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Volume 123, umber 22 02139 Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Area Sees Break-in, Additional Robbery

By Lauren E. leBon MlT is situated between the large ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR cities of Boston and Cambridge, an After three serious crimes last amount of criminal activity is to be week, two more incidents occurred expected, Riley said. She added that on or near the MIT campus over the the nicer weather may be a factor in weekend. the increase in criminal incidents. Just a day after two attackers held "It's nicer and more people are two MIT students at gunpoint, anoth- out at various times," Riley said. er armed robbery occurred on Friday, Thi latest armed robbery is the this time near Memorial Drive and third in the past week. The first hap- De Wolfe Streets, near the west end pened in the alley behind Bexley of campus. On Saturday afternoon, Hall on April 19 in broad daylight. A MIT police apprehended an intruder man approached a truck driver and who broke into Tang Hall. held him at knifepoint, demanding Though local criminal activity is money. The second occurred early above average, the trend did not Thursday morning, when two young alarm MIT Police officials. men held two MIT students at gun- point and made off with their credit NATHAN COLUN. THE TECH Third armed robbery in a week cards, 40 in cash, and a laptop. Chall 2na (left) and Zaaklr of Jurassic 5 rap In Johnson Athletic Center during the Spring Week- On Friday afternoon at 2:39 p.m., end concert last Saturday. See photos and a review, page 9, and Interviews, page 12. a man was held at gunpoint by an Intruder at Tang arre ted unknown man at the area near On Saturday afternoon at 4:22 Memorial Drive and De Wolfe p.m., the MIT Police received a call Street, according to an MIT Police from a Tang Hall resident reporting a Talks on Studio Access Get Tense crime bulletin. "suspicious person" on the 20th floor. No one has been arrested yet, said The resident described the intruder as By kelth J. Wlnsteln seven a. capella groups - the eral officers cautioned that the nego- Officer Frank Pasquarello of the a short black male wearing a black NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR Chorallaries, the Toons, the Cross tiations are ongoing, and that the Cambridge Police Department. leather jacket and jeans, according to Negotiations among a capella Products, the Muses, Techiya, Reso- Logs' proposal for terms of access Because the investigation is ongoing, an MlT Police crime bulletin. groups about access to a new nance, and the Logarhythms - met is evolving quickly. few details about the incident are The intruder fled Tang on foot recording studio built by the Loga- to discuss access to the on-campus available to the public. after stealing some student property. rhythms have grown tense, with studio, including a 10-page pro- Proposal would give Logs control Detective Sergeant Mary Beth MIT police caught up with him and some groups reporting disappoint- posed contract that the Logs have Several groups have balked at Riley of the MIT Police said that the arrested him on a larceny charge. ment that their initial expectations offered as "terms of access" to the the proposed terms, which would armed robberies appear to be unrelat- Riley said that there was no con- of equal partnership in running the six other groups. grant the Logarhythms "the right to ed. nection between this incident and the studio have not been met with Executive officers of all of the remove theIr recording studio equip- "Some look like copycats. armed robberies. acceptance by the Logs. MIT a capella groups generally ment at any time for any reason" There's no definitive pattern," Riley In a four-hour meeting Sunday declined or did not return requests said. o major security changes made night, executive officers of MIT's to comment for this article. But sev- Studio, Page 19 In 2001, there were no robberies Despite the crimes, no major on or around the MIT campus. In changes have been made in campus 2000, one robbery occurred on cam- security. Riley said that the police MIT, City to Sign Payment Agreement pus, and four occurred on public will continue to issue bulletins and to property, according to the MIT make the campus community aware By Frank Dabek taxes would have been" if a com- the city with "fiscal predictability," Police annual crime reports. of concerns in their neighborhood. STAFF REPORTER mercial property is converted to tax- Healy said. Riley said that the police, though "Officers are always aware of MIT and the City of Cambridge exempt status. Sarah Gallop, co-director of the on alert, do not find the increase in what's going on at MIT and in the expect to reach agreement soon on The immediate impetus for the incidents in the area unusual. Since surrounding areas," Riley said. the first-ever formal agreement bind- formal agreement was MIT's pur- Payments, Page 15 ing the Institute to make payments in chase of Technology Square. Healy lieu of taxes to the city. said the possible loss of revenue that Cambridge City Manager Robert would result if MIT removed the W. Healy said that the "ground- buildings from the tax rolls made the breaking" agreement will likely be city "a little nervous." signed in the next month and will MIT pUrchased the complex of likely include a requirement that the research buildings for $278 million Institute make a "payment of what in 2001. The agreement will provide Cecil H. Green '23

Cecil H. Green '23, namesake of the Green Building and one of MIT's most prominent donors, died of complications due to pneumonia on April!1. He was 102. "Cecil Green and his wife Ida were arguably the greatest philan- thropists ever with interests in promoting science," said President Charles M Vest. The New York Times reported that the couple's philanthropy totalled $200 million. The Gn:leos donated over $31.7 million to MIT alone, the equivalent of "more than $91 million in today's dollars," according to the MIT News Office. "MIT always had a special place in Cecil's heart," Vest said His gifts funded the Green Building,home of the the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Green Hall, a dormitory for female graduate students. Green also endowed "professorships and graduate fellowships for DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH women students," Vest said, and "be visited MlT frequently and always East Campus GRTs, Including Erik Blankinship G (left) and Christopher J. Roberts G, race against met with the studems who beld his fellowships." Third East on Walker dining trays In a Ben Hur Charlot Race to maintain their third place ranking "He was interesting and intellectually lively at least into his 99th In the 2003 Annual Oddball Olympics. Green, Page 16

John Comics OPINION Malkovich Andrew C. Thomas decries the World & Nation 2 talks about WHO's warning that travel to Opinion 4 The Dancer TQronto is unsafe. Events Calendar 8 Upstairs. Arts 9 Page 14 Page 6 Page 5 Page2 THE TECH April 29, 2003 WORLD & NATION Bush Pushes for Largest N. Korea Offers to Eliminate Possible Tax Package THE WASHI GTO POST WASHINGTO Nuke Program, Raises Hopes With Congress about to decide the shape of his tax cut, President Bush has found a new line of argument in his effort to persuade law- By James Gerstenzang tions. Colin L. Powell also offered a makers to approve the largest possible tax package: bigger is better. LOS ANGELES TIMES Reports from Seoul said the strong defense of the State Depart- But the president's simple math has raised eyebrow among some WASHINGTO orth was seeking a nonaggression ment's role in the Bush administra- Republican economists, who have long questioned the traditionaJJy orth Korea offered in diplomat- treaty and normalized political and tion's campaign to rein in North Democratic notion of economic "stimulus," e peciaUy at a time when ic talk last week to get rid of its economic relations with the United Korea's nuclear program. previously passed tax cuts, rising government spending and a war nuclear weapons and even to dis- States in exchange for abandoning The department has clashed with have pumped more money into the economy than the current down- mantle its broader nuclear program, its nuclear program and missile hard-liners in the Pentagon who are turn has taken out. senior U.S. officials said Monday, exports. The exports are an impor- deeply skeptical that anything can Lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee and enate but only if the United States offers tant source of hard currency for the be accomplished in negotiations Finance Committee will begin drafting competing tax legislation this "something considerable in return." impoverished Communist country. with the government in Pyongyang. week, with the House bill to total $550 billion in tax cuts through The officials' accounts were the In the past, according to Senate Some at the' State Department 2013 and the enate aiming at a net cost of 350 billion over the first public confirmation that at the testimony by Deputy Secretary of believe a series of anonymous leaks same period. Bush continues to push for a tax cut of "at least" 550 talks in Beijing, orth Korea direct- State Richard L. Armitage, North by Pentagon officials has been billion, arguing that a larger number will create more jobs. ly addressed the Bush administra- Korea has insisted not only on a aimed at torpedoing any progress The president hopes to virtually eliminate taxes on corporate divi- tion's concerns about its efforts to written guarantee of peaceful rela- with North Korea. dends while accelerating already-approved tax cuts, including reduc- build nuclear weapons and talked tions with the United States but on a Powell dismissed any suggestion tion of every income tax rate, an expansion of the child credit, and about what it would demand to formal treaty confirmed by the Sen- that the State Department has with- elimination of the "marriage penalty." change its policies. ate - an idea the administration has held information from the Pentagon. Although the officials suggested rejected. This was a response to complaints that the talks offered hope of some The North Koreans are widely from senior Defense Department Judge to Rule On Sniper progress, the orth Korean govern- thought to fear a military threat officials that members of Powell's ment has a long history of making from the United States, given the team did not inform them that North Suspect's Confession proposals to e;lse rising tensions, U.S. war against Iraq and their Korea had told the State Department LOS ANGELES TIMES then attaching ~ealistic demands. membership, with prewar Iraq and in March that it had begun repro- FAIRFAX, VA. The officials said that they Iran, in what President Bush has cessing plutonium, a crucial step in During a controversial confession to Virginia police last fall, thought North Korea was making an caJJed an "axis of evil" creating a nuclear weapon. Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo waived his opening demand and that there is a In his disclosure of the apparent "That's nonsense," Powell said right to talk to a lawyer and then laughed as he recounted several of realistic prospect of further negotia- progress Monday, Secretary of State of the complaints. the shootings, a police detective testified Monday. On the first day of a pretrial hearing, Fairfax County Detective June Boyle said she repeatedly asked Malvo if he wanted to consult with a lawyer. She said he declined, launching into six hours of state- Outbreak of SARS Has Peaked, ments about the murders. Malvo told Boyle that he fired a rifle shot at FBI analyst Linda Franklin, one of 13 people killed in Maryland, Washington and Vir- ginia during October's three-week murder spree. Boyle said that World Health Organization Says when she asked where Franklin had been struck, Malvo "laughed and pointed to his head." By Ellen Nakashima first country to successfully contain wide and infected more than 5,000, The detective was the first of 12 witnesses called Monday at a hear- THE WASHINGTON POST the virus and win be removed from can be eradicated, officials said. ing to consider a defense motion to throw out Malvo' s confession. His BANGKOK, THAILAND the organization's list of countries Since April 11, the number of lawyers said the admissions were illegally obtained; but Fairfax prose- The World Health Organization with local transmission of SARS. new infections in Canada, Hong cutors and police insist that Malvo, now 18, was treated properly. said Monday that the SARS out- Leaders from a number of Asian Kong, Singapore and Vietnam has During previous defense challenges, Fairfax Circuit Judge Jane break has peaked and is on the countries, including Chinese Premier decreased, said Heymann, speaking Marum Roush has sided mostJy with prosecutors. And on Monday, she decline in Canada, Hong Kong and Wen Jiabao, on his first foreign trip, to a meeting of the Foreign Corre- did not appear overly skeptical of the state's case. She is expected to Singapore, but not in China, where and Hong Kong chief executive Tung spondents Club oiThailand. But rule Tuesday on whether the confession can be used in Malvo's trial. WHO officials called for detailed Chee-hwa, were to hold a one-day China reported 203 new cases of disclosure on the progress of the summit here on Tuesday where they SARS and eight more deaths Mon- sometimes-fatal respiratory ailment. were expected to endorse measures to day. ' Team Arrives At Space Station "We believe that these countries reduce the spread of the disease. Henk Bekedam, head of the THE WASHINGTON POST will still have to make great efforts At least 3,106 cases ofSARS with WHO office in Beijing, called on MOSCOW to control the outbreaks and contain 139 fatalities have been reported in Chinese officials to provide more An American and a Russian climbed through a cable-lined hatch them, but that they're well on the China, where the virus was first details about SARS, including into the International Space Station Monday after a closely watched way to decreasing that epidemic detected in November in the southern detailed identification of outbreaks flight on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft that has become the sole lifeline curve, so that they will go down to province of Guangdong. The disease and the location of patients. of the $100 billion orbiting laboratory. no cases," said David L. Heymann, then spread to Hong Kong, which has Earlier this month, the Chinese Edward Lu, a research physicist and flight engineer, and Yuri WHO chief of communicable dis- reported at least 1,557 cases and 138 government officially listed only 37 Malenchenko, the Russian commander, will replace a three-man crew eases. "We have great hopes that fatalities. Together, the incidence in cases and four deaths from SARS in whose stay was prolonged after the U.S. space shuttle Columbia dis- they will do that, and that they will mainland China and Hong Kong Beijing. Officials later acknowl- integrated on a return journey froin the station on Feb. 1. be free ofSARS." accounts for more than 85 percent of edged mistakes in handling the out- With the remaining three shuttles grounded, Russia's Soyuz But he said China must work aU cases listed by WHO. break and apologized for underre- spacecraft and Progress freighters are shouldering the entire burden hard to identify cases and control the The WHO announcelJlent on the , porting statistics about the of ferrying crews back and forth to the station and keeping them sup- outbreak of SARS in the provinces. decline of the disease in some loca- epidemic. Monday, 96 new cases plied with water, fuel and other necessities. The U.N. health organization tions is an indication that the virus, were reported in Beijing, increasing also reported that Vietnam is the which has killed 321 people world- the total to 1,199, with 59 deaths. 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LOS ANGELES TIMES Their Own Leader, Government WASHI GTO By Edwin Chen administration's motives in over- second meeting on forming the A group of lawmakers is calling for a congressional probe of the LOS ANGELES TIMES throwing the regime of add am authority took place in Baghdad on FBI' handling of suspected China double agent Katrina M. Leung, DEARBORN, MICH. Hu sein. Monday. saying that the bureau's system for handling confidential informants President Bush shifted his focus , Whether you're Sunni or hia While the detail are being may be flawed. Monday from the- war with Iraq to or Kurd or Chaldean or A syrian or ironed out, U. . forces generally are In a letter to Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin G. Hatch, R- its reconstruction, telling hundreds Turkoman or Chri tian or Jew or giving a wide berth to increasingly Utah, released Monday, three senators requested hearings on the of Arab-Americans that U.S. offi- Muslim, no matter what your faith, as ertive Shiite clerics while crack- "larger national security issues" of the arrests earlier this month of cials - while working to create a freedom i God's gift to every per- ing down on others who have tried Leung and retired Los Angeles FBI counterintelligence agent James democracy in the country - have son in every nation," Bush said. ' As to fill the power vacuum. On Sun- 1. mith. Leung has been accused of passing classified information to "no intention of imposing our form freedom take hold in Iraq, the Iraqi day, U.S. soldiers arrested a self- China that she took from Smith during a 20-year relationship in of government or our culture." people will choo e their own leaders proclaimed mayor of Baghdad. which the two were also sexually involved, prosecutors say. At the same time, Bush said and their own government." The gathering in Dearborn took "If even a portion of the allegations are true," the letter said, "we Iraq's eventual government will be The president's remarks were on the air of a victory rally, as about cannot afford to wait until yet another breach of national security one in which "all Iraqis have a voice telecast by several satellite stations 500 Arab-Americans in the Ford occurs before we work with the FBI to improve security and the han- in the new government and all Citi- widely viewed throughout the Arab Community and Performing Arts dling of confidential informants." The letter was signed by Sens. zens have their rights protected." world. Center gave Bush a thunderous wel- Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Arlen Bush's message of inclusion and His comments also came amid come. Repeatedly, they interrupted pecter, R-Pa. All three men have been vocal critics of the FBI in the self-rule seemed aimed in part at spirited jockeying for power in Iraq, his remarks with standing ovations past. skeptics, both in the United States even before a U.S.-backed transi- and chants such as, "We love The missive follows a request Friday by Sen. Joseph I. Lieber- and abroad, who have doubted his tional authority is established. A Bush," and "U.S.A." man, D-Conn., seeking a Justice Department probe into whether Leung, a politically wired, San Marino, Calif., businesswoman, may have illegally contributed money to Republican campaigns that came MasterCard Settles Wal-Mart Suit from the Chinese government. U-WISCOnsin Students Over Debit Fees, Visa Will Fight Do Their Own Whistle-Blowing By Brooke A. Masters If the retailers win the six-year- Visa debit card at any merchant ... THE WASHINGTON POST THE WASHINGTON POST old lawsuit, stores such as Wal- [If the retailers win], five million The accounting students had been given a take-home test so they NEW YORK Mart, Sears, Roebuck and Co. and merchants can say I'm not going to could be free to attend a speech earlier this month by Sherron MasterCard International Inc. Circuit City Stores Inc. could cut take your debit card." Watkins, the Enron whistle-blower who alerted investigators to the agreed Monday to settle its share of _their transaction costs by refusing But former Federal Trade Com- company's questionable accounting practices. a multibillion-dollar antitrust suit to take signature-based debit cards. mission policy director David But apparently some of the University of Wisconsin students in which Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and But would-be debit card users Balto, now in private law practice, didn't take her message to heart. After being instructed to work indi- other retailers alleged that the cred- could run into trouble, because said allowing stores to pick and vidualJy on their exams, some worked in groups. it card company illegally forced three-quarters of merchants do not chose among debit cards "will Students who had done their own work reported the others. them to pay high debit card pro- have the keypads necessary for result in lower prices to con- As a result, everyone had to retake the test, and those who scored cessing fees. using PIN-based cards. Some sumers." significantly lower received the lower grade. Many have since admit- But Visa USA Inc. said it plans banks also require consumers to Opening arguments in the c1ass- ted to cheating, though a university official said the number of to defend an identical policy pay fees for using their PIN-based action lawsuit are slated for offenders is "significantly lower" than the 60 who were originally requiring merchants that accept its cards. Wednesday in the Brooklyn federal thought to have cheated. credit cards also to accept its signa- "Nothing good can happen for courthouse. U.S. District Judge "We just think, like any cheating by students, it's unfortunate this ture-based debit cards. Those cards the consumer. They aren't paying John Gleeson ordered MasterCard happened," said Michael Koetter, dean of the Business School on the cost merchants far more than bank the fees" for signature cards, said and the retailers not to discuss the Madison campus. "We're pleased some students came forward and network debit cards that require David Robertson, publisher of The terms of their settlement for fear of told faculty members they had reason to think there was cheating, and u~ers to key in a personal identifi- Nilson Report on the credit card tainting the jury that was picked we're doing something about it." cation number (PIN). industry. "Right now I can use my Monday to hear the Visa case. . . • .... (1

