place in Kresge Auditorium on Monday independent living groups. Aside The !FC is currently establishing said, "all conflict is based on the night, was part of the Ford/MIT Nobel Laureate Lecture Series. from the differences in rush, the the framework for next year's Greek same thing: differences." More than IFC, for example, often discusses Week in order to promote the once· in his speech, Hume empha- tions which enforce this respect, and attacks and the current bombing in risk management, but MIT's sorori- FSILG system. A Panhel member sized that difference and diversity an extensive healing process in Afghanistan the audience was per- tie are dry by mandate from their and an IFC member will organize should not be a tool for division, but which the common interests of all haps surprised that Hume made no national chapters. Thus, sororities the event. instead "must be fostered as a tool concerned groups are weighed. mention of the events of September direct their effort towards better Chen said that the lack of a bi- for bringing people together." "We must spill our sweat and not 11 until prompted to do so by Assis- programming and development, weekly meeting with presidents He said that, following an end to our blood," Hume said. tant Professor Jared R. Curhan, who particularly regarding health and from all FSILGs will cause some violent conflict, the fundamental raised a question following Hume's wellnes , Baxter said. initial difficulties, but Panhel's elements of conflict resolution are Talk largely avoids terrorism first remarks. In recent Panhel meetings, five future trength will further help the respect for difference, the estab- Undoubtedly expecting Hume to objectives have been establi hed for lishment and maintenance of institu- comment on the recent terrorist Hume, Page 19 member development, including Panhel, Page 19 MIT Ahead of Schedule MIT Alumnus With Capital Campaign Annan Wins By Vincent Chen derful and delightful surprises ... STAFF REPORTER We've seen giving in this campaign After soliciting $1.27 billion in on a scale that MIT hasn't seen Peace Prize donations in less than two years, before." By Kevin R. Lang MIT appears to be ahead of its cap- Early in the-campaign, a number NEWSEDlTOR ital campaign goal of raising $1.5 of extraordinarily large gifts helped Following the announcement of billion by the end of 2004. get the campaign moving quickly, seven Nobel Prize winners with MIT MIT administrators are pleased including a $100 million donation connections last week United with the progress to date. "The cam- by Kenan E. Sahin '63. Sahin Nations Secretary General and MIT paign is going very well. We have announced his donation during the alumnus Kofi A. Annan SM 72 was more than $1.2 billion of a $1.5 bil- campaign's kickoff event. awarded the obel Peace Prize on lion goal," said Chancellor Phillip "We'd like to continue the pace Friday. L. Clay PhD '75. "Despitethe eco- of giving we've had and to broaden Eight of the fourteen individual nomic downturn, I am confident that the base of participation, ' Hecht awarded obels this year were either with more than three years remain- said. "It is important that lots of alumni, former faculty, or current fac- ing, we will reach or surpass our MIT alumni, even those with only ulty. Annan was a fellow of the Sloan goaL" modest means available to them, School of Management from 1971- William J. Hecht '61 executive contribute." 1972, and delivered the 1997 com- vice president ofthe alumni associa- mencement address. tion, expressed similar sentiments. Student life donations faU behind The Norwegian Nobel Committee TECH FILE PHOTO "Prior to September 11th, the pace The Campaign for MIT has said that Annan and the United U.N. secretary General and 2001 Nobel Laureate for Peace . was proceeding substantially faster already exceeded the goals for unre- Kofi Annan SM '72 speaks at the 1997 MIT Commencement. than we would have predicted," Annan, Page 22 Hecht said. "We've had some won- Capital Campaign, Page 17
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Pre ident Bu h intend to tell the le der 0 Ru ia hina and Of Anthrax Sent to Daschle other ian nation that he upport their anti-terrori m effort at By Robert A. Rosenblatt , in luding one nt to the offi e "Panic must not defeat us. He told home, but they mu t dra a line between 1 gitimate di ent nd and Josh Meyer of the nate minori leader, Tom hi agency worker:' If you ee a genuine terrori m, and not trample human right . LOS GELES TIMES Da chle D- .D., and to ta e D suspicious pa kage or letter lea e it Bu h ill deliver that me age in per on hen the h a W SHINGTO arnples from any liva found on the alone. Don t hake it or bump it. Iso- Pacific Rim e onomie con ene in hanghai bin, thi ee nd Po tal inspectors hunting for the envelope . late it, and call for help. ' for the sia-P cific E onomic Cooperation ummit, ation I e u- enders of anthrax-laden mail ha e eanv hile the Po tal rvice P tal inspectors ha e had uccess rity dvi er ondoleezza Rice aid onday. numb r of tool to figure out h n announced onday that it will fur- catching people who end bomb The pre ident i cheduled 0 depart for hina on dne day and wh re a letter wa mailed. But ni h glove and filtering face m ks through the mail but few arre ts have morning. He ill top briefly in acram nto, alif., to meet with their techniqu might be insufficient to employee who reque t them. The been made in incidents where orne- busines and labor group and pea to U .. troops at Travi ir to find th individual who ent the agency al 0 aid the formation of a one ends a threatening letter Force Ba e. envelope th t have generated anxi- pecial ta k force of management, whether the letter actually contained lthough global trade i on the agenda in hanghai, the war on ety among the public and po tal union and major corporate mail to hazardou materials or imply terrori m i likely to dominate the di cu ions turning the u uaUy worker , according to ecurity di cu th threat of biological and claimed to have dangerous contents, taid economic ummit into a regional war council gain t audi experts. chemical material ent through the officials acknowledged Monday. militant 0 ama bin Laden and hi follower. But authoritie cautioned that the mail. In inve tigating the anthrax cases In the face of the international focu on counterterrori m, many odds are not great that they will b fter the Unabomb r case, the in three tate and on Capitol Hill people in hanghai are hoping to eep trade and economic is ue able to back trace the anthrax-ridden Po tal ervice changed it rule, ban- here authorities analyzed handwrit- from di appearing altogether. pa kage unle there is a major break, ning any package weighing more ing on the letters and rutinized the ith a global rece ion looming, PEC leaders warned th t figuring out where the anthrax wa than 16 ounce from being dropped envelope to ee if they bore any spe- member economie can ill fford to ignore the fa of impro ing produ d or lifting a matching fin- into mailboxe . In uch case , they cial characteri tics that would help trade and economic cooperation. gerprint from an envelope the odds are returned to the ender or exam- determine where they were sold, and 'Economic growth i critically important anti-t rrori m mea- are long that law enforcement in e ti- ined by po tal authorities. Package who bought them. Authorities also ure," said Daniel H. Ro en, a m mb r of the .. delegation to gators will track down the culprits. heavier than a pound must be handed are trying to determine if the pack- APE . 'If anything, there i a greater urgency to take bolder tep 'I would ay if you ent a letter directly to a clerk at a post office, ages containing anthrax are from the to encourage growth." you will have a reasonable expecta- who can look for anything suspicious same source. tion that you will not get caught,' and demand to see the mailer's identi- The Postal Service has promised aid a former top Postal In pection fication. its unions a nationwide video confer- South Africa Indicts Madikizela- ervice ecurity adrnini trator. It' Po tma ter General Jack Potter ence Tuesday "giving better and just too hard to track them down.' urged Americans to combine vigi- hopefully more specific management andela for Bank Fraud Working clo ely with the FBI, lance with calm. 'We have mobilized instructions and guidance on this THE WASHINGTO POST po tal investigator on Monday were our military, but we also must mobi- issue," said Tom Fahey, a spokesman trying to lift fingerprints from the let- lize our common sense," he said. with the American Postal Workers. PRETORIA, OUTH AFRIC uthoritie on onday announced the indictment of Winnie adikizela- andela, the former wife of outh frica' fir t demo- cratically elected president el on andela, on charge that she Mghan King Asks U.N. to Help conspired to bilk a local bank out of more than 100,000 in fraudu- lent loans. Pro ecutor say that adikizela- andela and Eddy oolman, a former employee of the aambou Bank, obtained loans in the If Taliban Regime Should Fall name of 66 people who were found not to exi t. Each gho t By Colum Lynch under the authority of the United rapid deployment force. employee suppo edly belonged to the political party caucus that and Ma'rc Kaufman ations, could be rapidly deployed "We want the United ations to adikizela- andela chair the' omen League of outh THE WASHINGTO POST with the cooperation of the interna- have a central and pivotal role' in Africa' ruling party the frican ational Congre (' C). fghani tan's exiled King tional community." all of this" said Amin. "All efforts adikizela- andela, 67 a member of Parliament for the ohammed Zahir Shah has If accepted, the request would should be done under the aegis of aid the charge urpri ed her becau e he wa the one who alerted appealed to the United ations significantly expand the U. .'s the United ations." the bank to the cam. he accused C members with whom he ecurity Council to establish and already large role in Afghan He said his group has requested ha a running feud of orche trating the criminal charges. di patch aU. . peacekeeping force events. that troops from another Islamic One can afely conclude that the campaign i being waged to fghani tan if the Taliban Zahir hah said the Afghan cap- nation be used and that discussions within my organization,' he told reporter last weekend when regime collapse under the pre sure ital of Kabul, which has been the have begun with the government of word of the charges leaked to the pre . of the American and British mili- subject of more than a week of Turkey. Amin - who has worked tary strikes. allied airstrikes, faced the greatest with the current, non- Taliban The 7-year-old former king, "risk" of descending into chaos. Afghan representatives to the Unit- Foes of Taliban who is at the center of international "The ongoing military operation ed Nations - said that relying on efforts to fmd a political alternative in Afghanistan ... could very well one nation would allow the peace- Own an Ugly History to the Taliban, warned U. . Secre- result in a sudden collapes of the keeping force to be assembled NEWSDAY tary General Kofi Annan in a letter so-called Taliban regime," he more quickly. distributed Monday to members of wrote. "It would be a tragedy, cost- It is unclear whether the U.N. They have been called ethnic cleansers, rapist ,thieve and the IS-nation Council that the Tal- ly in human lives, should the vari- has the ability - or the funds - to thug . But in the war again t terrorism, the soldier of the orthem iban's defeat could lead to a bloody ous forces in opposition to the Tal- make a difference in Afghanistan. lliance are being de cribed a omething else by the Bu h admin- "power vacuum. ' iban vie for domination of the The U.N. has been involved in istration: potential friend . "I appeal to you to bring this capital city." ineffectual efforts to bring peace to a hington i working cautiously with the alliance to root out probable imminent danger to the Harun Amin, Washington Afghanistan for years, and already o ama bin Laden and to s fghanistan's ruling Taliban, a group attention of the Security Council," spokesman for opponents of the U.N. officials are raising doubts with an atrocious human rights history. the ex-king wrote in the Oct. 10 Taliban, said his United Front sup- about whether donors may not pro- any ghan worry that the alliance will eventually reclaim a letter. "A peacekeeping force, ports the king's call for a U.N. vide the necessary support. Kabul it lost to the Taliban and resume it old way to settle some old cores. From 1992 to 1995 factions that later formed the orthern lIiance indi criminatel bombed Kabul neighborhood killing New India-Pakistan Skirmishes thousands of people, according to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. On Feb. 11, 1993 Tajik and Pa htun faction joined force and Disrupt U.S. Policy in Himalayas went on a murder and rape spree in Wet Kabul killing about 100 people and causing countle s ethnic Hazara civilians to "disap- By Rajiv Chandrasekaran ment, of U.S.