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Volume 125, Number 19 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Caltech Pranks CPW; MIT Hackers Reply Qualcomm By Hanhan Wang CEO to Sixteen California Institute of Technology students pulled several hacks on the MIT campus during Campus Preview Weekend, instigat- Speak to ing a friendly inter-institute rivalry. Among other things, the hackers handed out T-shirts promoting Cal- Graduates tech to prospective freshmen and covered “Massachusetts” on the 77 By Jenny Zhang Massachusetts Avenue stonework NEWS EDITOR with a banner that read “that other,” Irwin M. Jacobs ScD ’59 will be so that it read “That Other Institute the speaker at this year’s Com- of Technology.” MIT hackers mencement, according to an MIT responded to some of the mischief News Office with hacks of their own. For exam- press release. ple, they altered the banner to say Jacobs is the “The Only,” making the stonework co-founder, read “The Only Institute of Tech- chairman, and nology.” CEO of QUAL- “We have these two completely COMM Inc., different traditions that are so simi- which “is now lar. We tried to bring them togeth- the largest satel- er,” said one of the Caltech students lite-based com- involved, who wished to remain mercial mobile MIT NEWS OFFICE anonymous. GRANT JORDAN—THE TECH system for the transportation industry,” Caltech president and former A banner hangs over 77 Massachusetts Avenue on Saturday, proclaiming MIT to be “the only” Institute according to the company’s Web site, MIT Institute Professor David Balti- of Technology. The banner was put up by hackers from the California Institute of Technology and origi- which also says QUALCOMM was a nally read “that other” before MIT students removed, altered, and rehung the banner with its new mes- pioneer with the use of Code Division Pranks, Page 14 sage. Multiple Access (CDMA) technology for wireless and data products. Many MIT students use the Qual- Eastgate Heating System Update Annoys Residents comm product Eudora, an e-mail client that can be downloaded from By Marissa Vogt several meetings between residents independent engineering firm was the ECA was forbidden by MIT to the MIT Information Services NEWS EDITOR and administrators, and residents brought in to assess the current heat- inform all of the residents of the &Technology software page. Construction will begin this circulated a petition requesting that ing system. plan. Jacobs was a member of the MIT weekend for installation of a new their concerns be addressed. Nilsson said that the Housing “Somewhere along the line, electrical engineering faculty from heating system for the Eastgate The construction was originally Office then brought a construction there was a miscommunication 1959–1966, according to the press Apartments, a graduate residence planned to begin last weekend and proposal to the Department of Facil- about who was telling who what,” release. for married students. end mid-August, said Alicia Hunt, ities and began informing residents Hunt said. “We assumed they were Jacobs and his wife Joan have The installation of the new sys- assistant director for graduate hous- of the heating system replacement updating the residents all along.” actively supported science and math- tem will require the residents, ing. It was delayed a week to allow plans four to six months ago. The ematics education through large con- including families with small chil- for the incorporation of resident announcements came via e-mails Heating units moved to closets tributions to the University of Cali- dren, to each evacuate their apart- feedback. sent to the entire house, Nilsson Singleton said that residents fornia at San Diego and San Diego ments for nearly 10 hours per day said. expressed concern about the size, State University, in addition to other for four days. Heating system failing since 2004 However, Eastgate resident Gre- appearance, and proposed place- institutions, according to the press Several residents voiced techni- The renovations have been nec- gory R. Singleton G said that with ment of the heating units. Several release. cal and logistical concerns after essary since last winter, said Direc- the exception of the Eastgate Com- students whose research involves Jacobs will step down and hand plans for the installation were tor of Housing Karen A. Nilsson. munity Association officers, resi- heating systems also questioned the over the CEO position to his son, revealed approximately six weeks After severe flooding ruined several dents were not notified of the plans Paul, on July 1, but remain involved ago. The plans were altered after apartments in January of 2004, an until mid-March. Singleton said that Eastgate, Page 10 with Qualcomm as its chairman. Fewer Management Minor Applicants Than Expected By Kathy Lin in bidding for management classes EDITOR IN CHIEF this semester. Despite predictions of 200 to 300 applicants, only 81 students Numbers do not meet expectation applied for the 100 available slots Sloan had not been sure how in the new minor in management many students would apply for the program, said Professor Thomas minor and had worried that many A. Kochan, chair of the Faculty more students might be interested Committee on the Management than the program can support Minor. financially, Meldman said. Because the program has capac- Enrollment estimates were ity for 100 students, it will contin- based loosely on three surveys over ue to accept applications on a first- the past twelve years, and the come, first-serve basis until either 200–300 number was a “worst-case there are 100 students enrolled in scenario,” Meldman said. The most the minor, or until April 20, recent survey was taken five years whichever comes first, said Profes- ago. sor Jeffrey A. Meldman, the direc- The program “will find its tor of undergraduate programs at appropriate steady state,” but what the Sloan School of Management. that steady state will be is uncer- The April 20 deadline is a result tain, Kochan said. He anticipates STEPHANIE LEE—THE TECH of deadlines for the Sloan lottery; if having a better idea in a year or Paul B. Hill, Information Services & Technology senior project manager, holds the Big Screw, open slots remain after April 20, two as the minor is implemented awarded to him by Brian J. Pepper ’08 for winning the Big Screw contest. See page 12 for story. students can still enroll in the minor, but would not have priority Sloan Minor, Page 8

NEWS Comics THIS WEEK IN THE TECH MIT, Quanta Computer Team Up On March 1, the “Athena World & Nation ...... 2 To Define the Future of Computing Insecurity Squad” collected and Opinion ...... 4 Page 12 published 620 Athena passwords. Campus Life ...... 5 ASA Elects New Officers On Friday, we’ll say who it was. Sports ...... 16 Page 12 Page 6 Page 2 THE TECH April 12, 2005 WORLD & NATION Military Raid in Baghdad At Hearing, Bolton Pledges Captures 65, Officials Say By Robert F. Worth THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD, IRAQ ‘Close Partnership’ With U.N. Hundreds of Iraqi troops and commandos backed by U.S. soldiers swept through central and southern Baghdad early Monday morning, By Steven R. Weisman choice for the job. Department official who clashed capturing at least 65 suspected insurgents in one of the largest raids in THE NEW YORK TIMES Chafee will not make a final with Bolton in 2002 on Cuba, is to the capital since the fall of Saddam Hussein, military officials said. WASHINGTON decision until he hears testimony on testify Tuesday. Several hours later, at midday, an American contractor who was John R. Bolton, rebutting attacks Tuesday about disputes with other Bolton sought to turn his criti- working on a reconstruction project was kidnapped in the Baghdad from Democrats on his fitness to officials over how Bolton dealt with cism of the United Nations to his area, U.S. Embassy officials here said. serve as ambassador to the United intelligence matters, a spokesman advantage, saying his views made The raid, which began at 3 a.m. and lasted more than six hours, Nations, pledged Monday to bring for the senator said Monday him the right person to help restore disrupted three insurgent