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Prur/N on r«ye/ed pttJpU by Cltorln Riwr- Publultl1fg pri129,2003 OPINIO T TECH Page 5 The META, Palestine, and You ployment rate in the tax-raising tate were.2 and to top it all off they don,t even have a quote a price for a de tination upon pickup Ken e mith point above the national average, but .4 points stat -run public tran it system. Yet their trans- so that potential passengers can decide below th average in tax-cutting tate. The e portation ne ds are otherwise filled. whether or not to ride, but experienced rider People living under great stres can educate difference mean that more r gular, working In fact, re idents of the West Bank who do don't need the coaching. Plentiful, easily re idents of comfortable place like Bo ton in people had employment in tate that cut taxe , pay taxes to I rael have it really rough: they're accessible shuttle deftly maneuver through a variety of ways. They may how by example and could pay for th goods and ervice th y consistently and deliberately denied the goods the traffic to get to destinations promptly. what not to do with government or foreign and needed to get by. If we seek more jobs for and services their taxes should fund, but The co t is exceptionally low, generally economic policy, or they can teach us tho e want th m, the policy tool to bring about worse, their taxes often just di appear and are under 1.00 even for long trips, and less than poignant, personal lessons about coping with that goal should be apparent. Additionally, per- held under lock and key out of anyone's that for shorter ones; it's an impressively adversities, whatever the ource. They can al 0 sonal income growth in the tax-rai ing tate reach. As of January, of 600 million in tax small expense even by local standards. The teach us very practical lessons about good fell to 14 point behind the national average, re enues collected by Israel, marked for shuttles are about as clean as MBT A buses, public policy. We'd do well to look to troubl d and grew only two-thirds as much as it did in release to local Palestinian government after perhaps a bit more so, and many feature seat nation for something other than Ie on on the the tax-cutting states. accounting certification by professional con- belts. orne shuttles are designated for travel extreme dangers of ill-conceived policy and During these good times, states expanded ulting finns, $80 million had been released, to de tinations more distant from the urban execution. As the MBT A is again in trouble, their budgets tremendou ly. The 90s boom de pite U. . reque ts to release all of it. core, such as the nearby university or the we might briefly consider the state of public brought skyrocketing tate budget re enues, Unemployment is at about 50 percent in the Israeli checkpoint, if it happens to be open. transportation in the U.S. and in Palestine. but state spending grew e en more. The last We t Bank, and arbitrarily This public transit The MBT A is a useful enough way to get five years were especially excessive: spending imposed curfews mean sy tern operates around, if a bit of an expensive one. The com- grew 5 percent in 1997, 5.7 percent in 1998, that millions of people can amidst the nearly com- muter rail is a nice luxury, and the T is useful 7.7 percent in 1999, 7.2 percent in 2000, and never be certain whether From Palestinians in plete absence of local if a bit old and beat up, but the cost is the sur- 8.3 percent in 2001. ow, states face about or not they'll be able to Rarnallah, we can learn a very government. It is a ser- prising thing. In 2000, $162 million was col- 50 billion in budget deficits. Once a service leave their home on a vice completely pro- lected in fares, while $613 million was collect- has been created, it's very difficult to let go of given day. Economic practical lesson about Western vided by the market. It ed from the state to cover deficits. This deficit, it, but services that were introduced or exchange with Israelis a cuts pollution by tak- having grown for 35 years or so, is projected to expanded in the past years simply must be cut; few miles away is not pos- freedom, individual rights, and ing cars off the road, it rise hundreds of millions more over the next there is no money to pay for them. (News sible. Their unpopular the virtue of thefree market. enables those who couple of years. This expensive strategy flash: in a brilliant political move, Mass. leader, Yassir Arafat, is can't afford cars to worked fine when tax money poured forth from House Speaker Tom Finneran beat Republic doing his best to confound travel easily to work or the supercharged economy during the last Gov. Mitt Romney at his own game by attack- reform processes within other destinations, and decade. Now that states face billions of dollars ing him for not cutting enough, and introduc- the power structure that could ameliorate this it facilitates efficient urban living. It allows in deficits, transit systems in cities across the ing a budget this week that saves millions mess. To make a long story short, residents of enterprising individuals to compete to provide nation face service cuts and rate hikes due to more than Romney,s while cleverly keeping Ramallah don't have it easy. a service and make a profit on their hard work. economic slowdown. Most other services face political pull and power in traditional hands. One thing that works wonderfully in the Here at MIT, in Massachusetts, in Israel, and cuts as well. It's a frustrating reality, because It's a political war over on Beacon hill, with city, however, is the public transit system. elsewhere in the Western world, bloated public the individuals who use these services are often two very tough opponents. All await Rom- With no fuss, no philosophizing about the transportation budgets extort millions from the poorest in society, who are most affected by ney's next move.) effect of mass transit on pollution levels, the constituents, whether they benefit from the ser- the growing unemployment and decline in pay These deficits appear to put us in a rather social and utopian benefits of state-subsidized vice or not, to do a worse job of the ame. that accompanies economic slowdown. dire state of affairs. We can surely still fmd mass transit, or the moral and social impera- The irony here is that Israel is regarded as The knee-jerk response is to raise taxes to things for which to be grateful, though-no tive for all of society to provide mass transit the region's sole outpost of Western values of continue to fund the systems. Even if we'd pre- massively powerful opponent is besieging us, for everyone, a vibrant system thrives in the freedom and individual rights in a sea of fer to ignore the ethical implications of this pol- we're not living under occupation, our leader- city. It doesn't demand more tax revenue, repressive, backward states, with an underly- icy move, we simply must consider the practi- ship is relatively uncorrupt and subject to the because it doesn't run on taxes. It runs on ing suggestion that the nonwhite people of the cal consequences. A recent Cato Institute report rule of law and democracy, and we generally individuals privately operating shuttles, creat- Middle East are incapable of operating within analyzes recent state-level economic data and don't have to worry about errant tanks acciden- ing a system that is inexpensive, reliable, and a free, We tern market system. This instance tells us how new taxes affected state finances in tally destroying our cars, homes, and offices as stunningly efficient. should make us doubt that conventional wis- the last decade. During the 90s, the ten states they roll on through trying to arrest some crim- Fleets of small shuttles stream through dom. From Palestinians in Ramallah, we can that cut taxes the most saw job growth of 25 inal. But not everyone is so lucky. Residents of the narrow streets of the city, quickly drop- learn a very practical lesson about Western percent, while the ten states that raised taxes the city of Ramallah, a West Bank Palestinian ping off and picking up passengers as they freedom, individual rights, and the virtue of the most s,awjust nin~epercent growth. Unem- town, have to worry about all of those things, request. For rookie riders, the driver will the free market. .Toronto Health Warning Unfair Defending

