Th eather Today: un and haze, 90°F (32°C) Tonight: louds, fog, 67°F (19°C) Tomorrow: More un, haze 85°F (29°C) Details, Page 2 Cambridg , 02139 Friday, June 15, 2001 Energy Goldin Delivers Commencement Ad Lab,CEI Longtime hief of ABA rge Students to By Jennifer Young but perhaps you will remember the STAFF REPORTER cap and gown. o one could have asked for a , More than that, I hope that ToMerge better Commencement day. each and e ery one of you remem- Sunshine, crystal blue skies, bers Galilee," Goldin added." ot and the theme from 2001: A Space necessarily his lectures, but his On Jaly 1 Odyssey greeted 2,122 graduates les ons and his life." as they gathered on Killian Court Goldin cited Galileo' commit- By Jeffrey Greenbaum to receive their degrees Friday. ment to excellence passion for Daniel S. Goldin, administrator learning, and drive for truth, and The Energy Laboratory and the of the ational Aeronautics and commended the "Galileos itting in Center for Environmental Initiative Space Agency, opened his Com- front of me, about to receive their will merge on July 1 to form the mencement addre by de cribing well-earned degrees. Laboratory for Energy and Environ- the dialogue he had with his wife "Remain committed to learning. ment. David H. Marks, the current when he received his invitation to ettle for nothing Jess than excel- director of the CEI, will head the speak at Commencement. lence. Do not only seek truth. But LFEE, which will be located on the "She asked, 'Do you really believe in your elf. That way, you fourth floor of Building E40, the think you can compete with the will find truth, ' Goldin told the current home of the Energy Lab. president of the United tates, the graduate. The Energy Lab and the eEL UN Secretary General, and Click have recently been exploring several and Clack, the guys from Car GC gift a urpri e joint projects. To achieve a greater Talk?'" The Graduate Student Council level of efficiency, both groups have Goldin acknowledged, "I might chose this year to give a the Insti- the asked Chancellor Lawrence S. not be on the radio every aturday tute parting gift. G C Soulaymane Bacow '72 and Vice President of morning. But I am a rocket scien- Kachani began his address by Research J. David Litster PhD '65 tist." commenting that he hoped "our to allow the groups to merge. He went on to explain that the sense of community will carry Bacow and Litster agreed last Sep- unusual cap and robe he was wear- forth with us to heJp us effect tember. ing was the traditional garb of the change in our communities." "This is definitely a win-win University of Padua, from which He then presented a toy school merger," Marks said. "It is gratify- he had received an honorary doc- bus, which President Charles M. ing a merge that effectively took torate. "I'm not wearing it because Vest accepted with amusement. Kachani went on to explain that place a while ago." I'm the victim of the latest MIT FRANK DABEJ...-THE TECH hack," Goldin said. "At least not their actual gift - a new SafeRide "These are my people," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin Lab head announces sabbatical yet. .. I want to give you a visual while addressing the Class of 2001 at Commencement last Friday. Jefferson W. Tester PhD '71, image. You may not remember me, Commencement, Page 16 See pages 8-9 for Goldin's full Commencement address. current director of the Energy Lab, has decided to take a sabbati'cal after leading the lab for ten years. Litster said Tester had announced his plans Institute Se $250 Million m onds Two Added to leave before he, Bacow, Tester, and Marks began discussing the By Nancy l. Keuss strength helped to make the AAA- low initial rate," HEFA's Manager ToRISLP merger. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR rated, variable-rate bond sale a suc- of Educational Programs Liam ul- "It made the transition [to the MIT has sold $250 million in cess, the MIT ews Office said livan said. By Jennifer Krishnan LFEE] easier because it seemed tax-exempt bonds through the Mass- through a press release. An initial "A percentage of 2.30 is quite NEWSEDlTOR sensible to merge the CEI and the achusetts Health and Educational interest rate of 2.30 percent reflects extraordinary" ews Office Director The Office of Residential Life Energy Lab and have Marks lead Facilities Authority (REF A) to help declining market rates and allows Kenneth D. Campbell said. "The per- and Student Life Programs is con- the merger ... , rather than replace fund pending MIT construction and for a low cost of capital. manent rate will be fixed in a week, tinuing