-led military strikes U.S. attack on Afghanistan to pear,' a Human Rights Watch report said. THE WASHINGTON POST against Afghanistan. Guerrilla vio- advance their own agenda on Kash- NEW DELHI lence has surged in Kashmir over mir. Growing tension between India the past few weeks, with daily death The Pakistani government says it and Paki tan over the activities of tolls in double figures. On Oct. 1, provides only diplomatic and moral WEATHER Mu lim guerrillas in the disputed terrorists linked to a militant group support to the Kashmiri guerrillas, region of Kashmir is raising new in Pakistan killed 38 people at the whom it calls "freedom fighters." Rain, Rain, Go Away challenge for the United States as it state legislature in a suicide bomb- But Indian officials contend Pak- By Dana Levine eeks to hold together its interna- ing and subsequent shootout. istan funds and trains the rebels. EDITOR IN CHIEF tional antiterrorism coalition. On Monday, apparently in India wants the United States to o I have some bad new for tho e of you who like warm weather U.S. officials have called Kash- response to that attack and an broaden its antiterrorism campaign and long, unny days: easonal affective disorder is about to set in. mir, a Himalayan region claimed by alleged border incursion by Pak- to target organizations in Pakistan The next few days promi e lots of clouds, and even a little rain as both nations, and divided between istani soldiers, the Indian army said that, the Indian government con- temperatures begin to drop. Forget about those long walks through them, the most dangerous place in it had shelled Pakistani military tends, have spearheaded violence in the park, and get in the mood to build orne snowmen. Because my the world. There, on frigid glaciers, positions across the disputed cease- Kashmir. Although India does not nowman is going to kick your newman's as . in cenic valleys and through hilly fire line for the first time in 10 playas crucial a role as Pakistan in Imagine your elf as a human ice cube too cold even to shiver, villages, Indian troops have battled months. An Indian army official the strikes on Afghanistan, Indian slipping slowly into hypothermia. That, my friends i Boston in the a Paki rani-backed Muslim insur- claimed that a volley of rockets, officials emphasize that they are winter and on a mild day, at that. In just a few months, spring will gency for more than a decade. The mortars, grenades and machine-gun sharing intelligence with the United be upon us, but between now and then lie several excruciating fighting has claimed tens of thou- fire flattened almost a dozen Pak- States and offered their airspace and months of winter gloom and doom. sands of lives rai ing fears of a full- istani military posts, but a Pakistani military bases to the United States scale war between the two nuclear army official denied the posts were before Pakistan did. Extended Forecast powers, both of which are key U.S. destroyed and accused India of tar- Defusing the tension is a key pri- Today: unny 59'P (IS'C) allies in the effort to squelch terror- geting civilians. ority of Secretary of State Colin Tonight: Partly cloudy, 40's P (4-9'C) ism. Tensions have been stoked by Powell, who arrived Monday in the Tomorrow: Cloudy. 55'F (13'C Those worries have taken on a leaders of both nations, who have Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and Thursday: Cloudy, rainy, 62'P (1TC) new currency since the commence- vowed to use their support for the was to travel here Tuesday. o tober 16, 2001 WORLD & THE H Page 3 Israel Relaxes its Checkpoints, Pet Issues Slow Appropriations Bill THE WASHINGTON POST WASHI GTO Withdraws Troops from Hebron Despite a fragile truce aimed at peeding approval of the 13 annu- al appropriations bill , parochial and ideological interest keep pop- plete lifting of th military blo kade, today. For him thi is a dream." ping up. whi h would allo Pale tinian to The leader of th hard-line bloc, Late Wednesday, for example the House Republican leadership return to I rael where tens of th u- Touri mini ter Rehavam Zeevi almost derailed a 123.5 billion education, health and labor bill to By relaxing a handful of i mili- sand h ld had job before the vio- and Infrastructure ini ter .gdor accommodate a conservative rider that would have blocked funding tary blockade in the territory it lence broke out a year ago. Leiberman, ha e been con i tent for school-ba ed health clinics dispensing "morning after" birth con- occupie today, Israel hoped to ease haron's move triggered a polit- ad 0 te for ere military action trol pill . daily life for Pale tinians omewhat ical uproar among I raeli hard-lin- again t Arafat and his 7-year-old House ppropriations Committee hairman Bill Young, R-Fla., ignal it flexibility to the Bu h er and prompted the fir t fracture Pale tinian Authority. Zee . has also and health subcommittee Chairman Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, had admini tration and perhaps, prompt of his broad unity government of called for tran ferring Pale tinians reported the bill with hardly a whi per of partisan discord before Pale tinian leader Ya ser afat to right-winger and moderate . out of the West Bank, where many peaker Denni Hastert, R-Ill., insi ted that the amendment be con- pu h harder to restrain the year-old The leaders of a virulently anti- ha e lived for hundred of year , to sidered. Hastert's intercession threatened a donnybrook that could fighting here. Arab bloc of the Knesset Israel' Arab countrie . have kept the bill from reaching the Hou e floor. For the ame re on, I rael al 0 parliament, announced they were Jewi h ettler in Hebron, who Faced with a revolt, Ha tert hastily persuaded Hart to withdraw withdrew it troops before da n quitting baron's coalition, taking repre ent the e tremi t fringe of her provi ion with the under tanding she would get a vote on it at a . onday from two hill ide neighbor- five other lawmaker with them. I rael's ettlement movement, were later date. hoods in the West Bank city of Although haron would till eething at baron's deci ion. To put The enate truce between the Democrats and Republicans over Hebron that it captured 10 day ago. command a 76-member majority in the security of Hebron's Jew into appropriation al 0 i proving a bit haley. "We are not fighting the Pales- the 12D-member Kne set, the defec- the hands of Palestinian ecurity Although the House education, health and labor bill avoided con- tinians, but rather terror and those tions were the fir t from Sharon' 7- forces "is irresponsibility and it's a troversy over tern cell re earch, orne senators said they would fight who carry it out," said Prime Minis- month-old government, and he was crime," said oam Arnon a a tern cell provision ponsored by ens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and ter Ariel Sharon, who ordered the clearly stung. spoke man for the Jewi h settlers in Arlen pecter, R-Pa., in the enate version. That provi ion would easing of the checkpoints as well as . "You have caused me great : Hebron. gi e the president discretion to increase the number of embryos avail- the troop withdrawaL anguish today," said the prime min- Incensed at new of the with- able for the re earch beyond a narrow list announced last ummer. Palestinians said the effects of ister, addressing the defectors in a drawal, the settler tormed into one It i all a ign that members, even in mid-crisis, still view the end- the easing of checkpoints and troop speech to the full parliament at the of the neighborhoods late unday of- ession appropriations pro ess as a la t-ditch chance to fight for withdrawal were felt mainly at the opening of its winter session Mon- before the troop withdrew. I raeli their int rests. margins. Jibril Rajoub, Arafat's West day." ational unity is vital for police were summoned, and 21 of Bank security chief, said the Pale - Israel's durability. By contrast, you the ettlers were arrested. All were tinians were demanding the com- have given Arafat great pleasure released Monday. Davis Signs Bill Expanding Rights of Same-Sex Couple u.s. Steps Up Second Installment LOS ANGELES TIMES Gov. Gray Davis' decision to sign a bill ub tantially expanding rights for gays and lesbians in domestic partnerships will place aJi- fornia at the forefront of efforts to give same- ex couples the benefits OfAttacks on Taliban Government and protections of traditional marriage, advocates say. By Vernon Loeb it could be entering a new phase. Rumsfeld said that recent targets At a .signing ceremony in acramento, alif., on Sunday, Davis THE WASHINGTON POST The Pentagon also moved force- were " ignificantly enhanced" by said the bill - passed de pite significant conservative oppo ition in U.S. warplanes struck targets fully on another front - the emerg- information from Afghan opposition the Legislature - is about fairness and equal treatment under the across Afghanistan Monday in the ing war of information with the Tal- forces and had included Taliban law. heaviest day of bombing since the iban over the extent of civilian troop concentrations for the last three "This will be one of the strongest domestic-partnership bill in the air campaign began as huge explo- casualties and damage from the U.S. or four days. country," Davis said. Encouraging such unions, he added, helps build sions rocked the Afghan capital of airstrikes. Military commander from the trong relationships, and "society benefits when people find comfort Kabul and an Air Force AC-130 As protests in Pakistan and else- orthern Alliance, a coalition of and assurance and stability in relationships." gunship fired on the Taliban strong- where in the Islamic world over the opposition force that occupies parts Supporters aid the measure provides important legal recognition hold of Kandahar, Pentagon offi- conduct of the U.S. campaign of northern Afghanistan, have com- of California's expanding ranks of nontraditional families. But the ciaIs said. , - mounted, Defense Secretary Donald plained in recent days that the United bill drew angry denunciations from Republicans on the floor of both Fifty carrier-based fighter jets H, Rumsfeld said U.S. forces had States has not bombed Taliban houses where the votes plit along party lines. and 10 long-range bombers, joined begun dropping leaflets over troops dug in north of Kabul in The Campaign for California Families, a nonprofit conservative for the first time by the AC-130, one Afghanistan - in the local Ian- defense of the capital. Rumsfeld group, ran televi ion and radio ads urging Davis to veto the bill. The of the most devastating weapons in guages of Pashtu and Dari - along attributed the lack of strikes to a group' executive director, Randy Thomasson, said that "in one fell the U.S. air arsenal, struck targets WIthhumanitarian food packets. dearth of reliable target information swoop, Gray Davi has cheapened every marriage in the state" by throughout the day and into the Rumsfeld said Taliban charges and implied that bombing raid extending some marital rights to gays and lesbians. night, aided in part by what Penta- that errant U.S. bombs have killed against those forces were imminent. o far, Vermont is the only state that has allowed gay couples to gon officials said was fresh informa- 300 civilians, including 200 in the One U.S. official, who asked not form "civil unions" that carry 300 of the rights, benefits and responsi- tion on Taliban and terrorist posi- eastern viJJage of Karam, were to be quoted by name, said officials bilities of marriage. But activists in California note that Vermont was tions provided by opposition forces. - "ridiculous." But he acknowledged planning the air campaign are in forced through legal action to take that tep, while progress on Defense officials declined to dis- that the United States has' failed to direct contact with the orthern domestic partnerships in the Golden tate has been accomplished leg- close the AC-130's mission around justify the reasons for its anti-terror- Alliance, among other oppo ition islatively. Kandahar, a city in southern ism campaign with clarity with Mus- groups. "Some of the information Afghanistan that is one of the cen- Jirns in the Middle East, South Asia from the orthern Alliance has not ters of power for the Taliban, the and elsewhere. been particularly useful, which may Post Office Issues ational Warning Islamic militia that rules most of the While the Pentagon as erts that explain why there may have been a THE WASHINGTON POST country. most fixed targets associated with the lack of activity in certain areas," the WASHINGTO Although the pace of daily U,S. Taliban and al Qaeda have now been official said. The U .. Po tal ervice announced Monday that it will send a airstrikes against Afghanistan has destroyed, Rumsfeld and other senior Another senior defense official warning to 135 million U.S. home, busine e and other addre ses not matched previous campaigns defense officials said the pace of air said that targeting has shifted from a cautioning them about the threat po ed by biological hazards moving against Yugoslavia and Iraq, the strikes would not diminish, They relatively small number of "strate- through the U.S. mail, and it will provide glove and masks immedi- attacks Monday represented a said US. pilots would begin turning gic" targets such as surface-to-air ately to all mail-handling employee . marked escalation in the nine-day- their sights on troop concentration missile sites to an ''unlimited'' num- The Postal Inspection ervice has reassigned the vast majority of old anti-terrorism war and signaled and other "emerging targets." ber of Taliban troop concentrations. its 1,900 inspector nationwide and 1,400 postal police officers to the threat. The inspectors wiJJ be at po tal facilities to i olate su piciou packages and to be a visible pre ence to reas ure the public. Generals Order Rebel Troops to Halt U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter, at a trade convention for mailing companies in Denver also announced the formation of a new federal mail security task force that is focusing on potential biological March Towards Afghani Capital City and chemical hazards. The measures came as federal agencies quickened their response By Peter Baker on the capital, in hopes of preserv- about 25 mile north of Kabul, have to reports of anthrax-contaminated letters sent to Florida, ew York, THE WASHINGTON POST ing its precarious alliance with Pak- remained stalemated for two year evada and pos ibly to Washington. Mail indu try officials also DAL SANG, AFGHANIST istan, which strongly opposes the with neither side building up enough ought to reassure the public of the general safety of the 900 billion- The civilian leadership of the Afghan rebels and any role for them advantage to dislodge the other. a-year industry that is vital to the national economy. 