networks, U.S. military officials said. They about a “close partnership” with the evening. credibility to the organization and said those captured included men suspected of assassinations, world organization and denied ever Bolton, an outspoken conserva- make it more effective. beheadings, kidnappings and attacks on Iraqi and U.S. forces. trying to get anyone dismissed for tive who has served since 2001 as “If confirmed, I look forward to One group was planning attacks on the new National Assembly, disagreeing with him on intelli- undersecretary of state for arms working closely with this commit- said Maj. Gen. Mudher Moula Aboud, an Iraqi army commander. gence matters. control and international security, tee to forge a stronger relationship In the raid, more than 500 Iraqi soldiers and police officers cor- In his confirmation hearing, calmly defended criticizing the between the United States and the doned off areas in some of Baghdad’s most dangerous and crime-rid- Bolton appeared to have reassured United Nations and tangling with United Nations, which depends crit- den areas, searching from house to house in more than 90 locations the one doubting Republican with intelligence officials over how to ically on American leadership,” with U.S. troops playing a supporting role, U.S. military officials his answers and bolstered his describe Cuba’s suspected biologi- Bolton said. “Such leadership, in said. One of the men captured was reported to have been injured. prospects of approval by the Sen- cal weapons program. turn, must rest on broad, bipartisan ate Foreign Relations Committee, He acknowledged that he had support in Congress. It must be possibly this week. In that case, a sought to have intelligence officials earned by putting to rest skepticism Canadian Prime Minister favorable vote in the full Senate reassigned — one at the State that so many feel about the U.N. would then appear nearly certain. Department and one at the National system.” Struggles to Keep Job Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., Intelligence Council, an advisory He added that despite his reputa- By Clifford Krauss who had questioned Bolton’s quali- group that produces the govern- tion for strong words, he also had a THE NEW YORK TIMES TORONTO fications and probed his record dur- ment’s formal intelligence assess- record of diplomatic success in Prime Minister Paul Martin sought Monday to distance himself from ing the hearing, said after the morn- ments. matters including rallying countries a scandal that is enveloping the governing Liberal Party, saying that he ing session that he was generally But Bolton said he acted to combat nuclear weapons prolifer- was “personally offended” by a pattern of money laundering, payoffs satisfied with Bolton’s answers and because they had tried to undercut ation, and to renegotiate a nuclear and kickbacks by party functionaries that has emerged in recent days. that he was still “inclined” to vote his authority, not out of disagree- weapons treaty with Russia, skills Martin’s government was elected only last June, but polls taken to approve him, a step that would ment on the intelligence. he would use to expand the consen- over the weekend show that its support is collapsing in much of the probably send the nomination to the Democrats viewed Bolton’s sus of support for the United country. The three opposition parties have been holding closed-door Senate even if all the Democrats defense with skepticism and Nations at home. meetings to decide whether to vote in Parliament to try to bring down voted no. promised to explore the intelligence He said he had learned that “this the government sometime this month with the objective of holding an Chafee did say that Bolton issue further. Their star witness, consensus is not only essential, but election in June. would not have been his own Carl W. Ford Jr., a former State possible.” The crisis has been simmering for over a year as a commission led by Justice John Gomery has been investigating charges that the Liberal government under the former prime minister, Jean Chretien, transferred nearly $100 million to several advertising firms under a program to Bush Expresses Strong Support publicize federal activities in Quebec, in exchange for little or no work. Ousted Chief of Big Insurer For Sharon’s Withdrawal Plans To Stay Silent By Richard W. Stevenson cal atmosphere in Israel as akin to Jerusalem, which they hope to By Jenny Anderson and Timothy L. O’Brien THE NEW YORK TIMES civil war because of deep disagree- make the capital of their eventual THE NEW YORK TIMES CRAWFORD, TEXAS ments over the withdrawal plan, state. Maurice R. Greenberg, a former titan of the insurance industry President Bush and Prime Minis- and was clearly intended to bolster Sharon said it might be many who is at the center of a wide-ranging investigation into possible ter Ariel Sharon of Israel differed Sharon as he heads toward a years before any construction takes financial manipulation, will not answer regulators’ questions on openly on Monday over Israel’s wrenching confrontation this sum- place, but he said Israelis “are very Tuesday, his lawyer said Monday. intention to expand a settlement in mer with some Jewish settlers and much interested” in achieving “I am willing to accept responsibility and to account for the per- the West Bank, but Bush gave the their allies as he moves them, per- “contiguity between Maale Adu- formance of my duties, but I believe that good order and fairness Israeli leader robust backing for his haps forcibly, out of Gaza. mim and Jerusalem.” require that I have an adequate opportunity to be advised of the issues plan to withdraw from Gaza this Sharon, though, gave no The Israeli position has height- to be investigated and to my alleged involvement therein,” Greenberg summer. ground on Israel’s position that it ened tensions with the Palestinians said Monday in a statement. His lawyers have said that they have not After a meeting at Bush’s vaca- eventually intends to build new and put Sharon at odds with the had adequate time to prepare their client and regulators have denied tion home here, the president hailed housing to establish an unbroken White House, which says the frame- requests to postpone his testimony. Sharon as a “strong, visionary” presence from Jerusalem to the work for peace talks agreed on by While the investigators’ focus intensifies on Greenberg, the former leader for having pursued a “coura- settlement of Maale Adumim, a both sides, known as the road map, chairman of the American International Group, the scrutiny of Berk- geous initiative” to pull Israeli set- community of 30,000 people, in a bars such construction. shire Hathaway’s chairman, Warren E. Buffett, appears to have dimin- tlers and security forces out of the way that could cut most north- “Israel has obligations under the ished. In a separate interview with regulators on Monday, Buffett indi- Gaza Strip and small portions of the south links between Palestinians road map,” Bush said, speaking to cated that he had scant knowledge of a transaction between AIG and a West Bank. in the West Bank and make it reporters with Sharon at his side. Berkshire subsidiary that is at the heart of the investigation. His embrace came on a day extremely difficult for Palestini- “The road map clearly says no when Sharon described the politi- ans to gain access to East expansion of settlements.” WEATHER Quiet Here, Extreme Elsewhere Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, April 12, 2005