Andrew C. Thomas nity of Walkerton, which killed several after a a common sense, perfectly legitimate proposal collapse in the water treatment procedures of - though Anaheim Angels' pitcher Kevin MechE The headlines across the country this past the area. Appier went so far as to suggest that upcom- week all focused on Toronto. My fair home Toronto is suffering a leadership crisis, ing Toronto home games should be played on city is under siege after the World Health which isn't helping either. Mayor Mel Last- the road, and the favour returned later in the Quals Organization declared that travel there is man, a former furniture magnate and long- season at the pass of the outbreak. unsafe because of a concentration of SARS time mayor of the municipality of North But according to all evidence accumulated infections. And Toronto isn't defending York (now absorbed into Toronto itself), has so far, the Toronto outbreak is not a public AinA. Sonin itself very well - from the siege, not the ill- a history of bad public relations. An off-the- one. One hospital in particular, Scarborough ness. cuff remark comparing Africans to cannibals Grace, in the largely Chinese suburb of Agin- The recent article in The Tech on the PhD A city of two and a half million, Toronto is was thought to have singlehandedly lost court, is being attributed as the starting point qualifying examinations in the Mechanical home to the majority of SARS cases in Cana- Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympics. Mel's for many of the cases in the area. The city Engineering Department ["Questionable da. But compared to Hong Kong, Beijing and appeal to the world after the WHO proclama- itself, however, is no more dangerous to a res- Qualifiers," April 25] contains a significant other widespread infected areas, Toronto is tion was similarly awkward; he was surpris- ident or a citizen than it would be during fiu number of errors. hardly a SARS playground. The warning is ingly poorly informed about the exact season, even with the paranoid scene of arriv- 1) The article suggests that the pa sing rate expected to cripple the economy of the city, goings-on because of a medical absence from ing travellers wearing surgical masks as they is 50 percent. This is incorrect. Data main- despite the fact that the epidemic is being well his office. Mel' s tendency to act on emotion, arrive at Pearson Airport and as they walk tained in our Graduate Office shows that, on tracked, at least to the knowledge of Ontario thought to be the source of his power as through the downtown core. the average, the number of students who even- health officials. mayor, has only hurt the city under these cir- The economy is already hurting from the tually pas the exam is about 90 p rcent. Only It's not like Toronto has much in the way cumstances. fallout of the WHO declaration, as weddings, 10 percent actually leave the Ph.D. program of defence, especially when criticism from Major League Baseball has also taken sporting events and other large gatherings are a a re ult of this examination. The fraction within has been strong. The province of issue, though they dido't overreact in the same all being cancelled. Harvard recently jumped that pa es on their first attempt is 70 percent. Ontario has seen other health crises in past way. League officials offered more restraint on the bandwagon and restricted subsidized The e stati tics, developed from a review of years, even without taking into account a than the overblown WHO warning, simply travel to SARS infected areas, including more than 700 doctoral candidate, have been cash-strapped health care system. Most devas- offering caution, like avoiding crowds and Toronto. The Blue Jays have complained essentially constant over the past 30 years. tating was an E. coli breakout in the commu- using their own pen to sign autographs. It was about a drop in ticket sales, at a time when the 2) The article implies that a single faculty struggling franchise member for whatever reason can fail a student. is already suffering This is not true. The examination system has from recoid-low been carefully designed so that a tudent cannot attendance. fail- or pass - olely because of the judge- Want to get ment of a single faculty member. The decision infected? Go to Bei- i made collectively, by all of the ME faculty jing or Hong Kong, members who attend the results meeting. where mismanage- 3) The article suggests that students pass ment and a policy because of a "negotiation" that takes place. This of secrecy have is not true. The performances of students who caused the reckless do not clearly pass, those who score in the "grey spread of the dis- area," are discussed in order to gather additional ease. Toronto has information upon which to base the decision. not nearly reached The article states that in order to pass, a student the conditions to needs a faculty member to strongly advocate warrant what him or her in the faculty results meeting. In amounts to a black- reality many students pass without any discus- listing. Appeals to ion at all, on the basis of strong score on a the WHO for a majority of the individual exams. And no stu- review of the warn- dent ever fails without an extensive discussion ing are being polite- of all contributing or mitigating circumstances. ly ignored, to the ire These discussions are not "negotiations." of politicians, The Department of Mechanical Engineer- bureaucrats and ing is proud of its superb students and pays businessmen alike. continual attention to their academic experi- '.. And when common ence. The ME faculty work very hard to sense gives way to ensure that our doctoral examinations are paranoia at a world objective, unbiased, and fair. scale, our global Ain A. Sonin is a professor and graduate community definite- officer in the Department of Mechanical Engi- ly suffers. neering. he April 29, Tec 2003

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Sponsor: Usability at MIT, Information Systems. 5:10 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - ServIce with dinner to follow. A Eucharist service with dinner following in Wl1. free. Room: Mil 10:00 a.m. - Admissions Information Session (Followed by the Campus Tour). Admissions Office Information Session Chapel and Wl1. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry. gathers at the Admissions Reception Center (HHOO).Enter MIT at the main entrance, Lobby 7, 77 Massachusetts Ave 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - MedIcal School Application Q " A session. This session is designed to provide a question and (domed building with tall pillars). 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The professionally composed pieces, Machover's Sparkler, Jean-Pascal Beintus' Nature Suite, Thying with the Limits ofMusic Gil Weinberg's Nerve, and Machover's Toy Symphony demonstrated effective and pleasing 'lbd Machover's Cacophonous 'Toy Symphony' Receives Premiere composition. Beintus' Nature Suite, in particu- u.s. lar, was an excellent programmatic piece that By Jonathan Wang , hyperguitar" of the type made by Fender and for string orchestra demonstrated the latitude of evoked clear images of the seasons it aimed to PHOTOGRAPHY EDrroR used by Joe Perry of Aerosmith. expression capable. However, Hyperscore represent. Gestures, the product of twelve- Tod Machover's Toy Symphony However, Machover's Hyperscore compo- achieves its usability by forcing the composer year-old Natasha Sinha and Hugo Solis G, was Boston Modem Orchestra Project, with PALS sition package is a compelling, innovative tool to conform to rules. It won't make a Beethoven less successful. It was certainly experimental, Children Chorus and the Children of Boston to introduce children to composition. The soft- out of seven-year-old Johnny but it's not featuring a double bass and music shapers on Gil Rose, conductor ware allows users to create various motives by meant to. It will let Johnny create a pleasing stage, with other instruments scattered Cora Venus Lunny, hypervioJin drawing an intuitive set of pitches and lengths, composition by experimenting and playing throughout the house, but failed to present any Kresge Auditorium and then create a full composition by drawing with music and receiving instant feedback on musical idea other than being an array of novel April 26, 7:30p.m. lines representing repetition and modulation of his work. Hyperscore doesn't require one to sounds. At one point, the trumpetist was asked those motives. The software is also able to cre- understand music theory to create music. In to play his mouthpiece only, after which he hile it certainly isn't Beethoven, ate pleasing harmonies and adjust the user- this respect, it goes to show that a million mon- began chuckling to himself. Toy Symphony and Professor Tod inputed modulation to conform to the rules of keys at a million typewriters could produce lit- Toy Symphony, the namesake of the project Machover's inventions make composition. erature, as long as the they were also armed and the flagship work of the evening, most visi- W instrumental and electronic music At one point in the evening, works created with spelling and grammar checkers. bly displayed the shortcomings of Machover's accessible to children at an early age. It is in Hyperscore by local children and transcribed As for the concert itself, the pieces demon- music toys. Cora Venus Lunny demonstrated both a piece and a presentation. Machover's her competence as a soloist Toy Symphony for Orchestra, Hyperviolin, on the hyperviolin. Telling- Children 's Chorus, and Music Toys is a work ly, though, the work degen- conceived to display the instruments erated into a cacophony of Machover has created According to the pro- sound as soon as the chil- gram notes, Toy Symphony is in a broader dren on stage picked up the sense "a creative project 'for children, orches- music toys. Once the music tra, and new expressive technologies for toys were put down, recog- beginners and virtuosi." nizable melody and harmo- Machover introduced three new instru- ny returned. Perhaps the ments in Saturday's performance, along with a child musicians in Toy Sym- software package for composition. The new phony were allowed more instruments, however, were unimpressive. It latitude in their use of the was unclear how much of the music was pro- music toys than in the previ- duced by the instruments and how much was ous works; then, removing preprogrammed into the fleet of computers sit- the strict control of the ting upstage. Machover's beatbugs - hand- "computer section" resulted held percussive instruments - as well as his in the immediate loss of any music shapers - pliable balls - seemed to be semblance.of musical unity. little more than an intuitive interface to a tradi- Machover's effort to tional electronic synthesizer. involve children in music is Unfortunately, Machover's descriptions of interesting, but in the end he these instruments are higWy vague and offer has created items that