'anti- TaJiban Northern AJJiance in a post- Taliban government. The The guerrillas had counted on the reasserted control over its restless United States also wants to avoid United States to change that equa- military commanders Monday and creating a dangerous power vacuum tion by bombing troop formations on Terrorist Asset Freeze promised to hold off attacking in Kabul, which was reduced to rub- the hills overlooking the Bagram air Kabul while trying to craft a politi- ble between 1992 and 1996 in a base, But in more than a week of Found Lacking cal settlement for the future of civil war among factions that now airs trike , the United tates ha THE LOS ANGELES TIMES Afghanistan. make up the orthern Alliance. deliberately avoided such targets oney-launderingexperts ay the U.. effort to starve terrori ts of The senior political officials in Within the orthern Alliance, focusing instead on antiaircraft bat- funds by freezing their assets lacked a sense of urgency before ept. the alliance met with rebel comman- though, military commanders are teries' airports and radar installa- 11, reflecting a failure to appreciate the extent of the terrorist threat. ders to tell them that larger political itching to march into Kabul, and tions. Con ider that after successfully pushing the United ations" to considerations dictate they wait to have bridled at the tight reins. Rebel leaders have been reinforc- freeze without delay" the as ets of people linked to terrorist master- seize the capital, at least for now. The result has been a series of ing their troops in the area, in case of mind Osama bin Laden, the United tate took more than seven However, alliance leaders said they confusing and even confucting state- a drive against the capital, but the month to impo e the sanction on a tring of top bin Laden lieu- may still assault the Taliban front ments in rebel-held territory over the TaJiban has also been adding rein- tenants omething it accompli hed only last Friday. lines north of Kabul without send- past week. After commanders were forcements. Kanuni aid Monday On Friday, Treasury ecretary Paul H. 0' eilI named an addition- ing troops into the city, except per- told last week that they would have that 0 ama bin Laden, the prime al 39 people and groups who e U.S. as ets can be frozen under a haps for a security force to prevent to wait until an interim government suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks, has sweeping order issued ept. 24 by Pre ident Bu h. The order also disorder. could be formed, some formulated a sent his best fighters to the Taliban allows the as ets of foreign banks that do busine s with terrorists, or "The future of Kabul has plan to attack Kabul in three days. front out ide Kabul in the week that refuse to cooperate with the .S. investigation to be blocked. emerged as a critical issue in recent Whether the orthern Alliance since the U .. bombardment began. Friday's announcement brought the total number of names on the days, one influenced more by politi- actually could overcome the dug-in He e timated that all told there are . . blackli t to 66. La t December the United tate and Russia sue- cal factors than military dynamics, Taliban defenses north of the city 7,000 to ,000 troops from Pakistan, ce sfully co-sponsored a . . ecurity Council re olution requiring The United States has discouraged without U.S. help is a serious que - or sent by bin Laden, a si ting the member states to block funds of tho e on a list of designated terrorists. the orthern Alliance from moving tion, The front line around Bagram Taliban there. Page 4 October 16, 200 1 OPINION
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basic hygiene. They believed in free speech Here No More and democracy until they took over the uni- versities and government and invented 'politi- Gue t Column tell, are feeling ery neglect d by the adminis- By now most of u have read the es ay by cal correctne s.' If they protest, give them tration, and are in many way bitter about the Admi ion Director arilee Jone or een the drugs and they will back down." cott Bradley la of attention that the admini tration gi e to juicy excerpts on campus signs telling faculty Of course that's unfair and rude; it's also our views. Thi i not only bad for the current to tand firm through all [our] e cu es and how orne of us ee Dean Jones' portrait of Picture it. ampus Preview Week nd 2002. tudents, but it is also dangerous for the future whining." Her words propose a comprehensive our generation. It's imply inappropriate for a Bright-eyed group of prefro h clutching their of the In titute. I know that being a pre fro h plan for university administra- purple and red folders begin to appear on cam- wa a very ignificant part in confirming my tor especially MIT's own to pus. First they come sprinkling in ... one here, deci ion to attend MIT. However when I was a bully and ubdue students. The one there .., and then the downpour begin . prefro h there was no talk about the transition core of her argument is a Dean Jones) kind of thinking is behind They're everywhere; in the Infinite Corridor, in to the new y tern. The Tech di cu ed cri es sweeping stereotype of our gen- a whole list if policies which aim to control the tudent enter, sitting in on fre hman elas - like the wristband debacle the future Class of eration echoing what other es. It seem like the CPW scene every year - 2004 went through during CPW, but there was intellectuals re saying about usfor our own good. It's now ojfieial policy MIT hastily fixes up the campus to look pretty no complaining about the 10 s of freedom for u . Is the stereotype true and is for the weekend, and somehow the cold rain undergraduates at the Institute. The ignificant there anything we can do to to treat us like children. gives way to sunshine and warmth. population of males and females living in or avoid being chained to it? But something i different thi year. The as ociated with FSILG were not complaining In the e say, available at prefrosh would surely be the first to hear it. One about the forced transition the lack of adminis-
magazine to t II me about it? DeLi hen v ant u to belie e that loth- atil Giv that money to chari . y per ption ing companie earn le - than 10 percent on all of ou h actuall wor en d b au I n the item they ell? That a hoot. The tory you are about to read i true. ee your action for e actly what it a, a pub- Only the name have b en changed to prote t licity mov . Th re prob bly w r people the innocent (me). within all the e ompanie that hone tly ere I a flipping my way through Penguin being altrui tic when they gave money for ore and m re qften it i when I ran aero a two-page ad erti ement the e charitie . And kudo to them. But more RoyE a . for Roger Lichen lothing in the middle of nd more often it i painfully ob iou that th painfully obviou that the ipirit the magazine. There I was touchingly told spirit of giving wa of iving i forgotten. Lately; o much for e clu ive prim ticket to that Roger Lichen' clothing brand wa 0 not the primary The Producer , a lifetime patronage to the heart-wrenched by the tragedy of eptember intention of uch more rnoney IS gIven F 0 I could chmooze at tho e fancy 11 that they had already committed million companie . Lichen' cocktail reception for big donors, and ta i dollar to their own fund to help the victims for the image ofgiving rides to and from cla e every day. They of mi fortune. The adverti ement then went and not for the act giving. asked, and I an wered with an emphatic ye , on to tell me that if I went and purcha d of but all I got from the collegiate tryout for clothing from a Roger Lichen tore 10 Who ants to be a illionaire" wa a pen percent of my purcha e would be and T-shirt. Gue I wa nt' illionaire" donated to upport the fund. Giving i in orry hape when mo t money material. But it was a nice T-shirt, worth a What? i gi en for the image of giving as oppo ed couple buck, I m ure. That and the aybe Lichen thought that he to for the act of giving. Politician feel reminder of how much there i in the human would be a true patriot and not obligated to give money to charity oth- e perience that I'm completely ignoring in only contribute to help the vic- erwise everyone thinks they're tight- lieu of mundane trifles, i probably orth a tims. of eptember 11, but also har- wads. High chool tudents do commu- lot more. ne s merica' philanthropy to give nity service not out of the goodne of It was common in ancient Greece to find the economy a kick. He' a great patriot their heart, but so that they can write a nice statue of Herme or Hecate on treet cor- like that. lway keeping our best large number of community service hour on ners, where people would often banter and intere ts at heart. their college application to increase their e change trifling tidbit , pre umably to ot that I hould really pick chance to get in. We are in a di gusting state. incre e the expo ure of the tatue to entirely on Lich n; many compa- Charity i wonderful. I'm glad that at least passersby. The latter godde wa eventually nie are al 0 guilty of the oh- 0- they get something out of all this, but known as Trioditi - or Trivia in Latin - aggravating trend of adverti ing the whole process is disgusting. for being wor hiped where three roads meet. their contributions to charity. When a company gives something to Either that, or she guarded the three-fold Great you gave money and charity, it hould be out of the good- gate of the Underworld. Or po ibly ome- you're a better company for it, but ne s of that company, not as a publicity stunt. thing el e. I don't know, but that's all right- why do you then feel the need to shell out ad ertisement was little more than that, an 'Give it and shut it. I don't want to hear about that' trivial. the large amount of money it take to place a adverti ement. A national 10 percent off ale it. A national tragedy is an event that should Depending on one' perspective, all ort two-page ad in one of world mo t popular where all the money you saved goe to chari- give us pause, not a national clothing sale. of thing can be reduced to trivia-the current home-run record, David Duchovny' alma mater, the creator of The Birth of Venus, the Intellect and Reason in the Islamic Worldview pa t three ecretaries General of the United fie the primacy that Islam accords the intel- Qur'an ask us to blindly accept its message. Guest Column lect; it constitutes a recognition of the high To the contrary, only upon investigation and Babak yazifar tation of rea on in the Islamic worldview. mental exertion are we to affirm what the People should know who Hi oratory which I haye translated from the Qur'an invites us to: belief in God and His In an oratory re plendent with colorful original Arabic, is found in a multi-volume oneness, and submission to His will. It is Daschle and Lott are, imagery and metaphor Prophet Muhammad compilation of his sayings, Mustadrak al- - only as a corollary to this submission that we defined the noble tation of the intellect and Wa a'il, under a chapter whose title is equal- have been expected to obey Allah's commis- the gist of the history and reason in I lamic cosmology. It i reported ly telling: "The Obligation to Follow the sioned prophets and messengers throughout geopolitics of the iddle Ea t that.he said: "Verily, llah (God) created the Intellect and Reason, and to Oppose Igno- time. intellect from a trea ured light, a light con- rance." . Complementing the explicit Qur'anic and befamiliar with the basic cealed within His primordial knowledge - Islam as a worldview is rooted in knowl- statements about the importance of reflection one that neither a commi ioned prophet nor edge, intellectual exertion, and reason. The and seeking knowledge are umpteennarra- geography of the world. an angel of proximity [to the Divine Throne] Qur'an repeatedly invites us to believe in tives from the Prophet of Islam and those lIJk can't all be the President. was aware of. He then a cribed to the intel- Allah, the one true fashioner of the universe, who were heirs to his wisdom and gnosis. lect knowledge as its essence cognition as by imploring us to ponder over the creation When asked how one arrives at the knowl- its soul, abstemiousnes as its head, modesty of the cosmo . In beckon- edge of The Real (Allah), as its eye, wisdom as it tongue, kindliness ing us to reflection, the the Prophet replied: "By ation (who, together with Kofi nnan, as its purpo e, and mercy as it heart. llah Qur an points us to two knowing one's self." Ali most justly earned this year's obel Peace then be towed upon, and trengthened, the wellsprings of knowl- Is lam is a religion ibn Abi Talib, the cousin Prize). The potpourri of sundry fact and intellect with ten qualities: certainty faith, edge: the macrocosmic and son-in-law of Prophet information about our culture, world, and truthfulness, tranquility, sincerity, gentle- order of the physical uni- of balance. Muhammad, in a vividly history, while fragrant and pretty, don't do ness, benevolence, contentment, submission, verse (the' horizons' or