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U.S. Says 15 States Improperly Trial Opens for GI Accused Of Grenade Killings By Shaila Dewan Gained Extra Medicaid Money THE NEW YORK TIMES FORT BRAGG, N.C. By Robert Pear edly asked the federal government setts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North An Army sergeant charged with killing two American officers in a THE NEW YORK TIMES to clarify the rules. Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, grenade attack on his own camp in Kuwait was mentally ill and acted WASHINGTON The dispute over the accounting Virginia and Washington. not out of premeditation but out of desperation, his lawyer said Mon- The Bush administration on practices arises at a time when the The states were identified in a list day. Monday named 15 states that it said National Governors Association is that the administration provided to The sergeant, Hasan Akbar, was given a diagnosis of mental ill- had used improper accounting tech- negotiating with the administration Congress on the condition that it not ness at age 14, his lawyer said in opening statements of his court- niques to obtain excessive amounts and Congress to rein in the explo- be disclosed. Copies of the list were martial. Akbar, 33, is the first soldier to be tried on capital murder of federal Medicaid money. sive growth in the program’s costs. obtained from health care lobbyists charges since 1998. Federal officials contend that the Michael O. Leavitt, the secretary and from the federal Centers for His mental condition is a central issue. His lawyers do not dispute 15 states have been “recycling” fed- of health and human services, has Medicare and Medicaid Services. that Akbar, a member of an engineer battalion at Camp Pennsylvania eral money, rather than using state repeatedly said that some states are The Bush administration’s con- in the Kuwaiti desert, ambushed three tents while their occupants got and local tax revenue to pay their full using “accounting gimmicks” to shift cerns are shared by the Government ready for bed on the night of March 23, 2003. But, they say, he was share of the costs of Medicaid, which costs to the federal treasury. But until Accountability Office, an indepen- too mentally disturbed to have planned the attack, which also wound- provides health insurance to more Monday the administration had not dent investigative arm of Congress. ed 14 people. than 50 million low-income people. publicly identified the states. “By using complex, creative financ- Anticipating that defense argument, prosecutors promised to pro- Officials from the states defend- The administration said it had ing schemes, states have inappropri- vide a “unique look into Sgt. Akbar’s mind” through testimony and ed their practices, saying that in concerns about Medicaid-financing ately increased the federal share of evidence, including his diary. “When he deployed, he was going to some cases federal officials had mechanisms used by these states: Medicaid expenditures,” said kill these soldiers,” said Capt. John Benson, a member of the prose- explicitly approved them. State offi- Alabama, Alaska, California, Geor- Kathryn G. Allen, director of Med- cution team. cials also said that they had repeat- gia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachu- icaid issues at the auditing agency. Akbar is charged with two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of premeditated attempted murder. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. The trial is expected to last a month. India and China Resolve Border Ford Shares Lose Ground After Forecast Dispute, Agree to Expand Trade By Jeremy W. Peters By Somini Sengupta relations have been fraught for four China — both nuclear powers, both THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT THE NEW YORK TIMES decades. witnessing rapid economic growth, Shares of Ford Motor fell to their lowest point in more than a year NEW DELHI The two countries have reached both facing an enormous demand and a half on Monday after its surprise announcement on Friday that China and India announced an “a certain level of maturity,” India’s for energy — have flourished in it was cutting its yearly earnings forecast in half. agreement on Monday to resolve a foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, said recent years, led primarily by trade. Ford’s news on Friday affirmed what many industry analysts had decades-old border dispute and let at a news conference here. “India China is now India’s second-largest suspected: The financial problems facing General Motors, the world’s trade flourish between the two coun- and China are partners, and they are trading partner, after the United largest automaker, are not GM-specific and are a sign of the larger tries. not rivals,” he added. “We do not States. problems that American automakers face in competing with their Promising a new era of “peace look upon each other as adver- On Monday Wen and his Indian Asian rivals. The announcement also raises questions about how can- and prosperity” between the world’s saries.” counterpart, Prime Minister Man- did Ford was when it provided its financial guidance at the start of the two most populous countries, the The announcement did not spell mohan Singh, said the two countries year. announcement came during a four- out which territory would go to expected to increase bilateral trade Reaction to Ford’s revised earnings outlook, which was day visit to India by Prime Minister which country, but the two countries from $13 billion last year to at least announced after the markets closed on Friday, brought the company’s Wen Jiabao of China. did agree to come up with a plan to $20 billion in 2008. stock down almost 9 percent early Monday. But by the time the New It signaled an end to a protracted resolve disputes over frontier terri- Chinese-made toys, toasters York Stock Exchange closed, Ford’s shares had recovered to close at dispute over several patches along tory. and televisions have proliferated $10.44, compared with $11.03 on Friday, a decline of 5.4 percent. the 2,200-mile border between the Each side has troops along the across the Indian marketplace. The effects of Ford’s falling share price hit other Detroit stocks on countries, stretching from Kashmir border, but there have not been any India exports raw materials for Monday, with the automotive suppliers Visteon, Delphi and Ameri- to Myanmar. China defeated India recent skirmishes. China’s booming construction can Axle and Manufacturing all losing value. in a war over territory in 1962, and Relations between India and industry.

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By Ruth Miller students? What has happened to me? Was I ness by having them think that we’re cool, warm bodies, and every group but Bexley OPINION EDITOR ever cool? rather than the other way around. Our inner, feels like it’s in a dire strait for new blood Don’t you just love prefrosh? They make We’re the middle children of MIT. We suppressed high school nerds want badly to (even The Tech). the days warmer, the grass greener, and the have no purpose or place. Our great war is a win them over, even if our outer, college Rebuttal 3 — Yeah, and I have five A’s this frats … fratier. Their dewy innocence brings spiritual war. Our great depression is our nerds don’t care. Once they leave, the social semester. MIT undergrads to their knees and surpris- lives. mean snaps back to nerd, and that’s that. I suppose I can’t rebut Theory 4. ingly, not always in a pedophilic way. In con- OK, so I lifted that from Fight Club, but Theory 3 — MIT students are gracious A friend whom I had met as a prefrosh versation, they’re regarded as younger sib- the point is the same. We tool, we punt, we and want to help others. Moving on … was reminiscing about my visit to his floor lings. A lost prefrosh can melt even the most tool, and we tool some more, but the adminis- Theory 4 — The Institute needs fresh years ago. “When we set that apple pie on ramen-encrusted heart. tration clearly has a favorite. Surprise! It’s not meat to survive. Think about when Dracula fire, you were like, ‘that’s so cool,’ so then we Their mere presence is so warm and glow- us. When they get here, the weather suddenly turns all suave and charming only to drain the were like, ‘yeah, I guess it is really cool.’ ing that before they even arrive, “You’re Awe- gets nice, and we all remember what the sun blood of his victims. Now, think about the Now, if we did that, I’d be like, ‘oh, I should- some” signs appeared up and down the Infi- looks like. When they get here, the Institute fact that MIT students only come out at night, n’t have used Bourbon, I should have used nite. Don’t even think for a second those were goes crazy giving them free stuff and telling are generally pasty, and eat weaker students 151,’ because we kind of take our coolness