no clue as to how they actually work. Equally belong in Toys 'R Us, not underwhelming was the hyperviolin. While it Symphony Hall. The novel does incorporate a number of sensors in the approaches of Toy Sympho- bow in an effort to enhance the violinist's ny will at best excite chil- expressive capabilities, in performance it dren's interest in music, but seemed to be little more than a standard elec- _ JONATHAN WAN THE TECH are not by themselves tric violin passed through an effects box. Per- Children, orchestra, and computers combine In Tod Machover's Toy Symphony. GII Rose conducts the viable instruments or com- haps Machover would be interested in a Boston Modem Orchestra Project and music shaper soloists In JeaJH»ascal Belntus's Nature Suite. positional tools. CLASSICAL REVIEW to escape having too much light case upon its lowly existence. A combination of winds allowed us to share the claustrophobia of the goldfish locked in its bowl. Child's Play and Something More Alan Brody provided a crusty narration. He gave us the little pig grunts but - a cou- Chamber Concert Celebrates MIT Composer's 50th Birthday ple of brief stumbles apart - endowed the whole work with a feeling of spirituality. By Jonathan Richmond music to accompany Hildebidle's evocation of Hershman-Tcherepnin, flew evocatively to rep- Like so much of Child's work, this piece can ADVISORY BOARD holiday time in deep winter m~tches the spirit of resent the lark. Jean Rife's rude horn effects seem like child's play on the outside, but is Child's Play III the poetry, with meaning leaping out of the conjured up the heavy, plodding ox. Agile clar- full of revelation to be found by those who A Fiftieth Birthday Concert for Professor Peter score once you let the words connect with the inet playing by Bruce Creditor put on display listen for it. Child music. Baritone David Ripley was a wonderful the youthfulness of a foal which is going to The audience couldn't resist a little bit of Killian Hall choice of singer for this work, his performance have a hard time staying still aboard the ark. child's play of its own as Peter Child came on April 27, 3 p.m. clear and evocative. Arlene Kies provided a vir- Theodore Baskin showed his astonishing skills stage and was rewarded with a well-earned, if tuoso piano accompaniment. at coloring the sound of his oboe once more not entirely harmonious, "Happy Birthday To eter Child is one of our age's greatest The Duo for Piano, Four Hands, brilliantly- with a mournful prayer for a glow-worm trying You." May there be many happy returns. composers. Unlike so many of his con- performed by Evan Hirsch and Sally Pinkas, is temporaries, Child's work is accessible, exhilarating in its fantastic complexity. After a but he uses his uncanny ability to grab snappy opening movement, the second move- P ment slows to a point where it almost falls the listener's attention to trap his audience in the depths of music that is profound, at times apart, and the soloists knew just how to get the witty, and always humane. right effect of time grinding to a halt, while Six of Child's works were performed Sun- keeping the piece in motion. On a number of day to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, and they occasions, one of the soloists reaches inside the demonstrated the wide range of his output and piano to dampen the strings being struck by the talents. The Concertino for Violin and Chamber other player, and the effect came across strongly Winds with its vivid harmonies and lively inter- without any hint of gimmickry .. action between soloist and ensemble was a Child's Fantasia, given its premiere Sunday good choice for an opener. The violin music, afternoon, shows the composer once more freeflowing and intense, contrasts colorfully exploring an instrument's special qualities and with the rhythmically rich writing for winds and taking them to their limits. The harpsichord was timpani. put on display on this occasion, and Child Dawn PerIner '01 was outstanding as violin exploited the instrument's brightness and quick- soloist, seeming to cope with the piece's com- fire response to dazzling effect. There are ele- plexities with ease, and maintaining a high state ments of Bach toccata in this composition, and of tension. A student chamber ensemble led by also some hypnotically repeating measures sug- Fred Harris put on a similarly superb perfor- gesting that we might be in for a session of mance, each player establishing a close rapport Philip Glass. Child is just too inventive to let with the soloist and with the dynamically-excit- that happen, however, and the audience rapidly ing form of the score as a whole ..There was a encounters a wide range of new ideas. The rag particularly striking solo from Rahul Sarathy that turns up out of the blue is charming, and '03 on trumpet. exploits the hooky-tonk characteristic of the Child's Sonatinafor Oboe is one of his most harpsichord's action in a deadpan way. Mark concentrated works. The composer seems to Kroll's performance had enormous zest and was want to take the oboe to its limits, and the work delivered with striking precision. shows that the instrument can be both physical- Iloved Prayers from the Ark, with which the ly powerful and lyrically rhapsodic. The perfor- concert came to an end. Child has chosen from mance by Montreal oboist Theodore Baskin poetry by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold in which was astonishing, showing endless variety and Noah and his animal comrades on the ark offer illuminating every detail in Child's complex up their prayers. The poems are narrated, and conception to gripping effect. we get to hear the animals and their plaints in Bleak Light, four poems by John Hildebidle, the music for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and DONNA COVENEY-TECH TALK is on the austere side, as its name suggests, but horn. Professor Peter Child, recently named a MacVlcar Fellow, received the best birthday is revealing if you focus on the words. Child's The flute, beautifully played by Sue-Ellen present a composer could ever get on Sunday: a concert of his own music. THE TECH Page 11

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By BrI8n Laux DJs, Cut Chemist (clad in an MlT hooded 1: Damlen Kulash of OK Go shines. ASSOCIATE F£AWIES EDITOR sweatshirt) and Nu Mark doing their own Jurassic 5 version. Nu Mark played a song called "The 2: Marc 7 of Jurassic 5. JohnsOll Atltletic Center Sounds of the Thirties," in which he took Apri126, 9 p.m. what appeared to be two sound boards with 3: Chall 2na of Jurassic 5. pegs and played with them as if he was think OK Go's lead guitarist put it best: scratching vinyl. Along wi1h their five tumta- 4, 5: Bassist Tim Nordwlnd of OK Go rocks out. "When Jurassic 5 gets on the stage and bles was a modified school seat that became tells people to clap, every last person a musical iDstroment in Nu-Mark's hands. 6: Jurassic 5 OJ Cut Chemist spins. Iclaps." The show had so much power JS covered both of their CDs, the ol~ and electricity that the entire crowd was Quality Control as well as Power in Num- 7: Two couples from the audience - Including Michael A. Barrett 'OS and Sheila A. Longo simply reacting to the music. bers, occasionally plugging the latter as the 'OS, right - dance as OK Go looks on. Even OK Go's band members stayed concert wound down. for Jurassic S's set as a show of respect. The only downside to the show was a The annual Spring Weekend concert took place last Saturday In Johnson Athletic Center. And that's how the band wanted it. rather mediocre and unimpressive lighting Rockers OK Go opened for hip hop band Jurassic 5. Every so often Chali 2na would call out to set. Sure, the disco ball was cute for two the people sitting in the Johnson seats and songs, but the lack of anything elSe inter- ask them if they were still awake. "They're esting lightwise simply left it us with, well, just studying, " commented Marc 7. colored lights. The group bas tried its best to avoid pin- But that really was not a problem. The ning itself down into ODecategory or aaotJt.. show was a music show foremost. cr. Known for having no one fixed style of To top off the show, Rabzel, fresh from song, the MCs displayed their versatility by Friday night's Get Sprung party, made a IUIUIiDg a JlIIDtd ofbeats with biDIs ofjazz, brief IpPC8f8JlCC right before the last song RK:k, dIytba ...... aad trnfilioDsllllP. and did his own rendition of Ozzy no .... aU we' • JI'01IP Osboarae' "'1JoDmIa." see to aad 11le show llIICIed with MCs seadiDa ict.1yriced with the c:am- out a brief message of peace, unity and CbaIi 2IIa ...meet to love respect for the music. whm be would lIdiCuIate the last IUl'lIIsic S was flat out impressive. It it lIablea after a slew of rapidly spit certainly felt like the JohnsOD lights went liaoa, to' ~ almost always up far too early...... IpJIQ¥a1. &e poge J2for "'~ with .1rIrtIuic ID Me soap the two j tIIfd OK Go. Page 12 THE TECH ARTS April 29, 2003 INTERVIEW Lots of Laughter with J5 TwoDJs, Four MCs Discuss Music, Japan, and More

By Brian Loux SAR ? [Laughter] ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDI7VR IT: ... but they have their own culture of t is probably the biggest insult ever that hip-hop. one of the most innovative hip-hop groups u Mark: They got everything that the in the world was interviewed by one of west does. Like we went past this western bar the most tragically white men in America. once, and they had these cowpoy hats and But it happened, and I'm orry. everything. Zaaldr: They do it like the States do it. The Tech: Why doe a group with 6 mem- And they more appreciative of it, too. bers call itself J5? TT: So has your album sold we)) over Zaaldr: The name was a joke. It started off there? as a joke ... we didn't know if we were going Zaaldr: Yeab, pretty much. to be a group, number one, so a name was not Marc 7: We ain't Hasselhoff. David Has- the first thing on our mind. Then someone selhoff is the man overseas. from outside the group mentioned the name as IT: You used the Koto, or the small Japan- a joke and we liked it. ese harp, in one of your songs. Was there a IT: You guys started in South Central LA. reason for that? What's your opinion of them changing the Nu Mark: We were trying to go to different name to South Los Angeles? places on earth without saying like, "Here we. Marc 7: It's always gonna be South Cen- are in Japan" and "Here we are in Persia."