metaphoric narration with much aside from perfuming the bathroom. and gratitude. Then llah (Exalted and afiiq) and the microcosm Our endowments include colorful imagery, reports What OK stand for the authentic origin of Majestic) said to it: Retreat!' Thereupon the of the inner reality of our not only physical, sensory that the Prophet described P s and Q's, what the words are to the sec- intellect retreated. Then He aid to it: 'Come selves (anfus). how Angel Gabrief came ond ver e of the U anthem - it seems that nigh!' Thereupon the intellect drew near. Weare- instructed to perception, but also self- to Adam and said: "0 one i none the wor e not knowing such Then Allah said to it: ' peak!' Thereupon _' travel through the earth Adam, I have been (aside from looking silly on Leno's Jay the intellect said: Praise belongs to llah, and see how Allah origi- reflection, looking instructed to have you Walking for not knowing which United the one who has neither a foe nor a rival, nei- nated creation," and we internally at our own cboose among three tate pre ident presided during the Civil ther a likene nor an equal, neither a tanta- are given the tiding that things; select one and War), and none the better for knowing-aside mount nor a imilitude - the one before "He will imilarly pro- spirit and soul. leave the other two." from possibly winning a million dollars. whose plendor every creature i submissive, duce a later creation [the When Adam inquired But what's trivia-cultural literacy, by humbled.'" Hereafter], for Allah has about his three options, another broader name, really worth for those "Then the Lord (Praised and Exalted) power over all things" Gabriel offered "iritellect, who aren't to appear on national TV to aid: 'By y grandeur and majesty, no crea- (29:20). The Qur'an challenges us to probe modesty, and religion." "I choose intellect," howcase their knowledge? It's a trite argu- ture have I originated more splendid than and to reflect, asserting that "whichever way replied Adam. Thereupon Gabriel told mod- ment that well-educated, broad-horizoned you more obedient to e than you, loftier in you turn, there is the Countenance of Allah" esty and religion to depart. However, the two voters are necessary for an effective partici- station than you, more eminent than you, or (2: 115). Our inner self constitutes no less stood their ground, saying that they were patory democracy, but it's a valid one. Peo- more exalted than you. It is through you that vital a facet of reality, reflecting upon which under instruction to remain with the intellect ple hould know who Daschle and Lott are, My onene i acknowledged' it i through unlocks some of the esoteric marvels of the wheresoever it may be. "So be it," Gabriel the gist of the history and geopolitics of the you that I am worshiped; it is through you creative order. "We will show them Our replied, as he ascended to the Heavens. iddle Ea t, and be familiar with the basic that I am supplicated; it i through you that I signs in the univer e and in their own souls Islam is a religion of balance. Physical, geography of the world. We can't all be the am implored [by y yearning servant]; it is as well, until it becomes manifest to them sensory perception is not our sole endow- President. through you that I am desired; ment. Self-reflection, looking internally at Another reason, perhaps le dire but no it is through you that I am our own spirit and soul, is another integral le s significant is to be ocially well-adju t- feared; it i through you that means of acquiring knowledge and arriving ed. It's important not to just to have small- y bond man exerci es rever- owhere does the Qur'an ask us to blindly at The Real. In his "Critique of Pure Rea- talk fodder at cocktail partie but to be able ent discretion toward e; it is son," Immanuel Kant evidently agrees with to relate with any member of society at any through you that I bestow aaept its message. TO the contrary, only upon this view. He says: "Two things fill the mind time with conver ation about topics other reward; and it is through you investigation and mental exertion are we with ever new and increasing admiration and than school or work. worldly cognizance is that I apportion punishment. '" awe, the oftener and the more steadily we es entia! for the proper ocialite, Having a "Upon hearing this the intel- to eiffirm what the Our' an invites us to: reflect on them: the starry heavens above and common repertoire of knowledge strengthens lect sank to the ground pros- the moral law within." Indeed, we must be the bonds between each member of the trate, remaining in that state for belief in God and His Oneness, cognizant of both the macrocosmic and the greater community; the greater the random a thou and years. Then Allah microcosmic wellsprings of knowledge, for trivia one knows, the more likely it is that (Prai ed and E alted) said: and submission to His will. they complement each other in guiding us in there will be a connection with another per- Rai e your head. And ask so our spiritual wayfaring toward Allah, the son' passion. it shall be granted. eek inter- Ultimate Reality .. There's a lot to know out there beyond ce sion, so it shaH be accorded.' Thereupon that it is the truth" (41:53). This being the Islam originale is not a religion that what we re comfortable with, or even the intellect raised its head and said: '0 my case the Qur an then rhetorically asks: "Do breed the miser, the cruel the coward, the beyond what we think worthwhile. But Lord, I beseech you to appoint me as an they not reflect within themselve ?' (30:8 . intellectually indigent, or the depraved; it is while a lot of what's out there is irrelevant interces or for whom oever you have created Knowledge, therefore is ourced not only the religion that nurtures the benevolent, the and frivolous (perhap even some opinion me in. Then lIah ( ajestic in His might) in the physical universe that envelops us, but compassionate the brave, the enlightened, columns) it would be a shame. to complete- said to His angel: 'I summon you forth to also - and e en more important - within and the pious. In short, it is the religion of ly ignore the fa cinating range of the tri- bear witness that I have indeed appointed the our inner spiritual being. Both these foun- the emancipated spiritual elite. umphs (and gaffe ) of millennia of human intellect as an intercessor for whomsoever I tains of knowledge contain igns pointing to Babak Ayazifar is a PhD candidate in the civilization and evolution. Trivia is by no have created it in. " the creative force that originated everything. Department of Electrical Engineering and mean trivial. Prophet uhamrnad s narrative exempli- ote how in none of the pa ages doe the Computer Science. October 16, The 2001 Tech
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Sponsor: Information Systems. be having weekly study sessions, probably in epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge .. free. Room: 10-280 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. -Investigating Endothelial Cell Response to an rterial Pulsatile Waveform. free. Room: (Oct. 3), 4-144 (Oct. 10-Dec. 12). Sponsor: MlT Objectivist Club. Bulding 3, Room 270. Sponsor: Ruld echanic Seminars. 7:00 p.m. - Water Polo vs. Boston College. free. Room: Alumni Pool. Sponsor: Department of Athletics. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Seminar: The Effect of Inclusions on the Friction Coefficient of Highly Filled Composite 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Renaissance Dancing. There are many forms of Renaissance Dancing that we practice. aterials. free. Room: 1-350. Sponsor: Engineering & Environmental Mechanics Group. From Italian balli to courtly pavans to English country. We dance them all with flair and fun. Dress is common 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - A. D. little Lecture in Physical Chemistry-II. 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This course presents an overview of Excel's basic functions, as well Singer. free. Room: 2-131. Sponsor: Topology and Analysis of Manifolds with Corners. Department of Mathemat- as some of its more powerful features and capabilities .. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information ics. Systems. 6:30 p.m. - "Memorial and Memory: The World Trade Center and After.". lecture by Peter Eisenman, architect, 12:00 p.m. - MIT Chapel Concert: Kumi Donaghue, soprano; James Busby, harpsichord. Works by Benedetto NY.. free. Room: Rm 10-250. Sponsor: Department of Architecture. Marcello .. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section. 7:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. - LIVE J ZZ and ladies ight at the Thirsty Ear! Tonight only, the MIT Festival Jazz 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Yes Yoko Ono. First major US retrospective of works by Yoko Ono, one of the early par- Ensemble performs at the Ear! The show starts at 9 pm. And as always, Tuesday is ladies Night. The Thirsty Ear ticipants in the international Fluvus movement. This exhibition surveys her career from the 1960s to the present Pub is located in the Ashdown House basement. Enter through the courtyard. Hours: Monday: 8 pm - 12 am, with films, videos, artist's books, installations and instructional pieces. Organized by Alexandra Munroe and Jon Tuesday - Thursday: 7 pm - 1 am, Friday: 4 pm - 1 am. Must be over 21. Proper 10 required .. No cover for the Hendricks for the Japan Society Gallery .. free. Room: List Visual Arts Center (E15). Sponsor: List Visual Arts Cen- ladies (or the guys). Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub. ter. 7:00 p.m. - "Endangered Languages: Birth, Death and Resurrection". Talk by Claude Hagege. Chair of Linguistic 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - The Misuse of 'Fronts' in Weather Forecasting. free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: MIT Theory at the College de France and director at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. He was the recipient of the Atmospheric Science Seminars. Gold Medal from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1995. Hagege who has degrees in Hebrew, 4:15 p.m. - M.I.T. Physics Colloquium. free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Physics Department. Arabic, Chinese and Russian, is the author of 15 books, many of which have been translated into English, includ- 4:15 p.m. - HST Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series. The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Tech- ing "l'Homme de Paroles," "l'Enfant aux Deux Langues," ole Souffle de la langue," and "le Francais: Histoire nology (HST) presents the last of four seminars on biomedical optics, focusing on the multidisciplinary research d'un Combat." Recently, he has published "Harte a la Mort des tangues" (2000) Which focuses on the subject of at MGH's Wellman labora ories of Photomedicine. Charles Lin, PhD, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical endangered languages .. free. Room: Rm 4-231. Sponsor: Foreign languages and Literatures, Center for Bilin- School and MGH's Wellman Labs, moderates a round-table discussion. Participants will include previous seminar gual/Bicultural Studies at MIT. speakers and colleagues from MGH's clinical and pathology services. Topics will include opportunities for optics 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Test Stress Workshop. Preparing for and taking exams can be overwhelming. learn how in medicine, multidisciplinary research in the hospital setting, and animal and human studies .. free. Room: E25- to turn test stress into test confidence with these preparation techniques .. free. Room: Talbot lounge, East Cam- 111. Sponsor: HST. pus. Sponsor: Learning Strategies. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Energy Efficient Buildings: The Future. Sloan AutomolivejEnergy Systems Seminar Series. free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Sloan Automotive laboratory. Wednesday, October 17 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Fast Polyhedral Adaptive Conjoint Estimation. ORC Fall Seminar Series. 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Sponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues. lenic College in Boston will give a lecture on the topic: "Highlights in the Greek-American history" 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Making Web Sites and Software Accessible to Persons with Disabilities. (Formerly on Thursday, the 18th of October at 6pm in 35.-225. A reception will follow right after the lecture .. free. Room: Web and Software Accessibility Quick Start) This Quick Start should be of special interest to all members of the Rm. 35-225. Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, Hellenic Students' Association. MIT community who develop, purchase, or maintain software, web sites, or web-based services. learn about the 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - An Evening with Noam Chomsky: The New War on Terror. lecture by Prof. Noam Chom- new MIT policy and guidelines for insuring accessibility to online information and services for people with disabili- . sky: The New War on Terror. free. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT. ties. This session will show examples of accessible and inaccessible design, and cover HTMl coding techniques 7:00 p.m. - poetry@mit: Ron Padgett. Padgett's numerouS and tools that can help make your site or application ADA- compliant (i.e., in conformance with the Americans works include the poetry collections "Great Balls of Fire," "Trian- with Disabilities Act and similar regulations) .. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. gles in the Afternoon," and "The Big Something"; a volume of 12:10 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - "Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminar. free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: Physical . selected prose entitled "Blood Work"; and translations of books Solution to Oceanography. by Guillaume Apollinaire. Blaise Cendrars, and Marcel Duchamp. 2:00 p.m. - Test series. sad. free. Sponsor: Web Communications Services (WCS). He was the editor-in-chief of "World Poets.: a three-volume refer- 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - spouseS&partners@mit - Meet with the author of Understanding American Schools: The ence book (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000) and "You Never Last Issue's Answers to ewcomers' Most Frequently Asked Questions .. Anne Copeland, PhD, is the Founder and Director of Know" will be published by Coffee House Press in 2002. Origlnat- The Interchange Institute, a not-for-profit institution speclaltzlng in assisting families relocating globally. Childcare Iy from Tulsa, Okla., Padgett now lives in New York City, where he provided .. free. Room: W20-400. Sponsor: spouses&partners@mit, MIT Medical. is publications director at Teachers. free. Room: Rm 14E-304. Crossword 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Materials Unlimited. anoindentation:Experiment and Simulation of Surface Contact at Sponsor: Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. AD E.l A AWS the Atomic ScaleTalk and panel discussion with Prof. Subra Suresh (DMSE), Prof. Frans Spaepen (Harvard U.). 7:45 p.m. - MIT Women's Chorale: Rehearsal. All women in the BEL MaN0.8S D a TRI T V I A Refreshments 3:30, talk 4:00 .. free. Room: 8-314 Chipman Room. Sponsor: Materials Processing Center. MIT community are welcome to join. New members accepted EIN Flo R C E D RES INS 3:30 p.m. - MIT Faculty Meeting. free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Faculty Chair. until October 18 .. free. Room: Emma Rogers Room (10-340) ...... D E E G ENE S ES 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - China As the World's Biggest Economy? Four seasoned observers of the Chinese Sponsor: MIT Women's Chorale. OGDEN.SPEED 8:00 p.m. -Indian Cinema: "Encounters with Modernity". "Gen- ecomony will discuss the topic. The moderator is Lester Thurow, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Man- C RAM. YEA S T.B ESS agement and Economics and coordinator of Asia-Pacific Initiatives at MIT Sloan School. 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H Page 13 THE ARTS MUSIC REVIEW DANCE REVIEW Funk Odyssey 'Ancestrais' Jamiroquai s Funky Grooves Aren ~All That A Solo Performance of Body and Voice By Patrick Hereford Odys ey. It is po ible that this could happen, By Bess Rouse sets. The change seems to bring us of the past STAFF WRiTER but the odds are ta ked against them. The lead- STAFF WRiTER and into the context of present day. Oliveira amiroquai' new album Funk Odyssey ing single off their new album "Little L" has lit- Performed by Isaura Oliveira, Paige N now dressed in a fringed beaded costume deviate wildly from what li teners have tle potential in its mu ic potency. The song Hopewell '02, Suelin Chen '03, Geeta agpal perches herself on top of cubes painted with come to expect. Thi new album fall lac a clear d finitive beat. The e aspects were '02, and Aparna Surapaneni '02 graffiti. J hort both musically and arti tic ally all found in Virtual Insanity and Canned Heat. Concept, choreography: Isaura Oliveira Then the soliloquy began. Thi orator, peaking. Lacking mu ic with an underlying If anyone has ever noticed Jamiroquai's Directed by: Isaura Oliveira and Thomas though, is another personality; pos ibly one theme and a omewhat danceable beat, it's quite album only produces one good ong that DeFrantz ~ clo er to Oliveira' own, but a performance different from the group's previous three reache aero America. Many other group Little Kresge character nonetheless. he urged that the Orixa albums - there' no uch as reed Metallica, October 5-7, 2001 are the beginning of everything. Computers, catchy hook, a staple of even Pennywise have cell phones and the Internet exist because of the previous albums. multiple ongs that make white cloth spread out diagonally the hi tory. Comparing this to the Top 10 in America. acros the entire stage; a pile of rich Oliveira then dictated a letter to President previous albums is quite People do not buy CDs red fabric clumped together near the harle . Vest that one of the student per- impo sible and nearly for just one song; that is A audience; a rope tretched in a perfect formers Paige . Hopewell '02, typed on a unjust. Their first two why single are made. circle on the floor. The cene lies set for Isaura laptop computer. he' asked, "Where are the records, Emergency on Jamiroquai acquired a Oliveira, a lecturer in the Theater Arts depart- new dance tudios?" (a question I think most Planet Earth and Return new guitar player, his ment, to perform Ancestrais (Ance tors). IT dancers have asked themselves). tu- of the Space Cowboy name is Rob. This could loaked in white, the ingle woman slowly dents need art and exercise, not better mental sold sixteen million have been part of the rea- walks along the path of the diagonal fabric car- health facilities, according to Oliveira. he copies in total. Their pre- son that thi CD lack rying a bucket. Upon reaching one end she throw her head back and cackles in sati fac- vious two records, musical flavor. settle into a squatting pose, places a coiled tion. Synkronized and Travel- Once known for their cloth on the crown of her head. ing Without Moving, sold amazing and unique music After filling the bucket she bal- eleven million in total. tyles the band i now ance it on her head and walks The difference in their going to be known for back down the diagonal. She new album and the previous four albums is that their lack of rhythm. There is not one prominent repeats the proce s once more, all the past few had at least two songs with a dis- song on the CD that has any po sibility of tak- in complete silence. On her third cernable beat. Funk Odyssey has not one dis- ing on the pop charts. trip her body begins to move in cernable and danceable beat. No one should purchase thi album, unIe s subtle i olation - fir t her shoul- Everyone in the 90s heard of Jamiroquai one they are just trying to waste their money on a der , then her hips. ow, music way or another. Virtual Insanity, which is part pointle s album. Usually, buying albums from drums. At the end of the sequence of the Traveling Without Moving album, topped upcoming wonders is fun and entertaining, she slither down the cloth collect- the charts for quite some time. It was on the especially if you do not know them. If you do ing it under her body. Billboard Top 10, MTV's Top 10, and even the not know Jamiroquai, now is not the time to This is the memory of a story Top 10 in radio stations everywhere. This song find out who they are. Maybe in their next from the past. In it, a woman gives was one of their best songs ever made ..Another album they will get out of this music making pots of water to Oxala, the Orixa was "Canned Heat," off the Synkronized album. slump and reach the top 10 again. Jamiroquai is of peace. The Orixas are the Made in 1996, it still gets play in clubs across full of potential, but A Funk Odyssey is not full divinitie of Condomble an Africa America and Mexico. of any potential. Please beware of this CD and rooted religion practiced in the Will this happen with any songs on Funk purchase one of their previous albums. state of Bahia. Ancestrais explore , through words, movement, visual art, and music, the meaning and history of the Orixas and their importance to under tanding and living in present day society. Each prop gives way to a dif- ferent image, a different scene, a different mood, a different Orixa. The circular rope takes on a snake-like quality as Oliveira wraps and slips it around her body. In one of the final positions, JASON LaPENTA Oliveira is inside of the rope; it Isaura Oliveira incorporates West African Dance, stretches between her eye , down Afro-Brazilian Dance, and Bikrahm Yoga in "Ances- the length of her body around her trais" last saturday in Kresge Little Theater. feet and back to the top of her head. Another lasting image is of Oliveira stand- These changes of personality seem to suit ing center stage completely draped in the Oliveira. Within the performance, she ranges silky red fabric. A single arm extends out of from a content meditative woman, to a pos- the mass, fingers tense and separated. The se ed demon, to a street corner prophet; all mas disintegrates and an angry evil spirit with ease and conviction. Oliveira's explo ive consumes Oliveira. Her hair, which has previ- stage presence, as well as the constant use of ously been secured in a white scarf, now art and props, kept the audience wondering TIM SUEN-THE TECH swings wildly. Her finger, which seems dis- what would come next. Besides being enter- The demon Dumdumbwi and his sidekick encounter mystical creatures in connected from the rest of her body, accu - raining, Oliveria's work left the audience with their quest to fight the greatest enemy in the world. "Shadowbang," with ingly points at her. At the heat of this a deeper sentiment for remembering history music composed by Grammy-winning Professor Evan Ziporyn, was per- moment, Oliveira yells, "Stop." and what came before. formed in Little Kresge last weekend, and featured Balinese puppeteer And 0 the performance stops, and the Oliveira, as well as MIT students taking Wayan Wija and the Bang on a Can All-Stars in their Boston debut. mood changes. he humorously demand a her class in Afro-Brazilian dance, will per- new c~stume different lights, and different form at MIT at the end of ovember. OPERA REVIEW A 'Don Carlos' Worthy of Verdi Boston lyric Opera Opens 25th Season with Stunning Production, On Par with Expectations By Bence P. Olveczky door of stardom. BLO's philosophy of engaging beth's husband, King Philippe II, is emotionally pheres that accompany and underline the chang- STAFF WRITER tomorrow' stars today is certainly paying off. charged both in terms of the acting and the ing moods of this lyrical opera. It tarts with a on Carlos, an opera in five acts by with 32 year-old soprano Indra Thomas being singing, although his bas may not be quite as rather minimalist design exclusively in black Giuseppe Verdi, is playing until the the highlight of the evening. In singing the part powerful as the role demands. and white, but color is soon added. Co tumes 16th of October at the Shubert The- of Elisabeth -the unhappy French queen of Musical director tephen Lord conducts the and props become green, purple and gold to D atre. The show features Jean-Pierre Spain - she proves to be a true heir to her BLO orchestra with plenty of precision, match the palette of EI Greco's religious paint- Furlan, Indra Thomas, Gaetan Laperriere, Mark African American predecessor and main source momentum and force, an approach that suits ings that are used as backdrops in many of the Doss, and Robynne Redmon and tickets range of inspiration - Jessye orman. Thomas' Verdi's grandiose opera well. scenes. The result is a coherent and visually from 31-151. graceful and impassioned stage pre ence com- But while outstanding' ingers and musicians arre ting production that ushers the audience The Bo ton Lyric Opera kicks off it 25th bined with a trong and sensual voice propels are a prerequisite for soothingly guiding the through the changing cenes and scapes in a flu- anniver ary season with a delightful and com- this production throughout. audience through this four hour opera it is up to ent and ab orbing manner. pelling production of Verdi's Don Carlos - a Especially poignant are her duets with Jean- the arti tic direction to frame it in an interesting The only aesthetic hick-up occurs during the classic opera of forbidden love. ot only doe Pierre Furlan, who sings the role of Elisabeth' and visually pleasing way. This is accompli hed crowded scenes when the choir is on stage. The the production offer a rare chance to see Verdi's love interest, Don Carlos. Furlan was last een in a laudable manner by set designer John Con- Shubert stage is simply too mall to make them masterpiece in it original five-act version, but it as Radames in BLO's production of Aida, and klin and lighting designer Alan Lee Hughes all fit comfortably, and the sight of more than "is al 0 an opportunity to experience world-clas while he didn't quite fit that role his return to who, working under experienced opera director fifty singers scurrying around the tage makes opera right here in Boston - a treat we have Boston reveals a much improved tenor - his Leon Major, create beautiful and expre sive this otherwise poetic and evocative production yet to get used to. voice is more secure his acting more measured. image using distorted cut-outs of architectural seem oddly baroque and disorganized This is a What makes Don Carlos stand out among The role of Rodrigo, Don Carlos friend and element, painted backdrop, and a golden re triction impo ed on an opera company with- recent BLO productions i the consistent high confidant i sung by the anadian baritone square that recurs throughout the acts in differ- out an opera house, but despite its homelessnes quality of the inging acting, and staging. The Gaetan LaPerriere, who' hortcoming as an ent sizes and shape. and its severe budgetary constraints, the BLO is main ca t i an impre ive mix of promising actor are balanced by an out tanding voice. Rather than creating a realistic milieu for the proving - on it 25th birthday - that it is a new talent, many of whom are knocking at the Mark Doss compelling rendering of Eli a- singers, the tylized stage design create atmo - Boston institution to be proud of. THE ARTS October 16 200 I Kenna' et with a ong, in tead. wonderful plan had th y not been- faced with more te hni al diffi- culti . Their trouble came out to be able ing UJices Past the U3rge h n we got to experi n e the en e of humor that i a large part of oice on the erge. m I fumble with h r guitar Polenzani R leE ble Ge LeBo ton come to h r re u as Klein gi e the play by play. Finally the manage to figure thing out 8 Vanessa Selbst y c enna, who till can't eem to find the and el ing 'Loui e' while cKeown right pitch. Eventually the oldie in 'oldie but pia the drums and KJ in the tamb urine. Voice on the Verge goodie' apparent hen halfwa through the o er the ne t few ong, we got to experi- Paradi e Rock Club ong, enn forgot the ords to ' IAm." en e e en more rare ounds. McKeown break October 2,2001 he replace the forgotten word with 'L t' out the accordion for Polenzani' Thorn Il, and ju t go to the chorus," before onferring with during cKeown' oftly 0 e ' Polenzani ight p.m. - The room i clo e to ego It as a beautiful ave - hardly a beat play a rare in trument unknown to e en a empty. There' no one in ight not a kipped. t the end of the ong enna friend of min who i majoring in music. he even the opening act. 10 I the floor informed th crowd of the real. name of the pre- de lare it to be' orne percu ion thing,' but encompa ing the tag at the Paradi e vio ong. 