meant for you. They’re held up with Scotch them how special they are. We are shuffled for breakfast. Enough said. for granted around here.” wall mounting tabs. Eight quick tugs, and aside while Mommy Hockfield takes away Now, to rebut these theories (this column Culinary pyrotechnics aside, he’s got a those babies are gone as soon as the last of fridge space for crappy crayon drawings from has more organization than my last philoso- point. We’re older, more mature, and more at the Urban Outfitters shoppers in “I Heart the new class. Why is that? phy paper). peace with our inner nerds. Maybe for all our Nerds” shirts roll their suitcases full of free- Theory 1 — They’re actually better than Rebuttal 1 — They aren’t better than us. talk, regarding them as little siblings works bies off campus. us. I think most of us here believe in evolu- Better is relative, and we own this place. They the other way around as well. I remember Remember “IHTFP”? This place is hell — tion. As the admissions people tweak and aspire to be us, and some day, they will be. thinking my host’s friends were the coolest not because it’s hard, but because it destroys fine-tune their machine, it’s a fair guess that Rebuttal 2 — Sure, we like attention, but people in the world, second only to my host its victims slowly and psychologically. Yet, the next class is just cooler. The previously- they’re not cool. They don’t know where herself. My prefrosh seems to like me now, somehow, we throw away our psets and tests enrolled students get to live in the bell tower. things are, they all wore “I Heart Nerds” but I can’t imagine why, especially since I to help these people. Why do we care so Theory 2 — We strive for acceptance. shirts on the first day, and they don’t do any- punted her for work, but I did feel guilty. I much? Why do I take tests all week? Is it so Having prefrosh (a.k.a. high school students) thing for us to like them. Frats rush them guess that’s why most middle children don’t that I can get my F back just in time to start around brings the social mean back into the because they’re walking potential house bills. drown their baby siblings for lack of atten- cooking apple pecan pie for newly-admitted high school region, and thus, we attain cool- We flog them with attention because they’re tion. Breaking the Second Law That New Baby Smell

By Bill Andrews my cousin these last nine months, I didn’t gravity are pretty miraculous. Sure, the sky’s girlfriend almost choked on her drink as she STAFF COLUMNIST really do anything. pretty and the wind feels nice, but it’s not read that last line.) Throughout my cousin’s Hey, guess what? I’m an uncle! I’ve been She, on the other hand, has gone through a exactly a plague of toads, parting of the Red pregnancy, while I was really happy for her saying that to everyone I meet now for days, tremendous amount. I asked her what it was Sea, or anything impressive like that. It seems and her husband and tried to be as supportive ever since Thursday the seventh in fact, when like, having heard that childbirth is possibly like all the best miracles happened a long time as I could, I kept thinking some variation of, my niece Amelie Astrid Haley was born. I the most painful experience a human can con- ago. There might be miracles everyday, but “Better you than me, kid.” I mean, I have too haven’t been able to shut up about it or think ceive of (haha), and she just said, “It wasn’t so they can sometimes seem, and forgive me for much to do these days, what with studying, about much else; I can only imagine how the bad. The labor pains were pretty annoying, but saying so, a little lame. reading, and writing these columns, and my father must feel. after that it was easy.” Have I mentioned my Up until very recently, I saw giving birth as girlfriend works even harder than I do. Getting In some kind of effort at journalistic cousin’s a super marine who feels no pain? one of those lame everyday miracles. It’s cool, pregnant right now is sooo not what we need. integrity, I should disclose that she isn’t liter- All in a day’s work for her, but I’m beside but that’s what women do. It’s one of their But seeing and hearing my cousin, I’m ally my niece, as I’m an only child. But I’ve myself. A new baby! A whole new baby is in super powers. (Quick philosophical question: starting to see the light. While I still don’t always been very close with my cousins, and the world, made entirely from my cousin and Is it sexist to think that? Why? It’s true, right?) think it’d be best to have any kids right now, we all figured it’d be too much to ask a child her husband. How freaky is that? It’s like my But now, I see what they mean about babies I’m beginning to understand that pregnancy to call me “first cousin once removed Bill.” Or cousin’s a self-sustaining machine or a facto- being miraculous, and not lamely miraculous. isn’t a tragedy, it’s a celebration, an affirma- is it second cousin once removed … Ah, the ry; no matter how I think about it, I just can’t Just hearing a little baby voice over the phone tion of life. Maybe I’m just getting older, or mysteries of childbirth. wrap my heard around what’s happened. was enough to melt my heart (admittedly not maybe I’m just biased because now I get to be I should also make clear that I had virtual- That’s the fundamental greatness of life, I sup- one of the hardest hearts around) and recon- an uncle and play with a new baby, but I know ly nothing to do with this occurrence but am pose, but that’s almost a cliché. sider all the greatness in the world. my cousin and her husband couldn’t possibly still immensely proud. It should seem obvious I mean, miracles are all around us, right? My cousin and her husband are both about be happier; to be so happy in this world is def- I had nothing to do with the baby’s creation, The sun rising every day is a miracle, even my age. In fact, their average age is exactly initely not a lame miracle. although since I am from Florida, perhaps though it doesn’t really feel like one. If noth- my age. What this means for me is it might Congratulations to them. May we all be so that’s not so obvious. While I “was there” for ing else, the sheer perfection and elegance of not be all that far off until I have kids. (My lucky.

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[email protected] W20-483, 617-253-1541 Page 8 THE TECH April 12, 2005 Sloan Minor Will Have MIT, Quanta to Work Together Cap Until Spring 2009 $20 Million Partnership Aims to Define Future of Computing By Robert Weisman don’t easily talk to each other, tive, MIT and Quanta plan an invi- Sloan Minor, from Page 1 the details of the subjects, and THE BOSTON GLOBE including cellphones, digital calen- tation-only conclave of the world’s “we’ll have a year of activities for MIT is teaming up with Tai- dars, and hand-held computers. The top computer scientists in Cam- and information is disseminated via students to see what the minor looks wan’s Quanta Computer in a five- goal is to make accessing data more bridge this summer to discuss new word of mouth. like,” Kochan said. year, $20 million research effort to intuitive, while addressing such models of human-computer interac- However, he does not anticipate define the future of computing and tricky issues as information transfer, tion. The first step, Lam said, would Sloan minor just beginning marketing the minor, because Sloan create the next generation of com- configurations, security, mainte- be to develop a vision. Then the The 100-student cap will hold want students to be management munications platforms and products. nance, backups, and upgrades. partners will define the platforms — through the spring of 2009, with a minors out of interest, not because The project, made public Friday, In that sense, T-Party is the nat- the underpinnings of the new com- springtime lottery when necessary. of an enticing advertising campaign. is called “T-Party,” to invoke both ural successor to CSAIL’s Project puting environment — and come up The minor will then open to all The minor was made possible by the partners’ technology heritage Oxygen, now winding down. It with products. The intellectual prop- interested students. Students who an