tral. As long as black people are there, it'll be And we wanted to touch on Japan. We had NATHAN COLLIN THE TECH south central. [Laughter] They've been trying just come back from a tour in Japan. I had Akir and Marc 7, two of the four Jurassic 5 MCs, rap at last Saturday's Spring Week- to change the demographics of South Central chopped this CD up into like 32 different end Concert. for the longest time, like the place that I came sounds and we used that. from is now called Chesterfield. IT: How did you guys get involved with and then branch out. the term underground and like, "weU if you're Zaaldr.o really? the Mastercard commercial? Aldl: That's why we're trying to do a lot of underground, then you're like this, and you Marc 7: Yeah ... USC is in the hood. They Zaaldr: They caHed our agent, our name these college tours before we do LoUapalooza can't do that." And you know, that's just stu- would never tell you, but it's in the hood. Uni- came up, so we did it. It's simply trying to this year ... it's us being on lock the whole pid. versity of South Central. [Laughter] I mean, expand what J5 is trying to do. Expand the summer, for two months. Zaaldr: Like, I hear people say, "I never they would block certain blocks off to acco- name ofJ5. IT: Is that the main reason that you often liked anything by Puffy." And I'm saying modate the kids, but if you cross that street, Nu Mark: It's also a good time to do that do coUege tours? what? I mean he worked with Biggie, Mary J. then you're in the hood ... like don't go past because the business is reaHy taking a nose Zaaldr: We definitely do weH on the col- Blige, and you liked none of the stuff he did? Vermont. [Laughter] dive and getting a chance to intern is even lege circuit and when you look at the coHege Ijust can't believe that. TT: You guys started in 1993. How have harder now. radio charts, we always up at the top. And TT: There's still a big controversy about you seen hip-hop change over the decade? IT: You often do concerts that appeal to y'aH pay we11,too. downloading music off the internet. As artists, Zaaldr: We all been seeing hip hop change different genres and audiences. Do you a11 IT: A lot of the people are critical of the what's your take on it and what should a from the beginning .. , I remember when there prefer to work with just a hip-hop crowd or "bling bling" materialism of most hip hop. responsible coHege student do? was only three groups that was pumpin'. That are you more comfortable with the broader You all take a different style towards your Marc 7: To me, I download music, and I was Run DMC, Fat Boyz, and Houdini. Then audience? lyrics. think others should as well. As far as artists Cool J came along. And other groups could Zaaldr: For me, I always wanna do the Zaaldr: See, Ireally think people make too go, we come out ahead ... I mean, the guy come in, but those were the only three groups hip-hop crowd first cuz that's the type of much out of the bling bling and if you're not who downloads our song and likes it will that was pump in' at the time. music we do ... I always understand trying to doin' it. I mean, if the beat's true, if it's good, probably go buy our album, or go to the con- IT: You all have toured in Japan before ... go out and reach as many people as possible then who really cares? cert, or buy a shirt while they're there. So it's Zaaldr: What? You wanna know who got .. , but I really want to touch my people first Aldl: People try to make too much out of beneficial to the artists" but not the producers.

INTERVIEW are mixes nowadays. I think like Aerosmith and Run DMC is a mix, but then, what really about Shania Twain is a mix anymore? Or On Your Mark, GetSe~ OK Go Creed? So I'm inclined to disagree with you there It all seems so similar to me that there are so many rock bands doing so many Band Talks About Fishsticks and Its MIT Heritage similar things that it's a breath of fresh air to By Brian Loux I've heard different sources say different our music for it to be used for the movie. So hear when a band like the White Stripes gets ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR things. But I really don't wanna hear that awe- while I'm super-psyched for the movie, I'm through ... I think of radio rock as being more walked into the Zesiger center room with some song done by them. embarrassed for the world. homogenized. The only really good thing the band members, chairs, tables, and Nordwind: Ihave heard people say Mark IT: Was "Get Over It" based on the Eagles about it is when kids get sick of it they have to papers all strewn about. The only thing McGrath is not sexy. song of the same name? look somewhere else. Ithat was still seemingly organized was the Kulash: I have heard people say that they Kulash: No, I didn't know there was one. IT: Damien, you were a semiotics major at MIT food plate that had been given to them. were not impressed with Mark McGrath's Nordwind: Somebody told us that. Brown, analyzing popular culture. Now that "Will this interview be played on the sexiness or his basketball playing skills. Yet Kulash: Even more, there was a straight to you have reached a national stage, do you try radio?" asked lead guitarist Damien Kulash. they were with ours. And we're not that good video movie called Get Over It and I was wor- to analyze your music that way? ''No,'' I said. at basketbaB. So what I'm saying is this guy's ried about that interfering. Kulash: I think that actively is part of our "Good," he replied. easy to impress. IT: What classical bands do you think you music. You know, we try to be sure that we're FWRAAAAPf TT: About the movies: You guys have take inspiration or style from? not putting our academic theses into our And, with one audible fart, Kulash set a music ... one thing that has never had any. juvenile tone that he would maintain for the relation to school is that what I like about rest of the interview. music the most is that it works on a purely I was going to enjoy this. emotional level. No matter how clever or witty or groundbreaking someone' s lyrics or Damien Kulash: I want to tell you this ideas are, people respond to music from the right now because you may never have gotten gut unsoiled by the trickery of human ratio- this: Tim's grandfather was a professor of nale. Something fucking feels great about it metallurgy here and my father got his under- ... it can really just be a primal instinct ... It graduate and Ibelieve his PhD here. So we kinda saddens me to see that rock has become are an MIT fucking band ... So now you can a more cannonized form than it used to be .,. ask us questions. Or you can ask about Tim's Elvis really made people dance. grandfather ... apparently he made this metal IT: You guys have been on tours in Eng- strengthening alloy that won him the Japanese land before, how was that? equivalent of the Nobel Prize. My grandfa- Kulash: It was great. . thers were both heavy into science .. , one dis- Nordwind: It feels to me that music was covered a species of beetle ... my other one more embedded into their culture. invented the modem fishstick. I mean, here is Kulash: They have more of a common cul- the only part of the interview where Iwill not ture. I mean, their TV has four or five chan- be lying. He was a biochemist working for nels. And back in the 60s, we would have all General Foods, and he discovered the chemi- seen the same episode of Gilligan's Island ... cal by which you could stick together pieces I don't think that exists anymore. there are so of fish in a solution. many inlets into the mass cult~lTe that the Tim Nordwind: I believe that's what NATHAN COLUN5-THE TECH unity is not there anymore. George Lucas based the idea of carbon freez- Tim Nordwlnd and Damien Kulash of OK Go rock at last Saturday'S Spring Weekend Nordwind: The audiences were defmitely ingon. Concert at Johnson Athletic Center. just more vocal ... they would say things like, Kulash: And they gave him no credit. your song "You're So Damn Hot" in "The Kulash: Cheap Trick, Queen, David "I like this one!" or "I'm going to go get a Nordwind: Neither did the fishstick com- Real Cancun." So are you guys fans of reality Bowie. beer!" and they would. pany. TV? IT: English bands? TT: What's your role with the radio show, The Tech: So Mark McGrath came here Kulash: No. Kulash: Yeah. WelJ, Cheap Trick is Amer- "This American Life?" last year with Sugar Ray. Are you guys going Nordwind: Yes. ican. But everybody takes from the Stones and Kulash: One of the best things made in to try to out-sexy him? Kulash: Well, it's disgusting, yet it's the Beatles ... that late 70s powerpop and the America right now ... It's a documentary and Kulash: That contest was over before it intriguing. For me, it's like ... chicken rings. early new wave. See, I think the term power- literary show that just picks a theme ... it already began. I mean, that's a)) I'm going to Now onion rings make sense because they are pop was overused and given a horrible conno- ranges from four or five segments or one long say ... I have heard tell, somewhere in the already in rings, and I know I shouldn't be tation in the 90s as every Southern California one and is as frivolous as summer camp or ether, that Sugar Ray will be covering a great averse to foods in shapes because my grandfa- band was given that term. But Elvis CostelJo, vague as amateurs and professionals and it Jo Jackson song called "Is She Rea))y Going ther was alJ about that. But look, chicken rings Jo Jackson, and even in some term KISS, always has the ability to make someone laugh Out with Him?" ... I think they're going to could not be good for you, but they may be that's what inspired us. or cry. It is crazily emotional and yet really ruin it. I suspect they will be doing it for a interesting to eat ... like that, the voyeurism in TT: When you think of any bands on the intelligent ... it is like universally accessible movie ... possibly for Shrek 2. And I like reality television is attractive ... it's gonna be radio, many seem to be mixes of various gemes. and yet not pandering. It's the golden egg of Shrek. I would like to do a song for Shrek, but fun to watch, and I feel strong enough about Kulash: Well it's hard to see what things making cultural products. ARTS THE TECH Page 13