'That' ailed eg Tooh y aving whate er it w Polenzani used it beautifully. Roc' Club become more and more crowded. the of Lori c enna." I think it' time to Perhap the bigge t in trumental treat of the T enty-five minute later, Lori nna brea t feed omeon . .. but no on in r------, e ening howe er, was the lack of any come out as the gue t opening a t and to the the rowd" the nee mother continue instruments at all. The eighth number urpri e and delight of all the ans around her, to ramble b fore de laring 'I thin 1 that e ening wa the cover of out orne eg Toohey. c enna introduce kno thi next ong.' Indeed, he did "Hunger, , which Amsel sang a cappel- her elf, and her 'friend, eg Toohey' ug- and he ended the et with " a ong la, with Klein, McK wn and Polen- ge ting eg to be an unknown inger. verging from fol to country, ith zani alJ harmonizing in the background. Of our e, mo t folk fan ill recognize nice Ii ely beat to e cite the crowd for That was indeed the climax of the Toohey far from untalented as the mu ician what was to come. evening. The concert uld have ended who just finished a four how stint t T.T.. th 9: 0 p.m. Enter lein, msel, right there and e eryone would have Bear' . McKenna and Toohey, who could usu- Polenzani and eown. The intro- surely gone home ati fied, but it didn't. ally fill a room on their own dropped by Par- duce themselve a Voices on the More eng included "Black- adi e to help Erin c e wn, Beth Amsel, Je erge, a name the picked for their bird " 'Queen of Quiet," "Hou e Klem, and Ro e PoJenzani (collecti ely known group, hich w initi By intend d to You're Living in " and "Long I land as oice on the erge) to elebrate the release e the name on their po ter for ju t ound," Klein and Amsel sat down a of their new album, Ltve in Philadelphia. one p rfonnan e at the Iron Ho e in McKeown turned toward Polenzani cKenna opened by delighting the crowd orthampton, . They never int nd- and played 'You Don't Know, a ith a fa orite, "Firefhe ." Unfortunately, there ed to go on tour or pr duce an album, ong that Polenzani had written for as barely anyone in the room at that point to but th urrent tour now feature ong McKeown. These four mu ician enjoy it, and tho e that ere there eemed from their new album, Voice on th have gotten extremely close, as any- dead. Either they ha no Idea what kind of tal- Verge: Live in Philadelphia. That ,." one would touring together for two ent they were watching, or they were antsy to album released the night of the how, year , and it wa obvious by the looks ee the featured four orne Of cour e, who a recorded over two live perfor- between McKeown and Polenzani could blame them? They did e ert a bit of life, mance that took place in Philadelphia during that song as well as the happy howe er, when cK nna ini hed her fir t in arch of 2000. It in lude ong written by voice filling the room. he then tops singing gazes with which Klein and Amsel watched ong and told an anecdote about her ne t piece. each of the four inger/songwriters as wen as a long enough for Klein to irnpre s u all with a the two of them. Later, the four covered Soft- While he spoke of her 90-year-old grandmoth- cover of a ong written by aggie Simp on beautiful clarinet solo before continuing with a cell's 'Tainted Love," which was unexpected er and her oon to be 90-year-old grandfather, called "Hunger." bit of cat. A regular Ella Fitzgerald; one might to say the least, but nothing short of amazing. eg witched to an acoustic guitar. Then they As KJein, Am el, Erin, and Polenzani walk have been confused had cKeown been taller, The encore wa Klein's "Little White played "Dance With th Ladies," a ong about on the tage, Erin and Polenzani pick up their more dead and more black (African-American Dove." the ad enture of cKenna' grandfather Jiv- guitar while lein and msel walk over to for the politically correct.) This was one amazing concert by one ing it up as the babe of his nursing home. their mi rophones. They tand with Amsel to Before the ne tong, Amsel informs us that amazing group who put out a tremendous By the sixth ong, the crowd came alive, the far left ckeown to her right Klein to her all four of them are currently living in Massa- album; Voices on the Verge: Live in Philadel- antagonized by cKenna' trouble tuning and right, and Polenzani to the far right. Polenzani chusetts, though none of them are "from" phia. The name is deceiving though. Anyone otherwi e. After a few minutes of exasperation open a the album doe with' Heaven a sachusetts. McKeown is quick to jump in who attended the concert might be fooled into an Oh boy" come from cKenna' mouth, Relea e s." Immediately after the ong, and clarify that she was, in fact, born in the thinking that these four singers are past the folIo ed by a "Rock and roll!" from an excited Polenzani 100 around .to the now packed Union Oyster House in Massachusetts. She verge, becoming more mainstream in the folk or bored) fan. 'Time for an oldie but goodie," Paradi e Roc Club. he tell u that he was decides to forego the oyster jokes and continue community every day. RESTAURANT REVIEW sign hanging above the door is amusingly incongruous here) but the art deco"Darwin's Ltd; Gounnet Comestibles" sign in the window lets you know wher.e you really are. The only place to eat in-hOuse is on tqe stools at the com- Flour and Darwins muna] butcher-block table in the .adjoining room, and it's extremely limited seating at that. The two wooden benches and SandwichArt~ts at Work even the cW'b outside take care of overflow, While the Flour workers are trendily preppy, clean-Cut types in starched white By Winnie Yang sweeter ... Eat dessert first'~) is easy to swallow, but we aprons, Darwin's keeps a batteIy of bobemiansandwich arti- S1:tFF WIUTER rou tn t forget Montagu. sans behind the counter who are ,more low-key and. colorfully Flour Bakery + Cafe Flour offers a bevy of sandwich options. The portabella arrayed and pie!ced than their counterparts. 1595 Washington treet melt, the balsamic vinegar-marinated mushroom topped with Like Flour, Darwin's keeps a case of baked goodies near outh End Brie, tomatoes, and a garlic pesto .. aU on a rosemary and olive the register, and they ~ offer a variety of freshly prepared 617) 267-4300 oil foccacia. It was good, ita bit oily. The tuna salad with red salads, antipasti, and even some entrees. Adjacen~ however, is peppeTs and tapenade - a thick, pungent paste of mostly a refrigerated case stuffed with imported cheeses and meats Darwin's Limited olives, anchovies, capers, and lemon juice - seemed rather that would accompany the handmade pastas and preserves on 14 1. uburn treet soggy and dense. The roast beef with red onions, sliced porta- the shelves nicely (and if you happen to need toothpaste, they ambridge bella, tomatoes, and field greens is an interesting idea; howev- carry toiletIjes and other convenience miscellany as wen.) (617) 354- 233 er, the vinegary mushroom easiJy overtakes the roast beef The blackboard above the counter lists a few dozen spe- when all you really want to taste is the beef. These selections cialty sandwiches (and while there's the option to create all take a backseat to the roast chicken with brie, arugula, and your own, they've done a much better job than you could ittle did John ontagu realize back in the mid-eigh- toasted peppers. The juicy sweetness of the peppers pairs per- possibly ever manage}. AU the ingredients are fresh and . teenth centwy. that hi failed attempt to reach the orth fectly with the creamy, tangy cheese, while the chicken holds it tasty, ~eaped high on slices of the freshly baked bread (pro- " Pole would be a monumental event in history. Okay, no own. providing a satisfYing, substantial meatiness. This sand- vided by Nashoba Brook Bakery) of your choice. The craft L one reaUy remembers him for that. However a the wich is so tasty that Flour should make it just a bit bigger. here has been boned to wen-oiled perfection: while queued fourth Earl of andwich, he is credited with the eponymous Both the gazpacho (only offered in the summer) and up, you listen attentively fOT'shouts of "Brattte, anyone creation that consist of orne meat placed between two lices the potato leek soup were lacking in flavor. The gazpacho want a Brattle?" or "You don't have to wait in line if yon of bread. (Incidentally Captain Cook actually named a group seemed mostly single ,notes of onion and tomato that con- want a Hilliard! Who's fOTa Hilliard?" Each of the workers of islands near H waii after the Earl to conunemorate his voy- tributed to the general sweetness of the soup. It would def- can make two sandwiches at a time, so if someone oraers age.) It i aid that the Earl ate sandwiches to keep his hunger initely benefit from a bit more garlic. The potato leek was something you want, you can skip the line if you're quick at bay during long bout of gambling. andwich-making has unimaginative and unmemorable. Chang's talent is c1eaTly enough to claim the other one. All the sandwiches here are ery nearly approached an art form since Montagu's time baking though and I would be remiss in forgetting the named after streets surrounding Harvard: the Ash is when the tandard filling was a few uninspiring slabs of salted extraordinary freshly baked bread that houses all the sand- boursin, roast beef, lettuce, tomato and sprouts; the Mount beet). There are a handful of notable sandwich shops around Wiches. Or the de seTts,.for that matter. Auburn is smoked turkey, avocado, mayo, lettuce, tomato town (Rebecca s and u Bon Pain pale in comparison) but As with the andwiches, there are hits and misses with and swiss; and the BrattJe is smoked salmon, cream cheese, they require a bit of earching. the desserts, but the successful ones are simply incredible. capers, cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions. A handful of veg- relative newcomer to th outh End Flour Bakery and The creme brulee is well executed, the Boston CTeam pie etarian selections include sandwiches like the Hubbard, afe j a channer. It the brain hild of owner/chef Joanne nice and light, if fairly standard. The brioche sucre was (hummus, avocado, apples, sprouts, carrot, tomato), and hang, who graduated from Harvard with degrees in unfortunately a bit old and tough, but the raspberry crumb there are daily pre-made sandwiches that can' also shorten pplied ath and Economics. After an umewarding stint in bar is all buttery goodness the sweetness a perfect coun- the wait The portions are generous .. making the walle back management con ulting, she et her sight on culinary terpoint to the tartness of the berry. to Harvard Square almost not long enough. Darwin's is chool and the Ii t of restaurants he has worked at since is While Flour might fall short on some points~ it's only especially generous with the turkey, and the sandwiches quite impressive - Biba, Rialto. i trat even New York's because expectations run high when you walk through the (the Fayerweather, the Hilliard) barely fit in the mouth with famed Payard. Fortunately he's decided to ~tick aTound doOT. HoweveT it is ideal for a lovely relaxed lunch with the two-inch layer of turkey piled inside. and set up shop here, giving us all a chance to savor her friends. If there's still room for dessert, the Lakota Bakery cookies truly delectable baked. goods. On the other ide of the river, hidden somewhere on the in the glass case are' excellent. The lemon cream had a buttery In appearance Flour i very much the friendly neighbor- outskirts of Harvard Square, there's a w.ell-kept secret I'm dense exterior with very sweet frosting and a lighter filling, hood bakery. The cornflower blue and white walls are (almost) unwilling to share. There aren't enough superlatives while the Florentine was delicate on the tongue, tasting slightly cheery and inviting and the blonde wood tables and chairs to describe Darwin s. At lunchtime, tbere's always a line of nuts and caramel and matte ilver lamp fixttues lend a clean modem feel to that snakes around and back the narrow aisle between the To truly appreciate how far the sandwich bas come in the the interior. The artsy photographs of food hanging about front counter and the shelves of gourmet foodstuffs. Dar- past 250 years, Flour and Darwin's are good places to start the walls are nicely understat~ .but the aromas emanating win's has a vastly different vibe from Flour; the charm here sampling, But, before you bite into that PB and J or that tar- from the kitchen thankfully, are not. The glass case next to originates from the clutter and the coziness the quaint coun- ragon-caper egg salad, fIrSt pay tribute to John Montagu. the counter houses a really attractive selection of freshly try-store decor, and the organic produce spilling from bas- Here's to the Earl of Sandwich for the best invention since. baked pastries and dessert.s. The bakery's motto ('Make life kets sitting in tbe storefront windows. The hideous Busch wel~ sliced bread. October 16 2001 TREMTS THE TECH Page 15 , INTtRVIEW orne and they loved it and it didn't ha e to be done by orne one who did so many hit record. 