anonymous gift to the Sloan and the revolutionary fervor pioneered “human-centered com- erty would be owned by MIT, but complete all the course require- School of Management of $20 mil- unleashed by the Boston Tea Party. puting” innovations, such as recon- Quanta would have first rights to ments without officially enrolling lion, according to The Boston The Massachusetts Institute of figurable microchips and voice- license T-Party technology. can still receive the minor. Globe. The gift will be used to open Technology’s partnership with activated software, in an effort to Lam, however, said that Quanta Next year, the program will like- more subjects and hire additional Quanta, one of its largest computing make computers as invisible to has no plans to move toward brand- ly circulate more information about faculty and instructors, Kochan said. alliances ever with a single collabo- users as the air they breathe, in the ed products. He said the company rator, is intended to reshape the vision of MIT’s late Michael Der- would use the fruits of the research field. Its logo is a desktop computer touzos, the project’s founder. collaboration to build products for being tossed into the water. CSAIL researchers have worked its business partners. The pineapple is just for show. “We’re rethinking what comput- with six business partners on that Initially, several dozen MIT ers are,” said Rodney A. Brooks, $30 million project. researchers and graduate students, We promise. director of the Computer Science This time, MIT researchers will along with about a dozen under- and Artificial Intelligence Laborato- be paired with just one company. It graduates, will be working on T- ry, which will run the project from looms large in the computer uni- Party. Quanta will also tap some the Stata Center. verse and is a titan of Asian busi- members of its 3,000-person engi- While some T-Party technolo- ness, but is virtually unknown in neering force to work on the project gies might find their way into com- the United States. Quanta, which is in Taiwan and Cambridge. mercial products before the project projected to ring up annual sales of Quanta’s introduction to MIT is completed in 2010, many of them more than $12 billion this year, came through its involvement in will be geared to laying the founda- builds notebook and other comput- the Epoch Foundation, a consor- tion for a new era, when computer ers and electronic devices that are tium of technology-oriented Tai- hardware recedes into the back- sold worldwide under the brands of wanese firms that has had a rela- ground and computing is all but such companies as Dell, Apple, tionship with the Sloan School of invisible to the average person. IBM, and Hewlett-Packard. It was a Management for the past 13 years. “An ultimate form would be for pioneer of the “original design In October, Lam spent half a day you to walk into a room and your manufacturer” business model, in at CSAIL, meeting with Brooks biometrics would validate you and which Taiwanese companies design and Victor Zue, the lab’s co-direc- give you your data,” Brooks said, and produce computers and elec- tor. Noting that many of his cus- referring to fingerprint or iris scan- tronics for Western technology tomers were scaling back on ning that could enable the display of companies. research and development, Lam information on electronics-embed- “Quanta is hugely significant in asked them what the “post-note- ded surfaces or mobile devices. the industry, even though they don’t book computer era” would look The marriage of MIT’s research build anything under their own like, they recalled. expertise and Quanta’s production brand,” said Roger Kay, director of “We have to plan for our future,” prowess — it’s the world’s largest client computing for International Lam explained in the interview. maker of laptop computers — is Data Corp., a technology research “We have to look for the new appli- designed to eliminate the clunkiness firm in Framingham. He toured cations for our end-users. We hope [email protected] of personal computers and the frus- Quanta’s production lines outside that MIT can help us lead the tration of having to use devices that Taipei last fall. “They’re as efficient research for the platform, and we as they can get. They have refined will work with our technology part- their processes, and they do it as ners to deliver the products.” well, or better, than anyone.” That began a series of discus- In a phone interview, Quanta sions that culminated with Brooks founder and chairman Barry Lam, and Zue visiting Taipei and signing who helped to popularize the con- a research contract late last month. cept of portable computers in the Zue said he envisions T-Party con- 1980s, said his company plans to tinuing a long tradition of influen- open an office in Cambridge to tial MIT-created computing fea- work with MIT researchers. tures, from the bitmap displays “Over the coming five years, used in laptops to the Nu-bus archi- wireless computing will be any- tecture adopted by Apple for its place, anytime, any medium,” Lam Macintosh computers. Under the said, suggesting that the machinery partnership, Zue said, he sees MIT of computing could be confined to researchers developing new gad- central offices, while access to gets, and Quanta engineers making information could be distributed prototypes. widely to consumers and business- “This will give us the ability to es. “The personal computer can be a build cool machines, which will virtual device.” attract students to come here and do To kick off their T-Party initia- their research,” Zue said. April 12, 2005 THE TECH Page 9 MIT Competes in Regatta Sunday

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“a feeding frenzy for the brain!” Page 10 THE TECH April 12, 2005 ZBT Hosts Battle of the Bands Heating Installation Plans are Modified Eastgate, from Page 1 ful in obtaining outside storage space at a discounted price. effectiveness of the units. Some students asked to be Nilsson said that five students allowed to move out at any time, and the graduate student coordinator though housing has strict policies met with the engineers to suggest regarding this, Hunt said. She said technical changes to the plans. that Eastgate residents will be “After that meeting, we gave the allowed to terminate their lease commitment that we would go back because of the construction, though and see if any changes were possi- requests to be move out temporarily ble,” Nilsson said. for the summer and not pay rent, The planned location of the heat- then move back in the fall, would ing units was moved from the living not be granted. Such a concession room to the bedroom closets in would cost MIT too much money, many of the apartments following a as there are approximately 200 poll of the residents. Many students apartments in Eastgate, which had previously complained that the charge an average rent of $1200 placement in the living room inter- each per month, Hunt said. fered with furniture placement and daily activities. Timing constrains changes Hunt said that the repairs need to Housing addresses concerns be completed by next winter, or the Hunt said that she was brought system would be at risk of failing, in to deal with the logistics of what resulting in the loss of heat for the to do with the displaced residents entire building. The original plan while the heating units are being called for the renovations to be installed. completed by mid-August in time Nilsson said the common space for new students to move in without in the Eastgate penthouse would be having to deal with it. reserved for this purpose. Many of the residents’ requests Also, Hunt said the residents could not be granted by the time requested assurance that any dam- the design was presented to the age done by the contractors would residents because of a lack of time be covered by MIT and that Hous- or financial reasons, Singleton ing would follow standard proce- said. dure and reimburse for such dam- “Perhaps if we had put a student age. Students requested storage on the team from day one it space, but Eastgate did not have would’ve helped,” said Nilsson. any, and Housing was not success- “We’ve learned from that.”