CD REVIEW even folksy. They are raw, untouched by pro- duction, and sound great. One highlight is the beautifully placed entrance of a gospel choir in' othing Fails," echoing the allure of "Like Madonna Finally Grows Up a Prayer." This is a new, more mature Madon- na, comfortable with her life, looking back 'American Life' Is More Mother Than Material Girl and singing about what matters to her now. And it works. By Rahul Sarathy ducer and co-writer Mirwai Ahmadzai, liberating. The end of the album jumps around the Madonna que tions the very ideal upon "Intervention" is quite possibly the best previous themes visited in her journey through American Life which the American Dream i ba ed. Howev- song heryl Crow never wrote and "X- tatio Americana; it does so without interrupting the Madonna er her lyrics are often weak and even contra- Proce s" sound like a reincarnation of the flow of her album, yet without bothering to Warner Brothers dictory. ------~=-~ make itself memorable. "Die Another Day" is Released April 22 The second track, 'Holly- flawlessly produced, but is a shameless song wood," is a bitter rant on the written for mass appeal and to fuel the latest or the past twenty years, Madonna has media indu try and its moguls. It Bond movie. An interesting twist is that this been fueling the music industry with chorus is based on a blues scale version contains a new ending, which is quite both her antics and her music. From and serves as the thematic transi- intelligently written. It serves as a good transi- F her controversial escapades to her infa- tion into "I'm 0 tupid," a reflec- tion into the albums final track, "Easy Ride," mous book on sex, Madonna has constantly tive look at her first 20 years in the which is just an experiment asking the age-old challenged the media and its conformist biz. Musically, the songs are question: How terrible would it sound if views. But, what happens when the Material almost catchy, using innovative strings played in a techno song? Girl grows up? Gone are the tales of unbridled production techniques, but they Yes, critics do cry out that every few years youth and sexual exploits, and in their places are also responsible for the ever Madonna simply reinvents herself and that are stories told by 'a 44-year-old mother present grimaces of her fans which alone allows her to stay on the Billboard reflecting upon her past in her new album, appear as they listen to Madonna charts and to keep tapping the proverbial cash American Life. try to rap. To put it bluntly, her cow. While they do have a point, nearly In her 10th album, Madonna takes creativi- rapping is terrible. everyone will agree that her level of fame is ty to the next level, expressing herself through The middle part of the album unprecedented and unmatched. Madonna has musical modes varying from European Tech- takes us into a mellow world full become an icon in music; aspiring artists and no to Twangy Blues to Bubble-Gum Pop. .of reflection. Here, the techno edge their managers study her past to try to emulate The album opens with a set of five songs, is gone and we instead see the her eclectic style and persona, modeling their all modeled after the techno-pop that she softer side of lyricism, made up of careers upon Madonna's. Her latest album, experimented with during Ray of Light. undistorted vocals, a guitar and American Life, is certainly not the best of her Madonna herself calls the ftrst three songs a drums, and the occasional, fleeting career, but it is nothing to be ashamed of. She trilogy, the later two being an extension of her string accompaniment. Hearing such a diva Indigo Girls. These songs boast the most pol- went for something new, and at times, it is • first single, American Life. With veteran pro- sing plainly, in her mezzo/alto range, is quite ished lyrics on the album and can at times be absolutely wonderful. MTG Has a 'Clue'About Whodunit Musical Rtaht: Colonel Mustard (Edmund W. GoIaskI '99), left, Mrs. Whit. (y.. o'Connor '02), ...... , MIL Peacock (Stephanie C..... W., '08), .f'I8td, and M sc.Iet (Welkin P.ope G), far rIIht, try to ..... The DetectIve' (Noll PrItchard '06), center, InvestIp- tIOn on 1M ...... of Mr. Boddy.

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INTERVIEW I FIL Matkovich e plains. 'This story is per onal. REVIEW *** Politics is mo tly personal. There's worldwide confu ion a to what is political and what is per ona1. How can you separate your politics Politics and Personality from your personal beliefs?" At thi I called him a feminist - ''the per- onal is politica1!"- and he chuckled. "I've John Malkovich Talks About His New Film, 'The Dancer Upstairs' read more imone de Beauvoir than most feminist ." By Robin Hauck gerous Liaisons and "him elf' in Being John lutionary's teachings. I like John Malkovich, I really do. Malkovich are two of my favorites. His pro- Violence erupts in the city. Dead dogs Much has been made of the fact that this The Dancer Upstairs duction company, Mr. Mudd, produced the hang from lampposts dangling notes written in film was made before September 11 and that a Directed by John Malkovich cult-fave Ghost World and How to Draw a blood. Chickens walk into crowded quares story about terrorism could be risky with Written by Nicholas Shakespeare (from his Bunny, with artists Chuck Close and Roy with sticks of dynamite around their necks. A American audiences - either drawing them novel) Lichtenstein. theater troupe murders political officials sit- in as Fox earchlight is hoping, or scaring Produced by John Malkovich The Dancer Upstairs dances between ting in the audience. them off. Malkovich shrugs off the concern, and Lianne Ha/fon political thriller, detective noir and romantic But this is not politics, Malkovich says, again focusing on the personal story. ''What Starring Javier Bardem, Laura Morante and drama. It is often hard to follow - characters but a narrative in political conte t. Rejas falls was the cult of personality that surrounded Juan Diego Botto are introduced and dismissed before we really in love with his daughter's ballet teacher, and Guzman?" he asks. He's betting that people know who they are, and scenes are often jux- the relationship evolves parallel to the hunt will be more interested in that story and in the ohn Malkovich's new film, The Dancer taposed without a sense of flow or narrative for Ezequiel. strong performances of his cast. Upstairs. is a fictionalized account of the progress. Many scenes take place in darkness. "Films don't do political science." I hope he's right. quest to capture Abimael Guzman, the Malkovich says the construction was very J leader of endero Luminoso (The Shin- carefully planned. "Everything is a decision ing Path), a Peruvian guerilla group. Based on in storytelling," he said. "Although most the novel by icholas Shakespeare, The films don't make those decisions thoughtful- Dancer Upstairs tells the story of an honest ly, we did. We tried to reveal the characters policeman assigned by very corrupt officials as they go along. For instance, we kept in to find the notoriou terrorist. I met with secondary character that usually always get Malkovich recently and asked him about the cut from films. They fill in the picture of the film. main character's life. Lots of life is boring, Wearing a grey suit with a candy-colored washing dishes, but you don't see that in vest underneath, Malkovich seemed relaxed films." and eager to expand on his experience. He mentions a conscious decision not to Though this was his first feature as make a film Jike My Dinner With Andre, director/producer (he does not appear in the which he admires. The novel has an "as told film), he stressed that moving from acting to to" structure and the film could have emmu- directing was natural. "I started directing lated that approach more than it did. when I started acting," he said. "I don't think Malkovich says he decided to tell the story in like an actor, I think like a filmmaker. When I a more linear way, but without b~ing too lin- consider a project, I don't think of it strictly ear - without the "shortcuts" he says sabo- from an actor's perspective." tage most movies today. Malkovich explained that when he and his Malkovich said he spent time in Latin partners at Mr. Mudd Productions began America during Peruvian President Fujimori's thinking seriously about adapting the novel, crackdown on terrorism, and felt Shake- they decided it would make the most sense if speare's novel captured the chaotic and fearful he directed. He downplays the notion that this atmosphere he experienced while there. One film is a calculated directorial debut or that he of the strengths of the film is its depictiorr of is radically changing his career. the gradual realizations the policeman Rejas In fact, he has always kept his career radi- (Javier Bardem) comes to while he is pursuing cal. In 1976 he co-founded the independent the terrorist - known as President Ezequiel. Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, He sees a photograph of Ezequiel and realizes which continues to thrive today. As a film he took it. He goes to the village where he actor he chooses roles that challenge the audi- grew up and finds that the villagers he knew BRiAN HEMOND-THE TECH ence - the icy Vicomte de Valmont in Dan- as a child have been indoctrinated by the revo- Actor and director John Malkovich talks about his latest fllm, The Dancer Upstairs.