its expansion by hiring two Tester in the Energy Lab," Litster renovations. "MIT hit the market at exactly new deans. said. The Institute's exceptional credit the right time, as evidenced by the Bonds, Page 15 David . Rogers is the new Assistant Dean and Director of Fra- Merger to increase efficiency ternities, Sororities, and Indepen- Each Institute-wide research dent Living groups. He is one of group must submit an annual budget four people covering the job of for- proposal to Litster, in which the mer A sistant Dean and Director of group may discuss its concerns. In FSILGs eal H. Dorow. their past several proposals, "the Barbara Baker has been hired as CEI and Energy Lab have expressed Associate Dean and Director of Stu- direct interests in forming a merg- dent Life Programs, one of two to er," Litster said. In fact, he added, replace former Associate Dean and the two organizations submitted a Director of Residential Life and joint budget last year in which they Student Life Programs Andrew M. detailed their plans as a joint labora- Eisenmann '70. tory. Marks said the physical distance acanc pur reevaluation between the Energy Lab and the "Whenever there's a vacancy, CEI hinders the efficiency of their it' used as a time to reasse sand many joint projects. While the Ener- reevaluate" the position being filled, gy Lab is located in Building E40, Rogers said. After Dorow's resigna- the CEI is based in Building 1. tion RL LP decided to divide his Stephen R. Connors SM '89, responsibilities among four people, director of the Analysis Group for comprising an F ILG Advising Regional Electricity Alternatives, Team: Kathleen Baxter, Program said he thinks the "consolidation of Coordinator; Lisa M. Walsh, Opera- the energy and environmental tion Coordinator; Denise A. Val- groups [will] create a better syner- lay, Program Assi tanto and Rogers, gy." Connor, who presently works who will head the team. in the Energy Lab, said that "the Rogers will work closely with speed at which ideas will be FSILGs and the Interfraternity exchanged will lead to a higher MIODRAG CIRKOVIC-THE TECH Council on programming and devel- level of productivity ... because we Hackers saluted graduates and NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin at Commencement last Fri- opment. day by deploying 17 parachuting beavers from a set of weather balloons bearing the NASA logo. Energy, Page 14 RLSLP, Page 15 Disney's Comics OPINIO odd & Nation 2 Atlantis Philip Burrowe criticize Holl - Opinion 4 inks like a wood's continuing reliance on Event Calendar 7 tone. token character in the movie Arts 10 and on TV. On the Town .13 Page 10 Page 6 Page 5 Page 2 June 15 2001 WORLD & ATION Bush, ED Leaders Disagree EWSDAY child strapped in a stroller in ew ork Over Global Wanning Policy teeth and cratched leg when the stroller dumped the child on the idewalk. nique empha izing common po i- that rather important consideration," nother toddler wa similarly injured when the child's mother Europeans ould tion on free trade, helping fuca Patten aid. n merican official bumped the troller on her other child foot and the device folded. 000 with it AID cri i and peacekeep- caned the complaint odd." The e two injuries were among 250 reported to Century Products Realize ing in th Balkan. Bu h reiterated Bush, ho was forceful and buoy- Co., which Thur day recalled about 650,000 multi-u e stroller in hi pledge that U .. troop in the ant Wedne day, seemed tentative and cooperation with the U.. Consumer Product afety Commis ion. It lrea rthout .8. Bal an would not return home halting Thur day. t one point he i the largest U.S. recall of troller ever. By Dana Milbank and Keith B. before the European oldier there said that "Africa is a nation that suf- Under pre sure the troller' folding mechani m collap e , e pe- Richburg do. The communique aid the Unit- fers from incredible disea e. ' While cially when a parent pushe down on the troller to lift the front THE WASHl GTO POST ed tate and EU would eek to di cu sing expansion of ATO and wheel onto a urb, said Ken Gile ,a poke man for the commi ion. Pre ident Bu h and leader of launch a new round of multilateral the EU, he said there ought to be Thi may cau e the carrier seat to detach and flip forward, carrying the 15 European Union countries trade negotiation at a 0 ember , more countries' in Europe. the child with it, he aid. clashed harply Thur day over glob- meeting of the orld Trade Organi- orne Europeans said that de pite Century, based in acedonia, Ohio, received 6 1 report of such al warming policy, with the Euro- zation in Doha, Qatar.