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All news, all the time. [email protected] Page 12 THE TECH April 12, 2005 New ASA Officers IS&T Rep Wins the Big Screw President: *Jennifer D. Lobo ’07 Treasurer: To be determined. By Jenny Zhang winning candidate. crashing and disabling the Athena Secretary: James R. Peacock ’08 NEWS EDITOR AFS servers multiple times this term. Undergrad Members at Large: Michael Shaw ’07, *Janet H. Leung ’06 Paul B. Hill, Information Ser- Hill shares award with team Hill said he will probably hang Graduate Members at Large: *Ken T. Takusagawa G, Nicoli M. Ames vices & Technology senior project As he accepted the four-foot- the four-foot-long screw on his wall. G manager, was announced yesterday long screw, which he will have for a His name will be engraved on the Student Member at Large: William C. Taggart G as the winner of the annual Alpha year, Hill said his win “was a team screw as part of a 25-year tradition. New officers for the Association of Student Activities were elected at Phi Omega Big Screw Competition, effort” and produced nine normal- The $1,565.07 sum will be the Spring ASA General Body Meeting last Tuesday, April 5. They despite only being nominated late sized screwdrivers to give to some donated to Hill’s charity selection, will take office on April 19. The President-elects of the Undergraduate last Wednesday in the week-long of the people with whom he works. the International Relief Coalition. Association and the Graduate Student Council will select representa- contest. He represented IS&T and He mentioned IS&T’s historical tives to the ASA when they take office. No treasurer was elected WinAthena. success in the Big Screw Competi- Roscoe plans to screw more because the three treasurer candidates were also interested in the GSC Byron M. Roscoe, an Electrical tion and said that one past winner In response to his second place treasurer position. Lobo will appoint a treasurer of her choosing after Engineering and Computer Science had created a cast of the screw. status, Roscoe said, “I must work the officers meet with the treasurer candidates. technical instructor, came in second, The win was “not too surprising,” harder.” Specifically, he said, he representing 6.101 (Introductory since problems with IS&T tend to would not make the 6.101 laborato- (* designates returning officers.) Analog Electronics Laboratory). affect a large portion of the commu- ry projects more difficult, but might In the contest, MIT community nity, Hill said. Some felt that WinA- revise them over the summer. SOURCE: ASA PRESIDENT KATHRYN M. WALTER ’05 members donate money to candi- thena had screwed them over because 6.101 has been nominated two dates they feel have screwed them its AFS software, which is needed for years in a row, and Roscoe said he over the most. All the money is accessing home directories and files took that as a sign that students real- donated to a charity chosen by the on Athena, has been responsible for ly like the course. Top 10 reasons to visit a Medlink: 1) Free condoms 2) Who else is up at 3 a.m.? 3) Ask confidential questions 4) Find out about useful resources 5) Free pamphlets and handouts 6) Depression isn’t funny 7) Procrastination is your friend 8) Talk about sex 9) Talk about anything 10) Staying healthy

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Clockwise from above: The Vajrasattva Sand Mandala is composed of millions of grains of colored sand painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of several days, forming an intricate diagram of the enlightened mind and the ideal world. A crowd follows the monks carrying the sand from the mandala crafted in Simmons Hall towards the Charles River. Onlookers watch as the intricate patterns of the Mandala are swept away as a symbol of the impermanence of all that exists. The Mandala Dissolution Ceremony was held in Simmons Hall on April 9, 2005. The sands of the a mandala crafted in Simmons Hall are poured into the Charles River so that the waters may carry the healing energies throughout the world. Photography by Joel Sadler

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Pranks, from Page 1 hackers did not respond to Caltech’s shenanigans until the Caltech more openly supported the hacks, pranksters placed inflatable palm writing in an e-mail to President trees on top of Building 10. Susan Hockfield, “Our team had a After sneaking into Tangerine great time at MIT, and we look for- Tours, “we easily got onto the roof ward to being hosts for the next and headed over to the Big Dome to round.” place our pranks,” wrote the Caltech hackers on the Web site. “We inflat- Rules say pranks must be harmless ed Palm trees and duct taped them Although different names are to the edge of the wall in front of used to refer to the jokes, both Cal- the dome, as well as in front of the tech and MIT hackers have rules library window, so that the cold, requiring that the mischief be harm- damp MIT students could at least less. At Caltech, these activities are get a glimpse of the paradise that referred to as pranks, which are would have awaited them in Cali- defined as harmless practical jokes, fornia,” stated the pranksters’ Web usually between living groups. site. The Caltech hackers said the While they were putting them idea to hack MIT came to them near up, however, an MIT hacker saw the the end of last fall. The group decid- trees and quickly removed them, ed to carry out its pranks during according to the MIT hacker. Campus Preview Weekend because Saturday evening, the Caltech faces would be unfamiliar, and they team sequentially projected the let- would have just begun their third ters C-A-L-T-E-C-H onto the top quarter. They also wanted an extra floor of the Green Building. An chance to learn about the inner MIT hacker said when they noticed workings of MIT by posing as pre- it, they asked the Caltech hackers to frosh on Tangerine Tours. The 16 stop. Caltech students booked $215 plane There were some discrepancies tickets for CPW Weekend. Addi- from MIT and Caltech about how tionally, they stayed with former cooperative the Caltech pranksters Caltech undergraduates at MIT to were about turning the flashes off, avoid hotel costs, according to the but they do agree that the Caltech Caltech hacker. hackers eventually agreed to stop. In Lobby 7, Caltech pranksters Jones amused by pranks launched a giant “C.I.T.” balloon up Dean of Admissions Marilee to the ceiling of Lobby 7, along with Jones said she knew about the Cal- many smaller orange balloons. tech plans for CPW. A few days Three MIT hackers removed the before CPW, she said, she received Caltech balloons around midnight the prank T-shirt in the mail. With on Saturday night. the T-shirt was a note that read “After some deliberation and “Dear Dean Jones, please accept analysis of the situation, we deter- this shirt in the nature of rivalry. If mined that removal was possible in you have any questions about the a safe and nondestructive fashion,” pranks, please contact us at this an MIT hacker wrote in an e-mail. Web site,” http://www.caltechvsmit. “We placed double-sided mounting com. tape on two helium balloons, which “I think it’s hilarious. I consider were then raised from the ground hacks a performance art, and I like floor of Lobby 7 on approximately the concept of inter-institute rival- 200 feet of cotton kite string.” The ry,” she said. She believes that CPW three balloons were then brought was a perfect time, as it helps spark down together. interest in the hacking culture at MIT, she said. MIT shows Caltech ‘a real hack’ Those T-shirts were passed out at MIT students found a Caltech the Academic Fair and on 77 Massa- prankster attempting to take down chusetts Avenue on Friday. Pooja the banner over 77 Mass. Ave. and Jotwani, a prefrosh from Miami, said took the student to the Greater MIT hosted the Engineer’s Cup last Saturday, April 9, in Steinbrenner Stadium. The meet wel- she initially thought the shirts were Boston Invitational Sing. “They comed both men’s and women’s teams from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Worcester normal MIT shirts until she noticed courteously invited him to ‘see a Polytechnic Institute. Both MIT teams placed first. the back, which stated “Because not real hack,’” said the Caltech everyone can go to Caltech.” Over pranksters’ Web site. (top) Ulzie L. Rea ’07 finishes third in his heat of the 200-meter dash. 400 shirts were handed out, accord- During the Logarhythms’ perfor- ing to the Web site. mance at Greater Boston Invitation- (bottom) Teixeira D. Anthony ’08 runs down the final straight of the 400-meter hurdle race. The Caltech hacker plans to dis- al Sing, a banner dropped from the Photography by Omari Stephens tribute the T-shirts at Caltech in ceiling. It said, “More dome for exchange for fifteen dollar dona- your dollar, More beaver for your tions. bill, More bang for your buck,” with Tom Mannion, assistant vice appropriate illustrations. president for campus life at Caltech, Now that Caltech has struck the said the student government loaned first blow, will MIT students retali- the prankers the money to pay for ate? The Caltech prefrosh weekend the T-shirts. is this upcoming weekend. “We’re not going to play by their rules. MIT hackers respond We’re going to surprise them,” said An MIT hacker said the MIT an MIT hacker.