0 we did the la t four songs that we Rustic Overtones Play Music Their Way recorded. ombu tible" and" 'mon," those are our two singles, and "Underground" and 'Boy and Girls." e did all tho e ongs Eclectic New England Band Changes Styles LikeLeaoes Through the Seasons our el es and so far they've been the ones that we ve been digging the most on the By Sandra Chung DG: We all it rock and roll but everything' were just like fireworks. album sso 1ATEARTSEDrrOR been kinda plit up. It used to be real imple. If JR: We got yelled at by Clive Davis [former DG: We got 120 minutes for our last video common complaint of mu ic fans wh it wa loud and your parent hated it, it as head of rista Record , now leader of J for' 'mon,' and we're in heavy rotation on frequent live hows i that albums are rock and roll. ere kinda like that. We re loud Records]. uchmusic, which is Canadian MTV. too 'produced' in their sound, and and your paren ~ although e actually have a DG: They hated it. e did take the opportu- SA: It's like the round bacon of music. A. therefore are inferior to Ii e mu ic. lot of parents at our concerts - we re loud and nity to ign to a major label. We're like, ell Despite having made their name with their char- your parents like it. Were not ery contro er- the e guy have 0 much money they'll put us IT: Describe your songwriting. acteristically explosive, uninhibited on tage ial. in the top fi e, they'll ju t pay people off. 0 DG: I write the lyric and we all collaborate hows at colleges and clubs in ew England, ~: I've been trying. let' make the most eird, e perimental pop on the music. Rustic Overtones benefits from the clarity and DG: oul punk. musi that we can po ibly make." I don't know SA: e all stop collaborate and listen. balance that studio production lends to their lat- SA: We're rock and roll as you would expect what we thought we were trying to do. Ari ta DG: When I write lyrics I just try to make est CD, Viva Nueva. to find it in a CD tore. You go in and you have was just like MUSIC REVIEW Manson has suddenly turned into a bare- and 'Til The Day I Die." "Can't Cry" midriff teenage bopper without a care in the sounds like a love song from the late 80s world. When the chorus hits, you can hear (with a small 90s flourish. I just don't know Beautiful Garbage? the old Garbage trying to come out, trying to how else 1can describe it. 'Til the Day That ay 'We're till angry, we're still in control" I Die' sound like a remix of a Shania but the mes age is 10 t in the sugar-coating. Twain ong. That s when it hits you' Third Album Short of Expectations The tra k ha actually been growing on me, Garbage i dead. purely due to the fact that e ery time I li ten fter realizing thi one just resolve By Akshay Patti started. to it I keep telling my elf that it's Garbage them elve to the rest of the album. 'Cup Of STAFF WRlTER , ndrogyny,' the econd tra and the and it' suppo ed to be good But it just isn't. Coffee almo t ounds like a tandard ctober 2, 2001 marked a ad day in first ingle off the album, almo t repre ent If we had any doubt after Androgyny' Garbage low ong, but just lacks the rna - the mu ic world. On this fateful the band truggle be een good mu ic and they vaporize after li tening to the ne t two tery of cIa sic like "You Look So Fine" and day a relatively popular band bad pop mu ic. The hole ong ound like track.' an't ry These Tear Anymore" "The Trick I To Keep Breathing.' , ilence named Garbage I Golden' wouldn't be 0 bad released their third album, if it weren't stuck on uch a B autiful Garbage. It had bad album. 'Cherry Lips (Go been more than three years Baby Go)" is just horrible. It ince the group relea ed it may prove to be their mo t Ia t album, Version .0. What popular single off the album should ha e been a day of just because it s so ... pop. If I rejoicing quic ly turned our couldn't recognize Manson's when I realized that Beautiful voice, I would have sworn it Garbage wa horrible in com- was by somebody else. pari on to past Garbage. And so on it goes. On the ot that Garbage didn't econd half of the album, only ha e a lot to live up to; their "Breaking Up the Girl" and debut album went platinum "Parade" have. significant and garnered Garbage the title redeeming value. The CD is of 'Be t ew rti t" from enhanced, if that means any- Rolling Stone. V 2.0 not only thing to you, the extra being a went platinum but wa al 0 a feature that lets you play around Grammy nominee for 'Be t with ound loops to make your lbum of 199 .' It wa a rich own little remixes of orne of tradition, one that implied the songs. If you think you're promi ing new material from into that sort of thing, go to what could be one of the best By Veena Thomas each bite is different. We scooped up the By Fred Choi parody of the song by the same name by STAFF WRITER kashk-e bademjan with the assortment of STAFF WRITER Stephen Sondheim. ining patron often overlook Lala breads along with a tangy chickpea puree ver since Rent burst onto the Broad- Despite these imperfections, tick has Rokh, tucked away in elegant Beacon served in place of butter. way stage five years ago, fans of enough strengths to make it more than just an Hill, in favor of splashier (and more Lata Rokh offers several different types of Jonathan Larson's Rent have been academic curiosity. The show is under the D. expensive) restaurants elsewhere in main di hes, ranging from khoresht, slow- clamoring for more. The hip, colorful direction of Scott Schwartz (Bat Boy, Jane E Eyre) and musical director Stephen Oremus. Bo ton. It's hard to see why. Owned by a cooked stews, to poll os, meat dishes served retelling of Puccini's La Boheme was notable brother and sister Lala Rokh specializes in with spiced rice. One variety of khoresht, the for being one of only a few musicals to bring Raul Esparza as Jonathan combines the traditional Persian cui ine. In terms of the ghormeh sabzi, consisted of stewed lamb the world of the musical theater to a younger romantic side of Rent's Roger with the slight number of wow" dishes on the menu it erved with tasty basmati rice. While the lamb generation; thanks to its catchy, rock-influ- cynicism of Rent's Mark, and reflects both e ceed several other well-known restaurants was very flavorful and tender it was slightly enced score and its contemporary issues of characters in vocals reminiscent of the origi- in Bo ton. Combine this with reasonable overpowered by the greens In the stew. The AIDS and the values of friendship and love nal cast recording of Rent. Jerry Dixon prices, intimate ambiance, and a favorable polIo of choice was morgh, pieces of saffron- in a hectic, isolating modern world. Larson's brings a warm tone to Michael, while Amy review by the ew York Times to make Lala flavored chicken. The light tomato-based sauce death prior to the opening of Rent on Broad- Spanger is generally a strong supporting Rokh one of Boston's best kept dining complemented rather than dominated the dish, way left audiences eager for any scrap of character in the role of Susan, although she secrets. and allowed the subtle buttery flavor of the Larson material, such as cut songs and works can be slightly strident at times. It i easy to miss Lala Rokh set in the chicken to shine through. The morgh was from earlier shows. Larson's friends and The recording reveals Larson's 'gift of basement of a nondescript building on Mt. accompanied by a fragrant basmati rice fla- family have responded with tick, tick ... melody, particularly in ballads such as the Vernon treet a short walk from the vored with cumin and cinnamon. Boom! a show Larson wrote and performed folky "See Her Smile" and the power ballad harles/ GH T top. Yet this adds to the The barberries cattered atop the rice pro- around the early 1990s. "Come to Y our Senses" (originally from intrigue. Once inside diners find them elves vided a contrasting tartness to the rest of the The show was originally entitled 30/90, Superbia, another project of Larson's). There transported to omewhere quite detached from dish. and was born from Larson's frustration at are also moments of purely Larsonian the re t of the world. Our waiter described azze, small side trying to succeed as a writer of musicals. The humour, as in "No More" ("Hello to shiny Customers eat in small rooms that com- dishes, and torshi, fruit and vegetable-based show was conceived as a one-man show, and new parquet wood floors, as waxed as a pri e the main dining area. This unique setup relishes in vinegar. These are acids and bases Larson performed the work in various small wealthy girl's legs") and "the wonderfully allows Lala Rokh to achieve an peaceful, inti- which are meant to complement your meal. He venues in ew York before abandoning it to manic "Therapy," a pastiche hoe-down tune mate atmo phere uncommon in a restaurant of advised us to order the mast khiar, a mixture of work on what eventually became Rent. David which works surprisingly well. The song is a its size. The table are spaced far enough apart yogurt, cucumbers, and herbs, with the Auburn (author of the acclaimed Proof) tongue-tripping conversation between to afford privacy to each table, and while ghormeh sabzi. Indeed, it nicely cooled the worked with the producers of tick to adapt Jonathan, and Susan as they attempt to eavesdropping on the couple a few tables away palate after eating the lamb dish. While the the multiple versions that Larson had left resolve an argument, with lines such as "I i po ible, it's difficult. waiter recommended the sir, a relish made with into a coherent whole for three performers, feel bad that/you feel bad about/me feeling The waitstaff prove extremely knowledge- garlic clove aged in the sun for a year, to chop representing Jonathan, the protagonist; bad about/what i said about/what you said able and willing to help diners new to Persian up and eat with the morgh, I decided to order Michael, his best friend; and Susan, his girl- about/me not being able to share a feeling." cuisine navigate the menu. Persian meal i the anbeh, a thick mango and tamarind sauce friend. tick; tick ... Boom! is a little too earnest a ophisticated balance of both 'hot" and instead for my torshi. The anbeh tasted very It is inevitable that tick, tick ... Boom! will and treads the line between straightforward , cold" flavors, which refer to more than the strongly of white vinegar, so much that I could suffer in any comparison to Rent, but the honesty and over-sentimentality. But at its temperature of the dish. "cold' flavor like scarcely taste the mango or tamarind. work is certainly more interesting than just best tick tick ... Boom! is an entertaining and salad greens, should be countered with a The portions are more generous than those as a baby picture. It is fascinating to spot the melodic show. The recording leaves us "hot' flavor, like lamb, honey, or sugar. The typically found in refined restaurants. After the similarities between tick and Rent, such as mourning once again over the early death of waiters want to ensure that you have the main course we ordered bastani for desert, a the obvious music and lyric parallels Jonathan Larson and thankful for the work proper balance in your meal and if you order wise decision. This saffron ice cream topped between the duets ''No More" from tick and that he did produce. omething which upsets this balance, they with crushed pistachios provided the perfect Rent's title song, in which two friends sing The original cast recording of tick, tick ... win politely uggest that you order something finale to the meal The pistachios nicely com- about their squalid living conditions. It is Boom! is available on RCA/Victor. The el e. plement the delicate, sophisticated flavor of the also interesting to see how Larson grew as a show is currently playing at the Jane Street We tarted with the kashk-e bademjan, saffron, and small pieces of frozen cream in the songwriter. It is certain that some songs from Theatre (113 Jane St., between Washington eggplant puree with minced beef and mint oil, ice cream provide urprisingly effective texture. tick would have been cut or thoroughly and West S1.) in New York City, Wed.-Sat. topped with a prinkling of caramelized onions Dinner for two without drinks came to revised by an older, post-Rent Larson. Some at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m. Tickets available and drizzled with goat' milk yogurt. orne- about $60 including tax and tip, a good deal for flaws include the awkward word-settings in online through Telecharge how thi blend of di parate flavor work a dining experience of this caliber. The amount "Sugar" and "Louder Than Words," the WANTED! SPRING BREAKERS!! Sun Coast Vacations wants to send you on Spring Break to Mexico, the Bahamas, or Jamaica FOR FREE! To find out how, call 1-888-777-4642 or e-mail salessuncoastvacations.com~ Thanks to you, all sorts Spring Break 2{)()2!!! 