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"I didn't think [the Wallto wall/ dish washer/ graduate could choose a set of things" students and advisers the proposals would be useful. break] was a big deal," said Ousi J. disposal/security alarms advisers to work with throughout should expect of each other. He Marc D. Strau s '05 said that ide- Fakhouri '04. He said that the idea Laundryfacilityand hook ups. the four years of an M!T educa- pointed to a 1995 Baker Founda- ally a student would keep a fresh- of a committee of advisers "does- Includescentral heat and ale and hot tion. tion report, now part of the Acade- man adviser for all four years of n't sound very feasible." water. "The details are not at all mic Guide for Undergraduates, study, but that choosing one's Bruno A. Sugai '05 said while $1425.00-$1575.00 clear," said Professor Kip V. that lists such expectations but said advisers might end up excluding he would probably not take advan- Hodges, chair of the Committee on that report lacks important imple- some professors from the process. tage of the proposed changes, Integrated Real Estate the Undergraduate Program, but mentation guidelines. Mara S. David '04 said that some people would. 705 Cambridge Street the CUP and the Committee on The CSL and the CUP started "maybe a situation where students "I think there should be more Student Life are drafting sugges- considering mentoring and advis- ... are encouraged to see their career advice," said Monica F . Cambridge, MA 02141 tions on how to improve upper- ing changes last year after faculty advisers more than just on Add Morrison '04. [email protected] classman advising that Hodges became concerned that upperclass- said he hopes will be adopted in man advising ''was perhaps not as the next academic year. effective across the Institute as it One proposal would allow stu- could be," Hodges said. Both he dents to play a role in selecting and Redwine said that advising in advisers, possibly including teach- some departments was good, but ing assistants and associate advis- across departments some deficien- ers, and keeping those advisers to cies were apparent. help smooth the transition from "Some departments did a good freshman advising to departmen- job and some did not," Redwine tal-based advising. "I'd like to see said. Large departments generally a more formal network" of such seemed to have more trouble, advisers developed, Hodges said. though department size was not the "Instead of losing that network sole predictor, he said. 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and restrict non-Logs groups to no ASA declines to intervene more than a month of free recording Although the debate concerns time every two years. Groups would the use of space the ASA has allo- have to pay for further access. cated to Logarhythms, 'the ASA The proposed terms would also will not step in unless the issue require groups to mdemnify the becomes such that an arbitrator 1'1' 1'1) Logarhythms against copyright needs to step in," said Jennifer S. , infringement - that is, to hire a Yoon '03, the ASA president until lawyer to defend the Logs and pay May 1.. ro any damages in the event the Logs "What the ASA knows is that the are sued for copyright infringement. a capella groups are pretty much enerattOn It was not immediately clear handling this in-house," she said. • whether the groups would make One group member criticized these guarantees personally, or 't Yoon for a conflict of interest in her whom the Logarhythms would have involvement with the Logs and the a on to sue to enforce the clause. studio. For coursework, Yoon is Groups that agree to the pro- working on a documentary about posed terms of access would also the Logarhythms. promise to disregard any future "It's completely outside what I Tuesday, April 29 decision by the Association of Stu- do for ASA," Yoon said. "1 do fol- dent Activities to reallocate the stu- low them around, but it's not like e)o us as we commemorate the Holocaust in a dio room, 50-301, to all of the I'm a Log on any level." --.l"-WIII"eflection and hope. Dora Sorell, author and groups, agreeing that nonetheless "It's a lot like when a photogra- only the Logs would have ''unre- pher follows a group around taking olocau t survivor, will peak about her experiences stricted access to the room." pictures," she said. "I was limited to rviving the Nazi death camp, and will explain the following them on gigs" and some impor ance of pas ing her story on to different generations, Logs paid for studio rehearsals, she said. "Anytime that including her granddaughter (MIT '04). The Logs have so far footed all it was sort of sensitive," she was of the $34,000 bill for the studio, barred access, she said, and "when it • which has room for five singers. comes to how the group works, I Part of the funds came from a haven't been involved." $10,000 interest-free six-month loan Yoon said she was completely Readings of Names 10 am-3 pm Lobby 10 from the Undergraduate Association uninvolved in the Logs' administra- last December. tive decisions and that in her three Several groups say they expected years working for the ASA, she had Photo exhibit 10 am-3 pm Lobby 10 the Logs to allow them to buy in to remained ''to the best of my abilities objective and impartial." an equal partnership in running the Memorial Service Spm MIT Chapel studio when they agreed to give up their joint office space to allow the Logs not inconsistent, ASA says and Reflections Logs to be allocated the studio room Efforts to figure out what was from Holocaust survivor, last fall. said at the ASA space-allocation Dora Sorell "The plan is that [the Chorallar- meeting last fall, when the a capella ies] will be throwing in as an equal groups agreed to give up their office partner," said Ross I. Runnion '04, space, have been frustrated by the Supported by Finboard, Grad Student Council, and Jewish Student the president of the Chorallaries, in loss of notes taken at the meeting. Projects of Greater Boston. an interview with The Tech in late Yoon said that Kathryn M.' WaI- March. The Chotallarie expecteQt~ te '05, the incoming ASA presi- reimburse the Logs $4,000 to dent, had taken notes at the meeting, $5,000 for the partnership, he said but that the notes were not typed up then. because the meeting was not an offi- But the Logs did not, in the end, cial ASA meeting. Walter would Dot Lik~ many aspects of MIT culture, offer the other groups the opportuni- confmn she had taken notes at the ty to reimburse their expenses in meeting, but said the notes were not The MIT GRADUATE RING exchange for partnership. Instead, archived or available. they have so far offered limited time But both Walter and Yoon said has a rich heritage and tradtion. The Graduate Ring is allocations and fees for extra use to they could not recall any statements a unique, beloved symbol, recognized the world over as the other groups. by the Logs at the meeting - or Some groups complain that this , otherwise - that would contradict a distinctive school ring. was not the deal they agreed to in the Logs' current position. giving up their space and not how Yoon said she received a first the Logs represented their inten- draft of the Logs' proposal in early tions. April and that the ASA had con- As a Graduate Student, you can now own your piece of In a UA bill he submi~d to give cerns about the clause requiring the Logs the $10,000 loan last groups to disregard a future ASA MIT tradition. December, UA councilor and Loga- reallocation assigning the space to rhythms member Mark A. Sellmyer all' groups. "That is actually one of Jostens proudly serves the MIT Graduate community '04 wrote in the bill's preamble, the concerns that the ASA has on "The other a cappella groups on that particular issue," she said. with the Official Graduate Ring. campus support the Logs in building Y oon said the Logarhythms a recording studio and have agreed seeking to license use of their to cede control of some office space recording studio was not unheard of to allow the Logs to build the studio among MIT student groups. E33 provided that they will eventually Productions, another ASA-recog- be able to uses [sic] the studio." The nized student group, charges other bill passed unanimously with one student groups fees for its theater abstention. production services, she said. She UA President Josiah D. Seale also cited The Tech, which has '03 said the proposed contract did ASA-designated office space and not agree with his recollection of sells advertisements to other student how the Logarhythms represented groups. their intentions. "I don't recall them "There is multi-thousands of dol- mentioning ownership or fees of lars of equipment sitting in this this sort," he said. room, and given the history of secu- But, he said, the fees were not rity in Walker offices, I can under- necessarily improper. "The UA stand why the Logarhythms, having loaned money to the Logs and invested so much in equipment," they'll be paying it back," he said. would want groups to sign this con- "In that sense I can see them wanti- tract, she said. Jostens will be on campus Tuesday- Thursday April 29- May 1, 2003 SometIina to 10:30-3:30pm feel good aTxJid. Sloan School • Order and Pay in Full any 14K or 18K MIT ring, And Receive unllied ¥lay an ADDITIONAL ~25 OFF. Valid only during the above dates. 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