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The Engineers’ was ejected from the boat after Continue in Double Loss and Andy Hill strong first half of the race pushed “catching a crab” (a rowing term for TEAM MEMBERS them out ahead of the field by an when one’s oar blade gets stuck in By Travis Johnson da M. Jason ’08 started the game Last Saturday morning proved to entire boat length. Figueiredo said the water, often striking the oarsman STAFF WRITER with a single, which was followed be a nice one for the MIT Heavy- following the race that “With 300 forcefully). While he does not MIT’s women’s softball team con- by a single from Amanda N. Poteet weight Crew Program, as three of meters down, we knew we were remember the details of his flight, tinued this season’s offensive woes ’08. Jason got out while trying to the team’s four boats emerged vic- going to win. We just had more base teammates said he was at least Friday, losing 5–0 and 5–2 in a dou- advance to third on the single, torious in the Donahue Cup races. speed than the other crews.” inverted once before his plunge into bleheader against visit- which was unfortunate because the Rowing in a gusting tailwind, MIT finished off the race with a the icy water of Lake Quinsiga- ing Worcester Poly- subsequent double of Cheryl A. the varsity, first freshmen, and sec- steady second 1000 meters, moving mond. technic Institute. Texin ’06 only drove in one instead ond freshmen crews all defeated even farther away from the trailing Three hours after fishing Smith MIT struggled of two. MIT added another run in crews from Williams College, crews. Captains Cooley and Miller out of the water, Tech’s JV lost to against WPI pitching the third inning when Texin tripled Worcester Polytechnic Institute, accepted the Donahue Cup on WPI by about a length. all day, recording only past a diving right fielder and drove and Connecticut College in their behalf of the team for the second In contrast to the JV crew, both 10 hits in 45 at bats. The Engineers in Jason, who singled earlier that respective races. straight year. of MIT’s freshmen crews performed particularly struggled against WPI’s inning. The varsity eight (with Nicholas The junior varsity (with Nicholas well in their events. With unusual Meghan Kelley, who pitched 10 But WPI came back in the fifth, J. Barsley CMI at bow, followed by A. Allard ’06 at bow, Brian M. power for a freshmen crew, the first shutout innings — including the when they put together a two-run Martin E. Harrysson ’07, John J. Sweatt ’07, Evan A. Karlik ’07, freshmen eight opened up a lead entire first game. rally. WPI then took the lead in the Bergin ’06, Michael P. Whitaker Dwight M. Chambers ’06, Brian T. over the other three crews in their “We can hit any pitcher in this top of the sixth, taking advantage of ’06, John B. Miller ’05, Raymond Neltner ’05, Benjamin D. Wasser- race in the first 200 meters, a lead league,” MIT Coach Lisa Vega said a defensive lapse by MIT. (Andy) Hill ’05, Robert A. Figueire- man ’07, Christopher R. Rhodes they maintained. The second fresh- afterwards. But since their confer- MIT’s offense went into hiberna- do ’05, John J. Cooley ’05 at stroke, ’06, Brendan J. Smith ’06 at stroke, man eight was also victorious as ence season began, the team’s confi- tion after the third, due in part to the and Craig J. Rothman ’05 as and coxswain Jeanna Q. Liu ’07) they pushed away from a sprint by dence has disappeared, and they return of WPI’s Kelley, who added coxswain) had a solid start and lost but got a second chance to chal- WPI with 600 meters to go and haven’t been able to string enough four shutout innings to the seven she slowly walked through a quick- lenge WPI after stroke seat Smith maintained their lead. hits together to score any runs, she pitched in the first game. said. On the bright side, Bogsted, who The result is a 0–8 start in the already has a team record for strike- Masters Show It’s Finally Tiger’s Time Again New England Women’s and Men’s outs in a season, pitched excellently. By Yong-yi Zhu birdie, Woods hit the shot of his life, Tiger looked tentative. It looked like Athletic Conference, particularly After Friday’s games, she had an COLUMNIST chipping from the rough to get the this was the attempt at his first major, hard to swallow after playing better impressive 117 strikeouts in 97 The drought is over. ball barely into the hole. However, not his ninth. The tentativeness might softball earlier in the season. innings this season. We didn’t believe him when he Tiger bogeyed the 71st and 72nd have been because he had not won a MIT’s offense struggled Friday Bogsted is one of the nine fresh- told us in interviews that he was holes of the tournament to take it to Major in over two years. It might also as it has many times this season. men on MIT’s team that make up putting a great swing together. We a playoff. But, he made a birdie on have been because his dad is not in The best chance MIT had in the first the future of the program. A team thought it was just his way out of the playoff hole to win and erased terribly great health. Whatever it was, game was in the bottom of the this young can get experience and answering the media’s tough ques- any doubt that he is now the number he started Sunday afternoon just the fourth, when a leadoff double by improve their play quickly, which is tions. We didn’t believe he would one player in the world again. way he played the second and third Leah A. Bogsted ’08 was followed part of the reason Vega is still hope- ever have that stature of dominance After the Masters this Sunday, rounds — with plenty of birdies. He by a walk. However, two ground- ful for this season. “Our goal is to again after leaving Butch Harmon. our impressions of Tiger Woods birdied both the first and the second balls and a strikeout left the runners win games, and we can still do We thought he would stoop to the must be different from those we had holes but quickly ran into a wall. stranded. that,” she said. level of the field and have trouble a week ago. Sure, he dispelled our The third, fourth, and fifth holes MIT also got a runner in scoring So far this April, MIT has winning another major tournament. thoughts that he would never be of Sunday were problems for Tiger. position in both the fifth and sixth played 11 games, including 5 dou- Boy, were we wrong. Tiger-like again by beating Phil He was confused by the fact that his innings but were unable to score. bleheaders. That kind of schedule Tiger Woods beat Chris DiMar- Mickelson one-on-one several weeks putts on three and four were short, All totaled, MIT was 0–5 in at-bats makes it more likely to go on co Sunday afternoon in a playoff to ago. But this performance was gritti- so he ran the putt on five way by the with runners in scoring position. streaks, and unfortunately for MIT, finally get the major monkey off his er and much more entertaining. He hole. As a result, he three-putted, The second game got off to a they have only been on a losing back. He didn’t play great down the book-ended two absolutely spectacu- and his charge atop the leader good start for the Engineers. Aman- streak. stretch, but he did play just well lar rounds with two mediocre ones. board was halted. He never looked enough when it truly mattered. The When he putted the ball into comfortable after that until the play- defining stretch of this Masters hap- Rae’s creek on Thursday, ending up off hole, when he hit two great shots pened again on the back nine as with a bogey at the thirteenth, we to finally win a Major again. DiMarco slowly erased Tiger’s thought his tournament would be We definitely saw a different Even if you can’t seeming indomitable lead with his over. He was plagued by bad luck Tiger Woods on Sunday afternoon. own steady play. and poor shots the entire first day of He took more time with his club It started out as a three-stroke the Masters. But he battled back. selection. He took more time with play baseball, lead at the beginning of the round. The second round was fantastic, the reading of the greens. He even But that lead did not last. DiMarco as Tiger shot a six-under 66. In con- used the help of his caddie, Steve hit a magnificent shot on the four- trast to the first round, when he was Williams. It was an uncharacteristic teenth hole that rolled up snugly one over par for the par fives, in this Tiger, but it