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Wang 'Patrici Reilly [Dupont- IT . question IT s r lation hip to cor- Startups Can Rise Above a Weak Economy STAFF REPORTER llian e Program anager] aid he poration," terrett aid. fter being briefly upended got complaints from people in the Aimee . mith G a member of By Michael Parduhn have heard of Paul Hen and Bill . with pay for protesting at a Royal hemical Engineering Department the JC who attended the prote t Gate. They decided in 1975 to tart Dutch/ hell recruitment meeting, who aw me handing out the flyers, agreed. 'If you can t freely peak in This i the first in a eries of arti- i ro oft de pite thi dire situa- IT employee Henry D. terrett and they were up et. a univer ity etting" h aid cles that deal with i sues related to tion. Or maybe you have heard of ha been reinstated a an adminis- terrett orks for the Dupont- 'where exactly are the center of tarting a nell bu ine s. Robert wanson and Herbert Boyer, trative assistant for the Dupont-MIT T alliance r ther than the hemi- open dialogue of thinking and chal- the Lead Organizer of T' who founded Genentech on pril alliance. . cal Engineering department. Depart- lenging new idea ?' OK competition, I am often asked 7th, 1976 when the economy wa terrett's uspension rai ed ment Head and Profe or Robert . whether it i a good time to tart a doing even worse. questions about freedom of peech Armstrong n verthele felt that h tudent action sped rein tatement company. My answer i "Ye l' What i the common theme at IT, e pecially concerning the , might have to i ue an apology to The J launched an e-mail ow is a great time to tart a com- among these cornpanie and their Institute s corporate ties. Shell directly because of [ terrett' ] campaign to Pre ident harle M. pany. founder ? de ire to build ome- terrett was upended at the end action ." e t and Provost Robert . Brown We have ju t been through a thing great despite what was hap- of the business day on October 5 a. On Friday afternoon udrey o er the w ekend following ter- time of e traordinary economic pening in the re t of the world. They a re uIt of hi participation in a Jones hilds director of admini tra- rett' u pen ion. pro perity, when ca h was plentiful saw a need for a technology that prote t at a hell recruiting event tion for the Biotechnology Center ccording to Brown terrett and e eryone and hi brother was they had the knowledge and ability the night before. The prote twas handed Sterrett the letter of u pen- wa rein tated on a tober 9 after a tarting a company. The times of to produce. The e types of needs initiated by the T ocial Justice ion pending review which terrett , enior admini trator reviewed the easy cash for any idea are 0 er, but still exist today. ooperative in response to alleged said, 'came as a real hock.' ei- case a fa t a po ible with all the. entrepreneurship i not dead. On the Did these people do thi for the environmental and human right ther Reilly nor Jones hild could facts.' Brown aid that the petitions contrary, it is ali e and kicking. money? Probably not. They formed violations by hell. b reached for comment. from IC did not influence their orne might doubt that now is a their companies because they saw a In addition to handing out flyer deci ion. He al 0 ay that Shell good time to tart a company simply need that they could fill. And why one of which read ' hy hell? T peech polic que tioned was not invol ed in the initial de i- because we ha e a hort memory for do we know about these companies Because we get the job done at any Pro ost Brown aid that 'peace- ion to u pend terrett. what con titute 'normal" economic today? Because they succeeded in co t," prote ter voiced their con- ful expres ion of free speech i fully terrett, on the other hand conditions. We are currently in a filling these needs, as well as the cern during the question and upported by the IT administra- believe that the e-mail campaign time of economic uncertainty and future needs that they found along answer portion of the e ent. tion." led to hi rein tatement. 'My per- . we are probably in a recession. the way. This contrasts with the However, terrett argued that ception wa that if they su pended Recent event have made everyone . speculation of the dot com boom, ritici m led to u pen ion IT needs to ' draft a clear policy me and nobody aid anything, then I uncertain about what the future will where a large number of people terrett and other were deeply protecting free speech for its would ha e learned the le on that hold. Even though we have had nine were in the business for the quick concerned by the admini tration' employee so that employee can you don't challenge a corporation," reces ions ince World War II, buck. initial reaction. terrett maintains feel truly comfortable peaking out terrett aid. "I probably would entrepreneurship has continued. We A measure of entrepreneurship that he attended the event ponta- re pectfully on i sue .' have been di mis ed." have een times like this before, and that is often used is the amount of neou ly after receiving an e-mail "Thi incident demonstrate the Rima Arnaout contributed to the we will see them again. venture capital investment. Accord- from the SJC. ccording to terrett, need for the IT community to reporting of this tory. With that in mind, let's look ing to Venture Wire, an online ven- through history to see if there are ture capital newswire, venture capi- any examples from which we can tal firms have invested $21.8 billion draw inspiration. in companies this year. This is down Would you start a company dur- from the $52.9 billion invested last ing a worldwide economic depres- year. However, putting this into his- ion that was ongoing for the fast torical perspective, only $10 million ten years? Well, two guys named was raised in 1975. Even though It's a connected world, William R. Hewlett '36 and David there has been a 50 percent decrease Packard decided to do just that. in venture capital over the last year, They founded Hewlett-Packard in there has still been a 2000 percent 1939, after the Great Depression increase since the year Microsoft Do your share. had been underway for a decade. was founded. What about starting a company The upshot is that you can still after your country had been devas- start a great company today, despite tated by war and was occupied by a the economic downturn. Though foreign power? In September 1945, money is not flowing as freely as Masaru Ibuka started Sony in post- during the dot com boom, that does war Japan. Sony's first product not mean that you cannot create involved fixing and improving your own business. A company will For 30 way to help the environment, write Earth Share, radios. have to be frugal and look for other How about starting a company sources of funding, but a great busi- 3400 International Drive ,NW; Suite 2K{AD4), while interest rates are rising, the ness can be started at any time. stock market had dropped 45 per- Parduhn is a graduate student in Washington, DC 20008. cent the previous year, and the the Alfred P. Sloan School of Man- ~~ Earth Share country was suffering the aftermath agement, and serves as the lead -.' of both a Presidential scandal and a organizer for the $5OK entrepre- war that it had just lost? Maybe you neurship competition. This space donated by The Tech REGISTER TO VOTE BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001 VOTE THE ELECTION OFFICE AT 51 INMAN STREET WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 8PM ON WEDNESDAY. MAIL-IN VOTER REGISTRATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCTOBER 17. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 617-349-4361 This Octob r 16 2001 THE T H Page 19 Laureate Bmphastees Healing National Panhellenic World Peace Initiatives Highest Priority for Peace Prize Winner Not Connected to IFC Hume, from Page 1 in-depth dialogue between the opposing factions, regardle of the Panhel, from Page I ternity Conference is composed When asked to comment on direct conflict between them. exclusively of fraternities where- Pre ident Bu h' recent rejection of their relation hip . as the ational Panhellenic Con- negotiation with the ruling Tal- .. bouJd till be world' model IFC Pre ident Rory P. Pheiffer ference focuse solely on sorori- iban, Hume aid that it wa the duty Hume mainly di cu ed hi '02 said that 'the IFC will continue ties. Wang thus feels that they of the democratic world to bring the experience a a European leader in to addres the needs of their mem- must follow the separate model set people and organization responsi- conflict re olution, and championed bers." However, Pheiffer added that forth by their national organiza- ble "to justice," but that ju tice the evolution of the ew Europe" their exact focus of Inter-F ILG tion because "people are used to mu t be attained without causing at the end of the last century as a relations and External Relations will thinking about the IFC first and innocent people to uffer. Hume remarkable model for what can hap- be for the next Executive Commit- not Panhel." al 0 said that it was the duty of the pen when "real politics" are imple- tee to decide. The two groups merged when United ation to investigate the mented in tead of blind nationalism sororities fir t joined the MIT cam- reasons for the attack and to or territoriality. Panhel ha di tinct hi tory pus. 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For more information, contact the OTD Delta Tau Delta 0 2 o o 6 HSf HSf & Tht Warehoust ...... •.. 0 4 o I II UROPOffice at x3-7306 or By Spencer Cross ers and throw the ball on the run to a el on and Thoma J. Kilpatrick TEAM MEMBER ide-open Gregory el on '02. '05. Ow ley had a eason-high eight The Bea er knew that i hol Thi brought the game back within catche and two touchdowns. Kicker was going to be fired up for atur- rea h for the Bea er a the core Kevin M. Fergu on 02 established day game. Last year the Bea ers was now l3-. nfortunately, T IT record with hi 44th 45th ended ichol' dreams momentum ended there, and ichol 46th, and 47th career e tra-points. for a conference cham- cored three unans ered touchdowns De pite giving up 437 yard of pion hip by beating to end the first half leading 34-7. offense to ichols MIT won the time them in their home- IT came out trong in the ec- of po ses ion battle 32:13 to 27:4 . coming. The 10 ond half, but the 2 -point deficit Credit must be given to the hocked them as they wa too much to 0 ercome and the ichol team which i now 4-0 in had been undef ated in league game ended 4 -2 . the EF Boyd-divi ion. They game. imilarly ichol came to There were orne encouraging were especially talented in the ambridge poi ed for a hampi- igns from the Bea ers howe er. The offensive and defen ive backfields. on hip run and the Bea er were pas ing game came together, a The Beavers fell to 1-6, and now looking to end it. Deutsch completed 14 of 24 passes must gear up for a tough 1:30 p.m. The game got off to a quick tart for 213 yards and three touchdowns, road contest this Saturday at for ichol a they drove the ball despite being sacked si times. 167 of Worcester State. Worcester is unde- 4 yard in ju t ix plays and scored those yards were to the widereceiv- feated, and average 465 offensive for an early 7-0 lead. ing corp of Robert R. Owsley 02, yards per game. When the Bea ers had a chance with the ball they were hut down almo t as quickly by the impre sive COURTESY MiT BALLROOM DANCE TEAM ichols defen e. MlT's feared ru h- Jatin Misra G and Wendy Luo 01 dance Standard at the Yankee ing attack wa held to a mere 83 Classic Compeition. Misra and Luo placedtbird in Novice and yards the fewest of the season. second in Gold. fter ichols Bori Carter returned MlT' punt ichoJs sliced through the MIT defense and drove the ball 75 yard on seven carries to bring MIT Ballroom Dance the core to 13-0. IT did not let down, though, and captain Brian C. Alvarez '02 Shines in Competition. blocked the extra point kick to give the Engineers momentum going into By Yengfen Lim ing Pre-champ Latin placed econd. the next drive. TEAM MEMBER 11 in all it was a plendid The Beavers' next drive started Over the weekend of October howing for IT. In orne e ents off with a powerful kick return by 4th, members of the MlT Ballroom IT dancers made up five of the Kale D. Me aney '05. Me aney Dance Team went to the Ferncroft ix finali t couple. It wa particu- had a season high 110 return yards Country Club in Dan- larly gratifying that everal new for the day. ver A to compete partner hip did well. It bodes well The MlT offense then drove the in the annual Yankee for the new eason kicked off by ball down the field on ichols, push- CIa sic Dance port The Yankee CIa ic. ing it 74 yards on 11 carries, with the Championship . ore detailed information and climax on a 43 yard touchdown pass. JONATHANWANG--THE TECH s a ational re ults are available at Quarterback Philip M. Deutsch '04 Brian D. Hoying '03 and Yoshitaka Nakanishi '02 stop a Nichols Col- Dance Council of merica Tuesday, October 16 Women Soccer vs. WPI, 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 17 Water Polo vs. Boston CoJlege, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20 STANLEY HU-THE TECH Men's Soccer vs:Clark, 1:00 p.m. Dribbling In for a shot, Amy C. Un '02 shields the ball from a Field Hockey vs. Wellesley, 1:00 p.m. Mt. Holyoke defender during last saturday's 1-G loss.