was a better Tiger. He you can still next to the pin. He had the tap-in round, he was three under par. He was not recklessly aggressive. He birdie, and when Tiger missed continued his dominance in the third played to the safe sides of greens as moments later, the lead was down to round when he tied a record by he tried to keep the ball hole-high write about it one. Then, DiMarco put another making seven straight birdies. In whenever possible. Even when he shot in close at the fifteenth to chal- fact, Tiger was 11 under par for the made mistakes, he gave himself a lenge Tiger again. He and Tiger 26 holes that he played on Saturday. chance to get out of them. It was, both made birdies on the par five to What was perhaps most telling, after all, a Major tournament; I’m stay within one of each other. though, was that Tiger completely sure he had the right to be nervous. The sixteenth hole is one that erased Chris DiMarco’s four-shot Is this Tiger going to be the one nobody will ever forget. Even lead in exactly 26 minutes of the from the 2000 season? Or will he be [email protected] though it looked as though Tiger Sunday morning third round. more like the one from the last two would bogey and Chris would When Sunday rolled around, years? We will find out at Pinehurst. MIT Competes at Cycling Classic

OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH MIT competed in a collegiate criterium race in the 2005 Boston Beanpot Cycling Classic, held last Sunday, April 10, at Tufts University. With solid performances during the previous two days, the MIT cycling team placed 7th overall. (above) Dye-Zone A. Chen G hangs at the front of the pack. (left) Jason A. Sears G takes a fast, downhill left-hander. OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH Page 16 THE TECH April 12, 2005 SPORTS Baseball Team Comes From Behind for Double Win By Travis Johnson with a walk-off single that knocked innings, which helped keep the ren W. Bates ’06 led off with sin- the Bears for the rest of the game, STAFF WRITER in Wayne P. Duggan ’06. defense sharp. gles. Zeller advanced on Bates’ sin- allowing only one hit. MIT Baseball came from behind Against a hot pitcher like Jar- MIT got off to a faster start in gle, and Bates advanced on a stolen The one Coast Guard hit came in for two dramatic wins in a double- beau, MIT Coach Andrew Barlow the second game, grabbing an early base, giving the Engineers a runner the seventh but was quickly erased header Saturday against Coast had his players do anything they 2–0 lead on a Duggan home run and on second and third with nobody by a 5–4–3 double play that put to Guard, with scores of could to change the bad trend. “We a Coast Guard error in the first out. Michael M. Batty ’05 drove in rest any thought of a rally by the 2–1 and 4–3. talked about slowing his rhythm inning. one runner with a sacrifice fly, tying Bears. Lagging 1–0 in the down, stepping out a lot. He was Starting pitcher Jay M. Turner the game at 3–3. With Saturday’s wins, MIT is bottom of the seventh tough,” said Barlow afterwards. ’08 had a smooth first couple of Then, Matthew B. Harrington ’08 now 11–6 and 4–1 in the New Eng- inning during the first Their tactics worked: Jarbeau innings. He was aided by a spectacu- stepped up to the plate for his first at- land Women’s and Men’s Athletic game, it was do or die for MIT. made mistakes down the stretch, lar defensive play by right fielder bat of the season, with runners on Conference, tied for first in the loss Their usually-potent offense had including the leadoff walks in the Witzberger, who caught a line drive first and second and two outs. He hit column. When asked about winning been unable to earn a run against seventh and eighth that allowed and threw out a stealing Coast Guard a weak line drive up the middle that the conference championship, Bar- Coast Guard’s Mike Jarbeau for the MIT to score the tying and winning base running at first. But, Coast fell, driving in the winning run and low said, “That’s always our goal, first six innings. runs. Guard took advantage of wild pitch- making him an unlikely hero. but until we beat Wheaton and Bab- MIT tied the game on a single On the defensive side, Duggan es and used aggressive base running Defensively, MIT’s bullpen took son, it’s theirs to win. Together from Jason T. Witzberger ’07, pitched eight innings and held Coast to score three runs in the top of the over from Turner in the fourth they’ve won the [last] eight years.” which knocked in Kevin Wheeler Guard to only one unearned run on fourth, putting them in the lead. inning. Inhan Kang ’05, Joseph P. MIT has home games today and ’08, who had been walked. An five hits. He pitched very efficiently, MIT responded in the sixth, Yurko ’08, and closer Cliff A. tomorrow, both at 3:30 p.m. on inning later, Wheeler won the game only throwing 73 pitches in eight when Kyle M. Zeller ’06 and War- Roscow ’05 combined to shut down Briggs Field. Women’s Track and Field Team Wins Engineer’s Cup By Alisha Schor MIT’s Engineers still managed to TEAM MEMBER grab a number of scoring places. Tri- After the intended outdoor season captain Meredith N. Silberstein ’05 opener at Tufts was rained out the shaved nearly a half of a second off previous week, the MIT women’s of her old 100-meter best and dipped track and field team under 13 seconds for the first time, tested out their abilities taking second place in 12.73 seconds. for the first time last Her time was only four hundreths of Saturday at the Engi- a second away from MIT’s varsity neer’s Cup at MIT. record. Middle distance runner The competition saw Jacqueline J. Greene ’07 posted an strong efforts from MIT’s runners, impressive 62.30 seconds in the 400- jumpers, and throwers, who beat the meter dash, showing that she will be Engineers from Worcester Polytech- a valuable asset to MIT’s 1600-meter nic Institute (WPI) and Rensselear relay. Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Outdoor track generally suffers Competition opened with the from a fairly short team scoring sea- hammer throw at noon, in which son, and there are only three weeks every MIT competitor recorded a per- left to prepare for the NEWMAC sonal best, earning MIT 18 out of the championship meet. However, the 22 points possible per event. strong individual performances in the “Our throwing team did excellent Engineer’s cup gave a good indica- yesterday. I know [Head Coach Paul tion of MIT’s potential at the confer- Slovenski] was proud to be ahead by ence meet. While the Engineers are so much right from the first event,” still not favorites to win the eight- Kay D. Furman ’07 said. team competition, they have a In the distance events, MIT swept stronger chance than ever to topple the scoring places in the 3000 meter the consistently dominant Wheaton steeplechase and the 5000 meters, College, which has been the only allowing the other schools only three winner of the women’s track champi- points in the 1500 meters. Many field onship since the conception of the OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH events posted similarly positive conference. Zachary J. Traina ’05 hands off the baton to Brian C. Anderson G during the 4x400-meter relay of the results, including a number of top Next week, the Lady Engineers Engineer’s Cup, held last Saturday, April 9, at Steinbrenner Stadium. The meet welcomed both men’s three finishes, which reflected contin- will travel to Colby College in and women’s teams from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Both uation or improvement from the Maine. MIT teams placed first in the event. indoor season. WPI and RPI appeared to have more ability in the sprint events than they did in other categories, but UPCOMING HOME EVENTS

Tuesday, April 12 Varsity Baseball vs. Babson College Briggs Field, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13 Varsity Baseball vs. Plymouth State University Briggs Field, 3:30 p.m. Varsity Men’s Tennis vs. Clark University du Pont Tennis Courts/JB Carr Tennis Bubble, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 14 Varsity Women’s Lacrosse vs. Endicott College Jack Barry Field, 6 p.m. Gobble Gobble

OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH Gobble Gwendolyn B. Johnson ’08 leads the women’s 5000-meter race dur- OMARI STEPHENS—THE TECH ing the Engineer’s Cup. Christine Fanchiang ’07 takes a vault during the Engineer’s Cup.